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Losing an employee often can throw things out of whack at a small business.
Having two workers depart in the span of a week can be downright heartburn-inducing.
We have a modest number of workers at my family's two restaurants, and sometimes they quit, whether to spend more time studying or because they found another job.
All our employees are young, and most are students, with one pursuing a professional wrestling career. In short, we don't have anyone who plans to toil in our restaurant kitchens for a lifetime. So employee turnover is inevitable.
But being prepared for losing an employee or two is a challenge. Small restaurants often try to deal with this dilemma by having many employees, each for a few hours a week.
So if one worker leaves, it's no big deal because you have 20 others to help fill the gap.
The drawback of such an approach is that employees who don't spend much time at a certain job often lack quickness or accuracy in what they do. As a result, whipping up a certain meal correctly and in a short time can be a problem if you're only doing it, say, eight hours a week.
When workers leave, it helps to have a couple of teenagers at home who can step in to assist until we hire replacements. But this is far from foolproof since our kids have homework, tests and finals they must deal with.
We have to ask ourselves this question: To what extent do we sacrifice our children's academic future to save our business in the present?
When workers announce plans to leave, in most cases they give two weeks' notice. Whoever thought up the concept of giving two weeks before leaving a job was a genius. Those extra days provide a critical buffer, especially for a small business.
Sadly, not all workers give two weeks' notice.
We had one employee who got another job and said she could only stay less than a week. Then she blew us off on her last day. That was very inconsiderate and immature. Kids these days, right? All I can do is roll my eyes.
Another time, an employee told me, "I'm giving my two weeks' notice," and then said she could only stay one week.
Note to America's youth: Two weeks' notice is not a figure of speech.
But maybe I'm facing a bit of cosmic justice. As a teen, I worked for about three weeks as a cashier at a Ross department store.
In short, I was not a good fit for the job, so I gave my two weeks' notice.
A couple days later I called my boss to say I couldn't come to work anymore because I had no ride and didn't know how to take the bus.
I can still imagine my boss roll her eyes.
Kids these days.


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Hudson celebrates 10th 'Downtown Holiday Stroll'
Hudson – (l to r) Luc Masse, 6, and his friends Madeline Toth, 6, and her brother, Andrew, 5, meet Santa Claus by the fireplace at the Hudson Senior Center during the 10th annual Hudson Downtown Holiday Stroll, presented Dec. 1 by the Hudson Business Association. In addition to Santa lighting the trees at the rotary, families enjoyed merchants' open houses, horse-drawn hayrides, marshmallow roasting and gingerbread decorating. Entertainment was presented at the Town Hall and the Franklin School of Performing Arts, as well as holiday films at the Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson.
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Starting your morning with "A Fresh Cooked Breakfast" at The Collins House Inn
In addition to providing comfortable B&B accommodations, we are pleased to serve our guests a complimentary "Fresh Cooked Breakfast ". From the middle of February to the middle of November, we serve a variety of dishes and hope to make each breakfast during your stay at The Collins House Inn different and memorable. Your breakfast could include items from each part of the list below:
Baked Grapefruit
Strawberry Soup
Amish Baked Oatmeal
Daisy Berry Parfait
Fresh Fruit with Glaze
Melon Berry Bowls
Blueberry Oatmeal Crisp and more…
Coffee Cakes
Fruit Turnovers
A variety of Breads
Hearty Breakfast Casseroles
French Toast (many varieties)
Pancakes (many varieties)
A variety of meats may also accompany the entrée.
Coffee and hot tea are available for early risers by 7:15 a.m. in the main dining room. Enjoy a fresh mug of coffee or tea from one our Collins House Inn Mugs. These Mugs are also available for purchase from our "Inn-Spirations" Gift shop.
Complimentary soda and water are always available.
Coffee, tea, and fresh-baked goodies are available at 4 p.m. in the main dining room.
The Grounds of The Collins House Inn
The inn is surrounded by beautiful landscaped grounds and bountiful gardens that supply many of the fresh herbs and vegetables used in the innkeeper's breakfast creations.
The lush, green yard is a perfect setting for small outdoor venues such as weddings and reunions.
If "people watching" is of interest, guests are encouraged to relax on the front porch and take in the sights and sounds of Marion. Being right on Main Street—and in the heart of downtown—you are sure to get a flavor of "small-town America" and the friendly folks of Marion. Just settle into the rockers and relax.
Common Areas and Dining Rooms
If you prefer a quieter, softer form of relaxation, take advantage of our inn's common areas. Both living room areas have comfortable seating—with one room having a warm, cozy fireplace for those cooler days/evenings. In addition, the third dining room can also be used as a game room or a meeting room.
Breakfast at The Collins House Inn is the crowning jewel. Guests are pampered with delectable meals consisting of fresh fruits, quiches, French toast, Belgian waffles, pancakes (to name a few), served with sides such as home fries, bacon and other meats, freshly baked muffins, scones, coffee cake… All breakfasts are served with juices, hot tea, or fresh-brewed coffee. Breakfast is served by candlelight in the inn's Main Dining Room, and in season, the table is adorned with fresh flowers. And don't be surprised if your breakfast begins with dessert.
Ease into your day surrounded by warm Tuscan tones and soft background music. Are you an early riser? If so, early morning fresh brewed coffee and/or hot tea is available.
If you are in need of a smaller, more private/intimate setting, the inn also offers a dining room with seating for eight. This dining room is excellent for a small business meetings, interviews, depositions, etc.
Keurig coffees, teas, & hot chocolate are available throughout the day. Around 4 p.m., fresh-baked cookies, bars, or other treats are available for guests to enjoy. The refrigerator in the main dining room is always stocked with water and sodas.
When combined with an inn stay, The Collins House Inn is a perfect location for a small executive meeting and/or retreat, as well as small engagement parties, bridal showers, and baby showers. The Collins House Inn also is the ideal getaway for a girls' only weekend or a scrapbook or quilting weekend.
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To guarantee your reservation, a deposit of 50 percent is required for a stay of two or more nights. For reservations during NASCAR events, holidays, and other special events, a 100 percent deposit is required. A 100 percent deposit is also required for one-night stays. A major credit card is required to hold and guarantee your reservation. The balance is due upon arrival. All reservations are confirmed via email (or hard copy upon request.) Reservations, using Gift Certificates, are subject to room availability. The Gift Certificate or gift card must be presented at check-in. Reservations utilizing gift cards must be made directly with the Inn. Our online webervation system does not take gift cards as payment when on line reservations are made from our website.
Check-In & Check Out Policy
Check-In Time: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. If you are unable to arrive during the check-in period, please notify us of your plans for arrival.
Check-Out Time: 10:30 a.m.
Early check-in or late check-out is available by prior arrangement only, and subject to availability.
General Policies
A two-night stay may be required for holidays and special events.
THE COLLINS HOUSE INN IS A SMOKE-FREE PROPERTY AND HAS NO DESIGNATED SMOKING AREAS. All our rooms are smoke free, and smoking is not allowed on The Collins House Inn property. Our policy is enforced for the safety and comfort of all our guests. Smoking, burning incense or candles is not allowed at The Collins House Inn. Irons are not permitted in the guest rooms. This policy is stated at the time a reservation is made and repeated in the confirmation letter. There is a $500.00 assessment on any guest violating this policy. Should a guest fail to adhere to our no-smoking policy, the guest will be asked to leave and will be charged for the entire reserved stay. The surcharge of $500.00 may not be limited to that amount depending on what is necessary to return the room to its original smoke-free condition. If the room must be taken out of availability in order to deodorize it, we will also charge, in addition to the aforementioned cost, the standard room rental rate for that room for every night it is out of service.
When you make a reservation at The Collins House Inn, your deposit becomes an assurance that you are reserving a room with us. If we accept your reservation, we have an obligation to you that, upon your arrival, we will have a room available for your stay. Because our guests are important to us, we want to make sure that you have read and understand our cancellation policy. Should you wish to cancel or change your reservation for any reason, we require 30 days' advance notice during NASCAR events, holidays, and other special events. For other dates, 14 days' notice is required. With a 30-day notice, for NASCAR, holidays, and special events, we will refund your deposit, less a service charge of $25.00. With a 14 day notice ,we will refund your deposit, less a service charge of $25.00


text: Unics Kazan v Lokomotiv Kuban live streaming Live Streaming Sport Staff in Basketball 1 May 2012 0 share Share Tweet Email Share RedditHenry Domercant (credit:livestreamingsport.com) Unics Kazan and Lokomotiv Kuban start semifinal duel in VTB United League.Watch and bet on live streaming of Unics Kazan v Lokomotiv Kuban at bet365 > live streaming > basketball from 16:00 BST on WednesdayUnics Kazan hosts Lokomotiv Kuban in an all-Russian semifinal showdown in the VTB United League on Wednesday.Unics was given an automatic semifinal berth after topping Group A with a 14-2 record. Unics is coming off a 72-62 victory over Spartak Primorie Vladivostok in the Russian League. The club's top players are Terrell Lyday and Henry Domercant. Backing them up are Kelly McCarty and Vladimir Veremeenko. It was a tougher journey for Lokomotiv, which went through the playoffs and quarterfinal to reach the last four. They first eliminated Zalgiris before ousting Spartak St Petersburg in the quarterfinal. It's quite a feat for Lokomotiv, which placed only fourth in Group B. Jeremiah Massey and Sergey Bykov are back to lead the team. Also out to step up are KC Rivers and Ali Traore. Unics and Lokomotiv met in the Russian League last April 24 with the Kazan team posting a 101-75 victory.


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EXCLUSIVE: Suicide risk Rolf Harris set for stay at Max Clifford jail
ROLF Harris is on suicide watch before being transferred to the same jail as Max Clifford.
The shamed entertainer was taken from court to tough Wandsworth Prison where he was ordered to hand over his pricey watch.
He was then led to the prison hospital to catcalls from other inmates.
One sang a line from the telly star's famous hit Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport and another shouted: "No more two little boys for you, Rolf."
Harris, 84, was offered a meal choice of microwaved lasagne or a sandwich before being locked up.
The TV star has been branded a vulnerable prisoner and suicide risk and nurses or prison guards check him every hour.
But as he was settling into life behind bars at Wandsworth, south London, the Daily Star Sunday can reveal he will serve most of his sentence at the comfortable Littlehey Prison in Cambridgeshire, alongside fallen PR guru Clifford, 71.
Two weeks ago we revealed Clifford had been moved from Wandsworth into the more relaxing Littlehey and was even spotted playing football.
Our source revealed: "Rolf Harris is an ideal candidate for Littlehey Prison.
"He will be moved within weeks after reports on him have been completed.
"Ironically he will come face to face with Max Clifford.
"It illustrates how the so-called good and great can fall from grace."
"Alwen is the concern now, she has had to sit there listening to everything said in that courtroom and I am worried it will be too much"
If medics believe his health is an issue, Harris could be sent to the "Savoy of Slammers" – category D prison Leyhill in Gloucestershire where a third of the inmates are 50-plus and enjoy guided walks, stress-busting workshops, poetry and puzzle-solving classes.
Fears have been voiced for his family on the outside, in particular frail wife Alwen, 82.
Legal experts say the disabled pensioner could now stand to lose her family home as well as her husband at this late stage in her life.
Peter Garsden, of the Association of Child Abuse Lawyers, said: "The family now face civil compensation action from his victims and it won't just have to be those named in court.
"It is possible they could lose a large chunk of their fortune."
Neighbours added: "Alwen is the concern now, she has had to sit there listening to everything said in that courtroom and I am worried it will be too much.
"She has suffered in the past with her health and now she is going to need support to get through this."
Daughter Bindi, 50, is believed to be supporting her mother at the family's £5million home in Bray on the River Thames and has herself taken comfort by turning to Islam.
Bindi, who was her father's main supporter in court, last week published a message on Twitter saying: "Whenever you are alone, remind yourself that Allah has sent everyone else away so that there is only you and Him."
Harris was found guilty on Monday of 12 indecent assault charges after he sexually attacked four girls – one just seven years old.
The paedophile was locked up for five years and nine months.
But his sentence could be lengthened after it was referred to the Attorney General as "unduly lenient".


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Listening to most hip-hop, you'd think black music history began with James Brown's "Out of Sight," the tune the Godfather himself favors over "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" and "I Feel Good" as a funk landmark. But as you might expect from his handle, Dallasite Money Waters is one of the few rappers, especially from the underground, to infuse his rap with the music of his more distant ancestors. And while Money Water's Porch is undeniably soaked in old-school funk, it is also, almost uniquely, steeped in the down-home blues.
It seems odd. After all, the subject matter of most Dirty South rap is identical to that of the blues: poverty, the effects of racism, the perils (and joys) of substance abuse, romantic travails and, above all else, the ability to see the humor in all of life's dirty deals. Of course, rap is much more explicit, but there's not a whole hell of a lot of difference in the vibe of some Lightnin' Hopkins songs and others by Scarface.
Well, sometimes the music isn't even that different. Way back in the Eisenhower era, rock and roller Bo Diddley, who was as boastful and character-driven as any of today's MCs, came close to what would more generally be recognized, later, as rap, with songs like "Bring It to Jerome," "Who Do You Love" and the dirty dozens-quoting "Say Man." And even before that, John Lee Hooker cut some raplike tunes, such as "Boogie Chillen" and "I'm Mad," in which the Hook growls, "I'm mad about it, like Al Capone," thus presaging rap's fascination with gangsters. Some of Albert Collins's finest tunes could even qualify -- classics like "Master Charge" and "Conversation with Collins," on which the Iceman would simply tell a story over a 12-bar blues backing and add a guitar solo here and there for emphasis.
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Money Waters's "Her 'A' Nigga" is virtually identical to these Collins cuts. While a live studio band wails the 12-bar blues in the background, Waters humorously expounds on what it means to be an "A," "B," "C" and "D" man in a woman's life. He's occasionally interrupted by his lady -- she walks onto the "porch" and brings him a beer at one point, and offers him some fried pork skins later -- and the overall effect is something like a bluesier, raunchier version of one of Bernie Mac's monologues to America.
Both hip-hop and blues have a lot more in common with old-school country than is commonly noted, and Money's single "Payless Blues" is as thematically bluesy and a hell of a lot funnier than Dolly Parton's lyrically similar bad-clothes-and-mean-classmates anthem "Coat of Many Colors." A school-shopping Money lusts after a pair of Chucks but ends up with the wackest-of-the-wack footwear $9.99 could buy -- a pair of Payless house-brand Pro Wings. "I couldn't even strut / I was paranoid all day / hearin' whisperin' and gigglin' as I walked the hallways / I don't care what y'all say / but they knew that I did / see my corduroys sag to keep my Pro Wings hid." Later at lunch, he's cheated out of victory in several verbal battles. "When I get the upper hand I still lose / when they bring up my shoes, man I got the Payless blues."
For most rappers, going to a strip club is like a trip to a sexual buffet. Not for Money, whose "So I..." explores the pathetic side of such jaunts. Money makes the fatal, all-too-easy mistake of believing that his favorite stripper at his regular jiggle joint is actually in love with him and not his money, and the chorus finds a painfully out-of-tune Money, who chances upon his beloved stuffing other men's money in "the panties [he] bought her," bellowing, "She don't wanna fuck me / so I pay her so that I can feel like she do." It ain't all like it plays in the Lil' Jon videos, kids.
"I already know what you thinkin' / soon as you pop this CD in your stereo / pitiful, typical / hell he ain't even lyrical / say he's from the South but he sho' don't flow like Mystikal," Money raps on "Excuse These Blues." No, he doesn't. But that's what's most comfortable about sitting on The Porch -- there's too many people trying to be Mystikal. Money Waters, on the other hand, is unique.


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Terrence McNally's Tony-winning play Love! Valour! Compassion!, now running at Bienvenue Theatre, opened off-Broadway less than a decade ago, but it already feels dated. The script focuses on eight gay men who spend their summer weekends at a beach house hideaway two hours north of New York City. Inside this all-too-familiar hothouse of upper-middle-class gays, McNally's eclectic group of characters fall in love, get naked, philander and talk.
And talk and talk and talk. For three and a half hours, including two intermissions, they talk -- about love, the goodness of life, the meaning of life, AIDS, death, the meaning of death and so on.
Thankfully the hunky Bienvenue cast has the intelligence and grace to pull off these endless monologues and conversations. With the help of director Ken Williamson, the actors even manage to make McNally's self-righteous clunkers -- the playwright calls those who don't become AIDS activists "bystander[s] of the genocide" -- sound plausible.
Love! Valour! Compassion!
runs through April 16 at Bienvenue Theatre, 3722 Washington,
(713)426-2626. $20.
The big, blowsy beach house (suggested by Christian DeVries's clever black-box-style set, which hides fun roll-away gadgets and magical fold-out platforms) masks all sorts of loneliness and pain. The home belongs to Gregory (Mikel Reper), the aging, though beautiful, dancer, who is afflicted with choreographer's block. Try as he might, he can't work out the final steps to the piece he's putting together. To make things worse, his blind heartthrob of a boyfriend, Bobby, is falling for a much younger dancer.
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Played with careful earnestness by the sweet-faced Tye Blue, Bobby fills up the room with tender intentions. He literally kisses the house hello in prayerful gratitude when he arrives from the city. But his innocence cannot save him from his baser instincts: This golden boy just can't stay faithful, especially near Ramon (Carlos Campos), the Puerto Rican rogue who runs around the house at midnight. Campos's buff-bodied Latino dancer is utterly soulless, though completely forgivable, even as he takes advantage of Bobby in the most cavalier way. There's something profoundly human about Ramon, who struts about wearing nothing but a towel but is drawn to the one man who can't see how good he looks in all his glorious nakedness.
Apparently immune to the sexual tensions around him, Buzz (Randall Jobe) sleeps in another part of the house. Flamboyant and dumpy, Buzz is HIV-positive and loveless. He's a Cinderella character, ready to help anyone who needs him, while waiting stoically for his own prince to come. Full of screeching irony, Buzz declares that every British actress is an old "lessy" and that he's "sick and tired of straight people ....They're everywhere!" This "love child of Judy Garland and Liberace," as one character calls him, makes the world laugh as he cries inside.
Sleeping spoon-style in yet another bedroom are Arthur (Kevin White) and Perry (Mike Evans). Together for 14 years, these two khaki-wearing men are so intimate they can trim each other's ear hairs, while still adoring one another. White's intelligent and subtle Arthur is the model companion. Even though Perry is an annoying, philandering pessimist, not even randy Ramon can tempt Arthur away.
Add to this group twin brothers John and James, both played by the versatile DeVries, and Gregory has himself a house full of guests, all making numerous life-shaking discoveries about love, life and death as they come and go over the course of three acts. Meanwhile, Gregory continues to work on his dance (Reper's silently tentative movements across the stage lend a lush, visual urgency to this show). Slowly, over the course of the summer, his housemates find what they're looking for in the haunted corners of his vast home, as he finds what he needs inside himself. It's a predictable and painfully sentimental story. But the earnest cast has found something surprisingly real in McNally's tale, and they pull it off with a great deal of valor and passion.


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Stopped by for a quick lunch yesterday at Market in the Middle in Asbury Park. Ordered the Napa Sandwich, grilled organic chicken breast, brie, apples and white balsalmic cream on challah bread served with a pickle and red tortilla chips.
I like the atmosphere and could see myself having a drink here. Service was friendly and very attentive. A+ on that.
Food was mediocore. Flavors sounded great and seemed to work well together but the chicken was very dry. I thought the sandwich was going to be cold but it appeared to be put through a panini press which is fine. I think if the chicken was juicy, I would have really enjoyed the sandwich.


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Anybody else missing that hour of sleep? I know I am!
And back to business: here's the meal plan for our house this week!
Breakfasts: (Not much variety: with my little ones I can get away with it…so I do!)
- Kashi cereal and milk
- Toast bar
- Crockpot Oatmeal
- Kashi cereal and milk
- Homemade granola and yogurt
- Whole Wheat Pancakes
- Toast bar
- PB& J's
- Smoothies with homemade yogurt
- Apple and Banana slices with peanut butter piles (the kids often make sculptures and it's the one time I let them play with their food!)
- Ants on a Log and veggie stix with homemade ranch and cheese slices
- PB&J's
- Dinner leftovers
- Quesadillas
- Swedish Meatballs (post coming soon!)
- Mexican rice (check back later this week!) and Refried Beans Burritos with guacamole
- Spaghetti with {leftover} meatballs
- Garlic Butter Shrimp and Green Beans over rice
- Creamy Tomato Basil Soup with Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
- Corned Beef & Cabbage (St. Patrick's Day!)
- Leftovers!
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In his team's last loss to Bartram Trail, Clay High School softball coach Matt Lewis saw four errors factor in to the game's final outcome. Despite a change of venue, the results were all too familiar on Wednesday afternoon.
The host Bears took advantage of eight errors and withstood a late Blue Devils comeback bid to emerge with a 9-6 victory in their final regular-season home contest of the season.
"We capitalized a lot on their errors, and we hit it hard when they came back on us," said Bartram coach Jenny Harman, whose team took a 4-2 decision in the last meeting.
"We scored early and executed. I hope we take this right into districts."
Scoreless through the first two and a half innings, the Class 3A No. 8 Bears (22-1) exploded in the bottom of the third. Facing surprise pitcher Karen Padgett, starting in place of the injured Cindy Hudgins, Bartram sent 11 batters to the plate in the frame.
Two errors on routine ground balls in the infield both resulted in runs, while a pair of bobbled balls in the outfield also kept the Bears alive. By the time the inning mercilessly came to a halt, Bartram had built a 5-0 cushion.
Kristal Beharry reached base on a bunt in the following inning and scored on a double from Ashley Hill. But Class 4A No. 9 Clay (19-5) didn't relent.
Angela Coleman drove a pitch from Jamie Leet (18-1) into right field and later scored on a double from Ashley Black. Black scored two batters later, and Clay continued to whittle the deficit down in the next frame, when the first three Blue Devil batters churned out hits and eventually scored.
"They got us back on our toes," Harman said. "We shouldn't relax, but up 6-0, we tend to do that."
Having just watched a six-run lead turn into a 6-5 edge, Bartram came roaring back in the bottom of the sixth. Sherri Rabenold (3 for 3, triple, 2 runs) slapped a single to right, and Beharry reached base on an error. Danielle Weaver followed with a single up the middle that plated Rabenold. Hill and Holly Holton added run-scoring singles later in the inning as the Bears' lead swelled to 9-5.
"To put six runs on a team like that is good," Lewis said. "But if you give up 30 outs, instead of 21, or four outs an inning, you can't win. I'm not taking anything away from them, because they're a good team, but eight errors make it a long day."
The win was especially gratifying for Beharry, the lone senior on the Bartram roster who was honored with a mini-ceremony in the seventh inning.
"This means a lot to me because I grew up with all of these players, but I'd always been a year older," said center fielder Beharry, who scored three runs, stole a base and threw out Christina Thompson at home plate in the third inning.
"For it to come together like this, get a win and have a season we've had, it means a lot."
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Employers aren't required to prevent all harassment—just to stop it when it happens and take reasonable preventive steps. Two of those: Providing anti-harassment training to every employee and tracking who gets that training.
If the training includes instruction on how to report harassment or other discrimination complaints (and it should), you should also track who reports problems, when they did and how you resolved the case.
Taken together, training and tracking prevent employees from claiming harassment after the fact—because they won't be able to explain why they didn't complain when they knew how the system was designed to work.
Recent case: When Bernadine, a black woman, was terminated from her management position, she sued, alleging she had suffered from sexual and other forms of discrimination for years.
She claimed that male subordinates of Somali descent created a hostile work environment by calling her a "black bitch." She said they refused to answer phones because that was "women's work." She alleged they asked if she was looking for a man when she wore African-inspired clothing and told her they thought it was OK for Somali pirates to kill Americans and take their ships.
Bernadine's employer argued that Bernadine never reported these subordinate problems, even though the company had a strict anti-harassment and anti-discrimination policy and had sent her to a 10-week supervision class that included information on reporting such problems.
The court dismissed the case, reasoning that Bernadine knew how to report harassment and couldn't now claim that her employer hadn't helped her when she never filed a complaint. (Stewart v. Rise, No. 12-CV-1187, DC MN, 2013)
Final note: Everyone should receive harassment and discrimination reporting training when hired and regularly afterwards. Get their signatures on the policy and track attendance with sign-in sheets, too.
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Of the countless ailments that rack the human machine,
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High blood pressure is commonly the result of an unhealthy lifestyle, and it can almost always be controlled--without debilitating medications--simply by eating the right foods, taking the proper herb and vitamin supplements, getting the correct types of exercise, and practicing such stress-reducing techniques as meditation, visualization, tai chi, and yoga. This book gives you a firm grip on all these tools. Start using them today to build yourself a healthy, circulation-friendly life.
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Revolution hope third time a charm today
WASHINGTON - Three times the New England Revolution have played in the MLS Cup.
Three times, they've lost.
All three games went to overtime. One even went to penalty kicks.
Needless to say, they are sick of losing.
The Revolution get their fourth shot at the MLS title today, facing a group of Houston Dynamo players who know better than any how to win it all. The Dynamo have captured the trophy three times since 2001, counting the two titles won as the San Jose Earthquakes before the franchise relocated last year.
Red Sox rookie gets royal treatment from hometown
MADRAS, Ore. - Boston Red Sox rookie Jacoby Ellsbury came home to a hero's welcome Saturday after a meteoric six-month rise from Double-A prospect to World Series standout.
"I need a basketball," the 24-year-old Ellsbury said before wading into the roaring crowd that filled the gym of Madras High School, where the newly minted big-league star lettered in basketball, football, track and baseball.
"Yeah, but there were never this many people," high school teammate Jake Jaca said before a grinning Ellsbury started shaking hands and waving to the crowd of 3,000.
Tennessee offering free tuition to student fans
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Even Tennessee, the NCAA's top draw in women's basketball, knows it takes more than seven national titles to put fans in the stands, especially students.
The promotion Tennessee came up with? Free tuition.
The Lady Vols will give away a year's in-state tuition for 2008-09 to a student who attends at least 10 of 14 home games. The winner will be picked randomly from those eligible, tallied electronically when they swipe their student cards at the gate.
Federer cruises past Nadal to make final
SHANGHAI, China - It was one of those stretches that most players can only dream about. For Roger Federer, it was another day at the office - thanks to a lot of hard work off the court.
Against Rafael Nadal, Federer won 15 straight points in 11 minutes en route to a 6-4, 6-1 victory in the Masters Cup semis. The Swiss star will play today against sixth-ranked David Ferrer, who beat No. 5 Andy Roddick 6-1, 6-3.
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American anti-doping officials hailed Barry Bonds' indictment as an example of how far the United States has come in the fight against performance-enhancing drugs.
Chris Paul missed Saturday night's game at Minnesota with a sprained right ankle, and New Orleans coach Byron Scott said his star point guard would likely miss a couple more games.
Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas missed Saturday night's game against the Portland Trail Blazers because of a sore left knee.
A-Rod gets advice from billionaire Warren Buffet
NEW YORK - Warren Buffett advised Alex Rodriguez to approach the New York Yankees and go around agent Scott Boras, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.
The newspaper cited a person familiar with the matter, whom it did not identify.
"A-Rod really loves being a Yankee," Buffett was quoted as saying.
The two became friends several years ago.
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Courtyard Fishkill by Marriott
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Courtyard Fishkill by Marriott
About the Hotel
Property Location
Located in Fishkill, Courtyard Fishkill by Marriott is in the business district and convenient to Van Wyck Homestead Museum and Blodgett Memorial Library. This hotel is within close proximity of Fishkill Golf Course and SplashDown Beach.
Make yourself at home in one of the 152 guestrooms. Complimentary wired and wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming provides entertainment. Bathrooms feature shower/tub combinations, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Conveniences include complimentary weekday newspapers and coffee/tea makers, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Rec, Spa, Premium Amenities
Don't miss out on the many recreational opportunities, including an indoor pool, a spa tub, and a fitness center.
Satisfy your appetite at the hotel's restaurant, which features a bar. Dining is also available at a coffee shop/café. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge. Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available daily for a fee.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include a business center, express check-in, and express check-out. Planning an event in Fishkill? This hotel has facilities measuring 1250 square feet (113 square meters), including conference space. Free self parking is available onsite.
Hotel Facilities
- Elevator/lift
- Coffee shop or café
- Laundry facilities
- Total number of rooms - 152
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free self parking
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Smoke-free property
- Bar/lounge
- Spa tub
- Free WiFi
- Indoor pool
- 24-hour front desk
- Number of meeting rooms - 2
- Conference space size (meters) - 113
- Business center
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- Restaurant
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Number of floors - 4
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- Snack bar/deli
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- Conference space size (feet) - 1250
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- Free weekday newspaper
- Iron/ironing board
- Cable TV service
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Hotel Policy
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Breakfast fee: between USD 3 and USD 15 per person (approximately)
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The popularity of e-cigarettes is growing (a Google shopping search showed more than 100 results). They can also be found in stores, gas stations and other retail establishments. Here are five things to know about electronic cigarettes:
- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released the results of a laboratory analysis of electronic cigarette samples in 2009. "The FDA's Division of Pharmaceutical Analysis analyzed the ingredients in a small sample of cartridges from two leading brands of electronic cigarettes. In one sample, the FDA's analyses detected diethylene glycol, a chemical used in antifreeze that is toxic to humans. In several other samples, the FDA analyses detected carcinogens, including nitrosamines. These tests indicate that these products contained detectable levels of known carcinogens and toxic chemicals to which users could potentially be exposed," the release states.
- The price of an e-cigarette can cost as little as $2.99 and as much as $199. The difference is not as much about the quality, but what sellers think users will pay for a specific electronic cigarette. People who smoke a pack a day spend an average of $2,000 a year.
- Electronic cigarettes have five components: an indicator light, rechargeable battery, vaporizer unit, cartridge and mouthpiece. When you inhale through the electric cigarette's mouthpiece, the vaporizer draws on the battery's power to turn the chemicals in the cartridge into a mist that resembles cigarette smoke.
- Smokers can purchase the mouthpiece, replacement liquid for the cartridges, or new cartridges that are already full. The battery can be charged using a USB port or traditional electric plug.
- Flavors include, but are not limited to, apple, strawberry, banana, cinnamon roll, peach cobbler, chocolate, vanilla, cherry, menthol, Marlboro, Red Bull and many, many more.


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text: On 2013-04-02 13:37:59 -0500, Peter Samuelson wrote: > [Vincent Lefevre] > > I disagree. If the freeze occurred only once (almost) all RC bugs > > were fixed, there would be (almost) no delay. I suspect that the > > length of the freeze is due to the fact that the freeze occurred > > while too many RC bugs were already open. > > Agreed: in July 2012, many - too many - RC bugs were already open. > So when, in your estimation, would have been a better time to freeze? It depends on the rate these RC bugs are fixed. Only RC bugs affecting testing should be considered here. The question is then: were there many bugs affecting testing? If yes, why? Isn't the goal of unstable to detect RC bugs (in particular) before packages enter testing? If this fails too often, then something is wrong here. Moreover, perhaps there should be different steps in the freeze. Packages with a good history w.r.t. RC bugs (e.g. no RC bugs, or RC bugs quickly fixed) should not be concerned by an initial freeze. -- Vincent Lefèvre <firstname.lastname@example.com> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)


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In the film, Arkin (Josh Stewart) escapes with his life from the vicious grips of "The Collector" during an entrapment party where he adds beautiful Elena to his "Collection." Instead of recovering from the trauma, Arkin is suddenly abducted from the hospital by mercenaries hired by Elena's wealthy father. Arkin is blackmailed to team up with the mercenaries and track down The Collector's booby trapped warehouse and save Elena.


text: On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Tillmann Rendel <rendel at mathematik.uni-marburg.de> wrote: > Tom Schrijvers wrote: >>> >>> Yeah, subject "Finally Tagless" again, sorry, I'm just not done with it >>> yet. >>> >>> In Olegs haskell implementation he is using classes mainly to model the >>> syntax and instances to use for evaluators / compilers to allow multiple >>> interpretations. >>> >>> I wonder if it'd be possible to do the same without classes using data >>> types >>> instead? >>> >>> Something similar to what Luke Palmer has done here: >>> >>> >>> http://lukepalmer.wordpress.com/2010/01/24/haskell-antipattern-existential-typeclass/ >> >> You can just use the dictionary translation of type classes to replace >> them with data types: >> >> E.g. >> >> class Eval sem where >> val :: Int -> sem Int >> add :: sem Int -> sem Int -> sem Int >> >>> --> >> >> data EvalDict sem = EvalDict { val :: Int -> sem Int, add :: sem Int >> -> sem Int -> sem Int } > > This is the way to program in the final tagless style without using type > classes, but there is an important difference to what Luke Palmer did in the > blog post cited above. While both approaches allow to encode type classes > using data types, they are technically different, and applicable for > different programs. > > In the dictionary approach, the dictionary contains fields of the same types > as the members of the class. For example, val has the type Int -> sem Int in > both the type class and the data type. > > This is not the case in the pattern described by Luke. There, the w type is > dropped from the types of the methods when converting to a data type. For > example, the type of growHorizontal is w -> Bool in the type class, but > simply Bool in the data type. > > The reason for this difference is that Luke uses the fact that w is going to > be always existentially bound, so it will not be externally usable anyway. > The information contained in the w values can just as well be stored in each > of the fields of the data type. > > The dictionary approach encodes abstract data types: The data type is the > interface, each value of the data type is an implementation, and a function > which takes the dictionary and is parametric in the type parameters of the > dictionary is a program which uses the data type abstractly. > > For example, a program using the Eval abstract data type from above could > look like this: > > -- using the type class > add_two :: Eval sem => sem -> sem > add_two x = add x (val 2) > > -- using the dictionary > add_two :: EvalDict sem -> sem -> sem > add_two dict x = add dict x (val dict 2) > > On the other hand, Luke describes an encoding of objects: The data type > describes the interface of an object, and each value of that data type is an > object, with possibly different implementations of each function in the > interface. A program using these objects can invent arbitrary new objects, > as long as all fields in the interface are defined. > > Since abstract data types and objects are fundamentally different, so are > these two programming patterns. Tillmann, Thanks for your insight of objects vs. abstract data types. William Cook's Onward! essay is relevant here. He characterizes the difference between objects and abstract data types nicely: the latter allow binary methods that pattern match (to exploit the combined knowledge of the internals of two different values) whereas objects only know their own implementation. Dictionaries by themselves are objects in Cook's sense: they are just a record of functions that cannot be inspected. We can have an infinite number of them (while we can only have one type class instance per sem type). However, the (sem a) values are not objects, and varying the dictionaries while keeping the sem type the same does not seem very useful for implementing different semantics. For a type class function like add :: sem Int -> sem Int -> sem Int, binary pattern matching seems essential for meaningful implementations, and hence objects don't make much sense. Would you agree? Cheers, Tom


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Leading hospitality company Wyndham Worldwide Corporation's (WYN - Free Report) third-quarter 2013 adjusted earnings of $1.41 per share beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.36 by 3.7% and grew 25% year over year. Higher top line, improved EBITDA and lower share count boosted earnings per share in the quarter.
Net revenue grew 13% year over year to $1.43 billion in the quarter, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.41 billion. Solid growth in all three operating segments aided quarterly sales.
Inside the Headline Numbers
Wyndham has three operating segments including Lodging, Vacation Exchange and Rentals and Vacation Ownership. All the three segments have both domestic and international operations.
Wyndham's Lodging segment revenues grew 19% year over year to $297.0 million in the third quarter, led by a 5.2% rise in domestic revenue per available room (RevPAR), increased hotel management reimbursable fees and higher revenue gains from company-owned hotels.
Systemwide, RevPAR grew 3.4%. International RevPAR was affected by an increase in low RevPAR properties in China.
Revenues from the Vacation Exchange and Rentals segment were up 12% year over year to $470.0 million. However, in constant currency, segment revenues were up a moderate 7% year over year (acquisitions excluded).
Vacation rental revenues climbed up 18% year over year to $293.0 million while Exchange revenues were flat at $158.0 million, reflecting the negative currency translation. In constant currency, exchange revenues were up 1%, thanks to a 1.4% rise in average number of members.
Revenues from the Vacation Ownership segment rose 11.0% year over year to $677.0 million, driven by higher gross Vacation Ownership Interest (VOI) sales. Gross VOI sales were up 7% year over year to $536 million, gaining from an 8.7% rise in tour flow.
Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) grew 12.8% year over year to $378 million during the quarter, riding on higher EBITDA in all three operating segments.
Hotels Update
Wyndham has 7,440 properties with 638,300 guestrooms at the end of the third quarter. Additionally, 900 hotels with nearly 114,000 rooms are currently in the company's construction pipeline.
Share Repurchase
Wyndham has bought back approximately 2.7 million shares worth $160.0 million in the third quarter. In the period between Oct 1 and Oct 22, Wyndham bought back another 0.8 million shares for $50 million. Currently, it has $732 million remaining under its share repurchase programs as of Oct 22.
Guidance for 2013
Management maintained its revenue and EBITDA guidance for 2013. Wyndham expects revenues to be within $4.925 billion - $5.100 billion while adjusted EBITDA is likely to be in the range of $1.140 billion to $1.165 billion.
Wyndham however increased its earnings guidance for 2013. The company now projects adjusted earnings per share within the range of $3.78 - $3.80, up from the previous estimate of 3.66 - $3.76 per share. Prior to this, management had raised its guidance from the range of 3.60 - $3.70 per share to the range of $3.66 - $3.76.
Guidance for 2014
Wyndham also issued guidance for 2014. It expects revenues to be within $5.250 billion - $5.350 billion while adjusted EBITDA is expected to be in the $1.215 billion to $1.240 billion range. The company anticipates adjusted earnings per share within the range of $4.12 - $4.22 per share.
Our Take
Beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate on both counts and a raised guidance were the high points of Wyndham's third quarter results. The performance of the company sets a bullish tone for the long term, helped by the consecutive raise in earnings guidance, a strong developmental pipeline, significant international exposure and transition to a greater fee-for-service-based business.
Although Wyndham currently carries a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell) and might witness slowdown in international RevPAR ahead owing to decelerating growth in a number of major emerging economies, we believe Wyndham holds promise in the long term.
Another hotelier Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. is expected to report its third-quarter earnings results on Oct 25.
Some other hoteliers that are currently performing well include Marriott International Inc. (MAR - Free Report) and Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. . Both the companies carry a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Reimbursing Employees for Official, B-291076, March 6, 2003
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Adjusting claims to exclude the hidden costs of "free" services included in the service provider's plan) provide adequate assurance that the reimbursements will be limited to government-related calls. We conclude that NRC's proposal is consistent with existing legal authority. We have no objection to it. For efficient and cost-effective conduct of other government business when staff are away from the office and do not have ready access to the Federal Telephone System. NRC was considering a proposal from IRT staff that NRC. We told NRC that we were already considering a similar request from the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA). NRC will limit reimbursements for cell phone activation plans to amounts which do not exceed the amounts that NRC would have paid had it procured the services itself.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Reimbursing Employees for Official, B-291076, March 6, 2003
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has requested our decision on a proposal to reimburse some of its employees for official access to and use of their personal cell phones. For the reasons given below, we conclude that NRC's proposal is consistent with existing legal authority, and we have no objection to it.
To respond to incidents involving nuclear materials at power plants or other nuclear facilities, NRC has established teams, located across the country, that it calls Incident Response Teams (IRT). NRC requires IRT staff to be available and accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Presently, NRC provides government-procured cell phones to the IRT staff to ensure their accessibility in the event of an emergency, and for efficient and cost-effective conduct of other government business when staff are away from the office and do not have ready access to the Federal Telephone System. NRC pays for activation and maintenance fees for these phones, as well as the costs for calls made. NRC also procures supplies and support services for these phones, including replacement phones, batteries, and belt clips.
In July 2001, NRC was considering a proposal from IRT staff that NRC, rather than supplying staff with cell phones, reimburse staff for official use of their personal cell phones and asked us if it could reimburse IRT employees at a flat rate. Letter from Anthony C. Rossi, Acting Director, Division of Accounting and Finance, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, NRC to Anthony Gamboa, General Counsel, GAO, July 3, 2001. At that time, we told NRC that we were already considering a similar request from the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA); in October 2001, we transmitted a copy to NRC of the WAPA decision, B-287524, October 22, 2001. In our decision to WAPA, we stated that we had no legal objection to WAPA reimbursing its employees for government use of employee cell phones. However, without specific statutory authority, WAPA could not provide reimbursement on the basis of a flat rate, but only on the basis of actual expenses incurred for government use. We advised that "[w]here WAPA, or other interested agencies, can document that the benefits of a flat rate reimbursement plan outweigh agency costs, we would encourage the agency to seek legislative authority from the Congress to implement such a plan." B-287524, Oct. 22, 2001.
NRC subsequently submitted a new reimbursement proposal for our consideration. Letter from Greg Benoit, Director, Division of Resource Management and Administration, NRC, to Anthony Gamboa, General Counsel, GAO, July 10, and Nov. 20, 2002. NRC asserts that this proposal assures reimbursement only of actual costs incurred for official business. Under this proposal, NRC would reimburse an IRT employee's costs of:
(a) maintaining an activation plan that meets NRC's minimum needs, including basic activation, local coverage, and voice mail capability; and
(b) any additional charges that the employee incurred for official calls actually made or received, including air time and roaming charges.
NRC will limit reimbursements for cell phone activation plans to amounts which do not exceed the amounts that NRC would have paid had it procured the services itself. NRC will require the employee to include in a reimbursement claim copies of monthly itemized invoices from the employee's cell service provider.
Agencies may reimburse their employees for the actual costs of government use of the employees' personal cell phones, including the costs associated with official use of the equipment as well as the cost of individual calls made. B-287524, Oct. 22, 2001.
In order to prevent the misuse of government resources for private business, any reimbursement plan must include adequate safeguards to prevent abuse. Id. B-229406, Dec. 9, 1988. For example, a monthly bill itemizing all phone calls and charges is an acceptable safeguard. /1/ B-229406, Dec. 9, 1988. A monthly itemization permits the agency to verify which calls are personal and which are official in nature. Id.
NRC proposes the following safeguards. To ensure that NRC reimburses only for its use of the employee's equipment, and that it does not reimburse the employee for the employee's cost of the equipment, NRC will (1) reimburse the costs of the employee's activation plan at an amount no greater than what NRC itself would have paid; and (2) adjust the costs of an activation plan to deduct the value of so-called "free" telephones and accessories, rationalizing that such equipment is not actually free but factored into the plan's cost by the service provider. To ensure that NRC reimburses only for official calls, NRC will require the employee to submit a monthly bill from the employee's service provider itemizing all calls made that month. We consider NRC's safeguards adequate to ensure that government resources are applied to official, not personal, use.
We have no legal objection to NRC's proposal to reimburse its IRT staff for the actual costs of maintaining personal cell phone services that meet NRC's minimum needs, as well as for the additional costs that may arise from any official calls made or received on the employee's cell phone. The safeguards NRC included in its proposal provide adequate assurance that NRC's reimbursements will be limited to government-related calls.
Anthony H. Gamboa
General Counsel
1. For cell phone plans that do not itemize cost per call, pro-rating government-related calls as a ratio to personal calls may prove an acceptable safeguard as well, but will require an agency to impose additional tracking and accounting procedures. B-287524 n.3, Oct. 22, 2001.
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Rev. Dr. Joyce T. Henderson
My Testimony
The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. ~John 5:15
Love brought me back
By: Rev. Dr. Joyce T. Henderson
During the past two years many folks have wondered and inquired about the whereabouts of Dr. Joyce T. Henderson previous associate Pastor of Brookins A.M.E. church. Many folks wondered is she still in the city or did she move to another state.
Well the answer is no! Dr. Henderson is very much alive and is a member of "Living in Victory enlightenment Center where Dr. Frederick O. Murph is pastor. During her absence Dr. Henderson slipped into a four day coma and was miraculous healed by the Lord and has resumed preaching.
Dr. Henderson wants to tell somebody that you may be sick in your body today; you may have a chronic aliment. It may seem like it has been present all your life. You may have a sharp stabbing pain that occurs irregularly and someone may have recurring headaches. Someone else may be experiencing the stiff discomfort of arthritis in your joints. Regardless of the sickness and pain you can be healed today! Know that it is God's will to heal you until you have lived out your allotted span of life. He did it for me and he can do it for you.


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Raymond Clevie Carver, Jr. (May 25, 1938 – August 2, 1988) was an American short story writer and poet. Carver is considered a major American writer of the late 20th century and also a major force in the revitalization of the short story in the 1980s.
Carver was born in Clatskanie, Oregon, a mill town on the Columbia River, and grew up in Yakima, Washington. His father, a skilled sawmill worker from Arkansas, was a fisherman and a heavy drinker. Carver's mother worked on and off as a waitress and a retail clerk. His one brother, James Franklin Carver, was born in 1943.
Carver was educated at local schools in Yakima, Washington. In his spare time he read mostly novels by Mickey Spillane or publications such as Sports Afield and Outdoor Life and hunted and fished with friends and family. After graduating from Yakima High School in 1956, Carver worked with his father at a sawmill in California. In June 1957, aged 19, he married 16-year-old Maryann Burk. She had just graduated from a private Episcopal school for girls. Their daughter, Christine La Rae, was born in December 1957. When their second child, a boy named Vance Lindsay, was born the next year, Carver was 20. Carver supported his family by working as a janitor, sawmill laborer, delivery man, and library assistant. During their marriage, Maryann worked as a waitress, salesperson, administrative assistant, and high school English teacher.


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Free SAT prep class at Gilford Youth Center
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GILFORD — The Gilford Youth Center will be holding a free SAT practice testing on Saturday, September 14 from 8 a.m. to noon. Tests will be administered and scored by Stratus Prep SAT Tutors and test preparation experts.
All participants will be given results a few days later that will help to tell them how they should best prepare. Testing is available for students in the Lakes Region, grades 6-12.


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The buzz Brothers Danny and Kieran Clancy, of krankbrother fame, have taken a three-pronged approach to their new culinary hub Beagle a restaurant, cocktail bar and café all housed within a trio of beautifully renovated railway arches bordering Hoxton station. Taking its name from one of the locomotives that used to run on the tracks above, the new eatery has enlisted one of Londons most exciting young chefs James Ferguson who formerly headed up the kitchen at foodie favourite Rochelle Canteen to mastermind the menu.
Perfect for Anyone who appreciates quality food in unique surroundings take a discerning date, the girls for a long lunch in the sun, or family members for a special event.
The lowdown One for industrial interior lovers, expect swooping brickwork arches, dusky metallic furniture and a polished floor made from reclaimed railway sleepers. Overall, its elegant and modern, and the icing on the cake is a spacious south-facing al fresco area looking out over the pedestrainised Geffrye Street, which may just be the best sunshine spot in the whole of E2.
Friendly and efficient staff are on hand to dish up honest, flavoursome food, whose high quality ingredients are allowed to shine. Its a similar story on the pretty-much-perfect cocktail menu no novelty jam jars or crazy creations here, just seasonal herbs and fruits and some superb British spirits. Fresh flavor combinations include a Bellini with rhubarb, vanilla, lemon & sparkling wine, and a Hoxton Fizz of vodka, cucumber, lemon juice & elderflower, which adhere to Beagles simple-but-delicious ethos.
Menu highlights The daily changing list is seasonally dictated, and essentially a showcase of the finest British produce combined in irresistible ways and, due to James work in his dads Greek restaurant in Halifax, enhanced with a Mediterranean twist. A stunning starter of Grilled courgette, feta & rocket was garden-fresh and terrifically tasty, while the lightly-spiced squid proved a delight. Even the plentiful basket of baked bread, with pots of creamed butter and flakes of salt, was devoured with relish.
Thankfully, nothing on the menu is overly complicated, but the use of a natural wood grill and rotisserie at the restaurant gives added depth to moreish dishes of braised meatballs & lentils and Whole wild seabass with samphire & cucumber. Resist sides of Spring greens and Duck fat chips if you dare, and make sure to leave room for dessert the Pistachio ice cream & cardamom biscuit, and Sicilian lemon tart rounded off a superb meal with a punch of sweetness.
Final word Culinary class, cocktails that hit the spot every time, and a warm atmosphere inside and out, mean Beagle looks set to be the smart Hoxton hangout of the summer, and beyond
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Thread: Yay!!!! Another name game- FUN!
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Boris Horace - Boring, stupid.
Igor Dexter - Cyclops
Percy Pompadieu - Rich snobby, wizard
Otto Rodrigo - Loves Cars
Humphrey Plug - hits people alot
Mustafa Dirk - Loves milksharkes
Twinkle Gilette - Wears sparkles alot
Galena McRonald - Ballerina
Polka Darlene - Loves Polka Dots
Yvette Rose - Perfectionist
Ursula Iris - Nerd
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Boris Horace - stubborn, introverted, maniacal
Igor Dexter - slow, benevolent, easily amused
Percy Pompadieu- cowardly, elitist, egocentric
Otto Rodrigo - slick, charismatic, manly
Humphrey Plug - goofey, naive, lonely (a good name for a tweedy, birdwatching bookworm)
Mustafa Dirk - shifty, dangerous, womanizer
Twinkle Gilette - fun loving, capricious, unconventional
Galena McRonald - conflicted, moody, reserved
Polka Darlene - dowdy, old fashioned, timid
Yvette Rose- hipster(ish?), snobbish, energetic
Ursula Iris - sultry, confident, creative
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Boris Horace - threw his bottle of milk at the cat in a sinister fashion.
Igor Dexter - smacks his lips when he sees a snail in the yard.
Percy Pompadieu - has been known to throw his rubber ducky into the toilet!
Otto Rodrigo - loves to suck on stray puzzle pieces until they are gray mush.
Humphrey Plug - his little shirt has shrunk, and now you can see his fat little tummy.
Mustafa Dirk - gravely watches his daddy shave.
Twinkle Gilette - sits patiently and lets her mommy paint her toenails pink with glitter.
Galena McRonald - has been caught blissfully crunching on the dog's dry food.
Polka Darlene - enjoys licking the kitchen floor.
Yvette Rose - is afraid of clowns.
Ursula Iris - got her big fat leg stuck in the crib bars.


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A girl often seen on the 120 bus was caught reading more than the headline of a Daily Mash story. Apparently.
iPhone owning student Beany Goodstate seemed to be engrossed in the shocking news that Kermit the Frog is the lead singer of the band Fleet Foxes.
Bus passenger Helen Daniels asked if Goodstate was reading it said the following comment, "Yes she was definitely reading it." Beany was unwilling to comment as she was twittering about how much she worries about Palestine. We asked a student a bit similar to Goodstate what may have been happening: "After sitting next to Daniels on the 120 bus it's more than likely Goodstate really only pretended to read the story".
The 120 bus is renowned by students in Sheffield to be a piss addled journey that often involves sitting next to people from lower classes than them. So much so that they are now forced to pretend to read the trending articles posted on social networking sites like facebook or twitter.
Sheffield Council have tried repeatedly to sort the 120 out. Council spokesmen Jim Flatcapwhippet said this "We're at the end of our tether lad. We've tried t' wiffi' and makin' t'doubledecker and green like but it's like polishin' turd".


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For the Yankees, the seventh inning of Sunday's game was a long anticipated moment where everything clicked for an offense that has sleepwalked far too often this season.
For the Mets, it was something far different. It was a moment when it became much more difficult to believe in the flickering notion that there's a playoff berth to fight for this season.
It was a hard sell even before Mike Pelfrey again showed that he has a hard time finishing what he starts. The Mets didn't score more than three runs in any game last week, which makes their three wins a truly remarkable feat that no one can really expect to see repeated on a regular basis until reinforcements start arriving from the disabled list.
Their Buffalo Soldiers are perfect for Terry Collins's personality -- all fire and feistiness with a chip on their shoulders -- but they are a little too Hollywood to actually succeed in the big leagues.
Movies are full of miraculous success stories about how heart can make up for other failings, but real life almost always favors the talented.
Maybe it can happen and maybe these Mets are some latter day version of the "You Gotta Believe" gang. The question is whether or not you actually pin your hopes to the improbable.
That brings us to how to handle the futures of Carlos Beltran, Jose Reyes and others who might fetch returns that make the future less reliant on fairy tales. Moving those players got muddier as the Mets touched .500 this week, but the dose of reality provided this weekend might put the train back on track.
It doesn't hurt that Fred Wilpon has made it clear that he'd be fine with ditching both of the impending free agents. A profile in the New Yorkerfinds him sounding more like a caller to WFAN than the aloof man he seems to be in his other public appearances, which leads to some candid comments about the team.
He says the Mets are snake-bitten before moving on to say that Jose Reyes isn't worth the "Carl Crawford money" that he's likely to get on the free agent market. He also calls himself a dummy for overpaying Carlos Beltran after his epic 2005 playoff run because Beltran is now 65 to 70 percent of that player.
That should make for a fun pre-game media session in Chicago on Tuesday, huh? It's nice that Wilpon waited to make honest assessments about his team until after Omar Minaya ran it into the ground over and over again.
If you're not re-signing either man (and Wilpon's comments put an end to any thoughts otherwise when it comes to Reyes), why wouldn't you trade them? Maybe you don't deal Reyes if you don't feel the return is equal to two draft choices, but you have to at least shop him and then sell the hell out of the idea that he isn't worth the money he's getting from someone else.
A tough sell, but not if you point out a lineup with four players who started the year in Buffalo and the diminishing returns of so many veteran free agents over the years. The team's need to get better across the board is why Sandy Alderson is here, an overachieving few weeks can't change the long-term planning.
After all, the Mets don't even have a superstar to build around. Wilpon was very clear on that point when he called David Wright a very good player who wasn't a superstar.
We'd like to end on a positive note, so we'll point out that a man who has that much to complain about seems like someone who could be bought out of his ownership sooner rather than later. On second thought, that seems like a bit too much of that Hollywood thinking.
Josh Alper is a writer living in New York City. You can follow him on Twitter and he is also a contributor to Pro Football Talk.


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GRAMMY Charity Online Auctions Will Include VIP Justin Bieber Experience
Proceeds from GRAMMY Charity Online Auctions provide essential support for the GRAMMY Foundation. Under the banner of GRAMMY in the Schools®, the GRAMMY Foundation produces a range of distinct education programs - across the country throughout the year - that serve high school students and their schools including GRAMMY Camp®,GRAMMY Camp - Basic Training, GRAMMY Camp - Jazz Session, and GRAMMY Signature Schools. The GRAMMY Foundation also offers preservation and advancement initiatives, fosters dialogue about compelling issues facing the music industry, supports projects that increase the understanding of music and its role in society, and raises public awareness about the urgent need to preserve our nation's recorded sound legacy. These programs include the Entertainment Law Initiative®, the Grant Program with funding generously provided by The Recording Academy®, the Living Histories program, and the Music Preservation Project.
GRAMMY® Charity Online Auctions now include an exclusive VIP experience with Justin Bieber, available through Nov. 2 at www.ebay.com/grammy. All proceeds will benefit the GRAMMY Foundation.
The GRAMMY Foundation was established in 1989 to cultivate the understanding, appreciation and advancement of the contribution of recorded music to American culture - from the artistic and technical legends of the past to the still unimagined musical breakthroughs of future generations of music professionals. The Foundation accomplishes this mission through programs and activities that engage the music industry and cultural community as well as the general public. The Foundation works in partnership year-round with its founder, The Recording Academy®, to bring national attention to important issues such as the value and impact of music and arts education and the urgency of preserving our rich cultural heritage. Campbell's Labels for Education program is proud to be the official education partner of the GRAMMY in the Schools programs. For more information, please visit www.grammyintheschools.com. For breaking news and exclusive content, please like "GRAMMY in the Schools" on Facebook atwww.facebook.com/grammyintheschools and follow @GRAMMYFdn on Twitter atwww.twitter.com/GRAMMYFdn.<


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Abstraction is extracted from a large number of things in common, essential features, and discard the nonessential features. Such as apples, bananas, pears, grapes, peaches, etc., their common characteristic is the fruit. Come to fruit concept is an abstract process. The abstract must be carried out, no comparison can not find the part in essence. The common feature of the characteristics of a class of things to those who can with his kind of thing to distinguish, with the distinction between the role of features, also known as the essential characteristics. Therefore, a common feature of the extract things is to extract the essential characteristics of things, give up the unessential features. Therefore, the abstraction process is a cutting process. In the abstract, the same and different, decided to up abstract from what angle. Abstract point of view depends on the purpose of the analysis of the problem.
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Patrolling campus – exterior and interior; monitoring students, employees and visitors.
Traffic control – accident investigation, issuing parking violations.
First Responders to accidents and medical emergencies.
Locking and unlocking campus doors – interior and exterior. NORTH CAMPUS ONLY. Central and South campuses will respond only when necessary.
Accompanying students to classroom and/or vehicles when they feel unsafe and request these services.
Assisting with jump-starting vehicles or when keys have been locked in a vehicle. College police officers assist with these requests as a courtesy and respond in order of priority and level of emergency.
Assistance with emergency notification to students while in class.
The San Jacinto College District's policies regarding student conduct are contained in the college Police Department's Student Handbook which is produced and distributed each year. Questions regarding disciplinary procedures, students' rights, and responsibilities are also included.
On-campus incidents which (a) disrupt the learning environment of the campus, (b) threaten the safety or security of students, staff, or faculty, (c) involve the destruction of private or college property, or (d) include violations of local, state, or federal law should be reported to the college police immediately. Persons who witness violent altercations – or potentially violent altercations – should not place themselves at risk, but should call college police immediately.
San Jacinto College District maintains an open campus and welcomes visitors. Non-students are subject to the same rules as students, including those designed to ensure the preservation of the college's learning environment. Consequently, visitors who become disruptive may be asked to leave the campus.
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About This Activity
SDC is limited to 1500 riders.
Online Registration Close Date
100 Moved from walkup to online for 1500 capacity roster. Online registration closes when sold out or May 25. 50 held for Friday walk-up registration.
Cancellation Policy
Entry fees are nonrefundable and entries are nontransferable except as detailed on www.SDCentury.com.
Go to www.SDCentury.com for all pertinent information, including maps, rules, elevations, benefits, schedules, directions, souvenirs, clothing, etc, and for detailed information on all other events.
Start and Finish at MiraCosta College - PARKING
START & FINISH is at MiraCosta College. Take 1-5 N/S, exit Manchester Ave. and go east approx 1 mile to MiraCosta College. There is parking for over 800 cars at MCC and nearby sites. If arriving after 6:30am, MCC will likely be full, so take next NB exit off I-5 (Santa Fe Dr.), head east to El Camino Real and look for parking on SB El Camino Real north of MCC.Finishers awards and lunch will be given at MCC.
Tandem Registration
Contact Event Administrator for tandem registration firstname.lastname@example.com
Friday Packet Pick-Up and Late Registration
Packet pick-up for registered riders and late registration (if numbers are available) is between noon and 7:00pm on Friday, May 30, 2014 at Revolution Bike Shop, 235 S. Coast Hwy 101, Solana Beach 92075. The shop is on the west side of 101 south of Lomas Santa Fe (take Lomas Santa Fe exit off I-5 go west to 101 and turn south).
Event Day Packet Pick-up and Late Registration
Event Day packet pick-up for registered riders and "Day Of" registration (if numbers are available) is between 6:00am & 8:00am on Saturday May 31, 2014 at MiraCosta College, 3333 Manchester Ave., Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA 92007 (in Encinitas, California). Go to www.SDCentury.com for further details.
Registered Riders Receive
SDC premiums, well-stocked SAG stops, individual course bracelet, very well-marked courses, mobile SAGs with mechanical support, shuttle to MCC for DNF, route slips (cue sheets), finishers' medal, lunch and Finish Party at MCC.
Clothing & Souvenirs
Men's and Women's jerseys sizing now available. All pre-ordered and paid-for clothing and merchandise must be picked up on Friday at Revolution Bike Shop before 7:00pm or on Saturday at MCC before 5:00pm. Clothing not picked up will require an additional $8.00 postage/handling fee. Some clothing will be available for sale on Friday and Saturday.
8th Year - GREAT Jerseys, T-shirts and hats lunch at finish.
20 Miles Route - $50, Metric Half-Century (33 miles) - $75, Metric Century (67 miles) - $95, Century (105 miles) - $120.


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Typically, games between the Carolina Hurricanes and New York Rangers feature two Staal brothers—Eric, the Carolina center, and Marc, the Rangers defenseman.
Friday night, though, Marc Staal did not play—he sat out, as he has all season, because of post-concussion symptoms stemming from a hit by Eric on Feb. 22.
The 24-year-old has, according to the New York Post, been in a "shutdown" period, per doctors orders, that began on Oct. 16. He has a follow-up evaluation next week, but remains out indefinitely, despite playing after the hit. He began experiencing headaches in the summer.
"There were a lot of steps that happened after that hit that probably have put him in the position that he's in now," Eric Staal said Friday, according to the New York Daily News. "I don't think it's just that hit. It's not like I hit him and he's been done since that point. He played, he came back, and he's in and out. And I think there's a lot of other decisions and things after that that have led to where he is now, but that—like I said before—is all behind us and behind him, and now we're looking forward, and he's healing and on the right track to getting back."
Not that the Carolina forward, who has struggled significantly this season, isn't thinking about his brother."I wouldn't say it has kept me awake at night, but it's tough," Eric told NHL.com earlier this week. "If I could take it back I probably wouldn't hit him knowing where we've gone and what has gone on since then. But it was one of those plays, bang-bang, happens so quickly, and I hit him hard."
As for the Rangers, coming into the game, they weren't anticipating retribution.
"We're missing one of our best players because of that hit, whether the hit was very dirty or not," Brandon Prust told the Post following yesterday's practice. "But with it being between brothers, it's definitely a unique circumstance.
"We're obviously going to go out and play a hard, physical game, and we'll certainly finish our checks against Eric, but we can't afford to lose our heads and take any stupid penalties over this.
"I hope maybe sometime over the summer when Eric was sleeping, Marc found the way to get some payback."


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Legal Question in Criminal Law in India
Contradicting statements in FIR
Ld Counsels, I am falsely implicated by my wife and father in law. My FIL gave a complaint stating that I demanded 10 lakhs for living with his daughter. After one month police took another statement from my wife that says I am not interested to live with her and I am demanding money even to give divorce. If she wanted divorce she should have approached family court instead. The fact that we attended couseling before going to police is not revealed in teh first statement. Also the FIR is filed after one month since the compliant is lodged. This is a counterblast for my petition in family court under section 9 of HMA. My wife has left my home with all her things and threatening me to give money. Can this FIR be quashed. There is no mention of date and place of dowry demand, the statement that she seeks divorce and his fathers statement that I demanded money to live with her is contradicting. Also pls tell me if police can tamper with statemetns made and further complicate the matter. I have not received summons from court. FIR registered on 10th Nov 2008.
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Re: Contradicting statements in FIR
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Re: Contradicting statements in FIR
Tampering not possible with FIR as it is immediately sent to concerned Magistrate.
Quashing will depend on several factors. Kindly consult your lawyer with all details.
Re: Contradicting statements in FIR
The courts rarely interfere in investigation and are very reluctant to quash FIR if a bare perusal of the allegations constitute the offence. However, you may want to engage a local counsel for examining appropriate remedies.
Re: Contradicting statements in FIR
Thanks for referring an interesting question of law involved in the matter. I had carefully gone into the facts narrated by you in your reference.
As you day that there is contradiction in the statement of your wife and your father in law , no date and particulars of dowry demand etc. mentioned in the F.I.R. and also want quashing of FIR.
As far as quashing of FIR is concerned at this stage, it does not appear to possible in the facts and circumstances of the case . However , after going through the papers it can be advised properly.
Police can record more statements. It is for you to be visilant so that nothing wrong could happen with you. Every body has to act according to law.
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Re: Contradicting statements in FIR
If possible contact personally.
Re: Contradicting statements in FIR
actually u have not mentioned about the section in which the FIR has been registered against you for the said allegation.but at my best experience i can draw inference to go through the contents shown by you that should be registered u/s 498A.and if it was registered under the above mentioned section, you should move before the court for taking bail .because it is a cognizable offence and no summons is required for this
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text: On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 11:40:19 +0200, Joakim Verona wrote: > Hello list, > > I'm toying with cogre and find it pretty cool. Nifty > I understand that very little of the long term goals are actually > implemented, and my question is what actually works. Most of the complex cogre stuff I would like to do resides in the semantic package which is still a work in progress. Some has been written there, but has not been used cogre yet. > - I can create a simple diagram with boxes and lines. I can move them > about. Im having difficulty restoring the graph after I saved it > though. Is this supposed to work? I must profess, I really don't remember. COGRE uses the eieio persistent object system which is heavilly utilized in semantic and that works well. I'm pretty sure it still had isues with graphs generated from semantic though. > - If I load cogre-uml, im able to create a "class" node if I press c-u > first, to specify the class. Its difficult to specify the "tags" > manually though. I cant seem to change the "name" of a class. For UML diagrams, cogre uses the semantic tag format. COGRE documentation was then never updated to describe the new semantic 2 tag format which looks like this: ( "name" variable ( :attrib1 "value" ...) ( :prop1 "value" ) [ start end ] ) though I didn't have much luck with the conversion this morning. I'll need to investigate more. > - I can specify "aggregation" links the same way > > - the "l" refers to a non existing function > > - the cogre-uml-create and cogre-uml-quick-class functions appear broken I checked in a fix which was a compatibility issue with the new version of semantic. I found the display with semantic's images seems to have done something strange though. > - this has really nothing to do with with this but anyway: when > running in a terminal I only get 16 colors, which is to little for > cogre. Is there some way to increase this? (other than running emacs > over X which is slow) Not that I know of. You miss some of the display features that way, like overlines and such. > - It would be nice to have a little demo class hierarchy to test cogre > with, like the diagrams on the screenshot page for cog Yup. It would. Any assistance improving cogre would be appreciated. Eric


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Director, Energy and Conservation — Chicago, IL
Organization: Community and Economic Development Association of Cook County, Inc. (CEDA)
Job Title: Director of Energy and Conservation
Location: Chicago, IL
Hours and Compensation: Full Time — competitive salary and benefits
Application Deadline: Oct. 10, 2012
Posted On: Sep. 27, 2012
Organization Overview
CEDA's Weatherization Program is the nation's largest Home Energy Conservation program in the nation.
We are looking for a Director to maintain responsibility for the leadership and direction of all aspects of CEDA's Weatherization Assistance Program in compliance with state and federal regulations and funding source requirements including: the WX grant application, budgeting, production, reporting, and contractor, client and community relations. Administers and coordinates the Weatherization Program with other CEDA programs and services, external agencies, community groups and funding sources.
Lead efforts to submit annual grant application, develop annual program budget, operational plans and objectives.
Manage all program operations to achieve production and quality objectives in compliance with all state and federal regulations and funding source requirements:
- Establish effective processes to provide services, manage operations, control and approve payments and expenditures.
- Manage annual program close-out process.
- Negotiate and manage agency contracts with vendors and approved contractors.
- Coordinate with CEDA's Procurement Department regarding Weatherization material specifications to ensure the highest quality at the lowest cost, timely purchase orders for materials, and that a perpetual inventory system is developed and maintained;
- Lead and initiate process improvements to enhance program operations.
Lead efforts to establish and maintain positive external relationships and provide effective client service with funding sources, regulatory agencies, contractors, vendors, clients and the community:
- Investigate, respond to and resolve all consumer complaints.
- Coordinate and conduct community assessments with agency Program Directors.
- Work with Energy Services and other CEDA/non-CEDA programs on activities concerning energy.
Lead and manage the staffing, development and performance of all department employees:
- Ensure that all employees are technically qualified;
- establish and maintain training and technical assistance as needed;
- establish and maintain appropriate professional and industry association memberships and participation in workshops and conferences.
- Encourage management and staff to achieve quality work early in the process.
Ensure program compliance and reporting requirements are met:
- Ensure that applicant filing system maintains all completed and verified required forms;
- Ensure quality control of assessment and the contracting process to reduce and minimize callbacks, corrections and adverse findings.
- Develop appropriate reports for the President/CEO, Vice President of Programs, Board of Directors, other CEDA Programs and funding source organizations.
The ideal candidate should have the following skills and abilities:
- Demonstrable success in complex program administration in a decentralized, technology-driven environment;
- Demonstrated effective communication and interpersonal skills proven in a wide range of settings with people of all backgrounds;
- Proficiency coordinating and collaborating with other internal departments as well as various external agencies, community groups and funding sources with a demonstrated ability to build partnerships, alliances and coalitions;
- Proficiency developing and implementing creative, innovative solutions to technological (e.g. building science), business and/or program challenges;
- Demonstrated skill developing management and staff subordinates as well as contractors in a team-based and collaborative environment;
- Ability to adapt to often rapid change.
- BA/BS Degree, Public Administration, Business, Construction, Engineering, Architecture or related discipline;
- MS/MBA/MA Degree or licensed professional (Professional Engineer, Registered Architect or related) highly preferred;
- Energy and/or environmental certifications (Certified Energy Manager, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, etc.) desired;
- Minimum 10 years' experience in Weatherization, Energy Efficiency, Energy Conservation and/or sustainability programs or relevant social service operations with a minimum of 7 years of successful managerial experience;
- In addition, the candidate must possess or acquire the following proficiencies:
- Must be certified by the State of Illinois or become certified after participating in training given by the State of Illinois and CEDA within six months of employment.
- Possess or acquire detailed knowledge of all the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) rules, regulations, procedures and grant award requirements regarding the Weatherization Assistance Program;
- Possess or develop knowledge of requirements for the Illinois Low Income Home Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and other private sector, state and federal programs in the areas of Housing and Energy which have relevance to the effective operation of the Weatherization Program.
- Knowledge of federal legislation, regulations, procedures and Office of Management and Budget circulars related to the Weatherization Assistance or related programs desirable.
Travel: Extensive throughout Cook County service area, including City of Chicago and to Springfield and other Illinois locations to attend training and funding source meetings. Nation-wide travel to attend and participate in Weatherization-related conferences. Automobile with valid driver's license and insurance required.
How to Apply
Interested applicants should forward their cover letter, resume and salary requirements to the email address below. Closing date for resumes is October 10, 2012.
CEDA – HR Dept.