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According to a new report published by the University of California Berkeley Labor Center, more than half of America's fast food workers must rely on public assistance to get by. That is more than double the national statistic for the workforce as a whole.
States with some of the highest cost of living pay the most, says the report. California and New York taxpayers pay more than $7 million a year, while Texas, Illinois and Florida pay between $348 million and $556 million a year to ensure America's poorest working families have food and essential support.
The report, which looks at the cost for low-wage fast food jobs, offers some chilling numbers to consider:
- 73 percent of enrollments in major public benefit programs such as Medicaid, food stamps and Supplemental Security Income come from working families.
- The average hourly wage for workers at restaurants like McDonald's, Burger King and Church's Chicken is $8.67, far below what it costs to support a family, and many of those jobs are part-time.
- Taxpayers pay an average of $7 billion a year in the form of public benefits because wages paid to fast food workers are insufficient.
- More than half of that $7 billion covers Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Programs (CHIP), which are essential supports for many families working, but earning insufficient wages.
- Food stamp benefits paid to fast food workers and their families account for $1.04 billion of that budget and are – ironically – the first line of defense for families who don't earn enough to pay the food bill.
- The study also found that even though most fast food workers are limited to part-time wages, even working full-time won't earn enough to support a family in today's economy.
Last summer, the country saw an unprecedented number of retail workers striking for increased pay. While strikes have died down in major cities like New York, Chicago, Seattle and Washington D.C., the issue hasn't gone away for some of the country's largest food chains. Striking workers have been calling for an increase to a "livable wage" of $15 per hour. So far, fast food chains haven't agreed.
A report published by the Democratic Staff of the House Committee on Education and Workforce has found similar statistics for Walmart workers.
Walmart has long been criticized for its part-time hiring pattern and low-wage compensation. The most recent report, which focused on stores in the state of Wisconsin, found that employees received an average of $3,015 per year in Medicaid, which is designed to help individuals and families that do not earn enough according to state standards. It did not look at other supplemental programs, like food stamps, CHIP and SSI. But with more than 1 million workers nationwide (at least half of which, the report says have no health care plans), the partial costs reflected in this report suggest that low-income jobs are increasingly becoming high-paying headaches that fail to support a substantial number of America's working families.
The UC Berkeley Labor Center's report paints a similarly grim picture when it comes to health care benefits. The researchers estimate 87 percent of fast-food workers have no health care. That means increased out-of-pocket costs for the employee, who, already on public assistance, may not be able to pay for routine doctors' visits, much less emergency services for accidents or illness. In most areas of the country that tab is then paid by the taxpayer, adding further costs to offset an inadequate pay structure for underpaid fast food workers.
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Call it a local-loving threepeat of sorts: For the third time in as many years, the AFI Fest, one of our city's largest film festivals, will open with a movie that's about, well, movies.
"Saving Mr. Banks," the Tom-Hanks-and-Emma-Thompson-starrer, will kick off the festival at the Opening Night Gala at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Thursday, Nov. 7. "Banks" follows Walt Disney's quest to film "Mary Poppins" and his often bumptious but ultimately creative relationship with author P.L. Travers.
The other two recent AFI Fest openers with Hollywood cred? Clint Eastwood's "J. Edgar" got the 2011 festival going, and, true, while it wasn't strictly about Hollywood, the FBI director did have ties to Tinseltown, and movie stars like Ginger Rogers and Shirley Temple were referenced in the film.
And the 2012 opening treat was none other than "Hitchcock," a movie that has a bit in common with "Saving Mr. Banks," considering that they're both about visionary filmmakers trying to bring a beloved if challenging project to the screen in early 1960s Southern California. (The focus of "Hitchcock" was the making of "Psycho.")
While there may not be a fourpeat in 2014 as far as Tinseltown-focused opening night films at AFI Fest, we do like all of the local love and find it a filmic fit at an event organized by the American Film Institute. And even more fitting in regards to the choice of "Saving Mr. Banks" to screen at the festival's main location, the Chinese Theatre? "Mary Poppins" premiered right there, in 1964, and, yes indeed, Walt Disney and P.L. Travers were both in the audience.
Could either have guessed that their story would appear on that very screen nearly 50 years later?
Well, not that actual screen: The Chinese Theatre is now the home to one of the world's largest IMAX screens, a mega feature that will make its debut on Sept. 20 with a 3-D "The Wizard of Oz."
The AFI Fest 2013 presented by Audi unspools at various Hollywood locations from Thursday, Nov. 7 through Thursday, Nov. 14.

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A Psychedelic Documentary About Soviet Hippies
Hippies and Communism didn't mix either!
Oh, so you thought only the flower power children of North America were enjoying the trippy times of the 1970s hippie movement and psychedelic era? Wrong! I mean, sure they had capitalism and a very ill Vietnam War going on to be conscious about, but things were also brewing halfway across the world in Madre Russia.
In an upcoming documentary about the hippie movement going on in the old USSR– Flowers and Sickles: The Psychedelic Underground of the Soviet Hippies–Kultusfilm delves into what the experience was like for free-thinkers on the other side of the Iron Curtain. The irony of Communism didn't necessarily mean that there wasn't any social oppression as the film's trailer reveals. Due out in 2015, the piece features some very revealing interviews as well as some awesome perspectives and animations about what the movement meant to a whole other generation of young adults.


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NEW YORK, June 3 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, helped by optimism that Greece was close to an agreement to avoid a default and as further gains in bond yields lifted financials.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 66.9 points, or 0.37 percent, to 18,078.84, the S&P 500 gained 4.66 points, or 0.22 percent, to 2,114.26 and the Nasdaq Composite added 22.71 points, or 0.45 percent, to 5,099.23. (Reporting by Ryan Vlastelica; Editing by Nick Zieminski)


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Dr. Wendy W. Allman,
assistant professor of English, presented "Sociolinguistics, Literature and The Reeve's Tale" May 5 at an International Congress on Medieval Studies meeting in Kalamazoo, Mich. She presented "The Wounds of Christ, Temporal Authority and Shakespeare's Coriolanus" July 17 at an International Medieval Congress meeting in Leeds, England.
Dr. Michael B. Frisch,
professor of psychology, presented a workshop titled "Quality of Life Assessment" Oct. 4 at the International Positive Psychology Summit in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Gregory T. Garrett,
professor of English, discussed his novel Cycling Sept. 24 at a Watonga Book Club meeting in Watonga, Okla. He gave readings from Cycling Sept. 25-26 at Barnes & Noble bookstores in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. He presented "Literature and Healing: Reading the Story," read from his fiction and delivered a sermon Oct. 3-5 at a medical humanities retreat at Camp Allen in Navasota. He participated in two panel discussions on film adaptation and script writing Oct. 9-12 at the Austin Film Festival.
Vicky Gerik,
director of distributive systems and services in information technology services, and
Melinda Sanson,
training and support specialist in information technology services, presented "A Successful Help Desk Process for All IT Support" May 11-14 at a CUMREC conference in Orlando, Fla.
Dr. Roger E. Kirk,
Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Statistics and Master Teacher, presented a keynote address titled "Effect Magnitude: A Different Focus" Oct. 3 at the International Conference on Statistics, Combinatorics and Related Areas in Portland, Maine.
Paul A. McCoy,
professor of art and Ceramist-in-Residence, had two ceramic sculptures exhibited Oct. 20-Nov. 15 in the National Clay Art Invitational Exhibition at the Collin County Community College Fine Arts Gallery in Plano. He had a ceramic sculpture titled "Exquisite Agony" exhibited Oct. 26-Nov. 22 in the Ceramics USA 2003 juried exhibition at the University of North Texas Art Gallery in Denton. He had a ceramic sculpture accepted for exhibition Dec. 5-Jan. 25 in the Craft Forms 2003 juried exhibition at the Wayne Art Center in Wayne, Penn.
Dr. Roger E. Olson,
professor of theology at Truett Seminary, presented a plenary address titled "The World Its Parish: Wesleyan Theology in the Postmodern Global Village" Oct. 2 at the Legacy of John Wesley for the 21st Century conference at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Ky.
Matthew Schobert,
part-time lecturer in Baylor Interdisciplinary Core, presented "Recovering Vocation: Escaping Seductive Parodies, Embracing Subversive Practices" Oct. 2-4 at the Formation and Renewal conference at the University of Notre Dame Center for Ethics. He led a workshop titled "Vocation and the Spiritual Life" Oct. 23-25 at a North American Association of Christians in Social Work convention in Louisville, Ky.
Three English faculty members made presentations Sept. 25-27 at a Texas Medieval Association annual conference at Baylor University.
Dr. Jeannette M. Denton,
assistant professor, presented "Expressing Inner States and Ancestral Potential: Symbolism of the Hands in Early Germanic Poetry;"
Dr. D. Thomas Hanks Jr.,
professor, presented "The Society for the Study of Christianity and Culture;" and
Dr. Rebecca Munro,
post-doctoral fellow, presented "Chaucer: The Pleasure of the Text."
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Vote plugs bike tunnel
The Janesville City Council on Monday voted 5-2 to dump plans for a bike tunnel at the crossing located between Wright Road and Shannon Drive and instead narrow traffic to one lane in each direction and build an island refuge. The change will save the city about $385,000.
Council members in 2006 agreed to build a tunnel at a cost of $160,000 for safety reasons. But the costs ballooned to $720,000 over the years. Of that, the state had pledged $235,000.
The cost incensed some residents, and some council members began having second thoughts as budgets tightened.
The council on Monday approved narrowing the street to one lane in each direction and adding two bike lanes and a left-turn center lane beginning at Wright Road. The bike crossing would include rapid-flashing beacons, a center-island refuge and a button-activated crossing system.
The cost is $99,500, and the city has $117,000 left from the original $160,000 borrowed for the tunnel. The city likely will lose the $235,000 state grant.
"The ultimate goal � was to provide a very simple crossing by reducing the number of lanes the pedestrians and bicyclists had to cross to a single lane at a time to a refuge in the middle," said Carl Weber, public works director.
Councilmen Frank Perrotto and Bill Truman voted against the plan.
Perrotto advocated an automatic system that would sense pedestrians rather than the conventional push-button activated system. An automatic system would have cost an additional $8,500.
"If there's one segment of the population that I want to protect, it's kids," he said. "Kids don't always push the button."
But Councilman Yuri Rashkin said all crossing systems should be the same across the city. The automatic system could send a sense of "false security" to the public, he said.
Councilman Tom McDonald said the automatic system was not worth the expense.
Councilman Bill Truman called reducing the traffic lanes a "great mistake."
Prior city employees and councils decided two lanes were needed, he said.
"Choking it down to one lane is a great concern to me," Truman said, noting that the road is also a truck route.
Truman doubted that the council would consider reducing the number of lanes if a large residential development at the corner of Highway A and 14 had not failed.
Truman's vote also was a protest of a roundabout that will be built at Wuthering Hills Drive to the east. The roundabout is meant to slow traffic at the intersection, which was the site of a fatal accident in 2007. Reducing the traffic lanes will better feed into the single lane roundabout.
Truman predicted that the city would eventually revert to two lanes in each direction.
Weber said in June that the changes approved by the council are relatively simple, especially when compared to a tunnel.
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Most allergy sufferers dread the late summer months. This heralds ragweed season, which wreaks havoc upon the 36 million Americans who suffer from hay fever. They join the many other allergy sufferers who react to mold, pollen, dust mites and other allergens with sneezes, itchy eyes, runny noses and other unpleasant symptoms.
Most allergy sufferers head for the drug store or doctor's office to stock up on Claritin, Benadryl, Alavert, eye drops, inhalers and other medications to help them live with their unfortunate allergy. However, many of these medications cause serious side effects ranging from a dry mouth and confused thinking to drowsiness, which restricts driving, and the use of machinery. Some sufferers even experience an accelerated heart rate from taking these antihistamine drugs.
Perhaps it's time to see what nature has to offer in terms of natural antihistamines delivered through a natural healthy diet. Edible antihistamines can be found in many common foods that contain vitamin C, quercetin or omega-3 fatty acids. Here's what allergy sufferers should be putting in their shopping basket to help counter their reaction to pollen, dust, mold and other allergens.
Vitamin C
Vitamin C is a powerful antioxidant that packs a powerful dose of antihistamine. It is commonly found in fruit and vegetables such as citrus fruits, guavas, blackcurrants, mangoes, strawberries, tomatoes, papayas, elderberries, cantaloupe and honeydew melon, raspberries, bananas, kiwi, pineapple, cranberry juice and peaches.
Other tasty sources of vitamin C include vegetables such as peppers, kale, parsley, broccoli, brussels sprouts, mustard greens, watercress, cauliflower, cabbage (all types), spinach, turnips, asparagus, green onions, lima beans, black-eyed peas, green peas, radishes, yellow summer squash, sweet potatoes, new potatoes, lettuce, vegetable juice, tomato juice, rutabaga and kohlrabi.
There's something in that list for everyone to enjoy at least once a day! These fruits and vegetables should be eaten as fresh as possible as they lose their potency if boiled or stored for long periods. Try making a fruit smoothie, blending the ingredients with natural yoghurt, ice and sweetener to taste.
The flavonoid quercetin is the ingredient responsible for adding color to fruit and vegetables. It is easy to pick out fruit and vegetables high in quercetin such as berries, citrus fruits, broccoli, tomatoes, grapes and even red wine.
Quercetin is one of nature's antihistamines that work by stabilizing the mast cells that normally react to allergens. Quercetin can help prevent the body from manufacturing and releasing histamine in response to pollen or other irritants. Enjoying a daily dose of quercetin in your diet helps build up a natural resistance to annoying allergens.
Omega-3 Fatty Acids
Omega-3 fatty acids crop up time and again in health articles as they have many beneficial properties. Found in oily fish such as salmon and mackerel, or as a daily fish oil supplement of fish oil, they help reduce allergic reactions thanks to their anti-inflammatory properties. Additional sources of omega-3 include walnuts, flax seeds, hemp seeds and canola oil which can all be combined in a healthily dressed salad for lunch.
These natural antihistamines will not bring instant relief for allergies, so start building up your immunity about six weeks before the start of the August ragweed season. Then keep up the good work by enjoying these healthy foods all year round!
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'Apparently Kid' Gets Auto-Tuned + Songified and It's Amazing [VIDEO]
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There's now a fantastic auto-tune version of 'Apparently Kid,' the adorable little boy who has apparently never been on live television before.
It's been awhile since we've seen an interview worthy of being songified and auto-tuned, but after 5-year-old Noah Ritter stole our hearts earlier this week it was only a matter of time.
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Bulgarian Minister of Interior Tsvetan Tsvetanov has reiterated his claim that two of the terrorists who carried out the bombing attack on a bus filled with Israeli tourists in the Black Sea resort town of Burgas in July 2012 are Hezbollah operatives.
"Our hypothesis is that the two were fellow engineering students in Lebanon where they were preparing the terror attack," he said. (Ynet)


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SAN ANTONIO -- With a stunning end to a game that looked lost, Connecticut proved it can win the close ones, too.
Led by All-American Emeka Okafor, UConn scored 12 straight points down the stretch Saturday night to rally for a 79-78 victory over Duke and move one game away from the national title.
Okafor, who spent almost all of the first half on the bench in foul trouble, scored five points, grabbed three rebounds and shut down Duke's offense over the last four minutes, after Duke had taken a 75-67 lead.
The 6-foot-10 center, who can do a little of everything, finished with 18 points and seven rebounds.
In Monday night's final, the Huskies will play Georgia Tech, a 67-65 winner over Oklahoma State earlier Saturday. UConn will go for its second championship since 1999 when it beat Duke.
Duke, which led almost the entire game, walked away a loser in its first Final Four appearance since 2001, when the Blue Devils won it all.
Connecticut hadn't been challenged in the tournament at all, winning its four games by an average of about 17 points. The Blue Devils changed that.
Saddled with two fouls in the first four minutes that sent UConn coach Jim Calhoun into a tizzy against the refs, Okafor sat on the bench and didn't score a point before halftime.
Duke took advantage, ran the ball and pushed its lead to double figures.
In the end, though, it was the Blue Devils' foul trouble that did them in. All three of their centers -- Shelden Williams, Shavlik Randolph and Nick Horvath -- fouled out, and by the end, there was nobody to contain Okafor.
He gave UConn a 76-75 lead with 26 seconds left on a typically relentless sequence, missing a shot that bounced around the rim for a couple seconds, but grabbing the rebound for an easy stick back.
Duke came down and guard J.J. Redick drove the lane, but guess who was there? Okafor, and he stuck a hand in to break up that scoring chance.
UConn's Rashad Anderson hit two free throws to push the lead to three, and after Redick barely grazed the rim with a 3-point attempt that would have tied it, Okafor got the rebound and made a free throw to ice the game.
Chris Duhon banked in a 3-pointer at the buzzer to cut the final margin to one.
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Butler boys basketball coach Cervantes Boddy wishes his team could sneak up on folks this season.
But with a 25-8 record, a region championship and a runner-up finish in the Class AAA state playoffs this past season, that's going to be impossible.
"I wish we were nobodies," Boddy said.
To have another successful season, the Bulldogs are going to lean on a talented senior class that includes the likes of Jeff Archie – "a big man in a little man's body," his coach said – Dan Lambert and Jeff Menefee, among others.
Though big man and leading scorer Chris Washington is gone, Boddy said when teams centered their attention around Washington, opportunities arose for others to contribute, and they often did.
This season, Boddy thinks Lambert and Ronald Jones will be the focus of opposing defenses, but he and Archie know there's a long line of scoring threats.
"Anybody can score on any given night," Archie said.
The Bulldogs will need that depth to compete in a region that features three teams ranked in the Top 10 in Class AAA. Butler leads the trio at No. 2, with Thomson next at No. 8 and Washington County following at No. 10.
However, it's the presence of the likes of Glenn Hills, Josey, Richmond Academy and Westside that has Boddy most concerned, considering he doesn't take much stock in the rankings.
"The region will be tough all around the block," said Boddy, who thinks teams will use Butler as a measuring stick.
Menefee sees it the same way, and considered this past season's success as somewhat surprising, at least when it came to winning the region. But with the depth at guard, he's looking forward to outrunning foes.
"No team can run like we run," he said. "We can have all guards (on the floor) and still play."
After taking the region title, Butler kept winning, with the Bulldogs stringing together nine consecutive victories before losing in the state championship game.
If his team is going to make a similar run, Boddy knows it's not going to be easy.
"I tell them all the time, there's no shortcuts to success," he said. "The road to success is hard work. If there was a shortcut to success, I'd be rich a long time ago."


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Minutes of the
Pursuant to the adjournment taken Sept. 24th, 1912, the mayor
and common council of the town of Flagstaff met in the town hall
Monday, September 30th, 1012, at 8 p. m. Present: Mayor Treat,
Councilmen McGoniKle.Switzer and Yaeger, Clerk Fleming. Absent:
Councilmen Black, Suit and Wilson.
The council minutes of August 27th, September 12th and 24th
"were read and approved.
The following claims against the Town of Flagstaff were audited,
.allowed nnd the clerk instructed to issue warrants out of the proper
"funds in payment of same
"237 Bayless, W. C. Gen.
238 Fleming, Geo. A.
239 McNeil Co.
240 Flag. Elec. L. Co.
241 Coconino Sun
242 Spear, Frank
243 Keller, C. A.
244 Flag. Lbr. Mfg. Co.
245 Moun. Sts. Tel. Co.
246 Marshall, John
247 Fleming, Geo. A,
248 "
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250 McConvill, Dan
251 Wiltse, Harry
252 Slattery, Thos. A.
253 Hanover Nat. Bank
254 Lamport, E. Ray
255 Spear, Frank
256 Moun. Sts. Tel. Co.
257 Lamport, E. Ray
258 W. U. Tel. Co.
259 Flag. Lbr. Mfg. Co.
260 Marlar Pharmacy
261 Babbitt Bros.
262 Aubineau Bros.
263 Hoyt Metal Co.
264 Black & Crawford
265 Black, C. A. & Bro.
266 Harrington, J. O.
267 Neptune Meter Co.
Total expenditures
The claim of John O. Harring
ton in the sum of S6, account of
justice fees for the month of June,
was allowed for $5.
The report of the town treas
urer, account monies on hand
, Sept. 30, 1912: water fund $3,
884.73, general fund $126.25, was
read and approved.
Mrs. Scott appeared before the
council, requesting the said coun
cil to take and distribute souvenir
pamphlets of Flagstaff and North
ern Arizona. Said pamphlets to
be furnished at a normal cost to
the town. Same was referred to
the finance committee.
Mr. David Babbitt appeared
before the council relative to the
securing of a water rate- for the
Commercial and Weatherford
hotels. Same was referred to the
water committee.
A petition from the citizens, re
questing that electric lights be
placed on San Francisco street
on the hill beyond the court house,
was presented and read. Same
was referred back to have the
proper parties fill in proper
names of streets for the aforesaid
The petition from the citizens
to the common council of the
town of Flagstaff, requesting the
council to place or have placed
a street light at and near the in
tersection of Dale avenue, and
Humphreys street. Motion made
and carried that the above peti
tion be granted and the lights be
placed at the intersection as
named above.
The following communication
was-presented and read:
To the Honorable Mayor and
Common Council of the Town of
Flagstaff, Greeting:
We, the undersigned, David
Statement of the Ownership, Man -
agement, Circulation, Etc.,
of The Coconino Sun, published
, . .
weekly at Flagstaff, Arizona, re-
quired by the Act of August
24, 1912.
Editor, managing editor, busi
ness manager, publisher, F. S.
Brecn, Flagstaff, Ariz.
F. S. Breen, sole owner, Flag
staff, Ariz.
Known bondholders, mortga-
gees, and other security holders,
holding 1 per cent
or more 01
total amount of bonds, mortgages,
or other securities: None.
F. S. Breen.
bworn to ana subscriDea oeiore
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me this 30th day of Sept., 1912.
(Seal) Dan J. Cronin,
County Recorder Coconino
Co., Arizona.
Town Council
salary, marshal, Scpt....$ 90 00
" clerk " 40.00
Supp. session laws t 55
contract, extra lights 125 35
contract, printing 35 00
street work, Sept ;' . 33600
Supp. to clerk, Sept 1 00
Lbr. street dept
phone ser. water dept. . . .
salarv water supt., Sept..
" "clerk
exp. freight paid
assg. Scott, water dept. ..
labor water dept., Sept. . .
70 48
1 75
125 00
65 00
4 42
6 25
22 50
39 00
" supp. W. dept 3 75
" com. pay. Flag, coupons, 5 66
" surveying W. dept. Sept. 40 50
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labor .. 8 50
Gen. phone ser. T. hall ".. 2 50
" surveying street dept 16 25
Water telegrams water " 1 05
" lumber, meter boxes 82 30
" supp. to clerk, Sept.. 1 50
" " to water dept. ".. 39 40
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Gen. justicefees, June 500
Water fifty meters 434 00
Babbitt, the owner of lots 13, 14,
15, 16, 17 and 18, block 55, of
the Town of Flagstaff, and Dr.
E. S. Miller and J. C. Brown, as
trustees of and for the Flagstaff
Episcopal Mission, 'the owners of
lots 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24, of
said block 55, of the Town of
Flagstaff, do hereby petition your
honorable' body to vacate the
alley running north and south
between the properties here above
described, owned by said David
Babbitt and Dr. E. S. Miller and
J. C. Brown, trustees of and for
the Flagstaff Episcopal Mission,
respectively, the lots above de
scribed being all of the lots in
said block lying north of the
I alley, running east and west
through said block.
(Signed) David Baiuiitt,
(Signed) E. S. Millek,
(Signed) J. C. Brown,
Trustees of and for the Flagstaff
Episcopal Mission.
Moved and carred that the
above communication be referred
to the legal committee with full
power to act.
Moved and carried that the map
and profile of dam sites and pipe
line right of way be ordered filed
with the clerk for future ref
erence. The being no further business
the council adjourned until Mon
day, Oct. 7, at 8 o'clock p. m., to
sit as a board of equalization and
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Fedex vs. UPS Jobs: Purple Pays Better
UPS vs. FedEx: Which Employer Pays Best?
Despite the fact that gas is nudging close to $4 per gallon, the delivery industry is still going strong. In fact, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, delivery and other truck drivers comprise one of the largest occupations in the U.S., holding 3.2 million jobs. Overall, job opportunities continue to be favorable. How can you snag a delivery gig and which company stands out as an employer?
Two major players in the delivery business are UPS and FedEx. UPS was ranked number 43 on Fortune's 2010 list of 500 largest corporations. Its competitor, FedEx, landed 17 spots down at number 60, falling from 59 the year before. UPS is working hard to stay ahead, investing in improvements to its largest air hub, in Louisville, Kentucky, despite financial losses during the recession. DHL pulled its U.S. operations last year and both FedEx and UPS want a share of that market.
Both companies seem healthy. Which one pays their employees better and has a company culture that would suit you? Here's a look at median annual salary ranges for some of the most common jobs at UPS and FedEx, according online salary database, PayScale.com, as well as some facts about benefits and employee mix. (Note: all numbers circa 2011.)
|Job Title
|Median Annual Salary Range
|Account Executive
|$43,288 – $104,296
|$85,128 – $393,851
|$29,845 – $56,006
|Customer Service Representative
|$21,997 – $46,889
|$31,932 – $74,470
|Loader and Unloader
|$16,930 – $36,186
|Package Handler
|$19,219 – $30,380
|Truck Driver, Light or Delivery Services
|$25,107 – $51,823
|Job Title
|Median Annual Salary Range
|Account Executive
|$42,885 – $91,510
|$31,987 – $211,490
|$24,470 – $71,837
|Customer Service Representative
|$19,384 – $43,866
|$27,527 – $62,356
|Loader and Unloader
|$19,017 – $48,543
|Package Handler
|$17,836 – $27,438
|Truck Driver, Light or Delivery Services
|$35,680 – $81,626
Job for job, FedEx offers somewhat higher wages. And, PayScale's data shows that the other thing this Memphis, Tennessee-based carrier provides is a better vacation package. Even if you've worked at FedEx for less than a year, you are still eligible for 2.5 weeks of time off. Staff at UPS will not get over two weeks of vacation until they are employed between 1-4 years.
UPS, though, is more generous with bonuses. Truck drivers can earn nearly $1000 per year in bonus money, compared to just $750 at FedEx. In addition, senior program analysts stand to make $1000 more per year wearing brown.
More women work at FedEx, which counts 26 percent of its workforce as female, as opposed to only 22 percent at UPS.
Headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, UPS branch offices are found in such major cities as Atlanta, Ga., Chicago, Ill., Houston, Texas and New York, N.Y. Most of FedEx staff work in Memphis and the carrier's branch offices are in Dallas and Houston, Texas, Collierville, Tennessee, Los Angeles, Calif. and Orlando, Fla.
On the whole, UPS employees count 55 percent of their co-workers as being "proactive problem solvers." FedEx splits its force pretty evenly between those problem solvers and "overachievers," with 35 and 33 percent, respectively. Which team would you rather be on?
Source: Salary and career data is provided by online salary database PayScale.com. The salary ranges shown are for full-time employees with any level of experience and include any bonuses, commissions or profit-sharing.
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Wow, read the entire article and could not find one thing that is even close to accurate. I worked for FedEx and now work for UPS. My wife works for FedEx and the reality of it is that I make twice as much as her, my health benefits are 4 times better (and free to me, she has to pay for her bare minimum insurance) retirement #'s are 4 times as much at UPS.
Article reads like someone just made it all up or at best used terrible references.
You are so right! My husband works for UPS and he could not believe it as I read some of these "facts" to him. You
This is nonsense. I've been at UPS for fifteen years. I've been driving for 7 of them. Last year I made 92k. I also have full benefits for my entire family. Fed ex drivers I talk to don't make even close. Why do people who know nothing feel qualified to publish information that is so inaccurate?
$92K for a low-skill driving job?
Yupp….They get a lot overtime and $34 is the top pay with you reach in 4 years.
I work for fedex ground as a driver, 900 before taxes in nh and only her of 1100 being the top paid driver. No benifits or overtime. Ups is the way to go, just tough to get in.
My father worked for UPS from 1975 through 2012. He started loading trucks, then became a driver's helper over the holidays. When the holidays were over he was offered a part time handlers job. After a month he was offered full time. He had the Sam assigned route until 1995, when he switched over to feeders. He did that until he retired in 2012. He made good money and the union made sure he got yearly raises. He himself admits the money got much better in the late 90's. There retirement package is exceptional
I have worked for both of these companies and I can honestly say these figures are misleading. Handlers at UPS in reality make more like 10k – 25k a year and 25k is almost impossible unless you are the top guy seniority wise. Vacation at UPS starts almost immediately, after 5 yrs of being employed I had worked up to 4 weeks of vacation plus 7 sick days. Fedex vacation time is far less for people under 10yrs. In my opinion avg salary for a UPS driver is 60 -65k at Fedex its around 40 – 45k
wow this is very misleading. I just retired my insurance is 1270.00 per month leaves me with 500 dollars thanks FRED. This company is going down hill quick, employee turnover is so high. They cant get people to stay or work, Fred has lost all reality with front line employees the managers and engineers are costing the company a ton of money to look good on paper.
Pay rates are off package handlers make 32.25 an hour after 3 years of being full time. And over time is plentiful all year with double time during peak season(November-January) pt sups make 15$ an hour and full time make 70k a year plus bonus and 10k in discounted ups stock when promoted. But all this is in Texas. Other states might not be comparable.
Well for most their looking into why does UPS pay 11 starting out and FEDEX 14.50
if your a young student looking to make some part time money you would of course pick fed ex right?
I worked at ups freight for 17 years the pay for city is 27 plus hour fed ex where I work now is currently at 25 plus hour
Ur a hippocryte about the first part ,but ur right about the 2nd part . These people are in very good positions considering some didnt go to college, I have a master's degree and the ups drivers make more than me in Chicago (I make 91450 a year feeder drivers 90 to 130,000 , but on th the flip side I only work 7 hrs I could take lunch as long as I want and the union is cool. So ya the drivers are loaded.


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"Hey, what's for lunch?" 13 Quick Ideas, Thursday Thirteen #4
Nobody likes to spend alot of time in the middle of the day making lunch, right? Well, actually I'd love to if I didn't have a never-ending "to do" list hovering over me, following me around everywhere, making me fight off the guilt it gives me when I decide to throw responsibility to the wind and relax in my kitchen, cooking and baking to my heart's content more food than we could ever eat.
Plus, it doesn't seem worth it to make something 'nice' just for the girls and I. Especially since I never know when they're gonna eat alot or when they're gonna take 2 bites and say "Mom, I'm full". If I spent only 10 minutes making lunch, I don't feel as compelled to
yell say, "Honey, I just spent 2 hours making this food!"
So, here are some ideas to keep on hand for quick lunches. And, no, 'leftovers' are not on the list! That's not something we need to note to keep on hand on purpose. Leftovers just kind of happen automatically. They can make nice lunches too, though, depending what it is. But, just for the record, I don't like when a meal has leftovers.
Only two ingredients and 12 minutes of baking time! These are a real hit with kids (and grown-ups too). If you aren't sure how to do them, the recipe name in red is a link to go to the post where they're featured.
2. Cheese Quesadillas
Only 3 ingredients and about 1 minute in the microwave. Lay 1 tortilla out flat and sprinkle shredded cheese on half.
Sprinkle some Italian seasoning over it.
Fold tortilla over cheese and wet edges with a bit of water and press together. Put it in the microwave for about half a minute, then check it by pressing down on the tortilla. If the cheese feels soft and melted, get it out. If not, let it in for a bit more.
Cut into fourths with a pizza cutter. Good with sour cream and salsa, but my girls eat them plain as a finger food. These could be jazzed up alot more or fried instead of microwaved, but that's is the quickest way to do them.
3. Grilled Cheese Sandwiches and Tomato Soup
Tomato soup from a can is what I use. And yes, I do cheese sandwiches directly on my smooth top stove. What about you?
4. Open-faced meat and cheese sandwich
Only 3 ingredients and and a couple minutes under the broiler. And if you use a piece of tin foil, you don't even dirty a pan!
First, a piece of toast.
Then some deli meat.
Then the cheese. Turn the broiler on High and put sandwich on a rack in the highest position. It takes a couple minutes, but check it now and then anyway. This is just delicious, especially with the cheese browned a little!
5. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
Here's our peanut butter and jelly sandwich making pro. She's quite a pro at making a huge mess too. A couple days ago, I came into the kitchen and there was jelly on the floor. I asked what happened and she nonchalantly said, "Oh, the bread slipped off the counter." You know, no big deal, just spread more jelly on and the mess will take care of itself. It always does. I have tried having her clean up her own messes, but while the first mess may sort of get cleaned up, the process usually makes another whole mess of its own.
6. Quick stromboli
This may look vaguely familiar if you've been on this site recently!
7. Ravioli
This came in handy for me one day last week. I had some morning guests and I wasn't sure how long they were planning to stay, but I had a few lunch options around so I was able to say, "I'll make a quick lunch if you have time for it". We had ravioli, French bread, cheese slices, applesauce, and cookies. The cookies I baked that morning while we were hanging around in the kitchen, chatting and looking thro' cookbooks.
8. English muffin pizzas
Split apart English muffins and toast them. Arrange them on a baking sheet and spread with pizza sauce, some cheese, 3 or 4 slices of pepperoni, some mushrooms if desired, and then some more cheese. Bake at 400 for about 15 minutes or till they're browned to your liking.
9. Good ol' frozen pizza
You're probably all familiar with this. If not, you either need to get out more or lower your standard of eating when in a hurry. The thin ones aren't as good, but they sure bake faster!
10. Hot dogs
Throw them in a frying pan (fast), or under the broiler (faster), or in the microwave (fastest). Or charcoal grill (SLOW).
11. Nachos w\ salsa and sour cream
These have only 2 ingredients with an optional 3rd or 4th and take 7-10 minutes in the oven. Or, we've already done them in the microwave too, but the cheese doesn't get brown and crispy then.
12. Throw a salad together.
Instead of starting with a head of lettuce, a big time-saver is starting with this:
13. Now, for #13, here are some side dish ideas to go with the main course…
—applesauce or other fruit, like apple slices, canned peaches, etc.
—cheese slices
—potato chips, pretzels, or other salties
—jelly bread
—cookies or cake
—ice cream bars, sandwiches, or plain
—and this: A quick single serving dessert I was inspired with one day…
Dump about 2 Tbsp. of cracker crumbs into a bowl. Top with 1/4 banana sliced. Mix up a box of instant pudding and put 1/2 cup of it on bananas. Slice another 1/4 banana on top of pudding and sprinkle another Tbsp. of graham crackers on top.
This is actually really good! And the neat thing is that you can make exactly how many servings you need and exactly the size of servings you need instead of making a big bowlful and having some left over. We've been in a streak of having it pretty often around here!
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13 Ingredient Substitutions, Thurs 13 #3
I would really do well to live beside a grocery store. Somewhere that you don't have to even cross a street to walk to it. Then, I could nickel and dime my checking account to death instead of giving it heart attacks with big grocery bills every week. There are people who live in houses that close. I envy them and wonder if they just run over when they need something or if they plan ahead, keeping their cupboards stocked and keeping a perpertual grocery list on the fridge for a once a week run.
Our grocery store is at the end of Main Steet. It would also be close enough to live on Main Street, above one of the stores. I still remember when I first found out that people live up there. I was 9 or 10. Every time after that, when we'd drive down Main St, I'd be looking up, not around. And dreaming of living up there one day, preferably in the one above the fudge shop. I'd sit out on the deck and watch the world go by and nobody would know I'd be watching because who looks way up when you're shopping on Main St?! To be honest, I still look up there when I'm on Main St. Not because it's still my dream to live up there, just because it still kind of intrigues me, I guess. I even took a picture of it a couple months ago, since I was on Main St with my camera anyway…
The street is snow-covered because the Birkebeiner Ski Race was going on… that's why I was on Main Street with my camera. Looks like someone is hosting a Birkie party on their deck up there.
Anyway, since I don't live in town and don't plan my menus in advance, my big laminated 'Ingredient Substitution Chart' comes in handy pretty often. This is one time when I won't run out of ideas before getting to #13… I could easy do a Thursday Thirty-three today!
I've tried substitutions on my own. Some of them worked, like substituting blown up marshmallows for marshmallow creme in this dip recipe. Others failed, like the time when we were first married and my brothers were overnight guests. My oldest brother is diabetic and late that night, I suddenly thought about it that I have nothing in the house for breakfast for him… no bacon, no English muffins, no eggs to make eggs or pancakes with, only sweetened cold cereal. Then, I thought about it that I could make biscuits from scratch and sausage gravy. In the morning, to my dismay, the sausage I thought I had happened to be hamburger, so I decided to try to spice it up to make mock sausage. Fast-forward about 20 minutes… my brothers are in the kitchen eating and as I'm walking towards the kitchen, I hear my younger brother (who's back is toward me) mutter, "This is gross." as my other brother gave him a 'shut up, she's coming' look. They never said anything to me about it… I guess they knew not to attack a new cook on her cooking. I don't remember if I hadn't test-tasted it first or what, but I did later and yeah, he was right, it was gross.
1. When you're out of unsweetened chocolate, for every ounce or square that is called for, substitute 3 Tbsp. cocoa and 1 Tbsp. fat or oil.
2. When you're out of cornstarch (for thickening), for every tablespoon that is called for, substitute 2 Tbsp. flour.
3. When you're out of whipped cream, chill a 13 oz. can of evaporated milk for 12 hours, add 1 tsp. lemon juice, whip until stiff, and measure according to recipe.
4. When you're out of eggs, for every egg called for, substitute 1/4 cup egg substitute OR 3 Tbsp. plus 1 tsp. thawed frozen egg OR 2 1/2 Tbsp. dry whole egg powder & 2 1/2 Tbsp. lukewarm water. Or, just make these cookies. 😉
5. When you're out of garlic cloves, for every clove called for, substitute 1/8 tsp. garlic powder.
6. When you're out of flavored gelatin, for every 3-oz pkg called for, substitute 1 Tbsp. plain gelatin and 2 cups fruit juice (then omit the water you'd normally add to a 3-oz pkg).
7. When you're out of fresh herbs, for every Tbsp. called for, substitute 1 tsp. dried.
8. When you're out of lemon juice, for every tsp. called for, substitute 1/2 tsp. vinegar. But don't do this for lemon meringue pie!
9. When you're out of miniature marshmallows, for every cup called for, substitute 10 large marshmallows.
10. When you're out of buttermilk, for every cup called for, substitute 1 cup plain yogurt OR 1 cup minus 1 Tbsp. milk and 1 Tbsp. lemon juice or vinegar and allow to stand 5 or 10 min OR 1 cup milk and 1 3/4 tsp. cream of tartar.
11. When you're out of fresh onions, for every small onion called for, rehydrate 1 Tbsp. minced onion.
12. When you're out of shortening (for use in baking), for every cup called for, substitute 1 1/8 cups butter or margarine and decrease salt in recipe by 1/2 tsp.
13. This last one, I just recently got from a friend… when you're out of sour cream, combine 1/4 cup skim milk, 1 Tbsp. lemon juice, 8 oz. cottage cheese, and 1/4 tsp. salt. Blend all in blender. Makes 1 cup sour cream.
And if you're out of the substitute items (for example, no cottage cheese on hand to make the sour cream that you're out of), I don't know what to do about that either. I guess make something else or go to the store.
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13 Recipes You've Gotta Have! Thursday Thirteen #2
I don't know how many recipes are on here, but I have spent the last while going thro' and picking out my favorites. Well, that's not quite accurate… if they'd be my top favorites, they'd probably all come from the dessert or cookie category. Chocolate this, chocolate that. And your eyes would glaze over. So, instead, I went thro' the categories and picked one from each of 13 categories… some categories were hard to choose from!
So, here are 13 of the recipes I'd recommend trying sometime (the recipe name is linked to the post that the recipe is featured on). Try something for supper tonight! If you have all the ingredients, that is. I often think it would be so handy to live nextdoor to the grocery store, what with my lack of planning ahead and all!
1. Monster cookies – from the Cookies and Bars category.
This is the kind of cookie that I make the most often, even way more than regular chocolate chip cookies. I bake these probably about every 6 – 8 weeks… more often if I'm not on a diet. Speaking of which, yes, I do know the calorie count. It's 175 calories per cookie if you get 7 dozen out of the batch.
2. Glazed Meatloaf – from the Beef category.
After years of looking for the perfect meat loaf recipe, I finally found it. It is just incredible. And I don't even put the shredded carrots in. That top ketchup part is great too! Mmmmm, now I'm getting hungry.
3. Red Lobster Biscuits – from the Breads, Biscuits, and Rolls category.
Ever been to Red Lobster? These taste like the real thing! They are so soft and so good and very melt-in-your-mouth. Just delicious! And they're fast and easy… except the part where you beat the dough with a wooden spoon for 30 seconds!
4. Raspberry Cream Cheese Rolls – from the Sweet rolls and Coffee cakes category.
I've gotten several recipe requests for these after people have tried them at my house. You start with donut mix instead of from scratch. I couldn't find donut mix at any grocery stores around here, but found it then at a bulk foods store. That cream cheese filling in there is so good. You could also try other fruit filling instead of raspberry.
5. Fudge – from the Candy category.
I'm taken with this stuff! Fudge is probably the food that I have the hardest time resisting. We won't go into detail about things like how much I've eaten in one sitting already. This is so easy to make with only 4 or 5 ingredients and you don't need more than a microwave and something to stir with.
6. Easy Chocolate Lover's Cheesecake – from the Desserts category.
Ok, you just KNOW you can't go wrong here! Cheesecake, caramel, and chocolate… what a trio!
7. Steak & Cheese Stromboli – from the Main dishes category.
As good as it looks! I make the pizza variation quite a bit too. Sometimes, if I'm in a hurry, I use Pillsbury refrigerated pizza dough (from a pop-able can).
8. Brown Sugar Pie – from the Pies category.
I've loved this pie for as long as I can remember. My dad grew up with it and his dad grew up with it. If we have an extended family get-together and there's not brown sugar pie there, there will be a complaint or 2. And don't put Cool Whip on it! I thought it was weird that when I got married, my husband didn't know what it was. Then, I found out that alot of people don't know what it is. The recipe has good tips from Grandma… try it!
9. Open-faced Pork Chop Sandwich – from the Pork and Ham category.
Fire up the grill! My husband made up this sandwich. In fact, he wrote the post that the recipe is featured on. We have this sandwich pretty often and have made it for company. It's great! Very basic ingredients. Perfect for those summer-time cookouts!
10. All-in-one Taco Salad – from the Salads category.
Delicious!!!! One handy thing about this salad is that it can be put together ahead of time, then tossed just before serving. One of the church ladies makes a huge bowl of it pretty often for potlucks and it gets licked clean about every time. It's not spicy, but it's got lots of flavor.
11. Twice-baked Potatoes – from the Side dishes category.
Company coming? These make a good impression! They're very attractive, not to mention very good! This is actually something I serve quite a bit when we have company. Another nice thing is that they freeze well, so you can make them ahead of time or just keep them on hand in the freezer.
12. Layered Finger Jello – from the Snacks category
This is more in here for the fun it is than for the taste, although I still have enough kid in me to really like finger jello! The reason it's fun is because you can make it fit to any occassion by using certain colors of jello (red and green for Christmas; red, white, & blue for 4th of July, etc.). I also tried a sugar-free version and it turned out great!
13. Iced Tea – from the Beverage category.
The Pampered Chef pitcher that I use to make this tea doesn't really have a home in the cupboard. It's better off in the fridge with iced tea in it. If you know what meadow tea is, it's comparable to that. But this is a much handier and faster way to make it!
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13 shortcuts in the kitchen, Thursday Thirteen #1
This is my 1st Thursday Thirteen. Since this is a cooking blog, my Thirteens will mostly be about things that have to do with my kitchen. Yeah, I thought that made sense too. So, here we go...
I hope I can think of 13 good things so I don't have to put things in like 'Sweep the dirt under the rug instead of bothering to get out the dust pan'. Because we know that that actually doesn't save time. And we know that it's not a good enough excuse that your company is walking in the front door. Plus, we'd never think of doing that anyway. We just know people who do it.
1. Breakfast in a snap… mix up a big batch of pancakes and fry them all. When everyone is done eating, put the rest in serving sizes (2 or 3 pancakes)in Ziploc sandwich bags in the freezer. When you get them out of the freezer, put them in the microwave until they're steaming and soft. They taste as good as they did the morning you fried them!
2. Twice the food, without twice the work… next time you make a casserole, like lasagna, make 2 pans instead of one. You're frying hamburger and cooking noodles anyway, might as well throw more in. Put one pan in the oven for dinner, cover the other pan tightly and put it in the freezer. You'll be SO glad for it next week on one of those harried days… you know the days I'm talking about.
3. Quick bread crumbs… the secret is they're not actually bread crumbs. Keep Club crackers on hand and when a recipe calls for bread crumbs, simply crush the crackers. They taste better too, especially when tossed with melted butter and browned on top of a baked dish.
4. Fresh warm cookies every day… without baking them! Whether you get them out of the cookie jar or out of the freezer, throw them in the microwave for 10 or 20 seconds and you'll have a warm cookie that tastes like it's just out of the oven. Now, I want a cookie. And I do have some in the freezer…
5. Quick measuring… keep a measuring cup in the flour and sugar canisters. You don't have to dirty a cup every time you measure and you don't have the extra step of getting one out of the drawer.
6. Clean-up time… after a meal, do you always have scraps (fat cut off of chicken, food chunks or barbeque sauce left on plates, oil to scrape out of the skillet after frying, etc.)? Get a piece of tin foil and scrape everything onto it, then fold it all up and throw the whole works away. I like tin foil because if something is juicy, I can fold up the sides and it holds it all in.
7. Easy croutons… sprinkle Italian seasoning on bread, then butter it. Do it on both sides and put it in the toaster. Pop it up as soon as it browns. Cut the toast in squares with a pizza cutter. They taste great and they're soft enough to poke with a fork.
8. Especially for kids… get a water dispenser (if you don't have one in the door of your fridge). You can get them at Walmart or wherever. It's a jug with a spout on it. Put it on a low shelf and the kids can get their own drinks. No heavy jug or pitcher to pour.
9. Bread in a hurry… want the bread dough to rise quicker? Warm a towel in the microwave, then wrap it around the bowl that the dough is in. You may have to re-warm it a few times till the bread finishes rising.
10. Bread in even more of a hurry… ah, these are my meal-savers! If you've been reading this site for awhile, you know I'm a fan of these… popable cans of crescent rolls, French bread, and dinner rolls. We have hot bread or rolls at almost every meal and this is just the fastest and easiest way to go! You think they don't taste as good? Well, then you haven't tasted my from-scratch yeast bread. I still have much to learn in that dept.
11. Cinnamon sugar… take an empty cinnamon bottle/can/container (whatever you call it?!) and fill it 1/4 of the way with cinnamon, then the rest of the way with sugar. Shake it and flip it till blended, and you've got a handy topping for toast or unsweetened applesauce. Oh, and take a marker and write 'sugar' on the front beside 'cinnamon'.
12. Cut it up all at once… when you buy a head of broccoli or cauliflower for fresh eating, cut them up into florets and put them in plastic bags in the fridge. You'll be more apt to eat them that way. And you don't have to get a knife out every time you want some.
13. The shopping list… as you're working in the kitchen and you see the shortening or dishsoap or whatever is getting low, write it on the shopping list (which is magnetic and stuck to your fridge). Your list is ready to go shopping when you are and fewer things are forgotten. Just remember the list! Does anyone else forget the list? Or is it just scatter-brained me? Too often, I find myself roaming the aisles, trying to picture my list and what was on it… while the girls are begging for Hi-C box drinks and throwing colored marshmallows in the cart.
Now, I want to learn from you… what shortcuts do you do in the kitchen?
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One year ago today (April 4), windows and walls wiggled and jiggled across San Diego County, set in motion by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake that has notably changed scientist's thinking about faults and the damage they can cause.
The seismic punch was delivered by a collection of faults near Mexicali that snapped on Easter Sunday, unleashing energy that was felt by an estimated 20 million people in parts of Mexico and the United States.
The so-called El Mayor-Cucapah quake erupted in a region well known for its seismicity. But there were many surprises, including the discovery that the quake jumped a seven-mile gap in the fault zone.
That's twice the distance of any jump scientists had seen before.
Researchers also found reason to wonder whether events like El Mayor-Cucapah mean the threat of damaging quakes in Southern California is different and bigger than they assumed. The shaker in Mexico was basically a big quake on a minor, poorly understood fault.
Are there more to come?
We posed questions about this intriguing event to leading scientists, and got differing perspectives. The researchers include San Diego State University seismologist Tom Rockwell, UCSD geophysicist David Sandwell, U.S. Geological Survey seismologist Susan Hough, and John Fletcher, a geologist at the Center for Scientific Investigation and Higher Education in Ensenada. Here are excerpts of what they said:
Q: What is the single biggest lesson learned from the earthquake?
Sandwell: Everyone will say that the location of the rupture was the most surprising feature because it did not occur on a major fault where one would expect an earthquake; this is true and unsettling.
However, I think the biggest lesson was the large extent of the damage in the agricultural areas caused by liquefaction. An entire zone 10.5 miles wide by 24 miles long was liquefied by the ground acceleration. This liquefaction destroyed almost all of the water delivery systems in a 9-mile-by-6.2-mile area, and basically shut down the farming for two years while the infrastructure is being rebuilt.
Rockwell: The earthquake occurred on a minor fault that only moves every 10,000 to 20,000 years, so we can add this to Hector Mine and Landers (and possibly Northridge) quakes for large, unexpected earthquakes in Southern California.
Some have suggested that these "rare events" are leading up to a larger one on the San Andreas fault itself.
Read our recent profile of SDSU's Rockwell.
Fletcher: This earthquake demonstrated that we need to rethink some of our main criteria for characterizing the seismic risk of individual faults.
In general, larger earthquakes have longer surface ruptures with greater amounts of slip. Therefore, short faults that cannot be traced over long distances have been commonly assumed to be incapable of producing large earthquakes.
Last year we learned that a number of small faults can link together to generate a very large earthquake of magnitude 7.2 and a surface rupture that extends more than 60 miles from the northern tip of the Gulf of California to the international border.
Therefore, the single biggest lesson learned is that we cannot ignore even the smallest faults.
Hough: I think that by this point it shouldn't be any surprise that a large earthquake broke multiple faults, in a complex way. The more data we get for big earthquakes, the more complexity we see. A simple, clean rupture such as the 1906 (Great San Francisco) earthquake seems to be more the exception than the rule.
Also, there's an awareness dating at least back to Landers that earthquakes don't necessarily respect fault segments identified by geologists — which, yes, raises the question of whether the Rose Canyon fault (which cuts through San Diego County) and Newport Inglewood faults might be part of a continuous structure that could host a magnitude 7.0 or larger quake.
Q: Most scientists weren't expecting that a 9.0 earthquake would occur in Japan's Fukushima prefecture. Does this raise concern that other fault systems — notably the one that caused the El Mayor-Cucapah event — aren't well enough understood to warn the public about potential quakes?
Sandwell: I think most scientists would agree that an earthquake greater than 8.2 is very unlikely on the strike-slip faults of the San Andreas system. What is unsettling is that the past large earthquakes in Southern California (magnitude-7.3 Landers in 1992, magnitude-7.1 Hector Mine in 1999, and the magnitude-7.2 El Mayor-Cucapah) have not occurred on the geologically most active fault segments.
So when seismic hazard maps are created and revised, they must include the possibility of large ruptures on the less active faults.
We have been very fortunate that these last three major earthquakes occurred in largely unpopulated areas.
Hough: There's some debate about how large an earthquake can be away from the San Andreas fault system, but I think there is a growing consensus that earthquakes at least as large as magnitude-7.5 are possible on what we consider the secondary faults in the state. We've seen earthquakes that big in the short historical record: the 1872 Owens Valley earthquake, which might have been close to magnitude-8, and the 1952 Kern County quake, estimated at around magnitude-7.5 ...
Rockwell: The Japanese megaquake occurred on a subduction zone, so the potential for magnitude 9 quakes was known by scientists. In California, the question is whether several small faults could chain together to produce a magnitude 8, which is about the largest earthquake we can expect for Southern California, and we really expect that on the San Andreas fault itself.
Fletcher: The Japan trench is a completely different type of plate margin that is much more likely to generate earthquakes with extremely large magnitudes. Nonetheless, the Easter Sunday quake was the largest seismic event in 120 years on this part of the plate boundary and represents an important wake-up call for us to not overlook complex networks of small faults that can link together to generate large earthquakes.
This earthquake has provided a great opportunity to understand how these fault systems work and will better prepare us to identify them in other parts of the plate margin.
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Rising pension costs burying gov'ts, school districts
Public pension costs in the Hudson Valley are continuing to rise at an alarming rate, even as local governments and school districts shed jobs, eliminate services and slash spending to meet payroll and other fiscal obligations.
Experts say the financial hemorrhaging likely will continue for the next several years, forcing local governments to make even tougher decisions.
Much of the blame lies in the stock market crash of 2008, which crushed pension fund investments. Those massive losses have forced local and county governments, as well as school districts, to increase pension contributions sharply.
Increases in Westchester County's pension costs -- now among the highest in the state -- bring the problem into sharp focus. In 2001, county taxpayers contributed about $3.3 million to pensions for employees. In 2013, county officials project that figure to surpass $90.8 million.
"The pension bill shows no sign of getting smaller, and there's no immediate help in sight," said Ned McCormack, a spokesman for Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino. "It's a very difficult picture ahead, because as employees become more expensive, the math is that you have to have fewer of them."
In New Rochelle, city officials have had to raise property taxes, reduce services and lay off dozens of employees in recent years, in part to offset pension costs, which have increased by an average of 20 percent every year.
"The State of New York, in their infinite wisdom, has put a tax cap on municipalities with one hand while sending us a bill with the other hand that's higher than the amount we can raise under the cap," city manager Charles Strome said, referring to New York's 2 percent limit on property tax increases, a change engineered by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
School districts across the state also are feeling the pain. Many have been forced to lay off employees or ask voters to approve overrides of the property tax cap to cover costs over which they have no control, including pension contributions.
In Yonkers, schools Superintendent Bernard Pierorazio believes his district's pension costs will increase from $25.4 million in 2012-13 to $46.6 million in 2013-14 -- an increase of about 83 percent in two years.
"The projected rate increases for next year are astronomical," Pierorazio said in an email in response to a question about pension costs. "Two percent of real estate tax in the City of Yonkers will only generate $5 million in revenue. Where will the funding come from in a district that has already experienced two years of painful staff and program reductions?"
In planning 2013-14 school year budgets, districts face paying 15.5 percent to 16.5 percent of payroll, up from 6.19 percent in 2009-10.
"This one is really difficult," said Jim Montesano, superintendent of the Nyack School District, where the pension costs are projected at $1.5 million of an almost $73 million budget in fiscal 2013. "It begins to set up the perfect storm for a lot of us."
A look at historical contribution rates shows that pension contributions felt virtually free in the early 2000s, when market returns were good and contribution rates were below 2 percent of payroll. Contributions peaked in 1978, four years after the 1973-74 market crash, but eased in the 1980s as the market improved.
The problem for governments, McCormick said, is that they must bear the full brunt of stock market losses suffered by pension funds, while employees pay into the funds at a fixed or relatively steady rate, usually 2-3 percent of their salaries. McCormack said employees should be sharing in the pain as well as the gain.
But the adjustment McCormack suggests would require an amendment to the state's constitution, a change few political analysts expect to happen.
"There's a fundamental imbalance in the system now," McCormack said. "What you've had since 2008 is a lower return on stock market investments and lower employee contributions, and that's why the municipalities' portion has gone up."
Just don't blame the public-sector workers for skyrocketing pension costs, said Stephen Madarasz, a spokesman for the Civil Service Employees Association of New York. Madarasz said local governments are "looking for a scapegoat" and suggested they should be targeting their criticism at the state government, which he argues has fallen short on pension reforms.
"The public has this really skewed view that everybody in public employment has a golden parachute, and that's just not the reality of it," Madarasz said. "The average pension for a CSEA employee is under $16,000 a year."
Madarasz said that the state's main public employee pension fund -- the Common Retirement Fund, which serves both state and local employees -- is well-managed and will benefit the state's taxpayers in the long run.
"Most experts would tell you it's probably one of the best-run pension systems in the country," Madarasz said.
The retirement system has seen good returns since the market crash -- 25.9 percent in 2010, 14.6 percent in 2011 and 6 percent in 2012, according to annual financial reports. State pension fund officials say that contribution requirements are expected to moderate in 2015-16, when losses from the 2008 market crash no longer will be averaged into the rates.
"It's our hope that with steady recovery, contribution rates should begin to ease at that point," said Eric Sumberg, spokesman for state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.
Meanwhile, the Cuomo administration has attempted to ease the pension crisis with a series of reforms. The administration won enactment of a new "Tier 6" pension plan, which will reduce pension benefits for public employees hired after April 1, giving those employees the option of enrolling in a 401(k)-style savings plan, in place of a pension. Another reform sets a floor of 4.5 percent for future employee contributions.
But public officials say such reforms won't shift the financial burden in any significant way for a decade or more.
Meanwhile, the state has tried to help city, town, and school officials muddle through with loans, allowing cash-strapped entities to cover their obligations to the state pension fund with credit from the fund itself.
Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano said he is now using the state's loan program to meet his city's pension obligations. Spano says pension costs borne by the city will increase by about $15 million in 2013. The long-term financing of the contributions will cost the city about $28 million in the end.
Spano has been working with other big-city mayors to try to persuade the state to take greater responsibility for pension contributions.
"This should be a cost incurred by the state," Spano said. "They have the deep pockets."
McCormack said Westchester County -- which also has been borrowing from the state to cover pension costs -- is pushing for statewide legislation that would allow municipalities to borrow from private-sector bond markets, where good credit ratings would allow borrowers to get loans at very low interest rates.
"Let us pay the bill on our own," McCormack said. "It shouldn't make any difference to the state, because they are going to get their money."
School officials urge another reform. Today, schools, unlike cities and towns, cannot hold reserves to smooth out the wild swings in contribution requirements brought on by stock market swings. Montesano, the superintendent in Nyack, said the state should change that policy.
"When you have these spikes, you could hopefully manage it if you had a reserve," Montesano said.
Meanwhile, cities like Yonkers say they will have to keep cutting staff and services and raising taxes to foot the bill.
"This is an issue we have to come to grip with," Spano said. "If we don't, it's going to eat us up."


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By Brittany Wilmes ('09)
We often call ourselves "Zags for Life,"but at our most generous, some of us give other Zags life. When Lucas Sharma ('09) sent an email to family and friends in November to share news of his stage-five kidney failure, his classmate Megan Croley ('09) didn't hesitate to ask for donor paperwork.
"It wasn't a hard decision. I made it in an instant," Croley said. "We all have people in our lives who we wouldn't hesitate to help
in times of need, and I feel fortunate that I was at a place where I was able to be there
for Lucas."
Testing proved their blood types compatible, and on St. Patrick's Day, little more than four months from the date she submitted her paperwork to Swedish Hospital in Seattle, Croley donated her left kidney to Sharma.
"Throughout this process, I've felt a profound sense of gratitude," Sharma said. "I'm free of so much fear that I felt dealing with my kidney failure, and I'm really moved by that."
Sharma is a second-year novice in the Jesuit Oregon Province. This experience has only deepened his faith formation. "With God's grace, I know now that I really can do anything. I can depend on other people. As Jesuits, we're called to hold tension and to surrender fear and anxiety. I have learned that I can depend on God," he said.
Fully recovered, Sharma took the Jesuit first vows of poverty, chastity and obedience in August. This fall, he is traveling to New York to work toward an M.A. in philosophy
at Fordham University.
"Kidney donation is not as scary as it initially sounds," Croley said. "If you have the opportunity to consider being a donor, don't let anxiety prevent you from doing the research. It was an unbelievably rewarding and affirming experience."
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As of Feb.1 there are 17,643 pillow cases!!!!!! Yipie!
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
As of Feb.1 there are 17,643 pillow cases!!!!!! Yipie!
WOAH !!!! Who's counting....and counting for WHAT??
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Hopefully that will answer your question. :)
That is so awesome and 11 months to go :D:D:D
NICE !!! Sounds like a WINNER !!!!!
I just looked the other day, they are doing great.
I just made a few today and have to find a place to drop them off as there are no local places in the state doing this charity. So glad i can do this to help children.
the new count is now up to 25,137 as of 2/15!!!


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I haven't tried a new green tea in a while and I was ready to do so to mix things up a little. Another big thanks to Nuvola Teas for this sample! I'm taking this one for a spin in the morning, although I prefer the heartier black teas at this time of day to pounce on my partially awakened senses.
When I opened the sample packet, the aroma of the long dark green leaves was grassy and slightly earthy. I brewed the leaves at 175 degrees for three minutes.
The brewed liquid was mostly odorless. The color was a light greenish gold.
I found the flavor to be very mild but not unpleasant. There was a sweet undertone to a generally grassy green tea flavor. The taste was light, airy, and quite smooth.
I had no trouble drinking four cups of this offering. My personal preference is for the stronger-flavored black teas but that does not make this selection any less palatable.
If you enjoy smooth, sweet, and mild-flavored green teas, you will certainly like this one. So far, Nuvola seems to have a great handle on both black and green teas!


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Weekly highlight of top insider buys. Related companies: Masco Corp. (MAS), Aquila Inc. (ILA), Wells Fargo & Company (WFC), Denbury Resources Inc. (DNR), Allied Capital Corp. (ALD).
Masco Corp. (MAS): Executive Chairman, Director Richard A. Manoogian Bought 200,000 Shares
Home improvement and building products manufacturer Masco Corporation (MAS) recently laid-off 400 employees at two of their Cleveland, Ohio plants. The cabinet maker sold their European Heating group for $155 million to Vaessen Industries in April. Masco's quarterly earnings narrowed to $2 million or $0.01 a share from $153 million or $0.37 a share in 2007, as new home construction and home improvement sales slacked. The company's total revenue tumbled 13% to $2.4 billion. Company shares are currently near the 52-week low. Masco set their quarterly dividend at $0.23 per share.
Charles Brandes bought 9,290,783 shares, as Bill Nygren sold out all his MAS holdings, in the quarter ended on 3/31/08. Few other gurus kept their shares unchanged: Arnold Van Den Berg, David Dreman, Brian Rogers, Tweedy Browne, Chris Davis, and Dodge & Cox.
Executive Chairman, Director Richard A. Manoogian bought 200,000 shares on 6/6/08 at $17.45 and bought 300,000 shares on 5/23/08 at $17.91. President & CEO, Director Timothy Wadhams bought 100,000 shares on 3/17/08 at $17.98. Also, CFO & VP John G. Sznewajs bought 2,500 shares on 6/11/08 at $17.30.
Masco Corp. has a market cap of $6.42 billion; its shares were traded at around $17.74 with a P/E ratio of 26.44 and P/S ratio of 0.54. The dividend yield of Masco Corp. stocks is 5.4%.
Aquila Inc. (ILA): Director Nicholas J. Singer Bought 1,240,200 Shares
Aquila, Inc. (ILA) operates as an integrated electric and natural gas utility company which generates, transmits, and distributes electricity to 400,804 customers in Colorado and Missouri. For the first quarter, the company made a profit of $8.5 million or $0.02 a share, on an 8.7% revenue increase to $483.1 million. In 2007, the company lost $24.3 million or $0.06 a share in the same quarter. Last year, Great Plains Energy has agreed to buy up $1.7 billion of Aquila's stock and pay off $1 billion of Aquila's debt. Once the sale is complete this year, Aquila's capacity to borrow will decrease to $65 million from $150 million.
Director Nicholas J. Singer bought 1,240,200 shares on 6/4/08 at $3.80. In March, Director Singer bought a total of 13,556,300 shares between $3.28 and $3.35 per share.
Aquila Inc. has a market cap of $1.43 billion; its shares were traded at around $3.77 with a P/E ratio of 51.92 and P/S ratio of 0.94.
Wells Fargo & Company (WFC): Chairman, Director Richard M. Kovacevich Bought 40,398 Shares
Financial Bank Wells Fargo & Company (WFC)'s quarterly earnings are down 11%, despite 12% increase in revenue. The company earned $2 billion or $0.60 a share for the quarter compared to $2.2 billion or $0.66 a share a year ago. Revenue totaled $10.6 billion for first quarter of 2008. This month, national mortgage applications rose 10.9%, even though interest rates have been its highest in 8 months. Wells Fargo sets higher requirements for their new mortgage applicants—especially loans that are 95% or more of the house value. The company sets their quarterly dividend at $0.31 per share.
George Soros, Richard Snow, Brian Rogers, Dodge & Cox, and Ron Baron bought shares of WFC in the prior quarter; on the other hand, Wallace Weitz and Ken Heebner reduced their holdings of WFC. Other gurus kept their WFC shares slight adjusted: Warren Buffett, Chris Davis, David Dreman, Kenneth Fisher, Ruane Cunniff, Tweedy Browne, NWQ Managers, Chuck Akre, and Arnold Van Den Berg.
Chairman, Director Richard M. Kovacevich bought 40,398 shares on 6/6/08 at $26.05; and President & CEO, Director John G. Stumpf bought 1,550 shares on 5/15/08 at $28.93.
Wells Fargo & Company has a market cap of $85.57 billion; its shares were traded at around $25.27 with a P/E ratio of 11.14 and P/S ratio of 2.44. The dividend yield of Wells Fargo & Company stocks is 4.9%.
Denbury Resources Inc. (DNR): Director Wieland Wettstein Bought 16,600 Shares
Denbury Resources Inc. (DNR) more than tripled their earnings to $73 million or $0.29 a share for the first quarter, on rising oil prices and 17% higher production. A year ago, the company earned $16.6 million or $0.07 a share. Revenue surged 82% to $317.3 million from $174.2 million.
Jean-Marie Eveillard and T. Boone Pickens kept their shares of DNR about the same; NWQ Managers reduced their holdings in DNR by 24%.
Director Wieland Wettstein bought 16,600 shares on 6/6/08 at $35.98, and Director Michael B. Decker bought 400 shares on 3/3/08 at $31.98.
Insiders made large sells between $29.21 and $36.40: President & CEO Gareth Roberts sold 100,000 shares; SVP Ronald Tracy Evans sold 30,000 shares; VP Harold Raymond Dubuisson sold 33,776 shares; VPs Mark C. Allen and Phil Rykhoek sold 17,364 shares, and 17,308 shares, respectively; VP Charles Gibson sold 10,000 shares; VP Barry Schneider sold 8,952 shares; and Director David I Heather sold 2,000 shares.
Denbury Resources Inc. has a market cap of $8.44 billion; its shares were traded at around $34.33 with a P/E ratio of 28.07 and P/S ratio of 7.98.
Allied Capital Corp. (ALD): Managing Director John Martin Fruehwirth Bought 20,000 Shares
Allied Capital Corporation (ALD) is a private equity firm specializing in buyouts, acquisitions, recapitalizations, note purchases, growth capital, and middle market equity and debt investments. The company lost $40.7 million or $0.25 a share for the first quarter, on $113.4 million losses from bad investments. In comparison to the prior year's first quarter, Allied Capital earned $133.1 million or $0.87 a share. In order to raise capital, Allied Capital will offer 9 million shares for $175 million as common stock offering. Company shares have been near their 52-week lows.
Mark Hillman and Tom Gayner own shares of ALD, while John Keeley sold out all his ALD holdings.
Managing Director John Martin Fruehwirth bought 20,000 shares of ALD stock on 6/6/08 at $18.72. As of December, other officers bought up stock between $18.85 and $22.21: EVP Diane Elizabeth Murphy bought 17,292 shares; Chairman & CEO, Director William L. Walton bought 3,800 shares; Managing Director Justin S. Maccarone Jr. bought 3,900 shares; Director Edwin Harper bought 3,500 shares; and Director Bates Ann Torre bought 3,000 shares.
Allied Capital Corp. has a market cap of $3.18 billion; its shares were traded at around $18.73 with P/S ratio of 6.52. The dividend yield of Allied Capital Corp. stocks is 13.8%.
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