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Library News Blog
Welcome to John Jay! The Lloyd Sealy Library has a number of resources to offer new & returning students. Here's a quick introduction to what you need to know.
The Library is located at 899 10th Avenue (between 58th St and 59th St). The Library is in Haaren Hall (commonly referred to as the "Tenth Street" or "T" building). Enter on 10th Avenue, swipe your valid ID card, take the escalator downstairs, make a U-turn, and proceed behind the escalator to the Library entrance. To get here from the New Building, walk past the blue Haaren Hall elevators, and you'll see the Library entrance between the escalators at the front of Haaren Hall.
Using the Library
We compiled a helpful guide for you: How to Use the Library. You'll find info on finding books, finding articles, reserve readings, & more.
Attend a How to Use the Library workshop, held frequently during the first month of classes, for an informal introduction to using the Library. Workshops are 30 minutes or less. No reservation is required to attend a workshop. Just check in with a librarian at the Reference Desk on the upper floor of the Library. Our other workshops may be useful to you, too!
Checking out books
Borrowing books from the Library is free! Undergraduates can check out books for 4-week periods, with two limited renewals. Overdue fines are 25¢ per day (with a 10-day grace period). See more details on borrowing & renewing.
How do you find a book? Our video tutorial will show you how to search for a book in OneSearch.
The first time you go to the Library, ask at the Circulation Desk (at entrance) for the Library barcode to stick on the back of your ID card. This will let you take out books from John Jay's Library—and other CUNY libraries, too.
Books aren't the only thing you can check out! We also have phone chargers.
The Library has a number of textbooks on Reserve (available for 3-hour loans). See Getting Textbooks to find out if yours are on Reserve, as well as for tips on buying textbooks.
Study space
The Library has lots of study space available to you: personal carrels, big group tables, a computer lab, a Silent Study Area, and five Group Study Rooms. Take a walk around and find your study spots.
At the beginning of the semester, each current student is given $15 in printing credit. In the Library, you can print in the Reserve Lab downstairs or at the workstations upstairs by the Reference Desk. Scanning is also available upstairs and downstairs, and it's free! See more info on printing, scanning, and copying.
Connect from home
With your John Jay username and password, you have off-campus access to online Library resources, including thousands of journals, videos, ebooks, and eReserves.
New York Times digital subscription
As a CUNY student, you have a complimentary digital subscription to the New York Times. Read the news on your computer & smartphone!
More student resources
We've got quite a few study and research resources for you. See Resources for Students for more.
Connect with us
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Posted Monday, August 26, 2013 - 12:00pm
CUNY+ has a new feature: text yourself a call number! Click Send info via text on any CUNY+ book record, enter your number and carrier, and you'll get an SMS within a few seconds.
You'll be in and out of the stacks in minutes flat.
Happy hunting!
Posted Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 10:28am
It's summertime! It's the time of year when you have some time on your hands! It's the perfect time to do some reading! Why not take a look at some of the ebooks we have available here in our collections from Ebrary and Ebsco Ebooks?!
Below are a couple of ebook titles that we have acquired in the last year. These highlighted books will open your mind and challenge you. Download one of them to your mobile device for either 7 or 14 day! Brag about the type of books you read now that you are a college student!
Downloading ebooks from us is easy! Install both Adobe Digital Editions software and BlueFire ebooks reading app on your mobile device. Both are free! You can find the button for the download when you open any of the titles listed below. (Here is a very useful video from Youtube from Downing College on how to download ebooks to mobile devices.) Download one and start enjoying it today!
And as always, for more detailed instructions check our library's subject guide on ebooks.
LaPierre, Brian (2012). Hooligans in Khrushev's Russia: defining, policing, and producing deviance during the thaw. Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press.
Tismeneanu, Vladimir (2012). The devil in history: communism, fascism, and some lessons of the twentieth century. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
Giannagelo, Stephen J. (2012). Real-life monsters: a psychological examination of the serial murderer. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger.
Friedman, Jaclyn and Jessica Valenti (eds.). (2008). Yes means yes! Visions of female sexual power & a world without rape. Berkeley, CA: Seal Press.
Asma, Stephen. (2012). Against fairness. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press
Cummins, Denise. (2012). Good thinking: seven powerful ideas that influence the way we think. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press.
Lindemann, Danielle. (2012). Dominatrix: gender, eroticism, and control in the dungeon. Chicago,IL: University of Chicago Press.
Cadge, Wendy. (2012). Paging God: religion in the halls of medicine. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
Cohen, David. (2011). Freud on coke. London: Cutting Edge Press.
Schneps, Leila. (2013). Math on trial: how numbers get used and abused in the courtroom. New York: Basic Books.
Richmond, Sarah, Geraint Rees, and Sarah J. L. Edwards (eds.). (2012). I know what you're thinking: brain imaging and mental privacy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Bridges, John C. (2012). Illusion of intimacy: problems in the world of online dating. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger.
Feynman, Richard P. (2011). Six easy pieces: essentials of physics explained by its most brilliant teacher. New York: Basic books.
Padmanabhan, Thanu. (1998). After the first three minutes: the story of our universe. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Leith, Sam. (2012). Words like loaded pistols: rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama. New York: Basic Books.
O'Leary, Alan (2011). Tragedia all'italiana: Italian cinema and Italian terrorisms, 1970-2010. New York: Peter Lang.
Kadushin, Charles. (2012). Understanding social networks: theories, concepts, and findings. New York: Oxford University Press.
Bronson, Eric (ed.) (2012). The girl with the dragon tattoo and philosophy: everything is fire. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
Dunn, George A. and Nicolas Michaud (eds.) (2012). The Hunger games and philosophy: a critique of pure treason. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
Posted by Prof. M. Kiriakova
Posted Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - 12:10pm
The Form C guidelines encourage faculty to present their scholarly work in a way that communicates its quality and value to members of the personnel committee representing the range of academic fields and specializations: "It is helpful to the multidisciplinary review committees to understand the quality of your work. As such, you should provide evidence of the quality of the published and creative works through measures conventional to your discipline." (from John Jay College Form C, revised April 2011)
To assist faculty in gathering quantitative and qualitative information on their scholarly output, the Library put together an online guide to Faculty Scholarship Resources that provides an overview of commonly used metrics as well as supplemental information on the subject.
We are hosting two workshops to demonstrate and discuss these resources in the library classroom:
- Monday, June 17th at 11am
- Thursday, June 27th at 3 pm
Please kindly RSVP to Marta Bladek (firstname.lastname@example.com).
Posted Tuesday, June 11, 2013 - 12:12pm
Go to the Testing & Education Reference Center »
Gone are the days when you had to leaf through dozens of books to find a perfect match if you were looking for a college program, graduate school offerings, or scholarship opportunities, or tried to build up your first resume using a template. The Lloyd Sealy Library subscribes to the Testing & Education Reference Center database. It offers:
- College programs search
- Scholarships search
- Online test preparation tool for many standardized tests
The Test & Education Reference Center database can be accessed from the list of the library databases whenever you have an Internet connection. You will be required to create a login to keep track of your progress when you do a test online, when you want to edit your resume, etc.
The database is easy to navigate. From the top menu, select tools that you might want to explore: High School, College Prep, Career, Grad School and International. Even if you are already a college student, try out High School Tools, for they have many self-paced courses in English and math (the subjects your John Jay College professors hinted you need some brushing up in). The College Prep Tools such as Resume Builder and Scholarship Search are amazing.
Highlights of the Career Tools are tutorials for Basic Computer Skills, Resume Builder, and Virtual Career Library. The latter is a virtual career coach that helps you to navigate careers, prepare a resume, train you for an interview, etc. Career Tools contain online tests and e-books in firefighting and law enforcement that are of interest to many John Jay College students:
- Border Patrol
- Corrections Officer
- Court Officer
- Parole Officer
- Police Officer
- Police Promotion
- Probation Officer
- State Trooper
- ...and more!
Accompanying online books will help you to master the exams.
If you want to go to a graduate school, then the Grad School Tools is your next stop to practice GRE, GMAT, LSAT tests and more. You can even search for grad schools scholarships. And if you are an international student who wants to improve the TOEFL scores, then browse International Tools. This section also has questions for the US Citizenship Exam.
In addition to online test and e-books, this database provides current articles on higher education and helps students make informed decisions on many facets of their academic and professional careers.
Posted by Maria Kiriakova 2013; updated with links 2017
Posted Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 11:55am
Take a look at the newest section of our library: the Browsing Collection! Located just past the Niederhoffer Lounge on the first floor, this growing collection of fiction and non-fiction is the place to find your next must-read. Looking for a beach read or a homework break? Look no further!
A selection of titles:
- Casino Royale (starring James Bond!) (1953), by Ian Fleming
- The Best American Short Stories (2001), ed. Barbara Kingsolver
- The Godfather Returns (2004), by Mark Winegardner
- Girl with a Pearl Earring (1999), by Tracy Chevalier
- The Interpretation of Murder (2006), by Jeb Rubenfeld
- On Death's Bloody Trail: Murder and the art of forensic science (1993), by Brian Marriner
- Talk Talk (2006), by T.C. Boyle
- The Voyage of the Narwhal (1998), by Andrea Barrett
Happy browsing!
Posted by Robin Davis
Posted Monday, May 6, 2013 - 4:32pm
Materials highlighting the Lloyd Sealy Papers are currently on exhibit in the Niederhoffer Lounge on the first floor of the library. Stop by the exhibit and see why John Jay College is honored to have named the library after this outstanding individual. You may learn more about the manuscript collection by reading this finding aid (PDF). The Lloyd Sealy Papers are available by appointment only in Special Collections to interested researchers.
For more on Lloyd Sealy please read Lloyd George Sealy: an appreciation.
Blog post and exhibit by Tania Colmant-Donabedian
Posted Friday, April 12, 2013 - 2:34pm
Posted Thursday, April 11, 2013 - 4:13pm
A new exhibit in the library features some exhibition catalogs recently donated by the Rubin Museum. A corresponding pamphlet written by Professor Karen Okamoto lists the titles in the Rubin donation as well as a small selection of related books in our collections as well as suggestions for finding many more resources.
This exhibit is also intended to support students who are researching and writing essays to submit to the Rubin Museum Essay Contest. This contest offers 7 cash prizes toward your tuition, between $500-$3000 for John Jay undergraduate student writers who write winning essays. More information on the award as well as a worksheet of suggested topics are also available as another handout adjacent to the exhibit, which is behind the reference desk on the second floor of the library.
The Librarians are available to assist you in researching your essay at the reference desk whenever the library is open. Entry to the Rubin Museum is free to all John Jay Students and Staff.
From the Essay Contest Instructions:
Choose a work or set of works of art from the collection of the Rubin Museum of Art. Write an essay about the work (or those works) that explores how the piece or pieces define or express the idea of justice. As John Jay commences its 50th anniversary, it may be useful to reflect on our history as a college and a force for social change as you come up with the concept for your essay topic. Your essay may consider any of a wide range of issues, including but not limited to: justice as it relates to retribution and punishment; justice as it relates to death; justice as it relates to the possible differences between what gods and human beings consider fair; justice as it relates to violence and non-violence.
In order to be considered an essay must be typewritten and submitted in hard copy. No e-mailed or faxed entries will be considered. The essay must be between 1000 and 3000 words long. Each student entering an essay, must submit four copies of the essay to Office of Fellowship & Scholarship Opportunities by no later than 5:00pm on April 5th, 2013 The first copy of the essay must be accompanied by a detachable title page bearing the name of the student and the last four digits of his/her Social Security Number. The remaining pages of all copies of the submission must include the last four digits of the Social Security Number and no other identifying information. The Office of Fellowship & Scholarship Opportunities will accept submissions from March 11th through April 5th. Winning essays will be selected by April 19th. For more information consult the Rubin Museum website. See also: more information about past winners.
From the John Jay College of Criminal Justice Essay Contest Worksheet:
Rubin Museum of Art, 150 West 17th Street, New York, NY 10011
Spring 2013: While visiting the Rubin Museum of Art, you might consider researching the artworks below as they relate to concepts of justice. You are not limited to these works, and we encourage you to investigate others, but they provide a good place to start. If you have questions, roaming Museum Guides in our galleries can help and there are Rubin Museum catalogs in the John Jay library. All works can be found on the 2nd floor. To learn more about our collection, visit rmanyc.org where you will find museum resources, online interactives, and links to audio guides at iTunesU. Most pieces in the museum have a Himalayan Arts Resources (HAR) number. By visiting himalayanart.org, and typing in the HAR number, you can read articles about artworks and download their images. Please be sure to cite the HAR number in your essay.
Questions about the Essay Contest? Please contact Kevin Nesbitt at the Office of Academic Affairs at firstname.lastname@example.com or Vielka Holness at the Office of Fellowship & Scholarship Opportunities at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Posted Tuesday, March 19, 2013 - 6:05pm
As technology makes the world increasingly more visually oriented, many are turning to graphic novels to become an essential component in literacy, education, and entertainment. On display in the Niederhoffer Lounge are some samples of excellent graphic novels available at the John Jay College Library!
Also, if you are interesting in finding out more, consider taking a look at our Graphic Novel Subject Guide and search the CUNY+ catalog for "graphic novels" or "manga"!
Posted Thursday, February 14, 2013 - 1:37pm


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Brooks Blevins: Ghost of the Ozarks
Historian Brooks Blevins examines a brutal 1929 murder and rape in the Arkansas Ozarks and demonstrates how press coverage of the ensuing trial has resulted in unfair generalizations about life in that corner of the Midwest.
A native of the Arkansas Ozarks, Blevins is the Noel Boyd Professor of Ozarks Studies at Missouri State University. His other books include Arkansas/Arkansaw: How Bear Hunters, Hillbillies, and Good Ol' Boys Defined a State and Hill Folks: A History of Arkansas Ozarkers and Their Image.

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Winged mysteries: Birds not where they belong
Last month, hundreds of visitors flocked to Jamestown to see something called a wood sandpiper, a bird that weighs as much as a handful of paper clips. So why was it such an occasion? Because a wood sandpiper has absolutely no business being in the Northeast.
It was the first time the Eurasian species has ever been spotted in New England. Sometimes, a vagrant sandpiper can touch down on Alaska's Aleutian Islands, and on rarer occasions, it can even get lost in the south Pacific and end up in Hawaii. But New England? Unheard of.
Saturday, the island got another unexpected tourist: a mountain bluebird. While not from as far away as the wood sandpiper, the mountain bluebird belongs in the Northeast as much as a polar bear does, save for the ones that used to dwell at Roger Williams Zoo. The bluebird belongs out west – rarely does it migrate east of the Rocky Mountains.
Even more improbable, a separate mountain bluebird was spotted Sunday 120 miles north of Jamestown in Gloucester, Mass. Maybe they traveled together.
So it got me wondering: What are the odds that two birds – both extremely rare to the area – just coincidentally touch down within a month of each other? I know Jamestown is attractive for families, but I doubt sandpipers and bluebirds are flocking here for the schools and property-tax rate.
Can climate change affect the migration of birds? Are the warmer falls and shorter winters teasing the internal compasses of these birds?
Chris Powell, a former state biologist who chaired the town's Conservation Commission for 26 years, thinks that changing weather patterns may be one reason. Powell says these birds may get caught up in winds, and because the weather is getting warmer during the fall, they just keep on coming – even if it's in the wrong direction. Many are young birds that don't know the ins and outs of migration, and if they aren't hitting sheets of snow, what's to stop them?
"We should market Conanicut Island as a bird-friendly place for both birds and birders," said Powell.
Rachel Farrell, the state's record keeper of birds, says that she doesn't know if weather is to blame. She thinks that birds are susceptible to reverse migration, which means they travel 180 degrees in the wrong direction when it comes time to migrate. While the white ibis and pelicans spotted in Jamestown two weeks ago were easier to explain – Hurricane Sandy, says Farrell – there is no definitive answer for why the mountain bluebird was at Fort Getty. "We can't be in their heads," she quipped.
The best we can do is keep an eye – or a set of binoculars – on the situation.
— Tim Riel


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This is the schedule you might expect as a student in the biotechnology certificate program. Most students complete the program over two years in conjunction with a BS or MS degree in biology. You should consult your advisor for specific scheduling.
Second Summer Session Bio 215/655 Cell Bio (If not previously taken within the last 5 years)
Fall Semester BIOT 490/590 Intro. DNA/RNABIOT 492/592 Prot. Isol. & AnalysisBIOT 493/593 Prof. Develop. Spring SemesterBIOT 491/591 PCR & RT-PCRBIOT 494/594 Cell CultureBIOT 495/595 Seq. Anal & BioinfoBIOT 496/596 Res. Design & Pres.
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A recent USA Today article reported that in the month of May, US car buyers purchased more muscle cars than hybrids. The comparison made in the article goes something like this: the combined purchases of Chevrolet Camaro, Ford Mustang, and Dodge Challenger (19,476 ) were greater than the purchases of available hybrids (17,852). Availability could be the key word, since the recent disaster in Japan shut down the production of hybrids and greatly reduced the number available to purchase in American dealerships. However, it isn't likely that buyers looking for a hybrid opted to purchase a modern muscle car instead just because there was a short supply of hybrids in their area.
It's unclear exactly what this information is supposed to convey about US buyers. The article (here's the link: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2011/06/ford-mustang-chevrolet-camaro-dodge-challenger-muscle-outsell-toyota-prius-honda-civic-hybrids/1 ) talks about the cost of gasoline reaching near $4, a concern that should turn anyone off buying a muscle car apparently. However, the six cylinder Camaro is rated at 29 miles per gallon with 312 horsepower. The SS model with automatic transmission and Active Fuel Management has 426 hp and gets 25 mpg in highway driving conditions. The Mustang V6 claims 31mpg with 305hp and the 412 hp 5.0 V8 engine gets 26 mpg. The Challenger V6 also has 305hp and gets 27 mpg on the highway while the 5.7 hemi has 379 hp and 24 mpg. Some might be tempted to scoff at these mpg ratings, but remember that the early buyers of hybrids complained that they weren't getting the amazing 50-60mpg they expected. We can all agree that many factors can improve or decrease your actual miles per gallon. And a good guess is that no one bought a muscle car saying, "Wow, look at that gas mileage rating!"
As an aside, the Chevrolet Camaro sold more units than the Ford Mustang for the fifth month in a row. Though the Mustang has suffered a dip in sales over the past few months, it's not likely it will continue. (The Challenger would probably do better with a convertible option and the newly re-designed Charger could use a lower price point.)
From the beginning of the year through May, GM sold over 40,000 Camaros! Whether you are a Chevy fan or love the blue oval, this is good news. The bottom line in all of these "statistics" is that people are buying American muscle cars again. We can buy one, with a great extended warranty, drive speedily eating up gas if we choose, all the while sitting in comfortable seats with modern day handling letting our navigation system tell us the best route to avoid a traffic jam.
[The 2010 Camaro RS/SS in the photo above belongs to Motortopians K1M_and_J1M]


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Restaurant Review
Spicing It Up
Paddy Rawal's OM Fine Indian Dining
It's not like we're lacking in options. A quick google search brings up eight different places, six of which I've eaten at more than once, two of which I go to regularly. That's not counting the many that have, over the years, popped up and then faded away. And now, a ninth has entered the Albuquerque scene.
More accurately, "Paddy Rawal's OM Fine Indian Dining." But that's a bit of a mouthful. And isn't the syllable "om" already the embodiment of all being? I'm pretty sure I remember something like that from my World Religions class. So I'll stick with just OM, thanks.
According to his website, Paddy Rawal hails from Mumbai, India and has worked as a chef in a roster of countries—England, Dubai, Australia, Egypt—before arriving in the U.S. sometime around 2001. Prior to OM, he opened the well-regarded Raaga restaurant in Santa Fe. And now, he has joined the already crowded Indian smorgasbord in our humble little city. So what does he bring to that table?
OM occupies the space formerly held by Annapurna in the North Valley. It's a large room with high ceilings and exposed ductwork and it feels cavernous and a bit empty. Fortunately, this impression is more than made up for by the warmth of the staff.
This is the kind of place where reservations are recommended, and even if you walk in on a Wednesday evening and find yourself facing an empty restaurant, you'll still be asked for them. The first time that happened, I scoffed, but within a half hour the room had filled up almost completely. So call ahead.
There is a wine list offering an array of varieties and prices, as well as a selection of beers from Bud Light to Left Hand Milk Stout, all $5. This includes a mysterious entry called "Anchor Steam Porter," which I ordered. It arrived as an Anchor Porter, and not as a unique house blend of porter and Steam which I was half-way hoping for. I guess it was a typo after all.
We began our meal with some samosas ($4.95) and chicken satay ($5.95). The samosas were crispy and filled with steamy potato and peas just as they should be. The satay—chicken medallions in a peanut and coconut sauce—were outstanding with a rich nutty flavor and just a hint of sweetness.
So far so good. The traditional Indian food is all as it should be, though the delicate spicing and Asian accents give the dishes a subtle twist from what you might find at other Albuquerque Indian restaurants .
We moved on to dessert. Honey soaked milk puffs ($3.95)—sweet and spongy fried balls in a honey sauce—were a hit with the children. My favorite was the kesar rasmalai ($3.95), a cheese based pudding with a wholesome saffron infused flavor. And mango kulfi ($3.95)—a dense ice-cream like dish—made for a refreshing and fruity palate cleanser.
Paddy Rawal's OM enters a culinary landscape with lots of good Indian options already. But what makes the restaurant stand out is the personality of the owner, which come through in his mastery of subtle spicing, his willingness to experiment with fusion foods (even if they are not entirely successful) and his commitment to friendly, attentive service. OM has earned a distinctive place in Albuquerque's food scene, and I look forward to eating there again.
7520 4th NW
Hours: 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Closed Sunday
Price Range: $10.95 to $16.95 (shrimp is pricey)
Vibe: Contemporary and friendly
Vegetarian Options: Plenty
Extras: Buffet, booze and a chummy staff
Alibi recommends: Chicken satay, lamb korma and kesar rasmalai for dessert


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Village of Mount Prospect, ILHome Menu
CANCELED: MPEI's A2A Progressive Networking Event
A2A is MPEI's Access to Advisors Program
- Date: 09/13/2017 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
- Location: Mount Prospect Public Library - Meeting Room A
10 S. Emerson Street
Mount Prospect, Illinois 60056
- Introduction: Meet face to face with successful, local entrepreneurs and learn from their experiences.
- CostFree
**This event has been canceled**
MPEI presents A2A's Progressive Networking Event
Progressive Networking gives you the opportunity for one-on-one facetime with the MPEI Advisors in a "speed dating" format. Come with questions and be prepared to mine the experience and strategies behind some of Mount Prospect's most successful businesses. This event partners well with our MPEI Summer Social event on August 23.
List of Advisor Participants Coming Soon!
The A2A program includes a list of advisors from all industries that have gone through the work of building an idea into a successful business. RSVP Required. Seating is limited. Click to RSVP or email.
Questions? Feel free to email us.
This is a Mount Prospect Entrepreneurs Initiative event.


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October 01. 2013 12:18AM
Bedford-Exeter showdown today
Two of the top girls' soccer teams in the NHIAA Division I ranks will meet today at 4 p.m. when Bedford visits Exeter.
The Blue Hawks are 7-0-0 and ranked No. 1 as of last week's National High School Soccer Coaches Poll. Bedford is 7-0-1.
Exeter has won 31 consecutive games and the past four state championships.


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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine antinarcotics agents seized about 400 kilograms (882 pounds) of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride and arrested five members of a syndicate Sunday in the largest haul of the illegal drug in the country so far this year, officials said.
Police Senior Superintendent Bartolome Tobias said five men were arrested while loading the drugs, concealed in two carton boxes and 22 bags, into a van in a residential enclave in Subic town in Zambales province, northwest of Manila.
If all the drugs turn out to be real methamphetamine hydrochloride, known locally as shabu, it will have a Manila street value of about 2 billion pesos ($46 million), according to police.
The Philippines continues to face an alarming drug problem despite efforts to disrupt major trafficking syndicates and dismantle clandestine labs. Corruption among law enforcers and officials and vast stretches of unpatrolled coastline make the country an attractive narcotics source and transshipment point.
Illegal drug production in the Philippines carries a maximum prison term of 40 years.


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State Funding Freezes by Missouri Gov. Nixon
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) - Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon announced Friday he is putting on hold about $400 million for the state's 2014 fiscal year budget. Nixon also vetoed four items.
Here are the budget freezes released by Nixon's budget office Friday.
Here are the budget vetoes released by Nixon's budget office Friday.
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People would waste less food if rules for date labels were standardized, according to a recent study.
Food packages often contain information about "sell by" or "best before" dates, but these aren't consistently regulated and confuse consumers, according to the report.
"There is no standard regulation for this, certainly not federally and across states it varies dramatically," said Dana Gunders, project scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Center and a co-author of the study.
The report, produced by NRDC and the Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic, found that consumers misinterpret date labels and toss edible food because they think it has "expired."
Such unnecessary disposal contributes to the estimated 40 percent of U.S. food that gets wasted annually, said Gunders.
Part of the problem is that packages often have "sell by" dates that are meant to convey business-to-business information between manufacturers and retailers, she said.
"Sell by" dates are intended as an inventory tool for retailers to ensure that the product still has an adequate shelf life in the consumer's fridge, but some consumers don't realize it remains viable afterwards, she said.
Some manufacturers use labels like "enjoy by" or "best before," but the standards for these dates vary by company, the report said.
To protect the reputation of their product, some manufacturers set the date early to ensure there's minimal change in product quality, the report said. While the product may remain reasonably good after that date, some consumers will think they need to trash it.
The first step toward reducing such waste would be to develop a uniform, coherent standard for such dating information, said Gunders.
"Once we have that, we can educate consumers about what the dates really mean," she said.
Such a standardized approach could be the entry point for broader reforms aimed at eliminating food waste, said Andrew Shakman, CEO of LeanPath, a company that helps institutions reduce waste.
"There's an opportunity to move from that to other policy discussions," he said. "It may be this conversation begets deeper conversations."
Reducing food waste throughout the supply chain is often more intractable than standardizing date labels.
Farmers, for example, often plant more produce than they're contractually required to grow to hedge against weather or disease disruptions, said Gunders.
In such situations, it may be more economically sensible to plow the crop under rather than harvest it, she said.
"We need to find secondary markets that get these products used but don't have negative effects on their business," Gunders said.
Similarly, retailers will stock shelves with more fresh apples than they can sell, knowing that people value presentation and won't buy the last apple on the shelf, said Shakman.
Government incentives may be needed to put excess crops to better use, he said. "There are circumstances where the cost of waste is not high enough to change behavior."


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The Wilderness Society writes to the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources in support of measures designating the Columbine-Hondo Wilderness Area, Hermosa Creek Wilderness Area and Berryessa Snow Mountain National Conservation Area.
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In the sizzling Chihuahuan desert of New Mexico, blue skies are the norm and the sun packs a punch, making for huge solar development potential in the region. The state's great potential for solar includes three Solar Energy Zones (SEZs) proposed by the BLM on public lands.
Otero Mesa, an undeveloped landscape in southern New Mexico, is the largest and wildest Chihuahuan Desert grassland remaining on public lands in the United States.
The Wilderness Society has identified top priority Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and Forest Legacy land acquisition projects across the country.
Global warming is already affecting New Mexico and will continue to do so for decades to come. In the absence of national policy that jumpstarts the clean energy economy by ramping down dangerous carbon emissions, our economy and wildlands are at an even greater risk.
A decade after it was first adopted by the U.S. Forest Service, the Roadless Area Conservation Rule has proven to be remarkably successful in protecting the 58.5 million acres of national forest roadless areas from road building and logging.


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The College of Mount St. Joseph will offer an online program starting in May 2013 for registered nurses looking to further their nursing careers by adding a bachelor of science in nursing (BSN). The online format will follow the same coursework as the Mount's existing classroom program currently uses.
Many hospitals and healthcare organizations now require registered nurses to hold BSN degrees, which position nurses as being better prepared in case management, leadership and being able to work across inpatient or outpatient care.
"A BSN is essential for a registered nurse to advance within his or her career path," said Kathleen Monahan, MSN program director for the RN-BSN programs. "The Mount offers a face-to-face BSN program and an online BSN program for individual convenience."
"The Mount has a long tradition of meeting the needs of nurses and local hospitals," said Darla Vale, Ph.D., interim dean, division of health sciences. "We are extending that tradition this spring with the addition of an online format for the RN to BSN program which will be more convenient for nurses who can't attend class on a set night or drive to our campus."
The Mount's RN to BSN program is accredited by CCNE. Registered nurses who wish to enter the online program can email email@example.com or go to www.msj.edu/rn-bsn for more information.
The College of Mount St. Joseph is an undergraduate and graduate Catholic college that provides an interdisciplinary liberal arts and professional curriculum emphasizing values, service and social responsibility.


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New home construction unexpectedly climbed to a four-year high in October, driving U.S. equity futures to slightly positive territory. The DEC12 E-mini S&P 500 futures are continuing their rally from below 1350, and today they have hit a high of 1386 thus far. Housing starts rose 3.6% to a 894,000 annual rate, the fastest since July 2008. Our former pivot/support level of 1430 is now our key resistance level for this market. If the E-mini S&P rallies further, we think 1430 will be a congestion point. Fiscal cliff negotiations are still a key factor at play.
In commodities news, corn and soybeans are up today, both trading positive at just under +1%. JAN 13 soybeans have rallied up through the $14 level, which we believe will serve as a support level going forward. DEC12 corn futures have bounced off of a key support level at $7.10 and are now trading at around $7.45. We see a potential congestion/resistance area at $7.90. We wouldn't be surprised to see corn rally to this level.
Crude oil has rallied from below $85 to $90 in just a few sessions, and is actually down more than 2% today, trading at approximately $87.34. This market still looks to be in a bearish environment, and our $82 target is still a distinct possibility. DEC12 natural gas futures continue their bullish run this morning, trading up more than 2% at $3.79. We believe this market has strong support at the $3.60 level, and that the next major upside target is $4.20. Market players are looking ahead to a closely watched U.S. government report on natural gas supplies on Wednesday.


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Big Sean's upcoming second studio Hall of Fame got a major push this week after the Detroit rapper released the album outtake "Control" with a Kendrick Lamer verse that set the hip-hop world on edge. In additional lead up to the LP's Aug. 27 release, Sean has been hitting the late night TV circuit and throwing listening parties here and there, including a block party at Los Angeles' famed Fairfax and Melrose district earlier this week. As music played inside, hordes of people gathered and lined up to get it. Check out photos from the scene in the gallery that follows.
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WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- An 18-year-old Shrub Oak man was arrested and charged by Yorktown Police after he was accused of having a BB gun at Lakeland High School on Thursday, June 19.
The man has been charged with unlawful possession of a weapon upon school grounds, a violation. Due to his eligibility for youthful offender status, police did not release his name.
At 7:44 p.m., police were conducting an undercover drug enforcement investigation when they observed a man waving a gun around in the Lakeland High School parking lot according to a statement issued by police.
The man was stopped by Officer Daniel Kaen and police said they discovered he had a BB gun. The man was released on his own recognizance and is due back in court on July 22, police said.
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LONDON (AP) — Stocks rebounded Friday after two days of losses though investors remained wary ahead of elections in Italy that could dominate the market mood at the start of next week.
The pick-up comes after a sizeable sell-off, which started in the second half of Wall Street's trading session on Wednesday following the release of the minutes to the last policy meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve. The minutes sparked by fears the Fed would abandon its super-easy monetary policy sooner than many in the markets were predicting.
Those concerns about future U.S. monetary policy remain. And others have the potential to reignite the jitters. The Italian election, for one, which takes place Sunday and Monday, could stoke renewed worries over Europe's debt crisis — especially if there is a protracted period before a new government is formed.
"Global markets are seeing some legitimate bounce-back from yesterday's sell-off but remain fragile as the weekend Italian elections loom," said Sal Guatieri, an analyst at BMO Capital Markets.
In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was up 0.7 percent at 6,335 while Germany's DAX rose 1.03 percent to 7,661. The CAC-40 in France was 2.25 percent higher at 3,706.
A solid German economic survey also shored up sentiment in Europe. The Ifo index rose to 107.4 in February from 104.3 the previous month. It was the fourth monthly increase in a row and well above the 104.9 points expected by financial market analysts.
A recovering Germany will go a long way to supporting economic growth across Europe, not least in the economy of the 17 European Union countries that use the euro. That hope helped European markets look beyond the latest forecast from the European Commission, the EU's executive arm, that the eurozone's recession will last longer than it previously thought.
"Better-than-expected German business confidence data helped contribute to gains," said Lee Mumford, financial sales trader at Spreadex.
In the U.S., the Dow Jones industrial average was up 0.47 percent at 13,945 while the broader S&P 500 index rose 0.49 percent to 1,509. Both indexes are well down on the five-year highs they hit earlier this week.
Their retreat from highs came after the Fed minutes showed some policymakers worried about the cost of the bank's monetary stimulus, which triggered speculation that the asset purchases would end sooner than anticipated.
The purchases, commonly known as quantitative easing, are designed to boost the U.S. economy, partly by increasing liquidity in financial markets and by keeping a lid on interest rates in the bond markets.
Earlier, the Asian heavyweight, Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index, recovered to gain 0.7 percent to 11,385.94. The region's biggest economy, China's benchmark Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.5 percent to 2,314.15. Elsewhere, Seoul's Kospi gained 0.2 percent to 2,018.89 while Hong Kong's Hang Seng shed 0.5 percent to 22,782.44.
In other financial markets, trading was fairly light.
In currency markets, the euro was down 0.15 percent at $1.3172 while the dollar was steady at 93.29 yen. In the oil markets, benchmark crude for April delivery was down 22 cents at $92.62 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.


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Ark. panel to discuss Mayflower oil spill effects
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A panel discussion set in Little Rock will review how the Mayflower oil spill last year has affected that community so far, which is about 30 miles northwest of Arkansas' capital city.
The event is scheduled for Monday afternoon at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service. Panelists will speak about the impact and the lessons learned from ExxonMobil's Pegasus pipeline rupture in March 2013, which spilled thousands of gallons of heavy crude oil into the Mayflower area.
Among those expected to speak are Faulkner County Judge Allen Dodson, Republican U.S. Rep. Tim Griffin, Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel and Tammie Hynum, the chief of the Hazardous Waste Division of the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality.Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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The holidays never tasted so good. Rich, creamy and egg-free, this Maker's-based concoction is a perfectly delectable way to drink in the season.
- 2 parts Maker's Mark® Bourbon
- 2 parts simple syrup
- 2 parts half and half (1 part whole milk, 1 part single cream)
- Nutmeg and dark chocolate for garnish
- Shake contents over ice.
- Strain over ice and garnish with nutmeg and dark chocolate.
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Can snowshoe hares outrace climate change?
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Behind the wheel of his boxy red Ford F-250 truck -- complete with crimson-carpeted dashboard -- L. Scott Mills sipped his watery coffee and headed east. It was 18 degrees outside on a dim Missoula morning, a few days before the end of daylight-saving time. As the sun rose and the sky turned white, Mills followed Montana Route 200 along the lazy Blackfoot River, northeast toward the town of Seeley Lake. Bright yellow larches blazed among the pines, and a dusting of snow from a few days earlier still clung to the hillsides.
Just past Seeley Lake, Mills, a conservation biologist at the University of Montana, turned into the forest on an old logging road and parked behind his field assistants' blue pickup. Tucker Seitz and Sean Sultaire, two recent UM graduates, were readying antennas and receivers, beginning their daily task of tracking some of the 30-odd radio-collared hares hopping around the Seeley-Swan Valley this winter. We zipped our jackets, donned blaze-orange vests -- hunting season had just begun -- and tromped into the woods.
We ducked around lodgepole pines and Douglas firs, traipsing across bear grass and fallen spruce logs on terrain speckled with a light cover of snow. Seitz and Sultaire held their antennas in front of them, turning the metal rods to catch the signal. They listened to the steady beeps on receivers they'd hung from their necks. After about 15 minutes, they closed in on the hare, narrowing its location to an area of about 50 square feet. Then they spotted it.
Under a downed lodgepole, its upper branches and needles intact and forming a curtain of green and brown, the snowshoe hare sat nearly motionless, its lanky ears towering upright above its head. It crouched in a small hollow -- a "form," in hare-tracker parlance -- that it had made in the dirt. It took me a few moments to locate the hare, even with Mills' help. All that gave it away, finally, was the black of its eye framed by light fur.
Mills is trying to understand a biological phenomenon crucial to animal survival: seasonal camouflage. What drives the periodic coat color changes of animals like snowshoe hares, and is it something the animals can adjust? These questions, mused upon for centuries yet never fully studied, have lately taken on extra significance.
Like dozens of species that live in temperate climates around the globe, snowshoe hares grow new coats twice a year to blend in with the landscape. As climate change alters these landscapes -- and places that once were snowy white become increasingly brown -- the animals' future will likely depend in part on whether their camouflage can adapt in response.
Evolution is not just about one species ever-so-slowly transforming into another. It's also about much smaller, much faster changes that can determine whether a species will endure or perish as its world shifts. Aided in part by fast, relatively inexpensive DNA analysis, scientists are tracking these changes, and using them to help predict the future of species. They're probing fish that live in polluted waters for clues to how they tolerate toxins, and sequencing the genes of invasive plants to learn -- based on the plants' family trees -- which pose the biggest threats to native species.
To make effective conservation decisions in the age of climate change -- what to save, how to save it -- we need to understand how species adapt and change, and how past and future evolution affects their odds of survival.
Every week, Mills' team locates each collared hare and records the color of its coat -- what percentage white or brown -- and the amount of snow-covered ground in its immediate surroundings. Hoping for a good look at this particular male hare, Seitz squatted about four feet away from its hiding place and snapped a photo, then moved in closer and clicked again. As Seitz edged forward, the hare hopped from its hideout and covered a few dozen yards of forest before pausing. Out in the open, we could see its fur clearly. Its body was mostly brown, though flecked with white, and its face was predominantly white from its nose up to its eyes.
As winter looms, all the hares in this Montana forest begin to turn white within a week of one another, regardless of snow conditions or temperature, triggered by the disappearing sun. But once it starts, each hare's transformation -- which can take up to two months to complete -- is unique. Some hares turn white on their faces first, with their new fur spreading from nose to rump; others metamorphose in reverse. Some hares turn mostly white early on, keeping just a bit of brown for several weeks; others try on a tiny sample of white coat, as if waiting a while before committing to the whole outfit.
Beyond the initial sunlight trigger, though, what controls this seasonal cycle remains a puzzle. Can this particular hare adjust its internal rhythms? Will its descendants acquire a gene that helps match their fur to their habitat?
Because hiding, even in plain sight, is the snowshoe hare's ticket to survival, you might never see one while you're out walking in the woods. Yet the species is currently doing fine in Montana, and elsewhere across North America. That's good news for these ecosystems' meat eaters -- coyotes, wolves, bobcats, martens, hawks -- all of which have a taste for hare. Thanks to the carnivores, a hare's average life span in the wild is just a year. Nearly all of them meet the same end; it's only a matter of time.
While this state of affairs is unfortunate from the hare's perspective, it helps keep the rest of the ecosystem humming along just fine -- especially because hares breed like, well, rabbits. But like so much in nature, it's a fragile balance. If hares become too easy to catch, their populations are likely to crash -- and perhaps take down the predators that depend on them.


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Public colleges and universities that compete in some of the top NCAA conferences spend between three and six times as much money per athlete as they do to educate each student, according to a recently released study.
The reports say median athletic spending for institutions that compete in the top tier Football Bowl Subdivision, or FBS, spent $92,000 per athlete in 2010 while spending less than $14,000 per student on academics.
The disparity is even greater in the country's college football powerhouse, the Southeastern Conference, where in 2010 schools paid roughly $160,000 per athlete, but only about $14,000 to educate each nonathlete student, the report says. Public universities in the six most-prominent conferences — the SEC, Big Ten, Pac-12, ACC, Big 12 and Big East — all spent more than $100,000 per athlete in 2010. According to the report, only four schools could claim that distinction in 2009.
The "Academic Spending Versus Athletic Spending" study was put together by the Delta Cost Project, part of the nonprofit American Institutes for Research, based in Washington, D.C. On its website, AIR calls itself "one of the world's largest behavioral and social science research organizations."
The report comes at a time when schools across the country are working with smaller and smaller budgets as states have cut costs during the recession.
The same is true in Louisiana, where public colleges and universities have absorbed $625 million in budget cuts since 2008, according to the state Board of Regents.
Louisiana has four public FBS schools — LSU, Louisiana Tech University, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and the University of Louisiana at Monroe.
Spokespersons at the schools, last week, said they were unclear how the Delta Cost Project compiled its numbers, and could not re-create the data to come up with athletics versus academics spending comparisons at their universities.
LSU spokesman Ernie Ballard said that "coaching salaries could greatly skew the per-student cost because of the market-driven salaries of a handful of coaches versus the relatively small pool of student athletes."
Around the country, three of four FBS school athletic departments spent more money than they generated between 2005 and 2010, the reports says, with roughly one-third of those dollars going toward salaries and another 20 percent funding equipment and facilities.
Institutions generally make up the disparity of how much their athletic departments spend and how much they generate through student fees, the report says.
Ballard said LSU is different from most other institutions in that the LSU Athletic Department is self-sustaining and operates without the benefit of student fees or state dollars.
Late last year, the LSU Board of Supervisors approved an agreement where the Athletic Department would transfer $7.2 million annually — $36 million over five years — to support university academics.
The policy also includes a revenue-sharing component that could mean even more dollars for the academic campus should the LSU Athletic Department generate a budget surplus.
LSU's total athletic revenue comes from a variety of sources such as ticket sales, TV and radio contracts and merchandising as well as donations through the Tiger Athletic Foundation.
According to numbers submitted under the U.S. Department of Education's Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act, LSU ranked sixth nationally in 2011-2012 with revenues of $113.9 million, with about 60 percent — $68.8 million — generated by the Tiger football team.


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Showing my kids how to eat America's most hated veggie.
I'm the proud mother of three boys, 11-year-old twins and a 9-year-old, who enjoy eating everything. Even outrageous foods I will never dare to try, like eel sushi, frog legs, and chicken drumsticks.
More than anything else, I appreciate their appetite for veggies, cooked and raw. I kvelled to them, "Isn't it wonderful that you can enjoy all the vegetables in the world?"
"We hate brussels sprouts," they said.
They hated brussels sprouts before they even tried them. Ever since they heard somewhere they were supposed to hate them.
Despite its faithful appearance on holidays, the brussels sprout is the American vegetable villain. This role used to be played by spinach, until Popeye rescued it in the 1930s. Next came broccoli, reviled by the first President Bush, who famously said: "I'm president of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli." A 2008 survey by Heinz shows that brussels sprouts now take the most-hated prize for Americans in general, with eggplant faring slightly worse among kids. Brussels sprouts seem to be universally loathed, practically: They make it to the top five in surveys of the most-hated vegetables around the world. From Just Disgusting, by Andy Griffiths, a book that was read to one of my sons in school recently:
Who wouldn't hate them?
They're green.
They're slimy.
They're moldy.
They're horrible.
They're putrid.
They're foul.
Apart from that, I love them.
No, I don't. That was just a joke.
It's true that brussels sprouts can taste bitter if they're not picked at the right time. The best-tasting sprouts are young and small, and preferably harvested after a few frosts. These are not the sprouts that show up in most supermarkets. The frozen ones tend to be bitter, too. I grew up in Israel, where until recently frozen sprouts were the only kind available, and I understand the rejection. There's also the strong odor sprouts give off when they're cooked for too long.
You could replace the brussels sprouts with broccoli, kale, or chard and get most of the same benefits, including antioxidants and glucosinolate, which helps fight cancer. But I wanted to convince my family that sprouts didn't deserve their bad reputation.
It was a test, of myself and them: If I found the right recipe, could I persuade my kids to eat something they were sure they didn't like? When someone pushes away a bowl of plain steamed spinach, it's not because they dislike spinach, but simply because they don't like this boring steamed spinach. This is obvious but a mistake that gets made again and again.
Personally, I prefer my brussels sprouts the simplest way, roasted in the oven with olive oil and salt, until they have dark spots on the outer leaves. This does not work for my kids. It's a recipe for advanced brussels-sprouts eaters—the flavor intensifies and it's still a little bitter, an acquired taste for children.
In general, if you want to add a new ingredient to your diet, the best way is to incorporate it into your main dish or salad. I've done this in the past with pomegranate seeds, for example—I added them to tabbouleh, instead of tomatoes, and seasoned the salad with pomegranate syrup. Now I looked for a recipe in which the brussels sprouts were not the only main ingredient, so the dish would not be too intimidating.
Some of the recipes I found online sounded delicious, like brussels-sprout gratin, but included either cream or plenty of butter, which I didn't want to use. Some would be perfect at a later stage, like the Sole With Lemon-Shallot Brussels Sprouts recipe from Epicurious.com, but wouldn't work for my kids' grand re-introduction.
For a second, I considered a recipe from the school of the sneaky, deceptive mom cooks—Missy Chase Lapine and Jessica Seinfeld. In their books, you can find recipes that secretly add veggies to innocent dishes, like spinach brownies and avocado chocolate fondue. How about a brussels-sprout cheesecake? This is all supposed to be in the name of feeding your children well, but I figured that cheating my kids on a daily basis was not a good idea. (When the Seinfeld kids find out, will they ask Jerry: "Did you know this all along, Daddy? And the whole country, too?")
I decided to improvise and tried a split pea and brussels sprout soup with a couple of sausages—a whole meal. Initially, I made it chunky, but by the time it was fully cooked, the soup looked so awful that I pureed it until it was completely smooth. In fact, it was creamy and just delicious. The soup carried no trace of that slight sprout bitterness.
I called everyone to the table and announced the dinner menu. The kids were not happy but agreed to try it. To my pleasure, the twins emptied their bowls and admitted it was yummy. I must also confess, though, that their stubborn younger brother ate only half his soup, then pushed his bowl away and said: "How come you make us eat brussels sprouts? You know we all HATE it!" So, two out of three. I'll take it.
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Tina Reed's involvement with IT at UB had a unique beginning. Using her passion for design and photography, she joined the Art and Photographic Services group in 1997 to help promote IT services.
After moving to User Services, Tina continued to design informational materials for services like public sites, computer safety and VoIP phones. She worked on the ResNet 2002 conference, back to school events and was also instrumental in the design of the print service counters when iprint@ub began. Tina used her skills as a visual communicator to ensure that the campus community is aware of the services that CIT provides.
Tina now works with Network and Classroom Services as Resource Manager. Tina said she "loves how her job has evolved" and characterizes her role in IT as a "transition." Instead of seeing her current work as separate from her previous role at UB, Tina feels that she is still able to do what she loves: communicate.
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Staying on top of the local ag economy is akin to keeping an eye on your neighbor's field. You might get the information you need but drive off the road in the process.
Farm equipment companies face a similar challenge in balancing supply and demand. Rather than keeping tabs on a few neighbors, equipment companies have to track thousands of farmers and guess how many — and which ones — are likely to buy a new tractor anytime soon. Sometimes they guess correctly. Sometimes they hit an unexpected fork in the economic road.
Evidence John Deere and its recent curtailment of tractor production, including a one-week shutdown of its Waterloo, IA, tractor factory. "Continued caution on the part of our customers has prompted our decision to reduce production schedules," says John Deere CEO Robert Lane. "Our decision to cut back production schedules in advance of the important spring selling season is a difficult one."
Deere's announcement cast a pall over the earlier cautiously optimistic projections made in January by the Equipment Manufacturers Institute (EMI), which polls 43 key agricultural companies. EMI's State of the Ag Industry Outlook for 2001 predicted that sales of high-horsepower 4-wd tractors would increase by 3.1% this year.
Bill Fogarty, editor of Ag Industry Watch newsletter, noted that a down trend in tractor sales became evident in December, with the month's sales of over-100-hp tractors dipping below 1,000 units for the first time in years. In the earlier part of 2000, Deere had numerous product-moving incentives at work to bite off a bigger share of the tractor market. Some of those programs ended in December with the start of Deere's 2001 fiscal year.
"I really thought that Deere would continue its market share blitz in 2001," Fogarty says. "Now that doesn't appear to be the case. I'm just mystified by what's happening now."
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Another faction interested in farmers' buying decisions is university-based ag economists. One such group, the Center for Agricultural Business at Purdue University, recently surveyed 1,700 farmers about their buying habits. It found that even though 73% of large operators (defined by the survey as those with gross annual sales exceeding $500,000) were aware of price differences among dealers, fewer than 20% based their purchases of capital items on finding the lowest price. According to the Purdue survey, honesty was the number-one characteristic that farmers valued in the "best" agricultural sales representatives they knew, followed closely by technical competence, good follow-up and relevant information.
Our own Farm Industry News online survey of 300 farmers showed somewhat different priorities in tractor-buying decisions. In that survey, farmers rated price as the number-one consideration, followed by performance and service. That's not to say performance and service aren't important. Additional FIN survey responses about where and how the farmers buy tractors indicate dealer service plays a significant role in their decisions. The largest percentage of respondents (43%) said they buy their tractors used from a dealer instead of from another farmer, at auction, over the Internet or from some other source. Thirty-five percent (the second largest percentage) said they purchase a new tractor from a dealer.
Farmers aren't by any means on a tractor-buying spree. Those in our survey group said they expect to keep their tractors an average of 12 years.
Averages, however, do not account for individual farmers whose not-so-common strategies might set the next trend. So in an attempt to zoom in from the stratosphere of broad-brush survey responses and industry reports, we visited with two farmers with very different philosophies on the art and science of equipment purchases.
Keep 'em moving
Sullivan Farms Inc., a corn and soybean operation near Franklin, MN, plans to continue upgrading to new combines and tractors on a regular basis. The joint father-and-sons operation owns two 9650 John Deere combines and several newer model John Deere tractors, including an 8210, 8110, 8100, 7810 and 4430. For nearly 10 years, Mike Sullivan has purchased a new John Deere combine, used it for a season and then sold it to his sons Tim and Pat, who use the combine for a season and then sell it.
"We like having new equipment because of the one-year warranty," Tim Sullivan says. "We can't afford to waste valuable time on repairs and breakdowns. And as long as we have the money available to do it, we think buying is better than leasing. We've found that we tend to go over on hours with a lease and end up buying the machine at the end of the contract anyway. Buying new and reselling seems to make the most sense when John Deere products tend to hold their value well for resale. And by buying new, we also take advantage of Deere's program for nine months of interest-free financing. We end up paying only three months of interest for the year."
New technology is another reason the Sullivans like to upgrade their machinery on a regular basis. "The Deere tractors keep adding new technology that pays for itself, if you're willing to learn to use it," Tim says. "The new machines will perform several functions at the touch of one button, so we have a lot better implement control than we used to. That makes for more accurate seed and fertilizer placement. And I know the parallel swathing system we're going to use for incorporating chemicals will save on input costs by reducing overlap."
Buy and hold
Carl Johnson runs two Finnish-made, 205-hp Valtra tractors on his corn and soybean farm near Sidney, IA. He's liked many of the Deere and Case tractors he's owned over the years, and he says both the local Deere and Case dealers have treated him well. However, that wasn't enough to keep Johnson from changing his tractor-buying philosophy and his brand loyalty in recent years.
"Soon after the one-year warranties expired, lots of little and expensive things always seemed to go wrong," Johnson says. "Repairs are costly and time-consuming, so I decided that it still makes sense to buy a new tractor. But since I also like to keep the tractors I buy for several years, that meant I had to find a more reliable machine with a longer warranty. The Valtra Valmet's five-year warranty option got my attention. Then when I drove one, my days of loyalty to green and red machines ended.
"The Valtra was not as big and bulky as my old tractors, yet it had more usable power," Johnson continues. "Best of all, at $84,000, the 4-wd Valtra cost about $30,000 less than a comparably equipped domestic tractor. Some additional Valtra features, including the front 3-pt. hitch for my 60-ft. spray boom, air-ride assist and easy-to-shift, 21-speed transmission, let my Valtra do double duty as a spray rig. That saved me at least another $50,000 by not needing to buy a self-propelled sprayer.
"Since Valtras are fairly new to the American market, I'm not sure what the resale value will be when it comes time to sell, but I haven't had a breakdown yet, and I figure I've saved a lot of money up-front no matter what happens."
Johnson points out additional savings on fuel as well. He estimates the lighter machine gets 10 to 20% better fuel economy than his old tractors. Last fall, Johnson bought a second Valtra Valmet at a discount as a demo. He plans to buy the next higher-horsepower model Valtra when it becomes available.
Web wisdom of tractor buying
There's a lot of advice on the Internet about how and why to buy a new tractor. We sorted through some of it to bring you the highlights.
www.tractorsmart.com First, define what you expect the tractor to do. What was right for your father or your neighbor is not necessarily the best choice for you. There's enough variety out there in both new and used tractors that you shouldn't have to settle.
If you need to cut costs, write down which features are absolutely necessary and which are merely nice to have. Before cutting features, consider the conditions you'll likely be working in and how many hours you'll be spending in the tractor seat.
If you buy a new tractor, make sure it really does have everything you assumed it would from reading the factory literature. Make a list and check off each item as the salesperson points it out to you.
www.aes.purdue.edu/aganswrs For machinery, tax laws favor selling — not trading — old machinery. A farmer buying a new tractor can claim depreciation and lower his taxable income and self-employment earnings. Selling a fully depreciated asset may reduce your tax bill over time.
www.thewealthyfarmer.com Don't make a tractor investment decision solely to avoid income taxes. Buying a new combine or tractor to evade the tax man often results in overcapacity. That might take a bite out of your bottom line two or three years down the road.
Surround yourself with a team of financial advisors, including a banker and an accountant, who can help you succeed.
It's important to adopt new technology, but it should be technology that can produce measurable results. Technology is racing ahead of financial management, and it's creating problems.
www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu Consider how many hours your new tractor will work. The majority of overhead costs from a tractor are in depreciation and interest. These factors are relatively constant. If you can use the tractor for more hours, your overhead cost per hour decreases.
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Interest-free equipment financing may sound good, but check the terms carefully. Many financing contracts contain a clause that says the interest for interest-free months will be recaptured by the financing company if the loan is terminated for any reason. Depending on the contract, "termination" can also include deals where you trade in a tractor and roll over the loan. The result? The recaptured interest is often added to the new loan as principal, rather than interest. Not only do you pay the interest you thought you'd avoided, you lose the tax benefits as well. To avoid similar traps, always read the fine print and consider keeping your records on a good double-entry accounting system. One source of financial management software designed specifically for farmers is available from FMS/Harvest. Contact FMS/Harvest, Dept. FIN, 1200 E. Lincoln Hwy., New Lenox, IL 60451, 800/992-2814, www.fmsharvest.com.


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Lee Shenton, Grand County liaison to the Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action program, said during the May 28 Tailings Project Steering Committee meeting that 88,000 tons of material were shipped to the site near Crescent Junction in April, for disposal in a permanent storage cell. That number is up from the traditional average of 72,000 tons, he said.
New permanent liners that were installed this winter in the sealed containers used to transport the tailings by railroad from the former mill site to the disposal site near Crescent Junction account for much of the difference in efficiency, Shenton said. Workers used to have to install a temporary liner each time a container was used, and that process was more time consuming and often made emptying the containers at the disposal site more difficult, he said.
He explained that the trucks that dump the tailings at Crescent Junction used to make several accelerations and quick stops to dislodge the material from the containers. But the permanent liners, made of half-inch plastic, speed up the process.
The new liners allow the contaminated waste to slide out of the containers easily, which saves time, Shenton said.
The new process "is working like a champ," he said.
The change will also cut costs of the removal project, according to Jeff Biagini, project manager for Idaho-based Portage Inc., which holds a five-year contract with the U.S. Department of Energy to do the work. He has said the permanent liners will pay for themselves in four years, saving about $3 million through the end of the project in 2025.
Shenton said during the meeting that a milestone of relocating 6 million tons of tailings would be reached soon. In all, more than 16 million tons of contaminated material must be removed from the Cold War-era mill site, located four miles north of Moab near the banks of the Colorado River. The project is 37 percent complete, he said.
"The morale of the guys out there is pretty good," Shenton reported.
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It was a full house Thursday morning at the Plymouth Community Center for the Stop the Violence job initiative.
The initiative is helping dozens of at risk people find jobs.
Organizers said the people most-involved in criminal activity are unemployed.
"There are a lot of folks with felonies and things who are having trouble finding jobs, so we do have some employers who will hire felonies. We are trying to eliminate excuses and get people to work who actually want to work," said Jerald Muhammad with Brothers Helping Brothers.
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Answer: A common misreading of one of America's most famous poems.
All have made use of a line from Robert Frost's 1916 poem, "The Road Not Taken," to label their work, or their image, or both. The poem, in which the narrator stands in a "yellow wood" and ponders which of two paths to take, ends, "I took the one less traveled by, / And that has made all the difference." It's popularly read as a paean to American rugged individualism.
Peck, who died in 2005, likely promoted the misreading. Considered a founding father of the self-help genre, his 1978 book, "The Road Less Traveled," spent 694 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.
Etheridge referenced the poem in 2005, after she beat back breast cancer and released the compilation album, "Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled."
Start looking for the New England poet's famous road and you'll see it everywhere. Recently in San Francisco, healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente covered public transit stations with posters showing two trails in a forest. Viewers were urged to take the "road less traveled" toward better health.
As for American International Group, as it was being rocked by an Enron-like accounting scandal almost four years ago, it placed in the New Yorker magazine a colorful eight-page insert of poems titled "Well Versed: Poems for the Road Ahead," led by Frost's verse. Apparently the firm, which just this week announced 2008 fourth-quarter losses of $61.7 billion, thought Frost could help us choose the correct path to financial security.
As it turns out, of course, AIG and many other financial giants were only on the road to ruin. The federal government, which threw AIG a $150-billion lifeline last fall, sent $30 billion more on Monday. With the country facing, according to our president, a "day of reckoning" after years of false dreams and funny money, perhaps it's time for a closer reading of Frost's poem about choices.
For decades, literary critics have pointed to a contradiction at the heart of "Road" that, once you see it, sticks out like a sore thumb: The two roads in the yellow wood aren't so different after all.
At the poem's start, the narrator hits the fork in the road, examines both paths and laments he cannot "travel both / And be one traveler."
He decides to take the one with "perhaps the better claim / Because it was grassy and wanted wear." This observation, however, is immediately taken back: "Though as for that, the passing there / Had worn them really about the same."
The next line too stresses the similarity of the two paths: "And both that morning equally lay / In leaves no step had trodden black."
Only in the fourth and final stanza does the narrator, imagining a time in the future, transform the path he chooses into "the one less traveled":
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
In the most cynical of critics' readings, that sigh is the sentimental one of an old man looking back and fictionalizing a mundane moment (or an inscrutable choice) in an act of self- aggrandizement.
Frost himself sometimes warned audiences that the poem was tricky, according to critic William H. Pritchard in "Frost: A Literary Life Reconsidered." The poem, Pritchard writes, "sounds noble and is really mischievous."
Of course, like all good poems, "Road" has many layers and meanings. But the popular reading of it as a tribute to nonconformity -- AIG reprinted "Road" opposite an illustration of a lone, blue figure moving upstream against a crowd of black silhouettes -- crumbles under scrutiny.
"Readers imagine Frost is saying, 'Be your own man, do your own thing, march to the beat of a different drummer,' " said Jay Parini, a poet, novelist and Frost biographer who teaches at Middlebury College. "That's nonsense. The truth is, the way parts before us, and we just don't know which is the right fork."
Yet a solely ironic reading of "Road" falls flat too. The poem's resonance and endurance, in both high school English classes and advertising copy, are surely because of its evocation of real, deeply felt sentiments. Closely allied to indomitable American individualism, for one, is American optimism. Self-made men and women can and do shape their successful futures, we believe.
We're less comfortable, though, asking for help.
Last fall, perhaps Americans did stand in a yellow wood, facing two choices: a Republican cast as a maverick and a Democratic newcomer who cried for change. Now, in these winter months, we hope those paths were truly distinct. And we wait to see if President Obama's leadership -- combined with an American coming-together, not a standing-alone -- might make all the difference.
Brian Shott, a freelance writer in Oakland, has written for the San Francisco Chronicle and New America Media.