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Coco O. Hearts NPR
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Singer Coco O. and musician/producer Robin Hannibal make up the Danish duo Quadron. They were introduced to each other as teenagers by a mutual friend, because they both love 70s soul music. The group's name comes from discovering that they are each a quarter black, and also because their sound isn't just one thing; it's a quarter soul, a quarter Scandinavian, and so forth. Coco O. came in to talk to Weekend Edition Sunday Host Rachel Martin about their new album Avalanche.
Coco, who has been compared to the late Amy Winehouse and Mary J. Blige, and made an appearance on The Great Gatsby soundtrack, told Martin that performing on stage is what she's always pictured for herself ever since she was a little girl. She used to regret not getting her start in church, where she says lots of great singers learned to sing with power. But she says she realized her background has contributed to her sparse-vocal style. Coco only has what's necessary in her singing, something she says is a very Danish trait.
The thing she likes most about America is the important place that music holds in its culture.
"America is into music in a different way than Denmark," says Coco. "It's almost as important as food." For the little girl who always dreamed of being on stage performing for hundreds of people, the big reaction she and Hannibal get when they perform has meant the world to them.
After she talked to Martin, Coco O. was headed over to NPR Member Station KCRW for a performance. But on her way out, she paused to show us a little stylish love.

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Federally funded employment and training programs play an important role in helping job seekers obtain employment. In fiscal year 2009, 47 programs spent about $18 billion to provide services, such as job search and job counseling, to program participants. Most of these programs are administered by the Departments of Labor, Education, and Health and Human Services (HHS).
GAO has previously issued reports on the number of programs that provide employment and training services and overlap among them. In the 1990s, GAO issued a series of reports that identified program overlap and possible areas of resulting inefficiencies. In 2000 and 2003, GAO identified programs for which a key program goal was providing employment and training assistance and tracked the increasing number of programs. GAO recently updated information on these programs, found overlap among them, and examined potential duplication among three selected large programsHHS's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and the Department of Labor's Employment Service and Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Adult programs.
Forty-four of the 47 federal employment and training programs GAO identified, including those with broader missions such as multipurpose block grants, overlap with at least one other program in that they provide at least one similar service to a similar population. Some of these overlapping programs serve multiple population groups. Others target specific populations, most commonly Native Americans, veterans, and youth. Even when programs overlap, they may have meaningful differences in their eligibility criteria or objectives, or they may provide similar types of services in different ways.
GAO examined the TANF, Employment Service, and WIA Adult programs for potential duplication and found they provide some of the same services to the same population through separate administrative structures. Although the extent to which individuals receive the same services from these programs is unknown due to limited data, GAO found these programs maintain parallel administrative structures to provide some of the same services, such as job search assistance, to low-income individuals (see following table). It should be noted that employment is only one aspect of the TANF program, which also provides a wide range of other services, including cash assistance. At the state level, the TANF program is typically administered by the state human services or welfare agency, while the Employment Service and WIA Adult programs are typically administered by the state workforce agency and provided through one-stop centers. Agency officials acknowledged that greater efficiencies could be achieved in delivering services through these programs, but said factors such as the number of clients that any one-stop center can serve and one-stop centers' proximity to clients, particularly in rural areas, could warrant having multiple entities provide the same services.
Selected Employment and Training Services Provided by the Employment Service, TANF, and WIA Adult Programs, Fiscal Year 2009
Note: DOL = Department of Labor
Colocating services and consolidating administrative structures may increase efficiencies and reduce costs, but implementation can be challenging. Some states have colocated TANF employment and training services in one-stop centers where Employment Service and WIA Adult services are provided. Three statesFlorida, Texas, and Utahhave gone a step further by consolidating the agencies that administer these programs, and state officials said this reduced costs and improved services, but they could not provide a dollar figure for cost savings. States and localities may face challenges to colocating services, such as limited office space. In addition, consolidating administrative structures may be time consuming and any cost savings may not be immediately realized.
An obstacle to further progress in achieving greater administrative efficiencies is that little information is available about the strategies and results of such initiatives. In addition, little is known about the incentives that states and localities have to undertake such initiatives and whether additional incentives are needed.
To facilitate further progress by states and localities in increasing administrative efficiencies in employment and training programs, GAO recommended in 2011 that the Secretaries of Labor and HHS work together to develop and disseminate information that could inform such efforts. This should include information about state initiatives to consolidate program administrative structures and state and local efforts to colocate new partners, such as TANF, at one-stop centers. Information on these topics could address challenges faced, strategies employed, results achieved, and remaining issues. As part of this effort, Labor and HHS should examine the incentives for states and localities to undertake such initiatives, and, as warranted, identify options for increasing such incentives. Labor and HHS agreed that they should develop and disseminate this information. HHS noted that it lacks legal authority to mandate increased TANF-WIA coordination or create incentives for such efforts.
To the extent that colocating services and consolidating administrative structures reduce administrative costs, funds could potentially be available to serve more clients or for other purposes. For the TANF program alone, GAO estimated that states spent about $160 million to administer employment and training services in fiscal year 2009. According to a Department of Labor official, the administrative costs for the WIA Adult program were at least $56 million in program year 2009. Officials told GAO they do not collect data on the administrative costs associated with the Employment Service program, as they are not a separately identifiable cost in the legislation. Labor officials said that, on average, the agency spends about $4,000 for each WIA Adult participant who receives training services. In periods of budgetary constraints, it is all the more important that resources are used effectively. Depending on the reduction in administrative costs associated with colocation and consolidation, these funds could be used to train potentially hundreds or thousands of additional individuals.
The information contained in this analysis is based on GAO products listed under the "Related GAO Products" tab. GAO did not conduct a legal review in order to determine the programs, their requirements, or goals.
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Federally funded employment and training programs play an important role in helping job seekers obtain employment. The Departments of Labor, Education, and Health and Human Services (HHS) largely administer these programs. GAO's objectives were to determine: (1) whether the number of federal employment and training programs and funding for them have changed since our 2003 report, (2) what kinds of...
Federally funded employment and training programs serve an important role in the nation's economy by helping job seekers enhance their job skills, identify job opportunities and ultimately find employment. While the Department of Labor is responsible for overseeing many of these programs, other agencies such as the Departments of Health and Human Services and Housing and Urban Development also pla...
A strong competitive workforce is necessary for success in today's era of technological advances and increased global competition. Congress wants to ensure that employment and training programs foster a coherent and efficient approach to helping individuals find jobs in an environment characterized by changing labor demands. GAO identified 40 federally funded employment and training programs for w...
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It's more a case of our being a little bit tired, and a lot overwhelmed by your wonderful comments and support over the last couple of days. Just as we've appreciated them throughout Copy+Paste's first year, they've kept us going over a weekend of marathon posting and hosting. I think it's safe to say we've both made some amazing online friends thanks to what started out as a fun little side project for the two of us.
At the risk of sounding like a damp-eyed Oscar winner, we also have a handful of other thanks to hand out.
First of all, to our incredible guest posters, without whom it really wouldn't have been possible. Natasha, Jessie, Ruth, Vivienne, Tara, Jo, Gabrielle, Dina, SJ, Miss Cay, Jack, Cathy, Carl, Corrina and Alex.
Thank you so much for your hard work and wonderful contributions – you have our hearts, admiration and undying gratitude.
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School Officials Say Bedbugs at School a Hoax
Augusta Independent School Principal Robin Kelsch had enough to worry about with the flu. Kelsch didn't need a student's report of bedbugs at the school to make things worse.
But, that's what he got.
Kelsch told The Ledger Independent that the report turned out to be a hoax, but school office phones were ringing with concerned parents on the other end (http://bit.ly/y6sYQw).
Kelsch said the rumor started when a student brought in a water bug and squashed it, then told her friends it was a bedbug "just to scare them."
Kelsch said officials checked the school, then bleached and cleaned it and found "absolutely no" bedbugs.
As far as can be determined, Kelsch said, no one used the bedbug rumor as an excuse to skip school.
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Enjoy a great vacation at the Hotel Riu Yucatan, a beachfront all inclusive Playa del Carmen resort, where personalized service is the norm.
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i travelled with my wife and 8 year old daughter to the riu yucatan, playacar last august having read many favourable reviews. unfortunately, these proved to be highly inaccurate. true, the beach side location is lovely, the gardens lush and full of interesting wild life and the entertainment 2nd to none, but within 3 days we were all seriously ill with stomach problems and ear & eye infections from the pools. i ended up in hospital and lost 1 stone in 5 days. many other guests were also falling ill. both the hotel management and our reps couldn't care less and refused to acknowledge the obvious problem with this hotel - which is the sewage seeping up between the margherita bar and the pools. the food is awful & the restaurants filthy. basically, this was the worsed holiday of our lives.
23rd august 2010
stayed in block 4 where most of the illnesses were occuring - room 4019. small, smelly, dark and depressing. too near the bars so sleeping for my 8 year old was difficult due to the noise being made on a night by the yobs
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dirty and infested with insects. food was terrible and plates and cups were unclean. we tried the food at the riu tequila one night and it was very nice, though exactly the same choice as the yucatan. bars were dirty and too busy and we were served a cocktail with two blended wasps in it
beach georgeous. grounds pleasant apart from the areas that smelled of sewage. pools disgusting
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kids activities were great and evening entertainment fantastic. it was the only saving grace
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The American Soybean Association wants Congress to consider its proposal when lawmakers formulate the 2012 Farm Bill. Titled: "Risk Management for America's Farmers", ASA says their proposal will help farmers manage the risks they face from adverse weather, crop disease, and volatile commodity markets. "ASA believes the current farm program safety net can be made more effective, efficient, and defensible by reallocating baseline funding to this revenue-based program that improves risk management and complements crop insurance," said ASA President Alan Kemper, a soybean producer from Lafayette, Indiana.
According to ASA, the RMAF proposal would partially protect revenue losses by farmers of soybeans and other program commodities that result from low prices or reduced yields for their crops. The program would establish commodity-specific revenue benchmarks for individual farmers based on historical yields and prices, and compensate them for part of the difference when current-year revenue for a commodity on their farm falls below a%age of the benchmark. All planted and prevented planted acres would be covered under the plan. ASA believes the program would complement the existing crop insurance program used by most farmers.
According to Kemper, preliminary indications are that RMAF could cost significantly less than the existing ACRE, the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program, Direct Payment, and Counter-Cyclical programs, resulting in savings that can be used to meet part of agriculture's share of deficit reduction required by the Budget Control Act.
The National Council of Farmer Cooperatives has also released their priorities for the 2012 Farm Bill that was approved by its executive board this week.
"When it comes to writing the next farm bill, many things are still very much up in the air from the impact that the Super Committee will have on the process, to the budgetary resources that will be available to the agriculture committees, to the timing of the bill itself," said Chuck Conner, NCFC President & CEO. "I believe that NCFC's member-led process of developing this farm bill framework positions the organization well to be as flexible as needed as the answers to these unknown variables become apparent."
NCFC urges that the next Farm Bill build on the successes of the 2002 and 2008 Farm Bills, focusing on defending the agriculture baseline, promoting the value of farmer cooperatives, ensuring an adequate safety net, and promoting market access and U.S. agriculture exports.
"Another major piece of our framework reflects one concern that NCFC repeatedly heard from co-op producer-members from across the country - namely, that increased regulations from federal agencies threaten to add significant cost to their farms and cooperatives," said Conner. "These comments led to NCFC's recent proposal for a two-year moratorium on all significant, discretionary regulatory actions that would add costs to agricultural production. Moving forward, NCFC will continue to work with others in the agricultural community and leaders on Capitol Hill to push for such a moratorium."


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'On the Internet, No One Knows You're a Child': The Short Life of Aaron Swartz, at Sundance
PARK CITY, Utah, January 23, 2014 - On the internet, no one knows you're a child. That, at least, was the message I took from watching the film about the life of Aaron Swartz. The film, "The Internet's Own Boy," premiered this week here at the Sundance Film Festival, during which it received a sustained standing ovation. The documentary is a biography of, and tribute to, the all-too-short life of Swartz, who died a year ago this month, at age 26. Swartz had been under intense pressure from the federal prosecutors in Massachusetts. Criminal charges filed against him, if proven, could have imprisoned him for 35 years. Those charges stemmed from Swartz's having downloaded millions of articles from JSTOR, a digital library of academic journals, onto a computer at the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. While it is unclear what Swartz intended to do with the articles, it seems implausible that he would have republished them in an act of copyright infringement. [...] Keep Reading


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Art for Art's Sake
Armed with a degree in English, I came to the field of children's literature more equipped to comment on text than illustration. Over the past few years, however, I have been studying art history at the University of Toronto. This experience has led me to believe that we need to examine the work of picture book illustrators as deeply as we do the work of the writers. The following is one of a series of articles I have written to help others better "read" picture book illustrations.
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Alan Dewart is the President of Seneca Development & Management Corporation and has been actively involved in real estate development and management since 1968.
As Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, he teaches a course on the financial aspects of real estate development.
He holds an MBA from Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management and is experienced in real estate development, financial feasibility analysis, management, and syndication. In the mid 1970's, he was employed by New York State Urban Development Corporation as Director of Marketing and Residential Development at its Audubon New Community in Amherst, New York. Prior to his work with NYS UDC, he operated a homebuilding company constructing and selling upwards of one hundred homes annually in Erie County.
In the 1980's, Alan's company spearheaded the redevelopment of Buffalo's Theatre District, first with Theater Place, a 60,000 square foot mixed-used renovation project, and then across the street with the Market Arcade Cinema, an historic rehab project which includes an eight-screen movie theater. He was instrumental in bringing downtown the Tralfamadore Café jazz club, a 450-seat nightclub which stands as one of the finest facilities of its kind and size in the country.
His firm has been responsible for the development and construction of approximately $15 million of light-manufacturing and distribution warehouse facilities, most of which are located in Western New York. He also serves as a consultant in many aspects of real estate development as well as a principal in entities that own and lease three educational facilities comprised of nearly 100,000 square feet to Bryant & Stratton College in Orchard Park and Amherst, New York.
For nearly a dozen years, he served as President of the Theatre District Association and previously as Vice President of the not-for-profit Buffalo Place, Inc. which manages Buffalo's mile long light rail pedestrian mall. He served as one of the founding members of Homespace Corp. Alan has served as a member of the Regional Center Plan Advisory Committee and as a past Director on the Convention and Tourism Bureau. Alan holds a New York State Real Estate Broker's license. He is a licensed Layreader and former Vestryman and Warden at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Orchard Park, New York.
Dewart received his MBA from Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management (1968) and his BA in economics from Middlebury College (1964).


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- Newington High School graduationStudents from Newington High School celebrated their graduation at the Toyota Oakdale Theater in Wallingford Monday evening, June 17.
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The delete method requests that the origin server delete the resource identified by the request URL. This method may be overridden by human intervention (or other means) on the origin server. The client cannot be guaranteed that the operation has been carried out, even if the status code returned from the origin server indicates that the action has been completed successfully. However, the server should not indicate success unless, at the time the response is given, it intends to delete the resource or move it to an inaccessible location.
A successful response should be 200 (OK) if the response includes a response body describing the status, 202 (Accepted) if the action has not yet been enacted, or 204 (No Content) if the action has been enacted but the response does not include a response body.
If the request passes through a cache and the URL identifies one or more currently cached entities, those entries should be treated as stale. Responses to this method are not cacheable.
The delete method is used by supplying a URL to delete the resource at and reading the response from the server.
DeleteMethod delete = new DeleteMethod("http://jakarata.apache.org"); // execute the method and handle any error responses. ... // Ensure that if there is a response body it is read, then release the // connection. ... delete.releaseConnection();
The DELETE method is not widely supported on public servres due to security concerns and generally FTP is used to delete files on the webserver. Before executing a DELETE method, it may be worth checking that DELETE is supported using the OPTIONS method.
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Harry Styles Drops $4 Million on L.A. House
Harry Styles dropped $4 million on an L.A. crash pad. The One Direction member nabbed this sweet Beverly Hills bachelor pad a few weeks ago.
The stats? Well, it boasts five bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and was initially built in 1967. It was eventually renovated by an architect.
There's a study, a gym and a library, so Hazza can build both his muscles and his mind whenever he is at home or chilling in Cali.
There's also a one-bedroom guest house connected by a bridge, but don't get any ideas about dropping by unannounced or uninvited or about taking up residence in that alcove, Directioners. That would be trespassing, which is against the law.
Other awesome amenities? Oh, a three-car garage, a sunken courtyard and a saline pool. Sounds like Hazza can do quite a bit of entertaining when he is in the States. Too bad he and Kendall Jenner supposedly split.
It's a sweet piece of property. Click the blue button below to page through the photos of this jaw-dropping estate, which is open, bright and spacious. Hazza has good taste -- in women and in homes.


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For Democratic gubernatorial candidates, it's a balancing act.
The candidates must appeal to their respective bases, while also demonstrating that they're positioned for the general election — no easy task.
Former state senators Jackie Cilley and Maggie Hassan and military man Bill Kennedy are vying for the Democratic nomination. Of the two gubernatorial primaries and the four congressional primaries, the Democratic primary for governor is by far the most intriguing race. The primary election is slated for Tuesday, Sept. 11.
Hassan appears to be toeing the line as a centrist Democrat in the mold of current Gov. John Lynch and former governor and now-Sen. Jeanne Shaheen. Lynch has served a record four terms and has opted to call it quits this year. Hassan has taken the pledge that she won't sign off on a broad-based tax.
Cilley has taken a different approach. She clearly is willing to have a conversation about taxes. That progressive base of the Democratic party is more than ever engaged in New Hampshire. The swing of electoral success in 2006 and 2008 helped to grow more Democrats in the mold of politicians like Howard Dean. That approach for Cilley is certainly making for an interesting primary, but some wonder how she'd be positioned if she were to win the primary.
Rep. Frank Guinta and his challenger Carol Shea-Porter, as well as Rep. Charlie Bass, face primary challenges, but analysts don't believe any of them face serious competition. For those candidates, as well as Bass's challenger Ann McLane Kuster, the primary is a small stepping stone toward the general election.
Political analyst Dean Spiliotes said he didn't expect the congressional primaries to have any impact on the general election.
"I don't see any congressional candidates tailoring their campaign strategy for a primary run," Spiliotes said. "They're moving on to rematches...."
So the real action is in the gubernatorial primaries, particularly on the Democratic side. Ovide Lamontagne, the presumptive frontrunner on the GOP side, is facing off against Kevin Smith. Lamontagne had a big name recognition advantage going into it. Spiliotes said Smith, former executive director of Cornerstone Research, is trying to make the transition from political activist to plausible governor — not necessarily an easy transition. Smith is fighting hard and his campaign seems to have drawn positive reviews, but there is a bit of an aura of inevitability when it comes to Lamontagne.
Going into the final weekend prior to the primary, Spiliotes said he'd be looking to see what approach Cilley and Hassan take. Will Hassan make the case for her own electability and viability versus Cilley? Will Hassan concede at all on her pledge stance, perhaps at least throwing a bone to the progressive base that she'll want to look at some form of tax reform? Will Cilley keep pushing for a discussion on taxes in this state or will she send signals that she's trying to move to the center?
John Lynch moderates or Howard Dean progressives
The Democratic primary will go a long way in displaying the depth and the nature of the fissures in the Democratic party. How divided is the party over the issue of the pledge? While Lynch's centrist model might make for election success, that might not be the actual direction of the party. The primary should provide at least some insight into what that direction is.
"A lot of the activists in the Democratic party are fed up with the pledge politics and the lack of a discussion of a broad-based tax," Spiliotes said. "If those folks turn out, Jackie Cilley could win, although that could be problematic in a general election."
In 2002, Democrat Mark Fernald lost badly in the gubernatorial race running as a pro-income tax candidate. But in 2006, the party was reinvigorated with the rejection of President George Bush. The political context changed, Spiliotes said.
"There seems to be a sense among Democrats that maybe they're not willing to sort of concede on the pledge right off the bat," Spiliotes said.
Spiliotes will pay close attention to whether Hassan makes an argument centered on viability in the final days of the primary campaign.
"I'll be looking at Jackie Cilley to see how hard she hits," Spiliotes said.
Considering it's a presidential year, the voter demographics in November should be substantially different than in this primary.
Who cares?
While it might seem like the candidates have been running for forever, relatively few people were actually paying attention prior to Labor Day. That's typically the case, but in a presidential election year it's heightened even more.
"I think there are a couple things going on," Spiliotes said. "Obviously, it's a presidential election year and that takes up a lot of the political oxygen...." Leading up to Labor Day, people typically have a lot of things going on: vacation, getting kids ready for school, getting back to work in some cases. It makes it difficult to zero in on political happenings that to many people may seem never-ending.
"People begin to focus, literally at the last minute," Spiliotes said. "I do think there is real competition for their attention."
That people tune in so late in the game can make for interesting electoral happenings. Take 2010 for example: Lamontagne, running in a crowded primary field for U.S. Senate and seeming like a bit of an afterthought particularly given his relatively low fundraising totals, nearly pulled off the upset against now-Sen. Kelly Ayotte. A few things went his way to make it so close, but Lamontagne's surge happened in the final weekend of the primary campaign.


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At its August 12th meeting, Community Board 5 passed a resolution to form a subcommittee to discuss the need for a dog run.
The vote, overwhelmingly in favor of the resolution, was the first concrete step towards approving a dog run.
CB5 board member Kathy Masi introduced the resolution. Earlier in the evening Masi was made co-chair of the Parks Committee, alongside Steve Fiedler.
In introducing the plan Masi said it was time the community board resolve the issue. "Juniper Valley Park is an unbelievable park," Masi said. "But we need to accommodate the entire community."
Members of the Juniper Valley Dog Owners Association have been calling for an enclosed dog run at the park, where dogs can roam off leash, for years.
An earlier attempt to create a dog run was blocked. Opponents of the dog run contend it would be noisy, dirty and unpleasant for other park goers.
The dog owners association renewed their efforts this year. In recent months, members of the group have appeared at CB5 meetings to call for the park.
A location for the god run has not been agreed upon yet. Masi said the subcommittee would go to work to find a solution.
"At some point this needs to be addressed," Masi said. "The best way to address it is to form a committee to look at the issue." (Daniel Bush)


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LAMP server is the backbone of the Web today and Linux too. Users using Linux get confused sometimes while setting up the LAMP server . I was going through the articles and found this great and very useful article on "Step up Step Installation of LAMP in Ubuntu 11.04".
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The Barth Hotel: Volunteer Info
Become a Volunteer Today!
Thank you for your interest in volunteering your valuable time at SHO!
Many of our residents have limited contact with family and often lose friendships within the community. If you'd like to be a regular visitor or companion to one of our residents or bring a talent to any of our residences or just come and enjoy group activities. Just let us know what you are looking for and we will find a match.
Opportunities at SHO Communities:
For residents as a group (weekly or monthly activities):
Games-Bingo, Scrabble, Jeopardy
Music-lead singing (hymns, etc), piano, organ (song books-words)
Dances-two-step, ballroom, Card Club-poker, pinochle, etc
Crafts – (for gifts, holidays) Photography, Book Club
For residents on an individual basis:
Read the newspaper, book, or magazine
Write letters, emails, short stories, or life journal
Invite to church, lunch, shopping or an outing
Provide transportation to appointments-physician, dentist
One-to-one visiting, walks
Providing tickets to music or sporting events
Please contact a community in your local area and give the gift of time!
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I'm just getting back into tennis - haven't played since high school. I am probably around 3 -3.5, but should improve pretty quickly.
Would love to play any weeknights 6pm or after, or weekends. Would like to get partners to play regularly.
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How about Sunday at 2pm at San Pablo Park courts?
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ok,2 pm is ok.,then see you there on sunday in san pablo park.
Hi Winn,
I'm available to play MWF nights if you're still looking for a hitting partner. I just recently started playing again and prob a 3. I'm in El Cerrito so San Pablo Park Courts would be good.
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Create a larger and more immediate impact on the bottom line by focusing on optimizing your current processes and procedures.
A recent economic survey showed that a large percentage of graphics screen printers are working on very tight margins. So what's new? Tight margins have been a reality for years as graphics printers have struggled with the ups and downs caused by changing market conditions and tried to keep up with the latest digital and screen-printing technologies. Rather than burying themselves in gloom when market conditions are at their worst, many printers are swept along by a perceived need to spend serious amounts of money on technology, aiming to use this investment to gain market share. This is a noble goal, provided that the company doesn't lose sight of its main objective--profitability.
This magazine has readers on several continents who represent print shops ranging from two-man operations to multinational corporations. In every one of these businesses, the aim is the same: generate profits, and the more the better. What isn't the same is how those profits are used or distributed, which varies with the management philosophy of those who run each organization. But no matter what attitude management holds, looking inward for ways to increase profitability is critical to the overall health of any company.
Conventional wisdom
"Get more sales, reduce prices, explore other markets, buy new equipment, search for grants--we have got to do something to improve our financial position!" Statements like this are made in screen-printing businesses everywhere. Such companies pursue the path of increased market share, investing in more sophisticated equipment and achieving--if they are fortunate--high growth in order volume. The problem is that they still maintain a low profitability.
The opposite scenario is when profitability is maintained or increased, but market share reduces. This means that the company may simply fade quietly away. Finding the balance between these two extremes should be the goal of every screen-printing operation.
Nobody in the industry needs to be told that times are tough--this fact is clear to everyone. But what can we do about it? Traditionally if times are slack, machines and walls get painted, parking lots are weeded, and maybe equipment is serviced. For those with an accountant's mentality, such times bring about talk of reducing overhead, staff cutbacks, and rescheduling debt. But those of us with the engineer's mindset will direct our efforts toward improving the performance of the company and the processes it employs.
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We've been told for years that without Corvette Racing there wouldn't be a Corvette ZR1 — or a Z06. Now, in honor of the updated C6.R, Corvette's put together a killer graphic showing us just how racing's made 'em better.
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Much of it's fairly obvious stuff — exposed headlines, open grille, yada-yada-yada. But some of it's not so obvious — like carbon rocker panels for high-speed stability or the wider body developed in the wind tunnel with the C6.R.
All we know is they're both cool as hell, fast as hell and now we know where, precisely, the cloth was cut between these two Jake-emblazoned hellraisers.


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Incorporated on August 20, 1923, Snellville remembers Thomas Snell, one of the area's first settlers.
The historic Mason-Todd House is one of the city's oldest. The city has leased the home from the E.R. Snell Family so that residents can hold public and private events.
The city also hosts the annual Snellville Days Festival the first weekend of every May. This annual event showcases an old-fashioned parade down Main Street and a weekend craft fair.


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OAKLAND (CBS / AP) — Stephen Curry scored 33 points, including a tiebreaking 3-pointer, and the Golden State Warriors used a closing run to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 100-93 Friday night.
Klay Thompson added 14 points as the Warriors beat the Grizzlies at home for the first time in six meetings. Thompson had a pair of clinching free throws.
Marreese Speights scored 15 and Jermaine O'Neal added 10 points for the Warriors, who moved two games ahead of the Grizzlies for the sixth seed in the Western Conference.
Zach Randolph scored 21 points for Memphis, which won eight of their previous 10 games. Mike Conley added 20 points.
Randolph's reverse layup gave Memphis a 93-86 edge with four minutes left. But the Warriors scored the game's final 14 points, with Curry nailing a 3-pointer with 1:21 left to make it 96-93.
Golden State carried a 79-76 lead into the fourth quarter after falling behind by eight. The Warriors went on a 21-8 run during the third.
The Warriors held an early seven-point edge, the largest lead by either team through the first half, which had four lead changes and was tied six other times.
Curry's driving layup in the final two seconds gave the Warriors a 53-52 advantage at halftime.
NOTES: Warriors C Andrew Bogut sustained a pelvic contusion in the first quarter and did not return. … Warriors F David Lee missed the game with a strained right hamstring. … The Grizzlies were 5-0 in the state of California entering play Friday night. … The Warriors recorded their 74th consecutive sellout. … The Grizzlies lead the league in fourth-quarter field-goal percentage since the All-Star Break.
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The Digging and Filling of Holes
Zack Greinke wasn't coming to Washington, D.C. unless Boston's lineup and Philly's rotation agreed to come with him. That simple, seemingly indisputable fact renders all the digital ink spilled on the subject moot. And yet...
It's one thing to be spurned by Cliff Lee and told that the Phillies, Yankees or Rangers are closer to contention. None but the most over-eggnoged Nats fan would argue that point. It's quite another to lose the respectability derby to the Milwaukee Brewers. Taking nothing away from our beer-besotted brethren, the 2010 Brew Crew finished 77-85, 14 games behind the Reds in the NL Central and equally far removed from the Wild Card. They were one game better than Houston and two up on the Cubs. Milwaukee was a whopping 8 games better than the 2010 Washington Nationals. And yet...
The Nats are losers. This is true both from a purely statistical, technical point-of-view (412-599 since relocating before the 2005 season) and in the more intangible sense of having been a ward of the league with a grating carnival barker of a GM who presided over decisions ranging from questionable to side-show worthy. (Come see "Smiley Gonzalez", The Incredible Aging Boy!) At the same time the front office made the reasonable, but also bottom line-friendly, decision to focus on rebuilding the tattered Expo-Nats farm system at the expense of the big league club. Middling success in that effort has not come without a cost, as Harper notes here.
The side-effects of losing can be subtle. It can be getting Jason Marquis when you'd rather have had Jon Garland, or Adam Kennedy in lieu of Orlando Hudson. Sometimes losing doesn't even seem that bad, like when missing out on 7 years of Mark Teixeira forces you to "settle" for 2 years of Adam Dunn. But losing always has consequences. Every loss digs a hole, and it gets deeper year-by-year.
Filling the hole means paying superstar money to attract a merely very good outfielder, while hoping to replace a very good first baseman with an adequate, more reasonably priced fill-in. It means that even if you wanted to mortgage your farm system to bring in an ace, you can't. Zack Greinke knows as well as anyone in baseball what a rebuilding project looks like, from the inside out. When he looked at Washington, he didn't like what he saw.
Maybe the Nationals dodged a bullet. But it wasn't by choice. Unless Mike Rizzo is actually incompetent, or secretly in the employ of another NL East club, he wasn't actively trying to make the team worse by trading 4 or 5 young players to Kansas City. Clearly he thought Greinke would make the Nats better, perhaps even competitive. Clearly Zack disagreed, as had Cliff Lee, Mark Teixeira and who knows who else before him. As a Nats fan that's disappointing but not unexpected.
The fact that it's not unexpected is the problem, and it's one that the team doesn't seem to have an answer for. The Phillies get Cliff Lee, the Brewers get Zack Greinke, the Nats get Chien-Ming Wang. On the verge of the new year, that's a perfect an encapsulation of the state of the franchise. Happy Holidays, Nats fans!


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A popular conference hosted by the Ottawa Area Intermediate School District and Hope College for educators seeking to enhance teaching and learning through the latest in brain research is returning for a 12th year.
The annual "Midwest Brain and Learning Institute" is convening at the Haworth Inn and Conference Center at Hope on Monday-Wednesday, June 25-27, with a post-institute wrap-up on Thursday, June 28. Co-sponsored by Hope, the Ottawa Area Intermediate School District and Allegan Educational Services Agency, the institute is being attended by 100 educators from districts in the area and state-wide.
The institute is intended for educators who work with students of all age levels, including pre-school teachers, K-12 educators and college professors. The event is organized particularly with educators from West Michigan in mind, but regularly draws attendees from throughout the state and beyond. This year's institute is focusing on "The Science and Art of Thinking."
The program's format itself has been designed in light of neuroscience research and emphasizes the guiding principle that learners must be actively involved. The institute's settings have been varied to include whole-group presentations, question-and-answer panels, small-group learning clubs and opportunities for informal dialogue.
For an eighth time, participants also have the option of continuing their experience beyond the on-site institute through a two-year online program that leads to a Professional Certificate in Advanced Studies in Student Learning.
Monday is focusing on system change in education. The speaker will be Dr. Adam Cox, a licensed and board-certified clinical psychologist who has been consulting and writing about the emotional and cognitive development of school-age children for more than a decade. His work with families and schools takes him around the world, and he is the author of "No Mind Left Behind: Understanding and Fostering Executive Control—The Eight Essential Brain Skills Every Child Needs to Thrive" and "Boys of Few Words: Raising Our Sons to Communicate and Connect," both of which have been translated into multiple languages.
Tuesday is examining neuroscience and learning. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, who is an assistant professor of education at the Rossier School of Education, an assistant professor of psychology at the Brain and Creativity Institute, and a member of the Neuroscience Graduate Program faculty of the University of Southern California. The associate editor for North America for the award-winning journal "Mind, Brain and Education" and the inaugural recipient of the Award for Transforming Education through neuroscience, she is an affective neuroscientist and human development psychologist who studies the neural, psychophysiological and physiological bases of emotion, social interaction and culture, and their implications for development and schools. Before her doctoral studies, she was a junior-high teacher.
Wednesday is exploring neuroscience implications for classroom practice. The keynote speaker will be Roberta Cramer, who is a science education specialist for the Van Andel Education Institute and the executive director for the Michigan Science Teachers' Association. She also serves on the Michigan state committee for examining the national Conceptual Framework for New Science Standards document and developing the Michigan Science Standards. Her professional experience also includes having taught first through eighth grades for three different Michigan school districts.
Additional presenters throughout the institute include Cindy Strunk and Ronna Alexander. Strunk is a National Board Certified teacher in Waco, Texas, who draws on her 26 years of teaching physical development to help classroom teachers understand how movement and curriculum work hand-in-hand. This will be her fifth year working with the institute. Alexander is a graphic recorder who visually captures the content of all the presentations for the week on large-format charts which are then digitized and provided to all attendees. This will be her sixth year providing a visual record of the institute.
The post-institute session on Thursday, June 28, will emphasize "Taking the Institute Home." In the morning, Susan Loughrin, who is an art consultant for the Ottawa Area ISD, will present the Harvard program "Visible Thinking," a flexible and systematic research-based approach intended to cultivate students' thinking skills and comfort with creative thinking, and to deepen content learning. An afternoon work session will provide a framework for developing plans in which participants can integrate the week's information into their own practice as educators and share it with others in their schools and districts.
The two-year program for a Professional Certificate in Advanced Studies in Student Learning includes 20 hours of graduate credit. In addition to including participation in the institute for two consecutive summers, the program features a series of online courses: "Theory, Pedagogy and Learning Community"; "Introduction to Brain-Compatible Instruction in the Content Areas/Literacy"; "Advanced Studies in Assessment in the Content Areas"; "Action Research and Classroom Practice"; Advanced Studies in Literacy"; and "Advanced Studies in Research-Based Instructional Strategies."
More information about the institute may be obtained online at http://braininstitute.org/


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Raw Food/Real World(Download)
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Top New York chef and restaurateur Matthew Kenney and his partner, Sarma Melngailis, had been thinking of opening a Moroccan restaurant. But one night they were invited to a raw food restaurant -- and it changed their lives. They instead opened Pure Food and Wine, a restaurant devoted to creative, tasty raw food, and it has been drawing rave reviews. Dishes such as Zucchini and Green Zebra Tomato Lasagne, Golden Squash Pasta with Black Summer Truffles, and Dark Chocolate Ganache Tart with Vanilla Cream have given raw food a sexy new appeal.
The decision to go raw was shocking at first for these two ex-carnivorous chefs, but they soon found that preparing and eating raw food made them and their guests feel their physical best. Melngailis noticed a difference almost immediately -- "Light, clean, natural, and alive foods make you feel light, clean, and more alive. And sexy." This new way of life has changed their outlook on eating and cooking and connects them to the world around them. As Kenney says, "Raw foods and the lifestyle associated with it are so compelling and complex that we will be forever learning and growing. Already it seems that we have discovered some of the magic that life offers."
In this lushly photographed book, Kenney and Melngailis share some of that magic -- and show that preparing and eating raw does not mean bland, unsatisfying, or impossibly time-consuming meals. Using dehydrating, Vita-Mix blending, a nuanced understanding of spices, and unprecedented creativity, they explore a whole new outlook on raw food that transfers beautifully and easily from their kitchen to yours -- no matter what your present diet. And you'll immediately begin to reap the benefits of healthful, delicious, life-giving raw food.
Matthew Kenney and Sarma Melngailis are the head chefs and co-owners of Pure Food and Wine. Matthew Kenney has been the chef and partner of numerous successful restaurants including Matthew's, Canteen, Commune, Commissary, and Mezze. In 1994, Food and Wine included him as one of their Ten Best New Chefs of the Year. His other books include Matthew Kenney's Mediterranean Cooking and Big City Cooking. Kenney and Melngailis live in New York City.
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The Saul and Joyce Brandman Breast Center - A Project of Women's Guild is dedicated to bringing new diagnosis and treatment options and technology to our patients through clinical trials and research. Clinical trials lead the way to better treatments and improved survival for breast cancer patients.
The following is a list of currently open clinical trials and research studies.
Cedars-Sinai Breast Center Patient Registry
The purpose of this study is to establish a comprehensive registry of patients treated at the Breast Center for use in future prospective and retrospective breast cancer risk factor analyses in order to: 1) develop a better model to predict breast cancer risk in individual patients; 2) develop novel and cost-effective methods to screen for breast cancer risk; 3) identify patients who are candidates for participation in interventional clinical trials; and 4) track the outcomes of patients who are treated at the Breast Center so that opportunities to improve care may be identified.
(IRB# 21434) PI: Catherine Dang, MD
Inclusion Criteria:
- Women and Men
- 18 years or age or older
Blood, Tissue, Saliva, and Clinical Data Collection for Breast Cancer Research
The investigators listed above are collecting blood, tissue, and other body fluids including saliva, and clinical information. The purpose of this study is to identify genes and/or other proteins/molecules that influence a person's risk of getting cancer of the breast, to discover new tests and treatments for breast cancer, to further our understanding of breast cancer and learn whether we can predict how individuals with a particular cancer of the breast will respond to treatments.
(IRB# 3870) PI: Beth Karlan, MD
Inclusion Criteria:
- You are scheduled to have a surgical procedure that may involve the removal of some or all of your breast tissue
- You are a man or woman with a family history of breast cancer
- You are a patient being seen in the Saul and Joyce Brandman Breast Center for breast health evaluation or care
Gilda Radner Hereditary Cancer Detection Study
This research is being done to evaluate standard and new screening methods, which may detect ovarian, peritoneal or breast cancer at an early stage in women who are at high risk because they have known BRCA1 or BRCA2 genetic alterations, which predispose for these diseases.
(IRB# 1080) PI: Beth Karlan, MD
Inclusion Criteria:
- A known BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation
Molecular Breast Imaging--Implications for Early Detection of Breast Cancer and Optimizing Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
This research study is designed to compare a new imaging test, the Lumagem® dual headed small field gamma camera, with conventional breast imaging (mammography, ultrasound and MRI) to see which is most effective in detecting small breast tumors.
(IRB# 17011) PI: Alan Waxman, MD
Inclusion Criteria:
- Women
- 18 years of age or older
- With a suspicious abnormality on conventional breast imaging (mammogram or ultrasound)
a. Unilateral or Bilateral
b. Less than 2cm in size
c. Imaging rated BIRADS category 4 or 5 for whom a biopsy has been recommended
- Not pregnant
a. Negative pregnancy test in patients of child bearing capability
b. Post menopausal women
c. Women who have had prior hysterectomy
Exclusion Criteria:
- Currently lactating
- Currently pregnant
- Prior needle or surgical biopsy of the lesion in question
For a listing of additional breast cancer clinical trials, please click here On that page, please click on "Search for Clinical Trials/Studies at Cedars-Sinai" and on the following page, type "Breast Cancer" into the search box.
For information concerning breast cancer clinical trials at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Please contact:
|Keri Ryback, RN, OCN
|Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute
|Phone: 310-423-3835
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A Baltimore woman was killed in Queen Anne's County Sunday when a car struck the motorcycle she was riding, a collision that also injured two other people, Maryland State Police said.
State Police in Centerville identified the woman as Levonne Frances Garvin St. Clair, of the Gwynn Oak neighborhood. St. Clair was a passenger on a 2006 Suzuki motorcycle driven by Perry Cornelius Hunter of Columbia. St. Clair and Hunter were flown to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where St. Clair was pronounced dead a few hours later. Hunter was listed in critical condition on Monday evening, Shock Trauma officials said.
The crash occurred before 9 p.m. on Route 18 in Kent Narrows, west of the intersection of Kent Narrows Way South, State Police said. Troopers said a Nissan Versa driven by Kaitlin Omara of Westminster crossed the yellow center line in the road and struck the motorcycle head-on, and that Omara was taken to a hospital in Queen Anne's County. The car and motorcycle caught fire after the collision. State Police are investigating the crash.


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7 strenuous miles, 1900′ elevation gain, Spring wildflowers + Sonoma Valley wine tasting
Meet: 9:00 a.m.
Hike: 9:15 a.m.
Duration: approximately 4–5 hours
How to confirm your attendance: Simply add a comment at the bottom of this post.*
Sugarloaf Ridge State Park & Hood Mountain Regional Park
2605 Adobe Canyon Road
Kenwood, CA
(707) 833-5712
It's been said by the locals that the trail to Gunsight Rock, high on the side of Hood Mountain, is one of Sonoma Valley's premier hiking routes. Tough though the trail may be, if you've ever thought about hiking to the top of Mt. St. Helena in Napa County, the hike to Gunsight Rock outweighs the hike to Mt. St. Helena in almost any context, except one: the view from the summit of 2,730-foot Hood Mountain is a big disappointment. Manzanita and pine trees cover its wide, rounded top and, unless you feel like shinnying up a tall, sap-sticky pine after the impressive climb to the mountain's summit, you just can't see a danged thing from up there. (Though I tried, once.)
Fortunately Hood Mountain has Gunsight Rock located three hundred feet below its summit and a quarter mile away by trail. From this lofty vantage point, you can see just about everything in Sonoma Valley, plus the big mountains of Napa and Marin. Not only that, but Gunsight Rock's bouldered outcrop is perched so dramatically on the slope of Hood Mountain that its steep drop-off makes the wide view even more impressive.
The real bonus, however, is simply in observing the trailside splendor on your way to Gunsight Rock; the floral diversity of the Goodspeed and Nattkemper trails is alone worth the hike. Redwoods, laurels, manzanitas, oaks, grasslands, wildflowers, serpentine rock, wildlife and vistas make this hike an absolute must-do adventure.
Of course, after surveying Sonoma Valley wine country from above, it'll only be right to explore it from inside a wine glass! So, we'll return downhill for a potluck picnic lunch and for tasty local wines (winery to be announced).
From U.S. 101 in Santa Rosa, take the Fairgrounds/Highway 12 exit. Highway 12 becomes Farmers Lane as it heads through downtown Santa Rosa. Continue on Highway 12 south for 11 miles to Adobe Canyon Road and turn left. (Or, from Highway 12 in Sonoma, drive 11 miles north to Adobe Canyon Road, then turn right.) Drive 2.2 miles to the small parking area on the left at a bridge over Sonoma Creek (it's 1.3 miles before the entrance kiosk for Sugarloaf Ridge State Park).
If you're in the South Bay or on the peninsula, my current plan is to leave my house in Sunnyvale at 6:15 a.m. If there's sufficient interest in this hike, I may later advise that we concentrate the most bodies into the fewest cars by meeting in Kenwood before heading to the trailhead due to its potentially limited availability (this parking area is a postage stamp!). If you're attending, please leave a comment below if you wish to carpool from either location along this route. For those of you arriving from the East Bay or elsewhere, please contact others near you to arrange carpooling.
Parking at Sugarloaf Ridge is typically $5 per vehicle at the entrance kiosk, but we won't be going that far up the road. The small parking area by the bridge at Sonoma Creek is known to be fee-free. Drive time from San Jose may take 2-1/2 hours; from SF, perhaps 45-60 minutes less. Please allow adequate time to arrive by 9:00; our hike will begin promptly at 9:15. (Our early meet time is primarily to obtain parking at this tiny trailhead. Believe me, it'll be very much worth rising early!) Dogs are not allowed on this hike.
Be sure to bring plenty of snacks/lunch items and water for the trail. I highly recommend bringing an extra pair of shoes – even clothing – to change into after the hike. Please allow plenty of time to arrive, and watch for cyclists during your drive.
Also, wear sturdy shoes for this hike – we will hike over rough, technical terrain in places, and sections of muddy trail may present themselves.
The phone number above is for Sugarloaf Ridge State Park.
Meet 9:00 a.m., hike 9:15 sharp. See you at the trailhead!
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Farmers Market
The mission of the Seymour Area Farmers Market is to promote the exchange of fresh, quality local food and locally produced items between the producers of our area and our residents and visitors for the purpose of supporting local growers, providing a quality product to consumers, and supporting downtown revitalization.
The Seymour Farmers Market is located in the Walnut Street Lot in Downtown Seymour.
Be sure to visit the Farmers Market on the 3rd Saturday of each month for Special Market Saturdays! Throughout the season they will be hosting cooking demos, kids activities, music and more.
Seymour Area Farmers Market vendors must reside within a 60 mile radius of Seymour, Indiana. For more information on becoming a vendor at the Farmers Market contact the Seymour Chamber of Commerce.
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Who is She and Why is She in the Archives?
Most of the unusual or unexpected items we find in the Archives are usually some form of recorded information. Every once in a while, though, something – or someone – a bit different makes an appearance.
Take this distinctive woman, for example.
Who is she, and more importantly, why is she in the Archives?
One clue is the agency from which she originated – what archivists call provenance. This mystery woman is from the State Board of Health, located in a series of Midwife Program Files from 1924-1975 (series S904).
Make sense now?
The State Board of Health initiated a midwife licensing program in 1931 to reduce infant mortality and to promote maternal and child health. So, yes, this was a maternity and childbirth teaching aid for midwives and expectant mothers.
In addition to this midwife teaching doll, the Midwife Program Files include correspondence, reports of legislation, essays on midwifery, midwife manuals and publications, photographs, and midwife licenses, record cards, and summaries. The midwife record cards provide yearly health checkup information, race, literacy and education level, and consulting physicians. The summaries list licensed midwives in each county for each year.
There are plenty of great resources for mid-20th century public health policy research among the records of the State Board of Health in the State Library and Archives. Among the many other record series from the Board are a substantial series of administrative files dating from 1889-1926 (series S46), Board minutes from 1889-1969 (series S272), subject files from 1875-1975 (series S900), and a series of photographs, photographic slides, lantern slides, negatives and sound recordings documenting the history and activities of the State Board of Health (series S907).


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New IP-Based Network Supports Army Center of Excellence
HERNDON, VA—February 26, 2013— LGS Innovations™, an independent subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE and Euronext Paris: ALU), has been awarded a contract worth $14.1 million to transition the U.S. Army's Fort Leonard Wood to a digital Voice-over Internet Protocol (VoIP) data system. Fort Leonard Wood is a primary center for all Department of Defense (DoD) training for earthmoving, truck driving, civil support, and CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear) First Responders. It also houses the U.S. Army Engineer School, its CBRN School, and the Army Military Police School, as well as the 4th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade. Between 85,000 and 90,000 military and civilian personnel are trained annually at Fort Leonard Wood.
The modernization effort brings a VoIP solution to the facility with 25,000 universal RTU licenses and the ability to expand to as many as 36,000 RTU, if needed.
"This is a great opportunity for LGS to help modernize this important military installation," said LGS Innovations CEO Kevin Kelly. "By modernizing to a digital data system, Fort Leonard Wood will be able to take advantage of all of the benefits of greater bandwidth, data speeds, and rich media capabilities for its mission."
LGS selected an Avaya LSC solution for the Fort Leonard Wood VoIP application as a natural transition from the existing Nortel SL100. The solution, based on an Avaya Communication Manager 6 (CM6) unified communications system, provides a resilient, distributed network of gateways with analog, digital, and IP-based communication devices. In addition, CM6 provides robust Public Branch Exchange (PBX) features, high reliability and scalability, and multi-protocol support. It includes advanced mobility features, built-in conference calling, contact center applications, and E911 capabilities.
About LGS Innovations
LGS InnovationsTM LLC solves the most complex networking and communications challenges facing the U.S. Federal Government. Building on its Bell Labs heritage, LGS Innovations delivers groundbreaking research and advanced networking and communications solutions that provide an information advantage and contribute to the mission success of its customers. Solutions include Infrastructure & Installation; Video Teleconferencing and IPTV Solutions; Public Safety and Emergency Communications, Tactical Communications; Wireless/Mobility; 4G/LTE; Cloud Solutions; Enterprise, Optical and Data Networking; Network Integration; and Research and Development in Advanced Multimedia/RF, Cybersecurity, sensing technologies, and Photonics.
An independent subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent dedicated solely to serving the U.S. Federal Government, LGS Innovations is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, with offices in Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, and North Carolina. To learn more about LGS Innovations, visit lgsinnovations.com. LGS Innovations: The Network ExpertsTM.
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I don't remember where it began, but somewhere in the midst of growing up, I lost my confidence.
I can remember looking in a mirror as a little girl, at my freckles and brown hair. Then at a picture of my mom on her dresser. She was gorgeous. I didn't think I looked a thing like her.
I battled to find my confidence through high school, masking my insecurities with a mouth that often got me in trouble. Known for saying what I thought. Even if it hurt people. That was me. Like it or not.
In college, I struggled with my weight. I figured out how to lose it. Not in the healthiest of ways. I became obsessed. Working out, sometimes 2-3 hours at a time. Hardly eating. But I was fitting into sizes I never had before. I thought I found it then. My confidence. But I didn't.
I got married, to an incredibly loving guy who never made me feel anything less than gorgeous. And it's still the same to this day. 7 years later.
But my confidence in myself. My abilities. In who God made me to be. Still missing.
I had a baby boy on a cold day in December. I became a mom. Experiencing a love I had never felt before. A confidence I didn't recognize. Not in beauty or size, but in my new role. A mom. Those old insecurities beginning to fade as I saw myself through someone elses eyes.
I became pregnant with Faith. I fought. I cried. I pleaded. I fell in desperation. Every insecurity in who I was. All of the shortcomings that attempted to overshadow them....slipped away. Nothing else mattered. My babies. My children. My heart. They mattered.
I saw that little life slip before me. A life so beautiful. And with it came a different kind of love. A love for life. For others. For them to experience God. To see His Glory. His goodness.
I stood up again one day and looked at myself in the mirror. I saw someone beautiful. But I was still the same girl from years before. Freckles and brown hair. What was different now?
An inner beauty. One that had been found through trials and struggle. But. One that was found in Him. A confidence in who I am. Not because of what I look like or what size my jeans are. But because of the one living inside me. The one who says, I can. The one says I am.
Well Able.
The one who made me. Intricately. Specially.
All of those insecurities, He took them and he shaped them. Into something beautiful. Something purposed for Him and by Him.
He is enthralled by me. Captivated.
What an amazing, overwhelming truth.
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Between April/May and November, Nama yasai will be recommencing their vegetable box delivery service in the South East of England.
If you are in the South East of England do please check on the Nama yasai website to see if you can benefit from this wonderful initiative.
Londoners can collect boxes from Itadaki Zen = see below
Nama yasai supply a range of restaurants and stores in London and their clients include Nobu. Their food is local (not air-freighted) and produced organically without pesticides and with laborious traditional methods.
The box scheme is a fantastic and very affordable opportunity to eat and become familiar with a range of Japanese vegetables that cannot be easily obtained in Europe. It's also a great way to support (IMHO) a very worthwhile organisation.
Even if you live nowhere near this scheme, do check out the Nama yasai website - it's a very informative site for anybody with an interest in Japanese vegetables and their cultivation.
And if you aren't workshy and fancy spending some time in the UK on a farm getting your fingers dirty, there are homestay opportunities for you there too!
Loretta, this sounds like a great program! And as you point out, a good way to become familiar with in-season Japanese vegetables. By setting up a collection point, you are once again sharing your love of food and generous spirit.
ooh, too bad i'm not in south east england!
i'd love to visit their farm and look around. and eat lots of delicious vegetables, fresh from the field, like it's supposed to be. maybe i should apply as a farm hand for a holiday.. get some fresh air and eat fun food..
I've just come back from a small food fair held at the Zen Itadakimasu organic restaurant on Kings Cross Road. It's on for the rest of today as well as tomorrow (Monday 18th October 2010)
Lots of very interesting foods including a 'home' made miso from Japan called jyoutyou miso made with rice, soybeans and flavored with garlic, ginger, bamboo leaf extract and sesame http://mannane.shop-pro.jp/?pid=21581962, bamboo leaf tea (a kit of bamboo leaves and buckwheat grouts that you need to simmer for thirty minutes http://mannane.shop-pro.jp/?pid=20803516), a delicious pickle made with a Scottish garlic that looked similar to pickled shiso seeds (unfortunately, this wasn't for sale), vegan sushi rice with Scottish seaweed, a peanut, black sesame and sea salt furikake, zakkokumai mixes, vegan kimchi (this had a good satisfying aftertaste) and I also bought a kind of kimchi pepper sauce made with chilli, mochi rice, onions, garlic and ginger http://mannane.shop-pro.jp/?pid=17258999 - I'll use this to make cucumber kimchi as I have a huge bowl of cucumbers I need to use up. And there was more besides. We also bought a bag of a Scottish stone similar to charcoal. Once it's been cleaned you put the stones in a jug, cover with water overnight and the next day you have purified, better tasting water - we're hoping it will improve some of our teas.
Itadaki Zen are partnered with an initiative in Scotland
(I imagine this is linked to the Culdees Eco Village)
Itadaki Zen are also a collection point for the Namayasai box scheme. Contact them if you're interested.
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Boulevard Ixtapa s/n. 40880. (Guerrero) Ixtapa | Mexico
"Hot weather, variety of food, relaxing time"
Posted by: Eleana on Dec 2, 2011
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Located on El Palmar Beach - this destination is one of Mexico's best kept secrets for tourists. Barceló Ixtapa Beach is a perfect resort choice for family vacations, business meetings off the beaten path, destination weddings, and secluded honeymoons.
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"Hot weather, variety of food, relaxing time"
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Check in/out: efficient and professional
Room: clean, comfortable, no bugs, no musty smell, typical firm bed, water pressure good and always hot water, sufficient English channels, fantastic view of ocean and sunset, had corner room so no balcony but other rooms did have a small balcony, decor is dated but weren't expecting 5 stars- old 4 for cleanliness and basic amenities were good.
Beach: had to lay towels out before 9am to get lounger, sand nice, water mostly rough- good for body surfing & boogie boarding, not good for snorkeling, wait staff on beach was a nice service to offer but very inconsistent service- quicker to walk up to bar for a drink, felt beach waiter only focused on guest who tipped and we tipped each time but obviously $2 tip for a bottled water wasn't good enough, beach vendors were around but not as much as pv and Mayan- no gracias was good enough and they moved on.
Food: great variety and tasty, never got sick, breafKfast omelette delicious! Service was very good.
Loved ixtapa! It's so far our favorite winter destination! Quaint, safe, nightlife, enough shopping but not commercialized- people were friendly and warm.


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Honda has finally pulled the covers off the new 2012 Pilot, one of the market's most popular 3-row crossover vehicles.
Somewhat surprisingly, the changes to the 2012 Honda Pilot appear to emphasize a more traditionally boxy SUV-style shape for its makeover, even as other makers are adopting softer, more CUV designs.
The big news for the new model-year is that Pilot's highway fuel efficiency jumps to 25 miles per gallon on front-wheel-drive models, an increase of 2 mpg. That would make the 2012 Honda Pilot the most fuel-efficient model in the 8-passenger crossover segment, the maker boasts.
There had been some concern about the roll-out of Honda's upcoming products — the CR-V being delayed by several months due to the March 11 Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Resultant parts shortages slammed the maker just after it launched the new 2012 Honda Civic, for example, which will effectively be re-launched for the new model-year. The good news for Pilot fans is that it's hitting market on time, despite Honda's challenges.


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You may see the following error code and message when you get a red light on the Xbox 360 Kinect Sensor:
A problem has occurred with your Kinect Sensor
Error code: C000022D
This may mean that the sensor is not connected correctly, or your console software might need updating.
Solution 1: Update your console software
Update Required: An update has been found. To apply this update, you must restart your console.
Solution 2: Check the cables
Xbox 360 E console or Xbox 360 S console
Important Remove the Power/USB adapter cable if your Kinect sensor came with one.
Original Xbox 360 console
The light located near the middle of the cable should be green.
No green light? Try plugging the cable into another outlet to make sure the cable is working properly. If you need to replace the cable, contact Xbox Support using the Assistance information at the bottom of this page.
If you tried the steps above but are still having a problem, try this:
Solution 3: Request a repair
If these steps don't resolve the problem, go to the Online Service Center and click Start Request to request a repair.
Repair or warranty questions? See Xbox 360 warranty, registration and repair: Frequently asked questions.
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Electric Guitars are the most iconic instruments of our time, and if you're looking for a new one, you've come to the right place! At the PMT Online Guitar Shop you'll find hundreds of different models for sale, from all the biggest brands. We are an authorized stockist of Fender, Gibson, Epiphone, Yamaha, PRS, Schecter, Gretsch , G&L Guitars and Ibanez, to name a few. Our 'in stock' items are ready to ship with FREE Next Day Delivery on orders over £99, and you can also choose to Reserve & Collect any guitar from one of our PMT House of Rock Stores nationwide.
Which kind of player are you? One of the reasons the electric guitar became the most iconic and significant musical instrument of the last six decades is its versatility: its sound has graced modern music of all styles from Jazz to heavy metal! Semi-Acoustics such as the Gibson and Epiphone ES models are usually popular amongst jazz & blues players, while solid-bodies are more common with rock'n'roll bands... but as Bob Dylan once said, "there are no rules", and pretty much any electric guitar can be used for any style.
Your guitar idols may also inspire you to choose a particular type of electric guitar: Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton are associated with the sounds of a Fender Stratocaster, whereas Jimmy Page and Slash will forever be remembered as Gibson Les Paul players. Fans of indie and alternative rock, on the other hand, usually love the tones of a Telecaster, Jaguar or Jazzmaster guitar. But you should choose the electric guitar that really stands out to you!
There are a range of factors to consider when buying an electric guitar: do you like bright & clean sounds, or fat and heavy? If it's the first case, go for an electric guitar equipped with single coil pickups, like players such as Clapton, Gilmour, Mark Knopfler or Jeff Beck did. Or, if you prefer a powerful sound with lots of sustain, ideal for heavy rock, go for electric guitars equipped with humbuckers!
Buying the Left Handed Electric Guitar of your dreams need not be a headache. Fans of Jimi Hendrix will know about his re-stringing struggle and workaround solution to get his legendary Strat in a left handed version!
We are also one of the largest UK dealers of left hand Guitars. Many Left Handed guitars from Gibson, Fender, Ibanez, Squier and Epiphone and other key brands we stock are usually identically priced to the Right-handed versions, or available to special order.
Your local PMT stores and electric guitar showrooms are staffed with product experts that have the knowledge to guide guitar players to what they need. Catering for all skill levels from the beginner looking for a cheap guitar, to the professional musician who wants a more high-end Custom Shop or Limited-Edition guitar. Our in-store and on-line selection is the largest in the UK, so you'll have plenty to choose from, including a great number of left-handed models!
So if you wish to produce the legendary sounds of Jimi Hendrix's strat the power of Pete Townsend's cranked Gibson SG or the modern experimental tones of Muse's Matt Bellamy, step inside a PMT guitar shop to discover your idea of heaven, or discover one of teh largest selections of electric guitars online, here!
We are a Fender Premium Showcase Dealer, so you'll find the biggest Fender stock, including Limited-Edition FSR models! And as a Gibson Authorised Dealer, you can also find all the newest Gibson guitars, including Limited-Run models, always at the best possible prices!


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ST. LOUIS, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Chris Johnson converted a turnover by St. Louis quarterback Kellen Clemens into a go-ahead touchdown run Sunday, sending the Tennessee Titans to a 28-21 win.
The score was tied 21-21 with 3 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter and the Rams facing third-and-7 at their own 24-yard line. Clemens was sacked by Jurrell Casey and fumbled, with Derrick Morgan recovering the loose ball.
On the next play, Johnson ran around the right end for a go-ahead, 19-yard touchdown. He finished with 150 rushing yards and two TDs on 23 carries.
Jake Locker went 13-of-22 through the air for 185 yards with two interceptions and ran for a fourth-quarter touchdown for the Titans (4-4), ended a three-game losing streak.
Clemens was limited to 210 yards and a touchdown on 20-of-35 efficiency for the Rams (3-6), who dropped a third straight. Zac Stacy led the St. Louis ground game, rolling up 127 yards and two touchdowns on 27 carries.


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10 of Rock 'n' Roll's Most Overrated Lyricists
Last week we ran a post on the people who we thought were rock 'n' roll's most underrated lyricists — artists who don't get the credit they deserve for their writing, either because they're better known as guitarists/producers/crazy performers, or just because they're generally underappreciated. We got some great feedback, and some excellent suggestions in the comments section, and all was very congenial. But last week's post does raise one obvious question: If those were rock 'n' roll's most underrated lyricists, who are its most overrated? We've taken the plunge and put together a list of the latter. Again, to be clear, this isn't meant to be any sort of definitive list of worst lyrics or lyricists — Des'ree, your throne is secure — just those who we reckon don't get enough scrutiny for being either a) not that great or b) not quite as great as people seem to think they are. So, what say you, readers? Are there more names you'd like to nominate? Or do we just need to join the witness protection program?
Lou Reed
Now, look, don't get us wrong here. We are huge Lou Reed fans (even after he lived up to his reputation by being thoroughly unpleasant to us during an interview last year), and no one is denying that he has written some of the best rock 'n' roll lyrics ever — any single choice from the likes of "Heroin," "Street Hassle," "Candy Says," or even "Coney Island Baby" would be enough to guarantee a place in the Rock 'n' Roll Lyricists' Hall of Fame, if such a thing existed. But it does seem like he loses interest at times — whether it's comically bad clangers like "Just like poison in a vial/ Hey, she was often very vile" (from "Caroline Says II") or generally lackluster songs like "My Red Joystick," Reed has been responsible for a surprising number of pretty awful lyrics. When he's on form, he's up with the very, very best. But we think he's dropped enough stinkers over the years to not entirely merit his reputation as a consistently great lyricist.


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Awards as the outstanding senior athletes among Hope College graduates in the class of 2011 were presented to two students during the college's Honors Convocation on Thursday (April 28).
Awards as the outstanding senior athletes among Hope College graduates in the class of 2011 were presented to two students during the college's Honors Convocation on Thursday (April 28).
Kara Vande Guchte of Hamilton (Hamilton HS) was presented the John Schouten award while John Donkersloot of Zeeland (Zeeland East HS) received the Otto van der Velde All-Campus Award.
The Schouten award is given to a senior woman who, in addition to excelling in athletics, possesses other strong character traits and leadership abilities. The award is named in memory of John "Jack" Schouten who was a long-time physical educator and coach at Hope, in addition to serving as the college's first director of athletics.
The van der Velde award is presented to a senior man for outstanding contributions to the college in athletics, scholarship and participation in student activities. The award, presented annually since 1932, is named in memory of Dr. Otto van der Velde, a 1915 Hope College graduate who lettered in four sports and was later the college's team physician for more than 40 years.
° An accounting major, Kara Vande Guchte is a two-sport athlete who has been captain of both the volleyball and track and field teams. She has received All-MIAA honors in both sports and is an NCAA Division III All-American heptathlete. She is the daughter of Jim and Lori Vande Guchte of Hamilton.
° John Donkersloot is a biochemistry and molecular biology major and has a minor in philosophy. He is an NCAA All-American high jumper. He is captain of the track and field team. He is the son of James and Sara Donkersloot of Zeeland.
Both have been named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll each of their years at Hope. Earlier this week they were each named the 2010-11 Outstanding Female/Male Athlete during the first student-initiated Hopeys awards ceremony.


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Antonin Scalia Has Passed at Age 79
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-More quality time with husband!
-Work that truly makes me happy.
-Relocating to a smaller town, nearer my parents.
Goals I am working on:
-Developing an interest more fully.
-Better networking, better career management.
-Being patient with people.
-Being patient with myself.
-Learning to accept.
-Finding my \\\\\\\"creativity.\\\\\\\"
-Fitness every day. Every. Day.
Projects I am working on:
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+CHECK! Repainting? Please? Kitchen done
-Losing 5 (ok, 10) more pounds...
-CHECK! Redecorating KT\\\\\\\'s room...big girl bed? wardrobe? done!
+CHECK! IT\\\\\\\'S WORKING! Flex-schedule. Would like to work 6:30 am to 3:30 pm on T/Th, but can\\\\\\\'t make myself try it!
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