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I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I fit in it! I'll let you know how it turns out, and if its alright then the fake girly hate is on, lol. Tho I think I'm more scrawny than skinny....therealmrswhitlock wrote:
Rose-- I am SOOO jealous that you can fit into that costume. I fake girly hate you for being skinny, lol.
Do you watch Charmed?! I remember the fairies and trolls and the "'tween" places from an episode of that!therealmrswhitlock wrote: I had to reset my password for this website today. Very weird. I had it set to log me in automatically, and someone must have messed with my settings. And it didn't recognize my password when I tried to type it in myself. Damn faeries. I'm not crazy--they exist! Ever misplace something, look everywhere for it, then find it in a place where you thoroughly checked and were sure it was NOT there, but it was there when you went back? That's the faeries! Trolls, in particular (not the Three Billy Goats Gruff bridge-dwelling version, but the little ones who live in the 'tween places like doorways and windowsills) like to hide things for fun. Maybe it's the Irish in me, but I was actually raised to believe in the "wee folk".
Anyway, now that everyone thinks I'm insane, I'll go. Happy weekend my lexlings!
I am taking a study break. My last midterm is in the morning and it is in Business Associations- YUCK! I have absolutely no interest in corporate law so I hate that it is a required course. Tho I am learning a whole lot. Never knew how stocks and dividends and all that crap worked 'til now, but still, its too much information and the more I review it, the more confused I'm getting. Won't be a problem if I was a better student because I would be able to ask the prof for help, but the day before the exam the prof's aren't as willing to answer questions, lol. Oh well. I'll get through it...
Also, I really really wish that the single released when you pre-order the New Moon Soundtrack was the Welcome to the Equinox one. I LOVE IT!!! The Satellite Heart (is that the right name?) is good to, but I don't like as much. I just love love playing that video!
Alright... back to the books I go. Keep your fingers crossed for me! I will likely be pulling an all nighter....
Hope you all are having more fun than I am!

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The Orioles never doubted that Mark Reynolds was a valuable piece to last season's success.
But the $9 million Reynolds figured to make through the arbitration process simply didn't fit within the team's numbers crunch.
They already declined Reynolds' $11 million club option for 2013 -- instead giving the 29-year-old first baseman a $500,000 buyout -- and Friday night, as the midnight deadline to tender contracts came and went, the Orioles chose not to offer Reynolds a contract.
The move immediately made Reynolds, who distinguished himself as a fine defensive first baseman once he was moved there in mid-May, a free agent open to contract dialogue with any major league club.
Reynolds said he received a call from executive vice president Dan Duquette on Friday night, telling him the team was non-tendering him, but that "the light is still on." Reynolds said he was open to resigning with the Orioles as a free agent.
"I kind of saw it coming after the days leading up to tonight and there was no dialogue," Reynolds said. "I love Baltimore. I love the team and my teammates and the coaches. But I have to see what else is out there and be smart about things and see what other opportunities are out there."
The Orioles brass still holds interest in Reynolds, just not at the price tag he was likely to make through arbitration.
"Mark's meant a lot to us," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "I like Mark. He's a tough competitive guy who posts up. We'll see where the offseason takes us. This is really just a step the club felt like it had to take.
"We'll go forward and Mark I'm sure will test everything out there and hopefully we can still talk about it," Showalter added. "We've talked about where we're comfortable with him and where we're not. If Mark comes back next year, I'd be excited about it. But we've got a lot of moving parts."
The Orioles entered the day with 14 arbitration-eligible players, and as of late Friday night, they had come to terms with second baseman Alexi Casilla, outfielder Steve Pearce and catcher Taylor Teagarden.
When the Orioles grabbed the 28-year-old Casilla off waivers from the Minnesota Twins this offseason, the first thought was that it would be for one year, since Casilla was in his final year of arbitration before free agency next winter. But now the Orioles can have the second baseman back in 2014 if they want.
The sides avoided arbitration Friday when Casilla agreed to a one-year deal for 2013 that will pay him $1.7 million next season, an increase from the $1,382,500 he made in 2012.
But Casilla and the Orioles also agreed to a team option for 2014 that will pay Casilla $3 million if picked up (and $200,000 if the club buys it out), according to an industry source.
The club also non-tendered infielder Omar Quintanilla.
The nine remaining arbitration-eligible players -- Chris Davis, Jason Hammel, Tommy Hunter, Jim Johnson, Brian Matusz, Darren O'Day, Troy Patton, Nolan Reimold and Matt Wieters -- were all tendered contracts by the midnight deadline.
The club also made a trade for 25-year-old infielder Yamaico Navarro, acquiring him from the Pirates for minor-league pitcher Jhondaniel Medina.
To make room for Navarro, the Orioles designated right-handed reliever Stu Pomeranz, who pitched well in his brief stint for the Orioles before being sidelined with oblique and back injuries, for assignment.
Later in the night, the Orioles declined to tender Pomeranz a contract, making him a free agent.
First baseman Joe Mahoney, the organization's minor league player of the year in 2010, was also claimed off waivers by the Miami Marlins. The 25-year-old Mahoney was designated on Wednesday when the team acquired third baseman Danny Valencia from Boston for cash considerations.
But the story of the night was Reynolds, who emerged as a fan favorite in the later months of the Orioles' first playoff season in 15 years.
Despite his development into a premier defensive first baseman, the Orioles believed that was too much to pay for Reynolds, whose offensive production regressed.
The streaky, high-strikeout Reynolds' home run (23) and RBI (69) totals were the lowest since his rookie year of 2007. He did cut down on his strikeouts in 2012: He struck out 159 times after averaging 208 strikeouts the previous four seasons.
Reynolds, who struggled at the plate through most of the season, suddenly became a fan favorite after hitting 15 of his 23 homers in the final two months of the season and playing sparkling defense at first.
The Orioles could have negotiated with Reynolds leading up to the tender deadline, but Reynolds said he didn't hear from Duquette until his call Friday night.
"There's definitely relief to know I'm officially a free agent," Reynolds said. "It's exciting. I'm still young. I think I have a lot of good years ahead of me. It's going to be an interesting time to be able to not have ties to any team and feel out the market and see what kind of offers I get."
For those Orioles were tendered a contract, arbitration filings and figures won't be exchanged until mid-January and hearings are scheduled for Feb. 1-21.
Baltimore Sun reporter Dan Connolly contributed to this article.
The Orioles never doubted that Mark Reynolds was a valuable piece to last season's success.


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This is the most snow we've gotten in the Richmond area since 1996, a year I remember well because that is when Madison was born.
We still had about 5 inches on the ground yesterday morning when this latest storm began. The stuff is still coming down. We've gotten about 5 new inches so far. I have the feeling we'll miss church tomorrow for the second Sunday in a row, due to weather.
Schools have been closed all this week.
Demetrios is doing some dictation for the book he's working on. I've been knitting.
I went to the yarn shop earlier in the week and bought the stuff to use on my new lace project. I'm working on a swatch, which I'll show you later. I'm going to force myself, though, to finish the current project before starting the new. Current project is a cranberry colored blanket identical to the one I knitted for Ero (photo here), but much larger, king-sized. It still lacks nearly a foot in length, and still needs the edging added.
They're calling this a blizzard up in the D.C. area. Mom is ensconced in her retirement community and not cut off from any of her regular activities or her friends, most of whom live there, too. The place is laid out like a college campus, with "dormitories," and you can get to every building from any other building without going outside. So she can still play bridge, do her Wii bowling and her volunteer work, and get to the medical clinic (if the doctors can get there!) and convenience store and library and dining rooms and everything. Enviable, huh?
The Catholic Archdiocese there, according to our local news, "is urging Catholics to watch Mass on TV tomorrow and not risk coming out in this weather." Watch on TV? Well, I've never been Catholic, so what do I know? Maybe it is the same thing, or close enough. If you don't count receiving Holy Communion.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
More Snow
This is the most snow we've gotten in the Richmond area since 1996, a year I remember well because that is when Madison was born.
Posted by Anastasia Theodoridis at 4:05 PM
5 comments:
- DebD said...
I wish got 10" of snow. My son measured earlier today before it stopped at we had 27" here.
I don't know if we'll make it to church tomorrow. Depends on if our neighborhood gets plowed before then.
- February 6, 2010 at 6:42 PM
- Anam Cara said...
Tthis is what one NoVA Baptist church is saying (this church still had services when we had 20" in December - what a difference 4" makes)
And this is what we got in an e-mail from out priest on Friday. (He is having second thoughts about DL today):
"And the Firmament was opened, and the land became white and leprous, and the people of the land of the Virgin* cried out in travail: 'Whoa is us, for who shall deliver us from this calamity? For our stores have been emptied and looted, and our roads lie in ruin, and who shall secure for us good satellite reception?" --From the Snow-pocalypse of St. Peter, 21st century apocryphal text.
(* some syriac manuscripts use "young maiden")
Yes, that's right, another storm. It looks like Groundhog's day has brought a sense of deja-vu after all. Our weekend schedule is now as follows:
1. All Saturday activities: canceled (No Choir, No Vespers)
2. Sunday morning: Liturgy only, at 10 AM. "Liberal Leave." Make it if you can and are suffering from cabin fever, or stay home and offer a pray for your brothers and sisters who are earning the honorable title of "fools-for-Christ."
The skies are now clear. We've dug out of our 24" and I know I could get close to our church. The problem is that the neighborhood there is probably NOT dug out and I don't know that the roads will be passable to the church.
- February 6, 2010 at 6:45 PM
- Anastasia Theodoridis said...
Deb, I heard on the news you got that much and some people have up to FORTY inches!!!!
Anam, the e-mail from your priest is a scream! Somehow, I didn't realize you lived in NoVa.
- February 6, 2010 at 8:25 PM
- margaret said...
Your mom's retirement community sounds great. Perhaps now we don't have 'second childhood' but 'second adolescence' and that is much better! :)
We've had our staying home from church because of the weather period but I am home from church today because of a rugby match. The trains and the streets fill up so much for a rugby international that I won't get home in time for people coming to view my house at 3pm. So annoying.
- February 7, 2010 at 2:22 AM
- Michelle M. said...
We have "a lot" of snow for here, which means more than an inch. That is not a lot to this native New Yorker, but it sure does make my kids happy :)
- February 9, 2010 at 10:49 PM


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The University of Akron Zips are not doing so hot in football this season. They're 0-7 in the conference and 1-10 overall. With talk of the University of Maryland heading to the Big Ten conference, Taylor Smith, an Akron student with ties to Maryland (she wrote "Heart in Maryland" in her Twitter bio), pondered about the possibility of a game between the currently 4-7 Terrapins and Zips, and how shitty that game would be. (It would be really shitty.)
Somehow, an offensive lineman from the Zips named Michael Casimos found the tweet—maybe he searches "Akron football" on Twitter?—and said some rather rude things to Smith and another student who was saying mean things about the team. Of course, Casimos deleted the tweets, but Smith got a screencap before he did.
If you go to the Zips' website, you can find Casimos and his profile. As mentioned in his tirade, Casimos is a freshman. It explains so much.


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Walks doom Indians in wild 10-7 loss to Royals
Terry Francona felt a bit powerless standing in the Cleveland dugout on Thursday.
No matter what Indians pitcher was standing on the mound, whether it was starter Ubaldo Jimenez or a parade of relievers, the Kansas City Royals kept drawing walks to start some critical innings.
All those free passes wound up hurting, too.
Lorenzo Cain hit his first career grand slam after two walks and an error in the sixth. Eric Hosmer hit a two-run shot after another walk in the seventh. And pinch-hitter Salvador Perez had the biggest blow, a bases-loaded double in the eighth that boosted the Royals a 10-7 victory.
Of course, the bases were loaded thanks to another leadoff walk.
"We fight back, get a lead, but we ended up walking five or six and hitting a batter and they all scored," Francona said. "In the sixth, seventh and eighth, we walked the leadoff hitter every inning. We just put ourselves in a tough position."
The Indians led 5-0 early before Cain's first career slam and a solo shot by George Kottaras tied it in the sixth. The Indians regained the lead on Carlos Santana's two-run double in the seventh, but the Royals answered in the bottom half on Hosmer's home run.
Indians reliever Bryan Shaw (0-2) walked Kottaras to lead off the eighth and then hit Johnny Giavotella. Shaw was lifted for Rich Hill, who promptly walked Jarrod Dyson to load the bases.
Perez entered the game as a pinch-hitter and roped a double down the left-field line, slapping his hands together on the way to first as the Royals cleared the bags for a 10-7 lead.
"We didn't do our job," said Indians reliever Joe Smith, who served up Hosmer's homer.
Luke Hochevar (2-1) worked a scoreless eighth inning for the Royals, and Greg Holland worked around a single in the ninth for his second straight save and his 19th on the season.
The Royals scored at least 10 runs for only the fourth time this year - despite only six hits - by taking advantage of eight walks and that costly hit batter by the Indians.
"We feel like we're over the hump offensively," Royals manager Ned Yost said, "and any time you can score 10 runs on six hits, you're slugging."
Drew Stubbs homered and drove in four runs, and Michael Brantley had four hits and also drove in a run for Cleveland, which had won five straight and pulled into first place in the wide open AL Central before losing its last two games to the Royals in wild fashion.
Hosmer's go-ahead shot in the seventh on Wednesday night gave Kansas City a 6-5 victory.
"The character of this offense is we're not quitting," Hosmer said. "We told ourselves before, if we're going to make a run at this, these are big games to make up ground, facing the teams ahead of you in the division. We didn't want to let this opportunity slip away."
Things looked good for the Indians at the start on Thursday. They took a quick lead on Brantley's single in the first and then Stubbs made it 3-0 with his homer in the second.
James Shields put the Indians' leadoff batter on base for the fourth time before Santana singled in the sixth. Aviles added a one-out single and Lonnie Chisenhall walked to load the bases for Stubbs, who delivered a two-run single that made it 5-0 and knocked Shields from the game.
The prize acquisition in a blockbuster trade with Tampa Bay, Shields went 29 consecutive starts of at least six innings before lasting five against the White Sox on June 23. His early ouster on Thursday made it fewer than six in two of his last three starts.
Jimenez had allowed just two hits and kept the Royals in check until the sixth inning, when he led it off by walking his fourth and fifth batters of the game. An error on Jimenez while trying to cover first loaded the bases with nobody out.
Cain came to the plate and hit a 3-2 pitch to center for his first career grand slam, and the second of the series by the Royals. Alex Gordon hit one in Tuesday night's opener.
Kottaras, getting the start for Perez, added his tying shot to right moments later. It was only his third of the season but the second time Kottaras has been involved in back-to-back home runs: He did it with Dyson on June 23 against the White Sox.
Jason Kipnis, who earlier extended his hitting streak to 15 games, drew a leadoff walk and Brantley singled off Gutierrez in the seventh before Santana's double made it 7-5.
Hosmer matched both runs in the bottom half with his seventh homer in his last 12 games.
That's how the game remained until Perez cleared the bases with his double in the eighth, the three RBI boosting the Royals to their seventh straight win in a game Shields has started.
"We've been doing a good job of coming back all year. We're real resilient," Shields said. "I'm proud of these guys. Hopefully we can get a little string of wins together."
NOTES: The Royals (24-19) began the day with the AL's second-best winning percentage on July 4. The Indians (88-73) had the fifth-best percentage. ... Royals RHP Wade Davis will start Friday against Oakland. Indians RHP Justin Masterson will take the mound against Detroit.


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Quintana reflects on lessons from suspension
CHICAGO -- The topic of Jose Quintana's 2007 suspension is brought up to the affable 23-year-old, and the left-handed hurler attacks the subject much like he did the Yankees during Monday night's 8-1 White Sox victory at U.S. Cellular Field.
Quintana was not even 17 and pitching in the Mets system when he was suspended for violating the terms of Minor League Baseball's drug policy. He sat out from May 15 to July 16 and was eventually released by the Mets, causing him to think that his professional career was over before it could begin.
"Absolutely, that passed through my mind," Quintana said through a translator, White Sox coach Lino Diaz. "I had four months where I was out of baseball, and I totally thought I was done. But I had really good people around me, especially my family, who supported me throughout all this."
After joining the Mets as a free agent on April 26, 2006, the native of Colombia tested positive in October of that year. Quintana admits now that his first reaction was to think the positive test was some sort of bad joke because he wasn't taking anything.
It was medicine that Quintana had been given for a back issue that caused the positive, according to the pitcher.
"I feel like it was lack of orientation more than anything," Quintana said "I was just taking medicine. I wasn't trying to get anything else. I was going to a gym where they had a sports medicine guy.
"So back then, I asked, 'Hey, I need something for my back -- but just something that is not going to be against what I'm doing.' And unfortunately, that came out."
One mistake did not erase Quintana's big league chances, as the Yankees signed him as a free agent on March 10, 2008. The White Sox picked up the lefty after he departed the Yankees in 2011, and he has since become a rotation mainstay.
That long chain of events culminated with Quintana facing the Yankees in Alex Rodriguez's return to action on Monday night. Quintana earned the victory, improving to 6-3 with a 3.51 ERA and 110 strikeouts over 138 1/3 innings. He's also 2-0 in his career against the team that kept his dream alive.
"I'll always be thankful to the Yankees for giving me that opportunity," Quintana said. "I learned a lot from that experience, and that's what's important to me now.
"I'm sure they don't really want to cause any harm or anything like that," added Quintana of those players who test positive. "You just have to be careful."


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Bad Deal: Groupon Called Out for 'Discount' Nexus 7 Offer
Groupon is catching some flak this week after posting a deal on Google's Nexus 7 tablet that used some questionable math and didn't offer much of a discount.
On Tuesday, a poster to Reddit's Android forum accused the company of misleading customers with the deal, which offered a refurbished version of the 16 GB tablet for $189. The problem, noted the poster, is that Groupon (GRPN) presented the deal as a $71 discount, giving the product's list price as $260.
In fact, a brand new Google (GOOG) Nexus 7 retails for $199, which means that the deal was only offering a $10, or 5%, discount. And since the tablet on offer here was factory refurbished, that means you're arguably not getting any deal at all, as refurbished items are usually sold at a more significant discount -- on the Apple Store website, for instance, refurbished items are typically at least 15% cheaper than the new version. We're guessing most educated shoppers would rather pay $199 for a brand new Nexus than $189 for a refurbished one.
As for that questionable list price?
"The value and discount percentage listed on each deal reflect the regular full price for that product or service," the company wrote in response to the aggrieved user. "If the business offers other temporary discounts or decides to change their standard pricing after their deal is featured, the relative savings and value might change."
In fact, the 16 GB Nexus 7 was originally priced at $249 (not $260). But that list price was lowered to $199 way back in October of last year -- not "after the deal [was] featured."
Despite all of that, the deal is now sold out.
Using not-quite-kosher list prices to enhance the perceived value of a deal is nothing new. A little over a week ago, J.C. Penney denied a report in the New York Post that it was pushing suppliers to invent phony list prices to make its own prices seem low by comparison.
Both incidents are good reminders of why it's best not to weigh list prices too heavily when evaluating a discount. After all, the measure of a deal isn't how it compares to an MSRP that might have been concocted several months ago. Rather, it's whether you're buying from the merchant with the lowest price. We've previously highlighted several tools for ensuring you get the best deal, and we'd recommend you check them out before your next purchase. If the people who rushed to buy the Groupon deal had taken just a few minutes to use the available tools and research the product, they might have realized they weren't getting much of a bargain.
Have you ever bought a deal on Groupon or another daily-deal site, only to realize later that it wasn't the great discount you thought it was? Let us know in the comments or shoot us an email.
Matt Brownell is the consumer and retail reporter for DailyFinance. You can reach him at email@example.com, and follow him on Twitter at @Brownellorama.


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I got this link when I checked my emails this morning. It was discovered that receipts from POS machines, where thermal paper is used contain high levels of BPA, even more than the BPA content in some plastics. It was the EWG which researched on this and they are cautious to add that
"people ingest 100 percent of any BPA that contaminates the food and beverages they consume" and that "the amount of BPA that enters the body after a person handles a receipt is unknown but likely a fraction of the total BPA on the paper,"
I am actually having mixed emotions about this revelation because the extent of possible damage to the body is unclear. And besides, tape thermal receipts have been in the consumer world for quite some time already and no one I know is suffering from any endocrine disruption related illnesses. All I can do now is follow the recommendations listed in the article – wash hands after contact, avoid alcohol based hand cleaner, and never let Klaire play with receipts anymore – to avoid possible ingestion or skin absorption. After all, prevention is always the key. ;)


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This course meets executive management level needs. The course is designed to meet the elements of NFPA 1021: Standard for Fire Officer Professional Qualifications. Fire Officer IV will emphasize management of fire protection services to include Human Resource Management, Multi-Agency Emergency Service Delivery with Horizontal/Vertical Communication Requirements and Risk Management. There will be group interactive exercises, which will reinforce class lectures.
Certification Course Syllabus
Practical Exam Materials
Alternative Certification:
Individuals not certified to the Fire Officer III level completing equivalent coursework as approved by the Commission are eligible for alternative certification under the following conditions:
Alabama state licensed Emergency Medical Technicians certified as EMS or Rescue Officer III may be certified as EMS Officer IV.
Individuals certified as EMS or Rescue Officer III and able to demonstrate particular competence in the area of rescue operations may be certified as Rescue Officer IV.


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Exercise Immunology Review
Exercise Immunology Review (EIR) is the official publication of the International Society of Exercise and Immunology and the German Society of Sports Medicine and Prevention. It is committed to develop and to enrich knowledge in all aspects of immunology that relate to acute exercise and regular physical activity. EIR publishes review articles and papers with new, original data including an extended, review-like discussion. In recognition of the broad range of disciplines that contribute to the understanding of immune function, the journal has adopted an interdisciplinary focus. This allows dissemination of research findings from disciplines such as exercise sciences, medicine, immunology, physiology, behavioural science, endocrinology, pharmacology, and psychology.
The first issue of EIR was published in 1994, with one issue per year.
To read about how to submit a manuscript to EIR, please click here.
Exercise Immunology Review is free for ISEI members.
Click here for FREE ONLINE ACCESS to all abstracts since 1997 and all full-text articles since 2004 via PubMed.
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Starbucks giving discount path to degree for employees
NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks is giving its baristas a bargain on an online college education.
The coffee chain is partnering with Arizona State University to make an undergraduate degree available at a steep discount to 135,000 U.S. employees who work at least 20 hours a week.
It's an unusual benefit in an industry where workers earn low wages, don't have much job security and are accustomed to barely scraping by, often by holding down more than one job. The program underlines the stark disparities in advancement opportunities among the rich and poor. It also highlights how traditional college educations are a near financial impossibility for many.
At an event in New York City on Monday, CEO Howard Schultz recounted growing up in federally subsidized housing and said the issue was personal for him because he was the first one in his family to attend college.
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan joined him on stage to tell the crowd of about 340 Starbucks workers and their family members that given the disappearance of many blue-collar jobs that pay decently, education has become increasingly crucial to succeed. Duncan urged workers to take advantage of the program and show other companies why they should offer similar benefits.
"Think of the example you can set for the rest of the nation," Duncan said. "If you guys can do this well ... you're going to change the trajectory of the entire country."
Starbucks Corp. said it doesn't know how many workers will apply or how much the program will cost over time.
One worker from Los Angeles, Michael Bojorquez Echeverria, said he works up to 75 hours a week, including at another job, and attends community college at no cost. But he plans to apply for the Starbucks program because he thinks it will offer greater financial security.
He said the only thing he suspects he will miss is the socializing that comes with attending school in person. "But hey, if they're going to be paying my fees, I can manage," he said.
Workers who take advantage of the program at Starbucks will have the freedom to pick from 40 educational programs. And they won't be required to stay with the company in exchange for their education.
As with most matters involving financial aid, the terms of the Starbucks program are complicated and would vary depending on the worker's situation. For the freshman and sophomore years, students would pay a greatly reduced tuition after factoring in a scholarship from Starbucks and ASU and financial aid, such as Pell grants. For the junior and senior years, Starbucks would reimburse any money that workers pay out of pocket. That means employees who already have two years of college under their belts would be able to finish school at no cost.
Online tuition at ASU can vary but is about $10,000 a year, similar to the tuition for its traditional program. Most Starbucks workers would likely qualify for a Pell grant, which can be as high as $5,730 a year. Starbucks did not disclose the terms of its financial agreement with ASU, and how much money it is contributing to the scholarship being provided by the two organizations.
There have been some other efforts at offering low-wage workers education benefits. In 2010, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. started offering partial tuition grants for workers at American Public University, a for-profit, online school.
Starbucks also already has program that reimburses workers for up to $1,000 a year at City University of Seattle or at Strayer University. The company said that will be phased out by 2015 in favor of the new program, which is far more generous.
Starbucks workers would have to meet the same admission standards as other students at ASU. Only workers at Starbucks' 8,200 company-operated stores would be eligible. Another 4,500 Starbucks locations are operated by franchisees. The program is also available to Starbucks' other chains, including Teavana tea shops and Seattle's Best.


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Need Some AP Test Prep? These $40 Apps May Help
High school students at more than 18,000 schools are preparing for May's Advanced Placement exams, which bestow college credit upon high scorers.
Now Macmillan's adaptive learning startup is preparing to market its study tools directly to those students for the first time.
The company Prep-U is launching AP test-prep apps for US History, AP Chemistry and AP Psychology on Thursday.
Based on technology previously sold as an online study companion to textbooks, the apps first determine a student's current mastery level through a series of quizzes. Thereafter, they serve up quiz questions at that level.
The idea is to never ask a question the student already knows for sure or one that will completely stump them, thereby focusing attention where it's needed.
As students progress, they'll get harder questions. They can track their progress in each category of expertise on a dashboard. If teachers assign the app, they can check in on students' progress as well.
Prep-U's technology is based on a theory most commonly referred to as adaptive learning. It's a system around which — as Barbara Rifkind, an independent consultant who advises education enterprises and a former vice president at Pearson Education, put it in a November interview — "There's relatively little controversy in theory."
The idea of adjusting questions for individual students' levels is something most textbook publishers, as well as several startups, are dabbling in. In November, Pearson announced it would be integrating startup Knewton's adaptive learning technology in more than 750 textbook titles.
McGraw-Hill has an adaptive learning product called LearnSmart complete with mobile apps, and a startup called Grockit surrounds an individualized test-prep learning path with social features.
Prep-U previously powered textbook companions for third-party textbook companies. It says 98,700 students purchased its technology for $20 as part of their required college course materials.
Each AP test prep app will cost $40, and Prep-U will develop the content — between 1600 and 3600 questions — without the help of a third-party publisher. The new apps' success depends on whether students are willing to pay for the apps without necessarily being required to do so.
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The myGIIS Edu ERP has been an invaluable tool for parents, teachers and our students to stay connected. We are committed to using best-of-breed technologies to improve the educational experience we provide. With the introduction of the myGIIS app, students and parents can now seamlessly access their myGIIS account anytime they wish, on their mobile and tablet platforms as well.
Educational Resources at Your Fingertips
GIIS' Edu ERP provides parents with all of the tools they need to monitor and track their child's educational progress.
With the app, parents can communicate with teachers, track their child's progress (get instant results on their activities and exams), analyse performance, understand learning outcomes, see attendance data, read announcements, check tuition payments and much more. Some of the core features within our Edu ERP include:
- Interactive Dashboard - Provides an overview of all important information and updates.
- Student Information - Provides information about the student's academic progress at a glance.
- Announcements/News - Gives up-to-date announcement information about the latest activities and events
- Access Academic Documents - Shows the student's latest work.
- Fee Status - Keeps parents informed about their tuition payments.
- Messaging System - Initiates communication between parents, teachers, staff and the principal.
- Academic Calendar - Conveys important dates and assignments.
- Gallery - Displays images from the latest events across various GIIS campuses.
- Compliments and Achievements - Showcases compliments posted by parents and achievements by students across GIIS campuses worldwide.
Homework, calendar events, attendance records, feedback and school news are all included in the dashboard, so parents have complete access to all vital information to track their child's progress whenever they need. The platform even has SMS features to allow better communication between the school and parents.
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With the addition of myGIIS to the GIIS program -- parents, teachers, students and staff have a centralised channel through which they can better collaborate to ensure every student's success. Parents can provide feedback through the portal, and teachers can share instant information about behaviour and achievement. Students know what their parents and teachers are seeing and saying, so they are motivated to work harder and achieve further. Staff members can keep everyone well informed about potential changes to the schedule and share announcements that need to be made.


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V. Appeal Process
If it is believed that the rates on a wage determination are not accurate, can the wage determination be appealed?
Yes. Any interested person requesting reconsideration of a wage determination or of a ruling regarding application of a wage determination to a specific construction project should present their request in writing accompanied by supporting data or other pertinent information to the Wage and Hour Division. The Wage and Hour Division should respond within 30 days or notify the requestor within this time frame that additional time is needed.
An "interested person" is considered to include, without limitation:
(1) Any contractor, or an association representing a contractor, who is likely to seek or to work under a contract containing a particular wage determination, or any laborer or mechanic, or any labor organization which represents a laborer or mechanic, who is likely to be employed or to seek employment under a contract containing a particular wage determination, and,
(2) Any Federal, State, or local agency concerned with the administration of a proposed contract or contract containing a particular wage determination issued pursuant to the Davis-Bacon Act or any of its related statutes.
If reconsideration of a wage determination has been sought and denied, an appeal for review of the wage determination or its application may be filed with the Adminstrative Review Board, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-4309, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210. Requests for review of wage determinations must be filed, and any new wage determination resulting from the appeal must be issued, before contract award or start of construction where there is no award (or under the National Housing Act, before the date of initial endorsement, or the beginning of construction, whichever occurs first; or under Section 8 of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937, before the date of the housing assistance payments agreement, or the beginning of construction, whichever occurs first).
The Wage Appeals Board (now the Administrative Review Board) was established by the Secretary of Labor in 1963 to decide, at its discretion, appeals concerning questions of fact and law related to final decisions of the Wage and Hour Division concerning:
- Controversies over the payment of prevailing wage rates, overtime pay, or proper classifications;
- Wage determinations issued under the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts;
- Debarment cases arising under 29 CFR Part 5;
- Cases involving the assessment of liquidated damages under the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act;
- Appeal of any other final decision under 29 CFR Part 1, Part 3 or Part 5.
The Administrative Review Board consists of three members, one of whom is designated chairman. The members are appointed by the Secretary of Labor and majority vote of the Administrative Review Board is necessary for a decision, except that a decision to hear any appeal may be made by one member. The Board can act as fully and finally as the Secretary of Labor concerning the matters within its jurisdiction. The rules prescribed in 29 CFR, Part 7, "Practice Before Wage Appeals Board", govern the proceedings of the Board.


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A 24-year-old contestant in this year's Miss America pageant is delivering a message about breast cancer prevention.
Miss DC Allyn Rose plans to undergo a double mastectomy after Saturday's contest - win or lose.
She is removing both breasts as a preventative measure to reduce her chances of developing the disease that killed her mother, grandmother and great aunt.
If crowned, the university student could become the first Miss America not endowed with the Barbie silhouette associated with beauty queens.
Her decision is drawing criticism as well as praise. And this kind of pre-emptive surgery has divided the medical community as well.
Todd Tuttle, chief of surgical oncology at the University of Minnesota, says that for someone in her early 20s to have the procedure is "very unusual."


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Community violence represents a widespread concern receiving increasing attention by social workers. This article considers the problem of community violence and our present understanding of its extent and consequences. Evidence is growing that identifies risk and protective factors linked with community violence exposure, particularly those of a demographic nature. At present early evidence points to potentially helpful ameliorative and preventive strategies for social workers to consider at the micro and macro levels.
Neil B. Guterman and Muhammad Haj-Yahia
Eloise Rathbone-McCuan
Elder abuse is now recognized internationally as a social problem among the aging population. Intentional abuse, neglect, and exploitation among caregivers to frail and isolated elderly create serious risks across diverse formal and informal care settings. This field has expanded continuously since the early 1970s. Accurate prevalence and incidence rates have not been determined. There is a national system of elder victim protection operating within each state. The social work profession is legally mandated to report situations where an elderly person is suspected to be at risk of abuse. Social workers are involved in all aspects of elder abuse prevention and intervention services.
Robert G. Madden
The law is a powerful force in all aspects of contemporary American society. The legal system furnishes the context and procedures for the creation and enforcement of laws to resolve disputes, protect rights, and generally to maintain order. Social workers are expected to understand the basic workings of the legal system. Knowledge of the legal system provides the foundation to support social workers to undertake social justice initiatives, to give voice to vulnerable client populations, and to work for legal rules that support good social work practice.
Melvin Delgado
Social work practice is best understood and practiced when taking into account the local context. The urban context of social work practice may share much with suburban and rural contexts but also brings with it unique problems and opportunities.


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Wow really so I agree with your original post and then you blast me for it. I'm so confused. I have used wake boards in low winds but low wind for me is 15kts. If it's lower than that I'll just go wakeboarding. Oh and if flex is good why don't race boards have it? Please explain to me why skim boards plane so damn well and are amazing for light wind?panchito wrote:TheJoe wrote:I read your post and yes you don't have a clue about boards, and like you said neither does the kite industry. Boards should be stiffer and have more rocker. Think wake boards with a little less rocker and you get the ideal board.
Just funny how people are trying to reinvent the board when the wake boarding industry has all ready done all the years of R&D. All the kite industry has to do is start copying so of their designs.
Really ? Did I mentioned that my home spot is Tarifa ? Does folks like Ricky Shapes / Jaime Herraiz or KC sounds something to you ?
Back in the good days , most of " the " board shapes came from Tarifa .... so I guess , I went thru 8 years of board development " on site " .
Have you ever tried out using a wake board in low winds ? and then .... Liquid Force boards are essentially wake boards with less rocker ...
Next please .....
What is the difference between the two, from your perspective?jumarcil wrote:Now the shinn: I have a Supershinn + Monk Forever. I bought those boards after reading so many good reviews on 4 different kite forums. I told myself they can't all be wrong, right ?
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Reading Birth Center - Tower Health Medical Group is the only hospital-owned, free-standing birth center in the tri-state area offering gentle, personalized care in a relaxed, home-like setting.
The certified nurse midwives, registered nurses, and collaborating obstetricians are all board-certified providers who dedicate the time, education, and support needed to take an active role in the patients' health. This team approach allows for high-quality care that matches individual needs.
The environment at Reading Birth Center - Tower Health Medical Group is warm, private, and welcoming for patients and their families. This accredited birth center is fully equipped for up-to-date prenatal care, delivery, and well-woman care. The Center is also Keystone 10 recognized, indicating that it promotes breastfeeding with the goal of improving the health of both mothers and babies.
Today, women have more options than ever to find and select a birth plan that matches their needs. For women with a low-risk pregnancy who desire a more natural birth experience, a birth center may be the right solution. For those women weighing the pros and cons of home birth, or who want to be fully involved and have a desire to explore a private, intimate, safe alternative to hospital or home, a birthing center can be a good option.
This facility provides services beyond the birthing experience. This ranges from education for pregnancy, nutrition, birth, labor support, baby care, to general women's health that extends beyond the patient to family and friends.
The Reading Birth Center - Tower Health Medical Group program gives patients confidence in their ability to give birth, balancing the human touch and technology.
What is a midwife?
Midwife means "with woman". A midwife is someone who specializes in a healthy women's care and believes pregnancy and childbirth are normal transitions in life. They believe in lots of time for talking and education and involving women in their care and care decisions.
There are many types of midwives. Certified Nurse Midwives (CNMs) are registered nurses with advanced education in midwifery. Most CNMs have at least a master's degree and are legal, licensed and have prescriptive authority in all 50 states. All the midwives at Reading Birth Center are CNMs. What is a birth center?
A birth center is a warm home like setting where you are supported and respected in your ability to give birth balancing human touch with technology. You will have a private room where you can make yourself comfortable, take a bath, wear your own clothes, eat and drink if you need and decide who you want with you as you give birth. It is a place that offers support and information on pregnancy, birth, infant care, breastfeeding, parenting, and family planning. It is also part of the health care system to provide just the right amount of care needed from lab tests, diagnostic testing, consultation with specialists, attentive care in labor and birth and transfer to a hospital should the need arise. Birth center care is covered by most major insurances and Medicaid; home birth may not be.


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The fight card for next week's "Strikeforce and M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Henderson" card is official with 10 bouts.
The event takes place next Saturday, July 30, at Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill., near Chicago.
The Showtime-televised headliner pits Strikeforce light-heavyweight champion Dan Henderson (27-8 MMA, 2-1 SF) against MMA legend Fedor Emelianenko (31-3 MMA, 1-2 SF) in a non-title heavyweight bout.
While the five-fight main card has been known for some time, two new additions are now official for the preliminary card. They include middleweights Derek Brunson (7-0 MMA, 1-0 SF) vs. Lumumba Sayers (4-1 MMA, 0-0 SF), which MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) recently reported, as well as heavyweights Bryan Humes (6-1 MMA, 0-0 SF) vs. Gabriel Salinas-Jones (4-0 MMA, 0-0 SF).
No broadcast plans have been announced for the unusually deep preliminary card, which includes a featured bout of lightweights Gesias "JZ" Cavalcante (15-4-1 MMA, 0-1 SF) vs. Lyle Beerbohm (16-2 MMA, 3-2 SF).
The full card now includes:
MAIN CARD (Showtime)
- Champ Dan Henderson vs. Fedor Emelianenko (heavyweight non-title fight)
- Champ Marloes Coenen vs. Miesha Tate (for women's welterweight title)
- Tim Kennedy vs. Robbie Lawler
- Paul Daley vs. Tyron Woodley
- Tarec Saffiedine vs. Scott Smith
- Lyle Beerbohm vs. Gesias Cavalcante
- Eduardo Pamplona vs. Tyler Stinson
- Alexis Davis vs. Julie Kedzie
- Derek Brunson vs. Lumumba Sayers
- Bryan Humes vs. Gabriel Salinas-Jones
For more on "Strikeforce and M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Henderson," stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.
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Salvy, Royals play role in AL's victory over NL
Perez singles, catches Mariano in his final All-Star Game at Citi Field
NEW YORK -- Salvador Perez only took one swing on Tuesday night, but that lone cut made some Royals history.
The catcher drilled the only pitch he saw down the right-field line for a single to lead off the eighth inning in the All-Star Game at Citi Field, marking the first hit for a Royals player in the Midsummer Classic since Bo Jackson went 2-for-4, including a mammoth homer, in 1989.
"I'm so happy. That's the only thing I can say," said Perez, who also caught the All-Star finale for Yankees closer Mariano Rivera in the American League's 3-0 win. "I'm so happy for my family, too, to be here to see that. It feels great."
In the half-inning before, Royals closer Greg Holland jogged onto the field and began throwing some warmup pitches to Perez as Alex Gordon watched from left field. It was the first time since 1988 that Kansas City had three representatives at the All-Star Game. And all three entered the game at the same time.
The trio performed well in playing a role for the AL's first All-Star victory since 2009.
"It was fun. Being my first one, I didn't know what to expect," Gordon said. "It was great to share with all these great players and my teammates, too. We had a blast."
Perez came around to score on Indians second baseman Jason Kipnis' two-out double to left field to give the AL a 3-0 lead. He was also behind the plate for Rivera's perfect eighth inning and embraced the future Hall of Fame relief pitcher as he walked off the field.
"I just said to him, 'I just feel so happy to catch him the last All-Star Game.' That means a lot to me," Perez said. "He tells me, 'You go have more All-Star Games.' That's why we're here, to be in the history of baseball."
Gordon also played a part in that inning, tracking down a hard line drive from Cardinals first baseman Allen Craig and making a catch near the warning track in left field.
"I was really going to do everything to catch that ball. I was diving, I was doing anything. I was happy it went in my glove," Gordon said. "I was happy to be out there with [Rivera], and I shook his hand and told him it was an honor."
Gordon had his only at-bat of the game in the ninth inning, hitting a deep fly ball that took Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen all the way to the warning track a few feet in front of the 408-foot sign for the frame's final out.
"I thought I had it," Gordon said. "I hit it to the wrong part of the park, I guess. It would have been nice if there was less than two outs, but it was a good at-bat, so I'm happy with it."
Holland's stay in the game was a short one. He got Diamondbacks first baseman Paul Goldschmidt to ground out to third base for the first out in the seventh inning before being removed from the game after Mets third baseman David Wright's single to Gordon in left field.
The right-hander threw just six pitches in the game, but that was all Holland needed to enjoy his first All-Star appearance.
"To get in the game was incredible," Holland said. "To get in the game and pitch, and help hand the ball to Mo in the eighth inning, that was really a treat. That was something, you know ... you're never going to forget that."
Holland said he's usually a guy that looks at the game pitch by pitch, but even he got wrapped up in the moment. For him and his Royals teammates, it's likely an experience they'll never forget.
"It's really hard to describe, because I've always been somebody who didn't really try to get wrapped in what was going on, because you lose focus that way," Holland said. "Now that it's over and looking back on it, it's just been unbelievable."


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Though these AR glasses are just a Japanese concept right now, they could be the future of your diet. The idea is painfully simple: The glasses make your food look 1.5 times bigger, which makes you feel the satisfying feeling of fullness faster. Before you go and say something like, "this is freaking ridiculous," check out this hard evidence, which demonstrates that this could really work. According to Yomiuri Online, researchers at the University of Tokyo conducted a study with a mammoth sample of 12 men and women and found that people wearing the glasses ate 9.3 percent fewer cookies.
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