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Then I stumbled on this recipe, and I vaguely remembered making something similar when I first got a microwave 25 years ago. Yep, 25 years and counting, and believe it or not it still works. I've been wanting smaller, sleeker version for years, but the cheapskate in me won't get rid of perfectly good appliance. It's quit working three times, and every time my husband has been able to fix it. Sigh. But I digress...
This recipe is simple, easy, and uses common ingredients found in almost any pantry.
- 1 box confectioners sugar (approximately 3 1/2 cups)
- 1/2 c unsweetened cocoa
- 1/4 t salt
- 1/4 c milk
- 1/2 c (1 stick) butter
Put everything in a microwave safe bowl. Don't stir or mix or do anything to it.
Microwave for two minutes, then get it out and start stirring. You'll think it isn't going to work, but just keep stirring. At one point, everything was blended except for a few stubborn lumps of sugar, so I stuck it back in for another minute, then stirred again. A lot. At this point you can add nuts if you'd like. I decided to leave this batch plain.
Pour into a prepared (greased) pan--or better yet, line with foil and spray with cooking spray. Let cool--I stuck mine in the fridge and just left it for a couple of hours.
Turn out onto a cutting board, peel back the foil, and cut.
This is the best fudge I've made so far this year. It's wonderful. It's not smooth and creamy, it's firmer, sort of dry-ish and crumbly. It tastes like old fashioned sugar fudge.
I can't wait to do it again.
No pretty packaging for this, I packed it up in ziplock bowls to take back to Louisiana with us!
Tomorrow is a travel day, and I'll be settling in at home and getting ready for the week to come, but come back next week for more last goodies from the kitchen.
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San Diego home sales improve for new and resale properties alike
By Patricia Kramer & Patricia Lou Martin
New home sales throughout California are finally on the rise, according to a recent report from the Los Angeles Times, with numbers improving over last year's figures across the state. Here in San Diego, home sales are seeing an increase as well, with both new and resale properties experiencing a boost in consumer interest. For prospective buyers, the time is ripe for great real estate deal. However, when it comes to shopping for new homes, it can be tough to know whether or not a purchase is in your best interest without help from an experienced and unbiased real estate agent.
San Diego County boasts so many stunning properties for homebuyers to choose from, ranging from stately landmarks to brand new developments. In today's market, reduced prices have inspired some buyers to pursue previously owned homes in well-established areas, while others find themselves looking to get in on the ground floor in a new or up-and-coming neighborhood. Homes in the latter category have the advantage of current, trend-driven characteristics, such as energy-saving features and sparkling new amenities. However, they are also more likely to have agents on-site with the express intention of winning over buyers and securing sales – meaning that buyers who walk in without an agent of their own may wind up working with someone who represents the interests of the developer, as opposed to those of the client.
Choosing the best representation: why it pays to pick the right real estate agent
Wandering through a beautiful new housing development, buyers may be tempted to take advantage of convenient on-site real estate services for more information on the properties for sale. But when you hire an experienced – and unbiased – San Diego real estate agent whose allegiances lie with you alone (as opposed to the seller or developer of a group of properties), you get a value that far exceeds the convenience of proximity.
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While most towns on Long Island hold town board meetings twice a month, Shelter Island sticks to a regular schedule of holding a meeting every three weeks, almost all of them on Fridays.
At the board's organizational meeting on Thursday, its first resolution was to set the meeting schedule for the year — a schedule that has one board session this month but two meetings in February, the shortest month of the year. There also will be two meetings each in April, June and August.
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Focus on diversity
New grads with disabilities thrive in tech jobs
"Individuals with disabilities are creative problem-solvers." � Richard Weibl, AAAS Project on Science, Technology and Disability
"Recruiting and hiring young people with disabilities just makes good business sense." � Gwen Houston, Microsoft
By Wendy Helfenbaum
Contributing Editor
In today's competitive global economy, both private corporations and government research agencies realize that expanding their pools of talented tech employees is key to continued growth. Several programs across the U.S. aim to help diverse techies, including those with disabilities, enter the workforce.
Since 1996, EntryPoint! (www.entrypoint.org), a program run by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS, Washington, DC), has placed about 700 aspiring scientists and engineers with disabilities in summer internships. Close to 93 percent of those former students are working in tech industries today, demonstrating that students with disabilities have enormous career potential, reports Richard Weibl, director of the AAAS Project on Science, Technology and Disability.
"There's a recognition within companies that folks with disabilities, through the course of their life experience, have had to become creative problem solvers," says Weibl. "As a consequence, they have a very transferable skill set. Their approach to problems may be richer, deeper and more complex. It adds value to them as employees."
Over the years AAAS has partnered with companies including IBM, NASA, Merck, Ball Aerospace, Lockheed Martin, Pfizer and more. These connections have helped many young tech grads get a strong leg up in the industry, adds Weibl. Dow Chemical Company and L'Or�al USA have also signed on for this year's summer program.
"Our partners, especially IBM and NASA, have been very dedicated to our program," Weibl says. "Each of those employers has also done a lot to develop the students. Interns do real research and real science, and they get solid professional development skills."
Weibl notes some additional benefits of EntryPoint! internships. "First, the company says, 'Having interns who have disabilities isn't as scary as we thought it was,' and managers realize that the talent and creative problem-solving skills are there," he explains.
"The other thing is you have an influence back on campus. Last summer, one of our students at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center spent time in their super clean room, preparing a satellite that was shot up into space. Another one did an F-16 flight simulator for Ball Aerospace. These students have amazing experiences, then go back and tell faculty members who thought they were average students: 'I have what it takes to do this well for first-class companies and organizations.'"
RIT/NTID: Positive co-op can ease transition from college to workplace
"It can be scary for students with disabilities to make the transition from college to the workplace," says John Macko, director of the center on employment at Rochester Institute of Technology's National Technical Institute for the Deaf (RIT/NTID). Created in 1965 by an act of Congress, NTID is a career-focused college for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. Ninety percent of its grads who seek employment find jobs in their fields within a year.
"One of the best ways for students to make a smooth transition from college to the workplace is to have a positive cooperative work experience," says Macko. He notes that NTID has the fifth-largest co-op program and is the fourth-oldest co-op program in the U.S.
"Students need to think about whether they want to work for private companies, federal agencies or nonprofit organizations, and about the company's history of hiring people with disabilities. If there is a solid history at a company, there is a good chance that it will have most of the resources and accommodations to offer the students."
Having a deaf person or a person with a disability in a company can trigger anxiety in some non-disabled individuals, notes Macko. "A person with a disability has the added concern of whether he/she will be productive. I do know from my personal experience that if the deaf workers have all the resources and accommodations to do the jobs, they will be more productive. When companies give them the opportunities, it is a win-win, and increases awareness in the workplace."
The students profiled for this article have taken a variety of paths, but all have found supportive employers and fulfilling careers.
Bill Atkinson is a strength engineer for Boeing's F/A-18 Hornet
When he was eight years old, Bill Atkinson dreamed of designing advanced fighter aircraft. But his sixth grade teacher in Alexandria, VA told his parents he would likely never learn to read.
"I have dyslexia and attention deficit disorder," says Atkinson. "I often write or type the wrong letters if they are similar in shape. I also flip letters in words, which affects my reading abilities. Luckily, my dyslexia is limited to letters and not numbers."
Atkinson attended private middle school and high school to work through his learning disabilities. He then enrolled at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT, Rochester, NY).
"In middle school, I learned a specific set of techniques that helped me process information correctly," recalls Atkinson. "I read a sentence three times: the first time to pick up letters, the second for the individual words, and the third to read the sentence all together. Because of this, I tend to read and write slowly."
Through hard work and determination, Atkinson realized his dream. He received his BSME with an aerospace specialty and a minor in science technology and environmental studies from RIT in May 2009. Two years later he earned his MSME with specialties in fluids and structural design.
Two of Atkinson's five college internships were organized through EntryPoint!: one at NASA's Ames Research Center (Moffett Field, CA) in the summer of 2008 and the other at NASA's Glenn Research Center (Cleveland, OH) in 2010. Atkinson also interned at Primus Technologies (Williamsport, PA) in 2006, Boeing Aerospace in Huntsville, LA in 2007 and BorgWarner (Ithaca, NY) in 2008.
Right after graduation, Atkinson started working for Boeing Aerospace at its St. Louis site, as a strength engineer for the company's F/A-18E Hornet fleet. "What better place to live my dream than working at one of the leading aerospace companies in the world," he says with a smile.
Atkinson analyzes parts from the fleet of Super Hornets to determine if they should be repaired or replaced. "The most fulfilling aspect of my work is that it makes a difference in the lives of U.S. military pilots," he says. "Every time fighter pilots step into their aircraft, they trust that the engineers and ground crews have made the airplanes ready to go. I help create that trust."
Atkinson will soon be joining a team that helps extend the service life of existing Super Hornets. "This involves structural analysis using finite element models and CAD software," he explains, adding that although he still struggles with his dyslexia, he has found ways to work through it. "I'm in the process of getting approval to install text-to-speech software on my computer. I would say to students, 'Don't let anyone say you can't do something because of your disability; keep pushing and pursue that dream job.'"
Boeing: creating a competitive advantage
Joyce Tucker, VP of global diversity and employee rights, notes that Boeing (Chicago, IL) strives to "tap into the diversity of all of our people; that is, the backgrounds, experiences, cultures, perspectives and talents of all of our employees, so we can leverage our differences as strengths to create a competitive advantage for Boeing."
Aerospace giant Boeing manufactures commercial jetliners and defense, space and security systems. The company employs more than 170,000 across the U.S. and in seventy countries.
Boeing engineers comprise approximately 31 percent of the total Boeing workforce. More than 140,000 employees hold college degrees, including nearly 35,000 advanced degrees, in virtually every business and technical field from approximately 2,700 colleges and universities worldwide.
Will Roach is a 747-8 manufacturing engineer for Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Will Roach was born and raised in Big Horn, WY. He earned his associates in computer integrated machining technology at RIT/NTID and his 2009 BSME in technology at RIT.
Roach describes his decision to join Boeing after graduation as "a no-brainer." He's currently a 747-8 final assembly manufacturing engineer at Boeing's Everett, WA location.
"Boeing is one of most respected companies in the USA, and gives an employee like me many opportunities to stay on the path to success," says Roach, who is profoundly deaf. "My role is mainly a 'middle man' between the mechanics and the design. I ensure that my installation plans accurately translate the drawings into instructions for the mechanics to install. I love working on the factory floor with other engineers. It's amazing to see how an airplane is assembled with many thousands of parts."
In the past, communication barriers made breaking into the tech field more difficult. "The current technology, including video phones and email, has played a huge role in breaking down those barriers," explains Roach. "The challenges would have been much tougher if it weren't for new technologies."
Roach uses American Sign Language as well as company email, instant messaging and a videophone to communicate with his hearing co-workers. He plans to add an iPad2 to his arsenal.
Michael Anthony is a software development engineer at Microsoft
Michael Anthony, who has severe/profound bilateral hearing loss, grew up in Illinois and Iowa. He began studying at RIT/NTID in 2005, earning a dual BS in CS and game development and design from RIT in 2010.
As an undergrad, Anthony interned at Skyworks, an IT tech company in Cedar Rapids, IA and at Ratatoskr, a small startup in Rochester where he created a game prototype. He also worked on campus for a government IT project.
Anthony had no trouble breaking into the competitive tech market upon graduation. He hired on at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) as a software development engineer in the summer of 2010, right after exams ended.
"Microsoft is well known for being extremely helpful to people with disabilities in the workplace, so that was a big plus," says Anthony. "I also wanted to work in an area somewhat related to game development. While I am not directly making games, I'm supporting a popular game console. Having the co-op experiences at RIT helped me break into the field and helped me learn the skills to succeed after graduation. I learned to be confident and not afraid to ask for help."
Anthony works with a team to come up with solutions for Microsoft's e-commerce platform that powers Xbox Live and Zune Marketplace. He works around his disability. "I use hearing aids for most of my day, and I have interpreters with me for all of my meetings," he says. "Most of the time when I'm on my own, I can work with my team in person. Each office has its own whiteboard so we use that along with email and IM."
Anthony gets the most job satisfaction knowing that he works on projects that millions of people worldwide can appreciate. "It's nice to know something small I did helps drive the big software and back-end stuff that Xbox uses."
Microsoft: Hiring new techies with disabilities makes good business sense
In addition to enhancing its workforce, recruiting and hiring young people with disabilities just makes good business sense, says Gwen Houston, Microsoft's general manager of global diversity and inclusion.
"New grads bring fresh perspectives on strategies for meeting business challenges and achieving success," adds Houston. "Hiring young people with disabilities is also a valuable way to reach out to an important market base."
Being inclusive and recruiting high-caliber candidates with disabilities is an important aspect of Microsoft's corporate culture, says Houston. "We know that in order to lead in today's competitive marketplace, our company must hire and retain talented people from diverse backgrounds, experiences and lifestyles to anticipate and respond to the needs of an increasingly global customer base. We strive to deliver accommodations that are world-class, so that every employee is able to thrive."
Microsoft employs nearly 91,000 worldwide. "We source for new grads with disabilities at the same colleges and universities where other new talent is tapped, but we also participate in job fairs at Gallaudet University (Washington, DC) and RIT/NTID. Microsoft is also an active member of Career Opportunities for Students with Disabilities and the Washington State Business Leadership Network."
Microsoft reaches out directly to young people with disabilities to educate them about careers in technology, Houston reports. "Through job shadowing, career days, internships, scholarships, curriculum development, campus visits, panel discussions among employees with disabilities, as well as software donations, we show them a future full of possibilities."
Some of Microsoft's educational partnerships include the University of Washington's Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking and Technology (DO-IT) program. "We ensure that students with disabilities are included in Microsoft programs such as the DigiGirlz high-tech camps and high school internship programs. These programs enable students with disabilities to spend time in a workplace, talk to professionals doing the kind of work in which they are interested, and potentially see people with their kind of disability succeeding in their target career. This also serves as an important element of Microsoft's pipeline development of a diverse pool of potential employees."
To help foster diversity and inclusion, Microsoft has a community of employee resource groups ERGs and employee networks, adds Houston. The cross-disability (XD) ERG was formed in 2009 from constituents of ten other ERGs to enable people of all abilities to be successful. The XD ERG represents employees with conditions such as deafness, blindness, visual impairments, ADD, mobility disabilities and dyslexia. It works with nationwide associations, nonprofit organizations and special interest groups to increase disability awareness, drive joint objectives and help organizations in need.
Matt Starn is a software development engineer at Microsoft
A childhood love of logic puzzles helped set Matt Starn on course for a computer science career.
Born in Santa Barbara, CA, Starn grew up in Ventura. He attended the University of California-LA for two years before transferring to RIT to complete his BSCS.
Immediately after graduating in 2011, Starn, who is deaf, hired on as a software development engineer at Microsoft's Bellevue, WA office. He works in the accounting division of the service industries team for the Dynamics AX product.
"I lucked out and landed an amazing job right out of college, and I'm learning everything I can about the environment, the program and the features we're implementing," explains Starn. "I develop specific features for my team, fix any bugs that come up with the software, and do my best to enhance the product."
Starn came to Seattle in 2007 as a student under a Summer Academy program at the University of Washington. He explored several tech companies and met with other deaf people working in the area.
"Microsoft did the most amazing job with accessibility. I knew I wanted to come back to Seattle after graduation to start my career here," he says. "Most of my previous internships did not provide an interpreter or captioning support when I had meetings. I had to read my co-workers' lips, which is an imprecise science. Microsoft provides interpreters, captioning and whatever we may need, and that goes a long way toward making me comfortable here."
The biggest challenge Starn faces is communication, especially in large meetings. "In these scenarios, I use an interpreter fluent in American Sign Language to translate anything my colleagues say, and then I voice for myself in response," he explains. "If an interpreter is not available, a captionist (someone who listens in over the phone or in person and types out everything that is heard) may be available."
Starn advises students to choose a company that not only fits their career plans, but is also willing to provide the support needed to work in the field.
"It's frustrating to work in an environment where your needs are not being adequately met," he says. "Larger companies may be able to give you the kind of access you're looking for, but don't be afraid to find a smaller company that is willing to put your talents to use and do what it takes to make you a peer among your workers. It's easy to do your best for the company when you know it is doing its best to make your disability a non-issue."
Wright Implement: Small company makes big commitment
Part of Wright Implement Company's corporate mission is to provide a stable and positive work environment for its employees, says Sabrina Evans, HR director. The company, headquartered in Williamsport, IN, has been providing John Deere tractor parts, sales and service for agricultural equipment to customers across the U.S. since 1972.
"We strive to do this for every employee by focusing on their abilities and what they can positively offer the company, rather than their disabilities," says Evans. "By doing this, we can achieve other aspects of our mission statement, such as delivering a quality product and building lasting customer relationships through integrity, honesty and professionalism."
Evans describes IT specialist Blake Berry, who is deaf, as a great addition to the staff of 115 people.
"We try to accommodate his hearing impairment so he feels a part of the company, rather than singled out because of it," explains Evans. "We have purchased specialized telephone equipment, and some of the employees who work with Blake are also taking American Sign Language classes. We utilize an interpreter when necessary so Blake doesn't miss out on company events, and we've installed appropriate safety equipment in case of emergency."
Blake Berry is an IT specialist at Wright Implement
Blake Berry grew up in Rockville, IN and graduated from RIT/NTID in 2010 with an associates in applied computer technology. He began working as one of four IT specialists at Wright Implement's Rockville, IN office right after graduation.
"I am responsible for installing computer hardware and software for the company, as well as maintaining the network drives and printers, and troubleshooting the network," explains Berry. "I chose this company because it is in the heartland, where I grew up."
Berry says he had no difficulty breaking into the tech field, partly because of his strong positive attitude. "I worked hard to overcome any challenges I faced, and showed my employers that I did a good job," he says. "I was able to successfully troubleshoot issues and solve the problems with general computers. I'm doing well and understand my co-workers. Most times, we communicate through email, on paper or I read lips. Sometimes I have an interpreter and support information from the company."
The most fulfilling aspect of Berry's work is the trust he's built with his co-workers and clients. "We work as a team, helping each other. My co-workers and customers are able to approach me and I take responsibility and show I will work hard to make the company successful."
Federal Highway Administration: A commitment to increase diversity
"Hiring disabled employees as well as other underrepresented groups is very important to the Federal Highway Administration," says Lafayette Melton, the outreach and recruitment coordinator for corporate recruitment and career-entry programs at the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA, Washington, DC).
"Our vision is to provide the best transportation in the world. In doing so, we make it our mission to provide national leadership. Therefore, FHWA has adopted some core values in order to help us move together as an organization."
As of December 2011, 252 of the FHWA's 3,018 employees were disabled, notes Melton. As part of its ongoing efforts to increase diversity within the agency, particularly with the employment of people with targeted disabilities and disabled veterans, the FHWA attended over fifty-five recruitment events at more than twenty colleges, universities and institutions of higher learning in 2011. The agency also attended events sponsored by professional associations that support populations currently underrepresented at FHWA.
"The agency conducted an annual data assessment and analysis of FHWA's leadership pipeline, which resulted in identifying focus areas for the diversity program," says Melton. "FHWA is hiring and promoting a diverse workforce up through the GS-15 grade level and in the senior executive service. An FHWA diversity committee is exploring the development of comprehensive long-term strategies to improve the diversity of the supervisory and managerial pipeline for FHWA staff in grades GS-13 through GS-15."
The agency also establishes hiring goals for persons with disabilities and continues to develop the agency's disability program website.
"I think the most challenging issue disabled grads face when trying to break into the field of technology is actually the same barrier non-disabled grads face, which is a bad job market," says Melton. "But as technology contributes more and more options for providing accommodations, the more opportunities will appear."
Jason Schwebke is a web apps developer at Aurora Sinai Medical Center
Jason Schwebke grew up in Greenfield, WI and got his associates in information and computing studies at RIT/NTID in 2009. He earned his 2011 BS from RIT in information technology with a concentration in web and database integration.
Today, Schwebke works as a web application developer associate for the Center for Urban Population Health at Aurora Sinai Medical Center (Milwaukee, WI). Aurora is an integrated not-for-profit healthcare provider serving ninety communities throughout eastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois. It employs more than 30,000.
"I manage a wide array of web projects, including PeriData.net, a website for more than ninety hospitals about data management on baby birth in the state of Wisconsin," explains Schwebke. His job is to fix any web- and database-related bugs, ensuring that millions of birth records are correct. He also provides on-call support.
Schwebke says he chose Aurora because talented healthcare techies will always be in demand. "Careers in healthcare provide excellent salaries, great benefits and flexible accommodations, including on-site sign language interpreters," he says. "This way, I have a long and bright future without worrying about downsizing. The people I work with are aware of disabilities, and that makes it easier for my deafness to integrate with the work environment."
Because he combined his college studies with part-time jobs working as a web programmer for organizations, Schwebke found it relatively easy to break into his field of choice. "I also studied weekends and weeknights with several programming books and academic assignments and projects, so I became proficient with programming in different languages and managing data in different types of databases."
Schwebke did, however, find it challenging to prove his worth over other strong candidates during job interviews. "My work experiences and wide range of computer skills have always been my strongest qualities. That's the reason I was able to convince them I was capable of the job they were seeking to fill."
Because he is deaf, Schwebke routinely uses sign language interpreters for meetings, and a videophone as his on-call support communication medium.
He advises techies with disabilities to feel confident in their talents. "Don't beg for the job; make employers beg for your skills," he says.
Wendy Helfenbaum is a writer and television producer in Montreal, Canada.
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[Salt Lake City Mayor] Rocky [Anderson] targets waste of bottled water
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Rocky Anderson is taking his fight for a more eco-friendly Salt Lake City to a new enemy: bottled water.
In a letter sent to members of his cabinet last month, the mayor asked that departments stop handing out bottled water at meetings and interoffice events.
The letter does not rise to the level of an executive order or a new policy. Rather, it asks for voluntary cooperation.
"The environmental impacts surrounding the production, shipment and disposal of bottled water do not fit within the city's goal to conduct itself in an environmentally sustainable way," Anderson wrote.
According to his letter, more than 1.5 million barrels of oil are used to produce the plastic bottles for individual-serving water each year. A number of environmental Web sites corroborate that figure.
"Add to that the tremendous amount of fuel needed to transport it from the bottling line to the store shelf, and it is clear why bottled water has been described as the most inefficient method for transporting water in human history," he wrote.
He cited a study by the Container Recycling Institute reporting that eight of 10 plastic water bottles end up in landfills rather than being recycled. There is no reason to use bottled water, Anderson wrote, in places like Salt Lake, where tap water is safe and clean.
Not to mention cheaper. Anderson's letter estimates water is up to 10,000 times costlier when delivered by bottle rather than by tap.
The letter encouraged department heads to invest in water pitchers and reusable cups so that staff members can easily drink tap water in meetings. E-mail: email@example.com


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Call for Entries: The Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence celebrates urban places that are distinguished by quality design and their social and economic contributions to our nation's cities. Winners offer creative placemaking solutions that transcend the boundaries between architecture, urban design and planning and showcase innovative thinking about American cities.
One Gold Medal of $50,000 and four Silver Medals of $10,000 will be awarded. Projects must be a real place, not just a plan or a program, and be located in the 48 contiguous United States. Award winners may use prize money in any way that benefits the project. Visit the Rudy Bruner Award website to learn more about the Award. Join the conversation about #urbanexcellence on Twitter. The deadline for the 2015 award is December 9th, 2014
Call For Papers: The Asia-Pacific Network for Housing Research (APNHR) Conference will take place April 9-11, 2015 at the Asian Culture Complex, Gwangju, Korea. The deadline for the call for papers is June 30, 2014; the abstract submission deadline is September 30, 2014; and the notification of abstract acceptance is October 31, 2014.
Housing 2.0 is a platform derived from the CITY 2.0 of TED 2012, allowing people all around the world to participate in the creation of new paradigms to solve the current housing problems. The theme of this conference is thus to explore how housing has been limited by the approaches taken by the government and capital market in the past and how it could be tackled given this context. So we ask, what kinds of new approaches or systems could overcome the current housing problems? The scope of exploration under this topic could be boundless. This conference attempts to focus on three key themes, while accepting contributions on other aspects. For more information click here.
Call For Papers: The Urban Affairs Association (UAA), the international professional organization for urban scholars, researchers, and public service/nonprofit professionals, will host its 45th Annual Conference in Miami, Florida in the spring of 2015 and is currently accepting abstracts/proposals. This year's conference theme is: "Transnationalism from Above and Below: The Dynamics of Place-making in the Global City". However, in keeping with its tradition, UAA also encourages proposals that focus on an array of research topics. For a complete listing of these topics and to view the official Call for Participation please visit: http://urbanaffairsassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2015_call1.pdf.
The abstract/proposal deadline is October 1, 2014. For more information about the 45th Annual Urban Affairs Association Conference please visit: http://urbanaffairsassociation.org/conference/conference2015/.
Conference Dates: April 8-11, 2015
Conference Location: InterContinental Miami, 100 Chopin Plaza, Miami, FL 33131
CALL FOR PAPERS: Deadline October 31, 2014, for the 52nd International Making Cities Livable Conference on Achieving Green Healthy Cities in Bristol, UK, June 29-July 3, 2015. Co-organizers are Bristol City Council, The Academy of Urbanism, and University of the West of England. At this conference, we will examine creative strategies, tools and design solutions for Achieving Green Healthy Cities. We will review how the built and natural environment can be designed and managed to increase social and physical health and well-being, and to foster ecological, social and economic sustainability.
These goals cannot be achieved by professionals in one field alone. They require collaborative efforts and insights from many disciplines. We will hear from world-renowned experts working at the interface between planning, public health, urban design, architecture, landscape architecture, transportation planning, and social sciences, and review outstanding projects from the UK, Europe, North America and around the world. Paper proposals are invited from elected officials, scholars and practitioners concerned with the following issues: Topics for Achieving Green Healthy Cities: Physical Planning for Healthy Cities; Ten-Minute Neighborhoods and Town Centers; Healthy Buildings, Healthy Architecture; Healthy Transportation Planning; How Public Health and Planning Collaborate; Counteracting Environmental Health Inequalities; Urban Design for a Hospitable Public Realm; Street Design in the Healthy City; Sociable Squares and Special Places; Green and Blue in the Livable City; Regeneration Projects; Lifetime Communities A Green Healthy City for Children; Pedestrian Paths; Wayfinding; Festivals; Community Participation in Planning and Reshaping the City; and Learning from Bristol
For more details, please see http://www.livablecities.org/conferences/52nd-conference-bristol. Those wishing to present papers should submit a 250 word abstract for consideration before October 31, 2014. Please submit online, following the Call for Papers Guidelines on the web at http://www.livablecities.org/conferences/52nd-conference-bristol/call-papers.
Please prepare proposals for blind peer review. Notification will be sent within 4 weeks of submission. Final accepted papers are due March 2014. Papers must be presented in person at the conference and will be published in the digital conference proceedings. Selected papers will also be published in eReports on focused topics.
Ecological Wisdom for Urban Sustainability: Doing real and permanent good in landscape and urban planning. October 17-18, 2014, Chongqing, China: The journal Landscape and Urban Planning (LAND), in collaboration with several international institutions, will host an international symposium on Ecological Wisdom for Urban Sustainability on October 17-18, 2014 in Chongqing, China. The symposium provides an international forum for transdisciplinary explorations; and will feature paper presentations which will later be considered for inclusion in special issues under the same theme by LAND, Acta Ecologica Sinica, and Landscape Architecture (Chinese). For more information or to register by September 20th click here.
Designing Libraries III Conference Registration Open: Registration is open for the 3d Designing Libraries Conference, which will be held at the University of Calgary in Canada on September 28-30, 2014. North Carolina State University Libraries and Coalition for Networked Information are co-sponsors of this event. Librarians, architects, planners, designers, information technologists and others will gather to discuss the challenges and achievements of designing libraries and learning centers for the 21st century. We have a great line-up of speakers and topics as well as two preconferences, which you can find on the conference website at http://ucalgary.ca/designinglibraries/. Registration, for a fee, is now available. The conference last year sold out so please register as soon as possible if you'd like to attend.
Australian Planner Call for Papers: Planning Implications of Telecommunication: Planning scholars and practitioners are invited to contribute to a special edition of Australian Planner co-edited by Dr. Tooran Alizadeh, Dr. Heather Shearer, and Assoc. Prof. Neil Sipe. The theme is Planning Implications of Telecommunication. The intention is to highlight the contemporary significance, challenges and opportunities that telecommunication has provided for urban and regional planning and policy in a range of areas such as socioeconomic development (social justice, teleworking and digital economy); spatial planning (new land-uses such as digital/smart work hubs, data centers, and live/work community developments); and e-governance (e-planning, e-democracy, and public engagement). For more information on the special issue, click here. Please feel free to contact the leading editor, Tooran Alizadeh via email@example.com if there is any questions. Abstracts are due June 15, 2014
The Bartlett School of Planning's Centenary Lecture, Good Cities, Better Lives in England's Green Pleasant Land, originally scheduled for April 24, 2014, is postponed until further notice. We will post the new date when it becomes available.
2014 Planners Network International Conference, Planning at the Borders, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, June 5-7, 2014
Call for participation deadline: April 10, 2014
Local Host: Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez, email@example.com
Conference website: http://plannersnetwork2014.wordpress.com/about/
Call for abstracts for a Special Issue of the Journal of Urban Design on emerging pedagogy in urban design. This call will close on April 1, 2014.
Emerging pedagogy in urban design
How does urban design sit alongside other disciplines in built environment education? How do we teach urban design? In what ways can we teach our students to think creatively and enable them to shape memorable places? Has digital software changed ways of learning and undermined traditional skills? Should urban design always be taught as a 'design' discipline? How do we balance practice and theoretical dimensions?
This Special Issue of the Journal of Urban Design on emerging pedagogy in urban design seeks to uncover answers to these questions and more, while stimulating reflection on the place of urban design education in built environment academia.
Submissions are invited on a wide range of topics that may include:
• The uses of curriculum and pedagogy in urban design education
• Reflective case-study/accounts or evaluations of urban design educational practice
• Innovative and/or experimental learning methods in urban design education
• Embedding technology and e-resources, features, utilities and/or tools in the urban design curriculum
• Exploring the suitability of open access learning in the urban design discipline
• Specialising urban design education – the interface with social sciences, real estate/land economy, sustainable design, conservation, etc
Please submit abstracts to firstname.lastname@example.com, between 200-300 words. All abstracts and papers will be fully refereed through the JUD blind-review process.
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ARNOVA's 43rd Annual Conference 2014 Call for Participation - Evolving Sectoral Relationships: Global and Local Views, November 20-22, 2014 - Proposals can be for individual Papers, Panels (pre-arranged) of 3-4 papers, or Colloquia. Submissions by practitioners and doctoral students engaged in research are also welcome. Panels and Colloquia should (as a rule) involve people from multiple institutions.
The on-line proposal submission system will open February 23rd, 2014, and close at midnight, April 2, 2014. To submit a proposal, you will be able to go to www.arnova.org, and click on the tab that says "Submit a Proposal." More information about types of sessions and presentations, and about submitting proposals can also be found there – under "Guidelines and Instructions for Proposals". Questions can then be directed to the ARNOVA office at (317) 684-2120, or to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Engineering manager
Engineering Manager
Salary 45k
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York, Scunthorpe, Hull, North Lincolnshire, Selby, Grimsby
Your Profile
As the Engineering Manager you will have a proven track record in leadership and management within general manufacturing, automotive, food or FMCG. The Engineering Manager will have successfully driven change through people and delivered performance improvements by increasing efficiency of the department and manufacturing processes a good knowledge of continuous improvement will be essential as this is the direction the company will be developing their business processes.
The Role
The responsibilities of the Engineering Manager will include the management of a team of 12 engineers, ensuring the development of the engineers managing the skill matrix and supporting the department to deliver a more effective engineering function. You will also have a proven track record in supporting the development of a PPM system which will complement the changes that will be made within the department. The Key to this role will be to improve and develop a culture within the department which would naturally create accountability. The role of the Engineering Manager is pivotal in improving the performance of the company as a whole and so forging strong relationships with peers and subordinates will be fundamental to the success of the Engineering function.
The Company
As the Engineering Manager you will be part of and a blue chip organisation who are in the process of changing the culture and process within the organisation. The company's are committed to developing a strong management team with succession planning in place which will support the growth of the business.
Job Type : Permanent
Location : York, Scunthorpe, Hull, North Lincolnshire, Selby, Grimsby
Salary : 45k
Date Advertised : 06 Dec 2012
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|Jim Christian hires recruiting wiz Scott Spinelli to help rebuild Boston College hoops
|04.14.14 at 5:42 pm ET
CHESTNUT HILL ' The first major move of the Jim Christian era is complete.
The new head coach of the men's basketball program at Boston College announced Monday that he has hired recruiting specialist Scott Spinelli away from the University of Maryland. The news first broke minutes after Christian's introductory news conference last Tuesday at Boston College. Christian said one of the keys of getting Boston College back on the map in the Atlantic Coast Conference would be "recruiting the right kids" and "recruiting the players who really want to be at Boston College." Spinelli will lead that effort.
ESPN's Jeff Goodman was the first to report the hiring of the man who spent the last three seasons on Mark Turgeon's staff at Maryland. He has coached with Turgeon for the last eight years at Wichita State, Texas A&M and in College Park.
'We are excited to have Scott join our basketball staff here at Boston College,' Christian said in a school news release. 'He is an outstanding young coach, a proven recruiter and he has developed strong relationships in the New England area. Scott has had success everywhere he's coached and he has a few important qualities I was looking for: the ability to recruit and coach at a high level, and to develop the student-athletes in our program.'
It's a coming home of sorts for Spinelli, who is a native of Leominster, Mass. and a graduate of Boston University. Spinelli was the key recruiter that helped lead Texas A&M and Maryland to four NCAA Tournaments and one NIT appearance. In his four seasons at Texas A&M, the Aggies had the best four-year win total in program history.
Spinelli has helped the Terrapins bring in consecutive top-25 recruiting classes. Five of his players are currently playing in the NBA in Gal Mekel (Dallas), Donald Sloan (Indiana), Khris Middleton (Milwaukee), DeAndre Jordan (LA Clippers) and Alex Len (Phoenix.)
Yes, sources told ESPN that BC's Jim Christian is on the verge of hiring Maryland's Scott Spinelli. Would be a major coup for Christian.
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanESPN) April 8, 2014
Spinelli first joined Turgeon's staff as an associate head coach at Wichita State in 2006-07. He has served as an associate head coach since the 2005-06 season at Nebraska. He was an assistant coach for two years with the Cornhuskers prior to his promotion. Spinelli was also the associate head coach at Maryland (2011-14) and Texas A&M (2007-11).
Spinelli has also spent time with Loyola-Chicago (2001-03), Philadelphia 76ers (2000-01), Cincinnati Stuff of the IBL (1999-2000), American (1997-99) and Wyoming (1996-97). His first coaching jobs were as head coach at Milford (NY) Academy (1990-93) and the Winchendon School (1993-96).
|BC loses another close ACC game at Maryland
|01.23.13 at 6:09 am ET
Alex Len had 16 points and 13 rebounds in leading Maryland to a 64-59 victory over Boston College on Tuesday night in College Park, Md.
Ryan Anderson scored a game-high 19 points to go along with seven rebounds and three steals for BC (9-9, 1-4 ACC). Olivier Hanlan added 18 points, seven rebounds and five assists.
The game was tight until Maryland (15-4, 3-3) used a 12-1 run midway through the second half to take an eight-point lead. BC responded with five straight points on an Anderson layup and Patrick Heckmann 3-pointer. However, that was as close as the Eagles would get. A Heckmann trey with 4.7 seconds remaining made it a 3-point game, but Nick Faust (11 points, seven rebounds) hit two free throws with 4.0 seconds left to clinch it for the Terrapins.
The Eagles, whose four ACC losses are by a combined 14 points, next play at Virginia on Saturday.
|Coming up just short… again: Maryland 24, BC 21
|10.23.10 at 5:31 pm ET
CHESTNUT HILL — For the second straight week, it was a matter of inches. And for the second straight week, Boston College came up just short.
On Saturday, as BC was trying to avoid its first five-game losing streak since 1998, a fourth-down rushing attempt by Montel Harris fell just short of the first down, sealing a 24-21 Maryland victory. Harris who put up a great game with 27 rushes for 116 yards and two touchdowns, also committed a game-changing fumble at his own 38 in the first half. It resulted in a go-ahead touchdown.
True-freshman quarterback Chase Rettig threw a pair of interceptions. The first set up Maryland's third touchdown and the second killed a momentum-generating drive late in the first half. Despite a fourth quarter rally from the Eagles (2-5, 0-4 ACC), the BC offense fell just short of the comeback, failing to move the ball with two chances after cutting the deficit to three.
Three BC starters were injured in the game, included safety Wes Davis who was rolled off the field on a stretcher with a neck injury. He was taken to St. Elizabeth's Hospital for precautionary tests after reporting movement in all extremities.
Maryland (5-2, 2-1 ACC) won in New England for the first time since beating BC at Foxboro Stadium, 31-13, on Sept. 14, 1985. A crowd of 36,078 turned out at Alumni Stadium, as the Eagles dropped their third straight game at Chestnut Hill.
|Halftime Report: BC trails 21-7
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CHESTNUT HILL' Turnovers are killing Boston College.
And so is inconsistent quarterback play. Montel Harris, who put up a great first half with 84 yards on 16 carries, also committed a game-changing fumble at his own 38. It resulted in the go-ahead touchdown. Chase Rettig threw a pair of interceptions. The first set up Maryland's third touchdown and the second killed a momentum-generating drive late in the half.
BC (2-4, 0-3 ACC) won the coin toss against Maryland (4-2, 1-1 ACC) and elected to kick off to a Maryland offense that managed to score seven points against Clemson last Saturday.
The Maryland offense responded to the challenge thanks to some BC miscues and a huge first half by quarterback Danny O'Brien, taking a 21-7 lead into halftime at Alumni Stadium. BC lineman Alex Albright suffered a right ankle injury and his return to the game is questionable. Albright has 4.5 sacks on the year for the Eagles, leading the team.
Maryland struck first in Alumni with a 48-yard drive that finished with a 2-yard touchdown pass from O'Brien to wide Torrey Smith. The Terrapins converted two fourth downs on the drive against a BC defense that has refused to give up long plays.
Boston College responded with their longest touchdown drive of the season, capped off by Rettig's 3-yard pass to Bobby Swigert. The drive covered 75-yards over 8 minutes, nine seconds and tied the game at 7-7. The drive meant much more for BC than just seven points; it was the type of drive that BC had failed to finish off all season.
The Eagles entered Saturday's matchup against ACC Atlantic opponent Maryland with a chip on their shoulder after last week's close 24-19 loss to Florida State'the fourth straight loss for the Eagles. The Eagles played some of their best football this year against Florida State, giving the ranked Seminoles a fight for an entire four quarters.
The reemergence of Harris began with a 72-yard run on the first play from scrimmage for the Eagles against the Seminoles. Also, sophomore defensive back Jim Noel made his second start for BC after recording two interceptions'one which he returned 43-yards for a touchdown against Florida State.
One highlight for the BC faithful was Harris' 84-yard first half which pushed the junior over 3,000 rushing yards for his career. Harris is fourth on the all-time rushing list and now trails all-time leading rusher Derrick Knight who had 3,725 yards in his heralded career.
However, BC would soon be hindered by miscues that have cost them countless games so far in the season. Montel Harris fumbled at the BC 38-yard line to set up an O'Brien touchdown to wide out Ronnie Tyler for a 9-yard completion, putting the Terrapins up 14-7. Only a few minutes later, Rettig threw an interception to Antwine Perez at the BC 33-yard line, leading to another O'Brien touchdown to Kerry Boykins for a 6-yard completion.
Down 21-7, the Eagles attempted to mount one final drive before the end of the half, but Rettig's pass to Swigert was intercepted by Perez'his second pick of the game'with 21 seconds left in the half.
O'Brien finished the first half 14-for-23 attempts with 98 yards and three touchdowns. Rettig have an uninspiring half going 5-for-11 with 24 yards, one touchdown, and two interceptions. BC will need to enter the second half with a team dedicated to preventing turnovers, creating scoring opportunities, and limiting the effectiveness of Maryland's passing game.
|The Three-Pointer: BC turtles vs. Terps
|01.16.10 at 8:38 pm ET
For the second straight weekend, a team from Maryland came up the coast and walloped a New England team. In a game eerily similar to the Patriots' playoff debacle vs. the Baltimore Ravens, the Maryland Terrapins hit the BC Eagles in the mouth early and ran away with a 73-57 win.
The Eagles came out flat, and midway through the game their body language made it appear that they would rather be anywhere else but on the court on this Saturday afternoon. Eagles coach Al Skinner spent a little extra time talking to his guys after the game, and said his squad needs to start playing harder to get back to the winning ways.
'It goes back to lack of effort,' said Skinner, who's Eagles fell to 10-8 on the season. 'It's disturbing. The focus, whatever you want to call it, it has to improve.'
The Eagles clearly are struggling, losing three straight games by double-digit points, and Skinner couldn't remember a time when a team he coached just didn't show up to play.
'I've had some teams that have lacked talent but didn't lack a certain toughness, and this team, they are playing that way,' he said.
Here are three things we learned from a forgettable day in Chestnut Hill.
The Eagles sit at 1-3 in the ACC and find themselves looking up at the field. Luckily for BC, nobody in the league is making a move to separate from the pack.
Heading into Saturday night's action, Virginia (2-0) was the only team undefeated in the league, and the Eagles still have 12 regular-season games left against ACC competition, starting with two tough road tests this week against Miami and Virginia Tech.
Skinner said there is plenty of time for a turnaround.
'The water is muddy in the league right now, meaning there is no clear-cut favorite,' he said. 'Everybody's got a tarnish. I think that's why I'm feeling as strongly as I do. There's still some light at the end of the tunnel. There's still some hope, so we've just got to come out and have an improved focus.'
Sophomore guard Reggie Jackson came off the bench for the second straight game and provided one of the only sparks in the lackluster defeat. Jackson scored 11 points and dished out five assists, and he got to the line four times because he was trying to push the ball to the basket.
In Wedneday night's loss to Duke, Jackson came off the bench and tied a career-high with 20 points on 8-of-12 shooting, and one might wonder if more minutes will be coming his way.
Greivis Vasquez didn't score 20 points or more for the eighth straight game, but he did enough to punish the Eagles on his 23rd birthday. Vasquez scored a game-high 17 points, dished out nine assists and seemed to be all over the court.
'He just reads the game as he goes along,' Terrapins coach Gary Williams said. 'All the great point guards do that, but Greivis has that extra edge I think at that 6-5, 6-6 size that he gets a few more angles to make plays in there."
Vasquez seemed to be enjoying himself out there, as he gestured to Maryland fans in the crowd a number of times late in the second half.
'That's my personality,' he said. 'That's who I am. Just trying to make this game fun.'
|Skinner 'very disturbed' by his team's effort
|at 7:30 pm ET
CHESTNUT HILL — When your team lays a gigantic egg on its home floor, that's humiliating. When your team does it without showing much fight, that's something altogether more serious.
That was the message Al Skinner had for his team following a disheartening 73-57 stinker at the hands of the Maryland Terrapins Saturday at Conte Forum.
"Yeah, in very gentle terms," Skinner said, tongue-in-cheek, when asked if he made his feelings known to his team.
What led to the general malaise? Was it the 18 turnovers? Was it a hangover from the nightmare second half against Duke just three days earlier? Was it just senior Greivis Vasquez's lucky day on his 23rd birthday and an inspired Maryland team?
"I'm not exactly sure what it is," said Skinner, who didn't address the media for nearly a full hour afterward. "That's what took me so long to get down here."
"Usually, I can walk down here and feel satisfied and comfortable with out effort, and I'm not. For me it's a terrible place to be because very rarely have I felt lack of effort. Everyone thinks I'm laid back but this is the one part of the game that's very disturbing to me." Read the rest of this entry »


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Effectiveness of the Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation in Dysmenorrhea
|Tracking Information
|First Received Date ICMJE
|October 11, 2011
|Last Updated Date
|October 18, 2011
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|Effectiveness of the Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation in Dysmenorrhea
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|Investigation of the Effectiveness of Different Modulations of Pulse Frequency Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation in Dysmenorrhea
|Brief Summary
Hypothesis: What is the best modulation of pulse frequency in transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in dysmenorrhea? Purpose: To determine the effect of hypoalgesia frequency modulation pulse by transcutaneous electrical nerve (TENS) in dysmenorrhea. Methods: A controlled clinical study and prospective developed at the School of Physiotherapy Clinic / UFPI. Forty students were randomized into four distinct groups of the modulation frequency TENS: group 1 - 100 Hz, 100μs, group 2 - 4 Hz, 100μs, group 3 - placebo (apparatus off), group 4 - placebo induced (2 Hz, 40μs). All were initially evaluated by a questionnaire developed for the study, the visual analogue scale (VAS) (before, after 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 minutes) and the McGill Pain Questionnaire (before and after 20 minutes). The total duration of TENS application was 20 minutes and all protocols were performed in a single session. The analysis of variance (One-way ANOVA) followed by the Tukey procedure was applied to identify differences between experimental groups for each variable analyzed. The level of significance was p< 0,05.
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|Device: transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
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|May 2011
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Winter makes you want to head to a beach, but you don't want the beach on your garage floor. Now that it has warmed up, it's a good time to get the floor cleaned, but before grabbing a broom, here's a few tips to help you out.
First of all, get everything out of the garage that you can. Trying to clean around all of that stuff will make the job much harder to do.
If you have some really big piles of dirt on the floor, take a shovel and get that picked up before you even think about sweeping. Those piles are hard to remove with just a broom.
If you have oil or antifreeze that has leaked onto the floor, there are some products that can be used to absorb a spill. There is a product called floor dry (which is essentially kitty litter) and it is sprinkled onto the fluid and then allowed to sit and absorb the spill.
Sometimes using your feet to grind the floor dry into the spill helps it work even better. After about 20 minutes or so, you can sweep it up and the majority of the spill should be gone.
There are degreasing products that you can spray onto the remaining oily stain and then work them in with a brush. With enough time and effort, you can usually get most of that remaining stain off of the concrete.
Now it's time to sweep up the rest of the grime, but before you just start sweeping away, wet the floor down a little bit. Wetting the floor down before you sweep will help keep the rest of the garage clean because you won't be kicking up so much dust while you are sweeping.
Using cleaning products diluted with some water is a good way to loosen up and sweep away a lot of the caked-on mess. It's going to take several passes to get all of the dirt up off the floor, so make sure that you sweep and rinse it several times to get the floor really clean.
A good way to dry the floor quickly when you are done is to use a squeegee. It removes a lot of water very quickly and they aren't that expensive to buy.
Now you are cleaned up and ready to go because spring is almost here (we hope).


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1 Cor. 3:1-2
And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to babes in Christ. I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able, for you are still fleshly.
Over the years we have been around carnal, immature Christians. When a person has only been born again for a few years, it is easy to accept and understand them being babes in Christ. What can be hard to deal with is people who have been Christians for several years (some for over 10 years) and they still are carnal, immature, and act like babes in Christ. This series of nuggets is going to address the issue of Immature Christians.
When Apostle Paul wrote 1 Corinthians he was writing to the church in Corinth. It was a church where individuals were walking in the spiritual gifts. They were operating in the gifts of healing, miracles, faith and much more. However, at the same time they were getting drunk at the Lord's Supper, not walking in love, there was sexual immorality, and much more. That is why Paul called them babes. He said they were fleshly.
Many individuals who call themselves Christians are walking in immaturity and carnality. We are not just talking about people who are backslidden. We are talking about individuals who attend church every week and may even be involved in church leadership. It is time for individuals who have been Christians for years to mature-to grow up and stop being babes.
In this series we will be speaking on "Getting off the Bottle, "Getting out of the Diapers", "Get the Training Wheels Off the Bike", "Becoming an Adult and Having Grandchildren". These will be hard heating nuggets at times. It is time for some to start eating 'solid food'.
Like all our other hard hitting nuggets, we want to remind you that our God is merciful and gracious and "there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus". However, God does call us to repentance when we are convicted by the Holy Spirit.
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Nashville International Airport (BNA) has announced that Delta Air Lines will start a daily, nonstop flight from Nashville International Airport (BNA) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), beginning April 8. A mainline 737-800 aircraft will serve this flight, offering 16 first-class and 18 economy comfort seats to Los Angeles passengers.
This new flight makes Nashville's fifth daily nonstop flight to Los Angeles.
"As travelers can see from our significant flight additions in the latter half of 2012, the MNAA is committed to increasing the quantity and quality of BNA's air service," Rob Wigington, president and CEO of the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority, said. "Los Angeles is an important destination for many of our travelers – both business and leisure. We're grateful to Delta Air Lines for being able to increase flight options to this important market for our travelers."
"We're very excited about the new route. Delta's recent addition between Nashville and Los Angeles adds another avenue from the expanding LA operation and demonstrates our focus and commitment to the Nashville market. This has been a tremendous win for Delta, connecting two Entertainment capital's of the world together within our Network. The Nashville flights will use a Boeing 737-800 aircraft, and are fully equipped with WiFi. Currently Delta operates the world's largest WiFi-equipped fleet and the most First Class seats in the industry," Kanye Harris, Sr. National Account Executive to Delta Air Lines, said.
Delta's daily flight leaves LAX at 10:15 a.m. and arrives at BNA at 4:10 p.m. The aircraft then departs from BNA at 5 p.m. and arrives at LAX at 7:35 p.m.
American Airlines and Southwest also offer nonstop service to LAX.
Nashville International Airport is currently served by 10 airlines and offers 380 daily arriving and departing flights. Nashville International provides nonstop air service to 52 markets. Visit www.flynashville.com for more information.


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Router Table II Pages: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8
Having learned a lesson on my other table, I wanted there to be plenty of bit storage in this table. That would be the emphasis, actually - bits only, with no drawers for other junk. The design of the legs left space on each end and I gave some thought as to how I would use this most efficiently. In the end, I came up with a simple racking system.
I cut strips of wood all the same size and length to fit between the legs:
A 20 degree bevel was cut in a piece of wood to tilt the strips for drilling:
Here, I'm doing 1/2" holes, for 1/2" bits:
The reason for the angle is to keep the bits from falling out if the table vibrates.
The spacing is tighter for 1/4" bits, since the bits are generally smaller in size. There should be ample "finger room" between the bits giving a neat, uncluttered storage system.
The spacing of each strip varies, depending on the bit size, with bigger bits at the bottom. The strips are glued and pinned in place:
The 1/2" side complete. Storage for 67 bits! Should be adequate.
The 1/4" side:
My original plan was to leave these storage compartments open, figuring doors would be more of a nuisance than anything else. Then I got to thinking about dust and how it would collect inside and how it would be nice to have doors to clean up the appearance and potentially use for more storage - wrenches and other smaller things could be hung on the inside. To avoid painting, I would use 1/2" melamine and band it. Here I've cut the door panels to size, leaving them a little wide:
The edge that the hinges go on is beveled slightly, so as not to bind when closed. I band this this edge and trim off the excess.
The hinges are no-mortise type, left over from a wooden shutter project:
I figure three are overkill but better to be stronger to give the assembly more durability.
The door is hung to test the fit:
Good on the top and bottom, I mark the width. It is then removed and cut. The top, bottom and edge are banded and the door is reinstalled.
A magnetic catch holds it shut:
A great fit.
For pulls, I made these. Talked about in some detail in this blog entry. Not my usual style, but they look ok and the price was right:
Starting to take shape. Hand wheels and locking lever are painted, the cabinet is complete. The top is bolted on and I've started work on the fence - the part attached to the top on the right is the guide rail for the fence.
Here's a short video of the table in action:
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November 25, 2014
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Texas Secretary of State is advising county election officials to extend polling hours and combine voting locations in case of bad weather.
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Advisory for much of the state Tuesday morning. Some schools are planning to open late.
The secretary of state is the top election official and sent a memo to county election official on how to deal with potential difficulties. Each county will make its own decisions.
County officials can decide to open the polls late, but they should extend voting past 7 p.m. if they do. County election officers should also make sure the public knows if any polling stations are closed due to weather conditions.
Local media are expected carry reports on polling stations hours and closures.
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T.I. Calls New Records "Intellectually Ignorant," Explains Post-Prison Writing Process
Tip says that his new album "Trouble Man" will focus on how he's getting his life together.
T.I. has been hard at work on his new album Trouble Man, impacting in February 2012, and says that a lot of his recent music addresses his post-prison mindset. Speaking with MTV News, Tip explained how many of the songs are "intellectually ignorant" and how his topics shifted following his release from jail.
"My life inspires my lyrics at all times, so at that moment in time when I first came home, I have about 15 songs just totally focusing on that," he said. "Out of those 15, I probably picked the two, three most significant, most competitive, impactful ones, and after I'd gotten out, I'd been out for a minute then, I got records that's totally focusing on speaking to people who can only focus on that and telling them I'm ready to move on. So I got X amount of songs about that."
Tip explained the meaning behind the title of Trouble Man, stating that it's a nod to his past and how he's moving on from it. "The name of the album is Trouble Man and every song on there is about things that can get me in trouble, reminiscing on the days where I used to run wild and do my thing the way I used to do it. I got records that's just totally intellectually ignorant."
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A 26-year-old man was swimming in the waters of Hallandale Beach in the 1900 block of Ocean Drive on Sunday afternoon when a shark decided he'd like to have a taste of the man's foot. The man, whose name is not being released, was wading around in waist-deep water, according to Hallandale Beach cit ... More >>
A big-ass brawl with a machete and pool cues apparently broke out at a Davie bar on Sunday. There were also bar stools involved in the melee. According to police, the fight broke out at the Big Dawgs Sports Cafe, located at 13010 W. St. Road 84, after a patron harassed some women and then decided ... More >>
On the night of October 5, Jandei Cherry, a 22-year-old father and worker at Quarterdeck in Dania Beach, went skinny-dipping late after work. At the time, he apparently got into a verbal altercation with a coworker. In retaliation, the coworker took Cherry's clothes, cell phone, wallet, and skate ... More >>
The efforts of a man trying to help a stranded turtle on I-75 in Broward on Tuesday afternoon went horribly wrong. The man, who really just wanted to save the poor little shelled fella's life, was rewarded for his humanitarian efforts by being bitten by an Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake. Awww, l ... More >>
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A Miramar teen was shot in the head on Thursday night, by what police suspect was a stray bullet fired outside the teen's home during celebrations for the Miami Heat's NBA championship victory. Brandon Reid, 15, was shot just below the ear from a bullet that came through the sliding glass door jus ... More >>
The Florida Highway Patrol says it will arrest and charge the suspect in the horrific April 3 wrong-way head-on collision on I-95 that killed Dennis Ortiz, 31, of California, and Albertson Anthony Almase, 31, Kristina Almase, 26, and Lily Azarcon, 26, of the Philippines. See also: -Four Dead in Hor ... More >>
A motorcycle racing on the northbound exit ramp of the I-595 interchange cleared the median on the highway, hurled over the embankment, and landed on top of a car traveling on I-95 below, erupting into a ball of fire. Amazingly, all involved in the crash survived.
collider.comDanny Trejo, the other Hollywood's Machete, is probably not the culprit.The cops say a Friday machete attack -- possibly started over fruit theft -- put both the attacker and his victim in the hospital.According to the Sun-Sentinel, the man on the receiving end of the machete whacks " ... More >>
Youth Services InternationalA photo from a morale-boosting event at Thompson.The Pembroke Pine police have investigated this beating, which we first reported on January 7. Read more after the jump.Regla Cazañas holds up a picture of her 17-year-old son's swollen face. His pale skin is marred by ... More >>
Photo: Broward Sheriff's OfficeJenkinsFrom his boyish looks and broad smile, you'd think that's a senior yearbook photo, but Broward Sheriff's Office investigators say that the man pictured, John Jenkins, is a shooter. He's the suspect in a chilling murder attempt that occurred last week in Dania ... More >>
Photo: Fort Lauderdale PDDominique DuvalDominique Duval, the 23-year-old woman from Lauderhill who was allegedly abducted in Fort Lauderdale yesterday evening, was found shot late last night. She later died of a gunshot wound to the neck. From the release by Hollywood PD: On Wednesday, August 26, ... More >>
Just spoke with Tania Rues, spokeswoman for the Miramar Police Department. She says that in about an hour, she'll give a statement about the slayings on Encino Street. Rues expects to then release the number of dead and shed at least a little more light on what remains a very mysterious case.Miramar ... More >>
Faith Bisasor, 49, and her 15-year-old son Davion Bishop are two of the three people who were found dead yesterday at 9581 Encino Street in Miramar, both apparently victims of gunshot wounds.The Miramar Police Department released their names a few minutes ago. The name of the third victim has still ... More >>
Several people have been found dead at a home on Encino Street in Miramar, along with at least one survivor who is at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood. Still no word on a suspect, a motive, nor the cause of death or even an exact number of those killed. We're trying to reach the Miramar Polic ... More >>
Photo: Hollywood PDDriving a cab is hard enough work without your fare knifing you after he arrives at his destination. So let's all help Hollywood Police get the guy in the picture. Squint if you have to.Judging by the news release, it doesn't seem that the stabber made off with any money, aside ... More >>
In a deal that will have to come with a career change, Carole Exantus of Plantation accepted a permanent injunction against filing tax returns on clients' behalf in order to settle a case with U.S. Justice Department attorneys who had sued her for fraud. From the release:The court found that [Exantu ... More >>
browardhealth.orgMarc GoldstoneMaybe Troy Kishbaugh had good reasons for being angry about that job he didn't get. The former acting general counsel for the North Broward Hospital District was passed over for a job that instead went to Marc Goldstone. That was in December and only now do we learn th ... More >>
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A favored Hollywood lobbyist's affair with a newspaper editor ends in a sordid mess.
In Hollywood, being a good cop doesn't seem to matter.
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Carlos Arredondo did the unthinkable with gasoline, a Marine van, and a propane torch. Two years later, he still burns.
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In the past 15 years, at least 14 newspaper hawkers have been killed on the job and 29 more have been injured
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Margaret Sheehan nearly died after filling her home with odds and ends. Then came the invasion.
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LARRY COLLINS, age 63, of Golden Meadow, Louisiana; KEVIN LAROUSSE, age 41, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi; and WOODY COLLINS, age 39, of Lockport, Louisiana, were sentenced yesterday before U. S. District Judge Jay Zainey for mail fraud and misprision of a felony , announced United States Attorney Jim Letten. LARRY COLLINS and KEVIN LAROUSSE pled guilty to mail fraud and were each sentenced to 18 months imprisonment and 3 years supervised release. In addition to being ordered to pay $310,805.65 in restitution, the Court fined LARRY COLLINS $5,000 and KEVIN LAROUSSE $2,500. WOODY COLLINS was sentenced to 2 years probation for misprision of a felony. Co-defendant RICHARD AUTIN is scheduled to be sentenced on August 28, 2012.
According to court documents, the defendants defrauded Newpark Resources, Inc., a company that provides drilling fluids, site access, and environmental products and services to the oil and gas exploration and production industry. Defendant RICHARD AUTIN was the facilities manager at Newpark's Port Fourchon facility. Defendants LARRY COLLINS, WOODY COLLINS and KEVIN LAROUSSE were the owners and operators of Mid-South, a company based in Golden Meadow that provided contract laborers to Newpark's Port Fourchon facility.
Between 2003 and 2009, LARRY COLLINS and KEVIN LAROUSSE entered into an unlawful agreement with RICHARD AUTIN whereby Mid-South would employ RICHARD AUTIN's wife and son. In return, RICHARD AUTIN would allow LARRY COLLINS and KEVIN LAROUSSE to bill Newpark for fraudulent time based on fictitious employees to cover the cost of his family's salaries.
KEVIN LAROUSSE received weekly time sheets from RICHARD AUTIN for Mid-South employees who had done legitimate work at Newpark. LARRY COLLINS and KEVIN LAROUSSE would then add four or five fictitious names to the time sheets with the knowledge and approval of RICHARD AUTIN. LARRY COLLINS and KEVIN LAROUSSE would then provide invoices, reflecting the altered time sheets, to RICHARD AUTIN. RICHARD AUTIN would then send the invoices, based on the altered time sheets, to Newpark for payment. In all, Newpark paid approximately $310,805.65 to Mid-South in fraudulent billing to cover the cost of the salaries of RICHARD AUTIN's family members.
Furthermore, defendant WOODY COLLINS, aware of the unlawful agreement between his co-defendants, failed to notify any authority and affirmatively concealed the conspiracy by continuing to process and file false and fraudulent invoices in the records of Mid-South during his employment.
The case was investigated by the United States Postal Inspection Service. The prosecution is being handled by Assistant U. S. Attorney G. Dall Kammer.
If you believe you have been a victim of fraud from a person or an organization soliciting relief funds on behalf of storm victims or have knowledge of waste, abuse, or allegations of mismanagement involving disaster relief operations, contact the National Center for Disaster Fraud toll free at: (866) 720-5721. You can also fax information to: (225) 334-4707 or e-mail it to: firstname.lastname@example.com


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