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Liaison Positions: Murphy Junior High School
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Irene Gische has been a resident of the Three Village Central School District since 1974. Mrs. Gische holds a degree in early childhood education from Brooklyn College and a master's in liberal studies from Stony Brook. She served on the Board of Education for 12 years, from 1983-1995, two of which as board president. Mrs. Gische's two children attended Three Village schools from kindergarten through high school.
Mrs. Gische has worked for SUNY Stony Brook for 25 years as the head teacher at the University Preschool. She has an extensive record of volunteering in the school district, participating in various PTA, PTO, PTGT and Board-appointed committees. She has also served as the costumer for various theater productions in the schools.
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Deanna Bavlnka, a Three Village resident since 1973 and a proud graduate of Ward Melville High School, is married with two children who currently attend the Three Village Central School District. She presently serves as the director of human resources for P.W. Grosser Consulting, Inc. (PWGC), an environmental engineering firm with more than 20 years of human resources experience. Ms. Bavlnka holds a Professional in Human Resources (PHR) certification, a bachelor's degree in HR Development and Management, and has been a member of the Society for Human Resource Management since 1989. She has led PWGC to numerous highly recognized achievements. Ms. Bavlnka is a firsthand witness to the value of a quality education, as she leads PWGC's recruiting efforts to seek out the best and brightest minds that the engineering and scientific communities have to offer.
In addition, Ms. Bavlnka manages the firm's scholarship, mentoring and internship programs. These programs provide her with opportunities to work with many school districts and see firsthand the specific aspects of each that directly translate to real value for the working world. She also participates on local school districts' career advisory boards, volunteers at the Stony Brook University Career Center and participates in community fundraising events for various charities.
Liaison Positions: Minnesauke Elementary School
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Dr. Jeffrey L. Kerman and his wife Marilyn have been residents of Setauket for 34 years. He has been practicing dentistry for 41 years and currently practices in Miller Place and New York City. Dr. Kerman previously served on the Three Village Board of Education for six years and looks forward to serving the community once again. He was appointed to the district's Citizen's Budget Committee and has served as its chairperson.
Dr. Kerman has a Bachelor of Arts from Tulane University and a Doctor of Dental Medicine from the University of Pittsburgh. He served two years as a captain in the United States Army. Dr. Kerman currently serves as treasurer of the non-profit NYACAO Corporation, an organization which helps dental students while they are in school. He has held this office for 20 years.
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Both before and after his education at SUNY Albany, Jonathan Kornreich spent several years living and traveling around the world. This exposure has had a tremendous influence on Mr. Kornreich's professional and philosophical development. A serial entrepreneur, he has owned several businesses ranging from an import company, a computer hardware firm and a swimming pool service company.
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UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (WUSA9) - Federal workers here in our area are bracing for a major cut in their paychecks.
Furlough notices are expected to go out on Friday, and weekly forced days off without pay could begin as early as April.
WUSA9 found one local family which has a few extra worries concerning furloughs and pay cuts.
Alphonso and Lena Pendergrass of Upper Marlboro are expecting their first child on March 17th. They've already picked a name for the baby boy, Chase Cooper Pendergrass. And, they are building a new house in Waldorf, Maryland.
Their current house is worth less than they owe, so they plan to rent it. But despite their careful planning, they see a curve ball coming. Al is expecting to be furloughed at least one day a week.
"Two days out of each pay period for me equates to about $640. Then, of course, you can times that by 26 pay periods and then, if it goes for a year, we're talking $17,000 at least.
Al Pendergrass is an aviation maintenance officer for the Department of Defense and he works at Fort McNair. He retired from the Army after a 32-year career. He's the sole breadwinner for the family, and Lena is planning to stay home with the baby, though she says she may have to go back to work sooner than she wanted to.
"The only positive thing I can see from this is that Al will get to spend more time with the baby," said Lena.
Al says if he had known sooner that his pay would be cut, he would have held off on buying the new house. But now that they've put down a large non-refundable deposit, they're committed to the new home.
"It's very scary for us. We have plans to do a vacation next year. We're just going to have to tighten up quite a bit, maybe not take that vacation. Maybe not go out and have a little fun like we used to. It's a huge chunk of change out of our pockets," Al said.
He says he'd much rather have a job and be laid off a couple days than to not have one at all.
"There's not a thing I can do about it. I can't go over and fire all the politicians and put somebody in that's going to run the country right. So, we're stuck with what we got," he said.

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42 U.S. Code § 5556a - Solar photovoltaic energy systems studies and acquisitions by Secretary of Energy; scope, contents, and submission...dates for reports; acquisition authority and requirements; authorization of appropriations
(a) The Secretary of Energy shall—
(1) initiate and conduct an "application and system design study", cooperatively with appropriate Federal agencies, to determine the potential for the use of solar photovoltaic systems at specific Federal installations; and this study shall—
(A) include an analysis of those sites that are currently cost-effective for solar photovoltaic energy systems, using life-cycle costing techniques, as well as those which would be cost-effective at expected future market prices;
(B) identify potential sites and uses of solar photovoltaic energy systems at the following agencies as well as any others which the Secretary of Energy deems necessary:
(ii) the Department of Transportation (including the United States Coast Guard, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Federal Highway Administration);
(2) initiate and conduct a study of the options available to the Federal Government to provide for the adequate growth of the solar photovoltaic industry and to include such possible incentives as government funding, loan guarantees, tax incentives, the operation of pilot plants or production lines and other incentives deemed worthy of consideration by the Secretary of Energy. A preliminary report shall be submitted to Congress within six months following February 25, 1978;
(3) initiate and conduct a study involving the prospects for applications of solar photovoltaic energy systems for power generation in foreign countries, particularly lesser developed countries, and the potential for the exportation of these energy systems. This study shall involve the cooperation of the Department of State and the Department of Commerce, as well as other Federal agencies which the Secretary of Energy deems appropriate. A final report shall be submitted to the Congress, as well as a preliminary report within twelve months of February 25, 1978; and
(4) be authorized to acquire up to an additional 4.0 megawatts (peak) of solar photovoltaic energy systems. The sum of $13,000,000 is hereby authorized to be appropriated (in addition to any other amounts authorized by this Act to be appropriated) for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, and for delivery in the following twelve months. Such sums shall remain available until expended. The solar photovoltaic energy systems acquired shall be available for use for power generation by Federal agencies, provided that no procurement takes place until their application on Federal sites is determined to be life cycle cost effective.
(b) For technology development, particularly for engineering design and development of the manufacturing process of solar photovoltaic energy systems (primarily for the implementation of automated processes and other cost reducing production technologies), the sum of $6,000,000 is hereby authorized by this Act to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978.
Source(Pub. L. 95–238, title II, § 208,Feb. 25, 1978, 92 Stat. 75.)
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Section was enacted as part of the Department of Energy Act of 1978—Civilian Applications, and not as part of the Solar Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1974 which comprises this subchapter.
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The slowing economy will cut tax receipts this year by 276 million euros ($357 million) and about 250 million euros in 2013, Kazimir told a news conference today in the capital, Bratislava. The government will trim spending to remain "as close as possible" to the original 2012 deficit target of 4.6 percent of gross domestic product, he said.
The east euro-region country is striving to improve its public finances at a time when the slowdown in western Europe is hurting demand for Slovak exports. To distance itself from the euro-area's debt crisis, the administration has kept to a pledge to reduce the budget deficit below the European Union's limit of 3 percent of GDP in 2013, Kazimir said.
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The government will withdraw the budget from parliament and resubmit it next month, Kazimir said. The spending plan targeted a shortfall equal to 2.94 percent of GDP.
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Wages and salaries advanced 0.8 percent during the September-December period, following a 0.9-percent increase the previous quarter.
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|Arrowood Continues To Shine
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Ryan Arrowood hasn't missed a beat since joining the professional baseball ranks. Selected by the Colorado Rockies in the 28th round, Arrowood has been a huge pick up for the Rockies. In 14 appearances with the Tri-Cities
Dust Devils of the Short Season Class A Northwest League, Arrowood is 3-0 with a 1.14 earned-run-average; and he's won his last two appearances. Arrowood has given up a run on one hit with a walk and 12 strikeouts in his left seven innings.....And Jeremy Dowdy, who signed a free-agent rookie deal with the Chicago White Sox, is hitting .282, spliting time between Bristol (Va.) in the Rooke Class A Appalachian League and the Winston-Salem Dash of the Advanced Class A Carolina League.
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Lost amidst all the hoopla over the XCOM and Syndicate franchises being dusted off was news that a cult favorite first-person shooter called Tribes was being revived as a free-to-play experience. Back in 1998, those who picked it up were given a sneak peek at what would ultimately become the future of the genre. Now eight years after its last entry, can Tribes: Ascend maintain relevancy?
The original Starsiege: Tribes was one of the first shooters brave enough to completely ditch the single-player campaign. The same holds true here. While there's a somewhat helpful training regiment--and most are going to need it--there's nothing in the way of a story to play through.
Instead, you get four different takes on networked competition. Team deathmatch has a twist in that there's one flag and whoever possesses it gets a points boost. It tends to generate plenty of memorable chase sequences across the sprawling maps. There's a five-on-five arena option that takes the flag out of the equation and shrinks the map size, but the game's extreme speed simply isn't suited to CQC. There's also capture and hold, and while serviceable, comparing it to the equivalent in games like Battlefield 3 reveals its lack of accoutrements. The series always has been, and continues to be, about capture the flag. Few shooters do it better than Tribes: Ascend.
No matter what mode you play you're constantly earning XP. Tribes: Ascend is free to play, so unlocking new classes, weapons, items, and upgrades can be purchased with this in-game currency or with real cash. The game does a good job of giving you just enough for free to get you hooked. If you stick with it for more than a day or two, you'll quickly realize that there are bare minimums to be competitive. Unless you want to spend a month trying to unlock the more powerful weapons, you're going to buy them because the XP prices can be ridiculous. Even so, you can spend $20-$30 and have as big an arsenal and as many classes as you'll need. If you end up becoming obsessed, this is a small price to pay for dozens of hours of entertainment, and if you spend real money it increases your ability to build XP through play.
A few corners have been cut, though. There's no voice chat in the game. Instead, you get the classic voice commands that work well enough to handle strategy, but keep things from getting personal. There's also no clan support, and dedicated servers are still in the formative stages. Matchmaking is also a little rough. Close games are currently few and far between. While the maps are absolutely huge, Tribes: Ascend could use a few more. Just recreating some classics would go a long way as right now there's just one.
Still, it's hard to complain with free, and with four modes and the ability to upgrade every class, weapon, ability, and doohickey there's plenty to convince you to keep coming back.
With modes that sound like every other shooter, those who haven't played the old games may be wondering what all the fuss is about. In Tribes, every single player has the ability to fly. And we're not talking about some silly perk or temporary equipment upgrade. It's turned on all the time, and the only limit is your character's boost rating. The entire game has this woven into its fabric.
While there are vehicles in the game of all shapes and sizes, you don't necessarily need them thanks to the ability to ski. Essentially, you hold down the space bar and you're able to slide along the ground and keep momentum. In conjunction with the ability to fly, you can skim your way from one side of the map to the other in short order. Much like motocross, the object is to land on a down slope, slide to the next crest, and then go airborne again. There's a timing and a rhythm to it that changes based upon your class and part of the skill is finding the continuous lines across the map. Combine this with having to manage your boost meter, and it definitely takes some practice and patience, but it also adds a whole new dimension to the first-person shooter.
While you can opt for guns that fire in rapid succession, enemies are so fast and well-armored that it's difficult to be effective with them. Instead, the tool of the trade is the spinfusor. This one-shot weapon packs quite a punch, but its reload takes some time. If you want to play the field, mastering these discs of doom is essential to success. The mental faculties required to place one at the feet of an opponent just as he touches down from a long, streaking flight are only eclipsed by the sense of accomplishment.
If you prefer to hang back and defend, the options are much more extensive. As a heavy armor you have the mortar cannon, capable of wiping out a foe with a single strike. These behemoths come loaded for bear, but they're slow moving and their flight is limited. Medium armor classes are blessed with the ability to deploy remote turrets to help defend the flag or generator. Strategically placing them out of harm's way is an art unto itself. Then there are hybrid classes that are for much more specific use like taking out the enemy's generator using a cloaking device. No matter what type of player you are, there's a role in Tribes: Ascend that will resonate with you.
No matter what class you choose, you'll fail miserably if you do not help in repairing things the enemy destroys. While you can forsake defense for a strong offense in a lot of shooters, you have no chance of winning with that tactic in Tribes. Once your generator is taken out, all your defenses break down. This results in a much higher level of clientele. Spammers, campers, and selfish players quickly wash out.
As you play each match you're rewarded with credits that you can spend on what are essentially perks. You can drop a remote inventory station onto your location, or mark an object or enemy on the map for an orbital strike. They're a nice reward in addition to the class-building XP, and none of them tend to unbalance each skirmish.
While playing a lot of shooters turns into a blur of headshots and exploding hand grenades, every time you play Tribes: Ascend you'll walk away with at least one special moment to remember. It's so fast, so unpredictable, and so demanding that each time out in the field yields something special. It's immensely rewarding and satisfying for those who are willing to learn its intricacies. Vehicles control a little rough and the learning curve is stiff, but it's worth sticking with it.
Like most free-to-play games, Tribes: Ascend has been built to scale to a wide range of rigs. Cranking up the detail and resolution yields some passable results, but the visuals are not about bleeding edge tech. Speed and scale are its tenets and with most machines you'll be able to find a setting that keeps the frame rates high without the game getting ugly. Many of the sound effects from prior games have returned along with the patented voice samples. The music sounds like it was made back in 1998, and its rough implementation is demonstrated by the jarring change of tempo when you grab the flag.
It's hard to believe that it's been 14 years since the original Tribes launched, yet despite few changes, Ascend still feels fresh. It's not for players who demand immediate gratification from their games, but those who appreciate the simple pleasure of overcoming challenges within a team environment will find a lot to like. It's deep, customizable, and provides a lot of latitude for different play styles. With no risk involved, it's worth taking the time to download it and find out if it's right for you. For some, it will be the best money they didn't spend this year.
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ALBANY — A longtime Albany County sheriff's inspector who has remained on the payroll despite selling his Albany home and moving to Florida is negotiating with county officials to resign at the end of the month.
The impending resignation of Inspector John F. Burke comes as county officials had been exploring whether he could be terminated from the $90,000-a-year job he's had for 20 years, overseeing a small narcotics unit.
Burke's resignation is being negotiated by his attorney, Stephen Coffey, and the county attorney's office. Sheriff Craig Apple said county officials had sought to terminate Burke from his job for either his out-of-state residency or because of an on-the-job back injury, suffered in March, that Burke said left him disabled and unable to perform his job.
Apple said state law requires sheriff's deputies to live in the county where they are employed or in a contiguous county.
"I just want to see him separate from service so we can move on and get him off the payroll," Apple said. "He's not performing a job function from us. I want him to separate service or be terminated from service."
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Sheriff's inspector to resign at month's end
ALBANY — A longtime Albany County sheriff's inspector who has remained on the payroll despite selling his Albany home and moving to Florida is negotiating with county officials to resign at the end of the month.
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I can't believe it was so hard to get him off of the payroll! Isn't what he did a crime?
Does he have a sepration package, accumulated sick time unused, full set of vacation weeks to be paid fo, what are the circumstances, based on hi history with Abany Couny does he get a new Highlnde as a going away gift.
I think Sheriff Apple is doing his best to offload this leech; while the exact details may be hard for some to swallow, better he is gone than continuing to bilk the residents of Albany County.
"…at month's end". Are you saying this is a done deal, or is it just wishful thinking?
Albany County's inability/unwillingness to terminate an employee who "serves at the pleasure of" tells me there's a back story here. Could it be that Burke has accumulated a bunch of "insurance" that no one wants to see revealed?
IMO, this one will cost the county a bundle and there will be a non-disclosure agreement that will keep the taxpayers in the dark.
Craig, this looks bad ,
it appears to many as a Vendetta,
you're former competitor for the sheriff's position, press leak after press leak.
Craig am sure that you can say something good about you're top investigator deputy sheriff Burke.
Brother Craig make love not war. :}
Yes brother Craig lets do the right thing.
Tell us taxpayers why it cost $78,000,000 to run your department?
Tell us how you plan to trim the fat?
Tell us why you are going after this Burke fellow?
Tell us why you allow some to live out of county, but others are sued?
Tell us why that ACO blogger gets the info from you so quick?
Lots of Questions us Taxpayers want answered Craig.
What also looks bad is a former local government elected official who can barely write a coherent blog comment. However, that's neither here nor there.
I think any way they can legally get rid of Burke with the least amount of damage is a good thing.
@Scavo, what does this say about Burke who is beign paid to do a job he is not doing? Didn't you have your own issues? http://blog.timesunion.com/localpolitics/8172/poll-should-albany-county-legislator-brian-scavo-resign/
at the end of the day Craig is doign what he can to reduce the payroll and getting rid of Burke who lives in Flordia as an Albany Co Sherriff doesn't soudn good at all.. Just saying..
Whats so Honorable about Brian Scavo??
Check the arrest and career records between John Burke and Craig Apple, you will see a stark contrast, Burke is a sharp, well experienced investigator with a long track record of building great cases. Apple has been getting paid for years with little accomplishment to no accomplishment. Burke may be at the end of a long career now, but has proven his abilities over the last 40 years. Apple is probably a very good politician, but isnt worth squat as a cop.
Burke is, and has been for his career, a bully and a publicity hound. Racking up minor drug arrest after minor drug arrest and packagig them as "major drug busts" is not how an honest, capable, sincere law enforcement officer spends a career.
Lots of sound, no impact on the issue. And capping a career by faking an injury just puts the cherry on top. Unless you are a big believer in coincidence.
due respect RSIA (@10) but his record is not at issue here; while it may be as stellar as you suggest, his behavior over the past few months (and even before that–I believe there were issues with vehicles and lack of arrests) appears to have been less than stellar and living in Fla while on the county payroll is just not acceptable.
While it doesn't really matter with regard to the issue of John Burke, it does appear that Craig Apple may have stepped on your toes on his way up….
He's living in Florida and still on the payroll ? In my eyes that makes him a common thief. If he wasn't a cop he'd be heading to jail and forced to pay back the money he stole from tax payers.
This country's a joke. Sadly the joke's on us.
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November 8, 2012 at 1:51 pm
@ robert;
Yes brother Craig let's do the right thing.
Tell us taxpayers why it cost $78,000,000 to run your department?
If your numbers are correct, why don't you see unlike many other counties that several other offices fall under the sheriff such as emergency management, paramedics and stop DWI ECT…? What is the income as a result?
Tell us how you plan to trim the fat?
What fat? Why don't you define that fat your see?
Tell us why you are going after this Burke fellow?
He's a scammer, working the system. Never deserved the job in the first place, cleaning up Campbell's political mess including his oldest criminal son.
Tell us why you allow some to live out of county, but others are sued?
List the names of the others, grow a set and do it. I am sure he will. Maybe he is only doing what he has to and what's brought to his attention. Stand up and get in the game. Off the sidelines if you have a gripe on this. BTW, I don't agree with the policy and maybe he doesn't either.
Tell us why that ACO blogger gets the info from you so quick?
Because she trolls the basement of the courthouse. Why is this issue anyways?
Lots of Questions us Taxpayers want answered Craig.
Generic whining, get specific and speak your mind with detail and maybe that will get answered.
If these people knowingly submitted false documentation and the chain of command knew this it should raise serious questions about the quality of their investigations. If these types of abuses are found in other departments and task forces then you have a serious ethical and legal problems. Since in fact there is unaccounted for money and property and there seems to be a pattern in how this is staged we can assume it is at least on some level a conspiracy to illegally obtain benefit or property and we can see how this can pass right through the gray area. Now throw in all of those statistical and demographic models and ask "How did we get here?"
Countrygirl, I am not an employee of the Sheriff's Department, so there has been no toe stepping. I just happen to know that Apple is not a good investigator. What was the car issue, Burke utilized seized money (drug dealers cash)to purchase department vehicles, cost to tax payer zero, thats all 0's, if he had gone through state bid the vehicles would have been around $22,000 each, oh my god what a scam. Facts, not politics please. John Burke was shot years ago in the line of duty, came back to work and continued to perform his job. Not the mark of a scammer. This whole T.U. fixation is an attempt to cover their own.
@ Recordsaysital; If you are not an employee of the Sheriff's Office how do you kow what Apple really has or has not done over the course of his career? How do you know what Burke has done? I do agree with you that the car purchase with seized funds is not in any way a scam and that Burke was an excellent cop. I think the issue with this inury has nothing to do with being shot in the past, that is horrible; however this last injury is a little questionable. Of course that opinion is only based upon what has been read in the paper. Much like your opinion on Apples career, because if you don't work for the department you must be basing your opinion on what you have read in the papers.
@janet – makes perfect sense. Please don't submit comments after you've been into the boy's weed…


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Take a minute and ask yourself which of the following two activities you did on your most recent trip: checked out a new art exhibit, or went shopping at the mall? I'm embarrassed to admit the latter. Not that I go out of my way to find the malls, mind you. It's an unfortunate truth that shopping malls, souvenir kiosks, and multiplex cinemas often make themselves more available to tourists than museums, art galleries, and other cultural institutions. Like any traveler, I want to feel enriched by my trip, no matter where the destination, but sometimes the familiar allure of chain department stores, air-conditioned food courts, and gliding escalators just proves too strong.
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Whether you call it leaf peeping, foliage following, or just "spending a day outside," enjoying fall's colors is one of the simplest joys of this wonderful time of year. Of course, there's much more to autumn than looking at leaves. It's harvest time, which means that it's also festival time. We've compiled some of our favorite places to enjoy both the natural beauty and classic celebrations that come with the crisper temperatures. Our top 10 fall foliage destinations will take you all across the United States (with a quick jaunt up to Canada, as well). Whether these
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The great American road trip; synonymous with unhealthy snacks, boring i-Spy games, and way too many family sing-alongs. We've got a solution to one of those problems: No matter what road you ride along in the USA, there's some quirky sight for you to see before arriving at your destination. We found the top 10 roadside attractions across the country. Kill the time with these must-see stops along the way.
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With its day-long beach parties, afternoon parades, nightly concerts, and dazzling fireworks, July 4th isn't your everyday holiday – it's the birthday of the good ol' U.S. of A., and everyone's invited to the countrywide party. Whether you're into paying tribute to American history or just enjoying traditional summer pastimes, our list of top places to celebrate July 4th has got you covered. While we were tempted to include London – just to remind them who won! – we opted to stay domestic with our picks for July 4th vacations. Accordingly, you'll find the obvious places for saluting the nation – like D.C., Boston, and Philadelphia – as well as the unexpected. Look for coastal cities, offshore islands, an inland mountain, and…one of the finest ships afloat. Start the celebration with our Places to Celebrate July 4th slideshow.
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What do you think of when wines from the United States come to mind? Our first guess is Napa Valley. But the North American wine industry is much more than just Northern California (some spots on our list even have more history). From New England, all the way south to Texas and west to Colorado, wine regions are popping up all over the place. If you're looking to escape the crowds and the often-jaded (or is it stuck-up?) vibe present in some popular wine destinations, venture outside the box (ever been to an urban winery?) and step into one of these regions where it's not uncommon for the winemaker to serve you him or herself.
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Green beer, nearly legal drinking in the streets, and raucous, overcrowded parades; they all come to mind when we think of St. Patty's Day. But the holiday isn't just an excuse for the Irish (and the "Irish For A Day" types) to get a bit boisterous.
Ahhh…the family beach vacation. It's as all-American as apple pie, a time-honored tradition where some of the best childhood memories are made. Everyone has their favorite sands, but when it comes to family-friendly options, not all are created equal. We've picked 10 great family beaches across the country that parents and kids alike are guaranteed to love – whether for their gentle surf, range of activities, sand-castle potential, or educational elements. So gather the gang and pack up the SPF and beach ball – it's time to take the clan to the sand! Get a preview of our favorite shores with our Family Beaches slideshow.
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3, 2, 1 . . . Happy New Year! Whether counting down to 2013 at tried-and-true celebrations like New York's annual Times Square extravaganza, or by eating a grape for every stroke of midnight in Barcelona, your adrenaline is sure to be racing as 2012 winds down at our favorite locales for New Year celebrations. We love the ultimate party city, Vegas, for its most over-the-top show of the year; partying heartily in Berlin's massive open-air fiesta; schussing the slopes of the majestic Rockies; and even standing under the breathtaking fireworks cascade over Sydney's harbor. Should you agree that one day of feting simply won't suffice, experience the celebration Scot-style, with merrymaking in Edinburgh that lasts four long days, or head to bustling Hong Kong to experience what's billed as the world's largest Chinese New Year celebration, spanning more than three weeks of festivities. Beach-lovers can also experience sandy revelry with a twist on December 31 in Rio or Miami.
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By Ambassador Terry Miller
The U.S. has a lot more in common these days with the struggling economies of Europe than we'd like to admit. High unemployment, stagnant growth and government debt that would take an entire year's GDP to repay are all symptoms we share - symptoms of massively overloaded governments trying to meet the expanding expectations of our populations. For the U.S., at least, it wasn't always so.
That a population's prosperity should depend on the actions of its government is a peculiarly old-fashioned and decidedly un-American idea. The historical precedent goes back to the days of monarchs and warlords, the governments of their day, who claimed ownership of all of their society's assets, controlled all of the wealth, and dispensed largesse as they saw fit.
The United States was founded on a different idea, that of sovereignty exercised by the people with our personal rights and freedoms carefully preserved by the Constitution. Of course, the exercise of individual sovereignty came with a concomitant responsibility: Self-reliance. The concepts of individual sovereignty and personal responsibility came eventually to Europe, but only in modest measure. The autocratic idea of the state as owner, director, and ultimate arbiter of economic decisions and the distribution of wealth still lingers there.
The collapsing governments of Europe, all socialist to one degree or another, are but the most benign examples of a failed ideology that has wreaked havoc around the world. The 20th Century should have taught us better. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the National Socialists of Germany, the Italian Socialist Party and its step child, the Fascists, and, of course, the Communists in China all promised egalitarian utopias. Instead they all delivered human tragedy on a previously unimagined scale. Throw in the stultifying socialism of Nehru's India, Castro's Cuba and their imitators throughout the developing world, and you have a record of government intervention and failure that has cost hundreds of millions their lives and countless others the chance for a decent livelihood.
There is a better way, and it's not the cronyism and rent-seeking regulatory state that have passed for capitalism and the free market in recent years in America. True economic freedom is based on the principles of individual empowerment, non-discrimination and free and open competition on a playing field untilted by government.
For 18 years, the Heritage Foundation has measured economic freedom around the world. No country gets capitalism or the free market completely right, but freer societies tend to share certain characteristics - and enjoy certain benefits as a result.
Freer societies protect private property. They control corruption. They balance their government budgets, or try to, and keep inflation under control. They regulate business and labor markets to promote competition and prevent abuse of employees or the environment, but avoid interference in the basic business decisions like hiring or investment that ultimately determine profit or loss. They open their markets internationally, improving productivity and lowering costs. They avoid subsidies and price controls, letting markets do what markets do best: Allocate resources efficiently.
The benefits are huge. Freer societies are wealthier. They tend to have higher growth rates, and their citizens enjoy much higher incomes. They enjoy longer lives, better standards of health, and higher levels of education. They do a better job of protecting the environment, and benefit from lower levels of unemployment. They do a much better job of reducing poverty than countries that are less free.
Of course, there are exceptions to these general trends. Central planners are not always wrong, and countries may spurt ahead by exploiting comparative advantages in resource endowments or labor costs. But such gains are rarely sustainable. Overall, the evidence is clear. Societies that are more economically free enjoy, on average, far superior economic performance.
Within the U.S. economy, government has grown steadily in size and influence - a trend that has accelerated sharply over the last three years. Consequently, our economic freedom, as measured in the Index of Economic Freedom, has declined sharply. We no longer rank with the world's freest economies. So far, we've avoided the kind of sovereign debt collapse that afflicts Europe's debt-riddled welfare states, but the economic stagnation and high unemployment typical among them have arrived at our shores.
The United States still has time to act, to get our budget deficit under control, and to restore the economic freedom on which our prosperity was built. The United States was founded on a truly revolutionary idea - government of the people, by the people and for the people. As a champion of freedom, we have been exceptional, and as a free people we have excelled. To try to solve our current difficulties by emulating European statism is to abandon our identity as a nation, pushing us toward a societal structure whose rejection was at the core of the American revolution.
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2014 Contingent Buyers Survey - Initial Findings
April 24, 2014
This report contains results from 33 questions, including questions regarding:
- Common practices among buyers of staffing services
- Plans for future use of staffing services
- Factors that encourage or discourage use of staffing
How to Drive Sourcing and Hiring Success - Webinar
April 15, 2014
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- Best practices for sourcing contingent & full-time talent
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Trends in Labor Arbitrage
April 15, 2014
This report brings together three different management strands into one overarching theme and highlights important trends in each relating to the use of contingent workers.
U.S. Staffing Industry Forecast - April 2014 Update
April 8, 2014
- We forecast the U.S. temporary staffing industry to grow 6% in 2014 and 7% in 2015
- Forecasted 2014 growth rates raised for most segments, except healthcare staffing
- Growth driven primarily by stronger U.S. economy and aided by several secular drivers
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2014 Internal Employee Compensation Estimator
April 4, 2014
- The Excel companion file associated with this report contains the 2014 Staffing Compensation Estimator, a tool that calculates pay ranges for a staffing agency's internal employees.
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NA Legs & Regs Advisor - First Quarter 2014
April 3, 2014
- Legislation could raise Affordable Care Act's definition of full-time employee
- OSHA discusses who is responsible for recording temps' injuries
- Legislation would raise federal minimum wage to $10.10 per hour
- White House looking at update to 'white collar' overtime exemption
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4Q13 Gross Margins For Public Staffing Companies
April 1, 2014
- In a set of sixteen public companies, almost two thirds reported a y/y increase in gross margin percentage in 4Q13.
- Gross margins among the sixteen companies declined as a result of the 2008-2009 recession and have remained flat since that time.
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Online Staffing and Human Cloud Platforms: Staffing Firms' Response and Engagement
March 31, 2014
- Online Staffing and Human Cloud platforms have become a focus of much interest for many staffing firms since 2012 and some staffing firms are beginning to engage with these platforms actively in productive and innovative ways.
- Data show that staffing firm awareness, business interest in, and actual... More
4Q13 financial results for public staffing companies
March 14, 2014
- Eighty-two percent of public staffing firms reported positive y/y revenue growth in 4Q13 - the highest percentage since 1Q12.
- Median revenue grew by 4.8% y/y among 21 publicly listed staffing companies.
- Median earnings grew by 18.6% y/y among 21 publicly listed staffing companies.


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FORT MYERS, Fla. - This is what the line looks like today at FGCU's book store and shall we say none of these people were hear to buy books.
The only education going on here was this school that has never before played in the NCAA tournament educating the entire nation about who it is.
President of FGCU Wilson Bradshaw says " I think this is the beginning not the end of the increase in interest. i think it's going to mainfest itself in more applications for fgcu."
Some couldn't even wait to jump on the proverbial souvenir bandwagon.
According to its own literature, of this university's 13,000 plus students. 99-percent come from florida, and sixty percent from Southwest Florida.
Bradshaw tells FOX 4 "we anticipate because of the increased visability, that we're going to get more of these applications from outside southwest florida and we weclome those. but let me be really clear. we were placed here primarly to meet the education needs of southwest florida."
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Scott Horton Interviews Matthew Rothschild
Matthew Rothschild, editor of The Progressive magazine, discusses his article "Stop the Bombing of Libya," the 11,500 NATO sorties already launched in the name of enforcing a "no-fly zone" and "protecting civilians," the real US agenda in Libya: regime change and control of oil, Obama's excuse for ignoring the War Powers Act: it's not war so long as no American soldiers get killed, the continuing quest for a unitary executive, why the US is not a force for good in the world, and why impeaching Obama is the best way to re-impose the rule of law on the renegade US government.
MP3 here. (19:22)
Matthew Rothschild is the editor of The Progressive magazine, which is one of the leading voices for peace and social justice in this country. Rothschild has appeared on Nightline, C-SPAN, The O'Reilly Factor, and NPR, and his newspaper commentaries have run in the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, the Miami Herald, and a host of other newspapers. Rothschild is the author of You Have No Rights: Stories of America in Our Repressive Age.
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Make Biden president! Is that progress?
Why does everyone in the West call single-minded military attacks crusades? Doesn't anyone know that the Xtians lost the crusades? Just an idle Q.
I don't think impeachment should ever be done with the idea that we don't want the vp as the new president. Impeachment doesn't get rid of a president – it checks him/her and let's them know that they've just crossed the line. (Certainly it like everything else can be abused.)
Close the Democratic party.., there is no democracy coming out of democratic party. Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton and Kerry can call it Goldman Sachs, Chase Bank, BP, Exxson, Dutch Oil (Shell) and others partying here.
Impeach Obama? – how about arrest Obama, Biden, Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Feith, Wolfowitz, etc and put them on trial for war crimes!
And bring back public hangings. I think they should take place live via sattelite on the White House lawn.
Now that's change I can believe in. Only their imminent demise would possibly bring them to their senses. And even then I doubt they believe anyone would pull the lever. That's how arrogant they are. But should they be up on the scaffold and watching their rat bastard buddies dropping like sacks of flour, the snap of the taut rope, feet jittering and jumping to and fro and then silence as their evil spirit departs, you can guarantee they'll sing like song birds to keep their necks out of the noose. I'd make them confess everything, right there above the trap door, before I'd even let them go into permanent life long exile to someplace…. like….er, Guantanamo. With no escape upon pain of death. They and everyone and anyone related would be barred for generations from any civil work or association with government so that their poison wouldn't have a chance of coming back to haunt you. Vacillate? Fudge to buy time? Sudden memory loss? Nope!…. Not buying that BS anymore. Down the hatch!
I agree 1000 persent with NVWV and they are lucky we don't act like them or they would get what thet truly desesrve torcher untill a slow death but we are humain unlike all them and many more.
Cheers for Navy vet. The U.S. Dept of Justice has refused to enforce the laws of this country and they too should be held accountable. Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Obama, Hillary Clinton, and other officials too numerous to mention should all be indicted for war crimes and other high crimes and misdemeanors. The current cowardly lap dog Attorney General should be impeached immediately.
How in the hell did all this happen in America? Who was responsible? I know that a small number of highly reputable and honest officials protested the criminal policies of both administrations, and several did the honorable thing and resigned. These few brave and honorable officials should be given their due, and perhaps in the future they will.
The American public is extremely passive now, partly due to the collapse of the public education system and the constant deliberate lying of the major media, print and electronic.
America's media barons should be held to account! They made major contributions to the misleading of the American public.
A few history majors in college now may have read something about WWII in addition to the holocaust. A few may have read they Julius Streicher published vicious propaganda in his newspaper, "Der Sturmer," and was convicted after the war at the Nuremberg Trials. Julius Streicher, newspaper publisher, was hanged for his role in helping to create the rabid anti-Semitism that helped convince the German people of the danger of the Jews.
This conviction and hanging of a newspaper editor for publishing propaganda created a precedent in law, and some group of lawyers must use this major legal precedent to bring the publishers and editors of U.S. papers to justice. I am not a lawyer, but someone, some group, must, must for the sake of this country's freedom, initiate legal action to hold these modern Julius Streicher war-mongering propagandists accountable for their contribution to the deaths of tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians and some 6000 dead American soldiers.
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Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has announced a reduction in the number of furlough days facing the department's civilian workforce. DoD civilian employees previously facing up to 11 furlough days now will now take 6 days of unpaid leave.
Click here [2] for a statement from Hagel.
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Bodh Gaya is the holiest of Buddhist destinations and a World Heritage Site. It was here, under a pipal, or bodhi tree, that Siddhartha Gotama attained enlightenment and became the Buddha. A simple shrine was built by the emperor Ashoka (3rd century BCE) to mark the spot, later enclosed by a stone railing (1st century BCE), part of which still remains. The uprights have representations of the Vedic gods Indra and Surya, and the railing medallions include carvings of imaginary beasts. This shrine was replaced in the Kushan period (2nd cent. CE) by the present Mahabodhi temple, which was refurbished in the Pala-Sena period (750-1200), heavily restored by Sir Alexander Cunningham in the second half of the 19th century, and finally restored by Myanmar (Burmese) Buddhists in 1882. The bodhi tree behind the temple is believed to be a descendant of the original. [Adapted from Encyclopedia Britannica; July 06]
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30 July 2014
The Cannes Film Festival is arguably the most important film festival in the world, with only the Oscars able to compete in terms of the A-list celebrities it attracts. Many of the year's biggest and most anticipated films will premiere at the festival, and the reception of the judges can make or break the film's potential box office success. However, the film festival is far from the only festival to take place in the city, most of which are held in the luxurious Palais des Festivals et des Congrès. Here's a selection of the biggest and best alternative Cannes festivals:
Perhaps the only other festival that can match the film festival for popularity andgravitas, the Cannes Lion is often said to be the 'world's biggest advertising festival'. Over 11,000 members of the advertising, PR and media industries flock to the south coast of France to view the shortlisted work, attend seminars (many of which are held by famous names like Jenson Button and Jack Black) and take part in workshops and classes to ensure they keep up-to-date with any major developments.
The Cannes Lion takes place between the 21st and 27th June 2015.
Aimed at a very discerning clientele, Cannes is the only place where a yacht festival could possibly be conceived. With over 550 different yachts on display, ranging from less than 10m to over 50m in length, it quickly becomes clear why those with the necessary funds are so keen to add a yacht to their list of assets. There are also over 40 models on sale if you're really tempted.
The Cannes Yachting Festival takes place between 9th and 14th September 2014.
The Pantiero Festival is a showcase of upcoming indie, rock, electro and hip hop musicians from across Europe. Started in 2002, the festival has a reputation for successfully booking acts that go on to become some of the most popular bands and artists of their genre. Woodkid, Glass Animals and Bonobo are just a few of the acts that will appear at this year's festival.
Pantiero Festival will take place between the 8th and 10th August 2014.
Easily the most visually stunning festival, the Cannes Firework Festival sees dozens of the world's leading pyrotechnic companies putting on amazing displays, each competing to be crowned the most spectacular. Popular both among those in the industry and the wider public in general, over 200,000 people make their way down to the beachfront over the course of the festival craning their necks skywards to witness the glorious displays.
The Cannes Firework Festival is taking place between the 9th July and 24th August 2014.
One of the world's foremost breakdancing (or b-boying to give it its proper name) showcases, Break the Floor features many of the world's best breakdance crews. Even if you aren't a huge follower of the sport, you can't fail to be excited by the impressive shows of skill, strength and style. The 'battles' are the highlight of the show, where dancers face off against one another, with the reception from the audience determining the victor.
Break the Floor takes place on the 16th August 2014.
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AIDS: Then & Now
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In 1987, The Leonard Lopate Show produced a five-part series looking at the AIDS pandemic from all angles, just as the disease began to wreak havoc in New York City and across the country. We'll revisit the issues we discussed 1987 with leading researchers and activists on the frontlines and look at how day-to-day life with HIV is different in 2010.
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HIV and the World
Monday, June 28, 2010
In the final edition of our five-part series AIDS: Then & Now, we look at HIV around the World, and discuss how the virus has transformed lives all over the globe. Plus we'll look at places where infection rates are changing: either raising or falling. We're joined by: Dr. Gottfried Hirnschall, Director of the HIV Department of the World Health Organization; Dr. Chris Beyrer, Professor, Department of Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; and Gilles Van Cutsem, Medical Coordinator for Doctors without Borders.
HIV and NYC
Friday, June 25, 2010
The latest installment of our five-part series AIDS: Then & Now, Dr. Monica Sweeney, Assistant Commissioner of the Bureau of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control at the NYC Health Department, and Susan M. Chambré, Professor of Sociology, Baruch College, CUNY, and author of Fighting for Our Lives: New York's AIDS Community and the Politics of Disease, discuss how the demographics of HIV have changed in New York City, and how the virus has changed the city's cultural and political landscape.
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Day-to-Day Life with HIV/AIDS
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Over the past two decades, day-to-day live for HIV-positive individuals has changed dramatically—mostly due to a greater understanding of the virus and a powerful drug cocktail. Dr. David Ho, Scientific Director of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center and one of the developers of the HIV drug cocktail, talks about the science of fighting HIV.
Ethical Implications of HIV/AIDS
Monday, June 21, 2010
We continue our five part series AIDS: Then & Now with a look at how ethical issues around the virus have and have not changed over the decades. We'll talk with Dr. Robert Klitzman, Director of the Ethics and Policy Core of the HIV Center at Columbia University, about why a number of states have statutes criminalizing HIV transmission and the recent court ruling which upholds the ban on gay men donating blood.
25+ Years of HIV/AIDS Research
Friday, June 18, 2010
In the last quarter century, research into HIV—the virus that causes AIDS—has come a long way, but not far enough. Dr. Jay A. Levy, Director of the Laboratory for Tumor and AIDS Virus Research at the University of California, San Francisco, and Dr. Robert C. Gallo, Director of the Institute of Human Virology and Division of Basic Science at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, discuss the historical scientific breakthroughs, what the latest research is finding, and how far we have to go before a vaccine or cure for HIV/AIDS is developed.


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The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: Surviving a spring assault on Alaska's Taku RiverSubmitted by Greg Thomas on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 09:23.
Editor's note: As many of you know, longtime friend Kent Sullivan is the most adventurous angler I know. He's also a calculated risk-taker and there's no riskier proposition that he undertakes than running southeast Alaska's Taku River in his jet sled, during spring, searching for steelhead. He recently did just that and came back with yet another crazy story to share.
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Tobogganing on cafeteria trays can be dangerous, especially when icy conditions coincide with heavy drinking, as always seems to happen in my part of the Northeast. So I stick to the foothills. But recently a dozen more daring participants were hospitalized. Some suffered cranial pressure from ependymal hematomas; others had bone splinters in their meningeal tissue; still others leaked cerebrospinal fluid. Since the brain-trauma physicians were on a golf holiday in Aruba, the hospital administrator enlisted the custodians, providing them with condensed neurosurgical guidelines along with carte blanche authority to do whatever seemed necessary with their saws, chisels and staple guns. All the patients died.
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