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Weatherization program moving along well on Treasure Coast, despite nationwide delays
Government red tape and training requirements have slowed the pace of a "weatherization" program across the country that was supposed to kick-start the economy, create jobs and help low-income residents reduce utility bills.
However, across the Treasure Coast, the agency that serves the Treasure Coast and Palm Beach County is running slightly ahead of schedule.
"We've projected 32 homes a month and we're there," said Donna Carman, executive director of the Indiantown Non-Profit Housing Inc.
She said the agency could double the repair and installation work, but doesn't want to get to far ahead of the federal payments on the $5.2 million grant.
The program is intended for homeowners 60 years and old, the physically disabled, families with children under 12 and households with generally high utility bills, with specific family income limits.
But it isn't moving as swiftly elsewhere.
One year after Congress approved the stimulus bill, less than 8 percent of the $5 billion provided for weatherizing homes nationwide had been spent and few homes had been improved, the inspector general of the Department of Energy concluded in February.
In Florida, work had been completed in less than 2 percent of the homes the three-year program is supposed to serve, the inspector general reported. Twelve states were even slower.
"We found this data alarming," Inspector General Gregory Friedman wrote. "The jobs creation impact of what was considered to be one of the (Energy) Department's most 'shovel ready' projects has not materialized."
The Obama administration and Congress had hoped weatherization spending would produce quick results because the federal program has been in place for three decades. Instead it became an example of the difficulties and delays in spending government money, especially when extra safeguards are imposed.
To prevent waste and fraud, the government has imposed extra requirements, including training and certification of workers who install insulation, improve heating and cooling systems and make small repairs to increase efficiency. All stimulus money must be reported, reviewed and accounted for as it is spent.
Some watchdogs are unfazed by the slow rollout and urge patience.
"No one wants to see a whole bunch of government money thrown about without making sure it's spent effectively," said Alan Stonecipher of the Florida Center for Fiscal and Economic Policy, a watchdog group in Tallahassee. "That doesn't mean it will be wasted. The timing of it will provide additional oomph as more of it goes out the door. It's kind of good to have something in reserve that will strengthen the rebound."
About $176 million was allotted to Florida soon after the stimulus was enacted in February 2009. The money went to the state Department of Community Affairs and did not hit the neighborhoods of South Florida until late fall, after local agencies hired staff, trained workers and verified the eligibility of residents for home improvements.
In a typical year before the stimulus bill, the program in Florida served about 450 homes using $3 million to $5 million. During three years of stimulus spending, the state's goal is to serve 19,090 homes.
Carman said not being directly operated by a local government might be the reason weatherizations have been able to move quicker.
"We run our own in-house crew. We install the work ourselves and have licensed general contractors employed," Carman said.
With the federal grant, the Indiantown Non-Profit Housing Inc., has grown from a staff of 8 to 24 and expects to hire 12 more, including those who do the repairing and installation.
"The greatest thing for me personally is the ability to hire unemployed construction workers," said Carman.
INPHI began using the stimulus money in November.
"The oversight is tremendous," Carman said. "So many have to approve something before it goes out. That's fine. We are happy to comply. We have nothing to hide."
The agency hopes to administer free energy-efficient upgrades to the homes of almost 1,000 financially strained residents.
Staff writer Jim Turner contributed to this report.
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Following the success of the ASID/Polsky Prize Honorable Mention in 1999, authors Christine Piotrowski and Elizabeth Rogers have extensively revised this guide to planning and designing commercial interiors to help professionals and design students successfully address today's trends and project requirements. This comprehensive reference covers the practical and aesthetic issues that distinguish commercial interiors. There is new information on sustainable design, security, and accessibility-three areas of increased emphasis in modern interiors.
An introductory chapter provides an overview of commercial interior design and the challenges and rewards of working in the field, and stresses the importance of understanding the basic purpose and functions of the client's business as a prerequisite to designing interiors. This guide also gives the reader a head start with eight self-contained chapters that provide comprehensive coverage of interior design for specific types of commercial facilities, ranging from offices to food and beverage facilities, and from retail stores to health care facilities. Each chapter is complete with a historical overview, types of facilities, planning and interior design elements, design applications, a summary, references, and Web sites. New design applications covered include spas in hotels, bed and breakfast inns, coffee shops, gift stores and salons, courthouses and courtrooms, and golf clubhouses.
In keeping with the times, there are new chapters focusing on senior living facilities and on restoration and adaptive use. A chapter on project management has been revised and includes everything from proposals and contracts to scheduling and documentation. Throughout the book, design application discussions, illustrations, and photographs help both professionals and students solve problems and envision and implement distinctive designs for commercial interiors.
With information on licensing, codes, and regulations, along with more than 150 photographs and illustrations, this combined resource and instant reference is a must-have for commercial interior design professionals, students, and those studying for the NCIDQ licensing exam.
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Settlement nets Navajo Nation $1B for uranium cleanup
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — More than $1 billion is going to help clean up
abandoned uranium mines that have left a legacy of disease and death on the
Navajo Nation.
The money is part of a $5.15 billion settlement that the federal government
reached with Anadarko Petroleum Corp. for the cleanup of thousands of
long-contaminated sites nationwide. The settlement announced Thursday resolves a
legal battle over Tronox Inc., a 2005 spinoff of Kerr-McGee Corp. that Anadarko
acquired in 2006.
Kerr-McGee once operated about 50 uranium mines in the Lukachukai Mountains of
northeastern Arizona near Cove and a uranium mill in Shiprock, N.M. Uranium
waste was thrust over the mountain side and carried by rainwater across the land
used by hikers, anglers, medicine men and Navajo shepherds, said David Taylor,
an attorney with the Navajo Nation Department of Justice.
"I have a feeling of just deep appreciation for the Navajo children, who
literally are playing in uranium piles today who aren't going to have to do that
in the future," he said.
But, Taylor added: "The path before us is still monumental. We've got a good
start now, and I hope we can build on that."
The more than $1 billion will address about 10 percent of the tribe's inventory
of abandoned uranium mines. About 4 million tons of uranium ore were mined from
the reservation from 1944 to 1986 for wartime weapons. Many families still live
among the contamination and fear drinking water polluted by uranium.
Navajo President Ben Shelly said the settlement will ease some concerns about
public health.
About $1 billion of the money benefiting the Navajo Nation will be administered
by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in San Francisco. Of that, nearly
$87 million will be set aside specifically for two sites known as the Quivira
Mines near Church Rock, N.M. The Navajo Nation separately will receive $43
million to address Shiprock mill, where uranium ore was processed near the San
Juan River, the EPA said.
The federal government has been working for years with the Navajo Nation to
address the more than 500 abandoned uranium mines on the reservation, but
they've been hampered by the costs of remediation and the unwillingness of some
companies to pay for cleanup of their previous operations.
Jared Blumenfeld, the EPA's regional administrator in San Francisco, said
federal agencies spent about $100 million as part of a five-year cleanup plan.
The EPA is drafting a second, five-year plan, but the budget is expected to be
much less, he said.
"The mess that's on the Navajo Nation in terms of abandoned uranium mines
should never have been put there, and all of us have been waiting for this day
to start to make a big dent in the cleanup," he said.
The mountainous sites near Cove rarely are visited, but a network of roads
established for mining, logging and firewood gathering provide access. Tribal
officials say Navajo medicine men gather plants and herbs for prayer and healing
purposes from the mountains, and families set up summer camps where sheep graze
The federal government initially sought $25 billion to clean up decades of
contamination at dozens of sites. A U.S. bankruptcy judge in New York ruled in
December that Kerr-McGee improperly shifted its environmental liabilities to
Tronox and should pay between $5.15 billion and $14.2 billion, plus attorneys'
Anadarko CEO Al Walker said the settlement eliminates the uncertainty of the
Blumenfeld said Navajos have struggled with the legacy of uranium contamination
for too long. He said dozens of tribal members already have been trained in how
to properly dispose of and transport contaminated waste, and they soon can be
put to work.
"It's one of those environmental justice burdens that has garnered a lot of
attention and, thankfully, now it's garnering a lot of money," Blumenfeld said.
Associated Press Writers Eric Tucker and Dina Cappiello in Washington, D.C.,
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Have a very Stanwell Christmas!The Stanwell XMAS Pipes are beautifully designed exclusively for Stanwell by the great pipe maker Poul Winslow. Crafted of the finest Italian plateau briar, this yearly release is generous in size and adorned with 925 Sterling Silver applications. Encased in a Stanwell gift box and premium leather pouch, XMAS Pipes are top-notch in every sense. We at CI are proud to be one of the very few retailers in the United States to get an allocation of these masterpieces. Pick one up most lickety split as these will be long gone before you know it.
You know I love you guys and gals at Cigar International, I really do, seriously, I have the mugs, the lighters, smoked more cigars from y'all than I'd admit to to a judge or any ex wife, but I'm not surprised no-one has written a review for this pipe.
First thing anyone who is wondering, yes, this is a hell of a good price (124.99 as of today at least, 5-14-2013) and yes Poul Winslow really did design it and yes there is the hallmark of 925 demonstrating it is silver, and that silver band with silver mouthpiece is known as a military bit. Soldiers would use spent shells to repair their pipes.
Throughout the years some of the most famous and innovative pipe carvers in the world have worked for Stanwell, and some, well the living ones, still do designs. There are a lot of places to look up the history of stanwell, none of them, however, is going to have this pipe this cheap.
If you're reading this review and have ever considered smoking a pipe buy this one. Otherwise buy something really cheap, but there's a problem with that; too cheap and a poor smoker and you might miss out on the joys of pipe smoking (it's harder work than, say, clipping a good cigar and lighting it) buy too expensive of a pipe and discover you don't like it and you'll feel stupid.
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Equinox Ceremonies
Robert Benton will be officiating our Autumn Equinox on September 20th on our tribal grounds. The ceremonies will be at Sun up, Noon and Sunset. Hope to see you there.
Pauwau 2015
Our 23rd Annual Arts Festival & Pauwau will be held Saturday, November 7th and Sunday, November 8th, 2015 at the Tribal Grounds at 591 Bluewater Road in Aynor, SC. We invite you to join us for the event. The gates will open at 11:00 AM on both days. There will be two Grand Entries on Saturday, held at 1:00 PM and 6:00 PM. On Sunday there will be one Grand Entry held at 2:00 PM.
Our arena participants are:
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|Edisto River Singers
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|Rick Bird
|Arena Director
|Doug Logan
|Lead Female Dance
|Aki Day
|Lead Male Dancer
|Frederick Hawkins
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School Days
Our next School Days event is currently scheduled for Thursday, November 5th, 2015 and Friday, November 6th, 2015 at our Tribal Grounds at 591 Bluewater Road, Aynor, SC. For more information please contact Susan Hayes-Hatcher at email@example.com.
Tribal Gatherings
The Tribal Council has declared February 17th, the date our Tribe became State recognized, as a Tribal holiday. To celebrate this event, there will be a Tribal gathering on February 20, 2016 at our Tribal grounds at 591 Bluewater Road, Aynor, SC.
Tribal Meetings
With the following exceptions, the Tribal meetings are held on the first Friday of each month at our Tribal office at 591 Bluewater Road, Aynor, SC. The meetings will begin at 6:30 PM, and will continue until the business at hand is concluded.
Due to the annual Pauwau, there is no meeting in November. Additionally, the meetings for the months of January and July are held on the second Friday rather than the first Friday of the month.


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Turkey will continue buying Iran gas, Energy minister says.
Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz says Turkey will continue buying natural gas from Iran despite sanctions imposed against the Islamic Republic by the West.
"It is out of question for us to take a step backward," Yildiz said Wednesday. "Furthermore, we have not been asked to take such a step," he added.
Yildiz said that Tehran supplies 18 to 20 percent of the gas consumed by Turkey, which makes it the second exporter of gas to Ankara.


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The eGo-C system consists of three parts: The atomizer cone, atomizer base, and atomizer head. The cone and base are sold together as a set and the atomizer heads are sold in 5 packs. Other than that the empty eGo-C tanks are the exact same part as the tanks for the eGo-T. All eGo batteries and chargers will work with the eGo-C atomizer set ups.
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Way to attack every WOD this week. Everyone has been pushing hard to make themselves better before, during, and after class. It's amazing to watch. Keep it up!
Here is another opportunity to make yourself better. The CFB Yoga Class will help you recover from this hard week of training and prepare you for next week. It will take place on Sunday morning at 8:30am. Please arrive a little early to be ready to start right at 8:30am. In order to participate, all you have to do is sign up below. Right now we have two people signed up and we need at least six people to make it a go, so please sign up as soon as you can. If you have any questions please shoot me an email – [email protected]
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By Neal 15 May 2014
Great work by the AM groups. I got to hang with ALL the girls at 7AM. This must have been too tough for the bros that frequent 7AM.
I hit this last week while testing it out:
205×2 (failed last two attempts) WEAK SAUCE
AMRAP 15: 9 rounds/452 double unders RX all L-sit pull ups
By Audrey 15 May 2014
Fun all women 7 am class.
Push Press – (85×8), (95×6) and (115×4). Thanks to 6 am Ali for giving me the incentive to go to 115.
Sort of fun Amrap. Too bad it wasn't a great double under day for me. 7 + 221 dus. I started with strict pull-ups and then went to a blue band. The blue band was probably a hair too easy but it was the first band I saw.


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Any North Carolina registered voter who is qualified to vote in an election can request and receive a by-mail absentee ballot for any election, whether it is a statewide primary, general election, or special election on constitutional amendments, referenda or bond proposals, or any municipal election in which absentee voting is allowed. No special circumstance or excuse is needed to receive and vote a mail-in absentee ballot.
To receive a mail-in absentee ballot for an election, a voter or the voter's near relative* or legal guardian must use the State Absentee Ballot Request form to request the ballot. Request forms are available at the State Board of Elections' office, here on the State Board of Elections website, and at county boards of elections' offices. The form can be reproduced.
*A "near relative" means spouse, brother, sister, parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, mother-in-law, father-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, stepparent, or stepchild.
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A signed and completed request form may be mailed, faxed, e-mailed or delivered in person to the county board of elections office.
Note: A request form must be received for each election that a voter desires to vote a by-mail absentee ballot.
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Note: If a registered North Carolina voter (including eligible dependents) is absent due to military service or is currently living overseas, then only the actual voter should complete the State Absentee Ballot Request Form.
If a valid request is received, the county board of elections office will mail the voter absentee balloting materials to the address provided on the request form when absentee ballots are available. Absentee ballots are available:
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Empty Churches: The Decline of Cultural Christianity in the West
We've heard it all before - Christianity in Europe is dead. To quote the famous German philosopher Frederich Nietzsche, when it comes to Christianity in Europe... "God is dead."
We've come to believe that all Europeans see Jesus as irrelevant and faith as a crutch. We've been told that secularism has completely won over European culture replacing Christianity as Europe's worldview.
And, as a result, thousands of empty churches litter the European landscape while their culture shifts evermore towards secularism. Not only this (we're told) but Islam is quickly replacing Christianity as minarets tower over church steeples from Hadrian's Wall to the beaches of Sicily.
But is this true? Is Christianity really dead in Europe?
Empty Churches: The Decline of Cultural Christianity in the West (a free ebook) is an attempt to demonstrate that cultural Christianity – not Christianity itself – has declined in Europe. It examines how evangelical churches in Europe live in a culture that increasingly marginalizes the faith. Furthermore, it examines how the same marginalization is coming to evangelical churches in America and what we can learn from both European churches and scripture about how to move forward.
Here are a few excerpts of Empty Churches.
The result of these three things (individualistic religion, a century of war, and a disregard for apologetic evangelism) is the rapid decline of cultural Christianity in Europe. So, to what extent has cultural Christianity declined?
This question is also difficult to answer. But, we can explore the results in four observations about Christianity as a whole in Europe."
"OBSERVATION ONE: Many Europeans still identify themselves a Christian, but do not actively attend Christian services."
"OBSERVATION TWO: Many Europeans are "unchurched," meaning they have never step foot in a church for any reason besides weddings, funerals, or christenings. They have never gone to a church service to hear the gospel preached, worship in song, nor fellowship once in their entire life.
Consider the following infographic with regard to the population of unchurched Europeans."
"OBSERVATION THREE: The religious landscape of Europe is rapidly changing.
As a former continent known as "Christendom", Europe is experiencing a rapid change in religious diversity. The two fastest growing religions in Europe are secularism (no religious affiliation, agnosticism, atheism, &ct.) and Islam.
...another way of demonstrating Europe's rapidly changing religious landscape is through three religious 'snapshots' of Germany, France, and Britain."
It should come to no surprise that the cultural conscience of America is shifting away from alignment with Christianity. This will, no doubt, challenge the evangelical church throughout our nation. With this as a reality, what can we learn from European churches who have gone through a similar change in their own culture?
...consider the following infographic on the next page that demonstrates how our culture is changing. It will attempt to demonstrate that American culture is experiencing a change in how it views violence, drug use, human sexuality, and faith."
"...along with a rise in disbelief among Americans, church attendance and church planting is declining. Granted, there has been a boost in church planting numbers during the past decade (perhaps this is why the number of young evangelicals, between 23–35, rose 21% to 25% in the past 6 years), overall church attendance is still declining. As a result, many churches are closing their doors.
According to the North American Mission Board (NAMB), in 1900 there were 28 churches for every 10,000 Americans. Just fifty years later, that number plummeted to 17 for every 10,000. Since 2004, the trend is expected to continue at an 8% decrease every 4 years. This is despite the fact that our population is increasing.
The following infographic demonstrates this data where the church icon represents one church per every 10,000 U.S. citizens. The blue represents U.S. population growth."
"...the third thing we must admit is that a decline in cultural Christianity in America does not mean the decline of Christianity in the world.
This is a crucial point to understand. Jesus promised His church that it would never end.
Matthew 18:16 'And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.'
...the fact remains that when Jesus said His gospel was going to be taken to the ends of the earth, He wasn't lying.
Christianity isn't dead. It's not even dying.
Why? Because that's Jesus' bride we're talking about. And she's alive and well."
Find out more at Dear Ephesus or download Empty Churches now for free.
Kyle Beshears (@kylebeshears) is a pastor at the People of Mars Hill in Mobile, Alabama. He is the author of Robot Jesus and Three Other Jesuses You Never Knew and blogs at Dear Ephesus on church issues and apologetics.


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Rotary Club's Oktoberfest draws 900 to new venue
Motivational speaker Tony Robbins once said, "By changing nothing, nothing changes."This year, the Rotary Club of Sedona Red Rocks changed the venue for its third annual Oktoberfest from Los Abrigados...
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Arizona Town Hall hosted a gathering Sept. 20 in the middle of the day — when many people are at work — to talk to residents about civic engagement.
I, myself, wasn't able to attend. I have responsibilities that don't allow me leave my office in the middle of the day, especially Thursday when I'm putting out Friday's edition of the Sedona Red Rock News. Reporter Patrick Whitehurst attended and reported on the event while also filling me in on other details.
The media become the focus at one point during the discussion, as one would expect.
It doesn't matter who you are, most people think at least one national media outlet is biased, spreads propaganda and incites fear among the American people. Conservatives can name a few and so can liberals.
Do they encourage civic engagement? No, 95 percent of the time they don't.
Then the conversation shifted to local media, and I began to wonder if those criticizing local coverage have ever read our newspaper.
Scrolling through my past editorials on our website, under "Editor's Notebook," there are countless entries urging residents to get along rather than fight, accept different people's points of view without getting personal and accolades for some current Sedona City Council members who conducted themselves during the last campaign season in the most professional manner I've seen yet in a Sedona election.
So, I would say that encourages civic engagement.
At the town hall meeting, residents said they want local media to let them know about ways to get involved in the community. We publish countless press release from the city of Sedona and nonprofits asking for volunteers. We publish them again and again because nobody has volunteered. We also publish at least eight columns a week contributed by community members.
Residents at the meeting want local media to report "news of consequence such as school board meetings and council meetings." Really? This is when I was certain these people don't read our newspaper.
Whitehurst attends every Sedona Fire District Governing Board and Sedona City Council meeting. Our newspaper features at least one city story per issue, and often I have to ask Whitehurst to find something else to add a little variety. We don't write much about Sedona-Oak Creek School District meetings because there is rarely anything going on other than business as usual. Instead, we actually go to the school and write about what the students, teachers and administrators actually do.
They also want us to require people to put their names with comments on the website. If you look at the comment form, it asks for a name. Can we verify that is the actual person? Nope, which is why we read comments first and don't post those that are personal attacks or offensive. Otherwise, who are we to censor someone's opinion?
I think in the quest to encourage civic engagement we need to be sure it doesn't infringe on freedom of speech and the press. The newspaper's job isn't to write the stories city officials or certain residents want us to write.
Our job is to report what happens — for better or worse — and then encourage residents to be fair, kind and understanding of those who don't agree with them.
Civic engagement isn't controlling what the media or any residents say. Civic engagement is allowing everyone to speak their mind and then teaching them to do it with respect.
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Applies arithmetic to a variety of problems found in the business field, including simple and compound interest, annuities, payroll preparation, pricing, invoice preparation, trade discounts, taxes, and depreciation. Scientific calculator required. Prerequisites: MTH 20 and (RD 80 or ESOL 250). Audit available. (For detailed information, see the Course Content and Outcome Guide ).
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Q:What book will we use?
A: MyMathLab is required for this course. You may either purchase a standalone MyMathLab access code at http://www.mymathlab.com/ (this comes with an electronic copy of the book and student solutions manual), or you may purchase a new book that comes with MyMathLab from the PCC bookstore. The text is Business Mathematics, 13th edition, by Clendenen and Salzman.
Q: Are chances of doing well online the same as a course that meets on campus?
A: No, typically online passing rates are much lower than on campus courses. I have taught this course for several years now and the average passing rate has been consistently lower than my on campus courses. This is true for other online math courses as well, not particular to my course. This is due to students not being aware of what it takes to succeed online or ignoring the message I have for you below. If you are taking an online course because the on campus course you wanted to take was full this is not a wise decision. You should take an online course because you have researched it, and it is a good fit for your learning style. Please continue reading.
Q:When does the class start?
A: You will have access to Desire2Learn (D2L) Monday morning at 9:00 a.m. the day the term starts. If it is possible I will give you access the weekend before the term starts or even earlier. If earlier, I will send an email message to the class via MyPCC email.
Q:How do I access the course?
A:Log into MyPCC. On the main webpage, in the Quick Links window you will see the link to access D2L.
Q:When should I start the course?
A: I am expecting you to access and start the course the day I give you access or the day after. The longer you wait to access the course, the chance of succeeding in the course diminishes. How well you do in the course is usually determined in the first four days. Also, when you access the D2L course and participate in the activities it is the equivalent of attending an on campus course. Students that do not sufficiently participate in the course by Thursday of the first week of the term will be dropped. However, it is up to you do drop the course if you are not planning on attending (i.e. Do not rely to me to drop you.)
Q: How I am graded?
A: You will have weekly online quizzes based on assigned homework in MyMathLab, participation in weekly discussions and/or postings on the discussion forums, and on-campus midterm and final exams are given at the PCC Rock Creek Campus. If you reside outside the Portland region (more than 60 miles from the Rock Creek Campus), you may request (within the first week) to have your exams proctored elsewhere. It is your responsibility to find a proctor that is approved by me, typically a testing center at a nearby university or community college).
Q: What are the dates for the two proctored exams?
A: The midterm exam will be on Monday, October 26, 2015 (Week 6) from 3:00 - 5:00 pm. The Final Exam will be during finals week (Week 12) on Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from 3:00 - 5:00 pm. Both exams are hosted at the Rock Creek Campus. Room number(s) to be announced the first week of the term.
Q:Is an online course self paced?
A:The online course is not self paced. The pace is set by the instructor who releases the modules week by week that contain the content for the course. You will typically have a week to turn items in, but this work cannot be done in a day. Students who eventually drop the course, attempt to work on the course only a few times during a one week period. You must realize that you will need to study every other day at a minimum. If your strategy is to do all the work on Saturday and Sunday, for example, this will not work.
Q:Are the assignments due the same time every week?
A:Mostly, yes. With the exception of the first week, where I have a few early due dates to check students for attendance, weekly work is always due on Monday mornings by 9:00 a.m.
Q:I am taking an online course because I do not have much time to study and I am hoping it is easier. Is this correct?
A:An online environment is harder than an on campus course. You have to be very disciplined and make sure you have a set schedule of when you will study. If you have a hard time motivating yourself to study then an online environment is not for you.
Please note that when you take an on campus class you can sit passively and obtain information by the exchange of information between teacher and student. That component is missing here.
I would not suggest that you take this course if you are taking a full class load and working. Leave yourself free time that you can use when emergencies arise. If you have a schedule that has no free time available, then you are setting yourself up for failure.
Suppose you get ill and fall behind a few days (this occurs in on-line environments as well). If you are only taking two classes it should be possible to catch up, but if you are taking three and working full time, then it will be more difficult to do so. Furthermore, the class starts quickly (four chapters in week 1), and the pace continues throughout. YOU SHOULD START THE COURSE the first day of availability. If you wait five days after the course starts to actually start studying, it is too late. Here is a quote from a student:
This term has been a difficult one for me. I will admit to not
having given this class the attention it deserves thus far, and
sadly, it is because it is an online class, and because my
physical classes serve as a constant reminder twice a week as to
what needs to be accomplished. I do not think algebra is a
difficult subject, but there are so many rules! I find my
greatest problem to be understanding all of the complicated
formulas and knowing when to use them. .
A:An online student should possess the following traits.
- Should be a strong math student.
- Comfortable with technology and able to learn quickly or seek out help if not familiar with something (for example, MS Word, OpenOffice, converting a document to a .pdf file, using an equation editor to properly format math symbols, MyMathLab, etc)
- Can study independently.
- Can learn mathematics by reading.
- Understands that learning a concept takes time and can persevere when concepts don't make sense.
- Has the available time to go over the material, do homework, and study.
- Does not have prior commitments that will make logging in and participating not possible (e.g. getting married, going on vacation, having surgery, other medical conditions, taking too many courses, working too many hours).
- Can communicate effectively in writing and is willing to communicate in writing.
- Is willing to communicate with the instructor and other students in writing via discussion boards.
- Will not depend solely on tutors, that is, some students are under the notion that having a tutor is all it will take to attain understanding and pass a course.
- Can work through computer issues such as a video is not working, need to update Java, is willing to call the helpdesk to work through computer issues.
- Not a procrastinator.
Q:Will I have to interact with other students?Q:How is the material presented?
A:Yes, part of your grade is to participate in online discussions with your classmates.
A:I will provide the student with written notes and videos (create by me or a second party). You also have as a resource the textbook used for this course, as well as the many, many resources including MyMathLab (there are many!) and other online resources.
Q: Is there homework?
A: Yes lots of it. A combination of MyMathLab and textbook problems will be assigned. These will be collected, checked, and returned to you during on-campus exams.
- Web Technical Requirements:
- Please be sure to read the Technical Requirements for this delivery mode.
- Students with Disabilities:
- Students with disabilities should notify their instructor if accommodations are needed to take this class. For information about technologies that help people with disabilities in taking Web based distance learning classes please visit the Office for Students with Disabilities website.
- Web Prerequisite | Start Guide for Online Learners:
- Before you take your first online class at PCC, you must complete the start guide for online learners. The start guide will help you decide if online classes are right for you. Once you complete the start guide, you will be eligible to register for online classes. To learn more, go to http://www.pcc.edu/osg
- Registration:
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- Please note that for many courses, additional fees may apply.
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AIMA Takes Aim at FTT Proposal
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The Alternative Investment Management Association has issued a Research Note assessing – quite unfavorably – the European Commission's recent proposal for a financial transactions ta
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I totally support samples, however, I think that many of us are interested in these rebarreling projects that are going on and those doing them should, if they can make it, bring their samples-along with a bottle of what they started with, to the KBF in Sept. Then we can all see how these are working, as I'm sure that more than one of us is waiting to see some results before we take the plunge ourselves.I will send you a sample when it is finished and re-bottled.
As far as the finishing with other spirits, while I've seen great success in this domain with scotch, I've been less than thrilled with the results I've seen in bourbon so far. It may be that they didn't use a bourbon that could handle the finish or that they were mismatched-I've had Port, Cognac, and Mesquite finishes. However I would be interested to see more as I think this could work, I just haven't had one yet that did. I would like to see one done with calvados, for some reason this just works in my head(though it may be horrible) but I see it either as a very short term finish or an extremely long term finish, the middle ground (which is what I expect I've tasted so far) just doesn't seem to work.
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USA Nationals: Lowe sets American record in high jump at 6-8 3/4
Chaunte Lowe set the American record in the women's high jump with a third-attempt clearance of 6-8 3/4 at the USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday.
Lowe, a bronze medalist at the 2010 World Indoor Championships, three-time U.S. champion, and 2004 Olympian, got over the bar on her 12th jump of the competition. She needed a third-attempt clearance at 6-4 1/4, before reeling off three straight makes at 6-5 1/2, 6-7 and 6-8.
Lowe is also entered in the long jump.
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Mark Andrew Scott, 49, of Round Rock died October 5, 2013 at his home. Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m. Friday at Minton Memorial Chapel with Jake Minton officiating. Interment will follow at Westlawn Memorial Park under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
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"Bun Phawet" or merit making of the 4th lunar month. It is one of the most important traditions that showcases the identity and pride of the people of Loei that has been held successively for a long time. "Phawet" is a word in which the people of the Northeast have corrupted the pronunciation from "Phra Wes" (Phra Wessandon), name of the last reincarnation of the Lord Buddha before his birth as Prince Siddhartha. Salient features in this event are the sermon on Phra Wessandon of Thet Maha Chat (The Great Birth) which consists of 13 episodes that are to be completed within a day. The belief behind this tradition is that the participant in this preaching would be born again into the religion of Phra Si Ariya Metrai – the land of happiness as per the Buddhist belief inviting Phra Uppakhut who people of the Northeast believe is a patron of the Phawet ceremony, procession inviting Phra Wessandon and his wife, Lady Matsi, to return to the city, enjoy listening to the sermon on Phra Malai Muen Phra Malai Saen, enjoy the special cuisine of this fair, Khanom Jin, (Thai vermicelli or khao poon) and steamed sticky rice (khao tom mut) to give away to visitors and offer to the monks in the temple. Hence, there is a saying that "go to khao poon and take the merit at Bun Phawet", enjoy viewing the procession of Phra Uppakhut, 13 episodes of the great sermon Mahachat, processions of each episode, enjoy free khao poon, Northeastern style dinner, and light and sound presentation.


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Caesar Salad
Homemade croutons
2 cloves garlic
4 anchovy fillets
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1 large egg yolk
1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
2 heads (10 ounces each) romaine lettuce, outer leaves discarded, inner leaves washed and dried
1 cup freshly grated Parmesan or Romano cheese, or 2 1/2 ounces shaved with a vegetable peeler
- Place garlic, anchovy fillets, and salt in a large wooden salad bowl.* Using two dinner forks, mash garlic and anchovies into a paste.
- Using one fork, whisk in pepper, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, Dijon mustard, and egg yolk.
- Using the fork, whisk in the olive oil.
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Vivian Wong said the traditional game of mahjong, played for thousands of years in Korea, Japan, China and more, �requires a lot of thinking.� / MYKAL McELDOWNEY / Staff
The heavy tiles, engraved with images of bamboo, birds and Chinese characters, clink together like dainty heels on a concrete floor. Fingers deft with years of practice twist, flip and shuffle them as smoothly as a blackjack dealer.
Vivian Wong stood 13 of the tiles on end in one long line without even the slightest slip. It doesn�t take strength or dexterity, she said. �It takes a lot of losing.�
A grin spreads across her face, highlighted by diamond earrings glinting from beneath her jet black hair where a few lone strands of gray betray only the slightest hint of her 71 years. Dressed in black, Wong sits at her majong table, a high-tech game table that automatically shuffles and stacks the tiles used for the traditional game.
�We all become lazier,� she joked as she pushed the button that sets the table�s inner workings into a cacophony of tumbling tiles. �Before, we move our hands. At least it�s some exercise so we won�t get some flabby arms.�
Wong said majong, which she learned to play from her mother when she was a teenager and which remains her favorite pastime, is a game that requires intense concentration. And the keys to it � watching what moves others are making, weighing strategic decisions and striking at just the right time � are lessons she has parlayed into a business empire that stretches from her adopted home of Greenville to her native China.
�I consider myself a very good majong player, but a good player doesn�t mean that you win money all the time, because you hold on to your chips. You don�t want to discard it,� she said. �Sometimes other people would win before you do.�
'Timing, timing, timing'
Wong and her husband, Thomas, emigrated from Hong Kong to the Upstate in 1963 when she was 23. Over the next few decades Wong would go from the secretary�s desk to the executive office by taking advantage of opportunities, and often making her own.
The Wongs� immigration sponsor, R.G. Wilson, owned Barbecue King, a manufacturer of kitchen equipment, and that�s where Wong got her start as his secretary.
�I got a lot of spare time,� she said, so she started helping people in other departments, learning different parts of the business along the way.
Tragedy opened the door for opportunity when a woman from another department was killed in a car accident. By virtue of her moonlighting her way through the company, Wong was the only one who knew how to do the job, and she moved into that position.
Wong would later make an art of taking advantage of opportunities when they arose. Forget �location, location, location,� she said. Her mantra is �timing, timing, timing.�
An early lesson in timing came when she and two partners bought their first piece of land, a 140-acre tract they purchased for $3,000 per acre.
In 10 months� time, someone offered them double what they had paid, but Wong�s partners declined the offer. They believed that if they could double their money in less than a year, they could make triple in another year�s time.
�But that�s not the case in real estate,� Wong said. �A dollar to make a dollar is easy. From a dollar to make four dollars is hard. But a dollar to make $2 and $2 to make $4 is easier.�
Making deals
In 1970, Wong left Barbecue King to strike out on her own, opening the first of what would become a chain of Dragon Den restaurants. It was a far cry from any previous experience � she and her husband both worked in hotels in Hong Kong � but she was eager to be in business for herself.
She recalled some advice her grandfather often repeated: �Be your own boss. Even if you have to have a peanut stand, be your own boss.�
Through the course of operating the restaurants, Wong became involved in lease negotiations, land purchases and construction projects.
�That�s how I learned about real estate,� she said. �I began to learn, and I began to kind of fall in love with land.�
She eventually left the restaurant business and focused her energies on real estate and land development, expanding also into ownership of some hotels and a chain of drug stores in China. The two keys to her real estate success, she said: never buying land on credit and keeping her heart out of her wallet.
�I never walk or see a tract of land before I buy,� she said. �A lot of people would fall in love with the land and go blind and forget about what is the right number.�
And when she gets to the right number, she�s ready to fork over the cash. She doesn�t mind borrowing to invest in the buildings and improvements that will generate rent income, thus allowing her to accumulate more cash to then go out and buy more land.
�You go on, keep on doing this, and you won�t go broke,� she said matter of factly.
An innate business acumen has fueled her success, said son-in-law Rick Cauthen, who as a commercial broker with Coldwell Banker Commercial has also been involved in managing several of her properties.
�She can juggle so much and think with such clarity,� he said. �This is someone who doesn�t have a Ph.D. or master�s, but she can do math in her head better than most people I know.�
Wong�s primary focus nowadays is on trade development. She and brother Peter Kwan opened the Global Trade Center, an expansive center of office and production space in a former manufacturing facility, to lure and nurture international trade, primarily with China.
Not many years ago, it was practically unheard of for a company to bring its base of operations to the U.S. from China, but that tide is turning, Wong said, thanks to a sea change in international shipping costs, manufacturing costs in China and the international currency market.
�Because of these factors, they need to be where their customers are,� she said. �We see the trend.�
At Global Trade Center, businesses find not only a physical location to set up early shop, but also assistance in recruiting leaders and staff, guidance in navigating permits and licenses, and personal support from Wong, who on a recent day was making calls to help an executive�s wife find transportation around town.
Business and government leaders are eager to make big announcements about new companies coming to Greenville, Wong said, but that can�t be the end of it.
�Afterwards you need to help them,� she said. �People just don�t know what comes next. That�s what�s coming next. Here. It�s happening here.�
Leaving an impression
Wong�s reach into the community extends far beyond her real estate holdings, and nearly every business person in the Upstate is instantly familiar with her name and work. From the creation of Independence National Bank to the installation of the Confucius Institute at Presbyterian College, Wong often has been the behind-the-scenes orchestrator for some of the Upstate�s significant developments.
She came to wider fame in January when former presidential candidate Newt Gingrich thanked her in his victory speech after winning the South Carolina Republican primary.
She laughed at the mention of that speech, saying she almost wished he�d never have said that.
�He won the two states I helped (South Carolina and Georgia),� Wong said. �Maybe I am his lucky star. He should carry me everywhere he went.�
Wong has gotten involved in politics, she said, because she sees a need for leaders with good ideas. She often hosts fundraisers for local and regional candidates at her lush Roper Mountain Road home.
�It really doesn�t matter Democrat or Republican. It�s the person,� she said. �We need a voice. We need to make a difference.�
In addition to politicians� gratitude, Wong has garnered awards and accolades for years, including the Order of the Palmetto, South Carolina�s highest civilian honor, and the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, which she said was her most meaningful honor.
What she hopes will be her legacy is a project she�s currently working on in Atlanta, one shrouded in secrecy but dripping with anticipation. Without revealing any details, Wong said it�s an ambitious, job-creating project that was inspired by a late acquaintance, whose widow coaxed Wong into taking on the project.
She recently hit a snag in the project�s progress, she said, but she remains undeterred.
�I think I�ll find a way. And that�s my strength, to be able to find an alternative, more options,� she said. �You depend on yourself, so I always have plan A, B, C so I have something to fall back to.
�I always have visions really far down the road,� she said. �People see five steps. I see at least 15.�
Tom Barton, the man who helped found Greenville Technical College and headed it for 46 years, said leaders like Wong, who has served on a variety of Greenville Tech boards and committees, are the backbone of a community.
�She can handle herself and come out with a pocketful and didn�t even have a pocket. She�s just that good,� he said.
If he had a project that needed a leader, he said, he�d know where to turn.
�Would you get her? I believe I�d jump at it. If it was 2:30 in the morning, I�d go by her house before she even had a chance to even think about it,� he said.
Being the boss
Entrepreneur. Business leader. Real estate mogul. Trade ambassador. Wong could take her pick of labels, but she said she prefers �just plain Vivian.�
She said she enjoys helping people �because I was helped,� recalling some advice she got from her sponsor Wilson � wisdom that has guided her for years, she said.
�I always remember what he taught us: In America, first of all, you need to have good friends, and you need to have good credit,� she said.
An eager learner and constant hostess, Wong has made and maintained friendships across nearly every swath of Greenville leadership, and she said that it�s those friendships that keep her schedule booked with boards, committees, projects and business ventures.
�There�s one thing about me � I don�t know how to say �no.� That�s been my problem,� she said with a laugh.
But there are, of course, times she has said �no.� In fact, Cauthen said one of the things he most admires is her ability to walk away from a situation that isn�t working.
�She�s not afraid of failure,� he said. �Sometimes one day she�ll be focusing on something. Next day she�ll realize it�s probably not worth her energies, and she�ll change her mind.�
In fact, Wong said one advantage to her business success is that she gets to be the one to call the shots.
�I do have confidence in myself,� she said. �I don�t mean to be bossy, but I�ve got to be the one in control because I know what I can do and I know which way that we need to go.�
Where the heart is
With her name inexorably tied to Greenville banking, real estate, politics and more, it wouldn�t surprise anyone to find Wong at the head of a conference table or the front door of a political fundraiser.
What might be surprising is that it�s equally likely to find her at Frankie�s Fun Park or Taco Bell on Saturday afternoons.
A mother of four and grandmother of eight, Wong is just as passionate about her family as she is about myriad business ventures on which her fingerprints have been laid.
�The grandkids are very, very important to me,� she said, gesturing toward a cluster of photos of smiling kids in her Global Trade Center office.
Cauthen said he�s come to know her not only as a ferocious businesswoman but also as a gentle and loving grandmother to his four sons.
�Our kids, particularly our first child, really grew up in one of her offices,� he said. �Sometimes if you visit her � you might have one, two or four grandkids coming in and running around. She�s very open to allowing them to interrupt a meeting and introducing her family.�
She�ll pop in at Taco Bell, a favorite haunt for a couple of his kids, for unplanned lunch dates, showing up dressed for a business meeting and spending 20 minutes bonding over tacos and sodas before zipping back out.
�There�s things that are important in life. Sometimes we focus on money and prestige and power, and really at the end of the day, that�s not what it�s about,� Cauthen said. �That�s just a part of her I think I�ve really learned a lot from.�
Wong � Popo, the Chinese term for maternal grandmother, to her grandkids � said she looks forward to teaching her grandchildren about business and is seeing early signs of entrepreneurship in some, including one 8-year-old granddaughter who, during a large Thanksgiving gathering at Wong�s house, seized an opportunity to turn a profit.
�She went to the bar and she started selling water. She charged everybody a quarter,� Wong said with a laugh.
Though she crossed the threshold for Medicare several years ago, Wong said she�s not ready to pass the reins to the next generation any time soon.
In fact, she tried retirement once nearly a decade ago.
�I tried for like two weeks, and I said, �I�m not going to sit at home and wait for my day to come,�� she said. �My mind is still good. I�m going to make myself useful so I can help other people.�
And besides, she said, majong is much more of a treat when she has to squeeze it in. �When you have too much time in hand, it�s not fun,� she said.


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University of New Hampshire School of Law Professor Stanley P. Kowalski and four students, Micah Ascano, Aleck Ncube, Kaitlyn Turo, and Wendy Zimbone, recently attended the annual meeting of the Association of University Technology Mangers (AUTM) in Las Vegas, Nevada.
UNH Law was well represented at the meeting: Students were awarded three of the 10 competitive annual AUTM Foundation Scholarships. Two students, Turo and Zimbone, each received a Howard Bremer Scholarship, which are awarded on a worldwide basis to five students who want to build expertise in academic technology transfer. Ncube, of Zimbabwe, who attended UNH Law as a visiting Fulbright Scholar in the fall of 2010, received a Developing Economies Scholarship, which is awarded on a worldwide basis to five students who want to build capacity in technology transfer in emerging economies.
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… Cantor has more going for him than just his credentials: Between his leadership PAC and his campaign committee, the Virginia Republican has more than $2 million that he can use to support state and federal candidates.
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