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Three US military rockets stand on display before the Smithsonian Institution's Arts & Industries Building, early 1960s. (left to right) the U.S. Army Jupiter-C satellite launcher, the U.S. Navy Vanguard satellite launcher, and the U.S. Navy Polaris A-3 missile. In those days, the area outside the museum building became known as Rocket Row. The Jupiter-C and Vanguard were put on display at the National Mall building. The Polaris was moved to the Paul E. Garber Facility. Not shown to the right of the frame is the Atlas Mercury launch vehicle.
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As youth artisans struggle, NGOs beef up business training
A new generation of artisans in the Global South are getting entrepreneurial training with their craft skills.
Worldwide, people aged 15 to 24 are nearly three times more likely to be unemployed than their older counterparts, according to a 2012 report by the International Labor Office. These figures are particularly alarming in developing nations where the ratio of young to old is highly skewed. To combat this problem, nonprofits are beginning to think outside the box. One idea: nonprofits that might simply have taught local youths the art of craft making, are now also incorporating entrepreneurial skill-building into the mix.
For instance, in Chiapas, Mexico, young female Mayan weavers are simultaneously learning weaving skills and business skills, like production oversight, retail management and an understanding of international marketing. This is part of an endeavor funded by the Kellogg Foundation and run by Aid to Artisans, a U.S.-based charity that works to create economic opportunities for artisans around the world.
Artisanship can be a way for young, lower-skill workers to create products that sell to richer cities or countries. But for those who try, learning a craft is only half the battle. "Young people need access to market-driven product development, business training and linkage to markets," Monika Steinberger, Aid to Artisans' director of program management and development, told the Financial Times. It is these skills that will enable artisans to sell their products in major cities around the globe, where consumers often demand competitive, high-quality goods.
This approach could yield successful results as young artisans propel forward, learning hard and soft skills they could one day use in other industries or professions. Not only do they gain technical training, they also boost their self-esteem as they begin to engage in the business side of craftsmanship.

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Season tickets for the 2012-13 Butler Basketball season are now on sale, featuring 18 games at historic Hinkle Fieldhouse. The campaign includes the Bulldogs' inaugural season in the powerful Atlantic 10 Conference, plus exciting non-conference matchups.
This season, the Athletic Department has adjusted the seating and pricing options to give fans more options. Seven different price options will be offered – starting at just $225, or less than $13 per game – and a considerable number of seats now cost less than they did a year ago. Lower level chairback seats will sell for $589 ($32.72 per game).
Head Coach Brad Stevens' 12 returning letter-winners gained invaluable experience during last year's season, which resulted in a seventh straight year with at least 20 wins. Seniors Andrew Smith and juniors Khyle Marshall and Chrishawn Hopkins were the Bulldogs' top three scoring threats last year. The team will welcome three freshmen to the roster and newly eligible Arkansas transfer Rotnei Clarke.
Included in the home schedule are Atlantic 10 Conference games with four teams that advanced to the NCAA Tournament last year (Xavier, Saint Louis, Temple and Saint Bonaventure). Richmond and Charlotte, which have combined for seven NCAA appearances since 2000, also will visit Hinkle. Duquesne and Rhode Island round out Butler's home A-10 contests and will travel to Hinkle with new head coaches.
The non-conference slate is highlighted by a January weekend game with Gonzaga and also includes three in-state foes, Ball State, Evansville and IUPUI. The Bulldogs will open the regular season on Saturday, Nov. 10 against Elon in an EA Sports Maui Invitational Opening Game after playing a pair exhibition games at home. The entire home and road schedule will be officially released near the beginning of the fall semester.
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By Jason Krump
What does Deone Bucannon enjoy about tackling?
"I like being the one that hits instead of getting hit," he explains.
"It's a challenge," he says of going up against an opponent one-on-one. "Who's going to win?"
"I don't want to be on the losing side."
Rarely has that happened during Bucannon's career at Washington State.
No one in the Pac-12 Conference has been better at tackling. He enters Saturday's New Mexico Bowl with a conference-leading 109 tackles, and his 74 solo tackles are 10th-most in the country. He owns the fourth-most tackles in WSU history (379).
As much as Bucannon loves to hit a ball carrier, he loves to play for his teammates, more.
"I love playing defense for these guys," he says. "You genuinely care about and genuinely want to do everything you possibly can to be the best player you can when you step on that field with them."
When Bucannon learned of the Cougars' first bowl bid in a decade his first thoughts were for his teammates.
"I was really happy for everyone on the team," he says. "Everyone on this team deserves it.
"We got a lot of people on this team who has been through some bad times and to see that all of the work is paying off is a blessing and a humbling thing."
And while his current teammates were foremost in his thoughts, the players who wore the Cougar uniform before him were not far behind.
"We owe it to the people who were before us," he adds. "All of those great players who set the stage for us, we're really thankful and we wouldn't be in this position without them."
When Saturday's New Mexico Bowl ends, Bucannon will join the Cougar football alumni club.
His career will be remembered as one of the most renowned in program history.
When he earned first-team All-Pac-12 honors earlier this month, he became the first Cougar to earn first team accolades since wideout Brandon Gibson in 2007 and the first defensive back since safety Eric Frampton in 2006.
The Pac-12 accolade is the second career all-conference honor for Bucannon after being named to the second team last season, he was also named a Freshman All-American in 2010.
All America honors have come rolling in. He was named a Second-Team All-American by the Walter Camp Football Foundation, the All-America First Team by Athlon Sports, and most recently, CBSSports.com All-America Third Team, SI.com's All-America Team Honorable Mention and a First Team selection to the AP All-America Team.
While the honors have been bestowed to Bucannon this season, he is quick to say how much of an honor it's been to play football for the Cougars.
"It's really hard to explain how much it means to me," says Bucannon, who is majoring in criminal justice. "It's a true honor and I appreciate all the things people have done to provide me with the scholarship. Without this, I wouldn't be at the place I am now. It has definitely made a huge impact on my life."
Bucannon's family will be in New Mexico to watch him play his final WSU game Saturday.
Both his immediate family and Cougar family.
And whatever the future holds for Bucannon, he knows one thing will always remain constant. Being a part of the family.
"WSU and the people here taught me how to overcome adversity, stay within yourself and to remember who you're playing for," he says. "No matter what, the people here and around you have your back.
"It's a family environment. It's a brotherhood. That's what WSU instilled in me. No matter how far you go, no matter where you're at, no matter how many years down the line, these are your brothers. This will always be your family. It's a bond that you have with each other. It's unexplainable."


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The Maharishi of Marketing ROCKS!
Entrepreneur, rock guitarist and concert organizer - wearing three hats at once comes naturally to Kettering senior Steve Schwartz, who is rapidly becoming a major Internet player in southeast Michigan.
They are the self-titled Marketing Maharishi and Infrastructure Guru for Alfa Jango Software and Marketing and the lead guitarist and lead vocals for "Moment of Inertia" alternative rock group. They are also still in college – for a few weeks anyway.
Steve Schwartz and Ben Talavera take their work and their music seriously --– not so much themselves. "People always have important sounding names with big titles to define them professionally," said Schwartz of their tongue-in-cheek Alfa Jango titles. "We wanted to steer away from any sense of exaggerated importance," he explained.
He and Talavera have launched Alfa Jango (http://www.alfajango.com/) in preparation for graduating from Kettering this June. "Ben always wanted a company with word 'alfa' in the name and I always wanted a company with the word jango in the name," said Schwartz, hence the web, branding, marketing, infrastructure and information management company with the quirky name.
Quirky names are somewhat of a specialty with Schwartz, a Mechanical and Electrical Engineering major from Wilmington, N.C., who is also a founder of "Moment of Inertia," which is an engineering term used to describe the rotational analog of mass, and co-founder of RateMyStudentRental.com, a website that allows students to rate the apartments, houses, even dorms where they stay during their terms on campus (www.ratemystudentrental.com).
"Moment of Inertia," or MOI, is a popular party band at Kettering and they manage to keep up a healthy concert schedule locally when they are on campus. They are currently working on their second CD, recently recording some of the music on campus, and trying to launch an independent rock tour of southeastern Michigan called "Rock D-Town," featuring local bands in local concert venues.
Juggling all this AND their last semester of college, Schwartz and Talavera seem very calm, almost laid-back. Schwartz casually explained how Alfa Jango was a spin off of his original company "No BS Web Design and Development," started when he was a sophomore.
"Alfa Jango came about because I started doing more marketing work and consulting than actual web development," said Schwartz. "I partnered with Ben Talavera, a Computer Engineer with a minor in Computer Science. He does the information and infrastructure work and I handle the web, marketing and business development."
"A number of 'No BS' clients started asking for marketing advice so it morphed into Alpha Jango and Ben came on board," Schwartz explained. "We do any kind of marketing, but we try to specialize in companies who need to market to our generation, the Echo-Boomers. Who better to market to us, than us?"
Indeed. For both their "No BS" clients and their new Alfa Jango clients, Schwartz and Talavera start out with traditional marketing plans and media, and then branch into the "new" media of Facebook, Twitter, Myspace and other online social networking venues to market to their peers.
"A lot of companies that specialize in this type of marketing STUDY how to reach people with this media, but we've been using it from the inside out," said Schwartz. "We use it just as a matter of course, so we have an edge in how to use it for marketing."
Beyond marketing to fellow Echo Boomers, Alfa Jango helps companies utilize new technologies to grow their businesses from the inside out. "As companies grow, they have trouble with how they share information within the company," explained Schwartz, "we build custom software to help companies grow and continue to operate efficiently, by solving internal communication infrastructure problems to help deal with growth, what we call scalable infrastructure," he added.
To keep ahead of the technological curve Schwartz is involved in networking groups and professional associations in the Ann Arbor, MI, area. He helped organize Digital Edge Michigan (DEMI - www.digimich.com), which started out as networking group for web entrepreneurs. Schwartz, Kristen Winter, a fellow RateMyStudentRental.com founder and Kettering student, and Joe Minock, founder and CEO of WhatUNeed, LLC, saw the potential for DEM and began working to turn it into a non-profit incubator for web start ups in Michigan. "Digital Edge is about bringing together the web community," said Schwartz, "we have more than 100 casual members and 75 active members now. And actually a few people over 30 have joined," he joked, referring to the average age of Echo Boomers who are mostly under 30.
Running with the big dogs of the new technology-based business model, Schwartz is fast becoming recognized as a Michigan Internet player, serving as the youngest "expert" on discussion panels such as the "Internet User Experience Conference" at Washtenaw Community College, sponsored by the Usability Professionals' Association, and the New Enterprise Forum, focused on innovative new business models, sponsored by the Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center (MIsbTdc) and GLEQ.
Fellow expert panelists for these events included Scott Collins, Slashdot; Derek Mehraban, CEO, Ingenex Digital Marketing; Ed Vielmetti, director of Social Media, Pure Visibility; Howard Brown, co-founder and CEO, CircleBuilder Software; Joe Minock, founder and CEO, J. Edward Media Group/AccuGet.com; and Rick Warner, CEO, Parking Carma.
In between classes, serving as expert panelists, calls from clients and MOI gigs, Schwartz and Talavera are dreaming big for their Rock D-Town Michigan rock tour (www.RockDTown.com). The plan is to get five or six of the best area bands from southeast Michigan to perform at locally-owned venues in a summer concert tour in July and August, and throw in an element of community service.
Their goal is to promote the creative culture of Detroit and get people involved in charitable work. "We're trying to work it out to give all proceeds from the Rock D-Town tour to charity," Schwartz said. To get people involved in service, the plan is to have participating band members do community service projects in the areas where they will be playing that night and invite fans to join them.
To make the Rock D-Town Rock Tour dream a reality, Schwartz, Talavera and Winter are putting their new technology skills to use to help find funding for the project. The Rock D-Town idea is one of eight finalists for the month of May on the web site IdeaBlob.com, where users vote on their favorite ideas, and at the end of each month, the idea with the most votes gets $10,000 to help make it happen.
"If we can win this $10,000, we could really make the rest of the nation stand up and listen to what's going on in Detroit," said Schwartz. But that $10,000 prize would be just the first step in making the Rock D-Town Rock Tour a nationally recognized event. "We're also in the process of working out some major sponsorship and bringing a nationally known band to headline the tour," added Winter. The band under consideration is originally from the area, keeping in line with the tour's Detroit focus.
Contrary to how he appears to people with half his energy, Schwartz claims he is not a work-a-holic. "I like working if its fun and my thing," he said of his hectic schedule. "I work a lot, but I still have a healthy social life. Sometimes the social life wins over the work or school life," he admitted.
He indirectly credits Kettering for fostering his entrepreneurial endeavors. "Kettering is not exactly known for having a lot of social activity," Schwartz said, "but it's a great place to make connections, to network, to meet a lot of people like me who are ready to start stuff. If I were at a state school, I probably wouldn't be doing half of this," he said, referring to Alfa Jango, MOI, RateMyStudentRental.com and the Rock D-Town Rock Tour.
"I'm crazy happy with my life right now. I'm 23 years old and I can't stand not having anything to do. I may have stress on a daily basis, but it's a stress I enjoy," he said.
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KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Bronson Trauma & Emergency Surgery has welcomed to its team, Jon C. Walsh, MD, MPH, FACS.
Walsh is board certified in general surgery with special interests in traumatic brain injury, trauma systems development, aeromedical care and advanced technology used in healthcare. He completed his internship and surgical residency at San Joaquin General Hospital in Stockton, California and at the University of California, San Diego. He also served as a National Institute of Health Research fellow in surgery, burns and trauma at the University of California-Davis and the University of California-San Diego.
Walsh received his medical degree from Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He also earned a master's degree in public health from San Diego State University. He was a commander with the United States Naval Reserve Medical Corps.
Walsh is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of many associations including the Michigan Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Michigan Chapter ACS Committee on Trauma, Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Society of Critical Care Medicine and American Trauma Society. He is co-chair of the Michigan State Trauma Advisory Committee.
Prior to joining Bronson, Walsh was chief of trauma and chief medical informatics officer at Borgess Health and attending staff surgeon in trauma, critical care, and acute care general surgery at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing. He was also chairman of the board for West Michigan Air Care from 2004 to 2009.
Walsh joins surgeons Paul Blostein, MD, Scott Davidson, MD and Sheldon Maltz, MD, who oversee the recovery of patients who are admitted to Bronson's Trauma Care Unit, located at 601 John Street in Kalamazoo.
Walsh can be reached at (269) 341-6022.
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One in 141 Americans Has Celiac Disease But Doesn't Realize it
In having two friends over for dinner last night who are both gluten free, I realized two things: One, it can be extremely difficult to accommodate a gluten-free diet. And two, perhaps I'm slightly gluten intolerant myself as I've had similar symptoms to the ones they were listing off before changing their diet.
And after seeing a report this morning from RTT News that most Americans have celiac disease but are unaware of it, I'm starting to wonder if I'm among the gluten intolerant after all.
A new survey from the Mayo Clinic found that about 1.8 million Americans have celiac disease, but approximately 1.4 million are unaware they have it. Or, 1 in 141 Americans is living with the condition without knowing it.
Researchers ran blood tests on 7,798 people over the age of six who'd previously participated in a nationwide survey from the CDC between 2009 and 2010. Findings revealed that 35 participants had celiac disease – 20 were women, 29 were Caucasian, and 29 were entirely unaware of their condition.
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How to Work With Enamel Paint
Enamel paint is a general term used for paint that dries to a very durable, hard finish. It is an excellent choice for painting pieces that will be used outdoors or will otherwise be subjected to heavy wear, such as doors, stairs, chairs, and trim. Enamel paint should not be confused with porcelain enamel (or "enamelware"), which is made from fired, powdered glass. Enamel paint is a more general term that refers only to the hardness of the finish, and can apply to both oil- and water-based paints. Learning how to work with enamel paint is a matter of knowing where it should be applied and how to apply it.
1Decide if enamel paint is suited for your project. Because of its durable finish, enamel paint is well suited to areas that will be subjected to excessive wear. The paint is a good choice for wooden or metal furniture, both outdoors and indoors. It is also well suited to doors and areas of trim that might be subjected to repeated bumping or scraping.
- Because of its hard, usually glossy finish, enamel paint is also very easy to clean. This makes it ideal for applications like kitchen or bathroom trim.
- Enamel paint is not available in a matte finish. Therefore, it is not well suited for painting walls or other areas where a glossy sheen would be distracting or impractical.
2Choose between oil-based or water-based enamel paint. Oil-based enamel paints have the advantage of delivering a higher-gloss finish. They are also easier to apply using a spray gun and easier to smooth. The drawback to oil-based paints is that they must be cleaned away using mineral spirits. Water-based enamel paints typically don't deliver an extremely glossy finish, but can be cleaned up with soap and water.
3Choose the best brush for applying the paint. Because enamel paints are often used for applications with intricate detailing like molding, and because their glossy finish highlights imperfections, you need to use a high-quality brush. For applying oil-based enamel, use a black china bristle brush. Synthetic bristles work better for water-based enamels. It is best to avoid foam brushes and rollers. These brushes are designed to achieve good coverage in minimal time, not to achieve a smooth finish on an uneven surface.
- You can also use a sprayer to apply enamel paint. For water-based paints, airless sprayers work well. For oil-based paints, either airless or HVLP (high volume, low-pressure) sprayers can be used. Enamel paints generally should not be thinned when used with a sprayer.
4Apply the enamel paint using the proper stroke. The most important step in achieving a smooth finish with enamel paint is the brushstroke. Individual strokes show up very easily with a glossy paint. To avoid this, use a 3-step "tipping off" process.
- Begin by applying the paint. Load your brush and apply the paint in a slow, smooth stroke, following the direction of the wood grain if possible. Apply enough pressure so that about a half-inch (1 cm) of your brush bristles contact the surface.
5Immediately after applying the paint in the first stroke, angle your brush so that only the bristle tips contact the work surface. At about a 30 degree angle to the original stroke, run the tips of brush back along the painted area. This is called "tipping off" or "laying off" the paint.
- Right after tipping the paint off diagonally, line your brush back up with the original stroke. Still using just the bristle tips, retrace the first stroke you made. These 3 steps, if followed consistently, should lead to a smooth finish free of visible brushstrokes.
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I doc some touch up painting on bathroom cabinets w. Oil based enamel and it is not drying. Suggestions?
- Lacquers and shellacs can also be used as good, glossy alternatives to enamel paints for painting trim and molding.
- Make sure to mask the work area adequately with painter's tape before painting.
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March 06, 2006 12:01 AM by Joe Blackmon
Ivanka Trump joins her father and first season "Apprentice" winner Bill Rancic for boardroom duty this week on NBC's "The Apprentice," (Monday, March 6, 9-10 p.m. ET/PT). The teams are given their second task — to generate text messages via a marketing campaign promoting Gillette's Fusion Razor. The team with the most text messages wins.
The candidates are challenged as they persuade New Yorkers to text message on their mobile phones. Pepi learns a lesson in leadership while others struggle with Brent, who's viewed as an awkwardly acting teammate especially after dancing in the middle of Times Square in his bathrobe.
"Brent in a bathrobe in the middle of Times Square was my least favorite experience of the season," said Ivanka Trump, Vice President of Real Estate Development at the Trump Organization.
The winning team is rewarded the opportunity to give back to the community by outfitting disadvantaged men from the "Career Gear Charity" in new signature Trump apparel, including suits, watches and cufflinks as they face their first business interview, with a new look.
"Gold Rush" – Bryce, Charmaine, Dan, Lee, Lenny, Leslie, Tarek, Theresa
"Synergy" – Allie, Andrea, Brent, Michael, Pepi, Roxanne, Sean, Stacy, Tammy
Ivanka Trump received her bachelor's degree in real estate from the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania and currently serves as Vice President of Real Estate Development at the Trump Organization. At the young age of 24, she oversees all aspects of real estate development worldwide from deal evaluation, analysis and pre-development planning to construction, marketing, operations, sales and leasing.
"The Apprentice" is produced by Mark Burnett Productions. Mark Burnett, Jay Bienstock and Donald J. Trump are executive producers. Conrad Riggs and Kevin Harris are co-executive producers.
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The Timesobit is written strongly enough in the Safire style--in one case he's described as "a Pickwickian quibbler who gleefully pounced on gaffes, inexactitudes,
neologisms, misnomers, solecisms and perversely peccant puns"--that it makes you wonder if he drafted it himself. There's plenty more Safire on the Times site: you might begin with where he ended, his last opinion column, in 2003, called "Never Retire."
Of his dozens of books, the one that may last the longest combined two of his passions: Safire's Political Dictionary. For the latest edition, published in time for last year's election, he answered some questions from our own Lauren Nemroff. Here's her final question for him:
Amazon.com: You call this dictionary your "labor of love."
How do you feel about passing the baton off to a new editor when it
comes time to work on the next edition?
Safire: A
political lexicographer gets a secret thrill out of discovering the
origin of a phrase that, but for his digging, might disappear into the
mists of Newsweek. Sometimes you just stumble across it like one of the princes of Serendip: an example is selling candidates like soap, which never had a demonstrable printed "attestation". But looking for the origin of Oval Office, I stumbled across it in the Times
archives: put forward by a supporter of a general for president in
1920. Col. William Proctor, scion of the Ivory Soap family, was the
demonstrable coiner. A minor triumph, but mine own.
More important to this work was the result of a "fishhook"--a query placed in my Times Magazine "On Language" column for the coiner of "Social Security is the third rail of American politics--touch it and you die." Henry Hubbard of Newsweek and Tom Oliphant of the Boston GlobeI hope the editor of the
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Speaker Tip O'Neill, who used it to both journalists in 1984. Whew! The
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Some of my best friends and colleagues are outstanding recruiters. If you are currently looking for a job, there are a few things you need to know about what recruiters can and cannot do for you.
- One of the most common misconceptions is that recruiters help people find jobs. While it is true that recruiters do place people in some very excellent positions, recruiters are primarily beholden to the customers they represent.
- It is the job of a recruiter to find a candidate to fill a position. As such, recruiters seldom market candidates to companies, and when they do, they only select the cream of the crop as 'Most Placeable Candidates' (MPCs).
- Roughly about 5% of the revenue a recruiter makes is from placing a candidate into a company. 95% of the revenue is from finding a good candidate to fill a specific open role. Recruiters either work on contingency or are retained by the employer.
- If you are in career transition, have changed positions frequently, or if you have worked in multiple industries, it is less likely that a recruiter will be able help you. The recruiter may want to help you, but the corporations that pay 20% of annual base salary in commissions expect recruiters to hit the nail on the head.
- Networking with recruiters who are in your niche market is still a very good idea. If you establish a positive relationship with a talented recruiter, they will remember you the next time a suitable opening does come across their desk.
Recruiters are an important part of a search strategy, which should also include networking with people in and outside of your network, participating in related industry groups, and to a lesser extent using the Internet.
It is important not to put your eggs in one job search basket. In addition to reaching out to a network of recruiters, it is vital to make sure that your professional message gets into the right hands, and is presented in a way that is dynamic and compelling.
This article is part of the Career Collective monthly blog posts. Below are links to the other blogs for December 2010 from the Career Collective.
5 Misconceptions Entry-Level Job Seekers Make, @heatherhuhman, http://heatherhuhman.com/2010/12/5-misconceptions-entry-level-job-seekers-make/
How "Interview Savvy" Are You?, @careersherpa, http://careersherpa.net/how-interview-savvy-are-you/
Employers Don't "Care", @ValueIntoWords, http://careertrend.net/employers-dont-care
Misconceptions about Using Recruiters http://t.co/kjQYmud @DebraWheatman, http://careersdonewrite.com/blog/2010/11/30/5-misconceptions-about-using-recruiters.html
15 Myths and Misconceptions about Job-Hunting, @KatCareerGal, http://resumesandcoverletters.com/tips_blog/2010/12/15-myths-and-misconceptions-ab.html
Are You Boring HR? @resumeservice http://resume-writing.typepad.com/resume_writing_and_job_se/2010/12/boring-hr.html
Job Search Misconceptions Put Right, @GayleHoward http://www.theexecutivebrand.com/category/blog/thinking-the-right-way/
Who Cares About What You Want in a Job? Only YOU!, @KCCareerCoach, http://coachmeg.typepad.com/career_chaos/2010/12/who-cares-about-what-you-want-in-a-job-only-you-.html
How to get your resume read (sort of), @barbarasafani, http://www.careersolvers.com/blog/2010/12/01/how-to-get-your-resume-read-sort-of/
The 4 secrets to an effective recruiter relationship, @LaurieBerenson, http://blog.sterlingcareerconcepts.com/2010/12/01/the-4-secrets-to-an-effective-recruiter-relationship.aspx
Job Interviews, Chronic Illness and 3 Big Ideas, @WorkWithIllness http://workingwithchronicillness.com/2010/12/job-interview-chronic-illness-and-3-big-ideas/
The secret to effective job search, @Keppie_Careers: http://www.keppiecareers.com/2010/12/01/the-secret-to-effective-job-search/
Superstars Need Not Apply, @WalterAkana, http://www.threshold-consulting.com/threshold_consulting/2010/12/superstars-need-not-apply.html
The Jobs Under the Mistletoe, @chandlee, http://emergingprofessional.typepad.com/best_fit_forward/2010/12/the-jobs-under-the-mistletoe.html
8 Common Sense Interview Tips @erinkennedycprw http://exclusive-executive-resumes.com/career-workplace/8-common-sense-interview-tips/
Still no job interview? @MartinBuckland @EliteResumes http://aneliteresume.com/job-search/still-no-job-interview/
Misconceptions about the Hiring Process: Your Online Identity is a Critical Part of Getting Hired @expatcoachmegan http://www.careerbychoiceblog.com/career_by_choice/2010/12/common-misconceptions-about-the-hiring-process.html


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Icebreaker makes the BodyFit200 Chakra ¼- Zip Top for Women from superfine merino wool, and the result is everything you could want in a long-sleeved base layer top. Merino wool fiber is breathable, insulating, and has natural anti-odor properties. The Chakra zip features raglan sleeves, flatlock seams and seamless underarms for freedom from chafing and binding. The low-profile zip opening to the stand-up neck complements the top's natural breathability by allowing you extra ventilation on warmer days. This fine, non-itch wool is also sustainably and humanely grown, so you can feel good about your gear.
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Love Icebreaker.
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
- Fit: True to size
I have two of these 1/4 zip tops (black and teal). I cannot say enough how much I love them. I use them for running, travel, and about town and the sleek, sharp fit, ideal weight and warmth, and complete absence of stink make it a wardrobe essential. I wish all of my clothing was from Icebreaker.
First merino base layer
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
I got this one and the Stoic Breathe Composite Zip T (long sleeve). I got the extra small (5'4" 105 lbs) The stoic is a nylon/poly blend while this one is strictly wool. Honestly I love both shirts but I favor this one in that it's more breathable and doesn't feel as constricting as the stoic. Which I think is strictly due to materials. The Isle color is gorgeous and it is very soft. The good thing about merino wool (in my experience) is that it gets softer every time you wash it. The chest zipper really doesn't zip far down (The stoic zips so far it showed the top of my sports bra - not a big deal but noted). It came with some really cool facts about sheep in New Zealand, but my only downside was that it was packaged (by manufacter-er) in it's own cardboard box AND had tags too, seemed a bit of a waste of materials. Still a badass shirt
My first merino shirt...
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
This was my very first experience with merino wool, and I'll never wear anything else for a baselayer. Warm, dry, and thin , it makes a world of difference from its synthetic counterparts. I recently wore this to bag 2 14ers in Colorado, and it was perfect to keep me warm in the morning, and cool once the intense sun rose over us at the top. The quarter zip was perfect for venting as well as protecting the back of my neck from the sun beating down. A must have for anyone who does anything outside! I am 5'10 with slender build, and the small fit me perfectly.
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Terrible quality. It was ragged and tissue thin. It was way too short in the torso and sleeves. I wear a small in every other type of top like this but this was such an awkward fit. I would never in a million years ever even try another piece of clothing from this brand because of this. Thankfully, Backcountry has a great return policy!
Best top ever!
I have several Icebreaker pieces. But the quarter zip tops are my favorites--especially the Chakra 200. I wear it hiking, to bed, back out of bed, horseback riding, back to home, and then to yoga. It is thin enough to put another layer over it; absolutely non-itch (and I have allergies). I love these tops.
Wool baselayers are the new "it"
Seriously, they don't stink and they are so warm. Icebreaker is exceptionally comfortable. As a snowsports professional, I wear them every single day! I love that I don't have to wash them daily, comfort, and warmth!
Icebreaker BodyFit 200 Chakra 1/4-Zip Top - Women's
ordered this in peacock and I love the color! it's warm enough to wear it alone under a coat for these cool fall new england days. I just wish it had a little bit more room to layer a thin shirt/tank underneath it comfortably.
no room for under layers
If you order your regular size, know that the Chakra zip fits skin tight in the torso. I was hoping to use this top as an extra layer for running/biking over a sleeveless or short sleeve top, but there is absolutely no room for another layer beneath it. I usually wear a small and have an athletic build (no belly to speak of). I don't want to go a size up as then it will be too big across the back and chest (you know -- that "bat wing" under arm effect). The sleeves are nice and long and it is a well-made piece. If it had a little extra room in the torso, it could function as a base layer as well as a second layer... and be perfect. As is, it's not a keeper.
how does this run? i can wear an xl in the men's smartwool nts.?
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Like Jaima, I'm giving it four stars because it's not quite as odor-proof as I had dreamed. Other than that, it's a great top, true to size and color, light and warm but not too warm, etc. I do love merino wool and have enjoyed my icebreaker pieces in the past, so I intend to keep it.
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I have several Icebreaker shirts and have owned many for years!! Love them all and can't say enough great things about the way they fit and keep you warm.
Close to skin...
should have took more notice of that statement in a review,I prefer these types of tops a little looser for everyday wear,returning mine as I felt it ran too tight,other wise seemed well constructed.
As a base layer which this top is designed to be, you want it to be snug fit. But for casual wear, you should always size it up for loose fit.
How is the length of the Chakra zip?? I find some of the body fit tops for the icrebreaker line are a little shorter than i would like. The 260 tops are usually a great length!! I'm trying to decide if I should size up in order to get a longer length!!
Icebreaker BodyFit200
This is a beautiful top which also keeps me warm just like all my other merino wool tops.
quality and versatility
this shirt is a staple for me. I now have 3. I love it for running, I can just tie it on my waist once i heat up and it is super lightweight. the 1/4 zip is great for dumping heat when i start to warm up. great for those cool early morning runs
This is now my all time favorite cool, damp weather bike jersey. It fits close enough not to flap, doesn't stink when sweaty, and doesn't itch.
Short zipper can be adjusted to let out excess heat, or zipped up for more warmth.
New Favorite top!
True to size, but close fitting as
a base layer should be. I got
a medium to make sure it would go over my workout tops without any
lumps showing (normally I would wear a small). So far it fits just right, keeps me perfectly comfortable in spring/summer temps (it is nice protection against rain & over-air-conditioned spaces) and dont be fooled by the lightweight fabric - it is sturdy and well made. On a typical day I might scrape up against
muddy, moss-covered rocks in the pouring rain, then
after a light brushoff, I wear it - proudly - out for beers or coffee.
love it
love it!
no itch at all. Perfect warmth. I usually sweat easily. wore it on a warmer day with a cami under and a shell jacket on top; wore it on a colder day with another long sleeve layer with the jacket on top and was perfect both days.
oh merino wool...
I'm always cold...always. So, I love how warm wool is, but I definitely do not like the itch factor...enter Icebreaker merino wool. It's amazing stuff. It's warm, it's soft, and it rarely smells. The green color is adorable and I would guess the 1/4 zip is great if you get a little too warm.
Icebreaker BodyFit200 Chakra Zip Top
First of all, I have to say I am a sucker for the 1/4 zip tops. Love them. I have fleece ones, lightweight capilene ones, midweight capilene ones, etc...I decided I needed to try out the merino wool variety and settled on Icebreaker. This piece is great. The fit is amazing, fitted without being restrictive and the wool is so soft and smooth! I didn't give it five stars because despite all of the claims of being stink-free, after a day of snowboarding it definitely needed to be washed. Maybe I'm just stinky or the softshell I had over it kept my sweat from evaporating fast enough or maybe the synthetic shirt I had underneath was to blame...whatever the reason, it still stank. Maybe I'll try it on its own this weekend and see how that goes. I'd still recommend it, but know that you will need to wash it as much as anything else.
I love this top! The fit is great- I have a Large, as I have a very broad torso and it does not constrict at all. The wool is as soft as can be so there is no scratchiness at all. I tend to get warm on runs, even on the coldest days and if I peel off the jacket, I am perfectly fine in this. I almost exclusively wear smart wool socks and will now start converting all my winter running gear to merino wool.
I normally wear an Australian womens size...
I normally wear an Australian womens size 8. Would this be equivalent to xs or small?
Would be US size 4, or small
Is this light weight or med or heavy weight?...
Is this light weight or med or heavy weight? How does it compare to the bodyfit 260?
The BodyFit 200 is considered lightweight, you'll definitely notice a difference compared to the 260. It's pretty thin and best as a next to skin layer with a heavier mid layer and shell on cold days, or stand alone for spring skiing.
Write your question here...Is this top...
Write your question here...Is this top meant to fit snuggly?
Yes it is. It is meant to fit closely to the skin as a base layer.


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Product Recalls: Roman shades, Follow Your Heart brand dressings and deli productsBy AP
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Recalls: Roman shades, dressings and deli products
The following recalls have been announced:
—About 163,000 Roman shades, made in the U.S. and sold at Ethan Allen Design Centers, were recalled because the shades' freestanding loop and the exposed inner cord can strangle children. No reported incidents or injuries are linked to these recalled shades. These made-to-order shades were sold at Ethan Allen Design Centers at least since 1999 and through December 2009. The recall involves all styles and sizes of Roman shades sold under the Ethan Allen brand name, but they have no labels or markings. The shade's wholesaler is Ethan Allen Global Inc., of Danbury, Conn. Details: by phone at 888-339-9398; on the Web at www.cpsc.gov.
—Earth Island is recalling certain Follow Your Heart brand products because they might be contaminated with salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children and others with weakened immune systems. The recall includes Follow Your Heart dressings sold in grocery and health food stores nationwide, and Follow Your Heart deli products sold at grocery and health food stores in the Southern California region. No illnesses to date have been reported, according to the Chatsworth, Calif., company. For more information, consumers can call 818-725-2820.
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MELBOURNE: A top A-League club official says Australian football must boost its ties with Asia, involving itself more in the game's politics, or continue the risk of being downgraded by its confederation.
Melbourne Victory chairman Anthony Di Pietro said paying lip service to being part of Asia was pointless as he joined criticism of the nation being stripped of a second guaranteed spot in next year's AFC Champions League.
The Asian Football Confederation decision means Perth Glory, which was due to take the third spot in next week's ACL draw, will not be playing. Chairman Tony Sage said the move could cost the club up to Aus$80,000 ($83,400) in investments and damage its bid to lure David Beckham to Perth.
Di Pietro said Football Federation Australia had been caught on the hop.
"I don't think we should accept this lying down. The FFA (Football Federation Australia) will regroup and look at what they can do, but from our perspective it's a very disappointing decision," he told The Age newspaper.
Di Pietro added that he believed the Asian powerbrokers changed the criteria without informing the Australians. "What we have to do in this country is understand the Asian Confederation and get more involved with it," he said.
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The AFC decided last week that Australia did not score sufficiently on benchmarks required to give a nation multiple guaranteed entries. Instead, it cut the allocation of the 10-team A-League from two plus a qualifying tie spot to one plus a qualifying tie berth. Other countries get up to four representatives. REUTERS


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I had no idea. I mean, I'd met someone who fits this description, before, and was slightly humored by the false bravado, the bad tan, the spiked hair, the phoney "mafia" connections, as well as the overemphasized/made-up sexual exploits, but I had no idea that not only was there a name for this, but that it is a phenomonan that is threatening to take over Long Island, New York.
BTW - A co-worker of mine is a Long Islander, and knew all about this, and shared a laugh when I showed him this web-site.
Remember, they're out there, and they're orange....
Get Off Our Island - What Happened
I'm baaack! See my Hot Milk For Breakfast blog under Social Groups for more details
Umm, this phenomena is spreading everywhere. It's almost painful to watch these guys in person.
Kansas wears Adidas.
Warning: Strong Language
A subspecies of the Guido
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isn't guido the Spanish word for fart?
Darn guidos! Somebody outta do something before someone gets hurt.
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Processing a Software Idea Into a Suite Job at Google
Full name: Sam Schillace
Age: 42
Current position: engineering director for Gmail and other products at Google
How I got here in 10 words or less: Spent enough time with computers; realized it's all about people.
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Serial entrepreneur Sam Schillace had been writing software professionally for 16 years when one of his ideas caught Google's attention. Within seven months, he had sold his online word-processing program to the search-engine giant, where it joined an existing online spreadsheets program to form Google Docs. Now, he oversees engineering for Google products including Gmail, Picasa and Reader. He spoke with reporter Elizabeth Garone; edited excerpts follow.
Q: Your online word-processing system, called Writely, was a product of a company you co-founded in 2004 called Upstartle. How was that born?
A: It was the last in a long line of startups/projects that I'd done with my long term business partner, Steve Newman. [With third partner Claudia Carpenter] we started out with no real plan, just doing research.
In the summer of 2005, I wandered into AJAX -- a set of techniques for making websites more interactive -- and I honed in on how it let you edit rich text on a webpage, right in the browser. I played around with it and, over the course of a week or so, built an online word processor. We advertised it on Google AdWords and got about 1,000 users to try it out, just to see what they'd say.
TechCrunch [then a tech-review website, now a network of tech sites] and then Google found us as we were testing Writely live and we were almost immediately in the middle of a press and investor/acquirer storm.
How you can get here, too
Best advice: Mr. Schillace is a big believer in trying new things. "The more experiments you do, the more you learn."
Skills you need: A willingness to take risks and fail, says Mr. Schillace.
Where you should start: If you have a great idea, start your own company, suggests Mr. Schillace. "Don't wait for your idea to get built; go out and build the prototype now. Give it to people and let them bang on it and tell you what they really like about it -- and what they don't care about, too," he says. "You'll learn more doing that than you could in 20 years at a big successful company."
Salary range: Software engineering directors' salaries in the San Francisco Bay Area range from $128,403 to $260,115, according to Salary.com.
Q: What did people like about it?
A: Early on, they started talking about the collaboration part of the program -- the ability to co-edit a document. They told us they loved this collaboration ability, which we had originally done as an afterthought and an experiment. Michael Arrington, the editor of TechCrunch, wrote about us. That got a ton of attention. It kick-started a conversation in the industry around cloud computing and the next generation of Web applications. We realized then that the game had shifted. This wasn't about imitating a typewriter anymore; this was really about direct collaboration and communication between people.
Q: Was it hard to let go of it when you sold it to Google?
A: Getting bought up by Google was what let us take it to the next level. It gave us enough computing power to run a really serious application for millions of users without breaking a sweat. And we've continued to grow the product. Now it's a whole online suite that big enterprises use, but we've always kept focused on that core idea of collaboration.
Q: How has your career changed since you got to Google?
A: I'm not writing code now; I was when they hired me. I'm still in engineering, and I'm still working on [Google] Apps. I'm currently responsible for Gmail - I've handed off responsibility for Docs to another engineering director here.
In general, my job has gotten more generalized and somewhat higher level. When I came here, I was just writing a single part of what became Docs. I spent the last several years simultaneously building out the rest of the Docs team and product suite, and thinking and talking about our business strategy, the technical strategy for our cloud apps in general, and working on a lot of organizational and architectural issues. It's been very exciting, and quite a bit more involved and ambitious than I originally anticipated - Google tends to have that effect on people.
Q: You're a big proponent of starting your own company. Even in today's economy?
A: Never start a company just to start it. You start a company because you have an idea that you think will be great for some customer -- and great ideas are always worth doing, even in a tough market. It's also the case that many big companies are started during downturns and benefit from the added focus and discipline that's necessary. So it might actually be the best time to start a company, if it's the right idea and it's done well.
Q: You recommend a business degree but only after you have built your own company. Why is that important?
I'm not a huge fan of degrees. I'm much more a fan of going out and learning something that you know you want to understand. I think it's very easy to fool yourself about your skills if you're just in an academic program: "I have a Ph.D. in basketball! Never played, but I bet I'm great!" Actually running a business successfully doesn't leave you any room to hide. You can't really understand what lessons you need to pay attention to and what skills you need to build until you've tried and succeeded or failed.
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In response to NeelyOrrBourque's comment:
I really never could understand trash talking to the media. It usually ends up being the one who starts it that ends up with egg on their face. Toews obviously doesn't think this can happen to him. I expect someone from the B's leaving this in this in Z's locker sometime b4 tomorrow nite.
"Why is a puck called a puck? Because Dirty little bastar d was taken!"- Marty Brodeur
Absolutely, nite. If Marchand heard about it, I'd imagine the rest of the Bruins did also. Not to say he has a big mouth but that it's probably general knowledge among the team.


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Q: Our daughter is only 17, and just told us she�s pregnant. The father isn�t even in the picture, and we�re wondering if she ought to just go ahead and have an abortion. I know you�d probably be against it, but what choice does she have? � MRS. T.L.
A: I sincerely hope and pray that you and your daughter will not decide to end the life of the little child who is growing inside her right now. Yes, what she has done is wrong in God�s eyes � but two wrongs don�t make a right. While an abortion might seem like the easy way out for you and your daughter, it would be wrong, and in the long run she would live to regret it.
Life is sacred (even life in the womb), and is a gift from God that we must take very seriously. I know abortion is common today, and I�m afraid this has dulled our senses and caused us to ignore its consequences. But God sees things differently from us, and we turn our backs on Him at our peril. I often think of God�s words to Jeremiah: �Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart� (Jeremiah 1:5).
Admittedly, the months ahead won�t be easy if your daughter carries her baby to full term. But every year thousands of childless couples are disappointed in their search for a baby to adopt, and I hope you and your daughter will prayerfully consider this option.
In addition, urge your daughter to look beyond the present situation, and to put her life and her future into Christ�s hands. God loves her, and He wants to forgive her and help her rebuild her life on a solid foundation of faith.
Send your question to �My Answer,� c/o Billy Graham, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, 1 Billy Graham Parkway, Charlotte, N.C., 28201; or visit www.billygraham.org.
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According to police, on Friday a man came went up to the customer service counter at the Wal-Mart with a sealed box believed to be a computer tablet. The man exchanged the box for a cash refund, say police, and then went to the electronics department. Police say the man, believed to be between 20 and 30 years old, allegedly took a video gaming device and left the store without paying.
Later, store employees found that the box he had given them didn't have a tablet inside. Instead, they discovered other items in the box, say police.
Police describe the culprit as a 20 to 30 year old, light skinned black man with medium length brown hair, a beard, and glasses.
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Arrested Development At Its Best: Season 2's Most Memorable Episodes
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You know why Arrested Development is amazing? Well, because of its first season, of course. But Im talking about its second season. This shortened second season. Michael! I mean...Fox! (Takes a deep breath) Anyway, its because Mitch Hurwitz & Co. filled almost every second of airtime with something that delivers in either a visual or verbal or emotional comedic sensibility. For instance, the first two episodes of this second season bear titles similar to those of Friends episodes, beginning with The One Where, and then the third episode is just called Friends, albeit in Spanish, because part of the episode takes place in Mexico. Is it funny? Not especially, but its the kind of detail that makes you go, Wait, did I just see some graffiti written on a wall in that alley? What did that graffiti say? There could be a series that just aired encyclopedia pages on a split screen with Wikipedia pages about the same subjects, and it might come close to the amount of details that Arrested Development offers its viewers. Funny details, I mean. Not like, dates or whatever.
This is one of the few episodes within the series, beyond the openers, where you can almost step in without having seen anything previous, because it rounds out all of its characters in such a way that what is so familiar to some can still be picked up as refreshing for someone who doesnt know anything about Arrested Development. As the current bossman of Bluth Company, G.O.B. immediately proves his incompetence. You dont have to see him put the cue stick through the wall to know what happened there. Its a pool table in the middle of an office with recently patched up walls. But if youve seen the episode, it reminds you of when he did it. This is why all the series that just reset after every episode can never match the comedic depths that this show reaches. Caw! Ca-caw! Ca-caw! Ca-caw!
Youre the Chiclet. Not me!
Take that profoundly odd chicken gesture that G.O.B. gives to what few people would recognize as a chicken. Its a callback joke. But now we see that at one point, G.O.B. pissed off some Mexican folks because that particular dance was a derogatory slur. The joke now becomes something else, beyond just looking ridiculous. And then we find out that George Sr. is actually down in Mexico, and because G.O.B. believes that Michaels search for their father is actually a getaway plan, we actually get a live (within the episode) scene of G.O.B. doing the fricking dance IN MEXICO, and he gets tackled, another one of the shows common tropes. Its roughly a billion things happening at once all within the context of what we only just learned within the last few episodes. This is like an entire city being built around a fictitious paperback novel called Best Jokes For Smart People that was only printed once.
Dont be such an Ann Hog.
This episode gives us three significant things. Michael is allowed to really, really take a mental disassociation from Ann as a person - Who? Her? - both in his comments and by actually leaving her in Mexico and all. It introduces us to Gene Parmesan SQUEAL! Martin Mulls private investigator who assumes all disguises and arrives all over the place throughout the episode; its one of those guest starring roles that cements itself within the memory despite a lack of screen time. And it gives Buster one of the most ludicrous and totally buyable C stories that a series can give its audience, in having him spend time at the housekeeper Lupes house, believing hes escaped down to Mexico. You never believe Buster to be an unbelievable character. You just cant believe that Tony Hale can possibly be someone other than this character.
Make love in your own hand, Mother!
Seriously, once you add an amended Buster banner Youre Killing Me Buster with Lindsays flirtation with bounty hunter Ice, this episode is a classic through and through. And though Tobias appearance is minimal, he utters the line, Well, I wont know officially until 8:01. But I figured if I blue myself early, Id be nice and relaxed for a 9:00 dinner reservation. Hes got Blue Man Group make-up on. Its a cant-miss joke, people!
Things That Make The Episode Memorable
Might as well keep this make-up on, since it takes so [bleeping] long to get off. Tobias is talking about why he has to leave the paint on, but weve all seen just how easily the paint comes off, especially when he slides across the floor when Ice tackles him. Or when it gets left on every bit of furniture within the show. Details.
Cirsumvrent the law.
Theres a cornballer in the office!
And second-of-ly, I know you're the big marriage expert - Oh, sorry. I forgot. Your wife is dead. Delivered with the perfect amount of theatrics that David Cross steals scenes with.
After spending a long time with her and really getting to know her, Michael still doesnt like Ann.
I never thought Id miss a hand so much. Loose seal foreshadowing on the first degree.
Two exits to Legoland. Mo Collins and her Quincy Jones story.
Way to plant, Ann.
Chicken dance live!
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OZARK, Ala. (AP) — Katie Mitchell spent decades sewing in Wiregrass textile plants. She hated just about every minute of it.
"I didn't like sewing," she said. "Every day when I came home I said I wasn't going back again."
Time and a change of purpose have given Mitchell a different attitude toward the craft. Today, Mitchell is a part of a sewing ministry at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Ozark. The group makes a variety of clothing and other items, such as gowns for hospice patients, cancer caps, adaptive clothing for Alzheimer's patients and covers for walkers. Mitchell, who once saw sewing as just a way to make a living, has now embraced the craft. She spends about two or three hours each week at her church's sewing facility and many hours at home.
"There's a purpose behind this," Mitchell said. "There's a purpose in helping someone else and doing God's mission."
Mitchell's group of about seven seamstresses work in a converted storage room at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. By Mitchell's count, her group has made more than 5,000 garments since 2007.
Among Mitchell's band of seamstresses is Betty Peters, who at age 91 has turned out about 95 quilts in the past year. Mitchell said Peters had knee surgery this year, but was chomping at the bit to get back to work sewing.
"Every time I see her, she thanks me for letting her sew," Mitchell said. "I feel like I should be the one thanking her."
One of the sadder jobs Mitchell's group has taken on over the years is making burial gowns for infants. Mitchell said her group began making them after hearing of a demand in hospitals for gowns for premature babies who died.
"It was sad, but we were happy to do gowns because we knew the need was there," she said.
Lindsey Deavers Andrews, of Dothan, knows the value of sewing ministries like Mitchell's. In 2004, Andrews gave birth to a premature daughter weighing just one pound and 13 ounces. Andrews' baby, Kynlee Scott Andrews, didn't make it, leaving Andrews and her husband in need of a gown to bury their child in. A local sewing ministry stepped up and donated a burial gown as well as a matching handkerchief made of the same material.
Andrews said the gown made a difficult chapter in her life easier.
"It was truly a blessing," she said. "No one else around was doing that."
Today, Andrews is the mother of two children, including another child who was born prematurely but survived. Andrews said she finds the fabric square to be a comforting keepsake.
"It just gave me a peace of mind, she said. I liked that I had something to remember her by."
Mitchell's group has gotten away from making burial gowns, as other sewing ministries have contributed to fill the need. Today, her group focuses largely on other projects.
Mitchell is particularly proud of adaptive clothing her group has made for Alzheimer's patients. The clothing has a variety of buttons, pockets and ribbons on them to give Alzheimer's sufferers something to occupy themselves with, as they can often become restless and fidgety, Mitchell said.
Mitchell's group has also recently completed work on dresses for women in the Appalachians who have been impoverished by the closing of coal mines in the area. Mitchell said she was touched to learn that the dresses had been well-received by their recipients.
"There was one woman who was so proud that she got a handmade dress and not something handed down," she said.
Mitchell and her group's work have inspired other local churches to begin sewing ministries. Mitchell's daughter, Pam Dawsey , helped organize a sewing ministry at Ridgecrest Baptist Church. While Mitchell's mother was not always fond of sewing, Dawsey fell in love with the craft at an early age, piecing together creations from scraps her mother brought home.
Dawsey said as a child she always dreamed of being a fashion designer. Participating in the sewing ministry has allowed her to fulfill that dream in a way that serves others.
"I design clothes and sew for Jesus," she said.
Dawsey said she enjoys doing charitable work that has a local impact.
"We always think about Third World countries, but we don't think about our own sometimes," she said. "The need is great."
Mitchell said she's happy about how what was once a tedious chore has turned into a passion project.
"Sometimes I think God takes us through jobs to equip us for the mission he really wants us to do," Mitchell said. "I honestly hated sewing in a sewing factory. Now I have a passion for it."
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