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H.R.4664 - National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002107th Congress (2001-2002)
|Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7] (Introduced 05/07/2002)
|House - Science | Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
|Committee Reports:
|H. Rept. 107-488
|Latest Action:
|12/19/2002 Became Public Law No: 107-368. (TXT | PDF) (All Actions)
|Roll Call Votes:
|There have been 2 roll call votes
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Summary: H.R.4664 — 107th Congress (2001-2002)All Information (Except Text)
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National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 - (Sec. 3) Specifies goals under National Science Foundation (NSF) policy objectives of: (1) strengthening the Nation's lead in science and technology; (2) increasing overall workforce skills; and (3) strengthening innovation.
Passed Senate amended (11/14/2002)
(Sec. 5) Authorizes appropriations to NSF, increasing each year, for FY 2003 through 2005, with specified allocations for: (1) research and related activities; (2) education and human resources; (3) major research equipment and facilities construction; (4) salaries and expenses; (5) the Office of the National Science Board (Board); and (6) the Office of Inspector General. Authorizes appropriations to NSF for FY 2006 and 2007, without specific allocations, if Congress determines that NSF has made successful progress in meeting management goals.
(Sec. 6) Prohibits the obligation of major research equipment and facilities construction funds until 30 days after the NSF Director submits an annual report (required under this Act) containing a list of the most recent Board-approved projects.
(Sec. 7) Requires the Director to submit to specified congressional committees an annual plan for the allocation of funds for the corresponding fiscal year.
(Sec. 8) Requires the Director to carry out the following initiatives: (1) an information technology research program in areas related to cybersecurity, terascale computing systems, software, networking, scalability, communications, data management, and remote sensing and geospatial information technologies; (2) a nanoscale science and engineering research and education program; (3) a plant genome research program, including regional plant genome and gene expression research centers and basic genome research partnerships; (4) a science and technology innovation partnerships program; (5) a mathematics and science education partnerships program; (6) a Robert Noyce Scholarship Program; (7) a multi-year, competitive grant program to increase the number of associate's or bachelor's degree students in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology; (8) a competitive grant program for State or local educational agencies that supports the planning and implementation of agency-wide secondary school reform initiatives designed to promote scientific and technological literacy; (9) the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research; (10) a comprehensive program to advance the goals of the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act; and (11) an astronomical research program.
(Sec. 9) Requires the Director to award grants to institutions of higher education or eligible nonprofit organizations to establish mathematics and science education partnership programs to improve elementary and secondary mathematics and science instruction. Requires such programs to include activities that: (1) emphasize the training of master teachers for improving the instruction of mathematics or science; (2) encourage the interest of girls in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology; and (3) support research projects performed by students at secondary schools. Requires the Director to give priority to applications which include a high-need local educational agency and to ensure that a substantial number of partnerships funded include businesses. Requires: (1) program evaluation and dissemination of results; (2) annual reports on program coordination with provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; and (3) appropriate technical assistance to meet program requirements.
(Sec. 10) Requires the Director to award grants to institutions of higher education to provide scholarships, stipends, and programming designed to recruit and train mathematics and science teachers (to be known as the Robert Noyce Scholarship Program). Requires each individual receiving a scholarship or stipend under the program to complete, within six years of graduation, two years of service as a mathematics or science teacher for each year the scholarship was received. Requires repayment for unserved periods or failure to graduate. Allows the Director to waive a service or repayment obligation whenever compliance is impossible or would involve extreme hardship or if enforcement would be unconscionable.
(Sec. 11) Requires the Director to award grants to institutions of higher education to establish multidisciplinary Centers for Research on Learning and Education Improvement, which shall conduct and evaluate research in cognitive science, education, and related fields and develop ways in which research results can be applied in elementary and secondary school classrooms to improve the teaching of mathematics and science. Requires the Director to convene an annual meeting of such Centers to foster collaboration and disseminate research results.
(Sec. 12) Requires the Director to: (1) determine whether any existing NSF programs duplicate programs authorized under this Act; (2) terminate or merge any existing duplicative program; and (3) not establish any new duplicative program. Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to review NSF education programs to ensure compliance with such requirements and to report review results to specified congressional committees.
(Sec. 13) Requires the Director to: (1) assess and report to specified congressional committees on the major research instrumentation program; (2) enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to assess the need for an interagency program to establish and support university-based centers for interdisciplinary research and advanced instrumentation development; and (3) submit the NAS assessment results to specified congressional committees.
(Sec. 14) Requires the Director to: (1) develop, submit to the Board for approval, and report to specified congressional committees on a list indicating the relative priority for funding under the major research equipment and facilities construction account of each project the Board has approved for inclusion in a future budget request; and (2) include in the NSF annual budget request a plan for the proposed construction of, and repair and upgrades to, national research facilities, including full life-cycle cost information. Prohibits the management of any national research facility project by an NSF temporary appointee. Requires the Board to: (1) explicitly approve any project before funds may be obligated; and (2) report to specified congressional committees on any delegation of authority related to funding for any project. Requires the Director to: (1) arrange through NAS a study on setting priorities for a diverse array of disciplinary and inter-disciplinary NSF-sponsored large research facility projects; and (2) submit study results to specified congressional committees.
(Sec. 15) Requires the Board to conduct open business meetings. Requires the NSF's Inspector General to: (1) conduct annual audits of Board compliance with open meeting requirements; and (2) report audit results to specified congressional committees.
Authorizes NSF to designate persons authorized to have access to identifiable information for statistical and research purposes only. Subjects violators of NSF confidentiality provisions to a $10,000 fine and five years' imprisonment.
(Sec. 17) Requires the Director to award grants to institutions of higher education to expand previously implemented reforms of undergraduate science, mathematics, engineering, or technology education that have been demonstrated to increase the number and quality of students studying toward and completing associate's or baccalaureate degrees in such fields.
(Sec. 18) Requires the Director to transmit to specified congressional committees a report describing the impact that increasing the average grant size and duration would have on minority-serving institutions and on institutions located in States where NSF's Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research is carrying out activities.
Requires the Director to: (1) arrange with NAS to assess gender differences in the careers of science and engineering faculty and to transmit results to specified congressional committees; (2) enter into an arrangement with an appropriate party to assess gender differences in the distribution of external Federal research and development funding and to transmit assessment results to specified congressional committees; (3) study and report to specified congressional committees on issues related to broadband network access for schools and libraries; and (4) report annually to specified congressional committees on the amount of NSF funding to minority-serving institutions and recommendations for the improvement of such funding.
(Sec. 19) Requires the Director to: (1) evaluate the effectiveness of all undergraduate science, mathematics, engineering, and technology education activities supported by NSF in increasing the number and quality of students studying toward and completing degrees in such fields; (2) establish a common set of assessment benchmarks and tools for use in NSF project-based assessment activities; (3) report every three years to specified congressional committees the results of such evaluation; and (4) annually evaluate a random sample of grants, contracts, or other awards made pursuant to this Act and provide for disseminating the results to the public.
(Sec. 20) Instructs the Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering to include as part of the first biennial report on its activities transmitted to Congress after the date of enactment of this Act: (1) a summary of its findings over the previous ten years; (2) a description of past and present NSF policies and activities to encourage the full participation of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities in science, mathematics, and engineering fields; and (3) an assessment of trends of participation and of the success of NSF policies and activities, along with proposals for new strategies or the broadening of existing successful strategies toward facilitating the goals of the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act.
(Sec. 21) Amends the Scientific and Advanced-Technology Act of 1992 to: (1) include core science and mathematics research within the National Advanced Scientific and Technical Education Program; and (2) require articulation partnerships to include providing students with research experiences at bachelor degree granting institutions participating in such partnerships.
Requires a report from the Director to specified congressional committees on results of NSF efforts conducted under such Act.
(Sec. 22) Requires a report from the Board to specified congressional committees addressing and examining NSF budgetary and programmatic growth as provided by this Act.
(Sec. 23) Directs NSF and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to jointly establish an Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee for assessing and making recommendations regarding the coordination of astronomy and astrophysics programs of NSF and NASA.
(Sec. 24) Authorizes the Director to establish a new program to award grants to Hispanic-serving institutions, Alaska Native-serving institutions, Native Hawaiian-serving institutions, and other institutions serving a substantial number of minority students to enhance the quality of undergraduate science, mathematics, and engineering education at such institutions and to increase the retention and graduation rates of students pursuing associate's or baccalaureate degrees in science, mathematics, engineering, or technology.
(Sec. 25) Requires the Director to enter into an agreement with NAS to conduct a comprehensive study to determine the source of discrepancies in Federal reports on obligations and actual expenditures of Federal research and development spending. Requires the Director to submit study results to specified congressional committees.
(Sec. 26) Authorizes the Director to accept planning proposals from applicants who are within .075 percentage points of the current eligibility level for the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research.


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How healthy is your home? If you are lucky, your home is a sanctuary and every room leaves you feeling peaceful and secure. Not everyone is so lucky. Are there areas in your home that always seem to attract arguments or areas that leave you feeling uneasy? Are there areas that no matter how much you clean, it just accumulates more clutter than any other room in the house?
Land and homes hold the energy of the activities that happen there such as land where wars were fought or rooms where people argued and waged their own private battles. Even if this happened in your home before you lived there, the land or home can continue to resonate with that negative energy and affect you, your relationships, and your health.
We have found that as individuals work on improving their health, they need to also look at the environment in which they live and work in order for them to fully achieve their health goals and maintain a healthier energy.
For some time now, while doing individual energy balancing sessions, we found that we needed to address the dynamics of the land where individuals were born or where they have lived. For that reason, we have put together a team that has been busy doing many sessions specifically designed to help clear the energetic dynamics of farmland, homes, businesses, and other properties.
The views expressed in this article are educational in nature and reflect the personal and clinical experiences of the author and the team of practitioners associated with the BodyTalk Center of Oklahoma.
Kathi Springman
Click here for a downloadable version of this article as it was printed in Natural Awakenings OKC March 2015.
The views expressed are educational in nature and reflect the personal and/or clinical experiences of the author.

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Rydal Penrhos will once again host a thriving national coaching initiative throughout the winter months.
The school will be the venue for the Marylebone Cricket Club Foundation Hub's North Wales base, which offers high-quality cricket coaching to talented children in the state school system, who have displayed the potential to become good cricketers.
The MCC will fund three coaches for 25 two-hour sessions at the school, which equates to a session every week in the off-season.
The day-to-day running of each Hub is left to a local manager, who runs local trials to identify talented children and who oversees the coaching sessions, which are open to male and female players from state schools across North Wales.
This is the fourth successive year that the MCC will be using Rydal Penrhos as their venue for the initiative, which has gone from strength-to-strength since its inception.
The scheme is available to players who qualify for U13 and U15 levels and it has already seen success in the form of Welsh youth international Owen Reilly, who is now a Sixth Form pupil at the school and recently turned out for the national side in a fixture against the MCC.
Director of Sport Allen Boyd, said: "We are thrilled to be hosting the Marylebone Cricket Club Foundation Hub at Rydal Penrhos once again, which provides expert coaching to aspiring state school cricketers to aid their development considerably.
"This has been nothing short of a roaring success in the region and across the country, and we are honoured to host the project at our fantastic facilities."
The Hubs are put together, funded and mentored by the MCC Foundation, and further details on how to apply will be released during the summer.


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JimJams Chocolate Spreads, the healthier chocolate spread company, is celebrating another massive boon with listings in 363 Sainsbury's stores across the UK from 4 June.
The success follows an amazing year for the brand, which since its launch in 2014 has gained listings in 530 Tesco's, 360 Morrisons, 200 Holland & Barrett stores, Ocado, Wholefoods Market, all northwest Booths stores and Dobbies Garden Centre.
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Apr 25
Archive for 'Blackstone Audio'
Less than two weeks before Hearts of Shadow (Deadglass #2) arrives on bookstore shelves! The audiobook was narrated by Xe Sands, who did a fabulous job on the novella and book #1. It releases in May from Blackstone Audio, but seems to have no cover as of yet. Xe Sands has shared a sneak listen from Hearts of Shadow and it sounds GREAT! I couldn't be happier. I'm trying to copy how she says aptrgangr, just in case I ever have to say it out loud. Hearts of Shadow sneak listen When I get author copies, I will be giving… Read more »
Oct 23
Exciting news: the audiobook of Hearts of Darkness released yesterday! You can now buy the mp3 CD from Amazon and Blackstone Audio and the mp3 download from Audible. Will it be available as an mp3 download or from audible or from X retailer? I don't know, but I hope so. Yes! Why did they change the cover? I don't know, but I think it looks good. Who is the narrator? I can answer this one! The fabulous Xe Sands, who narrated Jacquelyn Frank's Nightwalker books and is also local to Seattle. She knows Ballard and has toured the chocolate factory… Read more »
Oct 8
Narrator Xe Sands has released a sneak peek of the upcoming Hearts of Darkness audiobook, which will be available from Blackstone Audio on October 22, 2012. Sands has snippets from two scenes and called it "Evolution of an Alpha Hero." You can see a glimpse of how Hart goes from asshole to awesome. Check out the audio sneak peek here. Preorder it on Amazon here. Buy it from Blackstone Audio here.… Read more »
Aug 30
I'm happy to announce that Blackstone Audio has purchased the audio rights to Hearts of Fire and Hearts of Darkness, with Xe Sands narrating. I've had the pleasure of speaking with Ms Sands on the phone, and I absolutely love her voice. It's going to be so much fun to listen to her narrate the books! Knowing she might (hopefully) narrate the rest of the series, I keep thinking about reading the sentences out loud as I'm working on Hearts of Chaos (Deadglass #3). I tweeted, "Am tempted to write things like, 'The gaslight glinted off the gears and tempered… Read more »


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Tim's Marine has expanded by leaps and bounds, thanks to the support of so many of our customers. Today it is an area leading sales and service marine dealership with an employee team whose core focus is still about "servicing the customer".
As store Sales & Marketing Manager, Stacy Spencer tells it: "Buster has taught us well. His approach to doing business is simple and straight forward. We can forget about new sales in the future if we do not provide good service to our customers today. It has been our recipe for success."
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This is a post by Andre Rahmer.
Living in Ecuador has many benefits. The one I enjoy the most is that this country has everything I can ask for when it comes to satisfying my addiction of traveling, exploring and adventure.
Surfing along the broad beaches, biking / hiking in the Andes, or canyoning in the Amazon.
Ecuador has it all – squeezed into an area with the size of Nevada. No need to say that this is perfect road-trip material.
Today I want to share my favorite road-trip through the Andes. A tour from Cuenca to Quito – 921 km of pure fun!
Our first stop is the small village of Cañar, located only 40min outside of Cuenca. The small town possesses the largest inca ruins in Ecuador including a temple of the sun.
They may not be as spectacular as Machu Picchu but what brings this constellation of bricks and pieces of foundation back to life is the fascinating story behind it. The local guides are very knowledgeable and offer tours in English.
Ingaprica is also a great spot to try cuy (guinea pig) which is considered to be a local delicacy.
Further north, the next stop is the adventure capital: Baños. Surrounded by more than 100 waterfalls and the active Tungurahua volcano, the city is a must-see.
Paragliding, canyoning, mountain biking or a ATV tour, Baños has it all. After a full day of activities, the city invites you to a relaxing evening in one of the many exclusive spas.
Only 160 km further north the water-filled caldera is waiting to be discovered. The Quilotoa volcano is one of my highlights along the route and represents a great place for hiking, biking, and if you are up to, even riding a donkey down the crater.
Only a few minutes away from the lake basic accommodation is available. Emphasis on basic!
Before entering the capital of Ecuador, we need to make one more stop in the small town of Otavalo, located two hours north of Quito.
Otavalo is famous for its large artisanal market and its indigenous population. Especially on Saturdays the market brings the city to a standstill.
Besides a wide range of hand-made Ecuadorian products such as Panama hats, weavings, jewelry and clothes, the market also represents the perfect spot to try some Ecuadorian dishes as well as delicacies from the neighboring countries Peru and Colombia. Yummy!
After visiting rather small towns and villages along the trip, Quito impresses with a big-city feeling. So, where to start? I recommend staying in one of the smaller B&B around the historical center as it represents the perfect base to discover the city and its surrounding.
With its many authentic restaurants, bars and galleries, the famous street La Ronda is a great spot to stroll through – especially at night. Afterwards, take a taxi to the buzzing Plaza Foch, drink a beer and dive into Quito's nightlife.
Here are some of the best things to do in Quito.
La Basilica
Visiting Quito and not going to the largest neo-gothic basilica in the world is like going to the Galapagos and not snorkeling. The basilica is a must-see!
And it's also so much fun! I never had to climb up so many narrow ladders (inside and outside the building) nor walk over a church's attic on old borderline-stable planks before to reach the top.
Quito and the Andes are the perfect playground for outdoor fanatics, adventurer and travelers. The possibilities are endless and if the wanderlust overcomes you, you know where to go now. Happy traveling!


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Hollywood bad girl, Lindsay Lohan, made her London stage debut as secretary, Karen, in David Mamet's play, Speed-The-Plough. The event inspired stuffy British theater critics to indulge in a disgusting display of colonialist xenophobia, shamelessly bullying the actress with their cheap tabloid cynicism, simply because she is a Hollywood film actress who dared to tread their precious West End boards. Pravda isn't mentioning it but here's the BBC's take on the subject:
I don't know Lindsay Lohan, but I have been both a live stage performer and a reporter in the UK. I defend the right of those journalists to earn their crusts by watching the rich, famous and powerful and reflecting those people to us through their eyes. But I can see in the BBC's photos that Lohan is creating a character on that London stage, and that's all anyone can expect of her, yet she gets little credit for that. The ravenous hyenas of what once was Fleet Street, are dragging out their haughty arts writers in a last ditch effort to find something to save their failing industry. And the best these bigoted socialites can offer is to pan an American actress just because she's from Hollywood. Could the newspaper industry get any more irrelevant?


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Hadley v Baxendale (1854) 9 Exch 341
Established claimants may only recover losses which reasonably arise naturally from the breach or are within the parties' contemplation when contracting.
The claimant, Hadley, owned a mill featuring a broken crankshaft. The claimant engaged Baxendale, the defendant, to transport the crankshaft to the location at which it would be repaired and then subsequently transport it back. The defendant then made an error causing the crankshaft to be returned to the claimant a week later than agreed, during which time the claimant's mill was out of operation. The claimant contended that the defendant had displayed professional negligence and attempted to claim for the loss of profit resultant from the unexpected week-long closure. The defendant retorted that such an action was unreasonable as he had not known that the delayed return of the crankshaft would necessitate the mill's closure and thus that the loss of profit failed to satisfy the test of remoteness.
Whether the loss of profits resultant from the mill's closure was too remote for the claimant to be able to claim.
The Court found for the defendant, viewing that a party could only successfully claim for losses stemming from breach of contract where the loss is reasonably viewed to have resulted naturally from the breach, or where the fact such losses would result from breach ought reasonably have been contemplated of by the parties when the contract was formed. As Baxendale had not reasonably foreseen the consequences of delay and Hadley had not informed him of them, he was not liable for the mill's lost profits.
Source from: https://www.lawteacher.net/cases/hadley-v-baxendale.php


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I know you probably think of me as a jewelry designer and teacher, but I also have other things I like to do. So I've been sharing things like my art journal and nature journal here on Fridays.
I'm excited about a project I'll be doing next week! It's called Week In The Life and you can read more about it over here on Ali Edwards's website.
We so often miss all the everyday parts of our lives. So Week In The Life is a way of capturing a week in your life, right now, how it is.
How this started for me:
I am a long time scrapbooker. (I started in 4th grade!!! Those scrapbooks weren't what we think of scrapbooking now, but I did gather memorabilia and photos and put them in albums.) I kind of stopped for several years. But then I found out about pocket pages and I've been obsessed with pocket page scrapping this year.
So when I was recently in a Goodwill store and they were having a 50% off sale, I found a few albums. I found this 4″ x 6″ mini album for $0.97!
And I got it for half off…so less than 50 cents!
I got it even though I didn't really know what I wanted to do with it. I've been pocket page scrapping and this doesn't have pocket pages.
Then I found out about WITL by Ali Edwards and knew it would be perfect! I didn't really even read the cover when I bought it, but isn't it perfect?
Here's a video of me flipping through the album showing you what I added for this project:
Next week is a weird week for me. Well, weird in a way, but not so abnormal, either really, so at first I thought it was a bad week to do the Week In The Life project, but I decided to go for it anyway.
Since I'm kind of obsessed with pocket page scrapbooking and have a lot of Project Life cards, I added some into my mini album. As I showed you in my art journal, I love different sizes in my books. I find it inspires me much more to see the different sizes and patterns.
I love that this album has pockets in the front and back. I have some extra cards there now, but I can collect my memorabilia in them as I go through my week.
My Plan:
1. My album is a blank canvas ready to go. As I showed you in the video, I plan to use the 4″ x 6″ cards as dividers for each day and I have now stamped each day on them (Monday, Tuesday, etc.) I plan to document my day as I go through it and keep my album with me, almost like you might a journal or something similar so I can write down everything that I do.
Ali has some really helpful downloadable PDFs to help you keep track of what you do all day for a week, which I thought of using, but I think I'll just go ahead and put stuff right in the album as I go.
2. I'm going to collect receipts and stuff along the way. I'm planning on just adhering it right in my album each night so it's easier to keep straight, but that may change. Typically I like to see an entire layout before I commit to adhering things down, but I think I want to take this project more like a smash book or something. I want to get the stuff in there as quickly as possible.
3. After the week is over, I'll get the photos printed and I'll add them in the book by punching holes in them and making them their own pages. I will probably adhere them back to back so there aren't blank sides to them or I might add some to patterned paper or journaling cards so the backs aren't blank.
4. Then I'll embellish and it will be done. I'm trying to just give myself only an additional week to complete it. I've said it here and in the video, so hopefully I'll be done and be able to show you how it went.
I'm curious, do I have any scrapbookers here? Is anyone else doing WITL?
UPDATE: See my completed album here. (It turned out quite differently than I intended.)


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Dear out-of-town students: time for a reality check. Rochester winters are cold, snowy, and infinite. According to USA Today, the average yearly snowfall for Rochester is 92", with the mean February temperature hovering at 23 degrees Fahrenheit. It's the 12th snowiest city in the lower 48 states, and it might seem warm now, it might seem like maybe winter won't come this year --- but it will. And when it does every ounce of fabric in your closet will be called upon to fight the Artic gusts blowing through the campus of your school. The first snowfall is hardly the time to prepare. Get your threads now before the homework piling up on your desk starts to resemble the thick snowdrifts growing outside your door.
Let's start simple. Bring a thick winter coat to school with you this year. No matter how much you think you don't need it. No matter how bulky and ugly it is. You will use it. Around town, department stores are the cheap and dirty place to pick up a coat. EasternMountain Sports, Dick's (both at Marketplace Mall) and similar sports stores will carry name-brand ski jackets at name-brand prices. But who says winter fashion has to stop with bulky, marshmallow-shaped coats?
Stock the closet with clothes that are easy to layer. A thermal shirt fits well underneath an oxford or a hoodie to insulate against the malicious wind chill, and thermal socks are good at preventing frost bite on cross-campus hikes. Department stores, again, will have these; look in the "lumberjack" section. If you're too cool for boots, prepare for some soggy and salty shoes. Try an equal mixture of vinegar and water to clean them off.
Household cleaning remedies aside, with Rochester's 200 million-plus square feet of indoor mall space, starting a fashion craze is within your grasp.
With hundreds of incoming freshmen, one or two signature outfits can set someone on the path to collegiate superstardom. It's a good idea to take a day and go through the racks at the Volunteers of America or the nearest thrift store in search of your vêtementd'etre. Consider postponing the excursion until the mid-semester lull, since success depends on the meticulous perusal of huge garment racks --- not exactly an in-and-out visit (see Directory).
If wading through lots of junk isn't your idea of a good time, try one of Rochester's vintage clothing stores. Ricky's Place (274 N. Goodman St., 442-0042) contains some killer pieces from the '50s, '60s and a touch of the '70s, while Godiva's (653 South Ave., 244-3370) is the place for some fab concert t-shirts from bygone eras. Pick up something to accent your already impeccable taste, or blow your whole Stafford loan on some stylin' threads. If small, big-city-style fashion boutiques are your thing, the two potential areas to scour are Park Avenue toward the city and Monroe Avenue in Pittsford.
Accessorizing, especially during winter months, can award you some easy fashion points. Scarves, wool hats, and mittens are a great way to look snazzy when the temperature drops, and a good weekend adventure might be to charter a car and travel to Canada for a truly inspired selection of toques and mufflers.
Outside of that, comfort is golden. Jeans and a t-shirt will be the bread and butter of your next four years. With jeans a variety of styles work, so find your brand. For ladies, capris are especially good for warmer days, and an alternative, more wallet friendly, option is to cuff the pant legs of jeans you already own. Or, even better, find a friend with similar taste and proportions, and share. Have a go at constructing a non-hierarchical fashion swap scheme with the hygiene active students on your floor.
Most importantly, don't be afraid to stand out. Come fall there will be one accessory, be it ridiculously gaudy or brutally dull, that every student on every campus will own. It might be furry leather boots, it might be a fleecy Northface pullover, it might even be as simple as an unbreakable Nalgene bottle. Resist temptation. Knowing what not to wear is just as important. (Well, maybe you can make an exception for the furry boots.)


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In this video I show how much money a company will save moving to version 9 of WebSphere Commerce. As you have probably heard, version 9 was a massive undertaking and the re-architecture of the platform to a Docker container model will definitely benefit your IT team and your operations cost. Watch this video and get a high level view for how this new platform will impact your team.
Explore the latest version of IBM WebSphere Commerce here.


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As the pace of life continues to increase, we are fast losing the art of relaxation.Once you are in the habit of rushing through life, being on the go from morning till night,it is hard to slow down. But
relaxation is essential for a healthy mind and body.
Stress is a natural part of everyday life and there is no way to avoid it. In fact, it is not the bad thing as it is often supposed to be. A certain amount of stress is vital to provide motivation and give purpose to life. It is only when the stress gets out of control can it lead to poor performance and iii
The amount of stress a person can withstand depends very much on the individual. Some people are not afraid of stress, and such characters are obviously prime material for managerial responsibilities. Others lose heart at the first signs of unusual difficulties. When exposed to stress, in whatever form, we react both chemically and physically. In fact, we make a choice between "flight or fight"and in more primitive days the choices made the difference between life or death.The crises we meet today are unlikely to be so extreme, but however little the stress, it involves the same response. It is when such a reaction lasts long, through continued exposure to stress, that health becomes endangered. Such serious conditions as high blood pressure and heart diseases have established links with stress. Since we cannot remove stress from our lives (it would be unwise to do so even if we could), we need to find ways to deal with it.


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Congress returns to work after a five-week vacation and before the election. While it is unlikely that lawmakers will tackle the so-called "fiscal cliff," it will be discussed frequently. Here to help you out is a summary of the fiscal cliff and how it might affect you.
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Commemorative plaques in honour of Sergeant John (Jack) Moyney VC, Irish Guards, were unveiled in Rathdowney on 12 September. The event, organised jointly by The Irish Guards, the Royal British Legion and Laois County Council, marked the centenary of the events for which Sergeant Moyney won the Victoria Cross, during the Third Battle of Ypres (also known as the Battle of Passchendaele) in Belgium, during World War I.
The Rathdowney event commenced with a Parade of Standard of branches of the Royal British Legion, the Irish Guards Association, the Royal Air Force Association, the Royal Dublin Fusiliers Association and the Irish United Nations Veterans Association. A Colour Party drawn from the 3 Infantry Battalion, carried the National Colour.
Mr Ian Robertson of the Irish Guards Association gave the welcome address. He was followed by a local historian Mrs Barbara Maher who advised that 10 of the 40 Rathdowney men who enlisted were killed in the First World War. Mr Kevin Myers recalled interviewing Jack Moyney at his home on Roscrea in the 1970s and described him as a modest man, who was nonetheless quietly proud of his contribution: "Sergeant Moyney was embarrassed by his Victoria Cross. He said, 'I was an Irish Guards soldier, I did my duty"'.
An ecumenical service of remembrance was concelebrated by Fr Martin Delaney Parish Priest of Rathdowney and Rev Richard Seymour-Whiteley of Rathdowney Union of Parishes.
Readings were delivered by Mr David Gibson-Brabazon, President of the Midland Counties and Kildare Branch of the Royal British Legion, and by Councillor Padraig Fleming, Cathaoirleach of Laois County Council.
The Minister for Justice and Equality Mr Charlie Flanagan T.D., and Councillor John King of Laois County Council unveiled the commemorative monument. The monument was made by local craftsmen under the guidance of Councillor John King, and comprises the Victoria Cross paving stone and a plaque describing the actions of Sergeant Jack Moyney VC and his later life.
Colonel Timothy Purdon (Retd) OBE, Regimental Adjutant of the Irish Guards delivered the Act of Remembrance which was followed by the Last Post, the Silence, Reveille, Piper's Lament and the National Anthem.
The main guests were Alice Troy (nee Moyney), Elizabeth Ryan (nee Moyney), Mary Letsome-Moten (nee Moyney), and Bridget Maher (nee Moyney). Grand nephews and grand nieces from the Finane, Brown, Mullins, Campion and other families were also in attendance. Many of the family still live in Roscrea and Rathdowney, but others had travelled from across Ireland and the UK to attend the event. The Military Heritage of Ireland Trust CLG was represented by its Chairman Brigadier-General Paul Pakenham (Retd), Brigadier-General JJim Saunderson (Retd) and Brigadier-General Paul Fry (Retd).
Following the unveiling of the monument, Mr John Moyney, on behalf of the wider Moyney Family, spoke movingly of his memories of his grandfather.
Wreaths were laid by Minister Charlie Flanagan T.D., the British Ambassador to Ireland H.E. Robin Barnett, and representatives of the Royal British Legion and the Irish Guards. Floral tributes were laid by each of the five branches of the Moyney Family, by Cora Percival (Rathdowney), John Ryan (Roscrea), Emily Moyney (UK), Michael Maher (Kerry) and Catherine Grimes (UK).
Speaking at the ceremony, Minister Charlie Flanagan T.D. said:
Shamefully as a State we lost our memory of Ireland's involvement in the first World War once we achieved our independence. Events such as this in Rathdowney help us recover our memory of that period of history. I am proud that as a nation we are now embracing the past in a more inclusive and generous way. In so doing, we are merely facing up to reality.
For photographs of the event, please see the Military Heritage of Ireland Trust's Flickr Album >>
7708 Sergeant John (Jack) Moyney
Sergeant John (Jack) Moyney was born on 08 January 1895, in Rathdowney, Queen's County (County Laois).
As a young man, Jack worked with local farmers in the area of Rathdowney. On 07 April 1915, he enlisted with the 2nd Battalion Irish Guards and departed for France on 05 October 1915 with No 5 Company. He was promoted to Lance Corporal on 20 December 1915, and Lance-Sergeant on 18 October 1916.
On 12/13 September 1917 at Ney Copse, Belgium, north of the Broembeek stream, Lance Sergeant Moyney commanded fifteen men forming two advanced posts. The Broembeek stream cut through the northern sector of the Ypres front, between Wijdendrift and the southern edge of Houthulst Forest.
As a result of action on 12/13 September 1917, Lance-Sergeant John Moyney was recommended for the Victoria Cross – the highest military honour for bravery in the field. His citation was published in The London Gazette, on Wednesday 17th October 1917:
For most conspicuous bravery when in command of fifteen men forming two advanced posts. In spite of being surrounded by the enemy he held his post for ninety-six hours, having no water and little food. On the morning of the fifth day a large force of the enemy advanced to dislodge him. He ordered his men out of their shell holes, and taking the initiative, attacked the advancing enemy with bombs, while he used his Lewis gun with great effect from a flank. Finding himself surrounded by superior numbers, he led his men in a charge through the enemy, and reached a stream, which lay between the posts and the line. Here he instructed his party to cross at once while he and Pte. Woodcock remained to cover their retirement. When the whole of his force had gained the southwest bank unscathed he himself crossed under a shower of bombs. It was due to endurance, skill and devotion to duty shown by this non-commissioned officer that he was able to bring his entire force safely out of action'.
King George V presented the Victoria Cross to Sergeant Moyney. His medals, including his Victoria Cross, are held in the Irish Guard's Regimental Headquarters in Wellington Barracks London.
Following the end of the First World War, Sergeant Jack Moyney VC returned home and worked as Head Porter in Roscrea Railway Station for almost forty years. During the Second World War, his only son enlisted in the Irish Guards, saw service in North Africa and was taken prisoner in Italy.
Sergeant John (Jack) Moyney died on 10 November 1980, and is buried in Roscrea Cemetery, County Tipperary.
Victoria Cross Paving Stones
As part of the Decade of Centenaries, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, with the support of the Irish Government, has commissioned paving stones for all 24 recipients of the Victoria Cross during the First World War who were born in the Republic of Ireland. The memorial programme associated with the Paving Stones envisages that a commemoration will take place on the anniversary of the historic action for which each VC was awarded.
The 24 Paving Stones will eventually be part of a unified permanent display at the Cross of Sacrifice in Glasnevin Cemetery, and replica stones are available for local communities of the place of birth of the recipient, (costs accruing to the local community).
On 23 August 2014, the first paving stone was presented to Minster Humphreys TD, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Parliamentary Under-secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in Glasnevin Cemetery on the 100th Anniversary of the death of Lieutenant Maurice Dease, 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, of Coole County Westmeath. Manning a machine gun, Lieutenant Dease was killed in action during action in Mons. Lt Dease's Paving Stone remains on display in the Prospect Gallery at Glasnevin as part of the First World War Exhibition.
A paving stone honouring Sergeant John Moyney VC will be unveiled at the Cross of Sacrifice on 11 November, 2017 in Glasnevin Cemetery.


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Greg Howard has been a multi talented technician for dozens of bands since the early 1990s. His role has included setup and maintaining all instruments, amplifiers, and sound systems. Greg has also been a tour manager and stage manager for several acts. His resume includes working for such artists as Aerosmith, Green Day, The Black Crowes, Linkin Park, Hall & Oates, Kings X, and many more.
GJD: Back then did you have any idea that you would become a guitar tech for pro players?
GREG H: In college when there were campus concerts, I would be involved in the outdoor festival committee which usually meant working backstage during the show. I ended up helping a lot of random bands, changing strings, and setting up the backline (guitars, amps, drums, etc).
GJD: How did you learn to do set-ups?
GREG H: I always liked playing guitar and I wanted my guitars to play well so that forced me to learn how to do my own set-ups. I've always loved Strats and I learned about shimming up the neck and proper neck angle so I was able to get low action and have my guitars still sound great.
GJD: Did you ever read any books about setting up guitars?
GREG H: Yes, I did read a few books but it was mostly by experimenting that I figured out what works best for me.
GJD: How did you learn to please all the different artists in terms of their preferences and how they wanted their guitars to be set-up?
GREG H: Actually most guys are not that picky and as long as the guitar stays in tune they are pretty happy. Basically I'll do a set-up and tell them to let me know if they want it tweaked one way or another. But as I said, all in all most guys are pretty happy with my work.
GJD: What brand of strings do you like? Is there a brand that is most consistent for you?
GREG H: I've tried many brands over the years but I really like Ernie Ball Strings. They seems to stay in tune really well and don't break very often. But a lot of the big artists that I work with have their own string endorsement and in that case I'll use the strings from that endorsement company.
GJD: How do you do a quick string change and get it to stay in tune? I mean a lot of times it goes from you straight to the stage in 5 minutes.
GREG H: Absolutely, it's definitely a big issue for a tech. Over the years I've picked up many tricks to help me with that. On a Gibson-style guitar I usually remove 3 strings, replace them, and then do the other 3. That way I don't have to worry about the tune-o-matic bridge falling off. And you know obviously you don't want you bridge falling off in the middle of a show. Another thing is that if I'm treating a fingerboard with lemon oil on it I'll leave 1 string on to hold the bridge, that way I can access the rest of the neck. With a Strat, I'll remove all 6 strings and then put a new set on because I don't have to worry about the bridge falling off. In terms of keeping a guitar in tune, I have a certain way that I wind the strings. I don't do the typical bend in the string that a lot of guys use. I feel that if I have to change a string quickly that bend can really slow me down. I also have been jabbed too many times and we know how much that hurts so I find other ways to wind the strings.
GJD: Tell me a little bit more about that.
GREG H: I worked with A. J. Dunning who is in The Verve Pipe and he is pretty technical guy. We did a lot of experimenting together. We found a really cool way of stringing the guitar by alternating the string windings on the tuning peg. One string wind will go above the hole and the other string wind will go under the hole. On plain strings I will add a couple of more winds under the hole as well. I have found this technique really works to help the guitar stay in tune.
GJD: Well that sounds really cool. We appreciate all your answers. Next time we will go into further detail.


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Ask: Is choosing to not follow personal thoughts the daily now dream?
"We (I) did not choose separation, still, I , being a personal 'mind', choose to believe ego's thought system, now.... although the Course teaches me otherwise . You personal LIZ still experiencing LIZ as LIZ constantly choosing to not follow her personal thoughts: Is this the daily NOW dream..? I experience the dreamflow as reality with momentary 'forgiveness' workouts when things get STUCK because I forget the dream as being a dream..." – ER
A Course in Miracles does not teach that you as a micro split-mind chose "separation from God". It teaches that the Son of God, or macro split-mind, made that choice. Your (micro split-mind) choice is made only in the present.
You are also not a personal mind, or thought system. Your mind is split between the thought system of the Holy Spirit and a personal thought system (ego). You are not the thought system but the mind choosing it. And that choice is made so unconsciously that you do not even seem to have a choice. It's like being aware of only apples so you choose only apples. You don't know you have a choice until you learn that there are other fruits. There has always been a pear among the apples but you thought it was just a different kind of apple. Before you can choose the pear you must learn to discern it from the apples just as you must learn to discern the Holy Spirit's Voice from the personal thought system's many voices. Once you do that, you truly feel that you have a choice.
I don't know what "Liz" means anymore as the self-concept has fallen away from this mind. I suppose it just refers to this body/personality which represents different things to different minds. This mind also does not "constantly choose" to not follow the personal thought system. It is certainly not constant about anything it does! The personal thought system, however, blathers constantly and sometimes this mind does follow it, just not for long. What has changed is this mind does not care anymore: "That's the ego. Oh, well." I do not know if this is what you mean by the "daily NOW dream".
Here's the thing about what goes on in the mind: The personal thought system is constantly thinking. Really, it is evaluating constantly. There are also neutral, observational, and taking-care-of-business thoughts that arise in the mind, like "The sky is clear today" or "I need to buy bread." Those thoughts are just there and are unobtrusive unless the personal thought system uses them to judge ("Dammit! I was hoping it would rain. Why does nothing go my way?" or "You'd better write 'bread' on your shopping list or you are a total failure as a human being!") The Holy Spirit, however, is quiet until It is needed. What changes over time is how much one believes what the ego says. As one's belief in it diminishes one is less caught up in it and when one does get caught up in it one releases it quicker.
What you describe for yourself is all that's needed. You are caught up in life in the world until you notice that you have some conflicted thought to which you need to attend. In time, as your awareness of Truth grows, you will become aware that there is a peace with you all the time, no matter what is happening in the world. But even then, the mind will still be busy observing and responding to the world until you pull it back in to rest in Truth again.
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London 2012: 500,000 football tickets being withdrawn
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London 2012 is withdrawing half a million Olympic football tickets from sale but 200,000 for other sports are to be made available.
Organisers are to reduce capacity at Hampden Park in Glasgow and Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.
Cardiff's upper tier of seats will be closed for some games.
But 200,000 more contingency tickets will be made available for other sports, as well as the 50,000 non-football tickets yet to be sold.
The news comes as athletes and officials have been arriving at the Olympic Village, with Heathrow Airport experiencing its busiest day on record on Monday, and the first priority "Games Lane" now in operation.
BBC sports news correspondent James Pearce said it was a "fairly surprising revelation from London 2012" that so many tickets had yet to go on sale.
Organisers said there had been around one million football tickets left but these have been cut in half by reducing capacity at stadiums.
A spokesman for Locog said: "We are planning to reduce capacity across the venues by up to 500,000 tickets across the tournament.
"This will involve possibly not using a tier, or an area of a ground, in some of the venues.
"This can apply to men's and women's football, if necessary."
The Olympic Games begin with a round of football matches on Wednesday 25 July, including Team GB's women taking on New Zealand in Cardiff, two days before the opening ceremony in Olympic Park.
The capacity in the stadium will be scaled down from nearly 75,000 to 40,000.
London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe told the BBC "just shy of 40,000" tickets had been issued for that match and suggested the shortfall in football ticket sales was to be expected.
"It's always a challenge; you've got lots of venues and lots of matches and you don't know until late on who is going to be playing," he said.
Lord Coe said some of the remaining tickets may be issued using London 2012's Ticket Share system, which provides free tickets to children, servicemen and women and their families, and sportspeople, funded through hospitality packages.
"We've got millions of tickets into the hands of British people. That's exactly what we said at the beginning of the process," Lord Coe told James Pearce.
"Nearly two million people applied for tickets. There was a massive demand but we were always clear that more tickets would come available late on."
Tickets are still available for sports including athletics, hockey and beach volleyball, as well as in the higher price bands for the opening and closing ceremonies.
London 2012 organising committee Locog has struggled to sell football tickets outside on London, amid disagreements with the national governing bodies in Wales and Scotland over selection for the Great Britain teams.
Officials fear their right to compete as individual home nations in other major tournaments could be compromised if they join Team GB.
Ticket sales opened in March 2011 and were beset by technical difficulties. During the second round of sales, thousands of people thought they had bought tickets only to be told the following day they had been unsuccessful.
At a media briefing on Tuesday Lord Coe also said that the wet weather was "a problem and is causing us extra challenges" in particular at the equestrian venue of Greenwich Park and the Eton Dorney rowing and canoeing venue.
He advised spectators to "bring wellies" to cope with the saturated ground.


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Backers of the common core intensify their efforts to tout the standards in the face of high-profile opposition in some states.
The federal program is in danger of becoming as outdated and insufficient as a sputtering dial-up connection in a Wi-Fi world, many ed-tech leaders say.
At least 17 well-known districts are facing superintendent vacancies, and the turnover may bring big changes in some school systems.
Investment needs for teacher training, curriculum materials, and assessments are likely to slow the pace of implementation.
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All that time cutting paper and tracing shapes helps young pupils master math later on, according to new research.
In attempting to bring "MOOCs" to the world of teacher training, Coursera and its university partners are courting a new and potentially vast audience.
Institutions such as zoos and museums, as well as after-school programs and science competitions, could relieve capacity concerns.
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Plaintiffs in a long-running lawsuit challenging Arizona's practice of educating ELL learners in separate English-language classes for four hours a day are appealing a federal court ruling that upheld the practice.
As states weigh dropping the common core, policymakers must consider whether that would jeopardize federal NCLB waivers and competitive grants.
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- 2 red chillies, deseeded and roughly sliced
- ½ cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons smoked paprika
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- ¼ cup soy sauce
- ¼ cup chopped coriander leaves
- 1½ cups red wine
- ¼ cup olive oil
- ¼ cup sherry vinegar
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text: TomorrowWorld Theme Announced Austin MeyerThursday, August 29, 2013Bass MusicCultureEvents0 Comments Discover the magical second chapter of the Book of Wisdom. Enter the land of the unwritten and be part of this magnificent tale. Guided by the fairy tale keepers, people from over 75 different countries will unite to write history together at the very first edition of TomorrowWorld in America. With the first installment of TomorrowLand's counterpart, TommorrowWorld approaching fast, Chattahoochee Hills, will soon be in the process of a major transformation. Now we know that American fans and over 75 nationalities will be joining to celebrate the new theme, The Book of Wisdom, Chapter 2. What this entails, we can only speculate, but it is sure to hold up to previous themes. TomorrowLand has been known for it's fanciful and spectacular themes and the new installation won't be any different. TomorrowWorld takes place over three days, September 27-29. If you want to get in on the action, you can purchase tickets here. There is also a two-installment payment plan that can help ease the wallet. Keep in mind this event is strictly 21+. – Contributing writer: Danie Fishman


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New York, N.Y. — For the very first time in New York coastal waters, the voices
of singing blue whales have been positively identified. Acoustic experts at the
Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Bioacoustics Research Program (BRP) and the New
York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) confirmed that the
voice of a singing blue whale was tracked about 70 miles off of Long Island and
New York City on Jan. 10-11, 2009, as the whale swam slowly from east to west.
At the same time, a second blue whale was heard singing offshore in the far
"These endangered blue whales are
the largest animals ever to have lived on this planet, and their voices can
travel across an ocean. It's just amazing to hear one singing out there on New
York's ocean stage only tens of miles from Carnegie Hall and Broadway!" said
Christopher Clark, director of Cornell's BRP. "This opens a whole new universe
of opportunities for all of us to learn more about and appreciate these species
and the vitality of New York's marine environment."
New York State's DEC Commissioner Pete Grannis added, "This
is a very important moment in the environmental history of New York State. Blue
whales were almost hunted to extinction by the middle of the 20th Century, and
the fact that now we're finding them migrating not far off our shores is truly
remarkable. Although whaling no longer occurs in U.S. waters, whales still face
numerous threats including vessel strikes and marine debris, and this latest
finding will enable DEC and its partners to develop science-based management
plans to protect these magnificent creatures."
During 2008-2009, ten of Cornell's acoustic recorders were
deployed about 13 miles from the New York Harbor entrance and off the shores of
Fire Island to study the acoustic environment of New York waters and examine
whether noises, including shipping traffic, are affecting the whales. By knowing
the whales' seasonal presence, New York state policymakers can make critical
conservation decisions to help protect blue whales by developing management
plans to avoid ship collisions with whales and reduce noises that interfere with
their communications.
The acoustic monitoring was initiated from March through
mid-May of 2008 to record the northward migration of right whales from their
calving grounds off the Florida eastern coast to their feeding grounds off
Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. The study had been temporarily halted
due to state funding revisions, however, it is expected to start up again
pending approval of the next New York state budget. Cornell scientists are able
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when and where they occur in New York waters throughout the year.
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Close friends who've heard what happened would phrase it differently, and some have even said the very opposite - that on the morning of Tues June 1st, I saved a girl's life.
Yet it doesn't change how I feel - the nagging, second-guessing of how I may have made different choices that might have resulted in keeping someone alive - Red Cross first-aid training or no.
But I am getting ahead of myself. I should start from the beginning.
Tues, June 1st - I'm waiting at a coffee shop somewhere in San Francisco to interview a prospective employee when I heard the screech of tires on pavement in the parking structure ahead of me. Adrenaline kicks into overdrive as I rush to the scene, where I found two early-20s women prone on the ground (one on asphalt, the other on the sidewalk) apparently struck by the vehicle that roared by at triple the posted limits.
The human body has about ten pints of blood, and a lot of it was pooling on the ground, growing at a frightening pace. I spoke briefly with the two gals on the ground, who were both conscious and coherent (I asked if they recognized what happened and they could both say their own names and DOBs). They were bleeding badly from both the head and abrasions along their body when they were tossed from the vehicular hit.
I encouraged them to sit still as to not aggravate any potential spinal injuries, and told them help was on the way.
We were told during my Red Cross first-aid training that he most important thing to do in an emergency medical situation is to find someone more qualified than you, if possible - so I immediately ran back into the coffee shop and stood on a table to announce: "WE HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY OUTSIDE. IS ANYONE HERE A NURSE, DOCTOR, PARAMEDIC, FIREFIGHTER OR OTHER TRAINED FIRST-RESPONDER?"
Everybody just stared for a moment, and then went back to their coffee.
Damn it.
This means my three-month-old Red Cross First Aid certification makes ME the most qualified person right now, and I felt terribly inadequate to the task. The coffee shop's clerk raised his hand and told me he had a first-aid kit in the back.
"Grab it, and I'll get two bags of ice and come with me - there are two victims with serious injuries we have to take care of. Go."
We run outside, where a crowd had begun to gather around the two girls - and as the coffee shop clerk and I were beginning to administer first aid (stemming the loss of blood, putting ice on the swelling on the head that was already rising as we watched) co-workers of the two gals (they apparently worked at a hair salon across the street) started pouring out - as soon as the victims' friends saw their co-worker covered in blood, they began SCREAMING in horror and crying.
Not good, not good, not good.
The two victims are still conscious, and seeing their own colleague in such an agitated state could only aggravate their emotional state. As much as I wanted to tell them to shut up, it would not be the smart play - while on hold with the CHP with my cell phone, I ran across to the co-workers and offered them:
"I know you're freaked out - I am too. But the way to help your friend and give her the best chance of surviving this is to stay calm - if she sees you agitated, it's going to raise her blood pressure even further and possibly send her into shock. Would you please tell her it's going to be ok?"
They nodded their understanding and I went back to the girls. Beyond bandaging the obvious wounds to slow the loss of blood and icing the obvious swelling, there was not much else one could do, and I waited what felt to be an eternity while distant sirens grew louder and louder until a firefighter truck appeared on the scene.
The calvary, at last. Yes!
I approached the first firefighter who got out of his truck and explained what first aid I administered so far, what I observed in terms of the gal's conditions, and expressed my relief that a real professional was on hand to relieve us amateurs.
In the next 15 minutes, the rest of the First Responder contingent converged on the scene - paramedics, police (both city and county) and another firefighter truck. As the girls were secured in spine-protecting braces and hoisted into the ambulance to be rushed to the ER, what appeared to be the lead police officer (he had sergeant stripes on his sleeve) took me aside and told me he needed to speak with me to ask what I witnessed.
I told him I was waiting for a prospective employee who was going to meet me at the coffee shop in about 10 minutes, to which he lowered his voice and said "I just spoke with the paramedics and one of the girls will not likely make it through the night. We need to interview you now as this might be a vehicular manslaughter case. In fact, we need to leave right now for a video deposition while your memory is still fresh."
For the first time that that morning, I felt dizzy and had to sit down. The entire video-interview at the police station was a blur, and I was given the officer's business card and told he might follow up in a few weeks.
I don't even know the gal's names - and I did everything I remembered the Red Cross training told us we should do.
And it was not enough.
Did I let her die?
Intellectually, I know it's foolish to take responsibility for her death - but emotionally, I can't help but feel the weight of her life in my hands. I have long suspected I did not have the mental makeup to be in the medical profession, and this crystalized it. Experiencing this on a regular basis would tear me apart.
Even now, two weeks later, I still have dreams about the two bloody girls on the ground, crying for help, as pools of blood blossom around their bodies.
And thus we come to the riddle: Why do two dead girls keep resurfacing in my dreams?
And what can I do to quell them?


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My Bar Is The Promontory
Hyde Park
5311 S. Lake Park Ave.
By Ayana Contreras
I love the wall adorned with dozens of vinyl records at the Promontory. Each one has been signed by a performer who has graced the stage there: Slick Rick, Ramsey Lewis, Kindred the Family Soul, and Hailu Mergia; the spot's hosted quite the range of musicians. And, like a vinyl record, the place crackles with excitement every time I go in.
I go there often for shows– one of my favorites featured the South Side Community Big Band, with their soaring horns and some of the most prolific producers and session musicians from the golden era of Chicago Soul. These were people who played on seminal records by Earth, Wind, & Fire, Tyrone Davis, Syl Johnson, Minnie Riperton, and more.
The booking, chiefly handled by native South Sider Jake Austen, is remarkably supple, yet true to the roots of the Hyde Park community it serves: a party for black creative millennials (Party Noire) by day, classic Chicago jazz come the night. And on Mondays, you can catch The Corner, which features fresh, under-the-radar musicians. I usually sit near the bar, sipping a potent amaretto sour (my cocktail of choice), sometimes within whispering distance of a SoundCloud star. Promontory keeps Chicago's musical heritage alive—and propels it forward—all while pouring some particularly excellent drinks.
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