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Hospice- What is it?
Hospice- What is it?
- Hospice is a philosophy of how to care for dying patients.
- Hospice can be a building where care is provided to terminally ill patients.
- Hospice may be an organization or business that provides care based on the hospice philosophy to dying patients and their families .
The hospice philosophy of care centers on providing holistic care to dying patients and their loved ones. Hospice care doesn't try to cure a patient's terminal illness. Instead, it tries to limit or manage the symptoms of that disease so the patient can be comfortable despite his or her terminal illness.
Hospice is for the dying, but about living well in the last part of life
The goal of hospice care is to enable the patient to live the best life he or she can possibly live in the time that remains. It doesn't try to postpone death, or to make death happen more quickly. Rather, it allows the patient's terminal disease to progress at a natural rate while aggressively working to prevent uncomfortable symptoms or to treat those symptoms when they arise.
Hospice healthcare professionals attempt to control or eliminate pain, nausea, breathing difficulties, and other symptoms brought about by the patient's disease or the dying process. Relieving the patient of these symptoms allows him or her to focus on living well rather than on those uncomfortable symptoms.
Patients who choose to receive hospice care aren't "giving up". They haven't lost hope. Rather, the focus of their hope and energy has shifted. While they may still hope for a cure, rather than expending their energy pursuing a cure, they're choosing to spend their energy toward the fulfillment of other hopes.
They may hope to mend a relationship, to resolve an internal conflict, to provide as smooth a transition as possible for a loved one, or to accomplish a specific goal. But, almost universally, hospice patients hope to maximize their enjoyment of each and every precious remaining moment.
Hospice isn't just for the patient
According to hospice philosophy, in order to provide the best care for the patient, you must also provide emotional, psychological, and spiritual care for the patient's loved ones. Hospice doesn't usually espouse a particular religion or spiritual practice, but will support the existing spiritual beliefs of the patient or loved one.
Hospice care provided to a patient's loved ones usually extends for months beyond the death of the patient. Grief support services include counseling, support groups, and follow up to help loved ones cope with their grief and adjust to changes in their lives brought about by the patient's death.
Where does hospice care take place?
Many hospice organizations provide hospice care in the patient's home. However, there are also hospice programs that provide a place for hospice patients to live while receiving hospice services. This may be a freestanding building used exclusively for hospice patients. Or, it could be an area within a hospital or nursing home.
Paying for hospice care
In the United States, Medicare pays for hospice services via the Hospice Medicare Benefit. Most, but not all, state Medicaid programs also cover hospice services. Private and job-based health insurance plans may or may not specifically include hospice coverage, but most do.
Many non-profit and charitable hospice organizations provide hospice care for free to dying patients who can't afford to pay for it, and who don't have health insurance coverage for hospice services.
Pronounce the "hos" part of the word just like you pronounce it in the words hospital and hostel. Pronounce the end of the word so that it rhymes with kiss. The accent is on the first syllable.


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Here's the problem with the internet – while we can show you what the new business cards we designed for MutualOne look like, you can't tell you what they "feel" like. And believe me when I say, they feel great.
That's because the cards were printed through Moo.com, a vendor we used recently for our agency cards, both because it gave us the ability to print small quantities on demand, as well as Moo's standard high quality paper, card size and finish (which the site describes as "silky").
Behind the scenes, we worked with an account executive at Moo to establish a business account within in which a template of our design was created. Using a database of employees we provided, Moo was able to quickly create over 75 employee business cards, which eventually yielded 7,400 cards – with some employees receiving as few as 50 cards, and others up to 200 cards.
And the best part? Through the new account, the Bank will be able to easily re-order business cards, or create new cards using the Moo-provided template.

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The vision for Doncaster Hill is a vibrant cosmopolitan centre with a strong 'sense of place' and cafes, restaurants, urban art, shopping, entertainment and open space for residents to enjoy.
There are a number of open space reserves in Doncaster Hill, including:
- Lawford Reserve - a $1.1M upgrade of lawford Reserve is currently underway. A new path has been constructed, connecting the reserve to the Tullamore Estate. The upgrade will also include a skate, scooter and ball play area, a new playground, picnic facilities, community seating and public toilets.
- Carawatha Reserve – upgrades have included the installation of improved play equipment, seating, tables and a barbecue, as well as landscaping works and upgraded paths.
- JW Thomson Reserve – the reserve includes open space and play equipment such as a climbing frame, slide, swings and spinners.
- Schramms Reserve – provides recreation open space including two sporting ovals, a pedestrian and cycling path linking Doncaster Road to Ruffey Lake Park, seating, shade trees and a playground. The northern end of Scramms Reserve includes a viking swing, playground and new landscape elements.
There is also a long term plan to develop a reserve on Hepburn Road, to provide additional open space to the residents of Doncaster Hill.
To assist in the provision of open space within Doncaster Hill, developers are required to make an open space contribution of five per cent of the land value of development sites, with funds going towards creating new open space.


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Quantum Change Seminars is one of Australia's leading providers of personal development and success programs based on Neuro Lingusitic Programming ("NLP") – The "Science Of Success For The 21st Century".
Quantum Change Seminars was founded in 2005 by CEO Roberta Faddoul with the mission of helping 10 million people in 10 years to enjoy the better life they deserve.
The company offers a complete range of NLP training programs, including the breakthrough NLP Certification Scholarship Training.
For a one off administration fee the Scholarship Training delivers a 4 DAYS LIVE hands on program with International Trainers and a FULL NLP Certification. This program has revolutionised NLP education in Australia by making top-notch training affordable and available to anyone who has the genuine desire to improve their life.
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The Scholarship program has proved wildly popular and at the end of 2010 Quantum Change Seminars has given away over $12.5 million of life changing success education.
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The lovely May @ Forever and Everly nominated me for this- Thanks, May! Since I'm so bad at doing these awards and tags, I'm very proud to say that I am on time this time! Good job, me!
What do you do on a daily basis?
If you've ever seen the LEGO Movie, then you know that step one is breathe.
I also read, check social media, listen to music, and talk on a daily basis.
Where would you like to travel to one day?That's really difficult! I'd like to see Stonehenge, of course, because it's amazing... I also think that the scenery in New Zealand, Ireland, and Scotland is really pretty.
Also: Endor is pretty high on the list.
What would be your dream future?
I'd like to be a slightly insane writer and movie director, specializing in MG/YA fiction and family movies. I'd make them entirely clean and God-honoring, with a touch of whimsy. My friend Lemons and I would also like to run a bookstore/cafe someday! If/when I have kids, I'd like to homeschool them and teach them the ways of the Force.
What positive things do you see when you look in the mirror?
Hmm. It depends on what it's reflecting, I suppose.
see what i did there?
How has blogging influenced you?
Well... Hmm, I've met a variety of people who are just as sane as I am...
I've also learned more photography and computer skills!
If you had one free day to do what you want, what would you do?
This is hard! I'd probably leave the Shire to go to Narnia so I could destroy the Horcruxes and bring balance to the Force- of course, I'd have to slay the Jabberwocky first...
In the 'real' world, there are so many things, I honestly would need a free year.
What's a smell you absolutely LOVE?
New books, chocolate, and fresh laundry, in that order.
Who do you look up to and why?
Why, oh why must there be such a hard question?
I am blessed to know so many amazing, influential people that I couldn't possibly list them all here!
If you could only pursue one hobby, what hobby would it be?
I'm going to say storytelling, because there are so many ways to tell stories that I could almost do anything!
What's your favorite food???]
Hmm... Dark chocolate. That counts as a food, you know.
And finally, look up at the ceiling and name the first five things that pop into your mind.
Golden star
Summer trek
(okay, what?! why are those words in my mind right now?!)
Alright, now, the nominees... (if you've already been nominated, my apologies. You can do it twice... May did it five times.)
The Questions
Thank you for reading, and also for the kind comments about the new blog design. :) You guys are amazing! Dark chocolate for everyone! (Unless you dislike dark chocolate, in which case, have some lemon cake.)
Thursday, March 30, 2017
The Sunshine Blogger Award // Oh Yeah, On Time and Everything
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
We Are Back Online!
Ladies and gentlemen, readers and writers, earthlings and extraterrestrials- welcome to the new and improved Caught Daydreaming!
We have a lot of things to show you, so sit down, have some caffeinated beverage and cake!
|this is what you will look like after having caffeine and cake. seriously.
As you can see, we have a lovely new blog design, with a beautiful watercolor header and cute little flowers. Most of the kinks are worked out now, and I think it looks amazing. It was a good investment, I think. :)
We have new and improved 'about the blog', 'about the blogger' and 'meet the dolls' pages- you can read them @ the about and actors/actresses pages on the sidebar. We also have a page dedicated to true dragons, better known as the people with whom I have swapped buttons. Curious about what exactly a dragoncologist is and why I talk about them so much? Check out the stories page to find out about the fantasy and sci-fi I write. Need a refresher of what is acceptable in a comment and what isn't? Go over to honor to read through the rules!
If you ever feel like you want more weirdness and ramblings, the lovely little 'Follow Me Places' widget on the sidebar shows that I am on Goodreads and Bloglovin'. Sadly, the wonderful MyWriteClub does not have a widget- yet! Can we hope, though? I think we can.
If you have any questions, feel free to comment down below! Have a great day and rest of the week (rest of your lives, for that matter) and may the odds be ever in your favor!
Monday, March 27, 2017
This Blog is Under Construction
This blog is under construction, due to a glitch in the etsy template I installed and some general page updates. So if you come to visit this site and it shows it as private, don't worry- we'll be back soon, and hopefully better than ever!
Sunday, March 26, 2017
{Meet the Fankids}
I'm going to attempt to do CampNaNo this month, and the story I'm doing is kind of a sci-fi superhero story, of sorts. Right now I'm calling it Fankids: Origin but I may change it...
Originally, these characters were intended to be based off some good friends of mine... however, the characters had their own ideas. Now they're vaguely friend-like people with superpowers and these random traits that came from who-knows-where. Curse these book characters for having minds of their own.
I gathered all the charries together and asked them if they'd like to introduce themselves to the world- there were varying answers, but because I'm a cruel dictating authoress, they're introducing themselves.
(Note: None of these photos are mine. Credit to their original owners.)
They're each going to have their name and code name, some info about them and their personality, then their power.
15/real/helpful/walking through walls
Did you enjoy meeting them? Which of them would you like to know more about?
There are some other characters, but as these are the main ones, they're getting a post. I might do a secondary character post later, though- if ya'll want.
How'd your week go? How do you expect this week to go?
Friday, March 24, 2017
Two Lovely Giveaways
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Thank you for tuning in to your local news station. I'm Daisy Paquet, and you'r watching CDB, Caught Daydreaming Blog.
Weird intro/title aside, there are two fabulous giveaways going on right now that I encourage everyone to go look at as soon as possible!
The first is for the doll lover, a hand-made costume for your doll, as made by the lovely Jaclynn @ LHOAG.
I think it's a brilliant idea, and since you only have until the tenth, you should enter without delay.
The second is for anyone with pierced ears- Loren @ Let's Be Lost is giving away 12 pairs of earrings. All of the earrings are super cute, and you should totally go enter her giveaway without delay.
Monday, March 20, 2017
Tell Me a Beautiful Story- A Poem
Tell Me a Beautiful Story
Tell me a beautiful story
One that I have not heard,
one that I know, as old as the earth.
Tell me a beautiful story
One as shining as the moon,
one that I don't remember, faded as parchment.
Tell me a beautiful story
One where the sky is open,
one that I see, bright as the grass.
Tell me a beautiful story
One that is new,
one that I'll whisper forever.
Tell me a beautiful story
One forever loved,
to the future, through the past.
Happy start of the week! I hope it goes well for you. May the odds be ever in your favor and may the Force be with you in all your endeavors.
On the topic of poetry, I may not do NaPoWriMo this year... I long to, but alas, I also long to write a story for CampNaNo, and my family also has travel plans... April is a month always packed to bursting, but it is full of fun each year. And it also has several of my family members' birthdays in it!
Another thing is, it leads up to my birthday, the summer, swimming, and longer days. I'm looking forward to summer. :)
Will you tell me a beautiful story? Are you looking forward to summer?
Friday, March 17, 2017
Labels: Holidays, Photography
I love lush, green scenery, and on a day where green is worn, I am reminded that there are good things in large groups of people; if they are all wearing green, they look like a moving replica of the Emerald City.
I have some photos I took a while back- They're predominantly green, and therefore appropriate, You cannot pinch my blog.
This is my favorite so it's first.
This is my least favorite so it's second.
I wish we still had these flowers...
I forgot I took this one! I like it...
What are ya'll doing today? I'm reading Lord of the Rings, and enjoying the last few sweet tastes of spring break... it'll be over soon, you know.
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
No, I Am Not Dead // Yes, an Update Post
I am, in fact, very much alive.
Take THAT strep throat and flu! And you thought you could keep me down, didn't you? Well, I have proven you inadequate to stop me! I win!
Yes, that is a Yzma GIF. Fear it.
So, what have I learned after my whole family was sick for a week with strep throat and flu?
I am not getting sick again. Ever.
2. The people at Disney get PAID to think up weird stuff.
FOR INSTANCE Phineas and Ferb. No, seriously, go watch the theme song, I'm sure it's on youtube somewhere. Now realize that people make money off that. ACTUAL CASH.
3. Anthony Doerr CAN MAKE LYMPH NODES SOUND LIKE POETRY
It's beautiful, so beautiful. All the Light We Cannot See is the best thing. Go read it right now, while you wait for Nightfall.
4. SPEAKING OF... Look who is on the cover of Nightfall!
KEEEEEEFFEEE SENCEENN <3 <3 All the Keefe fangirls say: AMEN!
5. Writing... when one has fever.... it DOESN'T HAPPEN.
...It just doesn't, and my stats show it. Sigh. I'll have to work doubletime during Camp NaNo.
6. WHICH BRINGS US TO... Camp NaNo
...It's coming up. So far, I've brainstormed, joined a cabin, and brainstormed. I wanted to start a new project, but I really need to finish Dragoncologist....So, yeah, that's what I'll probably be doing. So yeah. I mean, I might change my mind day-of like I did back in November... Hehe...
7. There ARE interesting documentaries on television sometimes.
I know, isn't it great? So much knowledge.
8. The Force is obviously with me because I AM BETTER NOW.
See? Obviously.
So in other words, do not get sick, children! It isn't just 'getting out of school'- it's a week (or so) of being unable to enjoy anything! Do not risk your happiness!
Are you glad I'm back? No, wait, don't answer that. What are you doing for CampNaNo? There, that's a good question.
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Friend Q & A with ShuffleCat!
Hi guys! So, Shuffle and I did a friendship Q&A, and we decided to turn it into a TAG. So the rules are: Answer these six questions (yep, the ones below) and then the six on Shuffle's blog. Do it with your friend, on or off blogger. then post and tag as many people as you like! I'll be tagging one and Shuffle will tag the other!
thanks for the image, shuffle!
We met in June/July of 2015, at the newspaper activity at a camp that shall remain nameless.
Shuffle: So me being Me I started talking to people, and there were these 2 girls, one who now is known as Lemons, and Daisy. We hung out and talked and stuff like that. I was really into the Waterfire saga at the time, and she loved Narwhals. On girls night we danced together and stuff like that, But we never stayed in contact until this past summer. Then… Lemons added Daisy to this group chat we have of nerds that went to camp (again summer of 2016). I forgot who she was, but then It popped into my head, and I texted and was like, "WAIT, Are you the girl from camp who really really liked Narwhals???" And she said, ya that was me
Daisy: Yeah, uh, well, we had met at camp and we didn't have phones then (gasp) so we couldn't keep in touch afterwards… then by chance Lemons and Shuffle went to camp together and Lemons started a group chat and added me to it (I hadn't gone to camp that year but still) and Shuffle was like, "WOAH HOLD UP ARE YOU THE NARWHAL GIRL" and I said uh… yep yep. And I was like WOAH WAIT ARE YOU THE MERMAID GIRL. And she said "yep yep!" AND WE WERE LIKE WOAH. So then we started texting and emailing and basically we both found out that we were huge nerds and both into Star Wars. (And Harry Potter) (and LOTR) (AND STAR TREK)
Shuffle: HEY I GOT YOU INTO STAR TREK!!
Daisy: I got you into Keeper! (And NaNo and Blogging!) I think we're good for each other, LOL. The more fandoms the merrier. But also, shouldn't that go in one of the other questions?
Shuffle: True.
Shuffle: So basically if it werent for Lemons we wouldn't have gotten back in touch. THANKS LEMONSSSS!!! Also looking back on it, our whole friendship in general was founded on Narwhals. Thank you mystical Narwhals we believed lived in the lake at our camp. Thank you.
Daisy: YES LEMONS THANKS! And thank you also for the lemonade that earned your name, it's delicious. And THANK YOU, O NARWHAL BROTHERHOOD.
2. What is one personality trait that the other has that you like?
Daisy: SHUFFLE IS SO FUN. I am not fun. I am *annoying* so I wish I were fun. Because Shuffle is unexplainably fun. You always end up laughing and having fun and being happy! Shuffle is a fun person. Especially when you're eating burritos and about to watch a certain movie about certain wizards…. Shuffle helps me try new things, too, because she helped me step into the world of YA fiction. And also Star Trek. Also Star Trek. AND CO-WRITING IS SO MUCH FUN WITH HER BECAUSE HER PLOT TWIST ABILITY IS FAR BEYOND ANYTHING I CAN REACH. She's all *planning* and I'm all, *slap words down on paper we'll make sure it makes sense later* and then she's like *research* and I'm like *chocolate is research* And her paper is all methodically laid out and I look like a mad scientist with all the sticky notes… and all the unconnected ideas…
Shuffle: Well……. I admire Daisy's creativity. And her storytelling ability. Heck, I wouldn't be the writer I am today if it wasn't for Daisy giving me that little push to help me into it. Her stories inspired me, and their style amazed me. I have my own style, but I found when we worked together, our styles complimented each other. If you look at some of our stories (Scarred Sky, Forced Ship) I'm the one that is just like, "Okay. I'm gonna make up this huge ginourmous backstory for the land and for all the characters and they are gonna come back to life from their past lives and stuff and then at the end of this long hard story and battle, the awesome character I created is gonna die." Weezio is just like, "Okay, this character can read minds. This one is kinda like me. OMG THE MYSTERY, WHATS GONNA HAPPEN?!?!?! Okay I have this amazing idea and this character is gonna have this power. Do I sense a ship? Okay I have this awesome idea. *gasps* I HAVE THE BEST IDEA EVER *writes it down*" And then when I look at the idea im just like: Mind. Explosion. My mind. Is blown. The awesomness of this creative idea. Its just too much. Ahh. The blown up ness of my mind. Ahh.
3. What fictional Friendship is like yours?
Daisy: Who came up with this difficult ques- waitttt, hold up, that was me. Oops. Sorry... Uh… maybe C3P0 and R2. Shuffle can be R2, all adventurous and feisty and I'll be panicking and also golden and blingy.
Shuffle: Uhh… Legolas and Gimli? Biana and Sophie? (Excpet lets be honest. She'd be dating Keefe and I'd just be like, "WHO NEEDS BOYS WHEN YOU'VE GOT BOOKS, VIDEO GAMES, BOOKS, AND PIECES OF PAPER TO WRITE ON?)
Daisy: You don't 'date' a homeschooler, you *court* a homeschooler. If you get past their weirdnesses. LOL. And you said books twice. XD. So true, so true. Book boys are better than real boys. :)
Shuffle: Well if you go to a private school………….. NOPE IM GOING BACK TO READING IN MATH CLASS!
4. What are your mbti personalities?
Shuffle: I'm a Campaigner. I got it the last time I took the test too, so….
Daisy: lol I'm the Logician, so… XD, I'm an introvert. INTP-T!
5. What are the fandoms that you got each other into?
Daisy: NaNo counts as a fandom, righttt? Lol, uh, Keeper is what I got Shuffle into… I keep trying to push her into Batman but… AND I KEEP TELLING YOU READ WARRIORS YOU'LL LOVE IT. I think I maybe pushed her into Star Wars Rebels… almost… I'm very very close at least. She almost gave a little while ago...
Shuffle: I got her into Star Trek, and I'm pretty sure she's gonna try out XMen because I am bombarding her with my love of XMen now. Uhh lets see.. I think I got her into the Waterfire saga all those years ago….
Daisy: I still need the second book. *pouts* *gets on library website*
Shuffle: ….. She finished the series and you're on book 2?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?! *faints* Also I will never get into rebels or Clone wars, or anything in the extended universe. Sorry. I'm just the type of person that only thinks the movies are canon.. Sorry. But I do like some of the characters!
Daisy: Hehehehehehe. CW AND REBELS ARE CANONICAL SHUFFLE I KEEP TELLING YOU GUYS! *sobs* *drama* *hermits* *chocolate* *batman* *hobbits* And wait. Wait. Waiittt. I just realized something. *gasp* BLOODLINE IS CANON TOO ASDFJKL THIS COULD PROVE A THEORY WRONG! *scribbles notes* SHUFFLE A BREAKTHROUGH... and she's answering the next question... Oops. Right. Focus.
6. What is the funniest thing each other has said to each other?
Daisy: *scrolling through texts* *scrolling through emails* *looking at gifs* *coming back to texts* Uhhhh…. CAPS LOCK GLITCH OF DEATH. Heheh I'm sure she'll explain, but generally, both our caps locks are messed up and glitch sometimes so it struck her today and and she was like "CAPS LOCK GLITCH OF DEATH STRUCK ME AGAIN" And also: I told her I thought spock was an elf and she was like "No… Vulcan. Elves have special abilities. Vulcans have *logic*" and I was like "Logic IS a special ability!" and out of context that sounds funny but reading it now it is not so funny...XD. Maybe the time she said she was 'beautimus in her pokemon onesie'. That made me laugh! AND WHEN WE SHIPPED MARID AND WE MADE UP THAT STORY. Remember, Shuffle? And parent reactions and we brought people back from the pages of the past and it was like a mish-mash of hilarity?
Shuffle: that's a hard one because she says so many funny things! Time to look through the recent text history…. Hmm.. Here's one. *looks up ant-man* *price is expensive* *blinks*. Oh another funny one was: WHO IS KHAN?!?! AND WHY DOES HE FEEL WRATH?!?!
Daisy: That wasn't funny. I was being serious.
Daisy: That wasn't funny. I was being serious.
Well, you guys just got to see inside our crazy friendship and get to know us a little better- now go check out Shuffle's blog for the rest of the tag! :)
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DOWNLOAD Phyno – Pino Pino
Happy birthday Phyno Fino!!!
Penthauze Music Boss, Phyno celebrates his birthday today and in respect to this, the "Fada Fada" crooner dishes out this new one titled "Pino Pino" which is produced by fast rising producer, Benjamz.
This would definitely be the fans favorite. Enjoy below!


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Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff Report
Investment managers were spared a tax increase under Congress' recently-approved revenue generating legislation that averted the so-called "fiscal cliff," a series of automatic tax increases and federal spending cuts.
The topics up for negotiation in the fiscal cliff negotiations between members of Congress and President Barack Obama had included a proposal to increase the tax on the carried interests of investment partnerships, including real estate investment funds and hedge funds.
Obama has since 2011 voiced his support for increasing the tax on the carried interests of investment partnerships to the same rate as that on ordinary income from its current capital-gains rate. Carried interests represent a portion of partnerships' profits and are paid to general partners as incentive compensation.
The carried interest tax, like most other proposals that appeared capable of increasing government revenues, had been among the discussion points between the president and Congress, said Jeffrey DeBoer, president and chief executive of the Real Estate Roundtable, a trade group for the commercial property industry. He theorized that the two sides passed up on the carried interest tax hike because of complications in determining whether such a hike would help the country by generating additional revenue or hurt it by prompting investors to scale back their activity.
An increase in the carried interest rate has been bantered about by Congress for several decades, but gained traction and publicity in 2011 when Obama proposed that it be included in a bill aimed at creating jobs.
The Jobs Bill, which by some estimates would have increased government spending by $450 billion, died after failing to gain approval in the U.S. Senate.
The Roundtable, based in Washington, D.C., was among a coalition of commercial property forces that lobbied against the proposed carried interest tax hike. They said it would reduce investment activity, which in turn would cripple job growth.
The regular income tax rate that carried interest would have been subject is set to jump to as high as 39.6 percent from 35 percent, while the capital-gains tax rate for long-term investments is being increased to a high of 20 percent from 15 percent.
There is no pending legislation that includes a carried interest tax-rate change, but DeBoer expects the proposal to again surface on Capitol Hill as part of Congress' ongoing debate over how to increase government revenue without hurting business growth.
Comments? E-mail John Covaleski or call him at (267) 247-0112, Ext. 208.
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"You Been Played", Smooth, 1993 (was on the Menace II Society Soundtrack)
*who doesn't love bad 90's skanky female R&B rappers (I call it Skank & B), why did I remember this entire song? I need intercessory altar call prayer stat.*
Played. Yet another fun word that can be added to the cube lexicon. It means "being made a
punk bitch fool of, chumped, or taken advantage of" - among other things. Unfortunately, we have all been in some type of situation that, in hindsight, was part of the game. We were getting bitched played and didn't know it until it was too late. I got played the day I took an upper management postition and stopped getting paid hourly. Salary is the oldest trick in the dang-on book, as soon as I was on salary 40- hour weeks became 50-55 hour weeks, 5 day weeks became being on-call around the clock, pockets became not much fatter. Foiled . I get fooled into leading projects/teams and I have gotten "title pimped". Foiled again.
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To those who are unaware of this national crisis of pride and honor, here is a brief summary. Maria Sharapova--whoever she is--was playing tennis at Wimbledon--wherever it is. Our cricketing legend, Bharat Ratna, master blaster, Sachin Tendulkar, whom we revere as God, needed some entertainment. So like the raja-maharajas of yore, who used to watch nautch girls shake their booties for amusement, or like Salman Dabangg Khan, who watches Munni's badnam dance and halkat jawani when he is tired of thrashing goons, Sachin, tired of being worshipped, went to Wimbledon, probably near Jhoomritalaiya, to see Maria Sharapova play tennis, some sort of jumping game played in short skirts.
Now imagine if the nautch girl had said, "I don't know this fatso," indicating Maharaja So and So, what punishment she would have got? Yes, she would have been buried alive between two brick walls. Imagine Munni saying, "Who let this orangutan loose?" on seeing Dabangg Khan. Bhai would have certainly run his Toyota Land Cruiser over her.
This is what Maria Sharapova did. She uttered the blasphemous words, "I don't," when asked, "Do you know who Sachin is?" Since then we, the Sachin fans, have been trying to educate Maria Sharapova. Yeah, we have been continually posting insightful comments on each and every picture on Maria Sharapova's Facebook page. We have posted more than 100,000 comments, showing Munni her true place, reclaiming the lost glory of Bharatmata, proving that ours is the best country, and Sachin, the greatest player in the world.
This was all going well until I came across the pseudo-intellectuals out there, writing disparagingly about Sachin fans. Calling us names like Sachintards. Many of my fan-fellows can't even defend themselves coherently. The Grist Mill has always stood for the weak and the defenseless. Most of my brothers are weak in language skills. Some can only copy-paste comments, some can only repeat, Sachin Sachin Sachin..., and some can only write abuses. But one thing is for sure, all of them have hearts of gold--pure 24-carat gold. They may seem hard from outside, but inside they are all squishy squashy, like small eggs that can't hatch, can't grow into chickens.
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SALT LAKE CITY, UT - Major League Soccer today unveiled the full slate of six matches scheduled for the opening weekend of the 2005 regular season on Saturday, April 2, 2005. The League's 10th season will open with First Kick 2005 and the highly anticipated first game in the history of Real Salt Lake, which travels to the New York area to face the MetroStars at Giants Stadium at 5:00 p.m. MT.
Former U.S. Under-17 National Team Head Coach John Ellinger makes his MLS head coaching debut, directing the League's all-time leading scorer Jason Kreis, Jamaican National Team captain Andy Williams, goalkeeper D.J. Countess and the remaining Real Salt Lake roster against the MetroStars and Bob Bradley, the all-time winningest coach in League history.
"We are excited for Real Salt Lake to introduce itself to the League and the soccer world in the media-savvy New York-area," said Real Salt Lake General Manager Steve Pastorino, who added that local broadcast information for this and several other Real Salt Lake games will be announced in January. "I'm certain that our ownership group, led by David W. Checketts, will celebrate its sporting ties to New York on Saturday, April 2, yet another historic day in the evolution of Real Salt Lake."
Club Deportivo Chivas USA joins Real Salt Lake as expansion brethren in 2005, with CD Chivas USA opening their history live on ABC Sports against the defending MLS Cup champion D.C. United at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., at 1:00 p.m. MT.
Other matchups scheduled for the First Kick 2005 opening weekend include: the Los Angeles Galaxy taking on the Columbus Crew, winners of the 2004 MLS Supporters Shield with the best regular season record (5:30 p.m. MT); the MLS Western Conference Champion Kansas City Wizards hosting the new-look Colorado Rapids (6:00 p.m. ET); the first game of the Brimstone Cup rivalry between FC Dallas and the Chicago Fire at Soldier Field (6:30 p.m. ET); and the New England Revolution traveling to meet the San Jose Earthquakes (8:00 p.m. MT).
The complete 2005 regular season schedule will be released in January. The listing of the full slate of matches on opening weekend follows below:
SATURDAY - APRIL 2, 2005 (all times Mountain)
Real Salt Lake @ MetroStars (5:00 p.m. ET)
D.C. United @ CD Chivas USA (ABC Sports, 1:00 p.m. MT)
Los Angeles Galaxy @ Columbus Crew (5:30 p.m. MT)
Colorado Rapids @ Kansas City Wizards (6:00 p.m. MT)
FC Dallas @ Chicago Fire (6:30 p.m. MT)
New England Revolution @ San Jose Earthquakes (8:00 p.m. ET)
10 DAYS REMAIN FOR TRYOUT NOMINATIONS: The Real Salt Lake technical staff is currently accepting nominations from local and regional league presidents for players to participate in Real Salt Lake's invitation-only tryout, to be held on January 22, 2005.
Presidents or leaders of several prominent soccer groups have been asked to submit nominations: Utah Youth Soccer Association, Utah Soccer Association, Liga de Futbol Mexico-Utah, Organizacion Civil Deportivo Utah, Liga Latinoamericana, Utah Blitzz (USL) and Brigham Young University. Players who are not affiliated with one of these organizations may submit nominations directly to Real Salt Lake, but priority for the limited number of tryout spots will go to affiliated players.
Further details for the January 22nd tryout will be announced shortly - but it will consist of 20-30 players and take place in the Salt Lake City area. Should a player perform at a high-caliber level at the tryout, he will earn the opportunity to join Real Salt Lake for the team's preseason training beginning on February 1, 2005.
In order for a player to be nominated, he must have been born no earlier than April 1, 1982. Foreign players must provide proof of Division 1, National Team or U-23 National Team experience. Foreign players should also have permanent residency in the USA, or a valid work visa. Nomination forms can be downloaded currently at www.RealSaltLake.com and will be accepted by mail until 5:00 p.m. MT on December 31, 2004, with invitations to the tryout being extended no later than Friday, January 7, 2005.
Preparations continue for the inaugural season of Real Salt Lake, kicking off in April, 2005. More information on the club can be found on the team's official website at www.RealSaltLake.com or by calling 1-866-9-SOCCER.
Prior to the start of the season, MLS Cup finalists D.C. United and the Kansas City Wizards will participate in the CONCACAF Champions Cup, which crowns the best team in the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) since 1962. The two clubs will represent the United States in the competition which will determine the team to represent CONCACAF in the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship to be held in Japan in December 2005 which in turn will crown the world's top club. The CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinal series kick off on March 9 with D.C. United hosting Jamaica's Harbour View FC while the Wizards host Deportivo Saprissa of Costa Rica.
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Justin Trudeau has unfinished business after Supreme Court pick
TheStar.com – Opinion/Editorial – Justice Sheila Martin should make a fine addition to the Supreme Court, but her appointment leaves the government with two important items on its judicial to-do list.
Nov. 29, 2017. By Star Editorial Board
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau can take pride in his appointment of Justice Sheilah Martin to the Supreme Court of Canada.
Justice Martin seems perfectly qualified for the top court. Educated in Montreal, she studied both civil and common law. She has served as a judge in Alberta and on appeal courts covering that province, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon.
Martin is bilingual and has been at the forefront of arguing in favour of women's rights before the courts. She is also known as an advocate for increasing the representation of minorities — including Indigenous people — in the legal profession and the courts.
She's just the kind of judge the Trudeau government wants to promote, and for good reason. It elevated her to the Alberta and northern appeal courts last year when it made its first round of judicial appointments, and has now finished the job by installing her on the top court. There's every reason to believe she will do well.
Still, Justice Martin's appointment leaves the government with two important items on its judicial to-do list.
Although well-versed in Indigenous issues, she is not herself Indigenous. As we and many others have argued, it is high time to see an Indigenous judge on the Supreme Court and the longer it takes the more pressing the demand will be.
The government must balance many factors in naming judges to the top court, aside from expertise in the law — representation for the civil law (essentially, Quebec) tradition; regional considerations; bilingualism; judicial philosophy; plus gender and other types of diversity.
Adding an Indigenous voice won't be easy, but it's essential for many reasons. It would be highly symbolic at a time when reconciliation with Indigenous peoples is more important than ever and they are vastly over-represented in the prison system. It would broaden the top court's collective experience in dealing with Indigenous issues. And it would increase public confidence in one of the country's key institutions.
The government must continue the work needed to make sure the pool of available candidates grows quickly. That means appointing more Indigenous lawyers to the bench, and giving those already serving as judges every chance to succeed and be promoted to higher levels.
Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould has made a good start on that. On Wednesday she noted that just over 4 per cent of the government's judicial appointments have been Indigenous (about in line with the general population) and 14 per cent have been visible minorities. That work must continue to increase the diversity in a court system that is still much too traditional.
The government must also soon name a replacement for Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, who is stepping down on Dec. 15 after almost 18 years in the job. She leaves a fine record, and should be especially proud of standing up to the Harper government when it tried to impugn her reputation during its ill-fated attempt to name Judge Marc Nadon to the Supreme Court.
The top court should be led by someone with that type of integrity. By tradition, the position of chief justice alternates between judges from the common law and civil law traditions, which makes the senior Quebec judge on the court, Richard Wagner, the odds-on choice to succeed McLachlin.
That would be the predictable move, but the government should consider another way. Once McLachlin steps down, Justice Rosalie Abella will be the senior judge on the top court and would make an excellent chief justice.
Justice Abella is one of the most accomplished and honoured judges in the world. In January she was named Global Jurist of the Year by Northwestern University's school of law, and has an unparalleled record on issues of human rights and inclusiveness. Her personal integrity is beyond question. She has only three years to go before reaching the court's mandatory retirement age but could make a tremendous contribution in that time.
The government should consider following up its appointment of Justice Martin with an unconventional pick for chief justice.
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Education is a political matter and political activity on the part of the partners was essential to their success. Sometimes this was at the level of local or national politics, engaging with municipal councillors and members of national parliaments. At other times, political activity equalled social engagement with influential individuals and the media in order to raise the school's profile.
As part of our political mission, we would like to challenge use of the term NEET. First, in the context of second chance schools, it is not accurate. More importantly, it is pejorative and redolent of deficit; it is suggestive of young people who are NOT and implies inability or lack of willingness on their part. The focus, therefore, tends to be on what they are not or cannot do or be and the implied approach, therefore, would be to compensate for that lack. Instead, we prefer to think that the chances and choices experienced by our young people have not allowed them to engage with their rights to be an active, valued and appreciated member of the community.
Our approach, therefore, is one of support and provision of the choices and chances that will allow young people to engage with others in a creative and entrepreneurial way.
Open the Doors Guide
Innovative projects such as Open the Doors often produce important knowledge and evidence that should be used to inform and improve policy and decision-making.
Open the Doors did indeed produce such evidence and this evidence is, in the form of policy recommendations, summarized below.
The European societies are producing substantial numbers of young people in NEET situations, and this problem is not likely to disappear in the near or in the far future.
Open the Doors addressed the didactic principles (or the lack of such principles) governing any form of second chance education for such NEETs, whereas the project was not directly concerned with NEET prevention in the formal education system.
Thus the project basically asked the question:
"What kind of innovative didactics and learning approaches might succeed in re-engaging those young people in various forms of non-formal contexts?"
One of the backgrounds to this interest is, of course, the well-known fact that 1 euro invested in qualified secondary chancing in the short run will save society 10 euro in the long run.
However, Open the Doors evidenced a line of serious obstacles to innovate second chance schooling for NEETs, and these obstacles are addressed in the form of policy recommendations.
Key Obstacles to innovation in second chance schooling for NEETS
INTEREST: Lack of societal interest and respect
Beyond various policy rhetoric it is evident that there is little real interest among societal decision-makers and stakeholders in trying to develop useful measures to offer NEETs new and more efficient ways out of the disengagement.
The lack of interest is accompanied by a lack of respect for NEETs and for the organisations and staff involved in second chance schooling and similar.
Very often, such organisations are fighting to survive financially and it is not career enhancing to be a youth worker in such organisations.
RESOURCES: Lack of funding
Organisations in the field of second chance schooling for NEETs are, whether public or private, extremely badly funded.
The funding, for which such institutions must fight each and every year, is very basic and covers only the most necessary costs.
The funding of such organisations does not leave any room for the experimentation and innovation desperately needed in the field of re-engaging NEETs.
Unlike other and more fashionable educational fields, society at large does not seem to be willing to take any responsibility for re-engaging NEETs: it is extremely difficult, almost impossible, to motivate private companies, bank funds and similar to co-finance the re-engagement of NEETs, whether at local or national level.
In the rare cases of such private co-funding, the funded "projects" are often isolated from the second chance organisations and do not support the long-term and sustainable capacity of second chance schooling to successfully re-engage groups of NEETs.
In short, excluded youth is at the bottom of the priority list, which – obviously – contributes to the exclusion.
MENTALITY: Repeating the exclusion
One of the most important obstacles to successful re-engagement of NEETs through innovative didactics is a prejudice towards NEETs dominating all society: from policy-makers to second chance schools and youth workers.
The prejudice goes like this:
"NEETs have by definition limited intellectual development capacity and therefore all we can offer them is small practical tasks and challenges, from which they might grow an ability to manage small jobs in society"
This assumption runs tacitly and invisibly through the entire society and reveals a fundamental lack of understanding of what NEETs are and how intellectual capacity is developed.
If such prejudices control decision-making and educational practice, societal stakeholders will be less motivated to engage in innovation of second chance schooling.
Such prejudices, of course, repeat and double the exclusion.
CHANGE: Lack of innovative 21st century didactics
Several innovative learning didactics have been developed in recent years and the principles of those innovative didactics are widely and openly available.
However, there has been no uptake of such innovative learning principles in most second chance contexts across Europe.
Most of the recently developed innovative didactics include learning principles highly relevant to NEETs.
NEETS are not disengaged from learning in general, but disengaged from traditional schooling and classroom teaching: disengaged from learning styles based on academic schooling.
Many innovative learning principles will clearly benefit NEETs and support the re-engagement in learning and capacity building, but if the dominant attitude towards NEETs is that they are only capable of simple, practical activities, then why be concerned with innovative didactics?
Neither second chance schools as organisations nor their staff has been trained to practice such innovative didactics that might help NEETs overcome the resistance to learning.
Summarizing the above described obstacles, we can conclude that re-engaging NEETs in learning is "against all odds".
Policy Recommendations
Local / National
- Take initiatives to re-think second chance schooling locally and nationally among public authorities responsible for NEET organisations, including through long-term innovation strategies; seek qualified consultancy
- Include in annual budgets free financial resources for development work in the second chance institutions
- Launch Calls to offer grants to institutions and partnerships wishing to innovate second chance schooling through pilot projects
- Allow second chance institutions to work on a 3 or 4 year budget basis instead for the typical annual basis
- Offer NEET institution managers and staff training in innovation of re-engaging NEETs in learning, integrated in their everyday professional practice; seek qualified consultancy
- Create cross-sector partnerships locally or regionally in support of the innovation of NEET's re-engagement in learning
- Promote and support among NEET institutions the sharing with other second chance institutions, locally, nationally and at European level
- Launch European-wide educational initiatives dedicated to identify what innovative didactics work for NEETs, why they work and which didactics do not work, and disseminate the results systematically in the sector
- Launch Horizon calls focused on studying the long-term effects of innovative learning strategies for NEETs
- Launch Horizon calls focused on studying in detail what kind of didactic strategies and learning approaches have the capacity to re-engage NEETs in learning in a long-term perspective
- Plan and launch a European conference on innovative didactic for NEETs, possibly linked to the above initiatives
- Reinforce significantly the Erasmus+ sections for development of innovation of NEETs re-engagement in learning (Schools and Youth)
- Launch initiatives and campaigns to prevent and counter the widespread prejudice among evaluators and national agencies that youth and NEET projects are smaller projects not in need of attention and not in need of substantial budgets and resources
- Clarify and emphasize in the Erasmus+ Guide and priorities the need for strong didactic experimentation in the field of re-engaging NEETs in learning, and include basic principles such as open schooling, entrepreneurial learning, mission based learning and real-life learning supported by cross-sector partnerships


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Title: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
Author: Catherynne M. Valente
Illustrator: Ana Juan
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Release Date: May 10, 2011
Received From: Publisher in return for a honest review
Received From: Publisher in return for a honest review
Twelve-year-old September lives in Omaha, and used to have an ordinary life, until her father went to war and her mother went to work. One day, September is met at her kitchen window by a Green Wind (taking the form of a gentleman in a green jacket), who invites her on an adventure, implying that her help is needed in Fairyland. The new Marquess is unpredictable and fickle, and also not much older than September. Only September can retrieve a talisman the Marquess wants from the enchanted woods, and if she doesn't . . . then the Marquess will make life impossible for the inhabitants of Fairyland. September is already making new friends, including a book-loving Wyvern and a mysterious boy named Saturday. With exquisite illustrations by acclaimed artist Ana Juan, Fairyland lives up to the sensation it created when the author first posted it online. For readers of all ages who love the charm of Alice in Wonderland and the soul of The Golden Compass, here is a reading experience unto itself: unforgettable, and so very beautiful.Review: First of all this book has the cutest pictures scattered throughout the book! While there aren't many of them they add so much to the story by letting you see/comprehend the mysterious creatures in the book!
This is definitely a middle grade book, but I think it can be appreciated and enjoyed by people of all ages. I also think boys will enjoy it because its not an overtly "girl" book. I have to agree with the synopsis, this is a good book for fans of Alice in Wonderland because it has that same charm as well as a strange host of characters that join September along the way.
The only small problem I had with this book was I found myself having to remind myself who all the characters were. Maybe because September and Saturday's names are so similar? I don't know… but besides that I really, really enjoyed it!
A cute book filled with child-like wonder and an adventure that will keep you guessing!


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Annie Cheney
About the Author
Annie Cheney's magazine work has appeared in Harper's and My Generation. Her Harper's article that is the basis of this book was awarded the 2005 Deadline Club Award for Best Feature Reporting by the Society of Professional Journalists. She has also contributed stories to numerous public radio shows, including NPR's All Things Considered. She lives in New York City.


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Yes. We have designed these events to build on one another. We try not to duplicate sessions or information at the events, as each event has a specific mission.
The intention of Registration & Orientation is to tackle all the business you need to take care of before August 1. Things like accepting your financial aid, understanding how to pay your bill, ordering your books, reviewing your class schedule, etc. If you do not have these things taken care of before August, you will not be prepared to attend CSC. There are several dates to choose from, so it is our hope that one will work with your schedule.
The intention of Move-In and Welcome Week is to allow you to move into your residence hall and acclimate to Eagle campus life—it is a time for us to welcome you into our Eagle family. There are important informational sessions to prepare you for the expectations we have of Eagle students in the classroom and the campus community, in addition to fun, social activities.
You will register when you complete the Enroll form. You must have submitted your ACT/SAT scores and/or college transcripts before you will be given the option to register. Once you have submitted the required documents, the Enroll form is added to your MyCSC To Do list. The event registration is part of the form you will complete.
To register you need to have completed your Enroll form and be enrolled for the Fall term. If you are living in the CSC Residence Halls, you must have submitted your housing application and paid the non-refundable housing deposit. You must have this taken care of before August 1, 2019.
You will begin to receive information about Move-In and Welcome Week in July.
Students are enrolled based on completion of the Enroll form. One of the most important sessions during Registration & Orientation is meeting with your advisor to make changes to your schedule, if necessary. This is also a time to find out more about the department and the courses you will take within your major during your time at CSC. We pre-build your course schedule because it saves time at the event (rather than starting from scratch) and because we want to enroll you as soon as we are able to maximize course availability. Usually, you will see a course schedule about a week or so after completing the Enroll form.
We understand, life happens. You may live too far from campus to make multiple trips, may have other obligations that prevent you from attending a scheduled event or you were late in completing the Enroll form and registration was closed for the events. If that is the case, we can schedule a one-on-one session with you on another date or make other arrangements. Please contact the START Office for assistance at email@example.com.
Absolutely! There are sessions designed specifically for parents/guardians/guests at Registration & Orientation and we encourage their attendance. Parents/guardians/guests are also welcome to attend the Move-In activities we have planned.
When you complete the Enroll form, you will have the option to register guests to attend Registration & Orientation. The same guests will be registered to attend the Move-In activities. Information about changing guests will be communicated in the event communications sent to your EagleMail account prior to the event.
You are charged a $100 Orientation fee to your Fall bill, which covers the cost of the Registration & Orientation event for you and two (2) guests.
You are welcome to bring a total of two guests to these events. The sessions require your full participation and the content of the sessions may not be appropriate for small children.
Additional Guests: You can register additional guests on the Enroll form. You will be charged $50 for each additional guest you register 12 years of age or older.
FRESHMAN Registration & Orientation Dates
Please plan to register for and attend one of the dates listed below:
2020 Dates - TBA
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You can order your textbooks from the comfort of your own home with CSC's FULLY ONLINE bookstore. CSC does not have a physical bookstore on campus. A link to CSC's Online Bookstore will be provided when the Bookstore Opens for fall textbook purchases mid-summer. Watch your EagleMail for updates.
To view the textbooks you need, view this tutorial.
It is important you have your books by the first day of classes on Monday, August 19. To ensure on-time delivery, you are encouraged to order your books IN ADVANCE.
If you are ordering books after August 2, please plan to have them shipped to your address in Chadron.
REMINDER: If you plan to ship your textbooks to your CSC residence hall, you MUST use the correct mailing address. Never use 1000 Main Street. Please read the information about shipping packages to CSC or contact the CSC Mailroom.
Move-In begins on Thursday, August 15th, 2019. Doors will open at 11:00 a.m. MST. Plan to arrive anytime between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. MST. We provide a lot of help, so many students are moved-in to their rooms in about an hour. This gives you plenty of time to be checked-in and moved-in before 2:00 p.m. when official programming begins.
There will be time to finish any last-minute business and you will attend an official Welcome ceremony with CSC's President in the late afternoon. A meet-and-greet barbeque and concert downtown follows Thursday evening.
Friday, August 16th is a half-day of important programming, sessions and activities—be ready for a little bit of information overload! You will have a chance to relax at a picnic hosted that evening by CSC's president. Many faculty and staff will be in attendance too. Registered parents/guests are encouraged to attend events both Thursday and Friday.
Welcome Week activities and events begin on Saturday and continue throughout the first week of classes. Classes begin Monday, August 19, 2019.
A complete agenda will be available online and will be mailed to you, approximately a month prior to the event.
Most of CSC's offices are open Monday - Friday, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. During both Registration & Orientation and Move-In we provide time for you to visit with individual offices/departments to take care of specific questions/concerns. It is our goal that you leave these events having your questions answered and understanding the next steps, if necessary.
You are encouraged to contact your roommate over the summer and to get to know them before you move-in. If you get the feeling that this may not be the best roommate match, you should let the housing office know right away so they can attempt to find you a new roommate before you move-in. For more information about housing, visit the Housing website.
Parents/Guests will need to make off-campus lodging arrangements. You are encouraged to book your lodging early. Also, you may want to consider extending your stay to take advantage of some of the outdoor activities and attractions Chadron has to offer. Check out the Hotel Information tab for more information.
Yes, for a couple of reasons. First, your CSC Fall Bill needs to be paid in full by the end of the second week of classes. It is best to take care of it early. You can either pay online or in person at the Business Office. Check out the Business Office website for payment plan information. You may also need money if you want to check out some of the restaurants and shopping in town, and the CSC Game Day store will be open for you to purchase gifts and CSC apparel.


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James Glen
Senior Leasing and Sales Executive
After completing a coveted Bachelor of Business Management degree at RMIT University in 2009, James joined Nichols Crowder as a sales and leasing cadet and has since become an integral member of the team. James has played a key role in growing the sales and leasing department to its strong position today.
James specialises in the selling and leasing of commercial property in the Bayside and Kingston areas. With a passion for not only real estate but the business side of property, James prides himself on achieving the best results for his clients. Winner of the 2012 Novice C & I Auctioneers competition in Victoria, detailed negotiator & personable character, he has the skill set to provide professional advice and management of every stage of the selling & leasing process.
Having attended Xavier College and initially wanting to get into international business & trade as a career, it didn't take too much convincing for James to combine his real passion for commercial real estate, with corporate business, in the field of commercial and industrial real estate.
When not listing, selling or catering to clients' property needs, James enjoys watching his beloved Demons in the AFL (tragic), keeping fit by running the Tan and an avid horse racing lover. James is also a member of the MCC, VRC and Old Xavierians Football Club.


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Thoughts and Things
- So...in the span of 5 books, Logan went from being a pushy, controlling jerk to a guy who let Cokie control him, even though he knew she wasn't right for him? Also, I'm not a Cokie fan or anything, but I don't like the way Logan led her on. He admitted that she was basically just a Mary Anne subsitute. No one deserves that.
- I hate the Korman subplot. Also, I don't know that giving into Skylar's fears like they did is necessarily the healthiest thing to do (keeping the fish fountain turned off, not ever saying the word "cat"). Wouldn't it be better for them to just act as if those things are no big deal, rather than shielding her like that? I'm not a parent, so I could be totally off base here.
- Mary Anne aches for Logan. Gross.
- This book always brings back awful memories of working on group projects in school. I hated group work just as much as Mary Anne does, and forcing kids to work in groups doesn't really impact their future lives as much as teachers would like to think it does. For instance, I STILL would rather work alone than in a group, and I think I'm about as good at collaboration as I would be if I'd never done a group project.
- This isn't a bad cover (even though nothing like this happened in the book), but where are Dawn, Mallory, and Jessi? Weren't they invited to the skating party?
- I like to think that Pete Black and Mary Anne reunite as adults and end up together. They'd make a cute couple.


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Roster Management Practice Questioned
The mention of Title IX results in different reactions from different people. I've always found myself at somewhat of a cross roads with Title IX. I have been active in the wrestling community most of my life and have seen opportunities eliminated in that sport. I am also a female who greatly benefited from Title IX. Along comes the Quinnipiac injunction, and Title IX has become a national issue once again.
On May 22, 2009 a federal judge issued an injunction preventing Quinnipiac from dropping its women's volleyball program or any other female opportunities. The ACLU of Connecticut has taken on the case for the women's volleyball student-athletes and coaches. Expect this case to get more and more interesting as it unfolds and moves forward in the judicial process. During the hearing last week, it came to light that Quinnipiac set roster minimums (floors) for its women's sports and roster maximums (ceilings) for its men's sports. This has become common practice nationally in order to ensure compliance with the proportionality prong of Title IX. However, what makes the Quinnipiac case interesting is that beyond these roster management numbers they were allowing men's sports to cut student-athletes prior to the first competition and then add them back after that competition, and on the women's side, coaches were carrying their minimums through the first competition without equipment or uniforms and then most of the women who were not allowed to travel or have uniforms and equipment would quit.Technically, participation is measured by the number of student-athletes on a roster as of the first competition. If they quit or are cut prior to the first contest, they don't count, and if they're added after the first contest, they technically don't count. However, can a school really consider someone cut if they're only off the roster for a week? Can a school really think they're providing someone with an opportunity if they're not giving them any equipment or uniforms? Managing Title IX, like any other law, is about managing liability. You always have to ask the question, if someone raised the question, do we believe we can defend our position? I would love to have been a fly on the wall during that conversation. Title IX is not about technicalities, it's about the spirit of the law. I have to believe that Quinnipiac will have a difficult time defending its roster management practices as this case moves forward.
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S.K. Gupta leads finalist group in KUKA Innovation competition
A group led by ISR-affiliated Professor S.K. Gupta (USC) is one of five finalists for the 2017 KUKA Innovation Award on the topic, "Advances Mechatronics."
The "Advanced Robotic Finishing" team consists of graduate students and staff from USC's Center for Advanced Manufacturing, which Gupta directs. They are working on the automation of finishing processes such as deburring, grinding or polishing. Using automatic algorithms for workpiece detection and path planning, the team aims to make the machining of small batch sizes more cost-efficient.
The finalist teams will be working from now until April to implement their concepts using KUKA hardware. They will demonstrate their results at the Hannover Messe 2017 international industrial technology trade show, April 24–28 in Hannover, Germany. The competition winner receives a 20,000 Euro prize.
KUKA launched the research competition in 2014 to promote innovation in the field of robot-based automation and to support technology transfer from science to industry. It is aimed at developers, graduates and research teams from companies or universities.
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One Planet Adventure Mountain Bike Centre
Whether on foot or on two wheels, Oneplanet Adventure provides the perfect opportunity for action and adventure in the great outdoors. If it's a peaceful family walk on one of our way marked footpaths or an adrenalin fuelled blast around some of the best man made mountain bike trails in the UK.
Oneplanet Adventure can provide the perfect get-away and with all the facilities you would expect from a leading forest visitor centre. There is something for everyone at Oneplanet Adventure.


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I'm happy to be featured columnist for Better Homes and Gardens Good Kid Project. Join us each month for my insights and tips to nurture your children with care and savvy!
A key step in nurturing compassion in children is to help them act more empathetically and sympathetically in their everyday lives. Your approach is two-pronged: Help your children articulate their own emotions as well as put themselves in the other person's shoes to see a different viewpoint. Both actions enhance their ability to understand and be aware of other people's feelings… Read full article at BHG.com


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I love living on Cortes Island B.C. Canada… it's A (The) Place in The World where I belong!!! With all its natural beauty, forests, lakes, ocean beaches and shores – as well as an amazing community that has always made me feel welcome – I really cannot think of a better place to call home.
Tag: The Salish Sea
Weekly Photo Challenge – Weathered
"Where does all the beach glass come from?" A question I have often asked myself while combing the beaches of the Salish Sea over the last few decades. And as you might have guessed, I have collected my fair share of this Weathered glass. With every piece I find, I know there is a story to be told, and I sometimes make a story up in my head as I walk home and add another piece to my collection – maybe it is the remnant of some mysterious shipwreck or a piece of an old message in a bottle that broke over some reef! I love seeing all the colours and shape and how some sparkle and some have a matte finish, some still have some sharpness to their edges while others are completely smooth – each piece is unique on its own. And what do I plan to do with all this Weathered beach glass, you ask? Well, for now it sits in a vintage bowl in my garden to be adored but who knows what the future holds!?!
Weekly Photo Challenge – Pedestrian
Behold the Pedestrian-only (for both the bipeds and four-legged family members!) path to one of the most beautiful spots on the Salish Sea: Hanks' Beach!!!
But do not be mistaken! Even though this is a foot-path, I would never call it Pedestrian as its appearance is ever-changing with the seasons; so it's never a dull trail to walk and the source of constant inspiration with something new to see and experience every time we walk it… wink wink ; )
A Staycation!!!
What does that word mean to you? Have you ever taken one of those? And if so, what did you do? Or what would you do if you took one?
So I just had a staycation right here on Cortes Island… and I think it's a really interesting thing to do and would suggest everyone to give it a try – whether it means taking five days, two weeks, or a month off your regular routine. Mine ended up lasting two weeks and instead of jetting off somewhere you have been before or on to an new adventure, try Staying Where You Live!!!
So I obviously stayed on Cortes Island, in beautiful BC, Canada. I did this for many reasons: 1st – I love where I live as there are many activities to do here that I enjoy but don't always give myself the time to enjoy… I am often too busy to – shall I say – smell the flowers and chillax. 2nd – I had a desire to slightly change my routine. For one thing, we went through a very long, cold winter which saw us spend much time inside, and then I co-produced an art event (Expose Yourself) that had me working from September to March and kept me at my computer more than I usually want or desire. I also created an art installation that grew beyond its original scope to something much bigger than planned, which meant a lot of work inside my studio (which I love!), and with the sunlight rising earlier and setting later, I started to feel antsy for the outdoors. And 3rd – I needed to not be distracted from who I really am, take some well needed time in my own brain to figure out what my next move/chapter/mission really is and figure out what do I love, what am I really into, what and who did I really want to vote for (politically as we just had an election in our province), what do I really stand for?
So of course, my staycation meant staying in my own environment – my home, my studio, and my brain! And with my family and away from social media (there were a few moments, I do admit, when I did go on social media but only for very specific reasons). It was refreshing in so many ways. Yes, I missed seeing what my friends were up to, chatting on my network because I do live in a very rural area and can be quite isolated. Taking a break from the computer however, helped me realize how much distraction there is on social media; it can take up so much space in your mind and leave little space to see how to get to the next step, or makes you lose focus and forget what your goals are in the first place.
My staycation turned out to be very interesting in ways I did not expect: For one thing, I saw things on Cortes Island I had never noticed before and will certainly share on some of those things in future posts. And the list of what I did accomplished during that time is quite extensive: I finished my online classes and started a new introductory class at the School for Aromatic Studies, which I also finished (this was very inspiring and brought me back to my roots in so many ways, but that's for another blog post). I got all caught up with my spring work in my gardens. I started installing the show that was created during the Curators Workshop for the upcoming season at The Cortes Island Museum on Refugee Cove. I brought out my hula-hoop again. I went boating on the Salish Sea. I went out for brunch with friends and had a beautiful dinner with my sweetheart at our local restaurant at the Gorge Marina, and spent countless hours walking up and down all the different white sandy beaches with my family. Yes, the one down side of a staycation is that you still have to do your chores, run your usual errands but at the same time, you know you will be sleeping in a clean and comfy bed and enjoy the food! So all in all, it was great and I am now ready to move on to an enjoyable rest of spring and a fruitful summer ahead, and keep working towards the next chapter of what "creating art" means to me. I hope everyone gets an opportunity to try a staycation someday because it was a thoroughly refreshing experience that taught me a lot about myself and my goals.
And here are a few photos of my staycation!!!
xoxo Laura Balducci
Weekly Photo Challenge – Surprise
We live on a 33 acres parcel of land that lies between the Salish Sea and Hague Lake on Cortes Island, BC. So seeing wildlife is part of our daily life. We get to see beavers, ducks, wolves, eagles, and so many more species. Deer is also one of our regular visitors but it's still a very rare occurrence for one of them to Surprise me as it comes up the cliff just when I lift my head up from a project in my studio to look out the window!!! "How long was he watching me?" I think to myself. And yes, I can see you even though your camouflage into the backyard is almost perfect…
Weekly Photo Challenge – The Road Taken
When travelling to Cortes Island on the beautiful western coast of Canada, you must not only travel by road but also take what we call our "water highway" – with the assistance of B.C. Ferries or of course your own boat! The Road Taken for us means crossing the Salish Sea!!!
Weekly photo Challenge – Repurpose
The lifestyle of anyone living on Cortes Island, on the beautiful BC Coast, could best be described as rural.; it is also very remote. It takes 2 ferries to reach the first urban centre where one can do any city stuff!!! This means that many of us become savvy on how to Repurpose items that have outgrown their use and which hopefully make their way to our recycling centre. Such items can be found as boats with holes in them, old rusted bathtubs that needed replacing, and so on. So I have made the habit of going down to the centre once a week to see what we can find to create more garden beds – since we are big on growing as much food as we can and because the land on which we live is riddled with sand deposits (since our property is nestled between a sandy lake shore and sandy ocean trails) it is difficult to make your normal run-of-the-mill raised gardens and we have to get creative!
Those pieces also make for some interesting conversation pieces, as we Repurpose as many items as possible by giving them a rebirth as one of the features in what we call our Art Yard!!!
Weekly Photo Challenge – Graceful
One of my favourite places to go spend some time in Powell River, BC is Base Camp – Coffee + Food + Art. They have Graceful(ly) made their mark as one of the finest coffee shops on the whole Salish Sea. Displaying art by local artists, serving super yummy organic food, and doing their best to be as environmentally-friendly as possible – just in case you forget your to-go coffee mug!!! – they offer a complete experience for the senses all while nourishing your body and your caffeine cravings!
for more info please visit their website – basecamp-coffee.com/
Art by Colin MacRae


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Association Community Carbon Trees Costa Rica is a non-profit community based organization that produces a highly diverse selection of rare native tropical trees in their own nurseries and then carefully transports and plants them in a natural forest matrix. All trees are produced and planted by professionally trained and managed Community Carbon Trees work crews exclusively on degraded farmlands owned by local Costa Ricans (Ticos). Projects are carefully designed based on the topography, elevation and a host of specific permaculture factors associated with each piece of land and its relation to its neighbors. Tree planting areas are fenced off by ACCT where necessary to protect the trees from cows and other animals to insure maximum growth rates especially when the trees are young and delicate. The participating local families cooperate in the design and vigilance of the trees throughout the 25 year cycle of the project. The ACCT work crews maintain the trees for the first three years which entails at least three supervised maintenance cleanings per year. Once the trees have grown above the surrounding vegetation and are assured of continued strong growth rates, the participating family takes over the continued maintenance and receives instruction for an additional 22 years. The growing trees are carefully managed to generate food and income and are protected in perpetuity through community cooperation.
Finca Morpho promotes ACCT by suggesting carbon off sets to guests of the farm and the local area. Rather than trying to compete with great ideas we like to collaborate for the help of all and most of all the planet. We also buy trees every year to help offset a lot of our travels.


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A federal judge on Thursday struck down a key part of Florida's recently revamped election laws, saying the Legislature's restrictions have made it "risky business" for third-party groups to register new voters," the Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald write.
Ruling on a lawsuit filed by the League of Women Voters, U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle told the state it cannot require groups to submit voter registration forms within 48 hours or face $1,000 fines.
(READ the full story in the Tampa Bay Times)