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Grass Valley Eskaton Village workers petition to unionize
April 11, 2014
Fed up with stress, low wages, short staffing, taxing schedules and poor benefits, an "overwhelming majority" of workers at Eskaton Village senior housing community in Grass Valley have signed cards authorizing a union to represent them and to hold an election in six weeks.
Workers' representatives on Wednesday presented a petition to organize under the United Long Term Care Workers section of Service Employees International Union to Steven Harms, Eskaton Village Grass Valley administrator, with copies sent to Eskaton's corporate office in Carmichael and the National Labor Relations Board.
"They get to have all the power, and if we don't like it, we have to walk," said Larry King, a campus patrol officer at the luxury senior community in explaining the motivation for the actions.
"If we go in as an individual (to bring up an issue), they say, 'Don't let the door hit you on the way out,'" King added. "That's why we're going in as a group."
Harms, contacted Wednesday, declined all comment, referring calls to the corporate office. Betsy Donovan, chief operating officer, left a return message but she could not be reached when the call was returned later on Wednesday.
If 50 percent plus one of the community's 78 workers vote to establish a union shop at Grass Valley, it would be the first in Eskaton's chain of 44 senior housing facilities in Northern California and one of the first SEIU-ULTCW local shops in Nevada County, according to union spokespeople.
Eskaton operates three levels of senior housing care in Grass Valley: 130 private homes with an estimated value of around $300,000 each; 87 independent living apartments that rent at an estimated $4,500 to $5,500 per month; and 57 assisted living units that can cost as much as $10,000 per month for a double room, according to the workers.
Most workers said they either work a second job or rely on a spouse's income to pay their bills. Kitchen workers at Eskaton start at $8.29 per hour, campus patrol at $9.12 per hour and resident care associates at $9.48 per hour.
According to King, the pay rates are much less than similar Eskaton facilities in Sacramento.
"Eskaton's attitude was our way or the highway," King said. "Three of us met with the administrator after each shift was cut a half hour.
"One had been there 10 years, another three years," King added. "The administrator refused to discuss the schedule, saying, 'There are plenty of people out there who are willing to work this schedule.'"
Emily Pocock, a resident care associate, said she works 37 hours per week but receives no benefits, such as paid time off, because she is considered "on call." Another employee, a receptionist, works fewer hours but is considered full time and receives benefits, she said.
"It's all cronyism," King said.
Pocock and medical technician Kathy Terra said that the "paid time off" is granted but "they won't let you take it," Terra said.
"One of the resident care associates asked to take her PTO for one day in June, but she was turned down," Terra said. "They said she couldn't take that day."
"A lot of us are just there for the residents," said lead wait staffer Rebecca Justice. "If it wasn't for the residents, we'd be gone."
She said the stress hurts most because "I have to meet with residents every day, and it's hard not to break down in front of them.
"Residents need happy employees that they know, that stay there," she said. "They don't need to have strangers all the time (from high turnover)."
Employees interviewed Wednesday said they hope the union will allow them to keep working at Eskaton instead of quitting, as many others have done. Even though the starting salaries are just slightly above the $8 per hour minimum wage, employees said they would like to stay if they could be treated with respect and their concerns would be taken seriously.
"I love the residents," said Rae Lynn Glass. "I want to fight (for the union) because of the residents."
King said a group of eight resident care associates walked out two months after he started at Eskaton in 2012. Two workers were hospitalized for stress after management announced last December that 25-percent pay cuts would go into effect Jan. 1, King said.
Rae Lynn Glass said her husband went on stress leave on Christmas Day for two months. When he came back, he was confronted immediately by his chief antagonist.
"The person was back in his face," Glass said. "He mouthed off and they told him to go."
Glass said she then had to put her husband, who is now on disability, on her insurance policy at a cost of $400 per month. That was under Eskaton's pricey self-insurance plan that the workers must pay for themselves.
"Enough is enough," Terra said. "Any consequences that come down (because of union organizing) can't be nearly as bad as our work environment."
Turnover is so high, the workers said, that the full-time employees are working overtime just to keep things going.
A lot of the kitchen workers — many of whom are much younger — call in sick or come in late, but they don't face any consequences, Justice said. Instead, Justice, a full-time senior employee, said she is punished by having to work extra hours and come in on her day off to cover for them.
"It's really unfair," Justice said.
Medical technician Teri DeMunck said she often has to cover for two units — or 17 rooms — by herself. That includes not just pulling out and delivering medications but also answering phones, receiving faxes and handling residents' service requests.
"Working with a short staff is setting us up for errors," DeMunck said.
Housekeeper Christine Makiney said she has worked at Eskaton since 2008 but feels compelled to take action now because she is upset about the mistreatment of others.
"I can't even tell you the issues of why I'm here (with the union organizers)," Makiney said, adding that she could not be more specific because she was told certain issues in confidence.
"The emotional consequences of being there offer me no recourse," she added. "I want to give people a voice, make management approachable and able to deal with residents' and employees' needs."
Pocock agreed."I just want a happier working environment for everyone," she said. "Happier for the workers and happier for the residents."
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By RICHARD SHAWSun Advocate publisher
It's hard to imagine what doing without really means when you haven't done without. I know I have always had a hard time understanding really being hungry because I have been lucky and have had much of what I needed my whole life. But even those of us that have never really gone hungry, always had a roof over our heads and have pretty much been able to afford what we needed can get a glimpse of that life if we try.
I remember my first encounter with viewing what it was like to do without food and real love; I remember it like it was yesterday, yet I was only 7 years old. In fact it was 50 years ago this Thanksgiving that I realized how much I had and how many others did without.
That Thanksgiving in 1959 was a glorious one for a little boy in my position. In retrospect, it was the best Thanksgiving ever because it was the last time my family was living together in one unit on turkey day. There would be many more times we would be together for Thanksgiving, but never again would I wake up in the same house where my sisters and my mother and father slept on Thanksgiving eve.
That (1959) was the year my oldest sister had graduated from high school and during that fall she was attending "beauty school" as it was known then. Now it is known as cosmetology. By the next year she was married and gone. My other sister was just a sophomore in high school, but in not too many years down the road she would get married too and spend her first Thanksgiving away, living in North Carolina where her husband, who was a Green Beret, was getting ready to go to Vietnam.
But on that Thanksgiving everything and everybody was there. My two uncles who had operated our dairy farm with my dad for three decades came to dinner as they always did. That afternoon during a strong snowstorm that moved in right after dinner, my cousins showed up and we played until they had to go home. I had a lot of great cousins, but those two were my favorite when I was a little boy.
Then there was the time away from school. The next morning I woke up and I could play to my hearts content for the day. About mid-morning one of my friends called and asked if he could come over with another friend of ours and play at my house.
They arrived just before noon and my mother offered to fix lunch for all of us. Soon we were sitting at the kitchen table dining on tomato soup and turkey sandwiches as we talked about what we were going to get for Christmas that year.
My friend Steve boasted about how Santa always brought him everything he wanted and I replied how Santa usually gave me what I wanted too. Our friend Alan, who had come with him, didn't say much. When my mom asked if we wanted another sandwich, Steve and I said we were full. Alan on the other hand went on to eat three more turkey sandwiches, which my mother gladly supplied.
All afternoon Steve and I talked about how wonderful a Thanksgiving we had yesterday. Alan just played with my toy cars on the floor as we built cities out of boxes and ran my electric train set around the rails that were sitting on my mothers hard wood floors.
Steve left later that afternoon but Alan asked if he could stay. Later my mother invited Alan to dinner and as it was getting dark she said my dad could drive him home after he came in from milking the cows.
Dinner-turkey soup and my mother's wonderful rolls, which we had smelled baking all afternoon-was great. When we went in the kitchen to peek at the food, my mom's homemade chocolate pudding was also waiting with homemade cream sitting ready in a bowl in the fridge, ready to accept the beating and sugar it would surely get from my mother.
Alan ate a lot that night and then my dad took him home. I had never been to his house before, so I was excited. As we pulled up I saw there were no lights on in his small white house with paint peeling off it.
"My mom isn't home," he said. "I can get in by myself." My dad said I should walk him to the door. He opened the door and the house was almost bare of furniture; three little dogs ran out. I walked in and Alan turned to me. "Thanks for letting me come over," he said. "That was the best food I have had in a long time."
"Didn't you have Thanksgiving dinner yesterday?" I said in my naivete. I also found that it was very cold in the house.
"Yeah we did, but my mom didn't have much money so we ate tuna casserole for dinner. Then she went out with her boyfriend and left me here alone."
"I thought you had a brother that lived here with you?" I said.
"He's in jail right now," said Alan. "Anyway he isn't really my brother anyway. He is one of my mom's boyfriends kids. He just lives with us."
I knew my dad was waiting. I walked out the door and the three little dogs ran back in. I said goodbye and that was that until Monday when we went to school. Alan and I remained pretty good friends until he was about 12 then things changed. He started to get into a lot of trouble at school and finally with the police when he was 14. Soon he was hanging around with kids that I didn't like to be around and we parted ways.
But every once in a while I would run into him. Murray was not as big a town then as it is now. And even though our lives were going in different directions, he'd always have to talk to me about that Thanksgiving, the day we ate tomato soup and turkey sandwiches at my parents kitchen table. Even the last time, when we were 19 he remembered.
"That was the best Thanksgiving I ever had," he said as he stood by an ice machine at 7-11 where I had run into him. He poked a cigarette in his mouth, and got a tear in his eye. "Tell your mom thanks again for me, will you?" Then he got into a junky old car with a woman and two little Alan-like faces staring over the dashboard at me.
I have often wondered, especially at Thanksgiving time where he and those cute little faces are today.

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KANSAS CITY – The Chiefs were ready long before Romeo Crennel was.
Crennel didn't join his team on the field at Arrowhead Stadium until midway through pregame warm-ups, until it was just over 30 minutes until kickoff. When Crennel finally emerged from the locker room, he zigged and zagged his way through his players, patting guys on the shoulder, shaking hands, exchanging hugs.
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Crennel, general manager Scott Pioli and an assistant coach were the last people to speak to linebacker Jovan Belcher on Saturday morning, in between the time Belcher allegedly killed his girlfriend, and then himself. Police said Belcher thanked Crennel and the Chiefs before firing one bullet into his head.
Crennel was interviewed by police Saturday morning, and then walked into a meeting to tell 60 players what he had seen and what Belcher had done. A day later, Crennel did not want to relive those horrible moments.
"I'm choosing not to answer any questions about what I saw yesterday. I think that you will understand that, and hopefully you will respect my wishes on that, because it wasn't a pretty sight," Crennel said, standing at a podium after his team's 27-21 win against the Carolina Panthers. "I'm choosing not to talk about it."
Crennel chose to coach Sunday because he believed his players needed his leadership. How, he thought, could he ask them to begin the process of moving on if he couldn't provide the first example? Crennel prides himself on having an "even-keel" demeanor, a trait often missing from the legions of NFL head coaches.
"I felt like I would be able to handle it, and I knew I had to be strong for the players in that locker room, and they needed to see a strong individual lead them," Crennel said.
Crennel described experiencing a range of "highs and lows" since the time he saw Belcher in the parking lot Saturday morning through the closing seconds of his team's win Sunday afternoon. Somehow, in spite of everything, the Chiefs played their best game of the year against the Panthers.
Quarterback Brady Quinn threw two touchdowns – his only touchdowns since 2009, when he was the starting quarterback for Crennel's Cleveland Browns. Two other players, Peyton Hillis and Jonathan Baldwin, scored their first touchdowns of the season as the Chiefs, a team that hadn't scored more than 20 points since Sept. 30, earned their first home win of the year.
Hillis, after scoring his first-quarter touchdown, jogged to the sideline and straight into Crennel's arms. Hillis handed his touchdown ball to his coach.
"I'm sure he looks at all of us sort of as his kids, and to add on to that having to witness it, it's something that I'm sure he'll never be able to forget. That's got to be so much tougher than just losing somebody," Winston said.
Crennel spent a long time with his team in the locker room after the game before finally venturing out for his first public comments since the murder-suicide. He was careful to offer his condolences and prayers to Perkins' family, Belcher's family and to the couple's daughter, Zoey, an orphan before turning three months.
"We're grieving for all involved," Crennel said. "You have to rely on each other, rely on your family and friends, and rely on your faith. That's what this team tried to do today, and we were able to do that and try to work our way through the tragedy, and knowing that it's not over today. It's still going to go on tomorrow, the next day and the next day. Life is going to go on as well, and we have to work through it."
Chiefs players echoed the same as they stood in front of their lockers. There was little talk of football, instead players tried to reconcile the conflicting information about teammate they knew with their new reality.
Teammates remembered Belcher as a hard-working, passionate teammate, a guy who worked his way from undrafted rookie to starting linebacker, who sat in the front row of meetings and helped lead the in-game huddles.
They didn't know the side of Belcher that led him to fatally shoot Perkins, then drive to the Chiefs' training facility and kill himself. They didn't know the man who would leave his infant daughter an orphan.
"It's hard on everyone to try to do the right thing and present him in the right way, but also reconcile what happened yesterday. I don't think there's ever going to be a right way to do it," tackle Eric Winston said.
Despite a frustrating season in which it took until the first weekend of December to record their second win, the Chiefs maintain they have a strong locker room, with strong leaders. Quarterbacks Brady Quinn and Matt Cassel have shown it. Winston has shown it, and so has linebacker Derrick Johnson, among others.
Quinn was on the verge of tears in his postgame news conference on a day that he should have been celebrating his best game as a pro in years, if not ever. Instead, Quinn revealed plans he and his teammates are making to collect money to help financially support Zoey.
"Trying to understand the situation was tough, or get a sense of what had happened and who it now is going to affect," Quinn said. "Understanding that it's going to affect the Perkins family, the Belcher family, his daughter – for many, many years to come, not just today or in the next few days or weeks."


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A Cognitive Approach to Fraud Detection
Stefano Grazioli
University of Virginia
Paul E. Johnson
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management
Karim Jamal
University of Alberta - Department of Accounting, Operations & Information Systems
January 3, 2006
Journal of Forensic Accounting, Vol. VII, Issue 1, pp. 65-88, 2006
University of Alberta School of Business Research Paper No. 2013-676
Fraud detection is usually done by looking for red flags and various other cues of deceit. Research in auditing and psychology has questioned the effectiveness of these methods. Here we summarize work on constructing a new cognitive approach to understanding both success and failure at detecting financial statement fraud (Johnson, Grazioli, Jamal and Berryman 2001; Johnson, Grazioli, Jamal and Zualkernan 1992). We begin by analyzing the information processing problem than an auditor must solve to detect the presence of deceptive financial information. We then describe a theory of the solution to this problem, i.e. a theory of successful fraud detection. The theory is used as a yardstick to evaluate the actual behavior of Big 4 firm audit partners engaged in the review of real cases of financial statement fraud. An analysis of the errors made by these auditors allows us to formulate and test hypotheses on where they succeed, where they fail, and the cognitive processes that underlie both success and failure.
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Keywords: Financial statement fraud detection, Cognitive processes, Deception detection, Errors
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Status update: ActiveRecord
Posted 27 May 2012 - 05:57 PM
Right now, I'm not using them because of lack of support from Yii but have used them extensively in the past.
I have used iBatis (now MyBatis) in Java to create the data mappings between everthing.
I know it's more work but also, its more powerful.
Posted 02 June 2012 - 05:41 PM
UI elements like the following should be able to use this. Those are very common elements to use in your app, which shouldnt require the current complexities of 1.1 to save.
Also, some extensions like with-related-behavior delete all MANY_MANY relations in the in-between-table, and then remake them. I know there won't be MANY_MANY relations in v2, but I just want to point out that such a behavior isn't optimal.
Posted 02 June 2012 - 07:09 PM
Jeroendh, on 02 June 2012 - 05:41 PM, said:
I am adressing these problems in my Extension ActiveRecordRelationBehavior, which might be of interest for you and others who need the comfort of saving related records directly with save(). This one keeps entries in MANY_MANY table btw.
Posted 07 June 2012 - 08:52 AM
qiang, on 26 March 2012 - 09:23 AM, said:
If I may ask, what is the advantage of dropping the MANY_MANY type of relation?
Posted 07 June 2012 - 09:00 AM
1. It was introduced when there was no through option for relations that's much more flexible. In Yii2 it's called via, has significantly better syntax and is generally simpler to define.
2. If you're going not only to display data but to add it, you need model for the "middle" table anyway.
3. If you're going to have data in the "middle" table, you can't use MANY_MANY to get this data.
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Posted 07 June 2012 - 01:01 PM
Posted 07 June 2012 - 02:39 PM
What I do in Yii1 is just make two relationships. One hasmany to the middle table, and a manymany. I suppose we simplify things by only having two types of relationships.
If I can make another few questions:
1. Shouldnt Order have many orderItems in the example, instead of have one?
'orderItems:OrderItem[]' => array( //added [] 'link' => array('order_id' => 'id'), ),
2. Why do we need to setup a link in the items relation? Isnt that set in the OrderItem class?
That way it could be:
// via another relation 'items:Item[]' => array( 'via' => 'orderItems.item', //links are set in orderItems relation and in the item relation of the OrderItem class ),
3. The @'s in the relations of the Order model confuse me. @ is the self table, right? ie, tbl_order. Should it be 'order' => '?.id' and 'on' => '?.category_id = 1' then?
4. To make things even more readable, what about adding the 'via' prequel as well? All links seem to be "That foreign attribute refers to this attribute of myself.", but that makes the link in the via-table relation look odd/unlogical.
class Order extends ActiveRecord { public static function tableName() { return 'tbl_order'; } public static function relations() { return array( 'customer:Customer' => array( 'link' => array('id' => 'customer_id'), ), 'orderItems:OrderItem[]' => array( 'link' => array('order_id' => 'id'), ), // via another relation 'items:Item[]' => array( 'via' => 'orderItems.item', 'order' => '?.id', ), // via a join table 'books:Item[]' => array( 'joinType' => 'INNER JOIN', 'via' => array( 'table' => 'tbl_order_item', 'link' => array( 'order_id' => 'id', ), ), 'link' => array( 'id' => 'via.item_id', //added via., because item_id isnt an attribute of Order ), 'on' => '?.category_id = 1', ), ); } }
Maybe I need more coffee and Im making a fool of myself. Sorry in that case.
Posted 07 June 2012 - 03:14 PM
2. To execute less code and in order for the code to be explicit. For example, you can have two different relations between two model using two different key pairs. In this case it's not possible to automatically determine which pair to use.
3. Most probably you're right. Both @ and ? are valid in an example (depending or what ordering we want to have and which fields are available) but using ? makes more sense.
4. I didn't quite get it. What should via. translate to in this case?
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Posted 07 June 2012 - 03:22 PM
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 03:03 AM
What I do like about these symbols are that they are short and quick to write especially in situations where you have many queries to make.
What are the short alternative?
Although a very trivial matter I can actually perceive a painful number of unnecessary forum questions regard this subject.
Posted 08 June 2012 - 03:27 AM
Seal, on 08 June 2012 - 03:03 AM, said:
My main alternative suggestions are simply @self and @foreign (or maybe @other if that's something people like better). It doesn't take appreciably more effort to write and it is much clearer. I say this on the same topic as that one should use descriptive variable and function names instead of $r, $l and rvp() when coding, it's just common sense. It would also leave room for future @whatever when/if needed. See my earlier post for a more elaborate summary
I think Seal has a point too. It's not just about readability; Newcomers have enough to think about as it is, they shouldn't need to be troubled with memorizing weird symbols that have no intuitive meaning. Better have them learn @self and @other or something, it will make sense to them right from the start.
Posted 08 June 2012 - 04:53 AM
rAWTAZ, on 08 June 2012 - 03:27 AM, said:
I think Seal has a point too. It's not just about readability; Newcomers have enough to think about as it is, they shouldn't need to be troubled with memorizing weird symbols that have no intuitive meaning. Better have them learn @self and @other or something, it will make sense to them right from the start.
I couldn't agree more, @self and @other have my vote. Sure I can get used to the @ and ?, but we are planning to migrate our products to Yii and many of my collegues have to learn Yii. It's much more readable for a non-Yii programmer.
Posted 08 June 2012 - 05:02 AM
You have a good point actually. I don't like @other but @self is a good candidate to replace @. @foreign is probably OK for developers familiar with RDBMs.
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 05:31 AM
@self has my vote too
Posted 08 June 2012 - 05:34 AM
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 05:52 AM
'@foreign'because it makes the most sense
In attempt to think out of the box, I will throw-in @link,
Posted 08 June 2012 - 05:54 AM
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 06:42 AM
In Qiang's first post in this thread, he said "?." can be used "in queries and scopes to represent the table alias prefix to columns" and that it represents "the foreign table". This makes me wonder how (if at all) it applies in a query/scope where we have more than one foreign/related table. Take the following example:
// Yii 1.1 syntax. // Find all posts for a public blogs and where the author's account is still active (whatever that means in this example). Post::model()->with('blog', 'author')->findAll('blog.is_public=true and author.is_active=true');
// Yii 2.0 syntax (attempt). // Find all posts for a public blogs and where the author's account is still active (whatever that means in this example). Post::find()->with('blog', 'author')->where('blog.is_public=true and author.is_active=true')->all();
So in the above example, is "?." applicable, and if so what foreign/related table would it reference?


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One small practice golf ball and a small bucket about 40 yards away was all it took for KC Jones West to win $10,000. Sitterud Insurance Solutions and the Emery County Fair sponsored the event.
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It wasn't that long ago that Adam Katchmarchi was just a water baby who spent his summers dreaming about the day he would be old enough to be a lifeguard.
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Katchmarchi, a Pennsylvania native, is majoring in physical education and says he chose to attend Slippery Rock because of what it offers in aquatics. But even before he set foot on campus, Katchmarchi was already pretty well-educated.
He began lifeguarding at Reynoldsville (Pa.) Community Swimming Pool and was named head guard within three years. At 16 he became a certified Red Cross CPR and first aid instructor, and at 17 he became certified and began teaching as a water safety instructor.
Currently, Katchmarchi is a certified Red Cross lifeguard instructor trainer, and founding president of the Slippery Rock University Aquatics and Scuba Club, which also is the first such chapter of the National Drowning Prevention Alliance He first became involved with NDPA when Slippery Rock University helped host NDPA's annual symposium in 2010. He was a scholarship recipient to attend the 2011 symposium.
Bob Ogoreuc, assistant professor in the SRU Physical Education Department, was co-chair of the 2010 NDPA symposium and helped bring the conference to Slippery Rock. Katchmarchi counts him as a key mentor and says it's been the support of Ogoreuc and others that has helped "slingshot" him into the field.
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Located at the Byron Museum of History, this exhibit features Hall of Fame baseball pitcher Albert Spalding, from his youth in Byron to his league pitching career and the founding of the Spalding Sporting Goods Company.
Built in 1876, this 19-room museum, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was the division headquarters for Illinois Central Railroad. The museum showcases local artifacts from Amboy and the surrounding area.
Barnacopia is a farm museum, events venue and Bed & Breakfast featuring two fully appointed guest rooms with full bathrooms and hot tubs all located in a silo next to the barn and the top floor of the silo is a library.
Begins the Trail Reagan Statue
A bronze statue of Ronald Reagan, astride the likeness of a palomino horse he rode nearly 60 years ago, sits at the head of the Heritage Crossing Riverfront Plaza located on River Street in downtown Dixon. The statue, created by local artist Don Reed, serves as the centerpiece of Heritage Crossing, an open-air plaza that looks out onto the Rock River.
The first brick home built in Polo is now a tourist information center and home of the local Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Byron Museum Of History & Lucius Read House
The Byron Museum Complex consists of a large Exhibit Hall and the historic Lucius Read House, which was on the Underground Railroad and is a listed site on the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. The Read House features a permanent exhibit entitled, 'From Shackles to Freedom: The Underground Railroad' which shines a spotlight on Byron's participation in the Underground Railroad. We are happy to accommodate group tours outside regular hours. Tours are free and are self-guided or a docent can be arranged. We also have ample meeting space available.
This natural history museum displays prairies, woodlands, wetlands and other interesting exhibits illustrating life as it existed hundreds of years ago in Northern Illinois. Be sure to make a stop at the museum gift shop.
Chaplin Creek Historic Village
Chaplin Creek is an evolving, full-scale historical restoration project depicting a prairie settlement typical of the mid-19th century. Several historically significant buildings and artifacts have been relocated here from the surrounding area. Photo courtesy of Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition
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Built in 1858, this Italian Renaissance-style home displays the history of the Dillon family and Northwestern Steel, as well as fine antiques which belonged to the Dillons.
For model railroad aficionados -- and everyone else who ever enjoyed model trains -- this model railroad is something to see. The Fever River Railroad is a 120X24-foot HO scale model with detailed scenery, rail yards, factories, and interchanges with many other railroads. The Fever River Railroad is an ongoing project with upgrades to the layout and scenery that provides an exciting model railroad experience. A collection of railroad memorabilia and pictures, many from the surrounding area, are on display throughout the facility. The Stephenson Society of Model Trainmen, who operate the railroad, host an open house twice a year. Groups are welcome by prior appointment.
First Christian Church served as the Reagan family church while they lived in Dixon and helped form Ronald Reagan's Christian-based work ethic, which included a short term as a Sunday School teacher.
Franklin Creek Grist Mill & Interpretive Center
This four-story, reconstructed 1847 grist mill features a four-ton waterwheel and displays of 1800s milling equipment.
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Franklin Creek Preservation Area
Franklin Creek Grist Mill, 1893 Twist Road off Old Mill Road, Franklin Grove. Covered wagon tours. Interpretive Center.
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Explore the largest Oliver Hart-Parr collection in the Midwest, including farm toys, advertising, and collectibles dating back to 1860, and real antique tractors and machinery. Bus and group tours are available, but should be scheduled in advance.
CITY:German Valley
German Valley Historical Museum
This newly refurbished museum features displays of memorabilia relating to the history of German Valley and the surrounding area, including items from the Ostfriesian area of Germany. A kitchen area, bedroom, dining room, parlor, military room, and children's playroom are furnished with items from the past, and a display room offers a variety of exhibits. A schoolroom contains items of interest from German Valley's Pleasant Prairie Academy and other area schools. Farm and other outdoor exhibits are featured in an outdoor facility. Special events and displays are featured throughout the year. Open May through October, last Sunday of the month, 1 to 4pm or by appointment (815-362-3671).
CITY:German Valley
Two-story stone building built in 1860 by Abe Lincoln's cousin. Restored dry goods store houses a consignment shop featuring local artisans. Also national headquarters for the Lincoln Highway Assn.
CITY:Franklin Grove
The 1878 Henry School, located on the Galena Trail, was used as an operating school until 1957. The Polo Historical Society has turned it back into an old country school, which includes displays on the Black Hawk War of 1832.
Jane Addams, born and raised in Cedarville, was an internationally famous humanitarian and social work pioneer who founded Hull House and won the Nobel Peace Prize. She is buried in this lovely old hillside cemetery.
John Deere has a presence around the world, but it all started right here in Grand Detour, Illinois. When you step foot on these grounds, it will feel like taking a step back in time. Hear the floorboards creak as you walk inside John Deere's home. Take in the beauty of the picturesque landscape. And feel the heat of fired steel inside the replica blacksmith shop. Whether you're a school group, a John Deere fan or a history buff, it's an experience you just can't miss.
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Lee County Genealogical Society
Dedicated to promoting family history and helping people in their genealogical research, the society's archives are housed in the Family Tree Center.
Lincoln Highway Association National Headquarters
Visitors from around the world enjoy researching highway information in this restored 1860 dry goods store built by Abe Lincoln's cousin. The Lincoln Highway Museum and Store is also housed inside.
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Abraham Lincoln, then 47, came to Sterling to speak at a rally for presidential candidate, John C. Fremont. On July 18, 1856, a twist of fate brought Mr. Lincoln to the home of Sheriff William Manahan to spend the night. He slept on a sofa with two chairs placed at its end to accommodate his long legs. In the morning he graciously thanked his host and left Sterling and the rest is history! The home has been restored and its interior, furnishings, and facade reflect the time when Lincoln visited in the late 1850s.
This memorial commemorates Lincoln's 1832 service in the Black Hawk War, and consists of a bronze figure of Lincoln as a 23-year-old captain. The statue was dedicated in 1930 during the centennial celebration of the town of Dixon.
This famous statue was designed by Leonard Crunelle and was presented to Freeport at the 71st anniversary of the Lincoln-Douglas Debate on August 27, 1929, by local industrialist W. T. Rawleigh. It is located in Taylor Park.


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An Alaska Housing Authority Names USDA Rural Development "Lender of the Year"
USDA Rural Development has a long history of providing rural Americans with access to safe, sanitary and affordable housing. In interior Alaska, quality housing is a basic need. Temperatures regularly plunge far below zero, often to as cold as -60 F. Thanks to extra effort on the part of some dedicated USDA employees, this winter a number of rural families in interior Alaska communities will have homes they can be proud of. Read more »


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Rain clearing overnight. Becoming wet and windy later Sunday.
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Cloud and outbreaks of light rain will largely clear this evening. Mild at first, but becoming cooler later in north with clear spells forming. The far southeast may remain cloudy with patchy rain until dawn. Minimum Temperature 6 °C.
A largely dry, sometimes bright day with strengthening winds, then occasionally heavy rain during the evening and overnight as cloud thickens. Rain clearing northern and western counties later in night. Maximum Temperature 12 °C.
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Occasional heavy showers on Monday and Tuesday with hail and thundery, possibly wintry, and sometimes sunny, Chilly with patchy frost overnight. Becoming less cold later Wednesday with rain moving eastwards.
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A cold night in Scotland and Northern Ireland with scattered showers. Milder and cloudier further south with rain clearing England and Wales overnight, but more edging into the far north-west again, with some heavy bursts at times.
A dry start for much of the UK, becoming generally cloudier and windy with rain spreading from the west. Persistent rain and gales along western exposed areas; south-east remaining dry.
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Sunny spells and heavy blustery showers, some thundery with snow over hills. Colder, especially in the north with overnight frosts and perhaps icy stretches. Rain spreading east on Wednesday.
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An unsettled picture is likely as frontal systems move into the UK from the west or southwest, bringing wet and windy weather at times with gales in places. Snow is likely over northern hills, with a low risk of some snow more widely at times across the north. Between frontal systems, there should be some spells of brighter weather with showers which may be wintry at times in the north. Nevertheless, some brief quieter, drier spells are also likely. Temperatures will generally vary around normal for the time of year, often slightly above average in the south but rather cold at times in the north, with night frosts. There remains the possibility of a more widely settled but colder period, perhaps giving wintry showers in the east and north.
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UK Outlook for Sunday 12 Mar 2017 to Sunday 26 Mar 2017:
For the rest of March signals are weak and confidence is low. It will probably be rather unsettled with spells of wet and windy weather at first, interspersed with brighter and showery conditions. Some snow is also possible across the north of the UK. There should, however, also be some drier and brighter spells, where we may see some local frost and fog at times overnight. Temperatures are expected to be slightly above normal for the time of year. However, there remains the possibility of seeing a more prolonged cold spell, with an increased chance of snow in places. This is more likely later in the period.
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DC Shoes Rebound High-Top Skate Sneaker - Womens
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Specially designed for the ladies, the DC Rebound high-top skate shoe is durable and artistically designed with a multi-color, shiny upper and is the perfect sneaker for the skate park or the mall.
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The women's Nike® City Court VII tennis shoe is the perfect solution for the tennis player looking for a fast shoe with great cross-court performance qualities. Lightweight and provides a snug, comfortable fit.
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School of Communication photography students snagged two of the top prizes in the 2013 Ann Bartsch Dunne scholarship competition sponsored by the Arts Club of Washington. The annual competition is for 18-to-26 year old students who are studying the arts at a university in Washington, D.C., Maryland, or Virginia. The judges for 2013 were photographer Robert Strawn and Lisa Hostetler, McEvoy Family Curator for Photography at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Students James Paul and Natalie Plumb took home scholarships, bringing recognition to AU's photography program, part of SOC's Film and Media Arts division. Paul was the overall winner with his photograph titled "Whispers Into Eternity," receiving $1,500. Professor Jon Malis wrote him a letter of recommendation. He said, "I'm extremely proud of James. In terms of his work, I think he demonstrated great initiative by shooting in a location outside of Washington, DC - returning to his hometown to explore the remnants of a once-booming industry."
Plumb's photograph, "A Grad's Rainy Day" took Second Runner-Up, winning her $750. Journalist-in-Residence Lynne Perri nominated Plumb, saying "[I nominated her because] Natalie has a great eye for composition. She also did very well on deadline during the elections, when she photographed voters at polling places at several precincts in Northern Virginia." View the winning photos and read more


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Sept. 12, 2012 – Honda will voluntarily recall 17 model-year 2012 Ridgeline vehicles in the U.S. to replace the passenger airbag indicator. During vehicle assembly, incorrect Canadian-specification passenger airbag OFF indicator lights were mistakenly installed in these vehicles. The installed indicators do not comply with U.S. federal motor vehicle safety standard requirements. Airbag functionality is not affected by this issue, which was discovered during quality inspections at the factory.
Honda is announcing this recall to encourage owners of all affected vehicles to take their vehicles to an authorized dealer as soon as they receive notification of this recall from Honda. Mailed notification to customers will occur in late-September 2012. In addition to contacting customers by mail, in late-September, owners of these vehicles will be able to determine if their vehicles require inspection by going on-line to www.recalls.honda.com or by calling (800) 999-1009, and selecting option 4.
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GREEN RIVER- Children, husband, father, and loving relatives welcomed Leona Gwen Weihing home on Oct. 23, 2009. Gwen passed away of complications after surgery. She was a loving daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and friend.
Gwen was born May 20, 1941 in Price, Utah to Ellis and Ellen Dimick Peacock. She was raised in Dragerton, Utah until her teenage years when her family moved to Green River, Utah. Along her journey, she met and married Kenneth Wilkinson who she quickly divorced. Gwen then found and married the love of her life, Charles Fredrick Weihing Sr. with whom she and their children were sealed to in the Manti Temple. A
fter Fred's death, Gwen married and divorced George Wareham and Jerome "Dan" Wright. Gwen lived in Gateway, Colo., Provo, Utah, Dillon, Mont., Syracuse, Utah, Blanding, Utah, West Valley City, Utah, Payson, Utah, and Palm Desert, Calif., but Green River, Utah was always home.
In her zest for life, she enjoyed dancing, laughter, roses, and love. Gwen's compassion to help others only increased when she became an EMT and served for more than 20 years. She was passionate about living a full life and spent much time riding horses, rock hunting, fishing, and camping. But most of all, she was a mother to everyone she met. She opened her home, arms, and heart to everyone that knew her.
She will be missed by her children, Charles "Freddie" (Kori) of Las Vegas, Nev., Larry (Trent) of Heber City, Utah, Tina Stimpson (Todd) of San Francisco, Calif., and Lesa (Dan) of Green River, Utah, her mother, Ellen, her siblings, Barbara Cartwright, James Peacock, Becky Chappell and Tammie Frost, her 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
A viewing will be held Thursday Oct. 29 from 6-8 p.m. at the Green River LDS Church, 101 North Clark Street in Green River, Utah. Funeral services will be held Friday Oct. 30 at 11 a.m. in the Green River LDS Church. Interment to follow at Elgin Cemetery in Green River, Utah. Arrangements entrusted to Mitchell Funeral Home of Price.
The family would like to thank St. Mary's Hospital and their staff, with an extra special thanks to Dr. Tice, Lillard, and Tarpey and Nurses, Jennifer, Becky, and Sarah for their tender loving care.
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Rock your moto style in the Pink & Pepper Fab boot. This edgey riding boot will add an extra dose of fabulous to your casual style.
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Make a sparkling statement in the Nina Genassi. This glitzy platform evening sandal will be a hit at your next special occasion.
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Great dressy sandals
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Can't believe I wasted 2 minutes watching it before I turned it off.ReplyCancel
Only got through the first minute, but it's definitely a real family. The son looks EXACTLY like the father. This is the worst crap I've seen in a long time.ReplyCancel
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Twitter, user @threebeatslide, first tweet ever on March 13 was a retweet from Edward Sturm aka @SpeakUpYOLO.
Edward Sturm is the kid in the video, his twitter photo is of him and the girl. He calls her his kid sister in one of his tweets.
Real kid, real family, it's the boy's video and his whole school is amazed that the video has so many hits, everybody's tweeting about it.ReplyCancel
The video has 309,000 hits and the kid is over the moon, it's like the best thing that has happened in his nerdy little life.
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Fierce battle expected for three spots for 2011 world junior championships at NORCECA Men's Juniors
GATINEAU, Canada - If the coaches' comments on Sunday are any indication there will be a fierce battle for the three coveted spots for next year's world junior championships at the NORCECA Men's Junior Continental Championship that kicks off here on Monday
U.S. coach John Hawks says his traditionally powerhouse squad should be considered underdogs while the always dangerous Dominican is fielding a young team. Cuba is a strong favourite as well and watch for Canada which traditionally has success at this tournament and now will be boosted by the home crowd.
Here follows the excerpts of the coaches' statements during the press conference:
Greg Barthel, Canada: "Our goal is to finish top three and qualify for junior worlds. We had a great three weeks of training and we are looking forward to performing well in front of our home crowd."
Garcia Garcia Roberto, Cuba: "We want to come to make the playoffs, then qualify for the world junior championships and if we get that far why not first."
Osiel Vasquez Cancio, Dominican Republic: "Our team is young and inexperienced. But we believe we have the team to give a good show to the Canadian public and go deep into the tournament as well."
Eddy Salomon: Martinique: "We want to give the maximum of ourselves and go as far as we can. It's our first participation at this tournament and we want to learn from this and build on it."
Francisco Javier Jimenez Espitia, Mexico: "Our team has been together for two years and they work very well together. They also have a good knowledge of the international game and we are aiming for a top-three finish."
Ramon Lawrence, Puerto Rico: "Our primary goal is to qualify for the world junior championships. We have a talented young team."
Germain Elvin Ryan, St. Lucia: We're happy to be here, it's our first participation at this tournament. I think we want to gain some valuable experience and also enjoy it. We are going to play every match with pride and dignity in our national colours."
Gideon Dickson, Trinidad and Tobago: "Our goal is to come here and give a good representation of Trinidad and Tobago volleyball. We believe we can compete with Martinique and Mexico and also bridge a gap between us and USA."
John Hawks, U.S.A: "I really like the way we've been training and we have a lot of depth. We are looking forward to this tournament, we have some great competition here and we actually feel we are one of the underdogs. That's the way we are approaching this."


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Mezlan Concerto Oxford
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The Mezlan brand prides itself on their fine quality products and excellent craftsmanship, and the Concerto cap toe oxford fits the criteria. This beautifully crafted shoe incorporates fashion elements without losing its classic silhouette and charm. Pair this two-tone look with dress slacks for the office, and you'll be sure to get noticed for all the right reasons.
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Globe Interview with Recent Emerson Graduate
October 19, 2013
October 19, 2013
The Boston Globe recently published a brief interview with Jared Brown '13 in its Theater and Art section. Brown, 22, from Canton, Georgia, played the role of Julian in Company One's production of How We Got On this past summer, a play by Idris Goodwin. The article describes Bowen's performance as "fiery yet nuanced" and the interview includes Brown's answers to such prompts as "Lightbulb Moment," "Biggest Thrill," and "What People Should Know." In "Coming Soon," Brown reveals that he will be playing Silvius in Actors' Shakespare Project's production of As You Like It April 17-May 18, 2014.
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Mo(n)sster re-ups
Kent Wilson
April 09 2009 06:35PM
TSN is reporting that the Flames have extended pending UFA David Moss for 3 years at 1.3M/year. That's a healthy raise over the $575k he's making this year, but it's still a decent number for a guy of Moss' quality.
David Moss was a decent depth player last season, but he took a step forward into a different stratosphere this year. His 20 goals and 38 points don't tell the whole story. Moss and Curtis Glencross have formed a deadly duo that have frequently out-played other 3rd liners this year: both guys are in the top 10 in the NHL in terms corsi/60 according to behindthenet. Moss' +23 rating is sandwiched between Pavel Datsyuk (+23.4) and Marrian Hossa (+22.3) to give you an idea of the kind of company he's keeping by this metric.
Moss has upped his shot rate from 1.4/game from last year to 2.43/game. That doesn't sound like a lot, but that equates to a fairly big difference over 82 games (114 vs 199 shots over a full season). He has one of the best PPP/60 rates on the club (4.68 - better than Iginla) even though he's never really played on the man advantage before. He also has a positive penalty differential and has only taken 22 PIM all season. Oh yeah - he's also been one of the unluckiest guys on the team in terms of percentages - .886 SV%, 7.4 SH% = 96 PDO. His career best results are based on pure outshooting this year, which means if his bounces regress to the mean (PDO of 100) he's in line for even better figures next season. Good news folks.
I wrote this about Moss in the summer:
The one thing that can be said about Moss - and it's probably the primary reason he's still a part of the big club - is he doesn't make a lot of mistakes. It's only something that appears after watching him closely over a long period of time, so it's easily missed by the casual fan. Moss rarely commits the bonehead defensive zone give-away. He's frequently in position. He's never the guy that carries the puck over the blueline when it's obvious the best play is to dump it in deep. Perhaps his greatest strength can be summarized as "playing well within his means".
That is all true about Moss this year - except his "means" (his ceiling) has seemingly raised considerably. Guy is the sort of invaluable depth player that does a lot to help the team, almost nothing to hurt it and comes at a very reasonable price.
Great player. Great signing. Talk about your quality 7th round draft picks.


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There are many ways to make your writing feel more personal, but none carries the charge of using a custom-drawn font. Draw Your Own Alphabets is a fun, hands-on workbook that teaches how to create funky hand-lettered fonts sure to jump off the page, poster, or screen. Presenting thirty complete alphabets, custom-drawn in a variety of styles by various young designers and illustrators, this do-it-yourself guide demonstrates how to adapt the letters and make them your own. Whether you dip in and out of your favorite lettering styles, or work through the book practicing various alphabets, you'll be creating your own fonts in no time. A technical section shows how to put your hand-drawn creations to practice—from transferring letters to a computer and using them online to mixing and matching different alphabets.
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Always on trend and uniquely crafted, Modern Vintage stays true to their high standards with the casual Oiley Boot. The Oiley is a timeless option with modern updates you'll be able to pair with everything in your fall wardrobe.
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