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Of course, you could argue that "Moylesy", as he is affectionately known by almost nobody, is bound to attract more listeners than anyone else, as he hosts the only show of its kind that is broadcast to the whole country ("national" in his cringe-inducing radio-speak) on "wonderful Radio 1" during the peak breakfast period.
I just don't see the appeal, I really don't. It's the same old tired formula that has been hanging around like a bad smell since commercial radio began. Moyles and his "crew" will chat about what they did at the weekend, often involving some ghastly showbiz event. They will invariably make coarse remarks about some unfortunate celebrity, though if the same celebrity deigns to appear on the show, the approach will switch to major fawning. Moyles will verbally abuse any member of the public stupid enough to call in, using the humour of the playground, which may well be funny at school, but is just plain creepy from a 35 year old grown man. And, of course, there will be speculation on the size of producer Rachel's breasts.
On and on and on, just like Groundhog Day, except never raising a smile, despite the presence of "Comedy Dave", whose name is the only thing remotely amusing about him. As The Buzzcocks memorably sang, "Pretty girls, pretty boys/Have you ever heard your mummy scream/Noise annoys". Maybe it's the very ordinariness of the show that the listeners love ?
Moyles himself is a deeply unfunny man, though he did manage to hit the nail on the head with his own description of himself as "an egotistical, racist, homophobic, bigoted, sexist scumbag who surrounds himself with sycophants who laugh at his every word and agree with everything he says". And they say you can't believe what you read in the press.
"Mike Smash - or is it Dave Nice ?"
More often than not, Moyles proclaims himself The Saviour of Radio 1, which in his own mind is inextricably linked to his beloved ratings. He flails around swinging his arms like an attention-seeking beacon drawing the uneducated masses to his (substantial) bosom. Where the hell were Smashie and Nicey when this second-rate Dave Lee Travis impersonator first reared his ugly head ?
Annoyingly, this talentless oaf has somehow picked up an image of being a bit of a lad: an irreverent, plain-speaking, no-holds-barred rebel involved in numerous controversies, attracting many complaints to Ofcom. Surprisingly, these protests are (usually) not due to the vast sums paid to this belching bully, but are largely reserved for his old-fashioned (being kind) sense of humour.
His various misdemeanours include describing Polish people as prostitutes; offering to take Charlotte Church's virginity when she turned sixteen; calling Victoria Beckham a whore; and describing the late, great John Peel as Kenny Everett-in-waiting, because "Kenny is dead and it's only a matter of time before John pops his clogs".
Probably the best examples, as they offer the most understanding of Moyles' puerile sense of humour, involved Halle Berry, when the actress understandably took offence at his impersonation of a "big, fat, black guy" in the classic style of the Black and White Minstrels; and Will Young, whose birthday Moyles celebrated John Inman stylee by singing Young's hits in a high-pitched effeminate voice, changing the lyrics to references on the singer's sexuality. For god's sake, why not start stroking Mrs. Slocombe's pussy, so we can well and truly return to the 70s ?
"Chris Moyles - down with the kids"
Unfortunately for us, despite having a face for radio, Moyles has now branched out into television, launching Chris Moyles' Quiz Night on Channel 4, where he comes across as little more than a belligerent drunk wallowing in his own ego. Maybe he forgot his early appearance on Never Mind The Buzzcocks in 1998, which pretty much saw the end of Moyles' TV career before it had even begun. Looking nervous and awkward, the renowned funny man's lousy performance lead to him becoming the brunt of much of presenter Mark Lamarr's wit. Moyles proceeded to slag off the programme on his radio show, to which Lamarr replied, "That fat pig. I'd like to rip the apple out of his mouth and fucking slap him".
For the recent re-launch of Buzzcocks, new host Simon Amstell made an unerring start, "Hello there and welcome to a brand new series. To make sure the tone of the show remains the same, I've got some jokes that Mark Lamarr left for me. Chris Moyles – he's a bag of shit".
Other television appearances included "X Factor: Battle of the Stars", where his radio bravado was exposed as little more than a humourless shield, when he tugged his forelock to Cowell and Co in a desperate attempt to show that he was more than a karaoke king (he wasn't). Obviously, in the back-scratching TV world, the favour has been more than repaid with Louis Walsh and the terrible Sharon Osbourne (wife of Ozzy, huge talent in her own right) being invited onto Moyles' show all too often.
Moyles has also leapt onto the bandwagon of celebrity books, which sell by the truckload just because they have a famous person's name on the jacket (My Booky Wook, anyone ?). In a recent TV show, comedian Stewart Lee savaged his efforts, noting that the sequel to The Gospel According to Chris Moyles, was called The Difficult Second Book, a title with "a degree of irony and self-awareness largely absent from the text". Moyles, he told us, writes that he would like it to be seen as a great toilet book. "Ah, the vaulting ambition of the writer", murmured Lee.
Moyles' legions of fans would point to his "charidee" work, most notably when he hauled his fat carcass up Mount Kilimanjaro for Comic Relief. Bully for him, though I would point out that on the same climb the summit was also reached by the likes of Ronan Keating and two members of Girls Aloud.
In April this year, The Sun claimed that Moyles would be axed in September once he had become the breakfast show's longest –serving host, over-taking fellow Radio 1 legends Tony Blackburn and Noel Edmonds. Unfortunately, the BBC was quick to deny those claims, so it looks like seven million people will continue to wake up next to the man they deserve. God help the rest of us.


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Winston Lumanlan earned his stripes on the show scene long before bagged Euros were a mainstay; back when BMWs, Mercs and VWs were rarely seen at the big import shows. We're talking about more than a decade ago. "I started attending JDM shows back in '95 with my Honda Civic. After dumping a ton of money into it and winning some trophies, I decided to move up to a Euro in 2000. That was back when it was rare to see a BMW or a Benz at a show," Lumanlan said.
An E46 330i was his first entry into the scene and, after a full build, he would follow it with a host of Benz - C43, C55, E350 - before returning to the Bimmer world with an E39 530i.
"I loved the 530i and I did everything to it. I mean everything: interior, paint, body mods, suspension, brakes, lights, you name it... but when I finally decided to add a VF-Engineering supercharger, the techs at VF found a bad cylinder during a leak-down test, which threw a wrench in my plans," Lumanlan said.
Believing that when life throws you lemons, you make lemonade, Winston turned a bad situation into a new beginning. "At that point I was disappointed after all the work I'd put into the 530i but, instead of giving up, I saw an opportunity to buy the car I'd always wanted - an E39 M5; the last true M5 ever built," Lumanlan said.
Many would agree with his sentiment, and it will come as no surprise to learn that when he decided to give it a full makeover, it raised a few eyebrows online. To add fuel to the fire, Lumanlan was lucky enough to find the unicorn of E39 M5s, a one-owner car in Titanium silver with brushed silver interior accents. "I found it with dumb luck after telling a friend I was looking for an M5. He mentioned a friend was selling one," he explained.
The M5 was the score of a lifetime. It had 80,000 original miles and survived the first ten years of its life with only a few mods. But things were about to change. "I'm the type of person who doesn't waste time before modding a car. The minute I get it I'm already planning the entire build and ordering parts. Modifying cars is what I do. It's part of me," Lumanlan said.
The first round included rims, tint and suspension, and from there it snowballed. "I'd imagined the build in my head and one thing that kept coming to mind was shaving all the exterior moldings because I'd never seen it done and knew it would look great," he said.
Just the mention of shaving the moldings on a vaunted M5 had the forums on fire with people calling blasphemy and claiming he'd neuter the most prominent exterior feature of a the E39 M5. They threatened to ban him from the site if he dared. And so he did!
"I loved the shaved look on the newer M5s and even though many people thought it would look terrible, it's been well received," Winston said. "It adds a subtle custom touch."
What wasn't so subtle was the custom Schiedmann hood from Denmark. "I wanted a vented hood but all the US options were too flashy. I wanted to keep it clean, so paid $800 to have the aluminum Schmiedmann sent from Denmark, and it was worth the wait," he explained.
Lumanlan likes to go the extra mile, which was further exemplified by his decision to shave the front bumper and then add Mercedes E63 AMG vents, before a custom carbon fiber splitter was created by combining an M3 CSL part with an APR Miata piece.
There are more custom accents in the rear, such as the Nissan GT-R vents in the bumper, or the carbon Schmiedmann diffuser that was mated to a C63 AMG lip and molded to the stock bumper.
At this point, the factory Titanium silver was rejected, replaced by Lamborghini Balloon White for a touch of class only supercar colors can add.
No ensemble is complete without the right shoes. In this case it was 20x10" front and 20x11" rear RSVForged MS10W wheels wrapped in Hankook tires. And you won't have missed the Air Lift coil-over-bag air suspension, which has AutoPilot V2 Digital Control, Zex air tank and Viair 380c compressor. "In order to get it low on the 20s, we had to pull the fenders more than 0.5" to get them to tuck, but I'll be switching to 19s soon so I can lay frame," Lumanlan laughed.
Don't make the mistake of assuming the M5 has forgotten its performance roots. The S62 V8 was fortified with stage 3 Dinan software and tuned velocity stacks along with Rogue Engineering pulleys, a SuperSprint X-pipe and Meisterschaft GT2 exhaust plus a stage 2 aFe intake.
On the drivetrain, a Dinan 3.45:1 LSD was installed, along with a UUC clutch and lightweight flywheel, while massive StopTech brakes convert forward motion into a distant memory. "Like everything else on the car, I decided to give the calipers a custom touch, adding gold pearl to Porsche yellow paint so it matched the underhood accents," Lumanlan said.
With so much going on, Winston didn't forget the interior, adding white diamond-stitched panels in perforated alcantara to the black leather seats, complete with matching piping, shift and e-brake boot plus door cards.
"I wanted a killer stereo but didn't want to mess with the factory head unit, so I modified it to work with the rest of the system," Lumanlan said. This involved Diamond Audio subs and amps in a custom trunk enclosure, along with Hertz Audio components, several capacitors, three 9" LCD monitors, a Nintendo Wii console and a partridge in a pear tree... OK, we made the last part up, but you get the point.
So while the M5 is decked-out from top to bottom, inside and out, Winston ain't done yet. He plans on laying frame, widebody styling and forced induction. And while some people might consider the car to be too extreme, we applaud Lumanlan for keeping it tasteful. "It's difficult to add this many mods and keep it restrained. Many cars look cluttered with parts but my goal was to keep it clean and classy," he concluded.
Tech Spec
Winston Lumanlan
San Ramon, CA
Co-owner, Kids N Cribs 2
Engine 5.0L S62 V8 with stage 3 Dinan software and tuned velocity stacks, stage 2 aFe CAI, Rogue Engineering Power Pulleys, SuperSprint X-pipe, Meisterschaft GT2 exhaust system, Corteco motor mounts, painted plenum, airboxes and accessories
Drivetrain six-speed manual transmission with UUC Performance clutch and lightweight flywheel, Sachs Performance Clutch Stop, clutch delay valve, Rogue Engineering short-shift and transmission mounts, Dinan 3.45:1 limited-slip differential and subframe reinforcement kit
Brakes StopTech ST40 four-piston calipers, 355mm drilled rotors f, ST22 two-piston, 345mm r, Street Performance pads, stainless steel lines
Suspension Air Lift air system and camber plates, AutoPilot V2 Digital controller, ZEX tank, Viair 380c compressor, ECS wheel bearings and center tie-rod, Dinan lower control arm monoball kit and polished strut tower brace
Wheels & Tires 20x10" f, 20x11" r RSVForged MS10W wheels, 255/30 R20 f, 295/25 R20 r Hankook Ventus V12 tires
Exterior Schmiedmann hood, shaved exterior moldings, E63 AMG front, GT-R rear bumper vents, carbon fiber CSL front lip with APR secondary lip, Schmiedmann carbon rear diffuser with E63 AMG lower section, AC Schnitzer roof spoiler, molded foglight covers, smoked headlights, LED tail lights and markers, silver window tint, Umnitza 8000K HID headlight bulbs, 3000K HID foglight bulbs, ICE V6 angel-eye upgrade, ION LED license plate bulbs and reversing bulbs, car painted Lamborghini Balloon White, black roof, hood vents and mirrors
Interior diamond-stitched alcantara seats panels, door cards, shift and e-brake boots, suede headliner, ZHP shift knob, brushed titanium interior trim, AC Schnitzer pedals, e-brake handle, Umnitza interior LEDs
Audio/visual modified BMW head unit, Diamond Audio 12" subwoofers, 600/1 and 300/4 amplifiers, Hertz Audio coaxial and component speakers, MPI 400 power inverter, Precision Power capacitor, fiberglass amp rack and trunk enclosure with three 9" LCD monitors, Nintendo Wii, LED illumination, Dynamat
Thanks Darwin at RSVForged/Sonic Motorsport, Tony at TNT Autobody Sacramento, Devin at Speed Element, Rommel at Canlas Mobile Tint, Noe at Avila Auto Upholstery, John at JS Design Factory, Michael and Nick at 02 Creation, Tim at Umnitza, Matt at Hard Parker Garage, Tom and Jeff at Air Lift, GT Haus, Dinan, UUC Motorwerks, Europrojektz, Jesus, Menard, Trina, Mika, Alex

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A couple of recent glitches.
As of this morning the threads aren't updating properly when read. They still show as bolded / unread.
Also, for the last few days quoted statements that include " are getting translated into ?'s.
I thought it was just me and that I had somehow triggered a Spanish translator, but have noticed it with posts from others as well.


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The I2P network provides strong privacy protections for communication over the Internet. Many activities that would risk your privacy on the public Internet can be conducted anonymously inside I2P.Get I2P 0.9.38
- I2P is an anonymous overlay network - a network within a network. It is intended to protect communication from dragnet surveillance and monitoring by third parties such as ISPs.
- I2P is used by many people who care about their privacy: activists, oppressed people, journalists and whistleblowers, as well as the average person.
- No network can be "perfectly anonymous". The continued goal of I2P is to make attacks more and more difficult to mount. Its anonymity will get stronger as the size of the network increases and with ongoing academic review.
- I2P is available on desktops, embedded systems (like the Raspberry Pi) and Android phones. Help spread the word!
- Read more…
- Email: Integrated web mail interface, plugin for serverless email.
- Web browsing: Anonymous websites, gateways to and from the public Internet.
- Blogging and forums: Blogging and Syndie plugins.
- Website hosting: Integrated anonymous web server.
- Real-time chat: Instant messaging and IRC clients.
- File sharing: ED2K and Gnutella clients, integrated BitTorrent client.
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- More supported applications…
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- 2019-02-14 - I2P Laboratory
- 2019-01-22 - 0.9.38 Release
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Benefits and Healthy Work Environment
Healthstream is your HCA online education resource. All classes attended through Presbyterian/St. Luke's HealthCare-sponsored programs are tracked through HealthStream and available for review at any time. In addition, HealthStream offers a variety of continuing education courses that may be of interest.
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Keep track of your wages and PTO from this helpful website. You can get information 24/7 and paystubs are posted on the Thursday before payday.
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Facility Scheduler
The Facility Scheduler can be used by employees to access their schedules from home or wherever a computer is available. In order to access the scheduler, your computer must use Internet Explorer version 6.0 or higher. To determine your IE version, open your internet browser, click on Help and then select About Internet Explorer.
HCA Hope Fund
The HCA Hope Fund is an employee-run, employee-supported 501(c)3 charity. The goal of the HCA Hope Fund is simple: to help HCA employees and their immediate families who are affected by hardship. This includes disasters, extended illness/injury and other special situations. The fund provides emergency information, referrals and/or financial aid. HCA employees, vendors, affiliated physicians and the general public can make tax-deductible donations to the fund.
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A Romance of Chocolate slated Feb. 10 in Walker
A Romance of Chocolate featuring A Taste of Coffee & Wine will be from 3:30-6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, at Northern Lights Event Center, Walker.
Enter a chocolate treat in the Ultimate Chocolate Challenge to win prizes, which will be awarded for taste and presentation. Registration is due by Jan. 30.
Any recipe using chocolate as a main ingredient is welcome. There are two categories in which to enter: Professional for individuals who make and/or sell chocolate for a living; and Amateur, for individuals who make chocolate at home for family and friends.
Participants must submit a printed recipe for the chocolate being prepared with registration information. This will be published in a small chocolate cookbook for the event acknowledging your participation.
They also must bring a tray with 50 sample-sized (approximately 1- by 1-inch) pieces of your chocolate, as well as a 9- to 12-inch wrapped plate filled with your chocolate tastefully arranged that can be auctioned.
Participants will set up tables from 2-2:30 p.m. Feb.10. A table with tablecloth and chairs will be supplied; participants must bring any table decorations or display materials and extension cords as needed.
Those who attend the Romance of Chocolate will be able to sample the variety of chocolate entries in the Ultimate Chocolate Challenge and vote for your favorite. A $10 ticket allows you to choose six entries to sample.
Taste a variety of specialty coffees and wines to compliment the many chocolate sensations. A $10 ticket allows you six samples.
Enjoy live music by local guitar artists Brian Skinness of Terrapin Station in Nevis and Larry Kimball of Walker on guitars.
Take a sweetheart photo with someone you love.
Bid at the auction to take a plate of your favorite chocolates or a date package home to your favorite sweetheart.
Purchase a Chocolatier Cookbook with participant recipes.
All proceeds go to support the Hackensack-Onigum-Walker-Akeley (HOWA) Family Center and Faith in Action for Cass County.
The event is sponsored by the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, Northern Lights Event Center, Pepsi Nei Bottling, Providers of Walker Sanford Clinic and many others.
To sign up for the Ultimate Chocolate Challenge or for more information about A Romance of Chocolate, call Theresa Eclov at Faith in Action at 218-675-5435 or Lynette Dirks at 218-547-4273.


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Slick roads, power outages and brutal winds — all aspects of a "white Christmas" most would likely forego, given the choice.
Slick roads, power outages and brutal winds — all aspects of a "white Christmas" most would likely forego, given the choice. But that's what the system that moved through Kansas Thursday morning brought in the first significant snowfall in almost a year. Leavenworth Public Works Director Mike McDonald said rain Wednesday night turned to snow some time after midnight. Crews were on standby before that time in anticipation of the forecast, in which the possibility of snowfall accumulation grew more certain as Wednesday drew closer. Having cleared emergency snow routes first, he said crews turned their attention to residential streets. "We're doing the work with our own forces instead of contracting it out," this year, he said. The Leavenworth Regional Catholic, Fort Leavenworth and Lansing school districts had already ended classes for the holiday break, but Leavenworth and schools were canceled for the day. Fort Leavenworth asked only essential personnel to come to work, while the city of Leavenworth delayed its scheduled trash collection from Thursday to Friday. Technical Trooper Howard Dickinson, a public information officer for the Kansas Highway Patrol, said the morning hours Thursday were busy ones for his department. "This morning was basically a double crew," he said, "and everybody was moving." Dickinson added, however, that there were no serious accidents reported on the state's highways, despite plenty of slideoffs and minor accidents, especially around already busy areas like Highway 69 and Interstate 35 in Johnson County. Law enforcement here, too, was busy trying to keep pace with the number of drivers who had slid off the roads or become stuck. Undersheriff Ron Cranor said Leavenworth County Sheriff officers responded to numerous accidents on the county's roads, but most were minor. "We didn't have any fatality accidents and we didn't have any serious injuries," he said. No serious accidents had been reported on the Kansas Turnpike, either. McDonald said public works crews dealt with snow accumulation that was spotty because of strong wind gusts that caused drifting, as well as power outages that knocked out a number of traffic signals in the city. One of the Leavenworth Fire Department's stations was running on generator power Thursday afternoon after it lost electricity. The county's primary electricity provider, Westar Energy, was working on restoring service to the 5,600 reported outages in its service area. Of those, about 2,460 were in Leavenworth County, according to Westar spokeswoman Erin La Row. "The northeast part of our territory was hit the hardest," she said. In a majority of those cases, wind was the likely culprit, La Row said. And while some of the outages were expected to be corrected by Thursday evening, she said some of the customers in the area that includes Leavenworth might get their power back until noon Friday. In the meantime, McDonald said crews would continue working on the streets, though with high temperatures over the weekend forecast above the freezing mark and sunny conditions, the snow could be mostly gone by Monday.


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Local History and Topography of Cabell County. Teachers' surveys on local history, 1927
Schools: Cox, Merritts Creek, Fairview, Watson, Davis Creek, Pea Ridge, Long Branch, Booten's Creek, Hall, Camp Branch, Nash, Smick, Hughes Branch, Dormitory, Ona Consolidated, Malcolm, Newman, Mill Creek, Union, Culloden, Charley's Creek, Myers, Beckette, Ball's Gap, Kilgore, Milton Graded, Keaton, Deal, Fisher, Tassen, White Oak, Tony Hill, Dry Creek, Lee's Creek, Hudson, Balls Branch, Chapman, Wire Branch, Shoal Branch, Yates, Irby Junior High, Hite, Harveytown, Cook, Fetty, Russell Creek, Altizer, Saunders, Walnut Gap, Mount Union, Harrison, Patton, Pleasant View, Pleasant Valley, Upper Tom's Creek, Salt Rock, Walnut Grove, Upper Madison, Ousley's Gap Primary, Mill Branch, Martha, Merritts Creek, Upper Raccoon, Lower Bowens Creek, Leith, Beech Fork, Cavil Creek, Lower Tom's Creek, Lower Heath Creek, Lower Madison, Palestine, Upper Heath Creek, Smith Creek, Upper Bowen Creek, Hickory Ridge, Lower Green Bottom, Oak Hill, Lower Cabell, Union, Pleasant View, Bryan, Deer Pen, Turner, Upper Greenbottom, Lower Creek, Hickory Grove, Barker, Locust Grove, Pine Grove, Webster View, Victor, Sky High, Nine Mile, Central, Fairview, Upper Cabell, Barboursville Independent District, Barboursville Public, Washington Avenue (African-American)
Local History and Topography of Fayette County. Teachers' surveys on local history, 1927
Schools: Romont, Backus, Wyndal, Gamoca, Dickenson, Belva, Gauley Bridge, Glen Ferris, Boncar, Boomer, Oakland, Jodie, Cannelton, Marting, Mount Olive, Rich Creek, Boomer Hollow, Carbondale, Boomer (African-American), Longacre (African-American), Gamoca (African-American), Vanetta, Cains Branch, Carbondale (African-American), Laurel Creek, Lockgelly (African-American) Cotton Hill, Fayetteville (African-American), Pendleton, Wolfe Creek, Dempsey, Kaymoor Bottom (African-American), Sulfur Springs, Kaymoor Top, South Caperton, Crooked Run, Levisey, Elerton Excelsior, Altamont, Kay Moor, Summerlee (African- American), Dun Glen, Minden, South Nuttall, Cadle Ridge, Concho (African-American), Victory, Elverton, Gatewood, Carlisle, Greenville, Cunard, Scarbro, Finlow, Whipple, Rush Run, Hilltop, Prudence, Carevile, Sun Graded (African-American), Glen Jean, Du Bois, Salem, Long Branch, Myles, Pea Ridge, Willis Branch (African-American), Oak Hill, Rock Lick, Meadow Fork, Wingrove, Harvey, Glen Jean Jr. High, Sun, Mount Hope, Kilsyth, Lee, Toney, Dothan, Lively, Long Branch, Pax, Pax Branch, Herberton, Montgomery, Eagle, Deepwater, Kingston, Kimberly, Elkridge, Columbia, Powellton, MacDunn, Kincaid, Mulberry, Pine Grove, Boonesborough, Kanawha Falls, Donwood, Ingram Branch, Page Elementry, Beards Fork, Westerly, Milburn, Simmons, Eagle (African-American), Kimberly (African-American), Powellton (African-American), Page School, Elkridge (African-American), Ingram Branch (African-American), Mayhan (African-American), Beards Fork (African-American), Milburn (African-American), Hess, Mountain Cove, Cavendish, Koontz, Lansing, Shade Creek, Sugar Creek, Dogwood, Gwinn or Mulvane, Walker, Hawks Nest, Mt. Eary, Michigan, Ansted Graded, Graydon, Legg, Minter, Ansted (African-American), Dogwood Gap, Beech Run, Adkins, Fairview, Fayette, Chestnut Grove, Divide Lookout Graded Schools, Miller Ridge, Nallen Public, Russellville, Winona Graded school, Nutall (African-American), Edmond (African- American), Winona Jr. High (African-American), Beauty, Laurel Creek Camp School, Clifty, Brackens Creek, Edmond Graded School, Flanagan, Layland Junior High, Home, Buffalo, Midway, Thayer (African-American), Claremont, Quinnimont, Sereno or Red Springs, Stone Cliff (African-American), Big Q, Meadow Bridge, Hemlock, Naoma, Export, Little Creek, Glade, Bellwood, Dunfee, Thayer Mountain, Thayer Bottom, Harvley, Thermond, Fire Creek, Fire Creek Mountain, Lady Hall, Beury Mountain, Hillside first know as Gilkerson College, White Oak, Pine Grove, Maplewood, Ebenezer, Maywood, Corliss Consolidated, Bracken's Creek, Prosperity, Shelton, Sturgeon Branch, Plum Grove, Landisberg, Sewell
Local History and Topography of Hardy County. Teachers' surveys on local history, 1927
Schools: Wardensville, North Mountain, West Mariah, Maple Grove, Grover, Sperry's Run, Link Standard, Bryan No. 24, Landacre, Sugar Grove, Trout Run, Shady Run, Baughman, Baker Consolidated, Buckhorn, Basore, Bowman, Camp Branch, Cleaver, Cullers Run, Caldwell, Frovel's Run, Gap Run, Harper, Halterman, Hinegardner, Lost City, Mathias, Miller, Mine Spring, Strawderman, Sulphur Spring, Snider Spring, Terra Alta, Topsy, Vaughan, Whitmer, Wilkins, Banner, Buckley, Chestnut Grove, Dover Standard, Glebe, Hines, Long Lick, Luxemburg, Markwood, Marshall, Moorefield Graded and High, Mountain View, Neff, New Lane, Old Fields, Pleasant Dale, Powder Lick, Power, Run, Trough, Walnut Bottom, Watts Run, Bass, Blue Rock, The Darling, Durgon, Emory, Frosty Hollow, Fisher, Henkel, Oak Grove, Oak Dale, Parran, Peru, Riverside, Toll Gate, Wallace, Nine Spring
Local History and Topography of Logan County. Teachers' surveys on local history, 1927
Schools: Stone Branch (African-American), Chapmanville, Kitchen, Big Creek, Daisy, Ed Stone, Thomas, Lane, Barker, Godby Branch, Hugh Thompson, Rocky, Caney, Striker, Tim's Fork, Three Fork, Conley, White Oak, Brown Run, Hugh Dingess, Dave Dingess, George Mullins, Buck Fork, Dalton, Bulwark, Hoover, Lower Trace, Ivy Branch, Piney, Bud Dingess, Lee Dingess, Manor, Workman, Bryant, Blair, Monclo, Lake, Trace Fork, Logan Central Grade, Crooked Creek, Rum Junction, Omar, Monaville, Mud Fork, Isom, Chambers, Peck's, Oilville, Avis, Stollings, Justice, Henlawson, Clothier, Long Fork, Sunbeam, Thompson, West Logan, Peach Creek, Stirrat, Holden Central, Copperas, Whitman Junction, J. B. Ellis, Curry, George's Creek, Slagle, Yuma, Ethel, Sanders, Sovereign, Robinette, Yolyn, Aracoma, Hughey, Browning, Switzer, Barnabus, Lyburn, Nibert, Coal Branch, Sharples, Mifflin, Gar's Fork, Chauncey, Cherry Tree, Whitman, Upper Whitman, Logan Senior High, Micco, McConnell, Davie's Branch, Dehue, Ardrossan, Rossmore, McBeth, Hatfield, Crystal Block, Logan-Chilton, Piney, Pine Creek, Laurel City, Holden, Aracoma (African-American), Ethel (African-American), Slagle (African-American), Omar (African-American), Whitman (African-American), Copperas (African-American), Micco (African-American), Yolyn (African-American), Stirrat (African- American), Sharples (African-American), Dehue (African-American), Wilkinson (African- American), MacBeth (African-American), Peach Creek (African-American), Cora (African- American), Clothier (African-American), Madison, Christian, Wilbur, Earling, Taplin, Man Public, Amherst, Mallory, Landville, Sand Lick, King Fuel, Kistler, Accoville, Braeholm, Claypool, Willowwood, Lundale, Lorado, Perry, Tony Fork, Three Forks, Stafford, Rock House, South Man, Vance, Earling, Taplin (African-American), Mallory (African-American), Proctor (African-American), King Fuel (African-American), Kistler (African-American), Accoville (African-American), Braeholm (African-American), Lundale (African-American), Lorado (African-American)
Local History and Topography of Marshall County. Teachers' surveys on local history, 1927
Schools: Cameron Central, Hick's, Rock Lick, Lowe, Terrill, Glen Easton, Sanderville, Lower Bane, Green Valley, African-American, Pierce, Martin, Rosbys Rock, Union, Riggo, Walnut Grove, Grave Creek, Round Bottom, Pioneer, Fairview, Welcome, Wayne's, Burch, Woodland Hill, Franklin, Centennial, Fredonia, Hall, Graysville, Woco, Taylor's Ridge, Nixon, Clevland, Bowman, Democracy, Mount Hobart, Cresaps, Moundsville First Ward, Third Street, Moundsville High, Washington Grammar (African-American), Hinkle, Dixon, Courtwright, Squirrel Alley, Greenwood, McDonald, Kausooth, Greenfield, Walnut Grove, Bellton Hill, Fall Run, Big Run, Tunnel Hill, Adaline, Rice, Bellton, Woodruff, Boggs Run, Hope, Lynn Camp, Games, New Bethel, Upper Bowman, Rock Dale, Gorby, Victory, Nauvoo, Meighen, Dallas, Oak Hill, Lower Sand Hill, Alley, Locust Grove, Viola, Britt, Center Benwood, Paw Paw, McMechen, Sherrard Consolidated, Union Grade, North Benwood, Circle (A) Middle Grave Creek, Washington District Consolidated, Tom's Run, Glen Dale, Willowdale, Central Moundsville, Pleasant Valley Consolidated, Upper Wolf Run, Hazel Dell, Cross Roads, Oak Dale, Rosenberger, Mount Hope, Mount Claire, Number Fourteen, Laurel Point
Local History and Topography of Mason County. Teachers' surveys on local history, 1927
Schools: Three Mile, Greene, Smoky Mountain, Monroe, Bird, White Pine, College Hill, Verndale, Pine Grove, Dunlavy, McCausland, Hartzell, Hazel Valley, Hambrick, Pleasant Dale, Isaac Fadeley, South Side Star, Henderson, Pine Grove, Fairview, Wyoma, Fadeley, Crab Creek, Mulberry, Mud Run, Millstone, Buckle, Shady Hill, Woods, Jerry's Run, Salt Creek, Mount Union, Beale, Bateman, Plain View, Mountain Rose, White Hall, Stevens, Morning Star, Maywood, Myrtle, Pleasant Ridge, Fife Fork, Sizemore, Lock Eleven, Valley Ridge, Leon, Hill, Wood, Yauger, Huff Run, Bug Run, Mountain Flower, Franklin Hall, Roanoke, Rocky, Forked Pine, Red Mud, Hopedale, Letart, Board, Flat Rock, Reyburn, Union, Eight Mile, Ambrosia, Plain Valley, Gill, Thomas, Eagle, Oak Grove, Excelsior, Green, Bear Wallow, Howell, Harmony, Bachtel, Graham, Beach Grove, Upper Flatts, Union, Broad Run, Vernon, Little Forest, New Haven, Graham District High, Sunnyside, Mount Olive, Glenwood, Rocky Fork, Eighteen Valley, Beech Grove, Town Hall, White Oak Grove, Mason Valley, Daisy, Oak Hill, Bussy (?), Starkey, Mount Pleasant, St. Joe, Mount Flower, Champion Rose, Burning Flat, Hannan District High, Guyan, Heights, Hickory Chapel, Harmony, Miller, Gibbs, Point Pleasant High, Sebrell, Beech Grove, Morning Star, Clay Lick, Mission Ridge, Mammoth, Dixie, Midway, Fairview, Forest Hill, Cloverdale, Yeager, McDermitt, Big Spruce, Rockcastle, Rising Sun, Elmwood, Arbuckle, Grant, Locust Grove, Morning Star, Lone Cedar, Calispell, Crown Point, Union, Warner, Waterloo, Valley City, Clifton, West Columbia, Spilman, Locust Grove, Fairview, Mason Independent, Hartford Independent, Wahama High,
Local History and Topography of Pendleton County. Teachers' surveys on local history, 1927
Schools: Propstburg, Broad Run, Brandywine, Oak Flat, New Erection, Locust Grove, Rough Run, Enterprise, Dale Hill, Valley, Mitchell Mountain, Egypt, Hopewell, Circleville, Teter Gap, Hawbush, Dry Run, Hammer, Hunting Ground, Cherry Grove, Mount Joel, Hinkle, Fairview, Pine Grove, Briery Run, Franklin Graded, Hammer, Ruddle, Buffalo Hills, Friends Run, Smith Creek, Mount Olive, Harper, Propst, Dickenson Mountain, Cedar Knob, Oak Grove, Upper Reeds Creek, Cave, Fleisher, Sandy Ridge, Goshen, Franklin (African-American), Huffman, Dahmer, Palestine, Creek, Conrad, Upper Tract, Kile, Alt, High Rock, Schmucker, Mount Zion, Mount Clifton, Dunkle, Borror, Maple Dale, Lough, Pretty Ridge, Greenawalt Gap, Mowery, High Ridge, Tract Mountain, Brushy Run, Valley, Shreve, Lone Poplar, Sugar Grove, Stony Run, Brushy Fork, Gambel, Pitsenbarger, Lone Oak, Laurel Hill, Sinnett's Lane, Mitchell, Brooklyn, Mount Hall, Wilfong, Westburn, Moatstown, Harper, Carr, Seneca, Harper Gap, Cave, Germany, Dixie, Dolly, Mallow, Tanyard Gap, Brushy Run, Onego, Roaring #1, Roaring #2, Boggs, Spruce Mountain, Miller, Smith Mountain, Keyl Spring, Kellerman, Huffman
Local History and Topography of Pleasants County. Teachers' surveys on local history, 1927
Schools: Belmont, Calf Creek, Eureka, Oak Dale, Oak Grove, St. John, Pleasants, Horseneck, Henry Camp, Rush Run, Ruckman, Star, Schultz Fork, Spice Run, Schultz, Hebron, Dry Knob, Fairview, Oak Grove, Shawnee, Pleasant Oak, Rock Run, Walnut Run, Nine Mile, Cloverdale, Bond, Centervalley, Jackson Hall, Jonestown, Oak Hill, Wiley, Willow Island Run, Union Mills, Wasp, Arvilla, Brown Hill, Clay Point, Sugar Valley, Locust Knob, Twiggs, Mount Carmel, Pleasant Ridge, Raven Rock, River View, Walnut Hill, Wolf Run, Point Lookout, Grape Island, St. Marys Public
Local History and Topography of Summers County. Teachers' surveys on local history, 1927
Schools: Sandstone, Pleasant View, Ellison, Penical, Kirby, Tempa, Pleasant Farley, Claypool, Wolf Creek, Mandeville, Indian Mills, Spruce Run, Forest Hill Consolidated, Cleveland, Buffalo, Harvey, Bull Falls, Lick, Williams, Packs Ferry, Sandsprings, Woodrumtown, Powleys Creek, Foster, Bennett, Kincaid, Elk Knob, Little Wolf Creek, Keatley Springs, Rock Island, Wimmer, Meadow Creek, Hurley, Red Springs, Victor, Locust Dale, Wheelertown, Elton, Chestnut Mountain, Tug Creek, Payne, Harrison, Providence, Rocky Bottom, Bryan, Gilpin, Beech Run, Leatherwood, Cave Ridge, Sycamore, Lilly, Fall Rock, Suck Creek, Dunn, Josiah Lilly, George Meador, Toliver Meador, Marrying Spring, Birchfield, McLaughlin, Streeter, Mount View, White Oak Lick, Jack Duds, Jumping Branch Graded, Rocky Ford, Flat Top, Panther Knob, Sunrise, L. A. Meador, Pipestem Creek, Pleasant View, Knob Ridge, Pipestem, Green Sulphur, Farley, Sulphur Springs, Barker, Junta, Casher Hill, Hill Top, Crumps Bottom, Cane, Harman, Browns Chapel, River Ridge, John Williams, Hilldale, Cross Roads, Upton, Talcott Junior High and Graded, Haynes, Crockett, Brooks, Gravly Point, Clayton, Grapevine, Fox, Mountain View, Davis, Spice Lick, Greenbrier Springs, Pence Spring, Beech Grove, Riverview, Boyd, Lowell, Glenray
Local History and Topography of Taylor County. Teachers' surveys on local history, 1927
Schools: Rock Union, Sand Hill, Harmony Grove, Meadland, Middleville, Corbin, Taylor, Linn, Carden, Tappan, Hammond, Pleasant Valley, Gray Goble, Simpson, Wendel, Webster, Woodford, Shelby, Long Run, Sand Lick, Buck Run, Gabes Fork, Flag Run, Bartlett, Riverside, West Hill, Thornton, Blueville, Wick Wire, White Day Glades, Coffman, Haymond, Brown, Westerman, Roderick, Laurel Run, Keener, Maple Run, Hardman, Wilson, McConkey, Leach, College Hill (Flemington), Flemington Central, Astor, Cather, Rosemont Grade, Robinson, Lincoln, Mount Pleasant, Jones, Rosier, Robinson, Millerville, Glade Run, Rock Branch, Mount Airy, Park View, Pruntytown Independent
Local History and Topography of Tucker County. Teachers' surveys on local history, 1927
Schools: Fork Mountain, Parsons, Holly Meadows, Black Fork District High, Otter Creek, Moore, Porterwood, Hambleton Graded, Mount Zion, Cross, Godwin, Brushy Fork, Murphy, Pifer, Wolfe, Ervin, Beckner, Davis Public, Canan, Pleasant Vale, Flanagan Hill, Wolford, White, Laneville, Harr, Courtland, Douglas, Claylick, Central, Chestnut Grove, Hannahsville, Limestone, Macedonia, White Ridge, Robinson Hill, Valley, Hobson, St. George, Close Mountain, Mount Hope, Horse Shoe, Pine Grove, Sugar Land
Local History and Topography of Wetzel County. Teachers' surveys on local history, 1927
Schools: Knob Fork, Anthem, Brookside, Dewey, Endicott, Fairview, Green Valley, Silver Hill, Hayes, Kodol, Morris Run, Steels Run, Littleton, Carney, Rush Run, Burton, Cottontown, Hundred, Rock Camp, Oliver, Oak Tree, Cosgray, Pine Grove, Smithfield, Folsom Public, Jacksonburg, Burchfield, Pricetown, Arches Graded, Bane, Four Mile, Mobley, Morgan Run, Stout Run, Tunnel, Merrifield, Barker, Oak Grove, Richwood Run, Upper Run, Fallen Timber, Deadfall, Big Run, Hickory Knob, Gilbert, Utts Ridge, Pride of Green, Otter Den, New Mount Morris, Eight Mile, Atwood or Barter, Chisel Finger, Ross, Minnie, McKimmie Ridge, Porters Falls, Noland, Piney Ridge, Piney, Reader, Morgan Ridge, Paden City, Doolin, New Martinsville, Vennon, American Ridge, Gravel Bottom, Greenlee, Mount Jacob, Limestone, Pleasant Valley, Rockport, Union, Midcap, Highland, Fan Light, Woodland, Friendship, Antioch, Granview, Mount Olive, Green Valley, Rock Port, Des Moines, New Lynne, Riverview, Marion, Hemlock, Williams Valley, Scheidler, Mountain Tea
Local History and Topography of Wirt County. Teachers' surveys on local history, 1927
Schools: Cedar Hill, Cool Spring, Bell, River View, Two Run, Brushy Fork, Calm, Vincent Run, Lick Run, Flatwoods, Parish Fork, Pine Twist, Nelson, Flint Run, Elizabeth, Lynn Camp, Two Ripple, Palestine, Oil Rock, Black Hill, North Point, Elizabeth Joint District High, Newark, Rising Sun, Oak Hill, Greaves Run, Thorns Run, Rock Valley, Mayberry, Hope, Buffalo, Pee Wee, Two Lick, Lucile, Hope, Mount Solon, Corbitt, Creston, Sanoma, Hill Grove, Glendale, Center Valley, Pleasant Hill, Hickory Grove, McKinley, Sugar Grove, Savage Point, Valley Bell
Local History and Topography of Wood County. Teachers' surveys on local history, 1927
Schools: Leachtown Graded, Muddy Cut, Red Hill, Murphytown, Davisville, Kites Run, Winding, Lower Stillwell, Loomis, Oak Grove, Fairview, Cedar Grove, Newport, Belville, Sheep Gap, New England, Big Champion, Humphrey, Thomas Run, Pleasant Hill, Willow Run, College Hill, Wadesville, Ford, Flinn, Oak Valley, Glendale, Little Champion, Whetstone, Lubeck Graded, Marrtown, Washington, Cogger, Cathern, Fankhauser, West Point, Ball, River Hill, Lauckport, Byrd Ridge, Homewood, Nicelyville, Society Hill, Fairview, Slate, Mudlick, Chesterville, Leafy Glen, Bogal Ridge, Sunny Side, Seven Pines, Saulsbury, Last Chance, Valley Belle, Rockport, Pond Creek, Buck Run, Mount Hope, Lowdell, Wigal, Monitor, Stephen's Fork, California, Morning Star, Centennial, Gate's Ridge, Rising Sun, Mentor, Jerrys Run, Oak Grove, Fairview, Pettyville, Locust Valley, Green Valley, Hope Hill, Locust Ridge, New Era, Fairplains, South Side, Pleasant View, Shady Hill, Sycamore, Tygart Valley, Social, Shiloh, Tallyho, Zoar, Valley Mills, Lower Darling, Upper Darling, Pumpkin Knob, Maple Glen, Rising Sun, Middle Ridge, Mount Olivet, Waverly, Walker, Green Hill, Stillwell, Pleasant Valley, Hannen Ridge, Oak Grove, Rocky Knob, Progress Ridge, Walker Creek, Volcano, Pleasant Hill, Fairview, Mount Flower, Dewey, Mount Carmel
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Lyric Conceptualism, A Manifesto In Progress
The Lyric Conceptualist has moved beyond the indigestible and the unreadable, in fact, beyond all gestures that have made pleasure the enemy of reading.
Still, the Lyric Conceptualist remains true to her politics of inclusion, appreciating the thinkership of conceptual poetry, the revelations in mass assemblages that concretize the ephemeral textuality of daily life. Yet she stubbornly continues to bask in the reverie of solitude.
Lyric Conceptualism indulges in the excess of language while appreciating the clean lines of the minimal.
Lyric Conceptualism does not confuse clarity with simplicity.
Lyric Conceptualism rejects naïve notions of truth and beauty.
Lyric Conceptualism is not simply expressionism.
Lyric Conceptualism does not accept that content does not matter and still appreciates the way that content does not always matter.
If the Lyric Conceptualist lives in a forest it may be a concrete one, or a forest planted and coiffed by humans as much as animals, though she is not ready for the merely virtual or textual.
The Lyric Conceptualist likely has one foot in the gallery and one foot on the earth. She can make the distinction between floor and ground. She knows a book and how to read one in myriad forms.
Lyric Conceptualism understands that insight and revelation are difficult to come by no matter how the poem has been conceived.
Lyric Conceptualism suggests that to argue for the death of anything is not really that interesting.
Lyric Conceptualism accepts the tension between the self and the poetic subject, wrestling always with the desire to give over to the poem and to be the poet in the poem.
The Lyric Conceptualist looks longingly at those who enjoy the benefits of community but turns away from the gated community.
Lyric Conceptualism is a voyeuristic mode.
Lyric Conceptualism is informed, not enslaved, by theory.
Are you writing it or is it writing you?
Does the form evolve or constrain?
Is your poetry always already written?
Are your ideas always already thought?
Lyric Conceptualism accepts appropriation and re-contextualization as useful, if not essential gestures but does not confine her process to these gestures.
The Lyric Conceptualist does not buy that an abandoned constraint constitutes failure.
On the other hand, the Lyric Conceptualist looks to where she is acquiring her content.
Mud is mud is mud, or the thinking of a poem is the poem.
On the other hand, density does not necessarily lead to complexity and found language is not necessarily more interesting than mined language.
Many conceptual poets are models for Lyric Conceptualism.
Many Language poets are models for Lyric Conceptualism.
Many lyric poets are models for Lyric Conceptualism.
Lyric Conceptualism, then, is not new.
Lyric Conceptualism is not bound to appropriation. It is not bound to indoors. Or to the archive, though it often originates there. It is not bound to mind alone, nor is it bound to chat rooms or search engines, though again, it often originates there.
The Lyric Conceptualist acknowledges her debts to multiple strands of contemporary poetics, art, design, architecture, philosophy, environmentalism, unions, students, modernism, postmodernism, conceptualism and romanticism.
The Lyric Conceptualist is a master of collision, she is not afraid of entering into other texts.
The Lyric Conceptualist is not necessarily a feminine body, but it has the stink of the impure, a certain irreverence for the master, therefore it is by default, feminine in construction.
Lyric Conceptualism is as much WalMart as Zaha Hadid as suburbia and Andrea Zittel.
Lyric Conceptualism is a poetics of the sentence, but it does not turn its back on the relationship between words, nor the power of prosody, nor the possibility of lyric propulsion. On the other hand, nor does Lyric Conceptualism shy away from the knotted and the complex.
Lyric Conceptualism imagines herself a boat, fluid, without handles, able to slip through definitions, anchor at will.
Lyric Conceptualism is interested in achieving the sculptural.
Lyric conceptualism is comfortable existing outside of dominant narratives. In fact lyric conceptualism makes good use of cast off texts and remains of genius.
Lyric Conceptualism is unable to turn away from the problems of the earth and yet committed to thinking through the way we think about the problems of the earth. Yes, Lyric Conceptualism still believes in world.
To that end Lyric Conceptualism doesn't shy away from being used as a protest tool and is not adverse to being occupied or called to action.
The Lyric Conceptualist is most often a spectator, though not necessarily in retreat.
The Lyric Conceptualist is an excessive elegist.
The Lyric Conceptualist is a trough that catches the excess, the off cuts, the remnants, the offal of language.
Lyric Conceptualism is interested in fun but not wedded only to the ironic, the distant and mocking.
Lyric Conceptualism's goal is to create openings rather than closures. It offers itself as a courtyard, stadium, meadow, and variously, a reclaimed parking lot, a battlefield made food coop, a factory turned performance space, a transitional space, reclaimed land, an idea with no end.
Sina Queyras grew up on the road in western Canada and she has since lived in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, New York, Philadelphia, and Calgary where she was Markin Flanagan Writer in Residence. She is the author most recently of the poetry collection MxT (2014) and Unleashed (2010), a selection of posts from...


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What is mumps?
Mumps is an acute and highly contagious viral illness that usually occurs in childhood. Spread by airborne droplets from the upper respiratory tract, the disease usually takes two to three weeks to appear. Cases of mumps in the US have declined dramatically with the introduction of the mumps vaccine.
What are the symptoms of mumps?
Many children have no or very mild symptoms. The following are the most common symptoms of mumps. However, each individual may experience symptoms differently. Symptoms may include:
- mild sickness
- discomfort in the salivary glands, which may become swollen and tender
- difficulty chewing
- fever
- headache
- pain in salivary glands when eating sour foods
The symptoms of mumps may resemble other conditions or medical problems. Always consult your physician for a diagnosis.
Complications commonly associated with mumps:
Complications of mumps occur more frequently among adults than children, and may include:
- meningitis - an inflammation of the membrane that covers the brain and spinal cord.
- orchitis - inflammation of the testicle.
- mastitis - inflammation of breast tissue.
- oophoritis - inflammation of the ovary.
- pancreatitis - inflammation of the pancreas.
How is mumps diagnosed?
In addition to a complete medical history and medical examination, your physician may also take a saliva and/or urinary culture to confirm the diagnosis.
Treatment for mumps:
Specific treatment for mumps will be determined by your physician based on:
- your overall health and medical history
- extent of the condition
- your tolerance for specific medications, procedures, or therapies
- expectations for the course of the condition
- your opinion or preference
Treatment is usually limited to painkillers and plenty of fluids. Sometimes bedrest is necessary the first few days. Children should stay out of school until symptoms have subsided.
Prevention of mumps:
Childhood vaccinations against mumps (usually in combination with the measles and rubella) provides immunity for most people. People who have had the mumps are immune for life.


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1) The biggest risk is not taking any risk… In a world that is changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks. – Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook Founder
Mark started Facebook in his Harvard dorm room. Was it risky to venture out as an entrepreneur? Yes! It's risky to start or try anything new. Whether you are in college or a professional with years of experience, our career choices are often masked with uncertainty. Industry leaders will tell you that it's because they were not afraid of taking risks, that they are successful today.
2) You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you. – Walt Disney
A few months ago, Business Insider published an article with a list of 23 successful people who failed at first. "Learn from life's lessons and move on" was the underlying theme in all their stories. Don't let failure keep you down. Sometimes when we don't get what we want, another door opens. A mistake young college students make is to think that successful people never hit a rough patch. In fact successful people hit many obstacles, but keep moving forward.
3) We're living at a time when attention is the new currency…Those who insert themselves into as many channels as possible look set to capture the most value. Participate or fade into a lonely obscurity. – Pete Cashmore, CEO of Mashable
Those people that are well branded and popular on social media outlets, and those with a wide circle of connections get job offers. Have your circle built so that when the time comes, your job search will be much faster than those that live in "obscurity." The clients and students I work with that have a wide list of connections, attend events, and have a well-loved personality find jobs much faster. I work with hundreds of recruiters every year. They attend events to target candidates for open positions and to keep resumes on file for when there is a vacancy. If you are not getting out of the house and if you are not networking online, be prepared for a longer job search.
4) Technology empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative. It lets people be productive. It lets people learn things they didn't think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential. – Steve Ballmer, Former CEO of Microsoft
When reading a job description, the skills required are clear. A college degree does not guarantee employment. But having all the skills required in a recruiter's job posting does make you more marketable. Apply to jobs only after you acquire the skills. This way you will not waste the recruiter's time or get discouraged when you don't hear back from human resources. You can learn almost anything using online resources or by partnering with the right technology tools.


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by Pete Mazzaccaro
After nearly two years of discussions with nearby residents and other Chestnut Hill Institutions, Chestnut Hill College will present its final plans to expand on the SugarLoaf Campus it purchased six years ago before a meeting of the Chestnut Hill Community Association at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27.
The presentation will take place on the Sugar-Loaf Campus at Bells Mill Road and Germantown Avenue.
The plan to present the expansion to the community was made after the college finally received financing from its bank and offering an agreement to the community to ease as open space of 19 acres of the 32-acre property.
According to LUPZ co-chair Larry McEwen, who has chaired a negotiating group composed of nine interested parties, seven of those nine groups met and voted to approve a Community Development Agreement, upon which the College has said its easements will be based. In other words, unless the
CDA is agreed to, the college will not ease the open space.
Part of that CDA is contingent on the acceptance and signatures of two neighbors' groups that declined to meet with the other seven groups that voted last week and have, according to McEwen, filed four separate lawsuits against the City of Philadelphia and the college.
Those lawsuits have targeted a number of issues in the college's plans, including the granting of Institutional Development District status, a piece of legislation passed by City Council that allows the college to follow an approved master plan without having to seek community approval for subsequent zoning variances.
Chestnut Hill College wants the neighbors groups to withdraw the lawsuits so that it can proceed with fundraising for the expansion.
Those neighbor groups – The Northwest-Wissahickon Conservacy and the North Chestnut Hill Neighbors did not return separate e-mails seeking comment as of Monday.


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I love tree-lined streets and paths, and am sorry I don't have room to plant more of them.
Thanks Dominic!
Dominic, thank you so much for posting this.
I grew up in a small Illinois town where the branches of mature trees met one another above the streets. Some of those streets are still that way.
The trees I plant might shade another generation. If people would put away their chain saws.
A smaller version is possible, using willows. google search. Willows grow so fast from cuttings, it would only take a few years. Not as majestic as those in the youtube.
We have an abundance of trees in Florida especially north Florida. A neighbor of mine had moved from Oklahoma and said all of the trees gave her claustrophobia. I guess it is where you are coming from.
Where I live we have canopy roads with laws to prevent cutting trees without permission. In fact, if you do, you are fined and have to replace them. We have miles and miles of tree lined tunnels, mainly huge Live Oaks with draping Spanish moss. Gorgeous.
Beautiful Dominic, My area's main road is nearly a tree tunnel. Whenever I went long away from home, on my way back it was tree tunnel which first welcomed me backhome.
Love your house. How old is it?
In European gardens they have tree lined tunnels like this Laburnum tunnel:
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Let's discuss the "accent nail". It's fun (and a lot easier) to do nail art on just one nail, but it can be hard to come up with a pattern idea. Here's a suggestion: take a peek in your closet! Look at your favorite shirts, skirts and dresses for inspiration. When our recent tops came in the mail and we opened the box, we noticed the patterns + colors were perfection. Doing every nail can be a bit much so we took the pretty patterns and came up with some custom accent nail looks. Here we go…
- Paint the whole nail white. Once it dries completely (I suggest leaving it to dry over night), use scotch tape to section off diagonally. Paint the side closest to the tip of your finger with a rich red.
- Dip your dotting tool in red polish.
- Dot the white using the red polish.
Note: You can also use the white polish to make dots on the red if you want to go opposite.
- Gather some different sized art brushes. They often come in packs or you can gather old makeup brushes that you don't use anymore.
- Paint the base of the nail white then make some small polish puddles with the colors in your shirt.
- Use scoth tape to section off different stripes. If you're really good, you can probably freehand, otherwise use tape! Dip different brushes and drag across the nail to make various sized stripes!
- Paint the base of your nail blue.
- Dip a nail striping brush in white polish.
- Lightly drag across the surface of the nail.
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I don't know if this is the right place to write this but here it is (I'm newcomer to Arch).
Wouldn't it be nice to have a build counter for every package in AUR?
It could work similar to voting system.
When you install a package, say with yaourt or packer, at the end of installation and if successful, it could run something like aurvote
to increase the build count of the package.
On the package's page we could have that build count or some more info like how many builds were successful (for example) the last 10 tries or 1 month or something like that.
I believe it would be nice because people would know before choosing a package to install if it has a good chance to be built.
It could also reset the counter every time a package is being updated (so you won't have the problem that an up to date and working package is falsely reported as not good).
Thank you for your time, and sorry for my English.
(Also I think it would be nice if you click the name of a maintainer to redirect to his profile page so you could easily contact him by message, email or IM.
If you like the idea but don't like spending time implementing it, I could try to make it happen but you would need to point me to the right direction.)
If there are no comments about build problems, then a package has a high chance to build.
The problem is: makepkg does not know, where the PKGBUILD comes from. wget does not leave any traces about the origin of the file and neither does links, elinks and lynx. You would have to manually vote for the package and vote as "installed correctly". We already have a voting mechanism, people simply do not really use it as much as they should. They are way too conservative in their votes or maybe way too lazy. I would really stick with the AUR comments to figure out possible problems with the package.
The name of the submitter is clickable, once you are logged in to the AUR page.
EDIT: Oh, by the way... 8 of 10 times a package fails to install (in my case) installing it manually without a helper showed me why. Your system would probably encourage people to try the package in yaourt and forget about it, instead of actually fixing stuff.
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Other downsides would be that it could be meaningless. I could build my own package over and over. And as Awebb already aluded to, I'd suspect those 8 out of 10 times the build fails it is user error - not anything to do with the PKGBUILD.
So the proportion of failed builds would represent much less about the package itself that it would about how much it is marketed to 'the least common denominator'.
"UNIX is simple and coherent..." - Dennis Ritchie, "GNU's Not UNIX" - Richard Stallman
I see a couple of problems with this:
that the package builds is one thing, there still may be issues with packaging, runtime dependencies, different architectures, etc.
if I see that the last 10 attempts of people failed to build package, then my question is... what can I do to fix it (presumably because I really want the software), what have others done about it
I like the simple straight-forward approach:
read the latest comments on the AUR package
check the time it was updated to see if it's not likely to be outdated
if it is outdated, report as outdated, with new PKGBUILD if you can
try to build the package
if it fails, and you have a time and know-how, fix it and report on AUR in form of comment with PKGBUILD fix
otherwise, document the fact that it doesn't work in form of comment (bug report with all relevant information) on AUR
So in summary, I don't see much of a benefit to see such information.
There's also the point that with packages with larger build times (such as kernel packages), there may already be a repository for people to use to avoid the larger build time (take the myriad of CK kernel packages built by graysky).
And while I'm on it, graysky's CK kernel packages are quite a fun case because there is the generic build, the architecture specific build AND the AUR package. How would you track those?
Last edited by clfarron4 (2014-07-22 11:37:01)
Claire is fine.
Problems? I have dysgraphia, so clear and concise please.
My public GPG key for package signing
My x86_64 package repository
Other downsides would be that it could be meaningless.
Merely knowing that a package failed to build for an individual is meaningless. Full stop. There are several steps involved in solving a problem, including (but not limited to):
- Observing an apparently problematic phenomenon.
- Confirming that a problem actually exists, and isn't an anomaly
- Identifying what the problem is and what effects it has
- Figuring out what precisely needs to change to correct the problem
- Figuring out how to change what needs to be changed
A phrase like "Builds: 8/10" or "2 build failures" does one of those, while neglecting the rest. Again, merely knowing that someone, somewhere, had trouble with something at some time doesn't mean anything. The best way to find and solve problems with AUR packages is to try and build them and determine if the problem is easily and immediately soluble for the user. Whether the user can solve the problem or not, the package maintainer should be contacted with details of the issue.
So I guess it's a bad idea
For a split second there I thought it would be nice for the casual user (non developer) to be able to quickly determine if he have a good chance with an aur package.
But I do get that there could be many user defined sources of build fails (though for me PKGBUILD's work really nice, except for some that haven't been updated in ages and are orphaned).
@Awebb "We already have a voting mechanism, people simply do not really use it as much as they should. They are way too conservative in their votes or maybe way too lazy."
Why do you think this is so?
I will tell you why I didn't vote in many packages.
At the time I used yaourt to install AUR packages, I had installed aurvote, BUT yaourt asked me to vote right after a package was installed. Which is nice, but I couldn't know beforehand if the program would run correctly, for example it could build just fine and then when you try to run segfault in every try. I wouldn't like to vote on that
So the way yaourt handles the voting is one source of reluctance to vote.
Anyway, again, thanks for your time.
while read -r pkg; do printf "%s: " "$pkg"; aurvote -c "$pkg"; done < <(pacman -Qqm)
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So the way yaourt handles
the votingeverything is one source of reluctance to votereason not to use it.
"UNIX is simple and coherent..." - Dennis Ritchie, "GNU's Not UNIX" - Richard Stallman
while read -r pkg; do printf "%s: " "$pkg"; aurvote -c "$pkg"; done < <(pacman -Qqm)
That surely is helpful.


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¾ pound ground beef
2 tablespoons oil
½ cup chopped onion
2 tablespoons chopped green pepper
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tablespoon chili powder
8 ounces tomato sauce
¾ teaspoon salt
4 corn tortillas
1 8¼-ounces canned sliced pineapple, drained
4 cups shredded lettuce
1 cup shredded Jack cheese
¼ cup dairy sour cream
Brown beef in 1 tablespoon oil in a large heavy skillet. Drain excess fat.
Add onion, green pepper, and garlic to skillet and sauté until tender. Stir in chili powder, tomato sauce and salt.
Fry tortillas in remaining tablespoon oil until crisp; drain and keep warm.
Add well-drained pineapple slices to skillet and sauté until heated and tinged brown.
To assemble, place ¼ cup beef mixture on each tortilla and cover with ½ cup lettuce. Repeat layers.
Top each stack with a slice of pineapple, ¼ cup cheese and tablespoon sour cream. Serve at once.
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Jan Sadecky and Jan Mikulec are two really handsome guys, and both are very well built.
Jan M is a newcomer and I was very keen to get him on guy-guy action, so we paired him with Jan Sadecky. They start off by kissing, as they kneel, facing each other. Then we see their hands on each others' crotches. As they kiss they are both very hard in their undies. Jan S pushes his down and his massive cock flops out. Jan M takes hold of it and start to wank it as Jan S rubs his hand over his friends undies. Jan M's undies come down as well and his cock is rock hard too. Jan S takes hold of it to wank it as well. Jan M then stands and presents his cock for sucking. Jan S takes that cock in his mouth and begins to suck on it. He takes it deep in his mouth and suck it. Then he licks all along the shaft and balls before sucking more. His mouth is working all over that cock and Jan M begins to fuck it into Jan S' mouth. Jan M then lays on the bed, with his ass presented for rimming. Jan S licks at that hole, wetting it up nicely. Then, with Jan M on his knees, Jan S slides his huge cock deep into that ass. He really pumps that cock deep into Jan M's ass, and after a while changes position, to spoon, so we get a get view of his big dick deep in that hole. Another change of postion, with Jan M's leg in the air, the pounding of his ass continues. Jan M's cock is rock hard as his hole is being filled. Jan M is really taking that cock very well and soon he moves to sit on the cock and rides it nice and deep into his hole. Jan M wants to cum and moves into missionary position, wanking his cock and shooting a big, creamy load. Jan S kisses him and goes down on the spent cock to drain it completely. Then he wants to cum too, and lays back on the bed, with Jan M positioning himself so that he can suck that big cock and catch that cum in his mouth and on his face. Jan S soons shoots his load, over Jan M's face and he goes down on the cock again for a final suck. What a really great scene, with two really handsome guys.
Scene 4 of The Jan Dvorak Story, Remasterd, features two stunningl handsome guys, Jirka Kalvoda and Joachem von Festung. Jirka is in a bar, enjoying a drink with his friends, and discussing the merits of the barmaid. But before long he has to leave. We see him arriving at a farm and working his way through a barn until he comes across Joachim who is doing some blacksmithing. Jirka watches, discreetly, as Joachim's muscles glisten with sweat as he works. Jirka eats a banana as he watches those muscles ripple from the work. Joachim is feeling very hot from his work and from the furnace, so he strips off even more, just retaining his apron, for proctection. His beautiful ass is on display as he starts work again. The sweat is running down his back, in rivulets, as Jirka watches on, smiling. Jirka enters the room that Joachim is working in and continues to watch him, from behind. Eventually he cannot hold back and his hand reaches out to cup that beautiful ass. Joachim immediately recognizes him and asks if he has been watching. Jirka's hand dips under the front of Joachim's apron and pulls his hard cock into view. Joachim responds by beginning to feel Jirka's body too. Soon Jirka's big fat cock is out and being wanked by Joachim. Then they are both naked, with Joachim still working on Jan's cock while he, in turn, is rubbing his hand over that bubble butt. They stand facing and wanking each other. Joachim then goes down on his knees and sucks Jirka's throbbing cock. He then moves underneath and continues to suck that cock while we also see Jirka's hot, hairy ass crack. Joachim's mouth is full of that big cock. Jirka is so horny that he wants more and he readies himself to fuck Joachim's tight ass. That big cock slides into the ass, stretching it wide apart. Joachim loves the feeling of his ass filled like that, and soon he is fucking his ass onto Jirka's cock, riding it real good. As his sits on that cock he can't hold back and shoots his load all over the floor. Jirka reaches down and wanks himself off between Joachim's legs. Then he want some more of that hot ass and climbs on again. He really pounds that ass and soon is ready to cum again. He pulls out and shoots another big load. But he still isn't finished and Joachim climbs over him and sits down on that cock again. Soon his cock is hard and throbbing and wanting to cum again, so he dumps a big, creamy load all over Jirka's body. What a really great scene this is, with two of the best looking guys. Looking out for scene 5 which is coming soon.
Jan Mauer is from Prague and is aged 27. He is a student who likes travelling, skating and fitness. Jan is a very handsome guy who look smart in his dark shirt and pants. He starts off by opening the shirt a little, and reaching inside to feel his chest. Then he opens it more, and undoes the belt on his pants. He continues to feel his body as he opens the pants and leans back on the bed, revealing a nice hard cock. Pushing his pants down a little Jan starts to wank his hard cock, as he looks into the camera. Then, pushing down his pants, he spreads his legs wide apart and continues wanking himself. His cock is rock hard and he stands it up for us to inspect more closely. Jan then stands, with his cock erect, so we can see all of him. He has a very nice body, and runs his hands all over it as he stands there. Then he turns to show us his ass. His hands rub over the cheeks, spreading them to let us see his tight hole. We get a very nice close-up of his ass, cheeks spread and hole looking very inviting indeed. Next Jan kneels on the bed, bending at the waist to keep that ass spread, with his hard cock pushed back towards the camera. What a great view of his big cock and hot ass. Jan removes his shoes and pants, then he goes back to exploring his ass for us. His hands rub all over the crack and stretch the hole. Rubbing a hand over his balls and ass Jan probes into the hole a bit, with a finger. Then he changes hands and a finger slips into that beautiful hole. He turns over and pulls his legs in the air, so we still see that hot ass. A finger dips into the hole again as he explores himself. Then he drops his legs and starts to wank himself. Soon he dumps a nice, creamy load over his stomach. Finally it is off to the shower to clean up. Jan is a very good looking guy who gave us a great show. I hope we can do more with him soon.
Rado Viker is aged 22 and lives in Prague. He works as a waiter and enjoys sport, ice-hockey and squash in his spare time. He is a very nice looking guy, with a lovely smile and a firm, slim body. In his shoot he is dressed as a waiter, and doesn't he look smart? As he strips, slowly, we see his body, but he retains his bow tie. When his pants are open we see that Rado is very well endowed, and that he makes very good wood indeed. That cock looks great, as it is rock hard. Rado also makes sure we get a very good view of his ass, with the cheeks nicely spread. We have already done several other shoots with Rado and he has shown himself to be a very willing performer. I look forward to seeing his erotic video next week.
Martin Kase is 25 years old and lives in Teplice v Cechach. He works as a joiner and enjoys fire-juggling, jogging and ice-hockey. Martin is a really nice guy, who eats fire and does very well at it too. In this sessions stills shoot he looks great as he gets naked and shows us all his attributes, which are many. He gives us some great shots, of his cock, both soft and hard and a really hot bung hole. I like him very much indeed and just know that his erotic video will be great when it comes online next week. Meanwhile this shoot is a very good appetiser.


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Too Many Women in College?
Suddenly, the media—and Laura Bush—are concerned about an education gender gap. Funny, no one was scared when men were on top.
by Phyllis Rosser
Although American women still struggle for parity in many arenas, we have outpaced men in at least one: undergraduate college education. Currently, 57.4 percent of bachelor's degrees in the United States are earned by women, 42.6 percent by men. This is an almost exact reversal from 1970, when 56.9 percent of college graduates were males and 43.1 percent females.
We should be celebrated for this landmark achievement, but instead it has engendered fear. Read the headlines: "Falling Male College Matriculation an Alarming Trend," or "Admissions Officers Weigh a Heretical Idea: Affirmative Action for Men." Notice, too, that a major focus of first lady Laura Bush's new anti-gang task force is education for boys. As she's been quoted, "The statistics are pretty alarming. Girls are going to college much more than boys."
Few worried when college students were two-thirds men. But as early as February 1999, U.S. News & World Report predicted that the rising tide of women college grads could close the salary gap and move women into positions of power as heads of corporations, presidents of universities and political leaders. At the other extreme, the article suggested, college education might become devalued—considered "a foolhardy economic decision"— as has happened in other fields after women begin to predominate.
Still rare at the top
What U.S. News failed to mention was that women are still a rare presence at the top ranks of the corporate and professional world despite earning more college degrees than men for 23 years. Women undertake stronger academic programs than men in high school, and receive higher average grades than men in both high school and college, but haven't been able to translate that success into equitable money and power. Consider these disparities as well:
• Women currently earn nearly 59 percent of master's degrees, but men outstrip women in advanced degrees for business, engineering and computer-science degrees— fields which lead to much higher-paying jobs than education, health and psychology, the areas where women predominate.
• Despite women's larger numbers as undergrads and in master's programs, men outnumber women in earning doctorates (54 percent) and professional degrees (53 percent).
• This year, the number of women applying to medical school outpaced men for the second time, but they are only predicted to be 33 percent of doctors by 2010.
• Women comprise nearly half of the students entering law schools, but they're miles from parity as law partners, professors and judges.
Tests don't tell the whole tale
Women may lose a step on the career ladder even before they enter college. That's because, despite their greater number of bachelor's and master's degrees, women remain at a disadvantage in college admissions testing - which affects their acceptance at elite schools. The main purpose of the SAT - on which women averaged 44 points lower than men last year - is to predict first-year grades. However, it consistently underpredicts the college performance of women, who earn higher college grades than men.
Women's lower scores on the SAT have been shown to arise from several factors biased toward male performance, including the fact that it's a timed test and rewards guessing—and men tend to be more confident and risk-taking than women in such test situations. Also, the SAT puts many of the questions in a male context (such as sports), which can further lower female confidence about knowing the material.
In an attempt to even the gender playing field, a writing section that includes language questions and an essay was added to the SAT this year, after the University of California insisted that the test be more attuned to the skills necessary for college success. This may raise women's SAT scores somewhat, since writing tests are an area in which they have traditionally outperformed males.
Lower SAT scores keep qualified women from both attending the most competitive schools and from receiving National Merit Scholarships and other awards based on PSAT and SAT scores. The test biases against women then continue in graduate education, with such instruments as the Graduate Record Exam (GRE), Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) and Law School Admissions Test (LSAT).
Thus, women have yet to predominate at the most prestigious colleges and universities, where graduates are tracked toward top leadership positions in society. With enormous numbers of both sexes applying to these schools, the admissions offices can choose their gender ratio. In 2005, men outnumbered women at all the Ivy League schools except Brown and Columbia. Women are also significantly outnumbered at universities specializing in engineering and physical science, such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge and California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
Affirmative action—for men?
The greater percentage of women earning bachelor's degrees has given rise to some reactionary theories explaining why. Conservative analyst Christina Hoff Sommers insists the gap takes root in the more "girl-friendly" elementary school environment where boys are turned off to learning.
In The War Against Boys: How Misguided Feminism Is Harming Our Young Men (Simon & Schuster, 2000), Hoff Sommers claims that schoolboys are "routinely regarded as protosexists, potential harassers and perpetuators of gender inequity" who "live under a cloud of censure."
Even higher-education policy analyst Tom Mortensen, who has a special concern with underrepresented populations in higher education, also sees the college gender gap as part of a larger societal problem for men and boys. Mortensen says K-12 teachers, 75 percent of whom are women, are not providing the role models and learning styles boys need. Of course, this was never an issue during the decades when college graduates were mainly men, and hasn't drawn much notice since the end of the Civil War—the time when women began their continuing predominance as elementary school teachers.
If these theories seem to spring from a blame-the-women viewpoint, there is a legitimate concern about the decline in male graduates at private colleges, where the gap has been greatest (although public universities have also been affected). Admissions officers worry that their colleges' value will be lowered by an imbalance of female students: The larger the female majority, some say, the less likely either males or females will want to apply.
Will Shrinking Federal Aid Affect the Gender Gap?
Women may outnumber men on college campuses, but they also need more financial help to get there—and for this upcoming school year, that aid might be in jeopardy. That's because the Department of Education (DOE) is using new data to help calculate the "expected family contribution"—the amount of money a family could be reasonably expected to afford for college tuition. This helps determine how much federal grant or loan money a student can qualify for.
The DOE has used 1988 state tax information in their formula for 16 years, since the IRS hadn't released newer data. But when 2001 figures became available—showing that taxes had decreased over the 12-year span—it looked on paper as if families could afford to spend more on college.
However, congressional Democrats and other education advocates argued that lumping together years of gradual tax declines would give an unfair illusion that families suddenly had extra money in the bank. The use of the new data was blocked for a time, but last year Congress went ahead with the legally mandated formula update, prompted by concerns about the growing cost of Pell grants, the largest federal student grant program. The New York Times has estimated that, on average, families with the same income and assets as they had in 2000 will now have to pay an extra $1,749 for higher education this year.
Women, unfortunately, will likely bear the brunt of the cut in aid. Overall, half of women in college receive federal aid, compared to 42 percent of men. According to Melanie Corrigan, assistant director of the Center for Policy Analysis at the
American Council on Education, women are more often eligible for aid because they are more likely to return to school as a single parent and because, in general, they earn less than men. Additionally, more women apply for financial aid.
While everyone receiving financial aid from programs determined by the DOE formula—Pell grants, subsidized loans and some state or institutional assistance—could feel the pinch, the change might do the most damage to those families earning $35,000 to $55,000 per year. They are often on the cusp of being eligible for Pell grants and other aid for lower-income students.
Experts in the field do not predict sweeping dropouts or a widening of the college gender gap due to the new calculation, and they point out that other economic factors should rebalance the formula in the future. But for now, financially struggling women—and men—will have to work even harder to stay in school. —Kathleen Bishop
Speaking at a College Board conference several years ago, admissions officers agreed that a 60-40 female-to-male gender ratio was their upper limit. After that, said former Macalester College president Michael McPherson, "students will take notice." Small private colleges are now using what can only be called "male affirmative action" to increase male enrollment: actively recruiting men by emphasizing their science, math and engineering courses, adding sports programs (in violation of Title IX), sending extra mailings designed to attract men and even calling men to remind them of the admissions deadline.
"Probably no one will admit it, but I know lots of places try to get some gender balance by having easier admissions standards for boys than for girls," said Columbia University Teachers College president Arthur Levine to The New York Times national correspondent Tamar Lewin. Robert Massa, vice president of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Penn., has said that the school now evaluates prospective male students less on grades and more on measures where they typically do better, such as SAT scores. Adds Goucher College admissions vice president Barbara Fritze, "Men are being admitted to schools they never got into before, and offered financial aid they hadn't gotten before."
Massa reported that the number of first-year males at Dickinson rose from 36 percent to 43 percent in 2001 after they took affirmative action toward men, who were admitted with lower grades but comparable SAT scores. Women, meanwhile, had to be much better than men to make the cut: Nearly 62 percent of the women accepted to the school ranked in the top 10 percent of their high school class, compared to 42 percent of the men.
This new form of affirmative action, even if begun with all good intentions, could lead to bad college-admissions policy. What if a university decides it doesn't just want more men in attendance, but more white men? The whole notion of affirmative action as a way to help disadvantaged populations succeed could be turned on its head.
The income gap
The real reason behind the undergrad gender gap may have much less to do with one's sex and more to do with income, race and class.
Jacqueline King, director of the Center for Policy Analysis at the American Council on Education in Washington, D.C., decided that media stories about the decline of white male enrollment didn't intuitively jibe with what she saw happening, so she took a closer look at college student data, analyzing it by sex, age, race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status. She found the gender gap in college enrollment for students 18 to 24 years of age in 1995-96 occurred among low-income students of all racial/ethnic groups except Asian Americans.
In fact, since 1995, many more women than men from households making less than $30,000 attend college. The latest available data, from 2003-04, shows there is an even smaller percentage of low-income males attending college than there were in 1995, and they are from every racial/ethnic group. African American and Native American students have the largest gender gaps—males comprise just 37 percent of all low-income African American students and 36 percent of low-income Native Americans. Low-income Hispanic men reach a slightly higher 39 percent, and low-income white males 41 percent (a drop from 46 percent in 1995). Asian Americans have the smallest gender gap, with 47 percent of that group's low-income college students being male.
Middle-income ($30,000-$70,000) male students maintained gender parity with females 10 years ago, but since then the numbers have dropped somewhat. This may mean that fewer men from the lower end of this income bracket are attending college, says Eugene Anderson, senior research associate at the American Council on Education.
At the highest income level ($70,000 or more), though, men and women in all ethnic groups attend college in nearly equal numbers.
No studies have been done to determine why more low-income women than men attend college, but there are theories. Economist Lester Thurow suggests that low-income men have been lured to the comfortable salaries of mechanical maintenance jobs. Low-income women, on the other hand, don't have such opportunities, and without a college degree, see themselves getting trapped in low-pay sales or service jobs, says King. Also, more men than women work in computer support or high-tech factories— jobs that don't require bachelor's degrees.
Overall, an increasing number of poor and working-class people are dropping out of college because of such reasons as escalating tuition and the attraction of high-paying factory work, according to a May piece in The New York Times ("The College Dropout Boom: Diploma's Absence Strands Many in the Working Class"). Harvard president Lawrence H. Summers goes so far as to call this widening of the education gap between rich and poor our "most serious domestic problem"—and recent changes in federal grant formulas may exacerbate it even further (see sidebar above).
Uprising: minorities and older women
On the bright side, ethnic minorities have made impressive gains as college students since 1976, increasing their percentage in the total student body from 10 percent to 23 percent. Minority men's share of all bachelor's degrees has gone from 5 percent to 9 percent. But, again, minority women have outstripped them, more than doubling their share of bachelor's degrees, from 5 percent to 14 percent of the total degrees awarded.
Not only is that statistic a contributing factor to the overall gender gap, but another contributing factor is that women are the majority of older (25+) students—and that demographic has been returning to college in record numbers. The "oldsters" now make up 27 percent of the undergraduate student body, and 61 percent of older students are women. King found that many of these students were African American or Latina, attending community colleges to improve future earnings in health-related fields.
"This story is not one of male failure, or even lack of opportunity," says King, "but rather one of increased academic opportunity and success among females and minorities." Indeed, there has been no decline in bachelor's degrees awarded to men; the numbers awarded to women have simply increased.
Feminists should continue to be concerned about encouraging low-income and minority students to attend college, using the current momentum to give these problems the attention they deserve. But in the meantime, we must remain vigilant about attempts to roll back our educational gains. The fact is, we're a long way from threatening corporate America, so don't put the onus on women. Maybe it's just time to let men try to catch up to us, for a change.


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If you've ever owned them, you know: Stainless steel appliances can carry more fingerprints than an episode of "CSI" — especially if you have kids.
Or customers. Back in my receptionist days, I used to be responsible for cleaning the rows of lovely stainless steel products we displayed in our St. Paul store on Snelling Avenue. So I'm somewhat of a stainless steel cleaning expert. Our volume of fridge smudges dwarfed what you would have in your kitchen, of course, because you don't have customers touching your stuff all day.
Don't get me wrong. Stainless steel does have a stunning effect on a kitchen…
…but you just have to have the right stuff to clean them and a good process in mind.
I used Citrushine, which we sell because it's really the best polish we've found. It's nontoxic, smells like oranges instead of chemicals and doesn't leave your fingers feeling too greasy. Plus, I kept rows of fridges, dishwashers, ranges, microwaves and kitchen displays clean without losing my mind or the integrity of the factory finish. (If that's not a ringing endorsement, you don't own stainless steel.)
My process? Spray some Citrushine on a dust rag (you can also use a paper towel, but I don't like getting cleaner on my hands) and wipe down the appliances going with the grain of the stainless steel. Citrushine doesn't streak like other cleaners and certainly not like soap and water, but I found that going with the grain makes clean up way faster.
Some brands now carry stainless steel appliances that wipe clean with only a warm rag, like Miele's Clean Touch Steel™. All Fisher & Paykel DishDrawers and some refrigerator models come in EZ-Kleen, which is an anti-fingerprint stainless steel finish.
I'm interested to hear in the comments if anyone else has tried this or other cleaners/methods with success.


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Information about parking in RG1 2LU
Looking for parking in RG1 2LU? You've come to the right place! Funnily enough, parking is what we do best - and we've got a sumptuous selection of 250 locations in RG1 2LU for you to choose from.
Our parking in RG1 2LU is up to 70% cheaper than what you'd usually pay, plus you can book your guaranteed space in advance right here - forget about feeding the parking meter.
No more fumbling for coins and no more circling the block looking for a space. As for parking tickets? You can wave goodbye to them too - if you overstay with us, you just pay for the extra time.
We're taking the pain out of parking for 1 million drivers across the UK. But don't just take our word for it - check out our latest customer reviews for RG1 2LU parking below:
"Excellent position, clear instructions, easy find and parking up, reasonable charge. Many thanks" — Parking space on Castle Hill, RG1, RG1
" Secured location, very easy to pay thru App. " — Saxon Court Car Park, RG1
None of our delicious JustPark spaces tickle your fancy? Don't worry - we've got your back. There are plenty of other parking options available in RG1 2LU - here's the best of the rest:
Off-Street Parking
Here's a selection of nearby off-street parking options:
|Queens Road
|Reading Council
|£2.20 / hour
|12am - 11pm,
Mon - Fri
|Civic B
|Reading Council
|£1.40 / hour
|8am - 6pm,
Mon - Fri
|Reading Garrard Street
|National Car Parks
|£3.50 / hour
|12am - 11pm,
Mon - Sun
|Broad Street Mall
|National Car Parks
|£1.40 / hour
|8am - 6pm,
Mon - Fri
|Oracle Riverside
|Reading Council
|£4.00 / 2 hours
|6am - 6pm,
Mon - Sun
Rent out a space
Got a spare driveway or garage in RG1 2LU? You can list your parking space for free with JustPark. It only takes a few minutes to get up and running, and you could be making money in no time. Find out more here.
Check out the JustPark app
You can now book any one of our 20,000+ JustPark locations on the move with our mobile app - available for both iPhone and Android. View parking options, pay for a space and get directions - all with just a few taps of your phone.
Nearby Transport
- Reading Station 0.43 miles away
- Reading West Station 0.75 miles away
- Earley Station 1.99 miles away
Nearby Attractions
- Museum of English Rural Life 0.7 miles away
- The Riverside Museum 0.74 miles away
- Progress Theatre 0.9 miles away
- Woodley Theatre 3.03 miles away
Nearby Hospitals
- BUPA Dunedin Hospital 0.44 miles away
- Dunedin Hospital 0.6 miles away
- Royal Berkshire & Battle Hospitals NHS Trust 0.65 miles away
- The Florey Unit Centre For Sexual Health 0.65 miles away
- Whitley Villa Surgery 0.71 miles away


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