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A UB anthropology professor who was named an honorary chief in Nigeria earlier this month received an unexpected honor when he learned that a research center will be built and named for him.
"It was a double honor, and a total surprise," said Phillips Stevens Jr. The research center will be a site for further study of the cache of mysterious soapstone carvings Stevens worked to preserve and protect in the 1960s, when he was stationed in the Town of Esie in southwest Nigeria with the Peace Corps.
The announcement came after a colorful ceremony in which Stevens and 16 others were named chiefs by the king of Esie, Alhaji Yakybu Babalola, who was celebrating his silver jubilee on the throne.
Stevens' visit to Nigeria started with an 11.5-hour flight from Atlanta to Lagos, Nigeria, where he stayed for two days before traveling by road to Esie. "As the crow flies, it's about three hours, but by road, it was six," Stevens said. Events to mark the king's 25th anniversary culminated with the chiefs' installation Dec. 1.
Stevens was given two elaborate suits of traditional Yoruba clothing to wear at the ceremony, during which he was presented with a cap inscribed with his title, "Erewumi," which roughly translates as "he gets along with the images." Stevens was given that name by local residents in the mid-1960s, after he had spent months photographing and documenting the detailed sculptures of men, women, children and animals, and overseeing the building of a museum to display and protect them.
Local residents had been aware of the images' presence in a grove of trees outside town for about a century before officials of the British colonial government learned of them in the 1930s. Stevens' 400-page, photo-filled book, "The Stone Images of Esie, Nigeria," published in 1978, remains the definitive text on the statues.
"There have been a lot of changes in the museum since I left, after we built it in the 1960s," Stevens said. "Three new buildings have been added, and they managed to find some fairly clear prints of some of the photos used in my book, blew them up and put them on the wall in one of the exhibition buildings. So people had seen some of those early photographs of the way the images first appeared when they were discovered in the 1930s."
"A few people at Esie knew about my book, but it didn't get wide distribution," he said. "Research libraries bought it, and it went out of print, so there were no copies of my book around. Some of the people of Esie remembered me, and I was kind of alive in folklore, but only a tiny handful had seen or knew of my book."
The conferral of chieftainships, held under large canopies on a football field, drew some 1,000 invited guests, and, Stevens estimated, perhaps another 1,000 curious onlookers. "It was a really grand affair," he said.
Each chief-elect was brought before the king individually by a group of well-wishers, supporters and drummers. Stevens knelt before the king and the cap, with his title written on it with tiny gold beads was pressed onto his head. Within the cap were stems of large, waxy leaves of the Akoko or African Border Tree, a tree traditionally associated with spirits.
"The newly crowned chief stands up, turns and faces the crowd, and is surrounded and supported by well-wishers, and any who want to grab his arms; you're not supposed to walk by yourself," says Stevens. "So there were people on both sides of me holding my arms and hands and leading me back into the world after this transformation."
Well-wishers also throw small-denomination paper money at the new chiefs. "They try to paste them on your sweaty forehead, but they don't usually stick, they fall over your body and it's kind of like rose petals," Stevens said. Drummers and other musicians play and the new chiefs dance. "Everyone is fed with a pretty substantial meal," he said, then he was whisked off to a meeting with representatives of the National Commission for Museums and Monuments, and learned that the research center will be built and named for him.
"The location is still to be determined, but it will be affiliated with the museum. The idea is very nice and it's a great honor," Stevens said. The Phillips Stevens Jr. Center for Esie Studies may address topics beyond the stone images. "They can open it up to all kinds of other things, economic development, sociology and so on," Stevens said.
During his stay in Esie, which he had not visited since a brief stop in 1994, Stevens said, "I met a few people I remembered. One was a fellow who had worked with me, who is now the chief Imam for the town; he was delighted to see me."
The town, he says, "was very much the same and very different. A lot was totally unchanged and a lot was radically changed, but I am changed and that's the most important thing. When I went there the first time, I was in the Peace Corps, young and naive, idealistic, full of energy, and now I'm an old codger, you know, a little bit more cynical about life. So I think I am looking now through a different set of lenses."
Even the geography of the town has changed, Stevens said, making it "very hard to be nostalgic" for the old sights. "It used to be a mile walk through fields, or a long drive on a dirt road, to get to the museum, and now the town is built up all the way out there and past. The population has just mushroomed."
Each newly elevated chief was honored for work assisting the town or its people, and "There is a set of expectations of each new chief that he is going to continue to contribute to the development of the town or the kingship," said Stevens. So he is rounding up copies of his book to be shopped back to Esie, perhaps to be placed in the research center that will bear his name.
"There's a lot of work still to be done on the great mystery of the origins of this collection of stone carvings," he said. "And that's what this is all about."
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On May 12, he says, the agency underwent a massive switchover from analog to fancy digital technology on the existing cameras that survey the area's four bridges and the PATCO train line, allowing DRPA to capture and store more images.
The agency will also "phase in" another 220 high-tech cameras throughout the system in 2009, bringing to more than 300 the number of lenses trained on the system's users and infrastructure.
Matheussen said that "no less than eight" of those cameras dot the Ben Franklin Bridge. None of them are trained specifically on the walkway, however. Instead, they provide a sweeping view of the walkway, roadway and PATCO line (which runs alongside the bridge) and allow DRPA police to zoom in, pan out and swivel to and fro as needed.
As for the quality of the image caught on tape of Weighnecht's attacker, all Matheussen will say is that "we have an image" and that the agency is working with law enforcement on both sides of the river to make an arrest.
GVI Security Solutions, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: GVSS), a leading provider of video security surveillance solutions featuring the complete Samsung Electronics line of products, has acquired a suite of Video Management Systems (VMS) software and related technology from software provider PacketNVR, LLP. The acquisition was effected through GVI's wholly-owned subsidiary, GVI Video Management Solutions.
The global positioning system could fail next year and repairs aren't moving quickly enough to prevent failure, according a report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
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John Tedesco, president and chief executive officer of Guardian, said, "Marketing up to this point has been done primarily via word of mouth, but we've gotten some early adopters. Now that GPS is mainstream and there are exciting new products, we need to market to the industry and let it know that we are the leading provider," said Tedesco.
"If the Air Force does not meet its schedule goals for development of GPS IIIA satellites, there will be an increased likelihood that in 2010, as old satellites begin to fail, the overall GPS constellation will fall below the number of satellites required to provide the level of GPS service that the U.S. government commits to."
"We've acquired one company in Denmark, two in Italy, one in Japan, one in New Zealand — a lot of it has been hiring people and engineers overseas and training them," said Keith Williams, UL's president and CEO. "That's really been the big emphasis for us — globalizing our operation."
With globalization comes piracy and, of course, piracy of the UL logo, which is another company concern. (Counterfeiters know that while the mark is not government mandated, most distributors won't ship a product without one.) Because of this, UL unveiled a new holographic mark last June, which will soon appear on 32 common consumer goods, including power supply cords, night lights and ceiling fans.
The new mark features a gold background, color shifting ink and several "floating UL symbols."
The government cautions that housing data are volatile and subject to large sampling and other statistical errors. In most months, the government can't be sure whether starts increased or decreased. Large revisions of reported figures are common.
The 2009 PSA®-TEC went against the current trend in trade shows with a 7 percent increase in registrants and a 17 percent increase in the number of companies attending.
For the quarter ended March 31, 2009, net income was approximately $116,000 or one-third of a cent per diluted share, as compared to net income of approximately $330,000, or one cent per diluted share, in the quarter ended March 31, 2008. Net revenues for the quarter ended March 31, 2009 were approximately $10.4 million, a decrease of approximately 8%, as compared to net revenues of approximately $11.3 million in the quarter ended March 31, 2008.
"In the face of a deep worldwide recession, we are reporting our ninth consecutive profitable quarter," said GVI Chief Operating Officer/CFO Joe Restivo. "Net sales were down approximately 8% reflecting the difficult economic conditions. Despite the economy we were able to strategically deploy our sales and marketing efforts to record strong overall sales gains in Latin America and selectively expand market share."
Net interest expense for the quarter ended March 31, 2009 decreased 42% to approximately $113,000 from approximately $196,000 in the quarter ended March 31, 2008. The decrease was primarily a result of a lower interest rate on the Company's credit facility which stood at prime plus 25 basis points or 3.5% as of March 31, 2009.
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Danny Hammond necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 15 diseños de 11 diseñadores freelance.
The Alzheimer's Resource Kit
We are looking to create an all-in-one resource center for families dealing with the devastating consequences of Alzheimer's Disease.
Our target audience is anyone providing care for a loved one with Alzheimer's Disease...these are typically the adult children of senior citizens, but can also be a spouse or friend of the affected individual.
We've already created all of the materials (e-books, podcasts, special reports, etc.), but the site that we currently use to deliver those materials is sorely lacking. We'd like to get your help in creating a design that will be clean, easy to navigate and use, and appealing to the eye. Remember that our target audience is older and less computer savvy, so larger fonts and higher contrast would be appreciated. Other than that, feel free to be creative in your entry. You can see our existing site at http://www.alzheimersanswers.com/ha…index.html -- We want to deliver the same materials that you see there now (podcasts, special reports, etc). Questions? Please don't hesitate to contact the contest holder. Good luck!
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I have been an IT consultant in Los Angeles for over 10 years and I am really excited to be going through this rebranding process. I love the work that I do and it is important to me that this logo design really shine.
The idea of the name is that "nic" represents a Network Interface Card but is also a reference to me, the founder - Nicholas Curran. Our previous brand was Nicholas Curran Computer Consulting. The "werks" is meant to give a fun yet serious vibe. Connected together I want people to know that this business is about delivering our passion for technology in a way that really works.
I am really looking for more of the same type of client that has allowed my business to become what it is. Clients like Cohn & Wolfe (PR company) and G2 (Advertising) are the ones I am trying to impress. I want my branding to look super polished and inspire confidence that nicwerks is the IT consulting company that they have to use.
I designed the current ball logo that is part of my website and stylized the font for nicwerks in a way that I am okay with but I really want the look to be stepped up. You can visit http://www.nicwerks.com to take a look at the existing logo design.
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The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity (formerly Advertising Festival) is a global festival for those working in advertising and related fields. The seven-day festival, incorporating the awarding of the Lions awards, is held yearly at the Palais de Festivals in Cannes, France. The event began as The International Advertising Film Festival in Venice, Italy, in September 1954, with 187 film entries from 14 countries. The lion of the Piazza San Marco in Venice was the inspiration for the Lion trophy.
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Franciscan Physician Network is seeking a Board Eligible/Board Certified Cardiothoracic Surgeon with five years of experience to join our group in Michigan City, Indiana at Franciscan Health Heart Center Michigan City.
Ideal candidate will have experience in cardiac surgery, thoracic surgery, and preferred experience in vascular surgery, VATS, and robotics. The candidate will have a focus on clinical excellence and patient satisfaction. Candidate will display exceptional interpersonal skills and have a desire to invest in the community while building long-lasting relationships with patients and their families.
Franciscan Physician Network (FPN), a division of FRANCISCAN HEALTH, brings together the many primary care and specialty physician groups associated with Franciscan Health's hospitals and access points across Indiana and Illinois. FPN includes over 1,000 physicians and advanced practice providers.
With 12 hospitals, Franciscan Health is one of the largest Catholic health care systems in the Midwest. Of our 260+ locations, many are nationally recognized Centers of Health Care Excellence. Franciscan Health takes pride in providing compassionate, comprehensive care for our patients and the communities we serve.
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Nestled along the shores of Lake Michigan and the Indiana Dunes National Park, La Porte and Porter Counties merge the best of small-town friendliness with easy access to Chicago – less than 60 miles away. Known for its miles of waterfront beaches and property, you can live in amenity rich communities where affordable living options abound. Stroll along the fresh-water beaches, harbors and lighthouses or immerse yourself in water sports.
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Written by: Lennon
Recorded: c. 1979; February 1995
Producers: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Jeff Lynne
Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Jon Jacobs
Released: 4 March 1996 (UK), 5 March 1996 (US)
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Anthology 2
John Lennon Anthology
John Lennon: vocals, piano, drum machine
Paul McCartney: backing vocals, bass, double bass, acoustic guitar, synthesiser, percussion
George Harrison: backing vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, percussion
Ringo Starr: backing vocals, drums, percussion
Jeff Lynne: backing vocals, guitar
The second 'new' Beatles recording made for the Anthology project, Real Love was based on a piano and vocal demo recorded by John Lennon in the late 1970s, and completed a year after Free As A Bird.
The song began variously as Real Life and Real Love. Lennon recorded a number of demos of both songs, on piano and acoustic guitar, the lyrics to which varied each time.
At least six takes of Real Love were recorded by Lennon in 1979, one of which was eventually used as the basis for The Beatles' single.
Other versions of the song have also been released: in 1988 the Imagine: John Lennon soundtrack album began with a guitar-and-vocal recording, of significantly better quality than the one used in 1995. This also appeared on the Acoustic album, released under Lennon's name in 2004.
The Lennon Anthology box set, from 1998, contained a piano version taped in 1980, which was also included on the highlights disc Wonsaponatime. The song was also included on the 2005 compilation Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon.
In the studio
Lennon's original demo was recorded on a piano, with a drum machine accompaniment, at Lennon's home in the Dakota building, New York City. A cassette containing the song was given to Paul McCartney by Yoko Ono in January 1994, along with Free As A Bird, Grow Old With Me and Now And Then.
The sound quality of Real Love was poor, and took considerable preparation in Jeff Lynne's Hollywood studio before overdubs could be added.
The problem I had with Real Love was that not only was there a 60 cycles mains hum going on, there was also a terrible amount of hiss, because it had been recorded at a low level. I don't know how many generations down this copy was, but it sounded like at least a couple. So I had to get rid of the hiss and the mains hum, and then there were clicks all the way through it. When we saw the graph of it on the computer, there were all these spikes happening at random intervals throughout the whole song. There must have been about 100 of them. We'd spend a day on it, then listen back and still find loads more things wrong. But we could magnify them, grab them and wipe them out. It didn't have any effect on John's voice, because we were just dealing with the air surrounding him, in between phrases. That took about a week to clean up before it was even usable and transferable to a DAT master. Putting fresh music to it was the easy part!
Sound On Sound, December 1995
McCartney later said that the remaining Beatles enjoyed working on Real Love less than they did Free As A Bird, due to its degree of completeness in its original form.
[Free As A Bird] was really like working on a record with John, as Lennon/McCartney/Harrison, because we all chipped in a bit on this one. George and I were vying for best lyric. That was more satisfying than just taking a John song, which was what we did for the second, Real Love. It worked out great but it wasn't as much fun.
The extra recording took place at McCartney's Sussex studio with Lynne producing. McCartney played the double bass originally used by Bill Black on Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel, as well as a conventional Fender Jazz electric bass.
Harrison is said to have been dissatisfied with the results of Real Love, and declined to take part in a third recording, Now And Then. This led to A Beginning, an unused orchestral piece recorded in 1968 as an introduction to Don't Pass Me By, to be the lead track on Anthology 3.
Chart success
Real Love debuted at number four in the UK singles chart on 16 March 1996, selling 50,000 copies in its first week. However, its failure to perform better was widely felt to be linked to BBC Radio 1's refusal to add the song to its playlist.
The decision was widely criticised. Paul McCartney wrote an impassioned article for the Mirror newspaper, published the day after Radio 1 announced the exclusion.
The Beatles don't need our new single, Real Love, to be a hit. It's not as if our careers depend on it. If Radio 1 feels that we should be banned now, it's not exactly going to ruin us overnight. You can't put an age limit on good music. It's very heartening to know that, while the kindergarten kings of Radio 1 may think The Beatles are too old to come out to play, a lot of younger British bands don't seem to share that view. I'm forever reading how bands like Oasis are openly crediting The Beatles as inspiration, and I'm pleased that I can hear The Beatles in a lot of the music around today. As Ringo said to me about all this, who needs Radio 1 when you've got all the independent stations?
The Mirror, 9 March 1996
In the US, Real Love entered the charts on 30 March, peaking at number 10. It sold 500,000 copies in four months. The song's parent album, Anthology 2, topped the charts in both Britain and America.
The Real Love single was accompanied by a video directed by Kevin Godley. It featured studio footage filmed in 1995, along with archive shots of the group from the 1960s.
The CD single contained three exclusive b-sides: Baby's In Black recorded at the Hollywood Bowl in August 1965; a new mix of Yellow Submarine featuring a spoken word introduction and more sound effects; and an alternative version of Here, There And Everywhere.


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Whether it was distraction caused by his bright orange cleats, or it simply was his ability to work ahead, Cheyenne pitcher Clayton Cozzitorto had the Sterling Xpress lineup off-balance and on their heels through four innings on Sunday in game three of the series at Plainsmen Park.
The Grizzlies' right-hander allowed just two hits, neither of which reached the outfield grass. But, after Corritorto was relieved in the fifth inning after just 49 pitchers with the Grizzlies holding a 2-0 lead, his replacement Trammell Grimmer and the rest of the Cheyenne bullpen weren't nearly as fortunate.
After scoring just four runs through the first 22 innings of the series, the Xpress offense got going to the tune of three runs in the fifth inning off of Grimmer and didn't let up en route to a 9-2 comeback win and series sweep of the Grizzlies.
"We brought the guys in after the third inning and just said we needed to change our approach at the plate, we have to get some hits," said Sterling Xpress manager Alan Betourne.
On cue, Lucas Lingreen, a Sterling native and sophomore at Northeastern Junior College, led off the fifth inning with a single and moved to second base on an errant pick-off throw by Grimmer. Two batters later, Lingreen scored on a throwing error by Cheyenne's second baseman on a groundball hit by Dugan Shirer, which would have been the third out of the inning, to get the Xpress on the scoreboard.
Sterling took advantage of the extra out as Tyler Blood, who finished 7-for-12 during the three-game series, and Jeremy Giles recorded back-to-back RBI hits to give the Xpress a 3-2 lead.
The Xpress offense was far from done, though, as they tallied two more runs in the sixth inning on an RBI groundout by Lingreen and sacrifice fly by Lincoln Rivera. Then they blew the game open with a four-run eighth inning, the big blow being a three-run double by Rivera to balloon the lead to 9-2.
"It was good for us to be able to tack on runs because we knew our pitching was going to keep it there," Betourne said. "We just needed to score some runs and get a comfortable lead…We didn't settle at the plate. We had a three-run lead (after the top of the sixth) and we wanted more."
On the mound for Sterling, the day belonged to a pair of Logan County left-handers.
Sterling graduate Josiah Lindstadt was given the baseball to start, but after laboring through four innings where he only allowed two hits and two runs, but walked six hitters; Fleming graduate Tyler Vandenbark was brought on in relief in the fifth inning.
Vandenbark, who was utilized as a starting pitcher while in high school and during his freshman season at NJC, made the most with his first ever collegiate relief pitching appearance as he tossed five shutout innings of one-hit baseball en route to earning his first collegiate win.
"I was a little nervous coming into the game because I hadn't pitched in relief really ever in my life. I did it a couple times, but in high school and at NJC I typically started and finished," Vandenbark said. "But once I got started, I felt more and more comfortable as the innings went on. I didn't get a 'W' with NJC this year and I was kind of disappointed, had a couple no decisions, so it was nice to get a win. And now that is off my back and I can just go out, throw, and enjoy this summer."
Vandenbark was effective and efficient on both sides of the plate all afternoon as he allowed just one hit and one walk, while striking out five Cheyenne batters. Even the one hit he gave up — a ball looped over Lingreen's head down the first-base line for a single — wasn't hit with any authority.
"Tyler came through and he stepped up. I'd have been happy if he gave us three innings, but he was very efficient and you're not going to take a guy out with what he was doing," Betourne said. "And actually, I think I jinxed his one hit. I asked someone how many hits Tyler had given up and they said 'zero' and the very next pitch, the guy looped a single to right field. I apologized to Ty about that."
With the win, the Xpress capped off their first home stand of their inaugural season in grand fashion, sweeping the defending Mountain Collegiate Baseball League champions in Cheyenne by a combined run total of 13-3 in the series.
"Our first goal was to win the series because our belief is that if you win the series, you'll be at the top of the league and be there for the playoffs," Betourne said. "For us to win all three, you couldn't have asked for a better start for the town and for the team."
The Xpress will look to continue their hot start to their home stand when they host the Northern Colorado Toros at 6:35 p.m. on Wednesday for the first of a four-game series.
Game two
The second game of the series between the Xpress and Grizzlies was much like game one as inclement weather forced the game to be played over the course of two days.
And on early Sunday afternoon, just like in game one, Sterling wasn't phased by it as it notched a 3-1 victory.
On Saturday, Sedgwick County High School graduate and future Plainsmen, Chase Dunker, struck out four hitters in his two-plus innings of work before rain suspended play.
Matt Wood, a sophomore out of Otero Junior College, took over on the mound in the third inning when play resumed on Sunday and picked up the win after pitching five innings.
Christian Sanchez pitched a scoreless eighth inning and Makensy Larsen pitched a scoreless ninth inning to earn his second save in as many appearances.
At the plate, Rivera put Sterling ahead 2-1 in the fourth inning with an RBI single and also added the insurance run for the Xpress with a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning to make the score 3-1.
"He (Rivera) was very good out there and you couldn't ask for a better performance from a guy in a spot like that," Betourne said.
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This Good News: You do not have to be William Shakespeare to compose a solid, well-organized, professional-looking resume. All you need are the ability to express your ideas in proper English and an understanding of how a resume should be organized and written.
Tip: Being able to handle the basics of English — grammar, spelling, punctuation, proper word usage, and so forth — has become a critical skill in today's e-mail and facsimile-driven business environment. If you lack confidence in your ability to use English properly, think about enrolling in a writing workshop or community college course. Also, get the classic book The Elements of Style, 3rd Edition, by William Strunk and E. B. White (Allyn & Bacon, 1995).
The Bad News: You can forget most of the rules and principles you were taught when you were writing reports and term papers in high school or college. Those principles simply do not apply to resumes. Resumes are business documents. They follow certain conventions that business people take for granted but that most English teachers would consider incorrect.
Following are five simple writing principles that apply specifically to resumes. All of them should come in handy when you begin to string words together in your resume, particularly when the time comes to describe your work history.
Avoid the first person pronoun
The pronoun I has no place in a resume — and for a logical reason: Who else would you be talking about if not yourself?
Instead of this:
I demonstrated professionalism, tact, and diplomacy while I worked with our customers in high-pressure situations.
Write this:
Demonstrated professionalism, tact, and diplomacy while working with customers in high-pressure situations.
Instead of this:
I managed a department whose chief responsibility was to oversee safety audits. I wrote all audit reports and conducted management briefings.
Write this:
Managed a department whose chief responsibility was to oversee safety audits. Wrote audit reports and conducted management briefings.
Tip: Notice that the second version of each example begins with an action verb. Beginning most of your sentences with action verbs may not have been standard practice when you were writing term papers, but this practice is accepted and recommended in resumes.
Keep your sentences short and don't worry about fragments
Resumes call for short, crisp statements. These statements do not necessarily have to be complete sentences; you can frequently leave out the articles a, an, and the.
Instead of this:
Spent three years working on major accounts, as both a lead generator and a closer, demonstrating proven skill in organizing and managing a territory with efficiency as well as in developing customer databases.
Write this:
Spent three years working on major accounts. Generated leads and closed sales. Demonstrated proven skill in organizing and managing a territory and in developing customer databases.
Instead of this:
I was involved in the creation and implementation of statistical reports for a large metropolitan hospital, which required the use of spreadsheet software for cost analysis and, in addition, the creation of a database to track patient visits.
Write this:
Created and implemented statistical reports for large metropolitan hospital. Analyzed costs with spreadsheet software. Created database to track patient visits.
Or try a bulleted format:
- Created and implemented statistical reports for large metropolitan hospital.
- Analyzed costs with spreadsheet software.
- Created database to track patient visits.
Use plain English
Don't be victimized by the myth that the bigger the word you use, the more impressed the reader will be with your intelligence. Keep things simple. Go easy on the adjectives. And be especially wary of those grammatical constructions known as nominalizations — that is, nouns that are built around verbs and become part of a bulky phrase that can just as easily be expressed in a single word. See the examples in Table 1.
Table 1 Using Plain English
Bulky Phrase
Effected the solution of
Engaged in the operation of
Offered assistance in the facilitation of
Helped facilitate
Use bullet statements when appropriate
You usually have a choice when you are writing your resume to combine a series of related statements into a single paragraph or to list each sentence in that paragraph as a separate statement, each occupying its own line. There are pros and cons for each option, and sometimes you have to base your decision on the amount of information you need to get across.
Bulleted information is more readable and tends to stand out more than the same information contained within a paragraph. But bulleted information also takes up more room. Your best bet is to combine the two.
Tip: If you decide to express information in bulleted style, keep the bulleted items brief and pay attention to parallelism. That is, try to make all the items in a sequence adhere to a similar grammatical pattern.
Examples of nonparallel statements include
- Reconcile all statements for cardholders
- Purchases are approved
- Have experience in performing training of tellers
Examples of parallel statements include
- Reconcile statements
- Approve purchases for Marketing department
- Train tellers
Go from general to specific
Sequence the information in a section by beginning with a general statement and following it with more specific ones.
Instead of this:
Supervised training of seven toy-making elves. Responsible for all toy-making and customer-related activities in Santa's workshop. Answered customer complaints during peak season. (Note that the second of these two sentences is more general than the first.)
Write this:
Responsible for all toy-making and customer-related activities in Santa's workshop. Supervised training of seven toy-making elves. Answered customer complaints during peak season.


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U.S. Women's Update - Jan. 7
Bill Kauffman
Manager, Media Relations and Publications
Phone: 719-228-6800
E-Mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 7, 2010) – The current U.S. Women's National Team Weekly update released on Jan. 7 includes briefs on U.S. players competing overseas, player information, Volley-Tweets, trivia questions and much more.
For the complete PDF version including a complete list of players training at the team's facility at American Sports Centers in Anaheim, Volley-Tweets, the U.S. international transfer list, 2009 season stats and other fan interaction sections, click here.
TRIVIA QUESTIONS: 1. Which player with U.S. Women's National Team experience won the NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship Most Outstanding Player for 2009? 2. Which player who begins training with the U.S. Women's National Team next week has a sister who also competes on the team? 3. What university did U.S. Women's National Team Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand) play and coach at? Answers can be found on page four in the full PDF version (click here) of the current U.S. Women's National Team Weekly update.
SECOND TRAINING SESSION STARTS NEXT WEEK: A total of 18 players are scheduled to train with the U.S. Women's National Team during its second winter training block starting Jan. 11 and ending April 9. Middle blockers include Jennifer Joines Tamas (Milpitas, Calif.), Tracy Stalls (Denver), Alexis Crimes (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.), Cheryl Weaver (Washington, D.C.), Mekana Barnes (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) and Brittnee Cooper (Houston). Outside hitters/opposite include Heather Hughes (Fallbrook, Calif.), Angie Pressey (Lake Mary, Fla.), Katie Wilkins Kimmich (Lakeside, Calif.), Brittany Moore (Orange, Calif.), Jill Collymore (Bellevue, Wash.) and Airial Salvo (Farmington, Utah). The three setters training include Courtney Thompson (Kent, Wash.), Nellie Spicer (Barrington, Ill.) and Bryn Kehoe (North Bend, Ohio). The libero position has Jessica Fine (Tarzana, Calif.), Jaimi Gregory (Westminster, Calif.) and Tamari Miyashiro (Kaneohe, Hawaii) training with the U.S. Women's National Team. Further, Foluke Akinradewo (Plantation, Fla.) and Lauren Paolini (Ann Arbor, Mich.) will join the training team in February. The training group could expand at the end February following the U.S. Women's National Team Open Tryouts set for Feb. 19-21 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.
NATIONAL TEAM PLAYERS AT HP COACHES' CLINIC: Several U.S. Women's National Team players will take part in the upcoming USA Volleyball High Performance Coaches' Clinic set for Jan. 21-23 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. Middle blockers Jennifer Joines Tamas (Milpitas, Calif.) and Tracy Stalls (Denver), outsides Heather Hughes (Fallbrook, Calif.) and Angie Pressey (Lake Mary, Fla.), and setters Bryn Kehoe (North Bend, Ohio) and Courtney Thompson (Kent, Wash.) will serve as demonstrators for the clinic. The theme for the clinic is "Getting Up to Speed for London" in reference to the site of the 2012 Olympic Games. The clinic is limited to the first 100 coaches who complete the registration process. For more details, click here.
DAVIS PART OF FUND DRIVE: Nicole Davis (Stockton, Calif.), an Olympic silver medalist with the 2008 U.S. Olympic Volleyball Team, is one of 55 athletes participating in "Who Cares? Racing for a Cause." The not-for-profit fundraising campaign, developed by Athletes for Hope, has 60 athletes competing against each other while raising money for their respective charities. Davis has selected to represent Child Abuse Prevention Council of San Joaquin's Court Appointed Special Advocates Program (CASA) in California. "I can't imagine that I would be as successful as I am today if I had grown up in an environment where just surviving was my biggest challenge," Davis wrote on the fundraising project's Web site. "Every child deserves the chance to become something bigger than they alone can dream." CASA gives foster children the support, encouragement and opportunities they need to focus their energies on achieving their dreams. The fundraiser began on Dec. 16 and goes through Jan. 15. Donations start at $10, and can be sent via Davis' project page by clicking here. Through Jan. 6, a total of 229 individuals have donated a total of $4,525 for Davis' project. She currently ranks fourth in the race among the athletes, led by Kristine Lilly. Other notable athletes participating are beach volleyball Olympians Eric Fonoimoana and Nicole Branagh, NBA's Steve Nash, baseball's Cal Ripken, Jr., boxing legend Muhammad Ali, skateboarder Tony Hawk, women's golfer Annika Sorenstam, women's soccer players Mia Hamm, Julie Foudy and Heather Mitts.
NEW OVERSEAS SIGNINGS: Several players of U.S. Women's National Team experience have recently signed professional contracts in overseas volleyball leagues. Stacy Sykora (Burleson, Texas), a three-time Olympian with the U.S. Women's National Team, signed a contract with Omichka of the Russian Superliga and joins a squad that includes Team USA teammate Kristin Richards (Orem, Utah). Nicole Fawcett (Zanesfield, Ohio), who competed for the U.S. Women's National Team this past summer, also signed a contract within the Russian Superliga, joining VC Dinamo-Yntar Kaliningrad. Meanwhile, Therese Crawford (Kalamazoo, Mich.) was added to the Volero Zurich roster of the Switzerland professional league. Norisha Campbell (Lakeland, Fla.) signed to play for TSV Sonthafen in Germany. Other recent USA signees include Stephanie Lynch with Nuechatel Universite in Switzerland and Erica Moore with Bayamon of the Puerto Rican Superliga. To view the entire international transfer list of United States players, see pages two and three of this Weekly Update's PDF version.
BERG PUSHING ITALIAN TEAM TO TOP: Lindsey Berg (Honolulu), a setter on the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team which won the silver medal in Beijing, is playing for MC-Carnaghi Villa Cortese of the Italian Serie A professional league this winter. Villa Cortese ended the first half in second place with an 8-3 overall record and 23 points after splitting a pair of five-set matches. Berg helped her squad to a 23-25, 25-27, 25-17, 25-22, 15-7 come-from-behind victory over Riso Scotti Pavia on Dec. 20 as she tallied three kills on four attempts. She set the team to a 47 kill percent .351 hitting efficiency for the match. In the first half finale against Yamamay Busto Arsizio, Villa Cortese again lost the first two sets and rallied to send the match to a tiebreaking fifth set on Dec. 27. However, the comeback was stopped short in a 28-26, 29-27, 20-25, 21-25, 16-14 thrilling marathon. Berg helped her squad to a 37 kill percent in the match and added three individual points (one kill, one block, one ace). Villa Cortese resumes Italian Serie A second half action on Jan. 10 against Despar Perugia. To follow Berg throughout the season, check out her blog at lindseyberg.blogspot.com.
TOM, ASYSTEL VOLLEY NOVARA: Logan Tom (Salt Lake City, Utah), a three-time Olympian and member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Games silver medal roster, is competing for Asystel Volley Novara in the Italian Serie A professional league this winter. Playing in the CEV Indesit Champions League first round, Asystel Novara improved to 3-1 in Pool D following a 25-14, 23-25, 25-14, 25-22 victory over Poland's BPS Fakro Muszynianka on Jan. 6. At the time of this release, statistics of the match were unavailable. Before the 2009 season closed, Asystel Novara dropped a 25-15, 25-14, 25-9 Champions League match to BPS Fakro Musynianka in which Tom was withheld from the Dec. 17 match. Asystel Novara competes against Romania's Metal Galati in its next Champions League match on Jan. 13. During Italian Serie A competition, Asystel Novara won its final two matches of the 2009 calendar year. Tom totaled a match-high 21 points on 15 kills, four blocks and two aces in a 25-14, 22-25, 25-19, 27-25 victory over Zoppas Industries Conegliano on Dec. 20. She added 11 points on nine kills and two blocks in a 25-18, 25-19, 22-25, 25-19 win over Foppapedretti Bergamo on Dec. 27. Asystel Novara finished the league's first half with a 6-5 record and 16 points for a sixth-place tie in the standings. Tom's team returns to the court for Italian Serie A second half action on Jan. 10 against Chateau d'Ax Urbino Volley.
BOWN COMPETING FOR JESI: Heather Bown (Yorba Linda,Calif.), a three-time Olympian with the U.S. Women's National Team, is competing for Monte Schiavo Banca Marche Jesi in the Italian Serie A professional league. Jesi split a pair of matches to conclude the league's first half. Bown scored eight points, including match-high five blocks, in a three-set loss to first-half winner Scavolini Pesaro on Dec. 20. Jesi rebounded with a 25-23, 25-19, 25-21 victory over Despar Perugia on Dec. 27 as Bown collected seven kills on 12 kills and three blocks for 10 points. Jesi finished the first half in third place with a 7-4 record and 21 points. Jesi starts the second half on Dec. 10 against Cgf Recycle Flores Castellana Grotte, which finished the first half in 10th place of the 12-team Serie A division.
RICHARDS, SYKORA HELPING OMICHKA TO RUSSIAN LEAD: Kristin Richards (Orem, Utah), an outside hitter and 2008 U.S. Olympic Team alternate, is playing in the Russia Super League for a third year in a row – this time with Omichka in Omsk. During December, she was joined by three-time U.S. Olympian Stacy Sykora (Burleson, Texas) as the team's libero. Both helped Omichka defeat Uralochka in the third-place match in the Russian Cup in which her team hosted Dec. 21-22. After a day break, Richards and Sykora played in a Russia All-Star match on Dec. 24 representing the foreign-player team coached by 2009 Volleyball Hall of Fame inductee Nikolai Karpol. Without much rest, Omichka faced undefeated Dinamo Moscow and lost 25-23, 26-24, 25-22 in a close match on Dec. 26. Omichka rebounded to take a 17-25, 25-21, 25-19, 25-16 victory over Dinamo Kazan on Dec. 30. U.S. Women's National Team member Jordan Larson (Hooper, Neb.) is on the Kazan roster. To start the new year, Richards tallied 20 points with 15 kills, three aces and two blocks in a four-set victory over Leningradka, while Sykora passed well in setting up the offense. Omichka, now 7-2 in league play and in third place, plays Khabarovsk on Jan. 10 before traveling to play Dinamo Yantar, which recently signed U.S. Women's National Team player Nicole Fawcett (Zanesfield, Ohio).
NNAMANI, GLASS PACING PROSTEJOV IN CZECH REPUBLIC: Ogonna Nnamani (Bloomington, Ill.) and Kim Glass (Lancaster, Pa.) continue to lead their Czech Republic professional team Prostejov to a 13-0 start. Glass scored eight points with seven kills on 16 swings in leading Prostejov to a 25-15, 25-6, 25-17 victory over Slavia Praha on Dec. 19. Nnamani did not play in the match. Prostejov returns to Czech Republic league action on Jan. 9 against Brno, which is 9-4 on the season. In CEV Indesit Champions League action, Prostejov dropped to 1-3 in Pool C after consecutive four-set losses to Dinamo Moscow. Nnamani and Glass combined for 37 points in a 25-17, 25-20, 19-25, 29-27 loss to Dinamo on Dec. 15. Nnamani poured in a team-high 20 points with 16 kills and four blocks, while Glass added 13 kills, three aces and a block for 17 points. On Jan. 6, Glass paced Prostejov with 14 points and Nnamani added seven points in a 27-25, 19-25, 25-13, 25-19 loss. Prostejov's next Champions League match is set for Jan. 12 against Poland's Aluprof Bielsko-Biala, which is 0-4 in the pool.
BARBOZA STARTS PROFESSIONAL CAREER: Cynthia Barboza (Long Beach, Calif.), an outside hitter with the U.S. Women's National Team and alternate on both the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games rosters, is playing in her first professional volleyball season in Japan V-League with Toray. Her squad defeated JT 25-17, 25-21, 25-17 on Dec. 18 during the Empress Cup, marking the first loss of the season of any kind for JT. However, Toray was unable to defeat Denso in the finals as it lost 16-25, 25-23, 35-33, 28-26 in a close four-set battle. Toray returns to V-League action on Jan. 9 against Hisamitsu at Ishikawa, followed by a Jan. 10 match against Pioneer. Toray currently is 3-3 during league play and in third place.
METCALF GEARING UP FOR BRAZIL START: Nancy Metcalf (Hull, Iowa), a member of the 2004 U.S. Olympic Games roster, is in Brazil playing for Usiminia of the Brazilian Superliga. She led Usiminas to two victories prior to the Christmas break and improve to 4-1 on the season. On Dec. 17, Metcalf tallied eight kills on 30 attempts as part of a team-high 10 points in a 25-17, 25-18, 25-18 victory over Pauta/Sao Jose. She contributed a team-high 22 points in a 25-20, 18-25, 23-25, 25-16, 15-4 victory over Cativa/Oppnus on Dec. 19. She totaled 18 kills on 54 swings to go with four blocks in the victory. Usimina returns to the court on Jan. 7 against Osasco.
DAVIS, HARMOTTO WITH LANG PING: Nicole Davis (Stockton, Calif.), the libero on the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team that won the silver medal, and Christa Harmotto (Aliquippa, Pa.) are playing for Guangdong Hengda in the Chinese Professional League under the direction of "Jenny" Lang Ping, who served as head coach for Team USA at the 2008 Olympic Games. Currently, the squad is 8-0 on the season with four matches remaining in the regular season.
McCUTCHEON AMONG SPEAKERS AT HP COACHES' CLINIC: Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand) will serve as one of the featured speakers at USA Volleyball's Seventh Annual High Performance Coaches' Clinic held Jan. 21-23 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. The clinic theme is "Getting Up to Speed for London" in reference to the site of the 2012 Olympic Games. The USA Volleyball High Performance Coaches' Clinic costs $425 for United States citizens and $520 for non-United States citizens. The clinic cost includes instruction, material and room and board at the U.S. Olympic Training Center. In conjunction with the USA Volleyball High Performance Coaches' Clinic, the USAV Coaching Accreditation Program (CAP) will have additional CAP Level II on Jan. 20-21 and CAP Level III on Jan. 21-24 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center. The clinic is open to the first 100 coaches who complete the registration process, which can be started by clicking here.
U.S. WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM OPEN TRYOUTS: USA Volleyball will hold its annual open tryouts for the U.S. Women's National Team and Associated Training Programs Feb. 19-21, 2010, at the U.S. Olympic Training Center (USOTC) in Colorado Springs, Colo. Hugh McCutcheon, the U.S. Women's National Team Head Coach, will lead the evaluation process for the tryout. The online tryout registration, which must be completed by Jan. 14, 2010, can be found by clicking here. Upon confirmation of registration, tryout participants will receive and must complete additional USOTC forms to be fully enrolled in the tryout. As part of the tryout, athletes will compete for spots on the U.S. Women's Volleyball National Team program and the U.S. Women's Senior A2 teams. The U.S. Women's National Team program is open to athletes who have concluded their college eligibility and who wish to train full-time. This program could begin as early as February 2010, or when an athlete's scholastic or professional club season has concluded. Athletes who will have remaining collegiate eligibility may still participate in the program with participation beginning May 2010 or when their scholastic calendar ends. For the full press release, click here.
TRIVIA ANSWERS: 1. Destinee Hooker of University of Texas won the 2009 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship Most Outstanding Player; 2. Jill Collymore, the sister of Jane Collymore, will begin training with the U.S. Women's National Team this month 3. Hugh McCutcheon played and coached men's volleyball at Brigham Young University.


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* In [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas|GTA San Andreas]], start the [[Freight Train Challenge|freight train challenge]] and the wanted level will instantly clear.
* In [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas|GTA San Andreas]], start the [[Freight Train Challenge|freight train challenge]] and the wanted level will instantly clear.
* In GTA San Andreas, if the player enters a region that has not yet been unlocked, receiving the 4-star level, and then re-enters the unlocked region, the wanted level drops to 3 stars and can be reduced further using bribes, saving, etc. However the wanted rating cannot be reduced while the player remains in the locked region: picking up a bribe will briefly drop the rating to 3 stars, and taking a vehicle to a pay n' spray will reduce the level, but then the game re-registers the player's trespass and reinstates the 4-star rating; safehouses are not available until a region is officially unlocked.
* In GTA San Andreas, if the player enters a region that has not yet been unlocked, receiving the 4-star level, and then re-enters the unlocked region, the wanted level drops to 3 stars and can be reduced further using bribes, saving, etc. However the wanted rating cannot be reduced while the player remains in the locked region: picking up a bribe will briefly drop the rating to 3 stars, and taking a vehicle to a pay n' spray will reduce the level, but then the game re-registers the player's trespass and reinstates the 4-star rating; safehouses are not available until a region is officially unlocked.
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The Wanted Level in GTA III Era is a measure of how much the player is wanted by the law enforcement of their respective area, and therefore how much force will be used in pursuit of the player. As the player's wanted level increases, more powerful forms of law enforcement will pursue him. In GTA III Era games, wanted level is measured on a six-star scale, ranking police lethality from the non-lethal one star to the extremely aggressive, and sometimes lethal, six stars.
Committing several minor crimes in quick succession - such as beating pedestrians up, destroying cars, etc - will earn him one star. Continuing to commit crimes or resisting arrest will often lead to a second star, and will increase. Committing serious crimes (for example, throwing a grenade into a large crowd of bystanders) often earns the player multiple wanted stars outright.
If the player has one or more wanted stars, nearby police will give chase and attempt to arrest the player. If the police have successfully arrested the player, the message "Busted" will appear on the player's screen. An arrest is executed by either knocking or throwing (in the case of vehicular arrests) the player onto the ground and holding him at gunpoint, or by opening the player's car door and holding him at gunpoint. In both cases, the player has no choice but to give up. If arrested, the player is transported to the nearest police station and is released some time later. After the player is released, he will lose $100 and all of his weapons and armor will be confiscated (except in GTA San Andreas after dating Barbara Schternvart in which case your weapons will not be confiscated. In GTA Vice City Stories, you can buy back the weapons for $2000.)
The player's wanted level can be decreased various ways. A one-star wanted level will disappear on its own if the player "lies low" for a while (stays out of sight and doesn't commit a crime). Higher wanted levels can be lost through picking up Police Bribes (each one reduces the player's wanted level by one star), running a vehicle through a Pay 'n' Spray or going to airport and buying a plane ticket to another city in San Andreas. You can also see Lowering Your Stars for more ways.
It is notoriously difficult to survive higher wanted levels without the use of cheats or modifications. In all GTA III Era games, there are cheats to raise and lower wanted levels. In GTA San Andreas and GTA Vice City Stories, there is a cheat to prevent the player from even obtaining a wanted level at all. However, the player can still get attacked by the police at the police impound stations.
A wanted level is cumulative — repeatedly committing "one-star" crimes within sight of police may lead to a two-star rating, and so on. It is possible to reach a six-star wanted level by simply shooting and killing a lot of pedestrians, but some crimes are more serious than others, and some can earn more stars outright.
As the player's Wanted Level increases, law enforcement spends less energy trying to arrest the player and more trying to kill the player at all costs. As such, it is almost impossible to get arrested at a Wanted Level of three stars or higher, although police will still attempt vehicular arrests if the opportunity arises.
One Star
At a one star wanted level, any police officer that spots the player will give chase and attempt to arrest him. The police will attempt to knock the player down with their fists (in GTA III) and nightsticks (in other GTA III Era games). They also do not shoot unless they are threatened by the player (in GTA San Andreas, if you are holding a gun or a thrown weapon, officers will shoot at you, and also if you run over an officer but not getting killed). An exception to this rule is if you are inaccessible to the police officer; for example if you are standing on top of a vehicle, he will pull out his gun and start shooting. Police cars will follow the player, but they can be easily outrun. If the player stays out of sight and does not commit anymore crimes, a one-star wanted level expires on its own. If the player is on foot, police will exit their vehicle and chase you on foot. Only one police officer will give chase on foot at a time even if there are multiple officers in the vicinity.
A one-star wanted level is attained by committing the following minor crimes. Many of these will not immediately result in a wanted level unless a police officer(even the corpse of a police) is around to witness them or multiple offences are committed in quick succession:
- Attacking and/or killing pedestrians
- Damaging and/or destroying a vehicle
- Attacking or shooting a police vehicle (always results in a wanted level even when out of sight, doesn't trigger with the Police Maverick or FBI/Army vehicles)
- Crashing into a police vehicle (crashing into an empty/parked police car will not result in a wanted level)
- Firing a weapon in public
- Revving a chainsaw in public (Except GTA San Andreas and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories)
- Using a Molotov Cocktail in public
- Carjacking or stealing parked vehicles within a certain proximity from a police officer (no wanted level is given if the vehicle is locked, including police cars)
- Attempting to steal a police vehicle (except GTA San Andreas)
- Driving a vehicle with the alarm going off
- Selling multiple ice cream cones during Distribution (GTA Vice City)
- Robbing stores for the minimum amount of cash (GTA Vice City)
- Killing several people in a short time (usually more than 3)
Two Stars
At a two-star wanted level, the police start actively searching for the player. Officers now shoot to kill, including when you're unarmed, and each patrol car is occupied by two officers. Officers in cars now give chase rather than simply follow behind and often try to overtake or spin the player out. On water, armed police boats give chase.
Two wanted stars are attained by:
- Aiming a gun at a police officer (In GTA San Andreas you will get a one star)
- Injuring 2 or more police officers
- Destroying many cars at once
- Killing many people in a short period of time
- Displaying a firearm inside a police station in San Andreas (a melee weapon will not warrant a wanted level)
- Destroying any aircraft in San Andreas
- Trespassing in the Washington Beach Police Station (GTA Vice City) (unless wearing the cop uniform)
- Run over a police officer with a vehicle in fast speed(GTA Vice City)
- Attacking a police officer by knife, machete, katana, chainsaw, flamethrower, explosives
Three Stars
At a three-star wanted level, pursuing police vehicles become more aggressive, driving at maximum speed, and the police will also begin to set up armed roadblocks on main roads. A police helicopter is also called in to assist and its crew follows the player, putting a spotlight on the protagonist (at night), and shoots at the player via an invisible machine gun on the fuselage if they get a clear shot and yell various humourous remarks over a loudspeaker. Police officers begin to deploy spike strips to puncture the player's tires, making driving difficult. In GTA San Andreas, from this wanted level on, officers who come out of either a Police Car or Ranger will also ocassionally wield shotguns. Additionally, in Vice City and GTA Vice City Stories, undercover 'Vice Squad' detectives armed with Uzis and driving Cheetahs also give chase.
Three wanted stars are attained by:
- Continuing to retaliate against law enforcement (evading capture or death by any means)
- Continuing to cause collateral damage (killing civilians and destroying vehicles)
- Entering police impound garages in GTA San Andreas
- Blowing up an AI controlled full-winged Dodo (the DeadDodo) in GTA III and GTA Vice City
- Trucking hot goods in San Andreas
Four Stars
At a four-star wanted level, the police will drive more aggressively and SWAT teams join the chase. SWAT members wear body armor and are armed with Uzi sub-machine guns. Roadblocks now consist of the heavier and larger SWAT vans, making them more difficult to ram through. The pursuing police helicopter fires at the player more frequently and, from GTA Vice City onwards, rappels SWAT members down to the player's location. In GTA San Andreas, the police helicopter is often joined by a News Chopper, and military jets now pursue and attempt to shoot down the player if he is flying an aircraft.
Four wanted stars are attained by:
- Continuing to retaliate against law enforcement
- Continuing to cause collateral damage
- Entering a city or region not yet unlocked in the storyline in GTA San Andreas
- Blowing up the police helicopter which appears at a three star wanted level (not to be confused with the player-operable Police Maverick)
- Entering the restricted area of El Banco Corrupto Grande in GTA Vice City
- Breaking out Cam Jones in the mission No Escape? in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
Five Stars
At a five-star wanted level, the FBI takes over the chase and completely replaces local police on the ground (local police will still chase the player if they see him) and the streets begin to clear of civilians (In GTA Liberty City Stories, however, there are still lots of pedestrians in the streets). Four-FBI teams of heavily armed and armored FBI agents drive armored cars and SUVs and make for formidable opponents. The FBI agents are armed with AK-47s and 9mm handguns in GTA III and MP5s in later games. Their driving is even more aggressive and they usually opt to ram the player's vehicle head on at high speed and then batter it to pieces before he/she can recover. In GTA III, the pursuing police helicopter is joined by a second, and both stick to the player doggedly and fire at the protagonist whenever they get the chance. The roadblocks now consist of FBI vehicles, which are easier to ram through, but the FBI agents' MP5s tear through most vehicles fairly quickly. The waters are saturated with Predators at this wanted-level. Trespassing inside a military base will release a five star wanted level and cops swarm in and attempt to kill the player. The FBI are particularly perilous to engage, as their SMGs are likely to make short work of the player's getaway vehicle. Due the increased risk of being shot to death, use of a motorcycle as a getaway vehicle is especially not recommended. All officers employ more advanced driving techniques, such as the PIT maneuver, as they try to make the player spin out of control and crash.
Five stars are attained by:
- Continuing to retaliate against law enforcement
- Continuing to cause collateral damage
- Entering or flying over a restricted area,such as over the Easter Basin Naval Station in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Entering or flying over (at low-altitude) the Area 69 research base in GTA San Andreas. Doing this will results not only in the wanted level, but also attack from SAM Sites and enemy Hydras.
- Blowing up the Tarbrush Cafe in the mission Cop Land in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
Six Stars
At six stars, the National Guard will take over from the FBI and will give chase in Barracks OL trucks and Rhino tanks, making travel in ordinary vehicles extremely hazardous. Civilians have almost completely disappeared from the streets at this point (In GTA Liberty City Stories, however, there are still lots of pedestrians in the streets), and the soldiers drive with total disregard for anything but ramming the player into oblivion. Roadblocks now consist of Barracks OL trucks. At six stars, police helicopters rule the skies, the sea is thick with police boats and in addition to the army, police officers are everywhere - appearing from all directions in large numbers. If the player cannot get to a Pay 'n' Spray with a suitable vehicle, stealing a tank or taking to the skies in a helicopter and trying to pick up police bribes around the city are often the only practical options for reducing a six-star wanted level. The Army soldiers carry M16s, MP5s or M4s depending on the game. Unlike in the story mode where enemies often miss, the soldiers are pinpoint crackshots, and a gunfight is considered suicide as the army will take the player down very fast. Survival and escape is most difficult, and a very fast and/or durable vehicle is recommended. All law enforcement vehicles fire upon and ram the player relentlessly with very little regard for collateral damage. On foot, the player must move and/or retaliate quickly to avoid being cut down by gunfire; however, fleeing is the better option when pitted against several officers.
Six stars are attained by:
- Continuing to retaliate against law enforcement
- Continuing to cause collateral damage
Reducing a wanted level
- Go to any nearest safehouse, asset or save point and save the game. Then, load it again. (GTA Vice City onwards)
- Collect police bribes around the city.
- At a one star wanted level, go to an alleyway or remote place that people don't usually hang out and wait; within a couple of minutes the star will go away on its own. (However, this becomes more difficult in the later stages of GTA: San Andreas when there is a greater police presence in Los Santos; sometimes the only way to get rid of a one-star wanted level in this part of the game while in that city is to use a safehouse, Pay 'n' Spray or head for the country.)
- Enter a safehouse and change outfits. (GTA Vice City onwards) Note, however, that this does not always work in San Andreas on a 2-star wanted level or higher.
- Go to a clothing shop and change clothes. (GTA San Andreas)
- Respray a car in any Pay 'n' Spray garage. (certain vehicles, however, like Military, police, SWAT, FBI and emergency vehicles cannot be resprayed). Also, committing crimes while the stars are flashing will reinstate the wanted level.
- In GTA San Andreas, mod a vehicle at TransFender, Loco Low Co. and Wheel Arch Angels; one modification (such as one respray) will suspend the wanted level. Any other modifications done while the stars are flashing will make them disappear.
- In GTA San Andreas, start the freight train challenge and the wanted level will instantly clear.
- In GTA San Andreas, if the player enters a region that has not yet been unlocked, receiving the 4-star level, and then re-enters the unlocked region, the wanted level drops to 3 stars and can be reduced further using bribes, saving, etc. However the wanted rating cannot be reduced while the player remains in the locked region: picking up a bribe will briefly drop the rating to 3 stars, and taking a vehicle to a pay n' spray will reduce the level, but then the game re-registers the player's trespass and reinstates the 4-star rating; safehouses are not available until a region is officially unlocked.
- In most cases, completing a mission ill instantly cancel any wanted level attained; there are some missions, however, that are programmed not to do this.
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- On a 2 to 4 star wanted level, a sports (also a muscle or a tuner) car is a better vehicle to be used as its speed easily outruns most police vehicles.
- On a 5 star wanted level, where FBI Ranchers tend to knock the player off road, heavy vehicles are recommended since their size makes them difficult to be pushed around.
- On a 6 star wanted level, a Rhino, if the player manages to attain one, is the best means of escape since any vehicles that runs into it will simply explode (except motorbikes in GTA San Andreas, but the player can be knocked off of one easily). Even Rhinos themselves are not all that durable against other Rhinos, as this vehicle can only be damaged by hitting another Rhino, or fire (making Molotov Cocktails an unlikely, but practical choice of weapon if one has good cover).
- A slow vehicle is NOT be recommended for a 3 to 6 wanted star level.
- If the player is skilled at driving a motorcycle, using a PCJ-600 or, in GTA San Andreas, the NRG-500, can often be the best choice as the fast bikes allow overland travel and jumping and speed that can facilitate escapes to save points or other safety areas.
- It is best to avoid using the Angel or the Freeway to escape a four star wanted level or higher, as they have wide turning radii and they don't brake well, meaning that the player will have to use their brakes frequently, allowing law enforcement officers to catch up to them.
- It is also best to avoid using the Pizza Boy, NoodleBoy or the Faggio to escape a four star or higher wanted level. Although these scooters have excellent handling and braking, they have a low top speed and horrible acceleration, meaning it is near impossible to outrun the law enforcement vehicles. It also makes it easier for law enforcement to bust the player.
- When attempting to avoid the police by driving through alleyways or by off roading, the Sanchez is a good option to take, as it is an excellent off roader, is small and nimble, and has excellent acceleration and handling, with a moderate top speed.
- Before unlocking Vice City Mainland in GTA Vice City or Staunton Island in GTA III, the player can only attain 4 star wanted level at maximum.
- At high wanted levels, prioritize escaping from or killing soldiers (six stars), FBI agents (five stars) , SWAT soldiers (four star onwards) and Vice Squad Agents (three star wanted level, GTA VC and GTA VCS only) over killing regular police officers, as they can kill a player with with their weapons in a short amount of time.
- At higher levels, the best way to clear the wanted level is to shoot down the police helicopters, and sneak into a Pay 'n' Spray before they respawn. Another good strategy is to enter the subway system (GTA III and GTA LCS only) with a vehicle (preferably a motorbike) and follow the underground routes until they reach a Pay 'n' Spray (or lose the wanted level, if the player has a one star), but the player must be careful not to get lost in the system or getting hit by the oncoming Subway Trains.
- Stunt jumping gives the player considerable distance from the police but may not guarantee total escape, as certain factors, such as the wanted level, environment of the stunt jump, "projectile" motion concept of physics, and the position of other police units, come into play.
- The player can listen to the police radio while being chased; it will indicate which vehicles the police are sending after the protagonist. The "dispatched from [location]" gives the general spawning point for police vehicles. Some are: "Dispatch X (number of police units, usually 2-6) units from __", "Dispatch Air Unit from __", "Dispatch FBI team from __" and "Dispatch SWAT team from __".
- Run through alleys and narrow streets to give the cops the slip.
- To save money, only use the Pay 'n' Spray if you have a wanted level of at least 4 stars, as it is easy to escape 1 and 2 star wanted levels (and occasionally 3 stars, depending on the location of the Police Maverick).
- Hijack a law enforcement vehicle whenever a wanted level of at least 3 stars is obtained. That way, you can hear where the Police, FBI and SWAT will send reinforcements and where they are waiting to ambush you.
- In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, it is possible for the player to get arrested without having any wanted level stars. If the player punches the air in front of a police officer (without actually hitting the police officer), he will think the player hit him. While no wanted level stars appear, the police officer will kick the player to the ground and arrest the player.
- Sometimes, if the player types in the "remove wanted level" cheat, even though the player no longer has a wanted level, sometimes the police will continue to attack the player as if he had one.
- If the player enters a building, exiting it will cause all cops chasing you to appear in front of a building.
- There are instances in GTA San Andreas that if you do not stop running while your 2-star Wanted Level changes into a 3-star, a police chopper can appear on the ground as if its rotors are the only thing revealed.
- In GTA San Andreas, if you have a 4-star wanted level or higher and use the "turndowntheheat" cheat and get another wanted level under 3 stars, any SWAT, Army or FBI in the area will not go after you or shoot you unless you attack them.
- In GTA San Andreas, at a 3-star or higher wanted level, officers who come out of a Police Car or Ranger will occasionally wield shotguns. Even if an officer does wield a shotgun, entering the car the officer came out of will still add 5 shells to the players' shotgun ammo and will still result in the player obtaining a Pump Action Shotgun provided he already doesn't have a shotgun.


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What is a Jesuit? Officially known as the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits are a Catholic religious order of men founded in 1540 by St. Ignatius Loyola. Their mission is to go anywhere and do anything to "help souls," especially where the need is greatest, particularly where certain people or certain work was neglected. Though frequently associated with education, the Jesuits were originally a missionary order. Today, the Jesuits are the largest missionary order in the world. Currently, there are 19,000 Jesuits worldwide and more than 3500 of them are in India.
What does "Jesuit" mean?
The term was originally coined as a putdown by people who felt there was something terribly arrogant about a group calling itself the Society of Jesus, whereas previous religious orders had been content to name themselves after their founder (e.g. Benedictines, Franciscans, Dominicans). Later the title was adopted as a shorthand name by members of the Society themselves, as well as by others favorable to them. (Taken from "Do You Speak Ignatian," by George Traub, S.J.)
What makes an education Jesuit?
The some key characteristics of Jesuit education that the Jesuits offer for further reflection and discussion are:
The some key characteristics of Jesuit education that the Jesuits offer for further reflection and discussion are:
- Dedication to human dignity from a Catholic, Jesuit faith perspective.
For the founder of the Jesuits, Ignatius of Loyola, God can be found in all things, because all of reality is an arena of God's self-revelation.
- Reverence for and an ongoing reflection on human experience.
This is key to The Spiritual Exercises. It is premised in the belief that one can discover God's presence in one's life and the freedom to respond to that presence through a series of prayer exercises and through personal conversation.
- Creative companionship with colleagues
- Focused care for students
Cura personalis (care of the person) has been a characteristic of Jesuit education throughout its 450 years.
- Well-educated justice and solidarity.
This characteristic was clearly addressed by the Society's current head, Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, at a national gathering at Santa Clara University in 2000:
"The real measure of our Jesuit universities lies in who our students become. Tomorrow's 'whole person' cannot be whole without a well-educated solidarity. We must therefore raise our Jesuit educational standard to educate the whole person of solidarity for the real world. Solidarity is learned through 'contact' rather than through 'concepts.' When the heart is touched by direct experience, the mind may be challenged to change."
Who is Ignatius?
Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556) was the youngest child of a noble Basque family fiercely loyal to the Spanish crown, and was raised to be a courtier. Trying valiantly to defend the fortress town of Pamplona in 1521, a French cannonball shattered his leg and led him to reconsider his way of life. While he recuperated from his wounds at the family estate, he had only two books to read, the Life of Christ and the Lives of the Saints. The books he read and the daydreams he entertained had a great effect on him, so much so that he decided to lay aside his sword of war and take up what he called the "sword of Christ."
This change in life plans led him to seek an education at the University of Paris. There, he formed a circle of friends who, with time, decided to band together and dedicate themselves to the greater glory of God and the good of all people. When their efforts to go to the Holy Land met with disappointment, they decided to place themselves at the service of the Pope, who could send them throughout the world, wherever there was a need. Wherever the Jesuits went throughout the world, their mission remained the same: To "seek the greater glory of God and the good of humanity."
What is Ignatian Spirituality?
Like all Christian spirituality, Ignatian spirituality provides a person a method to integrate one's relationship to God and to the world. Ignatian spirituality, like other Christian spiritualities, bases its integration on a particular insight into the person of Jesus and His relationship to the world. Being a companion with Jesus on his mission gave Ignatius of Loyola's life a sense of purpose and meaning. It is just such companionship that lies at the heart of Ignatian spirituality.
The characteristics of Ignatian spirituality are the characteristics of Ignatius' spiritual life. A brief summary of these characteristics might include:
- an awareness of being created and redeemed by God's love,
- the understanding that Jesus initiates this redemption within the ordinariness of the world, demonstrating that the world is a good place to live and work,
- a desire to work as a companion of Jesus to continue this mission in the world,
- the practice of continual prayer and discernment to discover how God speaks to the soul,
- the discovery of the presence of the Spirit in community.
What are the Spiritual Exercises?
Ignatius collected his formative experiences of prayer into what became known as his "Spiritual Exercises." He offered these to men and women of his time as helpful means for them to attend to God's call, choosing to live committed lives of Christian service. The Exercises invite the "retreatant" to "meditate" on central aspects of Christian faith (e.g. creation, sin and forgiveness, calling and ministry) and especially to "contemplate" (i.e. imaginatively enter into) the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. With the help of a spiritual guide, the goal of the Exercises is the attainment of spiritual freedom and the power to act out of the promptings of God's spirit in the truest core of one's being -- to act ultimately out of love.
(from "Do You Speak Ignatian?" by George Traub, S.J.)


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Vinton Veterinary Hospital is nestled beautifully within the Blue Ridge Mountains in the Roanoke Valley, is seeking to hire an Associate DVM to join our practice.
Vinton Veterinary Hospital has been offering the highest quality medical care for our patients and excellent customer service for our clients since 1973.
More information at www.vintonvet.com
Residents and visitors of this area enjoy hiking, cycling, fishing, water sports, winter sports, scenic drives, birding and wildlife viewing, motorcycling touring and geocaching. The outdoor type can enjoy one of twenty-five hiking trails in close proximity and other amazing hikes just a short drive away.
Roanoke is in very close proximity to Smith Mountain and Claytor Lakes. The Blue Ridge Parkway is steps away from downtown Roanoke.
We also enjoy a lively arts community with a plethora of museums, including the newly renovated Center in the Square and the Taubmann Museum of Art and other historic museums such as the O. Winston Link Museum and Virginia Museum of Transportation.
Residents enjoy the performing arts with the Mill Mountain Theatre and Roanoke Children?s Theatre as well as local music venues such as the Kirk Avenue Music Hall and can see larger acts at the Roanoke Civic Center and Performing Arts Center, nearby Salem Civic Center, and coming soon, Roanoke?s first outdoor Amphitheater.
Roanoke is host to a multitude of annual outdoor festivals. For wine enthusiast, Roanoke is surrounded by 9 vineyards. We are also host to several budding local beer breweries. For the foodie, Downtown and surrounding areas offer a wide variety of gourmet and boutiques restaurants. The Town of Vinton provides small town character with urban services and amenities located nearby. The small town atmosphere is characterized by a low crime rate; small, locally and regionally owned businesses; and moderately priced homes. Views of the mountains and Blue Ridge Parkway abound. Vinton represents the ideal type of community, small enough to provide a feeling of belonging, yet progressive enough to provide the facilities, services and conveniences that are necessary to make a community feel like home to its citizens.
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Community Outreach Assessment Support and Treatment Team (COAST) - Dual Diagnosis Program (Intellectual Disability in combination with Mental Illness)
Mental Health
The community outreach assessment support and treatment team provides services for persons with both intellectual disability and also mental illness. These services include:
- Assessments including a detailed report and recommendations
- Short-term treatment and support with a view to discharge client back to his/her family doctor
- A plan for leaving the hospital and follow up after patients leave the hospital
- Working in collaboration with family physicians and other community health care providers to facilitate the recovery of individual clients.
Location, hours and contact information
COAST Team
The Nova Scotia Hospital
300 Pleasant Street, Dartmouth, NS, B2Y 3Z9
Tel: 902-464-6025
Fax: 902-464-3044
How do I get an appointment?
A referral from your doctor or psychiatrist is required.
Please note: The COAST team has a specific referral package. Please download the referral package online. After the submission of both forms, the COAST team will review your completed referral package and contact you with a decision.


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It's been several years since people could call San Diego "America's Finest City" with a straight face.
The phrase that took its place, "Enron-by-the Sea," has yet to fade away.
Now, political scientists at UC San Diego and UC Davis are out with a book that charts and deconstructs that demise.
U.S. & World
"Paradise Plundered: Fiscal Crisis and Governance Failures in San Diego" makes a case that city and community leaders have been both foolishly extravagant and dangerously self-delusional.
Essentially, ordering champagne on a beer budget.
Going too broke to fix the damage, becoming too hung over to think clearly.
The authors call San Diego a "cautionary tale" for many other cities.
The book, published by Stanford University Press and in distribution channels this week, was written by professor Steve Erie, director of UC San Diego's urban studies and planning program; Scott MacKenzie, assistant political science professor at UC Davis; and Vladimir Kogan, political science Ph.D. candidate at UC San Diego.
It traces the origins of San Diego's ongoing fiscal crisis to former California governor and U.S. senator Pete Wilson's tenure as the city's mayor from 1971 to 1983.
According to the authors, the downward spiral was well under way when Dick Murphy, a former Superior Court judge and city councilman, resigned as mayor in July, 2005, not long after Time magazine had named him one of the country's three worst big-city mayors.
A year after that, outside auditors issued a damning report naming dozens of city officials in connection with a runaway pension debt that was concealed from Wall Street and federal regulators.
Some of those involved were hauled into federal and state criminal courts.
But the charges didn't stick.
And since then, the fallout from a longstanding credit crunch has resulted in a 15 percent downsizing of a workforce that the authors of "Paradise Plundered" say is the smallest per capita, and least compensated among California's major cities.
"In the city of San Diego," Kogan said in an interview Friday, "we have voters that on the one hand have high expectations about what they want government to do -- and on the other, very low expectations about what they're willing to pay."
So in the aftermath of the pension crisis, public safety has been underfunded.
Fire engines, browned out for a spell.
Numerous police choppers, grounded.
Library and recreation center hours, dramatically scaled back.
Deferred maintenance on a crumbling infrastructure runs upwards of a billion dollars.
And now, there's a petition drive for a proposed initiative to replace most traditional city employee pensions with 401(k)-style retirement plans common in the private sector.
"Everything is short-term," says Erie. "It's all about cutting costs."
Erie is blunt in his assessment of municipal and civic institutions: "We've had a colossal failure of leadership in San Diego, in terms of educating the public about the need to adequately fund public services. We're on the margin.
"I mean, San Diego is becoming a 'Potemkin Village' -- a showy exterior, particularly downtown, but dry rot for public services and infrastructure."
The authors warn that such issues aren't unique to San Diego, now that the global economic crisis has taken hold.
"A lot of the tensions, the forces we've seen brewing in San Diego over the past three decades," Kogan says, "are now emerging all over the country."
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It might be counter productive of me, since if I give them the pet they might stop hunting for it, but I just cant help it. If/when someone does that to me, like fear me away, or just dot me to get me out of the pet combat so they or a friend can fight that pet. I instantly target the pet, and kill it before they have a chance to kill me(my squishy low level camping alt). It must be all those years on a PvP server making me do this, but if someone try to steal, and I am not going to get it..they sure as H aren't going to get it either.Safina wrote:but a horde feared me away from it . they weren't after it so I tried again. still the same thing happened.. Then a panda came and they left the panda alone. I assume the horde was saving it for the panda. so I flew way out on the other side
...and sometimes, I take out my pet named "you made your bed" and follow them around killing the pets they try to tame. /pointing to my pet making an emote they can read; "..points at You Made Your Bed". The years on a PvP realm being ganked has damaged me..I think.
However.. I never pick a fight, but if someone picks a fight with me, I am not the one to let it go easy. It's all part of the "if you mess with me, I will mess with you, together with 2-3 of my friends"-mentality on a PvP realm.