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"In screenplay speak, the end of Act Two is the main character's lowest point. In action films, the star's been captured. In romantic comedies, the couple has had a big fight. In horror movies, all her friends are dead and she's been stripped down to just a bra and panties." – Dayna Anderson in "Hollywood Homicide (A Detective by Day Mystery)"
My journey to published author has been a long road. I've wanted to write a book since I was five-years-old so I clearly took a lot of detours, wrong turns and spent a lot of time stuck—in traffic and in life.
Like any good plotter, I view my journey in three acts.
Act One: The Journalist
Fears of dating myself aside, I came out of undergrad in 2000 ready to take over the world. The economy was good and journalism was still thriving. My plan was simple: work as a magazine editor until I could figure out a good book idea. And I did for almost three years. First, as an editorial assistant at the New York Daily News. Next, as an assistant editor at Vibe magazine, where I covered movies and television. Then an unexpected thing happened. I got bored. Journalism is amazing but it's a spectator sport. I wanted to be in the game—or should I saw on the racetrack to keep with the car analogy.
So I left my cushy job—even turning down a promotion—to go to film school.
Act Two: The TV Writer
I was lucky enough to get into USC, arguably the top film school in the country. After I graduated, I spent a year as an assistant on a television show that no one remembers then was lucky to get into NBC's On the Verge program designed to help talented, new writers break into television. It worked. Two years after graduating, I was a staff writer on the CBS show Cold Case. I thought I'd had it made.
Then television writers went on strike and I broke up with my writing partner. The strike only lasted a few months but our contract wasn't renewed once the season wrapped. I figured it'd be easy to find another job in television. It wasn't. At all.
I did some television show developing but it wasn't nearly enough to make those expensive student loan payments. I was 30, out of work and dead broke. Furthermore, I was completely disillusioned with Hollywood. In true screenplay form, I was at my lowest point and I was desperate to figure out my next step. I decided to finally write that book. And there was some good news that came out of all of this—I finally had that book idea.
I got it while driving down the street. It was about 2010 while I was still living in Los Angeles. I drove past a billboard offering $15,000 for information on a homicide. Since I was dead broke, my first thought was, "I should try to solve that for the reward money." My second thought was, "That's the dumbest idea you've ever had."
Act Three: The Novelist
They say write what you love. I've loved mysteries since the days of Encyclopedia Brown and Nancy Drew. It was a given that I'd write a mystery novel. They also write what you know. At the time, I knew a lot about being a semi-successful, mega-broke black woman disillusioned with Hollywood. So I wrote about a semi-famous, mega-broke black actress disillusioned with Hollywood. When Hollywood Homicide came out earlier this month, many of the reviews highlighted the Hollywood aspect. Publishers Weekly (who gave me a starred review!) said I write "with humor and insight about the Hollywood scene." And Kirkus Reviews wrote that "Veteran TV writer Garrett uses her Cold Case experience to inform her debut, which sets up more than one charming character and isn't afraid to go cynical on all things LA."
It's funny how things work out. If I didn't have the requisite end of Act 2 low point, I wouldn't have had my Hollywood ending.


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Service members could delegate their parental visitation or guardianship rights if called to active duty under a proposed amendment of the Child Custody Act.
The House Judiciary Committee will hear testimony tomorrow on House Bill 5163.
In addition to the delegation provision, the bill directs that a service member's temporary absence due to military obligations cannot be considered as a factor in a court's decision to grant or deny custody and visitation petitions or to change existing custody or visitation arrangements.
The bill also includes provisions for electronic participation in hearings when necessary:
Upon a motion by a parent who has been called to active military duty, provided that reasonable advance notice is given and good cause is shown, the court shall allow that parent to present testimony and evidence by electronic means with respect to matters being decided under this section when the parent's deployment has a material effect on his or her ability to appear in person at a regularly scheduled hearing. As used in this subsection, "electronic means" includes communication by telephone or video conference.
The bill was introduced by Rep. Kurt Damrow (R – Elkton).

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Last Sunday, after a particularly wild weekend out of town weekend with family and friends, a small group of us convened for brunch before going our separate ways. I looked at the menu, and while the chilaquiles softly called to me, I opted for my standby: huevos rancheros. But when the food came out I was consumed with regret. I should have ordered the friggen chilaquiles.
Regret. Such a miserable feeling. If only! I should have! Why didn't I? When you're deep in the throes of a musing over the road not traveled, it's hard to imagine two uglier words that these: What if?
Ugly, and seemingly unavoidable. Every choice entails a trade-off, right? But a recent study shows that those unpleasant feelings of regret ease as we get older. That, indeed, what age takes in collagen and hangover resilience, it gives back in the form of a certain kind of contentment.
From Scientific American:
The latest research suggests that young people tend to fixate on their regrets, whereas older adults generally learn not to waste time wallowing in remorse about past circumstances they cannot change. A new study demonstrates that these cognitive differences manifest themselves in brain scans and physiological responses, revealing that, unlike healthy adults, both depressed adults and young people treat missed opportunities and genuine losses as equally regretful events–even if they were not directly responsible. Taming such ruefulness appears to be crucial to emotional stability and happiness in old age, and related therapies could help with depression. For the young, however, a little regret might be useful, motivating them to learn from their mistakes.
The study in question involved a simple gambling video game, played from within the comfortable confines of an MRI machine. On the screen, participants saw a row of eight unopened boxes that they could open one at a time, from left to right–and were told that seven of the boxes would contain gold, and one would contain a devil, who would steal whatever gold had been amassed. Devilish! Participants could quit at any time, but once they did, the contents of all the remaining boxes would be revealed–so they'd get a good look at what they missed out on.
And the brain scans showed that–if you'll allow me to paraphrase–realizing they'd bugged out before collecting all of the gold there was to be had only bothered the young adults and the depressed older adults. The healthy older adults' brains showed hardly any change. In other words, healthy adults don't moon over the road not traveled the way their younger counterparts do.
Regret is a huge topic in our book, because it's so inextricably tied to making choices, and taking chances. We fear being left with regrets almost as much as we fear failure. Because that feeling is just so awful–the wondering about what we're missing out on gnaws, and the gnawing saps the joy out of whatever it is we are doing, you know, instead of that thing we're not. But, it seems that, as is the case with failure, perhaps there's a bright side to regret: it, too, can be a teacher.
Brassen further proposes that disengaging from regret is a protective strategy that kicks in sometime in old age, preventing the elderly–who do not have as much time or opportunity to make amends–from needlessly feeling sorry about things they cannot realistically change. In contrast, young people have their whole lives ahead of them–plenty of time to repeat their mistakes if they do not learn from them.
Wrosch says he thinks about regret similarly: 'If someone in their 70s regrets that they never had the education or job they wanted, there's no going back to change life circumstances. But if a similar regret happens to someone in their early 20s, they can use that information to turn their life around.'
Kind of a sad spin on what's really going on with the, um, more mature among us, but also, I suppose, reassuring: our trusty brains will shield us from the dark feelings of regret once it's too late to make changes. Which might also mean this: if you're actively feeling regret, perhaps it's possible that it's not too late yet.
Bring on the friggen chilaquiles.


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LOS ANGELES — The United States is in an opioid crisis and deaths from opioid overdoses have continued to rise across the country.
According to the Surgeon General's latest report states that the number of people dying from opioid overdose has quadrupled between 1999 and 2014. And according to the report, "In 2014, there were 17,465 overdoses from illicit drugs and 25,760 overdoses from prescription drugs."
Learn more about the dangers of #opioids and prescription drug abuse at https://t.co/wSTm9b0Pkz and https://t.co/fPwOUPbZib. https://t.co/sv5JLaUE5h— DEA HQ (@DEAHQ) November 28, 2016
As if the overdoses of heroin, oxycodone, and other opiates weren't enough — new, and more potent synthetic opioids are making matters worse.
Fentanyl, which is up to 100 times more potent than morphine is the most common of the synthetics being used in the illegal drug diversion of prescription opioids. It recently gained notoriety in the death of music icon Prince — who died of fentanyl toxicity and had pills marked as hydrocodone that contained fentanyl in his home.
Official: Pills found at Prince's estate contained fentanyl https://t.co/X1Y3Cvpd73 pic.twitter.com/6Ue730FOnU— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 21, 2016
Synthetic drugs are cheap and easy to get, and there is no way of knowing if something as deadly as fentanyl is present in an illegal prescription.
In Cincinnati, a synthetic opioid known as carfentanil was blamed for 78 overdoses over just a two day period this summer.
And most recently Virginia State Health Commissioner Marissa Levine declared the state's opioid crisis a Public Health Emergency. By the end of 2016, the number of deaths from opioid overdose is expected to increase by 77 percent from five years ago.
Watch the video to learn about the latest synthetic opioid killing Americans across the country.


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Teen's drastic action6:30 AM Sunday Sep 30, 2012
Mikayla Ziebe, 16, is certain of her claim. Photo / John Cowpland
Hastings student Mikayla Ziebe, 16, hand-delivered more than 100 leaflets to Napier houses last week, accusing an elderly man of being a paedophile.
Ziebe's mother, Julie Wakefield, supported the action.
"This is her way of being heard," Wakefield said. "It is her choice and I fully support her."
The letter has four photos of the man, his name and the message: "He is in his 70s, watch out for him."
It was also left in the letterbox of the accused. Ziebe and her mother reported the allegations to Hastings police, which investigated but were unable to press charges because of a lack of evidence.
After four months of counselling this year, Ziebe decided to publicly accuse the man.
"It's horrible and no one will believe me," Ziebe said. "I want them to know I am serious."
Eastern District crime manager detective inspector Rob Jones said police investigated the allegations on two separate occasions and both times fell short of finding sufficient evidence to prosecute.
"Police are satisfied that they have done all they can in relation to this investigation," he said. "The decision not to prosecute was not taken lightly."
He would not comment on people seeking justice outside of the legal system.
The accused man told the Herald on Sunday it was a vicious attack on his family, which they reported to police. He denied the allegations and was overwhelmed with support from his neighbours. "I would be in jail if I was guilty," he said.
Sensible Sentencing Trust spokesperson Garth McVicar said it was a "natural outcome" for people to seek justice when they felt let down by the system.
Auckland Sexual Abuse Help clinical manager Kathryn McPhillips said only 1 per cent of child abuse cases ended in a conviction because the justice system was not child-friendly.
She was surprised victims didn't take matters into their own hands more often.
"For people who were abused as kids, as they age, they think about how other kids can stay safe and it can be a challenge for them to live a good quality of life while they have these ideas that other kids could be unsafe," McPhillips said.
"Until we fix the justice system, it is going to happen more."


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The inability to actually use the gun, even in defense, is a large part of what makes me highly skeptical of the "arm the teachers" argument. These forums have effectively convinced me that unless you're really dedicated to the level of training it takes to use a gun (or anything else) in a crisis scenario, there's no point in carrying one. These teachers almost certainly would be extremely reluctant to carry a gun on school premises, and would therefore be unlikely to have the enthusiasm for training that would make it an effective strategy.


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Germany's capital is no conventional beauty, and although the city has been cleaned and restored since the fall of the Berlin Wall, several of its charms are still to be found around its many rough edges.
Sightseeing - From the Brandenburg Gate to Checkpoint Charlie
The city's sights are mainly a reflection of German history, from the Third Reich to the Communist regime. Sightseeing here is often a sombre and thought-provoking experience, but modern Berlin isn't trapped in its past. The Jewish Museum for example focuses on all aspects of Jewish life and culture in Berlin and the brand new Daniel Libeskind building is worth a visit for the architecture alone.
Due to Berlin's scale and the size of the city center it is difficult to cover the main sights on foot. The Berlin Welcome Card offers a great way to get around the city and see many of the highlights; it includes unlimited travel on the underground, metro, and tram systems and 50% discounts on most museums. Another good way to experience central attractions like the Reichstag (the restored parliament) and its Norman Foster glass dome is to board a sightseeing boat on the river Spree.
Arts and Culture
Those seeking a cultural experience should head for the Berlin Museumsinsel in Mitte. The six museums on a small island focus on classical antiquities, prehistory and early history, Islamic art, and sculpture, and house Egyptian and Numismatic collections. The museum complex itself was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999.
For a more modern take visit the Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin at the Schlossplatz nearby which will showcase modern art created in Berlin until the end of 2010.
A new generation of young Germans eager to experience life in this city of constant change has migrated to the capital in recent years from all over the country, filling the bars and cafes in Prenzlauer Berg, Kreuzberg, and Mitte. Bars and clubs in the central district are mostly open into the early hours of the morning. Expect the unexpected - wine bars that only charge what you want to pay (Weinerei at Zionskirche Square) or a drinking joint in a circus tent (Bar Jeder Vernunft, Schaper Street).
Berlin has no equivalent to the West End or Broadway, but a number of British shows have established themselves here over the years – including Blue Man Group.
Potsdam and Park Sanssouci
If you have more than a couple of days in the city, it's worth venturing to nearby Potsdam and Park Sanssouci (which freely translates as 'carefree'). The vast royal gardens are often compared to Versailles and resemble a showroom for medium-sized palaces. Schedule at least two hours to explore and choose your favorite from residences such as Friedrich the Great's Palace Sansousi, which gave the park its name, and later additions such as the Neues Palais.


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*interrupting the starting line posts for a while*If there is a perfect place for a Pit Stop in Guilin, TPTB found it! This is the Peak of the Luminous Moon in the Folded Brocade Mountains, overlooking the city of Guilin from the north, and Pit Stop in a race around the world! (Less poetic official translators call it Bright Moon Peak.)Production closed the entire compound from 6pm on the 17th (the usual time vendors pack up and go home), and stayed ON the hilltop the entire night. There was a TPTB security team of six. (Geez, how much security do you need?) The peak's really just a courtyard with a little shelter, but the views here are marvelous. According to those who witnessed production, they have been hanging around for two days beforehand (since the 15th), and finally set up lights and a few tents for the big event, on the night of the 17th.The people I talked to remembered rain that afternoon, when a few members of production popped by. The main activity, though, started at around 9pm. About 50-60 sandwiches were catered for the night, and a huge crowd started streaming in from 12am to 3am. It's such a huge group those I've talked to couldn't differentiate between crew and cast, but I guess those are our racers! (So late?)Word of caution to the racers:
I got it! After I ask the people who live in Guilin, he said one of the clue box was at the entrance of the Guilin Li Rver Folk Customs Centre, Here is the picture.
saved and ......... I'll say it first, the title has to be Tammy & Victor or Mark & Michael but I'll pick Tammy & Victor
I think it's Tammy & Victor. But don't forget, anything too obvious is most likely not true. You never know though.
I can definitely see T/V saying it after they fumble at one of the Chinese-related tasks in China, since they supposedly have Chinese heritage.
I think you've got the wrong episode number, puddin.
I'm gonna say it's Tammy & Victor. Maybe Tammy said this while Victor is doing the Roadblock (which is possibly a Chinese-related task).
If T/V says this quote, at least we have a cultural challenge this leg!
South City Gate (Gunammen, No 10 on map)The girl working at the Guilin Tourist Information Center saw the team running by during office hours (between 8.30am and 10.00pm). Tough luck, Mark and Michael!
Quote from: Neobie on April 06, 2009, 01:39:18 AMSouth City Gate (Gunammen, No 10 on map)The girl working at the Guilin Tourist Information Center saw the team running by during office hours (between 8.30am and 10.00pm). Tough luck, Mark and Michael!So Mark & Michael were the team seen? Or they weren't?
We were in the Guangzhou China airport November 17th around 11pm and saw a team of two caucasian men wearing backpacks running through the airport with a cameraman and producer in tow. They were in the baggage claim area and were in a hurry to find something and stopped at hte information desk to ask directions. The cameraman was working to capture every move. The men were both short and appeared to be related. One had a fanny pack that was visible with red/yellow/back horizontal stripes on it. We went up to them and said "Are you with the Amazing Race?". They said "No", but we are waiting for cast pictures to see if they were telling the truth or not. --------------------They were both rarther short (5 ft 5 or less my guess) with brownish red hair. They looked like they were related. I think at least one of them wore glasses. They were "thick" build but not fat. They were wearing shorts and tshirts and both had on back packs. They were very much in a hurry and looked stressed. There was a camera man that was filming their every move and a person carrying a microphone that was stuck in front of their faces as well. Hope that helps -------------------It very well could have been Mark and Michael.
Sounds very much like Mark & Michael. Though they're actually Latino, not Caucasian.Now, is this the F5 or the F4? Are they ahead, or way, way behind?
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Reclaimed lumber is among the most environmentally friendly building materials because, as any 12-year-old can explain, recycling is good for us and the planet.
The wood is beautiful. A floor of salvaged antique heart pine glows with the patina of decades, even centuries. Every piece of barn siding is uniquely weathered, which gives a one-of-a-kind appeal to walls and furniture.
And, say Paul Atkinson of Southend Reclaimed and Jonathan Kauffman of Kauffman and Co., buyers appreciate the tales behind reclaimed and salvaged lumber, too.
"Every piece of wood comes with a story," Atkinson said. "Buyers want to know: Did it come from a factory in Alabama, or a warehouse in Kentucky? It's bringing history alive and bringing it home."
The two North Carolina companies, like such nationals as Pottery Barn and Four Hands, are responding to consumers' appreciation for reclaimed wood.
Atkinson's company, Southend Reclaimed, specializes in salvaged heart pine floors and antique, hand-hewn beams. It has begun selling old barn siding. It's no longer in South End, though. It has grown and moved over the years. It's headquartered in Cornelius, N.C., and operates a sawmill in the Eastern North Carolina town of Scotland Neck.
Kauffman and Co. is in Charlotte's South End, though, on Worthington Avenue. It sells custom furniture, most crafted of wood salvaged from barns in Pennsylvania.
The national companies use lots of reclaimed wood from Asia and South America, where teak and tropical hardwoods are native.
Southend Reclaimed was born a decade ago as the regional textile industry shrank. Mills were sitting empty. The company's founders thought to ask, "Hey, what are you doing with the wood and brick?" Now, the company relies on a huge and organized network to find entire buildings to salvage. It sells antique brick as well as flooring, timbers and barn siding.
"The company has grown … as awareness of the beauty of these woods has continued to increase," Atkinson said.
Kauffman launched Kauffman and Co. seven years ago, he said, because he appreciates the look of the salvaged lumber. His company offers everything from farm tables and kitchen islands to entire bedrooms. They're built by a craftsman in Lancaster, Pa.
"A lot of our customers bring us a picture, and we start there," he said. "We work with local designers. … Lots of our pieces are in vacation homes at the mountains and the beach. (The wood) is aged naturally, so we don't have to do any distressing."
Public tastes are evolving as our appreciation grows for reclaimed wood.
Ninety percent of Southend Reclaimed's business used to consist of flooring, especially heart pine. Now, hand-hewn beams — so stunning in kitchens and great rooms — account for half of wood sales.
Kauffman's customers increasingly are choosing sophisticated instead of rustic country looks. They want the patina and natural distressing, but with more contemporary lines.
Reclaimed items blend with other furniture of all sorts, for a collected look. Fans of reclaimed woods like to mix, rather than match. There are pieces for every room of the house.
Wood prices vary by grade – whether there are lots of knots and color variations — and by the length and width of planks. Longer and wider is more expensive. Reclaimed pine costs more than new oak, Atkinson said, perhaps twice as much. But antique pine flooring boards are typically longer and wider than new oak.
Groovystuff, based in Dallas, offers an amazing array of items made from reclaimed teak. Its eight collections range from Adirondack rustic – some items even incorporate old farm equipment – to funky eclectic. Check out the sculptural Bandera dinner table. Information: groovystuff.com.
Four Hands offers furniture made of reclaimed hardwood from South America. Some items have finishes of weathered paint – others are bare weathered wood. Four Hands, based in Austin, Texas, also makes items for Anthropologie, Pottery Barn, Restoration Hardware and West Elm. Visit fourhands.com.
Atkinson and Kauffman – and the top furniture makers who visit the High Point Market twice a year – understand that there's a finite supply of reclaimed wood. There are lots of old mills and barns, and lots of ancient cypress logs at the bottom of rivers, but not an endless number.
What happens when the supply runs out?
Well, that will be a chapter in the story, too.


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Summary Report for:
37-1011.00 - First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers
Directly supervise and coordinate work activities of cleaning personnel in hotels, hospitals, offices, and other establishments.
Sample of reported job titles: Buildings and Grounds Supervisor, Custodian, Environmental Services Director, Environmental Services Supervisor (EVS), Executive Housekeeper, Facilities Manager, Head Custodian, Housekeeping Director, Housekeeping Supervisor, Maintenance Supervisor
Tasks | Technology Skills | Tools Used | Knowledge | Skills | Abilities | Work Activities | Detailed Work Activities | Work Context | Job Zone | Education | Credentials | Interests | Work Styles | Work Values | Related Occupations | Wages & Employment | Job Openings | Additional Information
- Plan and prepare employee work schedules.
- Coordinate activities with other departments to ensure that services are provided in an efficient and timely manner.
- Inspect work performed to ensure that it meets specifications and established standards.
- Perform or assist with cleaning duties as necessary.
- Confer with staff to resolve performance and personnel problems, and to discuss company policies.
- Establish and implement operational standards and procedures for the departments supervised.
- Investigate complaints about service and equipment, and take corrective action.
- Maintain required records of work hours, budgets, payrolls, and other information.
- Inspect and evaluate the physical condition of facilities to determine the type of work required.
- Check and maintain equipment to ensure that it is in working order.
- Instruct staff in work policies and procedures, and the use and maintenance of equipment.
- Inventory stock to ensure that supplies and equipment are available in adequate amounts.
- Select and order or purchase new equipment, supplies, or furnishings.
- Prepare reports on activity, personnel, and information, such as occupancy, hours worked, facility usage, work performed, and departmental expenses.
- Recommend changes that could improve service and increase operational efficiency.
- Select the most suitable cleaning materials for different types of linens, furniture, flooring, and surfaces.
- Screen job applicants, and hire new employees.
- Issue supplies and equipment to workers.
- Recommend or arrange for additional services, such as painting, repair work, renovations, and the replacement of furnishings and equipment.
- Forecast necessary levels of staffing and stock at different times to facilitate effective scheduling and ordering.
- Evaluate employee performance and recommend personnel actions, such as promotions, transfers, and dismissals.
- Direct activities for stopping the spread of infections in facilities, such as hospitals.
- Advise managers, desk clerks, or admitting personnel of rooms ready for occupancy.
- Supervise in-house services, such as laundries, maintenance and repair, dry cleaning, or valet services.
- Perform financial tasks, such as estimating costs and preparing and managing budgets.
- Perform grounds maintenance tasks, such as removing snow and mowing the lawn.
Technology Skills
- Data base user interface and query software — Data entry software ; Facility use software; Microsoft Access
- Electronic mail software — Email software; Microsoft Outlook
- Enterprise resource planning ERP software — SAP
- Facilities management software — Computerized maintenance management system CMMS
- Helpdesk or call center software — Help desk software
- Inventory management software — Inventory tracking software
- Materials requirements planning logistics and supply chain software — Computerized bed control system software
- Office suite software — Microsoft Office
- Presentation software — Microsoft PowerPoint
- Project management software — Microsoft Project
- Spreadsheet software — Microsoft Excel
- Word processing software — Microsoft Word
Hot Technology — a technology requirement frequently included in employer job postings.
Tools Used
- Alarm systems — Building alarm systems
- Brooms — Push brooms
- Carpet cleaning equipment — Carpet shampooers; Carpet steamers
- Cleaning scrapers
- Clothes dryers — Industrial clothes dryers
- Desktop computers
- Dust mops
- Facial shields — Protective face shields
- Floor polishers — Floor burnishers; Floor polishing machines; Power floor buffers
- Floor scrubbers — Auto scrubbers; Commercial automatic floor scrubbers; Floor scrubbing machines
- Floor washing machine — Powered floor washers
- Goggles — Safety goggles
- Hand sprayers — Spray bottles
- Ironing machines or presses — Flatwork ironers
- Ladders — Step ladders
- Laundry type washing machines — Light commercial washing machines; Washer extractors
- Masks or accessories — Dust masks
- Mop wringer — Mop wringers
- Personal computers
- Pressure or steam cleaners — Pressure washers
- Protective gloves — Rubber gloves
- Sewing machines — Industrial sewing machines
- Special purpose telephones — Multi-line telephone systems
- Squeegees or washers — Squeegees
- Steam autoclaves or sterilizers — Steam-operated sterilizers
- Steam pressing machines — Steam pressers
- Vacuum cleaners — All-terrain vacuums; Industrial vacuum cleaners
- Wet mops
- Wet or dry combination vacuum cleaners — Wet-dry vacuums
- Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Education and Training — Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Personnel and Human Resources — Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
- Public Safety and Security — Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
- Management of Personnel Resources — Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
- Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Learning Strategies — Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Service Orientation — Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Instructing — Teaching others how to do something.
- Negotiation — Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
- Persuasion — Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
- Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
- Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
- Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
- Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
- Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Work Activities
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
- Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates — Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
- Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others — Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
- Performing General Physical Activities — Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
- Coaching and Developing Others — Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
- Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
- Handling and Moving Objects — Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
- Scheduling Work and Activities — Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
- Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others — Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
- Developing and Building Teams — Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material — Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Training and Teaching Others — Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
- Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
- Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
- Monitoring and Controlling Resources — Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money.
- Performing for or Working Directly with the Public — Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
- Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
- Controlling Machines and Processes — Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
Detailed Work Activities
- Supervise maintenance workers.
- Confer with coworkers to coordinate maintenance or cleaning activities.
- Plan employee work schedules.
- Inspect work to ensure standards are met.
- Clean facilities or sites.
- Instruct staff in work policies or procedures.
- Establish work standards.
- Investigate work related complaints to determine corrective actions.
- Document work hours or activities.
- Inspect buildings or grounds to determine condition.
- Maintain equipment or systems to ensure proper functioning.
- Inventory materials or equipment.
- Evaluate current or prospective maintenance employees.
- Select equipment, materials, or supplies for cleaning or maintenance activities.
- Determine resource needs.
- Estimate maintenance service requirements or costs.
- Remove snow.
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Work Context
- Face-to-Face Discussions — 79% responded "Every day."
- Work With Work Group or Team — 71% responded "Extremely important."
- Responsible for Others' Health and Safety — 67% responded "Very high responsibility."
- Contact With Others — 74% responded "Constant contact with others."
- Responsibility for Outcomes and Results — 56% responded "Very high responsibility."
- Telephone — 63% responded "Every day."
- Structured versus Unstructured Work — 60% responded "A lot of freedom."
- Freedom to Make Decisions — 55% responded "A lot of freedom."
- Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results — 43% responded "Very important results."
- Coordinate or Lead Others — 48% responded "Very important."
- Frequency of Decision Making — 57% responded "Every day."
- Time Pressure — 49% responded "Every day."
- Spend Time Standing — 46% responded "More than half the time."
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — 35% responded "Extremely important."
- Indoors, Environmentally Controlled — 66% responded "Every day."
- Spend Time Walking and Running — 35% responded "Continually or almost continually."
- Deal With External Customers — 36% responded "Extremely important."
- Duration of Typical Work Week — 51% responded "40 hours."
- Electronic Mail — 44% responded "Every day."
- Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets — 54% responded "Every day."
- Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls — 43% responded "Continually or almost continually."
- Importance of Repeating Same Tasks — 32% responded "Very important."
- Exposed to Contaminants — 40% responded "Every day."
- Letters and Memos — 45% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body — 30% responded "Less than half the time."
- Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions — 26% responded "More than half the time."
- Level of Competition — 29% responded "Not at all competitive."
- Frequency of Conflict Situations — 35% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Physical Proximity — 27% responded "I work with others but not closely (e.g., private office)."
Job Zone
|Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
|These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
|Related Experience
|Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
|Job Training
|Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
|Job Zone Examples
|These occupations often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include orderlies, counter and rental clerks, customer service representatives, security guards, upholsterers, and tellers.
|SVP Range
|(4.0 to < 6.0)
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- Enterprising — Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.
- Conventional — Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.
- Realistic — Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.
Work Styles
- Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
- Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
- Self Control — Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
- Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
- Leadership — Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
- Adaptability/Flexibility — Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
- Stress Tolerance — Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
- Cooperation — Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
- Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
- Concern for Others — Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
- Persistence — Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
- Independence — Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
- Achievement/Effort — Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
- Social Orientation — Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
- Innovation — Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
- Analytical Thinking — Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
Work Values
- Independence — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.
- Support — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.
- Working Conditions — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions.
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Wages & Employment Trends
|Median wages (2019)
|$19.61 hourly, $40,780 annual
|State wages
|Local wages
|Employment (2018)
|245,300 employees
|Projected growth (2018-2028)
|Faster than average (7% to 10%)
|Projected job openings (2018-2028)
|State trends
|Top industries (2018)
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2019 wage data and 2018-2028 employment projections . "Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2018-2028). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.
Job Openings on the Web
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Story highlights
- Nora Situm, 5, has leukemia and will receive treatment at Philadelphia hospital
- Fellow Croats raised more than $800,000 after media appeal from her mother
- Croatia is still reeling from financial decline in 2008
A 5-year-old Croatian girl with leukemia will be receiving treatment in America, thanks to her home country's generosity.
When Nora Situm's mother contacted Croatian media to help raise the $575,000 needed for her daughter's treatment, they made sure that goal was met.
"It was very expensive, but Croatian people have great hearts," said Djurdja Aleksic, a family friend and a member of Hrabro dijete (brave child), an organization that helps sick children.
Nora is known in her home country as brave heart, according to Aleksic. "She is a very sick little girl, but very strong," she said.
Within weeks of her mother's request, people from all over Croatia donated to Nora's cause, according to Aleksic.
Nora was due to arrive late Thursday or early Friday for treatment at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
The effort was impressive, given Croatia's feeble economy. Between 2000 and 2007, the country's economy improved slowly, according to the CIA World Factbook. But Croatia has yet to recover from an abrupt slowdown in 2008, the CIA said.
A flap arose when people heard that an additional $262,000 may be needed for long-term follow-up care for Nora. People took to the hospital's Facebook page, upset about the charge, but a person who identified herself as a part of Nora's family said there was a misunderstanding in correspondence with the hospital and asked people to stop posting negative comments.
Children's Hospital, in a statment sent to CNN Wednesday, said "we try to ensure that all international families understand the difference between the initial costs of treatment charged by CHOP, which does not change, and the potential future costs which will depend on future clinical treatments." The hospital does not charge for follow-up treatment at the time of initial treatment and will not ask for it if the child does not receive further treatment, it said.
Fortunately, according to Aleksic, the public and the Croatian government donated money to cover the additional amount, if it proves necessary.


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[July 09, 2014]
It's no secret that
children love animals. Check out some of our new summer titles featuring our
furry (and feathery, scaly, hairy and slimy) friends. Your kids will love 'em!
Goatilocks and the Three Bears
by Erica S. Perl (illustrated by Arthur Howard), Beach Lane Books, c2014, 40
Kids will go wild for this hysterical twist on the classic Three Bears
story. It all starts when Goatilocks enters her neighbor's house without
their permission. She starts out in the usual way; eating Baby Bear's
porridge. But then she moves on to bigger and better things---like the
spoon and the bowl, a chair, a bed and some pillows. Children's eyes get
bigger and bigger and their giggles get louder and louder as Goatilocks
makes her way through the Bears' house. How will it all end? With a
heart-warming and hilarious twist, of course! This is a wonderful
read-aloud for preschool and school-age children and will give adults a
chuckle, as well.
Following Papa's Song
by Gianna Marino, Viking Juvenile, c2014, 40 pages
sweet tale of Little Blue and his Papa is filled with beauty and discovery.
Join Little Blue as he explores the wonders of the ocean during the whales'
migration. He's full of questions for Papa and his father answers each
question patiently. All is well until Little Blue finds his way into
darkness and can't see his Papa. Will he be able to find Papa by listening
for his song?
Preschoolers and young school-age children will innately respond to the lush
illustrations of this exotic underwater world as well as the tender
relationship between father and child.
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Old Mikamba Had a Farm
by Rachel Isadora, Nancy Paulsen Books, c2013, 40 pages
"Old Mikamba had a farm"…a game park filled with animals both
familiar and new, including an elephant, a rhinoceros, a baboon, a
springbok, a dassie and so many more. Children love to make animal
noises and this book gives them great scope for their imaginations
as they try sounds they've never made before! The bright
collage-art illustrations also contribute to the exotic feel of the
book. This well-known song truly gets a make-over that will appeal
to preschoolers and early school-age children. Expose your kids to
the beauty of Africa with this fun-filled read-aloud!
3-2-1 Circus
by William Wegman (board book), Dial, c2014, 24 pages
Author William Wegman is famous for his photographs of Weimaraner
dogs. Here his photos are paired with colorful drawings to create a
board book that toddlers and preschoolers will adore. Learning is
fun when you have puppies along for the ride. Your little ones can
practice counting while enjoying the antics of puppy acrobats,
clowns and trapeze artists. They'll want to go to the circus with
their new friends again and again!
To check out these books or any of our other new animal-themed
picture books, please come see us at the Lincoln Public Library, 725
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Lime Crime Cancels Pro Discount
Unfortunately Lime Crime has recently cancelled their Pro Discount, much to many peoples dismay and outrage. You can still get a discount through naimies (information under the discounts tab in the same post as the old lime crime discount info.)
I for one have no idea why they would cancel their pro discount, as their products are all ready extremely expensive, and from what I have seen have so many dupes, and competitors that are cheaper and have similar or better results. I know I don't want to pay 17$ for a lipgloss, when I can buy a similar one from revlon for half the price, plus no shipping costs.
I have been reading quite a bit about the drama surrounding the brand, and have really made up my mind after reading about how they responded to and treated temptalia, that I am going to source other options and avoid lime crime all together.
I usually use OCC Liptars for bright colors anyway, as they are pretty much my HG lip product.
But if you are looking for another product similar to lime crime in that they have bright colors in lipstick form, I have heard good things about Ka'Oir, though I haven't tried those lipstick yet.
They can be found at: http://www.kaoir.com/ if you want to take a look


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Next to Shakespeare, the English-language author who is perhaps most famous for his characters' observations about the law is Charles Dickens. This page offers an amusing and interesting assortment of Dickens' characters' law-related ruminations.
May you never be embroiled in a modern-day Jarndyce v. Jarndyce!
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If you spent a lot of time and money listening to and accumulating the year's hottest pop hits, a new video mashup might make you wonder if it was all worth it. Sigh. Oh, sorry. Meant to say PSY.
We're not saying that because the crop of music in 2012 was particularly bad. (Someone is no doubt saying that, probably very loudly, but it's not us). We're just saying that when cobbled together into one 8-minute superhit, the year's music all sounds pretty much the same. You could have waited for this one song.
"Pop Danthology 2012" by Daniel kimaginati0n Kim features more than 50 songs and their accompanying video clips. Adele, Chris Brown, Rihanna, Katy Perry, One Direction, Ke$ha, Flo Rida, Kelly Clarkson, Maroon 5, Pink, Justin Bieber and PSY are some of those who made the cut.
How many times did you hear "Gangnam Style" or "Call Me Maybe" or "Somebody That I Used To Know" this year? Taken on their own, none of those songs really deserves another click. Mashed with the same-sounding hooks and Auto-Tuned vocals of Usher or Christina Aguilera or Jennifer Lopez or whomever, the new song/video becomes oddly entrancing. You might find this treatment helps make a lot of these songs fresh and enjoyable again.
If 8 minutes of dance pop was a walk in the park for your ears, maybe you're game for trying 11 hours worth of music on for size. BuzzFeed mines different genres for its Ultimate 2012 Playlist. "There's enough variety here that pretty much anyone is bound to run into a lot of stuff they either haven't heard, or perhaps had dismissed in some way," the site says. Start listening ...
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HEBEI, CN — With the ever increasing popularity of steel in construction, metal sheets and other related building materials have grown in demand to meet the rapid pace of erecting new structures and developments. To fill up the supply chain, China's Feitian Machinery Co., Ltd. has rolled out its latest workshops for its world-renowned roll forming machines.
Based out Hebei province in northern China, Feitian Machinery is situated right in the heart of the country's industrial zone. The company has invested heavily on the technology that the province is known for, as well as on the expertise and know-how of Feitian technicians.
"In order to meet the increasing market demand for roll forming machines in different shapes of metal sheets, we have made great investment and to improve flawless techniques," Feitian posted on its website. "Our professional technicians and skilled workers ensure high quality products for our customers with perfect quality management and testing systems."
"Success of our company comes from success and development of our customers. We bear this in mind in the whole process from design, product research and development to after-sales service. What we value is reputation and service, what we sell is quality and technology."
With the safety standards and strict regulations imposed on building materials, Feitian takes extra care to make its products pass quality standards. Its selection of automatic cold roll forming machine — such as stone-coated roofing tile line, light keel roll forming machine, shutters and door frame roll forming machine, as well as automatic partial adjustment C-Purlin machine — has passed strict testing systems.
Its workshops embody the same commitment to quality that Feitian Machinery has known for. The company invites its international clients to come visit its factory in China and see firsthand the technology and quality pervading on its workshops. "We warmly welcome old and new clients from all over the world to visit our company and establish business relationships with us. We do believe our mutual cooperation will create a brilliant future.
For more information about the Feitian Machinery, arrange a visit or inquire about its products and services, visit their company profile at http://bit.ly/feitian
ABOUT FEITIAN MACHINERY CO. LTD. — Based out of Botou City in Hebei, China, Feitian Machinery manufactures roll forming machine for different shapes of metal sheets, such as roofing tiles, light keels, as well as shutters and door frames. The company boasts of world-class workshops and professional technicians, delivering high quality products for our customers with perfect quality management and testing systems.


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Pagan Paths
Out of the deeps rises the mysterious lotus. Stop in for refreshment, heka, and reflections from the sacred waters of ancient Egypt.
Afterlife Journey Through the Duat
Here's another section of that paper I wrote for class in April.
Every Egyptian expected to make an arduous journey following physical death. Escorted by Anubis, the soul would enter a complex and frightening place called the Duat. Though neither above nor below this world, the Duat is often referred to as an underworld. Rather, it is an afterlife region of transition from death to transformation and rebirth into a new life as an akh, or transfigured spirit. In the Duat, the soul encounters a series of gates for which s/he must be prepared to give a password, as well as strange creatures, a lake of fire, and other often-fearsome things. Most of this is navigated by boat on a winding waterway beneath which lurks a giant menacing serpent. Upon passing successfully through the Duat, the soul appears before Osiris for the weighing-of-the-heart ceremony.
There are other ancient Egyptian texts which describe pictorially what the soul might expect to encounter, and provide spells for use in achieving the goal of transfiguration and eternal life. They include: the Coffin Texts; the Amduat; the Book of Caverns; the Book of the Earth; the Book of Nut; the Book of the Heavenly Cow; the Book of the Night; the Book of Nut; the Book of Gates; and the Book of the Dead. These texts, or parts of them, are found on innumerable tomb walls, coffins, stelae and papyrus scrolls buried with their owner, although some were reserved for the king, e.g., the Pyramid Texts.
Although the afterlife journey begins in darkness with the setting of the sun, it is a journey which results in emergence, or "Coming Forth By Day" (the actual title of the so-called Book of the Dead). (Naydler, 1996) It was not a place of punishment, for it was not a permanent location for anyone, but rather a sort of proving ground for regeneration. The sun, as embodied by Ra, traveled through the Duat each night. The soul which was successful in making the same journey could anticipate a similar rebirth at dawn.
Several primal deities take part in the cosmic drama of the Duat, and are later shown to unite, their fusion suggesting that each deity is an aspect of the others. In simple terms, Kheper is the sun at dawn (the word kheper is the verb meaning "to become"), Horus is the sun at noon, at the height of its powers and lifespan, and Ra is the elderly, declining sun as it sets in the west. The west is thought of as the place of the dead. Cemeteries were typically situated on the west bank of the Nile, e.g., Giza and Saqqara, and the deceased were said to have journeyed to imentet, the place of the west.
The classical mystery religions have been attributed to Hellenic culture, but may well have originated in Old Kingdom Egypt, as evidenced by the Pyramid Texts. (Assman, 2001) Many scholars assert that the transcendent experiences described in the Pyramid Texts could only take place after death (Piankhof, Morenz, Hornung, Assman, Mercer, others). But this attitude is an artifact of the early days of Egyptology, when practitioners sought to legitimize their profession by distancing themselves from any hint of mysticism.
Others have suggested that the journey through the Duat was not exclusively funerary, but represented a mystical understanding of ancient Egyptian religious thought. (Naydler, 2005) Certainly, this way of thinking would find a new manifestation in the Christian religion, Jesus and Osiris often being compared. Mystery religions are typically concerned with the idea of regeneration and rebirth after physical death as a metaphor for spiritual regeneration. But that a highly religious society would configure itself as postponing all mystical experience until after physical death seems unusual. Naydler theorizes that the Pyramid Texts encapsulate a sort of "shamanic wisdom," making the afterlife journey of the soul a motif for spiritual development during physical life. (Naydler, 2005)
To understand a mystical interpretation of the Pyramid Texts as applicable to a living person, one must look at the ritual tradition of ancient Egypt. Daily temple rituals were marked by assiduous repetition of words, gestures and actions, such as opening the naos, sweeping the floor, washing the god statue, etc. (Reidy, 2010) Seasonal rituals were marked by public festivals, with limited outside participation by the temple priests. The re-enactment of ritual was a constant throughout ancient Egypt's history, from the 4th millennium B.C.E. to the 4th century C.E.
[more on ritual in subsequent posts]
Assman, Jan, The Mind of Egypt: History and Meaning in the Time of the Pharaohs, Henry Holt and Company: New York, 1996.
Assman, Jan, trans. By David Lorton, The Search For God in Ancient Egypt, Cornell University Press: Ithaca, NY, 2001.
Naydler, Jeremy, Temple of the Cosmos, Inner Traditions: Rochester, Vermont, 1996.
Naydler, Jeremy, Shamanic Wisdom in the Pyramid Texts, Inner Traditions: Rochester, Vermont, 2005.
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MMA is full of great athletes with amazing stories to tell. The UFC is providing them a platform like no one ever has. It is not what you do on that platform, it is what you do with that overall opportunity that matters. How much of the interest generated will you retain?
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The effort to connect former Sparrows Point workers with training for new careers gained more urgency last week as the final hopes of the steel mill reopening were dashed — and as the deadline to apply for the help or forever lose it fast approaches for hundreds.
More than 1,600 of the people laid off from the Baltimore County plant are eligible for federal "trade adjustment" benefits, which cover retraining costs and come with a stipend equal to unemployment benefits once those run out. Only half have enrolled.
State officials figure that some haven't applied because they've retired, but fear many of the rest either are unaware of the help — despite outreach efforts — or have been holding off in the hope that the mill would be restarted.
Now state workers are calling everyone who hasn't already missed their chance to urge them to act fast. The deadline is 26 weeks after the date of layoff, and some 100 or so residents only have until this week. Others will pass the cutoff date soon after.
"Understand, the clock is definitely ticking here," said Leonard J. Howie III, Maryland's labor secretary.
The 125-year-old Sparrows Point plant, which supplied steel for the Golden Gate Bridge, Maryland's Bay Bridge and hundreds of World War II ships, was closed this summer after owner RG Steel went bankrupt. A liquidation company and a redevelopment firm bought the property at auction, but both companies vowed then to look for an operator to restart some or all of the plant.
A second auction was set for January, with a Dec. 21 deadline for bids. It never got to that point.
Hilco Trading, the liquidator, sold the plant's newest and most valuable asset to North Carolina-based steelmaker Nucor, which told a trade publication that it would use the Sparrows Point cold mill for spare parts in its own mills. Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz said Thursday that Sparrows Point's owners intend to raze the plant.
Joe Rosel, president of United Steelworkers Local 9477 in Sparrows Point, couldn't believe the steel mill's long history would end this way. He said the union was working with companies interested in operating the plant.
Hilco's chief marketing officer said Thursday that the company tried to sell Sparrows Point to someone who wanted to run it.
Maryland officials also attempted to find an operator and reached out to likely prospects, said Dominick E. Murray, deputy secretary of the state Department of Business and Economic Development. The head of the agency called Jindal Steel in India. Gov. Martin O'Malley called Brazilian steelmaker CSN — long thought to be interested in the plant — to make a personal appeal, Murray said.
No luck. Of CSN, Murray said: "They were not expressive."
No steelmakers showed up to bid on Sparrows Point at the August bankruptcy auction. At the time, workers and some steel analysts attributed it to the tight timeline — RG Steel had just filed for bankruptcy in late May. But to others, the absence suggested that only liquidators and redevelopers saw value in the more than 3,000-acre property that had produced so much steel and employed so many.
At its height, tens of thousands of people labored on the Point. At the end, the plant was down to about 2,000 workers. But even then, the plant was the economic engine of southeastern Baltimore County.
Officials with the state Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation said they want to ensure that all those eligible for training funds from the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program get them. Workers who already have enrolled are taking or soon will take classes to bridge the way to other types of manufacturing, as well as bigger career shifts such as to health care, state officials said.
The big unknown is whether retraining will help workers land jobs with pay and benefits comparable to Sparrows Point. Generations of employees there could afford to buy a home, raise a family and send the kids to college — assuming the kids didn't intend to go straight from high school to the Point themselves. (Many did.)
But the more immediate challenge is getting workers approved for the training funds.
Rosel, the local union leader, says he's heard "a lot of complaints" from members about long wait times and conflicting information.
"I don't want to say that people aren't trying," he said of state workers responsible for processing the applications and education plans, "but … I think they're overwhelmed."
Dundalk resident Troy W. Pritt, who worked at Sparrows Point for 15 years before losing his job in June, said he had prepared for what seemed an inevitable closure but still doesn't have the training funds to show for it.
Pritt, who is pursuing a bachelor's degree in business, said he was told he couldn't get help for the fall semester because he already had signed up for classes. So he dug into his savings for what wasn't covered by the last of RG Steel's education fund, and he set his eyes on the spring. But recently, he said, the state warned him that he wouldn't hear whether the funds would be approved until shortly before — or just as — the semester begins in late January.
What he finds particularly distressing is that the funds run out 156 weeks after a recipient's layoff. Delays are costly.
"As they're getting their act together, we're losing time," said Pritt, 42. "It's just been a slow, arduous process."
State officials say the federal benefits program is highly complex and not one-size-fits-all, which adds to the time involved. But Howie said the experience hasn't been what his team hoped for, and they're taking workers' frustrations seriously.
His agency recently added six workers to the Sparrows Point efforts and is hiring six more. He realizes the sale of the cold mill paired with his department's appeals to apply "could create a mad rush" of even more applicants, but he said they're prepared for it.
Only state workers can process paperwork associated with the federal benefits, but other institutions have been taking steps to ease bottlenecks. The Community College of Baltimore County put two academic advisers in the state's Eastpoint one-stop career center — where many of the laid-off workers go for assistance — to offer help navigating the college's options.
Baltimore County, meanwhile, sent two temporary workers to the career center to handle the "overwhelming" number of calls, said Edward Fangman, the county's chief of workforce development. The county also is in the midst of building an outpost within that center for classes and other aid aimed at the laid-off workers from Sparrows Point.
Gary Kleiner, who's managing that center-within-a-center, worked in human resources for 32 years at Sparrows Point before losing his job when longtime owner Bethlehem Steel went under. The company filed for bankruptcy in 2001 and its assets were purchased in 2003, the first of five Sparrows Point sales in less than a decade — an uncertain and stressful stretch for the workers.
Kleiner sees his staff's role as part job counselor, part grief counselor.
"We're trying to get these people to realize there's life after the steel plant," he said.
Mike Wight, 65, sat down at a computer in the Eastpoint center Friday to sign up for the trade benefits — his last chance to do it. He was laid off 26 weeks ago as of Saturday.
It took him a while to get the ball rolling, in part because of all the paperwork associated with replacing his health care benefits. But he didn't intend to let his chance slip by.
"I want to look into all my options," said Wight, who lives in Dundalk.
Helena Rich, a Woodlawn resident who worked four year at Sparrows Point, started her training program this month — and so did her husband, who worked at the plant for nearly 18 years.
Like Pritt, Rich was frustrated by delays. Her trade school starts courses every month, but she said September went by, then October, then November, and she was in danger of missing December until another state employee intervened in her case manager's absence.
Rich declared it "frustrating, but it was worth it." She was glad to hear the Eastpoint center is getting more staff.
"I would really rather be working than going to school, but it's affording me the opportunity to do something," said Rich, who is training to be a pharmacy technician. "The work is not there, so why not train?"
Howie, the state labor secretary, said he hopes to get more of Rich's former co-workers similarly connected. It's a huge need — the state has had nothing on the scale of the Sparrows Point closure in recent memory, he said.
"This isn't just a company that closed its doors," he added. "This was an institution."
For the workers, it went beyond that. Sparrows Point was a family. What makes the closure so devastating, Pritt said, is the loss not just of pay but also of that Point identity.
"You got 2,000 people that can't go home now," Pritt said. "This is where their grandparents worked, this is where their fathers worked, their aunts, their uncles, and now they can't go home anymore."
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The deadline to sign up for federal training benefits — or else lose out — is near for many Sparrows Point workers. It's 26 weeks after layoff, which started en masse at the steel mill in June.
Before enrolling, workers must have already applied for unemployment insurance and registered with the state's Maryland Workforce Exchange job site, http://www.mwejobs.com. State officials suggest calling their Sparrows Point hot line starting Monday at 410-288-9050, ext. 408, or visiting a one-stop career center, which can be located at http://www.dllr.state.md.us.
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ORANGE PARK, Fla. – The Clay County Sheriff's Office, the Orange Park Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration were involved in an investigation at the Chevron Gas Station on Park Avenue in Orange Park.
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