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Alas, I need your help. Here's my query: When you are feeling temporarily overwhelmed and stressed out, what do you do to de-stress?
I think I just might just curl up
The most theraputic for me is running to some really great music. something that fits whatever mood I'm in.
Doing something that is just my thing( a hobby for example) will sometimes work also.
Service to others can help but is hard to start initially if really stressed out.
Good luck, hope you are de-stressed soon.
If the good book is a Vampire story starring Edward and Bella then I'd highly recommend that...
I tend not to stress... I'm painfully mellow...but when I do feel some creeping up, hiding out from my family (sorry guys) with some wine and blogs usually does the trick.
Depends on the source of the stress. I read when I'm overwhelmed or worried or frustrated, but somewhere in the back of my mind I am processing and usually come up with a plan of action.
So if curling up with a book is what you need, take care of yourself for a while in that way.
Let's see - I cry, I sleep, I exercise (away from the kids), or if the stress is just too much stuff to do - I just dig into it and get it done.....yeah that is about it.
Good luck! I hate being stressed but it seems like I am pretty frequently :(
I've had plenty of experience with being overwhelmed these last 2 yrs!
It all depends on the situation. First, I try to prevent it. I HAVE to have one night a week without any children or people talking to me. I am unindated with conversation all.the.time. So I need this for my sanity to regroup so to speak. Thursday, I realized I had not had alone time in over 8 days, and realized that was why I was overwhelmed.
If it is during the day and I have the kids, I will take some time during nap/quiet time to just relax and not spend it cleaning.
Also exercising at the YMCA has helped A LOT. It gets me out of the house, the kids have fun at Child Watch, and I get to listen to my music or watch the tv that is on there.
What's got you stressed?
I've had plenty of experience with being overwhelmed these last 2 yrs!
It all depends on the situation. First, I try to prevent it. I HAVE to have one night a week without any children or people talking to me. I am unindated with conversation all.the.time. So I need this for my sanity to regroup so to speak. Thursday, I realized I had not had alone time in over 8 days, and realized that was why I was overwhelmed.
If it is during the day and I have the kids, I will take some time during nap/quiet time to just relax and not spend it cleaning.
Also exercising at the YMCA has helped A LOT. It gets me out of the house, the kids have fun at Child Watch, and I get to listen to my music or watch the tv that is on there.
What's got you stressed?
As long as there is light at the end of the tunnel, look towards that.
Surely there is a light?
In the meanwhile, my de-stresser involves magazines, pink cupcakes and bubble baths. Oh. And shop. Shop.
ok so this might be a little cliche but what I do depends on the level of stress. I really try not to get to stressed out about things. Having kids, especially triplets, has really mellowed me out.
Here is what I do, write either blog or journal, have a glass or 2 of wine and/or go out either by myself or with a good friend. It seems to help every time. I don't do all 3 but can if the stress is high enough.
I definitely cry first and then I try to pinpoint what is making me so overwhelmed and do what I can to aleviate it. Sometimes just being able to express what it is that is bothering me helps hugely. A little personal time never hurts either, whether its shopping, reading, sleeping...whatever makes you happy.
I get all the boys who are here, and go on a LONG Gator ride. We even stop by the store down the road and get a canned drink out of the machine along the way. Coke fixes everything... right? Just being in the pasture relaxes me. Cows are such calm animals... most of the time, lol. If we can't do that, we head out of the house for some Chinese rice at the mall. Certainly don't want to cook for everyone when I am stressed out!
Oh about a massage at a spa - with a jacuzzi for relaxing prior to the massage. And then a good book.
I sweat it out and run. Or drink.
Dance, exercise, have a good cry, vent, pray,
medication-just kidding!
Happy Reading!
I go for as long a walk as possible. And I power walk the whole way. There's nothing like physical exertion to take stress away. Am I a nut, or what?
Run around like a chicken with my head cut off? Oh, you want something to help you? ;)
I read, it's my only escape, sometimes I drive, but that depends on my state of mind and the price of gas ;)
I hope things settle down soon. Being overwhelmed is NO FUN!
A good book is a good idea. I also enjoy a long bath, walk around the neighborhood, or cooking a big meal for the family.
Hope you are able to find something to work for you.
I find my favorite pair of running shoes and pound the pavement. IT is better than pounding the walls. Of course, I have done that too, but it creates more work when you have to repair them.
Sitting in the jacuzzi tub with a good book helps too.....or I just shut off completely and go to bed.
Sorry you are feeling stressed Angie! Wish I could help!
for example my husband hates it when my parents come to visit because I just lose focus and shut down. And even after they were gone this week I just went into hibernate mode...i read stupid stuff like Nancy Drew mysteries or I curl up and avoid. These are not productive methods of handling stress, but its what i do. Also I take a hot bath and I always feel better or I take a walk to clear my head. Good Luck!!!
Slurpees and chocolate.
If that doesn't work, then go back for more.
Then I gain weight and get upset.
Then I go get slurpees and chocolate.
And if that doesn't work, see above.
Oh, wait. I'm not helping you, am I?
I hope everything is okay. I like the suggestions above. But I like the fetal position with a book the best. In front of the fireplace in the living room (preferrably with a raging fire - not in the livingroom, but in the fireplace). With slurpees and chocolate.
Oh crap. I'm doing it again, aren't I?
Books are my refuge too. Especially when I can't sleep in the middle of the night. However, I also keep a whole shelf full of chick flicks. Then whenever I'm down, I watch them one after another. Movies like Chocoat, Shakespeare in Love, While You Were Sleeping, Sleepless in Seattle, French Kiss.....
My new favorite is Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day. Should be coming out on video soon. It's darling!
I really like to go to a Yoga class. It helps me relax and focus myself.
I also like to go for a walk (when it is cool enough).
I am totally with you though....I have been feeling kinda down in the dumps lately. :(
In my former life (before this husband and my kids) I used to run. I loved it. I ran every day and was in 5K's and 10K's almost every weekend.
Lately I have been getting overwhelmed. I tld my hubby I need a cheap way to destress and I started long walks alone. Walking makes me jog and joging makes me wasnt to run. I am starting to un again and it feels so good.
I highly recommend taking a walk by yourself and maybe it will lead to jogging or running.
Oh..I am queen of feeling overwhelmed and stressed....running works for me..so does a hot bath and a glass of wine...or deep breathing, while sitting on my back porch with a good book. Throw a glass of wine in with that good book you have and I bet you are feeling better in no time! Good luck!
♥ Reading and being away from kids helps me! :)
be still...
then, once i get that...i remember matthew 6 and the birds and the flowers. sounds "churchy", i know. but it's like the only thing that works for me.
um, I think we all know what I resort to. More pills. Don't recommend that for you though. How about you just stop with projects for a while? Impossible? Well, there's always that glass of wine suggestion...hehehe...
I think your plan sounds like a good one.....I love to read. I hope whatever you are going through passes quickly! Hugs to you! Jen
When I'm totally stressed I blast music... and if the kids aren't around, I veg out to a few movies... When Harry Met Sally or Steel Magnolias.
Oh yes - and heavy on the wine.
Clean the kitchen. Having one room clean seems to calm me down. Or, I go wander around a store and have time to myself (I leave my $$$ at home however.)
Clean the kitchen. Having one room clean seems to calm me down. Or, I go wander around a store and have time to myself (I leave my $$$ at home however.)
Depends on where I am... Things that calm me down include reading a good book (as long as I can focus... if the stress is too severe, this proves a little difficult), blogging, chopping vegetables (weird, I know), getting up on the treadmill (this is when it is really bad, because exercise and I aren't the best of friends, sad to say), writing in my journal, talking to my bestest friends, etc.
What do I do? You mean when I'm done stress eating and then berating myself for it? I either blog, or read, or watch mindless television. Anything that lets my brain disconnect from my present reality for a bit and doesn't make me have to talk with anyone.
I hope you've found something that works for you by now ((hug)).
I run. Since I became a runner my stress levels have really dropped. I just handle it better.
If I can't get out and do that I will have a smidge or wine.
Or a hot bath.
Take care....
I list, list, list! Breaking things down into tasks helps me. I'm also keen on medicating myself with alcohol.
I don't feel like I ever have time to de-stress. If I did, though, I would find a cozy coffee shop with live music and bring my laptop. Heaven.
I work out.
Bake something sweet and then consume mass quantities of it...maybe some chocolate chip cookies with an ice cold glass of milk!
Watch a funny movie...find something to make you laugh and take your mind off the stress for a little while.
And when all else fails...Sleep (not so easy when you have 5 kids at home though)!
thanks for coming back! i am always here but sometimes my days (months) get away from me....but the way I unwind is either:
1. Blog and all that includes
2. Sleep and all the missed blogging that includes
Lately it seems the sleeping has been winning out--our twins are starting the night terror phase-our daughter ALWAYS wakes up at 5AM and Kincaid is right behind her waking me up to tell me he needs to go to school.
oh well...such is life with kids...thank god for blogging and blogging buddies!!!
I take a mommy break and usually go get a massage at Burke Williams Spa. Stay there all day and relax and read a book and just chill for some Mommy Time.
I clean out something-yes I am totally serious when I am VERY stressed! As for any other time, looking at blogs seems to help too:)
Reading a great book is also a plus!
I usually try to get a nap in. Then I'm good.
Oh, I'm sorry you're feelinhg stress.
When I get really stressed do one of two things. The first I've done forever: I go second hand book shopping. I know that's weird, but I like it. The second is new: I edit photographes. There is something very therapeutic in that for me. I don't know why.
I hope you find something that works for you. And if meeting me for breakfast or whatever when you're here adds to your stress, don't sweat it. I know things are super busy for you those three days.
My favorite things to do is get a massage but I can't afford that too often. I also like to exercise when I am stressed. Herbal tea, a good book, and a foot soak is another ritual that helps! :) Sorry you are stressed!
I grab my i pod and go for a walk/run, or take a bubble bath!
Hope you find a stress reliever soooon!!
I take a long walk, crank up the music, grab a kid, and dance around the house, read a couple of great blogs (like yours!), and maybe eat ice cream :). But the fetal position is good too! Hope your stress lets up!
And thank you so very, very much for your sweet comment today. I appreciated it more than I can say.
I have several different methods of coping. I eat junk food. I make a list of things that need to be done and try to start ticking those off. I go to a book store and tea and drink chai. I pray for wisdom and answers. Fortunately my husband can sense when I'm overwhelmed and does what he can to help out. Hopefully you'll get through this soon!
it really depends...sometimes i read a book, sometimes i get out of the house and do something for myself (mani/pedi, shopping, lunch with a friend, etc...) & sometimes i take a nap. but the common theme on what works is to usually busy myself doing something for me...that way it gets my mind off of whatever is bugging me and i do something much needed for myself!
For me, it depends on the level of stress. If I'm really overwhelmed to the point where I feel I could break in half, I let my husband know that I need some space, some time alone and he's pretty good about watching the kids so I can take off for a little while. I usually spend the time at Borders reading a book, just something to get my mind off the stress and clear my head.
Also, watching a funny movie really helps!! Last time I felt stressed out, I watched Caddyshack (hilarious movie!!) and I felt so much better afterwards!
Hope you're feeling better soon!
two words: hot bath!
I've been to stress-land many times.
I make lists.
I do something creative, that will stay finished.
I write in my journal (pen and paper - remember those? LOL)
I sleep on it. Amazing how sometimes I go to sleep with issues and have real solutions on my mind in the morning. Good luck!
It depends on what it is. It can take a lot to stress me out too but when it happens I do this: I go out by myself 1st to a store that I can just meandor around, then I go to Barnes & Noble grab coffee or tea and find a comfy spot to just chill out and people watch. I also grab a few magazines (yes I know its not a library but what are they going to do arrest me?) and read. I also make a list of all of the things I am grateful for - I know a little corny but it really helps me pu tthings in perspective. Having time by yourself will really refresh you no matter what. Hope you get to de-stress my dear!
Sounds like you need a vacation! Or an overnighter, and I mean away from the kids! :) Just you and hubby. That's the best way I refresh. We try to do that at least once a year.
I also exercise, but it doesn't work as well for me as getting an overnight break. :) Hope you feel better!!
Talk it out, sweat it out or drink. But you don't drink so one of the first two then! Hope you destress. And I cannot believe you rarely stress with a 7 clown circus. You're my hero!!!!!!!
ATIVAN!! lol I got very sick a year ago when we had a group come into our work place and evaluate it. I could hardly walk and breath. My blood pressure went way up and later I found out it was a panic attack. Since then, I keep Ativan on me and I don't use it much but every once in a while. Because if I get too upset, I will curl up in the fetal position and it helps me out of it.
hugs and prayers that things get better.
Read, Run, and Laugh even if it means laughing at myself.
Find one of your favorite reads something you are familiar with that you know will make you feel good.
Run or walk on a treadmill or outside. Download Manic Mommies podcaston your ipod -free through itunes. (If you haven't listened to these funny ladies....you must. Some of their home-real life humor really makes me thankful for the insanity I deal with at home. start as early as you can in the cast -when I started listening one could start at episode 10.)
Laugh. Find a quiet place even if it means the closet and think of something funny that has happened in the past and begin laughing. When the family finds you laughing in the closet they might be ready to take you to the boobie hatch but the looks on their faces make the whole situation even funnier.
Escape. Get away and get a facial. Very therapeutic and a fun way to destress.
I hope you can get to a more peaceful place soon!
For me it's definately a bubble bath with a good book. Sorry you're stressed out. I hope that it passes soon.
I cry. And then I shop.
There's the honest-to-God truth for ya!
A hot bubble bath and a good book. Then I make a list and organize it all. Most of all, I hold my daughter close and snuggle.
Oh, and don't forget to blog. It's great therapy!!
a good book. exercise. browsing by myself in a bookstore or antique store (the ambiance just soothes me).
A hot shower or bath. A nap.
the running thing, the reading thing,the bath thing, check, check, check....and the most reviving?
Getting alone, getting quiet. Maybe browsing a bookstore, maybe a quiet coffee shop, maybe a solitary walk...Not easy in a stressful time--but all the auditory/visual overstimulation of our home life can be a little much to take during a time of stress.
And then if I can find a couple of bible verses, a couple of little nuggets that can re-center my heart--well, all the better.
Hang in there, girl. Breath in, breath out.....
A book and some food (if I'm really down and out)
Mindless computer games (if I'm counting calories and need to distract my hands that way)
A walk (if I'm not so down and out yet)
I work out usually to get rid of my stress followed by a handful or two of chocolate. I don't deal well with stress which is why I eat and exercise a ton. I can't imagine you are stressed out, it is not like you have five kids or anything. :) I hope you get to feeling better soon. Love you Angie.
I have a little cup of comfort: Starbucks! Seriously, when I am feeling like I am going to collapse and sink into myself, a nice white mocha picks me up. Okay, it doesn't make everything better but it helps. I do take anti depressants though and need them, I am a better person when I take them and don't feel guilty about it, because I would feel very guilty if I was not taking them! If it is just temporary feelings, you need to find your own little comfort, something that will help you chill out and breathe.
I go for a walk, that usually clears my head and can get back to what needs to be done, hopefully a little less stressed!
I have to get away from whatever is stressing me out. Usually for me that means leaving the house alone & doing well what ever I want. I'm always a little better when I get back. But removing myself from the situation does it for me.
It takes a lot to get me stressed out too. I try to remind myself that regardless of what is going on I have a rock of a family that loves me and will always stick together.
I also remind myself that whatever is bothering me will fade given enough time. With that I take a deep breath and just live through it...keep on keepin' on.
Now spill it...what's going on!?!
I usually nap a lot when I'm stressed out. I don't know why but it makes me tired.
I think music. Find some good relaxing music. Eat your favorite treat. I sometimes call a friend and have her pray with me. I also read my Bible. A walk or a bike ride is good too. Hope this helps. Kathi
I wish I could say running or yoga - but . . .
probably a good - no make that a GREAT laugh with my husband or another good girlfriend who I can tell it like it is w/NO judgement, putting things into perspective, and of course something yummy to eat or drink never hurts!
I clean my house or go for a run. I love to curl up with books, but then I feel stressed that I didn'y accoplish anything. I need to talk to Kristen about pills!
I might just do as you do. or I'd play my piano again and again until my fingers are stiff, or I would read my qur'an.
or may be just go sleeping..
I hope you are alrite
Junk food, music, a good book, tears...
Good OLD music. Etta James etc. Also I go and get a glass of water...sounds funny but it grounds you in the moment. A simple task. HOpe you feel better soon...everyone has been there! cherry
I sing frair a jocka I know that is a horrible spelling but I seriously do. Nervous habit. Then I go to Yoga class. I so heart Yoga!
I am going to 'borrow' your idea of putting the giveaway at the top of your blog until its over. Thanks for the idea!
Angie can you email me to tell me how you do that? (keep one at the top of your blog?)
Mmmm, normally I say a few obscenties and possibly throw a few things (including a temper tantrum) and then I very logically sit down and right lists and get my head around everything that way.
I usually start cleaning. I seem to get a lot done when I'm stressed out. Or I'll go for a drive if I can truly leave my house, crank up the radio and just think about nothing! Now that I have my mp3 player that's a great escape too!
Wow...I hope all these women gave you the boost you needed cause it sure did me!!!
If I am stressed mentally I talk to my girlfriends (just like you did here)..work on projects around the house, listen to music really LOUD, and one of my favorites...get down and play hard with the kids...when they start a-gigglin I can't help but follow. My kids are so good to see when I am down to grab me and bowl me over with hugs and loves until I surrender!!
Hope your day went better.
I hope you don't mind, I printed this post I am always stressed and need the extra help! I wish I was more like you.
Being outside does it for me. I love a good long walk and the sound of water. Uplifting music, journaling and chocolate are mood lifters too. Some quiet time to uncover the source of the emotions and overwhelm follow the above - then a plan to tackle it or eliminate it. I see my shannon started with a good cry - boy oh boy, she is her mother's daughter!
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Real Politics: Why Suharto Is In and Castro Is Out
By DAVID E. SANGER
Published: October 31, 1995
Fidel Castro never got so much as a smile or a handshake when he stepped into the same reception with President Clinton last week; the Secret Service deftly kept them from coming face to face.
President Jiang Zemin of China did a bit better. The Administration quashed his hopes for a state visit, but insisted that a largely empty two-hour meeting in New York had advanced the cause of "comprehensive engagement" with the Chinese, the kind of engagement Mr. Castro is desperate to win.
And then came Suharto, the aging, military-backed leader of Indonesia, and a man who also knows a good deal about how to keep dissenters under control. When he arrived at the White House on Friday for a "private" visit with the President, the Cabinet room was jammed with top officials ready to welcome him. Vice President Gore was there, along with Secretary of State Warren Christopher; the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. John Shalikashvili; Commerce Secretary Ronald H. Brown; the United States trade representative, Mickey Kantor; the national security adviser, Anthony Lake, and many others.
"There wasn't an empty chair in the room," one participant said. "No one used to treat the Indonesians like this, and it said a lot about how our priorities in the world have changed."
For a quick understanding of how the Clinton Administration balances American economic interests abroad, Presidential election politics at home and human rights concerns around the world these days, simply look at how President Clinton dealt with three very different, very authoritarian foreign visitors.
For years Washington has embraced dictatorial leaders, particularly anti-Communist ones, when it served the national interest. But in interviews in recent days, Administration officials said the treatment of Mr. Castro, Mr. Jiang and Mr. Suharto was driven by very different litmus tests, a potent mix of power politics and emerging markets.
Of all the three leaders, Mr. Castro probably evokes the strongest emotional response, especially in the Cuban community in Florida, where anti-Castro sentiment remains at a fever pitch and a crucial state in the coming election. "There are no votes riding on how we deal with Indonesia, and not many on how we deal with China," one of Mr. Clinton's foreign policy advisers said the other day. "Castro is still political dynamite."
And of the three, he has the fewest strategic and economic cards to play. Russia no longer cares about Mr. Castro's fate. And he has few other sources of capital to reach for. The Europeans, the Japanese and the overseas Chinese, who are vying for manufacturing footholds in Indonesia and China, could care less about his little island.
That allows the United States the luxury of continuing a policy of isolating Cuba while proclaiming that "engaging" other hard-line Communist countries, including China, Vietnam and North Korea, is the best way to bring about change in their Governments.
"You use your leverage where you can find it, and we are in a unique position to isolate Castro," a senior Administration official said on Friday when asked what it would have cost Mr. Clinton to shake Mr. Castro's hand. "It is a real power politics approach, but why would we want to give him the status and respectability that would come from a meeting with the President until he has given way? And if he doesn't deal with us, who else can he turn to?"
Fred Bergsten, who heads the Institute for International Economics in Washington, noted recently: "Cuba is the anomaly. Not only are its relations with the U.S. driven by domestic politics here, it has nothing to offer. Vietnam at least has 90 million people in a terrific neighborhood, a place where everyone wants a plant." And those who want to deal with Mr. Castro -- including most of the nations in Latin America -- do not have the billions of dollars in capital available to build highways, plants and factories there, even if they were willing to take the political risk.
Mr. Jiang presented a far more complex case for the White House. Since the beginning of the summer, when China was outraged by the Clinton Administration's decision to allow Taiwan's President, Lee Teng-hui, to make a so-called private visit to Cornell University, the State Department has been consumed with getting back on speaking terms with Beijing. The rebuilding process began with Mr. Christopher, who met his Chinese counterpart in Brunei, and then New York. The Chinese responded by releasing Harry Wu, an American who had been seized and charged with espionage during one of his human rights investigations in China.
But Mr. Clinton is having a harder and harder time making the case that his decision two years ago to "delink" the issue of human rights from the annual extension of preferential trade treatment is paying off. Nor is there much evidence that "commercial engagement," a phrase coined by Mr. Brown, has resulted in significantly better treatment for dissidents.
Moreover, he can hardly boast too loudly about the economic benefits reaped by his new approach. American exports to China have risen slowly -- they now stand at about $9 billion -- but the trade deficit has exploded to Japan-like levels.
Certainly there is huge pressure from American businesses to keep all channels to the Government open, but privately American business executives tell tale after tale of frustration. Of the $6 billion in deals signed with great fanfare by Mr. Brown in Beijing last year, two-thirds have barely made progress.
But unlike Cuba, China is all about huge potential, upside and downside. Failure to get into the market is seen as tantamount to surrender to Japanese, Taiwanese and European business interests. And everyone in Asia expects the United States to continue acting as the counterweight to Chinese military power -- without, of course, feeding China's fear that a containment policy is under way.
"This is a case where you are dealing with a great power, and you have no choice but to make sure that your contacts stay open," one of Mr. Clinton's top foreign policy advisers said last week. "But bring Jiang to a state dinner, with trumpets and everything? That would be a bit much for everyone to take."
That leaves Mr. Suharto, who is sitting on the ultimate emerging market: some 13,000 islands, a population of 193 million and an economy growing at more than 7 percent a year. The country remains wildly corrupt and Mr. Suharto's family controls leading businesses that competitors in Jakarta would be unwise to challenge. But Mr. Suharto, unlike the Chinese, has been savvy in keeping Washington happy. He has deregulated the economy, opened Indonesia to foreign investors and kept the Japanese, Indonesia's largest supplier of foreign aid, from grabbing more than a quarter of the market for goods imported into the country.
So Mr. Clinton made the requisite complaints about Indonesia's repressive tactics in East Timor, where anti-Government protests continue, and moved right on to business, getting Mr. Suharto's support for market-opening progress during the annual Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Osaka in mid-November.
"He's our kind of guy," a senior Administration official who deals often on Asian policy, said the other day. "The message of his visit was clear: this is the kind of relationship we want to have with China."
Photo: Fidel Castro was seated as President Clinton entered the luncheon room for heads of state at the United Nations last Monday. The Secret Service managed to keep the two leaders from meeting face to face. (Monica Almeida/The New York Times)

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Christopher Meloni is sticking with "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," executive producer Neal Baer Tweeted on Friday, despite a story in Australia's Courier-Mail to the contrary.
Asked by a fan if the star would be leaving his role as Detective Eliot Stabler after the show's twelfth season, Baer Tweeted simply, "No."
The Courier-Mail story, which quoted the star as saying "12 years is enough," was no longer online as of Saturday.
In other "SVU" news, however, the producer did dish on casting scoops for the show, Tweeting that Jeri Ryan, Teddy Sears ("A Single Man"), Quinton Aaron ("The Blind Side"), a "star of Tyler Perry's movies" and the "star of an HBO series" would all appearing on one upcoming episode of the procedural drama.
"And who said that Jeri Ryan was gonna be in that episode [too] and knock heads with Ice-T? Oh, I just did," he Tweeted.
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These are hard times for high-end resorts, thanks in part to the
As public relations disasters go,
Amid the torrent of bad press, AIG canceled a similar meeting scheduled for another California resort, the Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay. Thus was born the "AIG effect," as skittish event planners stampeded out of any venue that smacked of luxury.
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"There were companies that paid huge cancellation penalties just to save face with the public," says Kenan Simmons, vice president for sales for the Americas at Leading Hotels of the World, an international network of luxury hotels. "They didn't want to deal with the backlash," Simmons says.
Firms that accepted taxpayer bailouts were subject to especially intense scrutiny. General Motors caught flak for holding a sales meeting at the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort near Phoenix, even though one of the participants told reporters the company had eliminated many of the usual frills and perks. The critics seemed incensed by the very idea of a business meeting held in a resort setting, as if luxury itself were a scandalous concept.
The travel industry fought back with an aggressive public relations campaign. The U.S. Travel Association supplied the key talking point: Business meetings and events account for 15% of domestic travel and provide jobs for 1 million people. But the cancellations continued. "Once that juggernaut got started, it was very hard to turn," says Bruce MacMillan, chief executive of the Dallas-based trade association Meeting Professionals International.
The AIG effect probably crested in July 2009, when the St. Regis Monarch Beach went into foreclosure and was seized by
In October, critics pounced again when AIG hosted 200 investment advisers for a well-appointed weekend at the Ojai Valley Inn and Spa, a tony resort northwest of Los Angeles. But this time, AIG had a ready response. It had offloaded most of the cost to other sponsors, and was spending only $30,000 of its own money on the event. More to the point, AIG was trying to generate business from the attendees. It couldn't just stash them in a Motel 6 and send out for pizza.
"These are 200 of the highest-producing, highest-achieving advisers," AIG spokesman Mark Herr told the Associated Press at the time. "If you are going to recognize them, honor them, woo them, you are going to do it in a nice place."
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It must be noted that the AIG effect did not induce the Federal Reserve to abandon its annual Jackson Hole symposium, sponsored by the Fed's Kansas City branch. When movers and shakers convene, they like to do so in pleasant surroundings. "You can't get that in a windowless meeting room in the basement of a Washington, D.C., office building," MacMillan notes.
Many corporate retreats at high-end resorts fall into the "incentive" category: events designed to recognize salespeople who make their numbers. "These people have performed at a very high level, and they're getting rewarded for it," MacMillan says.
Of course they could simply be rewarded with cash. But employers find that they get more bang for the buck by flying their high-performers to a destination resort and pampering them with perks. "You want to give them something they're not going to get on their own," Simmons says.
Incentive travel aside, there is a significant corporate market for the five-star experience. "If you're looking at a group of investment bankers, they're used to being treated with a certain style," Simmons says. Well-appointed resorts "are going to provide a more conducive atmosphere to do business."
The benefits are not limited to investment banks. MacMillan points to his own group, Meetings Planners International, as an example: "In 2008 we did our annual convention in Las Vegas and we had the highest ROI, the biggest trade show we've ever had."
The AIG effect appears to be on the wane, along with the recession. But resorts are still suffering, despite having lowered their prices. "I think we won't see it come back to the peak levels until 2011," Simmons says.
But after the economy returns to growth mode and the AIG effect fades away, the St. Regis Monarch Beach and similar hotels will once again attract throngs of junketing sales reps and other business travelers. Luxury will make a comeback, and for the obvious reason: Resort retreats are well worth the money to firms that can afford them.


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(CNN) -- It's not been an excellent year on television for LGBT characters.
On Friday GLAAD released two of its reports, the seventh annual Network Responsibility Index and the 18th annual Where We Are on TV report, and none of the networks received an excellent rating for having diverse LGBT characters and stories.
ABC, ABC Family, CW, FOX, MTV, NBC and Showtime were rated as "good"; CBS, FX, HBO, TLC, TNT and USA were "adequate"; and History and TBS received "failing" marks.
The ratings in the index were based on LGBT-inclusive content between June 2012 and May 2013, while Where We Are on TV relied on a character count and analysis of scripted characters in the upcoming 2013-2014 season. According to the data, the percentage of primetime broadcast scripted LGBT series regulars dropped to 3.3% from a record high of 4.4% last season. There was diversity, however. The report showed that there will be an equal number of women and men among LGBT characters during the 2013-2014 broadcast season, which means the storylines are moving beyond just featuring white gay males.
"Last season was a stellar one when it comes to the sheer number of gay, lesbian and bisexual representations on television, though diversity within those storylines showed room for improvement," said a statement from GLAAD's Wilson Cruz. "Though the number of LGBT characters dropped this season, shows like 'The Fosters,' with an interracial female couple raising a family, and characters like Unique on 'Glee' have not only moved the conversation about LGBT people forward, but are also a hit with audiences."
Some of the other findings include:
On cable, ABC Family was the most inclusive network GLAAD tracked last year with 50% of its original programming including LGBT impressions or storylines. It was followed by FX at 40%. History received a failing grade with no LGBT images on any of its shows last season. ABC and FOX are the only networks to show increases this year and have the highest percentage of LGBT characters at 5.4% each. The CW is in third place at 3%. CBS is no longer last with 1.9% of its regular characters being LGBT, while NBC dropped from last year to 1%. Of the 46 LGBT regular and recurring characters on broadcast networks, half are women and 28% are people of color. While last year there weren't any regular transgender characters on broadcast television, there will be one this season with the character of Unique on "Glee." On cable, GLAAD counted 42 regular LGBT characters, up from 35 last season. An additional 24 recurring characters were counted. HBO will have the most characters with a total of 11, followed by Showtime with eight characters. Of those LGBT characters, 39% are women and 29% are people of color. Only one transgender character, Adam on "Degrassi," was counted, though he no longer appears on the program. Of the 796 overall regular characters on broadcast primetime, the percentage of female characters has declined somewhat to 43%. People of color will once again make up 23% of all regular characters, while just 1% will be depicted as people with disabilities.
"Our television images not only reach American audiences, but countless others around the world," Cruz said. "It is time for the television networks to make new and groundbreaking LGBT stories a priority once again."
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So, this is my Megane berline ph2 from year 2000. Original engine is 1.4e and after 318 000 kilometers it decided to blow it's head gasket for the 3rd time.. I didn't want to invest in 1.4e engine anymore and then i came up with an idea to put and hybrid inside.. 1.6e K7M block with 1.4e E7J head along with k7m intake manifold fitted with F7R ( 2.0 16v ) throttle body and Elia 4-1 exhaust manifold. I've ported and polished the head, we've ported intake manifold to fit the f7r throttle body and we almost installed everything but found out that the 1.6e block was bad, really bad..
So, as I was dissapointed with everything that happened i've decided to put in 2.0 16v F7R engine. It was easy for me to find it because my brother had 1 complete car to use as a donor and 2 other stripped out.
The fun began.. We thought it was going to be easy, just change the engine at that is it.. but no.. We needed to change everything, from interior wiring loom, wipers, climate control, everything you can imagine.. I was doing the swap with my 2 friends, it took us about 1 month total..
So, without further talking i will post the pictures and try to describe everything..
First the 1.4/1.6e hybdrid phase..
After opening 1.4e engine
Porting intake manifold and fitting F7R throttle body.
Porting 1.4e E7J head
Yes, R21 Turbo gauges in the back
And elia 4-1 exhaust manifold
Now the 2.0 16v F7R swap part..
Old engine out and ph1 wiring in.. adding new conectors and figuring out where everything goes..
Engine exhaust manifold restoration
Egr ventil closed
New parts!
Engine cleanup and belts replaced
To lock in crankshaft
In with the engine
Ph1 ventilation install and cleanup
Rear discs and 5th cylinder install and restoration
New brake lines..
Throttle body cleaned and polished to high shine..
New thermostat
Front suspension upgrade. 2.0 16v shocks stiffened and Eibach Elia 16v special springs
Wheel aligment
Front camber -2.50 because of 2.0 16v hubs
Alsow we lowered the torsion but i didn't take any pictures..
First startup
Test run
And how she looks today
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Beat the Streak Report: Friday, Sept. 26
Picks of the day
- 12-for-27 (.444) vs. TEX RHP Vicente Padilla
- .422 AVG in September
- 4-for-9 (.444) vs. HOU RHP Brian Moehler
- .391 AVG during 23-game hit streak
Yesterday's picks, results
- J.J. Hardy (MIL), 0-for-4
- Lance Berkman (HOU), 1-for-4
Top 5 current leaders (yesterday's picks)
1. ali2win2 (Matt Holliday), 26 games
1. dalegerman (Vladimir Guerrero), 26 games
3. alperins (Dustin Pedroia), 23 games
3. ChaChalex (Matt Holliday), 23 games
5. chattr (Ichiro Suzuki), 19 games
5. kngsofaz (Jay Bruce), 19 games
BTS season leader: Robert Paradise, 48
BTS all-time leader: Michael Karatzia, 49
MLB all-time leader: Joe DiMaggio, 56
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Why was no report published today?
Is one planned for tomorrow, as well as any farewell post for the 2008 regular season?
Also, a question: Why does, currently, Beat the Streak, have no slot to put picks in for tomorrow, while Beat the Streak: Home Run Edition and Survivor do?
And I know the issue cannot be that the winner has already been determined because the longest active leader in Surivovr is 22 games out of 1st place.
I picked all Tigers to get me a 36 game hit streak, I'm going with Curtis Granderson to win the WS of fantasy baseball, go Curtis.


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The Q-12A180 camera utilizes the CMOSIS CMV12000 global shutter image sensor and is a 12 Megapixel CMOS global shutter camera that delivers images of 4096 x 3072 pixels at a maximum 187 full frames per second (fps). It is equipped with the CoaXPress V1.1 Quad interface (4 x CXP-6) utilizing Adimec's new 2 Gigapixels/s platform. The new camera architecture was designed specifically for high data rate imaging with the lowest power, fan-less Quad CoaXPress implementation in a compact form factor. Lower speed Camera Link versions are also available.
The sensitivity and high shutter performance of the CMV12000 image sensor in the Q-12A180 enables excellent performance in light-starved and timing critical applications that are common in electronics inspection and semiconductor metrology. Sensor alignment and retention is well suited for industrial optics with large numerical apertures where focus and sensitivity over the complete image is critical.
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COLUMBUS – The Columbus Crew selected Major League Soccer Pool Goalkeeper Brad Stuver with its first selection (fourth overall) in the 2013 MLS Waiver Draft, held today via a League conference call. With the selection, the club exercises Stuver's 2014 option and the 22-year-old goalkeeper is immediately added to the club's roster.
Columbus was one of two teams to make a selection in the Waiver Draft, joining the New England Revolution, who selected Paolo DelPiccolo with the second selection (12th overall).
Originally drafted in the Second Round (32nd overall) by the Montreal Impact in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft, Stuver spent a significant segment of the 2013 season with the Black & Gold as an MLS Pool Goalkeeper, and he served as the primary back-up to Matt Lampson on Saturday, September 21 with Andy Gruenebaum and Dan Withrow unavailable for selection due to injury. The Twinsburg, Ohio native also made training and gameday roster appearances with Chivas USA, Real Salt Lake and New England but has yet to make his MLS – and professional – debuts.
Stuver compiled a 33-27-7 record in four seasons collegiately at Cleveland State University, including a senior season in which he started all 20 of his team's matches, posting a 11-6-3 record with a 0.86 goals against average. As a junior and a senior, he earned Second Team All-Horizon League honors after being tabbed Horizon League Goalkeeper of Year and All-Horizon League First Team honors as a sophomore. He posted a team-best 58 saves in his freshmen season in just 10 starts, becoming the number one goalkeeper for the Vikings by the end of his first campaign.
Goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum, forward Dominic Oduro and defender Josh Williams remain out of contract following the 2013 MLS season, but the Crew is currently in discussions with all three players, and future roster announcements will be made in the coming weeks.
The Crew's current 19-man roster follows:
Goalkeepers (3): Matt Lampson, Daniel Withrow, Brad Stuver.
Defenders (5): Chad Barson, Eric Gehrig, Chad Marshall, Agustin Viana, Tyson Wahl
Midfielders (8): Bernardo Anor, Ethan Finlay, Kevan George, Justin Meram, Shawn Sloan, Ben Speas, Tony Tchani, Wil Trapp
Forwards (3): Federico Higuain, Ryan Finley, Aaron Schoenfeld
TRANSACTION: Columbus Crew selects goalkeeper Brad Stuver in the 2013 Major League Soccer Waiver Draft (first selection, fourth overall pick).
Name: Brad Stuver
Pronunciation: Brad STEW-vur
Position: Goalkeeper
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: April 16, 1991 in Mayfield, Ohio
Hometown: Twinsburg, Ohio
Citizenship: United States
Acquired: Selected with the Crew's first pick (fourth overall) in the 2013 MLS Waiver Draft
Professional Experience: MLS Pool Goalkeeper w/ Columbus Crew, Chivas USA, New England Revolution, Real Salt Lake (2013)


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'With just 52 seconds ticked off of the clock in the third period, Dave Andreychuk took the face off deep in the Buffalo zone. Andreychuk won the draw by pushing the puck forward around Daniel Briere and then making a quick pass back into the slot to Tim Taylor. Taylor then ripped the puck past Noronen for his seventh goal of the season and the eventual game winner. After the game Andreychuk admitted that it was a designed play.'
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Graduate Council Meeting
February 28, 2011
I. The meeting was called to order at 2:30 p.m.
Voting members and alternates present were: G. Alter, M. Bargerhuff, J. Blair, L. Caron, A. Chamberlain, D. Cipollini, R. Dodge, K. Engisch, B. Fowler, R. Grandhi, B. Gray, C. Harris, L. Hong, A. Hsu (chair), L. James, D. Johnson, M. Mamrack, D. Miles Curry, D. Petkie, L. Ream, J. Runkle, E. Self, J. Tipps, L. VandeCreek, D. Voss, S. Watamaniuk, R. Williams, E. Wolf
Non-voting members, alternates and other attendees were: B. Ayres, C. Brun, G. Crawford, S. Foster, E. Gilles (scribe), C. Sulentic, T. Tarpey, Shaojun Wang
II. Approval of Minutes
It was moved and seconded that the minutes of the November 8, 2010 meeting be approved as written. Motion carried unanimously.
III. Report of the Dean (A. Hsu)
a. Program Reviews – Inter-University Council of Ohio (IUC)'s Doctoral Funding Consultation: an institution qualifies for "quality funding" when it confirms that it has implemented a comprehensive internal and external review process for its doctoral programs. The review of the doctoral programs, and all graduate programs, is currently being discussed with the Provost. The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) visits WSU every 10 years; their last visit was 5 years ago. At that time, WSU had devised an assessment plan and pledged to implement it. At this point, we need to start assessing programs. It is yet to be determined if the central person to oversee this process will be someone in the Provost's office or someone in the School of Graduate Studies.
b. Faculty Constitution – Graduate Council's request to delay the process was denied. Discussions and debates continued for two Faculty Senate sessions: Jan. 10 and Feb. 7, 2011. The main point of disagreement was membership. Compromises were prepared in case Graduate Council's proposals were voted down. Dean's membership: voted down, compromise of ex-officio non-voting members approved. Doctoral Directors' membership: not voted upon although the compromise had been approved by the Faculty Senate unanimously. As it currently stands, three members will be elected per college. If the college has a doctoral program, then one member must be a doctoral director. The number of alternates will need clarification.
IV. Report of the Assistant Dean (B. Ayres)
a. Procedures for Student Misconduct – Procedural language added to the School of Graduate Studies Policies and Procedures Manual simply stating that in cases of student misconduct, the student should be referred to the Office of Community Standards and Student Conduct. The "Code of Student Conduct" applies to all students, undergraduate and graduate. There is a penalty range.
b. Procedures for Approval for Combined BS/MS programs – This option has been presented to several programs; one has a proposal ready for approval today. If interested, program proposals need to demonstrate coverage of both undergraduate and graduate program requirements and should include a sample curriculum. Other parties are becoming involved in the approval process, at least initially: Faculty Senate, UCAPC, HLC, and RACGS. The process will always begin with the Policies Committee (eventually Curriculum Committee) and Graduate Council.
V. Committee Reports
a. Policies Committee (L. Ream)
1. TOEFL Policy for Admissions - Students with a Bachelors degree from an English-language institution can waive the TOEFL requirement; and the LEAP Level 4 is allowable as a TOEFL waiver (current policy). These changes would facilitate the application and admission to WSU of international students who have already studied English overseas, and it would recognize WSU's own LEAP Program. This new policy also encourages international students who are here through exchange programs (i.e., here temporarily) to return to earn a degree from WSU. This policy would make the admission process easier for these students as well. L. Ream motioned to approve the TOEFL policy. Motion passed unanimously.
2. WPAFB Transfer Credit - This is a clarification of how much credit can be transferred to WSU. The Policy states that transferred credit cannot exceed 50% of that required by the degree. An exception would be for civil servants and military personnel who have transferred to the base within the previous three years: they would have no limit to the amount of credit transferred. Justification: it lowers barriers for admission to WSU (they can't count all of their previous graduate work) and this new policy potentially will attract more students from WPAFB. Clarification in discussion: Programs will maintain control over final acceptance of these students and their credits. This is a special request from the military. Spouses of military are not included. L. Ream motioned to approve the WPAFB transfer credit policy. The motion passed with one opposed.
3. Academic Review and Dismissal – This policy is for information only. The language is nearly identical to the existing policy used by doctoral programs to review or evaluate a student's academic performance. Adding this policy for master's programs would make the policy consistent across all programs. Graduate programs can review graduate students at any time and can develop additional standards of their own.
4. Graduate Scholars and Scholarships - This is a change in who can be awarded Graduate Tuition Scholarships. This change would allow departments and programs more flexibility in the use of these scholarships, particularly as a reward for doing well in a program. Current policy states that scholarships are given only to new students as a recruitment tool. The change would state that the scholarships could also be used for the retention of existing students who have either excellent academic records, and/or for existing students where initial resources like grants have run out. Discussion: The source of dollars is provided by the Provost from the university budget. The School of Graduate Studies has stewardship of these funds. Grad Studies divides the funds among the colleges. L. Ream motioned to approve the Graduate Scholars and Scholarships policy. Motion passed unanimously.
5. Master of Science in Engineering Title Changes - The College of Engineering and Computer Science is requesting changes to the titles of seven programs under the umbrella of "Master of Science in Engineering." Each of these seven programs offers independent and different training to students. While no changes in the curriculum are proposed, the change of titles would be more descriptive of each program. Benefits would be the facilitation of more effective and targeted marketing campaigns geared to attract top students to a specific engineering program; and would also provide employers with more clarity on a student's specific skills and competencies. L. Ream motioned to approve the MSEG title changes. Motion passed unanimously.
6. Combined BS/MS Degree Program in Electrical Engineering - The Department of Electrical Engineering is proposing a combined Bachelor's and Master's degree program. In this new program, up to 18 quarter hours (or 12 semester hours) of graduate level courses may be double counted and applied toward both degree requirements. The new combined program would take 5 years to complete. As undergraduates (junior year), the students would be required to successfully complete three specified core undergraduate engineering courses before applying to the Master's Program with a minimum 3.3 GPA in these three courses, along with an overall undergraduate GPA of 3.3. L. Ream motioned to approve the combined degree program in electrical engineering. Motion passed unanimously.
b. Policies and Membership Committees (A. Hsu) – Graduate Faculty Membership. Rationale for change: (1) The current process is cumbersome and (2) The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association has set policy on accreditation criteria with faculty requirements defined explicitly. Both the Policies and Membership Committees have reviewed the new policy multiple times. The primary feature of the new policy is the elimination of the 2 tier membership. The structure has been simplified to regular or adjunct membership. It also gives authority back to the colleges in the determination of faculty qualifications. For approval, nominations that have all criteria met can be approved by the Dean of Graduate Studies, and nominations of candidates that do not meet all requirements will go before the Membership Committee. A third category, temporary membership, is reserved for new faculty hired in the summer and is for one term only. L. Ream motioned to approve the new graduate faculty membership policy. The motion passed unanimously.
c. Membership Committee (R. Dodge) - The Membership Committee recommended thirteen (13) new nominees who met the standards for full graduate faculty status and twenty-seven (27) who met the standards for adjunct full graduate faculty membership.
The full graduate faculty nominees are:
Tracy L. Brewer Nursing / CoNH
Anne Clinton Russell Nursing / CoNH
James Ebert Comm Health / BSoM
Carol Engelhardt Herringer History / CoLA
Detrice Green Barry Nursing / CoNH
Perla R. Ilagan Nursing / CoNH
Kathy Jones Keister Nursing / CoNH
Mary Beth Kaylor Nursing / CoNH
Sabrina Neeley Comm Health / BSoM
Sara J. Paton Comm Health / BSoM
Sherrill J. Smith Nursing / CoNH
William Spears Comm Health / BSoM
Ann M. Stalter Nursing / CoNH
The adjunct full graduate faculty nominees are:
Algase, Donna Nursing / CoNH
Baker, Ann Nursing / CoNH
Batten, Susan Nursing / CoNH
Bork, Christopher Nursing / CoNH
Caruso, Joseph Env Sci PhD / CoSM
Daily, Jeremy Mechanical & Materials Engineering / CECS
Ehrmin, Joanne Nursing / CoNH
Gasper, Phyllis Nursing / CoNH
Grothaus, Kay Nursing / CoNH
Karabin, Beverly Nursing / CoNH
Lee, Carolyn Nursing / CoNH
Lessick, Mira Nursing / CoNH
Oehrtman, Sandra Nursing / CoNH
Phillips, Kelly Nursing / CoNH
Pierce, Linda Nursing / CoNH
Pocotte, Susan Nursing / CoNH
Ransom, Jane Nursing / CoNH
Rice, Susan Nursing / CoNH
Salvador, Diane Nursing / CoNH
Schiml-Webb, Patricia Psychology/CoSM
Schriner, Cheryl Nursing / CoNH
Sink, Katherine Nursing / CoNH
Smolen, Dianne Nursing / CoNH
Sochacki, Susan Nursing / CoNH
Szirony, Tracy Nursing / CoNH
Walsh, M. Eileen Nursing / CoNH
Wood, Marilyn Nursing / CoNH
On behalf of the Membership Committee, R. Dodge motioned that the nominees for both full and adjunct full graduate faculty status be approved. The motion passed unanimously.
d. Student Affairs Committee (C. Brun) – The Student Affairs Committee met two times since the last Graduate Council meeting. During those meetings: (1) We submitted to the Graduate School our candidates for Graduate School Alumni of the Year: James Gross (BSoM) and Richard Davis (RSCoB), (2) We also met with the president of the newly formed Graduate Student Assembly, Lisa Douglas, and will help support the beginning of this organization, and (3) We ranked the candidates to receive the first two Graduate Scholars Awards. The Committee agreed to open up the nomination process for the Graduate Scholars Awards to allow more participation among all Colleges and Schools for the two remaining Graduate Scholars awards. An announcement of the extension of the nomination process will be made by the Graduate School. Nominations will be accepted up to April 1, 2011. Nominees already submitted will be reviewed again. There were 27 nominees received by the February 15, 2011 deadline. All graduate faculty are encouraged to submit nominees to their colleges of Students of Excellence in their graduate programs.
VI. Graduate Student Assembly (G. Crawford)
Galen Crawford announced the formation of the Graduate Student Assembly (GSA). Its first meeting takes place later today. The GSA is seeking funds for travel grants and research grants. GSA has its own website with links to Career Services and UCIE. As Student Government Senator, Galen has been in discussion with Faculty Senate about course management systems.
VII. Unfinished Business
a. Name Change for School of Graduate Studies – Dr. Ream motioned to take this item from the table. J. Runkle seconded. Review of original presentation. L. Ream's original motion is to recommend the name change of the School of Graduate Studies to Graduate School to be used consistently as either Wright State University Graduate School or the Graduate School of Wright State University. The motion passed unanimously.
b. School of Graduate Studies Policies and Procedures Manual – L. Ream motioned to accept the changes to the manual. Motion passed unanimously.
c. Graduate Council Policies and Procedures Manual - L. Ream motioned to accept the changes to the manual. Motion passed unanimously.
VIII. New Business
IX. Discussion Items
a. Graduate Council Elections – Election by May 1. We currently have two elected members per college, plus one alternate, serving two-year terms. Half of the current members' terms expire this summer. To transition into the new system under the new constitution, each college will elect two new members, one to a three-year term and one to a two-year term, and one alternate. Each college will run its own election.
b. Graduate Council Committee Assignments – According to current Policies and Procedures, the committee members are appointed by the Chair of the Graduate Council. After elections, polls will be sent to Graduate Council members for committee preference. Efforts will be made to place members in the committees that they most prefer.
c. Graduate Council Committee Chairman Appointments - According to current Policies and Procedures, the committee chairs are appointed by the Chair of the Graduate Council. Volunteering for a position is welcome.
d. Meeting schedule for 2011-2012 – In a break from tradition, the meetings will take place at 2:00 on Thursdays next year: Oct. 13, 2011; Nov. 10, 2011; Feb. 2, 2012; March 1, 2012; April 19, 2012; and May 17, 2012. All meetings will be in E156 SU.
e. Budget Allocations for Graduate Tuition Scholarships - The long term goal is to have Graduate Tuition Scholarship (GTS) allocation completely determined by performance. In order to transition smoothly into a performance based allocation system and avoid abrupt changes that may cause interruption of programs, we propose a 5 year transition period. During the first year of this transition period, only 10% of the Graduate Tuition Scholarships pool will be based on a formula that takes into account performance factors, and the rest will still be historical based. In the following four years, there will be an additional 20% added to the performance based pool each year, so by the sixth year all GTS funds will be allocated based on performance factors.
The formula used below is based on graduate student enrollment, average course completion rate, number of graduate degrees awarded, and grants and contracts. Variable Definitions and Proposed Performance Indicator Formula:
• ? - Summation over all colleges
• Enrollment Weight (EW) = College Graduate Enrollment Headcount (E) / ? E
• Completion Weight (CW) = Average course completion rate for the College (C) / ? C
• Degrees Weight (DW) = Number of graduate degrees awarded (D) / ? D
• Grants Weight (GW) = Total grants and contracts (G) / ? G
• Capacity and Growth Weight (CGW) = Capacity and Growth Index (CGI)/ ? CGI
• College Performance Indicator (CPI) = 20%*EW + 20%*CW + 20%*DW + 20%*GW + 20%*CGW
Proposed 2011-2012 Allocation Formula:
College Allocation = (90% of 2010-11 college GTS allocation) + CPI * (10% of 2010-11 total GTS fund)
One suggestion: For PhD, the time to degree is longer. To be closer to equality with MS degrees, 1 PhD degree should be multiplied by 2.5.
Dr. Hsu will make this presentation to Council of Deans on March 1.
College feedback is welcomed and encouraged. Please review this proposal with college faculty. The goal is to have a fair and effective formula.
X. The meeting was adjourned at 4:05 p.m.


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LOWELL — Whatever you do, don't call it a hamburger. It's called a losh kebab and the Armenian Relief Society was offering the burger-like cuisine as their signature dish at the Lowell Folk Festival Saturday.
Served with pita bread, rice pilaf and salad, the losh kebab is a beef patty infused with vegetables and spices.
"That's the top seller … but it's not a hamburger. It looks like a hamburger," said Sossy Jeknavorian, chairwoman of the Armenian Relief Society. "It's a secret recipe that's been in the family for years."
And Armenian food was just one of myriad ethnic cuisines offered at the festival.
Attendees could sample foods from all over the world, from Indonesia to Colombia to Jamaica.
But the Lowell Polish Cultural Committee was dishing out one of the festival favorites: the handmade Polish pierogi, which is essentially a dumpling stuffed with cheese and potato or cabbage.
Bought in bulk from an authentic, old-style pierogi maker in Connecticut, Polish Cultural Committee volunteer Carol Matyka said long lines form for the Polish dish that flies off the table.
"Every year we order some. Then we sell out. We order more and then we sell out again," said Matyka.
Matyka said an up-and-coming item this year would be the ogorki, which is a fresh Polish dill pickle.
"They're really starting to take off," said Matyka.
St. Ann's Church was offering food hailing from several different cultures. One tent had cuisine from Colombia, Guatemala and Puerto Rico.
"The most popular right now is the Colombian potato dish," said St. Ann's Church volunteer Myra Morris on Saturday afternoon.
The dish Morris is referring to is called papa rellena and it's essentially potato balls stuffed with beef.
Morris was also offering Guatemalan tamalés and a traditional Puerto Rican dinner of chicken or pork, rice cooked with gandules, pasta salad and green salad.
Abutting St. Ann's Church along the canal, Medford resident Angelica Ortiz was showcasing her process in creating authentic Mexican piñatas.
Based off an Italian word meaning "clay pot," piñatas were originally made with clay pots as the base to build off of, instead of balloons, which are commonly used today.
Ortiz said the piñatas made in Mexico originally would spew out fruit and nuts when smashed open and not candy, as kids now have come to expect.
But when it comes to sweets, the Brazilian Foursquare Church was offering several different delicious dessert dishes, including flan, puddings and more.
However, the one item that seemed to take the cake, so to speak, was the brigadeiros. Made essentially from chocolate, condensed milk and jimmies, brigadeiros are basically chocolate balls covered in jimmies with a consistency halfway between fudge and taffy.
"That's a tradition at kids' parties and weddings. Most people like it. It's very soft but it's hard enough for you to roll it," said Maria Vicente, a member of the Foursquare Church in Lowell.
Next door, attendees could find authentic Burmese food, sponsored by SayDaNar Community Development.
SayDaNar event coordinator Nikki Lynch said that a top seller this year has been the kayah dish, which consists of banana bud, rice, chicken, garlic, onion and scallions.
SayDaNar essentially helps Burmese refugees with many of the challenges associated with adjusting to American life.
"We serve about 150 Burmese refugees," said Lynch. "We're also all about making sure the kids feel comfortable with their ethnicity while weaning them in with the American side."
Back along the Merrimack Canal in the Folk Craft section, kids were having fun pedaling a bicycle-powered machine used to pulp cloth into a material used to make paper.
Sarnac, N.Y., residents Drew Matott and Margaret Mahan were featuring their handmade paper process at the festival. Their bicycle-powered machine creates the pulp used to make paper from old clothing. As Matott and other volunteers help pedal the machine, Mahan showed festival-goers the rest of the process used to make the paper.
The Lowell Folk Festival continues today with more food, exhibits and music. Find out more at LowellFolkFestival.org.


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The rapid growth of Arizona State University, and the birth of its new Downtown Phoenix campus, created a special architectural and urban opportunity. This compact, 5-story building serves as both the campus' primary gateway on its marquee corner, and will house one of the largest nursing programs in the United States. The urban infill project created much needed density within the Phoenix Downtown core, and reused existing plant materials that were salvaged prior to new development.
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My hubby just finished a monograph on the Cutter, Davenport and Butterfield families who lived in the Elkhart, Indiana area from the 1860s to the early 1900s. Utilizing a variety of sources he documented the lines of this family as well as their occupations in running a livery stable, building Napanee Dutch Kitchenets, and running a company that developed Alka Seltzer. The appendix is seventeen pages of obituaries, wedding announcements and photos of tombstones. Copies of this monograph will be sent to several historical societies and libraries in the Elkhart area.
Genealogies of the Agard, Nunn, Hardenbrook, Wortman, Doyle, and Tucker family lines.
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Formula companies list "Breast is best" somewhere small and easy to overlook, instead of sharing the many benefits why it is best. I find that comparing formula freebies to a dieter having chocolate cake can help people really understand the issue.
Mmm ... chocolate cake. All nice and moist and fudge-like. Everyone's got their food or dessert that if it's there, you will eat it. Maybe you've got the willpower to wait until after dinner, and maybe you won't take a tiny piece here and there as you walk by. If you put it in the cabinet or fridge, maybe you can forget it's there during the day.
Well, except if every time you open a cookbook or cooking magazine, or log on to a cooking website to find healthy recipes, there is chocolate cake everywhere. Reminding you how you can always eat healthy tomorrow, or later, but chocolate cake has dairy and eggs and stuff, and makes you happy, and what makes you happy is totally important, right? Oh yeah, you were looking for health food? It's here on the page, but you have to look past the chocolate cake splattered all over the page, even in video creeping down in front of your eyes. Cooking shows interrupt healthy eating shows to show chocolate cake, and even if you know you shouldn't eat it, especially if you're working hard to lose weight or eat healthy, it still nags at you when it's everywhere.
Go to the grocery store for healthy food, and they're handing out samples. Aaah, so hard to resist! And even if you take some home, promising you'll just wait, you know it's there, so when you've had a bad day, or want some quick treat, it practically calls your name. EAT ME! We know chocolate cake isn't bad, of course, and neither are people who eat it. But if you're trying hard to lose weight and eat healthy, the last thing you need is to have free chocolate cake samples show up at your doorstep. Talk about sabotage. Most dieters say, "I just don't buy it because then I'd eat it!" right?
Okay, I'm making light, but the thing is, most women only get information on formula from formula companies, since their advertisements are impossible to avoid. And because of that, women are NOT fairly educated when they go to make a feeding choice. While people will spout off "DHA and ARA are good for brain growth!", an advertising ploy formula companies use that is not proven by science, yet they can't tell you the proper way to mix formula to prevent bacterial contamination or illness, or why preemies shouldn't have powdered formula (if they even know that). Women are not getting good information on breastfeeding or formula feeding.
Woman who have formula in the house are much more likely to quit breastfeeding much earlier than women who weren't given formula ... or even formula coupons. Even the Surgeon General supports enforcing the WHO Code, trying to lessen the impact of the major social influence from advertising. It's not about trying to take away peoples' choice to formula feed, it's about making sure every mom who wants to breastfeed or considers can learn from honest, non-biased sources to make the best decision for herself, and also have support instead of sabotage if she chooses to breastfeed, know how to balance both if she chooses without losing her breastmilk supply, and how to safely formula feed if that is still what she choses.
Do you believe the multimillion dollar advertising industry affects consumers?
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There seems to be something about elected Democrats, perhaps something genetic and deep-seated, that gives them an aversion to negotiating. They much prefer to walk away and say no.
In Washington, this refusal to negotiate has led to a government shutdown.
The talking heads have been in love with the idea that Republicans are to blame and have formed a suicide pact of some kind. It was passed into law by Congress, they say. It was upheld by the Supreme Court, they say. It was campaigned on by the president in his re-election, they say. It is law, and Republicans need to deal with that, they say.
Yet these same people seem to miss that the House of Representatives, a duly elected legislative chamber, is just as legitimate as the president or the United States Senate, and their opinion matters.
I can't lie to you and say I'm in love with what is happening in Washington, or tell you that I support the confrontation driven by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and supported by House Republicans. I don't.
But regardless of my aversion to that strategy, I certainly understand the impulse, and Democrats need to get used to the idea that the government is not controlled uniformly by Democrats.
If it were, and the Republicans found some way to force a shutdown, it would be entirely their fault. But with divided government, and a House majority that was elected with a mandate to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act pitted against a Senate majority that was elected to do the opposite, compromise must reign supreme.
Yes, Obamacare is law, but half of Congress is controlled by a legitimately elected group of people opposed to that law and determined to change it. A deal between the two must be struck.
Even Cruz has said that the idea of defunding Obamacare is unlikely, or impossible. Standing on firm ground, however, and registering opposition to the law as a way to try to force Democrats to confront reality about the law and compromise is hardly a radical idea.
A sensible agreement would be a delay in implementation, temporary waivers, or something that would acknowledge that the government just isn't ready for this and the entire program is a mess, but wouldn't nullify the law. Everybody wins, and it would have the benefit of being good policy.
Yet no negotiations are really taking place. The president and his allies in the Senate refuse to even cede the ground that they should demean themselves by acknowledging the House of Representatives exists and has an opinion.
To them, the legislative branch is only the United States Senate and no activity from the House is valid. No wonder they haven't passed a budget in Congress for half a decade.
And so, angry Democrats like Rep. Chellie Pingree accuse Republicans of "taking hostages", and pseudo-Democrats like Sen. Angus King accuse Republicans of being "guilty of murder," all the while doing nothing to acknowledge the realities of government or attempting to break the impasse.
It is the president and his party who are recklessly standing firm on a deeply ideological, partisan issue and are refusing to negotiate, thus necessitating a shutdown and prolonging it.
The Republicans, on the other hand, have a legitimate point. They are backed by legitimate elections that gave them legitimate control of one house of Congress, and they are pressing that legitimate point in a legitimate, legislative way.
They also know leverage is not on their side, and they acknowledged from the outset the need to compromise and, as such, showed up to negotiate. They were alone.
During the shutdown of 1995, President Bill Clinton and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich were in constant communication, and both acknowledged the necessity of negotiation. In the end, both sides gave ground, a compromise was forged, and the government reopened.
That cannot happen so long as the Democrats keep saying no. The president's lack of leadership, and his party's refusal to acknowledge the legitimacy of the lower chamber of Congress and the necessity to work out a deal with it is the real reason the government is shut down.
If you want to punish anyone at the ballot box for what is happening, you have your culprit right there.


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Eight-passenger seating is standard on the Sequoia in the form of three rows and an option for second-row captain's chairs setup is available. The second-row slides fore and aft to optimize comfort between rows and aid access, and in models with the bench seat, it's split 40/20/40 for the best combination of people and cargo. The third row is split 60/40 and can recline or fold flat. Behind the third row there's a rear power window and a power tailgate is available.
Additional safety features on the Sequoia include roll-sensing side-curtain airbags, front-seat side bags and now knee bags for front occupants.
One of the best things about the Sequoia is that although it wears a Toyota badge, it has an interior well-equipped enough to feel like a Lexus. The extensive standard-equipment list includes a 3-zone climate control system, keyless entry, cruise control and Entune Audio Plus, which features an 8-speaker CD sound system, Bluetooth, satellite radio and MP3 compatibility. The Limited trim adds parking sensors, fog lamps, heated leather power-adjustable seats, a roof rack, a JBL sound system and other upgrades. At the top of the range, the Platinum adds 20-inch diamond cut-finish alloys, the load-leveling air suspension, memory seats, second-row heated seats, a sunroof and a Lexus navigation system with rear camera. Adaptive cruise control and a rear-seat Blu-ray entertainment system are also now included.
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