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Library Training Page
Citation Styles | Evaluating Resources | Plagiarism | Using the Internet | Research Support | University Email | Library Skills
- Harvard Citation Style
- These pages, produced by the University of Bournemouth, include a guide to the Harvard citation standard, the most common form of citation used in the Ulster University. It also includes a guide to citing Internet resources. Students should note that elements of the Harvard Style may vary slightly depending on the School or Department. Always use the style recommended by your lecturer. If no preference is stated, make sure that the Harvard Style you choose is used appropriately and consistently throughout your referencing. The Ulster Business School has created its own guide to Harvard-style referencing.
- This style has been accepted by the School of Law and the Transitional Justice Institute as the recommended style guide for Ulster University law students. Some law lecturers prefer their own adaptations so make sure you should double-check with individual lecturers about referencing styles before using OSCOLA. The link is provided by the University of Oxford. An excellent tutorial to OSCOLA is available here, produced by Cardiff University.
- APA Style
- Conventions for citing electronic references recommended by the American Psychological Association. We also have some books in stock which explain this style in detail.
- MLA Style
- The official Modern Language Association Guide to citing sources from the World Wide Web. We also have some books in stock which explain this style in detail.
- MHRA Style
- The current edition of the MHRA (Modern Humanities Research Association) Style Guide is available to download without charge from the MHRA website. We also have some books in stock which explain this style in detail.
- RefWorks
- With RefWorks you can create your own personal database of references by adding your own references, or importing references from online databases. You can use these references to write your papers and automatically format the paper and your bibliography into your citation style of choice in seconds.
- Information Skills Unit
- A series of interactive tutorials on Study Skills, literature reviews and Library Search Skills developed by Ulster University librarians.
- Library Skills Tutorial
- A series of interactive tutorials on Study Skills, Computer Sources and Library Search Skills developed by the University of Glasgow for TILT. Licensing requirements only allow access from the Ulster University domain.
- Using TDNet - a multimedia guide
- Interested in using our electronic journals? Librarians in the
Ulster University have created an online video which demonstrates
how to use article references, and how to search for journal titles. Click here to look at the online version - it lasts for four minutes.
Alternatively, click here to download the Windows Media Player version to your MP3
player. This is the first in a projected series of online videos
regarding Library services. Your feedback on the video is greatly appreciated.
- The Internet Detective
- An interactive tutorial on evaluating Internet resources, produced by the Institute of Learning and Research Technologies at the University of Bristol.
- Virtual Training Suite
- A set of free online tutorials designed to help students, lecturers and researchers improve their Internet information literacy and IT skills. Work in your own time at your own pace - no one is monitoring you! There are quizzes and interactive exercises to lighten the learning experience, and the tutorials are related to specific subject areas.
- Plagiarism Advice
- PlagiarismAdvice.org have been providing resources, training, advice and guidance to all areas of the education sector since 2002 when the service was founded by JISC as the JISC Plagiarism Advisory Service to help address growing concerns about plagiarism within the UK HE and FE sectors.
- TurnitinUK
- Turnitin is used by many lecturers to help identify plagiarism in written work submitted to them. You can find out more about Turnitin from your course co-ordinator.
- Information Literacy Resource Bank
- This repository contains bite-sized information literacy learning resources created by Cardiff University. There is a selection of activities, quizzes, diagrams and cartoons as well as short ready-made self-paced tutorials on a range of essential information literacy topics such as citing references and plagiarism. New resources will continue to be added over time.
- Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial
- Teaching Library Internet Workshops, University of California, Berkeley.
- Resources for Research in the Ulster University Libraries
- This guide has been designed to help students and staff who are doing research in the Ulster University.
- Research Studies Handbook
- This handbook has been prepared by the University Research Degrees Committee (RDC) and the Research Office of the Ulster University to help research students and their supervisors find their way through the various administrative stages of a research degree and to attempt to clarify who is responsible for doing what at each stage.
- Information Services Guide to Email
- Email is available to all UU staff, research students and students. It includes a web client allowing access to mail from any browser, both inside and outside the University.


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LittleSecrets wrote:JodieO wrote:That's the best part of ALL those stories. If I could add those little sound clips to some sort of an alarm that goes off around 10:30PM I might actually go to bed on time.
There has GOT to be a way to make that happen. Who's our resident tech expert?JodieO wrote:LittleSecrets wrote:Rob would totally be sent to time out in my house. Only rule around here for water gun fights is, no face shots. It's okay though, I'd make sure he was comfy in time out.
For once, I didn't even mean for that part of my comment to be the sexual part. Ugh, I should have stated that differently.
HAHA! You stated it fine. It was just my 12-year-old maturity level that zeroed in on 'face shot'.
I haven't heard from BB in a while. And I absolutely forgot about sending her anything! Even her card!
I suck.

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Basketball odds and basketball betting in general is turning out to be one of the most profitable areas of online gambling and there are quite a few astute individuals who are making the most out of the basketball odds that are on offer on the various sportsbooks. If you visit ScoresAndOdds.com you will see what I mean and if you actually have an interest in basketball odds I am sure that you will find that the basketball odds on offer at ScoresAndOdds.com will be especially pleasing on the eye and I have no doubt that you will be extremely tempted to get involved in what they have to offer.
I have heard on the grapevine that many people use the basketball odds in order to take advantage of the various bonuses that the sportsbooks offer and in particular, the sign up bonus. I had never thought of using basketball odds in this way and to be honest I have never taken to much of an interest in the bonuses and promotions but I was speaking to someone the other day who explained things to me and as a result of this I started to take a further look at what was on offer.
Now these bonuses which can be used on the basketball odds are really quite enticing and from what I can make out they have really evolved over the last few years. They are obviously in place to encourage people to sign up to a particular sportsbook but some of these bonuses run into the hundreds of dollars and in some cases even more than that.
I have heard people mistakenly brag that it is just a case of making a deposit into their new sportsbook account and then simply receiving the bonus and then withdrawing the whole amount. If only it was all so easy as that and it really stands to sense that the sportsbooks would add some terms and conditions to these bonuses to protect themselves.
If you take a look on ScoresAndOdds.com you will see a banner advertisement at the top of the page which leads to Sports.com. For an example of what these bonuses are like just take a look at this website and you will get a far better idea than of me trying to explain it, and whilst you are at it be sure to take a look at the terms and conditions that are attached to the bonus.
These terms and conditions do vary from sportsbook to sportsbook so before you start to take advantage of these basketball odds you should make sure that you read through the terms and conditions properly
You will find that when you make your initial deposit a bonus is usually instantly added. The bonus could comprise of a 100% match bonus with a maximum deposit of say $100. You may find though that the bonus will be something like 10% of your initial deposit. The reasons for this are obvious in that you are tempted to make a larger deposit, in some cases this type of deposit is actually unlimited so if you put $5000 in you would receive a bonus of $500. Now before you start to get to excited about the endless possibilities you have to take into account that there will be a wager requirement involved. The wagering requirement is how many times that you have to wager the bonus before it can be withdrawn. Sometimes you will find that both the deposit and the bonus have to be wagered a certain number of times before a withdrawal can be made.
This is where the sportsbooks can vary greatly and you sometimes see examples where the bonus has to be wagered once and other tines when it can be 10x or more. This is why you have to read the terms and conditions first so that you can then decide if it is worth your while to get involved or not.
If you are planning to stay with the sportbook for the long term for your basketball odds you could just look at it in a way they you will be leaving your money in there anyway and the bonus will just be the icing on the cake. If you just want to get straight in and out you should reconsider because the terms and conditions could mean that your money has to be lefty in for quite a while before withdrawal is allowed to be made.
If you do leave the money in there as your betting bank you should be aware of one other term that is usually mentioned. That is that there is a lower limit on the size of the basketball odds or any other odds for that matter that you place your bets on. Bear this in mind because if you go on to break that rule you will find that any wagers that you make which are below this lower limit will not count towards the wagering requirement.
It's not really such a big deal but it is definitely something that you should be aware of so that you don't have any nasty shocks further down the line.
As already mentioned, get on over to ScoresAndOdds.com and look at the sportsbook that they use, Sports.com, look at the bonus that they have to offer and everything will become more clearer.


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Saturday, February 2, 2013 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Lower Level Columbus Public Library
This event is for children from grades 3rd through 6th! Join the Children's Librarian and make yummy Cake Pops! Who can resist? What an awesome idea for Valentine's Day! Be sure to register for this event at the Children's desk! See you then!
Patti 920-623-5910


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Cinematic Audio Design
Cinesonic is a library music company based in Manchester England, driven to creating unique and cinematic music for use in film, television, advertising and other new-media platforms.
The team is comprised of accomplished composers and producers who are looking to transition their film work into commercial platforms. Every track created aims to raise both the composition and production standards of library music. The sounds created by the team have been used in everything from feature films to internet marketing campaigns.
We look forward to working with you on your future projects!


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IT Management Slideshow: Dice IT Hiring Report: Job Growth Ahead in 2011
The hiring forecast for IT talent is improving, according to a new survey from Dice.com, an online career hub for tech professionals. The vast majority of tech-hiring managers and recruiters say they're gearing up to increase staffing for the first half of 2011 compared to the second half of 2010, the survey reports. And many companies plan to increase hiring by 10 percent or more. It's another sign that the worst of the economic downturn may be over. In particular demand are employees with Java and .Net skills. The other good news? This positive trend doesn't seem restricted to any one U.S. region. "Technology recruitment activity has strengthened all year creating more career opportunities for professionals," says Tom Silver, senior vice president at Dice. "The tech epicenter may be Silicon Valley. But the increase in recruitment activity is geographically broad - and the rumblings from the Valley will echo across the country." More than 850 HR managers and recruiters took part in the survey. Here are highlights:


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Here Are the Octomom Stripping Photos You've Been Dying to See
Admit it: you felt a little bit of shame clicking the link.
But we knew this day was coming. Or maybe we didn't — for a while, Nadya Suleman was facing a lawsuit for her refusal to strip at a Florida club.
Thankfully, she managed to find another venue, Playhouse Gentleman's Club in Hallandale, Florida. There, patrons were treated to two Octomom dances — one of her as a dominatrix, and one of her as a lollipop-fellating schoolgirl.
TMZ has several photos of the mother of 14 getting down. Sorry, Octomom fans, there's nothing too explicit. You'll have to wait for Octomom: Home Alone, which is a real thing.


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Okay, so the media have called me non-committal in the past week (and my friends have been ribbing me about the "real" reason why I'm single, oh ha ha indeed) – and with good reason. Consider this the official PR spin from the Te Papa Museum Building at this point in time, but the concept idea of a facility in Auckland that could potentially host items in the national collection is very interesting, surely sharing the national collection, and the expertise of the people caring for and learning from the collection is a good thing huh?
You'd think so, however a dichotomy of response has become evident in the responses of the public to the media articles.
On one hand there was the argument to legitimise the superiority of an Auckland based location based on localised population – the term "400000 vs 1400000" has been used a lot this week, versus the supremacy of all things "National" being housed in nations' capital cities. Secondly there's been the perennial criticism about Te Papa being an amusement park and not a "real" museum, based on peoples' experience.
And from my last post – thanks to those of you who responded, there's interest in our collection from kiwis who live outside of the capital – so even further impetus to be supporting the out-of-Wellington crowd!
These arguments intimate that there is a school of thought out there that a collection must be housed in a Te Papa kind-of place, and just where it should be is based on it being accessible to a large number of people.
Little has been said about the collection – the treasures that Te Papa houses, and as TV3 shared last week – we house a great percentage that don't get to see the light of day due to space and display constraints and other things as well (sometimes people who donate to us don't want to have their treasures displayed)… and then there are the taonga that are displayed, but not on Wellington's waterfront.
And this is the point of today's blogpost (I knew we'd get there eventually). Today's question … why should Te Papa's display be restricted to its facility on Cable Street Wellington, or to any facility named Te Papa (ie Te Papa North)?
The point I'm going to proffer is, that as long as a collection is accessible to as many people as possible – then where its housed should not matter at all, right?
One way that collections are shared with greater numbers of people than could visit Wellington's stunning waterfront is to take collections "on-the-road". Currently Te Papa has items from its collections being toured around the world. For instance the exhibition E Tu Ake has been repackaged as Maori, les tresors on une ame, or Their Treasures with Soul and is now wowing audiences in France. You may recall that Te Papa set up the Treaty 2 U exhibition to help educate people around New Zealand about our founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi.
Should we do more of this in NZ?
What do you think of pop-up-museums? This is something that Te Papa hasn't yet discussed, but should we be thinking about this… taking bits of the collection on the road … teaming with a theme. Yes the idea is vague, but what would possible viewers like to see, small touring exhibitions open for a limited time? Would you go to one? … Its like the pop-up mall in Christchurch's city centre, the focus there is getting the public out and enjoying their city again and supporting local retailers without relying on buildings in the interim. Well a pop-up collaboration involving Te Papa could do something similar, helping communities interact with our collection, partnering with groups all over New Zealand and telling the NZ History story, through the national collection.
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Bear-ly Used Consignment & Gift Shop
The owner is quick to point out that this 20-year-old business is not a thrift store. Perhaps that's why you'll only find home accessories here in good to excellent condition. Go from modern - with this 9½-by-9½-inch blue and gunmetal glazed ceramic vase ($6.99) - to classic - like this ceramic lemonade stand figurine scene ($25), one of several Norman Rockwell figurines available. Bear-ly Used usually has several Longaberger baskets for sale, with this 7-inch-inch high - 12-inches high with handle up - basket ($38) that comes with the ruffled cotton liner. Bear-ly Used Consignment & Gift Shop is at 12 N. Main St., Bel Air. Call 410-893-7460.
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How many of Nirvana's Top 50 albums do you own?
0 - 9: Nah, looks good on you.
10 - 19: The flute is an underrated instrument.
20 - 29: What's your sister's name?
30 - 39: Deleted Paris Hilton from contacts.
40 - 49: Knows drag racing Mulholland Drive is illegal.
50 - 51*: Super-beyond-cool. (Bonus point if you own the Frogs' record.)
*Which I do, thank you very much.
Heard a couple but don't own any. Nirvana shmirshmana.
14 =/
I love that Philosophy Of The World is on his list. That album is DEPLORABLE.
assuming that by 'Mazzy Star' he means the debut. Reminded me I need to go and check out Young Marble Giants
I was bothered enough to count
but not enough to post. He's dead anyway so I've got better taste by default.
I don't like REM or Mazzy Star , so 48 would have been my full score


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Bust: National Portrait Gallery - Lawrence
Site: National Portrait Gallery (18 memorials)
WC2, Charing Cross Road
This building, 1896, designed by Ewan Christian, has 18 busts contained in medallions around the top of the facades. Starting at the east end of Orange Street and reading clockwise:
Facing north up Charing Cross Road: Chantrey, Lawrence, Reynolds, Hogarth, Roubilliac, Kneller, Lely, Van Dyke, Holbein.
Around the corner, facing east: Walpole, Clarendon, Fuller.
Facing north beside the entrance: Lodge, Faithorne, Granger.
Facing east, above the entrance are represented the three men chiefly responsible for the Gallery's existence: MacAulay, Stanhope, Carlyle.
Go to map of other memorials in this area


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8:30 am
American Woodshop "Period Architectural Moldings and Trim" Trim can easily add thousands of dollars of value to "finished" homes. Finish carpentry is the art of using wood to detail a home's windows, doors, ceilings and walls. See the difference that paint grade and finish grade wood creates!. D
9:00 am
P. Allen Smith's Garden Home "Entry" Smith uses the Garden Home Retreat's grand front door and containers filled with herbs to demonstrate the design principle of entry. He also visits a plant in Indiana that has an exceptional recycling system.G
9:30 am
Glass with Vicki Payne "What's The Buzz?" Things are really buzzing in the garden with this adorable bee hive mobile and three fat glass bumble bees. Learn how to use a glass saw to create uncut able masterpieces and create your own garden work of art. Today's tip features mosaic glass cutting techniques. D
10:00 am
Sewing with Nancy "Fast and Fleecy Accessories, Part 1" Use soft knit fleece to create fashionable accessories in a flash! Start with yardage of fleece or other "fleecy" fabrics and learn how to create quick projects-perfect for gift giving. Scarves, wraps, and even capes can easily be sewn or serged with a little sewing know how from Nancy. D
10:30 am
Scheewe Art Workshop "Daisy Fresh" Painting delightful daises dancing in the breeze, are captured with texture medium to add more dimension to the surface. And cornflowers, add a perfect accent to the daisies. D
11:00 am
New Scandinavian Cooking "Slow River Dining" Aboard the old steamer Haldenvassdraget, Andreas cruises the canals of southern Norway and the Halden River and reels in a boat-full of delicacies. Dishes include: steamed and grilled asparagus, multi-flavored fish cakes, a fish terrine and herbed roast chicken. D
11:30 am
Chef John Besh's New Orleans Biscuits, Oeufs au Plat and Green Onion Shrimp Gravy, and Ambrosia. D
12:00 pm
Connect with English "Grief/Life Goes On" In the first segment, the funeral for Rebecca's father is held and the Boston fire department presents Rebecca with her father's helmet.G
12:30 pm
Connect with English "A Box of Memories/The Missing Car" In the first segment, Rebecca and Kevin find a key to a safe deposit box containing family treasures and substantial amounts in savings and insurance which will reduce their financial worriesG
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Social Studies In Action: A Methodology Workshop, K-5 "Workshop 2. Teaching for Understanding" How do we plan for learning? This session focuses on the Teaching for Understanding model, a framework for unit planning developed at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The onscreen teachers use the framework to analyze unit planning in classroom videos, plan for their own social studies units, and create a pictorial timeline of U.S. history that outlines an entire year of learning. D
2:00 pm
Unfinished Nation "Strained Relations" Symbiotic relationship between the colonies and the British government in the 1750s. French and Indian War alters British holdings in North America, spawns questions related to cost of colonial defense and administration. Proclamation of 1763 attempts to control westward migration. Colonists upset by Revenue Acts; boycott of British goods. Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, and Intolerable Acts stiffens resolve of some colonists to resist British control. British attempts to appease colonists yet regain authority. First shots fired at Lexington and Concord.G
2:30 pm
Unfinished Nation "Not Much of a War" Colonists ill equipped for armed conflict with Great Britain. Meetings of Continental Congress; Declaration of Independence. British response to incidents of hostility in northeast and mid-Atlantic states. Leadership of George Washington. Support of the French government. Defeat of British forces at Saratoga and Yorktown. Destiny now in colonists? hands.G
3:00 pm
Discovering Psychology "Psychopathology" Reviews what is known about the major types of mental illness - schizophrenia, anxiety, phobias and affective disorders - and the biological and social factors that influence them.G
3:30 pm
Discovering Psychology "Psychotherapy" Compares the relationships among theory, research, and practice, and how historical, cultural, and social forces have influenced the treatment of psychological disorders.G
4:00 pm
Curiosity Quest "Horseback Riding" Join Joel as he hits the wild wild west trails on a horseback adventure. Watch as Joel's nerves hit the peak, as his vibrant horse, Domino, takes him for a gallop. D
4:30 pm
Biz Kid$ "Secrets to Success" The secret to success is actually simple - it's all about staying in school and building the best toolbox for your future. Learn about the many ways to pay for your education and the importance of learning every day of your life. D
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The Electric Company "Lights, Camera, Beetles" Jessica and Hector plan to surprise their cousin with a bug zoo for his birthday party. When Francine steals the prized rhino beetle, it's up to the Electric Company to get it back in time to save the party. D
5:30 pm
Cyberchase "Spellbound" When Wicked casts a spell on the Pompadorians to make them all adore her, Jackie and Digit must reproduce the only symbol that can break it - without being able to see what the symbol looks like. Matt and Inez can't get to Pompadoria to help, so they describe the symbol through their Skwak. But how can they describe the odd-looking spell-breaker accurately so Jackie can make a reproduction that works?. D
6:00 pm
Lidia's Italy In America "San Diego: Giant Squid, Milanese Style" Lidia shares her memories of San Diego with viewers and heads out to do some more fishing with Esca's Dave Pasternack. Joined by Del Posto's Mark Ladner, Lidia makes a Giant Squid Milanese, Stuffed Mushrooms, and Spinach Salad. D
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Cook's Country from America's Test Kitchen "Not Just for Kids" Bridget shows Chris how to make the ultimate Chicken Nuggets at home. Then, Jack challenges Chris to a tasting of yellow mustard. Next, Adam reveals his top picks for broiler-safe cooking dishes. D
7:00 pm
Barbecue University with Steven Raichlen "High on the Hog" From the Deep South comes coffee-crusted pork tenderloins with redeye barbecue sauce. Steve makes spit-roasted coconut-crusted ribs on the latest in hi-tech outdoor kitchen equipment.G
7:30 pm
Clodagh's Irish Food Trails "Into The West - Galway, Mayo and Sligo" NULL
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This Old House "Barrington Project, Part 6 of 10" Builder Andy Tiplady uses a less-expensive Brazilian hardwood called garapa for the new deck, and installs it with a hidden fastening system. Carpenter Chris Aguiar uses a jig to cut straight red cedar shingles into a wave pattern designed by the architect, then passes them up to George Duarte for installation at the top of the side gable. Inside, Andy shows master carpenter Norm Abram the progress on the flooring, which is four-inch strip red oak, and the simple details on the interior trim that will let the water views take center stage. D
8:30 pm
Rick Steves' Europe "France's Dordogne" Rick takes a canoe ride, visits a goose farm and savors the foie gras, wanders through a lamp-lit castle, enjoys a country market, and visits the Sistine Chapel of the prehistoric world.G
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Travelscope "New Brunswick, Canada" Joseph experiences winter in Canada's only official bilingual province, where the English and Acadian French thrive together.G
9:30 pm
Lidia's Italy In America "San Diego: Giant Squid, Milanese Style" Lidia shares her memories of San Diego with viewers and heads out to do some more fishing with Esca's Dave Pasternack. Joined by Del Posto's Mark Ladner, Lidia makes a Giant Squid Milanese, Stuffed Mushrooms, and Spinach Salad. D
10:00 pm
Cook's Country from America's Test Kitchen "Not Just for Kids" Bridget shows Chris how to make the ultimate Chicken Nuggets at home. Then, Jack challenges Chris to a tasting of yellow mustard. Next, Adam reveals his top picks for broiler-safe cooking dishes. D
10:30 pm
Simply Ming "Samson Chan & Shellfish" On this episode of SIMPLY MING, Ming meets up with Chef Samson Chan, the mastermind behind one of Singapore's favorite restaurants, Barnacles. Together they shop for some great living treasures from the South China Sea at Grand Atlantic Fishery. Bringing back the freshest seafood to Chef Samson's restaurant for an afternoon of cooking on the fly, they'll show us how easy it is too cook with the shell on!. D
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Taste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Co.: Our Food Heritage "Native America: Native Plant Foods" The Lower Mississippi Valley provided over 250 natural herbs for the Native Americans. Kim Hollier and Dr. Charles M. Allen of the Louisiana State Arboretum in Ville Platte give us a firsthand look at these wild edibles. Dr. Alma Blanchard, a "traiteur," explains the art of this alternative medicine practice and even treats Chef Folse for an old injury. D
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Rick Steves' Europe "France's Dordogne" Rick takes a canoe ride, visits a goose farm and savors the foie gras, wanders through a lamp-lit castle, enjoys a country market, and visits the Sistine Chapel of the prehistoric world.G


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Battlegrounds MMA Results and GIFs: Roan Carneiro Wins the One Night, Eight-Man Welterweight Tournament
(Imagine this but 30 pounds heavier / Photo via Getty)
Chael Sonnen. Jim Ross. One night tournament. Holy shit. Are you ready for this?
We certainly weren't (and judging by the sparse attendance, nobody else was either) The event was probably one of the most "freakshow-ish" events of the entire year, and we loved every second of it. Here's a brief recap of the festivities!
The tournament, which was in the welterweight division, started off with Trey Houston vs. Jesse Taylor. Taylor took Houston down early and after a period of inactivity on the ground Houston managed to grab Taylor's arm and lock in an armbar. Check out the GIF (this and others via Zombie Prophet/Fansided):Read More DIGG THIS


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Gorton's Potato Crunch Fish Fillets
Gorton's adds potato chip crunch to fish fillets for a delightful difference.
Fish and chips started in the United Kingdom and reflected the growth of trawl fishing technology in the North Sea in the mid -800s. Trawlers landed both high quality and cheaper fish; the cheaper fish were used to make fish and chips.
The meal dominates take-out foodservice in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. In the U.S., fish and chip consumption has been driven by two factors: fast food restaurants specializing in this fare (Long John Silvers, Captain D's and Arthur Treacher's) and Catholics looking for fish meals to eat on Fridays, especially during Lent. This created a market for fried fish, often whitefish, served with french fries, potato salad, macaroni salad and/or coleslaw. The coating on the fish was either bread crumbs or a flour-based batter.
Over the years, the role of the batter has changed. Originally, the batter was not eaten, but was rather a covering for the fragile fish so it would be steamed; the casing of batter was discarded. Over time, the batter became rather tasty and it became part of the fish experience.
For Gorton's, as people have reconsidered traditional meals, the need to redefine fish and chips became apparent. Consumers are eating fewer side dishes with their meals and have less time to create a meal with a main course plus two sides. What better way to redefine the meal than to consider the entire fish and chips plate and combine what has been served separately?
Since potatoes are typically on the plate with the fried fish, why not put them on the fish? This requires only a single side dish — make it a green vegetable — giving the entire meal a healthier glow.
Understanding the marketplace
The health halo surrounding the fish and seafood category has been confusing for people. While the nutritional/medical community strongly supports this low-fat protein source, which contains omega-3 fatty acids, many health warnings have been issued from the government concerning mercury levels in fish.
The fish and seafood category market size is $16.4 billion, with sales of fish and seafood increasing by 31 percent between 2001 and 2006, according to Mintel Intl. Fresh fish has 57 percent of the market, frozen has 31 percent and canned has 12 percent. The frozen fish category is $5 billion and has grown at a rate of 29 percent since 2001. Even though religion is considered to be in flux with people today, 35-40 percent of frozen fish sales occur during the Lent season. Key brands in this category are Gorton's, Van de Kamp's, Sea Fresh and private label.
Less time and fewer cooking skills have reduced the time for food preparation. At least half of all households say they are too tired, due to their busy lives, to create elaborate dinners. Younger consumers don't want to take the time -- 60 percent of consumers aged 18-34 say they don't have the time to use to create dinner versus 33 percent of those over 55 years old. Similarly, 56 percent of households with annual incomes exceeding $50,000 a year also say they are too busy for long-form meal preparation versus 41 percent of households making less than $25,000 a year, according to a 2003 ACNielsen study.
Competition comes from restaurant take-out/pick-up; overall, one out of every four meals and snacks comes from restaurant food, according to Mintel. Americans have been spending 47 percent of their food dollars on restaurant food, according to USDA.
With this change in delivery of meal options, there has been a redefinition of what traditional meals are. Traditional meals are expected to be high-fat, high-calorie and not so healthy. Changing assumptions about traditional meals so they can compete with less traditional meal options means shaking up what is on the plate.
Gorton's is using a familiar, "traditional" brand to ask consumers to rethink traditional meal options, to create a new entree that is more "cuisine," delivering familiar, comforting flavors and textures and that are a bit different than many other options. The company is delivering a familiar meal with a cuisine-like twist that kids and mom (the gatekeeper) can feel good about.
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She may have been the most prominent single artist to have ever called Santa Cruz home. But many people around town saw Adrienne Rich a bit differently, as a neighbor and a friend.
"Santa Cruz was very central in her life," said Jacob Conrad, one of three sons of the internationally respected poet who died in March at the age of 82. "I think of how much affection she had for the shops she knew, places like New Leaf and Bookshop Santa Cruz and Capitola Book Café, and for her favorite drycleaner and the waitress at Johnny"s (Harborside). You would walk into these place with her and everybody would want to say hi. I don"t know how many of the people she was coming into contact with in the course of her day actually knew she was an acclaimed poet. They just knew her as a nice lady."
On Sunday evening at Santa Cruz High School, in an event sponsored by Bookshop Santa Cruz, Rich will be remembered both as a pillar of the community, and as a towering figure in the world of feminist poetry and literature.
"The Adrienne Rich Memorial Reading" will feature a handful of prominent poets and Rich admirers including Robert Hass, Brenda Hillman, Bettina Aptheker, Linda Janakos, Doren Robbins, Michael Warr and Eavan Boland, all to read from Rich"s work and to share how she influenced their own work.
For decades now, Rich has been recognized as one of the most eloquent and influential voices in poetry, particularly when it comes to the political and cultural oppression of women and gays/lesbians. Among her many accolades and honors were the National Book Award in 1974 for her collection "Diving Into the Wreck," and the MacArthur Fellowship, aka "The Genius Grant," 20 years later. She was also awarded the National Medal of the Arts, which she famously declined in protest to what she perceived as disrespect for the arts at the federal level.
Bettina Aptheker has taught for years in the Feminist Studies department at UC Santa Cruz and has herself been an influential figure in feminist thought for 30 years. She said that Rich was a mentor to her.
"She was tremendously generous," said Aptheker. "In 1982, I published a book called "Woman"s Legacy," a collection of essays on African-American women"s history. And she read the manuscript and wrote a very generous blurb on the book."
Later, Rich convinced Aptheker to write a memoir and the result was Aptheker"s 2006 memoir "Intimate Politics."
Rich, said Aptheker, was a consistent source of feedback and encouragement for writers near and far. "She was very encouraging and supportive of women writers and people of color. She would read manuscripts all the time and talk to people about writing constantly. I don"t know how many manuscripts she read of other writers."
"One of the things that I discovered since her passing," said her son Conrad, "was how large a circle of younger writers she was corresponding with and engaging with on their work. It was something she did very quietly. She felt like she was part of a community of writers sharing with writers."
Rich had moved to Santa Cruz in the early 1980s with her long-time partner Michelle Cliff. For the rest of her life, Santa Cruz continued to be a source of comfort and inspiration for her, artistic and otherwise, said Conrad.
"(Santa Cruz) had a very strong impact on her and her work," he said. "In her poetry, you can just read it in the references to the landscapes and the climate. But beyond seeing it as an inspiration in her poetry, she felt that Santa Cruz was a very sheltering place for her. She didn"t feel it was just a college or resort town. She really appreciated that it wasn"t just an academic bastion, but that it was a place where all sorts of views are aired."
W.W. Norton recently published the posthumous volume "Later Poems, Selected and New, 1971-2012," including a handful of poems written in the last months of her life such as "Endpapers" (included here). It is the culminating chapter in a career that began more than 50 years ago when she first emerged in the 1960s as one of the few women writers willing to address the systematic subjugation of women in American culture. Particularly influential was the 1976 treatise "Of Woman Born."
"I knew her first as a feminist writer," said Aptheker. "She was influencing a whole generation of us who were entering the women"s liberation movement and the queer movement, as well as those of us who were entering feminist scholarship. So her work was very influential in that way, not only in a uniquely personal way, but in an analytical way for the conditions that women and gays and lesbians lived under."
Rich lived her life in Santa Cruz with a reputation for fearlessness and intensity in her poems and essays. But, said her son, those who assumed that her poetic intensity was also part of her personality had it wrong.
"She was a person with an incredible sense of humor, who loved to laugh. That was just how she went through life. There was a sweetness about her that, if you only read her work, you might misinterpret. She was a person of enormous warmth, and that what"s you would hear if you talked to that dry cleaner or that waitress or the checkout women at Shopper"s Corner."
{ Sunday 7 p.m. Santa Cruz High School Theater, 415 Walnut St., Santa Cruz. Free, but tickets have all been taken. www.bookshopsantacruz.com }


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Opinion: California's Appalachia
Manhattan Institute fellow Steve Malanga on the disparity between coastal and inland California. Photos: Getty Images
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In 1988 Gary Lovisi of Gryphon Books visited Mitchell Hooks at his Manhattan home/studio. He then published the resulting interview in Paperback Parade #7. With Gary's permission I'm presenting that interview this week, broken into five daily instalments... ~ Leif Peng
GL: I know that science fiction is a small amount of your output, but you've done some wonderful covers there; "The Lani People",
"Dark Universe",
"The Shores of Space",
... and Piers Anthony's "Var the Stick".
GL: I was just wondering if you have anything in particular to say about sf or doing that kind of work.
MH: It came a little hard for me. It's not natural for me. I did all the assignments because they just happened to be offered, but I never went and sought them out.
MH: I never made samples with that kind of thing in mind. It's just, when I was younger, I used to read a little science fiction, and so I have nothing against it, but I just don't think too well in those terms. It's not quite my cup of tea.
GL: You did 18 paintings for Bantam's series of Lew Archer novels by Ross MacDonald. How did that come about?
MH: Those Lew Archer covers were a lot of fun. They were for Len Leone at Bantam.
Len was absolutely the premier art director of them all. Absolutely tops. He and I were contemporaries and worked together for many years, and I learned an awful lot from Len. I loved getting assignments from him because he was so inspiring to work for, and he'd always give you a lift when he gave you an assignment. You'd be inspired to do the best work you could.
Well, those Lew Archer books came up to be reprinted, they were popular through the years and were repackaged at least four times that I know of. So I think I was brought in on maybe the fourth one, and they've probably done them again since then.
But it was just a routine repackaging job that they had in mind and Len started giving them to me. He said, as I remember, that the assignment for each cover was to show the hero with his weapon, and to show some suggestion of the locale along with one or two of the characters. Those were the three things.
MH: So it worked out to be a big head of the hero, with him having the pistol somewhere around his head, to keep the design tight. I had a very good model, a guy that's still posing for me by the way, whose name is Bob Benes, and I'd call him up and ask him to do poses with the pistol.
MH: He was a creative guy and would aim it a certain way, shoot it, or cock it, or hide behind it. That's sort of the background on that.
* Continued tomorrow
* The text above is copyright 1988 & 2013 by Gary Lovisi and originally appeared in Paperback Parade #7 (Gryphon Books)
Gary's website: www.gryphonbooks.com
* Thanks to McClaverty for the use of his Mitchell Hooks paperback cover scans in today's post.
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Each year, over 130 students graduate from business at Calvin, making it the most popular program for several years in a row. And within a year, business and accounting students report career success at consistently high rates. But the numbers only tell part of the story.
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How an art, computer science and business interdisciplinary major turned into a first job at Groupon.
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A 2009 Calvin alum is selling socks with unique color and pattern combinations to provide clean water in Rwanda.
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Business major Kelly LeCoy '11 saw her passion for both food and business come together in a plan for a rental kitchen that helped more than 18 food-related businesses launch in the Grand Rapids area.
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When each class of business and accounting students graduates, many already have jobs at great companies or places at great graduate schools lined up. Here are just some from the class of 2015:
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AIA Small Project Awards
We love small spaces here on Apartment Therapy — they're smart, efficient and full of character. Unfortunately small structures don't always get the same recognition as their flashy, large-scale structure counterparts. That's why the AIA Small Projects Awards is a breath of fresh air amongst big-name awards. Now in its seventh year, the program provides a showcase of some of the most masterfully executed small objects, structures and residences. Take a look at some of the past recipients after the jump:
The deadline for the 2011 AIA Small Projects Awards submissions just ended, and we look forward to the newest batch of outstanding projects:
The Small Project Practitioners Knowledge Community presents the seventh annual Small Project Award Program to recognize small project practitioners for the high quality of their work and to promote excellence in small project design. This Award Program strives to raise public awareness of the value and design excellence that architects bring to projects, no matter the limits of size and scope.
1 Counterbalanced Steel Stair, by Intrinsik Architecture: Access to a third floor loft required double usage of floor space at its second floor landing: stairs up and hallway through to a master bedroom suite. This overlap in programming inspired a counterbalanced stair which could be manually pulled down or pushed up as required with a minimum of physical effort. A pre-manufactured aluminum stair was adapted to this function with the use of innovative steel detailing, including a 2.25'' O.D. adjustable torsion bar running the length of the stair; an idea originating from an automotive industrial design, and a vertical track utilizing modified rubber skateboard wheels to guide the counterbalance up and down the western wall.
2 Cup City, by Legge Lewis Legge: Cup City, a temporary interactive lounge, was constructed over the course of the 3-day Austin City Limits Music Festival using 41 (6'x15') Rent-A-Fence panels, zip ties and approximately 25,000 pieces of garbage. The walls of the lounge were slowly filled with disposable containers by concert-goers and volunteers, many of whom spent hours arranging and rearranging patterns in the chain link panel walls. Cup City engaged and displayed a portion of the Festival crowds' stream of consumption, diverting approximately 25,000 used bottles, cups and cans into its ever-changing web.
3 Chapin Studio, by Clayton Levy & Little Architects: This structure serves as a combined art studio and garden shed with adjacent carport. While it recalls southern historic precedents in its geometry and proportions, the little box deftly absorbs the spirit of its Victorian neighbor and expresses it with a modern sensibility. Wood shingles and siding gently complement the materials of the main house, while the metal roof provides rainwater collection. A small porch identifies the entry and addresses the main house.
4 Ferrous House, by Johnsen Schmaling Architects: The Ferrous House demonstrates how an obsolete suburban dwelling can be reinvented, both spatially and aesthetically, to accommodate today's lifestyles. For budgetary reasons, the house reuses the foundation, plumbing cores and main perimeter walls of a dilapidated 1970s structure. The main house volume is wrapped on three sides with a rain screen of weathering steel panels, protecting the inside of the house from the scrutiny of curious neighbors and the elements; in the back, it extends beyond the building's perimeter, where it shelters the sides of a linear south-facing patio.
5 Emel Residence, by EASA Architecture: Construction of a new 660 square foot basement under the existing 830 square foot structure made this a unique and challenging project. The design navigates multiple constraints and solves the expansion problem with an "upside-down" second floor addition that remains entirely within the bounds of the local zoning ordinance that prohibits second floor additions on small lots. The additions and alterations integrate seamlessly into the style and massing of the existing structure preserving the vernacular cottage aesthetic loved by the owner. The home is improved and expanded; with the value and useful life of the home extended well into the foreseeable future.
6 Casa 218, by candid rogers architect: Casa 218 was built in 1873. The original volume of the two room limestone residence is little more than 500 sq. ft. The original residence was restored using original regional materials. The project has two aspects: that of historic preservation and the contextualizing the new addition with the existing residence. An addition of 960 sq. ft. was added, which includes a kitchen, two bathrooms and two bedrooms. The new addition was set behind the existing residence, connecting sensitively to the rear to allow for an uninterrupted place and siting of the original residence. The scale and proportions of the principal elements were respected and translated into a new idiom in the new addition.
The connection of the roof between the existing residence and new addition was resolved with two single sloping shed roofs joining in a single valley, which facilitated the collection of rainwater.
Conceptually the project aims to respect the scale of a modest small architecture, while juxtaposing a new vocabulary of the addition with that of the original.
7 Pup Tent, Slade Architecture: This project was an exploration in materials designed and fabricated for the Design Trust for Public Spaces Annual Auction. The project requirements were: to create a "nest"--something that could support residence for a creature, and would fit in a taxi. Our design is for a modern, indoor dog lounge or PUP TENT. Water-jet cut plywood was laminated to create a conical shape. The exterior surface was sanded and finished smooth and the interior maintains the stepping configuration characteristic of the plywood lamina. A surface pattern is created as the planar plies of the wood intersect with the conical geometry of the surface. The design is sustainable as well since the configuration promotes the stack effect and the skylight and window provide natural light!
8 East Village Studio, by Jordan Parnass Digital Architecture: Living and working in just under 500 square feet, the client had been pushing the limits of what his studio, in Manhattan's East Village, would accommodate, but he loved the neighborhood and appreciated the environmental benefits of having such a minimal footprint. The architects pointed out that the client had been occupying the space without ever really living in it—nothing had a home. The goal, they decided, should be to embed his lifestyle into the DNA of the place. Let his living patterns sculpt and mold the space to create an elegant and efficient environment. The solution was ultimately to combine the kitchen, bath, sleeping loft and a new walk-in closet into an intricately sculpted wood-paneled central service core. The space outside of the core area would remain as flexible as possible, with millwork finished in a high-gloss white to read as part of the shell and stand in contrast to the wooden service core.
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Update after today's hearing on the PAST Act - Prevent All Soring Tactics Act (HR 1518/ S 1406).
PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS and ask them to cosponsor the PAST Act and protect horses from the abuse and cruelty of horse soring. ~Declan
House panel hears vigorous debate on horse soring
Nov. 13, 2013 5:05 PM As posted on The Tennessean
Rep. Marsha Blackburn
WASHINGTON — Witnesses with radically different perspectives on the extent of animal abuse in the walking horse industry came before a congressional panel Wednesday, leaving some lawmakers unsure what to believe.
"It's like you are from two different worlds," Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., told a witness table full of veterinarians and officials from varying horse organizations.
The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade of the House Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing on HR 1518, the Prevent All Soring Tactics Act, sponsored by Rep. Ed Whitfield, R-Ky. The bill is an attempt to respond to a fresh wave of criticism of the industry that began in May 2012, after the Humane Society of the United States released a video of a Collierville trainer beating and soring horses.
His prosecution and coverage of the issue by The Tennessean prompted state lawmakers to make soring a felony.
On the one hand were those who argued that soring — inflicting pain on horses with chemicals or foreign objects to exaggerate their natural, high-stepping gait — was still firmly embedded in the walking horse industry more than 40 years after passage of the Horse Protection Act of 1970, which banned the practice.
On the other were those such as Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Brentwood, who said that while soring "is objectionable at every level" the bill was unnecessary because data show compliance with the 1970 law at rates of 96 percent to 98 percent.
"So why is additional legislation needed for an industry that is over 98 percent compliant?" Blackburn asked. She said the Kentucky thoroughbred industry has far worse abuse problems.
But advocates for Whitfield's bill said soring remains more widespread than official figures show because of a weak Department of Agriculture inspection system that depends too heavily on horse industry organizations to spot and report violations.
The bill increases inspections by Department of Agriculture officials, rather than people designated by event managers to carry them out. The department says it can afford to staff no more than 10 percent of horse events held nationwide.
"I feel this bill is necessary to stop this culture of abuse that has existed for more than 40 years in the walking horse industry," said W. Ron DeHaven, executive vice president and chief executive officer of the American Veterinary Medical Association.
The bill would outlaw the use of weighted shoes, special pads on hooves and "action devices" such as chains that rub against a horse's lower legs. DeHaven and animal rights activists contend such equipment leads owners and trainers to sore horses by applying caustic chemicals to the animals' legs so that the devices inflict further pain when they rub against those spots. To avoid the pain, horses achieve an unnaturally high gait.
To be competitive, DeHaven said, "many trainers and owners feel they must sore."
Inspectors hired by event managers often ignore soring or can't detect it because of various masking techniques, including numbing medicines, the bill's supporters said.
"I have observed more corruption with this industry than I have seen anywhere on Earth," said Marty Irby, past president of the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders' and Exhibitors' Association.
The lower legs of many horses that compete in Tennessee, he said, often "look like pizza with the cheese scraped off."
But opponents of Whitfield's bill said it would ruin the Tennessee Walking Horse industry. The beefed up Agriculture Department inspection system would likely be financed by assigning costs to horse show managers.
The latter, they said, would either shut down shows or go without any licensed inspectors at all, increasing the risk to horses. Events that go without could be subjected to surprise inspections.
John Bennett, a veterinarian representing the Performance Show Horse Association, said the action devices and special weighted shoes and pads define "the breed's gait."
He added, "The impact of this ban would be to decimate the Tennessee Walking Horse show industry."
Several witnesses for Whitfield's bill said the compliance figures were grossly exaggerated by the self-policing system currently in place.
Whitfield said events centered around Shelbyville, home of the annual "Celebration," the industry's biggest competition, as well as those in Kentucky and Missouri continue to show "that self-policing is not working."
DeHaven said when Department of Agriculture officials are on site to oversee inspections, the number of violations found goes up substantially. He said 78 percent of the violations found in 2012 were uncovered through the department's supervising the few inspections it could.
"No law is ever perfect," Rep. Lee Terry, R-Neb., the subcommittee chairman, said of the 1970 law.
"I have no doubt that there are issues within the Horse Protection Act that need to be addressed. However, I believe that when Congress is considering legislation that adds new layers of regulation to an industry, we must be precise."


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GRANGEVILLE — The Monday, Feb. 10, lockdown at Grangeville High School may seem like a waste of time in hindsight, but that's not how Mountain View School District 244 superintendent Kent Stokes is looking at it.
"I actually believe this was a blessing in disguise," Stokes said.
The lockdown of Grangeville schools resulted from a report a person had been seen carrying a gun into the school. The firearm turned out to be a toy gun for a school play prop.
"For me, building new relationships with law enforcement, this was a great opportunity to see how things run," said Stokes, who moved to the area last summer to begin the job as superintendent for the 2013-14 school year. "I have learned I have complete faith in Grangeville Police Chief Morgan Drew and the rest of our local law enforcement."
Stokes said the incident proved to him the school and authorities have good procedures in place for such incidents.
"We have been in the process of purchasing and installing extra locks and cameras and know that will help make a difference in the long run, but I'm feeling pretty darn good about the response and the way things panned out," Stokes said.
Stokes said you "never know until you experience something like this" how it will go.
"One thing that is difficult is dealing with the social media," he added. "I wish people wouldn't write things when they don't know yet what is going on. But we can only control what we can control."
Stokes also said he and Chief Drew have sat down since the incident and gone through additional scenarios.
"It's been really good for us to go over the incident and other potential situations," Stokes said. "Our emergency plan is definitely ongoing."
The lockdown procedures included Grangeville Elementary Middle School where more than the usual number of after-school students were housed as Missoula Children's Theater auditions were taking place as well as Kids Klub, Inc., after-school program being in session and middle school volleyball team members were practicing.
"The world is changing very quickly, and it certainly keeps us on our toes. Even with all of these changes, the most important concern continues to be the safety of our children," said GEMS principal Alica Holthaus. "Events like Monday's are always stressful, and hindsight is always 20/20. The best we can do is keep level heads during the event and learn from every experience. "
Holthaus said GEMS' lockdown procedures have not included a plan for after-school hours in the past.
"However, the daytime procedure worked with a few modifications. Cell phones and electronic media have also led us to make some changes in our procedures," she said. "We made notes of our observations and are making the changes that we feel are necessary to improve our plan."
Along with keeping the children safe, Holthaus said she wanted to avoid frightening either the children or the parents.
"I was so pleased with how well the parents handled the information as it started coming in through calls and text," she said. "By remaining calm they helped keep the situation under control. I appreciate each one of them for their help."
Holthaus said her staff, the KK staff, and coaches went above and beyond in helping create a safe and calm environment.
"I was also impressed with the actors from Missoula Children's Theater. When I approached them to notify them that we were locking down they were very professional. They kept the auditions moving and everything as normal as possible," she said.
"I felt that the lockdown served as great practice for GEMS and Kids Klub staff," commented KK teacher Kristi Keeler. "We are prepared to handle situations like this during the school day, but it was certainly unique as this occurred after school and during Missoula Children's Theatre auditions. We had 125 kids plus parents in the multi-purpose room when the lockdown was initiated. "
Keeler said if students were supposed to walk home, they had to call to make arrangements to be picked up.
"I feel it definitely would have been safer to not allow anyone in the building during the lockdown, but also understand that parents were concerned for their children's well-being," Keeler added.
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Strategic Healthcare Staffing is honored to be included in the list of fastest growing companies. Inc. 500 is a magazine that publishes an annual list of the 500 fastest-growing private companies in the U.S., the "Inc. 500."
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Headquartered in Bohemia, on New York's Long Island, Strategic Healthcare Staffing was founded in 2005 by Rob Simmons, who entered the travel nursing business while still in his teens.
Since its founding, Strategic Healthcare Staffing, certified by the Joint Commission, has become a leader in travel healthcare staffing. The firm has experienced rapid growth and has also been designated as one of the Inc. 500's fastest growing companies in America.
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Join the Women for a Healthy Environment to discuss how to make fresh food available to everyone in Southwestern Pennsylvania.
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Exploring Public Health Careers: Making the Most of Your Public Health Career – January 10 3:45pm-7:30pm
Webinar 3: The Power of Policy
Strategies for Working with Local Community Coalitions:
A Framework for Local Health Departments and Community Collaboration
Tuesday, June 5, from 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. EDT / 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. PDT
This webinar, the third in a series focused on policy as a tool for population health improvement, will discuss a highly structured step-by-step approach for health departments working with local community coalitions. The presentation will feature representatives from the Tobacco Control and Prevention Program at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, who will provide an overview of the framework along with concrete tools and strategies that are used to inform local community coalition activities. Register today!
Caroline Fichtenberg, PhD
Director, Center for Public Health Policy
American Public Health Association
Linda M. Aragon, MPH
Program Director
Tobacco Control and Prevention Program
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Rachel A. Tyree, MPH
Project Director
Tobacco Control and Prevention Program
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Alisha Lopez
Policy Liaison
Tobacco Control and Prevention Program
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
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HHS NEWS: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: HHS Press Office Friday, December 16, 2011 (202) 690-6343 HHS to give states more flexibility to implement health reform Approach will help ensure consumers have quality, affordable coverage starting in 2014 The Department of Health and Human Services today released a bulletin outlining proposed policies that will give states more flexibility and freedom to implement the Affordable Care Act. The Affordable Care Act ensures all Americans have access to quality, affordable health insurance.
To achieve this goal, the law ensures that health insurance plans offered in the individual and small group markets, both inside and outside of the Affordable Insurance Exchanges (Exchanges), offer a comprehensive package of items and services, known as "essential health benefits."
The bulletin released today describes an inclusive, affordable and flexible proposal and informs stakeholders about the approach that HHS intends to pursue in rulemaking to define essential health benefits. HHS is releasing this intended approach to give consumers, states, employers and issuers timely information as they work toward establishing Exchanges and making decisions for 2014.
This approach was developed with significant input from the public, as well as reports from the Department of Labor, the Institute of Medicine, and research conducted by HHS. "Under the Affordable Care Act, consumers and small businesses can be confident that the insurance plans they choose and purchase will cover a comprehensive and affordable set of health services," said HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. "Our approach will protect consumers and give states the flexibility to design coverage options that meet their unique needs."
Under the Department's intended approach announced today, states would have the flexibility to select an existing health plan to set the "benchmark" for the items and services included in the essential health benefits package. States would choose one of the following health insurance plans as a benchmark: · One of the three largest small group plans in the state; · One of the three largest state employee health plans; · One of the three largest federal employee health plan options; · The largest HMO plan offered in the state's commercial market. The benefits and services included in the health insurance plan selected by the state would be the essential health benefits package. Plans could modify coverage within a benefit category so long as they do not reduce the value of coverage.
Consistent with the law, states must ensure the essential health benefits package covers items and services in at least ten categories of care, including preventive care, emergency services, maternity care, hospital and physician services, and prescription drugs. If a state selects a plan that does not cover all ten categories of care, the state will have the option to examine other benchmark insurance plans, including the Federal Employee Health Benefits Plan, to determine the type of benefits that will be included in the essential health benefits package.
The policy proposed today by HHS would give states the flexibility to select a plan that would be equal in scope to the services covered by a typical employer plan in their state. States and insurers would retain the flexibility to evolve the benefits package with the market as innovative plan designs are developed and advancements in care become available, and meetthe needs of their citizens. "More than 30 million Americans who newly have insurance coverage in 2014 will have a comprehensive benefit package," said Sherry Glied, PhD, assistant secretary for planning and evaluation. "In addition to assuring comprehensive coverage for the newly insured, many millions of Americans buying their own insurance today will gain valuable new coverage, including more than 8 million Americans who currently do not have maternity coverage, and more than 1 million who will gain prescription drug coverage." The bulletin issued today addresses only the services and items covered by a health plan, not the cost sharing, such as deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance. The cost-sharing features will be addressed in future bulletins and cost-sharing rules will determine the actuarial value of the plan. Public input on this proposal is encouraged. Comments are due by Jan 31, 2012 and can be sent to: firstname.lastname@example.com. For the essential health benefits bulletin, visit: http://cciio.cms.gov/resources/regulations/index.html#hie For a fact sheet on the essential health benefits bulletin, visit: http://www.healthcare.gov/news/factsheets/2011/12/essential-health-benefits12162011a.html For a summary of individual market coverage as it relates to essential health benefits, visit: http://aspe.hhs.gov/health/reports/2011/IndividualMarket/ib.shtml For information comparing benefits in small group products and state and Federal employee plans, visit: http://aspe.hhs.gov/health/reports/2011/MarketComparison/rb.shtml
As the Penn State child abuse scandal continues to dominate headlines and newscasts, it seems like people are interested in finding new, more effective ways to serve and protect at-risk children in the Keystone State.
So perhaps the timing is good for a new, statewide initiative aimed at improving our system of care for troubled children and adolescents. Beginning in January, the Governor's Commission for Children and Families plans to carry out a statewide series of strategic planning meetings aimed at gathering input on ways to reduce barriers to effective service delivery to children with emotional disabilities.
Who, exactly, are these troubled children? Ellen DiDomenico, executive director of the commission, says the term applies to any child, age 8 to 18, who has significant mental health needs or who has come in contact with the child welfare system or the state's juvenile justice system.
The statewide initiative is designed to build upon smaller programs pioneered previously in Chester, Erie, Lehigh, Montgomery, and York counties. It's being funded with an almost $800,000 grant from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
"We want to find out from folks on the ground, what are the barriers that keep different groups from collaborating," DiDomenico said in a telephone interview. "What keeps you from doing your work in the most effective and efficient way?"
To find answers, DiDomenico is planning six regional meetings, including at least one here in the southeast portion of the state. She plans to invite everyone on her core mailing list to attend, including people who work in the community mental health system, the juvenile justice system, the schools, the drug and alcohol rehabilitation system, and children and family members who are clients of these agencies or recipients of these services.
Dates, times, and locations for these meetings haven't been determined yet.
If someone can't attend a meeting, then a letter to DiDomenico or an e-mail with suggestions would be fine. She can be reached via the Governor's Commission for Children and Families. The mailing address is PO Box 2675, Harrisburg, PA 17105-2675. The phone number is (717) 772-4131 and her e-mail address is firstname.lastname@example.com.


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|Kyle Busch Wins ISM Connect 300
|Modified Season Sweep for Santos
|Bell Wins UNOH 175 Truck Series Race
|Mile Kyle: Busch Takes Pole for ISM Connect 300
|Short Track Extravaganza Set for Sept. 2018
|New England Themed Going Away Gift for Junior
Change Breeds Excitement
It's already been one of the most competitive seasons in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series history. With seven different winners over the first 10 races, and 10 different winners over the first 13, the 2014 season has provided as much unpredictability as it has excitement with the new changes and formats.
Knockout-style qualifying
The new qualifying format has amped up Fridays this season. With multiple rounds in a knockout-style, drivers are being pushed to the test and the action has intensified.
"Knockout qualifying is just an emotional roller-coaster, from not making it into the top 12 and having to go back out and bump your way in and then being on the pole," said Jamie McMurray, who won the pole in last week's race at Sonoma Raceway. "There are a lot of highs and lows that go with it. It's real cool for us to kind of get bumped out and then come back and win the pole."
The intensity should pick up at New Hampshire, too, where track position is of the utmost importance.
In With A Win
While the Chase itself has undergone a serious facelift (we'll talk more about that when we get ready for the SYLVANIA 300 in September), the way to get into the Chase has become easier to figure out (from a fan's perspective) yet much harder to get in (from a driver's).
Increasing the number of drivers that make the Chase from 12 to 16, NASCAR has put an emphasis on the primary way drivers make the Chase. All race winners during the 26-race regular season will make the Chase. Should there be more than 16 winners, ties would be broken by points. If fewer, the drivers without a victory but with the highest points standing would advance to the Chase. The points leader at the end of the regular season will also be guaranteed a spot in the Chase, regardless of whether they have won a race or not.
Right now, it's a virtual lock for multiple-race winners like Jimmie Johnson (three wins), Carl Edwards, Kevin Harvick, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Joey Logano. But that leaves the door open for a number of other drivers to still get into the postseason tournament.
And with New Hampshire's recent history of 12 different drivers winning the last 12 races, anyone could find their way to Victory Lane on Sunday, July 13.
Which begs the question …
Who's Next?
Big names that have yet to win a race this year include Matt Kenseth, Kasey Kahne, Ryan Newman, Clint Bowyer, Greg Biffle and Tony Stewart. Ironically, all six have won races at New Hampshire over the last six years.
That should give all those drivers a confidence heading into New Hampshire, but all drivers know the importance a single win can make in either riding strong or riding along come Chase time.


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Last week we posted that Google had selected ASUS to help build a low-cost Android tablet, and now Digitimes is reporting a similar story. According to their industry sources, Google and ASUS will release a 7-inch co-branded tablet as early as May with a price of $199-249.
Digitimes does not mention any other specs, but our sources previously told us the device would feature a 7-inch 1280×800 resolution display, quad-core Tegra 3 processor, and ship with a stock version of Android 4.x.
Sources say that Google was seeking a Taiwan-based partner to produce the device and approached Acer and HTC before deciding on ASUS. Acer "did not have in-house R&D capability" and HTC was "unwilling to develop a low-price model to impair its brand image".
Earlier rumors suggested this device might not launch until June, so it's interesting to see that the timeline might have been moved up. Google is normally known for delaying their flagship Android products, so this would be a first if they shipped one early.
If May is the target launch date, we could see Google and ASUS reveal this tablet at the CTIA Wireless convention in New Orleans on May 8-10.
Even though Digitimes says the price could be between $199-249, we strongly believe it will debut at $199 as this device will be marketed as a Kindle Fire killer.
We also thought that this device might be branded Google Play, but it turned out that was the name for Google's new online content stores. I'll go out on a limb and predict it might now be called Nexus Play.
Our audience was quite excited with the original rumor report with one reader proclaiming, "I will push small children over to get to it." If all the details turn out to be true, Google and ASUS could have an instant winner on their hands.


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Tree Ring Paintings by Tracy Melton
We spotted these fantastic paintings on one of our favorite reads, of paper and things. Tracy, who is based out of Knoxville, Tennessee, uses the wood from dead Red Elm trees to create the discs that are then sanded and clear coated, and finally painted to highlight the rings of the tree. We love this look!
All the tree ring paintings are unique pieces. You can buy a set of three for $52.99 (which seems like a bargain for original art). See more of Tracy's work on his etsy shop, Focus Line Art Paintings.
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