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April 25, 2007
Much has been spoken and written about the infusion of young talent on the Lady Bisons softball team this season.
But Thursday afternoon, when the Lady Bisons () meet Middle Tennessee State University at 4 p.m. at Draper Diamond for the last home game of the season, two veterans of the program will be honored --- senior Julia Davidson and junior Niki Bails, who is leaving the program to concentrate on clinical work for her nursing degree.
"Niki has clinicals next year and she is very dedicated to the nursing program," Lady Bisons coach Kristin Peck said. "That is going to take a tremendous amount out of her next year."
Peck stresses the team will miss the versatility offered by Bails, who has played a number of roles for the team.
"We have used her mostly this year behind the plate," Peck said. "She has also played some in the outfield. She has done what we have needed her to do in both spots.
"She has helped us with her bat. She is more of a contact-type hitter, but she does have a little pop in her bat from time-to-time. She loves to run the bases and she is a smart base runner."
Bails, from Plantation, Fla., has also been a designated player and a pinch-runner when needed.
"It is going to be tough to find another person to come into your program who is as versatile as she is," Peck said. "Usually if you are known as a versatile player you play a middle infielder position and the outfield or at one corner and behind the plate or at both corners. To have someone who can play in the outfield and catch is a real unique combination. We almost have to find two players to replace one."
Davidson, a math education major from Santa Cruz, Calif., is the only true senior on the team this season.
"She has stuck it out," Peck said. "It has been a long road for her. She has matured a tremendous amount since she got here as a freshman. She has a better understanding of the game. She plays the game a little differently than when she first got here.
"She has been thrown into every situation you could possibly imagine," Peck said. "When she first came in we were using her more in the outfield. She actually could have played first base for us. She played shortstop and then played first and went back to the outfield. We played her all over the place."
Davidson responded no matter what she was asked to do on the field. She continues to work hard both on the field and at the plate.
"For us to have her power potential in the seventh spot in the line-up is huge for us," Peck said. `She does a lot of the little things right."
Both Jacobson and Bails have seen numerous changes in the program during their stay here. They will finish out their career by returning to postseason play as the Lady Bisons participate in the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament for the second time in the last three years.
When the Lady Bisons head to DeLand, Fla., May 10th to prepare of the A-Sun Tournament at Stetson Jacobson and Bails will be able to lead by experience. Three other players who were part of that first A-Sun Tournament team are pitcher Kim Jacobson, first baseman Heather Collins and outfielder Leigh Little.
"Those five have really seen the transition in the program," Peck said. "When we talked about wanting to get back to the program those five were able to identify with that goal.
"The younger players are all very competitive. We sat down at the beginning of the year and talked about goals. Their first goal was to get to the tournament. We have reached that goal. Now our next goal is to win the tournament."

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Have a great day _mo_ and hope you have many more.
Have a great day _mo_ and hope you have many more.
Just smile it won't crack your face
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four persons is
suffering from some sort of mental illness. Think of your three best
friends -- if they're okay, then it's you.
Have a fantastic day!!!
~ Beach Comber ~
Birthday's are for celebrating, just not the years! Have a fun day.
Happy birthday _mo_ (and don't let the snow slow you down)
Mmmmmmmm.. Birthday cake!
Enjoy your day...


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John Kent Harrison, 2003
color feature, 128 minutes
This Canadian adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's classic would surely not have been as compelling had it been made in the States, where one never finds this much feminism packed into two-hour movies, particularly for children. We have a teenage girl protagonist/hero, three cosmic beings led by Alfre Woodard as Mrs. Whatsit representing Divine Love, a worm-like being with a masculine face representing God-the-Authoritarian-Father, and a very human father too injured to be the one to rescue his young son. Kate Nelligan as Mrs. Which and Alison Elliott as Mrs. Who, a family in which both parents are Ph.D.'s, Aunt Beast (yes! even a Wookie-like monster is female!—this one with magical healing powers) round out this experience of non-stop woman power. Brava! Every kid should see this; my kids have rented it twice; recommended for 7 or 8 and up.
Hollywood please take a lesson from our neighbors to the north.
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
A Wrinkle in Time
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Soundflower was uninstalled.
When I log in as my ghost user (a troubleshooting account) everything is fine. Same OS, same disk, different user.
I am running 10.6.8 on a 2ghz Intel Core Duo Imac. I am an old OS 9 technician... not quite as saavy with OS X and the kernal/terminal/console, etc.
Yesterday evening, I began to have an unusual problem during an attempt to record some audio (in audio hijack pro). Soundflower was installed as part of that package. When I tried to listen to the resulting AIFF files by opening them in Get Info and hitting the play button, there was no sound. I checked the settings, they were fine, and the output was working (i.e. clicking to speakers/headphones when volume is incremented).
At first I thought something obvious was amiss, so I reset my equipment (I had an Alesis USB mixer attached which I removed), I decided to update the USB mixer and downloaded a firmware update for it from Alesis. When I ran it, I had a kernal panic. I am fairly sure the problem existed prior to this. Also, earlier in the day, there was inexplicable echoing in skype (an abnormal sort which I thought was the other client).
I rebooted, checked my preferences, and tried again. Nothing. I opened Itunes, Mp3 files would appear to play but produce no sound. So, too with videos and recordings in Photo Booth. I rebooted. I re-installed Itunes. Same result.
As I have an older OS (10.4) on an external, I booted to that, and played MP3 files in itunes without trouble (i.e. this is not a hardware issue).
I rebooted from my internal, and the problem persists. It is not a simple matter to re-install the entire system (in fact, it could take days), so I am hoping for another solution, and, perhaps, some help with diagnostics (particularly things I can check in logs or terminal). Any non obvious advice appreciated.
It appears to be a system component corruption problem from what I can gather so far. I get sound on stuff in youtube videos and things like that, just not for local MP3 files, or videos. Other sound functions appear normal.
What I have done: complete re-install of OS X 10.6.2 + all updates.
Flash NVRAM
Uninstall Soundflower
I would greatly appreciate diagnostic help and suggestions other than wipe/blast/remake the system...


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Reading 2: The Spaniards and the Indians
A mission brought together two distinct groups of people. The missionaries came from Spain via training schools in Mexico and were Franciscans, an order of priests who had taken a vow of poverty in order to devote themselves to learning, brotherhood with all living creatures, and spreading the word of God.
In Texas the Franciscans mainly encountered bands of hunter-gatherers called Coahuiltecos or Coahuiltecans (kwa-weel-tekens). These bands ranged through what is now the Mexican state of Coahuila into South Texas. They moved from one traditional campsite to another, following the seasons and herds of migrating animals. Since the environment in which they lived was often difficult, mainly because of a lack of rainfall, the Coahuiltecans lived precariously because they rarely had a sure food supply. Though they sometimes warred against one another, all faced threats from more formidable adversaries such as the Apache and, later, the Comanche. These tribes had become mobile raiders by taking advantage of the herds of wild horses that had developed from runaways from Spanish settlements.
The Coahuiltecans were tattooed and wore a breechcloth or hide skirt, fiber sandals, and, in bad weather, a cloak of animal hide. Animal teeth, bones, feathers, stones, and seeds were worn as jewelry and sometimes woven into their intricately braided hair. Shelter consisted of small temporary huts of brush or grass, sensible structures given their way of life and the climate of the area over which they ranged.
These hunter-gatherers were willing to become part of the mission system for a number of reasons. The irrigation system promised a more stable supply of food than they normally enjoyed. Diseases brought by Europeans had depleted their numbers, making the Coahuiltecans even more vulnerable to their now-mobile enemies. The presidio, however, offered much greater protection.
Though routines did vary, the missions shared a number of practices. The missionaries, along with lay helpers and usually no more than two soldiers and their families, instructed the natives in the Catholic faith and in the elements of Spanish peasant society. The Indians learned various trades, including carpentry, masonry, blacksmithing, and weaving; they also did a great deal of agricultural work.
Since mission society lasted more than 100 years, no single description can cover the entire experience. It is possible, though, to depict some of its most important elements. Religion was the most important factor in shaping the day. At dawn the church bells rang, calling the people to morning prayer, which was followed by religious instruction. At noontime the bells tolled again to assemble everyone for more prayer, and in the evening there was another service and more instruction.
What happened the rest of the day varied from person to person. Many of the men were led to the fields or to military drills by a missionary or a soldier, while others remained in the compound to work in one of the shops weaving, candle making, woodworking, or engaging in other crafts. Women and older girls often made pottery or baskets, though others prepared food or caught fish in the nearby river. Children spent their days in a number of ways: helping the adults, gathering under a tree for Spanish lessons, playing games with each other. At noontime, everyone came together to eat the day's largest meal, which was followed by the rest period known as a siesta. They remained inside for the hottest part of the day, then returned to their duties until early evening. They would have a light meal before the last service of the day, then enjoy some relaxation. Some would spend the evening dancing and singing, while others played games.
The native population reacted to the mission system in a number of ways. Some of them participated fully, mixing their traditions with those of Spain to create a new Hispanicized and Christianized culture. The Spanish then called them gente de razón, or rational, reasonable people, like the Spaniards themselves. Other Indians moved in and out of the missions, choosing to return to more familiar surroundings during a season when the natural environment was rich with food. Some Indians refused to join at all, continuing to live in their traditional ways.
In the 1790s, the missions began to change. At that time secularization--turning the settlements into civil rather than religious communities--began. The Spanish government withdrew its financial support and ordered mission lands and livestock to be divided among the mission Indians who had been converted to Christianity. Only one of the San Antonio missions, Mission San Antonio de Valero (now known as the Alamo) was fully secularized. The other four, which are now part of the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, were only partially secularized. Here the populations elected their community officials, but missionaries remained to act as parish priests. In 1824, after Mexico achieved independence from Spain, the remaining missions were fully secularized and all missionaries left the area. Though the buildings then fell into decline, in the 1930s restoration began. Today the four missions within the park serve as parish churches, and all five San Antonio missions are open to the public.
Questions for Reading 2
1. What features of the Coahuiltecans' way of life made them interested in participating in mission life?
2. What is a gente de razón? What does that phrase say about how the Spanish viewed the native population?
3. How would someone of your age spend a typical day at a San Antonio mission?
4. Do you believe mission Indians retained much of their original culture? Why or why not? How could you find out?
Reading 2 was compiled from Missions Education Committee, The San Antonio Missions National Historical Park: A Guidebook (San Antonio: Junior League of San Antonio, 1986); and the National Park Service visitor's guide for San Antonio Missions National Historical Park.


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Friday, May 28, 2010
Happy Friday!
I'm looking forward to lots of knitting this weekend! When work gets busy, the knitting takes a back seat :( For example, I thought I would finish this pair of socks two weeks ago on my trip to New Orleans. Instead, I just finished them late Wednesday night (thank goodness Lil' Snowboarder's gymnastics class forced me to be in one place for an hour with the only thing to do but knit!).
These were my "original" Slip Jig socks!
I knit the first one back in February when I was designing the socks and then they just sort of sat in their pretty project bag for awhile.
I am so absolutely pleased with how well this pattern works with the variegated colors of Socks that Rocks! I can't wait until it is released to the general public next March!
And I love love love this colorway...Dutch Canyon!
Believe it or not, with finishing this project, I don't really have any active WIPs. Plenty of UFOs. Here's what I'm thinking of knitting in the next week or soon.
1. I know I'll be starting a new design with Sock-a-licious soon (hurry, if you haven't entered, contest for free yarn runs til Sunday morning!).
2. I'd like to finish the second sock of my Courage sock. The pattern will be released to the general public in June! Yay!
3. Father's Day is coming up. You know what that means. Socks for IrishDad. It is either knit him a new pair or mend the heels of 3 or 4 pairs he needs mending (ugh. dad. stop wearing the socks absolutely everywhere including outside...but I love you...so I'll try to mend at least one pair.). I'm figuring Uncle Frank will knit up quickly.
4. Baby stuff. Lots of it. So many close friends and family are having babies! At least those will knit up quickly, right?
5. I really want to finish my Tickled Pink Blanket that Rocks.
Oh, so many knits, so little time!!
What are you guys knitting? What are you up to this weekend? Hope whatever it is, you have some knitting time worked in!
Happy Friday!
xoxo Irishgirlieknits
16 comments:
- Karen said...
So funny--I was planning to cast on Slip jig for the holiday weekend. My big plan is to plant myself in a chair, under an umbrella a the pool with my iPod and my knitting.
- May 28, 2010 at 2:40:00 AM PDT
- Bezzie said...
Very nice! This is going to sound weird, but I think I like slip-jigs when they're NOT on the foot. I like the quasi-smocking they do.
Have a good weekend!
- May 28, 2010 at 3:12:00 AM PDT
- Caffeine Girl said...
I love the socks -- and that colorway is perfect.
As always I have too many WIPs, but lately it's been all about the three pairs of socks I have going.
- May 28, 2010 at 3:32:00 AM PDT
- peaknits said...
Great sock - per usual:) I am hoping to cast on an Ulmus if I can deem it good train knitting:) I am taking the train to Chicago with my sister to celebrate our birthdays tomorrow for the day. We are painting out kitchen today and I hope to start sewing a wrap skirt with a little sew along - so happy for an extra day this weekend but it still does not seem like enough time:)
- May 28, 2010 at 5:57:00 AM PDT
- Channon said...
Phew. Good thing I got stuck at the firehouse last night and actually did some knitting to talk about...
My sanity saver is the second Horcrux sock in Regia. I can't wait for the first cool morning in September to wear them! (Surely the second one will be done by then?)
The lovely Plymouth Eco Cashmere laceweight scarf languishes by my seat on the sofa, because you know ever spare moment is spent with my new wheel...
I also have a shawlette on the needles, and a shawl and a shrug that I REALLY need to finish for August birthdays!
- May 28, 2010 at 6:16:00 AM PDT
- Mya said...
Love those! Perhaps some day I'll knit mine up. :) I have so many UFOs my yarn room should be renamed Area 51! Perhaps I will finish sock #2 from cloning anemone this weekend. And/or my second sock from the boobie 1 and 2 colorways I got at camp this year. Hurray for 3 day weekends!
- May 28, 2010 at 8:30:00 AM PDT
- Zonda said...
You aren't the only one who can't wait until the GP can get that pattern! Good luck with your Sockilious design too! I'm planning on spinning, knitting, and relaxing (oh and ignoring the pager...sniff wish I could!) Housework today though..
Have a good weekend!
- May 28, 2010 at 8:36:00 AM PDT
- gaylen said...
My weekend plans include perfecting pencil skirt and shirtdress patterns - sewing, not knitting. However, I'm working my way down the foot on my second pair of Dottys - love them! and I have a shawl and a cardi I'm semi-designing. g
- May 28, 2010 at 9:13:00 AM PDT
- weezalana said...
Nicely done! I'm working on a pair of fiddly socks (lots of tiny cables in black yarn, I don't recommend it) and a test knit for Rosi. I think I need to start something new that's light, quick, and simple but I have no idea what that would be.
- May 28, 2010 at 9:21:00 AM PDT
- cpurl17 said...
Those are adorable!! I'm falling way behind on my Carrie socks so I better get crackin!
- May 28, 2010 at 9:23:00 AM PDT
- pdxknitterati/MicheleLB said...
Just finished a shawl and don't really have anything going right now either! Isn't that an eerie feeling? There's a sock I could get back to work on, or a couple UFO's from last summer...or a pile of Elann Incense for Passiflora from Twist Collective! Guess which one I'm going to do!
- May 28, 2010 at 1:03:00 PM PDT
- Jadielady said...
I'm so excited! I'm off all next week, so today on my lunchbreak I went through my Rav que and printed off all the patterns I thought I might want. Hopefully I'll finish some socks, and work on my poor old Ravalympic failure. Tonight we had a storm so I got started on a new shawl. YAY VACATION! *dancing*
- May 28, 2010 at 7:35:00 PM PDT
- Firefly said...
Well, those Slip Jigs are so pretty, but we have to wait til next March for the pattern - that's mean ;-)!?
I'm going to order your Uncle Frank pattern right now and make some Fathers' Day socks for my guys - good idea Miss Girlie!
- May 29, 2010 at 6:51:00 AM PDT
- cupcakefaerie said...
Pretty, pretty! Have a wonderful long weekend. Can't wait 'til SATC!
- May 29, 2010 at 8:02:00 AM PDT
- Knitting Kris said...
Love your socks! I really like the colorway too!
- May 29, 2010 at 3:50:00 PM PDT
I'm currently into the gusset of my second Slip-Jig....with a time-out after camp for a Harmonia's Rings Cowl (almost done!) and a Ruffly scarf using STR Boobie 1....
- May 29, 2010 at 5:50:00 PM PDT


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Congrats to 'Twilight' star Jackson Rathbone! The actor, who played Jasper Hale in the 'Twilight Saga' flicks, got hitched this weekend to baby mama and burlesque dancer Sheila Hafsadi.
Us Weekly reports that the wedding was a small, intimate affair, with only 150 close friends and family. The couple tied the knot in Malibu, Calif. on Sept. 29.
The pair met when Rathbone was on tour with his band, 100 Monkeys, in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and it was apparently love at first sight (or, in case of the onscreen vampire, love at first bite). They later had their first child, Monroe, in July 2012.
"It was one of those things," Rathbone said of meeting Hafsadi in 2011. "I always said I believed in love at first sight, but I never really had that feeling before."
Mazel tov, kids!


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text: 1 2 The Resource Counter 3 4The resource counter, declared at include/linux/res_counter.h, 5is supposed to facilitate the resource management by controllers 6by providing common stuff for accounting. 7 8This "stuff" includes the res_counter structure and routines 9to work with it. 10 11 12 131. Crucial parts of the res_counter structure 14 15 a. unsigned long long usage 16 17 The usage value shows the amount of a resource that is consumed 18 by a group at a given time. The units of measurement should be 19 determined by the controller that uses this counter. E.g. it can 20 be bytes, items or any other unit the controller operates on. 21 22 b. unsigned long long max_usage 23 24 The maximal value of the usage over time. 25 26 This value is useful when gathering statistical information about 27 the particular group, as it shows the actual resource requirements 28 for a particular group, not just some usage snapshot. 29 30 c. unsigned long long limit 31 32 The maximal allowed amount of resource to consume by the group. In 33 case the group requests for more resources, so that the usage value 34 would exceed the limit, the resource allocation is rejected (see 35 the next section). 36 37 d. unsigned long long failcnt 38 39 The failcnt stands for "failures counter". This is the number of 40 resource allocation attempts that failed. 41 42 c. spinlock_t lock 43 44 Protects changes of the above values. 45 46 47 482. Basic accounting routines 49 50 a. void res_counter_init(struct res_counter *rc, 51 struct res_counter *rc_parent) 52 53 Initializes the resource counter. As usual, should be the first 54 routine called for a new counter. 55 56 The struct res_counter *parent can be used to define a hierarchical 57 child -> parent relationship directly in the res_counter structure, 58 NULL can be used to define no relationship. 59 60 c. int res_counter_charge(struct res_counter *rc, unsigned long val, 61 struct res_counter **limit_fail_at) 62 63 When a resource is about to be allocated it has to be accounted 64 with the appropriate resource counter (controller should determine 65 which one to use on its own). This operation is called "charging". 66 67 This is not very important which operation - resource allocation 68 or charging - is performed first, but 69 * if the allocation is performed first, this may create a 70 temporary resource over-usage by the time resource counter is 71 charged; 72 * if the charging is performed first, then it should be uncharged 73 on error path (if the one is called). 74 75 If the charging fails and a hierarchical dependency exists, the 76 limit_fail_at parameter is set to the particular res_counter element 77 where the charging failed. 78 79 d. int res_counter_charge_locked 80 (struct res_counter *rc, unsigned long val, bool force) 81 82 The same as res_counter_charge(), but it must not acquire/release the 83 res_counter->lock internally (it must be called with res_counter->lock 84 held). The force parameter indicates whether we can bypass the limit. 85 86 e. void res_counter_uncharge[_locked] 87 (struct res_counter *rc, unsigned long val) 88 89 When a resource is released (freed) it should be de-accounted 90 from the resource counter it was accounted to. This is called 91 "uncharging". 92 93 The _locked routines imply that the res_counter->lock is taken. 94 95 f. void res_counter_uncharge_until 96 (struct res_counter *rc, struct res_counter *top, 97 unsinged long val) 98 99 Almost same as res_cunter_uncharge() but propagation of uncharge 100 stops when rc == top. This is useful when kill a res_coutner in 101 child cgroup. 102 103 2.1 Other accounting routines 104 105 There are more routines that may help you with common needs, like 106 checking whether the limit is reached or resetting the max_usage 107 value. They are all declared in include/linux/res_counter.h. 108 109 110 1113. Analyzing the resource counter registrations 112 113 a. If the failcnt value constantly grows, this means that the counter's 114 limit is too tight. Either the group is misbehaving and consumes too 115 many resources, or the configuration is not suitable for the group 116 and the limit should be increased. 117 118 b. The max_usage value can be used to quickly tune the group. One may 119 set the limits to maximal values and either load the container with 120 a common pattern or leave one for a while. After this the max_usage 121 value shows the amount of memory the container would require during 122 its common activity. 123 124 Setting the limit a bit above this value gives a pretty good 125 configuration that works in most of the cases. 126 127 c. If the max_usage is much less than the limit, but the failcnt value 128 is growing, then the group tries to allocate a big chunk of resource 129 at once. 130 131 d. If the max_usage is much less than the limit, but the failcnt value 132 is 0, then this group is given too high limit, that it does not 133 require. It is better to lower the limit a bit leaving more resource 134 for other groups. 135 136 137 1384. Communication with the control groups subsystem (cgroups) 139 140All the resource controllers that are using cgroups and resource counters 141should provide files (in the cgroup filesystem) to work with the resource 142counter fields. They are recommended to adhere to the following rules: 143 144 a. File names 145 146 Field name File name 147 --------------------------------------------------- 148 usage usage_in_<unit_of_measurement> 149 max_usage max_usage_in_<unit_of_measurement> 150 limit limit_in_<unit_of_measurement> 151 failcnt failcnt 152 lock no file :) 153 154 b. Reading from file should show the corresponding field value in the 155 appropriate format. 156 157 c. Writing to file 158 159 Field Expected behavior 160 ---------------------------------- 161 usage prohibited 162 max_usage reset to usage 163 limit set the limit 164 failcnt reset to zero 165 166 167 1685. Usage example 169 170 a. Declare a task group (take a look at cgroups subsystem for this) and 171 fold a res_counter into it 172 173 struct my_group { 174 struct res_counter res; 175 176 <other fields> 177 } 178 179 b. Put hooks in resource allocation/release paths 180 181 int alloc_something(...) 182 { 183 if (res_counter_charge(res_counter_ptr, amount) < 0) 184 return -ENOMEM; 185 186 <allocate the resource and return to the caller> 187 } 188 189 void release_something(...) 190 { 191 res_counter_uncharge(res_counter_ptr, amount); 192 193 <release the resource> 194 } 195 196 In order to keep the usage value self-consistent, both the 197 "res_counter_ptr" and the "amount" in release_something() should be 198 the same as they were in the alloc_something() when the releasing 199 resource was allocated. 200 201 c. Provide the way to read res_counter values and set them (the cgroups 202 still can help with it). 203 204 c. Compile and run :) 205


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Wednesday, August 06, 2008
I didn't even think about food all day yesterday...not even coffee. I finally forced a bowl of Kashi into myself in the early afternoon because I didn't think it would be good for me to go into an emotional situation and then have some sort of blood sugar crash. Afterwards, my friend took me for coffee and cookies so I could try to shake off the tears and relax a bit.
I'll even admit that in the evening I put on my sneakers to go for a walk, but I just couldn't handle a walk without Mojo. Too sad just yet. So I ended up going to get McD's for dinner. Not the healthiest choice obviously but it filled the hunger hole and I had the points for it since I'd barely eaten all day.
I'm trying to be better today but cooking definitely isn't high on my agenda. I will try to stick to the healthy options in my fridge and maybe by this evening I'll feel like distracting myself with cooking. Facing the gym might be tough too, but I'll see how it goes. I'm fine one minute, then not the next, so it's tough to know how the day will play out.
Thanks for all of the warm comments on my other blog. I really appreciate all of the wonderful support.
9 comments:
- marie said...
Take care of yourself, hun!
- August 6, 2008 at 8:07 a.m.
- FatMom said...
Oh...I'm so sorry. Take the time you need to deal with your loss and everything else will begin to fall into place. When I'm in a similar situation, I try hard to remember the beautiful life we had together and that their life (and mine) was so much better for being together. Wishing you peace in your memories~
- August 6, 2008 at 8:37 a.m.
- Cat_82 said...
I'm so sorry about Mojo, Jaime. I know how upset you must be right now. Make sure to take lots of time to feel better ok? My thoughts are with you, and I know how hard this is......
Hang in there Jaime.
- August 6, 2008 at 9:13 a.m.
- Jen said...
I am certain EVERYBODY understand why you aren't into "writing"...
I agree, take care of yourself...it's the best you can do right now!
Honestly, a little McD's never hurt anyone...at times like these, food choices aren't really a big deal!!! *big hugs*
Please let me know if there is anything I can do for you!!!
- August 6, 2008 at 9:32 a.m.
- Healthy Pear said...
I'm so sorry to hear about your Mojo!
It will take time to heal from this but know that he's pain free now and in a better place.
Two months ago I had to say goodbye to my mom's german shepherd. It's still hard and I still miss him but at least he's not suffering from his illness anymore.
Take care of yourself!
- August 6, 2008 at 3:10 p.m.
- Julie said...
I am sorry to hear about poor Mojo.
I know you believe he is in a better spot and you are right!
I do believe in doggy heaven with big sofas and huge milkbones!!
Hang in there and take care of you.
{{Huge Hugs}}
- August 6, 2008 at 6:37 p.m.
- CaRoLyN said...
oh I wish you didn't have to go through this. I can't imagine how heartbreaking it must be. I'll be thinking about you!
- August 7, 2008 at 4:32 a.m.
- Jennifer said...
I'm so sorry Jaime...
- August 7, 2008 at 7:28 a.m.
oh hun. i just caught up on it all and i am so sorry. :( my thoughts are with you and I can only imagine how hard this must be.
- August 7, 2008 at 10:24 a.m.


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Lindsay Boxer, Cindy Thomas, Claire Washburn and Jill Bernhardt, the stars of 1st to Die and 2nd Chance, are the founding members of the Women's Murder Club. Later, in 4th of July, Yuki Castellano joins the Club. Together, they solve crimes in their home city of San Francisco, and often meet up to talk about clues and life over Mexican food and drinks at Susie's. The latest Women's Murder Club novel, 15th Affair, is on sale now!
Meet Lindsay Boxer, a homicide detective for the San Francisco Police Department. Lindsay is five foot ten. She was a sociology major and graduated from San Francisco State (to which she transferred from Berkeley when she found out that her mother had breast cancer). She loves beer and butterscotch praline ice cream. She has a border collie named Martha. She enjoys running, loves to read travel books and mysteries and her secret hobby is tai chi.
Lindsay has been divorced once and is now married to long-time boyfriend Joseph Molinari. She has a younger sister named Cat and a father named Marty, who was also a member of the SFPD. Marty left Lindsay's mother when Lindsay was 13.
One thing that very few people know about Lindsay is that she has a tattoo of a one-inch gecko on her left buttock.
Meet Cindy Thomas, pretty, blonde and city cool. She's a crime desk reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle. Cindy is a graduate of the University of Michigan where she was a sociology major. She loves yoga, jazz music and, like her friend Lindsay Boxer, loves to read travel books and mysteries—she's even a member of a book club. She also has a tattoo, but unlike Lindsay, she has two small G-clefs on her shoulder.
Meet Claire Washburn, Claire is black and heavyset; she always jokes, "I'm in shape... round's a shape." Claire is wise, confident, kind, and the Chief Medical Examiner for San Francisco. She is married to Edmund, a kettle drum-player in the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. Claire and Edmund have two teenage sons and a young daughter named Ruby Rose. Her tattoo: an outline of a butterfly just below her waist. She also goes by the nickname "Butterfly" and has it embroidered on her lab coat at work.
Yuki Castellano is an ambitious, young San Francisco district attorney who is passionate, brilliant, given to speaking at 90 miles per hour, and sometimes wears a magenta red streak in her glossy, black, shoulder-length hair. Her parents met at a graduate school mixer for foreign students and married within three weeks. Her mother is Japanese and her father Italian American. Yuki's favorite drink, when out with the other members of the Club, is a Germain-Robin sidecar.
Detective Lindsay Boxer and her husband Joe Molinari team up to protect San Francisco from an international war criminal in the newest Women's Murder Club thriller.
A series of shootings exposes San Francisco to a methodical yet unpredictable killer, and a reluctant woman decides to put her trust in Sergeant Lindsay Boxer. The confidential informant's tip leads Lindsay to disturbing conclusions, including that something has gone horribly wrong inside the police department itself.
A woman checks into a hotel room and entertains a man who is not her husband. A shooter blows away the lover and wounds the millionairess, leaving her for dead. Is it the perfect case for the Women's Murder Club—or just the most twisted?
Fifteen months ago, Detective Lindsay Boxer's life was perfect—she had a beautiful child and a doting husband, Joe, who helped her catch a criminal who'd brazenly detonated a bomb in downtown San Francisco, killing twenty-five people. But Joe wasn't everything that Lindsay thought he was, and she's still reeling from his betrayal as a wave of mysterious, and possibly unnatural, heart attacks claims seemingly unrelated victims across San Francisco.
An accused murderer called Kingfisher is about to go on trial for his life. Or is he? By unleashing unexpected violence on the lawyers, jurors, and police involved in the case, he has paralyzed the city.
As she settles into motherhood and a happy marriage, Lindsay Boxer thinks she has found domestic bliss. But when a beautiful, alluring blonde woman with links to the CIA disappears from the scene of a brutal murder at a downtown luxury hotel, Lindsay's life begins to unravel.
Detective Lindsay Boxer and her three best friends are back and recovering from the events that pushed them all to the edge....But a new terror is sweeping the streets of San Francisco. A gang dressed as cops are ransacking the city, and leaving a string of dead bodies in their wake.
San Francisco Detective Lindsay Boxer is loving her life as a new mother. With an attentive husband, a job she loves, plus best friends who can talk about anything from sex to murder, things couldn't be better.
Lindsay Boxer's beautiful baby is born! But after only a week at home with her new daughter, Lindsay is forced to return to work to face two of the biggest cases of her career.
Lindsay Boxer is pregnant at last! But her work doesn't slow for a second. When millionaire Chaz Smith is mercilessly gunned down, she discovers that the murder weapon is linked to the deaths of four of San Francisco's most untouchable criminals. And it was taken from her own department's evidence locker. Anyone could be the killer—even her closest friends.
Detective Lindsay Boxer's long-awaited wedding celebration becomes a distant memory when she is called to investigate a horrendous crime: a badly injured teenage girl is left for dead, and her newborn baby is nowhere to be found. Lindsay discovers that not only is there no trace of the criminals—but that the victim may be keeping secrets as well
A young mother and her infant child are ruthlessly gunned down while returning to their car in the garage of a shopping mall. There are no witnesses, and Detective Lindsay Boxer is left with only one shred of evidence: a cryptic message scrawled across the windshield in blood-red lipstick.
It's the only Murder Club episode this year, and Lindsay, Cindy, Yuki, and Claire are overwhelmed. A killer picks off San Francisco's super-rich one by one–without a leaving so much as shred of evidence behind. And a street preacher and patron saint to the homeless is brutally beaten and left to die. What secrets lurk behind his mantle of holiness? Meanwhile, danger strikes close to home when an unexpected romance threatens to tear the girls apart. In the 8th Women's Murder Club, the stakes are high, but the truth is shrouded. Who will confess?
The beloved son of California's former governor disappears into the ether. The angel-faced prostitute Junie Moon admits to the crime and Yuki Castellano is faced with the media circus surrounding her prosecution. But is Junie Moon really to blame? At the same time, a serial arsonist is torching some of San Franciso's most beautiful homes and leaving it's occupants to suffer terrible deaths in the flames. It doesn't add up, but Lindsay Boxer is charged with finding the truth.
Someone opens fire on unsuspecting pedestrians and one of the Women's Murder Club is caught in the middle. As she struggles for her life, the others must work fast to track down the madman. In another part of the city, somebody is targeting children and their nannies. As the kidnappers await their ransom, Lindsay and company are faced with finding the mastermind before more children are harmed.
Patients at San Francisco medical Center are mysteriously dying hours before they are to be released with a clean bill of health. Lindsay and the rest of the Women's Murder Club begin their own investigation into the hospital, but the list of suspects proves to be as long as the list of patients.
After an arrest goes awry, Lindsay finds herself facing police brutality charges. But taking time off to cool down proves harder then she thought. As she heads out of town, Lindsay finds herself in the middle of a killing spree, and must locate the killers before they find her. Back in San Francisco, the Women's Murder Club helps to get Lindsay through the trial...but will she be found innocent?
Lindsay Boxer and friends must track down a deadly terror group who begins their killing spree by blowing up an expensive townhouse–with the family still inside. In the meantime, a member of the club may be in some trouble of her own and Lindsay could be too late to save her.
When family members of San Francisco cops are found dead, Detective Lindsay Boxer, Medical examiner Claire Washburn, reporter Cindy Thomas and Assistant D.A. Jill Bernhardt are faced with a tough case. As the killer looks for his next victim, the women must quickly track him down before he kills again.
A serial killer is stalking and murdering newlyweds on their honeymoon. San Francisco Homicide inspector Lindsay Boxer takes the case and along the way meets three other women–a lawyer, a reporter, and the city medical examiner. Joining forces to solve this gruesome crime, the Women's Murder Club is born.


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A new analysis shows that three dozen of North Carolina's biggest political action committees (PACs) donated $7 million to state candidates and political parties in the last election – and now many of the groups are scrambling to make sure their interests, including tax breaks worth at least $1 billion a year, are not harmed in the new budget being hammered out in Raleigh.
The list of top PACs includes groups of developers, attorneys, university patrons, doctors, auto dealers, state employees, teachers, and beer wholesalers, as well as executives with blue-chip firms like Progress Energy, Wachovia, Blue Cross, AT&T, and Nationwide Insurance.
The analysis by the watchdog group Democracy North Carolina shows that legislative winners in 2008 received 94 percent of the $5.7 million the big PACs donated to all legislative candidates. The PACs also gave $770,000 to gubernatorial and other statewide candidates, as well as $590,000 to political party committees, much of which gets funneled into legislative races.
On September 16, 2008 the NC Realtors Association PAC sent 106 legislative candidates a total of $169,500 in donations. The same day, the NC Telephone Cooperative's PAC sent $66,800 to 75 legislators. The next day, the Blue Cross PAC sent $42,200 to 45 candidates and two weeks later, Bank of America's PAC gave 84 legislative candidates $118,250. And on and on it went.
But now the budget crisis is forcing elected leaders to make hard choices that affect big donors and pit one powerful lobby against another.
Teachers are holding rallies against cuts in the education budget, and the NC Beer & Wine Wholesalers Association is running full-page ads against proposals to increase the tax on its products. Both groups have PACs that gave more than $100,000 in direct contributions in 2008, plus at least another $100,000 through affiliated groups and individuals.
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October 15, 2001
The Honorable Scott McCallum
Submitted herewith is the 1999-2001 biennial report of the State of Wisconsin Higher Educational Aids Board. This report has been prepared pursuant to Section 15.04 (1) (d) Wisconsin Statutes.
The report provides an analysis of the agency's 1999-2001 activities and accomplishments and describes goals and objectives for the 2001-2003 biennium.
Jane M. Hojan-Clark
Linda Cross - Hortonville
Jeremy Shea - Madison
Debra McKinney - Fond du Lac
Elizabeth Burmaster
(Public Instruction Superintendent)
Designee: Paul Spraggins - Milwaukee
Gerard Randall - Milwaukee
Steve Van Ess - Madison
Andre Jacque - Madison
Barbara Manthei - West Salem
Mary Jo Green - Nekoosa
Jane M. Hojan-Clark
Executive Secretary
James Buske
Division of Programs and Policy
Sherrie Nelson
Administrative and Fiscal Services
Marilyn Gillies
Management Specialist
Personnel/Payroll and Accounting
Lee Hellickson
IS Professional
Information Systems
The Higher Educational Aids Board is a part-time independent policy-making board composed of eleven members appointed to serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The Governor appoints one member from the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System; one member from the State Board of the Wisconsin Technical College System; one member who is a trustee of an independent college or university to represent such independent institutions; one student and one financial aid administrator each from within the University of Wisconsin System, Wisconsin Technical College System Board and independent institutions; one citizen member to represent the general public; and the state superintendent of public instruction.
The Executive Secretary is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the Governor. The Executive Secretary makes policy recommendations to the Board; carries out policy directives from the Governor, Legislature and Board; and is responsible for initiating and carrying out all administrative direction and responsibilities of the agency. All other permanent agency staff are in the classified service. During the 1999-2001 biennium, total agency staff did not exceed 13 individuals. The functional organizational chart of the agency reflects the most recent structure.
June 30, 2001
The agency's major operational responsibilities during 1999-2001 fell into four distinct categories, which include grant/scholarship programs, student loans, reciprocal agreements and tuition capitation programs. First, the administration of the state's student grant/scholarship programs includes the expenditure of over $123,117,984 during 1999-2001. All of these funds were secured from General Purpose Revenue tax funds (except for $1,408,498 in federal funds). The majority of these programs are based upon the federally determined student and/or parental contributions, and hence the financial need of the student recipients. Total awards exceeded 107,670 from over 408,018 Wisconsin resident undergraduates who applied for assistance during the biennium. Many, of course, applied for and were awarded assistance for both years.
HEAB continued the collection of outstanding loans for the following programs: Independent Student Grant (Loan); Minority Teacher Loan; Nonguarantee Loan; Nursing Student Stipend Loan; Paul Douglas Scholarship (Loan); and the Wisconsin Health Education Assistance Loan (WHEAL). Under the largest program, the WHEAL, all accounts were in repayment status as of June 30, 2001. During the 1999-2001 biennium, the number of borrowers with outstanding principle owed was reduced from 115 to 76, and the principle owed from $2,295,695 to $1,382,479. As of June 30, 2001 the amount of bonds outstanding was $220,000. The final redemption date of these bonds is December 1, 2004.
In addition to student grants/scholarships and the collection of loans, HEAB's third major function continues to be the administration of the Minnesota-Wisconsin Reciprocity Program in conjunction with the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office. A total of 10,292 Wisconsin residents participated in the program in 1999-2000 by enrolling in Minnesota public institutions. The 2000-2001 total is expected to be approximately 10,292 residents.
Two tuition capitation agreements comprise the last major operational responsibility of the agency. The Board has tuition capitation agreements with both the Medical College of Wisconsin and Marquette University School of Dentistry. These agreements provide funds to the two institutions to train Wisconsin residents as physicians and dentists. During 1999-2001 the total appropriation on behalf of the Medical College was $8,210,200 and $2,334,000 for the School of Dentistry for resident student tuition capitation purposes.
In 1968, a rational and policy framework for Wisconsin's Student Financial Aid Structure was established. Today, in 2001, the rational and policy framework continue to operate. Essentially, there are two broad goals and seven operational policies which serve to implement the broader goals. The two broad goals, Universal Educational Opportunity and Educational Diversity or "Freedom of Choice," are looked upon as educational goals which can be achieved in part through the financial aid structure.
The first goal is to eliminate financial barriers and thereby insure an educational opportunity for all Wisconsin citizens commensurate with their desires and abilities. This goal suggests that it is the primary purpose of the student financial aid structure to insure an educational opportunity for all citizens commensurate with their desires and abilities regardless of their financial circumstances. This goal does not imply that the same educational experience need be provided to all students, but it does require that all students be given an equal opportunity to pursue an education consistent with their individual abilities, interests and ambitions. It has been recognized that if society is to achieve the goal of equality of opportunity it must first insure the equality of educational opportunities. As a result of the technological revolution, the knowledge explosion, and the development of a highly skilled and complex society, education has become the most important key to the "American Dream." The educational investment in human resources has a direct impact on the economic and technological development of the nation. This circular relationship between providing universal educational opportunity results in benefits which accrue to society in addition to those which accrue directly to the individual in terms of personal fulfillment and economic security. Every citizen has a right to participate in the economic, social, and political aspects of our society. Education provides the opportunity to exercise this right of full participation and, consequently, must be made equally available to all.
The second goal of the Financial Aid Structure is to support existing Educational Diversity by allowing students the freedom to choose among the various educational offerings. Educational Diversity implies a wide range of academic environments, programs, and course offerings as well as diversity in sponsorship e.g. public and private. A comprehensive educational environment is one which offers technical training in addition to collegiate programs not of the technical nature; one and two year programs as well as four year programs. The diversity issue generally concentrates on the need to preserve the strength and vitality of private schools of higher education for the following reasons:
In order to implement the two goals described above, the following operational policies were established to serve as the guideposts of the Financial Aid Structure.
To summarize, the State Student Financial Aid Policy Framework is as follows:
I. Goals of the Financial Aid Structure
II. Operational Policies
The Higher Educational Aids Board is now 37 years old having been created by statute on June 30, 1964 as the Commission for Academic Facilities. The original purpose of the board was to distribute federal campus construction funds. In September 1965, the name of the agency was changed by statute to the State Commission for Higher Educational Aids, with the present name being designated two years later. Along with the change of name came the assignment of the first grant and scholarship programs funded by the State. These programs were the outgrowth of the Governor's scholarship and Loan Committee of 1965. The two most important policies followed in the creation and the initial student aid programs were those of student financial need for determination of the eligibility and award amount, and that aid should be available to Wisconsin residents attending both public and private institutions of higher education. The Board also received responsibility for the State Student Loan Program in 1966 with the loans being made directly from State controlled funds.
The first ten years of the Board's existence can be viewed as a period of experimentation as well as growth. The agency became responsible for administering the federal Guaranteed Student Loan Program during this period as the federally funded construction and educational equipment programs came to an end. Many short-lived State programs were approved, operated for a few years and then were discontinued, all prior to 1976. They included virtually every concept of student assistance with the exception of employment. There were grants and loans for professional degree students; teacher training stipends and scholarships with repayment provisions if teaching wasn't actually done; and grants for minority and disadvantaged students. In all, eight programs were started and were either discontinued or merged into successor programs.
The effective end to this decade of change came with legislation that for the most part followed the findings of a Legislative Council Committee, which was requested by the Co-Chairs of the Joint Committee on Finance in 1974-1975. Programs were ended or merged and the grant structure the Board still administers today was put into place. Two large grant programs tied into the federal financial aid structure were the central feature, flanked by several smaller grant programs targeting additional aid to the most needy. Within a few years the State Loan Program was removed from State funds and student loans were made from bond issue proceeds. This program grew rapidly along with the parallel increase in private lender loans. By 1980, a second large loan program was created from bond funds, the Wisconsin Health Education Assistance Loan (WHEAL), with assistance going to dental and medical students enrolled in Wisconsin institutions.
The second decade came to an end in 1984 when the agency's Board, sitting in it's capacity as the Board of the Guaranteed Loan Corporation, voted to make the corporation independent of both the Higher Educational Aids Board and State Control. This was done and the agency was left with the grant programs, responsibility for the two loan programs and the number of staff returned to its level of 1966. Within the next two years, bond authority for the loan programs ran out and the agency withdrew from the business of making loans under these programs. This wasn't a problem for students since private lenders continued to make more loans than ever under both programs.
Since 1984, the agency has concentrated on better delivery of student grant aid and the collection of the remaining student loans for which it is responsible. In addition, several new aid programs have been added to the agency's mission and the concept of employment and forgiveness of loan repayment has returned. During 1991, the remaining State Student Loans were sold to a Cleveland, Ohio bank and the State's general fund received about $34,000,000 during 1991 and 1992 from the sale. HEAB no longer has any significant responsibility for these loans, which were made between 1973 and 1986.
In 1995, the biennial State Budget included language to eliminate the HEAB and transfer its respective staffs, functions and appropriations to a new Department of Education, effective July 1, 1996. The Council on Financial Aids was also to be eliminated effective January 1, 1996. 3.85 positions were also eliminated from HEAB as a result of the proposed merger of HEAB with a new Department of Education. At the same time that these positions were deleted from HEAB, the agency was assigned two new program responsibilities, those being screening for applicants delinquent in Child Support Payments and the administration of the former University of Wisconsin's Minority Teacher Loan Program. No positions were restored to administer these new functions.
On March 29, 1996 the Supreme Court ruled that the provisions of the 1995-97 state budget relating to restructuring the governance of the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) were unconstitutional. The provisions relating to the elimination of HEAB and the transfer of their functions to the new Department of Education were neither included among the provisions challenged by the case, nor addressed by the Supreme Court in its ruling. According to a report by the Fiscal Bureau, Act 27 references to the New Department of Education which were not affected by the Court's decision were to be interpreted as DPI. Therefore, DPI was to be responsible for the administration of HEAB programs as funding of these programs was placed under DPI's Chapter 20 appropriation schedule.
The JCF recommended that prior to July 1, 1996, the Department of Public Instruction enter into a memoranda of understanding with the Higher Educational Aids Board in order for the Department of Public Instruction to provide funding and staff in 1996-1997 in order to carry out the functions of the board. Joint Finance also created a project position to serve as the Executive Secretary for the Higher Educational Aids Board. In Executive orders #283 and #287, Governor Thompson established a Higher Educational Aids Council to oversee the implementation of the memorandum of understanding between the Department of Public Instruction and the Higher Educational Aids Board to carry out the functions of the Board and advise Board staff on the administration of the financial aid appropriations pursuant to Section 20.235 of the Wisconsin Statutes. However, the legislature recreated the board in 1997 Wisconsin Act 27 and restored the Executive Secretary position. The Deputy Secretary position was also restored in the Budget Adjustment Bill.
Included in the 1997-1999 Biennial Budget was one new financial aid program, the Teacher Education Loan Program, and a provision which expanded HEAB's Tuition Grant Program to include students enrolled at tribally-controlled colleges in the state. HEAB was also given administrative responsibility for the Educational Approval Board (EAB). In December of 1997, the Joint Committee on Finance approved 1.0 GPR program assistant 3 position under Section 13.10 Request for Supplemental Funds and Position Authority. The responsibilities of this position included administering the new Teacher Education Loan, processing financial aid refunds and providing assistance to the information systems programmer by performing various functions such as assisting in database development, maintaining the agency's web site and transferring data to and from the mainframe computer.
A number of goals were established in 1997 and efforts were made to fulfill them. Communication throughout the higher education community was expanded through the use of monthly memos, visits made to each of the colleges and universities throughout the state, training workshops established for financial aid administrators, the formalization of workshop presentations for high school counselors, and the establishment of an agency web site. The use of technology was expanded. Tapes were no longer accepted, the use of FTP sites was encouraged, the use of paper was reduced, and much of the day to day processing was converted to an electronic mode. Smaller programs were converted from mainframe applications to PC based programs. All of these efforts contributed to quicker turn around time and better service provided to customers.
A reorganization of the physical environment of the agency began in 1997 as well. Documents, space, processes, and procedures were examined and reorganized. This created a much more positive, efficient, and productive working environment.
A new Minnesota-Wisconsin Reciprocity Agreement was negotiated and approved in August of 1997. The JCF met on August 26, 1997, and approved changes that were effective July 1, 1998.
Statutes related to the Academic Excellence Scholarship (AES) were revised so that the grade point average necessary for continued AES eligibility must be an absolute 3.000 rather than a 3.0 rounded up from 2.99. The statutes were also changed to reflect that colleges and universities must "agree to participate until further notice" rather than "agree to participate each year."
A HEAB Residency Status Committee that reviews residency status related cases was established along with procedures. The committee reviews cases and makes residency determinations based on applicable statutes.
The Federal SSIG program (which partially funds the WI TIP Grant) was renamed the Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership Program (LEAP). The program criteria did not change from what it was under SSIG. However, if funding is greater than $30 million, a Supplemental LEAP or SLEAP will become effective where the match requirement for funds above the $30 million will change to three to one. The SLEAP funds can also be used for a broader range of purposes compared to the LEAP funds.
It is recognized that the staff of the Higher Educational Aids Board (HEAB) is small in number, yet the responsibilities the board has is extremely important to Wisconsin residents seeking a postsecondary education. Due to an extraordinary level of expertise and dedication, HEAB staff members continue to be able to meet the high expectations placed upon them by customers, the Administration and Legislature. HEAB has been able to successfully carry out its mission to ensure that all students be provided equal access and diversity in obtaining a higher education and make certain the funds for each program HEAB administers are distributed in a fair, equitable, and timely manner.
Over the two-year biennial period $171,334,051 was distributed to 129,725 Wisconsin students through programs administered by HEAB. Programs administered by HEAB served just under 30% of all Wisconsin resident undergraduates. Undergraduate need-based state grant aid awarded by Wisconsin through HEAB was ranked 15th in the country in 1999-2000. Wisconsin, when compared to other states throughout the country, continues to maintain a similar proportion of aid for college students that it did ten years ago.
The expansion of communication throughout the higher education community in order to better serve our customer, the student, continued to be a priority for the agency. Improvements to the monthly memos, training workshops, visits, presentations, agency web site and various other forms of communication were made as well as efforts to developed relationships with other agencies and organizations in order to provide Wisconsin residents with as much financial assistance related information as possible. One of the most major accomplishments for this biennial period was the development of a policy and procedure manual to be used by administrators within the colleges and universities that participate in the programs HEAB administers. This was a highly needed document that has proven to be very helpful in effectively administering the various programs and ultimately better serve our customers.
The expanded use of more advanced technology in 1999-2001 continued to change how the agency operated. Not only was the conversion made to only accept electronic data from schools and others, but the notification lists as well as other data that is sent out have been converted to electronic formats that are sent out weekly rather than every other week. All small programs have been converted from mainframe programs to PC based systems. More progress has been made on the development of an electronic application for the Minnesota-Wisconsin Reciprocity Program. Another substantial initiative that consumed a great deal of time and energy was the Y2K conversion. Due to the preparatory work and organization, this extensive conversion was made without any negative ramifications.
Various other accomplishments the agency realized over the past two years include:
Several operational changes that occurred during the 1999-2001 biennial period included the loss of the Deputy Secretary position, the addition of a Clerical Assistant position, the elimination of the administrative responsibility for the Educational Approval Board (EAB), and an agency reorganization due to the changes already mentioned as well as due to the retirement of an Administrative and Fiscal Services Administrator. Many adjustments were made. Shifting of responsibilities occurred as the agency moved through these various changes.
The agency has once again had a very productive two years. Many goals were once again accomplished. A number of new initiatives were begun. It is expected that they too will be fully implemented within the next biennial period.
|Marquette University
School of Dentistry
|Medical College of Wisconsin
|Handicapped Student Grant
|Indian Student Assistance Grant
|Minority Retention Grant
- Independent Colleges & Universities
and Tribal Colleges
|Minority Retention Grant
- WTC System
|Talent Incentive Program Grant
|Wisconsin Higher Education Grant
- UW System
|Wisconsin Higher Education Grant
- WTC System
|Wisconsin Higher Education Grant
- Wisconsin Tribal Colleges
|Wisconsin Tuition Grant
|Minority Teacher Loan
|Teacher Education Loan
|Teacher of the Visually Impaired Loan
|MN-WI Reciprocity Program
|Academic Excellence Scholarship
|These figures include refunds from the previous year received after the books were closed as well as partial or whole refunds received after the end of vouchering for that academic year.
|Final figures not available. Assumed 1999-2000 for 2000-2001 MN-WI Reciprocity Program.
|Forgiven in Full
|Paid in Full
|Total Refund / Withdrawn
|Independent Student Grant (Loan)
|Nursing Student Stipend Loan
|Paul Douglas Scholarship (Loan)
|Wisconsin Health Education Assistance Loan
The Higher Educational Aids Board (HEAB) will continue to pursue its long-term commitment of providing opportunities for educational access and diversity in obtaining a higher education. It will continue to review its program policies and operational objectives for all state aid programs. HEAB will strive to expand its outreach in order to increase the awareness and knowledge of postsecondary educational opportunities and available financial assistance.
Goals and objectives that have been set for the Higher Educational Aids Board to carry out over the next two years are extensive. Primarily, the areas of focus will include addressing the concerns related to the ramifications resulting from the September 11th attack; finalizing the Return of Funds Policy; addressing changes specific to the 2001-2003 biennial budget; implementation of a more automated procedure to fulfill the relatively new EDVEST Program requirements; reviewing program policy and potentially pursuing statute and/or rule changes as well as follow through with statutory and administrative rule changes that have already been submitted; the examination of an expansion of reciprocity programs with other states; formalizing internal policies and procedures; continuation of implementing technological changes; the implementation of EFT; the expansion of a statistical data base; finalization of a revised Employee Handbook; and the continuation of staff training and alternative work patterns.
Since the attack on September 11th there have been a number of questions related to what the impact potentially will be for Wisconsin college students who participate in State funded financial aid programs. Two issues that have been identified to date are the return of funds for students who must withdraw due to being called to active duty and the other issue relates to the usage of terms (there is a maximum of ten semesters for most of the programs HEAB administers). These issue as well as others that arise will need to be resolved.
HEAB has worked very closely with the Financial Aid Community to develop a "return of funds" policy for the programs HEAB administers. It is expected that a final version will be approved and implemented for the 2002-2003 academic year.
The 2001-2003 Biennial Budget included a number of changes that must be fulfilled. The changes include: the screening for selective service registration, the implementation of a new Nursing Loan Program, the potential implementation of a new maximum award for the Wisconsin Tuition Grant Program, and the submission of two studies or reports (Minority Undergraduate Retention Grant Effectiveness Report and Farmer Loan Forgiveness Study). Each of these changes will be implemented during the 2001-2003 biennial period.
Recent changes to the EDVEST Program require that funds in an EDVEST account cannot be included when calculating eligibility for State financial assistance. A manual process has been put in place with the intention that a more automated approach would be taken a later point in time. Some detailed discussion has occurred to move to an automated process, however more work is necessary before the process is put in place.
The process of reviewing program policy and potentially pursuing statute and/or rule changes has begun. One of the programs that will be a primary focus is the Talent Incentive Program Grant. HEAB will also follow through with statutory and administrative rule changes that have already been submitted. Statutory revisions that were submitted to the Law Revision Committee in 1998, after a review of statutory language pertaining to HEAB, were sent on to the Legislative Reference Bureau for drafting and presentation to the Law Revision Committee. The changes include the deletion of obsolete language and minor revisions. It is the intention of the board to follow the process through, providing whatever is necessary until the changes are enacted. Rules for the relatively new Teacher Education Loan and Teacher of the Visually Impaired Loan Programs have also been submitted. Approval of these rules by the legislature will be pursued.
Currently HEAB has a reciprocal agreement with the state of Minnesota along with various agreements between some Technical Colleges and neighboring counties in bordering states. The board will examine whether or not to expand participation in reciprocal agreements with other states or to expand existing agreements.
The policy and procedure manual that was developed for the aid community has been a very important resource. It is expected that an internal policy and procedure manual to be used by HEAB staff members will be completed in order to create efficiencies and consistency as well as serve many other purposes.
Given the size of the agency the reliance on technology in order fulfill responsibilities has been vast. Every effort will be made to continue to evaluate and implement technological changes in order to provide better service to our customer, the student, and to again create efficiencies in day to day operations. Given that the mainframe system in which we rely on heavily is obsolete (built in the 1970's) we will continue to pursue resources for a system upgrade.
Since more colleges and universities are moving to individual student accounts, HEAB will investigate and potentially implement the option of electronically transferring funds what is referred to as EFT. The agency will continue to review all of its computer applications and make changes as necessary in order to provide the best service possible.
HEAB has always collected and analyzed data related to postsecondary education student financial aid. Reports that reflect some of this data are developed and distributed annually. This past year the agency compiled two new reports. One related to performance outcome and the other presented State financial assistance broken down by legislative district. The agency expects to continue to expand this area in the future.
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It's been five years since his drunken driving arrest, but video of Randy Travis' arrest was just released by Texas officials.
The musician was naked and arrested on a DUI charge after he crashed his car near Tioga in Grayson County, near the Texas-Oklahoma state border.
A state trooper can be heard on the video saying, "I want to prepare you for something. The naked man sitting in the back of the truck is Randy Travis."
After seating him in a patrol car, the video shows Travis saying several things about and toward the state trooper.
"I pray to God that he will have a cancerous growth that infects his bones and every part of his body," said Travis.
"You're a dead man by tomorrow," he later tells the trooper.
Travis was sentenced to probation and rehab for the crash. His family asked that the video be destroyed, but an appeals judge denied that request.


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TXdesigner needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 170 designs submitted by 14 freelance designers.
Upstage Design
We are two female interior designers who have decided to break into the home staging industry in the Austin, TX area. Home staging describes the process of preparing your home for sale. Could involve: de-cluttering, minor repairs or upgrades, freshening up of the home, renting furniture to strategically place in the home, etc. There is already a good bit of local competition, so we are working to differentiate ourselves. There are three main things that set up apart: our TARGET MARKET our SERVICE and our FORMAL EDUCATION.
TARGET MARKET - high-end homes
SERVICE - Positioning ourselves as the go-to stagers that can eliminate ALL of the headaches associated with selling a home. We offer TOTAL home marketing solutions. Not just improving visual appeal of interior/exterior, but we'll handle photography, host open houses and continuous maintenance while on the market. Most staging companies perform their "staging" activities over the course of one day and then their job is done.
FORMAL EDUCATION - Home staging does not require a formal professional or educational background, nor are the practices monitored by a governing body. Certificates can be obtained after a 2 week training course.
We both have a B.S. in Interior Design from an accredited program where we intensively studied all aspects of design and continue to receive ongoing education.
We are focusing on luxury or high-end homeowners who have such an extremely busy lifestyle, that the last thing they have time to do is prepare their home to sell on the market. This will be the type of clientele that can afford and will appreciate full-scale staging solutions and that we can expect to possibly lead into interior design services.
Please no images of a house in your design. Several staging companies already use that graphic and we are trying to differentiate ourselves.
Use Tagline in design: Premier Staging and Interior Design
Logo will be used for stickers (for folder covers & promotional items) business forms, letterheads, business cards and web site.
Initially we think our signature color will be fuchsia used in combination with black & white. However, don't feel stuck with those colors. We do seem to like the contrast of a bold color against black & white - it looks both modern and sophisticated.
Nothing "cutesy". Logo 3 is an example of something too cute.
Feel free play with the alpha characters in the name. A bonus if you can relate logo to one of our key messages: 1) Servicing HIGH-END homes, 2) Offering a FULL-SERVICE package, 3) Resulting in INCREASED ROI and 4) from EDUCATED interior designers.
Refer to attachments for visual elements we like.
Logo 1 makes a bold statement with the vivid red against the black and white. The curves in the graphic element are nice and add a level of elegance. The juxtaposition of the simpler font against a more ornate font is also an appeasing element.
Logo 2 also combines a simple font with a more sumptuous font for an appealing mix. The graphic element is a little less exquisite and maybe more modern in nature, yet still has nice curves.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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The Rams fell to 2-15-1 overall, 1-7-1 Skyline as Stevens Institute (18-1-1, 9-0-0 Skyline) scored two goals in each half for the 4-0 conference victory. Stevens Institute is ranked fifth overall in the country for Division III men�s soccer. Farmingdale played well defensively and held Stevens scoreless until the 35 minute mark when Craig Moquin (Breinigsville, PA) scored two quick goals to take the Ducks into halftime with a 2-0 lead. In the second half, Steven�s Brian Marks (Yardley, PA) knocked in a pass from Josh Ottinger (Schnecksville, PA) at 69:26. Ottinger would then add a goal himself with 14 minutes remaining in the game.
Freshman Michael DiMotta (Coram, NY) got his first starting nod in goal for the Rams against Stevens� fierce offensive line. He finished the game with 9 saves after facing 41 shots total and 13 shots on goal.


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A Christmas stack of frosted sponges decorated with little stars and snowballs.
Serves: 24
300g unsalted butter, softened
300g caster sugar
300g essential Waitrose Self Raising Flour
6 medium British Blacktail eggs
250g Cooks' Homebaking White Fondant Icing
Few drops Dr Oetker Food Colour, blue
50g desiccated coconut, plus extra for decoration
400g icing sugar, plus extra for dusting
8 tbsp lemon juice
1. Preheat the oven to 180°C, gas mark 4. Line 2 x 12-hole muffin tins with paper muffin cases (or bake in 2 batches of 12). Beat the butter, sugar, flour and eggs together until pale and creamy. Divide the mixture evenly between the paper cases and level the tops. Bake for 20 minutes until pale golden and just firm. Remove from the oven. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
2. Meanwhile, dust the work surface with icing sugar. Knead half the white fondant icing with a few drops of blue food colour to make a light blue colour. Roll out and, using a starshaped icing nozzle, stamp out small stars.
3. To make the snowballs, use cool hands to roll small pieces of the remaining white icing into balls. Brush with water and dip in the coconut. Allow to set.
4. For the icing topping, place the icing sugar in a bowl. Add the lemon juice and stir with a wooden spoon to make a thick paste. For easy stacking, trim all the cake tops flat. Using a palette knife or the back of a teaspoon, spread the icing over the cakes, then sprinkle each with coconut. Leave to set for 1 hour until dry. Store the cakes in an airtight container for up to 2 days, until ready to assemble.
5. To build the tower, place 1 cake in the centre of a large, flat platter. Arrange 10 cakes around it, then place another 8 cakes on top, overlapping the ones underneath. Place another 4 cakes on top of these, leaving 1 cake for the very top. Sprinkle with coconut.
6. Place a Christmas tree icing figure or other decoration on the topmost cake, using a little water to fix it if necessary.
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This panorama shows the historic town Monschau in the Eifel in Germany with it's half-timbered houses with slate-roof cladding that are nearly unchanged since about 300 years and the castle of Monschau from a lower viewpoint of the Eifel-Blick "Kierberg". For detailed informations visit the official site of Monschau at: http://www.monschau.de/ and for all Eifel-Blicke http://www.eifel-blicke.de/ and the Eifel-Blick "Kierberg" http://www.eifel-blicke.de/go/eifelblicke-detail/24.html
Europe is generally agreed to be the birthplace of western culture, including such legendary innovations as the democratic nation-state, football and tomato sauce.The word Europe comes from the Greek goddess Europa, who was kidnapped by Zeus and plunked down on the island of Crete. Europa gradually changed from referring to mainland Greece until it extended finally to include Norway and Russia.Don't be confused that Europe is called a continent without looking like an island, the way the other continents do. It's okay. The Ural mountains have steadily been there to divide Europe from Asia for the last 250 million years. Russia technically inhabits "Eurasia".Europe is presently uniting into one political and economic zone with a common currency called the Euro. The European Union originated in 1993 and is now composed of 27 member states. Its headquarters is in Brussels, Belgium.Do not confuse the EU with the Council of Europe, which has 47 member states and dates to 1949. These two bodies share the same flag, national anthem, and mission of integrating Europe. The headquarters of the Council are located in Strasbourg, France, and it is most famous for its European Court of Human Rights. In spite of these two bodies, there is still no single Constitution or set of laws applying to all the countries of Europe. Debate rages over the role of the EU in regards to national sovereignty. As of January 2009, the Lisbon Treaty is the closest thing to a European Constitution, yet it has not been approved by all the EU states. Text by Steve Smith.


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gksu-polkit gets pipe support
One of the features I really wanted to get into gksu-policykit early was working correctly with pipes. With the current gksu you cannot do something such as echo blah | gksu tr a-z A-Z. It is actually very hard to work correctly with input/output with su and sudo bellow. I do think it also has something to do with me not being too clever in UNIX file descriptors at the time I originally planned how gksu works. I did get an email from someone at Sun offering to write support for that who never mailed me again, but anyway…
gksu-policykit is currently able to get all the input and output forwarded to/from the process by using an interface similar to glib's g_spawn_async_with_pipes. Here's what we are able to do already:
$ echo test string | ./gksu/gksu-polkit /usr/bin/tr a-z A-Z TEST STRING $
It's impressive to me that all the input and output goes over DBus quite nicely.


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Segura has 6 hits, but Brewers fall to Twins in 14
Milwaukee, WI – Eduardo Escobar hit a pinch-hit, sacrifice fly in the 14th inning to lift the Minnesota Twins over the Milwaukee Brewers, 6-5, in the finale of a two-game interleague set at Miller Park.
The Twins used the home-run ball to jump out to an early lead and utilized textbook small-ball to escape with the win in extras.
Ryan Doumit hit a two-run shot, while Josh Willingham and Aaron Hicks added solo blasts for Minnesota, which took both games in the series by getting to Burke Badenhop (0-2) in the 14th.
Hicks one-hopped the wall in center for a ground-rule double to open the inning, moved to third on Pedro Florimon's sacrifice bunt and easily scored when Escobar sent a deep fly to left.
Glen Perkins squandered a save opportunity, but it was an otherwise stellar showing from the Twins relievers, who allowed just one run on five hits over 9 1/3 innings. Ryan Pressly (2-0) tossed two perfect innings to pick up the win, and Brian Duensing anchored the bullpen by stranding a runner in the bottom of the 14th to record his first career save.
"That was a long game," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "The (bullpen) did a super job."
Jean Segura matched a Milwaukee franchise record with six hits and knocked in a run in the ninth to send the game to extra innings. He upped his batting average from .347 to .365, but the Brewers dropped their fourth game in a row.
"Any time you go 14 innings and lose, it's tough," Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said.
With the game tied at 4-4 in the eighth, Milwaukee reliever Brandon Kintzler ran into trouble after giving up a single and issuing consecutive walks to Joe Mauer and Willingham to load the bases with one out.
Justin Morneau came through with a sac fly to left, plating Brian Dozier to give the Twins a 5-4 lead.
The Brewers answered in the ninth off Perkins. The reliever plunked pinch- hitter Jeff Bianchi with one down and allowed Norichika Aoki's single to put runners on first and second. Segura came through, as he poked a single up the middle to tie the game.
The Brewers had a chance to win with the bases loaded and Perkins still on the hill, but Carlos Gomez grounded into a fielder's choice to end the frame.
Doumit's two-run shot to deep center off Brewers starter Alfredo Figaro in the second inning opened up the scoring.
Minnesota again utilized the long-ball versus Figaro, this time with two solo blasts in the fourth. Willingham opened up the frame with a shot to left and Hicks clubbed a 2-1 offering to center with two outs, making it 4-0 in favor of the Twins.
Milwaukee, though, fought back over the next two innings and tied the game.
In the fourth, Segura and Ryan Braun reached on singles before Aramis Ramirez hit a double, plating both runners to cut the deficit in half. Two batters later, Jonathan Lucroy traded places with Ramirez with a his own Tobago, making it 4-3.
In the fifth, Segura singled with two outs and Braun, who had been dealing with a nagging thumb injury, tripled Segura home to knot the game at 4-4.
Game Notes
Twins starter Scott Diamond allowed four runs on eight hits over 4 2/3 frames ... Figaro, making his fifth career start and first since 2010 while with Detroit, allowed four runs over five innings ... Figaro started in place of pitcher Hiram Burgos, who is on the 15-day disabled list ... Perkins has blown two of his last four save chances ... These clubs will play in Minnesota on Wednesday and Thursday ... Segura joined John Briggs (August 4, 1973) and Kevin Reimer (August 24, 1993) as the only Brewers to record six hits in a game ... Game time: 4:43.


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Warning: The following post reflects bad taste and vulgar language. Reader Glen Kissel writes:
Al Franken's brother, Owen, a '68 MIT alum, has written a concise description of Al's December USO trip to Iraq for the MIT alumni class notes (password protected, but I'm an MIT alum, so I've pasted it in below).
Kissel notes the following regarding brother Owen's account of Al in Baghdad:
(1) Al joked about WMDs during his USO show. (Was he criticized by the Left?)
(2) Al yelled F- Y- to soldiers while playing Saddam in a skit. (Couldn't broadcast this.)
(3) Al lit Hannukah candles in Saddam's palace and joked about Jews burning the palace if the candles fell over. (If Mel Gibson held a Catholic service in the palace and joked about Christians burning the palace, what howls of outrage would we hear from the Left?)
(4) Did Franken give a prayer of thanks to the troops and President Bush for the privilege of lighting those candles in Iraq?
Other sources on this topic are a CNN interview, a U. of Pitt. review of a recent Franken appearance, and an extended Mother Jones article by Franken.
The following is brother Owen's MIT 1968 Class Note for April 2004:
The Holidays aren't over yet, but here goes: I just came back from eight days as the USO photographer on a trip with my brother, Al, in Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Uzbekistan. [Owen did not mention it, but the CNN piece mentions that this was Al's fourth USO trip.]
Al and I seemed to be the only "Liberals" on the trip, and we got along with everyone fantastically including some real redneck country singers and two people from Fox News, the Army's favorite. We did run into a lot of soldiers who asked Al to sign his book, Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, a Fair and Balanced Look at the Right. It was great to be around so many people with a crazy sense of humor, including a very jolly fat guitar player, who when told that in Iraq in the summer it is 140 degrees in the sun, told us that he might go back there then and sell his shade.
One highlight of the trip was the lighting of Hannukah candles in one of Saddam's Palaces in Baghdad. We had this funny idea that the candles would fall over and CNN would be reporting that the Palace of Saddam Hussein was burned down by Jews.
Other highlights: The Taliban Cheerleaders. Al introduced them, but they could not perform because they could not dance or even listen to music. He convinced them that Afghanistan had been liberated so they did a raunchy routine and stripped off their burkas to reveal that they were in fact the Washington Redskin Cheerleaders, much to the joy of the screaming troops.
Al Franken as Saddam Hussein in handcuffs trying to make a deal to tell where the WMD's are if they uncuffed him and gave him a fifteen minute headstart ("That's all I need"). When refused, he broke away from his MP guards and ran to the edge of the stage yelling "f___ y__" at all the soldiers. [A G-rated version of this skit was done on Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion and can be found at this link.]
Darryl Worley's moving song, "Have You Forgotten?" about 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan. Even I was in tears when he sang it, especially the night he made a private concert for about five of us in Saddam's marble Palace at one am, after the Hannukah lighting. As for the soldiers, they all want to go home, and they individually have different senses of their missions.
The soldiers in Afghanistan have a better sense of why they are there than the ones in Iraq, especially those National Guard persons and reservists. In Iraq they are very nervous about their security, as you can imagine, but realize that now there, they have to stay and stick it out and try to secure the place. They are the victims of an administration that only considered the best case scenario.
As for me, I'm overcome by nostalgia for Bob Hope. It sounds like our soldiers in Iraq are more the victims of bad jokes than of an incompetent administration.


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A growing number of central Ohio residents are turning to an online supplier of organic produce and natural groceries that ships directly to consumers' homes.
A growing number of central Ohio residents are turning to an online supplier of organic produce and natural groceries that ships directly to consumers' homes.
Green BEAN Delivery originated in Indiana in 2007 and has expanded into other Midwest markets, including Columbus in 2010. BEAN is an acronym that stands for biodynamic, education, agriculture and nutrition.
"We knew Columbus had a demographic for it to be a success," said Tony Fairchild, general manager of Green BEAN Columbus.
"Columbus residents appreciate healthy food as well as supporting local farmers and artisans," Fairchild said.
He said within each local market -- Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Columbus, St. Louis, and Louisville, Ky. -- Green BEAN acquires products from local farmers and growers, based on the season and the product.
"Produce such as kiwis, bananas and oranges are from outside Ohio," Fairchild said.
Green BEAN also partners with organizations to promote healthy cooking and lifestyles, including the Freestore Foodbank and Columbus Public Radio.
The Freestore Foodbank is an emergency food provider to a 20-county area in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.
Green BEAN donates food to the Freestore Foodbank, as well as Cincinnati COOKS!, a 10-week course for low-income and at-risk individuals seeking employment in the food-service industry.
The organization places equal emphasis on hunger relief and teaching health and wellness, according to the website, greenbeandelivery.com.
"We support local farmers and want to provide consumers with healthy eating options," Fairchild said.
Green BEAN accepts orders exclusively at its website.
Fresh produce is packed daily at a central Ohio warehouse. Drivers make deliveries four days a week in central Ohio, including north to Delaware, east to Pickerington, west to Plain City, and south to Grove City.
Fairchild attributes the growing success of Green Bean Deliveries to customer referrals, community involvement, and various sponsorships and partnerships.
He estimates Green BEAN Columbus has about 2,500 customers and makes about 1,600 weekly deliveries.
One Green BEAN customer is Allison Shardell of Pataskala.
Shardell, 32, buys the produce for her family, including her husband and their three children, ages 9, 6 and 4.
She said she discovered Green BEAN through Facebook.
"At first, we had to pick up our orders at the warehouse, but then they began delivering to our area," Shardell said.
"I want us to eat as healthy as we can and we also have food allergies in our family," Shardell said.
"We can get grass-fed meat, organic foods, and support local farmers," she said of buying from Green BEAN.


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