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For many, the Oscars become a trivia contest. Who won the best actress of 1950?
For film fans who want to see the movies, the best place to turn is Turner Classic Movies, which offers its annual 31 Days of Oscar festival.
The jamboree of Oscar winners and nominees starts Sunday. It extends from "The Old Man and the Sea" (1958) at 6 a.m. Sunday to "The Queen" at 2:45 a.m. March 4. The former features best-actor nominee Spencer Tracy. The latter offers Helen Mirren in her Oscar-winning performance.
In prime time, TCM will screen best-picture winners. "Wings," the 1927 silent that was the very first winner, can be seen at 10 p.m. Sunday. The...


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Comment letter in response to a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking published by the office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Comment Letters to Regulators
November 21, 2000
Communications Division
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
250 E Street, S.W.
Third Floor
Washington, D.C. 20219
Attention: Docket No. 00-19
Dear Madam or Sir:
On behalf of the Community Bankers Association of Illinois ("CBAI"), I am submitting this comment letter in response to a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ("NPRM") published by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ("OCC"). The NPRM addresses a "Lending Limits Pilot Program" affecting the lending limits applicable to national banks in certain states. Specifically, the rulemaking would amend 12 CFR Part 32 to enhance the small business and residential real estate lending authority of national banks headquartered in states where state banks benefit from lending limits that exceed the limit applicable to national banks.
CBAI is a professional, not-for-profit trade association representing the interests of more than 530 Illinois financial institutions. CBAI's members include commercial banks, savings and loan associations and savings banks that can be either federally-chartered or chartered by the State of Illinois. Members of CBAI can be found in each of Illinois' 102 counties. While CBAI provides numerous benefits and services for its members, CBAI's primary role is that of an advocate for the interests of community banking in Illinois. It is in this role that CBAI submits this comment letter.
First, CBAI supports and appreciates the OCC's ongoing efforts to reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens on community banks and to enhance the ability of community banks to compete fairly and effectively in today's banking environment. In CBAI's view, the proposed amendments to 12 CFR Part 32 reflect further support for the competitive interests of community banks.
The NPRM specifically requests comment on whether loans to small businesses should be secured by specific types of collateral in order to qualify for the increased lending authority. CBAI suggests that such a requirement is unnecessary and is perhaps inconsistent with the "parity" objective of the proposed amendments to 12 CFR Part 32. The State of Illinois, for example, has a higher lending limit for state-chartered banks than the current lending limit applicable to national banks. See Section 32 of the Illinois Banking Act (205 ILCS 5/32). There is no systemic or historic problem in Illinois with state-chartered banks making unsecured loans or under-secured loans to small businesses at the maximum loan amounts allowed by Illinois law. There is no requirement or condition stated in the Illinois statute or in any relevant banking regulation issued by the Illinois Office of Banks and Real Estate that mandates specified collateral that a state-chartered bank must obtain to secure a small business loan made at or near the maximum amount allowed by Illinois law. Any amendment to 12 CFR Part 32 that would impose a requirement or condition regarding specific collateral that national banks must obtain to maximize their lending authority with respect to small businesses would not appear to be based on any demonstrable need (i.e., evidence that banks make or will make unsafe and unsound loans to small businesses under the amended regulation) and would place a regulatory burden on national banks that is not imposed on similarly situated state banks.
The OCC proposal requires that a national bank submit an application to the OCC in order to qualify for the use of the enhanced lending authority. The bank's submission must include those components identified in proposed Section 32.3(b)(6)(iv). The OCC may, or may not, approve the national bank's application after determining whether such approval "is consistent with safety and soundness." Although CBAI recognizes that the OCC wishes to maintain broad regulatory discretion, it is not clear that additional considerations would be relevant or helpful in guiding either the bank applicant or the OCC. The regulation would already require that the bank be well capitalized and meet specified regulatory rating thresholds, and that the bank's board of directors would assert adequate oversight of the additional lending authority. CBAI recommends that, after establishing such minimum standards, the OCC should consider accepting notice (containing the same information currently envisioned in the proposed application) of the national bank's intent to take advantage of this authority rather than requiring formal approval by the OCC. A notice procedure would provide the OCC with information regarding which national banks were prepared to take advantage of the new lending authority without imposing a new, formal layer of regulatory approval.
The proposed amendments to 12 CFR Part 32.3 include the addition of the following language as Section 32.3(b)(6)(v):
(v) Provided that a bank remains an "eligible bank," OCC approval of the bank's authority to use the exceptions in paragraphs (b)(6)(i) and (ii) of this section is effective for three years and may be renewed.
The proposal does not, however, address the treatment of an individual loan that was made in good faith when the national bank was eligible for this authority but which subsequently (within the three year period referenced above) falls out of compliance. For example, a national bank that has received OCC approval under this pilot program may make a qualifying small business loan on January 1, 2001, but a subsequent change in the bank's composite Uniform Financial Institutions Rating may cause the bank to no longer qualify as an "eligible bank" on January 1, 2002. The above-quoted language indicates a clear intent that, upon no longer qualifying as an "eligible bank," the national bank could not rely prospectively on its prior OCC approval to continue making loans under this pilot program. However, it is not clear from the NPRM how the individual loan already on the books in excess of the bank's "standard" lending limit would be treated by examiners. It is not clear, in the example cited above, that the OCC's current regulation on "non-conforming loans" (12 CFR 32.6) would be applicable. CBAI requests clarification that a national bank which makes a loan in compliance with the pilot program will not be found in violation of the National Bank Act or 12 CFR Part 32 if the bank subsequently becomes disqualified as an "eligible bank."
Finally, CBAI supports the OCC's proposed amendment to Section 32.3(c)(5) that would permit opinions from State Attorneys General or other appropriate State legal officers to form the basis of a conclusion that an instrument qualifies as a "general obligation" of a public entity.
Thank you for this opportunity to comment on the proposed amendments to 12 CFR Part 32. If you have any questions or if I can provide you with any additional information, please feel free to contact me.
Jerry D. Cavanaugh
General Counsel
Community Bankers Association of Illinois

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In another small victory for the Unionist cause, the Electoral Commission has rejected Alex Salmond's proposed question for the imminent referendum on Scotland's future. Instead of his favoured wording – "Do you agree that Scotland should be an independent country?", which carries a cynical presumption of consent – the question will be: "Should Scotland be an independent country?" This leaves unstated the fact that the United Kingdom would thereby be ripped apart. But it also avoids weasel words about giving Holyrood permission to open negotiations. When they cast their votes in 2014, Scots will have no doubt about what is at stake.
With the odds on independence lengthening, and the European Union insisting that Scotland would need to renegotiate membership – something Mr Salmond went to desperate lengths to deny – it would seem that the tide is turning against the First Minister. Yet his attempt to dictate the referendum's terms, and dogged negotiation over the rest of the package approved by the Electoral Commission (which includes identical funding limits for both sides), show the extent to which this wiliest of politicians will do all he can to tilt the playing field in his favour.
Despite the sterling work of Alistair Darling and the Better Together campaign, there is a worrying sense that many Unionists – not least in Scotland's business elite – are content to take their foot off the pedal, and assume that the vote is as good as won. The same is true in Westminster, where David Cameron and his team have plenty of other issues to distract them. For Mr Salmond, this is his only focus. So those who love the Union must campaign with equal vigour, equal passion and equal cunning – for their goal must be not just to win, but to win so overwhelmingly that it settles the question of separation for good.


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Name A Better Way To Spend A 4th Of July In The Gallatin Valley
For me, it's gotta be an early afternoon float on the Madison followed by a barbeque (at a neighbor's house) that lasts into the night for a good bang (fireworks people, have some respect for our Independence Day).
It looks like I'll once again be able to check off those few simple requests this year. It doesn't take much to keep me really happy on the 4th. A good chill with family and friends while enjoying food, beer and fireworks!
What a lead-up to the celebration this year in Bozeman too. The infamous Dirty Dozen Brass Band is live at the Emerson this Wednesday, June 29th (tickets still available at Cactus Records or at the Emerson Cultural Center for $15). And then of course, the first Music On Main of the season is Thursday, June 30th with the Clintons! Oh boy, let's just call this what it is this year….a week-long Independence Day celebration! I am pumped, jacked, stoked and juiced for it! (that's excitement right there)


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Brooklyn Cooking School, With Recipes
Hands-on demonstrations are charming and informal in the Brooklyn Kitchen Labs
Short Ribs Braised in Red Wine with Carrot-Watercress Salad
Butter-and-Thyme-Basted Mushrooms
Pickled Baby Carrots
"Brooklyn foodies have a do-it-yourself spirit when it comes to what they eat," says Brooklyn Kitchen owner Taylor Erkkinen. "They're eschewing the mainstream and embracing back-to-basic cooking skills."
That's why she and husband Harry Rosenblum recently expanded their successful shop, which features a broad array of well-designed and thoughtfully selected cooking tools, to include a cooking school and grocery, the Brooklyn Kitchen Labs.
Taylor, a self-taught cook, is a former project manager for new building construction; Harry was a lighting consultant for TV and theater. It was an easy jump for both from technology to technique. "We developed the curriculum to give people the confidence to create their own cooking style," Taylor says. She focused on basics--canning, pickling, butchering, home-brewing--along with classes that tap into emerging food trends. Texan-Korean barbecue, anyone?
At first, classes were held at the store's checkout counter. Recently, class offerings moved to a renovated warehouse that houses cooking labs, the Meat Hook butcher shop, and amply stocked grocery aisles. Classes are held weekday evenings in demonstration or hands-on format. They range from $40 to $75 and include a meal, or, in true New York fashion, a take-out sampling of that night's lesson. Local chefs and food personalities teach classes.
Kat Randazzo, a Brooklyn-area private chef whose resume includes Gramercy Tavern, is a frequent instructor. "My classes feature ideas for simple ingredients that are well prepared," she says. Her recipes for Short Ribs Braised in Red Wine and Butter-and-Thyme-Basted Mushrooms were both elegant and humble, a reflection of the mastery of their French origins.
Student Alice Turner was inspired to host a pickling party after learning a short-term approach to pickling that allows results to be enjoyed only days or even hours after preparation. The class's recipe for Pickled Carrots had bright, tangy flavor and subtle heat.
"The store is charming, and the class was informal and relaxed, just the way you would expect in Brooklyn," she says.
Visit thebrooklynkitchen.com for more information.
Photography: Jonny Valiant
Brooklyn Kitchen Labs director Chloe Brownstein and chef Kat Randazzo
Located in the grocery, the Meat Hook (718/349-5033) continues Brooklyn's historical tradition of select butcher shops. The grocery shelves feature bulk foods, spices, chocolates, home- brewing necessities, produce, housewares, and cookbooks. "People shop here on a daily basis," says owner Taylor Erkkinen. "It's a return to a tradition of getting the best-quality ingredients."
Menu & Shopping List
Short Ribs Braised in Red Wine with Carrot-Watercress Salad
Butter-and-Thyme-Basted Mushrooms
Pickled Baby Carrots
Shopping List
Check your pantry for these necessary items before shopping:
- Extra-virgin olive oil (need 1/2 cup)
- Salt
- Ground black pepper
- Whole black peppercorns
- Butter (need 1 stick)
- Honey (need 1 teaspoon)
- Sugar (need 1/4 cup)
- Milk (optional; need 2 cups)
- 1 large onion
- 1 head (8 cloves) garlic
- 3 medium shallots
- 1 bunch (4 ounces) watercress
- 2 large carrots
- 1 bunch baby carrots
- 1-1/2 pounds mixed mushrooms (shiitake, cremini, chanterelle, black trumpet, hedgehog, and/or oyster)
- 1 bunch thyme
- 2 dried (dehydrated) chiles de arbol
- Apple cider vinegar
- Sherry vinegar
- Dijon mustard
- 1 (6-ounce) can tomato paste
Baking aisle
- 1 (24-ounce) package corn grits or cornmeal (for polenta)
- Coriander seeds
- Celery seeds
- Caraway seeds
- Crushed red pepper
- Star anise
- Bay leaves (3)
- Kosher salt
- Cheesecloth
- Kitchen twine
- 2 pounds beef short ribs with bone
- 2 bottles (6 cups) red wine
Short Ribs Braised in Red Wine with Carrot-Watercress Salad
Two chiles give the braising liquid subtle heat. Add more chiles if you'd like the short ribs a bit spicier.
- 2 pounds beef short ribs with bone
- Salt and ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 large onion, thinly sliced
- 8 cloves garlic, minced
- 6 sprigs fresh thyme
- 3 bay leaves
- 2 dried chiles de arbol, stemmed, seeded, and crushed
- 6 cups dry red wine
- 3 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 cup coarse cornmeal (polenta), cooked according to package directions*
- 1 recipe Carrot Watercress Salad
Season ribs with salt and pepper. In 4- to 5-quart Dutch oven brown ribs on all sides in hot oil over medium-high heat. Add onion, garlic, thyme, bay leaves, and chiles. Add more salt and pepper to taste. Cook and stir carefully (do not break up bay leaves) until onions are translucent. Carefully add wine and additional salt and pepper to taste. Bring to just a simmer. Cover; gently simmer 3 hours or until ribs are very tender.
Transfer ribs to bowl. (Discard bones that separate from ribs.) Remove bay leaves and thyme sprigs; discard. Cover; keep ribs warm. Whisk tomato paste into wine mixture in pan. Bring to boil. Boil gently, uncovered, 30 minutes or until slightly thickened, adding ribs for last few minutes to heat through.
To serve, spoon polenta into shallow bowls, top with ribs, some of braising liquid, and Carrot Watercress Salad. Pass remaining braising liquid. Makes 4 servings.
* If desired, replace 2 cups of water with whole milk and add 2 sprigs fresh thyme while cooking. Remove thyme sprigs before serving.
Carrot Watercress Salad:
In small mixing bowl whisk together 1/4 cup sherry vinegar; 3 tablespoons minced shallots; 1 tablespoon Dijon-style mustard; 1 tablespoon coriander seeds, toasted and ground; 1 teaspoon honey; 1/4 teaspoon each salt and ground black pepper. Gradually whisk in 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil. Toss dressing in large bowl with 4 ounces trimmed watercress and 2 carrots cut into long shreds. Makes about 3 cups salad.
Butter-and-Thyme-Basted Mushrooms
This rich, fragrant mélange of mushrooms is a lovely side dish to the braised short ribs.
1-1/2 pounds mixed mushrooms (such
as shiitake, cremini, chanterelle, black trumpet, hedgehog, or oyster)
- Extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/2 bunch fresh thyme sprigs
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
- Salt and pepper
- Fresh thyme leaves
Cut off mushroom stems even with caps; discard stems. Lightly rinse mushrooms. Gently pat dry with paper towels
In large skillet add enough olive oil to coat bottom of skillet. Heat over medium heat until hot. Add large handful of mushrooms and few sprigs of thyme to skillet. (Caution: Thyme sprigs may cause oil to pop.) Let mushrooms brown on one side, about 2 minutes. Gently turn mushrooms over. Add 1 tablespoon softened butter to skillet. Let butter melt. (It should be frothy.) Baste by gently tilting skillet down toward you and, using spoon, scoop up frothy butter and toss over mushrooms; cook until tender. Use slotted spoon to transfer mushrooms and thyme to serving bowl. Repeat until all mushrooms are cooked. Transfer final batch of mushrooms to bowl along with remaining butter in skillet. Season with salt and pepper. Remove thyme sprigs. Garnish with fresh thyme leaves. Makes about 3 cups.
- 1-1/2 pounds mixed mushrooms (such
Fabulous Funghi
Mushrooms range in texture from delicate to meaty, and in flavor from mild to rich and earthy. Just like any family gathering, toss them together and you have an absolute riot of tasty opinions.
Clockwise from top, here are the mushrooms used in Kat Randazzo's Butter-and-Thyme- Basted Mushrooms.
Oyster Mushrooms: delicate and peppery when cooked
Portobello: concentrated, dense, meaty
Porcini: Pungent, woodsy
Cremini: full-flavored
Shiitaki: steak-like woodsy taste
Pickled Baby Carrots
These "short-term" pickles have a fresh tang and slight heat. They should be eaten within two weeks of pickling so the carrots retain their crunch.
- 1 teaspoon coriander seeds
- 1 teaspoon celery seeds
- 1 teaspoon caraway seeds
- 1 teaspoon black peppercorns
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 1 star anise or 1/4 teaspoon whole cloves
- 1 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1 cup water
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons kosher salt
- 1 bunch baby carrots, washed and stems removed
For spice bag, place coriander seeds, celery seeds, caraway seeds, peppercorns, crushed red pepper, and star anise in center of double-thick 6-inch square of 100 percent cotton cheesecloth. Tie closed with clean kitchen twine.
In small saucepan combine vinegar, water, sugar and salt. Add spice bag to saucepan with vinegar. Bring to boil, stirring to dissolve sugar and salt; remove from heat. Let stand 5 minutes. Remove and discard spice bag.
Place carrots in large bowl; pour hot pickling liquid over. Let cool. Place carrots with liquid in 1-quart jar or storage container; seal. Refrigerate at least 4 hours before serving. Makes about 1 quart.
Spice It Up!
Making a spice bag for Short-term Pickled Carrots is simple, quick process and uses spices you're likely to have on-hand. In a double-thick 6-inch square of 100% cotton cheesecloth place:
- 1 teaspoon coriander seeds
- 1 teaspoon celery seeds
- 1 teaspoon caraway seeds
- 1 teaspoon black peppercorns
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 1 star anise or 1/4 teaspoon whole cloves
Coriander seeds add a lemony-sage flavor, celery seeds have a pickle taste; caraway gives a nutty, anise note. Star anise has a slightly bitter edge to round out the punch from the peppers.


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I've just bought a new Apple iPod Mini and am really excited about getting started loading my music onto it, but I can't figure out how to do so! Windows Media Player can synchronize music with the iPod, but the iPod itself doesn't then seem to know the music is there. HELP!
This is a surprisingly common question for new iPod owners who are using Microsoft Windows on their PC, and the basic answer is that you must use Apple iTunes to get music onto your iPod. Windows Media Player can see the iPod, but only as a hard disk, the section on the iPod where the music is stored is "hidden" and only iTunes knows how to get to it.
Let me take you through the steps of getting some music onto an Apple iPod with iTunes on a Windows XP system, then I'll show you quickly why WMP can't do the same thing.
The first time you plug your iPod into your PC via the included USB cable, you'll probably see something like this:
What's happened is that the underlying drivers for this class of device have been updated by Microsoft and the changes have been automatically applied – thankfully! – but you need to reboot. Do so, and then the next time you start up, your iPod will not generate any messages of this nature.
Now you really need to get a recent copy of iTunes onto your PC. There's a CDROM that's included with your iPod that has the iTunes program thereon, but if you don't want to mess with that, you can simply go to apple.com/itunes to download the latest version.
The next step is to actually launch the iTunes program. If you don't have the very latest version, you might well see this dialog window:
Generally, it's a good idea to make sure you always have the latest version, so click "yes" and it'll pop up your Web browser and take you directly to the download page, at which point you want to enter your email address, uncheck any boxes to skip certain types of email, and start the download:
I always uncheck these boxes, personally, as I already get too darn much email, but you might enjoy learning about free music available from the popular iTunes Music Store, etc., as indicated.
Either way, eventually you'll be able to launch iTunes and have it start up, rather than ask you to do other stuff. At that point it will recognize the iPod that you've plugged in and step you through the registration process.
It'll look like this:
You can stick with the default name for your device, but I always try to pick something more fun. For this 30GB iPod Video, I'm going to call it "MicroTV", because, well, it's a pretty tiny video screen. I also uncheck "automatically update music" because I like to control what happens to my iPod manually rather than have things magically occur and then not be what I want. You may find that having iTunes sync your iPod automatically works better for you, however.
When you're done with this configuration step, click "Next" and you'll see:
If you're so inclined, register your iPod, or just click "Finish".
Now, finally, you can see iTunes in all its glory:
All the colorful material in the middle is from the Apple iTunes Music Store. On the left side column, notice all the various categories of music and content, very similar to Microsoft Windows Media Player. Just below the Music Store, however, is what we seek. It says "MicroTV", as that's the name of my iPod.
Click on this entry, whatever name you've given your own iPod, and you'll see your music list, which is completely blank:
Now click on the "Library" link also on the left column and you'll see what albums or music you've ripped or otherwise copied into your iTunes library. If you haven't ripped any CDs, put one into your computer and click on the "Import" button in iTunes that'll show up.
On this particular computer, I've already ripped a few audio CDs, as you can see:
There's a much nicer way to explore the music, however. Click on the "Browse" button on the top right (it looks like an all-seeing eye) and a new panel will show up that lists genre, artists and albums too:
I'm going to go ahead and copy my jazz album, by Jeff Lorber, onto my iPod. I do that by clicking on the "Jazz" genre, then dragging and dropping that onto the name of the iPod on the left side. Then I can see the music being copied onto the iPod itself:
Doesn't take very long, and once it's done, I can eject my iPod and start enjoying the tiny music player.
However, let's have a quick peek at the basic iPod configuration while it's still plugged in by clicking on the "iPod Preferences" button on the bottom of the window:
The preferences look like this:
You can probably leave them all as-is, but that's how you get to them if you want to change anything about your iPod.
At this point we're done. The easiest way to disconnect the iPod from your computer is to click on the little "eject" button, but before we do, let's have a very quick look at how Windows Media Player sees the iPod and why it's so darn hard to get music from WMP to an iPod.
WMP certainly doesn't show a "MicroTV" option to make life easy. Click on the "Sync" button, however, and you'll see that it can indeed see the iPod that's plugged in:
This is deceptive, though, because the section of the iPod that holds the music that the iPod player itself can access isn't what's listed. The iPod can serve as a convenient and portable hard disk, and it's that section of the device that WMP can access. Copy music and it'll be accessible by another Windows system, but the iPod itself won't see it. Not good!
To actually get music out of WMP and onto an iPod involves some conversion and fiddling around, as detailed here: Convert WMA into MP3 for use with iPods .
Let's go back to iTunes, however, and eject the iPod. That's done by clicking on the tiny upward triangle adjacent to the iPod name:
Now the device is disconnected and you can unplug it, plug in some headphones or earbuds and enjoy your music!
Working with the iPod Itself
The easiest way to do that? Push the play button once on your iPod to wake it up, and you'll see this:
Now use the scrollwheel to highlight either "Playlists", "Artists", "Albums", "Songs" or "Genres", the push the button in the middle of the scrollwheel to select that choice:
I'll select "songs", and here's what I see:
Now I can pick a specific song by again using the scrollwheel, then click "OK" (the button in the middle of the wheel) and the song starts playing:
And now, let's relax with our own personal jam!
Hope that helps you get up to speed with the iPod. You'll find it gets a lot easier to work with after a few minutes of fiddling around.


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When "mid-life" comes around, take time to re-evaluate.
I am what some would consider "mid-life"...in my thirties. At first I almost choked on my coffee when I heard someone refer to me as such. But, it is, alas, true...if it were 1910. Nowadays midlife can easily be 45, but age is just a number, right? However, I do find this time in my life to be exhilirating and confusing all at the same time. I am at the "last chance" to decide if I want to change my lifes work.
What is my lifes work? I have a great job. The pay stinks, there are no sick days and 9/10 times I am required to take my work with me on vacation. I am a stay-at-home mom. When people ask, sometimes (thus the confusing part) I tell them that my husband and I own a business. We do, that is not a lie. However, I do very little work in the business because I just don't have the time with all the managing of little people's lives that I do.
Telling people that makes them respond one of two ways, they support it, or they don't. Women tell me how grand it is, but some times, men and women, just stare at me like I have two heads, or worse, that I am lazy. I AM NOT LAZY. I am taken for granted on a regular basis, but I can't be lazy or we don't eat, or have clean clothes, or a garden, or compassion for others.
I told my guidance counsellor in high school that when i grew up I " just wanted to be a mom" and he told me that "that was a stupid idea" and to "go to school and get a real job". Huh, I guess I showed him. That makes me feel good to know that no one was going to stand in my way of doing my dream job.
So, I don't want to change what I do, but my job changes daily. Tonight we attended preschool graduation for our middle lovely. I cried at the beginning of the program and putting her to bed tonight I cried again. Wasn't she just tiny and smiling all the time? Wasn't she just learning to walk/pedal a trike/sing? Now she is "graduating"? I realize that kids grow up, but then that means I am out of a job...so, my mid-life re-evaluation comes into my mind often.
When our youngest graduates from high school I will be nearing "the real" middle age group (almost 50). You know what, you can't stop time. I will just remind myself to re-read this post and re-evaluate then. That is my plan with a healthy dose of spice, and I am sticking to it.


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by Sally Cohen
Today, in a world that revolves around technology, one of Ann Rhoads' greatest pleasures is taking her grandchildren for woodland walks. As someone whose career has involved spending a significant amount of time outdoors, Ann has always encouraged people of all ages to appreciate and take pleasure in the natural world. In January, Ann retired from a long and prolific career at the Morris Arboretum. Ann, 74, who earned a doctorate degree from Rutgers University in botany, served as Director of Botany at the Arboretum from 1976 to 2000, at which time she stepped back to the position of Senior Botanist in order to allow now Director Tim Block to assume the position.
An expert in the flora of Pennsylvania, Ann and former Arboretum Director, Bill Klein, built on work initiated in the 1930s by Edgar T. Wherry by creating the Flora of PA database. Today the database holds approximately 400,000 specimen records from the major Pennsylvania herbaria.
During her tenure, the botany department at the Morris Arboretum also produced several important books. In 1993, "The Vascular Flora of PA, Annotated Checklist and Atlas" by Rhoads and Klein was published by the American Philosophical Society. "The Plants of Pennsylvania, An Illustrated Manual by Rhoads and Block," first published in 2000 by the University of Pennsylvania Press, has proven to be a valuable resource both within and outside the state. A second edition, incorporating recent taxonomic changes, was published in 2007. "Trees of Pennsylvania" appeared in 2005, and "Aquatic Plants of Pennsylvania" was released in 2011.
Ann has also taught and mentored students through the years both at the Morris Arboretum, supervising or co-supervising the Plant Protection and Pennsylvania flora interns, and as an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania, where she taught Plant Systematics and Field Botany. An active spokesperson for environmental issues, Ann was instrumental in drawing attention to the issue of suburban sprawl and its severe impact on Pennsylvania's forests and natural areas.
The building boom in the Philadelphia suburbs — shopping centers, chain stores, office complexes, apartment high-rises, etc. — encroaches daily on territory that once was field, forest or swamp, and Rhoads has often been called in to evaluate whether land that is about to be developed contains any rare species. "Unfortunately, our state regulations are not very strong," she has said. While a small piece of ground that contains a particular plant might be saved, the larger area that it requires to thrive might be negatively impacted.
Ann, who currently lives in Doylestown, has lived in the Philadelphia area since her family moved here from Washington, D.C., when she was a child. A mother of four grown children, Rhoads has six grandchildren, with whom she has often shared the outdoors. When once asked about the long hours she put in at work, Ann replied, "It's really been a lot of fun . . . I feel very fortunate to get paid for what I love to do."
Even though she is retiring from the Arboretum, Ann says she will continue to expand her knowledge of plants, and will still be involved at the Arboretum, helping out in botany and maybe even writing another book. In the meantime, her message not only for her grandchildren but for all of us is a simple one: "Get out into the woods!"
The Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania is located at 100 East Northwestern Ave. in Chestnut Hill. The 92-acre horticulture display garden features a spectacular collection of mature trees in a beautiful and colorful landscape. The Arboretum includes numerous picturesque spots such as a formal rose garden, historic water features, a swan pond and the only remaining freestanding fernery in North America. A permanent nationally award-winning exhibit, "Out on a Limb – a Tree Adventure," transports visitors 50 feet up into the treetops on a canopy walk that requires no climbing. The Morris Arboretum is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is the official arboretum of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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"This group is characterised by severe depression and/or anxiety and/or other increasing complexity of needs. They may experience disruption to function in everyday life and there is an increasing likelihood of significant risks.So you're basically the same as someone with OCD or an eating disorder. Care clusters (see Figure 1 below) are the result of the Labour government's payment by results programme. You get allocated to a cluster partly based on 'clinical judgement' and partly automatically by a computer program using scores inputed by clinicians to answer 18 questions.*
Likely to include: F32 Depressive Episode (Non-Psychotic), F40 Phobic Anxiety Disorders, F41 Other Anxiety Disorders, F42 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, F43 Stress Reaction/Adjustment Disorder, F44 Dissociative Disorder, F45 Somatoform Disorder, F48 Other Neurotic Disorders, F50 Eating Disorder
Some may experience significant disruption in everyday functioning.
Some may experience moderate risk to self through self-harm or suicidal thoughts or behaviours.
Unlikely to improve without treatment and may deteriorate with long term impact on functioning."
|Figure 1. The 21 Care Clusters
As with my local mental health trust care providers are now going to start deciding what services they are prepared to deliver for each care cluster based on that cluster's tariff (i.e. how much they'll get paid for treating that patient) and not by the current combination of supply and need. You are not paid by activity, that is by what care (e.g. therapy sessions or meetings) you deliver, but on what cluster someone comes under - therefore there is going to be a pressure to reduce the amount of care provided within each cluster to maximise profit. You also have to wonder whether patients that seem like they'll require more work, and thus cost, than others (e.g. personality disorders) will get taken on at all.
Locally we're developing care packages for each cluster, but you have to wonder how a cluster that includes major depression, OCD, and eating disorders can really have a generic package that is actually includes the appropriate evidence based treatments for those conditions. And where is the room for a bit of clinical judgement and addressing individual patient needs?
This might not have happened if it was left to the current model where only a single mental health trust provides services to a given PCT but under the new government proposals for NHS commissioning by GPs they are subject to EU competition law and must commission services from 'any willing provider' based on price. So it seems likely there will be a race to the bottom, I may not want to deny you access to, say, psychological therapy, but if another provider is tendering for work with the GP consortium and they don't offer it they will be able to save money and come in under my quote.
This payment regime hasn't been introduced yet but the tools for implementing it are being put in place in 2010/11 ready to roll it out. Something worth looking out for.
* Bah, who says you can't quantify mental ill-health on a simple 72 point scale, and who says depression can't be nicely quantified on a 4 point scale e.g.
"Question 7. Problems with depressed mood (current):
0 No problem associated with depressed mood during the period rated.
1 Gloomy; or minor changes in mood.
2 Mild but definite depression and distress (eg feelings of guilt; loss of self-esteem).
3 Depression with inappropriate self-blame; preoccupied with feelings of guilt.
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A last request: One more ride along Pequot Avenue
New London — Josephine Pollio, at just about 5 feet tall, may have been diminutive, but when she wanted something, those around her knew it wasn't a request.
When the 87-year-old died Jan. 30, among her final wishes was a horse-drawn carriage ride on Pequot Avenue on a pleasant day. She requested that her blue casket, which she picked out more than 15 years ago, be pulled by a white horse and that snacks be provided for the horse.
Except for the weather, all of her wishes were granted.
"My mother is smiling down on us,'' her daughter Anna Culbertson said Tuesday from atop the carriage that held her mother's casket. "Mother had this planned out to the last nut and bolt.''
Gus, a Percheron draft horse, pulled the carriage along Pequot Avenue Tuesday morning, slowing traffic a bit and turning the heads of pedestrians.
Although the weather was cold and spitting snow, Culbertson said her mother would have been pleased.
"She would have been extremely impressed,'' she said. "She got what she wanted. I'm sure she's up there saying, 'Way to go.'"
Pollio, who for nearly 50 years lived on Huntington Street, enlisted the Byles-MacDougall Funeral Service and paid for the arrangements 16 years ago.
"She was a very lovely lady and very proper,'' Reid Burdick of Byles-MacDougall said. "She told us if it was possible, she wanted one last ride up and down Pequot Avenue."
Burdick helped make the arrangements, calling on Jim Cherenzia of Hopkinton, R.I., for the horse and carriage. Burdick also brought along organic carrots for Gus.
"She was as sweet and nice and as normal as anyone else,'' said Burdick, who met with Pollio a few times over the years to discuss the arrangements. "I think it's cool that 16 years later, we can still do what she wanted.''
Culbertson said her mother was a "determined person" who did not let her limited formal schooling deter her from a life of learning.
"My mother was always trying to better herself and educate herself in any way she could,'' she said.
Pollio grew up on Fowler Court, leaving Harbor School to work in a factory. She worked at the former Winthrop Bank on State Street, as a hat check girl at the El 'N Gee Club in New London and as a seamstress.
Culbertson said her mother always admired the house on Huntington, which was a doctor's office while she was growing up. Visiting the doctor's office as a youngster, she said that she wanted to buy the house some day and live there.
Nearly 50 years ago, while her mother was on lunch break from work, she saw furniture being moved out of the house. She went to several banks to get enough money for the deposit and bought the house.
"She was smart, not college smart. She was like, street smart,'' Culbertson said. "She was the matriarch of the family, and everyone came to her for advice."
A wake is scheduled for 3 to 5 p.m. today at the funeral home, and a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Mary Star of the Sea Church.
"She liked the water. It always soothed her,'' said Culbertson, who took care of her mother during the past four years. "Maybe it was something she always wanted to do. She never explained why."
The carriage ride was a simple affair. No one other than Culbertson and her husband David were on hand.
"I feel it went very wonderfully,'' Culbertson said afterward. "She planned it all out. I told her I would see it get done."
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Exterminator admits stealing customer's jewels
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An exterminator from Bridgeport admitted to taking valuable stones out of some customers' valuable rings in Stamford, Greenwich, Darien and New Canaan and replacing them with worthless glass.
George Lawrence, 42, of 156 Wake St., pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree larceny and a single count of second-degree larceny during a brief court hearing at state Superior Court in Stamford on Tuesday.
Lawrence, who is freed on $75,000 bond, will return to court for sentencing March 19, where he will receive a three- to five-year prison term and agree to pay any expenses to the victims to replace their jewels, Judge Bruce Hudock said.
The seeds for Lawrence's arrest were sown during a chance meeting in fall 2011, when Property Crimes Sgt. Pete diSpagna was talking to Darien police Lt. Ronald Bussell and his detectives about odd crimes that seemed unsolvable.
diSpagna recounted the story about a Westover Road woman in North Stamford who called police a month or so earlier to report that her $17,000 diamond in her ring was missing. She told police an exterminator was working in her house when she realized that her 1.5 karat diamond solitaire ring vanished in September 2011.
She asked the exterminator to help her find it and he discovered the ring behind her night table. She noticed that the ring was sticky when the man handed it to her, but she was so relieved to have found the valuable ring that she immediately put it away for safekeeping.
A short time later, her husband noticed the prongs holding the stone were bent and broken and when she brought the ring to a jeweler, he told her the stone was worthless.
Bussell told diSpagna that a Darien woman reported in late spring 2011 that someone switched the 2 karat pear-shaped $30,000 diamond in her ring. She mentioned to police that an exterminator had been to her house a few days earlier and police had talked to Lawrence, who claimed not to know anything about the ring or diamond.
Police quickly determined that Lawrence was the exterminator involved in the Westover Road incident.
With the help of police in Stamford and Darien, Greenwich police arrested Lawrence for the theft of a $10,000 diamond from a Thunder Mountain Road residence. Lawrence was also working on that house on Dec. 29, 2011 when the stone was stolen and replaced with a fake.
In January 2012, Lawrence was arrested after a New Canaan woman reported that Lawrence had been exterminating in her house when some diamonds in her rings had been swapped with cubic zirconia in July 2011.


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Evangelia's Runner and Curfew Pass
Evangelia brought these things with her
when she moved from Cyprus
to Crystal Palace
in 1960.
She had married her British husband,
Colin Card,
in Cyprus a year earlier.
Evangelia Kalazoi
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Evangelia Kalazoi
Evangelia grew up in Cyprus:
"From 1955
there were some movements against
mixing with the British
because the organisation EOKA
was formed
whose aim was to free Cyprus
from the British.
So part of the measures
of the British authorities
to restrict this uprising
was a curfew in the day -
nobody could leave their houses.
As in 1958
I started working
for the government service,
I was issued with this curfew pass;
it more or less
allowed me to move at any time.
My husband-to-be was seconded
from the Metropolitan Police
to the police in Cyprus.
When I first met him
he was directing traffic -
shouting at a man whose horse and cart
was blocking the road
to get out of the way
He was doing the bit of the Englishman,
you know.
he came to our neighbourhood
to see if there were
any English civilian people
living nearby
because the army was giving them arms.
I spoke to him
and he said he was impressed
by my knowledge of English -
after that
he started passing by my house
several times a day.
As local girls were not allowed
to have dates with boys
he sent a lady
with a marriage proposal."
Fighting for Cyprus
The Greek community on Cyprus
fought against British rule.
A state of emergency was declared
on the island
in 1955
after riots and bombings.
The British also used curfews
to control the uprising.
People were not allowed
to leave their homes
unless they had a curfew pass
like Evangelia Kalazoi.
In 1960
the Greek and Turkish communities
agreed a joint constitution
and Cyprus got its independence
from Britain.
Find out more
To find out more about
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Reedley, Calif., resident Dominga Cano Perez touched a bit of her father Tuesday, when President Barack Obama pressed the framed, encased Medal of Honor into her hands.
He'd been gone so long.
Dominga was just 9 when her father, Pedro Cano, died in a car crash. That was 1952. She was only 1 when he was fighting in the dreadful slog of the Hurtgen Forest. That was 1944.
Now Dominga is 70, a grandmother and a widow, who on Tuesday was entrusted by the nation's commander in chief with the military's most esteemed keepsake. Through a White House ceremony that was years in the making, the daughter felt the weight of what her dad once did.
"This is the single largest group of service members to be awarded the Medal of Honor since the Second World War," Obama said, adding that "their courage almost defies imagination."
The Medal of Honor commemorating the late Army Pvt. Pedro Cano's World War II heroism was one of 24 presented Tuesday in the East Room of the White House. Three of the recipients are still living, veterans of the Vietnam War.
The other 21 medals, including Cano's, were presented posthumously, with loved ones standing in for the soldiers.
"It was beautiful," Dominga's son _ and Pedro's grandson _ Armando said after the ceremony. "It was amazing."
All of the medals arrived decades late, well beyond the Army's usual three-year limit. The special consideration followed a 2002 congressional order, included in that year's defense authorization bill, to re-examine decorations that may have been improperly withheld from Jewish or Hispanic soldiers. The review subsequently expanded to cover other soldiers, as well.
"This is long overdue," Obama said. "Some of these soldiers fought and died for a country that did not always see them as equal."
In each case, the Army examined records of those who had received the Distinguished Service Cross, the military's second-highest medal. That's what Pedro Cano originally received, in the mail and remarkably without ceremony. The Army later made amends with a 1946 formal presentation.
"It's exciting to know he's finally getting recognized after all these years," Dominga said. "I was nine years old when he died, so there is not much I can say about him personally, much less about the war."
Dominga and family members first met in the Oval Office, alone with Obama.
During the 75-minute public ceremony, Dominga was then called forward Tuesday to stand to Obama's right on a small stage, while her father's citation was read and a Marine Corps lieutenant colonel, resplendant in gold braid, held up the framed medal. Dominga linked arms with Obama while the citation was read; afterward, they hugged.
She seemed perfectly composed; she did not cry.
"We were very surprised and proud of her," Armando said.
Following the ceremony, she and the sons, daughters, nieces, nephews and widows of other medal recipients joined in a White House reception. From start to finish, and even before it began, the award ceremony was a family affair.
From Los Angeles, where he's president of the Costume Designers Guild, Dominga's, son Salvador Perez, had arrived. Her sons Robert and Armando Perez and grandson Armando Perez, Jr., a Reedley High School student, joined her. Hanford-based consultant Stephen Cano, a second cousin of Pedro's who has extensively researched his war record, also came.
The ceremony Tuesday, in turn, capped an extraordinary family journey that really began last fall, when the White House first informed the Perez family of the award. It was a fortunate turn for Dominga, depressed after her husband Salvador passed away last year.
"The planning for this has taken her out of that," her son Salvador said.
The planning, moreover, has been extensive. On Monday morning, Pentagon officials offered Dominga and other family members lessons in how to handle the media. The briefing was followed by interviews and further lessons about the medal itself, the nation's highest award for military valor.
"We learned how you aren't allowed to trade it, barter it or sell it," Salvador said.
Monday night, the Defense Department hosted a reception for recipients and family members at the Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel, near both the Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery. During down time, family members could meet others and swap stories about a man that most had never met.
"He was very quiet, very nice; family oriented," Armando Perez said, recalling how Dominga has spoken of her father. "He wanted to make sure the family was taken care of."
Pedro Cano was born in La Morita, Mexico, June 19, 1920 and was brought to the United States when he was two months old. He joined the U.S. Army in 1944, and was assigned to the 4th Infantry Division.
From D-Day onward, the 4th Infantry Division's soldiers endured nearly a year of combat. By war's end, the division had lost 4,097 men killed in action, while another 17,371 were wounded in action.
Many of the casualties came in Germany's Hurtgen Forest, the site of a fierce battle near the Belgium border. Cano was advancing with Company C, 8th Infantry Regiment, near Schevenhütte, Ger., on Dec. 2, 1944, when they were halted by intense enemy machine-gun fire. The Army summary picks up what happened next as Cano, who, all of 5 feet and 3 inches tall, rose to the occasion.
He crawled through a heavily-mined area, under fire, until he could fire a rocket into the position, killing the two gunners and five riflemen. He fired into a second position, killing two more gunners, and with hand grenades killed several more.
When an adjacent company encountered heavy fire, Cano crept to within 15 yards of the nearest enemy emplacement, and killed the two machine-gunners with a rocket. With another round he killed two more gunners and destroyed a second gun. The next day, Cano destroyed three enemy machine-guns in succession.
"They say he killed about 30 enemies in about two days," Dominga said. "He had to defend himself."
Cano sustained serious injuries in the fight. He was returned to the states and placed in a Veterans hospital in Waco, Texas, before finally reuniting with his wife and Dominga in tiny Edinburg, Texas. In 1946, he became a naturalized U.S. citizen.
He died in a head-on collision six years later, after which the family moved to California's San Joaquin Valley.
"Pedro was just an ordinary man," his second cousin, Stephen Cano, said, "but he was thrust into an extraordinary world war."


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With Little Joe, Hoss and Ben?
wow....they should date lol
Quote from: Michael on November 13, 2008, 11:56:33 PMwow....they should date lol Your weird ....
I thought it was gay but Charlie is gay, lol I am glad they became such good friends, its cute that Charlie wanted them to match and they practiced how they would sit, lmao
patlini, wanna match our avatars so when we post it looks good together?
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Tencer interviews MacTavish
– Enjoyed his break from coaching.
– Did some pre-scouting for the Olympics (checked out some lesser teams).
– On Jordan Eberle playing at the Worlds (when asked by Tencer): "Yah you put that very well. That's absolutely the case with Jordan, for all the reasons you mentioned. He fits the bill. We're going to be maintaining some spots through the first round of the playoffs in hopes that the teams that are eliminated will open up some other doors for some other players to possibly join us in Germany. It's a great opportunity for young players. And historically, Hockey Canada doesn't like to take NHL players over to Germany and have them sit in the stands. There is an opportunity for players much like Jordan that have evolved much above Junior hockey, but there's still some question marks whether they're ready for hockey at this level, to go in (and) get a look. And from what I've seen of Jordan Eberle in the past, he's going to make a case for himself if he gets an opportunity to play over there and that's all he's looking for. And it'll be a good developmental thing for him and, as you said, to continue to indoctrinate himself into the Hockey Canada network."
– His perspective "being an Oilers fan" is that being in 30th is the best thing for the organization right now. He says (and I've been saying this all along..) that if a team is fighting for 7th or 8th, but end up finishing 9th or 10th, it hinders your ability to acquire the type of player you need to help your team out. He goes on to emphasize how finishing in that middle-low area doesn't help the team at all. I love how he still says "we" when referring to the Oilers. He's still a fan, even though he isn't with the team.
– Tencer asks him if it was wrong, in hindsight, to play Gagner up in the NHL at 18. MacTavish reminds that he's still only 20 (i.e., has a lot of growth to do). He emphasizes that he is a "terrific hockey player" and that he is a special player that needs to have all the opportunities thrown at him. Basically the message is "stop worrying about him, he'll be great".
– Ready to come back coaching, and he looks forward to being back in the game.


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Choreography by: George Balanchine
Music by: Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
Balanchine's Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 is an ebullient outpouring of classical virtuosity with tiaraed tiers of corps de ballet dancers.
Balanchine first staged Tschaikovsky's Second Piano Concerto for the American Ballet Caravan in May 1941. Under the sponsorship of the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs under the Roosevelt administration (Nelson A. Rockefeller, coordinator), the Caravan undertook a tour of South America, performing in every country except Paraguay and Bolivia. It was felt that a classical ballet should be presented, but instead of reviving an existing ballet, Balanchine created a work in the style of Petipa and the Petersburg tradition. The decor, by Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, showed the Neva, with the Peter-Paul Fortress, framed in the Imperial blue and white of the Winter Palace. Ballet Imperial was revived in 1964 by New York City Ballet with new decor by Rouben Ter-Arutunian, who followed a similar visual approach. In 1973, Balanchine felt that the allusion to Imperial Russia was outmoded, and that the ballet could stand in relation to the music alone. The title was changed, the decor eliminated, the costumes simplified, and some of the pantomime in the second movement altered, but the choreography as a whole remained the same. While Tschaikovsky's regal Piano Concerto No. 2 is often overshadowed by his First Piano Concerto, one of the most frequently performed concertos ever written, Piano Concerto No. 2 has had many champions, including Balanchine, who was drawn to this immense, romantic work.


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. . . may also bring a visit from the tax man (or woman). Or the labor board. Or a process server.
My previous "Rose By Any Other Name" posts have been about (a) misnamed/unnamed insureds and (b) contracts (verbal vs. written). This post is about independent contractors who are really employees (at least, as far as the federal and state tax authorities are concerned), and other "thorny" employee classification issues.
At this time of rising State and Federal deficits, there seems to be an increased scrutiny of how small and medium sized businesses are classifying their workers. In addition, attorneys who represent workers before the Labor Board seem to be experiencing an uptick in business, commensurate with rising unemployment. This is strictly based upon anecdotal evidence (I'm receiving more calls from business owners on the receiving end of employee pay and benefit claims), but my suspicion is that such claims, as well as tax enforcement proceedings, are on the rise and will continue along that trend for some time to come.
Proper classification of workers as independent contractors or employees (and if employees, as temporary, part-time or full-time and as exempt or non-exempt) can mean the difference between financial survival or failure, particularly for a small business, and small business owners, who do not have their own HR staff, are often the least equipped to make these determinations. Failure to properly classify employees can leave a small business vulnerable to claims for legally mandated employee benefits such as workers' compensation and unemployment benefits, for discretionary benefits such as health insurance and paid time off, and for back overtime pay. Properly classifying employees is particularly difficult for small businesses with fluctuating staffing needs, since it is easy for a busy small business owner to forget to reclassify a temporary employee who becomes permanent, or a part-time employee who becomes full-time.
The solution? Well, my instinct as a lawyer is this – put it in writing, and keep it in writing. Even temporary workers could be given something in writing that makes it clear that their status is temporary, with an approximate time limit. Then calendar the end of that time limit, as a reminder to revisit the issue of how that worker should continue to be classified. And even small businesses should have a written personnel policy to point to when your employee classifications (or other employment practices) are questioned.
More dangerous than a misclassification of an employee is the improper classification of a worker as an independent contractor. Such a misclassification leaves the employer vulnerable to back payroll taxes and penalties as well, which can be substantial enough to put you out of business. And, whether a worker should be classified as an independent contractor or as an employee can be a particularly tricky determination for a small business owner to make, since the criteria for independent contractor status used by the IRS, the federal Department of Labor and state labor departments don't all impose exactly the same standards. and are not "exact" but, rather, are open to some interpretation. Even large companies, such as Microsoft and Federal Express, have been the subject of expensive enforcement actions alleging misclassification of workers. The new targets for such actions appear to be small businesses, and I'm sure that has alot to do with the fact that they are the most likely to be mistakenly misclassifying their staff.
The solution? Again, my instinct is to put it in writing. As far as I am concerned, a written contract is absolutely essential. Even with a written contract, however, treating the independent contractor as an employee may indeed make the contractor an employee, whether that's what you intended or not. For an explanation of how the IRS analyzes these issues, see IRS Publication 15A.
Finally, years ago one of my community association clients learned the hard way that even with no employees it still needed workers compensation insurance. That is because California's Labor Code provides that one who hires a worker to perform work requiring a license is that worker's employer if it turns out that the worker doesn't have the required license. (It may shock you to hear that sometimes unlicensed contractors lie about their unlicensed status and either provide a fraudulent contractor's license number or "borrow" another contractor's license number.) The association hired an unlicensed contractor, one of the contractor's employees was injured, and the association was on the hook, with no workers compensation insurance and with a workers compensation exclusion in its commercial general liability insurance policy. To get a better feel for how California's Workers' Compensation Appeals Board analyzes the issue of employment status, take a look here.
The solution to this problem? Legal liability risk management, plain and simple. A good insurance broker and an attorney to prepare the association's own contracts, requiring contractors to maintain appropriate licenses and insurance coverage, would have been a big help.


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Samsung Galaxy S2, Note and Note 10.1 JellyBean Update Confirmed
Samsung plans on rolling out the Android 4.1, JellyBean update for the Galaxy S2, Note and Note 10.1 in the near future.
The company announced this at its recent "Unpacked" event in Berlin where it unveiled the Galaxy Note 2 that will be in stores sometime next month. This device already runs Android 4.1, JellyBean.
Samsung also unveiled the Galaxy Camera at "Unpacked." This is the first point-and-shoot camera that has full access to the Google Play store and the ability to instantly stream videos and pictures once they are captured.
The Android 4.1, JellyBean update for the Samsung Galaxy S3 has reportedly leaked. The official update was originally scheduled to roll out sometime this month.
This leaked build of the software carries the number I9300XXDLI7 and it should officially begin rolling out any day now. This update is expected to be over-the-air, so Galaxy S3 owners will not have to access it using Samsung's Kies software.
JellyBean was introduced by Google back in June when the company unveiled its wildy popular Google Nexus 7 tablet. The software comes pre-installed on the Nexus 7 and the update for the software has already been rolled out to other smartphones such as the Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S.
The OS brings many new features to the Android platform, including a revamped notifications system, and the Siri competitor known as Google Now.
The software also features a redesigned search experience with a new user interface and faster Voice Search.
Google Now has the ability to answer voice commands and answer commonly asked questions such as what the weather will be, or how much traffic to expect, or even the score of a sports game.


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Vintage Heath Cup & Saucer Set - Sea & Sand
Heath Ceramics was founded in 1948 in Sausalito, CA by Edith Heath who was a talented ceramicist with a simple goal of making good things for good people. Over the years she pioneered advances in glaze development and a technique of single kiln firing at lower temperatures to save energy and create a durable product that stands the test of time. Heath Ceramics are part of the permanent collection at the MOMA in San Francisco, displaying mid century iconic design with a Scandinavian influence.
This is a beautiful set of four Coupe-style teacups and saucers in the discontinued but iconic Sea & Sand glaze. In great handmade vintage condition. Colors may vary from piece to piece due to the handmade nature of the ceramics as well as natural variations in the glazes.
Cup 3"x3"
Saucer Diameter 6"


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Adriana played by Laura Rogers
The Comedy Of Errors (2011)
Written by: William Shakespeare
Laura has previously played a number of iconic female Shakespearean roles at the Globe, including Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream (2008) and most recently Lady Macbeth (2010). Laura returned to play another female lead Adriana in the Globe's touring production of The Comedy of Errors.
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Laura is in Santa Monica! She talks about their performing space and audience and how she is making the most of her free time in Santa Monica.
Laura talks about the intense rehearsal process and how her involvement in the play is more than just playing her character Adriana.
It's the first week of rehearsals and Laura talks about her initial impressions of the play and her character.


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One of the more popular system apps that Nokia makes for its Lumia line would be Storage Check, a tool that allows the device's memory to be broken down to see where everything is going. But besides just g a pretty graph of storage layout, users can delete Temporary files and manage maps (including moving them to a SD card).
Version 126.96.36.199 is now live in the Nokia Collection and while it probably won't do anything for most users today, it may squash some bugs (the changlog was last updated for version 1.2.2, which mentions new device support, probably for the Lumia 625).
Regardless, users can now go an update their Storage Check app by heading to the Store or by grabbing the link here. Thanks, Akash P., for the tip!


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"There must be a few hundred men who are fairly behind the scenes of the Burma War—one of the least known and appreciated of any of our little affairs. The Pegu Club seemed to be full of men on their way up or down, and the conversation was but an echo of the murmur of conquest far away to the north."
If one found oneself in the British colony of Rangoon during the late 1800s and one was possessed of sufficiently high rank in the British government, one might find oneself floating up the river to disembark at the Pegu Club, a gentlemen's club patronized by British army officers and civilian bureaucrats. It was located on Kemmendine Road near the towering golden Shwedagon Pagoda and considered every bit the peer of two more of the most famous British officers' clubs: the Royal Selangor Club in Kuala Lumpur and the Tanglin Club in Singapore. It was the sort of place that epitomized exotic fancies about adventure, colonial decadence, and of course, spectacular cocktail culture. The fate of the club is shrouded somewhat in mystery. By most accounts, it was destroyed by Japanese bombs during World War II, but journalist Paul Theroux, in a 1971 article for The Atlantic simply called "Burma," reportedly visited the club, which was then being used as a mess hall for officers of the Burmese Army. Whatever the case, all that remains now is a bus stop named after it on Pyay Road.
Decades later though, one might find oneself transported back to that fabled club, or at least to New York City. Tucked into a substantial second floor space and hidden behind a nondescript single door that is easily missed as one walks down Houston Street and a series of blocks not known for having much worth noticing, the New York cocktail bar Pegu Club takes its name from the old club in remote Burma. New York's Pegu Club seeks somewhat to evoke the feel of the old club, and one certainly feels like one is stepping into a bar that would be home to femme fatales, pirates, freelance adventurers, ruined officers, and one of those Frenchmen in a linen suit, smoking a cigarette held between pinky and thumb (except that smoking in bars in illegal in New York) as he waxes poetic about how we are all damned, gloriously damned. His name is probably Bonne Chance Louie.
But their goal is less to recreate the feel of a Victorian outpost club and more to recreate the cocktail culture of that club. I'm a moderate cocktail drinker at best, preferring most of the time a neat whiskey or boastful beer, but I'm certainly not opposed to going overboard on the occasional mixed drink. So I saddled up to the bar with a motley crew of other would-be pirates and devils and asked bartender Del — himself looking like he'd be as much at home working the Coney Island Sideshow as he would be dapperly dressed and behind a bar — to make me a drink.
In the spirit of doing something new, I skipped the whiskey cocktails and went for rum, a local variation on the rum and ginger beer based Dark 'n' Stormy. It seemed the right drink to order, and I was not let down. Fantastic drink, garnished with lime and candied ginger, and as we were there early and the bar was sparsely populated, we got to chat up Del quite a bit, which makes for a particularly amusing experience. Second drink, after a buffer of water, was a simple whiskey smash, but simple cocktails are usually the best, and this one was absolutely divine, lovelies. The whiskey smash is sometimes called a lazy mint julep, but it's as much a whiskey sour as it is a julep, as the modern version of the drink incorporates lemon and bitters as well as whiskey, simple syrup, and mint. I could have downed two or three more with relish — so in anticipation of that being the case, it was decided that a little bit of food was in order. I went with coconut shrimp, which was perfectly acceptable without being as wonderful as the cocktails. Then the night was wrapped with, naturally, the cocktail invented at the old Club and still made with expert skill at New York's Pegu Club.
The Pegu Club Cocktail
- 1 Dash Angostura Bitters.
- 1 Dash Orange Bitters. (Angostura Orange Bitters)
- 1 Teaspoonful Lime Juice. (1 teaspoon Fresh Lime Juice)
- 1/3 Curacao. (3/4 oz Bols Dry Orange Curacao)
- 2/3 Dry Gin. (1 1/2 oz Plymouth Gin)
- Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.


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DANIELSVILLE, PA – The York College golf squad opened their 2010 fall season with a fourth place finish at the Moravian Fall Invitational at Woodstone Golf Club in Danielsville, PA on Thursday. The Spartans finished tied with FDU-Florham, Moravian, and Ursinus with a team score of 324. Muhlenberg won the tournament with a team total of 303 while Gettysburg was distant second at 322. Franklin & Marshall placed third at 322.
Junior Adam Dupler paced the Spartans as he shot a five-over-par 77. That score tied him for seventh in the 103-player field. Junior Adam Burkhart followed Dupler with an 80, tying him for 19th in the tournament.
Freshman Kevin Long was the third Spartan scorer as he carded a nine-over-par 81 in his collegiate debut. Long tied for 24th with his score. Junior Andrew Schmehl was the final Spartan scorer as the reigning CAC Player-of-the-Year shot an 86, which tied him for 66th in the field.
The Spartans, who are now 13-3-3 overall, return to action on September 30 when they travel to Messiah College Invitational.
Photo: Adam Dupler led the Spartans with a seventh place finish at the Moravian Invitational on Thursday


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Sirus singled to center field to drive in Megan Rottler with the only run of the game as the Lipscomb Lady Bisons beat Jacksonville 1-0 Saturday afternoon at Draper Diamond in the second game of an Atlantic Sun doubleheader. The Lady Bisons lost 2-1 in game one to end a six-game winning streak and a string of three straight doubleheader sweeps.
Sirus drove in both runs for the Lady Bisons.
"It was a frustrating day," said Lady Bisons coach Kristin Peck. "We didn't really feel like we hit the ball well all day. We had a couple of good hits right at people, but it really wasn't that many on the whole day.
"In this conference everybody is going to attempt to be at their best against us, just like we are trying to do against them. Jacksonville is that type of team. If you let them hang around and give them that opportunity they are going to take everything that you give them."
In the crucial seventh inning, which was briefly delayed due to the weather, Rottler reached base on an error by the shortstop with one out. Mackenzie Tucker struck out, but Lauren Dortwegt singled to the left side of the field. Courtney Billington walked to load the bases setting the stage for the hit by Sirus.
Dortwegt led the Lady Bisons with two hits. She also stole two bases.
Alaina Jacobson, 7-2, threw a complete game, allowing four hits and striking out one in seven innings.
It was the 13th shutout of the season for the Lady Bisons.
"Alaina threw very well," said Peck. "Alaina is not a strikeout pitcher. She has to use her defense. And the defense was a little stronger in game two than game one."
In game one the Lady Bisons out-hit Jacksonville 7-5, but fell short of a win.
Jacksonville scored in the first inning and the Lady Bisons answered with a run in bottom of the first.
Dortwegt led off the inning with a walk and advanced to second on a ground out to the pitcher by Billington. Sirus doubled to bring in Dortwegt. Mackenzie Tucker and Mollie Mitchell both had two hits in the first game. Dortwegt had two hits in game two.
"Kellie came up big for us," said Peck. "Mackenzie works so hard. When you see somebody who works that hard have success it just makes it so much more satisfying.
"Lauren overall was one of our better hitters. I thought Mollie had some good at bats."
Jacksonville won the game when Alexis Novak opened the inning with a solo home run.
Whitney Kiihnl, 9-4, threw a complete game. She struck out eight and walked two in taking the loss.
The Lady Bisons will not play again until April 4 when Campbell visits Draper Diamond for an A-Sun doubleheader.
The Lady Bisons are 22-7, 3-1 in the A-Sun. Jacksonville is 18-22, 3-7 in the conference.


text: Fertilizer Stash in the Soil December 8, 2012 03:04 PM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Rhonda Brooks Editor, Farm Journal MagazineEditorial Director, Farm Journal Media Email Nutrient carryover and crop prices will drive applications in 2013 While some carryover nutrients might be available to crops next spring, high crop prices for corn and soybeans will also play a major role in farmers' nutrient use. Nutrient carryover in a year following drought is an important consideration as farmers evaluate their crop fertility needs for 2013. Decatur, Neb., farmer Larry Mussack plans to apply only the nutrients he knows his corn crop needs. "Soil test, don't guess," he says. High crop prices for corn and soybeans will maintain fertility applications After a drought. More than 30 years of research by Harry Vroomen, vice president of economic services for The Fertilizer Institute, show that while drought does impact the ability of crops to absorb nutrients, thus contributing to carryover, that doesn't mean farmers will automatically decrease fertility applications the following year. Vroomen says that between 1970 and 2011, a significant drought occurred seven times in the U.S. He defines a drought as a year in which corn yields dropped by more than 15% in a given season due to inadequate moisture. In each case, he looked to determine the impact on fertilizer applications in the year after the drought. In the years following those seven drought years, average nitrogen application rates fell twice and increased five times. Application rates for phosphorus and potash fell three times and increased four times. In 1988, the year most comparable to 2012, corn yields dropped by nearly 30% due to drought, Vroomen says. He reports that average fertility application rates in the following year, 1989, fell 4% for nitrogen, 9% for phosphorus and 8% for potash. He doubts a drop in fertility applications will occur in 2013 like it did in 1989, however, because USDA's mid-October 2012 forecast has corn prices at $7.10 to $8.50 per bushel with a 5.6% stocks-to-use ratio. In 1989, corn prices were $2.50 per bushel and the stocks-to-use ratio was about 20%. High crop prices encourage farmers to bump up nutrient application rates, as greater yields bring about higher revenues. On the other hand, carryover nutrients will bring those application rates back down so the net effect is difficult to predict, Vroomen explains. On top of that, he adds, the 2013 planted acreage of corn, soybeans and wheat—the top three fertilizer-using crops—are expected to increase by several million acres. Despite the uncertainty, Vroomen is expecting little change in total U.S. nitrogen use next year. However, phosphate and potash use might decline somewhat, depending on the level of nutrient carryover in the soil. "If a farmer is expecting $7.50 or $8 for corn next year, he won't take the chance of missing out on that potential income," Vroomen says. "I think we're going to see soil testing like crazy." Back to news


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text: Test Corn Twice October 27, 2012 11:05 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Sara Brown Farm Journal Livestock and Production Editor Email Know the nutrients and dangers that they contain This year, one nitrate test on cornstalks isn't enough for cattle producers. Nitrate levels can change dramatically from the time a sample is taken and forages such as cornstalks, sorghum-sudangrass, millet and fescue pastures are harvested. "Nitrate in the plant becomes nitrite in the rumen," says Tim Evans, University of Missouri veterinary toxicologist. "Nitrates absorbed into circulation from the rumen interact with hemoglobin in the blood, leading to methemoglobinemia, which reduces the ability of the blood to transport oxygen throughout the body of the animal." The best prevention is accurate information, he says, adding that nitrate tests cost about $25. "Cows will most often eat the leafy areas of the stalks, which contain lower nitrate levels, but I don't have a lot of faith in cows always eating what we expect them to," he says. "Testing is relatively easy to perform and inexpensive." Symptoms of nitrate/nitrite intoxication include anxiety, lethargy, exercise intolerance, abortion in late gestation and death. Symptoms can appear as soon as one to four hours after eating, with abortions happening three to five days after consumption. Test that bale. Sampling cornstalk bales is similar to sampling hay bales, but forage probes should be sized appropriately for cornstalks, says Justin Sexten, University of Missouri Extension beef specialist. Given the brittleness of stalks and husks, he advises cattle producers to use a larger probe (½" to ¾" wide) that is sharp enough to cut through the corn. To prevent stalks or husks from sliding off the probe, cut at a slower speed than for hay bales. There is a lot of nutrient variability in cornstalk bales, says Rick Rasby, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension beef specialist. "Of any residue, cornstalks have the greatest potential as feed for cow–calf operations. "Test for moisture, protein and energy in the form of total digestible nutrients, and test for nitrates and aflatoxins. Normally, nitrates are not a major concern, but in extreme drought years, it's best to test," Rasby says. With high feed costs, farmers might think about grinding cornstalks to use the whole plant. "At that point, you're not going to let cows select," Rasby says. "The smaller the screen you grind through, the less the cows will sort. I suggest a 3" to 5" screen. When you are feeding the entire residue, a nutrient analysis as well as a nitrate test is really important." To watch a video of Extension beef specialist Rick Rasby explaining how to sample cornstalk bales, visit www.FarmJournal.com/cornstalk_bales Back to news


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Latin American Broadband
Broadband Barometer Charts Networking ProgressThe broadband rollout of Latin America is happening at a swift pace, and Cisco is aiding in the effort on a number of fronts in an effort to bridge the digital divide on that continent.Cisco has released its Broadband Barometer, a report showing high-speed Internet growth for Argentina.The report, sponsored by Cisco and prepared by consulting company IDC, proposed a goal of reaching four million high-speed connections by the year 2010, based on an existing 1,043,289 connections at present.The government of Argentina endorsed the report as a way to drive the country's economic development.Cisco is working closely with the government to help with rollout. "The possibility of having high-speed connections is not an unimportant matter, since it determines the way in which our country can position itself in the information economy and the knowledge society," said Sebastian Ballerini, General Manager at Cisco Systems Argentina."At Cisco, we have been supporting and fostering the movement towards broadband for several years now, this representing one of our main policies on a worldwide scale."Cisco Broadband Barometers are in place in countries throughout Latin America. In April, Cisco announced a Broadband Barometer report for Brazil, where the country has announced its intention to have more than 10 million broadband connections by 2010.Carlos Carnevali, Cisco Systems' VP of sales for Latin America, in July outlined the economic growth of these countries and the ways Cisco is meeting their networking needs in a Q&A with News&Cisco.
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