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The College offers a minor in fine arts that includes courses in the appreciation, history, and practice of the arts. The minor is intended for students with an interest in the fine arts who would benefit from an approach encompassing art, music, and theatre. Students will find the minor a way to discover – or rediscover – the importance of the arts in society and in their personal lives.
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George Clooney stars in this weekend's top celebrity news story, as the Hollywood actor reportedly has become engaged to his girlfriend, Amal Alamuddin.
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Alamuddin is a 36-year-old British attorney who was born in Lebanon and educated at Oxford and NYU's law school.
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text: On Thu, 18 Sep 2008, Lux, James P wrote: > I think the model that John Vert mentioned, using it as a software > development workstation to try things out before running on the "big > iron" is actually probably a more likely scenario. And for that, you > might not want the full up configuration, just enough to make it a > "real" cluster so you can work out the interprocessor communications > issues. Which is fine, if the "big iron" (more likely "big bad wulf":-) you want is running the same interconnect, etc. In which case as few as two blades might work, but then, so would two towers at about the same footprint (in all dimensions) and half the cost. A bladed system full, well, that makes sense of a sort as it is the only way to get that density, sort of, except as Mark pointed out the advantage isn't quite as pronounced as perhaps it once was. A bladed system with two or three blades and five or six empty slots? That's just plain dumb. Even my desk, swollen as it is with the flood of papers I'll get around looking at the day Satan goes snow skiing down the slopes of hell, can be trivially rearranged to add two more mid-towers to the one that is already there and a small network interface. In fact, I've got three mid-tower chassis (two of them dead) sitting in my office anyway. I could probably build myself a 17 core development cluster out of spare parts and a couple of new motherboard/CPU/memory sets for $4K, or spend even less on just single quad motherboards and a better network for 9 cores. As is all too often true, a niche product has narrow boundaries on the places it SANELY makes sense, although naturally that is almost irrelevant to the issue of marketing it. And hey, Penguin's "blade center" is awfully pretty and awfully high density if one ever could afford to buy it fully populated. One of my earliest personal cases of optimism was buying an $80K SGI 220S (think of it as a "very early bladed server" the size of a refrigerator and drawing anywhere from 1-3 KW) with just one dual CPU blade, thinking we'd eventually get more at $20-30K/blade. Ha ha ha. We sold it six or so years later for $3000, when we could get over the counter Sparcstations that were STILL expensive at $5K or thereabouts but which were even faster. But people do buy them -- grab a copy of PC Mag or Linux Mag (now sorta-defunct?) or whatever and leaf it. What do you find? Lots of ads for rackmounts. A few ads for consumer systems (but not that many anymore, outside of laptops). And yeah, quite a few ads for bladeservers. Just not USUALLY for cluster computing, I don't think, at least by people on this list, which is a last bastion for non-turnkey beowulfery where we always ask ourselves if it is better to buy a prettier and niftier system or get more processors, and almost invariably select "more processors" in an uglier form factor when we find it. :-) rgb > Jim > -- Robert G. Brown Phone(cell): 1-919-280-8443 Duke University Physics Dept, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Web: http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb Book of Lilith Website: http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/Lilith/Lilith.php Lulu Bookstore: http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=877977


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Noted investor and the publisher of The Gartman Letter, Dennis Gartman dismissed the latest warning on global economic weakness to come from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), saying he "paid no attention [to it] whatsoever."
"I give very little credence to what theIMF says. I give far more credence to what FedEx says, what the railroad companies say, and the earnings outlook and expectations of the auto companies rather than the IMF," Gartman told CNBC Tuesday.
FedEx and other multinationals including Hewlett-Packard have warned in recent weeks that the worsening global economic outlook has hampered their bottom lines.
The IMF said on Monday that it expected global growth to remain sluggish and lowered its growth forecasts blaming the looming U.S. fiscal cliff and the on-going euro zone debt crisis. (Read More: IMF Slashes Forecasts for Global Economic Growth.)
It added that the fate of the global economy lay in the hands of U.S. and European policymakers.
As earnings season gets under way, Gartman also downplayed the importance being given to earnings, claiming most downward risk had already been factored in to the markets.
"I am amused at how often and how much we pay attention to earnings. Wall Street has ramped down its expectations, I don't think anyone is going to be very surprised," he said.
Gartman rejected the impact of earnings from bellwether Alcoa — the world's largest aluminium producer — which reports later on Tuesday.
Financials will be watched closely Friday when heavyweights JPMorgan Chaseand Wells Fargo report, however, Gartman said trading would be "demonstrably less important" to banking than it has been in the past.
"The value of banking going forward is that we'll see a return to old style banking rather than the banking of the last few years, where it was predicated on trading. More about loans, who we're lending money to, and my bet is that banks' earnings will get better quarter-on-quarter," he said.
Gartman, a veteran commodities trader, added that he was shorting oil due to a drop in demand for gasoline consumption.
"Demand is down everywhere, we're simply driving less and less, and new automobiles are much better than the old ones and we're finding crude oil everywhere," he said.
He described the situation as "crude bidding for storage," which he said was the marker for a commodity in excess supply.
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Public Affairs and Policy Master of Arts / History Master of Arts Dual Degree (M.A./M.A.) Program
The Department of Public Affairs and Policy and the Department of History offer a dual degree program combining the M.A. in Public Affairs and Policy and the M.A. in History. Students must meet the requirements for the M.A. in History as well as the requirements for the M.A. in Public Affairs and Policy. Of the 30 credits required for the M.A. in History, 21 must be History credits. Six of the other 9 credits must come from courses approved for credit for the Master's in Public Affairs and Policy. Of the 44 credits required for the M.A. in Public Affairs and Policy, 8 credits must come from History and must include His 630. A cumulative grade point average of 3.0 is required for completion of the Master's degrees in both History and Public Affairs and Policy. The dual degrees require a minimum of 60 credits.
Program Advisement. Students should receive advisement in both the History Department and in the Department of Public Administration and Policy to ensure satisfactory completion of both degrees. Students may consult with the Graduate Director in History regarding their history program or choose another faculty mentor. Likewise, students should consult with the Director of the M.A. in Public Affairs and Policy program or their advisor in the public policy program.
For the M.A. in Public Affairs and Policy component, students must take all of the required courses for the M.A. in Public Affairs and Policy program, as indicated in the following listing.
Public Policy (44 credits)
Pub 503 Public Economics and Finance I
Pub 504 Data, Models and Decisions I
Pub 505 Data, Models and Decisions II
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Pub 507 Professional Applications I
Pub 508 Current Research Topics in Public Policy
Pub 514 Economic Analysis for Public Affairs II
Pub 522 Policy and Politics
Pub 529 Law and Policy or Pub 502 Philosophical & Ethical Issues in Public Policy
Pub 698 Master's Essay in Public Affairs and Policy (4 credits)
8 History credits that would serve in partial fulfillment of a Public Policy concentration
For the History component, students must take all of the required courses for the history program, as indicated in the following listing.
History (30 credits)
A History Research Seminar (or Master's Thesis 2-6)
History 630 Readings in Public Policy History (4)
6 credits Public Policy program
13–18 other History credits
0–3 supporting course credits in the social sciences as advised
Program Concentrations in History. Students may choose to concentrate in thematic fields of study or in geographic areas of study. Most joint degree students will concentrate in Public Policy history, but may choose one of the other thematic areas: Social and/or Economic History; Local and Regional History; Global, Comparative and International History; Culture and Society; Gender and Society; and Work and Society. Students may also select, with the permission of both departments, thematic fields from among those offered in the public policy program, and may combine courses from History, Public Policy, and other programs. Students choosing geographic concentrations may work in the United States, European, Latin American, or Non-Western Areas. Students in the joint program need not declare a policy concentration in the M.A. Public Affairs and Policy program, as the history program will constitute a concentration.
Research Seminars, Reading Seminars, Required Courses, and Thesis or Comprehensive Field Exam. Students must complete at least one research seminar in the major field in history and one reading seminar in history. With departmental approval a thesis in history for 2-6 credits may be presented in place of the research seminar. If the student does not write a thesis, they must take a comprehensive field exam in history. For information on the thesis in history and the comprehensive field examination, see Section IV.A.6 and IV.A.7 of Graduate Programs and Policies, History Department, University at Albany.
Research seminars must be completed at this University.
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Throughout my work as an intern for the Chestnut Hill Historical Society, I have learned much about Chestnut Hill's history and its role in the Philadelphia area.
In particular, I have learned a lot about some of the buildings in Chestnut Hill. One of the more interesting facts I came across was the development of Mower Hospital, which was built in 1863 during the Civil War. At the time of its construction, it was the country's largest Army hospital, treating more than 20,000 patients before its destruction in 1865.
During its time as a hospital, the complex occupied the site of what would later be the Wyndmoor SEPTA Station, Market Square Shopping Center, and Chestnut Hill Village Apartments.
I also discovered much about the history of the Chestnut Hill branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia, which dates back to 1871 and has a rich history after being founded by Henry Williams, a devout Presbyterian. The library was known as the Christian Hall Library until 1907, when it became the Free Library of Philadelphia. In addition, the building was funded by affluent industrialist Andrew Carnegie, making it one of just 18 Carnegie libraries still in use in Philadelphia.
Saint Martin's Station, a SEPTA station on Saint Martin's Lane, is another structure with a great history. The station was constructed in 1884, and its second floor was added soon after in 1889. To this day, Chestnut Hill's infrastructure and transportation systems continue to function, even with their long history of usage and development.
This continued success can be attributed to constant renovations of roads and train stations, like the work of the Friends Committee of St. Martin's Station and other volunteer groups. In addition, ongoing city work, such as the project being undertaken on West Chestnut Hill Avenue and Navajo Street, displays the city's commitment to its infrastructure.
With Chestnut Hill's long, well-documented history available to everyone at the historical society archives, I strongly encourage everyone to research their house, street, or any other structure they are interested in. There are many great articles and photographs that can give you an insight into an area's past and how that has affected it today, and I recommend checking it out. Being involved with the historical society also allows you to help protect Chestnut Hill's structures and continue its deep history.


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i am a true real writer too also because i write with my hands with pens papers and ink not pc گیا کیا پوسٹ قبل ماہ X
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The world as we know it has fallen apart, whole cities lay in ruins and the undead walk the Earth. Danger lurks down every alleyway, in every abandoned building and around every corner.
Imagine being a 13 سال old boy on a journey to get himself and his 7 سال old sister from Kentucky to Canada. Scared and alone, they push forward....
North to Canada, North to Nanas house, North....... to Refuge.
This is the first in a triolgy of Refuge Books. The سیکنڈ ' Refuge, Homecoming ' and the third will be ' Refuge, Reunion'. Not only...
When will this end?
Mass shootings
Terrorist attacks
Police brutality
They say it's just a gun control problem
They say it cannot be fixed
I say the problem is deeper
I say there is hope
When will this end?
Income inequality
Veterans living on the streets, penniless,
Dying سے طرف کی their own hands every day.
Some say they will make America better
But nothing has changed...
And I truly do fear
Newly born
A tiny voice raised high
Going nowhere
A single spot on the page
It grows
And walks in waves and braves the کڑوا, تلخ wind
Shakily on its spindly legs, it smudges the paper
Singing its first tune
A tiny tune
Twirling and whirling
It grows taller
And tougher
With every beat of its half-grown heart
It grows
Joined سے طرف کی others
Issue #1
*Japanese Countryside School*
Teacher: Everyone, we have a new student here all the way from America.
Yuki: *Looks at her friend* I wonder who it is?
Yuki's Friend: *Shrugs*
Teacher: Welcome our new student, his name is Nick.
Nick: *Walks in nervously, has black hair, a red baseball ٹوپی pale-ish skin, dazzling brown eyes, and a slim but muscular figure* Hello...
Yuki's Friend: *Whispers to Young Yuki* Wow...this guy is cute...
My name is مرکت, ایمرلڈ Dawn. I'm a 14 سال old pre-teen girl...in case آپ couldn't tell سے طرف کی my name. I'm going to tell آپ a true story. The story on how I was the lone serviver in the attack of The Slender Man.
Everything I'm about to tell you, is real...be warned...
It was a cool evening in December, so cool that it was snowing.
I had my two best دوستوں with me, a 12 سال old named Anna, about to be 13 in a week, and her sister, Melody, turning 10 in 2 months.
Anna & Melody were playing tag in the backyard, I was making snow angles, when Anna got the idea...
I cant believe that he gave me a detention. All i was doing was sketching my teacher on my textbook. I personally thought that it was pretty life like, but i guess he disagreed. My art teacher کہا I should work at my talent but then again i suppose she didn't mean during math.
Well i guess i should probably start to head to his room then, it is on the other side of the school and i have only twelve منٹ to get there. As i walk along these old fashioned corridors i realize that the classrooms on either side of me are empty. But wait, that's not right its only fourth period there...
Chapter 1
It was hundreds of years after Kara's transformation, but she was still a plant-human hybrid. For the years before this day, she was shown as an abomination of nature. In short, people poked, prodded, and threw things at Kara.
However, this دن would turn out different...
Jeremy was a sixteen سال old boy with black hair, brown eyes, and a smile that warm up even the most frozen heart. His father bought the mansion and garden for Jeremy as he was studying botany in college.
Once upon a time, there was a magician named Ricaver. He had a garden filled plants. Some were native, such as the Oaks and Elderberries. However, some of them were not known to the world, such as Mangoes, Lemons, and Pumpkins.
One day, an orphaned girl named Kara suck into his magical garden. Kara was actually quite pretty. She had brown hair, green eyes, and cutest giggle.
"Oh wow..." Kara gasped as she looked at all of the different types of plants.
I woke up. I couldn't see well, but I was able to see myself. I have grey fur, grey patches on my legs, paws, and tail, with a blue tip on the tail.
"Hello?" I called out. Gosh, I didn't think I knew how to talk.
"Yo! Are آپ alright?" A voiced called out to me. Someone was trying to find me!
"I...don't know" I responded.
"You don't know?" The voice responded. It was a white female بھیڑیا with purple eyes.
"Who are you?" I asked her.
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This is where I have spent some of my time. I am so incredibly sorry for leaving آپ guys unattended. I feel like I abandoned my children, haha. But yeah, I'm sorry and I'm back. I miss this family.
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Beth Anderson, RN
You've gotten through your prerequisites and you've gotten accepted to the nursing school of your choice. Congratulations! Now comes the hard part. Remember how challenging your Anatomy and Physiology course was? Now you have to deal with Pathophysiology and Pharmacology (Known as "Path" and "Pharm" to the seasoned nursing student). And on top of your courses you will be attending clinicals. Clinicals are your on the job training to expose you to what it is that nurses actually do. Here is some advice to get you through:
The way you approach studying will determine how successful in nursing school you will be. You will need to define your style of studying. Find out what works for you. Are you better off in groups or better off working independently? If you do well in groups you will find no shortage of students to join up with. Many nursing students use flash cards. These work well with when you need to memorize long lists of drug names and diseases. You can make them yourself or purchase them in the NursingLink store.
Are you a visual learner? Try drawing lots of charts and diagrams to help learn complex concepts. Many students tape their professors and review the lessons at a later time. Make sure you get a professor's permission before you do this.
Do you want to learn more about careers in nursing? Find one here.
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You will also need to sharply hone your test-taking skills. Many nursing school tests are in the multiple choice format so it's wise to learn all that you can about how to successfully answer these types of questions.
Nursing clinicals are what really get you ready for working in the healthcare setting. During clinicals, you will spend time working side by side with actual nurses, so you can get a feel for what it is they actually do. Many students find clinicals to be stressful at first. You worry about whether you will make a mistake that could actually harm a patient. Nursing students joke about this ("I made it through clinicals toady with out killing anyone!") but the truth of the matter is that you can find yourself in some very stressful situations. Your best approach is to use your common sense. Don't do anything that doesn't appear to be safe. Never be afraid to ask questions. If you feel like you are at the bottom of the totem pole and people are looking down on you, don't. Every single person in the hospital from the Director of Medicine to an X-ray technician started out as a student at one point in their career.
Many nursing students worry about whether or not they are getting enough clinical skills. These days, many nursing schools are using clinical simulation labs to teach nursing skills. In the lab students can practice their skills on mannequins that have been specially designed to simulate actual medical conditions.
If you are still feeling stressed out about clinicals, just accept this stress for what it is and move on. Make sure you get enough sleep and you eat a good breakfast. You don't want to be the student that passes out on the floor on your first day because you haven't slept and your blood sugar has bottomed out. I've seen this happen more than once, with nursing students and with med students.


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Wall Street succumbed to heavy selling Wednesday in a post-election rout triggered by concerns that sharp divides in Washington will create more fiscal uncertainty as the nation hurtles toward the "fiscal cliff."
Today's Markets
The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 313 points, or 2.4%, to 12933, the S&P 500 slid 33.9 points, or 2.4%, to 1395 and the Nasdaq Composite fell 74.6 points, or 2.5%, to 2937.
The selloff was broad, with every major sector falling at least 1%. Leading the way lower were financial and energy stocks. The Dow closed below the 13000 mark for the first time since August 2.
Volatility jumped 7.7% as tracked by the CBOE's VIX, regularly called Wall Street's fear gauge. Meanwhile, traders took shelter in the safety of U.S. Treasury bonds. The yield on the 10-year dropped 0.0113-percentage point to 1.638%.
Election Season Finally Comes to an End
After one of the most contentious campaigns in recent memory, Democratic President Barack Obama beat out Republican challenger Mitt Romney to secure a second term as president. Polls leading up to the election showed the two locked in essentially a dead heat.
The sense of business as usual cascaded to Congress as well, where Republicans held control of the House of Representatives and Democrats held the Senate. As a result of the remaining sharp divisions in the White House and on Capitol Hill, market participants almost immediately shifted their focus to the looming fiscal cliff. The fiscal cliff refers to the painful spending cuts and tax hikes that will automatically go into effect in January should politicians in Washington, D.C. not get the nation's fiscal situation under control.
"Given the opposing views on the speed and degree of fiscal consolidation necessary, the status quo outcome implies difficult negotiations ahead on the fiscal cliff ... and the debt ceiling," analysts at Nomura wrote in a note to clients.
Echoing that view, Moody's Investor Service said delays on further budget action are "increasingly likely," according to a report by Dow Jones Newswires. The ratings company also reiterated its warning that it may cut the American's credit rating down from its current top-notch status. So far, Standard & Poor's is the only major rater to have the U.S. rated at less than a triple-A.
Barclays chopped down its year-end view for the S&P 500 to 1325 1395 as a result of the uncertainty in Washington.
"With a polarized federal government we see little reason to increase the probability of avoiding the tax cliff, avoid brinksmanship over the debt ceiling or to expect pro-growth tax and entitlement reform in 2013," the investment bank's Barry Knapp wrote in a note to clients.
European Jitters Return
Traders were also paying close attention to Greece, where the country's parliament was set to vote on yet another austerity package aimed at easing its enormous debt burden. The vote is critical in securing another round of rescue aid from the European Union and International Monetary Fund and stave off a debt default that could send shockwaves through global financial markets.
Commodities sold off on the back of the weakness in equity markets. The benchmark crude oil contract plunged $4.27, or 4.8%, to $84.44 a barrel. Wholesale New York Harbor gasoline nose dived 4.1% to $2.589 a gallon.
In metals, gold fell $1.00, or 0.06%, to $1,714 a troy ounce.
Foreign Markets
The Euro Stoxx 50 fell 1.4% to 2501, the English FTSE 100 dipped 0.57% to 5851 and the German DAX sold off by 1.3% to 7285.
In Asia, the Japanese Nikkei 225 slipped 0.03% to 8973 and the Chinese Hang Seng climbed 0.71% to 22100.


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Wednesday, May 5, 2010
The Gloved One
To my mom, Irene Edmund,
This is when she was a New York City girl. No wonder farm boy Ben Edmund fell in love and took her home to Cambridge IL.
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- WhiteFLA said...
You are a knock out, Mom! Love, Terri and Jim
- May 5, 2010 at 9:49 AM
- Ben said...
I can see that Dad got the better end of the deal. You look like a movie star! Love Ben, Sara, Paige, Cole and Jessica
- May 7, 2010 at 9:10 AM
How cool!! Never saw this picture before but weren't you a "hottie"!!! Have a great Mom's day! Love, Pat, Laurie, Nic and Nate
- May 7, 2010 at 10:04 AM
- nathan said...
Wow grandma you look beautiful. Hope you have a wonderful mothers day
Love Nate
- May 7, 2010 at 10:05 AM
- Spike said...
WOW!!!!!!! Looks like a model. Now I understand why we all grew up being such good looking kids. We all love you Mom. Have a great Mother's Day! Love, Spike, Rachelle and all the crew and Livvy Too!!
- May 7, 2010 at 1:51 PM
- Nicole said...
Happy mother's day Grandma! What a classy young lady you were and still every bit as classy! Love you, Nicole
- May 7, 2010 at 1:53 PM
- Terri said...
Have a fabulous day, Mom. You are really a terrific mother ... always have been, always will be. Love you! Terri
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COCOA BEACH, Fla., Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Technology for a system that detects and notifies users of physical intrusions is being commercialized by Florida-based Quantum Technology Sciences.
Quantum said in a news release that commercialization of its real-time detect and notify technology is being made possible through a $2.3 million initial investment by private investors.
"There are solutions out there to detect intruders at and within a security perimeter," says Quantum Chief Executive Officer Mark Tinker. "Quantum's paradigm shift comes from the ability to classify the location and type of intrusion not only at and within a security perimeter, but well beyond, out to a more extensive awareness perimeter.
"Proactive security is the result, where threats can be identified and more effectively deterred or neutralized before doing harm."
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New DATC training center focuses on industrial jobs!
KAYSVILLE-Employees of the various oil refineries in south Davis can now get refresher, safety-related or other training at a new facility that was officially unveiled Oct. 30.
The Davis Applied Technology College's mammoth Freeport West Extension Center is set up to offer petroleum industry training, among a variety of offerings.
"This allows us to create more industrial-based, technical training," said Michael Bouwhuis, college president.
Half of a previously vacant building at Freeport West was modified to meet training needs of nearby companies, as well as the oil refineries, he said.
Freeport West is an industrial/manufacturing and warehousing center in the Clearfield/Syracuse area. It is independent of, but adjoins the bigger Freeport Center.
Thousands of employees are employed at the two facilities. They're like huge industrial parks, housing individual companies, large and small, throughout.
Those firms include such national brands as Kellog and ATK, and local powerhouses Futura Industries and Lifetime Products.
Courses offered in the building were selected based on input from plant managers at Freeport and Freeport West, Bouwhuis said.
Based on that, training is offered in forklift, OSHA and industrial training automation, he said.
Industrial automation training includes instruction in how to hook up electrical equipment, wiring, motors, programmable logic controllers and computers, Bouwhuis explained.
Training offered goes beyond that, even to that needed by those who package the dairy products you might buy from Smith's Food & Drug, he said.
The Smith's Dairy plant in Layton is nearby, and employs several hundred.
The new DATC building is about the size of four Bountiful City Halls.
One-third of the space will be developed later, Bouwhuis said.
This high-ceilinged building allows for "high-bay training" to be offered by DATC, he said.
Forklifts and other equipment training requires bigger spaces that a traditional classroom setting allows, Bouwhuis said.
"We've had a presence out there (at Freeport, Freeport West) since 1994," he said.
But instruction had to be classroom-based. Now the additional hands-on, using real equipment needed on a job, is available, Bouwhuis said.
He recounted the history of Freeport and Freeport West.
The Freeport Center originally was the Clearfield Naval Supply Depot. It opened in 1942, as part of the U.S. defense machine buildup following Pearl Harbor and the nation's entrance into World War II.
The depot was decommissioned in 1962.
More than 70 companies are housed at the Freeport Center, alone. The campus covers about eight million square feet, about 10 times the size of the self-contained Layton Hills Mall.
The center originally served primarily as a warehouse and distribution point to the Western U.S.
Remodeling cost included $2.1 million from state building funds. JRCA Architects designed the space and Landmark Construction was the general contractor.
New courses
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- Fire Academy
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- Internal Auditing
- Oil/Petroleum-related
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More:Trip Page | Background Briefing
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will travel to Liberia, Cote d'Ivoire, Togo, and Cape Verde on January 16-17, 2012, to demonstrate U.S. commitment to post-conflict return to peace, good governance, and economic development as well as to emphasize U.S. focus on democratization.
While in Liberia, Secretary Clinton will attend President Sirleaf's inauguration and preside over the ribbon-cutting of the New U.S. Embassy Compound in Monrovia. In Cote d'Ivoire, she will meet with President Ouattara to showcase our support for national reconciliation and strengthening democratic institutions following successful legislative elections in December 2011. In the first visit of a Secretary of State to Togo, Secretary Clinton will meet President Faure to demonstrate U.S. support for Togo's democratic progress and economic reforms and to congratulate Togo on its recent election to the United Nations Security Council, where it holds a non-permanent seat for 2012 and 2013. In Cape Verde, Secretary Clinton will meet Prime Minister Neves to discuss cooperation on regional issues like counternarcotics, good governance, sound economic policies, and Cape Verde's second Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact.
You can follow the Secretary's travel on www.state.gov.


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Parent/Child Mother Goose
The Parent-Child Mother Goose Program® is a group experience for parents and their babies and young children which focuses on the pleasure and power of using rhymes, songs and stories together. Parents gain skills and confidence which can enable them to create positive family patters during their children's crucial early years, and give their children healthy early experiences with language and communication. There is no cost to parents who participate. For a list of organizations throughout BC that deliver the Parent-Child Mother Goose Program® to families, here is a hyperlink showing a list of organizations offering the Program. http://nationalpcmgp.ca/
Here is a list of organizations that deliver Parent/Child Mother Goose
Nobody's Perfect Parenting Program
A Parenting Program for parents of children birth to age 5. Meet with other parents of young children; share questions, concerns and ideas about being a parent; learn about child development, safety, health and behaviour; discuss real-life parenting situations; work together with the support of a trained facilitator; discover positive ways of parenting. To find an organization that delivers the Nobody's Perfect Parenting Program, click on the following link. http://www.bccf.ca/families/programs/nobodys-perfect.
Here is a list of organization that deliver Nobody's Perfect
Triple P Parenting Program
Triple P is a thoroughly researched program that supports parents to coach the development of skills in their children from a positive and healthy perspective. All of this is accomplished in a flexible way with parents deciding which strategies fit with their family and work effectively with their children. To learn more and find out where Triple P Parenting Program is being delivered in your community, click on the following link. http://www10.triplep.net/?pid=2272
Here is a list of organizations that deliver Triple P Parenting
BC Child Care Resource & Referral Program
Child Care Resource & Referral Program (CCRR) offers quality child care referrals, resources and support to all child care providers and families in over 400 communities across the Province of British Columbia.
Infant Development Program
The Infant Development Program serves families with children, age birth to three years, who are at risk for developmental problems.Locate the Infant Development Program in your community.
Families First
BC Government has launched a Families First website. click here
Find services, learn more about the Families First Agenda, and share your ideas. Click here to see the full agenda
Pacific Post Partum Support Society
The society offers telephone support and weekly support groups throughout the lower mainland. Pacific Post Partum Support Society
Ministry of Health
Health Authorities
StrongStart BC Early Learning Centres
StrongStart BC programs are located in school facilities and fulfil government's election platform and throne speech commitment to use underutilized school spaces to deliver early learning services. StrongStart Early Learning Centres.
Ministry of Education
Additional Parenting and Child Development Information Links:
Positive Parenting (Videos) www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/child_protection/positive_parenting.htm
Parents Matter – www.parentsmatter.ca
Welcome To Parenting
Nestle Baby
PBS Parents
Your Child's Development Milestones
Quit Smoking Community
Parenting Matters
Information and Tips For Parents From Centres of Excellence for Early Childhood Development
Responding to Children's Needs
Discipline-How much is enough?
School Transition - Starting school on the right foot
Aggressive Behaviours-1 Better management through understanding
Aggressive Behaviours-2 When should we be worried?
Aggressive Behaviours-3 More support, for better prevention
Parents' Practices - Aboriginal Parents - When responsiveness and beliefs enter the picture
Parents' Practices - When responsiveness and beliefs enter the picture
Sleeping Behaviour - Good sleep, for good growth
Alcohol use during pregnancy - A dangerous "cocktail"
Alcohol use during pregnancy - Aboriginal Parents - A dangerous "cocktail"
Parent-Child Attachment - A bond of trust
Parent-child Attachment - Aboriginal parents - A bond of trust
Literacy - First steps toward reading and writing
Your Childs Brain (Structure) - Building a strong structure
Your Childs Brain (Stimulation) - Showing you care is smart!
Breastfeeding - More than loving contact
Breastfeeding - Aboriginal Parents - More than loving contact
High-quality child care services - A stimulating and caring environment for children
Crying - Listen: they're talking to you!
Divorce and Separation - Paying attention to your child's needs
Eating Behaviours - A recipe for healthy eating habits
Emotions - Helping your child identify and express feelings
Language - Your baby's first steps toward learning to speak
Preventing Reading Difficulties - It spells success!
Preventing Math Learning Difficulties - It adds up to success
Numberacy - It adds up to more than counting
Nutrition - Developing healthy eating habits during pregnancy
Social Cognition - Helping your child understand people's thoughts and feelings
Peer Relations - Sowing seeds of friendship
Peer Relations - Supporting children to develop friendships
Child's Play - Learning that comes naturally
Physical Activity and Young Children - A fun and healthy habit
Physical Activity and Young Children - Aboriginal Parents - A fun and healthy habit
Temperament - Understanding your child's temperament
Temperament - A life-long influence
Tobacco Use During Pregnancy - Getting off to a good start with good information
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Each room has complimentary toiletries, sumptuous towels, starched cottons sheets with traditional blankets and the option of duvets.
All rooms have large flat screen Freeview televisions, easy chairs and work area with free high speed WiFi. Direct dial telephone and hospitality tray are also standard in each room and blackout blinds ensure privacy.
Our showers provide stimulating high pressure hot water around the clock, some rooms are also equipped with large corner baths.
Heating and ventilation is individually controlled by the guest from within their room.
Complimentary Full English and Continental breakfast with a daily three course evening dinner from £11.95 is served in the Main Hotel, where you will also find comfortably furnished bars and relaxing lounges with television, open fires and additional study and meeting areas.Ample free on site secure CCTV parking is provided.


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Author Notes: While small and somewhat sparsely stocked, the Haledon Pork Store outside of Paterson, New Jersey -- as any good Sopranos fan would expect -- carries the requisite range of homemade sausages (both fresh and dried), locally made marinara and other Italian specialties. However, along the back wall, among the bags of imported dried pasta and boxed tiramisu mix, I came across a few ingredients I'd never seen before -- including a bag of something that looked a little like yellow Grape Nuts. The package included the words "egg barley" and explained that this bag of shriveled little nuggets had originated in Hungary. We walked out with a dried landjaeger sausage and a small packet of some sort of smoked salami for my fiancé, and 1/4 pound of the homemade bologna and a packet of the yellow Grape Nuts for me. I did some research when I got home and discovered that the egg barley, also know as tarhonya, is a popular Eastern European egg pasta. It's typically sautéed in butter and then braised in a little bit of broth, but it can also just be boiled and added to soup. Which is just what I decided to do with it. In honor of the Haledon Pork Store's Italian owners, I thought I'd boil up some of my newly acquired egg barley and incorporate it into a simple version of stracciatella, or Italian egg drop soup, which my mother used to make a lot while I was growing up. It's a savory, comforting soup that pleases kids and adults alike, and the addition of the egg pasta transforms it into something hearty enough to serve as a meal. If your local pork store doesn't carry egg barley, this soup would be almost as good with orzo or ditalini or any other small dried pasta. —Merrill Stubbs
Serves: 4
5 1/2
cups homemade or very good quality chicken broth
cup egg barley, orzo or other small dried pasta
tablespoons freshly grated parmesan, plus more for sprinkling
1 1/2
tablespoons finely chopped parsley
pinch of freshly ground nutmeg
salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Bring 5 cups of the broth to a boil in a medium saucepan, reserving the remaining 1/2 cup in a medium bowl.
- Add the egg barley or orzo, or whatever you're using, to the boiling broth and lower the heat so that it simmers steadily. Cook the pasta until just al dente (the egg barley should take 12 to 14 minutes; refer to the package for cooking instructions for other pastas).
- While the pasta is cooking, whisk together the remaining stock, eggs, parmesan, parsley, nutmeg, salt to taste and a few generous grinds of pepper. When the pasta is just cooked, slowly pour the egg mixture into the boiling soup, whisking constantly. The soup will now look kind of creamy, and it will stop simmering temporarily. Keep whisking for a minute or two, until the soup returns to a simmer and the egg begins to coagulate in shaggy little clumps. Taste, adjust seasoning if necessary, and then serve immediately with some more grated parmesan and black pepper on the side.
- This recipe is a Community Pick!


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This gluten free white balsamic vinegar adds velvety tartness to sweet red onions in this creamy dressing. Delicious used in a salad with strawberries or raspberries and blue cheese. Use in pasta salads or as a condiment for sandwiches or a dip for finger foods.
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This gluten free white balsamic vinegar adds velvety tartness to sweet red onions in this creamy dressing. Delicious used in a salad with strawberries or raspberries and blue cheese. Use in pasta salads or as a condiment for sandwiches or a dip for finger foods.
- Facts 12 oz. Product of USA
- Ingredients Water, canola oil, white balsamic vinegar, sugar, red onion puree, salt, nonfat buttermilk powder, onion powder, xanthan gum, black pepper, celery seeds, rosemary. Contains milk.
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Global AIDS: Back to the Past?
May 25, 2001
SummaryThe new affordability of treatment in poor countries made possible the unprecedented high-level mobilization against global AIDS earlier this year, by transforming AIDS in poor regions from an unsolvable tragedy to a moral issue and chance to save lives. But then a backlash turned funders against treatment -- transforming AIDS again, from a chance to save lives to a chance to sit by and watch tens of millions die. As a result, AIDS lost some political support and momentum -- not only for treatment, but for prevention as well. If treatment is a key to mobilization, we need to recognize that.
Just weeks ago, governments of rich and poor countries alike seemed more likely than ever before to mobilize serious commitment to controlling the global AIDS epidemic. There was growing consensus that 7 to 10 billion dollars per year -- the amount proposed by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, about 1% of world military spending -- would be enough to greatly reduce the spread of AIDS, treat many of those who are ill, do operational research to make sure the programs are effective, speed the development of vaccines and new treatments, and greatly reduce the burden of tuberculosis, malaria, and other infectious diseases.
But suddenly rich-country governments in the U.S. and Europe pulled back. The U.S. contributed $200,000,000 to the United Nations fund -- about 2% of the need, about a tenth of what would have been regarded as serious. European governments so far have not contributed anything. And in the recently concluded World Health Assembly, the U.S. and European governments actively blocked proposals to help poor countries buy low-cost medicines -- on behalf of the proprietary pharmaceutical industry, which seems to fear that any plan to make patented medicines permanently affordable in poor areas would threaten its patents or ability to charge high prices in the U.S. and other rich countries.
What Happened?We suspect that one key cause of the loss of momentum on global AIDS is something that has not been discussed or recognized even by the participants.
For years it was an article of faith that public money for AIDS control in poor countries should go to prevention, never to treatment. Few said otherwise, because at $10,000 per year for drugs alone (or even $2,000), HIV treatment was not going to become widely available in poor areas no matter what anyone said or did.
Some prevention advocates have long feared that treatment would out-compete prevention politically (probably because it saves the lives of identifiable people, unlike prevention), resulting in resources being misdirected to treatment of the terminally ill instead of to stopping the epidemic. But in fact, treatment gives people reason to be tested, reason to mobilize to save their own lives or their family members or friends, reason to become involved in comprehensive AIDS-control programs. It also motivates the fight against AIDS stigma, by transforming it from something unpleasant but only rarely life-threatening, to a direct threat to the lives of specific people. Some professionals have missed the fact that treatment access is a strategic cause to improve prevention and reduce the spread of HIV, as well as a humanitarian cause to save lives because it is the right thing to do.
These arguments had no consequences until recently, when generic pharmaceutical manufacturers started offering some modern combination antiretrovirals at under $500 per year. At this price widespread treatment in Africa became viable for the first time.
We believe this new possibility of treatment in poor regions fundamentally transformed world thinking about AIDS. Before, most of the public in the U.S., and probably other rich countries as well, basically saw the global epidemic as an unsolvable tragedy (or as a bottomless resource pit) in Africa. Tens of millions of people already infected were doomed, and nothing could be done to change that, nothing anyone did could make any meaningful difference.
But with drugs less than $500 per year, the perception of global AIDS changed from a hopeless cause to a moral issue and chance to save lives. Now people could get involved. The result was the first-ever move toward serious government commitment to control the epidemic, and other major infectious diseases -- not just through treatment, but through prevention, research, treatment, whatever was needed.
The "Harvard plan" -- a widely discussed analysis of how to provide treatment in developing countries, released in early April -- also helped to show it was doable, and at a cost amounting to "small change" in the global economy.
But then a backlash occurred. Some prevention experts became alarmed and upset by the new momentum behind treatment. As one "international health official who asked not to be identified" told The Washington Post:
"It's so politically incorrect to say, but we may have to sit by and just see these millions of [already infected] people die," he said, acknowledging that this was an option that would be considered unacceptable in the developed world. "Very few public health professionals are willing to take on the wrath of AIDS activists by saying that. But a whole lot of them talk about this in private." ("Global AIDS Strategy May Prove Elusive: More Funds Available, but Consensus Lacking," Washington Post, April 23, 2001, page A01).
We do not know to what extent anyone went to the major funders -- the handful of key staff people involved in AIDS funding in the U.S. and European governments, and major foundations -- and soured them on treatment. AIDS activists were surprised to find unexpected lack of support in Congressional offices, and to hear international-development experts new to AIDS saying the fight was to save future generations. One Congressional bill earmarked 10% or less for treatment, vs. 70% for prevention. Overall, there was a sudden surge in official sentiment for abandoning those in poor countries who are already infected -- and the millions more who will become infected there.
One might think that pharmaceutical companies would lobby for global treatment, providing balance. If anything, the opposite was true. Widespread treatment in poor countries might threaten their patents and high prices in rich countries -- the cash cow that supports the entire industry.
Potential donor governments seem to have responded mainly not by shifting future money from treatment to prevention, but by losing interest in AIDS. Why?
We believe that what happened is that with treatment marginalized, AIDS was transformed again -- from a moral issue and chance to save lives, to a chance to sit by and let tens of millions of people die. Government officials and their staffs are people, too; and when this happened, they lost enthusiasm for the whole project of controlling global AIDS. Other world issues are always available.
Many have said (correctly, we believe) that without hope of treatment, prevention will not work well. What has been overlooked is that without hope of treatment in poor countries, it becomes very difficult to mobilize against global AIDS in rich countries. The triple track of advocating funding for research, prevention, and treatment -- long successful for U.S. domestic AIDS programs -- should be considered for international funding advocacy as well.
As one activist put it, treatment is easier to sell than condoms. Of course the point is not to substitute treatment for prevention, but to facilitate widespread mobilization to do whatever is necessary to stop the epidemic.
We suspect that hope of treatment was the key that transformed the meaning of the global epidemic, and made possible the beginnings of the unprecedented mobilization earlier this year. When this hope was removed, the movement stalled. Rich-country governments, which had never made a commitment to a properly funded campaign against global AIDS and other infectious diseases, reverted to business as usual.
This is only a theory -- that the possibility of treatment in developing countries was central to the rise and then a sudden fall in high-level interest in global AIDS. Many theories are wrong. We urge those involved to consider this one, and see if it holds true.
If hope of treatment is key to effective political mobilization against the global epidemic -- critical to involving people in rich countries even though they are not directly affected (as they already have access), as well as people in poor ones who are directly affected -- we need to recognize that fact and design comprehensive research, prevention, and treatment programs that do not abandon those already infected.
Copyright 2001 by John S. James. Permission granted for noncommercial reproduction, provided that our address and phone number are included if more than short quotations are used.
Copyright 2001 by John S. James. Permission granted for noncommercial reproduction, provided that our address and phone number are included if more than short quotations are used.
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