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I consider myself a spiritual artist. I love to paint those things which carry a spiritual power. I use the word "paint" to describe the techniques I use, rather than the medium. My medium is actually energy. I have a passion for transforming nothing into something digital, and something digital into something tangible. The transformation of energy from one medium to another is empowering. Every one of my paintings is a form of spiritual power.
I believe that the meaning of life is the telling of stories: to oneself, to others; via words, via body language, via art. The contemporary art that you see on these pages promotes a cultural view of interpreting images, familiar and unfamiliar, within a personal spiritual context that encompasses the whole, not just the parts, when telling stories. Each piece of art has many stories. One story comes from the artist, other stories come from the viewers. Each is unique and personal and valuable.
Although my work has appeared for decades in various publications (and under various names), it was in 2007 that I decide to display my work in the more traditional format of art shows. In keeping with my spiritual journey, I am starting with places where the energy of the viewer is unexpected: they come not for the art, but for food and comfort, for fun and to meet others: bars, restaurants, coffee houses and the like.
Each work of art is imbued with energy during a show. The dancer at the bar emanates her energy while the works absorb that power and return it to the next person. The coffee drinker who sits and reads a paper shares energy -- a different energy -- with the artwork, and that energy is absorbed and re-released back to the next viewer. The web surfer views the works, often in the comfort of their own home, and, because the works are digital, shares energy in a distinct way. This constant flow and ebb forms a network along which the story travels.
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DAMZL Apparel at Glamis Dunes - Off-Road Notes
An Open Letter From A Father Whose Daughter Was Killed At Glamis, October 29, 2005.
My name is Patrick Gorrell and together with my wife Samantha we have managed to raise five wonderful children. From the time when our kids were toddlers, our family began taking trips to a place in the desert called Glamis. For those of you who may not be familiar with Glamis, it is essentially a stretch of mountainous sand dunes that runs from the middle of the Salton Sea and extends southward to the Mexican border. The dunes there are truly beautiful. They are made up of a seemingly endless stream of sandy valleys, ridges and deep bowls.
In our early trips to Glamis we found it to be the perfect venue for family adventures. In our many trips there we were joined by a large number of families from our local community of Canyon Lake, California. Together, there in Glamis, we taught our kids to ride and helped each other in the task of raising them into adults. We camped wagon-wheel style in our motorhomes, and at night we ate our meals around a roaring campfire while we shared the day's adventures and an endless stream of stories late into those chilly desert nights. We found it so ideal that we became hard-core regulars. For more than two decades during the cooler winter months we would go to Glamis just about every other weekend. We became accustomed to eating a little sand in our turkeys and relentlessly cleaned it out of every nook and cranny of our motorhomes and trailers. We washed sand out of our hair for days after we got back home. But despite these problems, there was one overwhelming factor that kept us going back again and again - it was fun! About as much fun as anyone could possibly have.
It is hard to put into words the feeling of exhilaration and the absolute joy that comes from riding in the dunes at Glamis. It is a very three-dimensional experience. You can ride up hills, you can ride down hills, you can ride around and around in bowls and valleys of unimaginable proportions. You can feel the exhilaration of achieving weightlessness during a jump. You can carve turns in the sand that feel like they will rip you right off of your bike. And you can ride for hours at a stretch until your arms are so tired that you just can't use them anymore. From my experience, there is simply no feeling on earth that can match Glamis for its ability to deliver a sense of freedom and power.
Growing up and learning to ride there, my daughter Holly became addicted to these simple yet very powerful pleasures. She was a great rider, and her experiences at Glamis left her with sand in her blood and in the deepest parts of her soul.
Because of its irresistible attraction, over time this one-time haven for family adventures became increasingly crowded; in fact, it is dangerously overcrowded these days. Because of this, and because of our old age I guess, we stopped going there as regulars, but my daughter Holly made sure that we went back every now and then. Her love for the place kept drawing her back for her necessary Glamis fix.
I loved riding with Holly, she was just great. But on October 28, 2005, we went back to Glamis for a very special purpose. Holly and her sister Heather had started a line of women's riding apparel called DAMZL. Together, Holly and Heather identified a need in the in the off-road motorcycle industry that was very personal to them. Despite the fact that they are tough enough to ride with the best of us, they are also beautiful women and have a strong sense of fashion and taste. They resented the fact that for more than 30 years, they had to dress in riding clothing designed by men for men. And from their experience they knew that they could design clothing specifically designed for the woman rider - clothing with more color and far more practical for women. Their slogan, which I dearly love, is "Feminize the Machine." This founding concept became their mantra, and it symbolized what was to become a real quest for both of them. If Holly had a goal with DAMZL it would be to put a woman dressed in pink at the head of a pack of aggressive riders.
They went to Glamis that weekend primarily as vendors. They were embarking on the necessary marketing task of gaining exposure and acceptance and creating an identity within the riding community, and Glamis is certainly one of the best places to do this.
On that Friday, Holly and her fianc Eric spent the best part of the morning taking pictures of Holly riding and jumping some dunes. The few brief minutes she spent doing this did little to satisfy her need to spend some time seriously shredding up some sand. The rest of that Friday Holly spent working the DAMZL sales booth with Heather, and she begrudgingly resisted her temptations to go back out in the dunes and get some sand in her hair.
On Saturday, Holly was back in the booth again. She was dying for a ride but kept putting it off until late in the day. And then finally, before it got too late, her moment came. Holly fulfilled her dream. She mounted her bike dressed in pink and led a pack of five riders out into the sand. As she had dreamed, she led the way and challenged everyone following to keep up with her. I can sense what was in her heart as she threw caution to the wind just long enough to miss sight of an approaching dune buggy. In the blink of an eye she was irreparably crushed. And as she laid there in the sand dressed in her pink DAMZL shirt, Eric, the love of her life, held her hand, cradled her head, and told her just how much he loved her while she passed away from him. This happened only a week ago as I write this today.
Now many of us here would describe this whole episode as tragic, but if you really knew Holly the way I did then it would be much more appropriate to describe it as poetic. Holly died very quickly. She died doing the thing she liked to do most and in the place that she liked the most. She died in the arms of the man she loved most dearly - the man she called the love of her life. I am very proud of the fact that her life and her end have become the inspiration for her sister to continue with the goals they set together for DAMZL. I think this reflects positively on their personal strength and character. I feel blessed to be the father of such a great family.
It is with mixed emotions that I reflect on how I feel about Glamis and other popular off-road riding areas. On the one hand, our family enjoyed countless adventures and very positive experiences there. On the other hand, it's the place where I lost my daughter. Upon reflection, I have come to several conclusions. First, I believe strongly that it is up to each parent or individual rider to determine if it is appropriate or safe enough to ride in these places. Clearly, I do not believe that this decision should be made by the BLM or any other government agency. In my mind, their job is to protect our ability to make these choices, not to make them for us.
My strongest feeling is that riders and buggy drivers must learn to temper their enthusiasm in favor of more caution, especially in these very crowded areas. Perhaps the easiest way to do this is simply not to ride or drive beyond what your field of vision can let you be in control of. If you can see what lies ahead and you are confident that there are no surprises, let that be the opportunity to go for it and get your thrills. If you can't, or are not sure, resist the temptation until a safer opportunity presents itself. It will eventually come. You owe it to yourself, your coriders, and others that might be tragically affected by your impatience. As individuals we owe it to the other people around us not to jeopardize their safety because of our lack of self control. We simply don't have the right to take other people's safety for granted. None of us own Glamis or any other similar place; we share it. And if we don't share it responsibly, Big Brother will certainly take it from all of us.
May God bless and keep you and your loved ones safe.

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A sign offers military financing at a used car lot in Oceanside, Calif. on Oct. 12, 2006. The lot is one of many businesses in downtown Oceanside that offer credit to Marines from nearby Camp Pendleton.
Nearly 36,000 active-military members who hold security clearances have recently sought urgent financial advice or aid because heavy debts and delinquent bills threatened to void their classified status, according to a nonprofit that helps troops and veterans solve money problems.
"You can lose that security clearance if you have credit or debt issues," said John E. Pickens III, executive director of VeteransPlus. "If you lose that clearance, you can become un-promotable or you can be taken from your assignment. And, ultimately, you can even receive a bad-conduct discharge.
"If you're going to be entrusted with national security," he added, "the military figures you've got to at least be able to pay your bills on time."
Pickens' nonprofit has offered financial counseling to more than 150,000 current and former service members. Among that crowd of clients, more than half are active duty, National Guard members or reservists. And out of that portion, he said, 46 percent have expressed worries about their security clearances.
Approximately half of America's 2.4 million active duty, National Guard and reserve troops hold some level of security clearance, said Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. James Gregory. Most of those 1.19 million service members possess the second-highest security rating - "secret" - while the next largest portion hold a higher status: TS/SCI, (Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information), he added. The sensitive nature of certain military jobs typically dictate the security classifications.
"All military members know they are required by the Uniform Code of Military Justice to pay their debts," Pickens said. "But right now, the Department of Defense says excessive and delinquent indebtedness is the No. 1 cause for denying or revoking security clearances."
Asked to confirm that massive debt and late payments are, indeed, the leading factors in security-clearance terminations, Gregory said: "One reason (for concern) is that a person with big debts is more likely to accept money in exchange for revealing secrets. So that's why financial things are one of the biggest reasons that a clearance would not be granted or be revoked.
"That said," Gregory added, "the military takes a 'whole person' approach. Finance is only one factor to be considered among many others when it comes to security clearances. The U.S. military pays close attention to debt and other financial issues when it comes to screening applicants for security clearance to handle sensitive information."
Based on the financial counseling sessions provided by VeteransPlus, statistics show that service members and veterans who approach the nonprofit have an average debt-to-income ratio of 46.5 percent, Pickens said. According to "The Ultimate Credit Handbook," by Gerri Detweiler, a debt load of 36 percent or less is healthy for most people to carry, but a ratio of 43 percent to 49 percent means that dire financial difficulties are probably imminent unless immediate action is taken.
The nonprofit's counselors also see an average unsecured debt (such as credit cards) of $9,700 and an average secured debt (such as a home) of $16,500.
How much is too much?
"I wish I knew that number," Pickens said. "But if you're not paying your bills and your debt-to-income ratio is what the military would consider to be excessive, they look at you as a risk.
"Military folks are susceptible to the same kinds of pressures and economic things as everybody else," Pickens adds. "Their spouses get laid off. They have foreclosures. The fact that they have to move around frequently means they're often upside down on their houses when they have to sell."
In April 1990, Derek Staden, then 19, learned he was about to be deployed from his Air Force base in Wichita, Kan., to the Middle East as the U.S. military launched Operation Desert Storm. Then a senior airman whose duties included refueling aircraft, Staden's mailbox suddenly was flooded with offers for credit cards and high-interest loans.
"Just out of nowhere – all from creditors locally," Staden said. "I guess they knew our base was deploying. All we had to do was endorse the checks and they would cash them for us. I was a young man and I'd never seen anything like that before. I didn't know how the interest payments worked so I took them and took advantage of them. I bought some things I needed and things I didn't need."
When Staden returned to his base later in 1990, those same creditors demanded that he repay the loans or balances or they would report him to his commanding officer. He knew his security clearance would be at risk if his superiors learned of his unpaid bills. He had earned that classified status during basic training. He needed the clearance because he was involved in secret, Cold War practice drills during which he refueled aircraft.
"I had to keep those payments up to speed because the military frowns on having debt issues like that," Staden said. "It wasn't an option to call my parents and ask for help because they taught me growing up how to be responsible for your obligations. I didn't want to call them to tell them I'd been duped by creditors.
"I just had to scale back, spend all my weekends in the dorms (on base). Those were some lean times for me. I was so embarrassed."
Staden, who left the service in 1995 and now lives in New Orleans and is trying to get into the music-production business, estimates that his debt ultimately reached in the low $20,000 range.
"I felt like I didn't have anywhere to go for help – outside of my parents. I figured if I went to the adjutant on base I would get myself in trouble," he said. "It made me second-guess a lot of things. I thought I was more prepared for living on my own. That was probably part of the reason I didn't re-enlist. It was very stressful."
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You can thrive in, not just survive, an economic slogging!
As co-coordinator with my colleague Miriam Salpeter, I am pleased to participate in our second round of posts from our community of expert career advisors and resume writing professionals called the Career Collective.
This month's articles are in response to Quintessential Careers Job Action Day. I encourage you to visit other members' responses, which will be linked at the end of my article on November 2nd. Please follow our hashtag on Twitter: #careercollective.
The economy is in a slump. Cost cutting and lay offs persist. We all know this. It's not news.
The question: How do job seekers boost their visibility and generate more interviews during these trying times? Moreso than ever before, it is about being crystal clear on your value proposition – what not only makes you unique (yes, your uniqueness is nice to know and often will perk up the hiring manager's or recruiter's ears), but it also is about why you matter to that hiring decision-maker. What's in it for them, specifically?
Although refining and communicating one's unique market value was advice I 'would' have given a year ago, I believe this year's message is greatly amplified. Your likelihood of being edited out from a hiring manager's radar screen is multiplied because of the shear masses of resumes circulating for each open job.
More than ever before, being crisp, smart and quick in illuminating your resume and career communication message to the reader or listener is critical to being cutting-edge in your job search initiatives.
How do you do this?
1. Begin by doing career brain dump, an exercise that you should anticipate taking 6-8 hours over the course of several days to accomplish. Do not short-change this step!
a. Be somewhat orderly about it. In other words, start with the overarching initiatives that you faced this past year and the year before that, and the year before that, then flesh out the actions you took, describe the hurdles you leapt over and brag about the special problem solving skills you tapped to make things better (i.e., improved processes, negotiated buy-in to an idea, grew revenue or profit, shortened lead times for product development, appeased disgruntled customers, expanded the marketplace footprint … and much more).
b. Of course, punctuate these stories with the end result in a measurable way: percentages, numbers and dollars work. Remember, even if you didn't directly impact a measurable outcome, you always are indirectly impacting something bigger and better that a department, division or the entire company is accomplishing. (If you weren't impacting the bottom line, you wouldn't be earning your salary!) Map to that – find the path to the numbers.
c. Then, flesh out your soft skills and traits, and how your actions map to those: i.e., Approachability, Having Composure, Inspiring Teams, Listening, Conflict Management, Ethics and Values … etc.
2. Research, research, research. Investigate companies and types of jobs that interest you and those which loop back to your particular experiences and results. What is realistic? Earmark those! Where (at what jobs) might you take a chance and try to bridge gaps where your experience and /or education fall short? Earmark those, too! Who would be willing to listen to you if the best, most value-laden message were at-the-ready? Note their names, titles, emails and phone numbers. When researching, use these online tools:
a. Company research: ZoomInfo, Hoovers, RileyGuide, Bizjournals, Manta, corporate websites… and many others.
b. Jobs research: LinkUp, CareerBuilder, Indeed.com, Monster, corporate web sites, etc.
3. Start writing, or better yet, partner with a professional resume writer to flesh out your career story. This isn't the time to be mechanical or rules-focused [i.e., list of subjective resume writing rules that you check-mark; i.e., a. Font size (check!); b. Page length correct (check!); c. # of buzzwords sprinkled throughout (check!); d. Summary broadly written so I don't miss any opportunities (i.e., "I would take any job mentality) (check!)].
a. Meaningful writing is critical; during this phase you must drill down to the right words and story points that will best resonate with the target reader!
b. Moving a dozen or 2 dozen pages of career brain dump into a 2-3 page sales piece that proves value in a snap through your career camera lens is vital.
Once the resume is complete, begin connecting …
5. Know your audience and reach out to them. Join LinkedIn, then join and interact in groups, post links and updates and invite others. Expand your network, learn about individuals in other companies and become known by them.
6. Start a blog. WordPress.com is free and easy to get started with. Sign up today for an account, choose a backdrop, write an article focused on articulating your value and expertise. Tell your friends and colleagues. Post your blog URL to your LinkedIn account.
7. Join Twitter. Create a profile with a picture and be known for the industry or job-specific expert you are. Tweet meaningful thoughts that will add value to your followers. Retweet value-add information from others. Comment on others' tweets; engage; smile; be uplifting. Offer genuine opinions but don't openly criticize.
Final thoughts: Your career message in this new economy should certainly weave in your abilities in containing costs, shoring up resources and boosting productivity. However, equally important is a focus on advancing growth, turning around distressed companies, netting multifold returns on capital and generating revenue and profit. It's not just about surviving, it's about thriving.
Show (don't tell) the reader that you are capable of helping them lift themselves from the slog of this downtrend and into a robust, revenue-multiplying and profit expanding new place. Be someone who proves s/he can both execute and deliver the goods for a better future!
Meg Montford: Job Action Day: Finding Your "MOJO" After Layoff http://coachmeg.typepad.com/career_chaos/2009/10/job-action-day-finding-your-mojo-after-layoff.html
Debra Wheatman: Plan B from outer space; or what do you have in case your first plan doesn't work out? http://resumesdonewrite.blogspot.com/2009/10/plan-b-from-outer-space-or-what-do-you.html
Heather Mundell: Green Jobs – What They Are and How to Find Them, http://dbcs.typepad.com/lifeatwork/2009/10/green-jobs-what-they-are-and-how-to-find-them.html
Erin Kennedy: Cutting Edge Job Search Blueprint http://exclusive-executive-resumes.com/resumes/job-search-blueprint/
Grace Kutney: Securing Your Career While Navigating the Winds of Change http://sweetcareers.blogspot.com/2009/10/securing-your-career-while-navigating.html
Hannah Morgan: Career Sherpa– Why Our Job Search Advice is the Same but Different http://hannahmorgan.typepad.com/hannah_morgan/2009/10/why-our-job-search-advice-is-the-same-but-different.html
Gayle Howard: The Enlightened Jobseeker http://www.theexecutivebrand.com/?p=500
Laurie Berenson: Making lemonade out of lemons: Turn unemployment into entrepreneurship http://blog.sterlingcareerconcepts.com/2009/10/30/making-lemonade-out-of-lemons-turn-unemployment-into-entrepreneurship.aspx
Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter: You Can Thrive In, Not Just Survive, an Economic Slogging https://careertrend.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/you-can-thrive-not-just-survive-an-economic-slogging/
Rosalind Joffe: Preparedness: It's Not Just for Boyscouts http://workingwithchronicillness.com/2009/10/preparedness-its-not-just-for-boy-scouts/
Rosa E. Vargas: Are You Evolving Into The In-Demand Professional of Tomorrow? http://resume-writing.typepad.com/resume_writing_and_job_se/2009/10/furture-careers.html
Dawn Bugni: Your network IS your net worth http://thewritesolution.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/your-network-is-your-net-worth/
Miriam Salpeter: Optimize your job hunt for today's economy http://www.keppiecareers.com/2009/10/30/optimize-your-job-hunt-for-todays-ecomony/
GL Hoffman: The Life of An Entrepreneur: Is It for You? http://blogs.jobdig.com/wwds/2009/10/30/the-life-of-an-entrepreneur-is-it-for-you/
Katharine Hansen: Job Action Day 09: His Resume Savvy Helped New Career Rise from Layoff Ashes http://resumesandcoverletters.com/tips_blog/2009/11/job-action-day-09-his-resume-s.html
Martin Buckland: Job Search–The Key to Securing Your Future Career. http://aneliteresume.com/job-search/the-key-to-securing-your-future-career/
Chandlee Bryan: Where the Green Jobs Are: http://emergingprofessional.typepad.com/the_emerging_professional/2009/11/where-the-green-jobs-are.html
Heather R. Huhman, Take Action: 10 Steps for Landing an Entry-Level Job, http://www.heatherhuhman.com/2009/10/take-action/
Barbara Safani: Where the Jobs Are 2009 and Beyond: http://www.careersolvers.com/blog/2009/10/31/where-the-jobs-are-2009-and-beyond/
J.T. O'Donnell: Actions that got people jobs in this recession http://www.careerealism.com/4-actions-that-got-people-jobs-in-this-recession/Explore posts in the same categories: Uncategorized
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October 30, 2009 at 9:05 pm
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October 30, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Jacqui, this is a brilliant post! Yes, now more than before, job seekers have to deliver their value proposition in a transparent and laser-like message, incorporating the economy-based needs of the employer. This is not the time to prepare just an effective job search campaign–It is time to "step it up," launch an outdistancing, and market-proof campaign that foretells a company's successful future.
The steps you provided will help professionals prepare, deploy, and annihilate the competition.
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October 31, 2009 at 6:17 am
Your post is inspiring Jacqui and well written! Being crystal clear about your value proposition helps jobseekers in so many ways: in the resume, in articulating their value during interviews and through networking. Successfully communicating an on-brand, consistent message is what will distinguish one jobseeker from others with exactly the same skills. If that message is reinforced through Linkedin, Twitter, blogs and more the on brand message is magnified and enriched. Great work!
October 31, 2009 at 1:19 pm
One can see why you are one of the recognized resume experts anywhere. You really dig deep into the candidate's experiences and skills to figure out or to help the candidate make their message work better.
Every resume writer should re print this and give to their prospects…it is that good.
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October 31, 2009 at 11:37 pm
This is an excellent prep tool for anyone getting ready to start a job search. I think I smell an ebook? Nice post!
November 1, 2009 at 1:35 pm
You made some good points there. I did a search on the topic and found most people will agree with your blog.It will greatly help me in my activities.
Thanks though, i'm glad some people share good stuff like this! It will greatly help me in my activities
Great job ! 🙂
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November 1, 2009 at 5:30 pm
This is more than just thought provoking — which it is because it makes a person think clearly about her value. You also offer a series of steps that can be used and within which a person can dance.Great job on an important topic.
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November 3, 2009 at 4:38 am
Jacqui –
What can I say? YES! YES! YES! Show, don't tell…Know what you offer. All such important points. But, even more importantly – know what to DO once you have a direction. Job seekers are actually lucky today to have so many options to showcase their value.
I'm so thrilled to be partnering with you to bring so many terrific colleagues together for the Career Collective!
November 3, 2009 at 11:35 am
Thanks Jacqui for this great list of resources. I only just learned of Manta – your research tools for job seekers is fabulous!
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November 4, 2009 at 5:48 pm
Your post is so rich in content and directive in action! When job seekers read this, they'll have what they need to start their own career plans. You are right on, Jacqui, regarding the importance of knowing your value proposition. I tell all my clients (resume writing and career coaching) that they need to know their highest value to solve the employer's biggest problem – and the best way to promote it. Thanks for sharing action steps so specificaly. You are a role model for job seekers and career pros alike.
November 5, 2009 at 5:23 am
As always, you hit the nail on the head–and then some! What a well-thought out plan of action– from start to finish. Who WOULDN'T land a job after following your steps?! 🙂
Great post!
November 7, 2009 at 3:52 am
Very smart to advise job seekers to not short-change the 'career brain dump' – it is the critical first step to the entire process. Great article, Jacqui!
November 26, 2009 at 7:57 am
Thanks Jacqui!
You provided very useful tips here.This is very good post and tool for Job seekers to step in great career.
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"The next major step is the graduation to rehabilitation," said UMC neurosurgeon Dr. Michael Lemole. As for the next milestone, it's "the day she leaves this hospital. That's her graduation; then she moves on to rehabilitation.
"It could be a matter of days to weeks," Lemole continued.
Doctors on Saturday repaired an orbital roof fracture in the congresswoman's right eye. They say they're not yet sure how this may have affected her vision, but "our suspicion is that she can see something," Lemore said. He says the eye operation entailed making an incision above the eyebrow, removing bone chips to relieve pressure and reconstructing the roof of the socket.
There were no complications from the surgery, and Giffords is improving so much that she was able to give her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, a back rub from her hospital bed, Kelly told Diane Sawyer of ABC News in an interview to air Tuesday.
"(It is) so typical of her. She's in the ICU. You know, gone through this traumatic injury. And she spent 10 minutes giving me a neck massage," Kelly explained. "I keep tellin' her. I'm like, 'Gabby, you're in the ICU. You know, you don't need — you know, you don't need to be doin' this.' But it's so typical of her that no matter how bad the situation might be for her, you know, she's lookin' out for other people."
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The gesture seemed to comfort Giffords and shows that his wife is improving and that her spirit and their personal bond remain strong, he said.
Giffords still cannot speak because of a tracheotomy done so the breathing tube could be removed from her mouth.
On Sunday, doctors upgraded Giffords' condition from critical to serious.
Later at the news conference, Giffords' doctors reported a happy piece of news: Giffords has even smiled occasionally, according to her husband. Dr. Randall Friese said sometimes people see what they want to see, but that "if he says she's smiling, I buy it."
Kelly also said he would be willing to meet with the parents of suspect Jared Loughner. Kelly, who has two teenage daughters from a previous marriage, said they have to be hurting.
Loughner, 22, tried to assassinate Giffords Jan. 8 and opened fire on a crowd gathered for a public event she was holding outside a Tucson supermarket, authorities said. Six people were killed, Giffords and 12 others were wounded.
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Elementary Services, grades K, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
Osseo Area Schools provides differentiated learning experiences to challenge and engage students across our system. Students deserve and need challenging learning opportunities that help them discover their unique interests and strengths. Our programming is designed to meet the needs of all students including those who have demonstrated high performance or show the potential for high performance relative to others of their age, experience or environment. In order to provide the right services at the right time for each student, students are identified for services using multiple measures including the CogAT 7 (Cognitive Abilities Test) and the NWEA/MAP (Measure of Academic Progress) Reading and Math assessments, teacher recommendation and student interest. Student programming needs are reviewed yearly.
Levels of Talent Development, Academic Challenge and Gifted Support
Level One - All students
Enrichment opportunities are provided for all students. Level One opportunities may include classroom lessons, makerspace, Genius Hour, engineering projects, guest speakers, community building or community service events. Lessons are focused on creative thinking skills, analogies, growth mindset, mindfulness are a few possibilities for whole classrooms to work with the TAG (Talent Development, Academic Challenge and Gifted Support) Specialist at each site. The goal of this level of service is to provide rigorous and enriching opportunities for all students.
Differentiated support is provided by the TAG specialist to classroom teachers in order to support all students with challenging learning opportunities that help them discover their unique interests and strengths.
All students are placed in heterogeneous classrooms. "Clustering" is used to create instructional groups in each third through fifth grade classroom. This practice will reduce the range of the instructional groups within a classroom, allowing the teacher to better provide a differentiated learning experience for each student. This "clustering" approach is based upon the Total School Clustering Model developed by Marcia Gentry at Purdue University.
Level Two - Some students
Enrichment and enhancement opportunities are provided through pull-out classes. These sessions focus on Verbal, Non-Verbal and Quantitative skills. Level Two services, while targeting specific ability areas are designed to introduce and build 'How to Learn' skills in our students. These skills include, but are not limited to, becoming creative thinkers, problem solvers, strategic researchers and skilled communicators, while efficiently using technology, as well as determining how to best share information with a targeted audience producing a desired result.
Level Three - Some students
Extension and challenge is provided through pull-out sessions. Sessions may include a more rigorous version of Level Two programming. Additional core course extensions such as Continental Math League and Word Masters may also be provided.
Level Four - Few students
Students are involved in independent investigations which are designed to provide opportunities to investigate a special area of interest. Students will develop a project and share their findings. These independent study projects will be facilitated by the TAG Specialist. In addition to independent investigations, the following may be an option for some students:
- Full grade acceleration
- Single subject acceleration
- Participation in advanced coursework through university partners or other agencies
In addition to the TAG services offered during the school day. Afterschool enrichment options are available at many of our sites. These options may include:
- Math Masters
- Destination Imagination
- District 279 Children's Chorus
- Wordmasters
- Community Education classes
Middle School Programming: grades 6, 7, and 8
The middle school approach for high-achieving students blends differentiation, rigorous curriculum and acceleration.
Differentiation: Differentiating instruction means that teachers vary the delivery of curriculum to address the specific needs of learners. State standards and benchmarks tell us what students need to know. Through pre-assessment, the classroom teacher looks at each student's readiness, interest and learner profile to determine each learner's needs.
Cluster Classrooms: In order to facilitate differentiation, students in grades 6-8 are placed in classes with a cluster (core group) of students at their same instructional level with teachers specifically trained to meet the needs of gifted adolescent learners. This model narrows the range of instructional levels, allowing teachers to differentiate more effectively than they can in a classroom with a wide range of student abilities. Interdisciplinary teams will enhance the effectiveness of the cluster model. The small team of teachers works with the same number of students, allowing them to better know each student's academic, social and emotional needs. In addition, every middle school has a differentiation specialist working with teachers to support effective differentiated teaching in every classroom.
Rigorous Curriculum and Acceleration: Offering rigorous curriculum means providing depth, flexible pacing, complexity, choice and increased student engagement and self-directed learning. The more challenging materials allow high-achieving students to go deeper with their learning than before. In every core class (English/language arts, math, social studies and science), teachers differentiate instruction so that students continue to go deeper to extend their mastery of the content they are expected to learn. Teachers identify students who can and should tackle more challenging work within a course.
Math: Students may qualify and elect to participate in the accelerated math course offerings. Students participating in some courses (Algebra I, Non-Linear Algebra, Geometry) may choose to earn high school credit.
World Language: Students who elect to participate in Spanish 1 or French 1 may choose to earn high school credit. Please consult with your middle school counselor for more information about earning high school credit in middle school.


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Reed, Brayton, Albertson and Anderson on the Pulpmx Show Tonight
First up is Team TwoTwo's Chad Reed who is in the middle of 2013 sx prep. We'll have Chad on the phone to talk about his chase of Dean Wilson, the new bike and how many more people he's going to hire for his team.
JGR Yamaha's Justin Brayton dominated Geneva SX over the two nights of racing and he'll be on to talk about how that race went, racing 110's with Matthes before the night show on Saturday, the return to JGR Yamaha and much more.
"Top" Jimmy Albertson has a new gig for 2013 on Honda's supported by Fly Racing and Merge Racing. After a so-so 2012, Albertson will be looking to rebound on red and we'll have him on to talk about all these changes and Beer Goggles also.
Derek Anderson had a good summer in the Nationals where many times he was top privateer on his Kawasaki. Driving the series in his van, Derek also filmed, starred in and produced webisodes of the journey across the country that were very popular. We'll have Derek on tonight to talk about his 2013 plans.
Fly Racing's Jason Thomas will be on as well to dish out his usual knowledge and insight into, well just about everything.
What you'll want to do is log-in to Pulpmx.com at 6PM PST/9PM EST and click on the Pulpmx Show banner. That will take you to the media player where you can increase your moto knowledge. As usual, you can call in at anytime during the show to talk to the guest or the hosts at 702-586-PULP (7857).
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Earthquakes, tornadoes, tsunami and hurricanes all take their physical and emotional toll on the victims of these acts of nature. In such crises, anyone with some medical training can be pressed into service to provide care and comfort for the injured. Yet providing this kind of care involves different elements than other kinds of emergency services. What resources are available to our patrons — future doctors, nurses, pharmacists, etc. — to help them prepare for and function in these situations?
Among our most recent e-book purchases is the book Disaster Medicine edited by Hogan and Burnstein. As the editors point out in the first chapter, disaster medicine is
"a system of study and medical practice associated primarily with the disciplines of emergency medicine and public health. Disaster medicine is concerned with the health and medical and emotional issues of disaster casualties. To provide care efficiently, however, the health care provider must be familiar with several elements of disaster management, including planning, mitigation, assessment, response and recovery."
The book goes on to flesh out these aspect of disaster medicine in detail. In addition, it covers three basic categories of disasters:
- natural disasters,
- industrial, technological and transportation disasters, and
- conflict-related disasters.
Disaster Medicine is available online to University of Utah authorized users, or just search our catalog.
But in a disaster a care provider does not have time to read a textbook. But most of us carry a mobile device which can be used for quick, on-the-spot reference and guidance. Unbound Medicine's free Relief Central "mobile and web resource developed by staff and friends of Unbound Medicine to assist relief workers, first responders, and others called to serve in disaster relief situations around the world." It includes the CIA World Factbook, the Field Operations Guide from USAID, MEDLINE Journals, and Relief News from the CDC, Red Cross, FEMA, ReliefWeb, and more. Install this app now and its invaluable information will be at your fingertips even if the telecommunications network is down. It is available for download to your iPod touch®, iPhone®, BlackBerry®, Android™, Palm®, or Windows Mobile® device.
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If you've worked to provide emergency services in a disaster setting, what are your recommended tools and resources? If you've used Relief Central, how helpful was it?


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To celebrate the end of yet another successful year of New Zealand Comics, From Earth's End will be hosting Xmas drinks in Auckland at Brooklyn Bar, 332 Queen Street (or 57 Lorne Street, just opposite the Central Library) tomorrow night, Friday the 30th of December from 7pm!
This will be a great chance to talk about some of the fine New Zealand comics and graphic novels that have been released this year and generally catch-up with other Auckland cartoonists to 'talk shop' and discuss the year that was. Everyone is welcome, so if you're a casual visitor to this site now is the perfect opportunity to meet some of Auckland's local cartoonist in person and share a couple of brews to celebrate!
This announcement is a bit last minute as I've been run off my feet working on a special NZ comics project, but to make up for this, and because its the season, I'll be giving away a FREE gift to everyone who attends! A priceless piece of NZ comics history for every person who shows up! (I'd suggest bringing an A4 folder or poster tube to preserve it). You won't be disappointed;)
So if comics and alcohol sound like a winning combination, then this is the Xmas event for you!
Oh, and if you're in the Auckland area: Gotham Comics are holding a Free Comic Book Day this Saturday!
Starting at 10am, they'll be giving away free comics, along with extra comics for a gold coin donation to Onehunga Primary School! Here's the lowdown on what you can expect:
- For walking in-store between 10am-4pm you get 2 FREE comics!
- For wearing a Superhero (or Super Villain) Costume you get 2 more FREE comics!
- For a Gold Coin Donation to Royal Oak Intermediate you get 2 more FREE comics!
- For a Gold Coin Donation to Royal Oak Intermediate you get 2 more FREE comics!
-Plus plenty of in-store bargains and specials, ideal for Xmas gifts!
Gotham Comics is located at: 264 The Mall, Onehunga, Auckland. Ph/Fax: +64 9 634 4399


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The Swan family are mentioned in Thomas Middleton's book on Old Godley, which I will quote from at the end.
Two brothers William (b.1828) and Samuel (b.1831), William was a world class wrestler and Samuel was the strongest man in Cheshire. William often wrestled in a field behind their home while Samuel controlled the crowd, he was by all accounts a very large man who could lift a horse.
Samuel Swann & daughter Emma
Hannah (Shaw) Samuels wife
Emma Swann married Joseph Robinson (sr)
Emma & Joseph with their children – Robert, from Green Farm on Green Lane, Hyde. Nellie,Ruth, Joseph (jr) & Maggie.
This is a watercolour of Green Farm painted in 1884
This is General Gordon from Green Farm he sired many a foal in the district, holding him is Joseph Robinson (jr).
Hardy Robinson stood at the back of the donkey with Joseph Robinson (jr) owner of the donkey.
Taken on Mottram Old Road
This is taken on Queen Street rec around 1934/5 where the Carnival used to begin and end The mounted policemen are Basil Townsend and Eric Robinson (no relation to the Robinsons of Green Lane) The boy in the middle who won the fancy dress contest at the carnival is Ivor Robinson great grandson of Samuel Swann who is now himself a great granddad.
Ivor lived and worked on Green Farm and we have him to thank for all the photos and information.
From the book of Old Godley Thomas Middleton writes the following:
From the book of Old Godley Thomas Middleton writes the following:
A notable family connected with the township of Godley is the Swann Family, of Green Side. The best known members of the family were the two brothers, William Swann (born about 1828) and Samuel Swann (born in 1831).These were the son's of Joseph Swann, farmer, of Greenside, and they had an elder brother named Robert. Their mother's maiden name was Smith, and she came from Britomley Mill.William Swann became one of the most noted wrestlers of his time: indeed, it is said that at one period of his career he was the most successful wrestler in the world. The farmhouse at Greenside was formerly used both as a publichouse and a farmstead by the father of William and Samuel.Wrestling matches took place in a field behind the house, and were often attended by great crowds of sightseers. People travelled miles to witness the contest, and old inhabitants speak with pride of the great excitement which the meetings caused. The aforementioned old inhabitants also tell in glowing terms the story of William Swann's victories, and of how his brother Samuel paced round the ring during the combat, and by the strength of his own right arm kept back the mob, in order that fair play might be secured for wrestlers.Samuel Swann, or "Sam Swann," as he was commonly called, was the strongest man of his day in Cheshire. He was literally a giant, and was of enormous chest measurements. Sam Swann was one of those men who did know the full measure of his own strength. He could grasp a pint pot in one hand, and crush it to fragments by the force of his grip. He could take up a potato or an apple and squeeze it into pulp until the fruit ran like butter between his fingers. He treated the strongest of horses as mere playthings, and it was "woe betide" a refractory colt if Sam Swann held the reins. Stories of his feats of strength are numerous. Men tell how he could lift a horse shoulder high. He has been known to take his horse from shafts, place his head under the beast, and stand upright with the animal on his shoulders. When out carting, if the wheels stuck in a rut, or the horses failed to pull the vehicle over some obstacle, Swann would put his shoulder to the back of the cart, and lift it clear of the obstruction. It is said that on one occasion, when he had loaded a cart brim-full of some heavy material, one wheel suddenly came off. Without hesitation Swann lifted the loaded cart, held it firm with one hand, and fitted on the wheel with the other.Another tale is that he was once accosted by a constable, who threatened him with arrest for some imaginary piece of misconduct. Swann happened to be riding in his cart at the moment, and without more ado he leaned over the side, took the constable by the collar, hoisted him into the vehicle, and drove off with him to the farm, where he regaled the terrified officer with some good home-brewed and cheese. There is another story to the effect that Swann on one occasion met a troublesome fellow in the room of an inn. The two got at cross purposes, and to settle the matter Swann, without more ado, took hold of his opponent, and lifted him up with such force as to send the unfortunate man's head clean through the ceiling.As was to be expected, Samuel Swann was a great acquisition at public meetings, in case of disturbance. In my time there have been some noisy election meetings in Hyde, and it has been found necessary to put the "chucking out" process in operation. I can remember that the mention of Sam Swann's name invariably had a very quietening effect upon a rowdy audience.Mr Swann was a Tory, who believed in maintaining the constitution. And he maintained it by physical force if necessary. The Tory party looked on him as a safeguard against disturbances at their meetings. He could make "rings" round a gang of roughs, and there was no need to call the assistance of the police.Samuel Swann married Hannah Shaw, of Godley, by whom he had a family of fifteen children. After his marriage, he kept the "New Inn," John Street, Hyde, for a time, and afterwards went to the Chapman Arms, Hattersley, of which his father had become the landlord. From here he removed to the Pinfold Farm, Hattersley, then he took a farm at Godley Green, and finally purchased "Abbotsford," to which place he retired some years before his death. Mr Swann was overseer for Godley for upwards of 33 years; he was widely respected, and on his retirement from office was presented with a portrait of himself, a handsome timepiece, a pair of bronzes, and an illuminated address, all of which were subscribed for by the ratepayers of Godley. Samuel Swann died in 1897, in his 67th year. It should be mentioned that during his term of office (around 1866-7) as overseer, Mr Samuel Swann investigated the Mottram Charities, particularly with respect to the claims of Godley, and by his action on this matter the township greatly benefited. Mr Swann continued to divide the charity money every Christmas among the widows and deserving poor of Godley township up to the time of his death.
I would like to thank Ivor for sharing part of his family history with us and hope that this post as done it justice. My thanks also go to Ceecee who helped Ivor in getting the information and pictures to us.


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Caerphilly Wards
With a distinctive mix of old and new, the historic town of Caerphilly has a strong mining heritage and manufacturing presence, combined with interesting tourist attractions.
This has led to a growing local economy with an increasing number of businesses locating to the area.
Caerphilly is located approximately 9 miles from Cardiff and has a geographic area of 278 km² and a population of around 179,000.
The magnificent medieval castle of Caerphilly is the centrepiece of the town, with its formidable towers and moat. Built in the 13th century, it is the main attraction of this area and draws visitors from far and wide to cross the fantastic drawbridge and see the incredible leaning tower, still standing despite all the odds.


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Constructing a Better Social NetBy Samuel Greengard Print
Using social media to attract and retain customers and drive revenue requires more than a simple online presence: It requires a focused, well-planned business strategy.
Constructing a Better Social Net
Another company that has turned to social media to better manage internal relationships is Mota-Engil, a 20,000-employee global engineering and construction firm based in Lisbon, Portugal. The ability to interact and share information across 17 countries and multiple time zones serves as a foundation for the company's success, "People must be connected and able to exchange ideas and knowledge," says Innovation Manager António Meireles.
In the past, workers with know-how about construction practices and job sites were largely isolated from one another, so multiple employees and groups sometimes addressed the same problems independently—without knowing that others were involved with the same task.
With upward of 40 major projects in the works at any given moment, "It was necessary to bring all these people together to improve efficiency and innovation," Meireles says. "The only way this could happen is to have a virtual place for people to meet and interact."
When the company began exploring social media concepts in 2008, employees made one thing clear: "They didn't want the interaction to interfere with their ability to do their job, and they wanted the social interaction to be simple and straightforward," Meireles says. The result? The company developed a sophisticated social networking hub, using software from Telligent and WeListen.
Among other things, the environment provides tools to capture and share knowledge, a recognition system that includes rewards for participation and feedback, and sophisticated project management collaboration features. The centerpiece is a challenge model that lets any employee post a question or problem and lets others throughout the company respond.
Mota-Engil also uses sophisticated analytics and reporting tools that help executives better understand how to spur participation and innovation. The results appear online, and employees can see how various departments contribute to innovation.
Accenture's Dempski says that it's frequently difficult to quantify ROI from social media projects, but that doesn't negate their value. Many organizations undercommit and underinvest in this technology, he adds. "The lack of a Facebook fan page and a Twitter account doesn't mean that millions of people aren't talking about the organization," Dempski points out. "It just means that you can't monitor the discussion and capitalize on it."
Likewise, it's difficult to measure the ROI associated with innovation and knowledge sharing internally—or through connected business partners. Nevertheless, organizations typically find that social media improves both the quality and speed of project management and helps teams develop products and provide services at the speed of digital-age business. Combined with analytics, social media provides clues for how employees work and how knowledge flows through the organization. (See "Making Analytics Work" at left.)
Make no mistake: A well-designed social media strategy can pay enormous dividends. "Organizations that tap into [social media] effectively are able to boost their brand, simplify market research, streamline collaboration and put themselves on the forward edge of innovation," author Libert says. "Social media is here to stay, and organizations that learn how to tap into its business value have a distinct advantage."
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Swedish Rock experimentalist five-piece which Lars Lach'n Jonsson was part of back in the 80s. Always described as RIOesque at the time, this collects two LPs Kafka vs Chaplin and Whose Afreud, with extra tracks.
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Green is reminiscent of nature, and as such is homely, familiar and naturally pleasing to the eye. It authentically suits wooden décor, or if in a room with other strong colours, really fits in well to make a statement. Darker green is used in this rug make it less overwhelming as a bold colour, and also less grass-like than some other green rugs.
This rug is thick, meaning it is comfortable and luxurious underfoot. It adds depth and texture to a room moreso than thinner rugs, but should be used in low traffic areas to maintain greater longevity.
Shaggy rugs add luxury like no other. Not only do they feel beautiful underfoot, but their instantly recognizable long pile look adds fun, uniqueness and depth. They are practical too in terms of generating warmth which means your heating bills wont be as high.
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We offer one standard delivery method which is a 2/3 working day service where your goods are delivered within this timeframe. But don't be surprised if your delivery arrives before then, we like to get our deliveries out promptly. Over the many years we have worked alongside DPD who offer a great service by making sure you deliveries arrive on time and in one piece. Rug Mountain is based in the UK but this doesn't prevent us offering our 2/3 day delivery all across Europe free of charge. When we dispatch any goods from our warehouse we can make sure all our goods are tracked allowing the end user to know which day the goods arrive. All consignments require a signature accepting receipt of the goods however if nobody is at the property the driver will drop a missed delivery card through your letter box and the item will go to the local depot for collection or we can arrange another delivery day.
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Brian Nussbaum, a mechanic from Atlantic Base, is Metro's Vehicle Maintenance Employee of the Year.
"…the vehicle maintenance group plays an important role is attracting riders to Metro's routes by making the system reliable, efficient, and clean. It's not only having clean seats, windows and floors inside the bus, but also running buses that operate with clean-burning fuels and the latest technologies."


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Frequently asked questions
about student employment
How many credits does a student need to have in order to work?
- 12 credit hours for undergraduate students
- 9 credit hours for graduate students
- 6 credits for students with Federal Work Study
Exceptions to the rule include: Graduating this current semester, Co-Op, Internship, Dissertation, Thesis with a note from academic adviser. Graduating international students need to provide a copy of Reduced Course Load (or RCL) form approved by OIP.
If students drop a class, can they still work?
Students can work only if they are still at the 12-credit or 9-credit requirement. Otherwise, they will be terminated. After Monday of the 11th week in the semester students will be allowed to drop below the 12 credit /9 credit limit and be able to work on campus.
When can my students start working?
As soon as you get an approved copy of the Student Employment Form returned to you.
What is the minimum and maximum wage students are allowed to get paid?
Minimum wage is $8.30/hr and maximum is $16/hr.
If a supervisor wishes to pay a student a rate of more than $16/hr, he/she must use another form of payment (e.g. part-time staff) to accommodate this action. The student employment office has final approval on all wage rates and increases.
How many hours a week can a student work?
Students cannot work more than 29 hours a week. If a student works more than 29 hours/week, that may result in termination of employment.
Per USCIS international students can work up to 20 hours a week during Fall and Spring semesters, up to 29 during Summer.
Where can I find the I-9 /W-4 Forms?
All forms can be found here.
Can students work more than one job on campus?
Yes, students can work more than one job on campus as long as they keep their total work hours on campus under 29 hours. Working more than 29 hours will result in termination of employment.
Per USCIS international students can work up to 20 hours a week during Fall and Spring semesters, up to 29 during Summer.
Where can I find my account code or distribution code for my department?
You can contact the Payroll Office (ext. 7205) to find out your account code. Distribution codes can be accessed from the Controllers Office, or call Student Employment at ext. 7405.
If you submitted student employment paperwork before the deadline, it has been processed and your student should pick up the paycheck at the payroll office that's located in the Administrative Services Building at 185 Mill St., located behind the Schwebel's Bread factory.
What is the process for a department to terminate a student employee?
Submit Change / Termination form with the effective date to the Office of Student Employment.
Who must complete the I-9 form?
An I-9 form must be completed by all students unless the student has been employed at the University of Akron within the last year. If the student has had another job on campus, we will have I-9 on file.
Federal Work Study is a financial aid program for students with financial need. Its purpose is to fund new job opportunities for students with need. Students earn the Work Study funds by performing part-time work for employers who qualify for the program under federal or state guidelines. These employers pay only a percentage of the student's wages, while the federal or state government pays the remaining amount. Most University departments, offices, and programs are qualified to be Work Study employers and receive wage reimbursements from the government. For more information on Work Study, please contact the Office of Financial Aid at 330-972-7201.
How many hours can a student on Federal Work Study work?
Please see our Federal Work Study Calculations Worksheet.
Please note: the award amount can be reduced due to scholarship or other awards. A notice will be mailed to you and your student when they have less than $499 left to earn. It is your responsibility to ensure that your student does not earn more than their Federal Work Study award. If you want to keep the student, check to see if it is possible to transfer them to the departmental budget.
Can a student have more than one Work Study job?
Yes, as long as combined, the student does not exceed their Work Study award work and does not work more than 29 hours per week.
What happens if the student is no longer eligible for Work Study, but they continue to work for our department?
The student will be placed on payroll as a non-Work Study temporary employee and the hiring department will be responsible for 100 percent of all wages.
What if the Work Study student begins working before all hiring materials are received and approved by Student Employment office?
The hiring department is responsible for 100 percent of all wages until the hiring materials have been submitted to Student Employment office.


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Hand-held Dental X-Ray Units: FDA Safety Communication - Unreviewed Products May Not Be Safe or Effective
[Posted 02/10/2012]
AUDIENCE: Dentistry
ISSUE: FDA notified healthcare professionals, including dentists, dental care professionals and veterinarians, about the illegal sale of hand-held dental X-ray units that have not been reviewed by the FDA. The FDA is aware of hand-held dental X-ray units being sold online by manufacturers outside the U.S. and directly shipped to customers in the U.S. These devices may not be safe or effective and could potentially expose the user and the patient to unnecessary and potentially harmful X-rays.
BACKGROUND: All hand-held dental X-ray units that have been certified by the manufacturer to meet the FDA's radiation safety standards bear a certification label/tag, a warning label, and an identification (ID) label/tag on the unit's housing. All labels/tags should be in the English language and permanently affixed or inscribed on each product so that they are legible and readily accessible when the X-ray unit is fully assembled for use.
RECOMMENDATION: Healthcare professionals should:
- Verify that your device bears certification, warning and ID labels as described in the FDA Safety Communication.
- Ask your vendor whether the device has been reviewed and cleared by the FDA.
- Access the FDA Medical Device Approvals and Clearances searchable database to verify that the X-ray unit you are using has been reviewed by the FDA.
If you become aware of a device that you think is hazardous or does not meet FDA's radiation safety or premarket clearance requirements, contact your state regulatory agency, which will then notify the FDA. The Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors (CRCPD) website has a list of contacts for each state.
[02/09/2012 - Safety Communication - FDA]


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Fix bug #510274 - Typo in /dev/disk/by-id path
Fix bug #503760 - Have users deploy netifrc
Move locale generation before kernel build, otherwise kernel build will complain about missing/unset locale variables
Fix bugs #485042 #488844 #437338
Fix bug #494514 - Mention that /etc/conf.d/net is a new file (to be created by the user)
Fix bug #491144 - Location of net.example.bz2 is not in netifrc
Fix bug #482284 - Add eselect locale instructions
Fix bug #483654 - Add info on by-id and by-uuid for fstab
Fix bug #439276 - Add discard mount option for SSD users
UTF-8 guide is now at https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/UTF-8
Moved gentoo localization guide to https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Localization/HOWTO
Fix bug 473040 - Explicitly link to network interface naming in the configuration section
Fix bug #466262 - Document predictable naming of interfaces
Fix bug #451596 - Mark ext4 as recommended fs
Fix bug #447726 - Various handbook updates, thanks to Francesco Turco
Part of bug #437338 - Do not set the dump (5th) field in fstab to 1, it might confuse users and isnt used anyway
Fix bug #406263 - Removing fstab references to /proc and /dev/shm, these are handled by openrc automatically
english fix, no content change; no revbump
Suggesting to use at least 1 utf8 locale
#408073 - moving locale settings from Installing to Configure your System - removing "optional" - adding indications to set default system locale
Fix bug #410997 - Remove reference to /etc/conf.d/rc
update conf.d/rc and rc.conf for OpenRC's usage, bug 407489
Fix bug #405271 (thanks to Ogelpre) to update /etc/timezone wherever we say to update /etc/localtime as it is /etc/timezone that is the master, read by timezone-data to update localtime
Fix bug #388953 - Refer to /usr/share/doc/openrc-*/net.example.bz2 instead of /etc/conf.d/net.example
Update hwclock references, thanks to klondike for the initial patch. Bug reports crossed #382525 and #213988
Fix #379153 - Stale reference to /etc/conf.d/clock. Thanks to hitachi user for reporting
Fix bug #378495 - OpenRC uses /etc/conf.d/hwclock instead of /etc/conf.d/clock. Also fix KEYMAP variable (is now lower case)
#376087, s/HOSTNAME/hostname/ and stop using Bash arrays in /etc/conf.d/net Thanks to swift for the patch
#377309, there's no net.eth0 by default in the new openrc/baselayout
stick shm and proc in the fstab examples
Kill ADB references where needed, bug 277958. the reference in the PPC FAQ stays where it is. Thanks to JoseJX for info on this.
saner DHCP defaults per upstream's request on bug 257638, comment #11
As announced on the list (http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-doc/msg_e721be404c6a5ae8ce5c5bf02f45381c.xml), assume all arches are using the libata framework, so sd* everywhere. includes updating block device and partition descriptions. also added a new included file for boot config (starting sshd, hdparm, etc). synced up several wayward files, including sparc. also changed/dropped usage of some now useless keys, since everyone's using sd*. lots of intensive, invasive changes. and i never even used sed once.
Resolvconf-gentoo is full of saturated fats, so try OpenResolv instead. Now featuring 33% more major version bumps to neglected release handbook pages\!
release time. note that since this is beta1, the release dir and stage/media names have been adjusted accordingly. also, the handbooks are marked with a disclaimer=draft, so once the final is out, that will be removed and the release names adjusted. in the mean time, these are live. the beta is officially released. no, it's not april fools, but it is april 1st. :)
Simple fixes, no content change
Fix #186814 - Remove tmpfs/proc from fstab
tts/0 is in /etc/securetty by default, thx go to keytoaster
seems the previous fix was made a little too quickly? reverting previous change.
for safety's sake, needed to move the conf.d/clock TIMEZONE edit to immediately before compiling a kernel. users still run into the warning message if it's left at the end, before rebooting. fixes http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-560322.html and other reports.
#178179 cp timezone file to /etc/localtime to prevent warning until next emerge of sys-libs/timezone-data
2007.0 release is here; final changes and new docs
DNS mojo! bug 147358
added a note about emerging resolvconf-gentoo for bug 156478
#153839 use proc/shm/openprom instead of none in /etc/fstab
Moved chapter abstracts into shared chapters No content change, hence no bump
additional note for users to thoroughly read net.example when trying advanced configuration, thanks to Weeve for reporting via IRC
Properly added domainname information, see bug 147358
#138524 Make the need for a dhcp client more explicit
Fixed HWclock section for bug 129625, after much discussion amongst the docs team :)
2006.1 networked docs are in. portage handbook still untouched per separate bugs. thanks to all the hard work, guys. blame me if something is wrong (and please fix quickly) :)
Link to net.lo instead of net.eth0
Use conditional tags
#122911 make /etc/hosts simpler
Fixed fstab grammar for bug 133348; thanks to chriswhite for reporting.
#127414 domainname is now in boot runlevel, no need to add it to default anymore
Handbook for 2006.0, "Chuck Norris can divide by zero"
Adding broadcast stuff as well, see #111640
#106817, /etc/conf.d/clock for dual booting windows
The protocol is 802.1Q, not 802.11Q
/etc/securetty should be inside <path>s
Migrating to 2005.1
#96715 stage3 users should upgrade baselayout to be consistent with stage1/2 and other parts of book
CC-BY-SA license change from 1.0 to 2.5, no content changes.
#96963 - Changes due to stable baselayout 1.11.x. Thanks to Marcelo Goes for the patch.
Update on configuring the network; using /etc/hostname and /etc/dnsdomainname has been obsoleted in the current stable baselayout as well
Adding a link to the Gentoo Network Config section. Patch by Jan Kundrat (jkt)
One more "IP address" fix, thanks to Jan (jkt)
It is "IP address", not just "IP". Thanks jkt| for clearing that up :)
#88188 bis - Update instructions in handbook for new baselayout
#93365 - Add CLOCK information (this was in rc.conf previously, newer versions do not contain it anymore)
Capitalized Gentoo
#88894 - Updates to PPC64 wrt IBM systems
Adding baselayout 1.11 stuff in comment, no content change although it is now available
#88062 - No need to manually mount usbfs
Updating docos to 2005.0
Separation of Gentoo Handbook into Current and 2004.3
#75697 - Forgot to remove the noauto from the full /etc/fstab example
#72572 - Hopefully finish this localhost stuff once and for all
Converted dates to YYYY-MM-DD format
Moving 2004.3 documentation
Adding version/date information in pages
Fix s/manpage/man page/ for consistency
Fix english grammer issues
update /dev/shm permissions #67701
#63104 - Tell the PCMCIA users that pcmcia-cs should be installed regardless of used kernel
#62186: Fixed language mistakes all over the place thanks to John Richards
#62053 - Default /etc/fstab does not work; inform users about this so they dont screw up their installation
Small fixups, undo my undoing of my finishing touches regarding the noauto thingie for /boot
Fixed link to networking terms and circular links in AMD64 & x86 Added missing reboot step from AMD64 & x86
#58200 - Add Gentoo/PPC64 Handbook #47705 - Use grub-install instead of grub's interactive shell Move bootloader instructions to the end of the installation instructions
Finish removal of noauto... it breaks my heart but Im forced to :(
#57892 - Fix /etc/hosts for single-host environment
Small tune-up: if you use comments inside a code listing, use a # in front of them; some users tend to literally type over everything
Move over files from the draft/ directory. 2004.2 is released :)
#56317: Mention the dhcpcd -HD option and throw in a note about -N as well
Remove noauto for /boot and tell the users a bit more about this phenomenon :p
--No Content Change-- s/reread/double-check/ your fstab as some people seem to interpret this as run source or mount -a
Dont assume users are masculin
Hilighting other architectures to improve visibility
pcmcia-cs is only available for x86, ppc and amd64
Installing pcmcia-cs without USE="-X" installs XFree; this isnt what we want to force upon the users
Various PPC updates; tx 2 pvdabeel
#42739 - Fix "hostname -f" output
Move from draft - 2004.0 is released
gentoo -> Gentoo
Another minor tweak ... refer to the machine as Linux PC instead of Linux-pc to match earlier usage of 'PC'
better english ... as a mountoption instead of as mountoption
Update on rp-pppoe
#40203 - Fix issues with /etc/hosts
Update on rp-pppoe setting in /etc/conf.d/net
#38720 - Move localtime before kernel as it is apparently needed to have a decent uname output
pcmcia should be in boot, not default (#37629) - i tried getting in touch with msterret but his mail bounced so Ill assume the net.ethX scripts know what they are talking about :)
Add necessary xml constructs on top of all hb-files, tx to neysx
Fix typos, #37377
Fix #37160: add warning for KEYMAP on sparc systems
Improve guidance on "Configuring your System"
Fix #35770, fixup on /etc/hosts
Fix typo
Add domainname initscript to default runlevel
Fix typo
Fix #34048: Use spelled-out options instead of the abbreviated ones
Michael Balamuth corrected me that it is separate, not seperate
Add CVS information as comment
Fix typo
Fix some minor twitches, plus a wrong sequence
Resolve the myhost.(none) issue, and add usbfs stuff
Add licensing to all seperate files, make as many links as possible relative instead of absolute
Further continuation of the handbook -- progressing quickly :)
Restyle handbook internally
First draft handbook; not for public use
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Once upon a time, some people had the quaint notion that online sales needed protection from taxation. That's when e-commerce was in its infancy.
Those days are long gone. The federal government estimates total U.S. e-commerce sales reached $225.5 billion last year, up nearly 16 percent from 2011.
Even online behemoth Amazon.com says online sales should not be tax-free. But how those taxes should be applied is a complicated question.
Last week, New York's highest judicial panel delivered its answer: The Court of Appeals ruled 4-1 that the state can collect sales taxes from Amazon.com and other online retailers based outside the state if they pay New York residents to actively solicit business for them here.
The case dates to 2008, when then-Gov. David Paterson and lawmakers enacted the so-called "Amazon tax" first proposed (and later dropped) by former Gov. Eliot Spitzer. The law was crafted to skirt a 1992 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that out-of-state retailers with no physical presence in a state cannot be compelled to collect sales tax.
Amazon has no stores, warehouses or other facilities in New York, but it did have thousands of in-state "affiliates," independent website operators who receive a commission for sales generated by links to Amazon's site.
The New York law was challenged by Amazon and Overstock.com, which has since dropped its affiliates program.
"The bottom line is that if a vendor is paying New York residents to actively solicit business in this state, there is no reason why that vendor should not shoulder the appropriate tax burden," Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman wrote for the appellate court majority.
The core legal question-whether New York's law violates the U.S. Constitution's Commerce Clause-may end up with the U.S. Supreme Court. But there's another question here: Would it make sense to force online merchants to collect taxes under current laws for more than 6,000 taxing jurisdictions nationwide?
Not unless those laws are greatly simplified to make multistate tax collection easy.
The federal Marketplace Fairness Act-which Amazon supports-outlines a way to do just that. It's time that Congress made action on this a priority.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Magic Johnson is giving LeBron James a million reasons to consider the slam dunk contest.
The Hall of Famer says Friday during ESPN's pregame show that he will put up $1 million if James finally enters the marquee event of All-Star Saturday night.
James has always refused to enter the contest, but he's recently been putting on a dunking show before Miami's games, reigniting interest in seeing him take part.
Johnson says: "Please LeBron, get in the dunk contest. I'm going to put up a million dollars. A million dollars to LeBron. Please get in the dunk contest. I go every year. I want to see you out there. A million to the winner."
The NBA currently pays $100,000 to the winner and $50,000 to the runner-up.
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- In linguistics and the philosophy of language, the mass/count distinction has traditionally been regarded as a bi-partition on the nominal domain, where typical instances are nouns like "beef" (mass) vs."cow" (count). In the present paper, we argue that this partition reveals a system that is based on both syntactic features and conceptual features, and present experimental evidence suggesting that the discrimination of the two kinds of features has a psychological reality.
- Argument structure in nominalizations : the case of the light verb construction in German (2007)
- The predicate associated with the verb fails to express its full argument structure, while the predicate associated with the nominalization preserves its original argument structure.
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The official trailer for "Crimen Excepta", the new full-length studio album from the Polish female-fronted traditional heavy metal act CRYSTAL VIPER, can be seen below.
"Crimen Excepa" will be released in Europe on April 27 and in the U.S. on April 24 via AFM Records. The concept effort about holy inquisition, black magic and witches, where fiction is mixed with historical facts, was produced by Bart Gabriel (SACRED STEEL, JACK STARR'S BURNING STARR) and recorded with sound engineer Mariusz Pietka (MORTICIAN, LONEWOLF).
"Crimen Excepta" will feature two special guests: David Bower, vocalist of HELL will appear in the title track, while VADER mainman Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek will be heard in the cover version of the classic VADER song "Tyrani Piekiel", which will be available as the bonus track on the first, limited edition of the album.
"Crimen Excepta" track listing: (Note: Even-numbered songs are "hidden" bonus tracks.)
01. Witch's Mark
03. Child Of The Flame
05. It's Your Omen
07. Crimen Excepta (feat. David Bower)
09. Medicus Animarum
11. The Spell Of Death
13. Hope Is Gone, Here's New Law
15. Fire Be My Gates
CD Bonus tracks:
17. Tyrani Piekiel (VADER cover, feat. Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek)
18. Ghosts Of Sherwood (from the "Robin Hood: Ghosts Of Sherwood" motion picture soundtrack)
The song "Witch's Mark" is now available for streaming using the SoundCloud player below.
CRYSTAL VIPER released a two-song digital single, "Witch's Mark", on March 30 via AFM Records. The single includes the title track (taken from the forthcoming full-length studio album, "Crimen Excepta"), coupled with "The Banshee", a newly recorded version of the song originally available on the limited edition MLP "The Last Axeman" (2008).
"We already announced that fans should expect the unexpected," says CRYSTAL VIPER frontwoman Marta Gabriel. "The new album is different than everything CRYSTAL VIPER did in the past. Of course it's still traditonal metal, and it's still CRYSTAL VIPER — but this time, everything was different, starting from the compositions, through our attitude and inspirations, up to equipment we used and the recording session itself."
She adds, "It was amazing to have Peter in the studio. We all are huge fans of VADER, and I think he was also amazed when he heard how our voices sound together in this heavy metal version of 'Tyrani Piekiel'. And when you will hear the lines of William The Judge recorded by David of HELL, you will have your jaw on the floor. We had."


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Colon edges Locke, with help from outfield, 'pen
Run-saving catch, record-breaking save tilt pitchers' duel in A's favor
PITTSBURGH -- Grant Balfour's save Monday night in Pittsburgh may have been record-breaking, but Coco Crisp's was applauded just the same in a 2-1 A's victory.
Oakland's outfielder made a sensational diving catch to his right on an Andrew McCutchen liner with two outs that prevented at least one run -- maybe two -- from crossing the plate in the seventh, preserving a one-run lead and another Bartolo Colon win.
Crisp's heroics in no way took away from Balfour's historic feat, with the A's closer picking up his 41st consecutive save dating back to last year to pass the Oakland record of 40 previously held by Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley, but it at least spread the attention around.
That is how Balfour, who does not enjoy talking about himself, likes it.
And everyone in the visitor's clubhouse at PNC Park understood that perhaps Balfour would not even have been standing on the mound in the ninth on this night had Crisp not stood at the spot from which he lunged in the air to make the catch.
"I think that's where the game was decided, to tell you the truth," A's manager Bob Melvin said. "There was more game to be played after that, but if that ball gets by him, it's a different game. When he hit it, I didn't think he had a chance to get to it; I really didn't. And I've been around Coco long enough to know he can get to some balls. But that one was terrific. That's the play of the year."
"That was the key to the game," added Colon, through A's coach and translator Ariel Prieto. "When the ball was hit off the bat, I would have never imagined he was going to catch that. But then I saw him running, and he got it. Three times I said, 'Thank you,' when we were coming back to the dugout."
Crisp deflected much of the praise sent his way, casually telling reporters, "I mean, it wasn't that difficult of a play, just a diving play. He hit the ball well, and I was just able to make the play."
So he knew from the moment bat met ball there was an out to be made?
"I knew before he hit it," Crisp said, smiling, "that it was going to go right there and I was going to make the play."
That's just the way things are going for these first-place A's, who have now won nine of 12 and stand a season-high 16 games above .500 with a 53-37 ledger, their best mark after 90 games since 1990 (57-33).
Oakland managed just three hits off tough lefty Jeff Locke but also tallied three walks, and together they resulted in plenty of support for the 40-year-old Colon, who mostly cruised through seven innings for his 12th victory.
Oakland's lone All-Star scattered seven hits in that time, walking just one while fanning five and totaling 108 pitches. He stranded eight on base, including two in the seventh, when he got more than a little help from Crisp. His ERA is down to 2.69.
"I've never had a year like this," Colon said. "I believe this year is my best year. It was always in my thoughts, but I never imagined having the kind of numbers that I do right now before the All-Star break."
The not-so-secret secret, he says, is "working hard."
"He probably has one of the best personalities I've ever played with," Crisp said. "He just goes about his day and does the best he can and doesn't let too many things bother him. He's been doing good for us the whole year and is fun to play behind."
Jed Lowrie was responsible for two of the A's three hits, and he scored the first run of the game in the fourth on Josh Donaldson's sacrifice fly, before Oakland added on in the seventh by way of Derek Norris' bases-loaded walk. Grant Green went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts in his Major League debut.
Everything added up to a one-run save opportunity for Balfour, whose 41 straight saves include 18 involving one-run leads.
"He's had a ton of tense ones," Melvin said. "That's what he's built for. He does kind of thrive on not giving up anything."


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Fall shopping season is nearly upon us, and right now, we're looking for key pieces we can buy immediately, but still wear a few months down the road. Our current obsession? Metallic pleated skirts.
We first saw this iteration of the schoolgirl classic on the Proenza Schouler Spring runway -- a cream and metallic silver striped skirt that was, quite simply, to die for (and totally out of our price range). Luckily, the fast fashion retailers and contemporary designers have caught on, so you can score your own pleated metallic skirt at Nordstrom, ASOS or Zara.
For summer, pair yours with a loose knit tank, and come fall, a cropped sweater (don't worry, these skirts tend to be high-waisted) or striped long-sleeve tee. Most importantly, don't forget to buy now, before the cheaper versions sell out.
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