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For many military spouses, there is something discouraging about receiving that college or grad school alumni magazine in the mail. We read about the achievements of classmates who have rocketed through the professional ranks while we often struggle to find employment.
There are many military spouses that choose not to work outside the home. There are others who have maintained stellar careers or found success with home businesses and other portable professions. And more power to them. However, figures show that a significant number of military spouses aren't working in fields for which they were trained. Many times, they're not working at all. While the national unemployment rate hovers around 8% and the rate for veterans is slightly higher at 12%, the unemployment rate for military spouses is a whopping 26% according to the Pentagon's office of Military and Community Family Policy.
The prospects of finding a job while our spouses are on active duty can be daunting. Employers are often reluctant to hire a military spouse when they can hire a candidate who is more likely to stay put. Those spouses who do find jobs are usually forced to leave when it is time for the next PCS.
Even when our spouses retire and we can offer permanence to prospective employers, we are saddled with resumes of a never-ending series of entry-level jobs and long employment gaps.
Now that I'm re-entering the job market, I've attended job fairs that have offered seminars and websites to teach us how to explain away those employment gaps or turn volunteer experience into job skills on our resumes. I understand that it is a tough market, and employers, if they are hiring at all, can afford to be choosy. But I am getting discouraged at being told that I have to minimize or spin my background as a military spouse to make myself more attractive to prospective employers.
Why should I have to hide or minimize what I've done while my husband has been on Active Duty? My legal resume has employment gaps, but I'm proud that I was able to support the mission. I'm proud of the skills I developed while my husband was deployed. Skills that would serve any employer well: self-reliance, flexibility, tenacity, goal-setting, loyalty, time-management, determination…
I don't think we should have to talk about and "spin." Maybe we need to change the conversation. Private employers need to see past our spotty resumes to appreciate the skills military spouses can bring to any job. Veterans get federal hiring preference in recognition of their service, and rightly so. Military spouses also get preference if a move is as a result of military orders. I'm wondering if it is time for veterans' spouses who have supported the mission to be recognized in some way, too.
It's time for all employers to understand that military and retiree spouses can be valuable employees not in spite of our backgrounds, but because of them.
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The U.K. firm MPC Data has announced a Windows CE BSP (board support package) for a low-cost SBC (single board computer) distributed by Digi-Key. The $150 "Beagle Board" lets low-volume embedded developers, hobbyists, and students evaluate ARM's Cortex-A8 and TI's OMAP3 architectures, the companies say.
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The Beagle Board was designed by a small group of Texas Instruments (TI) employees, under TI's "small dreams" program. According to the Beagle board website, "'Small dreams' is an initiative at TI where employees with good ideas that don't necessarily require a large team are given a bit of funding to pursue their idea."
The BeagleBoard measures three inches square, and is powered by an OMAP3530 SoC. Unlike TI's various OMAP3 reference designs, all of the Beagle Board's I/O is brought out from on-chip peripheral interfaces offered by the OMAP3530 itself (no extra silicon is integrated). The board is intended as a low-cost way to experiment with the same core processor found in many of today's most powerful mobile devices and smartphones, Beagle proponents say.
Clocked at 600MHz in the OMAP3530 used on the Beagle Board, the Cortex-A8 core is claimed to deliver 1200 DMIPS, putting it theoretically alongside Intel's Pentium III in performance. Unlike the P-III, though, the OMAP3530 adds a powerful Imagination SGX 2D/3D graphics processor supporting dual independent displays, and a TMS320C64x DSP core clocked at 430MHz.
Until now, Beagle Board development has been strongly Linux-oriented. The new BSP from MPC Data addresses this, providing Windows CE support and making the BeagleBoard "a very powerful embedded multimedia hardware platform," according to the company.
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The overall Beagle Board (pictured above) includes an SD/MMC slot, a USB host port, a DVI-D port, audio jacks, an S-Video output, and an expansion connector.
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A professor from Northampton Community College was one of 38 college and university faculty members from colleges and universities across the United States honored in Washington, DC, on November 19 by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.
Dr. Vasiliki Anastasakos was named the Pennsylvania Professor of the Year at a luncheon recognizing faculty members who excel in teaching and who positively influence the lives and careers of students. She later was a guest of honor at a congressional reception hosted by Phi Beta Kappa.
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Known as "Kiki" to her students and colleagues, Dr. Anastasakos has been a member of the Northampton Community College faculty since 2003. Since she began teaching at NCC students have flocked to her courses from the "Introduction to Political Science" to more advanced classes in American National Government, State and Local Government, International Relations, Women and Politics, and Politics of Modern Turkey.
Students use phrases like "walking encyclopedia" and "modern-day Eleanor Roosevelt" to describe her brilliance, her compassion and her "ability to open students' eyes to the issues affecting our world today."
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Dr. Anastasakos holds a B.A. in government and politics and an M.A. in international relations from the University of Maryland. She earned her Ph.D. in political science at Temple University. She is a member of the American Political Science Association, the Association for the Study of German Politics, Women in International Security, and the Peace & Justice Studies Association.
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Primarily a special teams contributor at Illinois he was not awarded a starting position until he senior season in 2010. He responded by making 69 tackles, 6.5 for a loss, one sack, one interception, three fumble recoveries and a blocked punt as an outside linebacker.
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Scholarships are becoming a tool to lure top talent, who often come from privileged homes, while the poorest are left to take on debt.
Many colleges tout their financial aid practices as providing an affordable education to the less affluent, but a new study says those claims are more wishful thinking than reality.
Instead, more private colleges are awarding "merit aid" to top students -- who usually come from privileged backgrounds -- while working-class and poor families are charged unaffordable rates, according to a report from the nonprofit, nonpartisan New American Foundation. The group's chairman is Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google (GOOG).
Almost two-thirds of private colleges charged families earning less than $30,000 a whopping one-half of their annual income, or a net price of more than $15,000. The net price is the cost after scholarships.
"Financial aid has increasingly become a weapon that four-year colleges wield as they fiercely compete for the students they most desire," the study says.
There's been a striking shift in how merit aid is doled out today versus financial aid, which helps middle- and low-income families afford college.
During 2007-08, private colleges distributed merit aid to 44% of students, almost double the percentage of students receiving it in 1995-96. Meanwhile, financial aid helped 42% of students, down from 43% a decade earlier, the study says.
The result? Needy students are left "with mountains of debt after they graduate," according to the report.
Several colleges were singled out, including Boston University, which the report says undermines its need-blind admissions by using financial aid to reward talent. The net price was almost $24,000, which may explain why loan borrowers graduate from BU with average debt of $37,000.
The study dashes cold water on new data released by the National Association of College and University Business Officers, as reported Tuesday. That study found the so-called tuition rate for private universities hit an all-time high of 45% for incoming freshmen last fall.
It's unclear which types of students are receiving the aid, however.
"Colleges are always saying how committed they are to admitting low-income students -- that they are all about equality," Stephen Burd, the author of the New America Foundation report, told Bloomberg. "This data shows there's been a dramatic shift. The pursuit of prestige and revenue has led them to focus more on high-income students."
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What I find disconcerting is that high achievers are associated with high income. Aren't some of those high achievers receiving scholarships from low income families? I was. I got both merit-based scholarships and financial aid when I attend an expensive private college. However, I do agree that more income-based financial aid is needed.
I work for a company that helps families navigate the financial aid system and this is nothing new. Colleges have been using the type of financial aid (scholarships and grants vs. loans) to entice the students they want at their school for years. If the school is ambivalent about having your child attend the financial aid offer might be primarily loans, but if your child has something the school desires they will offer all scholarships and grants so that your child will pick them.
Well now that we have arrived directly into Socialism, we can see out far enough that we will be smack dab in the middle of communism shortly.
You will know that is coming when you see the elite try to take away your rights to defend yourself because they are taking your rights away faster than you can comprehend or agree with.
I don't carry a gun or have a need for one but I am firmly behind others rights to legally bear arms.
I don't care how much money your parents make, if you deserve it, you deserve it. Not everyone has to be economically equal at the snap of a finger, perhaps, just perhaps, someone on their family tree buster their nut to move up in class and we should respect that sacrifice. Otherwise, let the state adopt every child and take over parenting so that every kid starts equal.
I'm getting really sick of those such as this Garand character implying low income means people who do not work and I assure you I'm not the only blue collar who feels this way. It may behoove you all to recognize that we toil, sweat, and yes even bleed under conditions truly spoiled individuals such as yourself could not or would not tolerate for what is increasingly felt is our due (and this is saying a lot). Meanwhile we must put up with with self-seeking self-supposed lofty @$#%&!s like you thumbing your nose at our increasingly put upon ranks. We are tougher, stronger, angrier, and more fed up daily. So sound the alarms indeed. It will avail you nothing if you keep it up douche.
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Take two violins, a viola and a harp, add a flute, three harps and a dramatic narrator, dress them all like they just walked out of a 12th Century cathedral and put a 100-voice choir behind them, and you've got the makings of Blaine's annual Christmas time visit of the popular group NOEL! The event transforms Blaine's Performing Arts Center into a living pageant of traditional Christmas music and has become an annual tradition that marks the heart of the Christmas season. Blaine is one of only six venues that the sought-after group chooses each year.
This year the nine member group will be joined by the 100-voice Whatcom Chorale under the direction of Deborah Brown. To the traditional stories and poetry that are interwoven with period music, the choir will perform Benjamin Britten's Ceremony of Carols. It will be quite an evening.
Harpist Jill Whitman, founder of NOEL!, is an accomplished soloist and has performed in the United States, Canada, Germany, Poland, New Zealand, Japan and Chile.
She is on the faculty of Western Washington University and plays harp with the Seattle Symphony, Pacific Northwest Ballet and is also principal harpist of American Sinfonietta that performs each year in major European centers.
The performance is set for Friday, December 18, at 7:30 p.m. and includes coffee and cookies served during intermission.
Tickets are $15 adults and $10 students, and this year a special family rate of $30 has been added, which includes one or two adults and their children.
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Has the war on Thanksgiving begun?
Some retailers and consumers are balking at the ever-earlier shopping hours that now threaten to intrude on turkey time.
Retailers are boldly moving Black Friday up a few hours into Thanksgiving, in some cases opening their doors to a shopping frenzy before the last bite of pumpkin pie is enjoyed.
What happened to spending a day with the family? Is nothing sacred anymore?
Now, we're seeing the inevitable backlash against this rampant consumerism -- or at least a smart grab for headlines. J.C. Penney (JCP) is leading the charge against the new eat-then-shop turkey day, saying it's going to "honor" tradition by closing stores on Thanksgiving and opening for Black Friday.
The company is even opening its stores two hours later this year, at 6 a.m. from the 4 a.m. last year. And so the Black Friday pushback begins in earnest -- and retailers need to pick sides.
Are we seeing a war on Thanksgiving emerge here?
Sears (SHLD) and Wal-Mart (WMT) have moved shopping hours into Thanksgiving Day itself, turning the day into what some are calling "Gray Thursday." Other stores, such as Macy's (M) and Target (TGT), are opening some of their stores at midnight, right after Thanksgiving.
But some consumers and employees are balking. Some Wal-Mart employees are so outraged that they are threatening to strike. And at least 300,000 people have signed a petition on the Change.org site calling on Target to "give Thanksgiving back to families" by not opening until Friday.
And a statement by one Wal-Mart employee in Wisconsin, Mary Pat Tifft -- a founding member of the labor right group OurWalmart -- has been getting a lot of notice on the internet.
"My son is coming home from Afghanistan for the holiday," she writes, "and I would be devastated if I had been scheduled to work. I see the disappointment in the eyes of my co-workers, especially those with young kids, that aren't going to be able to share the holiday with their families."
Iowa-based retailer Von Maur is staying closed on Thanksgiving. "We don't participate in any of the midnight sales and extreme hours," Amy Davis, the company's advertising manager, told the Atlanta Journal Constitution. "It comes back to a company mindset of being mindful not just of what our customers want, but really taking into consideration our employees."
While 147 million consumers are expected to take part in Black Friday sales, some are wondering if Gray Thursday is necessary. Texas resident Janet David took advantage of the midnight openings last Thanksgiving, but told her local TV news outlet she has mixed feelings about it this year, "because I think you ought to be able to enjoy your holiday and not worry about shopping."
While Penney could certainly use the extra sales time on Thursday -- its sales and profits have been hit hard this year as management overhauls operations -- the company may see more benefit from the goodwill created by its stance against Gray Thursday.
"I know that some retailers are opening on Thanksgiving this year," CEO Ron Johnson said in an email to customers this week, according to The Dallas Morning News. "But spending Thanksgiving with family is one of America's greatest traditions. Since JCP was founded on the Golden Rule, I'm proud to honor this tradition by keeping our stores closed on this special day."
Of course, Johnson added, "we'll be honoring another great American tradition -- Black Friday -- with our one big sale of the year."
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Trip to Red Hill in PAWritten by Paul on May 8th, 2014
Another trip to Red Hill in Hyner, Pennsylvania produced more outstanding 361 million year old fossils. This trip we thought we were collecting more head plates and it ended up we extracted a foot long cleithrum of the lobe finned Hyneria lindae that must have been about 10 feet long. Hyneria was the top predator in this river ecosystem. Here is Ian is extracting the cleithrum from a ledge we cut into the rock. In addition to the cleithrum we also collected many scales and uncovered a massive jaw which will be be retained by the museum. The site is overseen by the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Science.
Garden ProgressWritten by Paul on April 29th, 2014
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Garden beds being planted on the contoursWritten by Paul on April 18th, 2014
One of the driving principles of permaculture is the capture and storage of runoff. Slow, Spread and Sink. By building beds level on contours, water is not allowed to just run down the path of least resistance ending up pooling where there is already too much or just running down the street. Holding the water behind swales allows it to spread across the garden and sink into the ground. These garden beds use the principles of Hugelkultur developed by Sepp Holzer in Austria. We trench the beds and take waste sticks and logs and bury them at the bottom with lots of compost from the cattle, pigs and chicken. As the woody material slowly decomposes it not only provides nutrients to the plants above but also stores water. The beds will be planted not only with food plants but also with herbs that extract and hold mineral nutrients like comfrey and herbs that attract beneficial insects. By balancing the pest and predatory insects damage can be kept to a minimum.


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