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As of late Monday afternoon, when I was finishing this column, the most frequently emailed story on The Times' website for the previous week wasn't about the polar vortex, Chris Christie or "Downton Abbey."
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What is the greatest fear of conservatives when they warn against the dangers of big government? It is that a leader or the coterie around him will abuse the authority of the state arbitrarily to gather yet more power, punish opponents and, in the process, harm rank-and-file citizens whose well-being matters not a whit to those who are trying to enhance their control.
Gov. Chris Christie had the best day he's going to have for a long time on Jan. 9. He had two hours to give his side of the lane closings on the George Washington Bridge that gridlocked Fort Lee, N.J., for four days in September.
From the moment Lloyd Bentsen uttered it, none could disagree with his televised jab that Dan Quayle was "no Jack Kennedy." Few remember, however, that in ascending to the presidency, Jack Kennedy had his own damning comparison. He was no Dwight Eisenhower.
It took a disaster at the Bay of Pigs, and then resolve in the Cuban Missile Crisis, for Kennedy to find his inner Eisenhower.
No one can look at The Washington Post's exhaustive investigation into the construction, rollout and crash of the Maryland health insurance exchange and walk away with any measure of confidence in government.
How could this epic bungling have happened in a state that often oozes self-satisfaction with its progressive policies, led by a governor who considers himself a 2016 presidential contender?
The prospects for single-payer health care -- adored by many liberals, despised by private health insurers and looking better all the time to others -- did not die in the Affordable Care Act. It was thrown a lifeline through a little-known provision tucked in the famously long legislation. Single-payer groups in several states are now lining up to make use of Section 1332.
Far be it from me to defend what Jon Stewart has demolished.
But I would like to speak up on behalf of the fledgling New York mayor's de Blasphemy, now universally deemed his first mistake and possibly grounds for impeachment: daintily carving up his smoked-mozzarella-and-sausage pizza at Goodfellas in Staten Island with a knife and fork.
Shame on Republicans for blocking the resumption of long-term unemployment benefits for 1.3 million Americans. And shame on Democrats for letting them.
The GOP cannot be allowed to cast this as a bloodless policy debate about "incentives" that allegedly encourage sloth. Putting that spin on the issue is disingenuous, insulting and inaccurate: As Republicans well know, individuals receiving unemployment checks are legally required to look for work.
Will the revelation of French President Francois Hollande's affair with actress Julie Gayet wound him and overshadow his economic policies? Don't be so sure.
Hollande ran for office as the anti-Nicolas Sarkozy - a modest, mild-mannered alternative to all the bling and Carla Bruni supermodel razzmatazz that the former president represented. Now, though, the image that won him the election has become a liability. He's a boring and indecisive leader, something the French don't really want.
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The Spring Cure: Light Therapy
Week 6 - Intro
At BoBo Intriguing Objects at High Point this past weekend, I snapped this pic of how they displayed all of their antiques: lot's of overhead halogen lights pointed towards the walls with candles in between. See the "dark in the middle, bright on the side" effect. As Marc from BoBo said, merchandising is all about carefully revealing something to the eye, not creating a blaring showpiece. Much of this can be utilized in the home.
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With week 6 you're rounding third base and heading for home. This is the week to dig deep, catch up and then plan to bring everything in for a landing in the two weeks after. If you've taken on too much, this is your chance to recalibrate and down shift a little bit. If your momentum is good and you're right on track, this is your chance to push hard and deepen your Cure. Either way, make sure you "tweet your week" and then let's chat about lighting.
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Along with paint and color, lighting is a powerful element of room design, AND one that needn't cost a lot of money. Good lighting requires only two main things:
1. Enough Light - At least three points of light in every room. You'd be amazed how many people don't have this OR have it but don't turn it on.
2. Good Placement - Lighting should always be indirect and never create a glare that makes you wince.
To illustrate this, take a look at some eye candy pictures. Each of them shows a good example of lighting and will help you to see what it is you want to achieve in your own home.
In my Bloomingdale's window in late January (pic where with Sara taking a closeup picture), I put three lights in each of the three sections of the room (left reading chair, middle chandelier, right table lamp for sofa reading) as well as using the overheads to bounce off of the back wall and to pin-point a few objects. In homes all of the above applies except the pin-pointing of objects in the middle of the room. Light that bounces off of things and then comes to you or is filtered in some way always feels better.
Good lighting makes a room and even Restoration Hardware has changed their whole direction to accommodate a new lighting style. With darker walls and many points of low light, the room is more active and your eye is led around from cozy spot to cozy spot. This is a pic I took in their new showroom last fall.
Here's a lovely living room Kim Salmela designed for her new Hotel Maison line at High Point. Two lamps, on on either side of the sofa not only add light, they also balance the room. The best light here, however, is the sunlight streaming in the window.
This very popular Small Cool entry has a great example of outdoor lighting. Lots of little lights (xmas lights?) work well overhead because they don't glare, while a candle on the table provides a lower, warm point of light.
>> Small Cool 2010: Matt & Jac's Live/Work Space for 2
Two downward facing bedside lights here provide plenty of light for reading while the glow through the shade illuminates the room.
>> Small Cool 2010: Allan's Danish Renovation
Here's a quick pic of Kate and Andy Spade's dining room with - count 'em - two table lamps, one chandelier (@ 6 lights) and ten candle sticks (most from Ted Muehling). Their home has tons of light fixtures that add light and character, as every fixture carries a strong, eclectic style.
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In the deep treatment the overall theme is peacefulness. As you clean out your bathroom(s), I want you to get to a point where you are able to put some calming luxury back into them. If you don't have them already, there are some purchases to be made here that can change your bathroom experience.
In the One Room Remedy take a good look at the lighting in your home. I find that most homes are underlit and that most that seem drab or uninspired could be turned around simply by addressing the lighting alone. Get adventurous! Lighting can be very affordable and different kinds of lights will really make your home leap to life. Oh, and there's some painting to do this week for some. Enjoy our small tutorial on how to paint a room. It's basic, but we find that it always helps to remember it when we're painting a room.
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I'm exhausted.
I am too, actually. I haven't done anything this week! My mother-in-law comes on Thursday, and I was hoping to have more done by then, but I don't think so.
I am struggling with the lighting issue. We definitely need more lamps, but I am having trouble finding things I like that are in my price range. I am trying to be patient, but at times it's annoying not having adequate light.
alahoop, what's your price range and what are you looking for lamp-wise? I'm always amazed at how helpful fellow ATers are when you give them a project! Personally, I like looking at lampsplus.com and I recently discovered that TJ Max actually has a pretty good selection of table lamps. Hope that helps!
As far as my cure goes, I'm doing one room intensive on my bedroom and polishing up other areas of the house. The bedroom is almost done, I just need to borrow a drill from someone to hang my darn curtains and get a rug for the floor. In that vein, anyone now a good source for sisal rugs or water hyacinth rugs?
I also want to look at dimmer switches to put on the dining room & living room light fixtures.
This is a big weekend for me! I plan on catching up on all those bits and pieces I've had to put off. Repairs will be made, the outbox's items will be recycled or donated, the papers will finally get filed (I ran out of folders!) that clutter up my desk and the bathroom will get a good deep clean as I go through everything that has found its way there.
I can think of no better motivator than the bath I plan to take Sunday night in my fresh, clean and organized bathroom!
If it weren't for the weekly posts and inspirations, I could never get through these 8 weeks. I'm so happy with how things are coming together! Thank you!
I have been unable to find some of my needed furniture (dresser, desk, armchair, coffee table) so far and am starting to consider getting more IKEA stuff because I'm sick of feeling like I'm camping out. I don't *really* want IKEA stuff (maybe the dresser, but not for the rest), but I also don't have much to spend and the thrift stores have not yet provided. Should I wait? Or get something temporary from IKEA?
Angorian, there's no "right" answer to your questions. Personally, I'm super cheap, so if I'm going to compromise and buy "placeholder furniture" I'd still rather it be from Goodwill/a Habitat Restore/Salvation Army/etc. because that general works out to be cheaper than Ikea and I can always drape some nice fabric over things or even paint an especially cheap/ugly piece. That said, I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with Ikea and if they have something you like, go for it. I've had a bed from them that's held up well for over 10 years.
And, if it helps, one of the easiest, most rewarding DIY projects I ever did was spray paint a standard file cabinet (with kind with two drawers). I used a nice sea foam green, made the handles silver, and used it as a nightstand for years. I loved it! You have all sorts of non-Ikea options if you definitely don't want to go that route.
Squirrely - Thanks for the suggestions. I hadn't even thought to check TJ Maxx, but there is one not too far from us. I will take a look at lampsplus.com too. I don't really have a set budget on this (perhaps that's part of my problem--but the cheaper the better). I've always had issues with lamps, I don't know why. I guess lamps just aren't my "thing" because I never see any I get excited about.
Angorian - We are having that same problem, except we do have the essentials. I can wait, but I find all the empty spots annoying (and things like a buffet or end tables would certainly be handy). If we really needed something, I would absolutely go buy a cheap one just to get something in there. I know they say not to, but come on, how long can you live without a dresser while you look for the perfect one? I second the suggestion to check thrift stores (even garage sales this time of year). Some of my favorite pieces of furniture have been secondhand finds. It's amazing what you can do with paint.
Thanks! What about lighting for lofts? High ceiling....all rooms merged into one place? how do you differentiate the lighting?


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New technologies are driving innovation in the storage industry, giving IT and storage pros more options to address traditional challenges, including ever-growing data stores and the need for greater levels of efficiency and performance.
And stored data is piling up fast; 45% of respondents have between one and 99 terabytes under active management, and another 17% have between 100 and 499 Tbytes, according to InformationWeek's 2014 State of Storage report.
Interop Las Vegas is partnering with independent storage experts to help attendees understand the latest technological developments, how to take advantage of them, and how to balance the inevitable tradeoffs that accompany innovations.
Flash memory-based solid state disks (SSDs) are the tip of the spear in storage innovation. SSDs promise incredible performance, but you'll pay a premium, so IT and storage architects have to make careful investments.
Howard Marks, founder and chief scientist of the consulting firm DeepStorage.net, provides practical analysis of flash storage in his half-day workshop "Deploying SSDs In The Data Center."
Attendees will learn how flash works and understand the pros and cons of flash variants. Howard will share practical insight into how flash-based SSDs can be used, including PCIe cards in servers, all-solid-state arrays, and hybrid systems that combine flash and traditional disks. He'll discuss workloads and use cases best suited to each deployment model.
Howard will also teach a one-hour session that drills down into the use of server-based flash to accelerate applications. The session will look SSDs from SATA or PCIe to the latest flash DIMMs. It will also review software options, from simple read caching to software defined storage solutions that turn the flash across a cluster of servers into a virtual SAN.
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Make meMake me speechlessEverytime I see you.Make all the blood rush to my faceWhenever our eyes meet.Make my heart jump to the skyWhen you hold my handAnd when I finally meet you,Make me fall in love.
TwistedThe path of life istwisted.Ifyouwalkedstraightthrough,think of the good times. You would have missed it.
Perfect StrangersIt was only a glancePerhaps my only chance,To make it into somethingThe thought was very tempting.But it only took one lookThen I'm a fish on a hook.Though not a word came out,You became all I thought aboutWe knew nothing about each other,Except we both want to be together.but at every opportunity we nodand wonder with an urge to prod.Until one of us gives it a shove,We'll be perfect strangers in love.
BelievingI realized that I do believe in:Love at first sightTrue loveSoulmatesHappily ever afterLove that always prevailsForeverI'm still waiting for my Prince CharmingTo come into my lifeOn his white horseAnd sweep me off my feetYou can call foolish and childishBut I can believe whatever I want.And what if I am still a child?
Search for the fireWhat good is itIf i just sit and dream?What good is itIf i just give up?What good is itIf I never even tryI ask myself thisBut I'm convincedthat just can't.It seems like I've already given up.yet, a part of my still burnsif not only faintlyNow all I have to do is find it.Find that little flame,feed it, and grow it into afull blown FIRE
I'm... different.With strangers I'm:Quiet and intimidatingWith best friends I'm:Hyper, crazy, and annoyingWith people I just know I'm:Calm, smart-sounding, and artisticWith people I like I'm:An idiot.
TodayToday is yesterday's tomorrow,Today is tomorrow's yesterday.If you live in yesterday's sorrow,Your tomorrow will be full of dismay.
Trying to TryI feel so lowI try to stand tallBut you're so much tallerand I'm just too afraid to fallI feel like i don't tryI don't try enough in anythingI see it all around meThose people who triedI really do try to tryBut I can't seem to defeat itDefeat that beast that guards the gatethe gate that leads beyond averageWhen will i defeat the beast?
UnexpectedIt seems hopeless, but at leastWe get to spend time togetherIt could stay like this foreverUntil my feelings fadeOr if you find out.You may leave or stay.I could just stand outsideAnd watch things changeOr I can finally tell you.But when will I find the courage?I was caught by surpriseI never thought this would happenI'm foolish and scared.And I'm finding it hardTo believe in my heart.
Injured: Heart and AllWhen I touched the blade to mywrist I screamed.When I saw the blood drippingdown my arm I cried.When I tried to lick theblood off it tasted too much of guilt.But my injured heart felt thepain more than my wrist.
self-imagecan we tradeeyes,lives,just for a while;i want to see myselfthe way you do.
So AloneTis the season of the gray,More boreal than wintertide,While fireplaces can warm my palms,Can their embers thaw my soul?Can they bring back a blithe memory?Or a recollection of a long lost heyday,Solicitously saved, oh so cautiously cached,So I may call upon it on at a pluvial time,And as I concede to this immedicable disease,It is curious, to be cheered by one's own enemies,The jarring repercussion of this heinous malady,Make my rivals too afflicted to make me bleed,Make me a shadow, a phantasm, a sprite,Oh make me an onyx blot in the umbral night,Let me be torn from the binding pages of history,And forgotten by the wrinkled brow of time,For a life without companions, consorts and crones,Is but death, deprived of its placidity,It is a laggard descent, I am going insane,When I long for love just as I long for pain,But I endure the lack of desire and despair,And continue with my poverty of amour and zeal,Whilst my frenzied heart beats,But I, try as I may, cannot f
So Will YouMy dear friend why do you dwell in the dust,Do you think the world will wait for both of us?I see these have been rather difficult times,Let me try to ease your pain with a rhyme.So what if you have failed again?Tell me, so what, if yet again, you are beat?Victory is a place you will reach,Once you cross the stepping stones of defeat.It doesn't matter how many times you fall,As long as you get back up and stand tall,Through thick and thin they made it through,And I can see it in your eyes, so will you.Once upon a time a young newspaper artist got fired,For lacking good ideas and imagination,So what did he do? He drew a mouse!And then Walt Disney became a sensation!"You call this comedy? This is nonsense!"Said his penurious audience and his rapacious acting staff,He sat down and cried silently in the rain,And then Charles Spencer Chaplin made the world laugh.A dismayed father roared at his son,"Can you not even identify the treble from the base clef?"And
Slimming Down to NothingI wishI didn'thave tocare.But Ido.The sizeof mystomachand mythighsand myarms,matter.The smallerI get,the betterI get.When I'mempty,I'm strong.When I'mstrong,eating doesn'tmatter.When I'mstrong,nothing matters.Because Iwill takethe worldby storm.
Nothing Will Save ThisI won't apologise for all of thisI'm not crying over somethingThat isn't worth tryingI refuse to ask for forgivenessWhen you're the one who did this to meYou say it's all my faultAnd I know you're lyingYou ask me to trust youWhen all my feelings that I had are dyingNow I'm left with all the scars and bruisesFrom all the previous abusesAnd old and new excusesSo now you're leaving once againAnd I won't ever miss youBecause you knew you could never stayExpecting me to disappear into myselfYou'll never understandHow easily you can be replaced.
I Want To Be PrettyI stare out of my bedroom window, staring at the three beautiful, skinny girls talking and laughing as they strolled over the sidewalk by my house. I feel jealousy spark up inside as I watch them pass and I turn to face the mirror hanging on my closet door, taunting me.The reflection disgusts me. The girl I see is ugly and fat. She has matted brown hair and dull, lifeless blue eyes and her body is hideous. I look away, repelled."Honey, dinner time," my mom's soft voice whispers as the door slides open, the hinges creaking annoyingly. I turn to her and nod before pushing past and padding downstairs. Sitting around the table is my perfect sister, ex-military father and my jock of a brother. They're all perfect. I'm not. I'm hideous.I sit down next to my sister and mom takes her place besides me. Everyone begins to eat, but I only pick at my food, reluctantly taking a few bits here and there after cutting everything into tiny, fingernail sized pieces. I don't even want to eat this. I'm
Summer LoveI met him at the beach.He was this beautiful, golden, surfer boy who was just dragging in his broken surfboard from the ocean water, looking defeated and upset. After casting a long, forlorn look at the two pieces of the board, he threw them down on the sand. I noticed how his wet, blonde hair hung loosely over his forehead at the tips of his eyebrows. Despite the distance, I could pinpoint the color of his eyes; they were a beautiful hue of blue that you see when the sun is just about to rise up into the sky. His curved, pink lips were twisted down at the corners to make a frown, but he still looked undeniably handsome. His body was tall and lean, defined and sculpted and even though his face displayed a sour expression, he managed to take my breath away.I looked to my side at my own, tall surfboard. It was white with a electric blue lightning bolt. It was my favorite. But, without thinking, I walked forward, holding it against my side, my feet sinking into the sand before surfacing
while sitting on a benchHer fuchsia nails contrast in thegray sunlight andUnremarkability elevates the rest of her beingto something remarkable;her black shirt sags over herand her jeansbarely fitand I think I love her.Because those fuchsia fingernails aresmiling at me,pulling me ineven though the rest of her isunfriendly, allcold eyes and introverted hunchand she doesn't know I exist.But the fuchsia of those fingernailstell me she's the one;that she sees me through all those layers ofstrangerthat we're kindred.So I go and say hello.
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Would US schools be better off adopting the educational systems of our contenders?
A sound educational system will, in most cases, augment a superior and thriving nation. With each country racing to claim that title of being superior, every developed nation has implemented their own unique form of public education. Being an American junior in high school, I am greatly perturbed at the statistics, and being a Texas junior in high school whose state lags behind almost every other state in the academic fields of science and math, I would go as far as to say I am disturbed. With that being said, the topic I offer up for debate is simple. Should the United States integrate the educational systems of places like Singapore and Taiwan in order to address one of the many problems our nation is facing right now, an inferior academic program?
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Apr 5 2011: On a side note: Where do you want to go to college? I have considered going to UT Austin. It looks like a school with stellar departments and there seem to be job growth in Austin? Am I right. I don't live in Texas so I have no clue. But, I have read Businessweek articles that give UT Austin and the city itself high marks.
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Daily Devotional Bible Verse
Search me, O God, and know my heart!
Try me and know my thoughts!
And see if there be any grievous way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting!
(Psalm 139:23-24 ESV)
Relationships take time. And as time passes we can decide whether we want to go to the next level with a person and eventually open up to them. This doesn't have to be a boyfriend or girlfriend thing, but can be with almost anyone.
We all have someone we can tell our deepest and darkest secrets to, knowing they can keep our confidence. These friends know when there is something wrong with us even when others don't. They have been our friends for so long they can sense our mood without even talking to us. Those who are outside of this circle don't really know us, at least not like our closest friends. We might tell them what is going on in our life, but we usually let them know all of the good. We almost wear a mask for them. This is fine, we don't want to know what every one's baggage is. Just our good friends.
Ironically, sometimes we try to wear this mask for Jesus. When we pray, we might ask him to forgive us of our little sins and ask for good things to happen to us, but we never ask him to search us. We don't tell him to look deep down in our heart and see if there is anything we are doing wrong. This gets uncomfortable. When Holy Spirit searches us and convicts us of sin, we rationalize it away. Or, we have been living our life with a particular sin for so long that it just becomes a part of us and we are calloused to it. We forget that Jesus already knows what is in our hearts (John 2:23).
Jesus is waiting for us to allow him to invade our hearts and cleanse us of those grievous ways. We can't hide our sins from Jesus, only keep them from Him. And by holding our sin so tightly, we do nothing but embrace our own death, while pushing away the author of life. We should daily pray as the Psalmist does and ask god to search our hearts.
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I'll Toast to That!
Personal anecdotes aside, CNN recently conducted a poll of 37,000 wedding attendees, who all seemed to agree that a little bit of libation at a wedding goes a long way -- and that no one should be forced to schmooze with Aunt So-and-So sans glass in hand. Here are the startling (yet laugh-worthy) results:
Are you irked if there isn't an open bar at a wedding reception?
- "Beer and wine are fine, so long as they keep flowing freely" -- 38 percent.
- "A full, open bar is a must, but I understand if that's too pricey. Cash bar is fine" -- 23 percent.
- "I get annoyed if there isn't a full, open bar. No excuse for that" -- 15 percent.
- "Dry weddings are just fine with me" -- 8 percent.
- "I don't mind paying for beer and wine" -- 8 percent.
- "No booze, no me" -- 5 percent.
- "A dry wedding is a pain, but I'll deal" -- 3 percent.
When first planning our "wedding", as we got married by the justice of the peace (for reasons i wont explain), I initially was going to have a dry wedding. After looking into options and locations recently, I will most likely have a cash bar. As the hosts of the event, should someone drink and drive, and injure or kill someone, we could be held liable. Guests could get so sloshed they ruin the event, and, quite frankly, we'd be lucky to be able to afford the affair as it is, we can't afford to pay just as much for others to get wasted. I would hope we mean more to our friends and family than some free drinks! If you need a drink that badly, 1) you might have a problem, and 2) just be happy if someone has a cash bar! It's the bride and grooms day, not the guests. If they need to drink that much, maybe they can foot the bill for the open bar.
When my husband and I got married we footed the bill for beer and wine along with a bottle of champagne at each table. Other than that we had a cash bar. We also rented a shuttle to take people back and forth between the reception and the hotel so we wouldn't have to worry about drunken driving.
We were young when we got married, but still of drinking age. We provided a couple types of beer and a couple of different wine options. We did not do a cash bar. My dad was concerned that some of my now husbands friends would just start doing shots, and honestly it was our wedding, our reception, not theirs. I wanted a fun atmosphere, but not a drunken frat party. The beer and wine were a nice compromise, and everybody was complimenting what a great time they were having. Everybody seemed fine with the options we provided. The thing to remember it is your wedding day, if you want to pay for the extra hard liquor go for it. Think about the tone you want to set for your wedding as well as the guests that will be attending. If you are going to have a mature guest list then go ahead provide hard liquor or do a cash bar. We had a lot of young straight out of college and some still in college attending our wedding. It was kind of a toss up as to what could happen if people started getting to messy, so we just opted out of the hard liquor route. If providing just beer and wine alone isn't going to cut it for some of your guests, then oh well. I think we were gracious hosts because of the options we provided and nobody complained, if they had I would have sent them on their way…. to the bar down the street. This was our wedding day.
Rude and inconsiderate to invite people to a party in honor of yourselves, expecting gifts and not provide alcohol. Cash bars/no bars - selfish and tacky. If you can't afford a wedding then just get married. But no, most people feel entitled to gifts so they throw cheap tacky parties as a gift grab for themselves
"It's the bride and grooms day, not the guests"
WRONG -the party/reception is for the GUESTS. If the bride and groom want to do it their way then they should do it alone!
That quote was clearly written by a bridezilla
You wouldn't host a dinner party and ask your guests to pay for beverages! You certainly should not do so at a wedding either! Plain Rude!
I've been to one wedding with a cash bar - so I kept the wedding card w/the cash I intended to give as a gift to use at the bar. I refuse to pay to attend YOUR wedding. If you can't afford guests don't invite them!
Grow up already! The point of a wedding is to celebrate that a couple is getting married. Go, give them your love, and enjoy whatever kind of party works for them - whether it's a picnic in the park or a ballroom full of caterers. They shouldn't ask you to pay for anything, but if they can't afford a lot of alcohol, enjoy whatever food there is. Don't forget, they may be going dry to prevent a problem with someone in their family who is an alcoholic. As my kids' preschool teacher used to say: you get what you get, and you don't get upset.
"you get what you get, and you don't get upset"
Brides and Grooms - please keep the above quote in mind when planning your reception. Keep in mind the comfort of the guests you are honoring and expecting attendance/gifts from. DO NOT DO CASH BARS/NO BARS - TACKY!! You don't need top-shelf liquor, beer and wine are acceptable. Otherwise, you may be upset but the lack of guests
We had a dry wedding as I and several members of the wedding party were not yet 21. We were also concerned with how much some of my new inlaws might choose to imbibe. Moot point. They brought flasks and drank in the parkinglot. Ugh.
As an adult who paid for my own wedding I could not imagine being so uncouth as to have a cash bar - why not just charge admission?
I live in Saskatchewan Canada. My wedding and any that I have been to are always cash bar. Two bottles of wine on every table for free for toasting. All of the wedding party including ushers, mc ect. have free drinks. We had at our wedding 2 kinds of beer, white and red wine,rum,rye,vodka,and rum and vodka coolers.We only charged $1.00 per drink just to almost cover the cost, thats still very cheap as its cost $4.75 at any bar here a beer. We also had free drinks during our meal. Most people here don't even feed their wedding guests, only family and wedding party.We feed 200 people but most don't!
We had a cash bar and only charged $1 a drink.We also had family walk around and hand out drink tickets to any guests that were drinking it up and to guests that weren't drinking very much as maybe money was short.Any wedding I've ever attented has been cash bar and people don't ever complain.We also handed out extra to people that were staying for clean up.
As a photographer who attends around 25 weddings a year, I have some advice to those planning weddings: cut the ceremony programs (nobody cares about the order of the ceremony as long as it's under 30 minutes!), cut the cutesy favors, cut the personalized napkins (gross), and use the money you saved to give your guests a drink! At least make wine & beer available. ESPECIALLY if you are making them stand around and wait FOREVER while you finish pictures!
If you want a lot of people to dance, you need: low light & alcohol. The end…stepping off my soap box now.
Part of it is regional, too. Here in the south, I've Been to more dry weddings than wet ones.
Having been a wedding bartender at a very high end venue, I absolutely do not regret having a nearly dry wedding. Every open bar I've tended has had embarrassing drunks, often including the bride and groom.
I only had a chamagne toast at mine and it was otherwise fine. We're not big drinkers, most of our family aren't either, there are enough family alcoholics to be wary, and I didn't want people driving drunk. As a host, it's my job to feed you, but I consider alcohol optional.
I get irked when it's a cash bar. Especially if I had to travel for the wedding. If you can't afford an open bar (and it doesn't have to be 'fully stocked' stick to a small selection of inexpensive options) than don't but choose an appropriate plan to fit that option; a lunch or brunch wedding where you can have an open bar but people don't drink as much so it's cheaper.
Hubby and I don't drink at all, neither do our parents, and only 1 member of our wedding party was 21. Plus there were dozens (maybe even 50) under-21 friends and cousins also in attendance. So we had a totally "dry" wedding that reflected the tastes of us and our close friends & family-an early afternoon wedding with deli sandwiches, fresh fruit, a chocolate fountain, and fruity but non-alcoholic beverages. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. When we go out to eat or have people over for dinner we don't have alcohol either. So I don't think it was at all unreasonable to not have it at our wedding either.


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By Balimardana Das
Lil' Krishna Kidz is a spiritual enrichment program that offers Krishna Conscious teaching and activities to kids in a fun-filled atmosphere. Lil' Krishna Kidz was started in the San Franciso Bay Area, California, USA in May 2011 under the able guidance of H. H. Hanumatpreshaka Maharaja and currently enrolls over 30 regular kids. These children are in 3-11 year age group. In the past year, total number individual enrollments exceeded 75 and this unique program designed to present rich Vedic cultural & moral values to children is being very much appreciated by Bay Area parents. Classes are conducted every weekend at two locations – Milpitas and Cupertino, California. These two central locations cover at least 8 other nearby cities. We are also affiliated with a few private schools such as Merry hills School and Safari Kids who are offering us opportunities to conduct Lil' Krishna Kidz classes on their campus.
In 2012, the first Lil' Krishna Kidz Summer Camp was held at the Sanatana Dharma Kendra in Sunnyvale, from July 9th – July 13th. The camp was very well advertised through personal word of mouth, through flier and poster distributions at grocery stores and through a regular advertisement played on local AM radio. As a result, many Bay Area parents came to know about the camp and almost 30 Kids enrolled. This was a full day camp from 9 am to 5 pm for kids in 4-11 age group. The summer camp was made possible due to the dedicated efforts of several full time teachers, which also included a guest teacher – H. G. Gaura Nataraj Prabhu from New Vrindavana. Gaura Natraj Prabhu, who holds a MS degree in Yoga, is a very experienced Yoga teacher and has also written a book on "Krsna Yoga". In his association, the kids learnt a variety of yoga postures, mantra meditation, performing Arati to the Dieties, story-telling, singing Bhajans and the basics of creation. Besides this, the kids learned shlokas from the Bhagavad Gita and sweet pastimes of the Lord and His devotees from Srimad Bhagavatam.
In the arts and crafts section, the kids created a beautiful painting of Lord Jagannath and made a very appealing Bhagavad Gita diorama featuring Lord Krishna, Arjuna and other warriors on the battle field of Kurukshetra. In the music and drama section, they learned Bhajans and also learned to perform a small skit on "Bhagavad Gita – Krsna~Arjuna Sambada" and presented the same in front of their parents at the end of the camp. Last, but certainly not least, freshly cooked Krsna Prasadam was offered to the children all throughout the camp and the kids loved it very much.
At the end of the camp, H.G. Jagarini Devi dasi (Disciple of Srila Prabhupada) and H.G. Bhaktavatsal Dasa graced the concluding ceremony by being the chief guests. They congratulated all children for successful completion of the summer camp and encouraged them with gifts and certificates. Just before the summer camp program, some of the kids who had completed the Spring quarter with Lil' Krishna Kidz also received certificates and blessings from H.G. Nirakula Devi Dasi (Disciple of Srila Prabhupada and wife of H.G. Vaisesika Prabhu – ISKCON Silicon Valley Temple President).The children were also extremely fortunate to have received the blessings of H.H. Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj and H.G. Akruranath Dasa who visited summer camp on one of the days. The children were very happy to receive cake Prasadam from Maharaj's hands, who happened to be visiting the bay area during this time.
Considering the fact that most of the children attending the summer camp were entirely new to the ISKCON and Krishna Consciousness philosophy, their curiosity and interest in learning various things, their intriguing questions, and their enthusiasm was truly enlivening for the teachers. The teachers were especially happy and satisfied to note that all the kids attending the summer camp, by the end had developed a taste for chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra. The love and care that the kids received from their teachers made them want to come back for more of such programs.
At the end of the camp, kids put up a small performance for their parents exhibiting all that they had learned during the week long summer camp. The parents were extremely happy and satisfied with this performance. They were especially impressed with the quality effort put in by all the teachers which made the camp fun and educational for their children. Some of the kids and their parents, on asking, showed extreme enthusiasm to also participate in the annual San Francisco Ratha Yatra held in Golden Gate Park, shortly after the summer camp. As a result, they practiced for and performed a nice dance depicting the 10 principle incarnations of the Lord as sung in the Dasavatara Stotra by Jayadeva Goswami at the Ratha Yatra festival. Some kids also performed a drama "The Tailor and Lord Jagannath" depicting the loving devotion of the great tailor devotee of Lord Jagannath by the name Parameshthi.
The vision of the organizing committee and the dedicated efforts of the teachers made the first Lil' Krishna Kidz summercamp a grand success. We would like to offer the results from this program Their Lordships, Sri Sri Radha Madana Mohana, to Sriman Mahaprabhu, to Sr Sri Laxmi Narasimha-deva (presiding deities at ISKCON Silicon Valley temple) & to Srila Prabhupada. We always humbly pray to all the Vaisnavas (especially to H.H. Hanumatpreshaka Maharaj & H.G. Vaisesika Prabhu) and all our leaders in ISKCON, so that by their mercy we may be able to conduct such programs throughout the year and also expand it rapidly all over the Bay Area.
Readers can email their comments, suggestions or questions to email@example.com. Please also visit our website at www.bc4he.org for more details. Hare Krishna.
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These children's program like camp and Sunday school are really essential to congregational development. We have seen over and over again that the kids want to see their friends and bring their parents more often to the temple.
The kids get positive engagement in devotional service ("even a child can do it"), and the impressions they get while they are young ("kaumara acaret prajno") carry on with them positively as they become teenage and college age devotees.
The program is so attractive that it brings more and more parents into contact with ISKCON and closer and closer into the core, serious, initiated membership.
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Whatever we/I think of Mr Stallone(give the HGH and 'roids up already...like 25 yrs to late) he's earned some points in these comebacks. And maybe some people, old-timers and newbies, get a few laughs and ughs ahhs from the "Expendables" that get studio Execs thinking he's worth a shot. With all this momentum and feel-good hope for the aging star(He's not aging very well his body is seriously freaky looking in a very bad way) and his answer is this steaming hot-mess of turd-feat! The action star returns to his patented mumbling dead-pan lines like: You can't just shoot that guy like that! (SS replies): What do you mean
? I just did...with a mouthful of marbles, making it impossible to comprehend unless you are used to such turd mouth...this character makes "Rocky" sound like a english PHD....Stallone will always be that silly over-inflated body with a twinge of possible movie-making genius who just can't get out of the way repeating the same mistakes over and over again and throwing away great chances at being a wonderful star that he 's earned and wasted because all his parts must be ripped and shredded and mumbling fools just like him...Peace Out!
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Stallone + Bullet to the Head + Walter Hill: C'mon you knew you were not going to get English Patient 2. Stallone is doing his thing...thats all.Not Night Hawks but not Stop or my Mom will Shoot either. At least it wasn't Warm Bodies. These robots were right:
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Fuck you faghole
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Alex Maverick
It may be horrible, but it'll be better than Movie 43.
Jan 29 - 05:47 PM
Is it better? What's the box office? Did it break 10 million yet?? They both suck and they suck badly...
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Dan Teasdale
Says the retard who thought Movie 43 was "Might just be the funniest movie ever."
Go fuck a horse.
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He may not, but I bet if he saw Daniel Craig do it in a Farrelly Brothers comedy he'd cry with laughter.
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NJIT Professor To Discuss Numerical Computation of Interfacial Fluid Flow on August 6
August 03, 2009
Michael Siegel, PhD, a professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at NJIT, will discuss "Efficient Numerical Computation of Interfacial Fluid Flow" on August 6 in Cullimore Hall Rm. 611. >>
Daljit Ahluwalia, Acclaimed Math Chair at NJIT, To Be Honored For Growing and Expanding Math Studies
May 16, 2008
Daljit Ahluwalia, the visionary, vibrant and longtime chair of NJIT's Department of Mathematical Sciences, will be honored at 6:30 p.m. on May 19, 2008 for his pivotal role in dramatically raising the department's status on campus and in the nation. The honor will be awarded on the occasion of Ahluwahlia's 75th birthday before more than 200 leading academics from around the world. >>
Mariana Cassimiro, Fatima Elgammal, Brian Emmanuel, Michael Lam, Nan Maung, Matthew Peragine, and Alex Virodov, all NJIT mathematical sciences majors, were recognized for their poster presentations at the Garden State Undergraduate Mathematics Conference on April 12. The students, divided in three groups, were awarded three out of the first four places (including first) among all presenting four-year colleges. NJIT professors Roy Goodman, David Horntrop, and Michael Siegel were the students' research mentors. >>
NJIT Mathematics Professor To Speak at Fluid Mechanics Seminar
October 03, 2006
Michael Siegel, PhD, a professor in the department of mathematical sciences at NJIT, will discuss the "Calculation of Complex Singular Solutions to the 3D Incompressible Euler Equations" on Oct. 9 at 4:15 p.m., Cullimore Lecture Hall Rm. 611 >>
More than 120 mathematicians from around the world descended last month upon NJIT for news of the foremost advances in mathematical fluid dynamics at the university's annual conference on applied and computational mathematics. >>
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NJIT has promoted one faculty member to the rank of distinguished professor, five to the rank of professor, one to the rank of associate professor with tenure, and two received tenure without change in rank. PROMOTION TO DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR Zeynep Celik, New Jersey School of Architecture, joined NJIT in September of 1990 as an associate professor, and was promoted to Professor of Architecture in 1996. She received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1984 and began her academic career at Columbia University. She is a well-known and respected scholar in the field of architectural and urban history. Her long list of highly regarded publications studies the cities of Ottoman and French Empires in the late-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries from a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective. She was the editor of the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians from 2000 to 2003. Her outstanding scholarship has been recognized with prestigious honors, including three awards in 2004: the Guggenheim Fellowship, the American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship, and the Council of American Overseers Research Center Fellowship. She lectures throughout the world and has held visiting professorships at Harvard University, Barnard College, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and most recently at the Ecole Des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. She serves the university and the profession on a variety of important committees, including the University's Promotion and Tenure Committee. Promotion to Professor Michael Bieber, Department of Information Systems, came to NJIT in 1993 as an assistant professor, and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 1999. Previously, he has been on the faculty at Boston College (Carroll School of Management) and New York University (Stern School of Business). His Ph.D. was awarded by the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1990. His research has been strongly funded throughout his career by NSF, and involves making learning more effective and concerns hypermedia, digital libraries, educational research, software engineering, the World Wide Web and Web Engineering, and virtual communities. He has been extremely active in professional service and is the associate editor of three scholarly journals. He has shown leadership and accomplishment in his teaching, developed a commitment to research in education and learning, and has been nominated twice for excellence in teaching awards by the IS Department. He currently serves as Acting Chair for his department, and as co-Director of the Collaborative Hypermedia Research Laboratory. Amitabha Bose, Department of Mathematical Sciences, joined NJIT in 1996 as assistant professor and was promoted to associate professor and awarded tenure in 2001. He received his Ph.D. in 1994 from Brown University, and served on the faculty at Boston University and at the Polytechnic Preparatory School in Brooklyn before coming to NJIT. He is an accomplished scholar and a recognized leader who has significantly affected the development of the research and education agendas for his department. His primary research interests are in the area of Dynamical Systems with a specialty in geometric singular perturbation analysis of problems in mathematical neurosciences, and he has received strong support for his research and education projects from NSF. Dr. Bose's teaching is exceptional - he is a fine lecturer and a successful mentor of undergraduate and graduate students - and he has received teaching awards from the department and the Honors College. He has also started an undergraduate training program to inspire young mathematicians to become interested in biological programs and young biologists to recognize the usefulness of mathematical approaches to their field. Dr. Bose serves as the Director of Undergraduate Studies since 2001 and is a member of the departmental curriculum committee and several university committees. Boris Khusid, Department of Mechanical Engineering, joined NJIT as an associate professor in 1998 and was granted tenure in 2002. He has a Ph.D. in Thermal Sciences and Engineering from Heat and Mass Transfer Institute, Academy of Science of Belarus, Minsk, USSR (1975), a D.S. in Thermal Sciences & Engineering from the Council of the Ministers of the USSR, Moscow (1985), and Professor in Thermal Sciences & Engineering from the Department of Education of the USSR, Moscow (1991). Before coming to NJIT, he had been a noted scientist in Russia, and had served as a Levich Institute research associate at the City College of the City University of New York. His research is in the area of physicochemical hydrodynamics of phenomena governed by the interaction of fluid flows, electro-magnetic fields, heat and mass transfer, and chemical reactions. He has received funding from many agencies, including NSF, DARPA, ONR, and the Keck Foundation. His work has applications for microfluidics, homeland security (e.g., biosensing) and nanotechnology. He has published 127 papers in highly selective peer-reviewed journals and 4 books, and he has organized many workshops and sessions on electro-hydrodynamics at American Society of Mechanical Engineering International Congresses (2002-2004) and International and U.S. National Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mathematics (2002-2004). He is a member of several committees of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering. He makes strong contributions to teaching in undergraduate and graduate education, and has involved undergraduate students in research. His teaching evaluations are very good, and he has developed a new course in nanoscale materials characterization. He has advised several MS and PhD students in their thesis work, and one of his students has received a national award. Michael Siegel, Department of Mathematical Sciences, is an extremely creative and influential researcher, who has made significant contributions with real impact in the mathematical sciences. He has a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, 1989. He joined NJIT in 1995 and was promoted to associate professor with tenure in 1998. His recent work in the areas of interfacial fluid dynamics and singularities is always at the cutting edge and has opened up new and productive lines of investigation. His research has been funded through several NSF programs, and he has notably served as Principal Investigator for an important NSF-funded Focus Research Group on singularity formation in 3-D Euler flow. He is very effective in the classroom, as well as in curriculum and course development at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Not only is he a leader in his chosen profession, but he is also a role model for younger faculty members as he has taken leadership roles in shaping the future of the department and of the Center for Applied Mathematics and Statistics, his department, and NJIT. Pushpendra Singh, Department of Mechanical Engineering, joined NJIT as assistant professor in 1996 and was promoted to associate professor with tenure in 2001. His Ph.D. was awarded in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1991. Before coming to NJIT, he was a post-doctoral researcher at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a member of the technical staff at Los Alamos National Laboratory. His current research interests fall into three areas: the direct numerical simulations of multiphase fluids, the fluid dynamics of two fluid interfaces, and the modeling of biological materials. His research has been funded by NSF, ONR, state agencies, and industry. Dr. Singh has taught a wide variety of graduate and undergraduate courses, some of which he developed, and he is appreciated as a fine teacher with a commitment to continuous improvement and innovation. He serves on several departmental and university committees, and has been actively involved in advising and recruitment. PROMOTION TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR WITH TENURE I. Joga Rao, Department of Mechanical Engineering, joined NJIT in December of 1999 as an assistant professor. Dr. Rao's Ph.D. was awarded by Texas A&M University in 1999. His research is in the areas of continuum mechanics and constitutive modeling. He is currently investigating modeling the mechanics of growth in biological tissues, mechanics of crystallization in polymers, shape memory polymers and the mechanics of creep in single crystal super alloys. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy. Dr. Rao has developed two new graduate courses, and is active in teaching undergraduate courses as well. He is a dedicated teacher, and is the recipient of the Newark College of Engineering Excellence in Teaching award for 2005. In addition, the department has nominated him for an Excellence in Graduate Instruction teaching award. Dr. Rao has served at the national level on the Board of Directors of the Polymer Analysis Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers and he is a member of the Constitutive Equations Committee of the Applied Mechanics Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He has organized and chaired numerous sessions and symposia at various conferences. He also serves on several university and departmental committees. TENURE WITHOUT CHANGE IN RANK Artur Czumaj, Department of Computer Science, began his career at NJIT in January of 2000 as an associate professor without tenure. He previously was an assistant professor at the University of Paderborn (Germany) from which he received his Ph.D. in 1995 and the Habilitation (second doctorate) in 1999. His main research interest is in theoretical computer science, focusing on the design and analysis of algorithms - this work has been funded by NSF grants. He has been published in some of the most prestigious conferences in theoretical computer science and in many of the prestigious journals in the field. He has been teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and has developed extensive Web-based notes for his courses. His student evaluations are positive. He has served on several important departmental committees and is a member of the editorial boards of two scholarly journals. Edward Dreizin, Department of Mechanical Engineering, came to NJIT as a research professor in 1999, became associate professor in 2001, and was promoted to the rank of Professor in 2004. He completed his doctoral degree in Applied Physics in 1992 at Odessa University (Ukraine). Prior to his joining NJIT, he spent six years as a research scientist in industry. His research is in the area of energetic materials and metal combustion. He has developed a mechanical alloying technology for the synthesis of nano-structured energetic materials and established laboratory facilities for the characterization and testing of those materials. His research has been supported by the Department of Defense (Army, Navy, ONR, DTRA), NASA, NSF and industry. He has developed two new graduate courses at NJIT, and is active in teaching upper division undergraduate courses. He is committed to integrating current approaches and methods, as well as research into the curriculum. Regarding service to the academic and professional communities, Dr. Dreizin has been active as a reviewer of NSF and NASA proposals and for some of the best journals in his field. >>
Hanging By a Thread: Persistent Memory In a Dripping Drop Leads To Unexpected But Potentially Useful Discovery
November 13, 2003
Scientists have long believed that the breakup of all fluids—whether produced by a dripping faucet, a splashing fountain or the sun's boiling surface—exhibit the same type of dynamics. Now a group of scientists has discovered an exceptional dynamic associated with the breakup of a water drop in a highly viscous oil. This dynamic could potentially be used to create microscopically small fibers, wires and particles. >>


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Quarterback Philip Rivers #17 of the San Diego Chargers looks to throw the ball downfield during practice on January 28, 2011 in Kapolei, Hawaii. (Photo: Aaron M. Sprecher/NFL) via nfl.com
Rivers said on Monday that he feels for Cutler, a player he has no hard feelings against even as many people like to recall the days when Cutler was in Denver and was vocal about his disdain of Rivers. "It's unfortunate," Rivers said of what happened Sunday in Chicago. "You never want to see someone not at their best … We definitely went through that (in 2007) when we were trying to make a run. From that standpoint, I have (empathy) for him." (via Rivers feels Cutler's pain)
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Last month, StumbleUpon unveiled Su.pr, a tool that shortens URLs but also enables the submission of links to StumbleUpon while also offering the option to simultaneous update Twitter and Facebook.
Now, Su.pr has been made available to anyone. To access it, you must become a registered user of StumbleUpon. You'll also need to authorize Twitter and Facebook to use the tool, if you plan to use the simultaneous updating. (And seriously, why wouldn't you?)
Like other URL shortening services, you can see how many times the link has been clicked on, which is highly valuable.
Especially useful is the bookmarklet that you can use to make the process of submitting to three different social networks at the same time even easier.
Now, all I need is for someone to make a Su.pr Greasemonkey script for Google Reader so I can reduce the step of clicking the links I want to share to open in a Firefox tab. Who's game?
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So, how do you become a forester? For most, the path is through a college or university, such as Virginia Tech, that offers a 4-year, SAF-accredited, degree in forestry. Students take courses in a variety of subjects, such as forest biology, woodland management, outdoor recreation, timber procurement, hydrology, computer applications and spatial analysis. Through their coursework, field studies and internships, they learn the critical skills that will help them help forest landowners and Virginia's forestlands.
The path to becoming a forest technician is a little different. Many technicians have earned a 2-year degree from a community college, such as Dabney Lancaster. Students take such diverse courses as forest measurements, forest and wildlife ecology, dendrology, forest fire control, timber harvesting, sawmilling, wildlife and fisheries management, forest products and urban forestry.
One of the best aspects of forestry work is the diversity of the duties. The range of tasks is wide, and no two days are exactly alike. You might begin one day helping a landowner decide how to best meet his or her goals through the development of a forest stewardship management plan, and end the day helping extinguish a forest fire. You could be out in the field helping a logger implement best management practices in order to protect the quality of our water, or you might be working with a planting crew involved in reforestation efforts. You could be conducting research to ensure that we don't experience an outbreak of bark beetle infestation, or you might be helping Smokey Bear teach children about forest fire prevention. In times of crises, you could be delivering food and water to victims of hurricanes or helping people rebuild their lives and their homes after a flood. Regardless of the task, you will be helping people everyday.
Forestry is big business in Virginia. Forestry and related activities contribute more than $30 Billion in benefits to the state's economy each year. And more than 248,000 Virginians are employed in the forest industry. But each year, fewer young people enroll in college-level forestry courses. That means not as many people are available to fill these jobs. For those who are planning to become forestry professionals, this is good news as it indicates a higher demand for their talents. As demand increases and supply decreases, the best students will likely receive multiple job offers along with very competitive salaries.
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