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Molecular Bioengineering
Summer term 2017
- Timetable Molecular Bioengineering, 2nd semester
Winter term 2016/17
- Timetable Molecular Bioengineering of the winter term 2016/17 - 1st semester
- Timetable Molecular Bioengineering of the winter term 2016/17 - 1st semester
20th century physics and biology took science to the atomic and molecular level. To meet today's technological challenges we have to follow this trend and move from micro- to nanotechnology. At this level of spatial resolution, technology meets biology. The machines in our cells and in all life on earth are nanomachines encoded in a genetic language. These nanomachines provide functionality at a much smaller scale, greater efficiency, consuming less energy and creating less pollution as is currently possible with micro-technologies. We have to understand how to engineer such cellular machines.
To realize this vision of molecular bioengineering, the master program brings a novel combination of biology, biochemistry, biophysics, materials science, medical science, bioinformatics and nanotechnology together. The program Molecular Bioengineering aims to teach students the fundamentals in biomedicine and bio-nanotechnology combining biology and technology, which are linked in two ways: On the one hand, biological knowledge on cells is applied to develop the notion of molecular factories; on the other hand, nano-technology and bioinformatics are enabling technologies applicable to engineer biomaterials for medical applications.
Master of Science
4 semester (3 semester coursework + 1 semester thesis)
only for winter semester, starting on October 1st
International Students
Our Master's program is very international, with approx. 1/3 of the students coming from Germany and 2/3 from all over the world, e.g. from Mexico, Brazil, India, Russia, Ukraine, the USA, Italy, Spain, Turkey and Greece...
PhD Option
Through a cooperation between the Dresden International PhD Program (DIPP) and the three Master's programs Molecular Bioengineering, Nanobiophysics and Regenerative Biology and Medicine, a Fast Track (after one year of study) or Early Admission (after 3 semesters) to our PhD program is possible for selected students. Decision will be made based on performance and recommendation.
Fast Track:
Outstanding students (a maximum of 6 students) in the first year (2nd semester) are invited to apply to the PhD program for a "fast track". In that case, admitted candidates will enter the PhD program without completing the Master's degree.
Early Admission:
Outstanding students (a maximum of 6 students) in the second year (3rd semester) are invited to apply to the PhD program for an "early admission". Admitted students may either directly enter the PhD program without completing the Master's degree or first complete the MSc, and then join the PhD.
Teaching Staff
The major share of teaching in the master program is covered by the professors and group leaders of the BIOTEC and their assistants. Their expertise is complemented by teachers from the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG), Max Bergmann Center for Biomaterials (MBZ), Leibniz-Institute for Polymer Research (IPF) Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD) and the Medical Theoretical Center (MTZ).
The Master in Molecular Bioengineering has been succesfully re-accredited by the national accreditation agency ACQUIN in September 2010 for 7 years until 2017.
Career Prospects
The dynamic development in life sciences and biotechnology creates a huge demand for qualified scientists in these areas. Graduates of the Molecular Bioengineering program will be able to find appropriate positions in research institutes as well as in biotechnology, pharmaceutical and software industry.
Curriculum and Modules
The modules taught in the first three semesters fall into two categories: biomedical and technological modules. The biomedical modules comprise genomics and stem cell engineering proteomics, and chemistry with bio-molecules and the technological modules include bioinformatics, bionanotechnology and polymeric materials, biophysics and cellular machines. Starting in the 2nd semester the students may choose one out of of 2 optional modules: Application in Biomedicine or Application in Technology. Furthermore, a workshop on public and economic aspects of bioengineering discusses ethical and legal issues, patenting, and how to found and lead biotechnological companies. Half of the 3rd semester consists of the work on a lab project. The 4th semester is devoted to the master's thesis.
The documents outlining the contents of each module, the kind of exams to be taken and the course of studies can be downloaded here. This is an English courtesy translation - only the German version is legally binding!
Living expenses in Dresden
The TU Dresden is a public university and does not charge tuition fees. Students only have to pay a registration or service fee (called "Semesterbeitrag") of currently approx. EUR 260 per semester which includes a ticket for Dresden's public transport network.
In general, living costs in Dresden are relatively low as compared to other German cities. Students may expect monthly expenses of minimum EUR 650-700. This will cover the following:
- Rent: approx. EUR 150-250 (in a student residence or shared flat/WG)
- Health insurance: EUR 60-100
- Other expenses
GoWest Scholarship Program for nationals from Middle and Eastern Europe, including the Community of Independent States
In cooperation with the Haniel/Klaus Tschira foundations, we offer up to 3 GoWest scholarships to very good students from Middle and Eastern Europe, including the Community of Independent States, for all 3 master programs.
The scholarship amounts to 625 EUR per month and includes a German language course. In order to apply for it, you just have to state this in the online application form. The selection committee of the master program selects the eligible candidates among the admitted students and submits a shortlist to the Haniel and Klaus Tschira foundations for approval. Successful candidates are notified by the BIOTEC student office.
TU Dresden participates in the Erasmus Mundus Action 2 project "MUNDUS ACP" with several African, Caribbean and Pacific countries. University Graduates from these countries may apply for a scholarship for their master studies at TU Dresden and other European universities. Please find detailed information on the program at the MUNDUS ACP website!
The Deutsche Akademische Austausch Dienst/German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) offers a limited number of scholarships to foreign graduate students interested in studying in Germany. Application forms for these DAAD grants are available at German embassies, the DAAD offices and from the educational institution itself. Scholarships may also be available from national, bi-national, or international organisations of many countries. Students interested in such scholarships should inquire at the nearest DAAD office or at their university as early as possible.
Student Jobs
In order to earn money, some of you may look for part-time work. Students from EU member states (except Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic and Hungary), countries of the EEA and Switzerland do not need a work permit as the same conditions apply to them as to German citizens. This includes getting a tax card (Lohnsteuerkarte).
Students from other countries can also work without a work permit as long as they do not work more than 90 days full-time per year or alternatively 180 days part-time up to four hours a day.
Professors of the master program might offer you some work as a student assistant in their lab which is also a good possibility to gain some more experience.
Another possibility of finding a temporary job is the Studentische Arbeitsvermittlung e.V. (StAV), TU Dresden Campus, Student Council Office - Studentenrat, Room 11, 01062 Dresden (wooden house on the campus Südvorstadt, behind the Hörsaalzentrum). Please note that this last possibility might be difficult for students who do not speak German.
APPLY NOW for the winter term 2017/18. Application deadline is on 31 May 2017. Please also read carefully the information below!
WHO can apply
Do you have
1. a Diploma degree or a Bachelor's degree or an equivalent qualification in one of the following fields:
- Biology / Life Sciences
- Biotechnology
- Chemistry / Biochemistry
- Computer Science
- Materials Science
- Medicine
- Nanotechnology
- Physics
Please note: we require a Bachelor's degree from most Asian applicants (including India, China etc.) with a minimum of four years of study or, alternatively, a three year Bachelor's degree plus one year of Master's studies.
2. a good command of English
- TOEFL: minimum level 550 points paper-based OR 213 points computer-based OR 79-80 points internet-based
- IELTS: minimum level 6.0
- certificates of other tests of equivalent standard will also be considered, e.g. UniCERT, CAE, CPE
3. proven basic knowledge in biochemistry, cell biology, materials science, physics and mathematics
If you fulfil these eligibility criteria, please apply for our master course Molecular Bioengineering!
For further details please refer to the admission regulations!
Please note: The German text of the official publication is the authoritative version. The English version is a courtesy translation. In case of ambiguity, please refer to the German documents.
HOW to apply
The application round for the winter term 2017/2018 is open. Application deadline is on 31 May 2017 for a start of the program in October 2017.
Please note that you need to complete the following steps for your application:
1. You need to apply online through our online application database between February and 31 May.
The following documents are required:
- university degree certificate(s) (if already available; if not, confirmation of your university about current status and expected date of graduation)
- latest transcripts of records
- higher education entrance qualification (Abitur, Baccalaureate, School-Leaving Certificate, O- and A-Levels etc.), including list of grades
- CV in English
- motivation letter in English (part of the online form)
- two letters of recommendation from professors of your college or university qualified to evaluate your academic achievements and your potential for graduate study
- proof of English proficiency
- applicants from China, Mongolia and Vietnam must provide the APS certificate by the Akademische Prüfstelle from the German Embassy in Beijing, Ulan Bator or Hanoi. Please find more information here.
2. In addition, you need to send certified copies of the following documents and certified English or German translations (if the documents have not been issued in one of these languages) to us by post:
- university degree certificate(s)
- latest transcripts of records
- higher education entrance qualification (Abitur, Baccalaureate, School-Leaving Certificate, O- and A-Levels etc.), including list of grades
- Please also add a copy of your CV in English (simple copy, not certified)
In order to consider your application we need all the documents listed above.
Please do not send original documents; certified copies are acceptable at the time of application. However, please note that we do have to see the originals upon your arrival when you register at the TUD.
If you want your documents back in case you are not admitted, please enclose 5 international reply coupons (international students) or a self-adressed, prepaid envelope (German students)!
Please send required documents via snail mail (not by fax) to the BIOTEC student office:
BIOTEC - TU Dresden
Student Office/Application for Molecular Bioengineering
Tatzberg 47/49
01307 Dresden
We will confirm the receipt of your documents at our office by email!.
3. For foreign applicants only: Please register additionally in the online registration system of the registration office (Immatrikulationsamt/Akademisches Auslandsamt) of TU Dresden:
This registration starts on April 1 so if you apply to us earlier than this, please make sure you remember to complete the registration at the TU Dresden later and send us the print-out by e-mail attachment (pdf preferred).
WHEN to apply
We offer admission only once a year, for winter term starting in October. Application Deadline is May 31 (This is the date of receipt in our office - NOT the date of dispatch!).
The applications are evaluated by the selection committee of the master program within approx. 4 weeks after the application deadline. Decisions on admittance will be based on your grade point average (GPA) and your educational and professional background.
If your application is successful, the committee is going to mail you a confirmation letter, stating that you are selected for the program. Simultaneously, we pass on your application details to the Registration Office (for German students) and International Office (for international students) at the Technische Universität Dresden who will check that all formal requirements are met.
German students should report to the TUD Immatrikulationsamt directly if they arrive here at the beginning of the semester.
International students are going to receive an admission letter (referred to as "Zulassungsbescheid") from the TUD International Office. This letter should be used to apply for a student visa at the German Embassy of your home country. Along with the admission letter you will also receive a detailed checklist with the formalities to be completed before and after your arrival in Dresden. Please also kindly refer to the FAQ section on this website which might answer some of your related questions already!
Good luck with your application!


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The Teatre Principal Barcelona hosts from last November 13rd the Lío Ibiza classic cabaret.
The oldest theatre in the Catalan city, the Teatre Principal, built between 1597 and 1603, reopens after a remodelling and modernisation. It was in 2006 when they decided to close the emblematic theatre located in Las Ramblas because it had a big rivalry with the Gran Teatre del Liceu. Nowadays, the Teatre Principal works full time and the show "Lío Ibiza in Barcelona" starts the season in this Barcelona theatre.
Lío Ibiza is a mythical cabaret that is played in Ibiza island and it fusions dance, music and live voice. A unique cabaret that has earned the recognition for playing different plays.
Lío Ibiza lands in Las Ramblas with an original and tempting propose. The show that is played in the Sala Grande of Teatre Principal from the beginning of November combines artistic production with gastronomy which means that you'll be able to see the cabaret and eat a menu cooked by Pau Barba. The dinner consists in a menu of 5 starters, 5 main dishes and 3 desserts where you can choose and it has no included drink. The price includes dinner, show and the ticket club for enjoying a party after the show with DJs.
If you want to enjoy this magic night where the cabaret and the restaurant goes hand by hand, from our Barcelona luxury hotel, we advise you to don't miss this chance and pass by the historical Teatre Princpal to enjoy Lío Ibiza made by the General Director Francisco Ferrer.

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Segmentation in the informal credit markets: the case of the Philippines
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Social Security isn't wealth redistribution
The recent article by Walter E. Williams, "Social Security is not your money" [Opinion, June 18], is just plain silly. Williams asserts that Social Security participants have no legal right to benefits promised by the Social Security Administration. He further contends that SSA has not "set up a Social Security account for you." What nonsense. Anyone can request and receive from the SSA a report on his or her account.
Williams then asserts that the benefits seniors receive are paid not by them, but by younger workers. So what? All retirement funds work that way. If you buy an annuity, your payments do not come from your original dollars, they come from investment income and from a pool of new investors. The fact that you may be richer than new investors is irrelevant to your claim.
The government requires private-sector retirement funds to be actuarially sound. The expected inflow of cash must be sufficient to cover the expected outflow based on life expectancies. However, Social Security is not actuarially sound, and Congress refuses to face up to the problem. If SSA were a private company that reneged on its promise ("the checks come to you as a right"), it could be successfully sued for breach of contract.
Williams then asserts that "The only way Congress can give one American a dollar is to first take it from some other American." Isn't that true for every government program? Isn't that how we pay the salary of government employees? Since the government cannot create wealth, everything it does takes dollars from one to give to another.
Williams preaches "social economic equality" and "class warfare" thinly disguised as an economic-injustice argument applied selectively to Social Security recipients. His justification is that seniors (on average) have more wealth than younger people and are therefore not entitled to their Social Security benefits. Where have I heard that song before? Oh, yes, it's called "wealth redistribution," sung by President Barack Obama.
Thomas Wolfram
San Clemente
Schuller identity issues
Sadly, Bobby Schuller lamented about the Crystal Cathedral that "our identity has been wrapped up in this beautiful place," when in reality his and his family's and church's identity should be "in Christ," to use St. Paul's phrase ["Bobby Schuller conveys hope to congregants," Local, June 11], which is the hope Schuller should have conveyed. Significantly, the Roman Catholic Church renamed Crystal Cathedral "Christ Church," putting the emphasis on the Savior, not on the building.
Ted Proffitt
Remember the greed
Letter-writer Bruce Crawford opines that CEOs have nothing whatsoever to do with pension plans or labor, public or private ["Union pensions at the crux of election conflicts," June 11]. Oh really? Was it not the high-risk investments by American banks that led to the financial meltdown of 2008, which then caused stocks and funds to plummet? That, in turn, has caused the portfolios of pensions and the individual 401(k)'s to plummet and unfunded liabilities to increase.
JPMorgan Chase of late apparently didn't get the message. The greed of Wall Street should not be forgotten in these financial times. Hmm, wonder why all the push to get public employees into defined-contribution plans.
Marlene Nelson
Yorba Linda
Bruce Crawford says that it is "not fair" and "not right" for today's workers to pay into pension funds to "those no longer creating wealth." I find unfair that over the past 30 years, the income of the wealthiest among us has increased exponentially while the wages of the middle class have more or less remained stagnant.
In other words, the excessive wealth of the richest Americans has been "created by the fruits of the labor of others." This is what many Americans feel is "not fair and not right."
Maryanne Rose
Laguna Niguel
Awaiting a fed bailout
Our tax base is dropping faster than the Times Square New Year's Eve balloon. Companies are fleeing California, along with many of the productive employees who used to pay California taxes to Sacramento. Our $16 billion budget shortfall is only a beginning. The new cap-and-trade bill coming into effect, along with other negative regulations that caused businesses to leave (which further diminishes the tax base) won't change and will get worse in the next two years.
The November election won't bring any changes to our state with exception that Sacramento will be holding out its hands to the federal government to bail it out. Progressive policies and ideals that have driven us to the brink of financial ruin will still be running amuck.
Our state government has proven itself incompetent, so why would the federal government or Californians want to give these people any more of our hard-earned money? Gov. Moonbeam has earned that title; he's living in an alternate universe.
Tim Thompson
The pension numbers
Orange County Employee Association General Manager Nick Berardino again comes to the rescue for the poor downtrodden unionist ["San Jose not leading edge in pension reforms," Commentary, June 10]. In any real (nonunion) job, the major concerns are: What are one's responsibilities? What can one do to increase productivity? What can one do to make the company successful (thereby making oneself successful)? Then the company can decide if one is qualified and if the company can afford to include this person in the workforce.
His union's major concerns are all numbers, pension formulas: 2.7@55, email@example.com, 1.62@65 and so on. We don't even know what an OECA job entails, but that's not the point at all. It's all about power and money.
Instead of hiding behind "who was the first to use a certain formula for contributions," "negotiations for years of service benefits" and other data, the discussion should fundamentally be about whether this is affordable or not (it's not), which is exactly what San Jose and San Diego taxpayers have proclaimed.
William Heideman
Garden Grove
A word on net worth
Sometimes, people's logic amazes me. A report comes out that the average person's net worth has decreased, and the government is thought to be at fault ["Net worth drops: work harder, earn less," Letters, June 14]. The main reason for the decrease was a housing price fall that was due to the economic collapse during the prior administration.
Many factors contributed to that fiasco, including the housing bubble, subprime lending, mortgage derivatives, risky investments by Wall Street Bankers and uncollaterized credit default swaps. What did not cause the problem was high taxes and too little government regulation and oversight. Regardless of how you vote, please get your facts straight, and think it through.
George Medrano
Mission Viejo
The U.S. milieu
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Sunday, April 12, 2009
AP IMPACT: Citizens held as illegal immigrants
Associated Press Writer
Pedro Guzman has been an American citizen all his life. Yet in 2007, the 31-year-old Los Angeles native - in jail for a misdemeanor, mentally ill and never able to read or write - signed a waiver agreeing to leave the country without a hearing and was deported to Mexico as an illegal immigrant.
For almost three months, Guzman slept in the streets, bathed in filthy rivers and ate out of trash cans while his mother scoured the city of Tijuana, its hospitals and morgues, clutching his photo in her hand. He was finally found trying to cross the border at Calexico, 100 miles away.
These days, back home in California, "He just changes from one second to another. His brain jumps back to when he was missing," said his brother, Michael Guzman. "We just talk to him and reassure him that everything is fine and nobody is going to hurt him."
In a drive to crack down on illegal immigrants, the United States has locked up or thrown out dozens, probably many more, of its own citizens over the past eight years. A monthslong AP investigation has documented 55 such cases, on the basis of interviews, lawsuits and documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. These citizens are detained for anything from a day to five years. Immigration lawyers say there are actually hundreds of such cases.
It is illegal to deport U.S. citizens or detain them for immigration violations. Yet citizens still end up in detention because the system is overwhelmed, acknowledged Victor Cerda, who left Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 2005 after overseeing the system. The number of detentions overall is expected to rise by about 17 percent this year to more than 400,000, putting a severe strain on the enforcement network and legal system.
The result is the detention of citizens with the fewest resources: the mentally ill, minorities, the poor, children and those with outstanding criminal warrants, ranging from unpaid traffic tickets to failure to show up for probation hearings. Most at risk are Hispanics, who made up the majority of the cases the AP found.
"The more the system becomes confused, the more U.S. citizens will be wrongfully detained and wrongfully removed," said Bruce Einhorn, a retired immigration judge who now teaches at Pepperdine Law School. "They are the symptom of a larger problem in the detention system. ... Nothing could be more regrettable than the removal of our fellow citizens."
Jim Hayes, ICE director of detention and removal, said he is aware of only 10 cases of U.S. citizens detained over the past five years. Even if combined with the cases found by the AP, "that's not an epidemic," Hayes said. He refused to identify any cases, citing privacy laws.
He added that agents investigate any claims to U.S. citizenship, but they often turn out to be false. He said U.S. citizens sometimes claim to be foreign-born, and that immigration officials never knowingly hold someone they can "definitively" determine is a citizen.
It's impossible to know exactly how many citizens have been detained or deported because nobody keeps track. Kara Hartzler, an attorney at the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project in Arizona, testified at a U.S. House hearing last year that her group alone sees 40 to 50 jailings a month of people with potentially valid claims to citizenship.
"These cases are surprisingly, painfully common," she said.
The nonprofit Vera Institute for Justice found 322 people with citizenship claims in 13 immigration prisons in 2007, up from 129 the year before. That number does not include possible citizens in the nation's more than 300 other immigration prisons.
What is clear is that immigration detentions - including those of citizens - have soared in recent years. One reason is a heightened concern for security that arose out of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Another is a political climate that encouraged a tough stance on illegal immigration, especially after Congress failed to pass immigration reform legislation almost three years ago.
After 2003, the nation launched several programs to detain more immigrants, including one that called on local police and sheriffs for help. Before 2007, just seven state and local law enforcement agencies worked with immigration. By last November, more than 950 officers from 23 states had attended a four-week program on how to root out and jail suspected illegal immigrants.
A Government Accountability Office investigation has since found that ICE did not ensure local officials properly used their authority and failed to collect data to assess the program. As a result, ICE is rewriting agreements with 67 agencies.
The program came under fire partly because it gives local officers so much leeway to decide who to stop. Almost one in 10 Hispanic adults born in the U.S. report that police or other authorities stopped them and asked about their immigration status in 2007, according to a Pew Hispanic Center survey of more than 2,000 people.
It was a local sheriff's office that sent Guzman out of the country.
He was picked up near his home in Lancaster, Calif., on March 31, 2007, by Los Angeles County sheriff's department officers on a misdemeanor trespassing charge. He had tried three times to board a private plane, showing lottery tickets for passage on one attempt, officers said in a report. He had also stolen a car and told officers his mother's car was broken.
A judge gave him three years' probation and three months in jail for vandalism.
At the jail, Guzman told officers he was born in California, a response noted in official records. But a sheriff's employee still got Guzman to sign an agreement to leave the country without a hearing.
On the day he arrived in Mexico, Guzman called a relative to say he didn't know where he was, and asked a passer-by. The answer: Tijuana. Then the phone cut off.
Guzman was finally returned to California legally in August 2007.
Now he can no longer stand the sun because it reminds him of Mexico. His family will not let him talk about the ordeal because it upsets him. He has frequent counseling sessions, but he is shaky, stutters and seems to hear voices, according to his brother.
"He is our brother, somebody's son, that they deported," said Michael Guzman. "California is like the main capital of Latin Americans. It doesn't matter whether you are a citizen or not. If you look Hispanic, they can question you. Deportation can happen to anybody."
Neither the sheriff's office nor immigration officials would discuss the case, citing pending litigation. The family has sued Los Angeles County and the federal government.
"When the whole story is told, people will see and understand what has occurred," said Steve Whitmore, spokesman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office.
In the meantime, Guzman's mother, Maria Carbajal, often works the graveyard shift at a Jack in the Box because she is afraid to leave him alone during the day.
American citizens also have been caught in the net of increased workplace arrests and jail sweeps.
Workplace arrests rose from 517 in fiscal year 2003 to 6,274 in 2008. Julie Myers, former Homeland Security assistant secretary overseeing ICE, said agents quickly sort out which workers are citizens during raids. She added that federal law, court decisions and search warrants give immigration agents the authority to enter workplaces to question everyone inside, including citizens.
But the raids have already led to several lawsuits.
In 2007, 114 U.S. citizens and permanent residents sued after a raid on Micro Solutions Enterprises, a computer printer equipment recycler in Van Nuys, Calif. They alleged illegal detention and sought $5,000 damage each.
In 2008, the union representing workers at six Swift & Co. meatpacking plants sued on behalf of eight citizens and legal residents caught up in raids.
In one case, three citizens and nine others, all Hispanic, sued after ICE agents raided their New Jersey homes as part of what was dubbed Operation Return To Sender. The lawsuit alleges that an immigration agent pulled a gun on one of the citizens, a 9-year-old boy.
A program to sweep jails and deport immigrants who have committed crimes is more popular. But critics fear the temptation is to deport anyone for anything because they are seen as bad seeds, even if they are American citizens.
Rennison Castillo arrived early at the Seattle immigration office on Oct. 28, 1998, to take his citizenship oath. He was dressed in a freshly starched Army uniform and was eager to grab a good seat. He sat in the second row.
Born in Belize, Castillo had lived in the U.S. since he was 7 and had served two years in the Army. But his superiors told him he could not stay in the Army without citizenship. So he took the citizenship test and passed easily, missing only one question, on the name of a locally elected official.
"I felt pretty good. I felt I definitely accomplished something, because having a citizenship to the United States was something that I felt proud of," Castillo said.
Seven years later, the U.S. government locked Castillo in a Tacoma, Wash., immigration jail. He had been picked up at the Pierce County jail, where he had spent eight months for violating a restraining order and for residential burglary.
At the holding cell, an officer asked if he wanted to go home. He thought she meant his home in Lakewood, Wash. "Yes," he answered. "I'd love to go home."
She chained him up and told him he would be deported.
Over and over, Castillo said, he told officers he was a citizen. He pleaded with them to check their computer files.
But officials said nothing in their records confirmed his citizenship or his military service. One officer actually recognized Castillo from their Army days at Fort Lewis, Wash., and mentioned their battalion, but told Castillo he couldn't help.
Then Castillo saw a number posted on the wall for the Northwest Immigration Rights Project. On the group's advice, he contacted a friend who pulled his military document from the trunk of his car.
Nearly eight months after he was transferred to ICE custody, Castillo was released. He discovered that immigration officials had two files on him, with different numbers, and has since filed a lawsuit. ICE declined to comment because the lawsuit is pending.
"I understand that nothing is perfect, nothing will be perfect, but I don't understand how they could make a grave mistake like that," he said. "Because if this happened to me, I'm quite sure it's happened to somebody else. What's going to happen to the next person it happens to?"
For Ricardo Martinez, born in McAllen, Texas, it was not being able to get back into his own country.
Even though he was a U.S. citizen, Martinez lived in Mexico between the ages of 5 and 17.
Like many border residents with family on the other side, he made frequent trips to Mexico. When he tried to return to the U.S. after a visit to Mexico in July 1999, he was turned away by border officers at Nogales, Ariz., because two copies of his birth certificate, issued years apart, had different hospital registration dates. Not proficient in English, Martinez said he had never noticed the error.
Told to get his documents in order, he got a U.S. passport and was able to get into the country. But the problem was not over.
In January 2006, he went back to Mexico to be with his dying grandmother. When he tried to cross back at Laredo, Texas, in March, he carried his birth certificates, his birth registration card, his passport and state ID cards from Nebraska, California and Texas, where he had worked.
But by that time border security had become far stricter. Agents looked up Martinez in their database and found the earlier problem at Nogales. They claimed his U.S. passport was fake, he said.
Martinez was taken to an inspection room, forced to remove his shoes, searched, handcuffed to a chair and held for two hours while officers questioned his documents, he said. He was told unless he confessed to fraud, he would be sent to prison for six to eight months, according to a court document filed in Martinez's lawsuit against the government.
"They told me if I didn't say I was from over there, they would put me in jail. I was frightened," Martinez said.
He said he asked to call his mother to help prove his citizenship, but was refused.
Martinez's stepfather, Florentino Mireles, said in a Feb. 27, 2008, affidavit that he called border inspectors to ask why they had taken Martinez's documents. The response, he said: An officer didn't believe Martinez was a U.S. citizen because he didn't speak English.
Afraid of jail, Martinez signed the papers. In an affidavit in his lawsuit, Martinez said he didn't understand that by signing he was admitting to not being born in the U.S.
It took his parents two years to find an affordable attorney. Finally, at a meeting in Hidalgo, attorney Lisa Brodyaga showed border officers a copy of Martinez' birth certificate from his parents that included his footprints and a thumbprint and tax records showing he had worked legally in the U.S. Officials agreed he was a U.S. citizen and allowed him to cross the border.
Lloyd Easterling, spokesman for Customs and Border Protection, declined comment because Martinez has sued. In court filings, the agency said Martinez denied being physically assaulted or subjected to excessive force and never filed a complaint against the officers.
Brodyaga said the cases of U.S. citizens detained or deported show more than bureaucratic bungling.
"I've been doing this for 30 years and I've seen bureaucratic bungling. This is more than that," she said. "This is an atmosphere of suspicion and hostility, particularly for Mexican-Americans on the border."
Associated Press staff writers Traci Carl and Peter Prengaman contributed to this report.
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- Vicente Duque said...
The Vampire Dracula of Transylvania and the vampiresque Republican Party - Drinking the Blood of Youth - Immigration Reform
The Vampire Dracula has a zombie life, he gets out of his tomb in the dungeons of the castle in order to drink blood and get some life out of it.
Dracula can not drink the blood of old people, those that are sick and in Geriatric Homes or Gerontological Asylums. Those crippled and sick of old age in wheelchairs have a blood that is useless for the purposes of Dracula.
Dracula needs the Hematocites and Leucocites of Young People, those in elementary schools, high schools, colleges and universities.
And the Republican Party is having a zombie life in its tomb, half death, half alive, and needs a "Common Enemy" and an "Enemy of America" in order to resurrect and have a "revival", a word that charms its very conservative and religious extremist base.
America has millions of Decent, Noble and Kind People, Hearts of Gold, and they are the big majority, but there are many other losers that need hate as revenge for their failed lives.
And what "Common Enemy" and "Enemy of America" can be the best for those racists, haters, losers and failed lives in the streets of America ??
The Republican Party needs the Hate against Latinos in order to revive, revitalize and reinvigorate, for a "Republican Revival". That is the Blood of Youth, because Latinos are mostly in Elementary Schools, in High Schools, and now want Higher Education in Colleges and Universities.
Latinos are "Youth Blood" and a big part of a Great Future for America. But Republicans want to drink that blood with their Racism and Hatred. Even if they expulse and evict those Youngsters out of America.
So, Mr Obama should be careful not to paralyze Government and his Administration Legislative Agenda with a "Comprehensive Immigration Reform" because that is what these Merchants of Hatred in Racist TV want in order to agitate the masses of ignorants, of fools, idiots and losers, the boxes of Inferiority Complexes.
The "Immigration Reform" would increase the profits of the Merchants of Hate, the Peddlers of Fear, in Racist TV.
When you are a failure in life, nothing is better than to choose a defenseless victim and become a bully, then you are the Superior Race, and suddenly you got a lot value and self respect, even if you are trash.
"Immigration Reform" is a "Pandora's Box" for Mr Obama, because there is too much Racism and Hatred. This needs a much more mature country, and a more mature Republican Party in times of Economic Prosperity and not of Economic Suffering.
When the Republican Party has adults in it, when it is not led by the Media Racists of Histrionic Radio, and Histrionic TV, with ridiculous gestures and grimaces and tears, while crying "God !!!, God !!!, God !!"
These TV Racists are like Hysterics and Possessed, the most Hypocrite People in the World, the masters of Hypocrisy.
Let these Hypocrites TV anchors claim in the desert while there is no "Immigration Reform" until the day that there is more resposibility in Congress and the Economy is recovered, stable and strong.
"Immigration Reform is Kryptonite for Mr Obama and the Democratic Party.
Vicente Duque - April 22, 2009 at 6:09 PM


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A total of 11 firefighters responded, forcing their way through security gates to reach the flames, which were reported around 7:11 p.m. Wednesday at the Pick & Pull Auto Salvage in East Freetown, according to a news release.
The fire, which had burned 10 cars by the time firefighters arrived, was located in the shop's staging area, which held about 40 cars, officials said.
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Mila Schön (born Maria Carmen Nutrizio) is an Italian fashion designer who opened a small workshop of haute couture in 1958 in Via San Pietro in Milan. Her designs promote a simple, elegant style and uncut, unadorned and discreet luxury. Giovan Battista Giorgini helped her by bringing her to Pitti in 1965. She opened her first boutique in an antique palazzo at Via Montenapoleone in 1966. Since then, she became popular outside the boarders of Italy, winning the Neiman Marcus "Fashion Oscar" prize for color.
Her most famous fashion invention is the double faced fabric, dynamic and precious. Considered to be visionary but also pragmatic, Mila Schön regarded her fashion as lifestyle and remained very successful through 80s and 90s. She died in 2008. Her idea of beauty was explained like this: ""I notice only the ugly part of things. By eliminating it, only what is beautiful remains".
Japanese group Itochu bought the brand in 1992. From 1999 to June 2007 the brand was licensed to Mariella Burani fashion Group. In July 2007, Brand Extension Srl got the task to re-launch it on the international market with Bianca Gervasio nominated as design director. The new era of the brand made its debut in February 2008, rediscovering the origins of simple elegance, clear designs, strong connections between art and fashion and being timeless in its modernity.
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Needing to have a new updated-looking logo. We're an 11 year-old company with an outdated logo. We need to show that we are advanced, forward-looking and cutting edge. We're needing a complete rebrand starting with our logo. Winner will have first priority opportunity to design new marketing collateral for us such as: trade show booth, brochures, business cards and templates.
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text: EcoFusion is an aptly named and dynamic new line of flooring. EcoFusion flooring products blend renewable and recyclable products from the earth and "fuse" them into innovative flooring solutions for the home. EcoFusion takes products such as renewable bamboo and recycled hardwood scraps from furniture factories and turn them into beautiful flooring fashion. This manufacturer developed the EcoFusion line of products in an effort to increase the awareness and advantages of strandwoven and compressed wood and bamboo products. They offer a good opportunity for consumers throughout North America to consider these unique strand woven flooring products when choosing flooring products for the home or business.


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The Rise of Edupreneurs and the MBA's
Infiltration of the Education Market
There was a time not so long ago when education was pretty straightforward. States regulated schools, and students learned according to set curricula; in college, the lecture-lab-exam format was all but universal. The advent of the Internet really has done a lot to shake that up. So-called "disruptive" education technology, whether promoted by large corporations or small businesses and innovators known as "edupreneurs," has radically changed the landscape for better or worse. Classes are offered online. Apps make it easier than ever before to take notes, manage student debt, and communicate with teachers and professors. Elementary and high school classrooms are increasingly relying on digital technology. That infiltration is on the horizon is not disputed; the lingering question, though, is to what end.
Bringing Education to the Digital Space
Many of the earliest education technology entrepreneurs were corporations. Their main goal was to find ways of using the Internet to turn the hunger for knowledge into palpable profits. Early pioneers in this space—University of Phoenix, Kaplan University, and Capella University among them—received a lot of praise for making higher ed more approachable, not to mention cheaper, than it had ever been before.
As so often happens with such things, though, the market was soon flooded with imitators. The rise of "diploma mills" and illegitimate institutions tarnished the reputation of online schools in a hurry. "There is nothing wrong with schools providing a service and making money from it. And there are a number of for-profit colleges that provide a valuable education and much-needed opportunity to their students. But there are too many for-profit colleges that pressure students to enroll and make promises they cannot keep," the Chicago Tribune said after evaluating some of the problems of modern online learning.
New Ventures and Market Need for Fresh Ideas
Online universities are still thriving, but are usually only appropriate for a limited sector of society. As technology has improved, however, so has innovators' creativity and interest in finding new "ins" to the education space. Though it may seem somewhat contradictory, the education market is actually a big one for growth right now. On the surface, there remains a lot of suffering when it comes to budget constraints and international assessment ratings. In many respects, though, these flaws work as a sort of "bait" for crafty innovators.
Unlike for-profit corporations, many rising ventures have been created with the primary goal of actually improving things. "Many of these business owners pair a desire to prosper financially with a genuine sense of mission," TIME magazine reported in a 2012 survey of new edtech ventures. "They aim to 'disrupt' education in productive ways, to introduce tools that will transform the way we learn just as other technologies have transformed the way we work, the way we communicate and the way we entertain ourselves."
Looking Forward: Promising Ideas for the Future
Some of the newest start-ups aim to remedy defined gaps or existing problems in education. Tioki is one of these. This company uses an online platform to give schoolteachers a uniform and highly visible platform through which they can market themselves and look for competitive work. The site is free for credentialed educators to join, and offers not only an interactive jobs board but also a real-time network of other educators that can be mined for advice, coaching tips, and job leads. Tioki was founded by tech entrepreneurs Brian Martinez and Mandela Schumacher-Hodge, both of whom hold advanced degrees in business and management.
There is also a lot of promise in ventures that look to do something entirely new, like Codeacademy. The academy is free to any interested Internet user, and essentially promises to teach the basics of computer coding and network management through a series of self-paced video lectures and tutorials. It was founded in New York by Zach Sims and Ryan Bubinski, self-described hackers looking for a way of turning their passion into a useful skill for others.
The entrepreneurial side of education seems to be growing every day. While there remains some skepticism when it comes to the longevity or overall value of many of the newest services out there, there is little doubt that changes are coming. According to most reports, we are now only at the beginning of the wave—which sets things up for an interesting future indeed.


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Well God never said cussing was a sin. You just can't use his name in vain.
Funny; I tend to think of the word "god" as being a title rather than a name. It's like "lord", "captain", "sir", "lieutenant", etc. By contrast, *names* of gods include "Aphrodite", "Loki", "Yahweh", "Kal-El", "Amaterasu", etc.
I was going to put "Papa Smurf" in the second list when I realized that's not a proper name either.
That's right: Papa Smurf. Bow down and praise him, bitches!
excellent. i'm sick of these richard dawkins-types who condescendingly think they have all the answers.
Those types never said they have all answers. (But if you have a counterexample, I would be willing to stand corrected.) And the answers that they do have tend to be pretty well substantiated. Take for example the establishment of common ancestry by comparisons of genomes. But do not mistake the kind of confidence that results from a firm grip on a specific subject for a delusion of omniscience. Also note that these people tend to promote a willingness to change their own opinions when new evidence challenges said opinions.
i'm native myself, and a bit of an animist by choice, as well as a firm believer in science...but who are you to tell me i'm wrong?
What harm do you think is done by calling bullshit? Do you think it's worse than the harm that may result from failing to face up to the nature of reality implied by observable evidence, and if so, why?
It's not defective, RMS et al: it's a CHOICE. You purport to like choice, but no one believes you anymore. Many consumers don't care, and even LIKE, the idea of being locked in to the App Store, because it introduces a significant amount of safety.
So, apparently you think the choice is between (1) being able to download software from Apple's app store and (2) having software distributed directly by 3rd parties to users (as with desktop PCs). Why not give each user the power to decide whether they will choose only (1) or only (2) or both (1) and (2)? Part of the FSF's point is that Apple has taken away some of the user's power of choice.
If we leave 1 intact, intellectual works have a far greater benefit to everyone. The challenge is to come up with a way to satisfy 3, without harming 1 and 2. The free-market solution to problems like this is to allow market participants to come up with innovative solutions. Those that solve the problem best stand to make the most profit, so there is incentive.
To me it seems you assume it's possible, under your proposed scenario, for a viable solution to exist for most copyright holders. To many of us it is not obvious that this is the case and it feels natural to assume differently.
IMO, the current system is *close* to being workable for all (or most) parties; the main problem, as I see it, is that the duration of exclusive rights has effectively become infinite when, in the age of instant global distribution, it should probably be no more than something like ten years. (And there are probably a lot of special cases that could reasonably trigger either instant release into Public Domain or a small extension of copyright.)
Also, I think you're missing an item in your list:
4. The probability of creation of a valuable intellectual work is multiplied by the extent to which the would-be creator(s) have a fair opportunity to be compensated for the act of creation.
Note that this sort of feeds into item 2: no one can benefit from a work if it's never created in the first place. So whatever we do, we really, really need something better than your personal faith in the market's ability to heal all that ails. Obviously, the market provides a lot of nice solutions to a lot of problems. I like the market for that reason. But the market does not---cannot---solve every problem. To assume that it can seems akin to assuming that natural selection *necessarily* leads to the "higher functions" of humanity (e.g. language, music, etc.) when in fact it's entirely possible for natural selection to lead many species into extinction. (And reflect on the fact that the vast majority of branches on the tree of life do not reach the present day.) So please do not underestimate the potential of the market to screw people over.
Why do I care if someone is irrationally terrified of something?
Because the set of all irrationally terrified people includes voters and some (if not most) of the policy-makers that said voters elect. It is therefore in everyone's interest for better-informed people to demonstrate and make clear the cases where an imagined threat is either (a) not real or (b) not severe enough to warrant action. And those demonstrations must be delivered to the general public, and they must come as earl early and often as possible and grab as much attention as possible.
This is part of the reason why Sagan wrote The Demon-Haunted World.
The decision doesn't have to be logical; it was unanimous.


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The End of the Gender Revolution? Gender Role Attitudes from 1977 to 2008
David Cotter, Joan M. Hermsen and Reeve Vanneman
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Vol. 117, No. 1 (July 2011), pp. 259-89
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After becoming consistently more egalitarian for more than two decades, gender role attitudes in the General Social Survey have changed little since the mid-1990s. This plateau mirrors other gender trends, suggesting a fundamental alteration in the momentum toward gender equality. While cohort replacement can explain about half of the increasing egalitarianism between 1974 and 1994, the changes since the mid-1990s are not well accounted for by cohort differences. Nor is the post-1994 stagnation explained by structural or broad ideological changes in American society. The recent lack of change in gender attitudes is more likely the consequence of the rise of a new cultural frame, an "egalitarian essentialism" that blends aspects of feminist equality and traditional motherhood roles.
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Dish no. 48: Chef's steak from Colonia Verde (247 Dekalb Avenue, 347-689-4287)
Harnessing fire remains one of mankind's greatest accomplishments; just ask any college student holding a bong and a lighter. But at Colonia Verde, the cooks are up to something even danker. At Felipe Donelly and Tamy Rofe's Fort Greene farmhouse cantina, the wood-fired plancha kisses everything from butterflied langoustines to a chef's steak, which will either be a skirt cut or a rib eye. Large enough to share, it hits the table with an expertly charred crust, the interior marbled and juicy. Served with a smoky salsa verde and caramelized onion-spiked mashed sweet potatoes, it's as good a non-dry aged steak as you're likely to find outside one of our city's storied meat temples.
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Members of the Burholme Community Town Watch and Civic Association last week heard about a day-care that needs to move, a swimming pool and deck that need to be legalized and an upcoming exercise that will gauge the response in case of a terrorist attack.
Lt. Frank Schneider and community relations officer Mark Mroz, of the 2nd Police District, offered various safety tips.
The police officials warned against keeping items of value in their automobiles. They said it's a crime waiting to happen to keep laptop computers, iPods, GPS devices and power cords, wallets and change in plain sight. It'd be better to keep them in the trunk.
Anyone who uses a GPS device should remove the holder from inside the windshield and wipe off marks that are left by the suction cups.
Also, Schneider and Mroz announced that the Naval Support Activity base, at Oxford and Robbins avenues, is planning an event for the week of March 19.
All of the employees will be evacuated as part of a mock terrorist attack on the base. SEPTA and the police and fire departments will be part of the two-day event.
"Six-thousand people leaving that area will be a big task," Mroz said.
The details have not been released, including the exact dates and times.
In other news from the Feb. 9 meeting:
• Storybook Children's Center, at 7722 Dungan Road, will look for a new location in August, when its lease is not renewed after nine years, as an existing tenant seeks to expand in the shopping center.
The children's center plans to move to space at the Pentecostal Church of Philadelphia, at 7101 Pennway St. The civic association wants to visit the proposed new location before deciding whether to support it.
There are about 150 children enrolled at the center, which offers child care, preschool and before- and after-school care.
• The civic group voted unanimously in favor of homeowner Matthew Bock, of the 1100 block of Tabor Lane, who needs a variance for a swimming pool and deck in his back yard.
Zoning consultant Tom Citro explained that the area is zoned G-2 industrial. Bock is replacing an existing above-ground pool and deck. The new pool will be larger. A neighbor ratted him out to the Department of Licenses and Inspections, so he needs a variance.
The civic group will write a letter of support to the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
• Burholme Community Town Watch and Civic Association will meet on Thursday, March 8, at 7 p.m., at United Methodist Church of the Redeemer, at Cottman and Lawndale avenues. The guest speaker will be attorney Garrett Gummer, who specializes in elder law. ••
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Up for sale are my Grado Rs2. These are the older version with buttons. The cable has been replaced by Grado with the newer 8 conductor cable. The headphones are in very good condition. I hate to let these go, but I don't use them as much these days so...
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Hockey player turns 80, stays on ice
Ice hockey won't be first thing that comes to mind when you think of a lifetime sport. But then, you're probably not thinking of Alex Patterson.
Patterson turned 80 this week. His plan for next week? To play some hockey.
At an age when many people legitimately fear falling at home and breaking a body part, Patterson is on his skates with guys half his age or younger, chasing a puck twice a week in pickup hockey games at Aliso Viejo Ice Palace.
His wife Mayreen drives him to the games from their home in Fountain Valley, drops him off, and then goes shopping. She doesn't worry about him.
"I figure if he dies on the ice rink, he's doing something he loves," she says.
He's fallen only a couple of times, and that was when the cholesterol medication he was taking made him so tired his feet collapsed under him.
He's ditched those pills.
So what if he wears a hearing aid? So what if he is blind in one eye? So what if he's not as fast as the other players?
He can still handle the stick. And he's got knowledge of the game that comes after playing hockey for, oh, 75 years.
"He plays a lot better than some guys that are younger and don't know the game," says Brian Slumskie, 40, a hockey mate of Patterson's for about 10 years now. "He stick handles really, really well. He can make moves around you really quick."
He's not too old for a bit of sticking it to his opponents when going after the puck, either.
"If you're in his area, he's going to put his stick in there and try to get it away from you. Or slash you," adds Slumskie, who lives in Laguna Hills.
The games don't get too rough, though. Checking isn't allowed. Besides, the younger guys aren't about to do anything that might hurt Patterson. To them, he's an icon.
"Alex – how can I put it – is our inspiration to keep skating," says Ryan Gregston, 25, of Lake Forest.
"We all want to be skating at his age."
Patterson has been playing hockey in local leagues and in pickup games since the 1970s.
He's also played in Snoopy's Senior World Hockey Tournament, the competition started by "Peanuts" creator Charles M. Schulz, at the Redwood Empire Ice Arena in Santa Rosa. Patterson was in his 60s then or, as he puts it these days, "back when I was young."
"I kind of grew out of it," he says of the tournament. "I mean, age-wise."
He was born during the Great Depression in Pennsylvania, but grew up in the western part of Canada. You grow up in Canada, you play hockey.
He lost sight in his right eye at a hockey rink in 1940. Not the way you'd think.
"I was sitting down below watching the Moose Jaw Canucks, a junior team. I looked up and somebody shot a spitball from a tube. It's probably why I never got anywhere playing hockey. You gotta have two eyes."
He continued playing, mostly as a defenseman. Because of his build, short and stocky with thick calves and thighs that remain muscular, "they have a hard time knocking me down."
His stick handling skills developed in the makeshift rinks neighborhood kids made in winter by flooding their backyards: "With 30 kids on a small piece of ice, you have to be a stick handler, 'cause you can't get through otherwise."
Patterson played hockey on up through college at the University of Washington. The school didn't have a team, so he joined a commercial league.
After college, his work as an engineer took him to different places, including Peru, London and Georgia, where there was no hockey. He got back to playing regularly when he became a contractor in the aerospace industry and brought his wife and their four children to California. He still runs his own structural engineering firm, Patterson Engineering, and has no plans to retire any time soon.
He's healthy – goes to the gym once a week to lift weights and run a mile on the treadmill, eats "whatever my wife gives me,'' which means more chicken than beef, and he's in bed by 10 and up at 6.
He's never had any heart trouble. Knees, hips and shoulders are all in working order. Outside of a broken finger and some cracked ribs, injuries on the ice mostly involved cuts across the head, back in the days before players started wearing helmets or visors.
Patterson still doesn't wear a mouth guard while playing. No need, really, since he takes his top teeth out. They were a victim of aging, not hockey. He has lost a hearing aid while playing, though.
"I'm like, 'Dad, take your hearing aids off when you go on the ice'," says daughter LeeAnn Cochems, who lives in Idaho.
While hockey – and life in general — has been good to Patterson, he endured the death of his oldest son, a former football star at Fountain Valley High, in 1998. On a family vacation in Cabo San Lucas, Kevin Patterson, 41, was hit by a boat while swimming back to shore. His father saw it happen.
Even as he mourned, Alex Patterson felt sorry for the guy who ran over her brother, Cochems says. "That's when I knew my dad was the greatest man. He didn't have any hate."
The game on a recent Wednesday afternoon is five on five, the scoreboard clock at Aliso Viejo Ice Palace counting down from 75 minutes. The stands are empty. With 10 guys to a team, players substitute every two minutes, leaping over the boards onto the ice. Patterson is easy to spot. He's the guy in the blue Idaho Blades jersey, the one who steps onto the ice.
At the 55-minute mark, he shoots, but he's wide right. A minute later, closer to the net, he scores. Teammates on the bench bang their sticks. At the 39-minute mark, he scores again. "Way to go Alex!" someone shouts. Patterson raises his hand and smiles.
He ends up with four goals. Sometimes the guys let him score, sometimes they don't, he says. But it's not about scoring, it's about having fun. That's why he likes skating with younger guys. Whatever you want to do, they go along with it.
"The old guys whine all the time. If you accidentally hit them or you don't play quite right the way they think you should, they whine."
Not Alex Patterson. He just keeps playing.
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Seasonal Naturalist and Skagit Tour Guide
* Bachelor's degree, preferably in Environmental Education, Environmental Science, History, Education, Biology, Ecology or related field
* Enthusiasm for learning and teaching about cultural history and the natural world
* Experience teaching adults, families and other audiences, preferably in an environmental education setting (Residential environmental education experience a plus)
* Excellent public speaking skills
* Ability to adjust teaching methods and styles to accommodate different audiences
* Must be creative, energetic, flexible, motivated and professional
* Must possess a sense of humor and enjoy working as a cooperative team player
* Ability to work flexible hours including evenings; weekend work will be required
July – September when working as a Skagit Tour Guide
* Ability to work and live comfortably in a small community
* Current Wilderness First Responder certification
* A pre-employment or post-hire background screening and criminal history check
* Valid driver's license with an acceptable driving record for the past three years
* Experience driving 15 passenger vans/buses a plus
* Ability to lift 50 pounds
* Ability to hike over varied elevation and terrain for extended periods
* Teach engaging natural and cultural history or other lessons during classes and evening programs for various ages
* Lead hikes, canoeing and other naturalist activities for groups
* Create a safe, positive learning environment for youth and adults with positive reinforcement, role-modeling and cultural sensitivity.
* Serve as primary instructional staff for Skagit Tours, teaching natural and cultural history and Skagit Hydroelectric Project history to diverse audiences
* Provide leadership in risk management before, during and after classes (e.g., respond to emergencies, administer first aid, maintain medical kits, complete incident reports)
* Manage program logistics including driving participants in 15 passenger vans/buses
* Create and maintain program educational materials, including coordinating educational equipment (e.g., field guides, binoculars, etc.) and helping participants use them during classes
* Represent the Institute during classes by sharing publicity information and promoting future courses, membership and involvement
* Participate in Institute team meetings (e.g., program, risk management)
* Assist for or teach natural and cultural history or other lessons during classes and evening programs for various ages
Disclaimer: This job announcement is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee.
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March 1 – September 9, 2013 (March 1 - end of June primarily Mountain School instructor naturalist, July 1 -September 9, 2013 primarily Skagit Tour Guide)
This is a seasonal/temporary full time exempt position with paid holidays. $1800 per month, plus training, shared housing and meals when programs are in session. Housing is provided and all Seasonal Naturalists are required to reside in staff housing during the duration of the position. Pets and smoking are not allowed in the program, housing, or any Environmental Learning Center facilities.
Until filled.
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Please send a letter of interest, resume, and three references to:
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The markets held onto gains after the Federal Reserve's latest policy announcement which ramped up its stimulus to the economy.
The Fed committed to monthly purchases of $45 billion dollars in Treasuries on top of the $40 billion dollars per month in mortgage backed bonds it started buying in September. In addition, official rates will remain near zero as long as unemployment is above 6.5 percent.
On the economic front, import prices fell 0.9 in November, marking the biggest decline in five months, according to the Labor Department.
Economists were expecting a drop of 0.5 percent.
The Mortgage Bankers Association is reporting a 6.2 percent increase in weekly mortgage applications last week, as interest rates dropped to new lows.
In earnings news, mining equipment maker Joy Global (JOY) beat earnings expectations but the company said its fiscal 2013 forecast would not meet estimates, sending shares lower today.
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Julie is the daughter of Gordon and Karen Stokes of Boise. She is a 2002 graduate of Centennial High School and is currently attending BSU, majoring in Elementary Education, and is specializing in a pre-endorsement of technology.
Sam is the son of Donald and Janet Nesbitt of Mountain Home. He is a 2000 graduate of MHHS and is currently attending BSU with a major in Criminal Justice.
The wedding is planned for May 27, 2006.