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Frequently Asked Questions
On average, how many students are admitted to the doctoral program each year?
The number of students admitted to the doctoral program varies from year to year depending on the overall number of student applicants for that year, as well as faculty workload. However, approximately 5-7 students are admitted to the program per year.
Can students enroll in the Program on a part-time basis?
Students must be enrolled in the Program on a full-time basis throughout their matriculation in the Program.
Can credits from previous graduate work be transferred toward the doctoral degree?
The program does not accept transfer courses to the doctoral program. You may request a waiver of a course in the doctoral program, if you have already taken the course in a counseling psychology program from a recognized accredited institution. The Counseling Psychology Program at Howard University will waive up to two (2) courses from a previous, accredited institution with a grade of B or better into the Ph.D. program, dependent on the approval of the Program faculty. Official transcripts, the course syllabus and a Waiver of Required Courses form (see Appendices, p. 48) must accompany any request for a transfer of credits. If a course is waived, an elective may be required in lieu of the waived course based on the recommendation of the student's advisory committee to meet the minimum number of credit hours for the Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology.
Who do I see about academic advice and guidance?
After an offer of admission by the Graduate School, you will be assigned an academic advisor who will assist you with academic advisement and other matters regarding progress in the doctoral program. The name of your academic advisor is indicated in your letter of welcome from the HDPES Department Chairperson. After your enrollment, your advisor will assist you in developing your Program of Study (an academic plan of courses and other requirements).
How do I get involved in professional activity, and how do I meet other students in Counseling Psychology and other psychology programs?
The Counseling Psychology Student Association (CSPA) is comprised of doctoral counseling psychology students which allow students to engage in a number of Program activities throughout the year that facilitates cohesion of students as a whole. The CSPA has been active in organizing and sponsoring professional seminars for students to enhance professional growth. CPSA is actively involved in organizing, hosting, and developing the annual National Black Counseling Psychologist Conference, which is usually held in the spring semester, during the month of April.
There are several student associations on campus and professional associations off campus that welcome student involvement. Some of the off-campus associations include the Howard University Counseling Psychology Student Association, Kappa Delta Pi (Theta Alpha Chapter), Phi Delta Kappa (Howard University Chapter), the Graduate Student Council, and the School of Education Student Council. Off campus professional associations in the area that welcome student involvement (e.g., the D.C. Counseling Association, the D.C. Psychological Association, the Association of Black Psychologists, the American Counseling Association, and the American Psychological Association) are open to student involvement and membership. Several students during the past few years have attended The Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology (SMEP) summer conference. In addition, each year on campus, lectures and workshops are sponsored by the School of Education, the Psychology Department, professional associations, and various research units of the University in which students have opportunities to become more involved in professional issues and discussions.
What is the difference between an externship and an internship?
Externship and Internship are required components of the Counseling Psychology Doctoral Program. Students begin their externship in the first semester of their second year of the Program and continue to take this course until the end of their third year. Those students who wish additional externship experience may elect to apply to an externship site and take the externship course during their fourth year in the Program.
The externship experience is an essential part of students' training and is invaluable to the enhancement of necessary skills as a psychologist. It precedes internship and may in some cases, lead to an internship at the same location. It is important to approach this experience with a serious commitment to your preparation as a counseling psychologist. Prior to entering the second year, students are required to seek out and interview for an Externship position. Once an externship site has been secured, students must register for the Externship class (HUDE 490) the following academic semester.
The minimum externship experience is 1200 hours, of which at least 600 hours are in direct service experience and at least 200 hours are in formally scheduled supervision. Other recommended extern activities include attending case conferences, writing reports and maintaining current clinical notes. To obtain 800 hours of direct service and supervision, you will need to work an average of 8 hours per week for at least 11 months in your first 2 years of externship and 16 hours per week for at least 11 months in your 3rd year of externship.
The internship is the capstone experience of professional education and training preparatory for the application of psychology in health and human services. It is the culminating experience in the training of doctoral students in counseling psychology and is an intensive one year period of supervised practice that usually follows the completion of graduate coursework and clinical training. Once an Internship placement has been secured, you will work at that placement for 40 hours per week. Some students remain in the area (e.g., Howard University Counseling Services), while others have selected areas outside of the DC Metro area such as Boston, Louisiana, and New York.
What is candidacy, and when can I become a doctoral candidate?
Admission to graduate study does not imply admission to candidacy for the doctoral degree. A student can be admitted to candidacy for the Ph.D. by submitting an admission to candidacy application to the Graduate School with the recommendation of the student's advisory committee after the student has: (a) completed all required course work, (b) is as a student in good standing, (c) passed the comprehensive examination, (d) satisfied the Expository Writing requirement, and (e) secured an approved dissertation proposal. Successful completion of all these requirements leads to approval to candidacy by the executive committee of the Graduate School.
When can I sign up for dissertation courses?
You are not eligible to enroll in dissertation research (HUDE-509) until you become a doctoral candidate, which includes having an approved dissertation proposal on file. Nevertheless, you are allowed to develop a research interest and enroll in other research courses that will help you in the preparation of a dissertation proposal (e.g., HUDE 442, 500, 501, and 503).
Who can I contact to receive more information related to Howard University and my field of study?
Howard University
The Graduate School
The School of Education
Human Development and Psychoeducational Studies
202-806-7351 or 202-806-7350
American Psychological Association
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
Association of Black Psychologists
P.O. Box 55999
Washington, DC 20040-5999
American Counseling Association
5999 Stevenson Avenue
Alexandria, VA 22304
The International Association for Counselling


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The questions for Day Two is:
Traditions, what are some of your favorite family traditions? What are some that you want to begin?
We have MANY traditions. Some old, and some new.
1) Our newest tradition is to buy Christmas pjs for Evan to wear. As I was looking through old home videos, me and my siblings always had on random clothes. LOL..and I think Christmas pjs will make for cuter pictures and videos!
2) Our oldest tradition is having two of my aunts stay with my parents. They come in town a few days before Christmas and do it all with us. My mom has many siblings, but these two aunts aren't married and don't have kids. They are like our other moms!
3) Sunday after Thanksgiving is when we decorate our houses. We do my parent's house..and then come and do ours. My dad and I ALWAYS do the icicles on their house...even when I was pregnant...I got up on their roof and did it! (this is last year at my house..my dad, bro, and hubby)
4) We go to the lights before Christmas at the zoo...usually 1-2 days before Christmas.
5) For the past 5-6 years, on Christmas eve we do fondue. We have steak, chicken, shrimp, and cauliflower. Then we do chocolate and dip everything from pineapples and blueberries to pound cake!
6) We all load up(usually in the back of a truck) and go look at Christmas lights on Christmas eve after the Christmas eve service at church.
7) We do Santa at my mom's house too. Last year was the first year with Evan, so we open presents here from Santa...then go to mom's house where Santa has left MORE presents!
8) We take a picture of all of us EVERY year in the same spot up the stairs.
9) We have always taken a picture with Santa, no matter how old we were. (this is from 2006-I was preggers at the time)
10) We make a BIG lunch with all sorts of goodies!
11) After lunch, we open up our presents from each other.
12) Christmas morning we go to my grandmothers for breakfast after we do Santa and open presents there and have breakfast.
I'm SURE that I'm forgetting some things that we do every year, but those are most of them!
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Andre Villas-Boas has accused Danny Welbeck of fooling referee Mike Dean to earn Manchester United an "unfair" point.
Under-pressure Spurs boss AVB looked to be heading for victory over the champions on Sunday, courtesy of goals from Kyle Walker and Sandro.
But Welbeck went down under a rash challenge from the Londoners' keeper Hugo Lloris and Wayne Rooney scored, his second of the match, from the spot to secure a point.
Villas-Boas said: "It's difficult, because Hugo doesn't raise his hands - the ball is going to the side.
"Vlad Chiriches is also avoiding contact with the player and we have seen a couple of players have stood their leg out to collide with bodies of the other players.
"So I think it's difficult. It's a decision we have to accept.
"I think the referee wasn't in a good position to decide the penalty. He sees it from too far off.
"When you stick a leg out, put the ball forward, you can easily collide with the opponent's body so I think it's a difficult call for the ref but an unfair decision."
The result means United remain undefeated at White Hart Lane since 2001.
Boss David Moyes praised Rooney for his performance and maintained the club are still on course to tie the England striker to a new deal.
Moyes said: "I think we are fine. We are just moving on from summer. It will be done in good course. The appropriate people will talk when time right.
"He has had a nice weekend. He is playing well and scoring goals. When the moment has come he has taken them. He was very good again today."
Moyes paid particular attention to Rooney's first goal which saw the marksman seize on a mistake by Walker from close range.
He added: "A goalscorer has always scored goals. Those type goals are those that they actually enjoy. You will see him score a lot of great goals.
"But that was more of a sniff at goal, a mix up in box and he was on the end of it. His performances has been great and he worked incredibly hard.
"And he deserves the rewards he has been getting."


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2009 Ford E-150
If the cable does not clear the wheel chair lift it may contact the power lug and, if it does not have a nonconductive cover, or it has an improperly installed non-conductive cover, a short circuit may occur that could result in a fire.
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Books make great gifts, and with a giant half-off sale at the BookCellar, gift-giving is a snap. The BookCellar is the library's used books-and-more store located in the lower level.
On Saturday, November 12, Monday, November 14 and Saturday, November 19, books, movies, CDs and more are all half off (with exception of collectors' materials and the newest best sellers). Hardcover books and CDs will be 50 cents; kids' books and paperbacks just 25 cents.
The Fond du Lac Public Library's first branch expansion is scheduled to open November 17. A grand opening for the 1,700-square-foot FDLPL Express, at The Shops at Johnson Crossing, is planned for Saturday, December 10.
The branch will feature a "to-go" collection of materials, emphasizing best sellers and new releases, a sizable children's corner and materials to help with busy lives, featuring cooking, crafting, home repair and more. Patrons will be able to access the computer catalog, place holds and pick up materials.
Veterans' Day is coming soon on November 11, and each year we lose more of our World War II veterans. In remembrance, why not read one of the many novels or nonfiction books on WWII? The Girl in the Blue Beret by Bobbie Ann Mason would be an excellent choice.
World War II is a popular setting for novels. I have read and enjoyed several in the past few years:
I Gave My Heart to Know This by Ellen Baker
The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian
Carry Me Home by Sandra Kring
We romance readers take a lot of heat for our love of the genre, and now there is a book that proves all those critics wrong - Everything I Know about Love I Learned from Romance Novels by Sarah Wendell. This book was a stitch! Co-founder of one of the top romance blogs, SmartBitchesTrashyBooks.com, Sarah combines her own views, quotes from famous authors, and from romance readers like us to explain why the romance genre is so popular – to the tune of over a billion dollars annually.
To save more than $60,000 a year and to provide better service, the Fond du Lac Public Library is becoming an independent, standalone library. The library has been a member of the Winnefox Library Automated System, but this year the library board determined that the $103,000 annual Winnefox price tag was not providing good value to Fond du Lac city taxpayers.
Job searching these days can create a difficult Catch 22: Many employers only list and accept applications online, but many job seekers are without a home computer or even computer skills.
It starts earlier every year, so it's no wonder that months of holiday spending can create financial worries. Money Smart U is offering, Managing Holiday Spending (and Stress) on Tuesday, November 8, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the library's McLane Room in the lower level.
Paranormal explorer Curt Strutz, cast member of the cable show, "Paranormal Generation," will present an exciting program rich in history, storytelling and personal experiences to set the mood for Halloween. "Visiting the Beyond" will be offered at 6:30 p.m. Monday, October 24, at the Fond du Lac Public Library. The program is recommended for teens and adults.
Pets have always been an important part of my life; over the course of my life I've had lots of fish, a guinea pig, a rabbit and dogs. I currently have a cat. For me these creatures are like family and I like to learn the best ways to train, feed, and care for them. The library has tons of books on pet care. Here are three that I find particularly useful:
The Fond du Lac Public Library now has Kindle e-books for borrowing. For many months, the library has had e-books compatible with other formats, but it wasn't until September 21, 2011 that Amazon entered into a partnership with OverDrive Media, the program used by libraries across the United States.


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Become fully informed about the LASIK procedure, and gain confidence in the advanced technology we now have available.
We'll let you know what treatment is appropriate for you, and give you the full picture about the laser eye technique.
We'll plan a treatment appropriate for you and your future, and we have the confidence to get you there.
Our advice is tailored to your life.
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Dr Nagle's academic achievements, and 20 years of surgical experience, ensure you get the most up to date knowledge and surgical skills available.
Refractive Surgery is an ever changing field of ophthalmology. This requires continued education and qualification to keep abreast of current surgical technology. New treatments are not always the best treatment, and an informed opinion is well worth your time.
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Dr Nagle is one of the few Ophthalmologists in Australia to have gained a Post-graduate Degree in Refractive Surgery; given only from the University of Sydney, Faculty of Medicine. Get to know Dr Nagle in this short video report.
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We advise on a variety of regulatory issues that confront foreign companies that invest or do business in China and Taiwan, such as obtaining governmental approvals for corporate and M&A transactions, fair trade and anti-monopoly issues, intellectual property rights creation and enforcement, product licensing, joint ventures, litigation and dispute resolution, product safety issues, and environmental matters.
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Establish a recruitment company in Shanghai for a Hong Kong company and renew its CEPA certificate
Advise a Dutch communications and navigation group on legal issues related to import and export of spares parts
Established a food & beverage management WFOE on behalf of a Hong Kong company in Shanghai, and assisted the client to obtain tax incentives from local tax authority
Represent numerous clients in regulatory issues in connection with the acquisition and establishment of data centers in Taiwan.
Assist clients in applying for and obtaining Type I and Type II Telecommunications Licenses in Taiwan.
Provide commercial and regulatory advice, drafting and negotiating documentation, and conducting due diligence for various telecommunications projects in Asia-Pacific, including fixed line, wireless, broadband, international/local, interconnection, Internet, ISDN, GSM, PCS, VOIP, VOFR, VPNS and VSAT.
Advise on regulatory aspects and implementation of a U.S. $10 billion global acquisition of a global networking business, including assets and employees in over fifty countries.
Advise on regulatory aspects and implementation of a U.S. $7 billion global joint venture merging all international operations of two of the biggest telecommunications companies in the world.
Provide commercial and regulatory advice on the establishment of an Asian internet web-broadcaster and the acquisition of film and program rights for web-broadcasting


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BRONC / LADY BRONC BASKETBALL - The Bronc and Lady Bronc basketball teams took on Cheyenne Central and Cheyenne East the Lady Broncs dropped two while the Broncs picked up two important victories.
The Lady Broncs lost to Central 47-36 and battled East Saturday but came up short 53-48, after the East game Head coach Larry Ligocki.
BRONC / LADY BRONC HOOPS - The Bronc and Lady Bronc basketball teams host Cheyenne central game times are 5:30 and 7:00 tomorrow they go at 11:30 and 1:00 with Cheyenne East all four games can be heard live on KWYO and 106.9 FM.
GENERALS / LADY GENERALS HOOPS - The Sheridan college Generals and Lady Generals swept Western Wyoming Wednesday night the Generals won 76-71 the Lady Generals took their game 67-52.
The Lady Generals got off to a slow start but got rolling in the second half building up a 20 point third quarter lead Head coach Ryan Davis says it was a good win to get at home.
GENERALS / LADY GENERALS BASKETBALL - The Sheridan college Generals and Lady Generals play at home tonight against Western Wyoming game times are 5:30 and 7:30.
COWBOY / COWGIRL BASKETBALL - The Wyoming Cowboys host Utah state tonight you can hear the game on KWYO and 106.9 FM broadcast time is 6:30. The Cowgirls play at Utah state tonight.
BRONC / LADY BRONC BASKETBALL - The Bronc and Lady Bronc basketball teams start the second round of conference play week at home with Cheyenne Central and East.
BRONC SWIMMING / DIVING - The Bronc swimmers have this week off to prepare for the state championships they are coming off a 5th place finish at their conference meet Head coach Brent Moore said it was a good meet and now the taper begins for the state championships. The state championships start on the 16th in Laramie.
Moore says their pre meet preparation is simple get rested and be at their best next weekend.
The Elks Northeast District Hoop Shoot was held in Casper.
The list below shows how the kids who won the Sheridan Hoop Shoot placed. We had 2 first place finishers, Ella Bilyeu and Mark Gilbert, who are now qualified to participate in the State Hoop Shoot.
Girls 8-9 Ella Bilyeu first place score 20
Girls 10-11 Parker Treide third place score 5/0
Girls 12-13 none
Boys 8-9 Jace Townsend fourth place score 13
Boys 10-11 Joseph Connors second place score 12
Boys 12-13 Mark Gilbert first place score 20
BRONC / LADY BRONC BASKETBALL - The Bronc and Lady Bronc basketball teams started the week losing home games against Campbell county they went to Gillette Saturday night to play at Thunder Basin high school and split with the Broncs breaking a two game losing streak with a hard earned 65-57 victory.
Broncs Head coach Jeff Martini says it was a big road win and the players made big plays in the 4th quarter to pick up the victory.
Girls 55 Meter Dash
1 Battershell, Rachel Laramie High 7.47 7.47 10 10
2 Wulff, Kyra Laramie High 7.62 7.60 10 8
3 Clemens, Baylee Big Horn 7.88 7.78 10 6
4 Olson, Josie Campbell Cou 7.86 7.82 10 5
5 Knottnerus, Delaney Thunder Basi 7.82 7.85 10 3.50
5 Roswadovski, Grace Thunder Basi 7.78 7.85 10 3.50


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Warehouse Drop Waist Dress, $80.57 from ASOS
To your budget fashionista delight or dismay, we can officially report the drop waist dress is back for Spring. Characteristic of the Chloe' label, and the typical no-curve Chloe' model, rocking the drop waist dress used to be only an (ill-fitting) dream for some of us. Regardless of your silhouette history, rest assured, the updated styling saw resurgence on Spring runways, in much more floating and flattering shapes that could camouflage even the most body-conscious fashionista's flaws.
How to Wear Drop Waist Dresses this Spring
Paralleling other S/S '12 trends in terms of buttery, lightweight fabrics and whimsical candy-colored prints, the new drop waist dress is the perfect, breezy substitute to your structured, Spring cocktail dress. Whether you're looking for a slouchy or slim fit, everyone can have a piece of this Spring's Gatsby-inspired elegance.
1. Dress with Dropped Waist, $98.48 from ASOS
2. Feather Print Drop Waist Silk Dress, Now $71.99 from BCBG Max Azria
A floating top half is quick to hide any body issues, and a great way to showcase better assets like legs or shoulders. If you're a fan of wrap-style dresses, look for similar shapes in the drop waist silhouette. V-necklines can be one of the most figure flattering shapes on any woman, and a sleeveless, tank cut is perfect for the fashionista looking to show a bit more skin.


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April 13, 2016
Faculty at the state capital's two public universities are collaborating in a rare effort to launch an academic enrichment program for local, low-income children this summer. Florida State University and Florida A&M University faculty will operate the program, a local iteration of a model that has been replicated nationally under the supervision of the Children's Defense Fund. While North Florida Freedom Schools will be one of more than 200 similar programs nationally, it's unusual in that few are sponsored by higher education institutions or run by faculty members. Keely Smith, a Leon County middle school special education teacher, FSU alumna and co-executive director of the non-profit North Florida Freedom Schools, said she believed the only way for the program to be successful was if local higher education institutions got involved. So she connected with local faculty members and sought their help. Jalaya Lyles Dunn, the national director of operations for the Children's Defense Fund's freedom schools, said she hopes to see more universities and higher education faculty launch programs like the one in Tallahassee.
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April 3, 2012
Rubber Band Jewelry
PHOTO: evie s.
Evie is one of my very favorite DIYers, she never fails to leave me inspired. She creates in a way that's not to make something that already exists for less (although I love those projects, too) but to think up and share something new. And I swear her well is bottomless. I'm already mildly obsessed with her latest – rubber band jewelry. Completely genius!Posted In jewelry, make it, wear it


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Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 (pc game)
5 out of 5 (1 votes)
- Digital Download (5)
There are 5 shops proposing this game for download at an average price of $ 36.85. We found the best promotion ongoing with a discount of 5%.
No classic box available at the moment.
There is 1 downloadable content available for this game.


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You can run Padrino (0.9.29 / 0.10.3 is tested) on JRuby 1.6.4.
You can easily install Padrino on jruby when you use rvm :
$ rvm use --create jruby-1.6.4@padrino
$ gem install padrino
Create Padrino project just as you do when using MRI or REE:
$ padrino g project jrack-test
cd ./jrack-test and you should edit
# JRuby deployment requirements
# please add these lines...
gem 'jruby-openssl'
gem 'jruby-rack'
gem 'warbler'
Now you can go:
$ bundle
Then, create the test controller:
padrino gen controller index get:index get:hello get:show_path
A controller sample is here:
# index.rb
JrackTest.controllers :index do
get :index do
"Hello, JPadrino!"
get :hello, :map => '/:id' do
"Hello, #{params[:id]}!"
get :show_path, :map => '/show-path/*urls' do
"You accessed: #{params[:urls].inspect}"
Then run:
padrino start
To run JRuby on 1.9 compat mode:
alias padrino='jruby --1.9 -S padrino'
padrino start
You can access
localhost:3000 as you run padrino on MRI…
Now you should have installed
warbler gem, so you can:
warble config
config/warble.rb if you want to apply some customizations. You can access JRuby-Rack official README and Warbler rdoc.
For example, if you want to deploy the app to server root directory, just add to
config.jar_name = "ROOT"
Deploying with JRuby on 1.9 compat mode:
config.webxml.jruby.compat.version = "1.9"
If you are ready, run:
warble war
You would get
jrack-test.war (the same name as your project diresctory name), and you can deploy this war file to tomcat! I tested on tomcat 6.0.20, and it works well with quick response.


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Taras Tielkes wrote: > > Hi, > > I would like to ask for some comments on an issue regarding DOM Level 2 > mouse events that is being discussed on the bugzilla system of the Mozilla > webbrowser: > > http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71705 > > To summarize, the question is: should the "click" event fire when the user > (on a Windows platform, for example) presses the Right mouse button to > activate the browser "context menu"? The current opinion is yes. The HTML4 idea was that the handler did the filtering (left, right, center, ...). This needs to be clarified in the HTML4 and XHTML events module specification. In any case, the resolution of this issue is outside the scope of the DOM specification. PhilippeReceived on Tuesday, 10 April 2001 18:19:26 UTC
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It is getting down to crunch time! Only six more weeks to go. If you love bluegrass, and play an instrument, you need to get over here for July 3-8th. We have the best instructors a camp can offer. Check out this list: Sam Allison, the whole entire Slocan Ramblers band, ya you heard me, Ivan Rosenberg, and Ben Plotnik!
Spots are filling up fast but we still have some room. Those mandolin players were highly organized this year. There are no spots left for mandolin for 2016 but we still room for clawhammer banjo, bluegrass banjo, stand up bass, fiddle and flat pickin guitar.
Don't delay! Register here.


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Aesoon Park, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology (minor in Psychological Statistics), University of Missouri-Columbia
Predoctoral Clinical Internship, Yale University School of Medicine
M.A. in Clinical Psychology, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
Certification and Licensure Research and Teaching Interests
My research interests focus on individual difference and environmental factors on diverse health behaviors within developmental contexts. I am also interested in statistical techniques that account for the time-varying and multi-level nature of human development (e.g., structural equation model, multilevel model, latent mixture model).
I teach the following courses:
- Statistical Methods II, PSY252, Undergraduate course (offered every fall and spring semester)
- Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling, PSY780, Graduate course (offered spring semester of even years)
- Introduction to Clinical Psychology, PSY415, Undergraduate course
Current Graduate Students
Jueun Kim, Michelle Zaso, Jessica Desalu, and Patricia Goodhines.
Ongoing/Pending Research Projects
R15AA022496, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 09/2014-08/2018.Person-environment interplay in alcohol use and consequences among urban high school students. PI = Dr. Aesoon Park (collaborators = Drs. Stephen Maisto, Peter Vanable, Craig Ewart, John Belote, Stephen Glatt).This project aims to identify the risk pathways involving genetic and psychosocial-environmental risk factors of escalations in alcohol use and alcohol-related consequences (and other high-risk health behaviors) among high school students in a racially diverse urban school district.
F31AA025833, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 06/2017 – 05/31/2019, pending, Impact Score:17.Interplay between peer-based processes and alcohol metabolism genes on trajectories of alcohol use across adolescence.PI = Michelle Zaso (primary sponsor = Dr. Aesoon Park; co-sponsors = Drs. Stephen Maisto, Stephen Glatt).This NRSA predoctoral individual fellowship award aims to test the independent and interactive associations of genetic and peer-based contributors to membership in drinking trajectories over the course of adolescence and to support the advance doctoral student's career development into an independent alcohol researcher.
Cross-Sector/Interdisciplinary Grant, SU ADVANCE (supported by National Science Foundation grant HRD-1008643), Syracuse University. Alcohol use behaviors among Asian college students. Multiple PIs = Drs. Aesoon Park and Bei Yu (collaborators = Drs. Amanda Brown, Michael Marciano).This interdisciplinary research project aims to test effects of alcohol metabolism genes on alcohol-related experiences among Asian college students through collaboration among experts in addiction, genetics, linguistics, and text mining for health informatics.
Representative Publications
(*with graduate student co-authors)
Park, A., Sher, K. J., Wood, P. K., & Krull, J. L. (2009). Dual mechanisms underlying accentuation of risky drinking via fraternity/sorority affiliation: The role of personality, peer norms, and alcohol availability. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 118, 241–255. doi:10.1037/a0015126 PMCID: PMC2742489
Park, A., Sher, K. J., & Krull, J. L. (2009). Selection and socialization of risky drinking during the college transition: The importance of micro-environments associated with specific living units. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 23, 404–414. doi:10.1037/a0016293 PMCID: PMC2762188
Park, A., Sher, K. J., Todorov, A. A., & Heath, A. C. (2011). Interaction between the DRD4 VNTR polymorphism and proximal and distal environments in alcohol dependence during emerging and young adulthood. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 120, 585–595. doi:10.1037/a0022648 PMCID: PMC3139825
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*Kim, J., Park, A., Glatt, S. J., Eckert, T. L., Vanable, P. A., Scott-Sheldon, L. A. J., Carey, K. B., Ewart, C. K., & Carey, M. P. (2015). Interaction effects between the 5-hydroxy tryptamine transporter-linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR) genotype and family conflict on adolescent alcohol use and misuse. Addiction, 110, 289–299. doi: 10.1111/add.12753. PMID: 25294733
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Adding Core Strength to Your Indoor Cycling Program
Overall, I feel that most instructors do a good job at addressing the 'core', that area that seems to trouble some of us the most and eludes others as to what that term actually means. This part of the body has been dwindled down to simply be defined as your abdominal region, but your core is so much more than just that. It is the central area of your body that provides the strength and power to support the rest of your body. Not only does this area include your abs, but also obliques, lower and upper back as well as the pelvic region. These are the areas that are worked when properly executing core exercises.
In addition to strengthening one's core, it is also important to provide this area with fluidity. This would translate to one's flexibility or smoothness in a movement when performing an exercise. Not only does strength become a factor, but one's ability to travel through the exercise with a fluid motion translates into good form while working the muscle and being pain-free.
There are so many benefits to core training. To try and sum up just a few of them, students who work the core area properly will notice their waist line slimming down, an increase in overall strength, improved balance and for some individuals, less pain in the back. My favorite core training movements are those that are multi-joint, working more than one area of the body or the core region at the same time. This concept will force students to recognize their body's ability to maintain balance, stability, fluidity and strength all at the same time.
Adding in a cardio component to core work is a brilliant combination. One of my personal favorites is utilizing this with my indoor cycling classes, specifically with the Evo bike. While on the bike, the side to side motion engages your entire core region, so not only are you burning calories from the cycling but you are also beginning to strengthen the entire core region of your body. Then getting off of the bike, as if you are in a circuit training program, and continuing to focus on multi-joint core movement, will not only keep heart rates up, but will challenge the body in a new format. On average, I burn approximately 645 calories in a hybrid class such as this!
Below is a sample one hour cycling and core workout, but with a twist! All of the exercises done off of the bike involve multi-joint, core training but also involve oscillation or isolation of different parts of the body to challenge a student's balance and strength. What's truly important to remember in these exercises is that they can be modified; beginners can hold on to a stable wall, barre or bike, while those who are more seasoned can add weight through dumbbells, kettlebells, resistance bands or tubing to make the workouts more challenging.
I have sectionalized a sample workout below. Personally, I create my workouts in sections so that I can mix and match according to the classes I am teaching. While this workout specifically focuses on core mixed with cardio, other workouts, such as the article written called "It's All In The Mix – Hybrid Training", focus on overall body strength conditioning and cardio format. I can use a section of this workout in a different style of class that might fuse a more varied workout in it as well. Whatever the workout is that you might teach or be a student of, core training is essential to each workout and I hope you enjoy this twist on your standardized core exercises.
Sample Indoor Cycling and Core Workout on the Evo Bike – One Hour
Section 1:
- On the Bike – 10 minutes
- Warm-Up – 4 minutes
- Speed work out of the saddle with a 45 second walk, 30 second run and a 15 second sprint done 4 times – 6 minutes
- Off the bike – 5 minutes
- Squat and Overhead Swing – 15 on each side
- Helicopters – Rotational twist at the obliques with arms stretched in an L shape in front of the body. Timed for one minute and done in between the squat segment.
Section 2:
- On the Bike – 8 minutes
- Rolling Hills – 1 minute out of the saddle at a high leg speed of 80 rpm, 30 seconds on a fast downhill speed in the saddle 90 – 110 rpm done 4 times – 6 minutes.
- Fast Flat in the saddle – 2 minutes.
- Off the bike – 8 minutes
- Lever Lunge – Lunges are done switching legs. Weight starts overhead and twists to opposite side of the body and then returns to above the head when legs come back together. 10 on each side. Repeat.
- Hip Swings – While holding on to a stable object or balancing, leg is low to the floor and turns in, then out, then is lift up towards the shoulder in a turned out position. Leg is then held up and pulses. 2 sets of 10 of each on each side and done in between lever lunge segment.
Section 3
- On the Bike – 9 minutes
- Jumps in and out of the saddle – 4 minutes
- Short Hill with High Intensity bursts of 15 second speed done 3 times – 5 minutes
- Off the Bike – 4 minutes
- Plank Thread the Needle Two Ways – Legs, Arms. 10 on each side with each part (total of 40). Repeat again after Russian twists if students are advanced.
- Russian Twists – Timed for one minute
Section 4
- On the Bike – 7 minutes
- Switch Backs – traveling from a standing position to a climbing position with slight increase in resistance. Total of three sets. – 4 minutes
- Finish Line – speed work in the saddle and finishing out of the saddle in a run – 3 minutes.
- Off the Bike – 4 minutes
- Side Lunges with an Upper Twist – 12 sets on each side done 2 times.
- Swimming Superman – lying on stomach, stretch out arms and legs and pretend like you are swimming in the water. 15 seconds with a rest in between of 15 seconds done three times.
- Cool Down and Stretch!
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Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F.
Prepare chicken by cutting off the legs, neck, and wings. Remove skin from legs and de-bone both legs; reserve skin. Take the skin and roll it out until flat. Place between 2 silpat mats or greased parchment paper and bake with weighted iron until crisp and golden. Reserve both crisp skin and chicken for later. Leave oven at 250 degrees F.
Beurre blanc: Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add shallots and cook until translucent and softened. Deglaze the pan with wine. Add cream and then slowly emulsify the remaining butter into the liquid until creamy and emulsified. Remove from the heat.
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Place the roulades in a large, hot, oven-safe skillet. Sear over high heat until evenly browned. Transfer skillet to the oven and roast until the internal temperature reaches 160 degrees F. Remove from the heat and let rest.
Garnish: Blanch the leeks and asparagus in boiling, salted water. Glaze with butter, thyme, and minced shallots. Season with sea salt and pepper.
Arrange the leeks on 1 side of the plate diagonally from a pile of the asparagus. Place a slice of the poached chicken breast on top of the asparagus. Place a slice of the chicken roulade on top of the baby leeks. Garnish the plate with summer truffle slices, and a pluche of fine herbs. Finish with Fleur de Sel and crisp chicken skin.
Sauce: Reduce your chicken jus until it reaches the desired flavor. Adjust the flavor with 50 percent red wine reduction, percent Port wine reduction, and a little foie gras fat. Drizzle sauce over chicken and serve.
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West Canada Lakes Trail is a 15.4 mile out and back trail located near Inlet, New York that features a lake. The trail is rated as moderate and primarily used for hiking and camping. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
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Iv spent lots of time in this wilderness area. I have several shelters made. Iv encountered bear, moose and porquie pines here. There is a lot out in this area people don't know about. Ice caves, rock faces, ww2 plane crashed, ponds that state record trout have been taken from


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Continuing a trend that began under President George W. Bush after 9/11, the federal government workforce has grown under President Barack Obama, mostly in defense, homeland security and related agencies.
Wisconsin's junior senator, Republican Ron Johnson, wants to roll back the Obama-era growth by 2015 by not filling positions as people leave or retire. He says it could save $248 billion over a decade.
That proposal is part of a $1.4 trillion deficit-cutting plan Johnson presented to the congressional "supercommittee" that haggled over a budget-balancing plan before it reached a stalemate.
In the wake of the failure, Johnson argued it shouldn't be that hard to find savings, especially in the federal worker ranks.
"I'm not talking about firing or terminating anybody, but we've got about 400,000 workers ready to retire," Johnson said in a Nov. 17, 2011 appearance on Bloomberg television.
He added: "President Obama has increased the federal workforce 192,000 individuals, about 10 percent since he's taken office, while we've lost 2 million jobs."
Were Johnson's numbers on target?
PolitiFact National has tested many jobs claims. Its gold standard for official jobs figures is the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, considered the official arbiter of U.S. employment numbers.
Checking those numbers, we found that it's accurate that 2 million jobs were lost in the overall private and public sectors (local and state governments dropped considerably). We used a baseline of January 2009, the last partial month of President George W. Bush.
What about the federal workforce?
Using the same Bureau of Labor Statistics figures, we found a smaller jump in the federal workforce than Johnson claimed -- a 129,900 gain, or 6 percent -- from January 2009 to October 2011. That's based on preliminary numbers posted as of late November.
Where did Johnson get his 192,000 jobs and 10 percent increase?
He pointed us to the official executive-branch jobs data kept on the FedScope website by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
The June 2011 FedScope data on civilian jobs -- the latest available when Johnson spoke -- showed 2.137 million federal employees, excluding most of the judicial, legislative and postal jobs.
Johnson provided us data for December 2008 -- just before Obama took office -- that he said he obtained privately from the agency. It showed 1.945 million federal jobs. The agency declined to comment on Johnson's data. An OPM official said the agency did not publicly put out FedScope data for that month.
The agency referred us to publicly available September 2008 data, a few months prior, which showed 1.938 million federal jobs.
Either starting point gets you to Johnson's 10 percent increase, about 190,000 jobs added.
Another important note: On the federal government growth, most of the increase goes away if you include the U.S. Postal Service, which has shrunk significantly. When you do, the increase is 29,000.
PolitiFact has found that both presentations -- postal workers in, postal workers out -- are used and credible. But they measure different things.
Some researchers see the quasi-governmental Postal Service as separate; others say it's still part of the federal government.
"If you ignore that fact and say 'The federal government is growing strongly' and leave unsaid 'except the parts that are shrinking fast,' aren't you just misleading readers?" asked Gary Burtless, senior fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution.
What about Johnson's data source, FedScope?
FedScope is considered reliable and is used by researchers who prefer an actual headcount to the sample-based approach used by BLS. So Johnson is in good company when citing FedScope, which his office views as more precise than the BLS for the federal workforce.
Johnson, though, mixes his data sources, and there are other problems with his numbers.
If he had stuck with BLS for both numbers, he would gotten a significantly smaller increase in federal jobs -- 6 percent instead of the 10 percent he cited.
Plus, the FedScope numbers are not adjusted for seasonal swings, while the BLS data is tweaked for that. It's impossible to judge the impact of that, but the difference might be notable, based on our review of BLS seasonal and non-seasonal data.
In addition, Johnson's time frame is off in a couple ways.
His start date of December 2008 is about a month shy of Bush's final month. So his figures wrongly attribute a small chunk of federal government growth to Obama.
And while his data was the latest available on FedScope, it was not as current as BLS.
Our conclusion
Despite all that, we found, it's clear Johnson is on target on the 2 million jobs lost overall, and accurate or very close on the federal workforce trend -- at least using FedScope.
But juxtaposing the two numbers invites an apples to oranges comparison because they are from two different data sources. FedScope is credible, but a different animal than the BLS figures, so a lot of clarification of differences is needed to explain the relationship between the two measurements.
If Johnson had used the more up-to-date and widely quoted Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers for both calculations, the federal growth trend would have been less dramatic, though still significant.
Finally, we'll note that PolitiFact routinely checks not only the accuracy of jobs numbers, but whether blame or credit is justifiably fixed on the subject of the political claim. For job-creation and job-loss claims, we have noted in the past that politicians' policies are just one factor in employment levels. That's true in this case, though the first part of Johnson's claim -- on federal government growth -- arguably relates in large part to policy decisions by Obama.
Bottom line: A generally accurate statement that leaves out some key details.
That fits our definition of Half True.
Continuing a trend that began under President George W. Bush after 9/11, the federal government workforce has grown under President Barack Obama, mostly in defense, homeland security and related agencies.


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Transamerica Retirement Services, a Los Angeles-based retirement services provider that specializes in small to mid-sized companies, has found that smaller companies are moving faster than anticipated to help their employees take advantage of increased retirement plan contribution limits set forth in the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001.
Catherine Collinson, a senior vice president with Transamerica, recently spoke with Mutual Fund Market News' Nancy Opiela about why the new tax law is so important to smaller businesses. An edited account of the conversation follows.
MFMN: Why are smaller businesses so anxious to take advantage of the new retirement plan saving opportunities?
Collinson: Some studies predicted that implementation of new tax law provisions would be delayed and that employers would not grasp all of its options, but we have not found that to be the case.
Among 1,200 of our clients who have made changes to their retirement plans because of the new tax law, many are responding to several of its provisions. Ninety-five percent have signed up for rollovers, 91% have elected to add the catch-up provision for employees over age 50, and 71% have increased their deferral limits.
With all that's going on in the world today, we are extremely pleased that we could get the message across in a strong enough way that people acted on the information right away.
When we published our annual Transamerica Retirement Survey in the fall of 2001, we found that the vast majority of employers and employees were totally unfamiliar with the changes in the tax law. As a 401(k) provider, we worked to get the word out to our client companies and their employees that they should take advantage of these opportunities as soon as possible.
MFMN: How did you reach clients and their employees?
Collinson: In the small business retirement market, we typically reached them through a financial advisor or stockbroker. For the larger companies, we sent special newsletters and statement stuffers to both employers and employees and posted information on our Web site.
MFMN: Do you think the new tax law will have any impact on business owners' classic objection to offering a retirement plan, that employees care more about salary than retirement benefits?
Collinson: It's true that many small business owners who don't offer a plan tell us their employees would prefer a higher salary. However, that contradicts what we hear from the employees.
In fact, for three years in a row, employees surveyed for our retirement study have indicated that they prefer a job that meets their salary requirements and offers excellent benefits over a job that meets their salary requirements but offers poor benefits,
We predict that 2002 will be the year that the retirement gap at small businesses will start to close, in part because of new tax credits specifically designed to prompt small businesses to start a retirement plan. It's never been more affordable to offer a plan.
MFMN: Are you seeing increased interest among small businesses that currently don't have a plan to now offer one?
Collinson: I think we hear the engine revving up. We expect to see increasing activity throughout the year and then a big increase in activity in the fourth quarter. We find that many employers decide to add a plan in the fourth quarter because they can still get the benefit for the whole year.
MFMN: Are there other trends you're seeing today in the retirement plan arena?
Collinson: What is disconcerting, from a retirement plan provider's perspective, is that Americans are working harder than ever to support their families and set aside something for retirement. Yet each quarter, Americans spend little time reviewing their retirement plan. They are overlooking a critical task, since this is the money most are going to have to live off of in their retirement years.
Although as an industry we have accomplished a lot by encouraging Americans to save, we have a lot more work to do in terms of helping them to set goals and manage their investments.
Our retirement survey showed that although the overwhelming majority of Americans, 86%, are saving for retirement and a majority indicated they would curtail their current lifestyle to save more for retirement, many people need help setting their goals and managing their investments.
A startling 40% admitted they don't know how much they'll need for retirement. Only 10% have used an adviser or online tool to calculate what they will need for retirement. I think we all have to work to remove the intimidation factor and give people a push so they can take advantage of these new savings opportunities.


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We've given various entities flak for exclusive games, whether it's titles that are tied to particular console hardware or specific distribution services on the PC, so it's only fair that we point out that Arma 3 will be a Steam exclusive. In a blog post on its website, developer Bohemia Interactive revealed that it's going all-in with Valve's popular distribution service for the next version of its FPS franchise. Arma 3 was already a PC exclusive, and now it'll be available only on Steam.
According to the blog post, there are several reasons for Bohemia's Steam-only approach. The big one seems to be the expanding array of built-in features offered by the service, including developer-centric enhancements that make it easier for Bohemia to manage and patch the game. Having to maintain only one version of the game will further save development resources, the company says. Bohemia will also be able to save time by using Steam's DRM instead of another anti-piracy solution. On that note, the post makes it clear that Arma 3 will be playable using Steam's offline mode, although obviously not for multiplayer.
Bohemia goes so far as to claim there was "a very real chance there would be no Arma 3 this year" had Steam not been targeted exclusively, so it seems the move really will save development time. Unfortunately, there's no mention of whether zombie survival shooter DayZ, whose standalone release is being developed by Bohemia and will use the Arma 3 engine, is also going to be a Steam exclusive. I can't say I'll be terribly disappointed if it is. Exclusives can be a pain, but I can sympathize with the plight of smaller developers trying to compete in waters swimming with much bigger fish. Plus, I tend to buy everything on Steam even when I have a choice to use other outlets. A developer chosing the best solution isn't necessarily the same as a publisher restricting a title to an inferior one. Thanks to Rock, Paper, Shotgun for the tip.


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First we decide where to place the 32bit system. This variable will be used throughout this page for flexibilty. The given value is just what the author used. If you prefer some other location, this is the time to change it.
Now we have to create the directories so that pacman can function and affect changes inside our chroot.
mkdir -p $ARCH32_ROOT/var/{cache/pacman/pkg,lib/pacman}
Below is a helper script which I place in /usr/local/bin/pacman32. It will allow us to run pacman from our 64bit install and it will affect our chroot only. Make sure that if you are not using the default location, to change it here.
#!/bin/bash ARCH32_ROOT="/opt/arch32" PACMAN_EXEC="pacman" sed -e 's/x86_64/i686/g' /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist > $ARCH32_ROOT/mirrorlist sed -e 's@/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist@/opt/arch32/mirrorlist@g' /etc/pacman.conf > $ARCH32_ROOT/pacman.conf $PACMAN_EXEC --root $ARCH32_ROOT --cachedir $ARCH32_ROOT/var/cache/pacman/pkg --config $ARCH32_ROOT/pacman.conf "$@"
Now we can sync up our 32bit pacman with the repositories.
/usr/local/bin/pacman32 -Sy
And then we install the bare-minimum that we need to install other 32bit programs and libraries.
/usr/local/bin/pacman32 -S filesystem licenses bash sed coreutils gzip
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Nexus offers brand new townhomes and gated privacy in a convenient Eastvale location off the I-15 at Limonite. Three-story designs to suit a diversity of lifestyles feature modern interiors and comfortable living spaces with dens. The neighborhood's exteriors are styled with Spanish-inspired architecture.
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Oct 2003
Tyndale House Publishing
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Tyndale packages three heartwarming historical novellas in one convenient paperback as three authors share stories of love and Christmas Homecoming.
In A Place to Call Home, Dr. Olivia Endicott-Jones becomes the guardian for a motherless Irish baby. Rory OKelly, newly arrived from Ireland, believes the infant would be best raised with its own kind. But when he meets Olivia, he changes his mind, though the Irish leaders in the city refuse to listen to his opinion. A delightful tale with an Irish lilt.
Susannah Pruitt wonders about The Heart of a Stranger she meets on a disastrous journey home to Landis, New Mexico. Then she realizes hes her childhood best friend, Justin Rossiter, the man who became an outlaw and reportedly killed her father. Justin claims to have changed, but can Susannah trust him? A story of danger and forgiveness in the Old West.
In Christmas Legacy, Josephine Patterson returns West to claim her childhood home after the grandmother who rejected her dies. She needs money to pay her late husbands gambling debts. Ben Akers has lived and worked on the farm with his four daughters since his wifes death. When the farm is left to both of them, they come to a stalemate. But a freak accident and a Christmas blizzard show them another way.
Many novella collections offer less than stellar prose, but Christmas Homecoming is a wonderful exception. Brimming with memorable characters and plot twists, this collection offers a sit-back-and-relax read. Get a mug of eggnog, curl up in your favorite chair, and prepare to experience the joy of Christmas, whatever the season! -- Katie Hart, Christian Book Previews.com
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This anthology contains three original historical novellas set in the late 1800s, each revolving around the discovery of love at Christmastime and a significant Christmas homecoming.
A Place to Call Home: The daughter of wealthy high-society parents falls in love with an Irish immigrant while helping the needy in Boston.
The Heart of a Stranger: Childhood sweethearts are reunited in the New Mexico Territory.
Christmas Legacy: A widow returns to her childhood home in Minnesota to sell her late grandmother's farm, only to find that widower Ben Akers has been named co-owner of the farm in her grandmother's will.


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In our history, Varisco Designs has designed many dental offices and wanted to share and contribute our experiences with the medical designing field. First, we believe in general that dentists are sometimes more willing than the typical physician to build a more aesthetically appealing medical office. We believe this to be the case due to dental patients belief that physically appealing teeth is of utmost importance, this translates into patients who are conscience of aesthetics.
With this fact given, dentists tend to desire an office that is attractive and less clinical in feeling. Finishes and Features such as granite countertops, stone flooring, hardwood wall treatments, soffits and ceiling variations, accent lighting, frameless glass doors and windows, and high quality casework area all commonly seen in the best dental suites. In the medical field, the closest comparison migh well be a plastic surgeon's office, where patients area willing to spend electively and lavishly. These patients expect that the doctor's facility will reflect the high quality of care that they anticipate receiving. The same is definately true in dentistry.
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OLD BRIDGE — Provident Bank recently promoted Robert Vivo of Old Bridge to senior vice president. In this position, he is regional manager of 19 branches in Bergen, Hudson and Union counties, responsible for growing branch distribution business and leading branch managers to develop relationships and meet the needs of consumers and businesses in the communities they serve.
Vivo has more than 25 years of experience in the banking industry. He joined Provident in 2009 as vice president and regional manager, overseeing the bank's branches in Hudson County, including Jersey City, Hoboken, West New York and Bayonne. Previously, Vivo worked as a district manager for Sovereign Bank in Staten Island and Brooklyn, where he managed branches and improved sales and service levels.
Vivo received a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan. He is a member of the Ben-Bay Kiwanis Club and also spends time volunteering for the Lenape Chapter Boy Scouts.
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You need your car, and when you leave it in the shop for repairs, you can't help worrying about the cost and the quality of the work that's going on under the hood.
Your best protection from fraud and faulty repair work is to find a reputable mechanic or repair shop before your car needs to be repaired. Ask your friends if they know of a reliable mechanic.
When you're researching repair shops, find out whether they have any mechanics that are ASE (Automotive Service Excellence) certified. Also see if they are recognized under the ASE "Blue Seal of Excellence Recognition Program" or the AAA "Approved Auto Repair Network."
After you've selected some repair shops, call the Better Business Bureau or the Office of the Attorney General in your area and ask if anyone has complained about the shops you are considering. Ask the shops for the names of customers you can contact to see if they are satisfied with the shops' work.
Texas has no comprehensive statute specifically governing auto repairs. However, the Deceptive Trade Practices - Consumer Protection Act includes some sections that deal with auto repairs.
Under this law, it is illegal to:
You should get a written authorization to tow, inspect, test drive, diagnose, or disassemble any part of your car for the purposes of providing an estimate of repair costs, prior to towing the vehicle and prior to the inspection, test drive, diagnosis, or any disassembly. This authorization should include the following:
Do not sign any form authorizing inspection, test drive, diagnosis, or disassembly that does not cover these items.
You may be asked to sign both the authorization to inspect and the authorization to commence repair work at the same time. The authorizations may be on the same piece of paper, but they should require a separate signature. Read each one carefully before signing.
The authorization to commence repairs should also include the date and time that you signed the form. If you decide to have repairs made, make sure the initial work order clearly specifies all of the following information:
You should not allow your car to be inspected, disassembled, or lifted up on a rack until you have obtained a copy of the inspection authorization forms with your signature showing the information outlined above.
You should not assume that a friendly smile and a friendly verbal agreement will get your car fixed without arguments, lawsuits, or repossessions. Get everything in writing.
You should not allow anyone to speak for you in negotiating car repairs on your vehicle. Deceptive shops will use this as an excuse to add on extra charges, on the grounds that your son, boyfriend, sister, or some other person authorized the repairs.
You should not disclose your credit card account number, driver's license number, or any other personal information unless you clearly specify that giving the information is only for loan approval purposes, or unless you have approved the work, the work is finished, and you are ready to pay for it.
You should clearly indicate in writing that giving this information does not constitute an authorization to inspect or repair your vehicle. The authorization to inspect or repair is a completely separate authorization that should also require your signature. Deceptive shops will extract this personal information from you, commence work without your authorization, and then claim that you authorized the work because you provided this information and would not have done so unless you had authorized the repairs.
You should not leave valuables in your car.
Some of the common ways that deceptive auto repair shops will unfairly separate you from your money are by:
If the charge is much higher than the estimate, or if the work was done without your authorization and you feel that you have been overcharged, question the bill. Have the shop write out the reasons for the difference in cost, and keep this written explanation together with the work estimate, final bill, and other paperwork. Make sure the mechanic returns your old parts. (The mechanic may return some parts, such as alternators and brake shoes, to the parts supplier for a refund, so you may not be able to get all of them.)
Even if you are unsatisfied with the mechanic's explanation of the difference between the estimate and the final charge, or feel you have been cheated, pay the bill, making clear that you do not agree to it. You can then file a complaint with the Attorney General's Office and/or file a small claims court law suit against the mechanic.
If you refuse to pay a repair bill -- even a bill in dispute -- the mechanic has the legal right to keep your car until you pay. Even if you feel cheated, you should not pay with a check so you can regain possession of your car and then stop payment on the check -- your vehicle may still be repossessed.
If you suspect that the repair shop has violated the law, and you can't get them to resolve the problem to your satisfaction, your first step should be to take your car to another repair shop. Give the second mechanic a copy of your itemized receipt and order an inspection of the alleged repairs and parts. Get this report in writing. If you notice the same problem with your car is recurring, or find a new problem that should not have arisen, you will be in a better position to negotiate a refund from the first mechanic if you get a second mechanic's opinion of the work done in writing.


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Hanakago boat-shaped called "wind of heaven"
Bamboo madake, rattan & lacquer
Sukashi magaki and senshu weaving techniques
66 x 17.5 x 34.5(h) cm
Artist: TANABE Shouchiku III (b. 1974)
Tanabe Takeo Shouchiku III is the son of Chikuunsai III (1940-2014). In 2017, he will take the "go" (artist name) of Chikuunsai IV. Heir to a long dynasty of master weavers, he began to learn the art of bamboo at a very young age. He studied fine arts at Osaka City Crafts High School, graduated in sculpture from Tokyo Art University, continued his training in Beppu (Oita Pref.), and then joined the family studio in Sakai where he honed his abilities while training with his father. Since 1999, he has won numerous awards: the Rookie award, New Comer Exhibition in Sakai City; the Labor Ministry award, All Japan Technical Exhibition; the Sakai Mayor Award, Sakai Art Exhibition; the Yumiuri Television, All Kansai Art Exhibition; First Prize at the Osaka Craft Exhibition, Kasaku award; the Lloyd Cotsen Bamboo Prize (2007) and the Bavarian State Prize (2010). His works are present in the following public collections in the USA: the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Seattle Museum of Art, the Long Beach Museum of Art, the San Francisco Asian Art Museum, the Ruth and Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese Art at the Clark Center in Hanford, California, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Works of his are also in the British Museum in London, the Museo Nacional de Arte de Bolivia in La Paz, and many important private collections throughout the world.
In 2016 (April 13th – September 19th), the National Museum of Asian Arts GUIMET in Paris, will present one major bamboo installation of this artist.