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Learning College Manual
Human Resources
Computer Resources, Internet and Network Use Policy
Isothermal Community College strives to provide Computer Resources, Internet and Network access in an environment in which access is shared equitably among users. This access is intended to be used in support of the College's research, educational and administrative purposes. College owned or operated computer resources are for the use of College employees, students and other authorized individuals. The purpose of this policy is to protect the College's technology users and computer resources and to ensure equitable access and proper management of these resources.
Acceptable Uses
The computer resources owned and operated by the College are intended for the use of its students, employees and other authorized individuals for purposes related to instruction, learning, research, and campus operations. Users are expected to exercise responsible, ethical behavior when using all College computer resources. This policy makes no attempt to articulate all required or prohibited behavior by users of the College's computer resources.
Unacceptable Activity
Unacceptable activity includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- Deliberately downloading, uploading, creating or transmitting computer viruses;
- Destroying or modifying directory structures or registries or interfering or tampering with another individual's data or files;
- Developing programs that infiltrate a computer or computing system, harass other users and/or damage software;
- Attempting to obtain unauthorized computer access or privileges or attempting to trespass in another individual's work;
- Using hardware or software sniffers to examine network traffic, except by appropriate College personnel, to diagnose the network for bottlenecks or other problems;
- Using another person's password or sharing of one's own password (users who choose to share their passwords are responsible for the outcomes resulting from the use of their password);
- Committing any form of vandalism on equipment, communications lines, manuals or software, or attempting to defeat or circumvent any security measures or controls;
- Consuming food and/or beverages in computer labs, computer classrooms, library or in any other areas restricted to protect systems;
- Wastefully using finite resources such as large amounts of bandwidth including but not limited to: downloading music, television shows, software programs, and/or movies.
- Connecting personal network devices on the Colleges wired network. Connecting unsanctioned products (software or hardware) to the College network or installing products for personal use. Special provisions may be made for visiting artists, lecturers, and trainers at the discretion of the Director of Information Technology. Information Technology support staff can offer assistance in gaining network access under these special circumstances, but the College cannot guarantee functionality and assumes no responsibility for configuration of or damage to non‑college equipment;
- Using chat rooms, instant messaging, or social networking websites other than in support of the research, educational and administrative purposes of the College;
- Sending hate mail, chain letters and anonymous or pseudonymous messages;
- Using, distributing or making accessible profane, obscene, pornographic or discriminatory images or remarks or other content which reasonably may be considered to be offensive to another user or participating in other antisocial behaviors;
- Using computer resources for political campaigns or distribution of political material;
- Using computer resources for fraud, financial gain or for any commercial or illegal activity;
- Disclosing student information in violation of the provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974; and
- Violating copyright laws and/or fair use provisions through: 1) illegal peer-to-peer file trafficking by downloading or uploading pirated or illegal material including, but not limited to, software and music files; and 2) reproducing or disseminating Internet materials, except as permitted by law or by written agreement with the owner of the copyright.
- Using the college's data information systems off campus without appropriate authorization.
- The College reserves all rights in the use and operation of its computer resources, including the right to monitor and inspect computerized files or to terminate service at any time and for any reason without notice
- The College makes no guarantees or representations, either explicit or implied, that user files and/or accounts are private and secure. No right of privacy exists in regard to E‑mail or Internet sessions.
- The College is not responsible for the accuracy, content or quality of information obtained through or stored on the College network.
- The College and its representatives are not liable for any damages and/or losses associated with the use of any of its computer resources or services.
- The College reserves the right to limit the allocation of computer resources.
- The College makes efforts to maintain computer resources in good working condition but is not liable for damages incurred by loss of service.
- College funds may not be used to purchase personal network access or products.
- The College shall not be liable legally, financially or otherwise for the actions of anyone using the Internet through the College's network or College's computers.
The College provides free wireless Internet access through a guest account (the only wireless access allowed for students and guests). Users of wireless access must abide by the Wireless Internet Access Guidelines and this Policy. Connection to the wireless network at any given time is not guaranteed. The College does not accept liability for any personal equipment that is brought to the College and, therefore, will not assist with configuration, installation, trouble shooting or support of any personal equipment.
The College provides free e-mail accounts to certain College personnel based on job responsibilities, as determined by the employee's appropriate Vice President, and to all students who are enrolled in a curriculum program. The use of College-provided e-mail accounts must be related to College business, including academic pursuits. Incidental and occasional personal use of these accounts is acceptable when such use does not generate a direct cost to the College or otherwise violate the provisions within this policy.
The College will make reasonable efforts to maintain the integrity and effective operation of its electronic mail systems, but users are advised that those systems should in no way be regarded as a secure medium for the communication of sensitive or confidential information. Because of the nature and technology of electronic communication, the College cannot assure the privacy of an individual's use of the College's electronic mail resources or the confidentiality of particular messages that may be created, transmitted, received or stored.
The College does not monitor electronic mail routinely but may do so to the extent permitted by law as the College deems necessary. Students and employees should not have any expectation of privacy with their electronic e-mail address provided by the College. Any user of the College's computer resources who makes use of an encryption device shall provide access when requested to do so by the appropriate College authority. The College reserves the right to access and disclose the contents of employees', students' and other users' electronic mail without the consent of the user. The College will do so when it believes it has a legitimate business need including, but not limited to, the following:
- In the course of an investigation triggered by indications of misconduct or misuse;
- As needed to protect health and safety of students, employees or the community at large;
- As needed to prevent interference with the academic mission of the College;
- As needed to locate substantive information required for College business that is not more readily available;
- As needed to respond to legal actions; and
- As needed to fulfill the College's obligations to third parties.
Electronic mail, including that of students, may constitute "educational records" as defined in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99). See Student Records Policy. (Appendix B Student Handbook or Policy 602-02-07AP)
North Carolina law provides that communications of College personnel that are sent by electronic mail may constitute "correspondence" and, therefore, may be considered public records subject to public inspection under the North Carolina General Statutes, Chapters 121 and 132.
Electronic files, including electronic mail, that are considered to be public records are to be retained, archived and/or disposed of in accordance with current guidelines established by the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources or otherwise required by College policy.
Any ancillary external websites and/or pages set up by an employee or student with the intent to represent the College or any of its organizations or entities must have prior approval by the Director of Marketing and Community Relations. This excludes instructional sites or pages like those hosted on Moodle. It does include externally hosted blogs and social-networking pages. If requested, administrative access to the sites or pages must be given to the Director of Marketing and Community Relations for the purpose of ensuring compliance with College policy and guidelines.
When creating or posting material to a webpage or other Internet site apart from the College's website or approved ancillary external site or page, employees should remember that the content may be viewed by anyone including community members, students and parents.
Employees are to maintain an appropriate relationship with students at all times. Having a public personal website or online networking profile or allowing access to a private website or private online networking profile is considered a form of direct communications with students. Any employee found to have created and/or posted inappropriate content on a website or profile that has a negative impact on the employee's ability to perform his/her job as it relates to working with students and the community will be subject to disciplinary action up to and including dismissal.
Each individual is ultimately responsible for his/her own actions. Failure to exercise responsible, ethical behavior will result in disciplinary action up to and including dismissal.
Certain activities violate Federal and/or NC State laws governing use of computer systems and may be classified as misdemeanors or felonies. Those convicted could face fines and/or imprisonment.
As a user of Isothermal Community College's computers, networks and/or other resrouces I understand I must comply with the above policy, the Wireless Internet Access Guidelines, any other policies and documents that may apply, and any amendments made of this policy or documents in the future.
Cross Reference:
Adopted: June 29, 2010
Amended: January 15, 2015
Policy No: 306-02-01BP


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Understanding Energy ~ Inside and Out
Every thing costs something to produce ... and that cost is not in dollars, other currency, gold or silver ... at least not directly; the direct cost of every thing is ENERGY ... without ENERGY ... you can't even get out of bed.
Tai Chi ... 'Grand Ultimate' ... is an ancient symbol ... a code representing how the energy of Life flows ... inside and out ...
We're all aware of the cost of energy these days; from the price we pay at the pump to fuel our cars, and what we pay to heat and cool our houses. Most of us are aware every morning as we lift ourselves up and out of bed, and again when we lie down at night to sleep, how much energy we have—or don't have—to do everything we need and want to do each day. This is the energy that Oriental Medicine refers to as CHI or HEALTH.
A Fact of Life
Energy is a fact of Life; it can even be described as Life itself because without energy, nothing happens. When you have a lot of it, you can do a lot of things. When someone has very little energy, that's not a good situation. In fact when a person has no energy at all, we call that person—dead.
Energy is what fuels the economy which we all depend on to make a living. Everyone goes to great lengths to get energy, so much so that wars are fought over it. Everyone understands the need for energy—especially as it dwindles.
Energy: Inside and Out
At BIOM we discuss energy a lot ... from two different perspectives: internally and externally. To preserve, conserve and manage our Chi~Energy 'internally' ... we eat in a Five Element Way, which includes Chinese medicinal herbs. We use acupuncture to balance the Chi~Energy as it moves through our bodies, and we enjoy Chi Kung to keep our Chi~Energy vibrant.
Like you, we're also concerned about how expensive energy has become 'externally' in terms of what it costs. The cost of energy should be measured in terms of how much Chi you have to expend in order to get the money needed to fuel our households, businesses and jobs. (Note: Money is an energy derivative. It's a proxy for energy. No one gives you money unless you do something in exchange for it, and what you're exchanging for money is your Chi~Energy.)
Be Mindful
Remember the old high school physics principle that taught: "Energy can neither be created nor destroyed ... it can only be changed from one form to another." Changing energy from one form to another is what happens on this plane of existence.
It's what happens when we eat the photosynthesized solar energy that is a plant, so our bodies can convert the plant's energy into the metabolic energy we use to fuel our lives. It's what the electric company does with coal, and the oil company does with petroleum; they convert the solar energy in these fossil fuels so we can buy them with the money we get in exchange for our Chi to do EVERYTHING we do in our lives that requires energy.
It's important to realize that we have a limited amount of energy available to us … inside and out … and BE MINDFUL of how we use it.
Related Links
• Spring and Liver Energy
• Controlling Your Liver Energy
• Fire Energy of Summer
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Protect Yourself Against Cold
To avoid getting sick, keep your wrists, ankles, and especially the back of your neck from being exposed to the cold. When you're outside, be sensitive to how you feel and make sure your extremities don't get too cold—especially your fingers and toes.
When your Kidneys are working well, the proper amount of heat is generated in your body, and normal precautions like "bundling up" in the winter will prevent cold from entering and getting trapped in your body. When your Kidneys are out of balance, you'll notice a persistent feeling of cold in your lower back and extremities. If this is the case, you need to strengthen them. Otherwise you'll be more vulnerable to pathogens and illness.
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Healthy Digestion and Happy Holidays
Shining up
/ the evening moon / Autumn wind
~ Issa
As the bounty of the Harvest continues and the season of celebrations begins—Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanza—it's a good time to remember a few things about healthy digestion
How To Improve and Maintain Healthy Digestion
Here are some tips to keep in mind now—as the flow-of-food begins to pick up speed—and throughout the rest of the year.
Cultivate these three simple habits, by being mindful of what you put into your stomach, and you'll be the beneficiary of a happy body and healthy appetite.
1. Don't eat sweets, especially refined sweets, on an empty stomach. It's not good for your digestion.
2. Don't put cold or raw food into an empty stomach. For example, raw vegetable salad and ice cream are two things people typically eat on an empty stomach. Don't do it. It's not good for your digestion.
3. Do eat small amounts of protein throughout the day—especially if your pancreas is out of balance. Diet-wise, it doesn't matter what kind of protein it is, although animal protein has beneficial aspects not necessarily available in plant proteins.
How To Tell When Your Pancreas is Out of Balance
It's very simple: When your digestion is working well, you don't feel it. That's the beauty of the subtle feeling of health; nothing about your body is grabbing your attention, so you're free to do whatever it is you want to do.
If you're not currently experiencing digestive problems, cultivate the three simple habits to help ensure your Digestion stays in good shape.
On the other hand, when your Digestion is out of balance, an array of annoying distractions begin to appear. Discomforts like:
- Intestinal gas.
- Burping.
- Feeling sleepy after you eat.
- Feeling hungry again soon after eating.
- Not having much of an appetite.
Everybody doesn't experience all these symptoms of poor digestion, but if your Pancreas is not in good shape—which tends to include most people in the U.S. and related dietary cultures, including vegans and vegetarians—then one or more of these symptoms will likely be familiar to you.
Oriental Medicine Can Help
Oriental Medicine has very effective ways to rebuild Digestive Energy—Five Element Eating; Chinese medicinal herbs, Acupuncture & Acupressure, and Chi Kung.
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Etymology: Spanish, literally, rotten pot.
1 : a highly seasoned stew.
2 : hodgepodge.
So says Merriam-Webster.
It pretty much describes the past week for me.
Dinner and theatre last week with my friend Arthur, visiting from San Francisco. An odd evening. Neither one of us was sure we'd ever see the other again. Arthur's been ill, and after undergoing two rounds of chemo, is starting a third round in June. Due to his weakness and shortness of breath, we picked a restaurant that was both close to the theatre and his hotel, thereby pretty much guaranteeing an inferior meal. Does anyone have a really good theatre district suggestion? Tim and I eat with a fair amount of regularity at Chez Napoleon, but that's pretty basic, albeit Gallic fare. I mean something festive. We wound up at Thalia, which is around the corner from the Eugene O'Neill Theatre where Sweeney Todd is playing. It was noisy and emphatically nothing special. The check was close to $130.00, and both of us basically had salads, entrees and a shared dessert. It's not the money, but I would like to at least enjoy the meal. At least we were able to talk.
The play, on the other hand, gave great entertainment value. I'd seen the original grand production back in 1979, and it took a few minutes for me to scale back my expectations and enjoy the charms of this chamber performance. But I did, indeed. All in all, a great evening of music and theatre.
The following night, I had my first real session with my new trainer, the Nazi. Suffice to say, I'm getting back in the saddle, and I hope to see some improvements in the coming month or so.
I had a four-day weekend, and spent all of Friday and a good deal of Saturday hoeing out my apartment. My kitchen alone required a cleaning worthy of Augusten Burroughs. I got rid of books and periodicals, as well as no end of crap I'd stored that had been accumulated by my ex. All gone. After scrubbing the floors, I extended my arms in Maria von Trapp fashion and spun around once or twice. Alright, once. I'd actually forgotten that I have a decent size kitchen by Manhattan standards. It would be pretty wonderful, if I actually ever turned on my stove and cooked. But I don't.
Friday night, arriving at Tim's, I went to hug him, only to be told he had a miserable cold. Grrr. And he had to work all day Saturday. And Sunday. So much for our weekend. We had a quiet night. I went back to my house and cleaned all the following afternoon, with a few breaks to run around Union Square in search of some decent running shoes that won't bankrupt me. No luck there either.
I picked Tim up from work at 9:15, and we walked through insanely crowded Times Square over to the afore-mentioned Chez Napoleon, where we indulged in a few cocktails, some simple cuisine and a post-prandial eau-de-vie apiece. We had a couple of drinks in the neighborhood, which was refreshingly quiet due to the holiday weekend. There were more sailors on the street in Hell's Kitchen than gay boys.
Sunday I hit the gym again and headed over to the Dugout. I got to meet up with a battalion of bloggers who were traveling a circuit that included Bingham Cup rugby games, the Eagle and XXL. Frankly, I was jealous of their itinerary. I consumed a copious amount of diet beer and conversed with friends old and new. My dear friend M. even made a rare surprise Dugout appearance. I was hopeful that we would all head up to the Eagle for our bi-yearly visitation, but that was just not to be. Tim was exhausted. He suggested a stop at Ty's. With the heat and the over-crowding and the fact that he was tired from seven consecutive days of work plus a head cold, he became quickly short tempered at the bar. And suddenly, so was I. We managed to have a rare rip-roaring fight while hailing a cab and went home, both of us cross and sullen.
I hate the morning after a fight. I crawled out of bed so Tim could sleep in, undisturbed. We'd pretty much made our peace, but we were still walking on eggshells. We spent a quiet morning gradually getting back to some semblance of normalcy, had brunch at the Noho Star and looked in some of the neighboring furniture store for some nice storage pieces for my newly enormous kitchen.
So much for my exciting week. Feh. I think the rotten portion of that definition is most apt here.


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The video download biz is getting a big shakeup courtesy of two of the country's biggest DVD retailers.
With Wal-Mart — which sells about 40% of the country's DVDs — entering the arena Tuesday, existing players face a monster competitor whose purchasing powers in homevideo could give it a leg up in the digital space, where insiders say it will be able to wrangle similar terms.
But Amazon.com, which launched its videostore in October, is trying to stay one step ahead of its new competitor. The e-tailer will today start a test of a partnership with TiVo that will allow users of the digital video recorder to watch downloaded movies and series on their TVs.
Since it's the first physical retailer to start selling digital downloads, Wal-Mart should gain an advantage from its sheer size (other physical DVD retailers have complained about its leverage for years).
Online competitors may face a disadvantage. Most notably, several sources confirmed that in order to sign its recent deal with Paramount, Apple had to agree to pay more for digital copies of library titles than bricks-and-mortar retailers do. That presents a very lucrative option to studios, which can get more money from Apple without having to manufacture and ship a DVD.
That's why at least some of the other majors, along with indies like MGM and Lionsgate that have deep catalogs, are expected to follow Par's lead and start selling library titles on iTunes soon.
Apple still wants better terms for new releases than retailers get for DVDs, however, which is why most studios are reluctant to put new movies on iTunes. Only Disney, in which Apple CEO Steve Jobs is the largest investor, has agreed.
Though Amazon is ahead for the moment, Wal-Mart is looking at various digital solutions for moving downloads to the TV and also has plans to launch the capability to burn DVDs later this year, as do other e-tailers. But for now, it's counting on its breadth of content, retail promotions and the quality of its service to help it stand out.
Wal-Mart also has the key advantage, thanks to its existing homevideo relationships, that it's the only vidstore to offer download-to-own movies from every major studio.
The company already has an online musicstore, which has done very poorly against iTunes. Wal-Mart is not only aiming to do better with video but to make it part of a broadly integrated digital and retail solution.
"Over time, it will evolve into a multiformat video experience in stores and online where the consumer can discover content and get it in whatever format they wish, whether download, DVD or a Blu-ray or HD DVD disc," said Kevin Swint, head of digital media for Wal-Mart.com.
Company is considering ways to highlight movie download availability in stores. It plans to repeat a promotion it offered earlier this year in which consumers who bought the "Superman Returns" DVD got to download the movie for just a few dollars. It is also offering very competitive prices. While all library titles on iTunes cost $9.99, Wal-Mart has some for as cheap as $7.50. Most new releases are priced at $14.88, 11¢ cheaper than the standard price on iTunes.
Downloads work on Windows PCs and portable devices but not on iPods.
For its part, Amazon will let Unbox buyers move their TV and movie downloads to their TiVo with a single click for the same price.
"It's no secret that people like to watch video, especially movies on their TV, and we're very happy to now give them an option," said Roy Price, product manager for Unbox.
Microsoft is currently the only moviestore to give users a simple way to watch downloads on their TV, via the Xbox 360, and has seen higher-than-expected demand. Amazon is hoping that its Unbox service, which hasn't gotten much traction since launching in October, will get a leg up by giving TiVo owners a simple way to watch downloads on the TV.
Service will only work with owners of TiVo series 2 or 3 standalone boxes, a relatively small market of fewer than 1.6 million consumers as of Oct. 31.
The inability to watch downloads on a TV is the No. 1 complaint of most consumers, industryites say. Amazon, which has a much wider selection of movies and TV shows than Microsoft's Xbox Live, will surely tout its early solution to that problem.
Deal could be more beneficial for TiVo, which is looking for added features to offer buyers of its standalone DVR, on which company makes significantly more money than through partnerships such as one soon to launch with Comcast. Though users won't be able to access Unbox directly through their TiVos yet, those who download a movie or TV show at Amazon.com will see it automatically show up on their TiVo boxes along with recorded TV shows.
TiVo previously had a deal to test Internet video-on-demand with Netflix, but that partnership was eventually canceled. Netflix now lets its subscribers stream movies on their computer but not download them.


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1.1 Analysis of Minimum Competence
It has been assumed that the additional cost
amounts to four hours each for six lecturers for each main course
Hourly Lecturer's Pay
Net £18,030 (mid-range of Lecturer Band
two) plus London Weighting £2,247 =
£20,277 plus 20 per cent on-costs of £4,055
£24,332 per annum = hourly rate (40 weeks
x 36 hours) =
£16.90 per hour
Number of main course groups
Net of additional qualifications, and counting
A, B, etc groups as one course = 436
Additional Cost
(four hours at £16.90 per x six lecturers)
x 436 main courses = £176,815
1.2 Design of Appropriate Assessment Tools
Assumed additional costs is as above = £176,815
1.3 Assessment of Each Candidate
It is assumed that the additional cost over
standard entry amounts to 15 lecturer hours per group per year.
Number of groups
Total number of students enrolled in College
(1999-2000) 12,156.
Assuming 20 students per group = 608
(15 lecturer hours at £16.90) x 608 groups
= £154,055.
1.4 Guidance and Feedback Support
It is assumed that the additional cost amounts
to five guidance hours per 20 students per year.
Guidance Hours
Net salary£23,519, plus London Weighting
£2,570 =
£26,089 plus 20 per cent on-costs £
£31,307 at hourly rate (52 weeks x 36 hours)
£16.72 per hour
Assuming 20 students per group = 608.
(five guidance hours at £16.72) x 608 groups
= £50,823.
2.1 Adult Returners
It is assumed that the additional cost amounts
to five lecturer hours per full-time and two hours per part-time
£16.90 per hour.
Student Numbers
Adult returners are defined as students aged
22 and over, net of overseas/students in this age group (considered
separately below). There were 3,722 net students in this age group
at 1 November 2000.
Of these, 1,129 are full-time and 2,593 part-time.
Additional Costs
Full-time(five x £16.90) x 1,129
= £95,386
Part-time(two x £16.90) x 2,593
= £87,630
2.2 Refugees, Asylum Seekers and returning
British nationals
These are refugees, asylum seekers and returning
British nationals. These are students enrolled in the School of
English plus any other students with fee waiver costs indicating
they are asylum seeker students. A total of 1,135 at 1 November
Of these, 724 are full-time and 409 are part-time
(two are attending via other MoA).
Additional cost
Full-time(five x £16.90) x 724 =
Part-time(two x £16.90) x 409 =
2.3 Others
Students of school leaving age with very poor
or nil school attendance in the previous two years. No reliable
figures are available.
3.1 Tutoring
It is assumed that additional costs amount to
one lecturer hour per week for each group with 250 GLH.
There are 4,846 students attending courses of
250 or more GLH.
Assuming an average of 20 students per group
this amounts to 242 groups.
(£16.90 for 36 weeks) x 242 groups = £147,394
3.2 Financial Support
The College's hardship fund = £25,000
4.1 Learning Centre
Total cost of Learning Centre (1998-99) staff£547,000
plus non-staff £122,000 = total £669,000. Plus 20 per
cent for premises costs = £802,800.
Ben Johnson Hill (BJH) indicates that the College's
ration of 0.66 compares to other city colleges' ration of 0.38.
This suggests an additional cost equal to 42.4
per cent of the total, that is £340,387.
Guidance Staff
It has been assumed that dealing with the effects
of disadvantage accounts for half the time of 5.5 guidance staff.
Net salary£23,519 plus London Weighting
£2,570 =
£31,307 for 5.5 staff =
£172,189 half of this amounts to an additional
cost = £86,094
4.2 Security
Total cost of College securitystaff £236,000
plus non-staff £129,000 = total cost £365,000.
BJH indicates that the College's ration of 1.3
compares to other city colleges' ration of 0.5.
This suggests an additional cost equal to 61.5
per cent of the total, which is £224,475.
4.3 Exam Costs
It is assumed that the entire budget (2000-01)
figure for examinations amounts to an additional cost.
This is £406,000.
Using the above assumption and calculations
the total additional cost is £2,045,866.
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Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice
- Narrated by: Mark J. Plotkin
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- Release date: 03-10-08
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One of my all time favorites. I read the book years ago and have passed it to many friends to share. It was great to listen to the book again on this audio version. Mark Plotkin brings us a true understanding of just how important the resources of the Amazon are to all of us, especially the medicinal properties of rainforest plants. The lesson in science and history is fascinating and Plotkin's personal journey is thoroughly engaging. You will love this book and want to share with friends.
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I am an Native person, and I do our traditional medicines here in Canada. This story touched me to the depths of my soul.
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Additionally the importance of this work hilights how we really need to ensure all these practices and this knowledge must be kept alive.
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Post-it maker 3M's quarterly profit beats on controlled costs
Jan 24 (Reuters) - 3M Co, the maker of Scotch tape and Post-it notes, reported on Tuesday better-than-expected quarterly profit, as the company kept a tight lid on costs.
The company, which gets more than 60 percent of its revenue from outside the United States, has been restructuring its business through divestures and layoffs in an effort to reduce expenses.
3M's operating expenses fell 2.3 percent in the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31.
St. Paul, Minnesota-based 3M reaffirmed its 2017 earnings forecast of $8.45 to $8.80 per share and organic local currency sales growth of 1 percent to 3 percent.
Net income attributable to the company rose to $1.15 billion, or $1.88 per share, in the quarter, from $1.04 billion, or $1.66 per share, a year earlier.
Net sales rose 0.4 percent to $7.33 billion.
Analysts on average had estimated net income of $1.87 per share, on sales of $7.33 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
3M's shares were flat in premarket trading on Tuesday. Up to Monday's close, the company's stock had risen 28 percent in the last 12 months. (Reporting by Rachit Vats and Shashwat Awasthi in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju Samuel and Martina D'Couto)
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Kim Kardashian is keen to bare all for Playboy again after becoming a mom to baby daughter North this summer (13), just so she can show those who poked fun at her pregnancy weight gain she's hot again.
The reality TV star, who became engaged to boyfriend Kanye West on her 33rd birthday last week (21Oct13), stripped for the December 2007 issue of the men's magazine and she's keen to appear naked in Hugh Hefner's publication again after losing her baby weight.
In a candid chat with sister Khloe, which aired on the family's Keeping up With the Kardashians on Sunday night (27Oct13), she confessed, "I just wanna come out to the world, like, naked and be, like, 'I look so hot. I'm back! You all called me a whale, Shamu, a cow...'"
And she revealed there's one special part of her body she'd like the world to see: "When I came back from the hospital, the first thing I did was go and look at my vag (vagina) in the mirror and it looks better looking than before."


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During the month of November, I'm taking entrees for my free book giveaway for CHLOE'S GUARDIAN through Goodreads. I thought it would be fun to have a month-long trivia game about everything time travel. Check in each day to get the question of the day starting Saturday, November 1, and post your answer. And be sure to visit my Goodreads page so you can enter to win one of the free giveaways yourself!
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That's megan's hilarious entry in our strangely prescient Jennifer Garner caption exercise. As you'll remember from E!'s Live from the Red Carpet Oscar coverage, Ryan Seacrest found out that Busey is a really big fan of Garner's.
As we all know since we first posted this, Jennifer Garner has kind of confirmed the never-ending stories out there alleging she is with child. And some of your were totally on that wavelength.
Some of our favorites were:
rach n bake: "Oh no I left Violet in the other car!!!"
Paige "Exit....Stage left!"
Christine: "My New Alias: Undercover Mother"
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It's just me and you babe (oh no)
We gon' take over this world
Verse 1
It was you that got me
I thought I was out
You stopped me
I knew I was at my worst
Then you came and blew me off my feet
Tell me (T-tell me) Tell me
Please can you help me... ?
Help me, do you think that we can be
Because I never thought love would take me this quick
A few months and it feels like years
Every year I will still be here
I never thought I could fall for someone
I was lost
Baby girl you found me
Didn't know you at first but you got to me slowly
So I'm reassured you know that you got me
So let me take these words and tell everybody that...
You got me, you got me, (you got me)
You, you, you, you, you yeah
You got me; you got me (you got me)
You, you, you, you, you yeah
Verse 2
Because I knew this ain't no dream
First time you came to me (Came to me)
Fantasy (fantasy)
Still I got to rehearse
In my mind words?
Could I really get by
Still listen to every word
So I knew that you were right
For me
You making me think twice
And music is nothing
Without you right here
If you ain't by my side
So we gonna ride or die
And this songs for you baby
Yours Truly
Can't believe
I found my destiny
Never believed destiny until I met you
Now I see my future
My lady
I'm standing right here
With you by my side...
You got me, you got me
You, you, (by my side) you, you, you yeah
You, got me, (you got me) you got me
You, you (baby) you, you, you yeah
You got me, (you got me baby) you got me, (you got me baby)
You, you, you, you, you yeah (oh no)
You got me, (it's scribe yo) you got me (you got me)
You, (J. Wills) you, you, you, (look?) you yeah
Verse 3
Hey baby you got me
Like a bullet shot me
Right through my ventricle
Don't know what I'm meant to do
Baby now you got me
Like Adrian got Rocky
Imma be the champion
Cause now that I got you
Nothing can stop me
Even though I built those walls between us
You unlocked me
They say love is blind
And I can definitely not see
I adore you baby your the freakin' best
If your world starts falling down
You got nothing left
Don't forget 'get
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This announcement is from Chris Rusnov of Maine Equal Justice and Larry Dansinger of Resources for Organizing and Social Change (ROSC). Please share widely (and quickly, if possible), and feel free to cross-post.
There is a public hearing on the Supplemental Budget to deal with the 2013 budget deficit. It will take place on Monday, Jan. 28 before the Appropriations Committee in room 228 of the State House. The governor proposes to eliminate the Drugs for the Elderly and Disabled program (DEL) and to reduce General Assistance spending by half. The committee will hear testimony on DEL at 10:00am and on General Assistance at 1:00pm.
Please help identify people who might be affected by these cuts. It is critical to help legislators understand how these cuts will affect people served by these programs. We are looking for any senior or person with disabilities who gets help paying for their prescription medicines through DEL, and any individual or family who has received help from General Assistance in the past year (especially great if help from GA enabled them to continue working or prevented homelessness).
Once you have identified a person, ask them to call me or get their permission for me to call them. I will talk with them to make sure they will be affected, and if they agree, will help them write down their story.
With your help, we may be able to stop these cuts.
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Everyone on the Lusitania's last voyage, including passengers and crew.
William Bennett was born in Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, in 1876, one of ten children of William and Susan Bennett (née Ross), originally of 12, Cobden Street, Lochee, Angus. His father was an iron turner.
In 1897, William married Helen Steel (or Dalziel) in Dundee, and the couple had eight children, the oldest being born in 1897, and the youngest in 1913, although by 1911, two of their children had died! The family home was at 2. Campbell Street, Dundee, Forfarshire; however, for a period the family resided at 163. Neptune Road, Wallsend, Northumberland, England. William was a shipwright by occupation.
By 1911, his father and some of his siblings had immigrated to Canada and settled in Vancouver, British Columbia. William travelled to Canada in 1913, presumably in the hope of making his own fortune in Canada, while his family remained behind in Dundee.
However, in the spring of 1915, because of the war, he decided to return to Scotland to join the Army and as a consequence, he booked a ticket as a third class passenger on the Lusitania, to sail across the Atlantic to Liverpool.
He left Vancouver at the end of April and was on board the liner when she left Pier 54 at New York just after mid-day on 1st May 1915 for her last voyage from America. Six days later, after she had been torpedoed and sunk, William Bennett was dead!
His body was not recovered and identified afterwards and consequently, he has no known grave. He was aged 39 years.
In the summer of 1915, his widow applied for financial assistance to The Lusitania Relief Fund, which had been set up after the disaster by The Lord Mayor of Liverpool and other worthy dignitaries to help those survivors and relatives of the dead, who had become financially distressed by the sinking.
Taking into account that the local Parish Council in Dundee was paying Mrs. Bennett £0-10s-0d, (£0.50p.), per week, the committee administering the fund awarded her the sum of £6-10s-0d., (£6.50p.), at the rate of £0-10s-0d, (£0.50p.), per week, for three months. In December 1915, the Lusitania Relief Fund Committee reviewed the circumstances of the family and decided to continue the payments to Mrs. Bennett, and decided to give an additional £0-2s-6d. per week for each child.
Seven of the sons of Mr. and Mrs. William Bennett senior were involved in the Great War in one way or another. As stated, William junior was killed on the
Lusitania, John and David Bennett served in the Canadian Army, James Bennett served in the Australian Army, George Bennett served in the British Army, in The Black Watch, and Hector and Charles Bennett both worked on munitions. William's brother, 703578 Private David Bennett, 102nd Bn. Canadian Infantry, was listed as being killed in action on the 27th September 1918, and is buried in Bourlon Wood Cemetery, off the main Cambria to Bapaume road, in Pas-de-Calais, France. As far as can be ascertained, all his other brothers survived the war.
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Zwift Academy begins June 1, 2016
Zwift has teamed up with CANYON//SRAM Racing to create Zwift Academy, a program that will offer three fast female Zwifters a spot at the CANYON//SRAM Racing training camp in Europe, where the newest member of the 2017 CANYON//SRAM racing team will be chosen. It officially starts June 1.
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Keith Vaz, embroiled in 'escorts scandal', to face MPs on Home Affairs committee
Keith Vaz will face MPs on the Home Affairs committee to discuss his future as its chairman after becoming embroiled in a scandal involving male escorts.
The Labour MP, who has publicly apologised to his wife and children for the "hurt and distress" he caused them, is under pressure to quit as chairman of the powerful group.
He is facing a possible investigation by Commons' sleaze watchdogs as the fallout from reports that he paid two male escorts for their services threatens to overwhelm his career.
The high-profile Leicester East Labour MP returned to work in the House of Commons on Monday and remained composed as he asked questions in the chamber about terror suspects who have fled Britain to join IS (Islamic State) as well as the war in Yemen, where he was born.
Mr Vaz met the escorts at a flat he owns near his family home in north London last month, according to reports in the Sunday Mirror.
It also claimed that money was paid into an account used by one of the escorts by a man linked to a charity set up by the MP.
There is no suggestion in the newspaper report that the charity's money was used in the affair.
Andrew Bridgen was writing letters on Monday evening to Scotland Yard, the Charity Commission and the Commons' standards watchdog to call for them to investigate the allegations against Mr Vaz.
The Tory MP, who represents the neighbouring North West Leicestershire constituency, has received a letter from law firm Howard Kennedy accusing him of "maliciously spreading false and highly defamatory scuttlebutt" about Mr Vaz.
Mr Vaz had a conversation regarding cocaine with one of the escorts in which the MP said he did not want to use the drug, but indicated that he would pay for it for the other man at a later date, according to the Sunday Mirror.
He also asked the escort to bring the party drug poppers with him for the encounter, according to the report.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn indicated there was no need for Mr Vaz to stand down from the party, stating: "Well, he hasn't committed any crime that I know of. As far as I'm aware it is a private matter, and I will obviously be talking to Keith."
Theresa May said voters must be able to have "confidence" in their politicians after the allegations emerged.
The Prime Minister said MPs have a duty to their constituents but stressed that decisions on his future were a matter for Mr Vaz.
She said: "What Keith does is for Keith, and any decisions he wishes to make are for him.
"But I think overall what people look for is confidence in their politicians."


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More #Legionnaires Cases, Meeting Called
By Dan Gesslein
& David Greene
& David Greene
BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- An emergency town hall meeting will be held on Thursday to answer questions on the Morris Park Legionnaires outbreak. This comes as three new cases of the disease have been diagnosed.
The current number of cases has grown to 10. City officials have been quiet on where the outbreak is believed to have originated.
In Morris Park, residents are on edge. The neighborhood has been decorated for the upcoming Bronx Columbus Day Parade yet all anyone is talking about is the outbreak. The local supermarket has a sign in its window stating that it does not have a cooling tower. This is a reference to the cooling towers in large buildings where the disease has been detected.
Health officials will be on hand to answer questions at Maestros Caterers on Thursday at 8 p.m.
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|Homes Bill
Mr. Brake: I support the amendments. If the seller's packs will be as useful and in as much demand as we are told, they will sell themselves and become common in the industry. They will become best practice, so I do not understand the need for fines.
It appears that the Government intend to introduce a list of exceptions. They have already suggested that, for technical reasons, it will be acceptable for certain parts of the seller's packs to be unavailable. By making their use mandatory but allowing technical exceptions they are opening many avenues for challenge. Perhaps doing away with fines and introducing seller's packs on a voluntary basis might simplify matters with respect to the possibility of legal challenge.
Finally, will the Minister would clarify the upper limit of a level 5 fine?
Mr. Clifton-Brown: I support the argument of my hon. Friend the Member for Eastbourne, who succinctly described the worst aspect of the Bill. We have already heard numerous scenarios that suggest that the Bill will be difficult to implement. I understand that the measure is intended to speed up property transactions, but the more burdensome the requirements of the seller's pack become, the slower the transaction is likely to be. It will take longer to prepare the pack and for purchasers' solicitors to check it.
Another consideration is that, the more burdensome the seller's pack, the more cursory will be the information. Estate agents and others involved will ask, ``What is it that we've got to provide solely to comply with the Act?'' A seller's pack that gives an accurate and complete picture is needed, because that is what purchasers and their solicitors want when they buy a property. However, if the obligation is too burdensome and criminal sanctions are involved, those involvedhuman beings being what they arewill naturally provide minimal and cursory information. I say that the spirit of offering helpful advice to Ministers in their consideration of what to include in regulations.
There is a worrying trend in this country toward making criminal sanctions available to additional groups of public servants. There must be something wrong with a country that does that. After all, we are talking not just about the fine levied at the time: when a person contravenes the regulations, not only will he have to pay the fine, but he will receive a criminal record. The knock-on effect on a person and his family can be huge, resulting in people being unable to get credit or suffering various other problems. We should use regulations that involve criminal sanctions very sparingly. A matter that essentially involves civil contractual law should not in any way be extended into criminal sanctions. To do that would be wholly reprehensible.
Another aspect relates to trading standards officers. They receive good and extensive training in how to deal with many matters, but they are not trained to be specialists in property transactions. When they see a complicated extract of title, how will they know whether a full and complete extract has been supplied? They will have to undergo new training. Then, there will be huge arguments about whether a seller has provided full and complete information. Litigation will follow and there will be court cases about whether the trading standards officer considers that the estate agent has provided the full information to comply with the law.
I hope that the Minister will reconsider the matter. A fine at level 5 is £5,000a substantial sum. Through our constituency cases, we all know that some officials are more zealous than others. I can fully envisage circumstances in which over-zealous trading standards officers, perhaps because they have a grudge against an estate agent, make that agent's life very difficult. As I said, the imposition of criminal sanctions would be wrong. My hon. Friend the Member for Eastbourne has suggested a neat alternative mechanism, whereby a person could not register a property until he had paid a penalty, which is similar to the arrangements regarding stamp duty. Such penalties would essentially be civil fines, which would be a much better way of imposing sanctions under the Bill.
I do not think that I will be the last person to raise the issue of criminal sanctions. Eminent lawyers in the other place will shred this part of the Bill when they get hold of it. If the Minister does not respond satisfactorily today, people in the other place will want answers.
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Mr. Raynsford: I am happy to rise to that challenge. Let me put this important issue in context. As the prelude to reform, we conducted the most extensive research ever into the home buying and selling process in this country. The results of that research and the following consultation exercise show that the proposed changes are warmly supported not only by the public, who will benefit, but by many professionals, who see enormous advantages in having information up front, at the start of the process.
Our proposals are the result not of theoretical analysis but of very detailed research, followed by a pilot study and accompanied by detailed discussions with many people. The public are fed up with the present system, which is slow, inefficient and extremely expensive. Although the costs may seem to be low, as the hon. Member for Eastbourne said in a previous sitting, about £350 milliona huge sumis incurred by the failure of 28 per cent. of transactions between acceptance of an offer and the point at which contracts are normally exchanged. That is a scandal that the public want to eliminate. They want a more efficient system and that is what we seek to deliver.
Despite all the support from the publicI have no doubt that the packs will be populartheir benefits will not become universally available unless they are made mandatory. Even if the overwhelming majority, say 95 per cent., of the public adhered to the system, there would always be freeloaders who wanted to enjoy the benefit of a seller's pack when buying a property, but did not offer one for the property that they are selling. Not only is that cheating, but it puts the whole process at risk. It requires only one sale not to have the benefit of a pack for problems to emerge when a buyer conducts surveys and searches; the whole chain, involving many people, can be disrupted. The failure of one individual to participate in the process can have knock-on consequences for many others. I fully understand the argument of the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington that if the packs are so popular they should sell themselves, but it requires only one person cheating the system for personal benefit to wreck not only one transaction, but many.
Mr. Brake: Is it not ultimately the decision of the person in the chain who decides to proceed whether or not the person from whom he or she is buying has a seller's pack?
Mr. Raynsford: The hon. Gentleman has not understood my point. It is precisely where an individual decision to allow progression to take place without a seller's pack that all the problems inherent in the current system are likely to re-emerge. Unless buyers were very foolish they would, on the advice of their lawyers, undertake searches that might reveal something problematic, thereby possibly initiating the process with which we are all so familiar of the price being renegotiated, a row developing and the sale collapsingaffecting not just that sale but all the others in the chain. To use the analogy of motor insurance, while the vast majority of responsible, sensible people want to arrange such insurance, some freeloaders try to evade it. That is why we have a sanction against people driving a car without being insured. Seller's packs are an exactly parallel case.
The amendments would remove the sanctions that we have put in place, leaving civil proceedings as the only means of redress for a person who suffers as a result of a failure to comply with the seller's pack obligations. We looked closely at civil sanctions as one of the enforcement options discussed in our consultation paper, but concluded that they could not offer effective safeguards. They would depend on a buyer suing the person who had marketed the property without a seller's pack, and to require buyers to incur the costs and effort of initiating such action would impose an unreasonable burden on them. In most cases, they simply would not bother, so there would be no effective sanction against someone who was systematically breaking the law. While I understand the readiness of the hon. Member for Eastbourne to reach for a writ at the first opportunityI refer to his comments on the previous amendmentthe vast majority of members of the public would not feel similarly inclined. The inevitable result would be that the law fell into disrepute through lack of enforcement.
Criminal sanctions would not have to rely on action by the buyer, as local trading standards officers could initiate enforcement action. As I made clear to the right hon. Member for Skipton and Ripon (Mr. Curry), their response would depend on the circumstances, and they would have a large measure of discretion. Our view that criminal sanctions are the right way to ensure compliance is supported by the Consumers Association and the National Association of Estate Agents. The NAEA's members will be most affected by and are most likely to be prosecuted under these arrangements, so their support is a telling recognition of the need for our approach, as the system would otherwise fall into disrepute and would not work.
Mr. Don Foster: I am listening with great care to the Minister. I shall reflect long and hard on his argument. He has implied that the only alternative to criminal sanctions is civil proceedings and he has pointed out the difficulties associated with that. Other hon. Members, including some of his hon. Friends, have proposed alternatives to civil proceedings. Will he explain why they would not work?
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|Vatican City - Phone Numbers
Telephone numbers in Vatican City
Telephone numbers in Vatican City are integrated into the Italian telephone numbering plan. A Vatican telephone number is in the form of 06 698x xxxx, which is in the numbering range for Rome (06). As Italy switched to a closed dialling plan, all calls within Italy, Vatican City and San Marino must always be dialled in full ten digits, including the leading zero.
ITU-T assigns country code 379 to Vatican City. However, Vatican City is still reached via the Italian telephone numbering plan with country code 39.
06 698x xxxx (Vatican City from Italy) +39 06 698x xxxx (Vatican City from rest of the world via Italy) +379 06 698x xxxx (Vatican City direct from rest of the world)
| See also
|Telephone numbers in Italy
|Telephone numbers in San Marino
|References from: Telephone_numbers_in_Vatican_City From Wikipedia
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|Telephone Numbers in Asia
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Back in July, I asserted that Your Next PC Just May Be a Smartphone. While that's a little heavy on the hyperbole, there's no question that both consumers and companies are showing strong interest in smartphones and other handhelds.
About a month-and-a-half ago, IT Business Edge blogger Carl Weinschenk predicted that the smartphone will really take off in 2008, thanks to market forces like the iPhone and Google's Android mobile development platform.
In fact, it seems that nothing can hold back the mobility market -- unless it's the bewildering array of devices, networks, applications and (Android notwithstanding) operating systems. While this is confusing enough for consumers, it can be downright daunting for companies that want to outfit large workforces.
Some, like restaurant chain Au Bon Pain, are outsourcing their mobility projects to specialists. As detailed in an InfoWorld article, a startup called Enterprise Mobile is selecting the devices, handling contract negotiations with vendors, and helping Au Bon Pain's internal development team port applications from the desktop to the mobile environment.
Says the chain's senior vice president of IT:
There's only so much we can do with almost unlimited demand on IT resources. Some projects you simply have to outsource. This is very nascent technology; we believe it will be very powerful for us in the long run, but we don't have the same level of access to carriers or Microsoft that a dedicated outsourcing partner could offer.
The CEO of Enterprise Mobile says more enterprises will turn to companies like his as strategies for mobility mature and prove to be more time- and labor-intensive than internal IT departments may have realized.
Dan Shey, an ABI Research analyst, agrees with the Enterprise Mobile exec in his recent interview with IT Business Edge. He notes that few companies are even taking advantage of such seemingly obvious strategies as reducing their mobility costs through shared-minutes plans.
The increasing complexity of mobile devices makes outsourcing an attractive option, says Shey, though some IT departments may resist because of their desire to "have more control over all the systems and the devices that are under their purview." A question mark is the still-developing relationship between mobile device management platform providers and mobility service providers. Shey says:
There are mobile device management platforms out there already but also other vendors creating mobile device management platforms that are service-specific. It will be interesting to see how all those different players position themselves as platforms to help manage mobile service within the enterprise. It will be interesting to see how the mobile device management platform providers and the mobility service providers work together in a cooperative manner to manage the services within the enterprise.
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History Museums
Mainers excel at protecting important pieces of their past, as reflected in the museums in Maine. The Maine Historical Society, local historical society museums, historic house museums, and living history sites specialize in preserving, documenting and celebrating Maine's history and you see real artifacts at nearly every one of these sites.
Historical Society Museums
If you have ancestors from Maine, you can search for them at The Maine Historical Society's Center for Maine History in Portland, which has exhibits, programs and a genealogical library. You'll also find excellent libraries at local historical society museums, many of which serve as their community's treasure-filled attic. You can see collections ranging from military and seafaring memorabilia to handmade quilts, Native American basketry and snowshoes.
Historic House Museums
At historic house museums in Maine, you can learn more about some of Maine's former residents, such as poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, author Sarah Orne Jewett, General Joshua L. Chamberlain, or Parson Jonathan Fischer, whose house museum in Blue Hill demonstrates his mastery of art, science and invention. You'll also find historical houses that are architectural or interior design gems: a magnificently ornamented Italianate-style mansion; a rural Federal house remarkable for its Palladian window and flying staircase; and a village Colonial home decorated with primitive wall murals.
Living History Programs
You can immerse yourself in a long-ago era through living history programs, which include talks, guided tours and special presentations. You can taste traditional baked bean dishes prepared in a "bean hole" in the ground, take part in an authentic ice-cutting operation, listen to classical music in an 18th-century church or meetinghouse, view battle re-enactments, or explore a fort by candlelight.


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A new exhibition in Olin Library harks back to the "Mad Men" days of magazine illustration and the artistic process behind the imagery.
Double Exposure: Al Parker's Illustrations, from Model to Magazine is on display in Olin Library's Ginkgo Reading Room and Grand Staircase Lobby through September 25.
This exhibit, from the collection of the Modern Graphic History Library, explores the art-making process of magazine illustrator Al Parker. The display features original artwork and tear sheets from popular magazines published in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. The illustrations are presented alongside photographic studies taken by Parker, depicting women, men, and children from various viewpoints and poses. Through the juxtaposition of these images, we catch a glimpse of Parker's creative process, from his compositions captured in photos to his interpretations realized in print.
Alfred Charles Parker was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1906 and studied at Washington University's School of Fine Arts from 1923 to 1928. Parker moved to New York City in 1935 where he became successful illustrating for national magazines including a series of fifty popular "Mother and Daughter" covers for Ladies Home Journal. Parker illustrated for countless magazines including Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, McCall's, The Saturday Evening Post, Sports Illustrated, Pictorial Review, Town and County, and Vogue.
For more information about the exhibit, contact the Modern Graphic History Library: (314) 935-7741.


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Gmatchi enjoys a position in the very heart of the town centre. The Sunnegga funicular is just a 5 minute walk from the chalet, and the Gornergrat train a 10 minute walk. The gondola lifts can be accessed via the free shuttle bus, just a 10 minute journey. Alternatively, you can hop onto one of the electric taxi's for a small charge, these unique cars operate 24/7.
Gmatchi is a spectacular barn conversion in a stunning position at the very heart of Zermatt's cobbled old town. The original house dates from 1753 and over the centuries the building has seen use as a cow barn, a hayloft and an artist's studio. At the top of the house is a bright, modern living room with south-facing balcony and Matterhorn views. The decor combines original wood beams with contemporary furnishing and stylish modern colours, assuring Gmatchi of a bright future to match its illustrious past. A completely unique home
Gmatchi (Sleeps 6)
Twin bedroom with balcony, en suite bath, handbasin and WC.
Twin bedroom with en suite bath, handbasin and WC. Limited space for a cot.
Twin bedroom with en suite shower, handbasin and WC.
Our Executive Chef is passionate about food and hugely sensitive to the appetite of a hungry skier whilst considering a balanced diet. The new and refined menus are heavy enough to reward mountain exertion yet light and simple enough to leave you grinning not groaning.
All our holidays include;
•glacier skiing •high altitude terrain •stunning panoramic views •Swiss chocolate box architecture
Stay in the world capital of alpinism and ski beneath the Matterhorn - the greatest alpine town in Switzerland and quite possibly the world, Zermatt has the perfect mix of snow sure conditions on the Matterhorn glacier, a vibrant mountain town (with après from super chic to super lively) and some of the most jaw-dropping scenery on the planet.
Great for •Groups •Off-piste •hiking •heli-skiing
Snow Report: Top 350cm, Bottom 10cm
Snow Forecast: 5cm expected this week
Snow History: December average depth 104.17cm
Approx. airport transfer times depend on conditions:
|Geneva (GVA)
|260km, 3h
|Zurich (ZRH)
|240km, 3h50
|Switzerland, Alps.
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Zermatt lift pass price last reported as Zermatt: 371CHF
International lift pass (Zermatt-Cervinia) 423CHF (adult 6 day). Ask for a quote when booking Gmatchi.
Night skiing: Yes
Zermatt has N, S, E, W facing slopes.
Usually open for skiing November - April.
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