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Olivia Mills wrote an entry in a friend's journal earlier this month that has since inspired tens of thousands of people.
"When hardship comes into your life, are you going to ask 'why is this happening to me,'" the 17-year-old Sipsey Valley High School senior wrote. "Or will you say 'how can this be used to show God's glory?'"
Olivia Mills wrote an entry in a friend's journal earlier this month that has since inspired tens of thousands of people.
"When hardship comes into your life, are you going to ask 'why is this happening to me,'" the 17-year-old Sipsey Valley High School senior wrote. "Or will you say 'how can this be used to show God's glory?'"
The 30-word message about how you can't control the world, only how you choose to move through it, has profoundly affected people in Tuscaloosa and beyond.
Olivia has been fighting for her life after a Sunday afternoon car accident left her with serious injuries. As of Friday afternoon, more than 37,000 people were following a Facebook page where friends are posting updates about her condition.
Her family, friends and people who have never met Olivia are praying for a miracle, healing and comfort. Her story has inspired thousands of people, and not just in Tuscaloosa. People from across Alabama and the country have posted about how Olivia's faith and the faith of her friends has revived their own.
"When something like this happens, there are always questions and doubts of why," said Sipsey High principal Dennis Alvarez. "It's just a tragedy."
A ribbon tied to a mailbox on Romulus Road near the school on Friday signified Olivia's favorite color. Most vehicles in the school parking lot were painted with messages of prayer and hope.
Most of the students, staff and teachers were wearing purple clothing or ribbons to show their support.
Students have held prayer circles in front of the high school every morning this week. On Tuesday, the circle was 200-strong when Sipsey students were joined by students from Tuscaloosa County, Hillcrest and Northside high schools.
Alvarez decided to cancel the school's homecoming, which was scheduled for this week. The dress-up day, homecoming dance, parade and football game were delayed for two weeks.
"Our kids weren't ready for a festive atmosphere," he said. "With this being such a small, community-based school, it touches everyone."
There are plans to release around 200 to 250 purple balloons at the football game Friday night. Football players plan to wear purple socks while the cheerleaders were planning to wear purple ribbons.
Olivia's accident happened just after noon Sunday as she returned from Christ Harbor United Methodist Church in Northport. She lost control of her car on Rose Boulevard, flipped and struck a truck in the oncoming lane. Northport Police Lt. Keith Carpenter said she accidentally veered off onto the right shoulder of the road and overcorrected as she attempted to return to her lane. The department's traffic division is investigating, he said.
The reaction at the school and across the community was enormous once word of her serious condition spread.
"She's very, very active in school, the community and church," Alvarez said. "She always has a smile on her face, she's never met a stranger."
Olivia serves as an ambassador for the school, a group of young women who represent and welcome visitors to the school and at other events. She is a member of the tennis team and has been a cheerleader and volleyball player. She grew up the youngest of her parents' four daughters and lives in the Fosters community. Olivia was recently nominated to the school's homecoming court. One of the many signs outside of the school Friday said "Olivia Mills for Homecoming Queen."
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This chapter has discussed the impacts of climate change on the North American region largely in the context of sector-by-sector assessments of plausible impacts. Several common characteristics among sectors can be identified, however. Also, viewed collectively, interactions between sectors and subregions can be assessed, and insights about the integrated nature of the effects of climate change can emerge.
Most impact studies have assessed how systems would respond to climate change resulting from an arbitrary doubling of equivalent CO2 concentrations. These so-called 2xCO2 scenarios are limited for regional-scale analyses to the extent that they inadequately correspond to the spatial scales of variability in North American natural and human systems. They also do not permit an examination of the effects of climate variability on physical, biological, and socioeconomic systems. Very few studies have considered dynamic responses to steadily increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases. Consequently, important insights about the ability of systems to respond to changing climate over time are lost. This lack of information is of particular concern because the ability of natural ecological systems to migrate often may be much slower than the predicted rate of climate change. Even fewer studies have examined the consequences of increases beyond a doubling of equivalent atmospheric concentrations.
All of the potential impacts of climate change exhibit a regional texture. Variations in the regional distribution of impacts need to be clearly articulated for policymakers. Failure to do so can lead to misleading impressions about the potential changes in social welfare as a result of climate change and alternative policy responses. A simple look at aggregate impacts on U.S. agriculture, for example, might suggest that climate change is not likely to harm agriculture enough to significantly affect the overall U.S. economy; policymakers might be left with the erroneous impression that no policy-relevant problems exist. Distributional differences emerge, however, upon examination of the regional texture of agricultural impacts.
Different adaptation strategies and options will be necessary to deal with these regional and sectoral differences. In areas where production significantly increases-such as the northern edge of agricultural production in North America-additional adaptation may be necessary in the development of infrastructure to support expanded population and transportation requirements associated with growth. The texture of the distribution of sectors and their biological, physical, and social components across the North American landscape cannot adequately be captured at a fine enough scale to be relevant to long-range planning at the present time; these are essential elements of future assessment needs.
It is also recognized-but poorly understood because of limited research-that climate change may have some benefits (e.g., it may reduce stress or provide opportunities) for certain areas or sectors within North America (e.g., expanded agriculture, reduced heating costs) or have a neutral effect on climate-insensitive sectors. If one examines any one particular climate impact, it is likely that there will be "winners" and "losers" either across subregions or within a subregion (e.g., across demographic groups). Nevertheless, the weight of evidence suggests that when all potential impacts are considered collectively, every subregion will incur some negative impacts of climate change.
Some future climate change is inevitable. Strategies for technological and behavioral adaptation offer an opportunity to reduce the vulnerability of sensitive systems to the effects of climate change and variability. Some adaptive strategies can be undertaken in anticipation of future climate change; others are reactive and can be undertaken as the effects of climate change are realized.
Four points must be kept in mind when considering the extent to which adaptive strategies should be relied upon. First, adaptation is not without cost. Scarce natural and financial resources must be diverted away from other productive activities into adaptive practices. These costs must be carefully weighed when considering the tradeoffs among adapting to the change, reducing the cause of the change, and living with the residual impacts. Second, the economic and social costs of adaptation will increase the more rapidly climate change occurs. Third, although many opportunities exist for technological and behavioral adaptation, uncertainties exist about potential barriers and limitations to their implementation. Fourth, uncertainties exist about the efficacy and possible secondary effects of particular adaptive strategies.
Water is a linchpin that integrates many subregions and sectors. Available water supplies will be directly affected by climate change, but they also are affected by changes in demand from the many sectors that rely upon the water. Water is a scarce resource used in the agriculture, forest, and energy sectors. It is used in urban areas and in recreational activities. It also is essential for the survival of wetlands, nonforest ecosystems, wildlife, and other ecological systems.
Assessments of the potential impacts of climate change and variability on any of these systems and sectors must account for the inherent competition for water supplies and the need for water of varying qualities in various activities. For example, in an assessment of the potential impacts of climate change on agriculture, an assumption that farmers will be able to adapt to changing climatic conditions through a reliance on irrigation is valid only to the extent that water is available under future climate scenarios. In many cases, the scarcity of available water supplies will increase because of the direct effects of climate change on water, as well as increased demands for available water supplies.
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Loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP)
A loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) uses an electric current passed through a loop of thin wire to remove abnormal tissue from the cervix. The loop of wire acts like a scalpel to remove the tissue. LEEP may also be called large loop excision of the transformation zone (LLETZ) or a loop excision.
Why LEEP is done
LEEP is one of the ways of doing a cone biopsy. LEEP may be done to:
- follow up on a consistently abnormal Pap test result
- diagnose precancerous changes
- diagnose invasive cervical cancer (cancer that is growing into surrounding tissue or has spread beyond the cervix)
- treat precancerous conditions of the cervix and carcinoma in situ in the cervix
How LEEP is done
You don't need to do any special preparation before LEEP and it usually takes only a few minutes. It may be done in your doctor's office, at a colposcopy clinic or at a hospital.
To begin, the doctor places a speculum (the same instrument used during a Pap test) into the vagina to keep it open. The doctor uses a local anesthetic (freezing) to numb the cervix. You may feel a slight sting followed by a bit of aching or cramping.
The doctor then uses a colposcope (a lighted magnifying instrument) to view the vagina and cervix and to guide the loop of wire to the tissue in the cervix. The doctor uses the wire loop to remove cervical tissue. When the procedure is finished, the doctor will put a special solution on the cervix or use heat to stop any bleeding (called electrocautery).
The doctor may do endocervical curettage at the same time as LEEP. This procedure uses a special tool, called a curette or a brush, to remove cells from the endocervical canal (the passageway from the uterus to the vagina).
Once the cervical tissue is removed, it is sent to a lab and examined under a microscope.
After LEEP, there is often some discharge from the vagina. This discharge can last for a few weeks, so your healthcare team will tell you to use sanitary pads. Don't insert anything into the vagina, such as tampons or a vaginal douche, for 2–4 weeks after the procedure. You should also avoid having sexual intercourse for 2–4 weeks after the procedure. Report any unusual pain in the pelvis, heavy bleeding (with or without blood clots), severe abdominal pain or signs of infection (foul-smelling discharge or fever) to your doctor.
Side effects
Side effects can occur with any type of treatment, but not everyone has them or experiences them in the same way.
Short-term side effects can happen during, immediately after or a few weeks after LEEP. They are usually temporary. Side effects may include:
- menstrual-like cramps
- dark-brown discharge
- bleeding or spotting
- infection
- narrowing, or stenosis, of the cervix, which in rare cases can cause painful periods
Long-term side effects can develop months or years after the procedure is done and can last a long time. Most women don't have long-term side effects after LEEP. Recent studies suggest that LEEP probably doesn't affect a woman's fertility. Women who have had LEEP may deliver their babies a little earlier than women who have never had LEEP. If you become pregnant after having LEEP, be sure to tell your healthcare team so they can monitor your pregnancy and watch for signs of a possible early delivery.
What the results mean
A pathologist will examine the tissue removed during LEEP under a microscope. The pathologist's report will tell your doctor if the cells of the cervix are normal, there is a precancerous condition of the cervix or there is cervical cancer.
What happens if the result is abnormal
Based on the pathology report, your doctor will decide if you need more tests, procedures or treatments.
Follow-up may include:
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- Pap test
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- endocervical curettage (a procedure that uses a special tool, called a curette or a brush, to remove cells from the endocervical canal, usually done at the same time as a colposcopy)
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It wasn't the first time I'd heard that kind of conversation, but it made me think about how much more prevalent unhappy and disgruntled employees are in today's workplace. Whether because of a bad boss, a longing for more innovative and challenging work, or management decisions that have taken the fun out of their jobs, many employees today, no matter the industry or job function, have declared, publicly and in private, that all bets are off. The employer-employee relationship has changed for good. Why?
1. The psychological contract has been broken. Employees today have become demoralized by slowly rising salaries or, in some places, salary cuts. They've grown tired of being flexible and working long hours, only to get disappointed when that flexibility isn't reciprocated by their companies in the way they want. Employees can't be faulted for having certain expectations, and employers can't be faulted for making business decisions that are required for them to stay afloat in today's economy. Nonetheless, in many cases, trust has eroded. Employees expect more and so do companies.
2. There's increased competition. Increased workplace competition is coming from many directions and will continue to change employee and employer perceptions about performance expectations, pay, working hours and everything in between. Not only is the work force getting older, as baby boomers stay employed longer, but the employees at the other end of the age spectrum, which make up a population about as large, the millennials, have different expectations and career motivations altogether.
Everyone wants more. More and more employees today expect greater say in how work is assigned and assessed and rewarded, and employers similarly want more from employees in the form of mobility, working hours and pay, because it will allow companies to remain nimble and productive during economic upturns and downturns.
This means that both employees and employers need to be flexible. To attract a healthy balance of the strongest millennials, baby boomers and generations in between, employers must consider what they will change or highlight about their work culture in order to attract the best talent. And continuously evolving markets and the exchange of certain types of jobs for others make it imperative that employees expand their skill sets and areas of focus, so that they can compete for jobs or new projects with greater success. At the most innovative companies of the future, only two- and three-trick ponies need apply.
3. Employees and employers aren't engaged. Simply put, employee engagement is the feeling we all get on Sunday night when we think about going back to work on Monday. Are we excited about the opportunity to do what we enjoy, and anticipating another new week to add value in our jobs? Are we indifferent and willing just to go through the motions to get our paychecks? Or are we trying to decide what sort of non-fatal contagious disease we are wishing to get, because we'd do almost anything not to have to go through another week in a job we hate? The answer depends on the degree to which we feel engaged at work.
Companies and employees alike need to get engaged. That means that instead of the traditional lopsided reliance on the chief financial officer or chief legal counsel to be the leading voice for company strategy and direction relative to the bottom line, the chief marketing officer and the chief talent officer and others need to involve themselves earlier in the most critical decisions companies make about their futures. Employees can get engaged at work when they believe their counsel and opinion and experience has value to top company decision makers, and employers need to take the risk of operating under a new-business model that values new and different voices at the decision-making table.
Employers should also value leadership skills in the same way they've valued technical competence and years of experience a person has in a specific area. Companies that continue to accept poor leadership in favor of strong revenue-generation capability, instead of demanding and developing both, may risk missing an opportunity to develop and engage their most creative and imaginative employees. Likewise, employees need to realize that going the career path of least resistance may someday simply not be enough. Today, everyone must strive for greater personal leadership at work, by being unafraid to push unproven ideas to the division head or CEO, by challenging conventional or even tried-and-true methods, and by demonstrating the ability to lead and motivate others to do the same.
It's imperative that employers understand the importance of motivating and engaging employees, not just with money and perks but with strong leadership and managers who are held to a higher standard. Employees want to lead and be led with good ideas and creative and winning strategies, and companies should develop their people to be able to lead in the context of a much broader and more flexible workplace. Otherwise, both employees and companies will fail to achieve full potential. And all bets are off.
Melanie Haniph is the global head of human resources for a leading environmental-products brokerage firm in New York. She has held roles in the United States and Europe across the full spectrum of HR, as well as facilities and corporate risk management.


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I thought it would be helpful to start a discussion regarding settings and procedures for Epson flat bed scanners. I've scanned 120 and 135 format film both transparencies and negatives. Certainly I've struggled to get the best out of my Epson V600 scanner and know I could be doing better but need help. What settings and procedures do you use when scanning? Please mention the unit you use, type of film, format, etc.. My own current procedure with medium film (both negative and trans) is to only use ICE and all other processing is done with Photoshop Elements 8 after the scan. I'm scanning at 2400 bpi and 24 bit color. The only change was when I scanned 35mm underwater shots which tended to be very blue due to water absorption. I let the Epson program Color Correct before the scan and that worked pretty good. Let's limit this to Epson and let's not get into discussions why other manufacturers' film scanners are better or worse, or that we should switch to digital, etc. That's for other threads. I'd like to keep this as a "how to" for Epson users. Thanks ALan.
Mark Good questions. I'm using the Epson software. Some of the things I would like to know more about are:1. How do you limit the blocked up shadows areas? When I use backlight selection, I just get a lot of red dots in the scanned photo especially in the shadow areas.2. Which are better to scan and post process if you bracketed an exposure? The under, over or calculated exposure shot?3. Which pre-scan selections do you use and why? How do you set them up? (I don't use any except ICE and make all changes PP to speed up the scan process and reduce the overall amount of processing time I have to spend).4. Do you handle these selections differently between 35mm and MF?5. Which films do you find scan best with the flat bed?6. How do you straighten the curled negatives?7. What non-Epson scan software do you use and where does it work best for you?I was hoping to get a discusion started that we all could trade on our experience so we all can scan better.
I am concerned to scan some of my old medium format black-and-white negatives. I have an Epson Perfection 3170 flatbed scanner, and have just ordered a BetterScanning variable height film holder. Does it matter significantly with black-and-white scanning whether I use the native Epson scanning software, VueScan or SilverFast Ai6 Studio?
Mark: Thanks for your in-depth response. My original question regarding histogram and shadow areas I questioned on braketed shots. It seems that from the standpoint of "normal" phtography, the best picture to scan would be the best exposed from a braketed set. However, my thinking originally was that possibly because of how the scanner works, the scanner might work better by using either the over or under exposed shot. What do you think? Alan
Alan, there are two opposing camps regarding the best approach for scanning film. I think it is fair to say that Mark is in the camp that advocates making a lot of image adjustments with scanning software. Im in the other camp and advocate making as few adjustments with the scanning software as reasonable and instead doing most processing with specialized image processing software (in my case Photoshop and Adobe Camera Raw). I recommend that you first make an informed decision about which camp you want to join because it will control your whole approach to scanning. In my view, the goal of scanning is to capture as much information from your film as your scanner is capable of retrieving. (See the first part of this video which shows you a good scan: http://craftingphotographs.com/2009/11/12/examples-the-making-of-a-photograph-mono-lake-sunrise/. ) Then, save the master scan and process your photos in a nondestructive manner using Photoshop or other quality image editing software. Under my approach, you set up your scanner hardware via your scanning software to achieve the best raw scan. In other words, adjust focus and exposure (and ICE). Its as easy as taking a good photo with a digital camera, which is redundant since your scanner is nothing more than a specialized digital camera. Both use the same types of light sensors, e.g. CCDs. Any non-hardware adjustments merely change the pixel data produced by your scanners CCD, which usually is better done in Photoshop. A search on the internet should provide you with a more complete discussion of these two approaches to scanning. You can start with the links below. To give you an example of the difference in approach, however, Ill use Marks approach to scanning resolution. He advocates setting your scan resolution to what you think youll need to make prints. I say its better to scan at your scanners native resolution. Your scanner has a physical CCD. No matter what input resolution you set in your scanner software, the CCD has a fixed number of photo sites which your software is incapable of altering. Apparently, however, Mark believes that your scanner software can either change the physical dimensions of you CCD or advocates using you scanning software to automatically resample the pixel information produced by your scanner. The former is possible only in science fiction and the latter, in my opinion, is an unwise choice. Why would you want to forever throw away information that your scanner can retrieve?Scan resolution is of course just one aspect of scanning, but what I described about it applies generally to all non-hardware image adjustments in the scanning software. A rather poor analogy would be to buy an expensive medium format digital back and then shoot jpegs with automatic downsizing. I just dont understand why so many people think scanning somehow is so different that they would do things when scanning that theyd never consider with a high quality digital camera. I recommend that, unlike so much information on the web, you clearly distinguish and separate the scanning process from the imaging editing process. I dont understand why so many people intermingle and confuse these two distinct aspects. Maybe its because if people really understood what their scanner was doing there would be a lot smaller market for scanning software that is usually, just to pull a number out of the air, 10% scanning software and 90% second rate imaging editing software. Anyway, Alan, you can take or leave my suggestions. I know that there is a good deal of disagreement on this topic, so ultimately youll have to decide what works best for you. Here are some links for more discussion on this topic: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?topic=33511http://www.luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?topic=10206.msg59059#msg59059http://www.luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?topic=21014.msg154432#msg154432http://www.luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?topic=25850.msg200755#msg200755http://www.luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?topic=31086#entry251635http://www.luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?topic=21014http://photo.net/digital-darkroom-forum/00GJOo?start=10http://www.luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?topic=49494.0
Mark: Thanks for your review of my photos. 1. A couple of the people shots were with Velvia 50. I really stuggled to adjust the red but wasn't too successful. I hope the others were OK regarding complxion as they were shot with a negative low sat film. 2. Would you mind naming the phto(s) that have the magenta? I don't know which ones. 3. Would I adjust the highlight clipping point in the scan process or is it best afterwards in Elements? If so how? Tks. Alan
Mark: That's very good news. It seems like the scfanning process I'm following did not create any big problems and I seem to be able to deal with the images that the flat bed scanner is giving me. The problems you flagged for 1 and 2 were because the films were Velvia 50 so the reds and magentas have to be adjusted and can be in PP with Elements. The highlights are a bigger problem. How do you reduce that? That's in the original film. Adjust during scanning or in PP with Elements? And how do you adjust it? Thanks Alan.
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Mame of the girl?
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Cynthia Vellons he is a famous star AND THE CASTING IS REAL
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I don't think the 'tables have turned' as most guys would fuck these girls anyway.
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Looooll i started laughing at the dildo part -_-
It could have been better in the end, by her shouting/crying "I'm not on birth control, I'm ovulating, I'll get pregnant! "
its not a fake agent .. those are just 2 normal pornstars acting like it is a real casting ....
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i wanna get fucked by him
The creampie was no accident...
That was hilarious! It got me laughing instead of turning me on. hahahahahah That guy was hot though
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came to the ceiling
this was in czech??????
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what language was that?
who is this actress...amazing body and her feet and legs are incredible
he is so hot, and being "shy" makes him even hotter
The end was funny
I like these vids and the female agents are HOT!Way more... :)
I find this casting really funny.. when the girl was about to insert the dildo into the guy's ass, he totally refused and picked up the pillow, look like he's about to smash it to the girls face.. hahaha... The guy is really hot though.. I'd love him to fuck me really hard... hmmm...
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the tabels are turned ahahhaahaahahahahaha. This goes against the whole dynamic of conning people into having sex. Tables being turned need to have like a unattractive lady doing the interviews. That sad her getting fucked was good and men are the ones who really subscribe to porn so old lady getting hammered by young dudes is a pretty niche audiences
i would spunk in her too
Lmao! This is awesome. I'm tired of watching some old dude make casting videos. Nice looking girl, hot guy, and a creampie
@lol when was she on FakeAgent?
This was great. Seems way more real than the others
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this chick was on fakeagent too
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she: "come here sit down" ...he. "iam not a dog" hahahha ... :)))
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It's the partyhardcore dude
if she puts that thing in my ass i would come even faster
I would have blown my nut in her for trying to get at me with that vibe
se parece a mi el chavo bien trabado y a willi la vieja
This is the funniest thing I've seen in ages. I'm literally LOLing.
what? No anal?
good video, but this is FAKE
i want to be next
sissy guy. magnotta?
Frickkin hilarious, thats cool as hell to see a chicky in charge , would let her boss me around for a night...still ain't cookin her breakfast....and not paying for her cab ride home....hahahaha...excellent vid
love the guy i want him to fuck me like that, he's so cute
fake and gay
I would cum too if my cock was fucking that lovely pussy
nice idea
so funny, the way she grabs his head so that he eats her xD but nice idea, came here for her though
dovd trovo quest'agente?
epic!;D What a pussy this guy is.
holy fuck!
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what a good idea. is this the same people as the other agent? love it
I wouldn't be able to resist cumming in her gorgeous pussy either. He could at least of sucked her afterwards
the end of that is hilarious!
i would love to cum inside her
very nice and sexy babe
I shat my pants with awkward laughter, could not stop watching. Is this real?
Love these new FemaleAgent vids, such a great take on the old formula.
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One of the things that attracts a lot of attention at every Flag Day celebration are the statements made by groups through their "pese", which at times criticize the government or request support.
It was the village of Ofu on Tuesday who sang that Tutuila is so very blessed with everything — including federal money — adding that Tutuila always gets everything. However, they sang that it takes months and years before Manu'a gets anything.
The group reminded the governor that Manu'a continues to suffer with problems of ocean and air transportation. The Fono didn't escape criticism from the group, who sang that Manu'a has been very patient, but the devil "or tiapolo" is starting to kick in.
They pointed out the MV Sili would sail and then cancel service; the other ASG vessel Fo'isia is still not operating, while the ASG aircraft Segaula flies and then stops operating.
The next group were performers from Alataua county, who gave an upbeat song with their thanks to Gov. Togiola Tulafono for his many years of service as the chief executive of American Samoa. And when his term is over, they said, he is welcomed to reside in Alataua.
Ofu provided the "siva and pese" for the Manu'a District, while Alataua was the pese only for Western District.
During yesterday's program, Lano village of Savai'i, Samoa sang that they were not pleased with StarKist Company, saying that it has been announced in the past about a cannery plant to be set up in Savai'i but there is still nothing up to this day.
The group wanted to know the truth — if something will be set up — or else the land can be used for an animal farm, or a morgue. They were disappointed to learn that the cannery has let go nationals of Samoa while keeping nationals of the Philippines and India.
The village sang about the LBJ Medical Center's high fees and the hospital morgue, which has ran out of space.
The group congratulated Togiola for his service in government, saying that the governor has provided many benefits for American Samoa. Lano also noted that there will be a leadership change in the territorial government later this year.
The second group from Samoa, the village of Saleaumua on Upolu Island, sang that they have been waiting a long time for a chance to be invited and the world is close to coming to an end — and they finally got invited.
They also sang that if American Samoa does not care, "we will catch you at the Aleipata wharf" — which is the new Samoa wharf on Upolu island closer to Tutuila. Saleaumua is near the Aleipata wharf.
The village of Vailoa along with members of the SOFIAS group performed the 'siva' for the Western District.
As the village of Vatia — performing siva and pese — assembled in the field just after 2:15 p.m, the sun went behind dark clouds and rain began. The rain, however, didn't stop Vatia from etching their place in the territory's history book.
The village touched on Togiola's history at the Executive Branch starting in 1997 when he was lieutenant governor, until Apr. 7, 2003 when he became governor following the death in March of that year, of Gov. Tauese P.F. Sunia.
As previously reported by Samoa News, Togiola's first elected term in office was during the November 2004 general election and he was again reelected in 2008. This same information was cited in Vatia's song, which also states that Togiola worked hard and honestly throughout his 15 years in the Executive Office.
The group also acknowledged the strong support from the governor's wife Mary Ann, whose work as leader of the 'Taitaitama Prevent Underage Drinking' group was also praised.


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April 07. 2013 8:39PM
Lee police chief seeks more safety measures on Route 125
By JOHN QUINN
Union Leader Correspondent
On Friday, Lee police direct traffic along Route 125 while members of The Crash Lab take measurements as part of an independent investigation into a serious accident involving a 98,000-pound crane April 1. The driver of the car which struck the crane, which is owned by American Crane Co Inc. in Hooksett, remains in critical condition. (JOHN QUINN PHOTO)
LEE - Police Chief Chet Murch is urging the state to implement more safety measures on Route 125 after a crash with a large crane left a Dover man in critical condition.
On Friday, police returned to the scene of the April 1 crash just south of the Lee Traffic Circle, to help direct traffic while members of The Crash Lab, based in Hampton, conducted an investigation for the American Crane Co. Inc.
Sgt. Thomas Dronsfield said police continue to investigate what led to the crash.
He said police have been unable to speak to Justin Mills, 37, of Dover, who was driving a northbound Subaru that crossed the center line and collided with the southbound crane, driven by Brian Daigle, 24, of New Boston.
"We won't rule anything out," Dronsfield said.
Mills was flown by Dartmouth-Hitchcok helicopter to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
As of Friday morning, Mills remained in critical condition at Mass. General, according to a hospital spokeswoman.
Police believe Mills may not have been wearing his seatbelt, but airbags deployed as a result of the crash.
Daigle escaped injuries even though the crane crashed into the nearby woods on the northbound side of the road.
Due to the severity of the accident, Murch said he felt it was necessary to write another letter to the state Department of Transportation to reiterate his plea for the state to add more saftey precautions on the road. Murch said he's previously asked the state - most recently in 2011 - to consider such steps, including signs and center-line rumble strips, along sections of Route 125.
"I voiced my concerns about Route 125 - clearly it hasn't come to fruition," Murch said, adding DOT officials previously inspected the road and held hearings in the past.
Murch said he feels center-line rumble strips, which have been installed along parts of several other highways in the state, will save lives, especially as traffic continues to increase in the area.
As of a 2005 study, he said about 20,000 vehicles use Route 125 and about 17,000 vehicles travel on Route 4 on a daily basis.
Murch is confident more vehicles currently use the two roadways, which intersect at the Lee Traffic Circle. He said the state already has plans to improve the rotary.


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(Reuters) - EBay Inc Chief Executive John Donahoe received a total payout of about $29.7 million in 2012, according to a filing, an increase of about 81 percent over the previous year.
Donahoe's base salary was $970,353, according to a proxy filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday.
His stock awards accounted for about $23.7 million and options awards total were about $2 million.
EBay's online marketplace, one of the largest in the world, has lagged behind the growth of e-commerce and Amazon.com Inc for several years. But under Donahoe, eBay has invested to improve the buying experience by upgrading search capabilities and prodding sellers to provide more services such as free shipping and easier returns.
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text: Student Profiles Joanna Buffum '11 Joanna Buffum '11 Major: English Minor: Anthropology Hometown: Morristown, New Jersey Why did you choose to come to Bowdoin? I knew I wanted to go to a liberal arts school, and I love snowboarding and other cold weather activities so I focused on looking at schools in New England. I was also considering continuing my field hockey career since I had played every season since fourth grade and it was a huge part of my life, so I was immediately attracted to Bowdoin's renowned field hockey program. I looked at more than 20 schools because I was trying to keep an open mind, and when I was doing the standard Maine college tour, Bowdoin stood out to me. My tour guide was a friendly senior who seemed to love going to Bowdoin. I identified with the campus way more than any other school I had visited so far; I could really picture myself going to school here. I will admit I was definitely a little hesitant about going to such a small school, as Bowdoin is smaller than my public high school, but obviously I got over it. When Joanna studied abroad in Denmark, she also had the opportunity to travel to such places as Cairo during spring break. Why did you choose your major? I have always known I was going to major in English. In high school I loved reading and writing and it was the only subject I was really passionate about. It was an added plus that Bowdoin has an amazing English program. What has been a course you especially enjoyed at Bowdoin? I loved Tolkien's Middle Ages, taught by Professor Mary Agnes Edsall, because I am a huge sucker for fantasy fiction and she was passionate about the material and made it even more interesting. It was assumed that you had previous knowledge of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy, so it was great we could just skip over the basics and get into the historical context and Tolkien's motivations for creating Middle Earth. It was cool because I ended up designing my own final essay topic so I could write about something I had been wanting to study in Lord of the Rings before I even took the class. What professor or professors have especially inspired you during your time at Bowdoin? My academic advisor Professor David Collings has been my English professor several times now and he is just fabulous. He is very helpful during office hours and is always interested in hearing your ideas; he becomes personally invested in helping you create a great paper or nailing down an innovative thesis. As an advisor he has given me advice on everything from which classes to take to how to recover from stressful personal problems. I miss him so much because he is on sabbatical this year! Which staff members have you connected with most? I used to work at the Smith Union Bookstore until about a month ago and I developed a great relationship with all of the amazing women who work there. I miss them! Kathryn Baribeau is hilarious; I could chat all day with her while folding the same Bowdoin sweaters over and over and labeling Bowdoin Dad mugs. I'm also just getting to know Melissa Quinby of the Women's Resource Center and Allen Delong and Christine Drasba from Student Activities with all my recent work with Her Campus Bowdoin (see below); they are all so great and I'm excited to work with them throughout my senior year. Joanna and a friend snowboarding. What extracurricular or work experiences have you had at Bowdoin? I ended up not trying out for varsity field hockey at the last minute, so since my junior year I single-handedly created and ran the intramural field hockey program. It has helped me not miss playing as much and I've met some great people. For on-campus employment, I was a cashier at the pub for a period during my freshman year and then worked at the Smith Union Bookstore from the beginning of sophomore year until the first few weeks of my senior year. In August 2009 I became a contributing writer at HerCampus.com, a national online magazine for college women, and they have 70+ "My Campus" branches that are like online magazines for specific schools. Junior Sarah Vallimarescu applied to be Bowdoin's My Campus correspondent last spring and I recently became the other co-correspondent. Right now Her Campus Bowdoin has seven official writers other than Sarah and me, and the two of us act as the editors in chief and do all the editing, uploading, and publicity projects on campus. It has been exciting (and also really time consuming) and I am loving every minute of it. The view from Joanna's apartment when she studied abroad: the frozen lake in the heart of Copenhagen. Did you study abroad during your time at Bowdoin? In the spring of 2010 I studied abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark, through the DIS program. I loved the quaint cobblestone and historic streets of Copenhagen and took some great classes relevant to the area, like a course on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales (yes, we did spend a day watching Disney's Little Mermaid) and I studied Søren Kierkegaard's dissertation and philosophy. I even got my fantasy fix in a course called From Homer to Harry Potter. It was such an amazing experience and I am so happy I decided to go abroad because I doubt there will be any other point in my life when I will have such a perfect opportunity to travel. During the DIS extended two-week spring break I was able to travel to farther cities like Budapest, Cairo, and Alexandria. What have you done during your summers? After my freshman year I wasn't quite ready to dive into the stressful world of internship hunting, so it's a little-known fact that I spent the summer as a professional dog groomer. After my sophomore year I had two internships in New York City: an advertising intern at OK! Magazine for three days a week, and also an editorial blog intern for Zagat Survey for two days a week. I love Zagat so it was a great way to learn about the food critic industry and I wrote postings on the website for special events and deals like great prix fixe menus during Restaurant Week. Joanna interviewed Far East Movement while interning at MTViggy.com. This past summer I was an editorial intern at MTViggy.com, the website for MTV World. I essentially had the workload of an editorial assistant and worked full time five days a week, writing concert reviews for artists like Lady Gaga and Katy Perry, top ten lists, album reviews, and transcribing interviews. The whole summer was pretty surreal: I got to assist on a production of a music video for the Colombian band Bomba Estéreo, personally interview Far East Movement at the end of the summer, and had a special press pass to see a Robyn, Kelis, Dan Black, and FM concert to write a review. It was also an extremely busy summer since I was basically writing full time for two different companies, Her Campus Magazine and MTV, but it definitely paid off. What are your plans for after graduation? For a long time I have been focusing on pursuing a career in some kind of professional writing, whether its magazine journalism, book publishing, or even television script writing. Right now I would say my dream job would be a freelance writer for major magazines or an editorial assistant. I would love to write for Time magazine, The New Yorker, or Vanity Fair, and secretly I also really want to work at Cosmopolitan. Recently with all of the creative event planning and publicity I have had to do for Her Campus Bowdoin I have discovered I would also love a job working in public relations. It's a nice feeling that there are so many different jobs I am excited about pursuing after graduation. Despite the discouraging prospects for getting an entry-level job in this economy, I am trying to approach the job hunt like the world is my oyster. What advice would you give to a prospective student or first year about the Bowdoin experience? I'd say my only regret as a senior is not living in a College House. The house system is a unique and incredible approach to combining your residential and social life, and I have absolutely no idea why I didn't try to live in one my sophomore year. I would highly encourage any first year to try to have the house experience because I definitely feel like I missed out on an important part of Bowdoin culture. What quirky or fun thing do you wish you had known before you came to Bowdoin? I wish I knew that the Café made the supremely delicious creation called the Sunrise Smoothie. It's a shot of espresso blended with ice, milk, a banana, and vanilla syrup. What could be better than an espresso and banana smoothie to get your day going? I also wish I knew about the Shannon Room in Hubbard Hall for studying; the fact that it looks like the Gryffindor Common Room would have had me sold in a second. Story posted on November 18, 2010 « Back | More Student Profiles | Go to News Home


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"Grandpa! Grandpa!" Sixty-three-year-old Manuel Morales Sr. smiled proudly as his grandsons reacted to seeing their grandfather's image on the television in his Salinas, Calif., home.
The young boys were excited to recognize the retired farm worker they know as Grandpa. Morales was also proud that the videotape represented his part in telling the agricultural history of the Salinas Valley.
Morales was talking about a life in the valley that began as a 17-year-old bracero from Mexico. He told his story on a videotape about how he was sent back to Mexico after the bracero program ended, only to return as an illegal immigrant to work the fields and raise his family. The videotape was brought to his home by daughter Leti Bocanegra, agriculture exhibit coordinator for the newly opened "Valley of the World" tribute to Salinas Valley agriculture at the National Steinbeck Center.
The evolution of one of the most productive agricultural valleys in the world is a story about people — people like those found in John Steinbeck novels. People like Manuel and Bill Ramsey, owner of Mann Packing Co. and one of the leaders in establishing what has been called a premier agricultural museum.
The name of the new center came from Steinbeck in describing a story that would later become his novel East of Eden.
Steinbeck's words from The Grapes of Wrath greet visitors to the new $5.2 million wing:
"Man, unlike any other thing…, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments."
The tribute to agriculture is about a lot of things — the evolution from cattle country to the most productive farmland in the world. It talks about the day ice was first used to transport lettuce to markets across the nation and the evolution of the salad packs, one of the most innovative marketing technique that has revolutionized the vegetable industry form the field to the supermarket. One exhibit tells of Monterey's world class wine grapes.
Explores agriculture
The state of the art gallery takes visitors on an interpretative, interactive and audio visual exploration of contemporary agriculture and its historical roots.
However, the museum is more than a technology story, it focuses on the people like Bocanegra, her father, Ramsey and may others.
Mexican-born Leti first went to the fields with her mother at age 12; obtained a work permit at 14 and worked the fields in the summer through her teen years.
It was hard work. She "hated it. All the people I worked with me told me to get an education. Get out of the fields," she said. She followed their advice, attended Hartnell College and Heald College. She has decided to pursue a degree in museum science.
However, the people in the fields told her a lot more by their actions than their words. She learned the value of family, hard work and responsibility. She learned the value of working together.
She long ago left the harvest fields, but they never left her. She looks at those years differently now and insists that her two sons work in many of those same fields and packing sheds when they get older to learn the lessons she learned.
She has many contacts with vegetable grower/shippers in her job and doesn't miss opportunities to tell them it will not be long before her sons will be big and strong and will make good hands in the packing sheds or in the fields. She'll see to it. They need to learn what she learned in the fields.
Bocanegra was working for a credit company when the museum staff contacted her to consider becoming the ag exhibit coordinator for the new $5.2 million ag wing. She jumped at the chance at being a part of telling the story of her heritage and the heritages of the other cultures which played major roles in the valley's history.
More than 200 people had a hand in creating the agricultural museum. They told their stories and contributed artifacts and other items to the museum.
"We were offered so much more than we could ever use" in the 6,500-square foot wing. "People wanted everyone to know as much as possible about the Salinas Valley," she said.
The museum tells of the technological evolutions of the valley's vegetable business. It also tells the story of the infamous short-handle hoe and of labor strikes over the years.
It also tells the story of the internment of Japanese farmers and how non-Asian farmers protected the farms of their Japanese neighbors while they were interned during World War II. Their farms were still there when they returned after the war.
It's a museum of people for people, said Leti.
There is the cab of a large semi-tractor to show people how truckers spend hours hauling produce to market. In it is a copy of Steinbeck's Travels with Charley" a three-month travel log from Steinbeck and his standard poodle Charley about their trek across America in a pickup camper.
Giant screen
The museum revolves around a giant screen where you can see Morales tell his story along with a Japanese farmer sent to an internment camp, lawyer for the California Rural Assistance program, Ramsey and others telling their stories. Ramsey's is proud to be an Okie whose family story was told in the Grapes of Wrath. He began his career in the Mann packinghouse.
The wall of donors outside the museum lists the biggest vegetable producer/shippers in the world. That's ironic because when Steinbeck published Grapes of Wrath he was castigated by agribusiness. Salinas has come to embrace its rich historical past — all of it — like few other California farming communities.
Response has been positive to the new wing, said Bocanegra. If there has been criticism, she said people would like to see it larger to tell more stories. That may be in the future.
The National Steinbeck Center is a crowning achievement for Salinas and California's central coast. The ag tribute is a big diamond in that crown and a must visit for everyone.
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How about a country whose leaders have stolen $400 billion in the last decade and have seen 300 foreign workers kidnapped? Another country lost four wars in the last 40 years. Still interested? How about a country that suffers one of the world's highest AIDs rates, endures regular insurrections where all of the Westerners get massacred, and racked up 5 million dead in a continuous civil war?
Then, Africa is the place for you, the world's largest source of gold, diamonds, chocolate, and cobalt! The countries above are Libya, Nigeria, Egypt, and the Congo. Below the radar of the investment community since the colonial days, the Dark Continent has recently been attracting the attention of large hedge funds and private equity firms.
Goldman Sachs has set up Emerging Capital Partners, which has already invested $2 billion there. China sees the writing on the wall, and has launched a latter day colonization effort, taking a 20% equity stake in South Africa's Standard Bank, the largest on the continent. There are now thought to be over one million Chinese agricultural workers in Africa.
In fact, foreign direct investment last year jumped from $53 billion to $61 billion, while cross border M & A leapt from $10.2 billion to $26.3 billion. The angle here is that all of the terrible headlines above are in the price, that prices are very low, and the perceived risk is much greater than actual risk.
Price earnings multiples are low single digits, cash flows are huge, and returns of capital within two years are not unheard of. These numbers remind me of those found in Japan during the fifties, right after it lost WWII.
The reality is that Africa's 900 million have unlimited demand for almost everything, and there is scant supply, with many firms enjoying local monopolies. The big plays are your classic early emerging market targets, like banking, telecommunications, electric power, and other infrastructure.
For example, in the last decade, the number of telephones has soared from 350,000 to 10 million. It's like the early days of investing in China in the seventies, when the adventurous only played when they could double their money in two years, because the risks were so high.
This is definitely not for day traders. If you are willing to give up a lot of short term liquidity for a high long term return, then look at the Market Vectors Africa Index ETF (NYSEARCA:AFK), which has rocketed by 89% from the March lows to the recent highs, and has 29% of its holdings in South Africa and 20% in Nigeria. There is also the SPDR S&P Emerging Middle East & Africa ETF (NYSEARCA:GAF), which reeled in a blistering 103% gain. For more of a rifle shot, entertain the iShares MSCI South Africa Index Fund (NYSEARCA:EZA).


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STERLING – Sterling Superintendent Tad Everett and his staff are planning for the worst in terms of state aid to the school district.
"It heightens the sense of urgency [to make changes]," he said.
The governor last week unveiled his proposed budget, which includes cuts to education, most notably general state aid and transportation funds for public schools. Critics, including many educators, argue the governor is holding education ransom to force action on pension reform.
Most districts in the Sauk Valley depend on general state aid: It makes up 25 percent to 35 percent of their revenue. The Rock Falls Elementary School District, with its low tax base, relies on the state for more than 50 percent of its funding.
Local district officials anticipated that state aid, which has decreased in the past few years, would hit an all-time low next year.
The Legislature in the past 2 years has not appropriated enough general state aid to fully fund school districts. In fiscal year 2012 (last school year), state aid was prorated at 95 percent of the amount owed to districts under a formula in state law. And in fiscal year 2013 (this school year), state aid was prorated at 89 percent.
District officials expected state aid would be prorated at 80 percent next year, a historical low. But Gov. Pat Quinn, in his budget, suggested state aid be prorated at 82 percent.
Local administrators are not breathing a sigh of relief. The 2 percent difference would not mean much for many districts.
For Rock Falls Elementary, it would mean $114,000 more than under 80 percent proration.
"The 82 percent is better than the 80 percent," Superintendent Dan Arickx said. "But we won't know what we're going to get until late summer or early fall. I'll be happy if it's 82 percent, but I'll believe it when I see it."
For Sterling, it would mean about $214,000 more.
"It's not going to make anything better," Everett said. "It still costs us state aid."
District officials still are crafting their 2013-14 budgets based on the lower aid amounts they were cautioned about at the start of the school year. They most certainly will have to make painful cuts, including staff reductions.
In Sterling – which next year will be in the final year of a vigilant 3-year budget-reduction plan that so far has slashed $1.7 million in expenses – that means about $950,000 in cuts.
"We're going to need to make significant cuts that will unfortunately impact student programs and teachers and administrators," Everett said in February. "It will be deeper this year than it has been in a long time."
For Dixon, cuts over the past few years, plus cuts next year, mean the $4.2 million surplus in the education fund will be nearly exhausted and have a projected deficit of about $2.5 million by 2014, Superintendent Michael Juenger said.
Transportation cuts 'killer'
District officials anticipated reductions in general state aid, but they were blindsided by proposed reductions in transportation funding. Quinn, in his budget, suggests transportation aid be prorated at 19 percent.
Local administrators are panicking.
Many districts in the Sauk Valley receive a significant amount of transportation aid. Districts that are geographically larger and more rural qualify for a good amount of aid because a large share of their students live more than 1.5 miles from their schools.
The state has made minimal cuts to transportation funding the past several years, and, unlike the recent cuts to general state aid, state legislators have said next to nothing about possible significant cuts to transportation aid.
"It's catastrophic," Everett said. "I'm blown away at the size of the recommended reduction."
Sterling is expected to receive $360,000 in state transportation funding this year. It would receive a fraction of that next year.
"For us, that's killer," Everett said.
"We're going to get next to nothing under that proration," Finance Director Tim Schwingle added.
The district already operates its transportation budget in a deficit; it spends about $400,000 more than its revenues every year.
"We're drawing from our reserves now, but they won't last forever," Everett said.
Sterling last year reduced bus routes, resulting in fuller buses and longer ride times. Students were leaving home before 6 o'clock in the morning and getting home after 5 o'clock at night.
But the district this year added back a route to alleviate the time crunch by about a half-hour in the morning and at night. It costs $70,000 to operate one bus route, he added.
"The question now becomes: What in the world do we do over the course of the next couple of years, if the state is not funding transportation that, by law, we have to provide for our students?" Everett said.
Morrison and Amboy have cut or combined routes over the past few years for the same reasons.
And Dixon, where a deficit in the transportation fund is almost a given, is looking at consolidating routes, putting students on the bus longer in the morning and the afternoon.
"You have to ask yourself if we are through the worst of it," Juenger said. "We don't feel we are through the worst of it yet."
Sauk Valley Media reporter Derek Barichello contributed to this story.


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NEW YORK—Strategic Hotels & Resorts, based in Chicago, has entered into an agreement with the Dubai Investment Group to purchase New York City's Essex House Hotel for a gross purchase price of approximately $362.3 million.
The sale includes 509 hotel rooms, nine condominium units and hotel-level cash reserves. The transaction equates to a purchase price of approximately $685,000 per unit.
The transaction, which is subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, is expected to close on or before September 7.
Strategic Hotels & Resorts has arranged for $190 million in first mortgage financing from Bank of America. The loan will bear interest at LIBOR plus 400 basis points, with a LIBOR floor of 75 basis points, and will be for an initial term of three years, plus two one-year extension options. The balance of the purchase price will be funded in cash.
In addition, Strategic Hotels & Resorts has signed a 50-year management agreement with Marriott International to rebrand the hotel as the JW Marriott Essex House New York.
Upon closing, Strategic Hotels plans to invest approximately $18.3 million in improvements, including renovations to common areas, systems upgrades and new signage and branding efforts.
In 2005, an affiliate of Strategic Hotels previously owned the Essex House Hotel when it was sold to the Dubai Investment Group for approximately $440 million, which included 605 hotel rooms and 10 condominium units.
Comprised of 40 floors, Essex House Hotel provides views of Central Park and has hosted dignitaries and celebrities since it opened in 1931. In 2007, the property underwent a $90 million renovation and today includes amenities including a full-service spa and fitness center, a fine-dining restaurant and meeting and event spaces.


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President Barack Obama on Thursday proposed a plan to tackle soaring U.S. education costs with a new system that judges colleges and universities on their financial value and ties those ratings to disbursement of federal aid.
The Democratic president, who has spent much of the summer promoting new ideas to rev up the economy, unveiled his proposals at the start of a campaign-like bus tour through New York and Pennsylvania.
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The plan calls on the Education Department to institute a ratings system before the 2015 school year that would allow students and parents to select schools based on the best value for the money.
Obama would then push Congress to tie federal student aid to these ratings by 2018, creating an incentive for schools to keep their costs in check.
The plan also aims to ease the pain of federal student loan debt by limiting payments on the loans to 10 percent of borrowers' monthly income.
Major parts of the plan require congressional approval, which may prove difficult. Universities, many of which are already facing a cash crunch, are expected to push back against a ratings system that may be more difficult to influence than private-sector rankings.
"I want to look out for the students who these institutions exist to serve," Obama said during a speech to high school students in Syracuse, New York.
After first landing in the state and greeting Governor Andrew Cuomo - a potential Democratic candidate for president in 2016 - Obama boarded a big black bus that appeared to be the same one that took him through political swing states last year during his re-election battle against Republican Mitt Romney.
The campaign atmosphere is part of a White House strategy to generate attention for the president's proposals and gear up for a fall fight with congressional Republicans over the budget, debt ceiling and implementation of the president's signature healthcare reform, known as Obamacare.
Obama began his first set of remarks at The State University of New York at Buffalo with an attack on Republicans for continuing their quest to repeal the health law. Republican lawmakers are considering using an forthcoming showdown over the U.S. borrowing limit as leverage to delay the law's implementation.
But his main focus was education. Obama wants to bring down tuition costs at U.S. colleges and universities, which have skyrocketed, forcing students and families to take on more debt to afford a college degree.
"At a time when a higher education has never been more important or more expensive, too many students are facing a choice that they should never have to make," he said in Buffalo.
"Either they say no to college, and pay the price for not getting a degree ... or you do what it takes to go to college, but then you run the risk that you won't be able to pay it off because you've got so much debt," Obama said.
The average annual cost of in-state tuition and fees for 2013 at four-year public universities is $8,655, up 4.8 percent from 2012, according to a survey from the College Board released this month.
Private colleges and universities are vastly more expensive.
The federal government provides more than $150 billion in student financial aid each year, and typically that aid has been based on enrollment figures, not the value of the education.
John Kline, the Republican chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce, expressed reservations about Obama's plan.
"I remain concerned that imposing an arbitrary college ranking system could curtail the very innovation we hope to encourage - and even lead to federal price controls," he said in a statement.
Andrew Kelly, director of the Center on Higher Education at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, said the president's proposals could motivate institutions to make some changes. But he said higher education lobbyists and some lawmakers may argue such a system could create a great disparity among colleges.
"The political fight is going to be very interesting," Kelly said.
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan told reporters traveling with Obama on Air Force One earlier on Thursday that the system would still leave aid options open for students who chose pricier institutions.
"Folks will still have choice, but we want to make sure that good actors are being rewarded," he said.
Much like his 2012 campaign events, Bruce Springsteen music blasted through loudspeakers when Obama finished his speeches. During the long bus ride between Buffalo and Syracuse, the president made unannounced stops, including a visit to a women's rights center.
He told familiar stories, tied to education, about how long it took him and his wife, Michelle, to pay down their own student loans.
Americans owe about $1.2 trillion in student loan debt, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau estimates. Obama said that debt was crippling to the U.S. economy.
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the total cost of higher education - including tuition, room and board - for undergraduates at four-year public institutions ballooned 73 percent to an average of $15,900 per year in 2011 compared with 2001.
Obama this month signed legislation that reversed a big increase in student loan interest rates and will tie future rates to fluctuations in the 10-year Treasury note. The bill was hammered out in intensive negotiations with lawmakers.
Over the last five years, the president has rolled out a number of college affordability initiatives, including increasing Pell Grant aid to low-income students, steps to encourage colleges to be more transparent about costs, and awarding grants to states and institutions that work to bring costs down.


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Some might call it a classic combination – tomato soup and grilled cheese. Of course, with it being Wisconsin, we always suggest making the sandwich using an artisan cheese. Download the brochure of artisan cheese varieties and think about pairing two or three cheeses. Then whip up this recipe for Italian Basil Tomato Soup from Green Fountain Inn in Waupaca and you will feel warm and cozy no matter what the mercury reading is outside. Here's one more idea: Search for B&Bs that offer rooms with fireplaces (wood-burning) and enjoy a warm-you-up breakfast made for you.
Italian Basil Tomato Soup – makes 4 servings
1 pound Italian sausage
1 medium onion, chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
2 (14.5ounce) cans diced Italian tomatoes
1(8 ounce) can tomato sauce
1/4 c basil, chopped
1/2 c lemon juice
2 TBL sugar
1TBL Worchestershire sauce
1 t salt
3/4 teaspoon hot sauce
Heat a bit of oil in a heavy-bottomed soup pot over med-high heat. Remove sausage from casings & crumble into the pot. Add onion & celery and cook until meat is browned and vegetables are tender. Add in the tomatoes and puree together using a blender (regular or immersion). Add remaining ingredients and reduce heat to low. Cook just until heated. Garnish with grated Parmesan cheese and/or croutons.