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Stories from South America
A Visit to Haiti and Fonkoze by Edward Haley
Haiti and its people are so beautiful and so poor that spending time with them breaks a visitor's heart and takes away the ability to put thoughts and feelings in perspective. Since we returned from Haiti, I have been trying to find a frame for our experiences. I'm still trying.
With the kind assistance of members of Fonkoze, a micro-finance organization started in 1995 by Father Joseph Philippe and directed by Anne Hastings, Elaine and I spent five days, in Haiti, January 13-17, 2009, traveling from Port au Prince, the capital, to Mibale and Boukan Kare in the central plateau and Fondwa in the southwest. I went in my capacity as Director of the Center for Human Rights Leadership at Claremont McKenna College, seeking to establish a connection between the Center and Fonkoze, as part of the Center's efforts to establish links with effective human rights organizations. Elaine traveled with me at our personal expense. We came away deeply moved by what we saw and profoundly impressed by the achievements of Fonkoze. Since its founding Fonkoze has grown into an organization with a national reach, amassing 50,000 depositors and thousands of Ti Marchans, small traders, 99% of whom are women, a traditional role for women in Haiti. In addition to spending several hours with Anne Hastings and traveling with three members of her staff for four days, we talked at length with Father Joseph who has launched a new initiative, aimed at creating a university geared to the needs of the majority of Haiti's people, most of whom are impoverished farmers. I've attached some pictures along with these impressions of our stay.
Haiti is strikingly beautiful, despite the most severe environmental degradation, partly the result of cutting and burning trees for charcoal, the sole fuel for cooking for millions of Haitians. Hillsides and mountains everywhere have been stripped of trees, leaving their stone ribs painfully evident, as gaunt and stricken as many of the farm animals one sees in the fields and alongside the roads.
Even so, there are places, such as the central plateau, where the countryside smiles under blue skies and soft, high clouds, where there are fields covered with dark green rows of okra reached by trails that wander through stands of tall millet, sugar cane, and banana trees, a countryside so carefully tended and so filled with sun as to make an American visitor think of the south of France or Tuscany. But it is the beauty of the people that resonates the most in the mind.
One remembers, too, the people and their poverty, a poverty more severe than anything we had ever seen, a poverty so deep and so punishing that it shortens the lives of Haitians at every age and puts human beings and animals in competition for enough to eat. Haitians are young: the median age is 18; and they don't live very long. Haitians can expect to live to be only 57. Infant mortality in Haiti is 620 deaths/1,000 live births far greater than the 6.3 deaths/1,000 live births in the United States or the 2.75 deaths/1,000 in Sweden. By contrast to Haitians, Americans can expect to live to be 78, and the median age in the United States is 36.
It is impossible to travel far in Haiti before paved roads turn into dirt tracks of holes and ruts that force cars and trucks to a bone jolting crawl that continues past all enduring, or, as in Port au Prince, runs into torrents of water pouring down steep side streets, collecting every form of waste, turning a major boulevard into a shallow lake where filthy water is sprayed by passing cars and small buses (Tap-Taps) onto the goods of ti marchans who have set up for market on the ground for hundreds of meters along the side of the road.
"Does all this water come from a spring or a burst water main?"
"A burst water main. It's been this way for years. No one does anything about it."
All this occurs inside the first half hour after arrival, but one quickly finds that it is repeated endlessly: the beauty of the people and the land and the depth of their poverty, the grinding, jarring, wearing cost of every movement until visitors give in and begin to know the smallest part of what it means to be Haitian.
Thanks to Fonkoze we met dozens of Haitians and saw something else, something precious and full of hope for the future. In the solidarity groups that women form to support one another as they receive small loans from Fonkoze and work to repay them, we saw pride and success shining on the faces of the members. They met us with kisses. They reported that their children were in school, and they sang and laughed. That is the other thing that we remember about our time in Haiti: the laughter of the people, in Fonkoze's meetings, on the street, in tap-taps, passing by, sardonic, sad, or teasing, sometimes just laughter.
Greer Donley '09 - Honduras
Greer used the summer of 2008 to further her goals of improving the maternal healthcare situation in Intibuca, Honduras. After spending the summer of 2007 working in the labor and delivery unit of a rural Honduran hospital, she became passionate about maternal health. She returned in 2009 to document the issues faced by these women. She spent a month walking around Honduras, working at a hospital, and learning about these women lives as she documenting their experiences. The documentary's primary aim was to aesthetically convey the human rights issues facing Honduran women each day. She has since presented her documentary to non-profits in DC and Kansas, as well as at the Oxfam Hunger Banquet and other on campus events. She hopes to use the video to fundraise for the creation of birthing clinics in rural Honduras in the future.
Janae Hockensmith '09 - Venzuela
In her summer, Janae was an intern at Iglesia Biblica Fe & Esperanza (IBFE), where she was primarily a teacher to young children. The church is located near Caracas Venezuela, and is involved in many outreach activities. As a teacher, she offered English classes three evenings each week with additional private tutoring sessions at various times. She was able to experiment with a variety of teaching methods including music, drama, and conversation. Through teaching, she developed relationships with many students and learned about youth experiences in the Venezuelan context. Additionally, she translated many donated teaching and outreach materials (that were in English), so that they would have a purpose in IBFE.
Carly Graber '11 - San Benito, Guatemala
In summer 2009, Carly interned with the non-profit organization Hands in Action. Located in San Benito, Guatemala, this organization supports and empowers victims of domestic violence and economic instability, mainly single mothers and their children. Hands in Action is run by local residents and consists of a day care center, training center, medical clinic, and a scholarship fund. Carly's primary responsibilities included teaching basic English and working with children in the day care. This opportunity expanded her previous experience as a Jumpstart Corps Member, where she was trained in literacy techniques and to work with underprivileged children whose first language is not English. In addition, Carly worked in the Hands in Action training center, teaching single mothers new skills and assisting with fundraising projects.
Update From Carly Out In The Field
I'll start with Hands in Action. We accomplished a lot this week! Maria, Maria Luisa and I (with some help from Maria Luisa's boys and her daughter, Greilin, as our designated photographer) built our own whiteboard for the after-school program. It cost us about half as much as buying one would have and we did quite an excellent job. I have started letting the kids take pictures, and they get a huge kick out of it – and they love seeing the pictures after they're taken. Greilin has especially taken to photography – she has a whole series of "garden" pictures – a lot of the pictures are of weeds but I love how she still can find the beauty in them.
Kathryn Leonnig '12 - Riobamba, Ecuador
Over the summer of 2009, Kathryn traveled to Riobamba, Ecuador, to participate in an internship funded by The Center's Human Rights Fellowship Program. She worked at the Hospital Andino Alternativo, the first alternative medicine hospital founded in Ecuador. Kathryn's interest lies in the public health focus of the hospital, so she partnered with schools and communities in the area to promote health education, facilitate vaccination campaigns, and provide home visits to patients who need continuing care.
Update from Kathryn
I am working with the community health group and we have traveled to four communities which are far from the city and are primarily indigenous. We visited a day care center and taught the teachers about AH1N1 flu, how it is spread, the symptoms, how to wash your hands properly to avoid contamination, and what to do if someone in the community contracts the virus. We went to another community and taught about family planning and then took questions from the community members. Next week we will return and have discussion about nutrition. We are preparing informational posters and handouts for a fair that will be held in a couple of weeks.
Update from Grace Michel '05 - Lima, Peru
I am writing you from Lima, Peru. I have been living here for over a year now, working with an NGO called Peace and Hope that is focused on human rights, justice, and sustainable development for poor and marginalized communities. I love my work here and have had such a rich experience this past year. Living in a different culture constantly challenges me, which is what enables me to continually grow and step outside my comfort zone. I live and work in a district of the capital city of Lima called San Juan de Lurigancho. It is the largest district in the city and also the poorest district, with the largest concentration of people who have migrated to Lima from the provinces, many to escape the political violence during the years when the Shining Path and MRTA terrorist groups were active here (1980-2000). Many of them live in slum communities and situations of extreme poverty.
The project I am working on is mostly capacity building, focused on empowering leaders from local churches to serve their communities in holistic ways that address the major issues and needs in the communities. We focus a lot on addressing domestic and sexual abuse of women and children and promoting gender equality. We also train people with the knowledge to design small community development projects which range from educational and nutrition programs for kids to job skills and projects for adults. Aside from my work with the churches I also help out in the other projects that my NGO is working on when I have time, and one of those is a project to follow up with the implementation of the recommendation of the Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission which was established to address the violations that occurred during the years of political violence and terrorism in Peru. We do advocacy work on behalf of the communities of persons displaced by the political violence. I really enjoy when I get to help with this project, since my senior thesis was on Truth and Reconciliation Commissions after periods of gross human rights abuse and I am particularly interested in this topic. I get to be a part of the process of trying to pursue reconciliation in the wake of political violence.
I took this picture with children and mothers at a local church that has a feeding program for kids, providing nutritious meals and lessons for the kids, and workshops for parents on topics of nutrition, health, and sexual abuse prevention. I have done some capacity building and training of the young people that run this program.


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When Fresh Market employee Wendy Kimpton first got involved with her store's "Hope Floats" benefit for juvenile diabetes in 1994, she never imagined it would become personal. But 18 years later, she discovered her 2-year-old daughter suffered from Type 1 diabetes.
When Fresh Market employee Wendy Kimpton first got involved with her store's "Hope Floats" benefit for juvenile diabetes in 1994, she never imagined it would become personal.
Kimpton was working for The Fresh Market in Asheville when the Greensboro-based company held its first sidewalk sale to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, selling root beer floats, hot dogs and ice cream sundaes outside the store.
The foundation is the leading global organization focused on Type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease affecting 3 million Americans. Last year's "Hope Floats" benefit raised $440,000 for diabetes research; Fresh Market organizers hope to better that by $10,000 this year.
"The owners' wife had Type 1 diabetes, so that's why they originally started doing this," Kimpton said. "It was a chance to get out of the building, it was a great cause, so everybody started doing it. But you never think that it's actually going to be something you need."
Just before last year's 18th annual Hope Floats benefit, Kimpton's daughter Haley, then 2, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. The normally chatty, precocious toddler started acting lethargic and her cheeks grew sunken.
"We just thought she had a cold, a little virus or something," said Kimpton, who had since become deli manager at the Hendersonville store. "She started getting dehydrated, but we didn't know it was her blood sugar. Within about 24 hours, it turned really, really fast and she got awful sick."
Kimpton rushed Haley to the emergency room at St. Luke's Hospital in Columbus, where blood tests showed her daughter's blood sugar level was over 600 milligrams per deciliter. In a non-diabetic person, levels of 135 to 140 milligrams per deciliter are considered normal after eating.
"They gave her an insulin drip to get some back into her system and started calling around to find an ambulance to take her to Asheville," Kimpton said.
Haley's mom now has to inject her with a fast-acting insulin every time she eats, as well as a longer-lasting insulin twice a day that a constantly moderates insulin levels in her blood. For Haley, the daily injections have just become part of life.
"She'll kind of kick around and fidget, but she knows she's got to have it," Kimpton said. "Sometimes she'll ask for her shot. She'll come tell you when she gets low, because she can feel her blood sugar is dropping. She'll say, 'Check my finger – I need a snack.'"
On Sunday, Haley donned her pink "Haley's Hope" ball cap, a cute dress her grandmother sewed her out of a "Hope Floats" benefit T-shirt and a set of plastic gloves. She helped Fresh Market volunteers scoop ice cream and pour root beer, cheerfully chatting away with patrons and staff.
From all outward appearances, Haley is a picture of health, but her mother knows her condition carries lifelong risks. Diabetes can cause kidney failure, lower-limb circulatory problem and blindness and is a major cause of heart disease and stroke, according to the JDRF.
And then there are the financial burdens. Kimpton made up a poster she placed at the sidewalk sale based on her own insurance records. It showed a typical uninsured Type 1 diabetic could spend more than $23,000 yearly on treatments and insulin delivery.
Doctors have told Kimpton to expect a visit to the emergency room about once a year, due to a serious complication called ketoacidosis. The disease also brings with it a variety of lifestyle changes.
"Any time she goes out of the house, she's got to have shoes on," Kimpton said, explaining that diabetes increases the likelihood of serious foot infections. Haley also has to watch what she eats and she'll be home-schooled because of the constant need for blood sugar monitoring.
Wearing a pink ball cap to match her granddaughter's, Joyce Kimpton watched Haley draw pictures with crayons between runs to help serve Hope Floats patrons. Joyce Kimpton hopes the benefit will raise awareness of Type 1 diabetes so other families are aware of symptoms.
"If a kid is acting as if they're tired and they don't want to do anything, go get their blood sugar tested," she advised parents. "Because we had no history of diabetes in our family."
Mission Health will sponsor a walk to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation on Sunday, Oct. 6 at the University of North Carolina, Asheville. To register or for more information, call 888-533-WALK or visit walk.jdrf.org.
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Our tremendous staff gives back to our community by coordinating free health screenings, educational programs, and food drives. Learn more.
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There are some conditions that may be improved if you decrease your caffeine intake. If your doctor suggests that you cut down on caffeine, here are some steps to help you do so.
Caffeine is a mild stimulant. Many people drink coffee, tea, or soda for this effect—it helps them feel more awake and alert. However, this stimulant effect can also cause jitters, anxiety, and difficulty sleeping. Each person's tolerance to caffeine is different. As we age, we become more sensitive to the effects of caffeine.
You may be advised to reduce your caffeine intake in certain situations. For example:
First, you will need to know all the possible sources of caffeine in your diet. The following table should help understand the caffeine content of different beverages. While chocolate does not contain caffeine, for some people the theobromines in chocolate have similar effects. We have also listed the caffeine equivalents for some chocolate products below.
Some people experience headaches or drowsiness if they remove all sources of caffeine from their diet. Decreasing over a period of time can help prevent these effects. Try the following:
If you find that one of the above three methods of gradual cutting back works for you, then you can begin to:
If you are trying to lose weight, do not forget that juices and sugar-containing soft drinks may have more calories than some of the caffeinated beverages you are giving up.
You may be surprised at the caffeine content of your favorite beverages or of some of the over-the-counter products in your medicine cabinet. Be sure to check labels. Many sodas and other products come in caffeine-free forms, so look for these.
American Heart Associationhttp://www.heart.org
International Food Information Councilhttp://www.foodinsight.org
Dietitians of Canadahttp://www.dietitians.ca
Health Canadahttp://www.hc-sc.gc.ca
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Caffeine and heart disease. American Heart Association website. Available at: http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/GettingHealthy/NutritionCenter/HealthyDietGoals/Caffeine-and-Heart-Disease%5FUCM%5F305888%5FArticle.jsp. Updated August 17, 2015. Accessed January 26, 2016.
Caffeine content of food & drugs. Center for Science in the Public Interest website. Available at: http://www.cspinet.org/new/cafchart.htm. Updated November 2014. Accessed January 26, 2016.
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Lopez-Garcia E, van Dam RM, Willett WC, et al. Coffee consumption and coronary heart disease in men and women: a prospective cohort study.
Neurodegenerative disorders: coffee and age-related cognitive decline. Coffee & Health website. Available at: http://www.coffeeandhealth.org/coffee-and-health-topics/coffee-consumption-and-neurodegenerative-disorders/coffee-and-age-related-cognitive-decline/. Accessed January 26, 2016.
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I�m back.
On Nov. 5, I was in LaGrange, Ga., wrapping up almost 11 years there and seeing the municipal elections through to their end.
One week later on Tuesday, I became the managing editor of The Free Press.
This isn�t new territory. I was here from July of 1997 to January of 2003, so in a way it was like coming home. Some of the people I worked with back then, here and in the community, aren�t around anymore, but many of them still are. I look forward to getting reacquainted and acquainted with old and new faces.
Coming back was a little surreal, particularly passing the exit for La Grange on U.S. 70 after almost 10 hours in the car with a very unhappy and stressed out poodle-shih tzu mix.
(The Rotary Dog Park was fully explained and considered a perk of my return. Millie, the stressed out poodle-shih tzu, looks forward to seeing it soon. Perhaps when it�s a little less arctic.)
Kinston is where I had my first non-college newspaper job. It�s where I grew up. It�s where I survived my first (and second, and third and fourth�) hurricane. It�s where I learned to appreciate the underdog after seeing textiles and tobacco take off almost simultaneously, then watching as hurricanes blew through and set everything back just as a foothold was being reached.
LaGrange, Ga., was just an hour south of Atlanta on an interstate with a thriving industrial base and a safe distance from most direct hurricane damage. Many times I found myself wanting to remind everyone just how good they had it.
I enjoyed my time in Georgia and I learned a lot there. Ironically, there was a flood shortly after I arrived. I tried not to feel snake-bit.
But I�d always kept in touch with people in Kinston and it always truly had a place in my heart. I even came back about five years ago and stayed a few days with my predecessor, Nancy Saunders. I checked Kinston.com regularly. I grieved with you when we lost Charles Buchanan and it was devastating to walk in the doors again this week and not see his smiling face.
I�m not a bridge-burner but I�m as surprised as anyone to be back in Kinston. It was a personal and professional opportunity I couldn�t pass up.
It�s good to be back.
Jennifer Shrader is the managing editor of The Free Press; her column will appear in this space every Friday. You can reach her at 252-559-1079 or at email@example.com.


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Will it ever become possible to copy changes in both directions?
I don't really get why this limitation is built in to be only ably to copy change in the file comparison from left to right.
It IS possible in the folder comparison list. So why not in the file comparison view?
Ability to also copy from right to left
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Sorry, I don't have an answer for why at this time.
To make sure I understand fully what you need, are you needing to edit both copies of the file at the same time?
If you only need to edit the one of the left, it's possible to open the File Diff dialog and just click the swap button. That would put the one you want edited on the right side instead.
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Tai Chi: 7:45-8:45 a.m. with instructor, YMCA, 1684 Robinson St. Cost, 533-9622. Weekly. Also Mondays.
Water Fitness: 8, 9 and 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. at YMCA. Water exercise with instructor. Call for fees. 533-9622. Weekly. Also Mondays.
Senior exercise classes: 8:30-9:30 a.m. $30 per month. Feather River Activity Center, 1875 Feather River Blvd., 533-2011. Weekly.
Bingo: 9 a.m. doors, 11 a.m. games; regular Bingo with special games at 7600 Irwin Ave. Ticket drawing at half-time. Snackbar open. Building available for rental. 533-9211. Weekly.
Ladies: 9:30 a.m. Join some out-of-shape, overweight girlfriends who want to have fun while improving their health. Forbestown Community Center. Free. 675-2577. Weekly.
Nursing Mama's Club: 10 a.m., Oroville's Breastfeeding Mothers Group, WIC office, 82 Table Mountain Blvd. Babies and children welcome. 534-7155. Weekly.
Free legal services: 10 a.m.-noon, for seniors 60 plus, at 850 E. Gridley Road. Spanish translation available. Appointments: Passages: 1-800-822-0109-English; 1-800-345-9491-Spanish. Third Wednesday.
Bolt Antique Tool Museum: 10 a.m.-3:45 p.m. Unique museum with close to 10,000 tools collected by Carl "Bud" Bolt. Located at 1650 Broderick St., one block from Chinese Temple. $3; under 12, free entrance; AAA members or groups of 15 or more, $2.50 per person. Group tours by appointment. 538-2528; Museum, 538-2406. Monday through Saturday; Sunday, 11:45 a.m.-3:45 p.m.
Pinocle: 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bring brown bag lunch or snack to share. Feather River Senior Citizen's Center, 1335 Myers St. Weekly.
Oroville Library: 11 a.m.-noon, Story Time for children ages 3-5 p.m. at 1820 Mitchell Ave. 538-7642. Weekly.
Artists of River Town Gallery and Gifts: noon-4 p.m. Tuesday—Saturday; noon-7 p.m. first Fridays. Moved to Centennial Cultural Center, 1931 Arlin Rhine Dr. Display changes monthly. Receptions on first saturday each month during regular hours. Call 534-3227.
Chinese Temple: Noon-4 p.m., 1500 Broderick St. $3. Group tours by appointment. 538-2406. Temple: 538-2496. Daily.
Made to Move: 1-2:30 p.m. at 45 Acacia Ave. Certified instructor Lynndee Caput; strengthening exercises, aerobic, balance, flexibility, relaxation and health education. Co-sponsored by Arthritis Foundation. 533-0780. Weekly. Also Mondays.
Hip Hop Class for youth: 4:30 p.m. at YMCA. Also Mondays.
Pilates: 5:30 p.m. at YMCA. Also Mondays.
American Red Cross: 5:30-7 p.m., Southside Community Center, 2959 Lower Wyandotte Ave. Third Wednesday.
Berry Creek Grange No. 694: 5:30-6:30 p.m. dinner, $5 adults, $2.50 children; Bingo 7 p.m., $5 for 6 cards, at 1477 Bald Rock Road. Public invited. 589-2695. Weekly.
Line Dancing: 5:30 p.m. beginner classes at Feather River Activity Center, 1875 Feather River Blvd. dance room. $7 drop in fee; $20 per month (1 class per week). Also advanced; call for times. 533-2011. Weekly.
Dinner @ Six: 6 p.m., Oroville First United Methodist Church, 45 Acacia Ave. Home-cooked meal served; Swiss steak, buttered pasta, vegetables, salad, garlic bread and dessert cooked by Randy Fowler. Cost $6 for adults, $3 ages 6-12, free up to age 5. All welcome. 534-9455. Weekly.
Yoga Class for Every-Body: 6-7 p.m. at Feather River Recreation and Activity Center, 1875 Feather River Blvd. Drop-in fitness class with fee of $5 per class. 533-2011. Weekly.
Irish Dancing: 6 to 7 p.m. Ages 6 and up, Feather River Activity Center, 1875 Feather River Blvd. $30 per month. 533-2011. Weekly. Also Mondays.
Exchange Club of Oroville:?noon, Search For Talent planning. Meetings at Hof Brau, 106 Table Mountain Blvd. Contact Charley Hurley, PO Box 1046, Oroville, Ca, 95965. Weekly.
Oroville Best by a Dam Site Toastmasters: Noon-1 p.m., Holiday Inn Express, 550 OroDam Blvd. Cole Garcia, 990-3070. Weekly.
Oroville Exchange Club: Noon-1:30 p.m. The Hot Brau, 109 Table Mountain Blvd. Prevention of Child Abuse (year-round), High School Youth of the Month, ongoing help to military families through National Guard. Robert Hewitt, 534-8393. Weekly.
Kiwanis Club: 12:10 p.m. Lunch at Hof Brau, 109 Table Mountain Blvd. Call Laurie Sousa, 533-8194.
Oro Dam Cruisers: 6 p.m., Thermalito Grange, 479 Plumas Ave. 532-4539. Third Wednesday.
International Association of Administrative Professionals: 6 p.m. dinner/business meeting, Holiday Inn, 685 Manzanita Court, Chico. Reservations, 898-7032. Third Wednesday.
Artists of River Town: 6-7 p.m. General meeting, Centennial Center, 1931 Arlin Rhine Drive on the levee. Free. Members and nonmembers welcome. 534-7690, artistsofrivertown.com. Third Wednesday.
Oroville Dance Group: 7 p.m. swing/ballroom dance lessons at corner of Lincoln and Elgin. No partner needed. $6 a class. 589-7921. Weekly.
Palermo Little League: 6:30-8 p.m. board meeting, Palermo School, Room 27. First, third Wednesday.
Health, emotional support
Early Bird Fellowship, Alcoholics Anonymous: Open meetings, 6:30-7:30 a.m., Oroville Family Resource Center, 2085 Baldwin St. Weekly.
New Beginnings AA: 6:30-7:30 a.m., Alano Club, 2471 Bird St. Open meeting. 534-9960. Weekdays.
Public Health Clinic: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Confidential reproductive health services for men and women. 78 Table Mountain Blvd. 538-7341. Weekly.
T.O.P.S. Chapter 1891: 9 a.m. meeting for Take Off Pounds Sensibly at Oroville Family Resource Center, corner of Baldwin and Darryl Porter streets. 403-3881. Weekly.
Alcoholics Anonymous, Lake Oroville Fellowship: Noon and 8 p.m., 2471 Bird St. All welcome. 538-8180. Weekly.
Narcotics Anonymous: noon and 6 p.m., 2688 Meyers St. Clean and Serene Group of NA. Everyone welcome. Call, 1-877-669-1669.
Narcotics Anonymous: 3:30 p.m., Burlington Ave and Wyandotte Ave., (Martin Luther King Park. Southside Hole in the Wall Group of NA. Daily. Call, 1-877-669-1669.
Alzheimer's Association Caregiver Support Group: 2-4 p.m., Greater Oroville Family Resource Center, 1720 Daryl Porter Way. 895-9661. Third Wednesday.
Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Group: 2-4 p.m. at Feather River Tribal Health Center, 2145 Fifth Ave. For persons caring for or who have loved ones with Alzheimer's. 895-9661. Third Wednesday.
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The Lorain Metro Housing Authority is the largest landlord in Lorain, OH on the coast of Lake Erie. Since 1938, LMHA has provided comfortable, safe and affordable housing for low income families. In 2010, the 12 story property at John F. Kennedy Plaza, 1730 Broadway Avenue, Lorain, OH was in need of a space heating and domestic water heating upgrade.
The existing boilers were pulse type boilers. Of these, twelve 300,000 Btu/hr models were dedicated to space heating and five 150,000 Btu/hr models provided domestic hot water with four phase III 119 gallon indirects. The existing boilers were maintenance prone, parts were becoming increasingly more difficult to obtain and the heat exchangers were failing regularly. At the time the retrofit job started, at least four boilers were down for maintenance.
R.E. Warner & Associates were the consulting engineers for the job and they faced a number of design challenges. The existing equipment reportedly operated at approximately 90-91% efficiency, provided redundancy and a total 12:1 turndown. The new design called for higher efficiency, more redundancy, equal or better turndown and web-based access control for both the owner and the service contractors. Initially, REW considered the Lochinvar Intelli-Fin boilers with Lochinvar's Hot Water Generator systems to provide the domestic hot water.
After consulting with the local Lochinvar representative, Campbell Equipment Company, a decision was made to separate the two systems and use three 1,500,000 Btu/hr SYNC boilers for the space heating and two 500,000 Btu/hr Armor water heaters coupled with an RJA504 storage tank on the domestic side.
"The Lochinvar boilers met all aspects of the design basis and throughout the design process, we found Lochinvar to be an excellent technical partner in providing the client with engineered solutions to their needs."
Brian Emery, PE Mechanical Engineering Manager R.E. Warner
The new SYNC boiler system would provide 10:1 full modulation at each boiler for a total 30:1 system turndown. The SYNC boilers offered excellent redundancy, two-way communication via Modbus protocol and sidewall Direct Vent capabilities with low cost PVC pipe for the vent and air intake. The existing mechanical room was 6 feet below grade and extremely crowded with the old equipment. The contract stipulated that the mechanical room floor be raised to grade. The mechanical contractor, Lucas Plumbing & Heating of Lorain, Ohio was able complete the work in three phases to avoid total system shut down and the need for expensive temporary heat.
The center section was done first. The Armor water heaters were installed in this section while some of the existing boilers were kept on line to provide building heat. After the new domestic system was started, Lucas was able to demolish more of the existing equipment, raise a second section of the mechanical room floor and install two of the three SYNC boilers. The new heating plant was switched over in November and the final SYNC boiler was operational several weeks later. It was estimated that by phasing in the new equipment, LMHA saved up to $100,000 in temporary heat packages.
Now operational, the new control system allows LMHA personnel, Lucas and the control contractor to monitor and communicate remotely with the SYNC boilers to optimize efficiency, rotate boilers and notify LMHA and Lucas in the case of boiler alarm. All parties can now access the web based site and see in real time boiler status, firing rate, system and boiler pump status, set points, system and outdoor temperatures, alarm histories, etc. Additionally, the new mechanical room is clean, well lit and less congested with a large amount of extra floor space due to the compact design of Lochinvar boilers and water heaters.
In a project review meeting with LMHA directors, Joe Lucas from Lucas Plumbing along with local Lochinvar Rep Tim Campbell, gas bills from Columbia Gas were reviewed and a savings of 30% was achieved for the three coldest months of the season. These savings were especially remarkable for two reasons: a) the building load increased and b) the pulse type boilers that were replaced are reported to be in the 90-91% efficiency range.
The small foot print, PVC venting and BMS interface flexibility of the SYNC boilers and Armor water heaters provided the engineer and mechanical contractor with cost savings options not available from other manufacturers. The 10:1 boiler turndown and 5:1 water heater turndown plus Modbus interface provide unsurpassed management capability. In a building this size, there is almost always a load during the heating season and the turndown enables the BMS to micromanage on even the most marginal heating days. Run times for Armor water heaters exceed 2 ½ hours and boiler run times are even longer. The elimination of boiler cycling significantly increases efficiency. The added benefit is the elimination of mechanical wear and tear to boiler components which will translate to reduced maintenance costs for LMHA.
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It was a tale of two halves; as the Cobras came out of the gate hot, taking a 41-26 lead into halftime, but a second half surge by Belmont Abbey gave the Crusaders a 70-65 victory. As a team the Cobras shot 35.3 percent from the field and were hit 9-of-10 (90 percent) from the free throw line. Coker out rebounded the Crusaders 43-41 and they scored 16 points off of turnovers.
Lau was the leading scorer with 29 points, eight rebounds, two blocks and two assists. Amber Lau netted 13 points with three rebounds, two blocks and two assists and Angie Lawrence added 10 points, three steals and two assists.
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This guide is designed for use by on and off-campus student supervisors. It provides policies, procedures, and responsibilities for both students and supervisors. If you have questions which are not answered in this guide, please contact the Office of Student Employment Services at email@example.com
Effective December, 2009:
Student Employment Services
Zilber Hall, 121
P.O. Box 1881
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881
(414) 288-0200
Marquette University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer
The purpose of Student Employment Services is to assist students in obtaining jobs which will help cover some of the expenses of a college education; to bring together the student work force with the jobs available; to provide students with career related work where possible; and to provide all students seeking employment an equal opportunity to obtain jobs. Student Employment Services functions include:
A student employee is a part-time employee who is enrolled, or is to be matriculated as a student at Marquette University, and whose primary purpose for being at the University is the achievement of a degree or certification. This person's employment is temporary and incidental to the pursuit of a degree or certification. During summer, an individual is considered to be a student even if s/he is not enrolled as long s/he has been admitted/readmitted for fall semester. Those individuals not meeting the definition of a student employee must be hired through Human Resources, Straz Tower, Room 185.
An objective of Student Employment Services is to contribute to the comprehensive development of students by providing and recognizing the multi-faceted co-educational experiences students have at Marquette University. Working to help with costs of an education is one of the many benefits students gain through campus employment. Students also acquire transferable work skills. Student Employment Services, in cooperation with the National Association of Student Employment Administrators (NASEA), sponsors an annual "Student Employee of the Year Award" Recognition Program in support of this objective.
To be eligible students must be employed at the University for a minimum of three months full-time during the summer, or six months part-time during the academic year. Students must be nominated by a supervisor.
Student Employment Programs
FWS is a federal financial aid program designed to provide part-time employment for eligible students. Marquette University receives an allocation from the federal government each fiscal year which is used, in combination with employer funds, to provide part-time jobs for students.
Students must apply for financial aid and receive a Federal Work Study (FWS) award from the Office of Student Financial Aid in order to work under this program. Students who demonstrate financial need are awarded FWS funds on a first-come, first-served basis until funds are exhausted. Therefore, it is very important for students to be aware of and adhere to application priority dates. Students who file for financial aid too late in the year may not receive a Federal Work Study (FWS) award due to lack of funding, regardless of whether they had FWS in the past, have financial need, or have a specific FWS job arranged. To receive maximum consideration for a FWS award, students should file the Free Application For Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) in January.
FWS funds are restricted to students who are either citizens or permanent residents of the United States. Foreign students with an F-1 or J-1 Visa are not eligible for federal FWS funds but are eligible for MSE.
Students who accept their offer of FWS are not guaranteed a job. Rather, they are given access to available job descriptions in order to apply for the jobs that interest them.
FWS positions can be found in almost every Marquette office and department. Also, there are numerous job opportunities for Marquette students available at off campus FWS agencies. Marquette departments are charged 35% of the FWS student's earnings each payroll period. The remaining 65% is paid by federal funds.
Community Service Federal Work Study (CSFWS) jobs are positions which improve the quality of life for community residents, or solve problems related to their needs. Community service jobs can be a wonderful opportunity for students to interact with the Marquette and Milwaukee communities, using their talents to improve the lives of others. Examples of these jobs would be tutoring grade school children in the community, coordinating community based assistance programs, Campus Outreach, or working with security, which ensures the safety of the community. Many careers are set in motion here. Students not only learn a work ethic, but also the ability to interact with the world at large. Students leave these jobs prepared not only to enter the work world, but to be a contributing member of society and their community.
If a student has an MSE designation, it means that the student either has not applied for any type of financial aid, has not received financial aid that is based on financial need, applied too late to receive FWS this award year, or has exceeded their FWS award. It is not necessary to monitor MSE earnings for financial aid purposes.
Foreign students (with F-1 Visa) are eligible to work on-campus under the Marquette Student Employment program (MSE), and should follow all of the procedures outlined in this guide. They are limited to work no more than 20 hours per week while classes are in session. These students must take care not to exceed 20 hours per week as their eligibility to remain in the U.S.A. may be revoked. International Students should contact the Office of International Education with any questions regarding employment eligibility.
Note: Graduate students with assistantships may have graduate school restrictions on taking additional work hours outside of their academic department and should receive permission from the grad school prior to any additional work.
Student employees who receive FWS awards generally may not earn more than the dollar amount of their award. The student employee together with their supervisor MUST monitor all FWS student earnings to ensure that the student does not earn more than their awarded amount. If the FWS amount is exceeded, the student's designated award will be changed to MSE and the supervisor's budget will be charged at 100%. Student Employment Services recommends that students not have positions using both FWS and MSE at the same time. Unless special arrangements are made with the employer and the Office of Student Employment, students awarded FWS will always be paid FWS first (i.e. for both positions) until funds are depleted. Once the FWS funds are depleted, the student will be moved to MSE and wages will be charged to the department at 100%.
IMPORTANT NOTE: It is possible for a student's Federal Work Study amount to change or be canceled during the academic year. Typically this would occur if a student's financial circumstances should change (i.e. receipt of additional financial aid, a scholarship award etc.). Students will be notified of the change and should immediately notify their supervisors. Student Employment Services will also notify supervisors of any changes in award or program amounts.
Supervisors are notified of their student employee FWS earnings by means of a Tracking Report printed bi-weekly for each department. The report will list each student employee's name, their FWS AWARD and AVAILABLE BALANCE. If a student is employed in more than one department, the comment column will state that the student has multiple FWS positions. This will assist in monitoring student hours. The amount a student is eligible to earn includes earnings from all FWS jobs, if there is more than one. The YTD Wages includes earnings from all departments. When a student is terminated from a position the student's name and earnings will continue to remain on the department's Tracking Report for the academic year, however, no additional earnings will be charged to the department's account.
Off-campus employers looking to post a part-time position on our Web site, please complete the template located here and return it via e-mail to the Office of Student Employment at email@example.com or fax it to (414) 288-1718 — Attn: Student Employment.
For full-time positions, please contact our Career Services Center at email@example.com
Use your JobConnection account to change or update any of your current job information. Please note that once students have been hired to a job and a salary authorization has been created, the federal fund account number and the wage category of that job must never be changed.
Use your JobConnection account to create and post your open positions. Anytime you update any information within your job, it is automatically sent to the Pending queue for review by the Office of Student Employment. If you want the job activated so it is viewable on the website, make sure the Employment Start Date and the Post and Expiration Dates are valid. If these dates are invalid or are left blank, the job will not be activated and will not be visible on the website.
Once you have completed the above date fields, send an email with the Job ID to email@example.com requesting that the job be activated. The Post and Expiration dates determine how long the job will stay active.
To close a job, simply click the "Close Job" button located at the top of the job. This will remove the open position from the JobConnection Website.
On November 6, 1986 President Reagan signed into law the Immigration Reform Control Act. This act makes it unlawful to knowingly hire an alien who is not properly authorized to work in the United States. Therefore, ALL students must submit verification of identity and employment authorization by bringing the original documents listed below, along with copies, to Student Employment Services. Our office will make copies if necessary.
See instructions for filling out the Form I-9 here.
International students should check with the Office of International Education as the requirements may be different.
The Occupational Safety & Health Administration Hazard Communication Standards Act of 1983 requires all manufacturers and non manufacturing sectors to maintain a written Hazard Communication Program and make it available for review. A copy of Marquette's written Hazard Communication Program is available for review at the Law Library, Memorial Library Reserve Desk, the Risk Management/Occupational Safety Offices, the Human Resources Department, the Science Library and Student Employment Services, Office of Student Financial Aid.
All student employees should receive a written guide "Hazard Communication and You" and are required to sign the Hazard Communication Training Response form stating they have received the guide before starting work and before a Salary Authorization will be released. Some departments, as determined by the Risk Management/Occupational Safety Office, will be required to offer a more detailed training program to their student employees. Students should come to Student Employment Services, Office of Student Financial Aid to complete this form, or supervisors may request the packets from Student Employment Services and return the signed acknowledgment form to Student Employment Services.
ALL STUDENT EMPLOYEES must be authorized to work on campus prior to starting. The student is authorized only if:
If the student has an I9 on file, a Salary Authorization is created and uploaded to Payroll once the placement is entered into JobConnection.
JobConnection is Marquette University's student employment database. It is a WEB based program that allows "Active" Marquette students to view open positions available on and off campus. Students will only see basic information such as job title, description and pay rate. JobConnection is available Monday through Sunday, 6 a.m. until midnight. Students should follow the instructions to login. Once they find a position they are interested in, they should follow the instructions in the "Application Instruction" field to apply for the job.
The wage scale for student employees is based on a classification system with five grade levels . Supervisors must use pay rates that fall within the wage range selected for the job in JobConnection. Exceptions to the wage scales must be approved by Student Employment Services prior to hiring the student. The student may be paid anywhere within the designated range. Student Employment Services suggests that you start a new student at the lower end of the range in order to allow for salary increases as a student remains in your employ.
Please see chapter 3 of the JobConnection Manual located here for information on how to give your student a raise. Contact Student Employment if you have any questions.
Timesheets must be accurately completed in the EmpCenter Timekeeping system and approved by the supervisor in EmpCenter by the deadline dates. A Payroll Calendar with deadline dates is available on the Student Employment Website. The person who approves the timesheet in EmpCenter is responsible for the accuracy of the information and is certifying that the student actually worked the reported hours.
Work hour limitations for full-time and half-time students … undergraduate and graduate students - It is Marquette's position that supervisors are not permitted to schedule student employees more than 20 hours per week when classes are in session. Students are permitted to work up to 37.5 hours per week when classes are not in session. Supervisors are responsible for avoiding situations where students are assigned overtime hours.
The University's Payroll Department (Comptroller's Office) monitors student employee work hours submitted for payment. In cases where the work hour limitations for full-time, half-time and less than half-time students are exceeded in a given week, the Payroll Department will contact the student employee's supervisor(s) and remind him/her of the limitation
Work hour limitations for Graduate Assistants - Graduate Assistants must be full-time students (7 or more credit hours or full-time equivalent) to qualify for their assistantship and are expected to work approximately 20 hours per week performing work assigned by faculty members.
Note: Time spent by Graduate Assistants working on their thesis or dissertations will not be taken into consideration in evaluating total work hours spent each week to satisfy the requirements for their Graduate Assistantships.
The Graduate School and directors of graduate programs in the various colleges emphasize that, in order to provide sufficient time to complete their graduate course work, faculty restrict graduate assistants to 20 hours of work per week
International graduate students with assistantships may have graduate school restrictions on taking additional work hours outside of their academic department and should receive permission from the grad school prior to any additional work.
Less Than Half-Time Students…Fall and Spring Semesters - The same 20 hours per week restriction applies to less-than-half-time students
Calculating sign in times - Students who sign in up to six minutes after the hour will be paid as of the hour. Students who sign in after six minutes after the hour will be paid as of one-quarter after the hour. The same time frame applies for signing out.
Ex: Student signed in at 8: 05 a.m. Student will be paid as of 8:00 a.m.
Student signed in at 8:08 a.m. Student will be paid as of 8:15 a.m.
Lunch/Breaks - There are no state or federal regulations that require lunch periods or breaks be given. However, it is recommended that any employee who works in excess of six hours at a time be given a one-half hour unpaid break or lunch period.
Marquette University strongly recommends that all students sign up for Direct Deposit. Instructions for setting up a Direct Deposit account can be found here. Student pay dates are listed on the Student Payroll Calendar.
Students signed up for Direct Deposit can view their paychecks online at MyJob. Students not signed up for Direct Deposit may pick up their paychecks in the Payroll Department, Straz Tower, 175.
The university is required by law to record and pay for hours actually worked. Time actually worked for student employees is documented by EmpCenter. Student employees are responsible for accurately recording their time worked for each scheduled workday.
Falsification of the time record is a serious violation of university policy and is, in essence, theft. Such falsification will result in corrective action, up to and including immediate discharge.
Grace Period
Punches collected in the EmpCenter system are set to record the start and end of the day/shift and are rounded at 7:59 minutes before and after each quarter hour. Rounding is done on each quarter hour: 00, 15, 30, 45, and the grace period lasts from 7:59 minutes before the quarter hour through 7:59 minutes after the quarter hour. The grace period is in place to provide employees with ample time to punch in prior to their start time. The actual time that an employee clocks in is the official time used for tracking attendance.
For example, if a student employee's schedule requires an 8:30 a.m. start time and the student employee clocks in at 8:35 a.m., the student employee is considered late even though paid time is calculated for that day beginning at 8:30 a.m. If a student employee's schedule requires a 4:30 p.m. end time and the student employee clocks out at 4:25 p.m. that student employee is considered to have left early, even though paid time is calculated to 4:30 p.m. Student employees punching out and leaving prior to their scheduled end time without prior supervisor authorization will be subject to corrective action up to and including termination of employment.
Supervisors must end the placement (hire) in JobConnection for any student who terminates their employment prior to the end of their originally authorized period (i.e. the end date on the salary authorization.) Supervisors may complete a Termination of Employment form for their office records. However, the Office of Student Employment does not need a copy of the Termination Form.
The role of the supervisor is vital to the success of any work environment and, in order to be effective, the supervisor must perform a wide range of activities. Initially, you are responsible for fulfilling certain managerial functions involved in getting departmental jobs accomplished. Supervisors have additional responsibilities: concern for the development of the student, and also for the worker as a student. The best supervisors treat their student workers as individuals, and understand that student workers have other interests and responsibilities. They make the work of the student seem interesting, significant, and worthwhile to both the supervisor and the student.
The good Supervisor must have many talents. To assist supervisors of student employees The "Journal of Student Employment", National Association of Student Employment Administrators, Winter, 1995 has developed the following guidelines.
Be an Example.
Model strong work habits through efficient dedicated work practices. Let your own approach to daily work be an example from which students can learn.
Be Flexible.
Understand that student employees are students first, and employees second. Though it is important to have high standards on the job, it is also important to be flexible to accommodate academic obligations.
Communicate Expectations.
Communicate the job standards and expectations to your student employee. One can't assume that these are self-evident to the student, even though they may seem obvious to you.
Give Feedback Frequently.
Provide consistent and appropriate feedback to your student employees. Student employees - like all employees - benefit from feedback on job performance, providing it is communicated with a positive spirit.
Be Fair.
Supervisors who are too lenient are not doing students any favors. Campus jobs are "real jobs". Treat student employees as you yourself would like to be treated in a given situation.
Train, Train, Train!
Take time to train your students in important skills, attitudes, and habits - such as perseverance, time management, phone skills, quality service practices, handling difficult situations. This is the "common sense" from which success is made.
Be a Team Player.
As a team leader, develop and nurture the unique contributions of each team member. Take a global perspective.
Give Recognition.
When you see a student "going the extra mile" or "persevering through difficult situations", acknowledge this in front of other staff and peers. People need to feel appreciated.
Share a Vision.
Have regular staff meetings with your student employees, and inform them how their work fits into a larger purpose of the department and institution. Remember, purposeful work is meaningful work.
Be an Educator.
To the degree that we each contribute to the lives of others, we are all educators. How can you contribute to the education of your student employees?
Selecting the right person for the right job is the basic purpose of any job interview. Beyond the basic objectives, the job interview is an important step in the student's progress toward becoming a confident and able participant in the world of work.
As with all aspects of supervisory functions, individual adaptation needs to be made to meet specific work assignments. In general the following interview guidelines should benefit both supervisor and student.
While an interview is a valuable method of selecting student employees, other information, such as references, and work evaluations should also be considered.
It is often necessary to delegate work, yet there is often the temptation to give out assignments in small portions because a student only has a few hours to work. Student employees and supervisors often benefit more if in long-range planning supervisors assign not only the task, but the continuing responsibility for seeing it through to completion. Planning very often requires homework on the part of the supervisor. But planning also helps to avoid those embarrassing moments of having the student report for work and finding no work to do.
The ability to communicate is important in the work setting. If a supervisor cannot explain clearly what is expected in assignments and responsibilities, students will be unable to perform their work to an acceptable degree.
Reinforce instructions-The majority of tasks which a student will undertake should be explained and demonstrated thoroughly at the outset.
Recognize perceptual differences-Included in your responsibility to communicate information is need to ensure that the information is being successfully translated and understood.
Emphasize non-verbal communication-The ideas and feelings you transmit are just as important as the words and demonstration methods you employ.
Develop listening skills-Listening is more important than the process of simply acquiring information. Failure to listen properly creates barriers to effective communication - and effective supervision.
A work performance evaluation for all student employees should be conducted at least once each academic year. The Employee Evaluation Form should be completed by the student employee and the student's employer after which both should discuss the evaluation results and formulate goals for the future. This process should be used to facilitate interaction between the student and the supervisor. This form is to be used for departmental evaluation and is not to be sent to Student Employment Services. Copies of the Employee Evaluation Form are also available from Student Employment Services.
In practice, evaluation is an on-going process that you apply almost daily. After the student is given initial training, you make periodic checks to see that performance is meeting the desired expectation. This is evaluation. The performance evaluation form represents the culmination of your daily efforts.
Evaluation, either daily or cumulative, generally takes the form of praise or criticism, but supervisors report that they deal with criticism more often than they would prefer. Poor or slipshod work usually needs immediate attention. But all too often satisfactory and good work gets by with only your silent gratitude. Both deserve equal attention, and timeliness is important if your evaluation is to be of maximum benefit to the student. Although criticism is never pleasant to give or to receive, students feel less threatened and are usually more responsive if it is made within these guideline:
Be constructive and specific - What are the actual examples of poor performance? What should be done in the future to improve quality?
Maintain privacy - Whereas good work deserves praise in front of other students or employees, criticism should never be made within earshot of others.
Be positive - When discussing poor performance with a student, start on a positive note. Most people perform at least some facet of their work satisfactorily, so select a particular attribute or skill and mention it first. Tell the student what you like about her/his work. Then explain what areas warrant improvement. When criticism is presented in a friendly and positive way, students usually realize that you are trying to help and are more likely to listen to what you have to say.
Do not feel guilty - Students usually know when they need criticism. If you fail to react to unacceptable work, you may lose the respect of the student involved as well as that of other workers in the department. Your goal is to keep all students working at their full and most productive capacity.
Be Sensitive - People cannot be expected to perform at the same levels of proficiency. Differences in abilities and aptitudes should be taken into consideration for each individual evaluation.
The long range goal of student evaluation is not simply to provide a system for grading work. It is designed as an instrument to assist the student in her/his development and to enlarge the dimensions of the work/educational experience.
Employers are encouraged to give positive feedback to students when warranted. However, there may be times during the academic year when a student employee is not performing up to your expectations as a supervisor. This may relate to attendance, punctuality, job performance, or attitude. At these times it may be necessary to inform the student of your dissatisfaction with their performance. The Corrective Discipline Interview Form has been developed to facilitate the procedure of informing a student when their work habits must be improved. This is a departmental process. Therefore, the form does not need to be sent to Student Employment Services. A copy should be maintained by the supervisor and the employee. Once these procedures are followed, there will hopefully be an improvement in the situation. If however, the problem continues to be unresolved, it may be necessary to terminate the student employee. If this is necessary, please complete the Termination of Employment Form . It is important that you document any corrective action you take and notify Student Employment Services if a problem should arise.
Some positions at the University involve regular access to confidential information. It is expected that such information will not be discussed with relatives, friends, or others outside the University or in the public areas of the University. Confidential information should be discussed with other employees only when necessary for the performance of the job.
In some areas, release of information is governed by specific laws. If such laws affect your positions, advise your student(s). You may ask your student(s) to sign a confidentiality statement depending on your departmental policy.
A breach of confidentiality is subject to immediate dismissal or corrective action.
In summarizing the responsibilities of student work supervision, you need to remember that students perform assignments most satisfactorily when:
The preceding has been concerned with methods for perfecting your skills in developing student potential, and various techniques have been outlined to help you achieve this goal. The supervisor who is enthusiastic about her/his work and is genuinely interested in involving others in the importance of that work, will find that enthusiasm is contagious and the rewards abundant.
* Section on Supervision adapted from Supervisor's Manual for Michigan State University Student Employment Programs and used with permission.
FWS is typically not available during the summer. Therefore, a student's academic year FWS award amount may not be used during the summer employment period.
On-campus summer employment becomes effective for all students according to the Payroll Calendar (generally the Thursday before graduation). Available positions should be OPENED and CLOSED as described in this guide. Students must be re-authorized for summer, even if they were employed in your department during the academic year.
WORK STUDY CAUTION: It is possible that a student's work award may change from year to year after a Salary Authorization has been issued because of a change in the student's financial situation. The student will be notified of any change through a revised "Aid Offer and Student Reply Form." However, we may not be able to notify supervisors of this change until the student appears on the payroll records. Therefore, close communication with your potential student employees regarding their work awards is essential. Student Employment Services will not pre-authorize any student who has not accepted their Federal Work Study (FWS) or needs to complete verification. You will be notified if a student cannot be pre-authorized. Students whose work program is not determined due to an incomplete financial aid file will be pre-authorized with Regular Student Employment (MSE).
The Student Job Application (located on the SES website) is available for use when hiring new students in your department. Student Employment Services recommends that you use this standard application form. However, if you develop a different one for your department, please have it approved by Student Employment Services before using it. This is important due to employment rules and regulations. The student hiring process should be no different than when hiring a regular staff person to work within a department. Feel free to contact a student's prior employers and references.
It is the supervisor's responsibility to:
A student employee should consider the job a serious commitment. When hired for a position, the student becomes a member of a work unit that depends on him/her. Therefore, the supervisor may reasonably expect the student to:
The student also has responsibilities to the Office of Student Financial Aid. Since Federal Work Study is based on financial need, the student is expected to:
In order to carry out the responsibilities, Student Employment Services reviews and prepares reports regarding student employment for federal, state, and university entities. The office assists departments with their efforts to comply with appropriate regulations by monitoring payroll earnings, records, etc.
The Marquette University Student Employment Services is one of the units within the Office of Student Financial Aid and has the following responsibilities:


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We are a small software and design company based in Ireland. Since 2005 we have been dealing with web design and development of high quality apps for Mac and iOS. Our mission is creating applications that combine nice look-and-feel and usability with a great set of features, both for mobile and Web.
We keep things simple. We think the best way of working is to build enthusiasm quickly and do everything in our power to keep it alive throughout the project.
We make simple and intuitive interfaces, to provide the best user experience.
We create applications for web, iOS and Mac platforms.
At Shiny Frog, we design and develop digital products for mobile and web that people love to use.
We strive for pixel-level perfection and for the small details.
At Shiny Frog, we design and develop digital products for mobile and web that people love to use
We strive for pixel-level perfection and for the small details.
Complete redesign of the user interface for Multiplayer.it - the largest italian web portal for videogame's news and reviews.
The site was designed to be fully responsive in order to better present the content on every device.
Pixa is the best image organizer for Mac.
The user interface is polished to be more confortable possible and allow the user to effortlessly manage his images assets.
The core is solid as a rock to keep safe every user's image!
Statnut is a joint collaboration with FFFABS.
It is a central location for all social web stats of the user.
Clear and easy to use the App permits to check your online popularity on many social networks.
The application is embellished with subtle animations and smart slide-to-reach possibilities.
The purpose of this App was to build an allarm Applications that can be set with only one tap.
This was possible using a knob and making the numbers on the ring tappable. There is the possibility to setup up to three simultaneous allarms and to attach a voice memo to the allarm.
This Application is used by Telecom Italia engineer as a quick handbook of the existing telecomunication networks when executiong repair works.
Born as an internal need (we listen a lot of music at work) we decided to release to the world this small beautiful Grooveshark interface. It features flipping miniplayer and advanced artwork search.
Uh! It is the first Mac App with the revolutionary shake-to-hide feature.
From left to right: Danilo Bonardi, Matteo Rattotti and Konstantin Erokhin.


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From the bestselling author of The Know-It-All comes a fascinating and timely exploration of religion and the Bible.
Raised in a secular family but increasingly interested in the relevance of faith in our modern world, A.J. Jacobs decides to dive in headfirst and attempt to obey the Bible as literally as possible for one full year. He vows to follow the Ten Commandments. To be fruitful and multiply. To love his neighbor. But also to obey the hundreds of less publicized rules: to avoid wearing clothes made of mixed fibers; to play a ten-string harp; to stone adulterers.
The resulting spiritual journey is at once funny and profound, reverent and irreverent, personal and universal and will make you see history's most influential book with new eyes.
Jacobs's quest transforms his life even more radically than the year spent reading the entire Encyclopedia Britannica for The Know-It-All. His beard grows so unruly that he is regularly mistaken for a member of ZZ Top. He immerses himself in prayer, tends sheep in the Israeli desert, battles idolatry, and tells the absolute truth in all situations - much to his wife's chagrin.
Throughout the book, Jacobs also embeds himself in a cross-section of communities that take the Bible literally. He tours a Kentucky-based creationist museum and sings hymns with Pennsylvania Amish. He dances with Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn and does Scripture study with Jehovah's Witnesses. He discovers ancient biblical wisdom of startling relevance. And he wrestles with seemingly archaic rules that baffle the twenty-first-century brain.
Jacobs's extraordinary undertaking yields unexpected epiphanies and challenges. A book that will charm readers both secular and religious, The Year of Living Biblically is part Cliff Notes to the Bible, part memoir, and part look into worlds unimaginable. Thou shalt not be able to put it down.
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Amazon Best of the Month, September 2007: Make no mistake: A.J. Jacobs is not a religious man. He describes himself as Jewish "in the same way the Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant." Yet his latest work, The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible, is an insightful and hilarious journey for readers of all faiths. Though no fatted calves were harmed in the making of this book, Jacobs chronicles 12 months living a remarkably strict Biblical life full of charity, chastity, and facial hair as impressive as anything found in The Lord of the Rings. Through it all, he manages to brilliantly keep things light, while avoiding the sinful eye of judgment. --Dave Callanan
Subtitled: "One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible," Jacobs, or A.J., as his two-year-old son calls him, does just that. It is likely that no one but A.J. Jacobs could have accomplished such a feat. After all, his last book, The Know-It-All, chronicles his reading of the entire Encyclopedia Brittanica, from A to Z. No one but a smart, witty, self-deprecating, nitpicky kinda guy would undertake two such daunting tasks, and complete them with grace, no pun intended.
Jacobs, a New York Jewish agnostic, decides to follow the laws and rules of the Bible, beginning with the Old Testament, for one year. (He actually adds some bonus days and makes it a 381-day year.) He starts by growing a beard and we are with him through every itchy moment. Jacobs is borderline OCD, at least as he describes himself; obsessing over possible dangers to his son, germs, literal interpretation of Bible verses, etc. He enlists the aid of counselors along the way; Jewish rabbis, Christians of every stripe, friends and neighbors.
In an open-minded way he also visits with atheists, Evangelicals Concerned (a gay group), Jerry Falwell, snake handlers, Red Letter Christians--those who adhere to the red letters in the Bible, those words spoken by Jesus Himself, and even takes a trip to Israel and meets Samaritans. Through it all, he keeps a healthy skepticism, but continues to pray and is open to the flowering of real faith. Jacobs is a knowledge junky, to be sure. He enjoys the lore he picks up along the way as much as any other aspect of his experiment. One of the ongoing schticks is his meeting with the shatnez tester, Mr. Berkowitz. He is the one who determines whether or not your clothes are made of mixed fibers, in keeping with the Biblical injunction not to wear wool and linen together. The two become friends and prayer partners, in only one of the unexpected results of this year.
In the end, he says, "I'm now a reverent agnostic. Which isn't an oxymoron, I swear. I now believe that whether or not there's a God, there is such a thing as sacredness. Life is sacred." Not a bad outcome. --Valerie RyanAbout the Author:
A.J. Jacobs is the author of The New York Times bestsellers The Year of Living Biblically, My Life as an Experiment and The Know-It-All. He has been called "inspired and inspiring" (Vanity Fair), "entertaining" (New York Times) and "hilarious" (Time). He is the editor at large of Esquire magazine, a contributor to NPR, and has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Entertainment Weekly. He lives in New York City with his wife Julie and their children. Visit him at AJJacobs.com and follow him on Twitter @ajjacobs.
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Saturday night March 23d
Mr. Everett
Ten thousand thousand
thanks for your kindness, General Tom Thumb
and myself have just returned from a
visit to her Majesty the Queen, in compli-
ance with the Royal Command delivered
this afternoon by Mr. Murray. The Queen
was delighted with the General, asked
him many questions, presented him with
her own hands, confectionary &c and was
highly pleased with his answers, his songs
imitation of Napoleon &c. &c. Prince Albert
the Duchess of Kent and the Royal House-
hold expressed themselves much pleased with
the General - and on our departure the Queen
desired the Lord in waiting to request that
I would be careful and never allow the General
to be fatigued. I assured his Lordship that I would
strictly regard her Majesty's injunction. I have
now attained my highest desires, and hasten
to thank you to whom I am entirely indebted
for this great gratification. Rest assured
that your goodness will never be forgotten.
Had I anticipated this unexpected honor
I should not have written what I fear you
will regard as a presumptive letter this
morning. If so I hope you will forgive it.
Hoping to have the pleasure of seeing
yourself and friends whenever & wherever
may suit your convenience, I have
the honor to remain dear sir
P. T. Barnum
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AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Peach Belt Conference (PBC) announced its Team Sportsmanship Awards for basketball Tuesday, with the Georgia College men's basketball team taking home the honor.
The PBC presents one such award for each of its 15 championship sports, the award is voted on by other teams in those sports.
This is the second team sportsmanship award for the men's basketball program at Georgia College. The Bobcats also won the award in 2008-09, the first year of the sportsmanship award program.
The program presents an award following each championship season to the team in that sport that best exemplifies the spirit of sportsmanship and generally conducts themselves with a high degree of integrity, character and class. Points are awarded based on how each team finished in the voting and in June, the institution with the highest totals will receive the PBC Institution of the Year Sportsmanship Award.
The league's Senior Woman Administrators oversee the program.
The Bobcats battled through the 2012-13 season, a 9-17 year with a 5-14 conference mark. Georgia College finished the season third in the PBC in fewest turnovers per game (11.3) and second in defending the three-point shot (.306). Head coach Terry Sellers picked up his 200th PBC win this season, his 20th at the helm of Bobcat basketball.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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The Truth About Spray Tanning and Skin Cancer
When we want our skin to have a bronze glow, we would never bake in the sun or climb into a tanning bed. Instead, we--being the SELF girls that we are--make a spray-tanning appointment. But then this ABC News report came out. In it, they asked experts to review scientific research that they'd obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. The studies showed that DHA (the ingredient in self-tanners that makes skin turn "tan") could be harmful to your health.
That doesn't sound good at all. But should we really cancel our spray-tanning appointments? We interviewed those in the know and the FDA. Here's what we found out:
Inhaling DHA during spray tanning sessions could be harmful. The research that ABC News uncovered found that if dihydroxyacetone (DHA) enters the bloodstream (which can happen if you inhale it), the chemical has the potential to cause gene mutation. A scientist quoted in the ABC report said that that sort of gene mutation may lead to the development of cancers or malignancies.
For now, you don't need to toss the self-tanner you use at home. The FDA has approved DHA for external use, so rubbing self-tanner lotion, cream, or foam onto your body is currently considered safe. It's the sprays that don't have the approval. "When DHA was approved, spray tanning booths were not on the horizon," explains Tamara Ward, a spokesperson for the FDA. "So the safety data provided by the industry at that time did not include [spray tanning]."
When you do get a spray tan or use a spray tanning mist at home, take precautions.
To stop yourself from inhaling or ingesting DHA, the FDA recommends that you ask the salon these three questions:
- Will my eyes and the area surrounding them be protected?
- Will my nose, mouth, and ears be protected?
- Will I be protected from inhaling the tanning spray through my nose and mouth?
Brazil Bronze Glow Bar, a spray tanning salon in New York City, recently emailed its clients to confirm that it provides protection, writing, "We do not take any risk lightly, so we do have eye goggles, nose plugs, Vaseline for the lips, and paper underwear to protect all mucous membranes." We plan to call ahead to make sure any salon we go to does the same.
Bottom Line: A spray tan is still safer than a tanning bed, says Joel Schlessinger, M.D., a dermatologist in Omaha, Nebraska, but it may not be the best option at this time. If you go, be sure to follow the FDA guidelines when you get one: wear a nose plug, eye protection, Vaseline on your lips, and underwear.
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Chapter: Spyfall
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Kellie Pickler Brings Moonshine and Music to 'Ellen'
Kellie Pickler's new album is called '100 Proof,' and she brought it to 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show,' both literally and figuratively. She performed 'Where's Tammy Wynette,' which is the first song on the new album. She also gifted Ellen DeGeneres, who had a birthday earlier this week, with a jar of moonshine! Pickler brought a little taste of the South right to DeGeneres' front door, so to speak.
DeGeneres took a hesitant whiff from the mason jar and was nearly knocked over, saying, "Wow," to which Pickler replied, "You don't need vitamins, and it'll put hair on your chest." That's some fortifying stuff in that jar.
Pickler also talked about heading to St. Lucia to celebrate her one-year anniversary, revealing that there were nets surrounding the bed to keep the "critters" out, like the bugs.
During her chat, Pickler was full of boundless energy, emitting a super cute "Southern gal caught in the big city" vibe. If Pickler wasn't sipping from the moonshine jar before her visit with, she must have been knocking back a few dozen Red Bulls. The girl's got spunk.
Pickler then performed the super twangy 'Where's Tammy Wynette' and brought a whole lot of country cuteness to the 'Ellen' stage.
Watch Kellie Pickler Chat With Ellen About Moonshine, Anniversary
Watch Kellie Pickler Perform 'Where's Tammy Wynette'


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Note that the battery plant in the US is owned and operated by Nissan, even though they are building batteries based on AESC technology. I believe the same is true in Great Britain, as well.
Given that, I wonder what Nissan would do with those two plants if they sold their stake in AESC.


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Using Cyberlink PowerDirector 8 you can transform your videos into masterpieces working a range of powerful editing tools. In addition to basic options such as cropping and re-arranging clips, professional levels special effects can be added to your footage using the Particle Effects Designer. An expanded 16-track timeline is on hand to allow for greater flexibility with your projects and more scope for experimentation.
Standard definition video footage can be enhanced and improved by applying upscaling, while TrueTheater technology makes it possible to automatically improve scene lighting, colour levels and much more. There are thousands of free effects and templates available for download from the DirectorZone.
When authoring a disc PowerDirector includes a powerful menu editor which allow for incredible professional results. Completed video projects can also be uploaded to the likes of YouTube and Facebook as well as Cyberlink's own DirectorZone. Projects can also be exported ready for playback on a range of mobile devices such as iPods and PSPs. All of this is backed up by faster performance for rendering effects and transcoding videos, and vastly improved editing and previewing speeds.
The Ultra version of the program adds the ability to author Blu-ray discs and AVCHD on DVD as well as the option to use AVCHD on DVD as a capture source.


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Some incredibly compelling dating advice came to us via Tumblr from Peter W. Knox, who recently proposed to his girlfriend, Andrea.
Knox's advice? Always buy two tickets.
Back in 2008, Knox saw an advertisement for a Death Cab For Cutie concert at Radio City Music Hall. Despite being "very single," he went ahead and bought two tickets. Several months later, he hit it off with a cute blond (yes, Andrea) at a party.
When she emailed him the next day, he asked her if she wanted to go to the concert with him the following Monday. She said yes.
They began dating, fell in love, and on a recent Saturday night, Knox orchestrated what seemed to be a pretty show-stopping rooftop proposal, followed by an impromptu engagement party with all of their friends.
He documented the relationship and his proposal on his blog, with this memorable closing line: "But mostly I know that you should always buy two tickets. You never know who you might meet."
If there's a play you want to see, a sports event you can't miss, an art exhibit you're very excited about, buy two tickets.
Because with an extra ticket in your pocket, you might just be inspired to ask someone out when you otherwise wouldn't. It forces you to keep an eye out for a great date and gives you a great opener if you happen to meet someone amazing. ("I have an extra ticket to a concert at Radio City" is a cooler invite than, say, "Do you want to get a drink sometime?")
And if the event nears, and you don't have a date? Then you take a friend. You give them to someone as a (great) gift. No skin off your back.
But take it from Knox, who could not possibly look happier in his engagement photos: Buy two tickets.