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Grades K-2
The Difference Between Goods and Services
Students will be able to distinguish between people who produce goods and people who provide services to a community.
Have the students identify goods and services by identifying what each job or person provides in this interactive activity they will then decide, in a later interactive, what or who provides a good or service.
Learning Objectives
- Distinguish between people who produce goods and people who provide services.
- Be able to identify and describe different jobs that people do in their roles as producers in the economy.
- Identify the jobs people do in a community.
Resource List
Drag-n-Drop: This interactive quizzes students understanding of the connections between goods and services and those who provide them.
- Drag-n-Drop Number 2: This interactive allows students to identify if certain occupations provide goods or services.
Interactive Quiz: This EconEdLink quiz tests students understanding of the Goods and Services lesson.
Multiple Choice
Drag-n-Drop Number 3: This EconEdLink drag-n-drop helps students to better understand the goods and services lesson.
Possible assessment activity found at the following Goods and Services Web site:
A Day in the Life of a Dairy Farm: This page provides a summary of work to be done on dairy farms.
Virtual Farm: This site provides virtual farm trips to help students better understand agriculture.
The Story of Milk: This site provides information related to the production of milk and what it is used for.
From the public or school library, provide picture books available for kids to look at. During a shared reading session, they should then discuss the goods and services produced by different people/jobs to make a community work.
- Contact city hall and get a list of speakers that could come in and talk about their jobs. Include some who provide a service and some who work to provide goods.
Have the students click and drag the people who provide the services and those who provide the goods. Have the students click here for this interactive activity.
Following this activity have the students draw a picture of a job they would like to have when they grow up. Have them display the picture and explain what they think the job would be like.
Put the children into small groups. Have each group decide on two or three jobs they could pantomime for the class. Groups can take turns pantomiming their jobs while the other children guess the jobs they are acting out.
Have the children play the "I Have a Job" riddle game. Using small index cards use the jobs listed plus any others that pertain to the area that you live in and have them select a job card from the pile of cards. Then have students take turns reciting job riddles for their classmates to solve. Example "I have a job. I help to put out fires in burning buildings. I drive a big red truck. I wear a helmet and heavy coat to protect me from getting burned. I use a hose and water in my job. What job do I have?"
Following are a few examples.
Construction Worker: I have a job., I drive huge trucks full of dirt and rocks, and you see me out along the highway working on the roads. I wear a bright orange-and-lime colored vest so no one will accidentally hit me. Sometimes I drive big machines, too.
Doctor: I help to take care of people who are sick. They will come to me in my office and sometimes I will come to see them in the hospital if they need special hospital care.
Survey: Students will then need to choose the kind of work that they might like to do when they grow up. Enter their responses into a form or graph that would calculate their response as well as the rest of the students in the class. If possible, use a bar graph or pictograph indicating what the response to this survey are.
Extension Activity
Invite community helpers into the classroom. Ask them to use visuals including any special clothing, tools, or equipment that they would use in their jobs.
- Helpers that children enjoy learning about include:
vets, police officers, fire fighters, bankers, doctors, nurses, teachers, ambulance drivers, and pilots.
- Also invite people in that provide a good. Your choice of speakers will depend upon your community. If it isn't feasible to have producers of goods visit your classroom, you may be able to use a virtual substitute by having your students watch a video or vist a Web site.
- Example: Farmer: bring in samples of seeds and then the plant right before it is harvested or fully mature. Students are interested in seeing a kernel of corn that comes from a full ear of corn.
You could also have the students visit the following Web sites:
If you live in an area where there is a factory. Invite a representative from the factory to visit your classroom. Ask the representative in advance whether the factory can supply a video of its products, illustrating the production process from start to finish.
Have a Career Day in your school. Have each teacher contact one person, inviting him or her to come in and discuss his or her career with the students. Divide the students in groups and have them rotate and listen to several speakers. Then they should come back together and report on what they learned about the speakers and what they provide for the community.
The students can do a fun matching activity by clicking here Have the students drag the picture of the service each one provides to the good that is made or grown. They should also write one sentence telling about each picture.
The students can visit a Goods and Services Web site and take the quiz found on that site.
Related Resources
Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Scarcity Video
Grades K-2
Open for Business
Grades 9-12


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Warren, a Canadian science journalist, combines the rigorous self-experimentation of Steven Johnson's Mind Wide Open with the wacky self-experimentation of A.J. Jacobs's The Know-It-All in this entertaining field guide to the varying levels of mental awareness. Beginning with the mild hallucinogenic state that comes just before true sleep, he tries to hone his skills at lucid dreaming, subjects himself to hypnosis and joins a Buddhist meditation retreat, among other adventures. Along the way, he begins to realize that dreaming and waking are equivalent states, and that we can learn how to induce the subtle gradations of consciousness within ourselves. This could come off as New Age psychobabble, but Warren is well versed in the scientific literature, and he provides detailed accounts of his own research. (During one three-week period, for example, he goes to bed at sundown to recreate a period of wakefulness before returning to sleep that used to be common before electric light reconfigured our sleep schedules.) His self-mocking attitude toward his inability to achieve instant nirvana, along with a steady stream of cartoon illustrations, ensures that his ideas remain accessible. More important than the theories, though, may be the basic tools—and the visionary spirit—that Warren hands off to those interested in hacking their own minds.
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Creating An Outdoor Play Haven
We've been enjoying 70 and 80 degree weather here in D.C. It's time to start thinking about cleaning up your home's outdoor spaces so that the kids can spend as much time outside as possible.
We keep going back to Lowe's Creative Ideas website for some fantastic home projects. This backyard play area is perfect for those with limited outdoor space. You can create these play areas by picking up supplies like PVC pipe, a caulk gun, and a water heater drip pan. For details on how to create these play area projects (as well as others), check out Lowe's Creative Ideas.
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Hope sports fans had plenty to cheer about this past winter season as athletes accomplished on a number of fronts.
The tradition of excellence in basketball continued for both the men's and women's teams, which combined for an impressive 49-7 record. The women's and men's swimming/diving teams topped MIAA schools in the number of qualifiers to the NCAA Division III championships.
The combined successes keeps Hope atop the standings of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Commissioner's Cup race, an award given to the member school with the best cumulative finish across the 18 league-sponsored sports. Through the winter season, the six sports for men have each finished second or higher in the MIAA standings while the women's teams have been first or second in five of six sports. Hope is seeking to win the honor a record 12th consecutive year.
Men's Basketball
The Flying Dutchmen repeated as MIAA champions, at one point in the season had a 23-game winning streak, and qualified for the NCAA championships for a seventh consecutive year. Eleven times during the season the Flying Dutchmen played in a sold-out DeVos Fieldhouse. A season highlight was defeating rival Calvin three times
Senior guard David Krombeen of Grandville, Mich., was named a Division III first-team All-American and the MIAA's most valuable player. Joining him as All-MIAA honorees were junior Nate Snuggerud of Zeeland, Mich., and senior Peter Bunn of Lansing, Mich. Coach Matt Neil '82, who has guided the Flying Dutchmen to a 50-9 record in two seasons, was named the Great Lakes Region Coach-of-the-Year and was nominated for the John McLendon National Coach of the Year award, which is presented to the outstanding head basketball coach encompassing all collegiate levels.
Women's Basketball
For a ninth consecutive year, the Flying Dutch posted a 20-win season. Coach Brian Morehouse '93 in 16 seasons has guided the Flying Dutch to a 397-67 record, which ranks among the best in all of NCAA Division III.
Three team members were presented all-conference honors by coaches in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA). Honored were junior Liz Ellis of East Grand Rapids, Mich., junior Courtney Kust of Cincinnati, Ohio, and senior Maddie Burnett of Grand Rapids, Mich. Ellis for the second consecutive year was voted the MIAA's defensive player of the year.
Hope's swimming and diving teams, coached by John Patnott, each finished second at the MIAA championships, combining to win the gold medal in 18 events.
Ten athletes were named to the All-MIAA teams. Junior Libby Westrate of Grandville, Mich., was named the women's most valuable swimmer. She was a triple winner at the MIAA championships, capturing the 50, 100 and 200 freestyle races.
Seniors Sarah Sohn of Arlington Heights, Ill., and Jeff Shade of Davison, Mich., were each named All-MIAA for a fourth consecutive year. Other honorees were junior Josh Grabijas of Howell, Mich., senior Matt Gregory of St. Joseph, Mich., junior Nick Hazekamp of Janesville, Wis., sophomore Maria Kieft of Spring Lake, Mich., senior Andrew Rose of Holland, Mich., junior Kyleigh Sheldon of Hastings, Mich., and senior Chelsea Wiese of Rochester, Mich.
Outstanding accomplishment in both athletics and in the classroom was highlighted at the NCAA championships, when Chelsea Wiese (pictured) was presented the Elite 89 award for maintaining the highest cumulative grade point average among all of the competitors at the Division III swimming and diving championships. The Elite 89 award is presented to the top scholar-athlete at each of the 89 NCAA championships held over the year. An accounting major, Wiese has maintained a perfect 4.0 cumulative grade point average. Co-captain of the team, she was the MIAA champion in the 200- and 400-yard individual medley events.
Hope had three honorable mention All-America performances at nationals -- Libby Westrate in the 50-free; Josh Grabijas in the 1,650-free; and the women's 800-free relay of Libby Westrate, Sarah Sohn, Chelsea Wiese and junior Erin Holstad of Traverse City, Mich.
For the 11th consecutive year, the Flying Dutchmen qualified for the national tournament of the American Collegiate Hockey Association. Coached by Chris VanTimmeren '97, the Flying Dutchmen were 1-1-1 at nationals and finished the season with a 26-7-1 record. Seniors Chris Kunnen of Des Moines, Iowa, and Dave Nowicki of Littleton, Colo., were named ACHA All-Americans.


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Moderator: Community Team
PapaGeek wrote:12 hours is enough time for just about anything that will keep a person away from a game:
[*]This would improve the flow of games
- 8 to 10 hours of sleep
- 8 hour workday plus travel
PapaGeek wrote:WOW, nice comment !
Isn't that what the suggestion board is for?
Can't I say if you don't like Nuclear don't pick it?
And the same for Chained vs. Unlimited?
The entire game finder is nothing but a list of options for each game feature.
What's the difference in asking for a 3rd option for Round Length when other features like Game Type has 6 and Spoils has 4?
The whole purpose of game finder is to find the games you are interested in playing. Some players only want to check for moves once a day. 24 hour is great for them. Others want to play a game now, 5 minute is great for them. What about those who want a faster game and are willing to check the games 3 or 4 times a day. Is there anything for them? No, they have to wait 3 days for players who sign up and quit. 6 days if they get 2 in the same game.
So what exactly is wrong with "well, if you don't like it, don't pick it"?
This is not an EXCUSE for a new feature. Maybe it's something others would like to see.
If YOU don't like the idea, tell us so, don't put us down for even suggesting it !
PapaGeek wrote:That's a lot of times!
Maybe I should rethink my other suggestions, like establishing CCA (Conquer Club Anonymous) meetings for those of us who do check the games multiple times a day! Or offering discount advertising space for marriage counselors and divorce attorneys!
Seriously, love the site and totally enjoy the games. Thanks!
patsfan12 wrote:why not make speed games available for freemiums that is a good idea
patsfan12 wrote:so this website doesn't support the poor shamful
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Skyward necesitaba un nuevo diseño de impreso o envases y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 76 diseños de 17 diseñadores freelance.
Skyward Farms
Skyward Farms is an all-natural food producer based in Colorado. We believe that natural ingredients make the best tasting foods. That means that we never use artificial colors, artificial flavors or high-fructose corn syrup. We are a relatively new company but our ketchup is beginning to earn a reputation in the Denver area. We're ready to grow!
90% of all Americans have a bottle of ketchup in their home. Almost 100% of eateries have ketchup available. We target anybody who uses ketchup but wants a more robust flavor without the added corn syrup. If you like ketchup, you're our target audience!
We're not really sure which direction our label should be going, that's why we need YOUR help.
We're a young company selling a well-known product. We're all natural and we make fantastic tasting condiments using the best ingredients.
Design a bold, energetic label reflecting a 21st century food company. But remember, Ketchup is a staple in the household and the product must be easily recognizable.
We'll use our feedback to help focus the designs as we move forward but we've attached a JPG of our current label for reference.
Label Size 3.5"x 5.75" with a 1/16 full bleed. It wraps around a round bottle
Items to be included on label:
Skyward Farms Logo - see attachment (either can be used)
Colorado Proud Logo - see attachment
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Text - Skward, LLC 101 Forest Star Dr, Black Hawk, CO 80422
Text - Net Weight 12.7 FL OZ (375 ML)
Text - http://www.skywardfarms.com
Text - Ingredients: Tomato Paste, Organic Cane Sugar, Vinegar, Water, Sea Salt, Black Pepper and Spices
Nutrional Facts - see attachment - they can be vertical or horizontal but letters should be no smaller than 1/16" for a lower-case o
1" x1.25" white square for our bar code
We know this is not a logo redesign but if you feel that your design would be better with a slightly modified version of our logo, then we're all for it.


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National Network for Environmental Management Studies Fellowship Program
The National Network for Environmental Management Studies Fellowship (NNEMS) program is no longer active at EPA. The information below may be useful as a reference.
The purpose of the NNEMS program was to:
- Provide students with practical research opportunities and experiences in an EPA office or laboratory
- Increase public awareness of and involvement in environmental issues
- Encourage qualified individuals to pursue environmental careers
- Help defray the costs associated with the pursuit of academic programs related to the field of environmental protection, such as pollution control, science, engineering, technology, social science, and specialty areas
The NNEMS program offered fellowships developed and sponsored by the EPA Headquarters office in Washington, D.C. and in the EPA's 10 regional offices and laboratories throughout the United States. The projects were specifically narrow in scope, allowing students to complete the fellowship while working full-time at the EPA during the summer or part-time during the school year.
For other fellowship opportunities, please visit EPA's Careers page.


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Tylers' Haistyling Tips
As far as what i do to style it, for the old haircut (1st pic) I used to comb it all down and straighten it in front of my face, then comb it kind of over my right eye and with the other bang to he left side and re-straighten it in its new position (thick wavy hair doesn't like to cooperate) Then for spiking out the back when the mood struck me, i'd kind of run my fingers up the back of my head and pull out the water after a shower to sort of sudo-dry it in that position already, then when straightening came i'd straighten it straight up, and finally I'd add some texturizer and run my hands up through the back and pull out ward, we have a closet in my house where you can see behind you so i'd usually use that to check for missed spots, don't add too much or it'll fall down, then usually once i got it staying nice and up I'd use the left over Texturizer on my hair to smooth it out and kind of hold it in place, my hair is thick so i'd basically pancake my bang between my palms and smoothen it out. then add a bit of hairspray to the back to hold it in place.
For my new hair I'm still experimenting The back is cut so I can spike it out But I've decided to go with wax to spike it which i'm still experimenting with (hence why i have no pictures of that) If you have really long hair i'd suggest some type of wax, simply because it has structure and seems less like lethal spikes than gel, and texturizer would barely help and you'd be holding everything up with hairspray alone otherwise. However it would be a similar idea, running your waxed fingers through you're hair and pulling outwards to make all of the hair stand up, for the front and sides, i pretty much just straighten them and add a bit of texturizer to hold them in place or Depp anti-frizz depending how staticy my hair is. For the bangs I simply straighten everything out and comb it into place so it blends nicely. once it grows a bit further i'll be able to do a fore head showing part but at the moment it doesn't work out to well.
So there is what i did for my old hair and what i do for my new haircut... theres actually a story behind my old haircut and the transitions it underwent before i got it as i liked it..then lobed half of it off lol.
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About those rumors of the Vikings still being in the market for a veteran like Donovan McNabb? Though a lockout that wipes out all of the offseason and training camp and the preseason could make a move for a game-ready veteran quarterback necessary, coach Leslie Frazier's preference would be to immediately rely on Christian Ponder, the 12th overall pick in the 2011 draft.
"Ideally, I'd like for him to be ready to go when we play San Diego [in Week One]," Frazier said during a segment with 1500 ESPN Twin Cities. "That would be the ideal situation — we've got our Matt Ryan, we've got our [Joe] Flacco, we've got our [Mark] Sanchez right here. But because of the uncertainty of the offseason, it's just hard to determine exactly how you want to approach it. So, we need a little more clarity on what this offseason's going to be like."
And so the status of the Minnesota starting quarterback will depend in large part on the viability of the court ruling from the federal district of Minnesota.
"It would be tough to be able to send him out there against San Diego if we don't start football, if we don't report until, say, mid-August, or three weeks prior to the season," Frazier said. "That would be a tough, tough deal for any young quarterback. It's tough enough just getting through OTAs and preseason games, but if we start this thing without preseason games or one preseason game, I think you have to rethink how you approach it. So, that'll probably answer what direction we go — based on when we start football."
The fact that Frazier is willing to openly say that Ponder ideally would start the season represents the next step in the play-'em-right-away evolution of drafting quarterbacks in round one. Even for rookie quarterbacks drafted since 2008 who have started in Week One, they weren't handed the reins only days after being picked.
Ponder will — if the lockout ends in time for the Vikings to get him ready.
The process began on Friday. Per Tom Pelissero of 1500espn.com, Ponder met with offensive coordinator Bill Musgrave and quarterbacks coach Craig Johnson on Friday, before the lockout was reinstated. Ponder also spoke with receiver Percy Harvin, who will be Ponder's lockout conduit with veteran players. Ponder and Percy could be organizing lockout workouts in Florida, if the lockout lingers beyond the appeals court's looming decision regarding whether it should continue.


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Urban street artist Scape Martinez is coming to Gadsden in June and will be conducting workshops at the Gadsden Public Library and Museum of Art.
Urban street artist Scape Martinez is coming to Gadsden in June and will be conducting workshops at the Gadsden Public Library and Museum of Art.
GPL Teen Supervisor Brandy Hyatt said Martinez "is really a fascinating person. His artist name is SCAPE, which means 'Screaming Creative and Positive Energy.' Who would not want to meet someone like that?"
Hyatt arranged for Martinez to come to Gadsden after reading a case study about how library art programs affect teens and the correlation with civic engagement.
"(Martinez) encourages painting with a purpose and suggests that you build relationships with business owners and city organizations to get permission to paint," she said. "His work is a testament to his creative and positive energy. He has gone from the street to now creating mural pieces. He is proof that you can take something edgy, hip and 'loud' and turn it into a legal, professional art form."
There will be a meet-and-greet with Martinez at the museum from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. June 6. After that, he will lead a workshop for teens at the library from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Space is limited and pre-registration is required. Contact Hyatt at 256-549-4699, ext. 122.
Martinez will be at First Friday on June 7 in the courtyard adjacent to Blackstone Pub and Eatery. Sidewalk chalk will be used to create street art.
From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 8, Martinez will lead a workshop at the Gadsden Museum of Art. The class is $25, which includes supplies. Space is limited to 25; registration is required. Call 256-546-7365 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Martinez is looking forward to his visit to Alabama. In a blog entry on his website, www.scapemartinez.com, he said "This will be a tremendous opportunity for me to share my passion for graffiti/street art in a wholly new area and environment."
He said the workshops will be "fluid" since he won't know the participants' skill level.
"I tend to look at it as exposure to the art form with a lot of dialogue," Martinez said. "It'll be some hands- on drawing and coloring and laying a foundation of how I look at graffiti/street art and how it has influenced me, and also how it is uniquely American. This is an art form that we need to claim."
Hyatt said many of the young adults she encounters in the Teen Zone also are looking forward to the program, adding, "I think I even heard one girl squeal."
• 3 to 4 p.m. June at the Gadsden Museum of Art:
A meet and greet with the artist, this program is free and open to the public. Works on display will be those featured in Martinez's forthcoming book "Colormaster."
• 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the GPL's Lena Martin Room:
Teen Zone Summer Reading Program Workshop: a discussion of and hands-on experimentation in the art and technique of street art. Supplies will be provided. This program is free and for teens only. Seats limited to 25; pre-registration required. Participants will receive a copy of Martinez's book "GRAFF: The Art & Technique of Graffiti." For more information and pre-registration, contact Brandy or Chris at 256-549-4699, ext. 122.
• 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Blackstone Pub's courtyard on Broad Street:
First Friday meet & greet. Hang out with Scape and freely draw street art with sidewalk chalk. This program is free and open to the public.
• 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Gadsden Museum of Art:
Urban Street Art class: Explore urban art through design, technique and marketing. Emphasis will be placed upon teaching participants to follow the respectful and legal channels of displaying artwork without the destruction of property. Workshop is by reservation only, $25 per individual. Supplies will be provided. Teens and adults welcome. To make a reservation, or for more information, contact the Gadsden Museum of Art at 256-546-7365, or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Silver Colour Cupcake Stand
Easy to assemble and sturdy enough to hold all of your cupcakes, appetizers and other tasty treats, this cupcake stand is perfect for your celebration! Cupcake Stand holds up to 24 standard-sized cupcakes and measures 12in wide x 16in high. Assembly instructions included. Stand comes flat and ready for easy assembly.
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Standard ECMA-133
Private Integrated Services Network (PISN)
- Reference Configuration for PISN Exchanges (PINX)
2nd edition (December 1998)
This Ecma Standard specifies a reference configuration (RC) for private integrated services network exchanges (PINXs) for their interconnection to form private integrated services networks (PISNs). The configuration is not intended to require any specific implementation of a PINX, but only to provide guidance for the specification of PINX capabilities.
This RC is sufficient to support ISDN-like applications. It can be extended to also support non-ISDN-like applications.
This RC describes a conceptual PINX. By combining multiple PINXs to a private integrated services network the RC becomes applicable to a PISN.
The following file can be freely downloaded:
This Ecma publication is also approved as ISO/IEC 11579-1.
The previous replaced "historical" edition of this Ecma Standard is available here.


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Best Of :: Food & Drink
Want to feel like the King of Hollywood? More specifically, want to feel like the Japanese King of Hollywood? Technically that would make you emperor. Or do you just want to chill out in one of L.A.'s most opulent and fortuitously situated restaurant/lounges? Do all of the above at Yamashiro, a decent Japanese restaurant and drinking establishment blessed with an absolutely incredible setting. In 1914 the Bernheimer brothers finished their wacky dream of building a Japanese mansion on a hill high up above Hollywood, and filled it with their Asian treasures. Today you can get a martini or a rare sake in the lounge or a truffle hamachi in the Cal-Asian-style restaurant, and take in the incredible minipalace, with its gold-lacquered, bronze dragontipped rafters, ornate woodwork and silk wallpaper, and outdoor grounds featuring a 600-year-old pagoda, thousands of specially planted trees and shrubs, Japanese gardens, a koi-filled pond and an inner courtyard. Just watch the extremely steep drive going up and down. 1999 N. Sycamore Ave., Hlywd. (323) 466-5125, yamashirorestaurant.com. Adam Gropman
Let 'em have Larchmont. Never mind Melrose. Who needs Montana? Folks who live or hang in the Southeast San Fernando Valley have their own small, fairly well-hidden enclave right near where Tujunga meets Moorpark, a stretch that's leafy, quiet and upscale enough to attract the well-heeled professionals, yoga moms and working screenwriters you might find in those other areas. And the crown jewel of Tujunga is the Aroma Coffee and Tea Company, a former house converted into a very special sort of coffee-tea-and-food place, where the interior feels like a nicely decorated, new-agey bed and breakfast different cozy rooms, each full of atmospheric well being and the spacious outdoor grounds feel like some magical garden, surrounded as they are by large trees and tastefully lush patio landscaping. The food ranging from breakfast quesadilla to New York steak salad with gorgonzola to red velvet cake is thoughtfully prepared and fairly healthy and the coffee, tea, chai, lattes and smoothies are superb. Aroma's a great place for solo hanging, writing or reading or for any sort of social rendezvous. 4360 Tujunga Ave, Studio City. (818) 508-0677, aromacoffeeandtea.com. Adam Gropman
There's nothing that says "Hollywood cocktail party" quite like mango chutney and corn relish. Or so it was in the '30s and '40s, when pillows of cream cheese were piled on top of just about every appetizer, and cocktail hour wasn't complete without canapé trays from the best private chefs and caterers. Viola Rowland's mango chutney and corn relish were among those that regularly made the rounds at parties hosted by Doris Day, Dan Duryea and Max Factor. Her granddaughter, Nancy, has been carrying on that tradition since the 1980s by bottling her own versions of her grandmother's relishes using local ingredients. Under her Viola's Gourmet Goodies label, that mango chutney morphed into an orange-apple-tomatillo version now called California relish (still a sweet chutney). Viola's corn version, now known as Baja relish, became a tomatillo relish with jalapeños and cilantro that does double duty as a spicy-sweet salsa for tortilla chips. Viola's Baja and California relishes are available at Vicente Foods in Brentwood, Irvine Ranch Market and at madeincalifornia.net; violasgourmet.com. Jenn Garbee
Every spring, Angelenos enter into that sweet madness known as tomato mania: They want tomatoes, they need tomatoes the fruit, the plant, the seeds, in as many varieties as possible. The savviest of those who have survived the frenzy and lived to tell about it rely on a woman named Laurel Garza to see them through. Garza runs Laurel's Heirloom Tomato Plants. It's primarily a shipping business. People call in with orders in September, she starts seedlings in December, then begins shipping by end of March. But Southern California locals can pick up their plants in person at Garza's nursery in Torrance. Better yet, they can attend her Sunday plant sales in the months of April and May and behold the tomato wonderland firsthand. From Japanese Black Trifeles to Striped Germans, Bloody Butchers, Chocolate Amazons and Azoychkas, Garza's got tomatoes for every application (sauces, capreses, sandwiches) and location (humble balcony containers to plantation plots the size of Tara). For 2011, Garza is offering 92 varieties. Though other years, depending on her mood, that number can rocket to 150. Always included are her favorites, the Paul Robeson a black tomato with a sweet, smoky earthiness named for the famous opera singer and civil rights activist and the old-fashioned Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red. Says Garza, "They have an unruly, rich flavor that's just mind-blowing." 1725 257th St., Lomita. (310) 534-8611, heirloomtomatoplants.com. Gendy Alimurung
Visionary and renovator extraordinaire Andrew Meieran is responsible for giving a wake-up call to Los Angeles. "I fell madly in love with the Higgins building the day it won the award for ugliest, dirtiest building by the L.A. Times in 1995," he says. "I saw a mixture of the future and the past. Inside there was so much detail worth saving. It is the ultimate in adaptive reuse." Built in 1910 by copper baron Thomas Higgins, the building once housed Occidental Petroleum, Clarence Darrow's office, the Temperance Society and the city's first private power plant. But by 1995, the dilapidated, vacated shell was partially underwater (Meieran toured it by raft) and discarded like much of L.A.'s past. The building now bustles with restaurants, an art gallery, 135 lofts, and the Edison, an ultraswanky art deco "gin joint" so reminiscent of the Golden Age that every element of the décor down to the preservation of the boiler room and original generators gives guests an opportunity to walk back in time. On October 10 at 7 p.m., raise a glass at the Edison for the Higgins Building Centennial Celebration. It's what paved the way for L.A.'s historic downtown redevelopment. In other words, it's why you go downtown again. 108 W. 2nd St., dwntwn. (213) 613-0000, edisondowntown.com. Heidi Dvorak
A good piece of pie often will remind you of your childhood or, at the very least, give you a glimpse into a childhood you wish you'd had. Apple pie tends to get a lot of credit in this arena, and despite an old, popular saying, blueberry pie may actually be the most American. But when it's all said and done, a properly made banana cream pie might be the most deeply comforting of them all. Los Angeles has many different versions, and they're available year-round. But as much as we enjoy a modern take on a classic like the individually portioned one on the dessert menu at Suzanne Tracht's Jar , sweet, mellow and drizzled with a light caramel sauce we most enjoy an actual classic. So when it comes to true satisfaction, it is seemingly impossible to look beyond the one at a 63-year-old institution: The Apple Pan. A tender crust, firm slices of fresh banana, sweet yellow custard and a thin layer of soft cream. Their apple pies and hamburgers do appear to be more popular, but sometimes it really feels like they shouldn't be. 10801 W. Pico Blvd., W.L.A. (310) 475-3585. Noah Galuten
As much as our daydreams may run toward the coffee milk you find in Rhode Island and the root-beer milk popular in the greater Wichita area, we have nothing against chocolate milk, really we don't. The sticky concoctions in most supermarket dairy cases don't do much for us, but we remember fondly Alta Dena's brief flirtation with Guittard, and we are always happy to see the thick glass bottles of chocolate milk from Broguiere's. The chocolate milk at the diner Milk up on Beverly Boulevard? Not so bad! Yet the urge for the ambrosial, cocoa-colored fluid is always at its peak when we drive up to the teetering Norwalk Dairy, one of the last remaining dairy farms in a part of the county that used to be thick with them, and peek in at the contented-looking cows that live in back of the stand. The milk here may not be flavored with fancy chocolate, and this corner of a Santa Fe Springs industrial area is not the scenery that shows up in the dairy-board commercials, but the chocolate milk is rich, gently flavored and first-rate. If all of this is too wholesome for you, the dairy is next door to the excellent Thai restaurant Renu Nakorn, where you can blow the top of your head off with an order of catfish larb. 13101 Rosecrans Ave., Santa Fe Springs. (562) 921-5712. Jonathan Gold
It's not easy to find an authentic Argentine empanada in L.A.: a baked savory pastry filled with seasoned ground beef (the O.G. Argentine empanada por excelencia), or ham and cheese, creamed corn, cheese and onions, chicken, tuna or, only very occasionally, vegetarian-friendly fare. Some stores, even bona fide Argentine restaurants run by people who should know better, will sell you the fried version, but those are not the droids you're looking for. If you want the real thing you can get anywhere on the streets of Buenos Aires, go to Robertino Cucina at the Silver Lake Farmers Market every Saturday. Robertino Giovannelli ran the Larchmont Italian restaurant La Luna for many years, and now is a much-in-demand cooking instructor specializing in high-quality, pesticide-free, hormone-free cucina. Besides delicious, healthy basic ingredients, Robertino's secret weapon is wife Paula Carlotto, your typically stunning Argentine beauty who can bake a mean empanada de carne. Other flavors (and Robertino's pizza) are also available at their stand, right across from the great books-and-vinyl stall. 3700 Sunset Blvd., Silver Lake. robertinocucina.com. Gustavo Turner
The late 1930s and early 1940s were kind of a grim time in Southern California. The Great Depression hit Los Angeles as hard as it hit practically anywhere in the country, and the vast influx of penniless retirees from cold states put an unusual burden on the state. Although the agricultural bounty was still unmatched in the world, a huge portion of it was swallowed by the war effort starting in 1942, and food, as elsewhere in the country, was rationed. M.F.K. Fisher, a glamorous Whittier-born sybarite who wrote for Hollywood and had spent her formative gastronomic years in France, was probably not the most obvious candidate to write a masterpiece about privation. She had become well-known for writing about dishes that few Americans would ever have a chance to taste, not about dishes that most Americans would soon be forced to eat. Yet as with Elizabeth David in England, the cincture of wartime rations touched something in her that was deep and true. And it can be argued that How to Cook a Wolf, her third cookbook, is the finest thing she ever wrote about food not just recipes, but a thrifty worldview that brings out the best in a cook. In the midst of even our limited abundance, few of us are likely to follow her directions for war cake made with bacon fat, a grand hash made from the wilting weekend contents of an icebox, or poverty sludge; but read as literature, the book is superb. "The natural progression from boiling water to boiling water with something in it can hardly be avoided, and in most cases is heartily to be wished for." How to Cook a Wolf, by M.F.K. Fisher. Jonathan Gold
When out-of-towners are in for the weekend and request to see movie stars, you want to make them think you're tapped into the Hollywood scene, don't you? So you get in your Ford Focus and sputter by the Ivy, which is too pricey to eat at and way too swamped by the paparazzi to actually discern whether it's Maria Shriver or Keira Knightley who's not eating her lunch. You could take your chances at Mr. Chow's, but that's a crapshoot. And supplying tickets to The Price Is Right to see Drew Carey should only be considered as a last resort. What to do? Go to Mo's. This comfortably casual eatery with stellar burgers is where filmdom's famous like to hang after, before or during a meeting at nearby Disney Studios, Warner Bros., NBC or Universal. Recently spotted: Sandra Bullock, Steve Carell, Billy Ray and Miley Cyrus, Zac Efron, James Franco, Jake Gyllenhaal, George Clooney, Shia LaBeouf, Jay Leno, Matthew McConaughey, Julie Andrews, Robert Downey Jr., Paula Abdul, Clint Eastwood, Helen Mirren, Joe Pesci, William Shatner and John Stamos, to mention but a handful. As general manager Mark Harrison puts it, "On any given day, it's like the Warner Bros. commissary." 4301 Riverside Drive, Burbank. (818) 845-3009, eatatmos.com. Heidi Dvorak
On your way out of Corina Weibel's Atwater Village restaurant, Canelé, after a dinner of lamb stew and pissaladière, maybe, you will be given a little gift, in the tradition of mignardise: a smaller-than-usual canelé, one of the pretty bordelaise cakes from which the restaurant takes its name. Weibel will be the first to admit that her canelés are not a perfect example of the form: They are not made in the traditional method, copper tins painted with beeswax, and they are certainly not on par with Sumi Chang's outstanding canelés at Euro Pane. But, as Weibel will also tell you, that is not really the point. Because Canelé's canelés are metaphorical cakes as much as they are actual pastries. They represent the goodwill and neighborliness of the restaurant, which does not take reservations, which is built around the large, wooden communal table, and which regularly lets nonprofessionals cook dinner during Friends Cook nights. Weibel's canelés can be a bit leathery, often misshapen, sometimes listing one way or the other, like dinner companions after a few hours at the bar. And as such they represent the beautiful qualities of the restaurant far more than repeated rows of perfectly formed cakes ever would. They are also just the thing to eat while you're trying to find your car. 3219 Glendale Blvd., Atwater Village. (323) 666-7133, canele-la.com. Amy Scattergood
L.A.'s oldest juice bar, the Beverly Hills Juice Club has been squeezing the nutrient-rich moisture out of fresh fruits and vegetables for its health-conscious clientele since 1975. Despite its name, the Juice Club is actually a nonexclusive, open-to-the-public sort of operation, provided said public brings cash to trade for juice. There are seasonal specials (Cheremoya, Tangerine) in addition to old standards (Triple Lemon Ginger, Carrot Coconut and the infamous and fiery Hot Tomato Tonic), but the hands-down shining star is the Orange Coconut. Made with perfect proportions of fresh-squeezed orange juice and coconut cream, it's at once sweet, sour, creamy and orgasmic. The Juice Club also serves fresh wheatgrass, E3Live (for those drawn to the experience of licking the algae-riddled bottom of a micro-organism-dense lake) and its own homemade raw ice cream, made from either raw sunflowers or almonds. 8382 Beverly Blvd., Beverly Hills. (323) 655-8300, beverlyhillsjuice.com. Dani Katz


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Well, in all honesty, it's not really new. And in reality, it's not even my idea. My wife has been trying to get me to clean up my office since we've been together. Every once in a while I get real ambitious and start sorting papers into various piles in my office and bedroom (I have a lot of piles....) Then I break for lunch.
Then I HAVE to check my email accounts, facebook messages, Google+ updates, etc. Oh yeah, usually I end up doing this on the weekend, so by this time there is usually a baseball or football game on television, or a good movie, or something else that is WAY better than sorting through papers.... And by early evening, after a wonderful dinner lovingly cooked by my wife I'm just too wiped out to do any more. So, later... just before bed, I gather up my indivividual piles of paperwork and carefully put them all back into a few larger piles in my office. There must be a better way, but how am I going to do it?
Well, first, I need to start with a few ground rules for both myself, and my wife:
#1 - I'm sure if she was reading this right now, my wife would be rolling her eyes and saying, "I wonder how long is this going to last..." So, we need to establish a timeline. This is NOT going to happen in a weekend. We're talking about a complete change in attitude. It's going to be a while... But do I have the stamina to continue down the path. Yes. I am committed to this, for sure. (My office is too small to bring any more paper in, and if anything else spills out into my bedroom, I'll be forced to bring it all with me to the doghouse I'll be sleeping in, so for sure I'm dedicated.
#2 - Let's be realistic about the goal here, folks. I'm not proposing there will be no paper in my office. Sure that would be nice, but there is always going to be something, particularly around records that are ordered and shipped to me. So what I am talking about? Maybe what I really am talking about is a "less-paper office" but I don't want to give the wrong impression here. SIGNIFICANTLY less paper is the goal.
#3 - Whats the plan? I'm not going to lie. There is going to be some investment in this effort, and maybe a few of my electronic "toys" but eye on the prize, people. It's going to be sooooooo worth it when all is said and done. I don't have a detailed plan yet, but in general, I am imagining the process will look something like this:
- Establish policies around how this will all look. I need to think about things like being able to retrive documents quickly, the ability to modify and mark up documents (I need a replacement for my sticky notes too...) document sharing with other family members & researchers, backup and recovery... Establishing the guidelines and policies for this stuff will be key!
- Inventory. What to I already have that is digitized and how is it stored, organized, etc.. What do I have for paper laying around that needs to be digitized? Can I follow the patterns I already have with my other files, or do I need to rething the strategy given the change in volume & types of records I may be dealing with? I will definitely need to figure out what I have and decide what stays, what goes, and what gets reorganized in the process.
- Develop a plan what will remain on paper. I already admitted some things will just always be around on paper. What's the plan for that stuff? How does that fit into my paperless office?
- Start Scanning. This isn't going to just happen. Eventually, I'm going to have to get scanning and put this plan into action.
- Back Up. If I'm not going to keep paper copies around, there are going to be a lot of back ups in my future. Could be on CD, DVD, or online, but it needs to be somewhere easily accessible in the event of an epic failure of my computer. As a side note, I need to remember to actually use the recovery process for my documents once in a while to make sure it will work when I need it. What good is backing everything up only to find you can restore it when the time comes. Yep.. HAVE to do both backup and recovery on a semi-regular basis!
- Destroy originals. This is the whole point right? Why go through all this work only to decide to keep the originals, "just in case?" This could be the hardest part in the whole process, but its obviously crucial if I am to succeed.
I've done a lot of reading lately about paperless offices in general, and some more specific paperless genealogy stuff. Has anyone successfully made this leap? Can it be done? I am just searching for some sort of panacea that doesn't exist? Does anyone want to take the challenge on with me?
Your comments are welcome. I'm interested in hearing other people's tales of going paperless and/or thoughts on the matter.


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Despite the slowdown in construction caused by the U.S. economic recession, Jackson, Mich.-based engineering, consulting, and construction management firm Commonwealth Associates is in the second year of a two-year expansion of its training and professional development program. "We're going like gangbusters," says Dennis DeCosta, P.E., president of Commonwealth Associates. "We've identified a core group of skills that we want to build into our people. The next wave is building in a particular set of technical skills."
This year, the company's employees will have an average of 80 hours of formal training available to them, which includes license and certification maintenance as well as professional development for each employee at every level of the company. "We're really trying to have a broad-based training and development curriculum that helps all of our employees simply do things better — whether it's an admin learning the latest new software, our accounting department learning an expedited way to automate their side of the business, or project managers leading and directing projects," DeCosta says.
For Commonwealth Associates, training and development is a long-term investment, one that reaches beyond the current economic situation. "The real payoff is five to 10 years down the road," DeCosta explains. "Hopefully, that training will allow us to continue to do excellent work in the future and maintain our good reputation so we keep our repeat business."
Low budget
Contrary to the Commonwealth Associates' plan, a ramped-up training budget is rare during a time of recession. In a recent survey of 300 mechanical, electrical, facilities, utilities, and plumbing professionals conducted by MEP Jobs, an Urbandale, Iowa-based online job board and resume bank for professionals in the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing industries, 15% percent of respondents said their company's training budget has decreased for 2009, while almost half said their employer does not have a training budget (Fig. 1). "Like many areas of business, training initiatives are seeing budget cuts," says Jeff Dickey-Chasins, VP of marketing for MEP Jobs.
However, cutting training budgets altogether may not be the most prudent action during a recession. (For tips on training on a tight budget, see Recession Training for the Manufacturing Industry). Layoffs and downsizing often put the remaining employees in new situations with additional responsibilities, and they may not have the know-how or natural ability to succeed, which could put your business in even more danger. "When those internal changes take place, there's a significant risk that the people are being placed into positions that they're not capable of satisfactorily performing," says Manny Avramidis, senior VP, Global Human Resources, American Management Association (AMA), the New York-based management training and professional development organization. "It's critical that you train the people who are left behind because when this is all said and done, it will be those people who get you through these difficult times."
Additionally, adding new equipment and services to your firm's list of offerings may be a way to build a competitive edge. "As contractors start dealing with new technologies or exposing new people to new technologies, some training is going to have to continue," says Bob Baird, VP for training and development for the national IEC program based in Alexandria, Va.
Furthermore, the slowdown in projects may provide the time and opportunity for additional classes and seminars or even a mentoring program now that the schedules of the more experienced workers have eased up a bit. "There's certainly no better time to regroup the troops and train them when they have some time from a slowdown on the business side," Avramidis says.
Finding time for its most trusted workers to take time off for training is one of the biggest challenges of Commonwealth Associates' intense training program. "We keep our best people pretty busy, so trying to break them loose from projects to do teaching can be difficult," DeCosta says.
Therefore, taking advantage of a slowdown by offering training is one way to keep your workers busy when there isn't a job site to go to. "It's allowing them time to come to training guilt-free," says Reina Mora-Blackwelder, executive director of the Florida West Coast chapter of the Independent Electrical Contractors (IEC), Clearwater, Fla. "It's a wonderful opportunity for them to come."
Required reading
In tough times, it seems that the firms still allotting time and money to training focus on fundamentals. "During this time, people are usually only trained in their technical skills," Avramidis says.
Accordingly, required continuing education and license and certification maintenance are at the forefront of most curricula. "I can easily say that with the uncertain economy, people are being cautious," Baird says. "But there are ongoing state requirements in many locations for continuing education in order for people to maintain their licenses. In those cases, people have to have that training."
In Connecticut, for example, the state requires all license holders with a Connecticut license to have seven hours of education annually in order to renew their license.
Recently, the Georgia IEC chapter has concentrated its curriculum on specific state requirements, such as license renewal, Soil and Erosion Certification, and OSHA 10 and 30. The state recently adopted the 2008 National Electrical Code (NEC), which went into effect on January 1, so the organization is providing classes on those changes. In addition, the chapter is making a concentrated effort to provide training that may have an effect on its members' bottom lines, preparing classes on the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) and on a new lien law, which will go into effect in March.
"We're really trying to stay close to what's important to operating their business," says Niel Dawson, executive director for IEC's Atlanta and Georgia chapters. "Now is the time to hone your workers' skills if you want them to be more productive. Margins are tighter than ever, and there's more competition, meaning your workers have to be more productive than ever. You need to keep that productivity up."
Out of pocket
According to Dawson, the recession has had more of a depressing effect on higher-end training, such as foremen and management training, than on general workforce training. "On the higher end, you have fewer people to draw from — it's not as tactically oriented," he explains. "The cost to bring in a trainer for that level of training is usually $6,000 for the day. If I only get 20 people, then you divide 20 into $6,000 and that's $300, which hasn't paid for the travel of the trainer or any of our overhead. Sometimes, we will run a class at cost, but that still means the class has to be $300 — and that's pricey."
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In addition to the class fee, the companies also pay workers their hourly rate while at training and suffer the loss of productivity. "You have to factor those three things into the cost of any training," Dawson continues.
In comparison, a typical 4-hr class on the low end costs around $65. "We really keep an eye on price points," Dawson says. "If you start to go over $300, people are going to start thinking twice about sending a person to that training."
But not all training courses are employer-paid. In response to tighter competition, many workers are paying for their own training out-of-pocket. Additional results of the MEP Jobs' survey indicate that 55% of respondents funded their last professional certification training and testing costs on their own. This rate is much higher for electrical workers, with 75% paying out-of-pocket for their own professional certification training and testing costs, according to Dickey-Chasins. "Most people in the market are looking around and asking, 'How can I stay competitive as an employee?'" he says. "One of the ways to do that is to build up your certifications and experience."
New tricks
Beyond requirements, many companies will be forced to train their workforce in new skills, both technical and managerial. Downsizing will require some workers to take on added responsibilities or perform new tasks. At AMA, a recent uptick in students has come from employees with newfound responsibilities caused by the structural reorganization of their companies. "Their organizations have tweaked things a little bit behind the scenes, which means they have to learn how to budget, how to supervise, how to manage projects, and how to negotiate," Avramidis says. "They may even have to learn how to launch a career in sales or marketing."
In these cases, the expense for formal training may be a great investment against the lows of the recession, creating a leaner, stronger organization. "They're coming to us not to brush up on their skills but to learn new skills and return back to their workplace capable of doing the job they've been asked to do versus trying to figure it out on their own and increasing their risk of doing something very wrong," Avramidis says. "Formal training for these positions can be better, faster, and sometimes even cheaper than trying to learn something on your own. The value that you get in spending a couple of dollars far exceeds the expense."
Optimistically, some firms have acquired new equipment to offer additional services to their customers, making it necessary for employees to be trained on the new equipment and processes. IEC member contractors in Florida have requested classes in different skills and niches. According to Mora-Blackwelder, many residential contractors have created service departments to add work. "The residential guys have really been enhancing and building up their service departments," she says.
Remarkably, many master electricians and business owners in that area have also asked for classes on green technologies and retrofitting for energy efficiency. In the MEP Jobs survey, 30.4% of respondents plan on taking a training course in green technology, and 27.3% of respondents will take a course in solar installation or service (click here to see Fig. 2). "These guys are in their 50s and set in their ways," Mora-Blackwelder explains. "It's harder for them to want to embrace something new, but I'm finding that they are. When there isn't going to be new construction, there are lots of opportunities for refurbishing or retrofitting, and so they're asking for this type of training."
Similarly, some IEC members in Connecticut have requested classes on photovoltaic (PV) technology. "We had a dinner meeting the other night with PV as the topic, and the attendance was really good," says Lisa Hutner, executive director of IEC New England, Hartford, Conn., and Connecticut State Apprenticeship Council memberHartford, Conn. "We're going to have a full-day program on this topic. They have the time now to do something like this. Before, they were too busy to learn something new or research it. But now they have a little extra time."
Although Bloomington, Ill.-based engineering and architectural firm Farnsworth Group has not had to downsize or reduce permanent staff, there was concern about being able to hire back its summer interns, so it purchased new equipment to provide additional services to its clients. "With the added work from the new equipment, we thought we might be able to keep our people busy, plus be able to rehire our summer interns again," says Richard Suhadolc, P.E., engineering manager/chief electrical engineer at the firm.
On average, the eight technicians and 10 engineers at the company receive 120 hours of training a year. This year, in addition to required license maintenance, much of that time will be focused on learning how to use the new equipment, which includes an infrared (IR) camera, power analysis equipment, programmable logic controller (PLC), and software services. "We're increasing our 2009 training budget because of this new equipment so we can provide more services to capture more of the market share in the electrical field," Suhadolc says. "Our board of directors decided it was finally time to implement some of this with the added business."
Going mentor
An unintended side effect of the recession is that the slowdown in construction it caused may actually stave off the employee shortage the industry was close to facing in the next few years. However, even with 50% cuts in their 401(k)s, the baby boom generation will still begin to retire in large numbers within the next few years. This has many firms concerned about succession planning. "The question is 'How do they pass their knowledge on?'" asks Avramidis.
An inexpensive way to impart legacy knowledge from experienced workers to new employees is to set up an informal mentoring or coaching program. "There's a simple way of doing it by saying 'Okay, the junior people will report to the senior people, and we'll hope it all works out," Avramidis says.
But there may be significant challenges to that program. Occasionally, senior employees don't want to part with their knowledge because they feel threatened they may be pushed into earlier retirement. In addition, the generation gap accounts for differences in learning styles (See Whose Online Is It Anyway?). "Sometimes, the senior people simply don't understand how the younger generation learns versus how they learned when they were coming up through the ranks," explains Avramidis.
Consequently, a more formal plan for internal knowledge management, including inter-generational knowledge transfer, may have more success. Many organizations, including AMA, offer a succession blueprint for businesses that comprise 50 or more employees. "There are formal programs on how the younger person learns through the senior person — and how the senior person can best teach and try to overcome the generational differences. For the senior employees, these help assuage the uncertainty about their own career and what it means if they impart all their knowledge on someone who's earning half their salary," Avramidis says.
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On top of the increased formal training Commonwealth Associates is offering its employees, the company has started a mentoring program designed to impart the knowledge of its veteran workers to its new recruits. "That's probably one of the most effective forms of training," DeCosta says.
Until recently, there was very little recruitment in the firm's energy delivery market sector. "In this business you either have gray hairs and 30 years of experience or you've got less than five years," DeCosta says. "There's a big gap in the middle where we lost a whole generation. That's one of the reasons why training is so important to us because as an industry, we've not been doing it for 20 years. Now it's catch-up time. We've got to start building our people and focusing on their development. For us, it's a matter of bringing new people into the business and teaching them how Commonwealth does things and teaching core technical skills, too."
Honing fundamentals, learning new skills, and retaining legacy knowledge are all part of deciding on the extent of cuts to your training budget. Focusing on what will keep you afloat in the present should be balanced against what will help you flourish once the recession ends. "You have to keep an eye on when this will end so you can position your organization to be well-equipped with the right skills and knowledge to take advantage of the upturn when it does come," Avramidis says.
Sidebar: Recession Training for the Manufacturing Industry
In his article, "Recession Survival Tips for Manufacturing Industry," author Don Fitchett advises the manufacturing industry that even in a recession, when budgets are tight, training is still important to secure the future of the industry, particularly as it deals with the retirement of the baby boom generation. Following are some of his solutions for stretching a training budget during tough times:
Check with your local Private Industry Commission or employment office about receiving federal reimbursement under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, which is typically managed and authorized by each state. Reimbursement often ranges between 60% to 100%.
Send one or two to a workshop/seminar as part of a train-the-trainers program.
Consider an online training course.
For budgets less than $1,000, consider purchasing simulation training software.
To read the full text of the article, including more training tips, visit the Business Industrial Network's (BIN) Web site at http://www.bin95.com/Training_Recession.htm.
Source: Business Industrial Network
Sidebar: Whose Online Is It Anyway?
The U.S. Department of Labor recently recognized online training in apprenticeship programs as part of an ongoing effort to provide training opportunities that are more accessible, affordable, and available to more people. The incorporation of Web-based learning, including satellite broadcasts, may also be a way of enticing younger workers to take up the training.
Although many of the online apprenticeship courses are in the development stages, currently there are many required continuing education classes available online, particularly those without hands-on or more technical components. However, according to a recent survey of 300 mechanical, electrical, facilities, utilities, and plumbing professionals conducted by MEP Jobs, an Urbandale, Iowa-based online job board and resume bank, 41.4% of respondents indicated their company will spend its training budget dollars on classroom training, whereas only 19.4% report their company will spend its training budget dollars on Web-based training. "Obviously, you have to have some hands-on training for some of these things; there's just no way around it," says Jeff Dickey-Chasins, VP of marketing for MEP Jobs.


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Why Colorado legislators were recalled
Re: "Gun violence and politics," Nov. 3 letter to the editor.
Letter-writer Po Murray of Sandy Hook, Conn., writes that no Colorado legislators should have been removed for supporting "common-sense gun legislation that will help to prevent another Newton tragedy." Of course, this is not why they were removed, since nothing of that description exists, nor can it. They were removed because they violated their oaths to uphold the U.S. Constitution, something that does still exist — but just barely.
P. Scott Williams, Denver
This letter was published in the Nov. 8 edition.
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Where the earth itself gives you a sense of well-being? Where the outside world enters only by your choice alone?
As the secure entrance gates close behind you, you're entering your own sustainable farm community........ you're entering a 'village around a farm.'
As a Washington State land owner, you'll be a valuable part in a farming community in the Puget Sound that shares its purpose and values with yesteryear's farming families.
You're coming together with 17 other families for the delight of growing your own natural food, and raising your family to the very best all of you can be. Skokomish Farms offers you and your family that opportunity.
Some people say prayers, some offer gratefuls, a lot of us just say "thanks" for all that we've received......
To paraphrase an old adage 'You will bloom where you are planted.' This is just part of what Skokomish Farms is all about, the rest is up to you...........
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What will you see, hear, taste and feel......???
Imagine your way of life literally at the very end of the road. You'll overlook organic fields, watch salmon swimming upstream in the rivers that cross your land.
Deer and elk browse the surrounding mountain sides, eagles soar overhead riding uplifting thermals. You'll hear the yodeling of coyotes at evening time, while otters and cranes search for small fish in the rivers.
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The vast towering peaks of the Olympic Mountains guard your north boundary, while the Skokomish River serves as your west and south boundary. To the east you can see the majesty of Washington's Mt. Rainier. On cloudy days, soft rains dampen the naturally growing crops that you may have helped plant.
Love horses??? Build a stable on your land. You can saddle-up and ride the trails around the Farms. Or brushup your riding skills in the year-round covered riding arena.
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If you'd like to sit back, and watch the world go by with others doing the farming, you're welcome to do so.
Or you can share the farming life by participating in our operating farm. Your children can help raise young calves and lambs; goats need milking; and chickens range behind the livestock grazing on open pastures.
The choice to participate or not is entirely yours...........!
Sound idyllic.....??? We hope so! As a land owner at Skokomish Farms you'll have all this and considerably more.
Just think, when you drive through the entrance gates, realize that you and your family have your own natural food supply. You know you've created and control your future. Your future is not left in the hands of someone else.
Best of all, you may have helped grow the very food you eat. Take a closer look at our Skokomish Farms, and learn what we're all about. We promise you, you'll be very, very happy you did.......!


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PGS T-Series Commercial 30-Inch Built-In Propane Gas Grill With Timer - S27TLP
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Designed to withstand the rigors of daily use in commercial settings such as apartments, condos and resorts, the PGS T-series is engineered with strong, durable materials while featuring a simple design that is easy to use. This PGS 30-inch built-in propane gas grill boasts a 304 grade stainless steel exterior and two eavy-duty stainless steel burners that push out 45,000 BTUs of total cooking power on the grilling surface. The ceramic Moon Roks with stainless steel rock grate offer even heat and perfect smoke control, and the 5/16 inch stainless steel rod cooking grids with Vari Grid spacing offer cooking versatility across 540 square inches of main cooking area. The battery powered, continuous spark electronic ignition means that lighting your PGS grill is quick, easy, and safe. The control panel features laser-etched instructions, anti-theft control knobs and a built-in one hour FuelStop gas flow timer. ETL/INTERTEK Approved
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- Top pick for multi-user communities/common areas such as apartments, condos, hotels, country clubs, etc
- Built-in one-hour gas flow timer
- Anti-theft knobs
- Laser etched user instructions
- 304 stainless steel construction
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PGS has a great reputation for producing well-constructed grills with quality performance. Designed to withstand the rigors of daily use in commercial settings such as apartments, condos, and resorts, the PGS T-Series commercial gas grill is available in all 304 stainless steel or rugged cast aluminum, and engineered with strong, durable materials, while featuring a simple design that is easy to use. While PGS doesn't have a lot of flashy bells and whistles, they focus on quality and durability for commercial applications.
I love the integrated 60 minute gas flow timer, right there on the control panel next to the main burner control knobs. As a matter of fact, PGS is the only manufacturer with the gas flow timer integrated as part of the burner controls on the grill. Because the gas flow timer is a permanent part of the grill, the ETL certification includes the integrated timer. While other gas grills may offer gas timers as an accessory, their grill's certification does not cover the timer. This certification is important to builders and property managers as it reduces the liability associated with combining parts, such as a gas grill with a separate gas timer.
Two other great commercial features that PGS thought of that make a ton of sense are their anti-theft knobs and laser etched Lexan instructions. A fairly common problem for multi-user communities that have gas grills is when a resident removes a knob off the grill in the morning, ensuring the grill will be available to that resident alone, when he/she gets home from work! These PGS knobs cannot be removed, which is a big win for property managers, and the other residents that live with the knob thief as well. As for the laser etched instructions, these are sure to stay visible on the control panel as long as you own the grill, no matter how many cleanings they go through or what sort of weather the grill is exposed to. This ensures the resident will always have correct, readable lighting instructions, and when "safety first" is always a concern, this is a legitimate plus. Other brands' instructions are usually screen printed or on sticker labels, which will be wiped/weathered away eventually.
As for the cooking system, I really like the thick, 304 stainless steel "Vari Grid" cooking grids, that feature a variable rod spacing arrangement, which offers flexibility for whatever your cooking and helps ensure your thinner foods won't fall through the gaps. Under the grids are flat ceramic moon rocks which sit on thick stainless racks above the burner. These help with the heat distribution but mostly provide a full width surface for flavorization of the food drippings. I love the burners, which are high heat output, u-shaped stainless steel burners with good heat control so you can dial in precise temperatures from low to high. Another nice feature I really like is the thermometer, which is situated to the right side of the grill lid, just above the cooking surface for more accurate grill temperature reading.
You can take comfort in knowing that PGS is a brand that has been around for many decades and has a reputation for having amazing customer service. PGS grills are made in the USA and are covered by a 1 year full parts replacement warranty when used in a commercial application.
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Lehigh Valley conservation researchers take on global climate change in Panama
Lehigh Valley conservation researchers take on global climate change in Panama
CENTER VALLEY, Pa. -- Eighteen undergraduates and four professors are conducting global climate change research in the wilds of Panama as part of the Penn State Lehigh Valley CHANCE program's (Connecting Humans and Nature through Conservation Experiences) 2013 field course. Their journey began June 28 and continues through July 14. The participants are sharing the experience on the CHANCE Facebook page (www.facebook.com/psuchance) and the CHANCE website (www.chance.psu.edu).
For the first half of their experience, the group will be based at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's (STRI) Gamboa School House in Gamboa County, Panama. Their planned activities include learning from Smithsonian scientists, visiting the Panama Canal, visiting an indigenous village, and conducting research on plant and bird life on Barro Colorado Island.
Next, they travel to Bocas del Toro in West Panama to study the biodiversity of mangroves and coral reefs, followed by a transfer to the San San Beach WIDECAST station to participate in sea turtle conservation and manatee observation activities.
CHANCE was founded in 2004 as a partnership between Penn State and the Pennsylvania Department of Education to train pre-service and in-service high school science teachers in environmental science and conservation biology through research. The program also develops teaching strategies that can be used in classrooms to develop students' knowledge of, concern for and skill sets to solve challenging environmental problems.
Through international field courses and online curricular tools, CHANCE participants engage in inquiry-based research opportunities and conservation efforts so they can better understand global environmental issues. The program strives to connect people to nature through real-world experiences that incorporate scientific concepts, techniques, data and interpretations so they can construct their own understanding of their local landscapes and better effect change that will sustain the planet's biodiversity.


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La Catrina Quartet Joins Willy Sucre For Chamber ConcertSOCORRO, N.M. September 13, 2011 -- La Catrina Quartet will perform string quartets by Latin American composers Ginastera and Revueltas in the first half of the program, and then be joined by violist Willy Sucre after intermission, to perform Dvorak. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 19, at New Mexico Tech's Macey Center, to launch the 2011-2012 Presidential Chamber Music Series.
|La Catrina Quartet will join Willy Sucre for the season-opening performance of chamber music at Macey Center on Monday, September 19.
|Willy Sucre returns for another season of exquisite performances at New Mexico Tech.\
Admission is free to all, courtesy of New Mexico Tech President, Dr. Daniel H. López, and the Socorro Springs Restaurant and Brewery.
On the program are String Quartet No. 1 by Alberto Ginastera, Music de Feria by Silvestre Revueltas, and Viola Quintet in E flat Op. 97, by Antonin Dvorak.
Sucre, of course, is a familiar face to Socorro audiences through his many visits to Macey Center with his Willy Sucre & Friends performances; and as a regular performer with the Placitas Artists Series.
None other than the famed cellist Yo Yo Ma hailed La Catrina Quartet as "wonderful ambassadors of music" as one of the most sought-after ensembles on tour today.
Currently the Faculty Quartet-in-Residence at New Mexico State University, the quartet frequently tours throughout the United States and Mexico, garnering awards and recognition along the way.
Its mission is to perform the masterworks of the string quartet repertoire, to promote Mexican and Latin American art music worldwide, and to work closely with composers to promote the performance of new music.
About the composers
Ginastera (April 11, 1916 – June 25, 1983) was an Argentine composer of classical music, and is considered one of the most important Latin American classical composers. A portion of Ginastera's Piano Sonata No. 1 is performed in the movie, "The Competition," and the piece is included in the movie soundtrack.
Revueltas (Dec. 31, 1899 – Oct. 5, 1940) wrote film music, chamber music, songs and other works. Among his orchestral music are a number of symphonic poems with "Sensemayá: Chant for the Killing of a Snake," the most famous. His music is often vigorous, rhythmically vital, and with a distinct Mexican flavor.
Dvorak (Sept. 8, 1841 – May 1, 1904) was a Czech composer of late romantic music, who employed the idioms of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. His own style is sometimes called "romantic-classicist synthesis." From 1892 to 1895, Dvorak was the director of the National Conservatory of Music in New York City. A statue of him stands in Stuyvesant Square near his home.
About the musicians
Members of La Catrina Quartet are Daniel Vega-Albela and Blake Espy, violins; Jorge Martínez, viola, and César Bourguet, cello. They all hail from parts of Mexico with the exception of Epsy, a native of Savannah, Georgia.
Born in Mexico City, Vega-Albela started the violin at age nine, and by 16, he had moved to New York City, where he received his Bachelor of Violin Performance from the Mannes College of Music.
In 2007, Vega-Albela and his La Catrina colleagues won the three-year position of Quartet-in-Residence of the Western Piedmont Symphony in Hickory, N.C., and in 2009, they became NMSU's first Faculty Quartet-in-Residence. The violist lives in Las Cruces with his wife, son, two very old cats and two very young dogs.
Espy started violin at age six, has been concertmaster of the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra, and a frequent performer with the Louisiana Philharmonic. He also spent a summer in Mexico City with Orquesta Sinfónica de Mineria. His academic credentials include a Bachelor of Music Performance degree from Western Michigan University, a Master of Music Performance degree from Louisiana State University, and an artist's diploma at SUNY Purchase.
As a member of the New World Symphony in Miami Beach, Espy was given the opportunity to act as a rotating concertmaster, chamber musician, and educator to young musicians.
Martinez, born in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico, studied violin at the Conservatorio de las Rosas where he graduated with honors. In 2001, he was awarded a fellowship by the Department of Public Education of Mexico to study abroad, and in 2003, completed a Master of Music degree in Viola Performance at Western Michigan University.
While at WMU, Martínez and his colleagues of La Catrina, were honored with the All University Graduate Research and Creative Scholar Award, the first time in the history of the university that the Graduate College bestowed such recognition upon an ensemble of the School of Music.
Martínez is a founding member of La Catrina String Quartet, and holds a Master of Music degree in chamber music and vocal performance from Kent State University.
A native of the southern Mexican city of Oaxaca, Bourguet began his musical studies at age seven with his father. At 15, he moved to Mexico City to continue his academic pursuits at the Ollin Yolitzli Cultural Center; and, later, at the University of Houston and the Florida International University in Miami.
Among many honors and distinctions, Bourguet won first prize in the "Schlern International Music Competition" of 2005 in Italy; and was a laureate winner as part of the 2004 Texas Music Festival and the Moores Concerto Competition, both in Houston.
Sucre attended the Peabody Conservatory and the Mannes School of Music. A diplomate of the Conservatorio Nacional de Bolivia, he has been conductor and music director of the Albuquerque Philharmonic, assistant conductor of the Canada Symphony Orchestra, and guest conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra of La Paz.
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Amy Winehouse Handwritten Notes to Be Published in Father's Book
A selection of Amy Winehouse's touching handwritten letters to her father will be published in Mitch Winehouse's forthcoming book, 'Amy, My Daughter.'
Fans will get a glimpse of the late singer's true personality when they lay eyes on several letters she sent to her dad while she was far from home. One note, obtained by the New York Post, was written on Valentine's Day in 2003, while Amy was recording her debut album, 'Frank,' in Miami, Fla.
She wrote: "Dear Daddy, I love you so much and can't wait to see you again in a few weeks. I'm working, and I haven't spent a penny. A few thousand dollars have gone, but no pennies as such."
Although email was readily available to the star, she chose to pen handwritten correspondence instead. According to the Post, Amy wrote dozens of letters to her dad, beginning at age 12. Despite her father's infidelities, the pair were close.
"She phoned me three times a day, every day, even when she was at her worst with the drugs," Mitch said in 2011.
The 'Rehab' singer died last year on July 23 after consuming a lethal amount of alcohol. She was 27 years old. 'Amy, My Daughter' will be released on June 26 by It Books.
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PHOENIX (AP) – Todd Helton will retire at the end of the season after spending 17 years with the Colorado Rockies and setting franchise records in nearly every offensive category.
The 40-year-old first baseman's decision was announced after a 9-2 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks Saturday night. Almost fittingly, he had a double in his only hit of the night, the 586th of his career.
His final game at Coors Field will be Sept. 25 against the Boston Red Sox, the team that swept the Rockies during the 2007 World Series. The final game of his career will be on Sept. 29 in Los Angeles against the Dodgers.
"For 17 years number '17' has been the icon of Colorado Rockies baseball," Rockies owner Dick Monfort said in a statement. "Todd will be missed and our hope is he will be a part of our Colorado baseball family for many more years to come."
The Denver Post first reported the story.
Helton is a career .317 hitter and has 367 home runs, 1,397 RBIs, 1,394 runs, a .415 on-base percentage and a .539 slugging percentage in 2,235 career games. He was an All-Star from 2000 to 2004 and will end his career as the Rockies' leader in games, hits, doubles, home runs, RBIs, runs and walks.
Earlier this month, Helton became the 96th player in major league history to reach the 2,500-hit milestone. According to the Rockies, he joins Hall of Famer Stan Musial as the only players in major league history with at least 2,500 hits, 550 doubles, 350 home runs and a .310 or higher career batting average.
Helton has been bothered by back trouble in recent years, hitting a career-low .238 in 2012 and leading to speculation that this could be his final season in purple pinstripes.
"If I could play 81 games at home next year, I could do it. I could do it for a couple of more years," Helton told The Denver Post on Saturday. "And if they had the games scheduled for the same time so I could get a sleeping pattern, I would have a chance.
"I am sure come next February, probably even in December when it's usually time to start getting ready, it will be tough. I don't know how I am going to react. It will be weird. But I have other things in my life besides baseball."
In February, Helton found himself in the news when he was charged with driving under the influence and careless driving, but prosecutors dropped those charges under a plea deal. He was sentenced to a year of probation along with 24 hours of community service.
Although he struggled early this season, Helton is now hitting .244. And while his bat may have been slow to come around, his glove has remained highly dependable as he scoops anything in his vicinity. Helton is a three-time Gold Glove winner. He has a career fielding percentage of .996, which is among the all-time best for a first baseman.
Helton had one of the biggest hits in team history, a walk-off homer against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sept. 18, 2007, that ignited their Rocktober run to the World Series.
During a recent series in the Mile High City, Dodgers manager Don Mattingly chatted about Helton, saying "I hate seeing him up there late in the game, with the game on the line. I really don't want Todd up there. He's had a couple of 10- or 11-pitch at-bats where he ends up hitting a homer or a double or something.
"He's had an unbelievable career."
Helton was a first-round pick out of the University of Tennessee in 1995. In addition to playing baseball for the Volunteers, Helton also was the quarterback before eventually giving way to Peyton Manning, who won a Super Bowl with the Indianapolis Colts before joining the Denver Broncos last season. Helton and Manning remain good friends.
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