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Record number of faculty nominated for teaching award
Last year's Distinguished Teaching Award winners are, from left, Daniel Chaney, Modern Languages; Connie Clark, Dental Hygiene; Amy Hatfield, Mathematics; and Frank Barnhart, Communication/Theater.
Columbus State students have submitted a record 177 nominations for the Distinguished Teaching Award, recognizing faculty who made a difference in their learning.
Of those nominated, 68 faculty members have submitted portfolios for review by the selection committee. Portfolios will be reviewed over the course of Winter Quarter and up to 10 finalists will be observed in the classroom this spring. Four winners will be recognized at the Quality Awards ceremony to be held in late May.
The committee would like to congratulate each of the nominees pursuing the Distinguished Teaching Award for their work in 2011:
Elizabeth Aulino
Daniella Di Lorenzo- Di Gaeta
Janice Hermann
Gary Norris
If you would like to know more about the Distinguished Teach Award, past winners, and the nomination process for 2012, visit the website: http://cscc.edu/faculty/DTA.shtml
New form available to request President's attendance
To confirm President Harrison's attendance or participation in any upcoming internal or external events, please complete the new scheduling request form and submit it to Linda Shinn in the President's Office. The new form can be found on President Harrison's web site http://www2.cscc.edu/about/president/.
BLUEprint Workshops help students transfer to OSU
Several new BLUEprint Workshops for OSU- bound students have been created by the Preferred Pathway Office at Columbus State, coordinated by Sharmaine Pechac.
The workshops are given by Ohio State representatives and designed to give our students who plan to transfer valuable insight into the process at Ohio State.
Two workshops are coming up soon and will be held in Davidson Hall Room 107 at 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, February 23 - "Pathways to Business Degrees" facilitated by representatives from the Fisher College of Business.
Wednesday, February 29 - "Planning for Transfer to OSU" facilitated by representatives from the Ohio State Admissions Office.
All BLUEprint Workshops are sponsored by Columbus State Advising Services. For more information, contact Pechac at ext. 5790.
Strickland to present at eTech Ohio conference
Gene Strickland, coordinator of Digital Photography and assistant professor, will present a seminar on emerging technologies and their potential applications in the classroom with a focus on Camtasia, Facebook and Flickr, at Thursday's eTech Ohio Educational Technology Conference.
The conference, held February 13-15 at the Ohio Convention Center, hosts more than 6,500 educators and innovators who will share their successes and challenges with each other. It is the third-largest educational technology conference in the country.
Strickland's presentation is titled "Digital Literacy and Social Media for Teaching Using Camtasia, Facebook and Flickr."
Franklin U. offers reduced tuition to employees
Franklin offers a 15% tuition reduction to all Columbus State employees to pursue undergraduate degrees, as well as a 10% tuition reduction for master's degree programs. Employees can also register for their first undergrad course, Learning Strategies ( PF321) at no charge.
A Franklin University transfer advisor visits the Columbus State campus every Monday and Tuesday from 12:00-5:00 p.m. in Aquinas Hall 116 to meet with students from any associate degree program and complete all the necessary steps for transfer to Franklin.
If you would like more information about Franklin's transfer program and employee tuition discounts, contact David Kerr at (614)947-6079 or email firstname.lastname@example.com .
Vote for a song!
When the "Celebrate Columbus in Song" contest was announced for the city's Bicentennial Celebration, David Meyers, CEWD data analyst, submitted "Elijah's Wooden Book," a song he wrote in collaboration with his friend, Arnett Howard.
Meyers says he was inspired to write the lyrics of the song by the life and work of Elijah Pierce, whose barbershop was located at Long and Washington Streets. A statue of the famed folk artist now stands on the site. Howard, longtime leader of the Creole Funk Band, composed the music and recorded a demo for the Bicentennial contest.
Out of the 123 songs submitted, "Elijah's Wooden Book" was chosen as one of the top 29 by a team of 21 judges. The public is now being asked to vote for the best 10-12 songs from now through March 23 by going to http://song.200columbus.com/vote .
Each of the top-29 songs is also being featured each night on radio station CD102.5. Vote now for Elijah's Wooden Book!
Blackboard Instructor Permission Form has changed
The Instructor Permission Form located on Blackboard has been revised to be more user-friendly. Instructors only need the following information to complete the form:
The course synonym number
Your (faculty) Cougar ID number
Student's Cougar ID number
After selecting the Year and Quarter/Semester, input the information listed above. The form will now auto-fill the course information, instructor name and email address, and the student's name and email address. This will help eliminate issues with incorrect student Cougar ID numbers and email addresses, and make the form less time consuming to complete.
Guidelines on how to locate, complete and submit the form are located on the Student Forms page at: http://www2.cscc.edu/_resources/media/services/pdf/BORIPF_Guidelines.pdf
If you have any questions about the form, you may contact Paula Collier at email@example.com or call extension 3635.
Digging for Data
With an accreditation visit by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) expected early in 2013, Continuous Quality Improvement teams all over campus are busy compiling reports on the quality work we do.
The HLC review will cover five areas over two days: Systems Portfolio Clarification, Systems Appraisal Follow-Up, Accreditation Issues Follow-Up, Federal Compliance Review and Organizational Quality Commitment. Here's an update on some of the work so far.
l Systems Appraisal Feedback Report. This report contains HLC recommendations on college improvement processes described in the 2009 Systems Portfolio. Employees across campus are busy finalizing our responses to those suggestions. Data-based improvements must be front and center! Deadline to document is March 15.
l Federal Compliance. This document covers institutional nuts and bolts such as credits, tuition, program length, Title IV compliance, student complaints, transfer policies, and more. Federal funding ties directly to this report. Patricia Opong, Susan Stumpp and Erica Swarts are leading this effort. Deadline for the report is August 1.
l Organization Quality Commitment. In discussions with various campus groups, the visiting HLC team will gauge Columbus State's commitment to continuous quality improvement. Key groups include the Reaffirmation of Accreditation steering committee, Action Project team members, faculty and chairpersons. Deadline: Key campus groups will be identified closer to the 2013 visit date.
If you'd like to keep up to date on the status of the Big Dig (for data), check the CQI website frequently.
2012-2013 Semester Calendar now online
The approved 2012-2013 Semester Academic Calendar is now available online here. Bookmark it or print it out for future reference.
Defining Herself: Women, Art and Expression
A week-long series celebrating the art and influences of Artemisia Gentileschi
March 1-11, 2012
In celebration of Women's History Month, Columbus State and the Columbus Museum of Art are collaborating to present a week-long series of events focusing on the artwork, ideas and influences of Artemisia Gentileschi.
Gentileschi (1593–1652) was an Italian Baroque painter, today considered one of the most accomplished painters of her generation after Caravaggio. In an era when women painters were not easily accepted by the artistic community or patrons, she was the first female painter to become a member of the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, Italy.
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Do save the dates need to match the wedding invitation?
No, save the dates do not need to match your wedding invitations. In fact, many couples use the save the date to really show some personality and style! Now if you want them to match, that's great! Just remember that you'll be sending save the dates quite a bit earlier than your invitations but if you feel confident you know exactly what you want for both that early on, go for it!
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Depending on when you get engaged, you'll want to send your save the dates anywhere from six months to one year before the wedding, but we recommend nine months to one year before. If you are planning a destination wedding, you'll want to send them out at least one year before since destination weddings require quite a bit more planning.
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The bad news is that this is the last blog post that will appear on these pages.
The good news is that the Roadblock Revelations blog is being updated, upgraded and made more user friendly at the following location:
The blog entries that currently exist here are being slowly migrated to the new site. In the interim however they will also remain available here for archival purposes.
Happy New Year to all! I hope to see you on the new site where comments have been enabled and readers will be able to participate in the discussion and in the postings.
The video above depicts the actions of a violent street gang that's been operating with impunity in Southern Texas for quite some time now. The street gang, also known as the Green Monster (U.S. Border Patrol), physically attacked a truck driver without just cause at a suspicionless internal Homeland Security roadblock near Falfurrias, Tx in early November of this year:
[CBP Roadblock - Falfurrias, TX: Latitude: 27.025054, Longitude: -98.138415]
Richard Rynearson's Oral Argument Before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals]
On March 18, 2010 Major Richard Rynearson, an active duty air force pilot, was illegally detained for over 34 minutes at an internal immigration checkpoint near Uvalde, Texas despite answering all immigration related questions and showing multiple forms of identification to Border Patrol agents. Agents who were far more interested in harassing Mr. Rynearson than verifying his immigration status. Instead of disciplining his subordinates for violating Border Patrol legal guidance, violating the law and violating Mr. Rynearson's rights, Chief Patrol Agent Robert Harris (depicted below) doubled down by writing a letter to Rynearson's command complaining about Rynearson actually exercising some of those rights Harris is responsible for protecting.
[Update: The show is now available online here. Another version of the story has also been released on latinousa.org]
Beginning Friday November 21, 2014, the public radio show This American Life will air a segment on internal Border Patrol checkpoints. I was interviewed last month by the show regarding my history & experiences at some of these checkpoints.
For those who want to listen to the show when it airs, you can find out what station it will be available on in your area along with dates and times here. Otherwise, the show should be archived and available online here
As regular readers of this blog know, on April 30, 2014 I was illegally detained in the lane of traffic at a suspicionless DHS roadblock by Border Patrol Agent J. Tackett near mile marker 146.5 along SR86 in Southern Arizona. Agent J. Tackett threw a spike strip down in front of my vehicle within about 30 seconds of the stop for daring to ask him a few questions. Tackett's unlawful detention was furthered by his supervisor G. Serrano who continued the detention while dispatching another agent to call over Pima County Sheriff Deputy Avila under the false pretense that I was blocking traffic while failing to inform him that Agent Tackett's spike strip & detention were the actual cause of the blockage.
Over the years, I've written quite a few stories regarding rampant misconduct and corruption within the Border Patrol. See the following for starters:
But after reading through a recent investigative report from Politico, even I'm somewhat surprised at just how bad the corruption is within the Border Patrol along with the federal government's inability or unwillingness to reign the agency in. See:
The Green Monster: How the Border Patrol became America's most out-of-control law enforcement agency
How do you know what organization(s) harbor or otherwise support the killer of Michael Brown? That's an easy one. It's the organization(s) that refuse to identify the killer until public outcry becomes too much to ignore. It's the organizations that refuse to interview eye witnesses to the killing. It's the organization(s) that turn its resources against people speaking out & protesting against the killing of Michael Brown instead of turning its resources against the killer of Michael Brown.
My thanks to Simple Justice for bringing attention back to where it should be regarding this case.
John Stossel has a followup opinion piece on Fox News related to his recent show, Policing America: Security Vs Liberty. The article is titled:
Border Patrol can't control Southern border but can still harass American citizens
and is a good overview on the subject of what's wrong with internal Border Patrol roadblocks.
As previously indicated, the state charge against me for honking my horn at a federal Border Patrol checkpoint setup along a state highway inside the country while being illegally detained in the lane of traffic by federal agents has been dismissed in Pima County Justice Court after an hour-long hearing on July 11, 2014.
As part of my testimony during the hearing, I read from a fourteen page written statement along with ten supporting exhibits. That statement and the exhibits have been re-created below. Additionally, I've requested a copy of the audio record of the hearing from the court and will post it once it becomes available. I'm also planning on uploading video footage of the encounter in the near future.
Below appears the text of the written statement I read in court along with applicable links. For those who follow the checkpoint issue closely, you'll probably find several of the exhibits I presented in court interesting. These would include recent ACLU complaints and a FOIA lawsuit regarding internal Border Patrol checkpoints, information regarding Operation Stonegarden where local cops collect overtime pay for assisting Border Patrol agents in the field and a recent Border Patrol law bulletin informing agents they can't legally detain people for not answering questions or because they don't like their attitude.
On July 29th, Checkpoint USA was interviewed by Ernest Hancock of Declare Your Independence regarding my recent checkpoint encounters. The show can be accessed online here.
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While I refer to court cases along with state and federal law frequently in this blog, nothing written here should be construed as legal advice. I am not an attorney. Rather, I'm someone concerned about the growing disregard for individual rights present at all levels of government.
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Peace Bridge lit up for Blue Jays, Bisons
Paul Casella is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @paul_casella.
The Peace Bridge connecting the United States and Canada will be illuminated in Toronto Blue Jays and Buffalo Bisons team colors for the second straight night Thursday, recognizing the new partnership between the two clubs.
The bridge, which connects the cities of Buffalo, N.Y., and Fort Erie, Ontario, was initially lit up Wednesday night, alternating between the two teams' colors from 9 p.m.-1 a.m. ET.
The lights will again be on display Thursday during those same hours in celebration of the Bisons' season-opener against the Rochester Red Wings earlier in the day.
This offseason, the Blue Jays reached a two-year agreement with Buffalo to make the Bisons their Triple-A affiliate through the 2014 season.
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This event takes place on 21st March 2015 from 10:00am to 4:00pm and will take place at Bramble Patch, West Street, Weedon, Northants, NN7 4QU. It is a Guild event being organised by Sally Stott, e-mail: tel: 01494 786787.
Region 6 and 7 Traditional Group Day
Bramble Patch, West Street, Weedon, Northants, NN7 4QU
21st March 2015
10 until 4
Workshop; Penny Rugs, led by Kate Finch
The day will also include a Show and Tell, Tea and Coffee included.
Please bring lunch.
Cost £15.
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When the doorbell rings, my eccentric (and stunning) housemate Phoenix rushes to the window to peek out. Inside that large brain of hers, nefarious thoughts form. If the person with a finger on the button is male and wearing a necktie, he's in for a surprise. She bounces around, bubbling with anticipation as she waits for me to open the heavy door. Although she is an excellent student (in grammar, of all things) and an exceptional swimmer, she lives for practical jokes, and an attractive, well-dressed guy at the front door is an irresistible mark. I glance at her and … Continue reading
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If you type "warm sex" into google, the first suggestion you'll get is "warm sexy pajamas." Really. It would seem that women have at least as much trouble finding attractive sleepwear as they do finding good sex. Although I understand the challenges involved in looking sexy in long-johns, I won't be addressing that problem in this post. (The photo at left is from Victoria's Secret, so if you happened to drop in while actually searching for warm, sexy PJs, you might check those out.) In my last post about bad sex, you might recall that I promised to talk about what I … Continue reading
Occasionally, a woman may need to bite her tongue. Although that may sound like a kinky sex tip, it isn't — but I'll get to that in a minute. First, let me give you a little background on the Pink Sock Situation. I was in Egypt right before all hell broke loose in January 2011. While cruising down the Nile (the only major river in the world that flows to the north), my husband and I sent off seven days worth of dirty socks and a couple other items to be washed. We were traveling light: five people for three … Continue reading
Have you read those headlines that warn: Porn Destroys Marriages or Romance Novels Ruin Relationships? I saw this article on porn addiction and after I stopped laughing about the "how to get them to stop" part, I got to wondering why women don't find porn as compelling as men. That got me to wondering why women find romance novels so irresistible (and men mostly don't). Let me give you the disclaimers first: Too much of just about anything can destroy a relationship: too much bowling, too much shopping, too much snoring. I don't happen to believe that porn or romance novels are innately evil, but they can give … Continue reading
"Answer yes or no!" The guy in the expensive suit slams a thick stack of papers down on the desk in front of me. I don't know what to say. The question is misleading. There isn't an answer. He leans over me, his voice barely controlled. "I repeat: Have you stopped beating your husband?" Okay, that's not what they asked me, but it was the same sort of twisted question where if you say "no," you're admitting that you beat your husband, and if you say "yes," then you're admitting that you did beat him. What would you say? Answer yes or … Continue reading
This late-night blog is about how people fit together (or not, as the case may be). Topics include a variety of relationships (mostly human, but the world's a zoo): Dating, marriage, sex, friendship, children, finding & staying in love, and cooking (go with me, it's late.) You may ask: Why not stick with sex and call it good? Well, as Robert Heinlein famously wrote: A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, … Continue reading


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How to Change the Print Margins in Excel 2007
Print margins indicate how much white space Excel 2007 places between the worksheet data and the edge of the page. The Normal margin settings that Excel applies to a new workbook use top and bottom margins of 0.75 inches and left and right margins of 0.7 inches. You also can specify margins for the header and footer and center your worksheet horizontally or vertically on the page to improve the appearance of a printed report.
In addition to the Normal margin settings, Excel enables you to select two other standard margins from the Margins button's drop-down menu on the Page Layout tab of the Ribbon:
Wide margins with 1-inch top, bottom, left, and right margins and 0.5 inches separating the header and footer from the top and bottom margins.
Narrow margins with top and bottom margins of 0.75 inches, and left and right margins of 0.25 inches with 0.3 inches separating the header and footer from the top and bottom margins.Excel 2007 provides a few margin presets on the Margins drop-down menu.
You also can manually adjust the margins of a report either from the Margins tab of the Page Setup dialog box or by dragging the margin markers in the Print Preview window. To get more columns on a page, try reducing the left and right margins. To get more rows on a page, try reducing the top and bottom margins.
Follow these steps to adjust margins using the Page Setup dialog box:
On the Page Layout tab, click the Custom Margins command on the Margins drop-down menu or click the Page Setup dialog box launcher.
The Page Setup dialog box appears.
Click the Margins tab.Adjust your report margins from the Margins tab in the Page Setup dialog box.
Enter the new margin settings in the Top, Bottom, Left, and Right text boxes.
You also can use the spin buttons to change the margin settings in small increments.
(Optional) Select one or both Center on Page check boxes to center the data between the current margin settings.
Click OK.
You can click the Print Preview button in the Page Setup dialog box at any time to see how the changes you make affect the preview of your report.
If you select the Show Margins check box on the Print Preview tab in the Print Preview window, you can modify the margins. To change one of the margins, position the mouse pointer on the desired margin marker (the pointer shape changes to a double-headed arrow) and drag the marker in the appropriate direction. When you release the mouse button, Excel redraws the page, using the new margin setting.


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China's inflation rebounded more than forecast to a 10-month high last month, approaching the government's target as a week-long holiday helped boost prices.
The consumer price index (CPI) rose 3.2 percent last month from a year earlier, the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics said yesterday.
That compares with the 3 percent median estimate in a Bloomberg News survey of 35 economists and a 2 percent gain in January.
Data in the first two months of the year are distorted by the Lunar New Year holiday.
A sustained pickup in inflation would boost the case for monetary tightening after the nation's new leadership team cements its succession next week at the annual meeting of the National People's Congress in Beijing.
Outgoing Premier Wen Jiabao (溫家寶) said this week that China is under "considerable inflationary pressure" from land and labor costs and developed countries' easing.
"Inflation is a policy risk looming large on the horizon," Liu Li-gang (劉利剛), chief Greater China economist at Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd in Hong Kong, said in a note yesterday.
Rising wages, environmental costs and economic growth will contribute toward higher prices, Liu said.
Producer prices fell 1.6 percent from a year earlier, the 12th straight decline and the same as January's drop. That compares with the median estimate for a 1.5 percent fall in a Bloomberg survey of 32 economists.
The CPI rose a combined 2.6 percent in January and last month from a year earlier, compared with a 3.9 percent gain in the first two months of last year.
Out of 24 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News last month, 10 forecast an interest-rate increase by the end of the year.
Consumer price gains may moderate this month as the impact of the holiday fades and better weather boosts production of agricultural products including vegetables, the statistics bureau said in a separate statement on its Web site explaining seasonal forces that affected the data.
China set an inflation goal of 3.5 percent for this year, Wen said in his final annual report to the congress on Tuesday, lowering the target from last year's 4 percent.
Analysts surveyed by Bloomberg expect a pickup to 3.1 percent this year.
The nation may need to raise interest rates should CPI gains stay at more than 3.5 percent for three months, Chen Dongqi (陳東琪), a senior researcher affiliated with China's top planning agency, said on Thursday.
Consumer inflation will slow to below 2.5 percent this month, then gradually accelerate to "stay consistently above" 3 percent after the middle of this year, said Zhu Haibin (朱海濱), chief China economist at JPMorgan Chase & Co in Hong Kong.
The central bank's monetary policy will probably be biased toward tightening, Zhu said.
Food prices jumped 6 percent last month from a year earlier, slower than the comparable 10.5 percent rise in January last year
Factory output in the first two months of the year probably rose 10.6 percent from a year earlier, up from a 10.3 percent pace in December last year, according to a Bloomberg survey.
China's economic growth accelerated to 7.9 percent in the final three months of last year from a year earlier. The pace may pick up to 8.2 percent in the three months through this month, according to the median estimate of 23 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News last month.


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- My Show – this feature allows you to set your own personalized meeting schedule.
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- Alerts – this feature provides special AAA announcements during the Annual Meeting.
- Social Media – this page links you to AAA's social media outlets. Remember #AAA2011 is the official hashtag of the Annual Meeting.
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|Discerning Gift-Givers Look for Toys That Offer More Than Fun
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When it comes to toys, kids' wish lists for the holiday season often pose a dilemma for parents, who find themselves asking two crucial questions.
The first question is almost knee-jerk: Which of these toys will be safe for my child?
And the second, though not as obvious, is becoming more common in the era of toys and media aimed at spurring a child's development: Which of these toys will be good for my kid?
Common sense can help guide parents to toys that will aid their child's growth, said Dr. Garry Gardner, chairman of the American Academy of Pediatrics' council on injury, violence and poison prevention and a Chicago area pediatrician.
"Two things come to mind," Gardner said. "Kids need toys that are engaging and encourage imaginative and creative play. And kids need toys that encourage activity and exercise."
December has been dubbed Safe Toys and Gifts Month, but many parents these days want to buy gifts that go beyond being harmless and actually are beneficial for kids.
Gardner and Dr. Benjamin Hoffman, a pediatrician at Doernbecher Children's Hospital in Portland, Ore., agreed that one of the best things parents can do is purchase toys that cut down on the amount of their children's "screen time" -- time spent in front of televisions, computers and portable devices.
Video games can help hone a child's fine motor skills, but they also drain time away from more creative or healthy pursuits, Gardner said.
"I've seen kids outside on a beautiful day at the park and here they are, sitting on a bench and playing a video game," he said. "And kids sitting in front of a screen often are snacking -- and not on healthy foods."
What's worse, Hoffman said, is that so much screen input might have detrimental effects on kids' development.
"The cognitive stimulation kids receive from a screen is different, and probably not beneficial," he said. "Our human brains did not evolve to sit in front of a screen with flashing lights and loud sounds. It is potentially harmful to child development."
So what toys are good for kids? Gardner believes parents should begin by keeping it simple.
"Keep in mind, a lot of time kids have more fun with the box than the toy that was inside," he said. "Parents don't need to spend a lot of money, or have a lot of angst whether this is the 'Einstein' toy that's going to make their child brilliant."
Types of toys that allow kids to engage their imaginations and intellects, according to Hoffman and Gardner, include:
Parents also should consider toys that prompt outdoor activity or physical exercise, like bicycles, skates and outdoor play equipment, the two pediatricians said.
"I love the idea of toys that are going to get kids outside, active, running around playing," Hoffman said. "It helps set the stage for kids who remain active later on."
These sorts of gifts require more forethought and vigilance from parents and other gift-buyers, however. They need to make sure they're purchasing age-appropriate gear for kids, along with any helmets and other protective equipment needed for safe use.
"Toys with wheels often are bought prematurely for children," Hoffman said. "Even though they may seem to have the manual dexterity, they don't have the cognitive ability to assess risks."
The same goes for swing sets and other outdoor play equipment, which can pose a falling hazard for kids who are too young, he said.
"If the child is going to play with these items, there needs to be an adult there to supervise, depending on their age," Hoffman said. "A 10-year-old on a bicycle on a closed street in a neighborhood is completely appropriate. Sending a 4-year-old out on the street is not."
Hoffman noted that there's another type of gift that's important for kids but often is overlooked because it doesn't seem as "fun" as other options.
"Parents often forget about the impact that reading and books have on children," he said. "That's one of the best things a kid can get." He urged parents interested in their child's development to be sure to give books as gifts.
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With President Obama dispatching Secretary of State John Kerry to Moscow even as Israel launches targeted airstrikes on Damascus, this could turn out to be a decisive week for US involvement in the Syrian conflict.
Mr. Obama has long sought to keep the United States out of what would likely be an attention-consuming, domestically unpopular, and ultimately inconclusive US intervention in Syria's civil war. But with the war reaching new levels of violence and now seriously threatening to spill over into a regional conflict, the president may have little choice but to reverse course and intervene in some way.
What, if anything, Secretary Kerry is able to work out with the Russians in terms of international pressure on Syria, and where Israel's weekend strikes lead in the coming days, are likely to alter the course of US action. In any event, both components are part of a scenario of suddenly expanding pressure on Obama to move decisively on Syria.
"This is a risk-averse president – rightly so in this case, I would add – being pulled closer and closer to some kind of intervention," says Aaron David Miller, a Middle East expert at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington.
"At some point he'll push it a step further" and decide what to do, Mr. Miller says – perhaps choosing from a set of options administration officials are presenting that range from arming the rebels to establishing a no-fly zone over northern Syria.
But Obama is as keenly aware as anyone that there are no good options for resolving the Syrian crisis, says Miller, a former State Department adviser on Middle East issues with experience in both Democratic and Republican administrations.
"Whatever the US decides to do, it won't be precipitous action" that somehow brings to an end, he says, a 2-year-old war that has left 76,000 Syrians dead and hardened internal divisions to the breaking point.
An ongoing debate in the administration over whether to intervene – and if so, in what manner – has shifted in recent weeks in favor of some form of intervention, some US officials say. At a Pentagon press conference last week, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the US was in the process of "rethink[ing] all options."
That shift, prompted in part by evidence that chemical weapons were used in the conflict, could accelerate, they add, if there are signs of a dangerous expansion of the war into a broader conflict.
On Sunday, Israel reportedly struck targets in Syria twice, in one case hitting missiles thought to be destined for Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based Shiite Muslim organization that is actively aiding Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in his fight with largely Sunni rebels. Israel has long said its top concern in the Syrian conflict is the potential for transfer of weaponry to its enemies.
Kerry, who will meet in Moscow with President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, could use the latest events in Syria to try to extract a more cooperative stance from Russia, which continues to shield Mr. Assad from international pressure to step down and make way for a political transition.
The US and Russia joined other international powers last year in calling for a political transition in Syria, but no progress has been made in that direction since then. The US wants to see if Russia is ready to move forward on Syria – both as a result of recent events and given signs that the US is moving closer to intervention in the absence of international diplomatic action, senior administration officials say.
"Events have moved forward on the ground, and so this is a time to talk to the Russians, [for them] to understand that from our side, we remain committed, and if they are as well, then we need to think about how to work operationally to make [a political transition] happen," says a senior State Department official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Up to now, the US has stopped short of providing Syrian rebels with lethal assistance, in part over concerns that weapons such as shoulder-fired antiaircraft missiles could fall into the hands of the radical Islamists among the rebels. But the White House is thought to be leaning toward providing arms under some sort of vetting system.
Some members of Congress, including Republican senators John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, are calling for the US to establish a no-fly zone over parts of Syria to create havens for civilians and rebels.
Virtually no one is calling for American boots on the ground. But even an intervention with no US soldiers ordered into Syria has only minimal support from Americans. And that presents Obama with a scenario he has sought to avoid: announcing to war-weary Americans yet another Middle East intervention.
A new Christian Science Monitor/TIPP poll shows nearly two-thirds of Americans – 62 percent – oppose US intervention in Syria, with only a quarter in favor. Those results are in line with other recent polls gauging the US appetite for military intervention in Syria.
The Monitor poll, taken April 30-May 4 among 825 respondents, found that even solid evidence of the Assad regime using chemical weapons against its own people would not shift the balance in favor of US military action. In such a case, 48 percent of Americans said they would favor continuing humanitarian assistance to civilians and some "technological assistance" to the rebels.
But only 12 percent said chemical weapons would be cause enough for the US to help arm the rebels, while 13 percent said it should prompt the use of US air power in the conflict.
The average American's reluctance to see the US intervene in Syria may have only been reinforced by events since the poll was taken. Both the Israeli airstrikes in Syria and reports Monday from a UN official of evidence that some rebels used the nerve agent sarin in their fighting should leave the US even more cautious, some say.
The rebels' reported use of sarin "shows how little the [US] government really knows about what's going on in this complex and bloody civil war, [and] it should make us extremely cautious about becoming involved militarily and reluctant about providing military support for the Syrian rebels," says David Cortright, director of policy studies at the University of Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies in Indiana.
Some pro-intervention voices in Washington jumped quickly on the Israeli airstrikes as further proof of resolute Israeli action in the face of an indecisive US administration. But others, like Mr. Cortright, say the Israeli action only further complicates a thicket the US should avoid.
"The Israeli attacks against Syria are a blatant violation of international law," he says. "They increase the risk of the conflict spreading further in the region and should make us even more hesitant about becoming involved militarily."


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The American food culture wasn't just confined to those US shores. Windsor was the perfect test market for fast food, American style, of every kind. The city could boast of Canada's first Arby's and Taco Bell, and Domino's Pizza was as familiar – if not as good – as our own hometown choices.But perhaps my favourite guilty pleasure was something that never did find its way across the river into Windsor. White Castle burgers, with their thin distinctive square shape, holes for faster frying, and bite sized proportions, could be eaten by the bagful, and they were. The strangely quaint stores, with their faux turrets, somehow didn't seem out of place in the urban sprawl of the Motor City.
It's been many years since I've had a White Castle, and, I confess, quite some time since I've craved one. But I still love a flavourful bite-sized treat, and these chicken and apple sliders are a grown-up take on a snack that you can eat by the handful. So, in honour of that most decidely American annual tradition, the Super Bowl, make a dozen or three of these, adapted from another American classic, The Joy of Cooking. They may not conjure up nostalgia, but they'll be a winning addition to your Super Bowl feast.
Chicken and Apple Sliders
makes approx. three dozen small patties
(adapted from The Joy of Cooking)
¾ c apple cider
¼ c Calvados
2¼ lb bone-in chicken thighs with skin
2 oz dried apple rings
2¼ lb bone-in chicken thighs with skin
2 oz dried apple rings
1 scant tbsp kosher salt
1 tsp coarsely ground black pepper
1 tsp rubbed sage
1 tsp rubbed sage
⅛ tsp cinnamon
⅛ tsp ground ginger
To finish and garnish:
3 dozen mini hamburger or ciabatta buns, toasted
Lettuce of your choice (I used micro arugula greens)
Carmelised onions (make your own or use a good quality store bought brand)
1. Preheat oven to 350˚F.
2. In a small saucepan, bring apple cider and Calvados to a boil and then simmer, reducing liquid to 3 tbsps. Let cool.
3. Bone the chicken thighs, reserving the skin. Cut the meat and skin into strips. Coarsely chop the dried apple rings. Grind the meat, chicken skin and dried apple pieces together in a meat grinder. (If using a food processor, cut the meat, skin and apples into small cubes).
4. In a large bowl, combine the ground meat mixture with the reserved apple syrup and the remaining spice ingredients. Blend the mixture thoroughly with your hands until all of the ingredients are well combined. Form the meat into small patties, big enough to fit on a mini hamburger or mini ciabatta bun. *
6. To serve, place a piece of lettuce on each bun, top with a slider and finish with a generous dollop of carmelised onions.
*NB. The uncooked patties can be frozen at this stage for up to two months. To serve, bake from frozen on an ungreased baking sheet at 350˚F for 20-25 minutes, or until cooked through.


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- Cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt and fat. When done, reserve ¼ cup of water, drain the rest, and set pasta aside.
- Meanwhile, heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute, until just soft and fragrant. Add mushrooms, stir, cover, and cook for about 3-4 minutes, until mushrooms are soft.
- Add spinach to the skillet and stir until just wilted. Reduce the heat to low and mix in the garlic and herb cheese and milk.
- Turn off the heat and add the pasta to the skillet and toss until well-mixed. If pasta dish seems dry, add reserved pasta water, 1 tablespoon at a time, until creamy. Season with ¼ teaspoon of salt fresh ground pepper to taste.


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Due to an inflammation of the shoulder, Italian conductor Maurizio Benini has withdrawn from conducting The Royal Opera's performances of La bohème on 19 and 23 June. Canadian conductor Jacques Lacombe will now conduct both performances.
His operatic appearances include Werther and Die Fledermaus for the Metropolitan Opera, New York; Ariadne auf Naxos for Bavarian State Opera; Turandot and Les Contes d'Hoffmann in Monte Carlo; Roméo et Juliette for Vancouver Opera and many productions with Deutsche Oper Berlin including Der fliegende Holländer, Eugene Onegin and Ballo in maschera.
Jacques Lacombe was Music Director of the Philharmonie de Lorraine in France (1998–2001), Principal Guest Conductor of the Montréal Symphony Orchestra (2002–6) and has been Music Director of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra since September 2010 and Music Director of the Orchestre Symphonique de Trois-Rivières, Québec, since 2006.
The conductor has previously performed Tosca with The Royal Opera in 2009.


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May 10, 2012
Dual enrollment the focus of conference that draws hundreds
OADEP Conference keynote speaker Jason Quiara speaks with Karen Gray, Columbus State director of Dual Enrollment.
Three hundred officials from central Ohio school districts, education associations, the Board of Regents and 48 Ohio colleges and universities attended the Ohio Alliance of Dual Enrollment Partnerships' (OADEP) second annual conference in the Columbus State Conference Center May 8.
Jason Quiara, senior project manager for State Policy Development, Jobs for the Future, was the keynote speaker. Attendees were able to select from a day-long roster of breakout topics ranging from national trends in dual enrollment and Higher Learning Commission requirements, to the marketing and recruitment for such programs and best practices from around the country.
"The sessions for the day were broken out into strands including student eligibility, faculty development, curriculum and assessment, data collection and program management, "said Karen Gray, Columbus State's director of Dual Enrollment.
Through Dual Enrollment Partnerships, qualified students can earn college credit prior to high school graduation. OADEP defines a dual enrollment program as one that offers college courses to high school students in the high school during the regular school day, and taught by high school teachers. Columbus State will launch its first of such programs at Reynoldsburg High School Autumn Semester.
Dual enrollment differs from the Post Secondary Enrollment Option (PSEO), in which students come to the college campus to take classes. "For students who do not have access to transportation or room in their school day to leave the high school, this becomes a barrier to them participating in the program," said Gray. "Dual Enrollment allows students to stay in their high school and take a college class that is taught by their regular high school teacher who has been approved to teach the course by the sponsoring college/university academic department. Dual enrollment also allows for the high school and college faculty members to work together, developing a professional learning community."
"I am envisioning continued growth for our program once we have our new structure and policies in place," continued Gray. "The students, teachers and guidance counselors will have a clear pathway for participating in our program and will be given an opportunity to learn more about who we are as an institution. In five years I envision that we will be preparing our file for national accreditation as our program will meet the highest of quality standards."
Solis tells students to get job experience as early as possible
U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis listens as a student talks about job experience at the roundtable discussion May 9. Dr. Jan Rogers, left, and Renee Hampton facilitated the talk.
U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis was back on Columbus State's Columbus Campus Wednesday, talking with students in a roundtable discussion about jobs.
Solis held the event to talk to students about the challenges and opportunities they face before entering the workforce. Recent news stories have highlighted growing concerns over student debt, student loan interest rates and rising tuition. Dr. Jan Rogers facilitated the roundtable, with Renee Hampton, Marty Maliwesky and Kim Brazwell of Student Affairs.
Paul Saltz, a Columbus State honors student, said, "I'm one of many that, without financial aid, could not be here. My part-time job wouldn't pay the bills."
Secretary Solis encouraged students at the roundtable to get work experience now, before graduating. "Having job experience is going to help once you start searching for your first professional job. Even work study positions can help," she said.
After the conversation with Columbus State students, Secretary Solis served as the keynote speaker at an event at the Ohio Statehouse. Solis had been at Columbus State in February with Dr. Jill Biden as they kicked off a multi-city bus tour of community colleges.
Jonathan Kreger's Political Science 101 class also took part in the roundtable Wednesday. The event will be the subject of their class discussion on Friday, according to Kreger.
"Read-In" celebrates National Right to Read Week
Debbie Strain prepares to read the featured story, "I Like Myself," to first-graders at Trevitt Elementary.
Hundreds of public elementary school students in Columbus and Delaware have a new awareness of Columbus State following the annual Read-In on Tuesday. Eighty-four faculty, staff and students took part in the community service project held May 8.
At Trevitt Elementary on the Near East Side, President Harrison read "I Like Myself" to second graders in Jamie Melton's classroom. Melton is a Columbus State graduate with her Associate of Arts. She transferred and completed her bachelor's degree at Ohio Dominican.
Also reading to children at Trevitt Elementary were Debbie Strain, Purchasing, and Stacey Raymond, a lab coordinator in Early Childhood Development.
The children also were read "Giant Steps to Change the World" and "I Know I Can." Volunteers from the Delaware Campus read books to first- and second-graders at Carlisle, Schultz, Conger and Smith Elementary Schools.
President Harrison has the rapt attention of a second-grade Trevitt Elementary classroom as he participates in the Read-In.
Professors nominated for Distinguished Full Professor Award
The 2011 winners of the Distinguished Full Professor Award in its inaugural year were, from left, Dr. Greg Goodhart, Mathematics; Jackie Miller, Nursing; and Steve Abbott, English.
Nominations for the Distinguished Full Professor Awards have been finalized and eighteen college faculty members are in the running. Winners will be announced at the August 1 Quality Awards luncheon along with finalists for the Staff Employee of the Year, Distinguished Teaching Awards and Quality Improvement Teams. Nominations are still being accepted for the Team Awards through Friday, June 1, so hurry and apply today!
Professors nominated for the 2012 Distinguished Full Professor Awards are: David Busch, Jeffrey Bates, Ph.D., Lisa Cerrrato, Crystal Clark, D. Michael Ehret, Ph.D., Holly Finnegan, Robert Fitrakis, Ph.D., J.D., Thomas Habegger, Ph.D., Kelly Hogan, Marc Lord, Ph.D., Darrell Minor, Tammy Montgomery, Gerald Mueller, Thomas Robbins, Thomas Shanahan, J.D., Leslie Smith, James Taylor and Amy Weber.
Promotion and tenure workshop offered
A promotion and tenure workshop for first-year faculty will held Wednesday, May 16, from 11:00 a.m. to noon in CT 107. The session will be led by Holly Finnegan, Developmental Education, and Lisa Cerrato, Health Information Technology. The session will cover the tenure and promotion process, highlighting activities that new faculty should be doing each year. The session will also be recorded and posted at http://cscc.edu/faculty for later review.
Let's ride Friday!
Glenn Smith, Facilities Management, will share one of his regular bike rides: Columbus State to the Olentangy Greenway trail, to Lane Avenue and back to campus via High Street. Cougar Cranks bike club members encourage you to join them! This will be a gently paced ride and is good exposure to street riding on a part of High Street accustomed to bike traffic. The ride will depart from the Christopher Columbus statue at 11:30 a.m. Friday morning. Let Cougar Cranks know you are coming by registering here: http://web.cscc.edu/is/employeetraining/course.asp?C=411.
Notice the forecast for Friday!
The May issue of The Partner online now
The May edition of the Human Resources newsletter The Partner is full of useful and helpful information. Get this month's scoop here: http://www.cscc.edu/HR/pdf/HR_Newsletter_May_2012.pdf.
Radiography students compete in annual "Quiz Bowl"
From left, Radiography instructor Jeff Rowe joins students Leslie Mayes, Ambarish Patel, Melissa Neel, and Krisi Epps at the annual OSRT Quiz Bowl competition.
Fourteen Columbus State Radiography students recently participated in the annual Ohio Society of Radiologic Technologists (OSRT) meeting in Warrensville. The students attended educational sessions, participated in a student forum, and took a mock Registry exam. Four Radiography students joined teams from nineteen other radiography schools in the annual student Quiz Bowl competition. Student Leslie Mayes also won third place in the Student Essay Competition and Ambarish Patel was selected to serve as a student intern on the OSRT Executive Board.
Digging for peace
Members of the International Student Association (ISA) worked with the International Voluntary Organization (IVO) on their annual clean-up of the International Peace Garden at Franklin Park Saturday, May 5. After working hard in the gardens all morning, the students and their faculty advisors were rewarded with a delicious lunch provided by IVO.
After finishing their gardening project, the ISA group poses front, from left: Zun Lin, ISA Secretary, Fernando Perez, Nathan Persons, Huy Chu, Lilia Bermúdez ISA advisor, Mey Ling Liow, Yohei Takabatake , and Yuhan Xue. In middle are Taehyung Park, Keon Woo Lee, ISA President Erika Santolalla, Cinthia Rodriguez, and Janina Forde. And in the back row are ISA advisors Michael Schumacher and Charlie Gallucci.
Civil War-era cannons will be fired on the west and south plazas of the Statehouse on Friday, May 11, and Saturday, May 12. Firing demonstrations are scheduled to take place every half-hour between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. and more frequently during the lunch hours on both days. It's part of the 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Battery A Civil War re-enacting group who will offer living history lessons during an 1860s-era encampment of Union Army Troops on the West lawn of the Ohio Statehouse both days from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.
Mobile Mammography Screening offered in June
The James Care Mammography mobile unit will offer cancer screening appointments on Monday, June 25 from 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. in the 11-S lot in front of Nestor Hall. To make an appointment, call The James Care Mammography Scheduling Department at (614) 293-4455, Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
You can't miss the noise, dust and construction equipment on the Columbus Crossroads project around the fringe of campus. The multi-year project will completely reconfigure I-71 and I-670. Mark French, Facilities Services director and Vanessa Cummings, Parking and Transportation supervisor, recently got an up-close look at the massive construction site. They were among about a dozen area stakeholders who were invited along on an ODOT van for the personal tour. Mark Van Horn documented the ride along so you can see it here! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq89IKhA-JQ
EUREKA! Secrets of Highly Successful Grants (1.5 hours)
Learn from three experienced project coordinators of some of the College's most successful grants as they share their experiences. Teddi Lewis-Hotopp, Title III grant from the U.S. Department of Education, will address Building college-wide partnerships; Suzanne Schaefer, ESL Afterschool Community at Wedgewood grant from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will discuss Forming and nurturing external partnerships; and Gary Clark, Health Information Technology (HIT) grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will focus on Using social media for recruitment and job placement. There will be a question and answer session afterward.
Facilitated by: Susan Stumpp, Grants Coordinator, Knowledge Resources and Planning
When: Thursday, May 24 (10:00 a.m.) Register
Location: Innovation Center, CT 107
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Sudan to vaccinate against yellow fever outbreak
(AP)—Sudan has launched a massive vaccination campaign to immunize 2.4 million people against an outbreak of yellow fever in the restive region of Darfur, the U.N. said Monday.
The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said Khartoum's health ministry received an initial shipment of 800,000 doses of vaccine on Friday to battle the outbreak, which began in September after a heavy rainy season created additional breeding sites for disease-carrying mosquitoes.
As of Saturday, Sudan had reported 116 deaths out of 459 suspected cases. Health care services are not available to many in the remote Darfur region, where Sudan's government has been battling a rebel group since 2003. More than 300,000 people have been killed in the conflict.
A U.N. spokesman in New York said Monday that the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Darfur on Nov. 13 airlifted a dozen injured Sudanese soldiers from the field to medical facilities in el-Fasher, North Darfur's capital. Providing medical assistance is part of their mandate, Eduardo del Buey said.
The U.N. force has in the past provided medical evacuation services for both the Sudanese army and the rebels, he said.
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Weapon Sculptures And Furniture
Furniture from weapons is a project started after more than 30 years of civil war, ending in 1998, the Cambodian gouvernment destroyed 125,000 weapons across the country. In this time a small arms specialist with the European Union, and British artist Sasha Constable, saw an opportunity, and decided to create The Peace Art Project Cambodia (PAPC) in November 2003. The Peace Art Project Cambodia was a sculpture project turning weapons into art as expressions of peace. In Cambodia this is the most beautiful way to get rid of weapons - transform them in furniture. From these pictures this furniture doesn't look to comfortable, but for a good cause they are excelent.


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Back in April when Dish Network paid some $320 million to take over Blockbuster's retail video rental operations, the company said it planned to keep some 1,500 Blockbuster locations operating, as well as keep some 15,000 Blockbuster employees on the books to keep thing humming along. Now, however, Dish Network is admitted it's going to be able to keep fewer Blockbusters operating than it had originally projected—although it hadn't yet determined how many that might be, or when the closings might take place.
"We are committed to keeping the profitable stores open that are generating positive cash flow, but there are ones that aren't going to make it," Dish Network CEO Clayton said in an interview with Reuters. "We will close unprofitable stores."
Dish Network's earlier commitment to keep some 1,500 Blockbuster retail operations going represented about 90 percent of Blockbusters retail locations at the time of the acquisition.
Dish Network is looking to challenge Netflix with BlockBuster Movie Pass, a new Internet streaming and DVD-by-mail service. The company had planned to re-invigorate the Blockbuster retail business by adding Dish customer support and customer payment services to the stores: Dish customers would be able to go to BlockBuster stores to get replacements set top boxes, remotes, and other Dish services without having to schedule an appointment (and time off work) for installation or technical support. Dish has also discussed plans to enable Dish Latino customers to pay for service at Blockbuster stores.
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That is interesting. As a note, last election cycle I was saying how I would rather Trump over the guys we had to pick. So I'm not exactly hostile to trump, if you were planning on taking the pro trump side. I'm kinda on the fence (a big beautiful fence), so I could take either side.
Politics would help me out the most probably. I need to do my homework for the upcoming pres election. We can talk trump V Hillary. My current choice is Ben Carson. There is probably some issues around terrorism and policy that we can explore. If you like we could just dive in and brain storm in shooting the Breez or some such.
I am here man. I actually thought about you the other day. Not many ODN goers that I have talked to on the phone, so your in a small group. let me know what strikes your fancy, and we can start something. I really don't have anything on my mind debate wise.. so I'm open to anything. Political, religious, economic, take your pick maybe we can narrow a topic down.
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GP, you still log in here bro? I'm itchin' for a debate... just don't know what about.
Lol, Probably not MT... I'm probably rusty as hell.
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Working like mad my friend. Still remodeling that two story. I have been cleaning foreclosed homes for banks.. Had my Gaul Bladder removed unexpectedly.
Love the name change.. i really want to use the short of "son of a.." because it tickles my funny bone to think people are about to swear saying your name ...I was happy to read that, it sounds like, you have conquered a few demons. Also.. is it just me or is that a picture of a Moses Superman?
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Kansas Governor Hosts First Ringneck Classic Pheasant Hunt
Governor Brownback, soldiers, celebrities, elected officials hunt in northwest Kansas.
OAKLEY, KS ––(Ammoland.com)- Kansas Sam Governor Brownback hosted the inaugural Kansas Governor's Ringneck Classic on Nov. 18-20 in Oakley. Approximately 68 hunters joined the Governor for the hunt.
The weekend began with a community dinner on Friday night, then hunting and an awards dinner on Saturday, followed by a bonus hunt on Sunday.
"It was a beautiful, cold Kansas day, and I hope I can speak for all the hunters when I say that I had a fabulous time," Brownback said. "I especially want to thank the city of Oakley and all of northwest Kansas for hosting the hunters. I also want to thank the Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism and everyone who helped to plan this event and make it possible."
The Ringneck Classic was held to showcase Kansas as the premiere destination for pheasant hunting in the Midwest.
"Kansas is consistently ranked as one of the top three states in the country for pheasant hunting," Brownback added. "This is an underutilized asset for our rural communities. If we do a better job telling folks about the high-quality hunting available here in Kansas, we will pull more of those tourism dollars into Kansas."
Brownback used a shotgun passed down to him from his grandfather. He shot four pheasants, reaching the limit for individual hunters within three hours of beginning the hunt, and accompanied hunters for the remainder of the day.
"Hunting, and specifically pheasant hunting, is part of our heritage in western Kansas," Kansas Secretary of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism Robin Jennison said. "Northwest Kansas has traditionally been one of the state's best pheasant hunting regions, and I am confident 'The Classic' will grow to be a prominent part of our Kansas hunting tradition. The hunt also will allow us to showcase the many other tourism opportunities in northwest Kansas."
Lieutenant Governor Jeff Colyer also joined Jennison and the Governor, along with Kansas State Senator Ralph Ostmeyer and Kansas state representatives Gary Hayzlett and Don Hineman.
"Pheasant hunting in northwest Kansas has a long and cherished tradition," hunt organizer Raelene Keller said. "The Oakley community is thrilled at the opportunity to represent Kansas and Governor Brownback as hosts for the inaugural hunt."
Four soldiers with the 1st Infantry, Second Brigade at Fort Riley were Brownback's special guests: Bronze Star recipient 1st Lt. Josh Willis and sergeants Christopher Dean, Justin Hillman, and Brad Slickers. All four men returned from duty in Iraq on Nov. 4, 2011
"These young men's sacrifice is incredible," Brownback said. "I'm honored that they were able to participate in the hunt. They are wonderful young men, and I had a great time with them."
Hunters participating in the two-day event included George Brett, former Kansas City Royals baseball player; Tom Watson, professional golfer. Two live music performances highlighted Friday and Saturday nights. Heath Wright, with the country-western band Ricochet, performed live Friday night at Oakley High School, and Wright and Nashville singer Chuck Wicks each performed live on Saturday night at the banquet.
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Washington state reports gonorrhea outbreak, fears drug resistance.
Nov. 14, 2013 -- David Miller, a public health worker in Washington state, provides a free and anonymous service to those who have been diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease: He'll track down their ex-partners and deliver the bad news.
Miller, a 35-year-old registered nurse and the TB/STD coordinator for Yakima Health District, is a sleuth of sorts and a trained diplomat who must guard a patient's confidentiality.
His caseload has jumped from 62 cases last year to more than 109 so far this year, making his job to stop the spread of the high contagious disease even harder.
"There are definitely times when people are pretty upset when I tell them we have received information that they have been exposed to an STD," Miller told ABCNews.com. "Sometimes they don't even know what that is, and I have to explain it to them."
About 820,000 Americans are diagnosed each year with gonorrhea, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. An estimated 570,000 of them are between the ages of 15 and 24.
Cases of the STD are up 20 percent in Oregon and up more than 15 percent among men in California, and also up in Idaho, according to a Time magazine story, "Washington Gonorrhea Outbreak: STD Investigators Track Down Patients."
Yakima County, which is predominantly Hispanic, has experienced a gonorrhea outbreak -- a 75 percent increase this year, according to the Washington State Department of Health.
The disease is second only to chlamydia in numbers of annual cases. It can go undetected for some time because there may be few symptoms, but it can cause serious health problems such as pelvic inflammatory disease or infertility
Gonorrhea is usually treated with a single oral dose of antibiotics -- cephalsporins, but health officials are increasingly worried about drug resistance to the bacterium, especially in Europe and Asia.
CDC Warns of "super" gonorrhea.
"Drug resistance has become a major problem with the entire public health effort to halt the spread, and so gonorrhea has achieved new priority," said Dr. William Schaffner, chairman of the department of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University.
Washington is taking a "very traditional" approach to public health, he said.
"It's very labor intensive, and there is no easy way to do this," said Schaffner. "It's being a disease detective, and you have to do it in an exceedingly diplomatic way."
Schaffner shadowed a STD contact tracer years ago when syphilis was the public scourge. "They were brilliant diplomats trying to gain people's confidence and not alarm others."
Federal and state laws require that each time a patient tests positive for chlamydia or gonorrhea, it must be reported to the CDC, as well as the Washington Department of Health, and the counties get daily reports.
If the doctor indicates the infected patient's sex partners were not treated, it's up to investigators like Miller to find them and either treat them in the field or bring them in to the nearest clinic. He is always sworn to secrecy, never revealing the identity of a patient.
"We make a phone call to the person who was diagnosed and talk to them about any partners they had in the past 60 days prior to treatment and their current sex partners," said Miller.
The questions are thorough and potentially embarrassing: How many partners have you had in the past year and were they men or women or both? Was sex vaginal, anal or oral? Were condoms used? Were drugs used that would put you at risk?
Sometimes Miller gets a full address and phone number, but more often, he has to do some detective work, check social networks to find people, then text them or send letters.
"If they just give us a name and nothing else, we kind of hit a dead end," he said.
Technology seems to be fueling some of the increase in cases, said Miller.
"One of the things that did surprise me when I got started are the [mobile phone] apps that can now track your GPS signal and see how many in the area are looking for hook-ups," he said. "It used to be people went to bath houses. With apps, where people who want to have sex can have it anywhere, it definitely makes things more difficult for us."
Five Washington counties have seen outbreaks in gonorrhea. Spokane County has pioneered the use of social networks in its partner notification program.
"It's very relevant in this day and age, especially the younger population who have no land lines and no white pages," said Kim Papich, a spokeswoman for the Spokane Regional Health District. "We are reaching out through the media that's relevant to them."
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Lisa Baldoz, who is one of four field investigators for the Washington Department of Health, said special phone apps for men to hook up with one another seem to be fueling the spread of disease. The largest jumps have been among men having sex with men, and in cases of oral and rectal gonorrhea.
One of the problems is diagnosis can be missed in cases of oral or rectal gonorrhea because a urine test can be negative. "That's why the numbers are higher," said Baldoz. Treatment is also more complicated, requiring an injection and then a follow-up of oral medication.
"Just three months ago there were a group of married men who were engaging in high-risk sexual behavior with other married men," told ABCNews.com. "They were downloading special phone apps specifically for other married men. What was even more interesting was the wives were engaging with the men."
"The difficulty," she said, "is getting men to talk openly about those male sex partners."
Miller faces the same problem trying to get infected patients to reveal their sexual history. Some readily agree to tell their former partners themselves, but others don't disclose. "It's a mixed bag," he said.
"They make up all kinds of reasons why it happened -- that it wasn't sexual," said Miller. "One guy said it was because he didn't brush his teeth and that's how he gave it to his girlfriend. She totally bought it. ... Sometimes people are in denial and will buy whatever they are told."


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BJMESS member)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trixie - good point on the EP titles, and good research!I agree with Ives about the Rory clip - he looks down then glances over towards the women. We also see JP standing in front of the women's mat, possibly checking their result. This would tie in with the fact that we don't see any women-back-in-camp pics but lots of men-at-camp-trying-to-save-their-butt pics.If the women win this challenge and get the visitor, maybe the visitor can somehow bestow immunity on them. We do see him with a bunch of what could be torches. Possibly the video of him is shown out of order - first he takes their unlit torches to some special location, lights them and they're immune. Now that's some reward!
aw man,it's Brady isn't it? Here I was dreaming it was Lea. Not that he would be my first choice. It's pitiful when you dream about Survivior. I need to get a life.Has anyone heard Chad speak at all?? He's even quieter than Brady and JK were. Just on face time I would pick Lea, Rory or Travis for the boot.
3. The MS mixes the tribes up by moving torches from one camp to another to try and equal the playing field a little better. Let's face it. This is getting too predictable even without spoilers to know who is going home next if something doesn't happen to save them. MB isn't that stupid. He has to do something to retain interest. This certainly would change the survivors lives in a way they never will forget.
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