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Chef's Table: A lifetime of farm-to-table cuisine
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Vincent Monarca probably has 30 cookbooks stacked up next to the couch in his living room, along with years of back copies of Bon Appetit Magazine and Gourmet.
When he and his wife, Sarah, went on their honeymoon in Napa Valley, "we ate," he said.
And when he gets a shipment of fresh, organic lettuce into his 3-and-a-half year old restaurant, Vinny's in Frisco, it's an event the owner and chef celebrates.
Monarca was raised on the art of food. He grew up in Hartford, Conn., where he made and canned his own tomato sauce and roasted his own peppers with his grandparents, who moved over from Sicily, Italy. They were "old-school," he said, taking everything from their big garden, and even raising their own rabbits and goats, which of course, they ate.
Monarca's first job at the age of 14 was at a restaurant for an upscale retirement community, where he did practically everything – prepped the food, cooked it, waited the tables and washed the dishes. When it came time for college, Monarca got his culinary degree from Johnson and Wales in Providence, R.I. After graduation, he moved to Summit County and started work as the sous chef at Ski Tip Lodge.
Monarca has run a few more kitchens in his Summit County career, including the catering and deli operation for Alpine Natural Foods. And then, along came Vinny's.
The establishment's name might lead some into initially thinking of pizza, but that "Euro-American" label on the sign lends itself to Monarca's background. There's a blue crab lump crab cake, a nod to his New England heritage, dishes like a duck leg confit, which comes from an upscale culinary background, and pastas like the linguine and clams, an homage to his Italian side.
And while all of his dishes pay respect to some aspect of his background, the way he prepares everything is a reverence to how he learned to cook growing up.
Everything's made with the best and most simple ingredients – organic veggies and hormone-free meat like a grass-fed New Zealand lamb loin – and almost everything is made in-house. (Monarca doesn't make the ketchup, but wants to). Monarca even makes the noodles, and grinds the angus burgers himself.
"I'm just doing stuff old-school I guess, I'm not trying to reinvent the wheel," Monarca said. "Everything's done here, it's all homemade, it's all scratch."
The restaurant's pretty green, too – Vinny's composts, and it hosts the annual High Country Conservation Center Harvest Dinner, which features locally grown food.
Monarca's menu is, he admits, pretty big – there's a lunch, dinner and pub menu, all with plenty of variety – and there's always plenty of specials, but for someone who loves and is constantly reading about food, it's hard not to want to make whatever catches his eye. Monarca likes to read the new-school stuff, like from chef Thomas Keller, as well as the old-school, like Julia Child.
Monarca says he just wants to bring good food to a non-stuffy environment. Yes, there are white tablecloths, but the overall atmosphere is casual. He works hard to make sure everything's made in-house, but it's all based on the love.
"I just want (customers) to leave feeling good, happy that they came here," he said. "If they feel good, I feel good."
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An emaciated 2-year-old pit bull is being cared for at the Animal Welfare Society of Monroe shelter after being found bleeding and abandoned in an empty Barrett Township apartment this week.
An emaciated 2-year-old pit bull is being cared for at the Animal Welfare Society of Monroe shelter after being found bleeding and abandoned in an empty Barrett Township apartment this week.
"We don't know if his wounds are from dog-fighting or being beaten," said AWSOM shelter operations director Dave Carbone.
A linear scar stretching from the dog's right side up onto his back might have come from him being beaten with a wire, Carbone said. The back of his right, front foot bears two circular wounds.
"And there's still some bleeding from his mouth and internally," Carbone said. "You can see drops of blood on the ground wherever he is. We're calling him Justice, because that's what we're hoping to get for him."
Justice's owner, whom authorities are looking for and have not yet identified, rented a unit in a Canadensis apartment complex. The property manager hadn't seen or heard from the dog's owner for some time and decided to check the unit.
"The manager found Justice running free through the empty apartment filled with poop and pee," Carbone said. "It looked like he'd been abandoned for probably a week and a half to two weeks with no food or water."
Barrett Township police, AWSOM and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals were contacted, and Justice, due to his severe condition, was placed immediately in emergency veterinary care. He was being cared for at the shelter as of Tuesday, with plans for future veterinary visits.
"Right now, he's on medication to get nutrients back into his system," Carbone said. "We're waiting for blood test results to come back to see if there are any other issues. The vet bills are going to be high. We've taken photos of him to be used as evidence in any future criminal prosecution."
Justice will be placed in foster care until someone adopts him hopefully. The phone number to AWSOM's shelter on Godfrey Ridge Road in Stroud Township is 570-421-3647..
Meanwhile, anyone with information about Justice's owner can contact the SPCA at 866-601-7722 or Barrett Township police at 570-595-3476.


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I finally got into The Silmarllion enough and you are correct (and perhaps the only other person to have read The Silmarllion)
They readded it in the extended version, but I would be complaining about not having the gifts they were given when they left that second elven city (I am horrible with remembering names) Remember, the gift of light to be used in total darkness or whatever. That was totally dumped, and, uh, possibly some important foreshadowing? Not sure how they will work that, but it was a cool part of the book.
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How to Manage Small Business Stocks for a Trust
Whether a trust receives small business stock during the grantor's lifetime or as part of the decedent's estate rolled into the trust after death, you may find yourself holding a substantial interest in a small business on behalf of the trust. The trust's grantor has hopefully prepared you for the receipt of this stock. Perhaps the trust's share of the stock is part of the greater plan to transfer ownership to the next generation. Or you may have instructions to sell the stock.
If you, as trustee, find yourself holding shares in a small business, you're not only allowed to participate in the business, but you're also somewhat required to. Even if you don't want to be involved in the day-to-day running, don't be shy about asking to see financial reports and any other information the other owners may have regarding the company.
One of your duties as trustee is to protect and conserve the assets of the trust. Even if you're not in a position to man the store, be an active player in what goes on behind the scenes. Otherwise, you'll have a difficult time justifying your care of the trust assets to the beneficiaries and/or remaindermen should the company go bankrupt.
If the company in question is an S Corporation, be sure that the trust is eligible to be an S Corporation shareholder. If you're not sure, seek advice. Making a mistake here may have disastrous consequences not only for the trust but also for the corporation.


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For an actor who has such a reputation for histrionics that his last name ought to be Rage rather than Cage, Nicolas plays against the type here as a passive, high school English teacher in this B-movie thriller set in New Orleans. Unfortunately, it doesn't portray the Crescent City in a very flattering way.From the first scene as Will and his wife Laura (January Jones of "Mad Men") toast their anniversary in the bar at the Lafitte hotel, it's established these two love their city. But it turns on them in a cruel way when Laura is savagely beaten and raped. She's barely checked in to the hospital when a man named Simon (Guy Pearce) approaches Will and tells him he's part of a secret group that can make the rapist go away — permanently. The catch is if Will agrees, he will be called on to return the favor. Ever the milquetoast, Will declines the offer, but then experiences a change of heart, which sets in motion a series of events that quickly escalate into something beyond his control.
Director Roger Donaldson films all around the city, setting scenes in the Audubon Park Zoo and the French Quarter, which adds some much needed flavor of an otherwise bland action pic. The half-baked premise about some secret vigilante working outside the law to clean up the city doesn't hold up, especially when it seems half its citizen are running around spouting the secret code phrase.
And what to make of Cage, who less than a month ago made a cameo appearance on "Saturday Night Live" to parody himself as the Ragin' Cage and then turns up in this as a mouse of a man? Maybe it's because his co-star is Jones, sadly one actress who cannot fall back on talent should her looks ever fail her.
Even with some lengthy action scenes, this never feels like a feature film but more like episode of some TV cop drama. Co-star Harold Perrineau ("Lost") as Will's friend, the school's principal, is barely around. Same for Jennifer Connally ("Dexter") who has maybe three lines of dialogue. The vigilantes, led by Pearce's character, are such thugs that it's hard to believe they have the welfare of a grateful city in mind. There's no moral dilemma with them, as there is ultimately with Will — no, they seem to enjoy what they do.
When confronted with the obvious corruption taking place, most of the characters shrug and say, "Well that's New Orleans." Gee, thanks. With friendly filmmakers like this, who needs enemies? New Orleans doesn't need vigilantes; after this movie, it needs a good public relations agent. Come to think of it, Cage does too. Those "Seeking Justice" will not find any here.


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Don't forget that 'Homeland' has done this to you before. Just like they confirmed much earlier than you may have expected last year that Brody was in fact in league with terrorists, the show's creators threw out our expectations last week that Brody would evade capture or that this season would be about the CIA's initial pursuit.
Episode 5 of Season 2 opened with almost no predictable plotlines for Carrie and Brody (except for those fostered by the inevitable last-time/coming-next clue-fest promos for idiots). What would happen to Brody in CIA custody? Had Carrie blown her mission by confronting him last week? It's a credit to the show that it gave up on its familiar surveillance-of-the-unassuming-suspect motif and got us guessing again.
Spanning what appeared to be the 24 hours following Brody's arrest, this week's action treated us to nearly a full hour of intense mind games. By the time the credits roll, we get the sense that these characters know exactly what they're doing, and they aren't about to show their hands to each other or to us. This episode marked a reassuring return to the show being smarter than us, after a few weeks blemished by implausible plot details and clunky dialogue.
The episode begins outside the interrogation room. Carrie paces a grimy hallway where the ancient-looking paint peeling off the floor glows bright red off the concrete, foreshadowing the "24"-esque violence to come.
Citing her emotional instability and tendency to go off-script, Quinn exiles Carried from the interrogation and kicked things off himself. This answers our questions about whether her move against Brody was perceived in the agency as a good idea.
Quinn appears to be progressing competently through the interview, but even after he lays his cards on the table by showing Brody the incriminating video, his subject doesn't yield an inch. In apparent frustration, Quinn whips a pen knife out of his pocket and stabs Brody through the hand. Saul, Carrie, and someone with a syringe full of [tentanus? morphine? truth serum?] rush in to remove Quinn.
It seems we were treated to some political commentary about the perils of the rogue interrogator, the poorly supervised guard, the fragility of the American legal process (this can apparently all be explained through Quinn's off-hand comment about broad national security authority from Congress). Quinn, rather than being banished from the CIA and charged with assault, calmly returns to the observation room and takes a seat at Saul's side.
As Carrie assumes the reins of the interrogation and begins her turn in the room by offering Brody a fresh bottle of water, Quinn's "every good cop needs a bad cop" line implies that he knew exactly what he was doing. Carrie, too, is ready to play along; rather than walking off the case after such a display of brutality, she performs her role with an expertise that shows she's been there before.
In a skillfully executed maneuver, Carrie applies her knowledge of Brody's relationship with Abu Nazir to emulate what she knows of Brody's mentor. Like Nazir before her, she "saves" him from torture, offers kindness and empathy, and then makes the big sell to Brody's conscience to convince him to cooperate with his new captors. She also uses their romantic history to "turn" her prisoner.
Touting the psychic virtues of coming clean, Carrie offers a few pearls of apparent truth, telling Brody she wants him to leave his family and be with her. And despite the fact that she just had him arrested, we still believed her.
Whether Brody finds this credible is more difficult to decipher. By the end of the conversation, though, he's acknowledged the plot to detonate a bomb and kill Vice President Walden, named names (including those of Tom Walker, Bassel the unfortunate tailor, and Roya Hammad, his journalist handler). Most importantly, Brody has agreed to cooperate with the CIA's pursuit to take down Abu Nazir.
Relieved that he's willing to play ball, the Langley staff lets Brody sleep it off on the interrogation room floor before dusting him off and sending him home, good as new except for that hole in his hand. After Carrie drops him off at home, Brody tells Jess that he's home for good, and that his mysterious absence can be attributed to his cooperation with the CIA -- and what do you know, it DOES look like a relief to go with the honest (if vague and incomplete) answer, maybe just this once.
Although Jess and their son Chris look happy to have him back, Dana isn't so easily impressed by her dad's return. Her skepticism might have something to do with having caught a glimpse of Carrie driving off from the Brody household.
Dana went on a date with that god awful kid of VP Walden, who apparently enjoys foreign films and quoting his therapist (gross). Mercifully, instead of the usual awkward banter, we also got some action: Trying to dodge his security detail, the VP's kid runs over a pedestrian and flees the scene of the crime. Dana begs him to go back and help but, well, you know how it is. At least he'll have more than daddy issues to talk about with the therapist he "used to" see.
The episode ends with Brody back in his warmly lit home with his (mostly) welcoming family, and Carrie pouring herself a glass of white wine, alone, in the dark. Carrie feels vindicated because not only was she right about Brody, but she also got valuable information from him, on the record, with her coworkers listening in. But at what cost? Her overshares in the interrogation room sounded genuine, and those were also on the record.
Carrie suggests that because she was right all along about Brody, she isn't "really" mentally ill. But we know that these options aren't mutually exclusive. The ending juxtaposition of family-man Brody with sad lonely Carrie suggests that Brody might, in the end, be right about her unhealthy obsession with him.
But as we move on to week six, there's one obvious question: Is Brody really going to help? Who's getting played here?


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Even before the second verse of Black Sabbath's "War Pigs," the tomatoes were flying.
More than a thousand toga-clad civilians gathered around a reflecting pool in a New York City park last week to witness the chaos of a Roman-style gladiator battle on water.
A naumachia, as it was called in Caesar's time, traditionally pits prisoners and slaves against each other in a nautical bloodsport. This time the spectators took the honors, splashing in knee-deep water and decimating the floating artwork that the event's coordinator, Duke Riley, and his team spent five months creating.
Duke Riley, an artist based in Brooklyn, has a small obsession with watercraft history. He made headlines in 2007 while trying to sail a wooden submarine he built from Revolutionary War plans towards the Queen Mary 2 cruise ship for a photo op. He was promptly arrested.
Then Riley was captivated by the idea of a naumachia when his professor at the Rhode Island School of Design last year pointed out similarities between Riley's drawings and the work Caravaggio did on the sets of the historic naval battles. The seed was planted in Riley's mind of a modern naumachia with handmade boats and plenty of pandemonium.
Watch the video below, and then read on to find out how a handful of artists brought a forgotten Roman brutality to present-day New York.
Photos: Bryan Derballa/Wired.com
While working in a residency with the Queens Museum, Riley managed to take over the adjacent, abandoned 1964 World's Fair Ice Rink.
He originally intended to use it to store supplies he acquired for the naumachia. Eventually it became his studio and proved to be a treasure trove of necessary materials: paint, wood, Styrofoam, etc.
An auxiliary team of artists even built a boat from the PVC side walls of the rink. Six out of the seven boats meant for the battle were constructed out of all recycled materials.
The event is called Those About to Die Salute You — named after the traditional final words shouted to the presiding emperor by the naumachia combatants.
Riley's plan was to have five boats, representing the five boroughs of New York City, do battle on a body of water in Queens. He invited a few friends to build their own smaller, mercenary vessels and built a surprise one of his own — an explosive replica of the Queen Mary 2.
The Pig (above) was the vision of artist Jade Townsend. It represents Manhattan and its greed and gluttony. He produced the ship for the event as a collaborative effort with Riley. Townsend intended The Pig to also be used in his solo show this September at Priska Juschka Gallery in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. If it made it through the battle.
Photos: Bryan Derballa/Wired.com
Riley folds a flag on the battleship representing Brooklyn.
Riley and his assistant Kitty Joe Saint-Marie conducted extensive research to create authentic looking reed boats and catamarans. Riley says he would often find himself obsessing over a knot or some other detail, until he remembered that these boats were ultimately going to be destroyed.
Kitty Joe Sainte-Marie took a nail through the foot while moving the Staten Island Ferry replica through the ice rink. Sainte-Marie assisted Riley through the entire five-month process.
Photos: Bryan Derballa/Wired.com
The Pig was built in sections, so that it could be moved from the ice rink to the event site in nearby Flushing Meadows Corona Park. The pool was only a foot-and-a-half deep, and the crew had no guarantee that it would float above the surface. Townsend did some shaky math beforehand, which fortunately proved accurate.
Townsend climbs up through The Pig's innards. Riley and Townsend concocted their collaboration while both showing work in the Havana Biennale in Cuba last April. They've worked tirelessly on Those About to Die ever since.
The Pig sits in sections near the pool. Its stern reads "Sick, Sick Wind" — the name of Townsend's upcoming show. If the boat were to be destroyed, it would ruin the future exhibit.
To protect the vessel, Townsend made sure to arm The Pig with firework cannons and a gas-powered water hose to dissuade potential attackers. Townsend says they accidentally loaded one of the fire fountains backwards, but caught it just in time.
"That would have been bad," he adds with a laugh ,"especially with all the gas under there."
Photos: Bryan Derballa/Wired.com
A group of museum employees gather to crew the Brooklyn boat. Representatives from museums in each borough enlisted to fight on their respective warships.
Photos: Bryan Derballa/Wired.com
On the day of the battle the tomatoes still hadn't ripened. They were to be used as projectiles for both warriors and spectators. Interns from the museum spent the afternoon bruising, slicing and microwaving dozens of boxes of tomatoes.
Townsend tosses a tomato well before the battle. As serious as the crew was about making this event happen, they still took time to test the tomatoes beforehand by pelting each other.
Photos: Bryan Derballa/Wired.com
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens was the site of the World's Fair in 1939 — the largest World's Fair ever — and again in 1964.
A giant "Unisphere" (bottom photo on page 9) was built in the middle of the central fountain in 1964, along with other structures, statues and reflecting pools. (It's near the New York Mets' old Shea Stadium and new Citi Park.)
One of the 1964 pools became the site of this naumachia. Plumbers from the city parks department filled the pool for the first time since the 1964 World's Fair. It provided a perfect venue for the mock Colosseum on water.
Riley estimates that in the two months preceding the battle, he spent six days a week and 18 hours a day preparing everything. And it was all about to be destroyed.
Photos: Bryan Derballa/Wired.com
The Queens boat enters the battle arena first to the strains of "Another One Bites the Dust" and clouds of smoke from smoke bombs. The crowd goes wild.
The Bronx catamaran follows, as an announcer introduces the entry. Both the Bronx and Queens boats were built from reeds harvested from a lake near the park. After the reeds dried, the crew bound them into seaworthy vessels.
Photos: Bryan Derballa/Wired.com
A warrior wielding a sword cautions spectators against entering the pool. Despite the warning, the pool is overrun within minutes, and the spectators quickly become warriors themselves.
A quick rivalry formed as a Queens warrior took to pulling enemies from their boats.
A warrior takes a tomato to the face. Fortunately, no one was seriously injured at the event. (That's 1964's Unisphere in the background.)
Photos: Bryan Derballa/Wired.com
Riley constructed a surprise sixth ship – a replica of the Queen Mary 2, a reference to his previous run-in with the ship in his wooden submarine.
The ship was wired with fireworks, including — fittingly — Roman candles. Townsend and the crew extinguished the flaming ship by flipping it over in the pool.
Photos: Bryan Derballa/Wired.com
After just 20 minutes of battle, most of the ships were completely wrecked.
"It's pretty typical of my projects," says Riley, "that you work on it for months and months, and there's always the risk that everything is going to get totally destroyed or confiscated."
"It keeps you focused on the nature of the way life really is: Everything is temporary," he says.
Warriors watch the end of the battle before the pool is vacated.
Photos: Bryan Derballa/Wired.com
Townsend and Sainte-Marie share a kiss amid the aftermath. After months of hard work, they're left with a pool full of garbage and an experience to remember.
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Candlesticks were made of brass, pewter, glass, sterling silver, plated silver, and all types of pottery and porcelain. The earliest candlesticks, dating from the sixteenth century, held the candle on a pricket (sharp pointed spike). These lost favor because in times of strife the large church candlesticks with prickets became formidable weapons, so the socket was mandated. A candlestick's shape is often a good indicator of its age. Candlesticks changed in style through the centuries, and designs range from Classic to Rococo to Art Nouveau to Art Deco.
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If you're reading this on the East Coast, that means we survived The Rapture which Harold Camping pegged for 6 p.m. in each time zone.
If only CDT, MDT, PDT or whatever they call DT in Hawaii and Alaska are reading this amid reports of impending cataclysm, the East Coast wasn't as lucky as the 17 other time zones that passed 6 p.m. unraptured. Which totally sucks. My request: Avenge us. My advice: Get on an airplane asap to evade the Langoliers.
Apocalypse Not: Harold Camping wrong – again – about 'The Rapture' [The Christian Science Monitor]
Minister's followers wait in vain for world's end [San Francisco Chronicle]
Rapture: the end was not nigh, after all [Telegraph]


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Four Stocks Warren Buffett, Insiders Are Betting On
MarketWatch's Laura Mandaro takes a look at four stocks in the portfolio of Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway which have seen recent insider purchases. (Photo: AP)
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The Foreign Bureau: WSJ's Global Video News Update
WSJ explores the most pressing video stories from around the world in a segment called The Foreign Bureau. We track Bangladesh protests, the siege in Nairobi, the Bo Xilai trial and the Usagi super typhoon. (Photo: Getty)
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LIHEAP AT 2010-8 Carryover and Reallotment Report FY 2010
SUBJECT: Carryover and Reallotment Report
REFERENCES: Section 2607 Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act, title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, Public Law 97-35, as amended; 45 CFR 96.81 in the Department of Health and Human Services block grant regulations; and OMB approval 0970-0106, expires 6/30/2011.
PURPOSE: To remind LIHEAP grantees of the required Carryover and Reallotment Report due August 2, 2010, to transmit the optional Carryover and Reallotment Report form, and to advise grantees that FY 2011 grant awards will not be made until the Carryover and Reallotment Report for FY 2010 is submitted to HHS.
CONTENT: Section 2607(b)(2)(B) of the LIHEAP statute as amended by Title III of the Augustus F. Hawkins Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1990, Public Law 101-501, states that:
No amount may be held available under this paragraph for a State from a prior fiscal year to the extent such amount exceeds 10 percent of the amount payable to such State for such prior fiscal year. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the amount payable to a State for a fiscal year shall be determined without regard to any amount held available under this paragraph for such State for such fiscal year from the prior fiscal year.
Grantees may request to carry forward from one fiscal year to the next up to 10% of the amount payable to the grantee for the first fiscal year. The funds that are carried over must be obligated by the grantee by the end of the fiscal year following the year in which they are appropriated. For example, at least 90% of the funds allocated to you for FY 2010 must be obligated by September 30, 2010, the end of FY 2010. Up to 10% may be carried over for use in FY 2011, but those funds must be obligated no later than September 30, 2011. (Please note that this requirement applies to obligation only, not expenditure of funds.)
Any funds carried over are not to be included in the base for calculating carryover in the following year. If more than 10% of a grantee's funds payable remains unobligated at the end of the fiscal year for which they were allotted, these excess funds must be returned to HHS and are subject to reallotment among all grantees in the next fiscal year.
The 10% carryover limit does not apply to LIHEAP leveraging incentive award funds. The period of obligation for the entire amount of leveraging incentive funds awarded to a grantee is the award period (the fiscal year in which these funds were awarded) and the following fiscal year, as explained in our regulations at 45 CFR 96.87(k).
The LIHEAP statute and regulations require LIHEAP grantees to report information to HHS concerning funds to be carried forward and funds subject to reallotment. The 1994 reauthorization of the LIHEAP statute, the Human Services Amendments of 1994 (Public Law 103-252), requires that the Carryover and Reallotment Report for one fiscal year be submitted to HHS by the grantee before the allotment for the next fiscal year may be awarded.
Consequently, HHS will not make a grant award to a grantee for FY 2011 until we have received that grantee's Carryover and Reallotment Report for FY 2010. Attachment C includes tables showing FY 2010 block grant and contingency fund allotments, excluding leveraging awards, and the allowable 10% maximum carryover amounts for each grantee.
Note to States, Territories, and Tribes/Tribal Organizations: The receipt of all FY 2010 block grant funds and the contingency funds released in January 2010 should be included in your carryover calculations. Because the Carryover and Reallotment Report is due August 1, before the end of the fiscal year, you may find that your estimates later prove to be inaccurate. If this occurs, please submit a corrected report as soon as possible.
Note to Tribes/Tribal Organizations: Please inform us as soon as possible if you expect to have more than 10% in carryover funds. This will allow us to redirect the excess funds to the States so that they can serve tribal households until the end of FY 2010 with the remaining funds. This would prevent the reallotment of the excess carryover funds. (For suggestions of alternate ways to obligate LIHEAP funds, please see LIHEAP-IM-2001-13, "Uses of LIHEAP Funds", dated 1/10/01, which can be found on the LIHEAP website under "Guidance, Policies, and Procedures, Special Topics".)
Report Requirements and Reporting Form
An optional form for submission of the Carryover and Reallotment Report (OMB approval 0970-0106, expiration date - 6/30/2011) is attached. Completion of this form is voluntary but will clarify what information is to be covered in the report. Instructions for determining carryover are in Attachment A; the report form is included as Attachment B. The report should include the requirements set out in our regulations at 45 CFR 96.81 that the Carryover and Reallotment Report be submitted to HHS by August 1 of each calendar year and contain:
1. The amount of the grantee's allotment for the current fiscal year that the grantee desires to remain available for obligation in the succeeding fiscal year, not to exceed 10% of the amount payable to such grantee for the fiscal year;
2. The amount of funds, if any, to be subject to reallotment;
3. If funds are carried forward, a statement of the reasons that these funds will not be used in the fiscal year for which they were allotted; and
4. A description of the types of assistance to be provided with the amount held available for the following fiscal year.
The Carryover and Reallotment Report must be made in writing, since it will potentially form the basis for modification of grant awards. All grantees must submit a report, even if no funds are to be carried over or made available for reallotment. As August 1 falls on a Sunday this year, these reports must be submitted no later than August 2, 2010 to:
Administration for Children and Families
Office of Community Services, ACF, HHS
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Washington, D.C. 20447
Attention: Imani Kirk
ATTACHMENTS: (A) Simplified Instructions for Timely Obligation of FY 2010 LIHEAP Funds and Reporting Funds for Carryover and Reallotment
(B) Form for Carryover and Reallotment Report for FY 2010
(C) FY 2010 LIHEAP Allotments and 10% Maximum Carryover Amounts for States/Tribes/Territories
INQUIRIES: Nick St. Angelo, Director
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Stephen Gendin, who was at the center of AIDS activism for fifteen years and whose provocative writing in POZ magazine as a gay man struggling with HIV sparked community controversies, died on Wednesday, July 19, at New York City's Roosevelt Hospital. His partner, Kyle "Hush" MacDowell, was at his side. Gendin was 34.
Gendin's death was caused by cardiac arrest while he was undergoing chemotherapy for AIDS-related lymphoma. In addition to being a columnist and contributing editor at POZ, he was co-founder of Community Prescription Service, a national mail-order pharmacy service for people with HIV.
"I have never met a man I admired more," said POZ founder Sean Strub after Gendin's death. "Continued AIDS activism, in the absence of Stephen's integrity, excruciating honesty, and deep drive for meaning, at the moment, feels impossible."
Gendin, who served as the youngest member of the executive committee of the 1987 National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, learned he had HIV when he was an 18-year-old Brown University freshman. From that day on, he became a dedicated and outspoken activist on behalf of PWAs, founding ACT UP/Rhode Island and helping to launch the Rhode Island AIDS Project before graduating from Brown. A member of ACT UP/New York's fundraising commitee, he took part in dozens of demonstrations and civil disobedience actions, racking up a lengthy rap sheet of arrests. In 1989, he launched ACT UP's Treatment and Data Digest, a pioneer PWA-empowering treatment newsletter. As CEO of the nation's only HIV-positive-owned-and-operated mail-order prescription service, founded in 1991, Gendin continued to provide lifesaving medical information through newsletters, community forums, and other services to tens of thousands of people with HIV.
Larry Kramer, founder of ACT UP, said, "I remember the first time I saw Stephen at one of the first ACT UP meetings. He'd come all the way down from Brown. And he did it weekly, just to be with us, fighting. I remember the last time I saw him, just a week or so ago, looking just as much the handsome fighter, having just come through yet another awful close call, but standing straight, tall, with that same determined expression he had that first day. I remember thinking: He's going to make it through this after all."
Gendin continued to distinguish himself as one of the few activists to focus his energies on HIV prevention as well as treatment, long past the heyday of ACT UP's militancy. In 1994, when gay men faced a second wave of infections, he founded the AIDS Prevention Action League to spearhead new models of community-based, sex-positive prevention. Two years later, he co-founded Sex Panic! to combat attacks on New York City's sexual culture.
But it was as a POZ columnist that Gendin made his most controversial contribution. Whether writing about the indignities of HIV-drug-related diarrhea, his fantasy of assassinating Senator Jesse Helms, or the conflicted pleasure to be had in barebacking and the intense soul-searching that resulted, Gendin had the uncanny ability to catalyze community discussion of complicated, contentious issues. His pieces could also outrage a community of readers that prized itself on being beyond outrage.
Gendin showed early promise. He was a Boy Scout starting in the second grade, and was president of the 35-member science and engineering post #199 of the Wolverine Council, sponsored by Bechtel Power Corporation (where later, as a high school student, he secured an intership in the engineering department). He was named a "National Explorer Scout of the Year" (the Explorer Scouts are affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America). As a high school student, Gendin was one of the first out gay activist teenagers in the country.
Gendin was a 1989 graduate of Brown Unviersity, obtaining a bachelor's degree in Religious Studies. He attended the Union Theological Seminary, completing two years toward his master's degree.
Gendin is survived by his partner, Kyle "Hush" MacDowell of New York City; his father, Sidney Gendin of Ypsilanti, Michigan; and his sister, Margo Hart of Ionia, Michigan. His mother, Natalie Hauser Gendin, died in 1990 with Stephen at her side.
Contributions in memory of Stephen Gendin may be made to: Aid for AIDS, (212) 336-8043, an organization that distributes anti-HIV drugs to developing countries; the Hetrick-Martin Institute, (212) 674-2400; and GLSEN (the Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network), (212) 727-0135.
The above obituary is from a press release distributed by POZ magazine, Greg Lugliani, Executive Editor.


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Testing the soil in a vegetable garden is quickly done, and the benefits are long-term. University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator Richard Hentschel said that if the soil is right, gardeners should be able to produce fresh vegetables all season long.
"Gardeners can test their soil anytime," he said. "Fall is best because the applied fertilizers and organic matter have had a chance to react with the garden soil, so readings are more accurate."
Soil tests measure pH, which is the level of soil acidity or alkalinity. A pH of 6.0 to 7.0 is necessary to ensure that nutrients needed for good growth are available to the plant.
"If gardeners have added lots of organic matter over the growing season, the pH is likely to be in the 6.0 to 6.5 range, which is good for the vegetables," Hentschel noted.
"A level of 3 to 4 percent organic matter is good," he continued. "It can be home-grown composts, well-rotted animal manures and even the annual turning under of disease-free vegetable plant parts."
He noted that, particularly in newer subdivisions where the soil was disturbed during construction, adding organic matter will benefit the garden. As well as providing nutrients and water-holding capacity, organic matter helps to restructure the soil.
"Gardens get better over time because the root systems that remain in the garden add to the organic matter content, and any mulches that get turned under help, too," said Hentschel.
A typical soil test will also indicate phosphorus and potassium levels. These two, along with nitrogen, are the "Big Three" nutrients used by the plants.
Phosphorus and potassium are stable in the soil, so their levels remain relatively constant over time. If the soil test shows that they are at proper levels, adding any more can contribute to the degradation of groundwater. Nitrogen, however, is water-soluble and its level varies considerably over time. It is likely that, by the time the results of a soil test come back, nitrogen levels will have changed.
Soil sampling is easy. Take the samples near the middle of the garden. Take vertical samples to a depth of six to eight inches, the level at which most vegetable plants find their food.
Using a garden shovel or spade, dig a small hole to an eight- to nine-inch depth. Using the shovel or spade, slice down one edge of the hole. Repeat this process several times to be sure you get that representative sample for the actual test. Most labs require only a small butter dish full of soil; others provide small paper bags in which to submit the soil sample.
"You can even use a larger bulb planter to take your samples if it will go the eight inches," said Hentschel. "If possible, after your test results and recommendations come back, put those amendments down this fall to let them begin to react with the soil."
Extension has a website (http://urbanext.illinois.edu/soiltest/) to help gardeners find nearby testing laboratories. Choose a lab that can provide recommendations scaled for the home garden. The local county extension office may have suggestions; to find the nearest county extension office, go to http://web.extension.illinois.edu


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My name is Tom. Eight years ago I created the fun programming game AntMe! to act on my conviction that the shortage of skilled workers in our IT industry was related to the inadequate and outdated learning materials used by our education system.
Students need to experience flashes of successes—it's those moments of revelation when you see a concept in action and understand: I did that, and I know how I did it, that make learning fun and lead to enduring interest in the subject. And that's exactly what makes AntMe! so successful. Students quickly begin writing their first lines of code and bringing the ants to life. It's fun, it's exciting, and it brings boys and, crucially, girls as well closer to IT in a playful way.
My goal is to offer the game for free to schools and universities—but to do that, I need your support. If you're a company that depends on well-trained IT experts, or if you train them yourself, then let's discuss a sponsoring or investment package. I appreciate every kind of support.
We have many ideas about how to make AntMe! even more exciting. There are many new features waiting to be implemented. But to do that, we need time and we need money—and that's why we also need you to help us advance AntMe!
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AntMe! is a free, fun game that teaches players object-oriented programming. It's easy to pick up, it's exciting, and despite being a game, it's very relevant to real-world applications. You control your very own ant colony using real, professional code. You teach your ants how to master many challenges, like how to gather sugar and apples, how to defend their anthill and how to defeat the natural enemies of ants and programmers alike: bugs. From the very start, AntMe! teaches you how to code using a real programming language (C# and Visual Basic are currently supported). That means that you can immediately utilize your new knowledge to write working programs of your own. The game is based on a sound scientific foundation and is currently used with considerable success in a number of schools and universities.
AntMe! GmbH was established on 30 June 2014 by me, Tom Wendel. I'm not only the lead developer on the current version of the game; I've been part of the project from the beginning ever since I created the AntMe! concept eight years ago.
Dominik Bösl > Computer scientist focusing on robotics and trend research. Innovation Manager at KUKA.
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The job picture continued to dim considerably in recent weeks, particularly in the financial sector, as Citigroup confirmed it would be cutting as many as 53,000 jobs, while JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America announced deep staff cuts as they absorb fallen financial institutions, Washington Mutual and Merrill Lynch, respectively.
The pain is global. On December 2 European bank heavyweights Credit Suisse and HSBC Holdings announced they were axing hundreds of jobs in Britain as the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression bites.
The cuts are the latest in a wave of job losses in which over 100,000 jobs have been axed at major global financial institutions since September.
In the US the Labor Department said new claims for unemployment benefits jumped to a 16-year high in late November, providing more evidence of a rapidly weakening job market expected to get even worse next year.
New applications for jobless benefits rose to a seasonally adjusted 542,000 which was much higher than Wall Street economists' expectations of 505,000,
That is also the highest level of claims since July 1992, the department said.
The latest moves in the banking sector come amid an overall wave of layoffs across the United States, and Europe, as companies move to cut costs in the face of slackening demand and a general economic downturn.
Indeed, the National Association of Business Economists' recent poll of 50 professional forecasters said U.S. economy is in recession and will contract at a faster pace in the fourth quarter. The unemployment rate was likely to peak at 7.5 percent by the third quarter of 2009. The latest jobs report put the unemployment at 6.5 percent, a 15-year high.
Here's a rundown of some of the recently announced job cuts: (source: Reuters, with CNBC staff):
- At least 10,000 employees at Merrill Lynch, are expected to be laid off as Bank of America absorbs the investment bank. Pink slips could start being delivered as soon as this week, sources have told CNBC. Together the two firms had 260,000 employees, about 50,000 in investment banking.
- Bank of America, the second-largest U.S. bank by assets, said in June it expected to eliminate about 7,500 jobs over the next two years after the completion of its acquisition of Countrywide Financial Corp, the largest U.S. mortgage lender.
- JPMorgan Chase said on December 1 it will eliminate about 9,200 jobs at the former Washington Mutual, which on Sept. 25 became the largest U.S. bank to fail. The cuts amount to more than 21 percent of the work force at WaMu, which ended June with 43,198 employees. The cuts follow earlier reports JPMorgan Chase would lay off 10 percent of its investment banking staff —about 3,000 jobs—as the economy cratered.
- Switzerland-based Credit Suisse said on December 2 it was cutting 650 jobs in the United Kingdom, equivalent to roughly 3 percent of its investment banking workforce of about 21,300. Credit Suisse has axed more than 2,000 jobs, the majority in investment banking in the last year since 2007.
Britain's HSBC , Europe's biggest bank, said on December 2 it was cutting 500 jobs at its UK banking business following a review of the business. HSBC, which employs 58,000 people in Britain, slashed 1,100 investment banking jobs in September, about 4 percent of its workforce.
- India's steelmaker ArcelorMittal plans to indefinitely lay-off 2,444 employees from its Indiana plant which comes after the company's previously announced plan to reduce production in North America by 40 percent. Worldwide the firm announced announced plans November 28 it was to eliminate up to 9,000 white-collar employees to lower by $1bn its overall costs amid an economic slowdown.
- Philips Electronics said November 25 it plans to cut
1,600 jobs, roughly 5 percent of the 32,000 employees at its health care division.
- The Swedish construction behemoth, Skanska (OMX Stockholm:SKA B) also announced November 25 that it plans to cut its workforce by 3,400 from its 60,000 worldwide employee base, to reflect an expected a 15% drop in new orders in 2009.
- The jobs cull continued apace in the banking industry as Royal Bank of Scotland announced at the weekend it was preparing to cut 3,000 staff from its investment banking business, which has 21,000 staff in 50 locations across the globe.
- The Bank of New York Mellon said Thursday it will cut its
worldwide work force by 4 percent, or about 1,800 jobs, blaming the weak global
- Deutsche Bank is going to cut 900 jobs from its London and New York offices.
- Neptune Orient Lines the world's seventh-largest container carrier, said on Wednesday it will shed 9 percent of its workforce—about 1,000 jobs, mostly in North America— and warned of a grim outlook for the shipping sector.
- The Associated Press plans to cut up to 10 percent of its workforce in 2009—roughly 400 employees—according to sources at the news service, as it copes with tough financial times and ailing member newspapers.
- In Europe, French carmaker Peugeot Citroen said it would cut 2,700 jobs, engine maker Roll-Royce said it expects up to 2,000 job cuts next year, while Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca anticipated 1,400 job losses over coming years.
- Boeing announced plans on November 19 to cut approximately 800 positions at a Wichita, Kansas plant, due to delays in the U.S. Air Force tanker-replacement project and the end of other programs. The layoffs, which will hit managers and both salaried and hourly workers, will take place mostly in the first half of 2009.
Citigroup is cutting as many as 53,000 jobs in its investment bank and other divisions throughout the world. (Read more here).
- Sun Microsystems said it plans to cut up to 6,000 jobs, or 18 percent of its global work force, as sales of high-end servers have collapsed.
- BT Group , the UK telecommunications firm, will cut 10,000 jobs, or 6.3% of its global work force, in the first quarter of 2009.
- Applied Materials, the semiconductor-and-solar panel equipment maker, is slashing 1,800 jobs, the company annonnced after reporting four-quarter profits fell 45% on weak sales due to declining corporate technology spending.
- Circuit City , which is filing for bankruptcy, is laying off about 17 percent of its domestic work force, which could affect up to 7,300 people.
- Deutsche Post , German mail and logistics company Deutsche Post will cut 9,500 jobs at its DHL unit in the U.S. and eliminate U.S.-only domestic express shipping.The new round of cuts, which will see the shedding of 7,000 in a single town, Wilmington, Ohio (pop. 12,00) that has been the hub of DHL's five-year effort to take on US rivals UPS and FedEx on their home turf, are on top of another 5,400 job cuts it already announced.
- Nortel Networks plans to lay off 1,300 workers, nearly 5 percent of its workforce.
- Motorola posted a third-quarter net loss and revenue fell a steeper-than-expected 15 percent, as a result the telecom equipment maker will slash 3,000 jobs in a cost-cutting effort.
- Ford said it would cut 2,260 white-collar workers in North America.
- General Motors , which previously said it would reduce salaried employment costs by 20 percent, will also cut another 1,900 salaried jobs on top of the 5,100 announced last summer. GM also said it is reducing some employee benefits, including 401 k contributions and other programs.
- Fidelity Investments will start laying off about 2.9 percent of its global workforce later this month—affecting 1,288 workers in the first round from a workforce of 44,4000—and plans to trim more workers early next year.
- Toy maker Mattel Inc. says it is cutting some 1,000 positions worldwide in response to the ongoing economic downturn. The El Segundo-based company says the positions amount to 3 percent of the company's worldwide workforce and will reduce its professional and management staff by 8 percent. Cuts will come from a combination of layoffs, attrition and retirements, the company said.
- Goldman Sachs notified roughly 3,200 employees this month that they have been laid off, part of previously reported plans to slash 10 percent of the firm's global work force. The move comes after laying off hundreds of support staff and junior bankers in June. The company had a record 32,569 employees in August and the latest cuts reduce headcount to the lowest since 2006.
- Barclay's plans to cut about 3,000 jobs as it brings Lehman Brothers into its fold. Lehman, which filed for bankruptcy last month, had 26,000 employees. About 10,000 have been given jobs until at least the end of the year.
- The lack of merger and acquisitions and initial public offerings is hitting Morgan Stanley hard. The U.S. investment bank said on July 31 it was finished cutting jobs, having slashed 4,800 jobs in the past year but some analysts expect Morgan could lay off 15 percent of its work force.
- Wachovia, said in August it would cut 6,950 jobs, 600 more than it had previously disclosed.
UBS said at the beginning of October it would cut another 2,000 jobs at its troubled investment bank. The job losses come on top of 7,000 jobs already cut, about 4,100 of which were in investment banking positions cut in the past year. The bank will have reduced its headcount by more than 10 percent to under 80,000.
Commerzbank announced its plan to cut 9,000 jobs in the wake of its agreement to purchase Dresdner Bank from Allianz . About 2,500 jobs of the 9,000 cuts will be outside Germany.
UniCredit, Europe's fourth-largest bank said in June it would shed 9,000 posts out of 100,000 in Germany, Austria and its domestic base Italy.
First American, the largest U.S. title insurer, by reported revenue said last month it cut 1,250 jobs in the third quarter, bringing the total for the year to about 2,950, or 8 percent of its workforce. It has cut roughly 6,500 jobs since the first quarter of 2007.
- National City Corp said this month it planned to reduce 4,000 jobs, or 14 percent of its workforce, over three years to save $500 million to $600 million annually by 2011.
- Computer maker Dell, which is nearing the end of nearly 9,000 job cuts, has asked employees to consider taking up to five days of unpaid vacation, is offering voluntary severance packages and has instituted a global hiring freeze.
- Nissan announced layoffs affecting 2,500 salaried jobs overseas and 1,000 temporary posts in Japan amid plans to cut vehicle productions globally.
- Privately held Chrysler said it was cutting about 5,000 salaried employees. Earlier in the month, it said was slashing 1,825 jobs as the result of plant closings.
- Money manager Janus Capital said it would cut 9 percent of its staff a day after rival AllianceBernstein said it would make unprecedented job cuts.
- Xerox announced job cuts of 5 percent, or 3,000 positions, due to a "tough business environment."
- Hewlett-Packard is laying off more than 24,00 employees due to weak technology spending and the integration of tech-services giant Electronic Data Systems, which H-P acquired earlier this year for $13.25 billion.
- Mining equipment maker Terex said it would lay off hundreds of workers and suspend its share buyback program to preserve cash.
- Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide said it plans to cut an unspecified number of jobs to offset slowing travel demand.
- American Century says is plans to cut 270 jobs this week, reducing workforce by 17 percent. They insist that no portfolio managers are to be affected by the impending job cuts.
- Merck announced plans to cut 12 percent of its workforce, citing a need to change its business model in order to survive.
- Fidelity National Financial , which controls one of the largest U.S. title insurers, announced 1,000 job cuts, office closings, a 10 percent pay cut and a 50 percent dividend cut, which comes on top of 1,600 job eliminations in the April-to-June period.
- Biotechnology company Maxygen plans to cut nearly 30 percent of its workforce and explore strategic options due to the current financial environment
- Popular Inc. , parent of Banco Popular, is cutting 600 positions and more than a quarter of its branches in the United States.


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Applicants age 60 years and older are eligible for the majority of EMBARK's Mobility Management Services and all services require an application process. Applications based on a disabling condition may require verification of the applicant's functional disability by a physician or other certified healthcare professional.
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one of the add-ons i find really useful is petbattle teams. it allows you to define an unlimited number of teams and then switch a new team in with a single mouse click. in addition to remembering which three pets are on a team, it remembers which three spells you have selected for each pet.
here is what it looks like on my computer:
it creates an extra frame to your pet journal, showing all the teams you have defined. you can see that i've named my teams based on their purpose. i've got four different teams for leveling in the valley of the four winds, each with the pet i'm currently leveling (today it's the scourged whelpling) and two level 25 pets chosen for their ability to carve up critters and aquatics. after each fight, i switch to the next team, and by the time i've used all four the the cooldown on revive pets is up, saving me the trouble of having to find a stable master. you can also see a team with heavy mechanical damage for fighting beasts, and my teams for fighting some of the npc pet tamers. i took this screen shot as i was getting ready to fight the tamer in winterspring (that goblin whose name i don't bother to remember), so that team is currently selected one. underneath the list are buttons for creating a new team, casting revive pets, and slapping bandages on them.
i started using petbattle teams shortly after mists came out. back then, i only had two teams - the six pets i initially leveled. being able to instantly swap between them was a big help even then. now, i have no idea how i'd manage to keep it all straight without it.
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I would be SO LOST without this addon! I can't recommend it enough.ReplyDelete
I tried that one out a while ago but for a while I've been using 'PetBattleTabs' - although mine is limited by a maximum of 8 teamsReplyDelete
This add on is a must have for pet battlers, I do not know what I would do without it. My notebook would be full but instead I have a mess of teams with names for who they are used for. Set it and forget it. Have to love this add on.ReplyDelete
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January 26, 2012
Moeller Hall awarded prestigious Gold LEED certification
Columbus State's Moeller Hall on the Delaware Campus has been awarded Gold certification from Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). Built on time and under budget, the $24 million, 80,000-square-foot academic center was designed to meet stringent LEED standards.
"We knew that Moeller Hall would likely meet the less-stringent Silver LEED requirements, but we weren't sure if it would qualify for the Gold standard," said Paul Goggin, director of Facilities Services. "The award is much appreciated and certainly helps showcase the design by Phillip Markwood Architects and the construction work guided by general contractor Miles McClellan."
During the construction process, 96 percent of construction waste was recycled. Once completed, the building's environmental design has helped saved thousands of dollars in energy costs. Large walls of windows on one side of the building allow natural light to infiltrate even interior classrooms. Directional parking lot lights save energy by illuminating only necessary areas. Most indoor rooms have automatic lights that shut off when no one is in the room, and turn on when someone enters.
The college also scored points for purchasing a portion of materials in the region. Nearly 35 percent of building materials were processed and manufactured within 500 miles of the site. That proximity reduces gasoline needed to transport the products.
Water reduction was also a key factor helping achieve a high LEED score. For example, water conservation outdoors was achieved by not installing a permanent irrigation system.
Meet the Dean candidate at open forum
The Office of Human Resources and Office of the Vice President of Academic Affairs will host an Open Forum for Arts and Science Dean Candidate Maria "Mary" Marron on Monday, January 30, from 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. in WD Room 404. She will be available to answer questions and provide her vision for Arts and Sciences and Columbus State. You can view the candidate's biography here. Refreshments will be provided. For further information about these forums, please contact Stephanie Bostos Demers or call ext. 5519. For the most up-to-date information please follow the Human Resources Department on Facebook: Human Resources at CSCC or Twitter: @CSCC_HR.
Town Hall meeting with Dr. Harrison scheduled at Delaware Campus
President Harrison invites you to attend an upcoming Town Hall meeting at the Delaware Campus. The meeting will be an open format question-and-answer session with the President, so gather up your questions, concerns and comments and attend the meeting on Monday, February 6, from 10:00- 11:00 a.m. in Moeller Hall, Room 112.
Winter enrollment data now available
Preliminary Winter Quarter 2012 headcounts and FTEs as of the census date, January 17, 2012, are now available online.
The Columbus State headcount stood at 30,273 paid students compared to the Winter 2011 headcount of 29,607. This represents a 2.25 percent increase from a year ago.
Total Full Time Equivalent (FTE) for Winter Quarter 2012 is 19833.07, which is a 1.52 percent increase over last Winter Quarter.
The Winter Quarter 2012 Quick Glance comparison data sheet, showing Columbus and Delaware Campuses, distance and off-campus totals in addition to the College totals, is available at: http://intranet.cscc.edu/ids/Headcount.shtml; then click on "Quick Glance Data (Winter 2012)".
If you have any questions about the data, please contact Jim Hamberg, at ext. 5643.
Central District Science Day scheduled for March 17, volunteers needed
Columbus State will again host the Ohio Academy of Sciences Central District Science Day on Saturday, March 17. Approximately 500 students from local area middle and high schools will present their science projects in hopes of advancing to the state competition in May. Volunteers are needed to judge these projects and also to assist in the smooth operation of the activities.
Judges will be needed during the period from 8:00 a.m. to about 12:30 p.m. If you have never judged before, don't worry! An orientation session will assist you. All judging is done in pairs and any inexperienced judge will be paired with an experienced judge to help you along.
Additional volunteers are needed to help the event run smoothly. Times of service will vary. Volunteers will help students find their display sites, assist in registration, tally up the scores, assist the judges by collecting score cards, and act as hall monitors to maintain order and security. There is a volunteer job for every person regardless of science training.
This is an excellent community service opportunity so come and make it a success.
If you would like more information about this event or if you want to volunteer as a judge or in any other capacity please contact John Blaha, professor in Physical Sciences, in Nestor Hall 4114, at ext. 5930, or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Avoid "phishing" with simple rules
Have you received any unsolicited email messages recently which appear to come from a credit card company, financial institution, or even Columbus State Community College? If so, you may be the victim of a "phishing" attempt, according to Rob Clifford, Information Security.
Phishing is an attempt to deceive an individual into divulging personal and financial information such as your social security number and/or other account information. These messages look very official but aren't. One simple rule will keep you and your personal account information safe - never divulge any personal information when you have not initiated the contact with the institution.
Here's an example of a phishing attempt sent to some Columbus State employees and faculty this week:
You are required to verify your webmail account by filling the spaces below with your username and password or your account will be deleted from the school webmail database within the next 48 hours.
Cscc Helpdesk Team."
If you receive an email like this, here are some simple guidelines to follow:
Columbus State will NEVER email or call you asking for this information.
If you receive an email or a call asking for this information, do not respond with the requested information (either at home or at work)
If you receive an email, forward it to firstname.lastname@example.com (while at work)
Call the I.T. Support Center at extension 5050 if you suspect a fraudulent email (while at work)
If you have any questions regarding phishing attempts or any other security issue, please contact Rob Clifford at email@example.com or at extension 3686.
Course offered: "Dealing with Grouches, Grumps and Grudges"
Employees can learn how to deal with unrealistic expectations of customers and have them (and you) to feel good about the encounter in the upcoming class Dealing with Grouches, Grumps and Grudges: What's Customer Service Got to Do With It?
Learn practical and easily applied techniques to make every interaction with customers productive and satisfying. Learn how to deal with challenging internal customers – meeting their needs and our own. You will learn:
Why good service is important to you
The positive impact of customer complaints
What to do about customers' unrealistic expectations
The difference between service and satisfaction – what do customers want anyway?
Ways to really hear what customers are saying
How to build credibility and rapport with customers – empowering words, engaging attitudes
Dealing with irate customers; with profanity
Ways to say "no" nicely
Dealing with the challenging internal customer
Trainer: Susan Stasiak
Wednesday, February 8
8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
And if you can't get enough of grumps, attend "Dealing with Grouches, Grumps and Grudges II: Building Better Relationships with Almost Anyone." This new session will build on the concepts introduced in the first session. Even if you haven't been able to attend the first session, all are welcome!
Interpersonal skills have never been more important than now. We are all tasked with the responsibility to accomplish work unit goals and objectives. To achieve these we often need to rely on others. This training develops the relationship skills and enhances understanding of others' styles and differences to gain commitment and cooperation with co-workers, supervisors and customers. The training introduces principles of communication, influence and collaboration skills as well as practice in setting healthy workplace boundaries.
Trainer: Susan Stasiak
Wednesday, April 18
8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
To register, go to http://web.cscc.edu/is/employeetraining/login.asp and log in to register for the courses.
For additional information please contact: Mary Francis McLaughlin at firstname.lastname@example.com or call ext. 5220.
Last call for greeting card design contest!
The Greeting Card Design Contest is wrapping up at the Bookstore, but there's still time to submit your original design through Friday, January 27. Designs must be submitted as a 5" x 7" PDF and emailed to email@example.com by 5 p.m. on Friday. Designs are being accepted for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day, and Grandparent's Day.
The winning design will receive a $100 Bookstore gift card, the 2nd place winner will receive a $50 gift card, and 3rd place will receive a $25 gift card. All winning designs will be made into greeting cards that will be sold in the Bookstore.


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Train sets are the easy way to get started with a scale railroad. Many children have fond memories of the train set under the holiday tree. Today many sets are full of great ready to assemble models. The loop of track is easy to assemble and helps get you up and running quickly. A basic power pack is all you need to run your set's trains. Locomotives and cars are ready for service – just put them on the track and watch them go!
Some sets come with accessories like buildings, signs and basic scenery – perfect for putting you on the right track for moving to a permanent layout! A few sets are controlled with DCC (Digital Command Control), which allows easy operation of more than one train on a single line, and a few sets include sound features for more fun.
With more track comes more trains – extra locomotives and cars. More advanced train-only sets include just the locomotive and cars – perfect for adding more trains with a unified theme such as a coal train or a special passenger train. Some modelers like to model specific real locos and cars while others add equipment they've seen or ridden in their lifetime and train-only sets give them the loco and cars they need.
It all has to begin somewhere. Walthers can provide one of many starter freight or passenger train sets in HO, N, O, Z or G scale.
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Award-winning author Cynthia Leitich Smith, called a "rising star" by Multicultural Review, writes fiction for everyone, but she has a particular affection for young readers, from kids to twenty-somethings.
Cynthia Leitich Smith is the author of Jingle Dancer (Morrow, 2000), Indian Shoes (HarperCollins, 2002), and Rain is Not My Indian Name (HarperCollins, 2001)(Listening Library, 2001). She is a member of faculty at the Vermont College M.F.A. program in Writing for Children and Young Adults. Her website at www.cynthialeitichsmith.com was named one of the top 10 Writer Sites on the Internet by Writer's Digest and an ALA Great Website for Kids. Her Cynsations blog at cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com was listed as among the top two read by the children's/YA publishing community in the SCBWI "To Market" column. Cynthia's more recent titles are a picture book, Santa Knows (Dutton, 2006) and two young adult gothic fantasy novels, Tantalize (Candlewick, 2007, 2008) and Eternal (Candlewick, 2009). She makes her home in Austin, Texas; with her husband, author Greg Leitich Smith.
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(Cinet)- The third Vietnam – Japan cultural exchange festival took place in the central city of Da Nang on July 29 -31 as part of a host of activities to attract investment and promote the face and cultures of Japan and Danang.
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