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Swimming in the blissful good fortune of someone who reached her forties without losing a close loved one, I was horrible when it came to helping others who were dealing with death. I once didn't contact a good friend for months after her mom died. On the day a neighbor had to euthanize his dog who had been his main companion for 20 years, I asked, "Are you going to get another dog?" He looked at me like I'd slapped him.
But then I joined the club. My dad was killed in August of 2015. He was on his motorcycle and was hit by a semi-truck that crossed into his lane. My dad was 62 years old, and his death was – is still – a gut-punching shock.
My dad lived in a small town, surrounded by our large family, and was active in his church and community. The initial days of our mourning were very public -- people dropped by with food and toilet paper, strangers gave their condolences at the visitation, friends he hadn't seen since high school attended the funeral. I would have assumed that I would hate feeling exposed to so many. But in reality, each word and hug and offer of support helped. Each human contact meant something to me, gave me an opportunity to cry, and made me feel not so afraid and alone.
I want to remember that. In honor of all those people who spoke and hugged and emailed, I want to remember how I would like to behave the next time someone I know is grieving the death of a loved one.
1. I will reach out anyway I can.
I was amazed how helpful each text, Facebook post, email, phone call, card or drop-by was. Death is terrifying and being shown that I had this ever-growing wall of support and love to lean on comforted me and made me feel less alone. I didn't care about the substance of the message; all I cared about was the karmic hug offered by each person.
2. I won't worry about what to say.
So often, I didn't reach out to someone who was grieving because I worried about what to say. But when I was in grief, I really didn't care what was said. I just needed the support, the affirmation of being loved, the comfort of a hello. Just be there. The words will come.
3. I will remember that saying, "I'm sorry for your loss," is fine.
This is a great, simple phrase, easy to say and easy to mean. Said to me over and over again in the reception line after my dad's funeral, it was still meaningful. If the grievers have more to say, they will. But it's okay to just be there in silence and support.
4. I will bring food.
People in mourning forget to eat. And then they eat a ton. And then they have to get back to real life and start planning meals. It was the very last thing in the world I wanted to do. Bring food without asking. Bring fresh food and freezable food. Bring baked goods and a salad. Bring food two weeks after the funeral. But most importantly, DON'T ASK if the person needs food. Trust me. They do.
5. I won't talk about the bright side.
Focusing on the positive – "At least they got to see the Grand Canyon first," – can make this incredibly difficult conversation more comfortable for the person feeling awkward. For the person who will never see their loved one again, there is no bright side. If the mourner wants to say it, that's fine. But don't bring it up as the comforter. In the beginning stages of grief, it is not a comfort.
6. I won't ask if the mourner needs anything. I will just do.
I will bring food. I will walk their dog. I will run a load of laundry. I will deliver groceries. I will whisk their kids off for a day. "Don't hesitate to ask if you need anything," is a well-intentioned sentiment, but a person in mourning can barely pick out what to wear, much less figure out where they need help. Just jump in and help. Oh yeah, and bring food.
7. I will make plans and dates with the griever.
When I got back home after the funeral, several beloved girlfriends contacted me with dates for cocktails, coffees and my birthday lunch. I could choose which dates worked best, but they did not give me an option to bow out. Without these lovely women, I would have spent a lot of unhealthy time on the couch watching Bones re-runs. I will remember the value of a loving arm twist.
I remember thinking in the past, "They're probably tired of talking about death. I'll bring up something else," then trying to forge ahead with a new conversation. I was so wrong. Let the person talk about grieving as much and as long as he wants. When he's ready to talk about something else, he will. But let him lead the conversation.
9. I will encourage them to grieve.
One of the blessings I only fully realized after the initial fog of grieving lifted was that everyone in my life -- friends, family, husband, kids -- gave me room to grieve. No one expected me to move this thing along. I could talk and cry and stay in my sweats as long as I wanted. Encourage the griever to lean into whatever emotion he or she is feeling. Resisting grief, or ignoring it, only makes a person feel worse.
10. I will show up two weeks and a month and two months later.
The real blow of loss doesn't come until all the initial hubbub dies down. Two weeks, a month, two months later is when a mourner can really use a frozen casserole and a coffee date. I will remember to reach out and reassure the griever -- like so many wonderful people have reached out to reassure me -- that she is supported and loved.
I'd love to hear any advice you have for helping people get through grief. Please share in the comments below.


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A chic-minded suburb still close to the city.
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So many of America's oldest things.
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Seeing Dylan and Cole Sprouse on Disney Channel seems like a distant memory nowadays (minus reruns), but Suite Life of Zack and Cody was far from the only thing they starred in together. Between their shared role in Big Daddy and Cole's turn as Ross's son Ben on Friends, they've racked up a serious number of titles on their resumes. But did you remember their soccer movie, Just for Kicks?
It's about twin brothers who love soccer, but are faced with the challenge of being part of a horrible team. (Did they happen to draw inspiration from Mary Kate and Ashley's Switching Goals? It does sound awfully familiar.)
Someone reminded the boys today on Twitter of their roots when a fan tweeted a photo of an old DVD of the movie. Neither actor held back on letting everyone know what they really think of their humble beginnings. You can't escape your past, but you can take a few digs at your child-star history, it seems.
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Anti-naxal ops: Raman is ready to pull all stops
Following Sunday night's attack on securitymen in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada that cost seven lives, chief minister Raman Singh sent out a clear message to launch an all-out offensive against Maoists. HT reports.india Updated: May 14, 2012 23:17 IST
Following Sunday night's attack on securitymen in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada that cost seven lives, chief minister Raman Singh sent out a clear message to launch an all-out offensive against Maoists.
The anti-Maoist operation had been stalled after the abduction of Sukma collector Alex Menon. But on Monday, signaling a hardening of stance, Singh said, "To build consensus for peace initiative in the region now appears a remote possibility, going by the recent violence."
Late on Sunday night, Maoists had ambushed a group of security personnel near the Kirandul-based iron ore screening plant of NMDC. Six security personnel and a driver died. Though the Kirandul-Bacheli mines are a Maoist hotbed and the forces are targeted frequently, the brutality of Sunday's attack (see box) has shocked the administration and the police.
The Centre has always maintained that it was open to a dialogue, but Maoists have to quit violence first. But negating the possibility of talks, state home minister Nanki Ram Kanwar told HT, "How long will we continue a soft stance? There is no point in holding discussions with Maoists. The situation now demands that nothing should hold us back and everything is thrown at them."
Later in the evening, the chief minister convened a meeting of senior officials, where the security forces were told to give up "the defensive mindset that hampers operations".
"We have decided to revise the strategy," a senior official told HT. The forces will now virtually be given a free hand to retaliate and go ahead with the area domination operation.
Already, more policemen have been dispatched to the forest to flush out the ultras. The CISF may also increase its troop strength in the area."It needs to be seen if the home ministry can spare more forces for the state," a senior government official in Delhi said.
(With PTI inputs)
Jeep had 120 bullet holes
One target, 120 bullets. And a bunch of tiffin bombs planted 50 meters away. It was obvious that the Maoists were not taking any chances on Sunday while attacking the Bolero jeep of CISF personnel in Dantewada's Kirandul.
The ambush of six jawans, who were on their way to NDMC's Kirandul's iron ore screening plant for a duty change, was well planned.
"The security forces, in particular the CISF, follow the usual routes. The Maoists must have been monitoring their movement," said Narendra Khare, superintendent of police, Dantewada.
The 30-strong Maoist group had opened fire from three directions, leaving little scope for the jawans to retaliate, said an intelligence officer. And the attack was ruthless. "The jeep had 120 bullet holes," he said.
Ejaz Kaiser, Raipur
First Published: May 14, 2012 23:14 IST


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This is what holds the book mark in place
When the bookmark is made it is the same on the front and the back – except the front has a layer of decoupage then the head and hat form the next piece of decoupage – but you only add glue or tape to the hat
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Art and Culture
Vice-President inaugurated the World Peace Monument, the largest dome in the world
- The structure, called the 'World Peace Monument' dome, took nearly 13 years to be built.
- At 160 ft. in diameter and 263 ft tall, it is larger in area than the dome at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City (which is 136 ft. in diameter and 448 ft. in height).
- Among the statues are: Gautam Buddha, Jesus Christ, Mahavir, Moses, Guru Nanak and Mahatma Gandhi; intellectual giants like Confucius, Adi Shankaracharya, Aristotle, Aryabhatta, Socrates, Plato, Galileo and Copernicus; philosopher-saints like Dnyaneshwara, Tukaram, Abdullah Shah Qadri (famous as Baba Bulleh Shah), Francis D'Assissi, Peter, Mother Teresa and Kabir; and scientists like Albert Einstein, Thomas Alva Edison, C.V. Raman, Jagadish Chandra Bose and Marie S. Curie.
'Remarkable architecture'
This enormous structure is an architectural wonder. Constructing a 160 ft diameter structure with only 24 columns as the foundation is a remarkable feat. I am delighted to inaugurate one of the largest domes in the world and appreciate the efforts of MIT for this structure.
Massive proportions
- Each of the 24 massive columns in the 'World Peace Monument' dome stand 63 feet tall.
- The prayer hall can accommodate about 3,500 people and is embellished with more than 50 statues of saints, philosophers, scientists and statesmen from India and the world.
88 million-year-old isle and crater to be geoparks
- In a first, an ancient circular lake created by a meteorite strike in Maharashtra and a hexagonal mosaic of basaltic rocks in an island off Udupi are poised to become global geoparks, under a Geological Survey of India (GSI) plan.
- Lonar Lake in Maharashtra and St. Mary's Island and Malpe beach in coastal Karnataka are the GSI's candidates for UNESCO Global Geopark Network status.
UNESCO Global Geopark Network status
- The Geopark tag is akin to that of a 'World Heritage Site' for historical monuments that can bring India's famed geological features to the global stage.
- UNESCO Global Geoparks are single, unified geographical areas where sites and landscapes of international geological significance are managed with a holistic concept of protection, education and sustainable development.
- While a UNESCO Global Geopark must demonstrate geological heritage of international significance, the purpose of a UNESCO Global Geopark is to explore, develop and celebrate the links between that geological heritage and all other aspects of the area's natural, cultural and intangible heritages.
- Their bottom-up approach of combining conservation with sustainable development while involving local communities is becoming increasingly popular.
- At present, there are 140 UNESCO Global Geoparks in 38 countries.
- UNESCO's work with geoparks began in 2001.
- In 2004, 17 European and 8 Chinese geoparks came together at UNESCO headquarters in Paris to form the Global Geoparks Network (GGN) where national geological heritage initiatives contribute to and benefit from their membership of a global network of exchange and cooperation.
- On 17 November 2015, the 195 Member States of UNESCO ratified the creation of a new label, the UNESCO Global Geoparks, during the 38th General Conference of the Organisation.
- This expresses governmental recognition of the importance of managing outstanding geological sites and landscapes in a holistic manner.
- The Organization supports Member States' efforts to establish UNESCO Global Geoparks all around the world, in close collaboration with the Global Geoparks Network.
- An aspiring Global Geopark must have a dedicated website, a corporate identity, comprehensive management plan, protection plans, finance, and partnerships for it to be accepted.
- In mid-August, GSI moved ahead with the plan, setting a follow-up time frame of 100 days.
Lonar lake
- Lonar lake is the only known meteorite crater in basaltic rock and is world famous.
- This lake, which lies in a basalt impact structure, is both saline and alkaline in nature.
- The lake is a haven for a wide range of plant and animal life.
- Resident and migratory birds such as black-winged stilts, brahminy ducks, grebes, shelducks (European migrants), shovellers, teals, herons, red-wattled lapwings, rollers or blue jays, baya weavers, parakeet hoopoes, larks, tailorbirds, magpies, robins and swallows are found on the lake.
- Among reptiles, the monitor lizard is reported to be prominent.
- The lake is also home to thousands of peafowls, chinkara and gazelles.
- The area of 3.83Sq.km was declared as Lonar Wildlife Sanctuary by the government on 20 November 2015.
- Lonar crater became a geo-heritage site in 1979.
- It is relatively young geologically, at just 50,000 years old.
- A meteorite estimated to weigh two-million-tonnes slammed into the Earth, creating a 1.83-km diameter crater where the lake formed.
- It is distinguished by a near-perfect, circular ejecta blanket, which refers to earth thrown up during the collision, around it.
St. Mary's island
- Mary's Islands, also known as Coconut Island and Thonsepar, are a set of four small islands in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Malpe in Udupi, Karnataka, India.
- They are known for their distinctive geological formation of columnar basaltic lava.
- Mary's Island, declared a national geo-heritage site in 1975, is estimated to be an 88-million-year-old formation that goes back to a time when Greater India broke away from Madagascar.
- According to folk legend, in the year 1498, Vasco da Gama landed at St. Mary's Islands on his journey from Portugal, fixed a cross on the island and named one of these islands, O Padrão de Santa Maria, as a dedication to Mother Mary.
Rape survivor can't subvert trial
- A criminal trial is but a quest for truth," a Bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi, Naveen Sinha and K.M. Joseph declared in a judgment.
- Justice Sinha observed that societal interest for rule of law, to bring the accused to book in the face of incontrovertible proof, is as important as the rights of the victims.
- Neither the accused nor the victim can be permitted to subvert a criminal trial by stating falsehood and resort to contrivances, so as to make it the theatre of the absurd.
- The court held that ideally the victim, now married, should face the law for lying in her testimony. But the court pardoned her, saying she was barely nine years old on the date of occurrence.
- The occurrence had taken place 14 long years ago. She may have since been married and settled to a new life, all of which may possibly be jeopardized.
- The case dealt with a rape committed on a nine-year-old in Gujarat in 2004.
- The case was registered six months after the incident.
- The child had turned hostile during the trial.
- She deposed that her injuries were due to a fall.
- However, medical reports and physical examination of her clothes proved rape.
Science and Technology
Physics Nobel Goes to Laser Pioneers
- Arthur Ashkin of the U.S. won one half of the nine million Swedish kronor (about $1.01 million) prize, while Gerard Mourou of France and Donna Strickland of Canada shared the other half.
- Ashkin, who made his discovery while working at AT&T Bell Laboratories from 1952 to 1991, is the oldest winner of a Nobel prize, beating out American Leonid Hurwicz who was 90 when he won the 2007 Economics Prize.
- Meanwhile Mr. Mourou, 74, and Ms. Strickland ,59, — only the third woman to win the Physics Prize — won for helping develop a method to generate ultra-short optical pulses, the shortest and most intense laser pulses ever created by mankind.
- Their technique is now used in corrective eye surgery.
- Mourou was also involved in building the Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI) project and what is believed to be one of the world's most powerful lasers, the Apollon, in developments that researchers hope will one day help deal with nuclear waste, treating tumours and clearing debris in space.
Optical tweezers
- Ashkin, 96, was honoured for his invention of "optical tweezers" that grab particles, atoms, viruses and other living cells with their laser beam fingers.
- With this he was able to use the radiation pressure of light to move physical objects.
- A major breakthrough came in 1987 when Mr. Ashkin used the tweezers to capture living bacteria without harming them.
- Optical tweezers are scientific instruments that use a highly focused laser beam to provide an attractive or repulsive force, depending on the relative refractive index between particle and surrounding medium, to physically hold and move microscopic objects similar to tweezers.
Rescuing IL&FS
- Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Ltd. (IL&FS) was set up in 1987 by the legendary M.J. Pherwani (former chairman of Unit Trust of India, National Housing Bank, etc.) to finance and promote infrastructure projects in the country.
- This holding company is now a financial behemoth with assets of over Rs. 1,15,000 crore and a debt of Rs. 91,000 crore.
- IL&FS Finance, which is a group company of the holding IL&FS company, defaulted in late August on a commercial paper repayment. This development was followed by a default by IL&FS on repayment of a Rs. 1,000 crore deposit to Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI).
- Pursuant to this, a series of defaults by the holding company and group outfits followed. These defaults ran into the weeks leading up to the annual general meeting of IL&FS on September 29.
- Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Ltd. (IL&FS) is listed as "systemically important" by the Reserve Bank of India. The company has over Rs. 1,15,000 crore of assets and Rs. 91,000 crore of debt. Thus, it is too big to fail. This is further underlined by the fact that interlinkages between IL&FS and other financial sector entities such as banks, mutual funds and infrastructure players are too strong and the company would have taken them all down with it if it were allowed to fail.
India's drone use policy makes the possibility of a red tape-free flight very slim
What are Drones ?
- Drones are a technology platform which has wide-ranging applications from photography to agriculture, from infrastructure asset maintenance to insurance. Drones range in size from very small and those that can carry multiple kilograms of payload.
Drones are divided into five categories
- nano,
- micro,
- small,
- medium and
- large.
There is very little regulation for flying a nano up to 50 metres height, except for not flying near airports, military sites or in segregated airspace.
Long Procedure
- For drones that fall under the micro category, operators have to start with the application for a unique identification number (UIN) for each drone. There is a long list of documentation including security clearances from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in several cases.
- Once the UIN is obtained, operators get to move to the next step. They have to apply for an Unmanned Aircraft Operator Permit (UAOP). This implies more forms.
- To compound matters, in the current system, even to fly a micro drone below 200 ft, users have to intimate the local police station 24 hours prior. (One application requires that it be submitted with seven copies.)
- These provisions curb manufacturers of drones as well as technologists and researchers who have to test fly these drones frequently, often several times a day. The very structure of these regulations makes the possibility of a red tape-free flight very slim. There is also a chance that operators could be slapped easily with real and perceived violations.
- Critics further point out that although the regulation provides a list of identified areas for testing and demonstration, the locations provided are so far from technology and development hubs that it is unclear how practical these will be. Although one must concede that flying drones in these areas comes with less paperwork.
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by The Press and Standard | August 30, 2018 5:00 pm
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Dads make a difference.
And yet, too many dads today are not involved in their children's lives. Not because they do not want to be involved, but things have simply gone wrong. Relationships with their children's mothers have become strained, jobs have failed, and life has gotten complicated and disappointing. Too often, fathers missed the best instructor of all: their own fathers, acting as positive role models.
Father to Father Inc. came to Walterboro last week to help, because they care about fathers and their families. The group has opened a new office at 209 E. Washington St. to offer support and job training to Colleton County's fathers. Following speakers including Sen. Margie Bright Matthews at the waterfall plaza, the group cut the ribbon on the newly renovated building, the 19th opened in S.C.
Father to Father is the only nonprofit whose sole mission is to help fathers overcome the barriers to being a responsible and involved father by helping heal broken spirits and family relations, practice healthy parenting and gain productive, stable jobs. Participation is free.
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To all the naysayers, bug-eyed sceptics and disapproving doubting Thomases, listen up: a third apostle has spoken.
If Leonard Bernstein's own 1971 recording of his Mass (yes, italics – it's a "Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers", not a setting of the liturgy) is Gospel, Marin Alsop is the latest disciple to evangelise Bernstein's most ecstatic, charismatic and sanctified music. Compared to the intellectual fence-sitting and crackerbarrel mysticism that – since Holy Minimalism became the latest must-have lifestyle soundtrack – is every place, Bernstein's relationship with God is dangerous, probing, transformational. There are those, of course, who proffer that Bernstein thought he was God, that's why he could stand in defiance against Him. But, no – Mass reveals a man thirsting for faith but petrified of blind acceptance. Bernstein's religion was muscular and intellectualised, and the experience of Mass expands, rather than contracts, the further you travel towards the essence of its cosmology. When Kent Nagano brought down the tablets of stone in 2003, frankly, he dropped some. Jerry Hadley sang the anchoring role of the Celebrant with obedient accuracy but lacked the lusty, unselfconscious mania with which Alan Titus sexed up Bernstein's account. Released earlier this year, Randall Scarlata in Kristjan Järvi's performance preached with soul and fervour: but Alsop's Jubilant Sykes is the best of all possible Celebrants.
There can be few roles in contemporary music theatre that demand so many sides of a performer. The Celebrant is a near-constant presence on stage throughout the just-short-of-two- hour duration. He must disentangle music of gnarly complexity ("The Word of the Lord"), and bringing appropriate sincerity to writing that could slide towards doe-eyed naivety ("Simple Song"). "The Lord's Prayer", segueing into "I Go On", needs an operatic sensibility, while the Celebrant must also swing like a hipster jazzer and declaim with authentic rockist swank.
And those are just the technical riders. Mass follows the Celebrant to the darkest place a proselytiser for faith can travel – from sneaking doubt towards a full-scale breakdown as, in Bernstein's climactic scene, he trashes the altar and sends the sacraments scattering. Sykes brings an intensity that chills. In his joy is pain; in the agony of his crack-up is hope that does, indeed, ultimately blossom. His voice shakes with James Brown's ecstasy, snarls with Janis Joplin-like indigence and projects through the labyrinth of Bernstein's tricky melodic contours like any trained voice would. Sykes was born to play this part.
The stage action was Bernstein's parable for 1970s America; an America fighting a controversial war, ravaged by political and racial conflict, and the assassination of anybody who was a force for good. To portray a society in freefall, Bernstein illuminates all its music. At the beginning vocal and percussive fragments leer at the audience from out of quadraphonic speakers like latter-day Ives, and musical modernity breaks out everywhere. An atonal oboe solo sounds like calculated blasphemy, stretching chromatic choral fragments leave singers grasping free-for-all notes in aleatoric freak-outs; tonality gets refracted through tone-rows and clusters. Over this shifting abstraction, Bernstein layers church music, blues, jazz, even a brief quote from Beethoven. This is our world now, Bernstein proclaims: no place for art that thinks it knows itself.
Just as the Celebrant flips comes the most remarkable passage of all – a funky 10-bar refrain of "Dona nobis pacem" which is reiterated deliriously as blues singers improvise added lines and, eventually, the orchestra is invited to holler above "anything from the entire musical literature". Although she doesn't drive things quite as far as Bernstein, Alsop ensures this passage pushes the Celebrant over the top and Sykes's portrayal of the breakdown is moving and sensitive; the orchestral playing too, here and throughout, is lusty and unafraid to let go. Järvi's handling of that same moment is more contained, and his tendency is to stress points of demarcation within Bernstein's stylistic smorgasbord. Alsop is pacier, creating a dramatic slipstream that is powered relentlessly onwards by the awkward discontinuities and jagged narrative.
Even if this atheist cannot quite love the God-fearing D major affirmation of the final scene, as the Celebrant reconnects with his faith, it doesn't matter. The journey – the process of discovery – counts for more. The haughty certainty of bad religious music is bad religion, worse music. Beethoven's Credo from his Missa solemnis, Tippett's A Child of Our Time and Bernd Alois Zimmermann's Requiem for a Young Poet probe the terror of God. Bernstein's Mass sits in that tradition: make our garden grow – go tell it on the mountain.


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Proposals shall be addressed to the Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room N4463, Washington, DC 20210. Attention: Richard C. Trigg, National Director, Office of Job Corps. As a result of the current mail situation in Washington, DC, mail to government offices is delayed. Therefore, we strongly suggest that you FedEx or deliver your proposal by some other overnight service. It must arrive to the Office of Job Corps by 5 p.m. on September 16, 2002.Start Further Info
Richard C. Trigg, National Director, Office of Job Corps. Telephone: (202) 693-3000 (this is not a toll-free number).End Further Info End Preamble Start Supplemental Information
The Department of Labor (Department) is soliciting proposals for sites to establish two new Job Corps centers. The Job Corps program is designed to serve disadvantaged young women and men, 16 through 24, who are in need of additional educational, vocational, social skills and career development training, and other support services in order to gain meaningful employment, return to school or enter the Armed Forces. The program is primarily a residential program operating 24 hours per day, 7 days per week with non-resident enrollees limited by legislation to 20 percent of national enrollment. However, while the 20 percent level should be used as a guideline, the percentage of non-residents can vary from center to center, depending upon local needs.
Job Corps offers a comprehensive, integrated Career Development Services System which provides services for students from the time they apply through enrollment, career preparation and career development activities, and post-center career transition services. Career preparation and career development activities occur primarily on-center and include academic, vocational, information technology and social skills training; personal and career counseling; medical care; meals and housing; and related support services. Career transition services begin towards the end of the training period and continue for up to 24 months after a student leaves the center and returns home. These services include job placement and transitional support to meet individual students' needs, such as housing, transportation and child care after they leave the Job Corps center.
For this solicitation, the Department intends to select two localities for locating new centers. The centers will be stand-alone facilities of sufficient size to serve about 300 students each. These centers will be primarily residential, and may encompass a small nonresidential component.
This solicitation is for site selection only and not for the operation of these Job Corps centers. A competitive contract procurement for selection of a center operator at each site will be initiated and completed well after the site selection process has been completed.
Congress has authorized this expansion effort by appropriating $10 million in the Fiscal Year 2002 budget for Job Corps to initiate two new centers. Additional funds in the amount of $25 million are being requested for appropriation in Fiscal Year 2003 to proceed with the necessary design and construction work to establish centers on the sites eventually selected. The Department of Labor is initiating a competitive process for selecting these sites.
The Workforce Investment Act provides authorization for the establishment of Job Corps centers and requires that students be assigned to Job Corps centers closest to their homes. The determination of a locality's need for a Job Corps center will be made by analyzing State-level poverty and unemployment rates for youth using standardized uniform data available from federal agencies, such as 2000 census data, Bureau of Labor Statistics publications, and information on existing Job Corps centers, slots, enrollment levels, and locations.
In addition to this analysis, the Department will also assess the facilities at proposed sites. The assessment will focus on property acquisition costs, the cost and suitability of existing structures and the need for, and cost of, new construction and renovation. Priority will be given to proposed sites that offer no-cost or low-cost turnkey facilities (those in move-in condition requiring little or no construction rehabilitation work) which can quickly be made ready for use by Job Corps.
Further, the Department will assess each jurisdiction's plan to use State and local resources, both public and private, through contributions/linkages that reduce the Federal cost of operating a Job Corps center. Such contributions/linkages may include, but not be limited to, the following: The provision of work-based learning sites and donations of training equipment or curriculum by the local employer community; provision of child care services by local jurisdictions, including programs such as Head Start; provision of health services; alcohol and drug counseling; referral of eligible youth to Job Corps, and job placement and other career transition services after students leave Job Corps. Other linkages may include arrangements with public school systems for high school diploma programs; linkages with one-stops and other local workforce development programs and services; community college networks; social service agencies; business and industry; and other training programs to provide such services as classroom training, vocational training, advanced learning opportunities, mentoring, and alcohol and drug counseling. Contributions of this nature will make maximum use of available statewide and community resources in meeting the needs of Job Corps-eligible youth.
Eligible applicants for proposing sites are units of State and/or local governments. A Federal agency also may propose sites to the extent that such sites are located on public land which is under the jurisdiction of the agency. Proposals submitted by Federal agencies must have the support of appropriate State and local governments.
Since Job Corps is primarily a residential program and provides academic education, vocational training, career development and extensive support services, space and facilities suitable for the following types of utilization are required for a Job Corps center.
- Residential—Adequate housing, including bath and lounge facilities, as well as appropriate administrative space.
- Academic Education—Space for classrooms, computer labs, video-conferencing and library resources.
- Vocational Training—Classroom and shop space to satisfy the needs of specific vocational training areas (e.g., carpentry, clerical, painting, culinary arts, information technology, Start Printed Page 40123manufacturing, health education). The configuration of the vocational area is determined by the ultimate vocational mix offered at the center. Heavy trades, such as construction and automotive, require shop areas, while lighter trades, such as clerical and retail sales, require only classroom space.
- Food Services—Cafeteria, including food preparation and food storage areas.
- Medical/Dental—Medical examining rooms, nurses' station, infirmary space for male and female students, and dental facilities.
- Recreation—Gymnasium/multi-purpose recreational facility and large level outdoor area.
- Administration—General office and conference space.
- Storage/Support—Warehousing and related storage including operations and maintenance support.
- Parking—Sufficient for a minimum of 70 vehicles.
Other factors that influence the suitability and cost of facilities necessary to operate a Job Corps center include the following:
Configuration of Facility
The preferred configuration of a facility is a campus-type environment permitting a self-contained center with all space requirements located on-site. Low-rise buildings such as those commonly found in public schools and college settings are preferred.
The Office of Job Corps has developed prototype designs for selected facilities where new construction is necessary. Parties interested in obtaining copies of these designs may do so by contacting the Office of Job Corps at the address shown above.
Location of Facilities
Facilities should be located in areas where neighbors are supportive and no major pervasive community opposition exists. Past experience indicates that commercial, light industrial and rural locations are most desirable, while high-value residential locations are the least conducive to community acceptance. In addition, access to emergency medical services, fire and law enforcement assistance should be within reasonable distances. If non-residential enrollment is planned, direct and easy access to the center by public transportation is an important consideration. Proposed sites should be within reasonable commuting distance of planned linkages with other programs and services, and transportation to these linkages should be easily available. Proposed sites should also be in full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Guidelines of 1990 (28 CFR part 36, revised July 1, 1994) or require minimal renovation to ensure full access by persons with disabilities.
Locations with major environmental issues, zoning restrictions, flood plain and storm drainage requirements, or uncertainty regarding utility connections that cannot be resolved efficiently and in a timely manner are less than desirable. Likewise, a facility with buildings eligible for protection under the National Historical Preservation Act may receive less than favorable consideration, due to restrictions on and costs for renovation.
Communities are encouraged to hold public hearings in close proximity to the facilities being proposed to assess the level of community support for a Job Corps center. The Office of Job Corps has brochures and other descriptive information about the program. Copies may be obtained at the address noted above.
The Department prefers ownership over leased facilities, particularly if a substantial investment of construction funds is needed to make the site suitable for Job Corps utilization. Exceptions are long-term (e.g., 25 years or longer) leases at a nominal cost (e.g., $1/year).
The following table shows the approximate gross square footage (GSF) required for the various types of buildings needed to operate a residential Job Corps center with 300 students. The substitution of non-resident for resident students will decrease the dormitory space required for a residential center but will not affect other buildings.
Gross Square Feet (GSF) Requirements by Type of Building
|Building type
|GSF per student
|GSF per 300 students
|Food Services
|Child Development Center
|1 40
|2 5,760
|1 Space requirements for child development centers are included in the event on-site child care is proposed.
|2 Children.
Land Requirements
Between 15 and 19 acres of land are needed for a residential center of 300 students.
Availability of Utilities
It is critical that all basic utilities (i.e., sewer, water, electric and gas) are available and in proximity to the site and in accordance with EPA standards.
Safety, Health and Accessibility
Job Corps is required to comply with the requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), the Environmental Protection Act (EPA), and the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards (UFAS), and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. The cost involved in complying with these requirements is an important factor in determining the economic feasibility of utilizing a site. For example, a site which contains an excessive amount of asbestos probably would not be cost-effective due to associated removal costs. Further, sites with any environmental hazard that cannot be corrected economically will be at a disadvantage, as will sites requiring substantial rehabilitation to comply with accessibility requirements for persons with disabilities.
The availability of low-cost facilities is a major consideration in light of resource limitations. In evaluating facility costs, the major items that must be considered are:
- Site acquisition or lease costs;
- Site/utility work;
- Architectural and engineering services;
- New construction requirements;
- Rehabilitation and modifications of existing buildings, and
- Equipment requirements.
An assessment of these initial capital costs and consideration of future repair, maintenance and replacement costs will be used in evaluating the economic feasibility of a particular facility. Preference will be given to existing turnkey facilities that meet Job Corps' standards for a training facility. While not preferable, consideration will be given to the use of raw land which is suitable for a Job Corps center and on which facilities can be constructed economically.
Proposal Submission
In preparing proposals, eligible applicants should identify sites which meet the evaluation criteria and guidelines specified above. Proposals should address each area with as much detail as practicable to enable the Start Printed Page 40124Department to determine the suitability of locating a Job Corps center at the proposed site. In this regard, proposals must contain, at a minimum, the specific information and supporting documentation as described below.
Submissions must provide a full description of existing buildings, including a building site layout, square footage, age, and general condition of each structure. Included in the description must be a discussion of the facility's current or previous use, the number of years unoccupied, if applicable, and the condition of sub-systems such as heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, plumbing, and electrical. Documentation in the nature of photographs of the property and/or facilities must be submitted as well. In addition, a videotaped presentation of the site may be provided. The proposal must identify the extent to which hazardous materials such as asbestos, PCB, and underground storage tanks are present at the site or, if appropriate, confirm that contaminants do not exist. The results of any environmental assessment for the proposed site, if one has been done, must be provided.
The proposal must also address the availability and proximity of utilities to the proposed site, including electrical, water, gas, and sanitary sewer and runoff connections. It must describe whether the water and sewer utilities for existing buildings are connected to the municipal system or operated separately. A statement on current zoning classification and any zoning restrictions for the proposed site must also be included. Use of the site as a Job Corps center should be compatible with surrounding local land use and also with local zoning ordinances. Confirmation must be provided as to whether or not any buildings at the site are on a Federal or State Historical Preservation Register.
The proposal must also describe the available acreage at the site, and the nature of the surrounding environment including whether it is commercial, industrial, light industrial, rural, or residential. In some instances, proposed sites may be part of a substantially larger acreage which has or contemplates having other uses. This type of joint usage may or may not be compatible with providing a quality training environment for young women and men.
Finally, the proposal must address the cost of acquiring the site, which may involve transferring the site to the government at no cost, entering into a low-cost, long-term lease agreement, or arranging for a negotiated purchase price based on a fair market appraisal. Estimated acquisition costs along with the basis for the estimate must be included in the proposal. Any building documents, such as blueprints, should be available for review when a site inspection is conducted by the Department.
An important aspect of any proposal will be its description of how State and local resources will be used to contribute to enhanced services to Job Corps youth and/or to reduce Federal operating costs or otherwise benefit the program. It is, therefore, essential that precise and comprehensive information about the linkages be provided to ensure that the proposed site receives every opportunity for a thorough and fair evaluation. The proposal should contain the following information for each linkage:
- A comprehensive description of the service to be provided, including projected listing of resources that will be involved such as number of instructors/staff, types of equipment and materials, or other specific service.
- The number of students to be served and over what period of time, as well as the specific benefit to Job Corps students while in Job Corps and/or after leaving the program.
- Whether the service will be provided at no cost to Job Corps or will be available on a shared cost basis with Job Corps.
- Whether the linkage will be provided on-site or off-site.
- Distance to linkage/service, if off-site, and any arrangements for transportation to off-site services, including any cost to Job Corps.
- The estimated annual value of the contribution and the basis on which the estimate was determined (e.g., two full-time staff devoted to Job Corps at an annual salary of $35,000 each for a total annual value of $70,000; one hour or a professional's time per week for 52 weeks at an hourly rate of $20.00 for an annual value of $1,040; 15 computers at a cost of $1,500 each for an annual value of $22,500).
- Any limitations associated with the linkage, such as eligibility restrictions (e.g., age, in-state versus out of state residents, etc.), limited hours of service, and availability over time (e.g., year round versus selected months).
- Long-term prospects for continuation of the commitment (e.g., one time only, one year, ongoing). If dependent on outside funding sources or levels which vary significantly, what is the likelihood that the linkage will be funded?
- Documentation that addresses timeframes and steps involved in firming up the linkage, if appropriate, including obtaining State or local legislation, State or local workforce investment board approval, fitting into other planning cycles, or securing other agreements or arrangements which may be necessary to ensure provision of the service.
- A letter of commitment confirming each aspect of the linkage, including the level of resources and annual value of these resources, from the head of the agency or other entity responsible for delivering the contribution.
- Name of the agency/organizations(s), address, telephone number and contact person.
In providing information on linkages, applicants should keep in mind that Job Corps is an open-entry, open-exit, individualized, self-paced career development services system that operates on a year-round basis. This type of learning environment may have implications for the types of linkages being offered.
- In preparing the linkage/contribution part of their proposals, eligible applicants should provide full information on each linkage/contribution. All items listed above should be addressed for each linkage/contribution, providing as much information as needed to ensure that each proposed linkage receives a fair assessment.
Community Support
This information should include: letters of community support from elected officials, government agencies, local workforce investment boards, community and business leaders and neighborhood associations; availability of and access to cultural/recreation activities in the community; and unique features in the surrounding area which would enhance the location of a Job Corps center at that site. Proposals should also include any other information the applicant believes pertinent to the proposed site for consideration by the Department. It is important that, before proposing the use of any particular location, appropriate clearances are obtained from local and State political leadership.
Other Information
The site selection process for new sites for Job Corps centers normally takes 9 months to complete. This allows sufficient time for eligible applicants to prepare and submit proposals, and for the Department to conduct a Start Printed Page 40125preliminary site assessment of all proposed facilities, as well as a comprehensive site utilization study for those sites determined to have high potential for the establishment of a Job Corps center, based on the preliminary assessment results.
The Department hereby requests eligible proposers to submit an original and two copies of their proposals to be received no later than September 16, 2002, using the guidance provided above.Start Signature
Signed in Washington, DC, the 4th day of June 2002.
Emily Stover DeRocco,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 02-14549 Filed 6-10-02; 8:45 am]


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Rebecca Gould
Writers and Rebels
Literature of Insurgency in the Caucasus
Yale University Press 2016
New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Islamic StudiesNew Books in Literary StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books in Russian and Eurasian StudiesNew Books Network April 22, 2017 Olga Breininger
Rebecca Gould's Writers and Rebels: Literature of Insurgency in the Caucasus (Yale University Press, 2016) is the first existing comparative study of Chechen, Dagestani and Georgian literatures and a major contribution to the study of the cultures of the Caucasus. The book examines literary representations of anticolonial violence in the Caucasus across more than a century-long period of time. The monographs central focus is on the figure of abrek (bandit), prominent across all three national literatures under scrutiny. Gould explores the figure of abrek through the prism of what she calls "transgressive sanctity" –"the process though which sanctity is made transgressive and transgression is made sacred through violence against the state." Through this process, violence is aesthetisized and aesthetics is endowed with the capacity to generate violence. Of particular interest is Gould's approach to the study of violence an investigation in which, she suggests, literature can and should play a central role.
Writers and Rebels is based on eight years of fieldwork, and the reading and analysis of many previously untapped sources, in particular, the Arabic-language texts from Dagestan. This local literacy and the diversity of sources allows Gould to challenge the postulates of existing theoretical frameworks, such as postcolonialism as it applies to the studies of the Caucasus, and search for new scholarly trajectories which take into account the utter cultural and linguistic diversity of the region.
Olga Breininger is a PhD candidate in Slavic and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University. Her research interests include post-Soviet culture and geopolitics, with a special focus on Islam, nation-building, and energy politics. Olga is the author of the novel There Was No Adderall in the Soviet Union and columnist at Literratura.
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Education Week: Digitized Historical Documents Give Students Direct Access to the Past
Education Week: A Special Report on Multimedia in Schools
In science and math classes across the country, digital tools are being used to conduct experiments, analyze data, and run 3-D simulations to explain complex concepts. Language arts teachers are now pushing the definition of literacy to include the ability to express ideas through media. This report, "Multimedia Transformation," examines the many ways multimedia tools are transforming teaching and learning as schools work to raise achievement and prepare students for careers that require increasingly sophisticated uses of technology.
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Whats Holi without a cold shot of Thandai? We take the legendary North-Indian favourite and give it a sweet little twist. Thandai infused mousse is layered over butterscotch nibbles and sweet strawberry compote and topped off with mango glaze. Soft rose petals, succulent black currants and pistachio slivers adorn this decadent dessert keeping you coming back for more!
Vanilla pre mix - 100gm
Oil - 400gm
Water - 400ml
For Thandai cream mix
Thandai mix - 50gm
Whipped cream - 500gm
For mango cream mix
Mango filling - 50gm
Whipped cream - 500gm
Strawberry compote - 40gm
Butterscotch nibbles (crushed) - 30gm
For glaze
Mango filling - 30gm
Cold glaze - 30gm
For garnish
Rose petals - 30gm
Pistachio slivers - 30gm
Blackcurrant - 30gm
Preparation Method
Prepare an eggless vanilla pound cake mix , bake and cool it.
Place it at the base of the mousse cup. Crush the butterscotch nibbles and sprinkle around the sponge.
Prepare the thandai mousse and pipe over the butterscotch nibbles and spot strawberry compote randomly around the mousse cup.
Pipe a layer of mango mousse around the jar.
Glaze the mousse with mango glaze and garnish with rose petals, black currants and pistachio slivers.
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Josh had an outing today that was great in some ways and really hard in others. We took the kids to McDonalds's as planned and it worked very well. The kids had fun and daddy got to enjoy watching the kids. We then headed off to Brad and Sarah's house to hang out for a few hours. Being in a different setting makes both Josh and me aware of how much our life has changed over the past 7 weeks. He was feeling really frustrated on the way home of what he is not capable of doing. He hates that someone has to feed him, give him drinks, and almost everything else for him. Getting pressure relief (so he doesn't get bed sores) was very hard because he was in his chair all day and wasn't ever in bed. We realize this is the eventual goal but it made it hard. We had to put the dinner table on 4 phone books so Josh could get his legs under the table and eat. Getting into the house went quite well, leaving was another story. I won't elaborate any further but Josh is fine, just a little nerve-wracking. We end up being so protected here at MFB. Everything is set up for someone in a wheelchair and most of the people are so nobody notices anyone else in a chair. We have a lot of stairs coming our way when we go places. Going to McDonald's was an education for the other kids there as well as us. One little girl walked up to us and asked "Can he get up?" They watched us as I fed Josh and were just curious. It just makes me realize how different we look to other people than a few short months ago. After we lost Ava, I felt like such an odd ball, like everyone could look at me and see that my little girl had just died, but really people just looked at us like a family of four. We knew what we had lost but it was not physically stamped on my forehead like I felt it was. Now, we have that mark. It is obvious to everyone that we do not lead the typical life. Going out today made me realize how much help emotionally we are going to need from the Lord and how much further we have to go. Leaving Brad and Sarah's, Josh was very emotional realizing how different everything is. It is hard as a wife to know there is absolutely nothing I can do to change our situation but thankfully, we still have each other.
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