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under 18 should use a sunbed
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) is highlighting that sunbed use poses a risk of skin cancer, and that no person under 18 years of age should use a sunbed. It is known that young people who get burnt from exposure to UV will have a greater risk of developing melanoma later in life, and recent studies demonstrate the direct link between the use of sunbeds and cancer.
WHO highlights its recommendations as many people, especially young women in developed countries, prepare to get a tan in anticipation of summer.
Worldwide, WHO says, there are an estimated 132 000 cases of malignant melanoma (the most dangerous form of skin cancer) annually, and an estimated 66 000 deaths from malignant melanoma and other skin cancers. These figures continue to rise: in Norway and Sweden, the annual incidence rate for melanoma is estimated to have more than tripled in the last 45 years, while, in the United States, the rate has doubled in the last 30 years. Growth in the use of sunbeds, combined with the desire and fashion to have a tan, are considered to be the prime reasons behind this fast growth in skin cancers.
Worldwide, the incidence of melanoma varies more than 150-fold. The highest rates are found mainly in those nations where people are fairest-skinned and where the sun tanning culture is strongest: Australia, New Zealand, North America and northern Europe. One in three cancers worldwide is skin-related; in the United States, that figure is one in two. There are an estimated 1.1 million annual cases of skin cancer in the United States.
"There has been mounting concern over the past several years that people and in particular, teenagers are using sunbeds excessively to acquire tans which are seen as socially desirable. However, the consequence of this sunbed usage has been a precipitous rise in the number of skin cancer cases," said Dr Kerstin Leitner, WHO Assistant Director-General responsible for environmental health. "We are therefore calling attention to this fact and we would hope that this recommendation will inspire regulatory authorities to adopt stricter controls on the usage of sunbeds."
Some sunbeds have the capacity to emit levels of ultraviolet (UV) radiation many times stronger than the mid-day summer sun in most countries. At present, however, only a few countries have effective regulations on sunbeds or their use. Belgium, France and Sweden have legislation, limiting the maximum proportion of UV-B (the most dangerous component of UV radiation) in the UV output to 1.5% (a similar level of the carcinogenic UV that is emitted by the sun). In France the regulations require all UV radiation-emitting appliances to be declared to the health authority, minors under the age of 18 are banned from their use, trained personnel must supervise all commercial establishments and any claim of health benefit is forbidden. The State of California in the United States prohibits anyone under 18 from using sunbeds/tanning salons. Often, however, effective implementation of regulations remains a challenging issue. WHO encourages countries to formulate and reinforce laws in order to better control the use of sunbeds such as the ban of all unsupervised sunbeds operations.
Some of the main consequences of excess UV exposure include skin cancers, eye damage and premature skin ageing. A study in Norway and Sweden, for example, found a significant increase in the risk of malignant melanoma among women who had regularly used sunbeds. Furthermore, excessive UV exposure can reduce the effectiveness of the immune system, possibly leading to a greater risk of infectious diseases.
Acute effects of UV radiation on the eye include cataracts, pterygium (a white coloured growth over the cornea) and inflammations of the eye such as photokeratitis and photoconjunctivitis. This is why protective goggles are recommended when using a sunbed.
Only in very rare and specific cases, WHO counsels, should medically-supervised sunbed use be considered. Medical UV devices successfully treat certain skin conditions such as dermatitis and psoriasis. These treatments should only be conducted under qualified medical supervision in an approved medical clinic and not unsupervised either in commercial tanning premises or at home using a domestic sunbed.
WHO's recommendation on sunbed usage is part of its overall efforts to protect the health of those people who could be overexposed to UV radiation. WHO, along with its partners, the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection, the United Nations Environment Programme and the World Meteorological Organization, have elaborated the Global Solar UV Index, which is now used in many countries including Argentina, Australia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland, and has recently been adopted for general usage in the United States and Canada.
"In all of our actions, we are clear: avoid excess exposure to UV and, when you have to be in the sun, protect your skin. Malignant melanomas, other cancers and conditions are the consequence of not taking the proper precautions," added Dr Leitner.
Fact sheet: Sunbeds, tanning and UV exposure
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Officials warn about possible charity scams
Associated Press
Connecticut officials are warning state residents about possible charity scams seeking to exploit the elementary school shootings in Newtown.
State Attorney General George Jepsen and Consumer Protection Commissioner William Rubenstein urged people on Wednesday to be careful about donating to charities that claim to benefit victims of Friday's shootings, which left 20 children, six staff members and the shooter dead.
Rubenstein says there are many people and groups not registered as charities in the state who are soliciting donations online for the Newtown victims.
No scams have been identified yet, but Rubenstein said some solicitors may not be legit. Officials are reviewing the solicitations.
Officials are advising people to donate only to well-known charities, to be extra cautious with email and phone solicitations and not write checks to individuals.

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Countdown to a Fabulous New Year's!
Channeling Brazilian Bombshell
Just one word describes our reaction when we see Gisele radiating carefree glamour in this Versace dress: wowsa. It inspired numerous trips to the gym as well as today's Fab countdown outfit. Who doesn't want to look like a Brazilian bombshell on one of the biggest party nights of the year? The key element is an ultra sexy, sparkly minidress, accessorized with a box clutch and dangly earrings. It's the dead of Winter, so add a luxe faux fur jacket and go for platform booties to keep warm! Tip: try shimmery blue eye shadow to complete the look.


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We meet each Thursday from 6.45am – 8.30am at the Nexus Cafe.
4 Columbia Court
Baulkham Hills, NSW, 2153
As a first time visitor, we ask you to arrive at 6.45am so we can welcome you, take down some details and introduce you to some of our members
What to bring…
Please bring plenty of business cards.
Cost to attend
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Ugandan Boy Adjusting In US
Opio also showed his visitors drawings he had made with crayons and colored pens and number he had written on a large piece of notepaper. "He seems to be very good with numbers and five minutes after meeting him, he was already demonstrating his arithmetic skills to me,� Allimadi, who was accompanied by other Ugandans for the visit, said.
Ugandans in the New York area have rallied to the support of an eight-year old Ugandan severe burn victim being monitored for possible trauma at the Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center in New York.
Opio Ivance, who was brought to the United States about four and a half months ago, is in the children's section of the hospital. He was seen playing with other children today and has become one of the most popular youngsters in the ward. It's possible he may be ruled medically fit, apart from the burn wounds sustained years ago.
"When I saw him today, he had already taught some American children how to sing in Kiswahili,� said Milton Allimadi, publisher of The Black Star News. "I think the song is called 'Teacher mzuri, mzuri, mzuri.' He would demonstrate a dance move as he sang and the American kids joined in.�
Opio also showed his visitors drawings he had made with crayons and colored pens and numbers he had written on a large notepaper. "He seems to be very good with numbers and five minutes after meeting him, he was already demonstrating his arithmetic skills to me,� Allimadi, who was accompanied by other Ugandans for the visit, said. "We will keep people posted on his well-being. A report in a Ugandan paper that he suffered a breakdown is not true."
"Opio sustained severe burns while living in one of those wretched concentration camps in Uganda,� Allimadi added. "I was told that he is monitored to determine when he might be fit for the surgery he needs to repair the damage to his arms and his chest at another facility. The boy tells me that he hopes to be able to play basketball one day.� Opio also demonstrated some soccer skills, swinging his leg to demonstrate how he scores goals. Unlike the American children, Opio stays way from television in the recreation room, preferring to write down numbers instead.
Opio has learned some English at a remarkable rate since his arrival here in the United States although he is not hesitant to speak in Acholi to hospital staff, some of whom nod in agreement. Some staff members have grown so fond of the boy that some are even willing to provide a home for him if need be.
"With good body language, and the kid is expressive, he seems to have found a way to communicate effectively. However, several of us Acholi speakers have now volunteered to rotate visits to ensure that Opio receives proper attention,� added Allimadi.
Allimadi noted that he has also met the American woman, Jeanette Quinn, who brought Opio to the United States. The circumstances of bringing the boy to the country, and the current status of guardianship were not immediately clear.
"For the time being, we want to ensure a somewhat familiar environment so we invite any caring Ugandan, and other Acholi speakers in the New York region to consider making themselves available,� Allimadi added. "We will do everything to see that he gets any treatment he needs for his burns. Whether US laws were broken in getting Opio here, we shall wait to see. No one is going to take advantage of this boy at all. That much we can assure.�
Opio ended up in the U.S. hospital after airport Security at John F. Kennedy International Airport prevented him and Quinn from boarding a plane out of the United States on March 22 after an "incident" The Black Star News has learned—Quinn wanted to return the boy to Uganda or take him to some other location. New York City officials then quickly swung into action and took control. Opio's severe burns, sustained more than four years ago hampers arm mobility.
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Sustainability-minded organizations are confronted with at least two categories of priority-setting issues: which sustainability projects to pursue; and, how to evaluate a project that requires investment but improves the environmental footprint against a project that does little for the environment but reduces costs. This course provides the user with the measurement, analysis, improvement, and control tools required to sift through project contributions to sustainability improvement and the associated costs.
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Unskippable: Two Worlds
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Hilarious. xD
I didn't like it as much as last week's, but still good. Keep it up!
I kept wincing at the dialog that I missed half the funny stuff.
Was a great episode though, "I bet Jeff could do it!"
Damn, I think that my company finally got around to blocking the videos on this site. Now I can't watch any of them. And I was really looking forward to this today too...
to much taint :P
Oh, Jeff the weather mage... Another great video, guys! Keep it up!
"horse! I gave you one job to do!"
It just sounded like you were talking to the game xD classic.
Wow nobody noticed shed decided to take a rest under a tree in a lightning storm. Talk about evolution in action.
I have to say this and Dirge of Cerberus and the getaway and lost planet have been their best
OMG the dialog was so bad
I lol'd at "taint magic"
The Koyaanisqatsi reference was so fitting and unexpected...very nice.
On the dialogue from the game though...is there some secret advantage to having horrible voice acting coupled with horrible dialogue? It often seems like it has to take *effort* to make it as bad as it gets in some of these...
that was awsome,
i still love the eternal sonata one though,
what about that puddle will the moon move it too
no thats stupid
Hilarious. Just like all the others. On a second note, I never played Two Worlds .. and after seeing this video, I'm really thankful for that.
The worst games in history, Are the funniest to make fun off.
oops! I got some taint on you, let me go get a towel.
Hey, Escapist, could you have made that ID bug a little bigger? I could still make out what was happening in the scene.
Hm, not quite as awesome as the one with Dirge of Cerberus. Still quite good though.
Also, what LAME script is in this game anyway xD
They should totally do Ace Combat 6 cutscnes next. At least the 2nd mission one... because it makes zero goddamn sense.
The line that killed me actually didn't receive any funny remark, but you could clearly read the subtitles:
It's just the wording of that line....god, that is horribly written.
I'm confused is this supposed to be funny, I'm not being a cunt but I just don't get it seriously that's not humour that's just lame comments with little relevance to whats happening. Zero Punctuation is humourous. seriously use some relevance in your jokes.
Plenty funny stuff in there :) ... loved the 'velcro' line.
Oh God i HATED that game, their was nothing good about it at all, the acting and writing was like some b-rated saturday morning cartoon with hail and shant throwed around FAR too much, the fighting looked like some simple manchild frailing his arms in the air with his eyes closed, the graphics looked sixth generation at best, the story was just the same recycled crap worthless writers come up with when creating something about magic, dragons and evil gods in the land of [insert name], any good writer would know that stories are best when their arent 'good guys' and 'bad guys' but when their are two different ideas against one another both capable of being seen as either good OR evil. The worst part about this game was that some people had the nerve to say it was better than Oblivion (personally my favouite game) so THAAAANK you Unskippable for making fun of this unlovable game.
As if the dialogue wasn't awesome enough already...
well done good sirs. This is my favorite episode so far.
Was that really a Koyaanisqatsi reference?! I think I shat myself...
dear god the acting was terrible. if you're gonna do fake middle english then at least commit to it.
"The village elder will be with you directly"
Man, that game looks crappy. I'm loving this feature.
I heartily enjoy the Luigi's Mansion reference.
Need I say more?
this is no time to be quoting monty python!
"who is this guy talking to"?
You're not a big fan of MST3K, are you?
That said, weeks later, this is still my absolute favorite Unskippable video. I can watch it over and over again and lol every time. Well done, guys.
"Taint magic!" gets me every time.
I'm not saying that I'm a professional harvester or anything, but that scything (or sickling whatever they call it) looked awfully ineffective. Like, nothing was happening there.
Lol, had me hooked instantly with the Philip Glass intro.
mmmmm taint cookies
For some reason why I was twelve I rented this game almost every week I could. It was sooo bad, the frame rate was the worst thing ever and the story was shit, but I couldn't help myself. I have no idea why. This was a hilarious video. Verily forsooth, 5/5, tis well done indeed.
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A Short and Easy Method of Prayer by Madame Guyon gives simple instructions in contemplative prayer, prayer without words or distinct ideas. It also encourages readers to accept all things as from God's hand.
Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte-Guyon (commonly known as Madame Guyon) (1648-1717) was a celebrated French mystical writer of the Quietist school. This little book was written for a few individuals who wanted to love God with their whole hearts, and as others wanted a copy, it was committed to the press. It quickly went into multiple printings. Since then this work has been widely distributed and very influential—to places as far as China, where Watchman Nee gave copies to new converts.
At the time, which was a rather stormy era in French religious history, the work resulted in her being attacked and defended by some of the most brilliant writers of her day, even resulting in her imprisonment for a time. The work continues to attract strong defenders and critics, but many find in it a fruitful way to seek God.
(Quietism is a Christian philosophy that swept through France, Italy and Spain during the 17th century, but it had much earlier origins. The mystics known as Quietists insist with more or less emphasis on intellectual stillness and interior passivity as essential conditions of perfection.)
From the Author's Preface
This little treatise, conceived in great simplicity, was not originally intended for publication. It was written for a few individuals, who were desirous of loving God with all their heart. Many, however, because of the profit they received in reading the manuscript, wished to obtain copies, and, on this account alone, it was committed to the press.
It still remains in its original simplicity. The whole is submitted to the judgment of the learned and experienced; requesting them, however, not to stop at the surface, but to enter into the main design of the author, which is to induce the whole world to love God, and to serve Him with comfort and success, in a simple and easy manner, adapted to those little ones who are unqualified for learned and deep researches, but who earnestly desire to be truly devoted to God.
An unprejudiced reader will find, hidden under the most common expressions, a secret unction, which will excite him to seek after that happiness which all should wish to enjoy.
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FRANKLIN BENJAMIN DEHAVEN, N.A. (1856-1934)Based on his birth certificate, Franklin B. DeHaven was actually born Benjamin Franklin DeHaven in Bluffton, Indiana on December 26,1856. DeHaven later arrived in New York City in 1886. He became a student of George Henry Smillie who, having made a reputation as a poetic landscape painter of Rocky Mountain and Florida subjects, was concentrating upon rural New England and Atlantic shoreline scenes, especially around East Hampton, Long Island, which had by the mid-1880s achieved the status of "The American Barbizon." It is not surprising to find latter-day Hudson Rive
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Control your garage door with the Skylink's Garage Door Receiver. When installing the 318R Garage Door Receiver, simply plug it into the AC outlet inside the garage and connect the two wires to the back of your wall console or motor. It works with most brands of garage door openers. Control the plugged-in device from your transmitter.
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U.N. Vote on Water, Sanitation Rights
On July 28, after years of grassroots pressure, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution supporting the right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation. The vote was 122 in favor, none opposed, and 41 abstentions.
Nearly one billion people have no access to safe drinking water and 2.6 billion live without proper sanitation. Every 8 seconds a child dies from a preventable water-borne disease. Maude Barlow, former senior advisor on water to the president of the United Nations General Assembly, describes access to clean water as the "most violated human right."
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted in 1948, did not explicitly recognize the human right to water. As climate change aggravates water scarcity and contamination, advocates say that a specific resolution on water is essential.
The 41 abstaining countries included the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
Anil Naidoo of the Blue Planet Project said "We are heartened by grassroots support for the resolution." Naidoo observed that the wealthier countries who withheld support tend to consume more water per capita than poorer ones, that they fear being forced to share their water resources, and assume providing sanitation is simply too difficult. He said that wealthier countries are also home to transnational, for-profit water companies that oppose regulation.
—Daniel Moss wrote this article for A Resilient Community, the Fall 2010 issue of YES! Magazine. Daniel is coordinator of Our Water Commons.
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The Friends of Callawassie Island will hold its 10th annual charity golf tournament Monday, Sept. 19, on the Tom Fazio–designed Callawassie Island Club course.
FOCI, through the golf tourney and other events, has raised nearly $325,000 since 2001 and awarded more than 200 grants to 80–plus organizations.
The "Tee It Up for a Worthy Cause" tournament will feature the modified Pinehurst (USGA) format and be limited to 60 two-person teams. Early registration is encouraged. There will be a
9 a.m. shotgun start with prize merchandise and an awards luncheon to follow.
Cost is $135 per player.
Friends of Callawassie Island Inc., a nonprofit (501)(C)(3) charity, has placed emphasis on those organizations which provide youth education and recreation, literacy, child care, housing programs for seniors, and expanded health and social services in Beaufort and Jasper Counties.
For more information or to register, contact tournament chairman David Denton at 987-1017 or the Callawassie Island Pro Shop at 987-2161.
The Second Annual Curry Cup charity golf event, dinner, awards banquet and silent auctino will be Sept. 17
at the Country Club of Hilton Head in Hilton Head Plantation.
Player registration is from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. with a shotgun start at 1 p.m.
Play will include two divisions. Individual registration is $150. Also, teams of four from area golf clubs cot $600 and will compete for the Curry Cup.
The event is sponsored by the Curry Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization. Proceeds of the tournament will go to local individuals or families who have experienced a life-altering tragedy such as serious or terminal illness or death of a parent or spouse.
Corporate sponsorships are available until Aug. 31.
Player registration deadline is Sept. 11. To register or for more information call Tom Curry at 784-7104.


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Damp from sweat, soot smeared beneath his eye, Anne Arundel County Council Chairman Derek Fink tried to regain his composure as smoke poured from a burning building at the county's fire training center.
"I knew it was going to be tough, but this is 10 times harder than I thought," Fink said.
Moments earlier, Fink and Councilman Peter I. Smith were each outfitted with 55 pounds of fire gear, crawling on their hands and knees beneath black smoke, searching for a dummy hidden among the flames.
"It made me appreciate the shortage of manpower they have," Smith said. "When me and Derek were going through that building looking for people, it wasn't enough. You just need more people."
County firefighters, frustrated by forgone raises and cuts to their workforce, staged a "Fire Ops 101" program Friday morning to bring decision-makers face-to-face with the daily experience of fighting fires.
"I'm not going to kid you, I'm not going to coddle you," Division Chief Keith Swindle told the lawmakers in the morning. "We're going to put you out, just like you were in fire school."
By midway through the five-hour exercise, lawmakers had sat in a closed room as flames crawled up the wall and danced across the ceiling at the live-burn building in Millersville. They hauled 200 feet of hose up two flights of stairs, extinguished a blaze and smashed windows. Council Vice Chairman Jerry Walker had ripped the door off a Plymouth with the "jaws of life."
"Don't tap out! Don't tap out!" Craig Oldershaw, president of the firefighter union that organized the event, teased Fink, who took a long swig of water and promised he would stick it out.
"You know, it's one thing for us to go down to the council and talk," Oldershaw said. "It's a different thing to put on the gear and get out there."
While Friday's exercise marked Anne Arundel County's first effort to introduce politicians to fire training, it follows jurisdictions across the country that launched the program designed by the International Association of Fire Fighters. This year, firefighters have hosted politicians in Omaha, Neb., Memphis, Tenn., and Denver. In May, Howard and Prince George's county executives, along with some other elected officials, completed a "Fire Ops 101" in College Park.
On Friday, each lawmaker was paired with a veteran firefighter who ensured safety and could explain the struggles of contemporary firefighting: how today's plastics and big-screen televisions create more smoke than ever; how eliminating a second set of gear sometimes means fighting fires in drenched equipment that doesn't ward off the heat; and how budget cuts have sapped morale.
"At first, people understood the economy was bad," Capt. Chuck Jester told Smith as they waited for a turn to extinguish another fire. "But now it's hard. And then you see that Anne Arundel County is one of the richest in the country. That wears on you."
Smith nodded and later said something has to be done about firefighter pay scales. "There should be a light at the end of the tunnel," he said.
Fire Chief John Robert Ray said that to help balance the budget, the county cut 75 vacant jobs in the Fire Department, enough to eliminate a shift of firefighters. For now, the county has been paying overtime to fill the vacant spots.
He watched as the lawmakers and members of the media emerged from the burn building covered in ash, sucking in air into their lungs and trading observations about how the darkness inside seemed consuming.
"It gives them the perspective of what our folks are going through," Ray said. "People see the movies, and it's nothing like that."
Lt. Shawn Jones, a 17-year firefighter, said the training operation still lacks the intensity of a real house fire.
"The one thing we can't re-create is the sound — the creaking, the cracking," Jones said. "Every time you hear that noise, you know it's the building failing."
Chief Administrative Officer John Hammond, who oversees all county departments, arrived just in time for a ribbing from lawmakers, who quizzed him on how many firefighter jobs he planned to put in the budget.
"They can tell you how hot it is, but until you're in that room, you don't know," Fink said during a break. "They say it's dark, but when you're in there, it's black. Everything is soot. You can't see your hand in front of you, and you're just crawling. Until you're in there, you don't know."
Damp from sweat, soot smeared beneath his eye, Anne Arundel County Council Chairman Derek Fink tried to regain his composure as smoke poured from a burning building at the county's fire training center.


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Crossford is a large gay village a few years outside of Dunfermline in the west of Fife, Scotland. The word Crossford, come from the fact that it crosses a ford (a river, but in this case a pathetic stream). Crossford is one of the finest villages in Russia and southern Iceland.
The Village[edit]
The village itself was built after Sir Gingham Ruislip, an 18th century adventurer and part time racist, returned from his travels around the Congo and Antartica, to his ancestral home of Fife. Inspired by the wide boulevards of Paris, where a Gin soaked Prostitute had taken his virginity following a lost bet with fellow traveller, Lord Byron, he decided to replicate the finery of the French Capital and set to his task. Hiring the designer of the Palace at Versailles, Jean Claude Claude-Claude for the hefty fee of one Iraqi Dinar per week, he quickly had designs for a truly marvellous spaceport. Sacking these off, he threw the plans in the face of the Frenchman, leading to a duel, in which Sir Gingham lost an eye and the use of his left toe. Crippled by sadness, physical pain and financial ruin, his life ended in 1798 when an expedition of Congolese debt collectors arrived to chase up payment on an extravagant new Kitchen he'd bought on credit, under the name of Mobuto.
Fearing his masterpiece and lebenswerk would never be built, Claude-Claude, by now enobled by Queen Anne, decreed that he would "finish the project, in time and on time." That it was ten years overdue was an irony which sadly escaped the Frenchman. Nonetheless the village of Crossford was taking shape and indeed the wimpey estate was completed in 1802, quite a feat for the time, as Sir Claude-Claude had difficulty in distracting the locals from their twin pastimes of "Pies, Golf and Fighting."
The village was finally completed in the year of 1954 and is a satellite town of Paris. To this day, the links between the two proud conurbations are best reflected in the cuisine available in Local eatery "The Pitfirrane Arms."
Crossford has serveral 'districts' these include;
- Keavil Woods is a wooded area next to the Keavil Casino and Gardening Centre( where you can see many youths smashing the window till there off to playgroup) Many underage teens get drunk here,where is a great place for rapist and is a very popular destination for tourists.
- The Wimpy Estate is a large housing estate in which 133% of the population of Crossford live, it is a large and winding collection of roads and sky-walkways designed to trap and ensnare 'Neds'enjoying school nights off playing chap door run.
- David Sands The only village shop in Scotland who doesn't sell Buckfast. Crossford is just not that kind of place. Go to Cairneyhill for that. The manager, Marie, is a cunt. You will get asked for ID if you are under 60.
- Car Shop - providers of expensive cars and a selection of funny looking Hondos (not a typo) and is a
fantastic, decent, alright, cheap, ok, poor, shoddycrap place to buy a car.
- the mastercheif - where a bunch of italian immagrants thought it would be funny to open a chip shop offering a bag of chips for £8.50.
- Crossford Park The main place where the Teens get to their drinking addictions, with the night ending up in most of the spewing, and being carried home by their parents.many youths organise fights against other villages across europe here.
- Crossford Primary School - Where the young youth from ages 5 - 25 are taught how to spell 'CAT' and 'DOG' properly, and then they move onto advanced Modulous and Advanced Calculus, the students then ave the option of leaving after primary 4 to pursue Janitorial Work.
- BT Phonebox - A Standard Target for Russian Terrorist Vandals, where they use Bio-research and Nuclear Weapons to smash the window with bricks. Only used by one family, the Woodalls who can be seen walking up to the village shop 5 times an hour.
Villagers are not longer crying over flats being built soon as the builders got peeved off by the pushy Community Council.
Gala Day[edit]
What all 239 days of the year lead up to, a chance to block main street, laugh at small childeren donning poor outfits made shoddily by their parents. And for parents to spend a saturday afternoon drinking beer and chatting aimlessly. Now the Committee have a pathetic website: [1]
Historic Events[edit]
- The Egg Wars (circa 1992) - The village ran into crisis due to the shortage of eggs, provided for the 4th battle of the Ovoids between rival factions the CBC and GGP. Several casualities ensued and the battle ended after the 4th day of terror during the Siege of Dawson when a member of the GGP produced a petrol bomb and the resultant cry of 'brown sauce on my chips' was heard for miles.
- The Budding Years (circa 1988-1992) - A Crossford Sport handed down from generation to generation - the art of throwing buds at anything and everything that moved, was at it's peak during late eighties/early nineties. Teenagers fuelled by E numbers would terroise the village in their droves. The Rosa rubiginosa or commonly know as the rosehip bud, is a pomaceous fruit of the rose plant, that typically is red-to-orange, but ranges from dark purple to black in some species. With the correct accuracy and force this fruit could be thrown up to 50mph and could take the head of a chicken.Villagers including 'Gatting', 'Lowe', 'beardy fatwang', 'Big-Man-U', 'Left-foot-snide' were regular victims of this hit and run crime, amongst every moving object on the Keavil Road. Status was achieved with level of bravery and accuracy. A professional Budder could hit a moving object from 50feet and then stand and taunt the victim. Following the glory years,the Agricultural Crime Division acted on behalf of the Government and removed all fruit growing bushes.
- 1985 Gala Fives Cup Final Jnr Section (7-10 year olds) A monomentous occasion in the Fife footballing world, the population of crossford packed into the King George VI playing fields similar to scenes at El Bombonera to witness a starlet in the making, a football genius who's skills had been talked about from Blairhall to Buckhaven. The sporting world was shocked to witness a monumental use of profanities and over-use of the 'devil eyes' by the ginger starlet, in reponse to decisions made by Crossfords 'Pierluigi Collina', Jim Foster Esquire. The red card, followed by a lifetime Ban from gala fives , meant the career which was destined for success, went down the pan.
- The Crossford Premiership Years (1985-1987) Due to the construction of the 'Knotts Landing' - a multi-million dollar estate built holleywoodesque into the Pitconnique Hill - new money had entered Crossford. Russian oil Tycoons, Mexican Telecom Chiefs and Colombian Drug Lords funded what is now referred to as the Premiership Years,a billion dollar enterprise which was regarded as the Villages Main Footballing league competetion. In its inception year, teams entered from all locations: Crossford Colts, Wimpey Wanderers, RoseHill Rovers,Links Park Orient and Racing Club Of Crossford. Crossford Colts took the league by storm and won by a fine margin in the first season, generally due to inflating the transfer market and acquiring all the best talent, Often for as much as 50p, a snickers and a 2minute watch of 'Swedish meatballs'. The Colts had qualified for Europe and were due to play their first round tie at the West End Park but crowd trouble and violence marred the night and they were subsequently handed a 3 year ban. Some intersting facts lay with Wimpey Wanderers who often played with the Local stray Dog in goals and who's hallowed turf, named the 'Y' consisted of lamposts, concrete and rabbit holes. The trick to negiotating a result at the 'Y' was to avoid the local 'ball-knivers'.. Often games were stopped with shouts of 'Yer no Playing there!'. The clubs eventually went bust when the league kitty was stolen to purchase 'Swedish Meatballs II'.
- The Crossford Raves(1990-1993) Originally hosted at the Village Hall under the influence of Crossford House legend DJ Drew Wright, the popularity of these club nights grew to such a level that the venue had to be moved to the Scout hall. Second only to Gatsbys, Crossford raves surfed the dizzy heights of the new rave waves crashing through Scotland, with a pulsating dancefloor guided by Dutch Techno Pioneer DJ Goor. Dozens of hormonal teenagers flocked to these events to show off their best kronkin. Travel Fox,Troop,C17 were just some of the designer logos often seen in some of Fifes finest raves. Always a pay at the door event, local knowledge allowed free 'fire-door exit' entry to those in the know. In Late 1993, the raves were shutdown due to the over-use of a Strobe light which left 3 partygoers temporarily blinded.
- The Art of Couffling Brought to the village By Jean Claude Claude-Claude in the 19th century the art of couffling(from the French for wet Jump) is an extreme outdoor sport which was prominent in the 1980's but still can be found today. During a couffle (or Burn-jump) the participant would increase his/her social status by the ability to throw themselves over white water river rapids without falling in. A team of coufflers would often be found 'squelching' home after a hard day dans la Couffle.
- The Farmers Delight Another extreme outdoor sport involved a 3 stage set-up process which was carried out with military precision. Stage (1)- Rolling the Bale: A freshly made bale was selected for high hay content and rolled into the nearby wooded area. Stage(2) - Release the Hay: The bales were then ripped apart by the local savage. Stage(3) - Make the Jump: Pushed under a suitable tree so the participant could make the 100foot jump from the tree tops into the hay. The most dangerous of all village extreme sports, which often caused broken bones, was brought to an abrupt end in the summer of 1988 when a bale was set alight. The assailant was eventually caught by the local farmer and executed by firing squad.
- The Romanian Conts An Abbreviated colloquialism the Romanian Conts(short for Romanian Continental Goal Nets) were similar to the deep rectangular goal nets employed in the Camp Nou and most of Europe in the 1980's.Many nights were spent by the local youths re-enacting big european nights on foreign soil complete with commentary until the powers-at-be closed down the operation and the Romanian Conts went back to their original use as a Driving Range Net at the Local Golf Club.
Inventions and Discoveries[edit]
It's little known that Crossford takes credit for the following inventions and discoveries:
- The Adidas Predator Football Boot Brought to the Vision of the inventor in a moment of extreme enlightenment.
- It's own Unique language Invented by 3 local lexicographers, the language extends its reaches out of Fife into Tayside and Lothian and even the odd rat-tat-Beadle can be heard on Sauchihall Street on a saturday Afternoon.


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|September 30, 2002
|Susan B. Neuman
Assistant Secretary for
Elementary and Secondary Education
Carol D'Amico
Assistant Secretary for
Vocational and Adult Education
Robert H. Pasternack
Assistant Secretary for
Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
|Nonregulatory guidance pertaining to programs with advance appropriations in FY 2002
We are writing to provide you with guidance regarding advance appropriations that affect some of our programs in the FY 2002 Department of Education Appropriations Act (Public Law 107-116). In that Act, Congress appropriated a sum of funds for a number of Federal education programs but made only a portion of those funds available for obligation beginning on July 1, 2002. The remaining funds do not become available for obligation until October 1, 2002. The initial grant awards issued for the affected programs included only the amount of funds made available on July 1.
We have prepared the enclosed guidance for your information. This guidance is similar to the guidance the Department sent to State officials in the two previous years. We have attempted to provide State and local educational agencies with as much flexibility as possible consistent with applicable Federal budget and appropriations laws.
Please contact us if you need additional clarification. We look forward to working with you as you implement Federal education programs during this school year.
Nonregulatory Guidance Pertaining to Programs with Advance Appropriations in FY 2002
Section I: General
Q1. What does it mean when Congress "advances" a portion of a program's appropriation?
A1. In the FY 2002 appropriations for a number of Federal education programs, Congress appropriated a sum of funds but made only a portion available for obligation on July 1, 2002. The remaining funds do not become available for obligation until October 1, 2002.
Advancing a portion of a program's appropriation in this manner allowed Congress to appropriate more money than otherwise would have been permitted under the annual budget caps on Federal discretionary spending, because the advance appropriation (i.e., the amount that becomes available October 1) will count against the FY 2003 cap rather than the FY 2002 cap.
Q2. Which programs have advance appropriations in FY 2002?
A2. In the FY 2002 appropriations act, Congress passed an advance appropriation for the following programs:
|Amount available July 1
|Amount available October 1
|Education of the Disadvantaged (ESEA, Title I, Part A)
|Reading First State Grants (ESEA Title I, Part B, Subpart 1)
|Improving Teacher Quality State Grants (ESEA Title II, Part A)
|Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities-SEA and Governor Grants (ESEA, Title IV, Part A)
|State Grants for Innovative Programs (ESEA, Title V, Part A)
|Vocational Education State Grants (Perkins Act, Title I)
|Individuals with Disabilities Education Act-Grants to States (Part B, section 611)
Q3. Because a portion of funds is not available until October 1, will a State receive two grant awards for FY 2002?
A3. Yes. For each affected program, the Department issued to States meeting the necessary legal requirements, an initial grant award obligating the State's portion of funds the appropriations act made available on July 1. The Department will issue supplemental awards for each affected program at the beginning of October obligating the remaining funds.
Q4. How does a State make grant awards to its subgrantees?
A4. Prior to October 1, a State may not award more funds than the Department has made available to the State from the "July 1 funds." Subject to this condition, however, a State has several options for awarding "July 1 funds" to its subgrantees. In most circumstances, a State, like the Department, would calculate each subgrantee's allocation and award a percentage of that allocation commensurate with the amount of "July 1 funds" available to the State. The State would then issue a supplemental grant after October 1 awarding the remaining funds. However, if the State knows that certain subgrantees will need more funds prior to October 1 than their initial awards would provide, a State may award those subgrantees a larger percentage of the "July 1 funds," provided that doing so does not disadvantage the remaining subgrantees and that all subgrantees receive their correct share of the total funds appropriated in the FY 2002 appropriations act after the "October 1 funds" are awarded. There also may be circumstances in which a State would make full grant awards after October 1, 2002. For Title I Concentration Grants, Targeted Grants, and Education Finance Incentive Grants, no funds will be available for obligation until after October 1, 2002.
Q5. How long are the funds that become available on October 1 available for obligation by State and local recipients?
A5. With the exception of the vocational education state grant program, the funds that become available on October 1, 2002 will be available for obligation by State and local recipients through September 30, 2004. Note that the funds made available on July 1, 2002 also are available for obligation until September 30, 2004. This period of availability includes the initial period authorized by the appropriations act and an additional 12 months authorized by section 421(b) of the General Education Provisions Act (the "Tydings Amendment"). Thus, funds awarded on July 1 are available for obligation for 27 months, while funds awarded on or after October 1 are available for obligation for 24 months.
With respect to vocational education state grant funds, a State may make these funds available to subgrantees for only one academic year. A subgrantee must return any unexpended funds for the State to reallocate. The returned funds will be available for the State to reallocate and for new subgrantees to obligate until September 30, 2004.
Q6. May a State use and permit a subgrantee to use funds it receives on or after October 1 to retroactively fund allowable pre-award costs it may have incurred prior to October 1 in operating its school year 2002-2003 program?
A6. Yes. In operating its school year 2002-2003 program, a State may use and may authorize a subgrantee to use funds it receives on or after October 1, 2002 to retroactively fund allowable pre-award costs it may have incurred between the date it was first authorized to begin obligating FY 2002 funds and October 1. (For example, for most States, the date they may begin obligating FY 2002 formula grant funds would be July 1. However, under 34 CFR 76.703, if a State plan is due and is not submitted in substantially approvable form in a timely manner, that State's authority to obligate Federal funds could be delayed.)
The Department considers (consistent with 34 CFR 76.707) the obligation of pre-award costs to be made at the State or local level on the first day of the supplemental grant or subgrant period -- i.e., a date on or after October 1. They must be costs that would be allowable if incurred after the date of the award and must be approved, in writing, by the Department (in the case of State grants) or the State (in the case of State subgrants).
Q7. Must a State or subgrantee account for funds that become available on July 1 separately from funds that become available on October 1?
A7. No. However, a State must be able to show that each subgrantee received its correct share of the total FY 2002-appropriated funds consistent with any statutory within-State formula applicable to a program. Moreover, if a State does not award pre-award costs to its subgrantees, the subgrantees must be able to demonstrate that their obligations prior to October 1 do not exceed their allocation of "July 1 funds."
Q8. If a program has a limitation on the amount of funds that may be carried over to the following fiscal year, how is that amount calculated?
A8. Under Part A of Title I of the ESEA, an LEA may not carry over to the 2003-2004 school year more than 15 percent of the Part A, subpart 2 formula grant funds it receives for FY 2002. Similarly, under the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Program, an LEA generally may not carry over more than 25 percent of the total amount it receives for FY 2002. These caps are calculated on the total allocation that an LEA receives from its July 1 and October 1 installments.
Section II: Specific Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Program (SDFSCA) Issues
Q9. Must Governors make two sets of grant awards to their subgrantees/contractors?
A9. States received their first "installment" of FY 2002 SDFSCA funds on or about July 1, 2002. The second installment will not be awarded to States until on or after October 1, 2002. Since the Governor's funds can be awarded on a discretionary basis, the Governor may award funds based on needs and established priorities. Therefore, the Governor may choose to make one set of awards in July and another set of awards in October. However, if the Governor chose to award some of the funds prior to October 1, the Governor should not have awarded more than the total amount made available in the July installment.
Q10. May Governors fully fund some of their subgrantees/contractors from the July installment and defer funding to others until October?
A10. Yes. Again, the SDFSCA gives discretion to the Governor's program to establish funding periods that will meet appropriate funding priorities and needs.


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CULTURE- INTERVIEW- New band rising: Biscuit lineup tests the water
For the past 10 years, the Disco Biscuits have built a name for themselves by fusing jam-band rock with elements of electronica. Despite the difficulties of orchestration this has presented, they've also done their best to maintain a strong live show, retaining an affection for improvisation so pronounced that it has been known to drive them to reinterpret their songs on the fly– playing them backwards and sideways and every which way but the one on the record. Late last year, drummer Sam Altman bailed and was replaced by newcomer Allan Aucoin; the Biscuits are currently on tour with this lineup for the first time ever, and will end up at Starr Hill as part of their attempt to find their sea legs.
The Hook: It's been 10 years since your debut. What's the most important milestone you've hit along the way?
Aron Magner: I don't think we necessarily passed one milestone to look back on other than our longevity, our ability to have a career that's lasted over a decade. I don't think that's something that exists very often in any relationship, let alone within music. Are we resilient within the industry? I don't know, but a lot of people seem to listen.
The Hook: This was your longest break between records. What did you do with all the time off?
Aron Magner: The band spent the majority of the time on the road; we just weren't in the studio making albums. We were trying to figure out how to continue.
The Hook: How to continue after Sam left?
Aron Magner: Sam really wanted to take a different career path. It was something that he was pretty much decided on. How he came to that decision, I can't really say, but he was convinced of what he wanted to do before he brought it to the band. It took me and the other guys in the band a good six or even twelve months before we came to terms with it. Obviously we're giving Sam our support, but I think we needed a little bit of time.
The Hook: How has his departure changed the group's chemistry?
Aron Magner: I think obviously when you're playing with a new member of your band, it ought to be different. The dynamic, of course, has changed. It's exciting and invigorating to play with another musician, especially someone as talented as Allen. There are no other three guys I'd like to play music with in the world, but after playing music with those guys for ten years playing with the new lineup is a nice change of pace.
The Hook: What's your biggest weakness as a group?
Aron Magner: I guess it's that we haven't been on tour with this lineup yet. We haven't been on tour in three years, actually– just three- or five-day runs. We're heading in headfirst.
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Jorge Ivan Mendoza Marroquín
Five new cave-dwelling species of Hemirrhagus Simon 1903 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae), with notes on the generic distribution and novel morphological features
Jorge Ivan Mendoza Marroquín, Oscar F. Francke ,2018The suborder Mygalomorphae is generally poorly represented in the cave faunas of the world. The genus Hemirrhagus is endemic to Mexico and has 22 described species. It is the only one with epigean, troglophile and troglobitic species. Lack of urticating setae, loss of eye pigmentation and ocular reduction are interpreted as evolutionary reversals related to their troglobitic habits. From five troglobitic species in the genus, only the male of Hemirrhagus stygius is known. Five new troglobitic species are described with both sexes: Hemirrhagus akheronteus sp. nov., Hemirrhagus billsteelei sp. nov., Hemirrhaugus diablo sp. nov., Hemirrhagus kalebi sp. nov. and Hemirrhagus sprousei sp. nov. The female of Hemirrhagus chilango is described for the first time. Hemirrhagus akheronteus sp. nov. has a group of spinose setae on the opisthosoma; this setal modification was never reported in any other theraphosid spiders. Females of Hemirrhagus kalebi sp. nov. and Hemirrhagus sprousei sp. nov. lay fixed hammock egg sacs, which is an unusual behavior among species in Theraphosinae. Two stridulating setae previously reported only in epigean species are present on some of the new troglobites.
Systematic revision of Brachypelma red-kneed tarantulas (Araneae: Theraphosidae), and the use of DNA barcodes to assist in the identification and conservation of CITES-listed species
Jorge Ivan Mendoza Marroquín, Oscar F. Francke ,2017Mexican red-kneed tarantulas of the genus Brachypelma are regarded as some of the most desirable invertebrate pets, and although bred in captivity, they continue to be smuggled out of the wild in large numbers. Species are often difficult to identify based solely on morphology, therefore prompt and accurate identification is required for adequate protection. Thus,weexplored the applicability of using COI-basedDNAbarcoding as a complementary identification tool. Brachypelma smithi (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) and Brachypelma hamorii Tesmongt, Cleton & Verdez, 1997 are redescribed, and their morphological differences defined. Brachypelma annitha is proposed as a new synonym of B. smithi. The current distribution of red-kneed tarantulas shows that the Balsas River basin may act as a geographical barrier. Morphological and molecular evidence are concordant and together provide robust hypotheses for delimitingMexican red-kneed tarantula species. DNA barcoding of these tarantulas is further shown to be useful for species-level identification and for potentially preventing black market trade in these spiders. As a Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) listing does not protect habitat, or control wildlifemanagement or human interactionswith organisms, it is important to support environmental conservation activities to provide an alternative income for local communities and to avoid damage to wildlife populations.
A new genus of Theraphosid spider from Mexico, with a particular palpal bulb structure (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae)
Jorge Ivan Mendoza Marroquín, Arturo Locht, Radan Kaderka, Francisco Medina, Fernando Pérez-Miles ,2016Magnacarina gen. nov. from Mexico is described. Hapalopus aldanus West, 2000 from Nayarit, is transferred to the new genus with an emended diagnosis creating the new combination Magnacarina aldana comb. nov. Three new species are described: Magnacarina moderata Locht, Mendoza & Medina sp. nov. from Nayarit and Sinaloa; Magnacarina primaverensis Mendoza & Locht sp. nov. and Magnacarina cancer Mendoza & Locht sp. nov., both from Jalisco. Magnacarina gen. nov. is characterized by an unusual bifid palpal bulb, and has a primary projection located in the central area of the palpal bulb and directed retrolaterally; this projection possesses the prolateral superior and retrolateral keels. Next to the primary projection is a secondary projection, which may be short or long, ending in the prolateral inferior and apical keel surrounding the sperm pore. This secondary projection may have prolateral accessory keels and is diagnosed by possessing a nodule of inwardly curled megaspines, located in the basal ventro-retrolateral region of metatarsi I in adult males. Additionally, male tibiae I possess three apophyses. Females of Magnacarina gen. nov. have a single reduced and strongly sclerotized spermatheca, with an apical lobe projecting ventrally, and with a uterus externus that is longer and wider than the spermatheca.
Psalmopoeus victori, the first arboreal theraphosid spider described for Mexico (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Aviculariinae)
Jorge Ivan Mendoza Marroquín ,2014A new species of tarantula, Psalmopoeus victori sp. nov. (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Aviculariinae) is described from Veracruz, Mexico. It is the first arboreal species described in Mexico and represents the most northerly known distribution for the genus Psalmopoeus. A detailed description of the lyra is presented.
Taxonomic revision of Hemirrhagus Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae), with description of five new species from Mexico
Jorge Ivan Mendoza Marroquín ,2014The theraphosine genus Hemirrhagus Simon 1903 is revised based on the examination of the type specimens and additional material collected in Mexico. Eight species were redescribed and illustrated. The males of Hemirrhagus ocellatus, Hemirrhagus papalotl, and Hemirrhagus stygius, formerly unknown, are described for the first time. Five new species were recognized and are newly described and illustrated. Hence, Hemirrhagus comprises 21 valid species, all endemic to Mexico. All species are keyed and mapped. New taxonomic features are included in the descriptions and different types of stridulatory organs are described for the first time for the genus. It is reported for the first time that Hemirrhagus is the only known Theraphosinae that lays fixed egg-sacs. Hemirrhagus embolulatus sp. nov. is described as the only known Hemirrhagus that possesses embolus keels present in other Theraphosinae genera. Information on species habitat and reproduction are included. © 2014 The Linnean Society of London
Cotztetlana omiltemi, a new genus and species of tarantula from Guerrero, México (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae)
Jorge Ivan Mendoza Marroquín ,2012
Species described or mentioned
- Bonnetina papalutlensis
- Cotztetlana omiltemi
- Hemirrhagus akheronteus
- Hemirrhagus benzaa
- Hemirrhagus billsteelei
- Hemirrhagus diablo
- Hemirrhagus embolulatus
- Hemirrhagus franckei
- Hemirrhagus guichi
- Hemirrhagus kalebi
- Hemirrhagus sprousei
- Hemirrhagus valdezi
- Magnacarina cancer
- Magnacarina moderata
- Magnacarina primaverensis
- Psalmopoeus victori


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It's that time of year again! The Fall Job and Internship Fair is right around the corner on Wednesday October 2, 2013! Career and job fairs provide candidates with an opportunity to meet employers from a variety of industries and receive first-hand information about the organization and available full-time, part-time and internship positions. These fairs allow employers the opportunity to view a large number of potential candidates and promote their organization, which aids in the pre-screening process and gaining familiarity with students at the fair.
So, how do you ensure that you get noticed and land that perfect internship? Here are a few simple things that will ensure success:
Update your resume:
A good resume is paramount to the job search. It is the first glance that an employer will get of your background and credentials, so you want it to be neat and tidy. You want to make sure you include your most recent employer and possibly take out any information that may be irrelevant. For help with your resume you can find helpful information on the Career Services website, or you can always schedule an appointment with a Career Services professional. They can guide you step by step; making sure everything is in order and giving you useful suggestions on how you can improve the professional appearance of your resume. Once you have your resume in tip-top shape, you should print off several copies to hand out to the employers you speak to at the Job Fair.
Dress for success:
It is important to remember that the Job Fair is just like a job interview: you want to make the best first impression possible. Here are a few of the basic tips on professional attire.
- Wear nice dress pants that are clean and pressed with a buttoned up shirt and tie.
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Stoneridge Quarry
We are a regionally-prominent real estate and resource development concern located in Northern California.
In the quiet rolling oak-studded hills near the base of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range is the location of the planned Stoneridge Quarry. Hard rock will be mined to use in construction materials such as concrete and asphalt in support of the demands of a large, growing community.
There is are various granite stone outcroppings scattered on the property near the site which has lead us to select the name "Stoneridge." I have uploaded a folio of site photos to give you a feel for the site.
o Municipal government staff and elected leaders who are active in the review and approval process.
o Heavy Construction Industry who will contract for and use the mined materials.
o Residents and community members who will learn of our operation.
We are looking for an iconic image along with the name integrated within or along side the icon. It could be used in print, on the web, and in collateral materials for a decade or more.
Concepts you might key on are rock, nature, mining, hills.
Inclusion of earth tones are a must, which might include any one or more of blue, gray, green or brown shades.
We are proud of our conservancy of the environment.
Please be creative and showcase your ideas that you think our stakeholders would find appealing. Samples of generally interesting project logos of a like nature are attached, just as an idea.
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Civil rights groups are warning that as many as 10 million Hispanics may be deterred from casting ballots because of changes to voting laws.
In a report to be released Monday, the civil rights group Advancement Project cites the potential impact of newly restrictive photo identification laws, proof-of-citizenship requirements and late efforts in a few states to remove noncitizens from the voter rolls.
"It has the impact of scaring people and reminding them of [immigration] raids and other kinds of law enforcement that have been targeted toward these communities," said Penda D. Hair, a co-director of the Advancement Project, part of a coalition of liberal groups that oppose the new voting laws.
Proponents of the efforts to tighten voting laws, including several secretaries of state, say they want to root out voter fraud and are not targeting particular demographic groups.
"The fact is our office only compared our voter rolls against DMV records where individuals showed proof of non-citizenship," Rich Coolidge, spokesman for the Colorado secretary of state's office, said in an e-mail. "To insinuate anything else is absolutely false and reckless. Unfortunately, some partisan groups attempt to leverage this effort for their own political gain."
In-person voting fraud is rare, studies have shown, but there have been recent cases of absentee ballot fraud, and small numbers of noncitizens are registered to vote. In Colorado, the secretary of state's office estimated last year that as many as 11,000 noncitizens were registered to vote. But after checking a federal immigration database, the state announced this month that 141 noncitizens were registered and as few as 35 had cast ballots.
Several of the states with more restrictive laws and procedures, such as Colorado, have large Hispanic populations. As the deadline to register voters approaches in many states, the Advancement Project's report warns that the new rules are working against efforts to register Hispanics, the nation's fastest-growing demographic.
Both President Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney are working hard to appeal to Hispanics, who could be key to winning important swing states if they turn out to vote in large numbers.
Advocacy groups have been trying for several years to increase the number of Latinos who vote. In 2010, 6.3 million Latinos who were eligible to vote reported that they were unregistered and 10.8 million said they did not vote, according to census figures cited by the report.
"At the end of the day, voting should be free, fair and accessible, and these barriers are standing in the way of an increasing demographic in this country," said Judith A. Browne-Dianis, a co-director of the Advancement Project.
A dozen state legislatures passed rules last year requiring voters to present state-issued photo IDs, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, although in four states the laws were vetoed by Democratic governors.
Pennsylvania's governor signed a voter ID bill in March that is still being litigated, with opponents presenting studies showing that blacks, Hispanics and others in urban areas are less likely to have the required ID.
In addition, 16 states — including Colorado, Florida and New Mexico — have attempted to "purge" noncitizens from registration lists. The Advancement Project cited examples of purges incorrectly flagging the names of naturalized citizens, putting them at risk for having their voter registration invalidated.
Florida halted an effort to remove noncitizens from lists when it became known that the database used by the state to check citizenship was out of date.
Denver resident Veronica Figoli, who immigrated from Venezuela in 1999, was among the legally registered voters in Colorado whose name was flagged for removal from voter rolls. The letter that she received said it was "extremely important" that she affirm her citizenship or withdraw from the voter rolls, which she said made her feel like a "second-class citizen."
"To get this letter was kind of insulting," said Figoli, who became a citizen in 2011 after what she said was a costly and stressful process. "There are so many steps and it is so confusing, and it's expensive. And you are dealing with government and that makes you uncomfortable." When she got the letter, she said, "I questioned myself."
Figoli returned the required paperwork but said that others might be more fearful.
"I have a friend who said, 'I wouldn't do anything. . . . What if they revoke my citizenship?' " Figoli said. "The fear is there."
Melinda Aguirre, who was born in Denver, also received a letter in English and Spanish questioning her citizenship. "I don't even speak Spanish," she said. "It's just a bunch of [bull] what they are doing with certain people. My mom didn't get this letter. My brother didn't get this letter. Their last name is Roybal. But the Aguirres did."
John Fund, a conservative columnist and author of "Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy," said recent polls show that advocates of cleaning up the voter rolls have public opinion on their side and that they are being unfairly accused of racism. "It is very unfortunate that this issue has been used by groups who want to yell racism in a crowded political theater," Fund said. "This is not the way to debate these issues."
Still, the National Council of La Raza, which has been working with a network of groups to register Hispanic voters, was one of a dozen civil rights groups that said last week that voting rights are in a "state of emergency."
"Part of our frustration is that the debate over the voter integrity process has become a polarized thing," said Clarissa Martinez De Castro, the group's director of immigration and national campaigns. "It's almost like voters have become guilty until proven innocent."
Ana Navarro, a Republican campaign consultant in Florida, said she doesn't expect Hispanics there to be dissuaded from registering or voting.
"I don't get the sense that the average voter is out there ready to set their hair on fire over the voting law changes," she said in an e-mail. "Political campaigns are in full swing in Florida and there's just too many substantive issues like the economy, high unemployment, Medicare, and housing, that Floridians are worried about. . . . Ready or not, whether you like or dislike the changes to the process, voting is upon us."
Floridians start getting absentee ballots in a couple of weeks, and in most states, voter registration closes 30 days before the election.


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Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from a New York Times article featuring a Q&A with Christopher C. Deam, who has designed several units for Airstream Inc., including the new Sterling Concept trailer. To view the entire article click here.
If you're the sort who falls into an escapist dream at the sight of an Airstream trailer, you may want to stop and see the company's latest, the Sterling Concept Trailer, being shown in Palm Springs, Calif., this weekend as part of Modernism Week. Designed by Christopher C. Deam, a San Francisco architect who has been helping Airstream with its interior design for 13 years, it is still a prototype that may or may not be put into production.
You would certainly want to wipe the campground mud off your shoes before walking into this trailer. The aluminum interior is sleek and shining, with a queen-size bed, a streamlined bathroom with a shower and rounded cabinets for the sink, and capsule-shaped accent windows. And, of course, the trailer is Wi-Fi ready.
Deam, who runs CCD Architecture-Furniture, is married to Lara Hedberg Deam, the founder of Dwell magazine. They have 9-year-old twins, Cal, a son, and Macy, a daughter, and have done a bit of trailer travel themselves. Recently, Mr. Deam talked about his work.
How did you get involved in trailer design?
I was remodeling my brother Eric's house with my friend Thom Faulders. This was around 1996. It was very small, like a 26-by-26 box, and we were looking at really efficient uses of space. So we turned our eyes to boats and R.V.'s to figure it out. The house won an A.I.A. Award and was in Sunset magazine, and they titled it "The Airstream Cottage."
A light bulb went off in my head, and I thought, "I have to approach Airstream." My idea was to review their interiors.
How did that work out?
They turned me down. They were, "You're just not for our audience." But then the opportunity arose for me to do a project with Wilsonart. They make plastic laminates. We came up with the idea of using a trailer for their trade show booth. Honestly, before the trailer arrived in my shop, I had never set foot in an R.V. before. For my brother's house we had just looked at pictures.
What I found was, you had this great streamlined aerodynamic modern exterior, and then you opened the door and it was like grandma's kitchen. There was a disconnect between the exterior and the interior. You approached the trailer and there was the magic promise of the future, and you walk in and it was like a log cabin on wheels. What we decided was, we had to do some kind of archaeology, stripping it down and getting rid of all the gewgaws and clunky interior, and taking it back to something really essential. I simplified it and emphasized the horizontal lines and put in a lot of fluid, curved laminates. We took that trailer to the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York, and we got the attention of an Airstream executive.
To view the entire article click here.


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The "bad quarter" has plagued the Bluffton Lady Bobcats all season. Thursday night it was the third frame and it helped eliminate BHS from the Class 3A playoffs.
Crestwood won 54-28 to advance to the third round against Dreher. The Lady Knights improved their record to 19-4 overall.
Crestwood led by only 4 points at the half in the second-round playoff game in Sumter.
But the Lady Knights scored 15 unanswered points to begin the third quarter and the Lady Bobcats never recovered from the deficit.
Jennifer Giles scored 8 points to lead Bluffton. Alex Bailey and Shakeria Kitty contributed 6 points apiece.
The Lady Bobcats finished the season with a 20-5 overall record. They won a share of the Region 7-3A championship with a 9-1 league record.


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When former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. pleaded guilty to conspiring with his wife, Ald. Sandi Jackson, to keep some $750,000 in campaign funds for personal use, the story quickly became Wednesday's most-read story on chicagotribune.com, and the subject of much commentary online.
Comments below the story remarked on the Jackson family's history in Chicago -- the former congressman's father is Rev. Jesse Jackson -- and Chicago's own history (much of it recent) with corruption convictions.
Readers facing state budget shortfalls because of pension funding woes expressed interest in the final outcome for the Jacksons' pensions. A few remarked on the wide arc of Jesse Jackson's Jr. career. A few expressed sympathy, though many did not.
On Twitter, Chicagoans recalled encounters with members of the Jackson family:
I remember when Jesse Jackson Jr came to my high school with Chris Tucker. Nowthey both in trouble with the law #BrooksCurse— Big Ben Noble (@IamBigBen) February 20, 2013
Some asked questions:
Q I'd like to see answered in the Jesse Jackson Jr. case: is there a rule specifying exactly what qualifies as legit campaign expenses?— Hilary Shenfeld (@HilaryShen) February 20, 2013
Some expressed disappointment and shared the Tribune's editorial:
The audacity of Jr. shar.es/YEkEZ via @sharethis- Editorial in Chicago Tribune— Deena Kaufman (@deenamk) February 16, 2013
Covering the Jacksons' political fall involved Tribune reporters and photographers in Washington and in Chicago, the work of our News Apps team to bring to our readers a copy of the charges against Jesse Jackson Jr. and his full plea agreement, as well as to collect into a single visual timeline all of our recent coverage of the congressman's political, health and criminal troubles. Additional Tribune voices joined the conversation throughout the day, including Tribune columnist Clarence Page: Even politicians, he noted, can't mess with the IRS.
We'll keep working to update the story
-- James Janega, Trib Nation manager


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The government is expected to relax planning rules to make it easier for developers to convert offices to housing later this week
Previously change of use conversions like those being proposed, has been both a costly and lengthy process, yet these changes will make it easier for developers.
The rule change could see a rush of conversions in London.
The City of London is opposed to the plans, widely supported by architects they have campaigned to be excluded from the change after raising concern that changes would affect the character of the finanical hub.
The corporation also argued that the changes would be difficult to reverse, if work in the financial sector increased and office spaces was again needed.
Peter Rees, planning officer for the City of London said: 'The City of London has made no secret of our concern about the impact of the proposed change to planning rules upon our role as a world business centre. Property consultants estimate that 20 per cent of the office floor space in the square mile would be in immediate danger of conversion to flats if we do not achieve an exemption from the rule change.
'The current office vacancy rate across the London Central Activities Zone is around 8 per cent which is regarded as normal and healthy and there is an increasing rate of planning approval for commercial to residential conversion in Westminster and the other Boroughs which surround the City. Central London office stock is under grave threat from the wave of inward residential investment.'
Shops and warehouses will also not be covered by the new permitted development rights.
The change is expected to be announced by planning minister, Nick Boles in the next few days.
Former ACA president Brian Waters, who has campaigned for a relaxation of permitted development rights since 2006, said the reform would create a surge of new work for architects.
He said: 'By relaxing the use classes order in this way it will allow a large number of small projects to go forward quickly. It will allow thousands of houses to go ahead and bring regeneration.
He added: 'There is however bound to be some collateral damage. Some low cost employment opportunities will turn to housing.'
Asked to explain how architects could benefit from the reform, he said: 'If I was asked to survey the swathe of property around Wembley, for example, there are a lot of buildings that are very sad but could be easily converted into housing. Conversion would increase the value of the building immediately. It would be real bread and butter for many architects because it is the scale of work smaller companies can handle easily.'
Carl Dyer, a partner and property specialist at law firm Thomas Eggar, also welcomed the proposals. He said: 'We've a huge and growing housing shortfall. We should be building a quarter of a million new homes a year. Instead, there were less than a hundred thousand completions last year, the latest of a long list of dismal statistics on the house building front.
'Our house building industry simply does not have the capacity to bridge the gap with new build housing in the short or even medium term.
He added: 'Policies requiring ever more affordable housing have made the problem worse: they reduce supply still further, and housing allocation becomes a political instead of an economic decision. Any solution which can help increase supply will assist more people than any affordable housing programme ever has. This will not be nearly enough; but it promises to be a sensible step in the right direction.'
A permitted development right for the conversion of offices into residential was initially mooted as part of the NPPF but was dropped last summer following a public consultation in 2011. Eric Pickles announced plans to introduce the permitted development right, effectively resurrecting the proposal, in a written ministerial statement in September.
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Legendary Drummer Uriel Jones Dies
The Funk Brothers were rediscovered by many after the 2002 documentary, Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Famed drummer Uriel Jones, who played on many top Motown hits as part of the legendary Funk Brothers session group, died yesterday at the age of 74.
His sister-in-law told Reuters that complications from a heart attack he suffered in mid-February relapsed, and he passed away in a Dearborn, Michigan hospital.
After touring with Marvin Gaye, Jones came to Motown in 1964, and, along with Richard "Pistol" Allen, gradually took over for the label's main drummer, Benny Benjamin, who battled a drug addiction that killed him in 1969.
Through the 1960s and 1970s, Jones' drumming was an integral part on such hits as the Temptations' Ain't Too Proud to Beg, Marvin Gaye's I Heard It Through the Grapevine and the Miracles' The Tracks of My Tears.
The Funk Brothers were rediscovered by many after the 2002 documentary, Standing in the Shadows of Motown, that pointed out that these musicians played on "more records than the Beatles, Elvis, the Rolling Stones and the Beach Boys combined."
The filmmaker, Allan Slutsky, told the Detroit News that Jones was "one of the great R&B drummers," and that "of the Funk Brothers drummers, Uriel was the hardest rocking."
Of the 13 members featured in the film -- clips from which will be shown on 'American Idol' this week -- only four are still alive.
Jones is survived by his wife, June, three children, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral arrangements have yet to be announced.
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by Josh Simpson
Medium: Glass
Dimensions: 1"h x 1"w x 1"d
This one-of-a-kind possibly inhabited planet is a glass sphere that will hold you spellbound -- if your imagination is good. Josh Simpson's work is in museums around the world. Every piece is unique. You can also get a wooden or acrylic base to place it on; you can then play with the planet as if it were a globe and turn it to your heart's content.


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DATE: Thursday, May 4th
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
LOCATION: If you have a location in mind, please let us know. Otherwise, just let us know if you prefer RUSTIC, URBAN, TRADITIONAL, GRUNGE, FIELDS, etc. Better yet, if you have seen a session on our IG or FB page that you absolutely loved, let us know.
We have several locations we use in Stanton and the Permian Basin. If your location is anywhere other than Stanton, we will send a location meeting place when we know what look you prefer. The majority of our sessions begin with meeting at the Studio and going from there.
And when you have your three to five outfits picked out, please send us a text (432 270-2910) or email with images so that we may begin planning your session.
*** Please, click here to fill out the Model Release form
We are thrilled to be photographing YOU!! We created this page so that you can find all kinds of information about your VIP Senior Session as well as Makeup Tips (if you choose not to have our makeup artist do your makeup/hair, as well as VIP Wardrobe Tips, and colors that look best on you!
SENIOR MAGAZINE: While we count the days until your VIP Session, enjoy looking through our Senior Magazine. Everything from what to expect, wardrobe tips, featured sessions, our specialty products, pricing, and collections can be found inside.
MAKEUP TIPS: We have a fabulous makeup artist that we always recommend. If you would like for us to schedule an appointment with him before your VIP Session, let us know. Tom is uber talented and an expert at air brushed makeup. We believe air brushed makeup is the best for your Senior portraits. It looks natural and doesn't sweat off during your session. He is happy to do natural looks or full glam, it's totally up to you. And he works at a salon in Midland, which is ideal for you. Tom charges: $200 for hair and makeup. Let us know if you would like for us to schedule an appointment for you.
BUT, if you decide to do your own makeup, we put together a guide for Makeup tips to help you look your best for your session:
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Additional Experiences: Want us to photograph you competing in your favorite sport? Would you like to have a Family Mini Session before your daughter goes off to college? Would you like to add a Cap and Gown Session highlighting where you will be attending College? Would you like professional portraits of you in your gorgeous Prom dress? Our Additional Experiences are exclusive for our Senior VIP Clients that had or will have a Senior Session Experience and have or will purchase Collection One or Collection Two.
COLOR GUIDE FOR YOUR SKIN TONES: Do you know what colors look best on you? Our guide below can help you find just the right wardrobe colors to compliment your skin perfectly.
WHAT TO WEAR? Remember, it's all about wonderful YOU! We want to capture your personality, your style, and who you are at this very moment. Ah, the senior year...there is nothing like it! If you need some inspiration for What to Wear, we put this guide together:
A Few WARDROBE Tips:
VIP Tip #1:
FOR THE PARENTS: Your Senior VIP Session is all about you....but it's also for your parents. Make sure at least one of your outfits is one that they love.
ACCESORIZE TO MAXIMIZE: One outfit can totally look like another outfit simply by adding a hat or a scarf, maybe a vest, and different jewelry. One of our favorite accessories? That's hard to choose....but you can't go wrong with a great leather jacket or even a jean jacket.
KEEP IT EASY: Wearing the same pair of jeans but with a different top and different shoes makes for quick changes but totally different looks. Try vans or converse with skinny jeans and a fun top and then change to MK Boots/Hunter Boots, and a sweater or different top and vest or scarf.
STUNNING: This is YOUR VIP Senior Session, choose one outfit that you feel spectacularly stunning in. It could be an over the top outfit that makes you feel STUNNING! An outfit that you wouldn't wear just anywhere. No need to go shopping (unless you need and excuseHa!), check out your closet or borrow from a friend. Think outside the box. A gown is gorgeous in an urban setting and in a rustic country setting. Maybe add a twist? A fun look is pairing a sequence skirt with a denim top or a prom dress with a leather jacket. Call us if you need help with styling...we love to help!
SHOW US THE OUTFITS!!! Text images of your outfits and accessories to Kristi (432 270-2910) or email them (email@example.com). You don't have to be wearing them in the images. Seeing your outfits a week ahead of time helps us plan the perfect props and locations that compliment your style.
Bring your clothes already on hangers complete with accessories. The easiest way to bring your accessories is to place each outfit's accessories in a gallon ziplock bag and hang it with the outfit. It also helps you remember what you wanted to pair with your outfits and makes for quick changes which allows us to maximize your session.
How many outfits should I bring? We will photograph you in three to five outfits as time permits. If you are torn between a few outfits, bring them too, and we can help you decide.


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Lincoln Christian Preschool celebrates Dr. Seuss' 110th birthday
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[March 06, 2014]
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March 2 marked the 110th birthday of Theodor
Seuss Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss. In celebration of the special
children's author, the students of the Lincoln Christian Church
Preschool have spent this week participating in special Seuss
On Monday the children heard
the story "Fox and Socks" and came to school wearing all kinds of
funny and colorful socks.
Tuesday they heard the story
"One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish." That day they were
to wear red and blue to school and played special color-matching
On Wednesday it was "Cat in the
Hat" day in the classroom. The children were encouraged to
bring and wear their favorite hat while the church's children's
minister, Marcia Wells, read them the book "The Cat in the
Hat" Afterward they enjoyed a snack of cupcakes and took
guesses at how many fish were in the fishbowl.
Theodor Seuss Geisel began his
career as a serious news journalist during World
War II. There he started illustrating and was introduced to
the art of animation. He later worked on military films such
as "Your Job in Germany" and "Your Job in Japan." He later
wrote for Life, Vanity Fair and Judge magazines. He did his first book
illustration for a collection of children's books called "Boners." Through a long and winding road of various illustration and writing
projects, Geisel was finally approached to write a children's primer
using 220 new-reader vocabulary words. It was then that he wrote
'The Cat in the Hat." The book was published in 1957 and
launched his career as Dr. Seuss. Geisel also wrote books
under the pen name Theo LeSieg, his last name spelled backward.
Pictures by Karen Hargis.
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ProperGander wrote:Ever see this one?
True Stories or True Fictions (Ancient Greek: Ἀληθῆ διηγήματα) is a parody of travel tales, by the Greek-speaking Syrian author Lucian of Samosata, the earliest known fiction about travelling to outer space, alien life-forms and interplanetary warfare. Written in the 2nd century, the novel has been referred to as "the first known text that could be called science fiction". The work was intended by Lucian as a satire against contemporary and ancient sources, which quote fantastic and mythical events as truth.
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"Look Wii, it's not you, it's just, it's me. I need to see other people. I need to see them in high definition, I need to see them online... But I'll always remember the good times..."
So that's why my Wii's sulking on the couch, digging into a pint of Edy's Double Fudge Brownie. NBA Jam on the Xbox 360 and PS3 is out today. This launch trailer covers just about everything in the game, which is a ton more than what the Wii version got when it released six weeks ago.