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Last Updated: 11/15/2017
Eye contact is the act of looking into someone's eyes. Eye contact is a very important aspect of nonverbal communication that is recognized not only throughout the human world, but in many species of animals as well. Maintaining eye contact during a conversation gives the impression that you are friendly and that you are paying attention to the other person. In some cultures, however, direct eye contact is considered rude or hostile. Understanding the message that you are sending through eye contact is important to improving communication.
It is important to understand the difference between eye contact and staring. While eye contact sends the message that you are confident, relaxed and interested in what the other person has to say, staring is considered rude and even threatening. Understanding the difference between eye contact and staring is an advanced skill that can enhance your communication with others.
Staring involves looking solidly at the other person without a break. Many of us engaged in staring contests as children, and we still remember the uncomfortable feeling that generally accompanied the game. In a staring contest, the participants often avoid blinking, which leads to painful, watery eyes. Real-world staring does not mean failing to blink, but it does mean keeping one's eyes on another person without pausing. This behavior can make the other person feel uncomfortable, as if his or her personal space has been violated.
When maintaining normal eye contact, each person looks into the other's eyes and then away again. The speaker checks in visually with the listener and the listener confirms understanding through meeting the speaker's eyes. This process cycles through every few seconds throughout the duration of the conversation.
In the United States, avoiding eye contact sends the message that you are uncomfortable in the situation. You may be perceived as rude, unfriendly or even arrogant. Depending on the circumstances, you may appear to be submissive or overly dominant. Generally, a lack of eye contact when someone is speaking communicates submission, while avoiding eye contact when questioned or queried indicates deceit.
The balance between too little eye contact and too much is delicate. Healthy eye contact within a two-way or small group conversation partly depends upon the group dynamics. If the conversational participants are familiar or emotionally close, a greater level of eye contact is often used. If the group members are naturally shy, however, less eye contact may occur. If you are in a new group and unsure how to use eye contact effectively, try mirroring the other participants.
Mirroring is a psychotherapeutic technique that is effective for communication with anyone. In mirroring, you actively pay attention to someone else's behavior and adjust yours to achieve similarity. Therefore, if the group seems to be looking back and forth from each other's eyes to the project at hand, try doing the same thing. In order to minimize confusion, you may wish to select just one person, perhaps the group leader, to mirror.
Public speaking situations require special care in eye contact. You will need to find a way to make each member of your audience feel drawn in, as if your speech is intended specifically for him or her.
In order to accomplish this, try sweeping the room with your eyes. Find one person in each section, seated near the middle of that section. Direct your gaze toward that person for four or five seconds, then move on to the next section and repeat the process. As you move back and forth between sections, be sure to pick out a new person each time. An older public speaking technique was to direct your gaze just over the heads of the audience, at a point on the back wall. However, this technique tends to lead to you locking your eyes on that spot, making those in the middle section feel that they are being stared at and those on the sides feel ignored.
Eye contact can be used quite effectively in flirting situations. It is considered polite to make eye contact with strangers, but this eye contact is generally quite brief, including a nod and a smile then moving on. When you catch the eye of someone to whom you are attracted, hold that gaze for just a second longer than you normally would. Look away for a few seconds and then glance back, again maintaining your eye contact for just an extra moment. This process demonstrates interest in the other person without creating the "creepy stare" that is considered distasteful or threatening.
Avoiding eye contact is just as powerful a communication tool as maintaining eye contact. In social situations, we often encounter people that we would rather not speak with.
If you feel that someone is using a flirting level of contact with you, an easy way to put a stop to it is through avoiding eye contact. If you catch the person gazing at you, nod and turn away. Resist the urge to look back to see if the person is still looking, as that glance back may be mistaken for reciprocated flirting behavior.
In many other situations, avoiding eye contact can be used sparingly to communicate a specific message. In a relationship that has natural boundaries, such as teacher-student or supervisor-subordinate, either party can use judicious avoidance of eye contact to maintain the boundary. This is often used to return a relationship to its natural state following a momentary breach of the usual boundaries.
In cross-cultural situations, the issue of eye contact can lead to serious misunderstandings. In Asian cultures, eye contact can be interpreted as threatening or hostile. Asian people are taught to avert their eyes as a sign of respect, particularly when dealing with their superiors. This is a simple cultural difference, but may lead to innumerable problems. When an American and an Asian person meet in a business situation, the American may perceive the Asian person as insecure or even dishonest, while the Asian person may view the American as rude or threatening.
Traditional Muslim society dictated that eye contact between members of the opposite sex, other than family members, was strictly forbidden except under very specific circumstances. This was to avoid unwanted desires. Today, the rule has been relaxed to the point that many Muslims are unaware of its existence.
The animal kingdom tends to perceive direct eye contact as a challenge or sign of aggression. For example, the Center for Disease Control's dog bite prevention guide stresses the importance of avoiding eye contact with an unfamiliar dog. Dogs perceive direct eye contact as a sign of challenge and fight to maintain their position. Similar behavior has also been observed in bears and primates.
Eye contact is an extremely important part of body language and nonverbal communication. In the United States and in many other countries, eye contact is crucial on job interviews, when asking someone for a date and in many other important human interactions. If you are naturally shy, you may have difficulty maintaining eye contact. You can learn to improve your eye contact skills through practice, however. It may take a bit of work, but you will find the rewards of good eye contact to be well worth the difficulty.
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In India, we derive our strength from tolerance and respect our pluralism. We celebrate our diversity."
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Huh…Brussels sprouts. Now there is something not everybody gets excited about! 🙂 There are some of us whose only experience with Brussels sprouts comes from the Swedish Chef. (You know, from the Muppets? I can't help but think of his little routine to make Brussels Sprouts every time I fix them! What? You've never seen it? Well, by all means, click here! It's worth the snicker!)
I used to run the other way when someone mentioned Brussels sprouts. Granted, I'd only had very sad,
nasty boiled, versions of these little power houses. When I learned that you could roast them for an entirely different flavor, as well as texture ~ well, I was willing to try them one more time. (Especially since they wouldn't go to waste, as J loves them ~ even boiled ~ and would eat them all even if nobody else liked them!) Think of the difference between boiled potatoes vs. roasted potatoes, or boiled vs. roasted carrots or beets. Roasting just brings out an incredible flavor in most veggies.
Have you ever seen Brussels sprouts in their natural state? By the way, that isn't in a little mesh baggie at the supermarket! 😀 They come on a great big stalk! They are a challenge for the people at the check-out to bag for you (because I certainly don't have any ecologically-friendly bags big enough for them, either.)
I wish, wish, wish I'd thought to take a picture of them before I plucked them off and prepared them. I went back and bought yet another stalk this week just so I could take a picture…and to make J happy ~ and, apparently, the cat, who went nuts and 'mugged' me when I brought the pan out of the oven. ;D I purchased mine at Trader Joe's. They were/are the freshest Brussels sprouts I'd ever seen. Of course, you have to keep an eye on them, because one week they might not appear quite as hearty ~ last week they didn't. Look for tight, healthy, mini-cabbage-like sprouts.
I encourage you to try this method of preparing a much-maligned veggie. 🙂
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- a stalk or a bag of Brussels sprouts
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Preheat your oven to 425°. Pick sprouts off of the stalk, or out of the bag, and rinse. Remove any beat-up leaves. From ones on the stalk, trim any stem ends off that seem long; trim all ends from the bagged ones to leave fresh stems ends. If your sprouts are not tiny ones, cut them carefully in half so that you don't lose a lot of little leaves. Toss all of them together in a mixing bowl, with generously drizzled olive oil, and salt. Place them on a cookie sheet or, if absolutely necessary, a cake pan (remember ~ if you were generous with the oil, they won't stick very much later!) You can use parchment paper, but that tends to hold the moisture and doesn't allow for the browning you want. Here is the secret to doing this the right way so that you don't end up with steamed sprouts (bleh, bleh, nasty!) ~ make certain that the sprouts do not touch each other as much as possible. (See the picture above.) They need room to put off moisture. Bake them until they are beginning to blacken (I know, I know…that doesn't sound tasty, but trust me on this one.) ~ about 20-30 minutes. Remove from oven and serve immediately with extra salt and lemon juice, if desired, to taste.


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The regulatory demarcations between clinical research and quality improvement (QI) are ambiguous and controversial. Some projects that were undertaken as a form of QI were deemed by regulatory agencies to be research and thus to require institutional review board approval. In the era of personalized medicine, some physicians may ask some patients to participate in n-of-1 trials in an effort to personalize and optimize each patient's medical treatment. Should such activities be considered research, QI, or just excellent personalized medicine? Experts in research, research regulation, and bioethics analyze these issues.
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The regulatory demarcations between clinical research and quality improvement (QI) are ambiguous and controversial.1 Some projects that were undertaken as a form of QI were deemed by regulatory agencies to be research and thus to require institutional review board (IRB) approval.2 Different IRBs set different criteria for approving such studies.3 In the era of personalized medicine, some physicians may ask some patients to participate in n-of-1 trials in an effort to personalize and optimize each patient's medical treatment.4 Should such activities be considered research, QI, or just excellent personalized medicine? Experts in research, research regulation, and bioethics analyze these issues.
The Case
The following protocol is submitted to the IRB.
Study Question
Among older children with essential hypertension, are there individual differences in the response to different antihypertensive drug classes?
Hypertension is increasingly diagnosed in children, many of whom need pharmacologic treatment. In essential hypertension several classes of antihypertensive agents could be considered for first-line therapy, and there is a lack of clinical trial evidence comparing these options in children. As a result, the best first-line therapy has not been defined for national guidelines, and significant practice variation exists. Children are therefore prescribed a drug, and potentially committed to this drug for many years, without ever knowing or testing whether this is the best drug choice for the patient among the various acceptable treatment options.
This study aims to determine whether individuals will have different responses to treatment via a series of randomized n-of-1 crossover trials to identify the preferred therapy for each patient from among lisinopril, amlodipine, and hydrochlorothiazide. Each of these therapies is used commonly in clinical practice, and all have been shown to be efficacious in blinded, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trials.
Eligibility Criteria
Children aged ≥9 years with essential hypertension necessitating pharmacologic therapy and without a compelling indication to choose 1 particular medication over another.
Study Design
Each n-of-1 trial will consist of a series of 2-week treatment periods to test the 3 drugs in random order, repeating drugs and adjusting dosages in a systematic fashion until the preferred therapy is identified. The preferred therapy is defined a priori as the medication that yields normal blood pressure, with the greatest reduction in systolic blood pressure compared with baseline, and without the presence of unacceptable side effects. The results will be applied in the clinical setting and with direct and immediate benefits to each participant.
The effectiveness of each therapy will be measured at the end of each 2-week treatment period with 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, and tolerability will be assessed via a side effect questionnaire. In assessing whether one of the medications is most effective for the majority of subjects, the primary outcome will be the percentage of participants for whom each drug is selected as the preferred therapy. Secondary analyses will explore whether patient characteristics predict which medication will be selected as the preferred drug.
Informed Consent
The n-of-1 trial is offered to all eligible patients as an optional program. Patients are informed that participation is voluntary, and they can withdraw at any time. Verbal informed consent is obtained from each participant and parent or guardian.
As an IRB Member, Would You Consider This Protocol to Be QI, Research, or a Part of Clinical Care?
Alyssa Burgart, MD and David Magnus, PhD Comments
Existing regulations require that there be a distinction made between "quality improvement" and "research," although if they are done well it becomes difficult to distinguish them. Moreover, n-of-1 trials may constitute a unique branch of both QI and research. If the primary objective is indeed improved individualized patient care, not the production of generalizable knowledge, then this may be classified as QI, not necessarily research. However, the use of randomization and blinding makes this project sound very much like a traditional research study, and many institutions may want the oversight that IRBs provide. In a systematic review of n-of-1 trials, Gabler et al5 found that 69% of trials had obtained IRB approval. More than 90% of the trials compared different drugs. This tendency toward obtaining IRB approval may result from the unique nature of n-of-1 trials and the ambiguity in terms of whether such trials constitute human subjects research or are a systematic approach to delivery of usual care.
As past and present IRB professionals, we believe that any project that might be construed as research should be evaluated by the IRB for assistance in determining whether approval is necessary. This step helps address the risk that clinicians will institute protocols that meet criteria for review without appropriate oversight to ensure that participants' rights are protected. Given the rich history in research ethics of patients' rights and dignity being superseded by ulterior motives, we are hesitant to deem a study like this one exempt from review. However, there can be wide variability across IRBs, and recommendations may not be uniform. Additionally, in institutions that do not have dedicated scientific oversight committees, the IRB may be the only independent group providing feedback on the scientific value of the proposed protocol design.
If n-of-1 trials will be more consistently used in the future, institutions and their IRBs should seek to generate appropriate policies and guidelines to assist in determining when additional oversight is warranted. The authors of the case allude to 1 such institutional policy from UTHealth.6 In this case in particular, where patients are vulnerable minors, IRBs may have a lower threshold for opting to maintain oversight. If there is a plan to analyze aggregated data of the series of n-of-1 patients in an attempt to determine possible generalizable results, then IRB approval should be obtained. If more questions are determined after the data has been collected, approval for retrospective chart review seems appropriate.
The anticipated risks to participants appear minimal and not significantly different from the risks of a patient receiving the same therapies in a less standardized fashion. However, given the controversy surrounding the SUPPORT trial, we must take care to closely question any claims that research on medical practice is no more risky than usual treatment. Ex ante, there is no reason to believe that these patients are exposed to any greater risk than patients receiving usual care. Ex post, we may discover that the first treatment they received was the best, so that they would have received less than optimal care for the later weeks. Or the treatment they would have received in ordinary clinical care was the best option, and they were therefore exposed to side effects that would not otherwise have occurred. However, these are not really differences in risk (which are a product of the probability and the magnitude of ex ante anticipated harm).
Minor risks related primarily to protocol design may include anxiety and frustration with the complicated nature of randomization and blinding, as well as the risk of nonadherence to the trial and forgoing the information about whether 1 treatment is superior or inferior for the patient. For the individual patient, the time and effort involved in determining the best therapy may be arduous. Other less obvious risks also relate to the ability to garner valid scientific results from the proposed design. If the project design is not scientifically rigorous or data are not properly analyzed, the patient may complete the trial and gain no information on the best therapy. Worse yet, major errors in analysis could potentially lead to a less effective therapy being chosen incorrectly. If the study is not well designed and analyzed, then each patient's participation will be wasted, and even minimal risk of participation is unacceptable.
A standard "consent to treat" form, as most patients sign to receive clinical care, is usually understood to indicate that the patient will receive "usual care." By design, n-of-1 trials deviate from usual care. Whether and how to obtain informed consent depends critically on whether this is really a research protocol rather than QI. Regardless, respect for the patient necessitates a more detailed and organized approach to communicating the nature of the activity and to ensure understanding by the patients or their parents. Current regulations may allow waivers of documentation of consent (or even waivers or alteration of consent itself under narrow circumstances). However, there is a strong prima facie case to be made to ensure a robust informed consent. Given the complexity of the proposed protocol, written explanation of the trial may be helpful. Adequate communication with the physicians will be essential. Parental consent and patient assent will ensure an opportunity to discuss expected risks and benefits, to decline participation, to leave the trial at any time, and alternatives (eg, return to "usual care"). If there is a plan to aggregate data for additional analysis, perhaps to discover more generalizable information, then patients and parents should be notified that their data may be used for such purposes before enrollment. The team's plan for data security should also be addressed.
Drs. Samuel, Wootton, and Tyson Comments
The question, here, is whether any and all n-of-1 trials should be designated as research, simply because they involve randomization and systematic data collection and analysis.
Research is defined under 45 CFR 46.102 as "a systematic investigation…designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge." However, n-of-1 trials are designed to benefit individual patients rather than to produce knowledge generalizable to other patients. Randomization and systematic data collection and analysis are merely methods that may be used in either human subjects research or QI projects7 to promote unbiased and precise assessments. N-of-1 studies are not without difficulty, may not be definitive, and are appropriate only for comparing therapies that are used for chronic conditions and that have measurable treatment effects. However, when they can be conducted, n-of-1 trials have been referred to as the ultimate strategy for individualizing medical treatment.8,9
The proposed n-of-1 trials project avoids multiple sources of error and uncertainty in the way clinicians usually assess the response to antihypertensive agents: "white coat hypertension" during clinic visits, a limited number of blood pressure assessments in a clinic setting with no ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, and the evaluation of only a single medication in the absence of obvious treatment failure. With n-of-1 trials, unnecessary treatment may be avoided. When treatment is needed, the benefit of identifying the preferred therapy for the individual patient may be augmented by greater adherence to this treatment as a result of being actively involved in demonstrating its value.7,10
Should This n-of-1 Project Be Considered Research Because It May Produce Generalizable Knowledge?
Whereas the primary aim is to benefit the patients, secondary aims include assessing the percentage of patients for whom each therapy is preferred and the factors that might help predict which therapy would be best for future patients. The involved physicians may also learn much about the acceptance and value of n-of-1 trials to identify the preferred treatment of their patients. Does the acquisition of this knowledge, knowledge that would probably generalize to future patients in their center, if not in other centers, require that this project be considered research as well as QI?
We think not. Such a requirement would extend the purview of busy IRBs to many activities that IRBs do not currently attempt to regulate and that are considered desirable features of clinical practice, such as routine data collection within or outside practice networks to monitor and augment patient care and outcomes. Moreover, almost any QI project aims to produce knowledge generalizable to future patients in at least the same center. (Otherwise the project would not be conducted.) Whether the findings generalize to other centers is irrelevant to the above definition of research or to basic ethical principles, there being no important ethical distinction between patients in different centers.
For these and other reasons, prominent ethicists and others have criticized the above definition and similar definitions of research as ambiguous, outmoded, and counterproductive.11,12 Kass et al11 note that "the labels 'research' and 'practice' are poor proxies for what should be our central moral concerns" and call for a system of health care "in which learning and clinical practice are deliberately and appropriately integrated." Likewise, the Institute of Medicine advocates a learning heath care system in which the development of generalizable knowledge is built seamlessly into the provision of health care to most rapidly augment patient outcomes.13 In such a system, n-of-1 studies may be viewed as a quintessential example of how learning can be a byproduct of efforts to optimize the care of individual patients.
Should This Project Require Review and Oversight From a QI Committee, if Not an IRB, and Written Informed Consent From Patients or Surrogates?
With the ongoing changes in health care, the appropriate role of IRBs in a learning health care system has become increasingly controversial.14–16 In decisions whether this or other QI projects are judged to be under the purview of the IRB, a QI committee, or simply the involved physicians, we doubt that research, QI, and patient care can be separated into mutually exclusive categories and believe that the central issue should be whether patient risk is increased.
QI projects generally implement interventions that are assumed to be beneficial. However, as in clinical practice, many widely recommended treatment methods have unproven value,17 and some will ultimately be shown to be not only ineffective but harmful.18 Thus, it should not be assumed that any proposed QI project will be beneficial. The best available evidence should be used in assessing whether it will increase the risk that patients experience were it not conducted.
There is no evidence that the care in this project would be inferior to usual care or that there would be reasonably foreseeable incremental risks. It exclusively uses low-risk interventions that are widely used in usual care. The use of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring minimizes the risk for inaccurate or misleading measurements that could lead to prolonged overtreatment or undertreatment. The potential benefits are likely to outweigh the extra effort and inconvenience and any additional costs.
If the responsible IRB or QI committee agrees, we believe this project should be viewed as a QI project that involves minimal if not reduced risk and does not require written informed consent. In obtaining the agreement of the child and family to participate, the discussion should convey the rationale for the n-of-1 trials, the expected benefits, the additional effort required of the family, and the fact they may opt out or may withdraw at any time during the trial. This effort may be most effective if a written description is provided as well.
John D. Lantos, MD Comments
All clinical treatment is, in a sense, a series of n-of-1 trials. As physicians, we try a treatment, evaluate whether it works, and decide whether to continue the treatment or change to an available alternative. The main difference between that time-honored and ubiquitous approach to clinical care and a formally designed n-of-1 trial such as that outlined here is that the formally designed one is likely to find the best and safest treatment of each patient sooner than an informal and haphazard approach.
There are many good reasons to require IRB oversight of clinical research. Researchers have different goals than clinicians and may sometimes be tempted to compromise patient interests for the sake of a more rigorous study. Patients who participate in research need to know that. Research that is designed to evaluate a new or inadequately studied innovation may have unknown or unforeseen risks. Patients who are asked to participate in research designed to evaluate such innovations should do so voluntarily and with information about the risks. IRBs ensure that consent for such projects is obtained. In this n-of-1 study, neither of these concerns is present. The goal of the clinicians who conduct such an n-of-1 study is only to improve the treatment of their individual patients. The interventions in the study are all approved, freely available, and widely used. Clinicians would, presumably, seek informed consent for treatment with each of them before initiating treatment. This protocol is designed to reduce risk, increase benefit, and improve outcomes for each patient. It is better for each patient to be treated by such an n-of-1 protocol than for that same patient to be treated based on the imperfect clinical judgments or the ingrained habits of their clinician.
In this case, the protocol has a format that we associate with research. It involves randomization and treatment by protocol. That format should not, in itself, trigger the need for IRB oversight. The focus of IRB oversight should be on protecting patients from any risks that are associated with research involving human subjects. If there is no plausible reason to think that a particular n-of-1 protocol is associated with increased risks, and especially if there are good reasons to think that it decreases risks and improves the efficacy of clinical care, then there is no justification for requiring IRB approval or oversight. The question, then, is whether investigators, knowing the rules, can make that judgment themselves, or whether only an IRB can determine that a protocol is exempt from IRB oversight. If the latter, then the rule contains its own contradiction, and nothing is truly exempt from IRB oversight.
- Accepted April 4, 2016.
- Address correspondence to John D. Lantos, MD, Children's Mercy Hospital, 2401 Gillham Rd, Kansas City, MO 64108. E-mail: jlantos{at}cmh.edu
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE: The authors have indicated they have no financial relationships relevant to this article to disclose.
FUNDING: John Lantos' work on this paper was supported by a Clinical and Translational Science Award grant from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences awarded to the University of Kansas Medical Center for Frontiers: The Heartland Institute for Clinical and Translational Research # UL1TR000001 (formerly #UL1RR033179). The contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health or the National Center for Adavancing Translational Sciences. Funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST: The authors have indicated they have no potential conflicts of interest to disclose.
- Copyright © 2016 by the American Academy of Pediatrics


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Contrary to popular belief, financial aid isn't just reserved for first-time college students in their late teens/early twenties. Financial aid is available to older and nontraditional students as well. You just have to know where to look. Also, check out nontraditional, adult and returning student scholarships and internships.
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The Business and Professional Women's Foundation maintains a list of scholarships and fellowships aimed at women age 25 and over, who are going back to school to upgrade their career skills, train for a new career or re-enter the job market.
Scholarships for Adult, Non-Traditional or Older StudentsMany scholarship and fellowship programs do not have age restrictions, and there are no age restrictions on eligibility for federal student financial aid. Older students should conduct a search for aid just like younger students. The Fastweb scholarship database includes plenty of scholarship opportunities for students of all ages, and some scholarship offerings even have minimum age requirements for application that specifically target older students.
College Aid for Adult, Non-Traditional or Older StudentsAlthough many schools restrict eligibility for the school's own financial aid programs to the first Bachelor's degree, some schools will waive the restrictions when the student is an adult returning to school to earn a second degree in preparation for a career change. Data from the the National Post-Secondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS) is another great resource to understand the breakdown of funding available. They found that nontraditional students are more likely to receive the Pell Grant than traditional students, but less likely to receive private scholarships. Many colleges offer free tuition to senior citizens who wish to audit classes and significantly reduced tuition for classes taken for credit.
Federal Student Aid for Adult, Non-Traditional or Older StudentsNontraditional students should submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid just like younger students. Federal student aid generally does not have any age restrictions. The main exception is the Coverdell Education Savings Account, which requires the funds to be used by the time the beneficiary reaches age 30. Section 529 college savings plans, on the other hand, do not have any such age restrictions. There are, however, restrictions based on educational background. A student who has already earned a bachelor's degree or first professional degree is no longer considered an undergraduate student and is ineligible for the Pell Grant. However, such a student is still eligible for federal education loans and work-study. See What Types of Student Aid are Available for a Second Bachelors Degree? on the Fastweb site for additional details. Students who are age 24 or older are considered automatically independent. Independent undergraduate students are eligible for increased unsubsidized Stafford loan limits -- an additional amount per year during the freshman and sophomore years and an additional amount per year during the junior and later years -- since their parents cannot borrow from the PLUS loan program. Graduate and professional students are eligible for Stafford loans each year. They are also eligible for the Grad PLUS loan. You can more about Federal Student Aid for Adult Students on the Department of Education's adult students section. Department of Education's Federal Student Aid website has a helpful resource: an Adult Student Checklist. Nontraditional students who will be quitting a job to go back to school should ask the college financial aid office for a "professional judgment" review to adjust the income from prior tax year income to estimated award year income. If you are currently employed, ask your employer's human resources office about the availability of employer tuition assistance. About 7/8 of large employers provide some form of tuition assistance. Over $5k in such assistance is excluded from gross income (in some cases more). They may require you to keep working or agree to work for the company for a set number of years after graduation. They may require you to maintain a minimum GPA in order to get the assistance. Often the assistance is provided as a reimbursement after the fact, so you'll need to budget for your cash flow needs. Unfortunately, many nontraditional students will find that the colleges are less willing to adjust for other expenses, such as married student housing, supporting a family or providing family health insurance. This is why many families will have one spouse working while the other is in school, and then switch off so that the other spouse can earn a degree later. Even though nontraditional students may be eligible for increased loan limits, they should avoid over borrowing. Do not borrow more than your expected starting salary after you graduate. It may be tempting to borrow more for your living costs, but this will make it more difficult for you to repay the debt after you graduate.
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GOSHEN, Ind. - The Kalamazoo College women's basketball team lost 80-48 at Goshen College on Tuesday.
The host Maple Leafs (5-1) led 14-9 after the first quarter before outscoring Kalamazoo 27-11 in the second to take a 41-20 lead into halftime. Goshen increased its lead in the third before Kalamazoo outscored the Maple Leafs 17-16 in the fourth quarter.
Goshen shot 43.1 percent from the field while Kalamazoo shot 31.6 percent. Goshen was 16-of-20 at the free throw line compared to 6-of-13 for Kalamazoo. Goshen outrebounded Kalamazoo 51-25, including 21-10 on the offensive end.
Kaytlyn Tidey led the Hornets in scoring with 18 points and four rebounds.
Amanda Moss scored 14 points on 6-of-13 shooting with four steals.
Sierra Fraser added seven points with five rebounds while Georgie Andrews scored six points with five rebounds and three assists off the bench.
Kalamazoo's next game is at home against Manchester on Saturday, Nov. 24 at 11 a.m.


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WWE interns took part in a Day of Service at the Boys & Girls Club of Stamford, Conn., near WWE Headquarters. The 2018 summer interns played games, cooked and shared advice about education and careers with the club members.
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How Facebook Helps In Making Friends?
An ultimate social media site named as Facebook. Billions of users are connected withit just to provide happiness to meet with their friends. We all know that today's generation wants to meet with strangers. Chat with them, sharing thoughts, videos, posts and much more. There is no doubt that Facebook is very much responsible for making online friends whether it is old or new. Giving such features to them and providing opportunity to share their feelings and find relaxation and satisfaction. Not only friends are made for our personal but are also for business purpose.
Facebook is aplace where we can pass our crucial time in gaining information, knowledge, communication, interactions, fun and much entertainment. It is helpful to influence other by making relation with it. No doubt, friends are of many types whether it is personal or for business purpose. Following are some useful pointswhich may ensure better features and show out how we can make friends and how facebook helps to make friends.
- For common interest and purpose:
Usually people make friends to find a common interest and purpose. We all know that making friend is good but to use in effective manner is our aim. If we are talking to the concept of making friends in Facebook and how they helps in making purposeful manner ten it is our responsibility to meet them in a manner where you both have same interest of work.
- From business point of view:
There is no doubt that friends are only made for chats and sharing feeling with other but to use in business purpose. Facebook gives us opportunity to find the best way and use in an efficient manner. As the results show that making business friend have a different concept. We can make plans, advertise, share information, meeting online through Facebook. It connects our feeling by sitting far from other.
- Popularity:
Can we gain popularity through using Facebook? There is question in every individual mind. So because we all know that today generation always want tobecome popular though any situation. Their main aim to make friendsjust to Buy Facebook Likes. These are very responsible for them to make their post attractive and want to show-off in front of their friends.
- Faithfulness:
Having trust with each other might be helpful for gaining positive relation. No doubt, Facebook gives us an opportunity to meet with friends, communicate with them, making relation as it is true and trustworthiness. Faithfulness may be concerned with good behavior and attitude towards other in a good manner.
- Fun and entertainment:
Usually Facebook is platform where we can enjoy, making fun and entertainment through reading trolls, messages, making friends whether it is stranger or not. If you are planning to use Facebook in a manner with meet friends, making friends then somehow you re at right place.It is quite a fact that friends are those who help in our every condition.
- Connectivity: Here it is a platform where we can use to stay connected with our friends and relatives. There are various functions which are provided by social media sites just to make connection with other whether it is positive or negative. We all know that users use such Facebook site because of giving time to others. Sending good quotes and messages are helpful to remain happy in life. As the result shows that we are using in an effective manner.
- Personal interaction: It usually concern with online chatting and conversation between two or more people.Personal interaction is also based on bonds and connections.
- Gaining likes:Normally if we talk about today's generation ten no doubt they want fame and popularity through Facebook. They are using such site to create friends groups, posting their own photos and videos and BuyFacebook Page Likes to show off simply. Most of the time you can buy facebook page like to ensure other that we are popular and many people follow us. The main aim to increase friend for the same purpose.
- To educate: According to children and students point of view Facebook has some basic quality which help to educate, learn through searching data and material regarding t it. Here they can interact with teachers and experts with video calling voice recordings ad much more.
- Share useful information: Here we can gain useful information through using information. People usually interact with them to ensure gaining necessary information on a particular concept.
As the results shows that making friend using Facebook is responsible for chatting and educating or for business purpose. To use it in an effective manner is our aim and o implement is out task. These above points may clear that making friends through such sites gives you positivity.


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I had decided I may want a 73-74 Roadrunner or Satellite, always liked the styling and they still are in that lull of pricing with a steady rise in value. The thing to remember is it was only if I found the right car, something above average and if not so be it. Every search will have a story to tell, chances of it being a quick and easy task are slim.
I have seen this one for awhile online and realized I was passing through this part of Maine.
39,000 miles and looked good, $19,000, it comes down to $12,000 and I get more photos of the car and it looks great. When I see the car although still very clean original the photos were 10 years old starting to show its age it is also clear not original paint, no interest for the price
This one below was on ebay same time I looked at the green one in nearby Pittsburgh
In need of some TLC, but all original and 59,000 miles it sold for just under $4,000 a really good price, again was contacted too late to set up a look
I may refer to this as the car that got away below for many years, asking price $18,000 70,xxx miles
400 big block A/C owned for 10 years and got some more detail shots, but decided I must see it first
For some reason the communication with the owner kept falling off and kept putting it off, when I was headed to western Pennsylvania/Ohio border I decided I can swing up to see it in Wisconsin if I made that decision on a Friday. We were talking price and was going well. The owner did not get back to me until Sunday afternoon, too late I had planted roots in Western Pa. for the afternoon and wasted 5-6 hours I could have been heading up to the car. We left it on chance if it was still available to head up in 2 weeks as I was headed to Pa. again. Well found another car closer, if you don't answer emails you can't sell the car
This one below we had thought might have been a rare bird (pun intended) a Roadrunner in limited mist green with green vinyl top with almost no options these came with 318, 3 spd stick on floor, no power steering or p/brakes. Vinyl top, am radio only confirmed options. These wheels would have been an upgrade from Rally's and bucket seats were optional over bench, but not sure with 3spd on floor. Fender tag would tell the story, if I could strip 1" of paint off of it, could not actually read anything except engine code without scraping it,59,000 miles asking $15,900
This was the real crazy part, look at the seats!
I still have never found any reference to this odd fabric/vinyl combo and the layout pattern was in my opinion not from a base Roadrunner?
One of one rare, nah almost 1300 73 Roadrunners rolled out with 3 spd on floor. Inspection showed a left fender replaced with junkyard part and a trunk full of water, but overall a lot more attractive in person so I am still open minded. Note build sheet on windshield, I got a copy and headed home to do more research, driving home it had occurred to me it was attached to seat cushion. Bingo different vin # on build sheet, the Roadrunner is a coupe and the car it came out of a was a hardtop meaning it had roll down quarter windows and this one does not plus the vin number is different.
So we were guessing this may have been a bait and switch ordered car, you know advertise a $2700 new Roadrunner and when you get there a much more attractive and optioned $$ one is sitting nearby. ONLY ONE AT THIS PRICE, a hook! Best I can figure out the seats were in a Satellite Sebring Plus which had Rallye instrument cluster,bucket seat with console option only available in Roadrunner and some snazzy seats. My guess is the 2 cars were in the same dealers inventory and the buyer asked to swap the seats to a more sedate all vinyl green seats from this Roadrunner!
This 70,000 mile beauty below is at a great collector car dealer that was a Chrysler dealer years ago in Rhode Island and I just missed it recently sold asking was $12,995, I just drove through the area
This one below I am still shocked my friend liked it as there seems to be nothing that was not changed or modified in this thing, Its is a Satellite Sebring Plus
The shifter is not a pistol grip, but a pistol that you pull the trigger to shift!
Opening bid was $12,000 with reserve not met and got no bids
This next one was a rarer 318 4spd only 750 made and I jumped in at the end- the seller has his location listed as USA! Can you imagine the guy would not put the state he was in? I can understand on a part, but a car would have large transportation costs and may or may not be close enough to inspect, tell what state you are in! 3.794 million square miles in the USA could have been anywhere and by the time he answered me the auction was ending and I was still sorting through all the info, it was in Ohio. I tried to make sure the seller had my info if he was not relisting, but ebay kept locking me out when I tried to give him my info. If the guy had listed its rough location it would have saved 5 days while the auction was live!
This next one is textbook stupid, I actually drove right past the car on my way 2 weeks ago and decided to ignore it! Three photos of the car all the same area of the car and the 3rd under a shaded tree! Asking $10,000 and 1st phone call "he is outside call back later". 2nd phone call " I am calling about the Roadrunner" and hear a grunt? I ask "what can you tell me about the car?" Answer "it is what it is" "a guy looked at it last Saturday and it started up for him" I start specifically asking certain questions and barely get answers, but was told at least twice again a guy looked at it last week! All I got is 71,000 miles 340, he was original owner and parked it years ago and is a desirable RR with last year of 340, but needs a restoration and is rusty.
At first I passed, but for $14k asking price a Plum Crazy purple RR converted from a 318 to a 440 4spd and stated was done professionally in Pittsburgh and I am headed that way! Yes it is still listed as I write this and was sold awhile back! Remove the listing!
I have listed only cars I either looked at or made some effort to consider, many more were found
This one looked great and I really like Avocado Green (remember I said that)
Nice Roadrunner 360 A/C in Michigan $18,500 30,000 miles showing on odometer (original?)
After 12 days on the road and only one car still on the list to consider (Wisconsin Blue one) I settle in and a car pops up on ebay in New Hampshire, I just drove past here literally days ago!
Location Location Location turned out all the cars I looked at in person were in my Northeastern Region and I guess that could be a rule of thumb when searching? A good guide is use the regions as below to limit each portion of your search?
I will be in the central region September and I am sure a 73-74 will pop up, oh well!
We did find a winner!
I told my friends I get a vibe from just looking at photos of a car, I had them with the Maine car, but it turns out yes 10 years ago when the photos were taken. I had them with the Wisconsin car, but friends were right I had to see it and the Maine car reinforced that theory. I also get a vibe from the seller, I still can't believe people have an attitude when they are trying to sell a car? Remember this I DON'T NEED THE CAR,BUT YOU OBVIOUSLY NEED TO SELL IT, I CAN WALK AWAY AND KEEP THE MONEY. Advise, be more receptive and friendly even if it is not your nature, become a salesman!
Do not become an obnoxious salesman though!
I looked at a local Charger a few years ago that a friend saw at a cruise night so I call the guy and he is the ultimate salesman, gotta see this car it is special, in his mind I have to buy this thing or else?.
I get there and it is clear a tree (not branch) fell across the nose denting the hood and fenders, really! He opens the trunk and asks me "have you ever seen a more solid trunk?" I can see the driveway and lawn through the rotted quarter panels so we are talking and I thank him and say not interested in the car and at that point starts insulting me and yelling at me that my cars are crap and I will never find another car like this!! I really hope not, remember RUST NEVER SLEEPS and IF A TREE FALLS ON A DODGE CHARGER AND I AM NOT THERE TO HEAR IT DO I HAVE TO BUY IT?
This next one is legendary around these parts!
Millions of people ride past it on the Long Island Railroad to NYC in Queens and after some detective work I may been the only person to have actually seen it up close and got the entire story including talking to the guy who put it up there in the 80's who is in his 80's too! Have you noticed it is on top of 2 stacked containers?
Would it be a cool car to have and go with the story of an old Hupmobile service vehicle with some faded signage painted on the door, maybe. Next glitch is the entire driveline was replaced with a mid 60's slant six, auto tranny and converted to 12volts with its original mechanical brakes still intact! It now has zero value other than a novelty and did I mention it is on 2 containers 20 feet in the air????
It was given with the sale of the property with the last transferable registration and I spoke to the new owner who obviously would like it to be gone, but I asked him will you take it down and he said no, so I explained what my research came back with and told him the cost to have a crane take it down is more than the car is worth which is true. The guys a foreign agent (figure that out on your own) and he is thinking he has a valuable car up there more so because I called him half a dozen times and he so far has declined any attempt for me to actually get into the property and inspect it at all. It will be up there for another 25 years and maybe a fitting display for it so millions can see it daily? I got it out of my system, did I mention it is on top of 2 CONTAINERS!?
No keys and no paperwork, the guy spends $450 for a lien and takes ownership now is waiting for a locksmith and I check the car out. A 1973 Chrysler New Yorker 102,000 miles 440 big block fully loaded power everything and mint (pun intended, it is green) interior.
This saga continues as I write this blog, I will find a home for it.


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"As a lobbyist, I was completely against term limits, and I know a lot of people are against term limits, and I was one of the leaders, because why? As a lobbyist, once you buy a congressional office, you don't have to re-buy that office in six years, right?"
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Sorry, Trump. US coal plant retirements second highest ever
2018 was not a good year for those fighting the war against the war against coal.
When I wrote about Spanish miners embracing the closure of mines, one commenter questioned my assertion that US coal was declining too. And they were right—at least as far as coal production is concerned.
Consumption, and consumption capacity, however, is another matter.Bloomberg News Energy Finance (found via the good folks at Cleantechnica) reports that coal power plant closures will hit their second highest year on record, at least as far as capacity is concerned:
This year's widespread closures were headlined by the retirement of four massive Vistra plants in the ERCOT (Texas) market. Coal plants retiring this year produced 127,000 gigawatt-hours of electricity in 2017, enough to power 12 million homes.
And nobody appears to be in a rush to be building new capacity either. Interestingly, alongside competition from cheaper natural gas, Bloomberg New Energy Finance points to the "zero marginal cost" nature of renewables as one of the factors putting pressure on the viability of coal. As Mike noted back in 2015 (the only year to beat the current one for coal plant closures), the fact that solar and wind have extremely low marginal costs once they are up and running means they can afford to undercut coal for baseload power at almost any price—leading to what some have referred to as "death by capacity factor".
It looks like the pro-coal folks in Washington DC may have their work cut out if they're going to reverse a trend that appears to be accelerating around the world.