Sr Systems Design Engineer (Define system & subsystems | scoping | budgeting | scheduling | integration) (#108789)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="WordSection1"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Job Title: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Sr systems Design Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Location:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Milpitas, CA<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Duration:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Fulltime<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Job Description:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">The selected engineer will work on the next generation product covering all aspects of product development. This includes system and subsystem requirements, concepts, designs, development and integration planning, prototype testing, release process, and support in the manufacturing and the field. The engineer must possess strong sense of purpose and be self-driven to continually improve self, others, and processes. Future improvements include cost cutting, operational efficiency, creating new technologies and ideas, and new structures and ways of doing business. Work requires interaction with many disciplines as the system engineer plays the central role in the product development throughout different phases. Strong communication skills both oral and written are required for this job. Some travel might be required. We are looking for future leaders, so we are looking for candidates who are looking for growth and can demonstrate leadership attributes.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Additional details regarding key responsibilities:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">1.Work on product concepts and understand what the market requirements are and what solutions can be offered to meet market demand. This leads into roles in architectural designs, building models, and system and subsystem budgets to meet the required performance.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">2.Participate and drive subsystems and system planning. This includes scoping, budgeting, and scheduling.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">3.Lead and participate in subsystem and system integration and testing. This leads to product acceptance testing and devising iterative system and subsystem improvements and redesigns if needed. This also includes communicating the status of the integration and testing on a daily or weekly basis.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">4.Driving product introduction. This includes training operations and field personnel, creating and driving procedures and checklists, and solving technical and non-technical problems that can impede product introduction.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">5.Being and agent of change – Semiconductor industry is a fast-paced industry with constant change and ever increasing speed of new product introductions. Successful candidate is expected to adopt and drive new ideas and new ways of doing things. Successful candidate must have clear sense of urgency and adaptability to fast moving and highly competitive industry.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Desired Skills & Experience<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Desired Skills & Experience:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">1.PhD degree in Physics, Optics, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">2.Experience in the area of optoelectronics, sensor technology, microscopy, optics design are highly desirable.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">3.Experience in driving and completing projects that include system concept, integration and testing.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">4.Experiences in lithography and semiconductor manufacturing.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Basic Qualification:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 10 years of experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">OR<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Master's Level Degree with at least 6 years of experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">OR<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Doctorate (Academic) with at least 5 years of experience.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;"><o:p><b>Please send in your resumes to vinod.sanker@kla-tencor.com</b></o:p></span></div></div></div>

Sr Systems Design Engineer (Define system & subsystems | scoping | budgeting | scheduling | integration) (#108789)

Job Title: Sr systems Design Engineer Location: Milpitas, CA Duration: Fulltime Job Description: The selected engineer will work on the n...

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Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock 01/11/2013

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://blogs.acpsk12.org/virtualbookclub/">Virtual Book Club - Flat Classroom projects</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Kyle Dunbar is running a virtual book club. The first book is Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds. This website includes a blog that talks about the takeaways and the recordings that they are discussing. Please feel free to join in and mark your calendars - they are meeting on Tuesdays at 7:30 pm. I hope you'll join in. It is vital that you and I both connect with other classrooms around the world. Students are the greatest textbook ever written for each other - they need to connect and learn from each other. You'll meet other educators and model the kind of learner you want your students to be. If you want your students to innovate YOU must be innovative. If you want your students to collaborate YOU must be collaborative. Here's the schedule: January 7th – Meet the Flat Classroom, Chapters 1 & 2 January 21st – Connection and Communication, Chapters 3 & 4 February 4th – Citizenship, Contribution and Collaboration, Chapters 5 & 6 February 18th – Choice and Creation, Chapters 7 & 8 March 4th – Celebrating, Designing, Managing a Global Project, Chapters 9 & 10 March 18th – Rock the World</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/evernote">evernote</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock 01/11/2013

Virtual Book Club - Flat Classroom projects Kyle Dunbar is running a virtual book club. The first bo...

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Create Checklists in Evernote to Save Time

While I use the <a href="http://www.thesecretweapon.org/the-secret-weapon-manifesto/a-better-way">"Secret Weapon" method</a> of organizing <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.evernote.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Evernote">Evernote</a>, I wanted to give you a glimpse of taking those tasks you do just once or twice a year and making them so much easier. As a teacher, sometimes I procrastinate because I just don't want to take the time and energy to find things.<br /><br />As I've been reading <a class="zem_slink" href="http://gawande.com/the-checklist-manifesto" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="The Checklist Manifesto">the Checklist Manifesto</a>, I'm now taking time to start creating checklists to make life easier. Included in the checklist in Evernote, I'm linking and embedding the files so that I can easily take care of business.<br /><br />If you look at the tasks I have to do in the Evernote note below, they have files attached to them and information. Instead of searching for that email I used last year to welcome parents, and finding that file, it is all in one place. I uncheck the boxes so I can start over this year.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij_B-vVgdrUaCKLCGgkcRErikBSE-Danve3v1gFJ4e5SQitc07LRghcr3U5rbV8aM3VecEMK6ui4mvTIg6gXZh61UM11ntX9HoNei06AfSru7PRyvd1KSzgaV4Trf4-DEZ7hAf_aLbJqr5/s1600/evernote-keyboarding-example.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij_B-vVgdrUaCKLCGgkcRErikBSE-Danve3v1gFJ4e5SQitc07LRghcr3U5rbV8aM3VecEMK6ui4mvTIg6gXZh61UM11ntX9HoNei06AfSru7PRyvd1KSzgaV4Trf4-DEZ7hAf_aLbJqr5/s640/evernote-keyboarding-example.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;">This is very helpful for those PowerSchool queries for the academic banquet and very geeky things I Have to do infrequently for Flat Classroom. Since this is the beginning of the semester, it is a GREAT time to make these checklists and embed these files. Note that sometimes I just make a shortcut to a file and put that in the note, but I do pay for premium evernote, so I have the space to attach the files. I'm still curious as to exactly HOW evernote embeds the file.</div><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><br /></div><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><br /><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/?px" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_c.png?x-id=0de32b5b-f301-4d3b-9804-6f70ec293ba1" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a></div>

Create Checklists in Evernote to Save Time

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Mmmmm soup!

<p>It's soup weather!  Very cold here in Ireland with snow and sleet expected on Sunday.</p><p>Next door to my work is the Draiocht Arts Centre with a theatre and gallery.  Betelnut Cafe is based in the Draiocht and the do delicious homemade soups.  Today they have Butternut squash with coconut & lime (I chose this one!) or Leek, potato & rosemary. Delicious!</p><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzl9fXeXJcfkAwg4nb0fys1QdM1Ubusus3uoG51i1dSoRqITRQQkZcJRzwHBsUkzfOncTBcUMEWnRbxFCd7tpSjXrtcmUdGYZu-0w5BwetJoN24L3QiGOQseV4_K1tL7ZlLw3prMo1qFyH/s1600/20130111_124350.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzl9fXeXJcfkAwg4nb0fys1QdM1Ubusus3uoG51i1dSoRqITRQQkZcJRzwHBsUkzfOncTBcUMEWnRbxFCd7tpSjXrtcmUdGYZu-0w5BwetJoN24L3QiGOQseV4_K1tL7ZlLw3prMo1qFyH/s400/20130111_124350.jpg" /> </a> </div>

Mmmmm soup!

It's soup weather!  Very cold here in Ireland with snow and sleet expected on Sunday. Next door to my work is the Draiocht Arts Centre w...

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Qualcomm Tricorder X PRIZE | Healthcare in the palm of your hand

Imagine a portable, wireless device in the palm of your hand that monitors and diagnoses your health conditions. That's the technology envisioned by this competition, and it will allow unprecedented access to personal health metrics. The end result: Radical innovation in healthcare that will give individuals far greater choices in when, where, and how they receive care.<br /><br><br /><br>The Qualcomm Tricorder X PRIZE is a $10 million global competition to stimulate innovation and integration of precision diagnostic technologies, making reliable health diagnoses available directly to "health consumers" in their homes.<br /><br><br /><br>The dire need for improvements in health and healthcare in the U.S. has captured the attention of government, industry, and private citizens for years. But a viable solution has yet evaded one of the most technologically advanced, educated and prosperous nations on the globe. Integrated diagnostic technology, once available on a consumer mobile device that is easy to use, will allow individuals to incorporate health knowledge and decision-making into their daily lives.<br /><br><br /><br>Advances in fields such as artificial intelligence, wireless sensing, imaging diagnostics, lab-on-a-chip, and molecular biology will enable better choices in when, where, and how individuals receive care, thus making healthcare more convenient, affordable, and accessible. The winner will be the team whose technology most accurately diagnoses a set of diseases independent of a healthcare professional or facility, and that provides the best consumer user experience with their device.<br /><br><br /><br><a href="http://www.qualcommtricorderxprize.org/">http://www.qualcommtricorderxprize.org/</a>

Qualcomm Tricorder X PRIZE | Healthcare in the palm of your hand

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Electronic Records Systems Have Not Reduced Health Costs, Report Says - NYTimes.com

The conversion to electronic health records has failed so far to produce the hoped-for savings in health care costs and has had mixed results, at best, in improving efficiency and patient care, according to a new analysis by the influential RAND Corporation.<br /><br><br /><br>Optimistic predictions by RAND in 2005 helped drive explosive growth in the electronic records industry and encouraged the federal government to give billions of dollars in financial incentives to hospitals and doctors that put the systems in place.<br /><br><br /><br>"We've not achieved the productivity and quality benefits that are unquestionably there for the taking," said Dr. Arthur L. Kellermann, one of the authors of a reassessment by RAND that was published in this month's edition of Health Affairs, an academic journal.<br /><br><br /><br>RAND's 2005 report was paid for by a group of companies, including General Electric and Cerner Corporation, that have profited by developing and selling electronic records systems to hospitals and physician practices. Cerner's revenue has nearly tripled since the report was released, to a projected $3 billion in 2013, from $1 billion in 2005.<br /><br><br /><br>The report predicted that widespread use of electronic records could save the United States health care system at least $81 billion a year, a figure RAND now says was overstated. The study was widely praised within the technology industry and helped persuade Congress and the Obama administration to authorize billions of dollars in federal stimulus money in 2009 to help hospitals and doctors pay for the installation of electronic records systems.<br /><br><br /><br>"RAND got a lot of attention and a lot of buzz with the original analysis," said Dr. Kellermann, who was not involved in the 2005 study. "The industry quickly embraced it."<br /><br><br /><br>But evidence of significant savings is scant, and there is increasing concern that electronic records have actually added to costs by making it easier to bill more for some services.<br /><br><br /><br>Health care spending has risen $800 billion since the first report was issued, according to federal figures. The reasons are many, from the aging of the baby boomer population, to the cost of medical advances, to higher usage of medical services over all.<br /><br><br /><br>Officials at RAND said their new analysis did not try to put a dollar figure on how much electronic record-keeping had helped or hurt efforts to reduce costs. But the firm's acknowledgment that its earlier analysis was overly optimistic adds to a chorus of concern about the cost of the new systems and the haste with which they have been adopted.<br /><br><br /><br>The recent analysis was sharply critical of the commercial systems now in place, many of which are hard to use and do not allow doctors and patients to share medical information across systems. "We could be getting much more if we could take the time to do a little more planning and to set more standards," said Marc Probst, chief information officer for Intermountain Healthcare, a large health system in Salt Lake City that developed its own electronic records system and is cited by RAND as an example of how the technology can help improve care and reduce costs.<br /><br><br /><br>The RAND researchers pointed to a number of other reasons the expected savings had not materialized. The rate of adoption has been slow, they said, and electronic records do not address the fact that doctors and hospitals reap the benefits of high volumes of care.<br /><br><br /><br>Many experts say the available systems seem to be aimed more at increasing billing by providers than at improving care or saving money. Federal regulators are investigating whether electronic records make it easier for hospitals and doctors to bill for services they did not provide and whether Medicare and other federal agencies are adequately monitoring the use of electronic records.<br /><br><br /><br>Technology "is only a tool," said Dr. David Blumenthal, who helped oversee the federal push for the adoption of electronic records under President Obama and is now president of the Commonwealth Fund, a nonprofit health group. "Like any tool, it can be used well or poorly." While there is strong evidence that electronic records can contribute to better care and more efficiency, Dr. Blumenthal said, the systems in place do not always work in ways that help achieve those benefits.<br /><br><br /><br>Federal officials say they are drafting new rules to address many of the concerns about the current systems.<br /><br><br /><br>A handful of lawsuits have been filed over the systems. In the fall of 2010, for example, Girard Medical Center, a small hospital in Crawford County, Kan., hired Cerner Corporation to install an electronic records system. The hospital was hoping to obtain federal financing for it.<br /><br><br /><br>But after receiving $1.3 million in payments, Cerner employees failed to get the system up and running in time for the hospital to qualify for federal incentive payments. The company then notified the hospital that it was abandoning the project, according to a lawsuit Girard filed against Cerner last year. The case is in arbitration. A lawyer for Girard and a spokeswoman for Cerner declined to comment.<br /><br><br /><br>Late last year, a physician practice in Panama City, Fla., filed a lawsuit against the health care technology firm Allscripts after the company stopped supporting an electronic records system called MyWay that it had sold to 5,000 small-group physicians at a cost of $40,000 per physician. The lawsuit said that the system had problems and that the physician group was unable to meet the criteria for federal incentive money. A spokeswoman for Allscripts said it would defend itself vigorously.<br /><br><br /><br>The 2005 RAND report helped Cerner executives and others sell the new systems, despite criticism at the time that the analysis was too rosy. RAND said that the report was not influenced by its financial backers and that, in fact, it disclosed the corporate sponsorship prominently in the report itself.<br /><br><br /><br>The study was harshly criticized by the Congressional Budget Office for overstating expected savings.<br /><br><br /><br>The new analysis was not sponsored by any corporations, said Dr. Kellermann, who added that some members of RAND's health advisory board wanted to revisit the earlier analysis.<br /><br><br /><br>Dr. David J. Brailer, who was the nation's first health information czar under President George W. Bush, said he still believed tens of billions of dollars could eventually be squeezed out of the health care system through the use of electronic records. In his view, the "colossal strategic error" that occurred was a result of the Obama administration's incentive program.<br /><br><br /><br>"The vast sum of stimulus money flowing into health information technology created a 'race to adopt' mentality — buy the systems today to get government handouts, but figure out how to make them work tomorrow," Dr. Brailer said.<br /><br><br /><br><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/11/business/electronic-records-systems-have-not-reduced-health-costs-report-says.html?&pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/11/business/electronic-records-systems-have-not-reduced-health-costs-report-says.html?&pagewanted=print</a>

Electronic Records Systems Have Not Reduced Health Costs, Report Says - NYTimes.com

The conversion to electronic health records has failed so far to produce the hoped-for savings in health care costs and has had mixed result...

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Check this baby out!

<p>New Coach handbag - it made from such lovely soft leather.....and it is orange!!</p><p>Bought it in the Coach Outlet Store in Key West.  Coach only arrived in Ireland about a year ago (they have a concession in Arnotts Department Store) so are quite in vogue here.</p><p>I love this bag because I think it is a little bit funky because of the colour but still very classic because of the style.</p><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAso0U3Fhrj4j2MN4rXEMyIvdeNUndxyL75bmoPxtW11ABisPjN7t-pWywYk9FDYKVho21Zh8_YJqWoNM9F5GRQMVJwIxmN78zwR_ne13eBuzVDr93TZjQ8GJiDBwTcHc13M2MVyXRdstc/s1600/20130111_075636.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAso0U3Fhrj4j2MN4rXEMyIvdeNUndxyL75bmoPxtW11ABisPjN7t-pWywYk9FDYKVho21Zh8_YJqWoNM9F5GRQMVJwIxmN78zwR_ne13eBuzVDr93TZjQ8GJiDBwTcHc13M2MVyXRdstc/s400/20130111_075636.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF86i6hZ0J8aT7iMu3yXT8xhmSBi_SKnXd6mX9uvVfkeLizQVRUGusMfrlS259nVLVDPTSzMtpYPV9ZYjXnu9a2xzUvF5CrlopEVweKT5HDA1vqxRS3lQG2QOIzqpg6xsaabA1y5dMgYuu/s1600/20130111_075648.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF86i6hZ0J8aT7iMu3yXT8xhmSBi_SKnXd6mX9uvVfkeLizQVRUGusMfrlS259nVLVDPTSzMtpYPV9ZYjXnu9a2xzUvF5CrlopEVweKT5HDA1vqxRS3lQG2QOIzqpg6xsaabA1y5dMgYuu/s400/20130111_075648.jpg" /> </a> </div>

Check this baby out!

New Coach handbag - it made from such lovely soft leather.....and it is orange!! Bought it in the Coach Outlet Store in Key West.  Coach onl...

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shameless plug friday

I mentioned on my <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/02/2013-goals.html" target="_blank">2013 goal list</a> that I'm going to work on opening up a bit more about other parts of my life. Probably not to the lady next to me in line at the grocery store, or my dentist, but certainly to my uber supportive and loyal readers. (tear)<br /><br />This I'm sure sounds easy to a lot of you but for me it will certainly be a challenge. I don't share a lot of things about myself readily. When I'm with my friends, I would much rather talk about them. In work I'm never good at patting myself on the back or tooting my own horn. It's not really a shy issue, as those who know me will testify - I'm so not shy. It's more of a "I'm sure (insert person's name here) doesn't care about (insert accomplishment here). I don't want to bother them with that boring stuff." So  that's probably a self-esteem issue? I don't know, there is probably a Lifetime Television movie that can work me thru it.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn4uPDhlCVhbDxIC3PsuavkqSKzja20pwr-7MJkOvB8qR9D9QlWNPPzejal31RxB0GO718VIK29xoLwlr06nFZwsYCzH3IIH7u5RqbxwYW9iya-LTjNvRK9M6PLFpFgu-QXp_QpNd0_cdE/s1600/dreams-dont-work-unless-you-do-wood.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn4uPDhlCVhbDxIC3PsuavkqSKzja20pwr-7MJkOvB8qR9D9QlWNPPzejal31RxB0GO718VIK29xoLwlr06nFZwsYCzH3IIH7u5RqbxwYW9iya-LTjNvRK9M6PLFpFgu-QXp_QpNd0_cdE/s320/dreams-dont-work-unless-you-do-wood.jpeg" width="255" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/172403491956907172/">source</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />I've already been working on it for the past year. This blog was a huge step towards teaching myself that it is OK to tell others "Hey I did (insert accomplishment here) and I'm pretty proud of it."<br /><br />Next step is to push myself a little to share more than just my own projects, but the projects that I do for others. And who knows, maybe even the occasional 'these crazy kids' story. No worries though, design is still my core.<br /><br />I'm going to start small today with this little shocker. Did you know that you can 'like' little black door on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/LittleBlackDoor" target="_blank">Facebook</a>? It's true. I'm on the cutting edge people. This Facebook thing is going places. And, I'm also on <a href="https://twitter.com/LittleBlackDoor" target="_blank">Twitter</a>. I just blew your mind, I know. I'm on Instagram too, but that's a long story that shows nothing but my Instagram ignorance.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLLmkwSBmcL6l1oqkZJn0hTi0JumxNr4Qj9y-XWJGKQ9NKLiZn2cTEKlj8LGGZzVFp7J19fCds8kQqp4bKxH2cYXmMMZyzmpGgRVjz94IXhu0J0cSLfyND28EK5fbSbyOhztEHKud8Z0Mx/s1600/littleblackdoorfacebook.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLLmkwSBmcL6l1oqkZJn0hTi0JumxNr4Qj9y-XWJGKQ9NKLiZn2cTEKlj8LGGZzVFp7J19fCds8kQqp4bKxH2cYXmMMZyzmpGgRVjz94IXhu0J0cSLfyND28EK5fbSbyOhztEHKud8Z0Mx/s640/littleblackdoorfacebook.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />So make my Friday, and have some fun. Go on over to <a href="http://www.facebook.com/LittleBlackDoor" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/LittleBlackDoor" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and 'like' me. Shameless plug indeed. If you do, I promise to never post another inspirational quote. Ever.<br /><br />Happy Weekend!

shameless plug friday

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Watch out!

<p>Watch out, Bones is about!</p><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc9b_qR3YHJ_VVtvQ4DILujdOJR_ScLhOF69Pz9iEfFC8vPughTzpI2j9Uh_N_EnlJDygZYN4kDn2YSVyRofxBbB4fT2L6RHKIt4ALs4W1cAZSAzgLji5Yd_TaKYReKQe_lCthPJ0EaIPg/s1600/IMG_6301.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc9b_qR3YHJ_VVtvQ4DILujdOJR_ScLhOF69Pz9iEfFC8vPughTzpI2j9Uh_N_EnlJDygZYN4kDn2YSVyRofxBbB4fT2L6RHKIt4ALs4W1cAZSAzgLji5Yd_TaKYReKQe_lCthPJ0EaIPg/s400/IMG_6301.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmPQ-2jYLkEn-AViAfjJ6h9R5-nm3Syyy8DNfv6D47eic2AEAbhe5htkhcB2j_WcaHgQpZnNGNt0d_NYWmCwX_i0JW-U_XVleHge3SKtj510oazwr_E5fiBTRJYRmXCPnh2Pt7cP8haV9t/s1600/20130109_120201.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmPQ-2jYLkEn-AViAfjJ6h9R5-nm3Syyy8DNfv6D47eic2AEAbhe5htkhcB2j_WcaHgQpZnNGNt0d_NYWmCwX_i0JW-U_XVleHge3SKtj510oazwr_E5fiBTRJYRmXCPnh2Pt7cP8haV9t/s400/20130109_120201.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjc2Tn1azMtKrOWQB98Fh8wmgorDHw4YRkeYJB4MuYE1GBczOD_qwwIraxLOCzUCBYigsaeiy-w-1JnMDO56blPOefYyoFP25_o7DlgTebYAWFiyN8r1AlALwDIc9aoK-S_-RExkIREW8N/s1600/20130109_083417.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjc2Tn1azMtKrOWQB98Fh8wmgorDHw4YRkeYJB4MuYE1GBczOD_qwwIraxLOCzUCBYigsaeiy-w-1JnMDO56blPOefYyoFP25_o7DlgTebYAWFiyN8r1AlALwDIc9aoK-S_-RExkIREW8N/s400/20130109_083417.jpg" /> </a> </div>

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Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 01/11/2013

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://asiasociety.org/education/resources-schools/professional-learning/use-technology-develop-global-competence">Use Technology to Develop Global Competence | Asia Society</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">The Asia Society did a book study a while back on Julie's and my book Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds but they also study and are passionate about developing global competency as reflected in this blog post about how to use technology to develop global competence. Technology is uniquely suited to help connect.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edtech">edtech</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/global competency">global competency</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.trust.org/alertnet/multimedia/video-and-audio/detail.dot?mediaInode=5b349943-0e7a-421d-b831-a59d49fa063f">Video and Audio - AlertNet - Modern Slavery</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">"Slavery is outlawed almost everywhere but occurs almost everywhere." This photojournalist is combatting this crime against humanity the only way she knows how - by capturing the pictures. This is an issue we should all care about and speak out about through our social media network and these are some great photos to share and discuss with those old enough to have the conversations - sadly - some not old enough to have the conversations are LIVING it daily that that has to change.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/endslavery">endslavery</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.bamradionetwork.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=942:jackstreet54&catid=35:jackstreet54&Itemid=89">Keeping Up with the Pace of Education Technology</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Was just on a radio show recently talking about how to keep up with the pace of education technology with my dear friend Maria Knee, Dr. Kathy King and others. It was a short but powerful conversation.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/technology">technology</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/podcast">podcast</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.scad.edu/news/2012/elearning-sarah-adams-distance-learning-award.cfm">SCAD > News and Events > SCAD eLearning professor, alumna wins distance-learning award</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">My sister is an online professor for Savannah College of Art and Design and teaches graphic design without ever being face to face with her students. The things she does with Adobe Breeze and Adobe products totally blow me away - she has such a great relationship with her students and a warm, encouraging classroom (from what the students I've met online tell me. I know she's my sister and some of you are wondering why on earth I'd share this on my blog. Well, it is because I'm proud of her and many of her conversations with me over dinners and plane trips and car rides have so shaped what I do on this blog. She gives me thoughts and advice and is the one member of my family who reads (almost) everything I write. I'm so grateful for her advice and wisdom and, yes, mentorship - although she's my younger sister - there's nothing baby about her. If you want to know about the elearning award and measures they used, you can read this article linked. Congratulations, Sarah, I'm proud of you sister, and thank you for all you've taught me. you ROck elearning, I'm so proud of this award.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/elearning">elearning</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 01/11/2013

Use Technology to Develop Global Competence | Asia Society The Asia Society did a book study a while...

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Brick and Mortar Friends...Meet Virtual Friends. You Both Are Awesome!!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Cheers Chuckleheads and Happy Friday to you all.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN7HamGc3v_cqgvtRYovV6vdp5rmEvLLrM1NjoUW_680FQGkJwP9ARy_K04zG8IRsMo0HUF6IVMQfcUjkrmfiVax9zw7J6aFeg9qvQBx0Efx5HB2iUXJLkVUlY5qQUTgbVLmMSUCyDcqw/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN7HamGc3v_cqgvtRYovV6vdp5rmEvLLrM1NjoUW_680FQGkJwP9ARy_K04zG8IRsMo0HUF6IVMQfcUjkrmfiVax9zw7J6aFeg9qvQBx0Efx5HB2iUXJLkVUlY5qQUTgbVLmMSUCyDcqw/s400/002.JPG" width="400" /></a>The past couple of days both on the <i><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/search/label/Human%20Trafficking%20Awareness" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">IWS website</span></a> </i>and Wednesday’s <i><span style="color: blue;">I<a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid/2013/01/09/human-trafficking" target="_blank">WS Radio show</a></span></i>, Jayman and I covered the topic of Human Trafficking.  It is an important topic to cover, to expose, and we are glad that we did, but, well?<br /><br />It’s not the most joy inducing topic to cover, so today?  I’m going to write about something that is just plain syrupy sweet, and smile bearing.<br /><br />Many of you know that my BFF/OSP got very sick in late October, had major surgery in mid-December which was quite successful by the way, but we had an incredibly difficult time getting unemployment for her <strike>due her to her dickhead of a boss </strike>and thus she had and has, yet to receive any type of paycheck or unemployment compensation since November 9th.<br /><br />Prior to her illness, Schmoop and I had it going on financially.  We had just paid off the car, and while not rich or even well off, we were, <i>“we can occasionally order a pizza on a weekday without the worry if we have the money”</i> comfortable.<br /><br />And then…<br /><br />Like many Americans, our financial comfort zone, which relies on two people working to make ends meet and occasionally having the aforementioned pizza, took a nosedive due to an illness.<br /><br />With this knowledge in hand, my dear friend and radio partner Jayman, along with the wonderful, yet never get drunk with her on your couch,<span style="color: blue;"> <i><a href="http://www.blogher.com/frame.php?url=http://amidlifescrises.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Dana</a></i></span>, set up the <i>WeLoveSchmoop</i> fund on PayPal, in hopes of getting Schmoop and I through the time until she would get some type of compensation.<br /><br />Well, you lovable incorrigibles, it worked!!<br /><br />Schmoop is going back to work for 25 hours a week for awhile starting Monday.  Yes, we could fight the appeal to her unemployment leveled by her inconsiderate, and selfish boss, and win, but that could take another six weeks, and we can’t afford that, but…<br /><br />Thanks to Jayman and <a href="http://www.blogher.com/frame.php?url=http://amidlifescrises.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: blue;">Dana</span></i></a> starting the <i>WeLoveSchmoop</i> fund, we can somewhat relax, thank them, and thank all of you for your generous response to it.<br /><br />Because of your kindness, we made our December rent, our bills, and we should squeak by this month as well. And for that, and to all of you, we are eternally grateful.<br /><br />In addition to Jay and Dana who began the fund, I want to thank those of you who contributed, but in order to avoid awkwardness, I will thank you by first name only.<br /><br /><i>Jamie, Katherine, Mike, Dana, Jon, Jay, Katherine, Russel, Sherri, Angie, Rene, LMT, Linda, Kelley, (a different) Katherine, and Sarah.</i><br /><br />We would not have made it if it weren't for the generosity of you fine folks, so may your God bless you, and thank you.<br /><br />In addition to all of you, Schmoop’s brother David and my brothers were incalculably helpful and thoughtful throughout this situation. So to them, as I would say to any good Irish Catholic man…L’chaim, and Praise Blitzkrieg Benny!!<br /><br />I also want to thank all of the neighborhood Beer Mine patrons for bringing me food (yes, even the deer meat, D-Law), and affording me rides home from work as David drove Schmoop to C-Bus and stayed in Columbus with Schmoop the entire time, leaving me transportationless.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnDdZARUMrvzU7Z-c9lLEWlV_kysUT7icaVsFEnSIJekKEdjsf8MPA0oUDj0GSBBGfyAnKDlEZnShNMQRBGzJTvKbLxTnXc8K_a60fQU-JJbc9UO5ZkHRTaDcwa779E6AyJ-pzsQsQR94/s1600/Super_Friends.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnDdZARUMrvzU7Z-c9lLEWlV_kysUT7icaVsFEnSIJekKEdjsf8MPA0oUDj0GSBBGfyAnKDlEZnShNMQRBGzJTvKbLxTnXc8K_a60fQU-JJbc9UO5ZkHRTaDcwa779E6AyJ-pzsQsQR94/s400/Super_Friends.jpg" width="400" /></a>I thank all of my friends on Facebook for the kind words and especially the words from Stephen and Emily, who knowing me from nowhere else other than Facebook, offered to let me stay with them while Schmoop was in the hospital and the hospital was close to their home.  That…is…kindness.<br /><br />Lastly, I would like to thank a former IWS guest and one of IWS’ best friends, Missalicious.<br /><br />Throughout this entire ordeal, especially during the days prior to the surgery when no one knew if it was cancerous or not; be it on Facebook or over the phone, Miss would talk to me <i>every</i>day, and she made sure we had Thanksgiving dinner.<br /><br />So to all of you wonderful people, Schmoop and I say thanks, and you better make damn sure, that if you ever need help in a situation like this, let us know, because we will pay it forward.<br /><br /><i>Cheers and Thank You,</i><br /><br /><i>Matt-Man (and Schmoop...by Proxy</i>)<br /><br /><i><a href="mailto:mattmaniws@ymail.com">mattmaniws@ymail.com</a></i><br /><i><a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">MattMan_IWS</span></a></i></div>

Brick and Mortar Friends...Meet Virtual Friends. You Both Are Awesome!!

Cheers Chuckleheads and Happy Friday to you all. The past couple of days both on the IWS website and Wednesday’s I WS Radio show , Jayman a...

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Americans Under 50 Fare Poorly on Health Measures, New Report Says - NYTimes.com

<base href="data:"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; "><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Younger Americans die earlier and live in poorer health than their counterparts in other developed countries, with far higher rates of death from guns, car accidents and <a href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/drug-abuse-and-dependence/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="In-depth reference and news articles about Drug abuse and dependence." class="meta-classifier" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">drug addiction</a>, according to a new analysis of health and longevity in the United States.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Researchers have known for some time that the United States fares poorly in comparison with other rich countries, a trend established in the 1980s. But most studies have focused on older ages, when the majority of people die.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The findings were stark. Deaths before age 50 accounted for about two-thirds of the difference in life expectancy between males in the United States and their counterparts in 16 other developed countries, and about one-third of the difference for females. The countries in the analysis included Canada, Japan, Australia, France, Germany and Spain.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The 378-page <a title="Read the report. " href="http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13497" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">study by a panel of experts</a> convened by the <a title="Web site." href="http://www.iom.edu/" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council</a> is the first to systematically compare death rates and health measures for people of all ages, including American youths. It went further than other studies in documenting the full range of causes of death, from diseases to accidents to violence. It was based on a broad review of mortality and health studies and statistics.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The panel called the pattern of higher rates of disease and shorter lives "the U.S. health disadvantage," and said it was responsible for dragging the country to the bottom in terms of life expectancy over the past 30 years. American men ranked last in life expectancy among the 17 countries in the study, and American women ranked second to last.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">"Something fundamental is going wrong," said <a title="Web page." href="http://www.familymedicine.vcu.edu/directory/woolf.html" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Dr. Steven Woolf</a>, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University, who led the panel. "This is not the product of a particular administration or political party. Something at the core is causing the U.S. to slip behind these other high-income countries. And it's getting worse."</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Car accidents, gun violence and drug overdoses were major contributors to years of life lost by Americans before age 50.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The rate of firearm homicides was 20 times higher in the United States than in the other countries, according to the report, which cited a 2011 study of 23 countries. And though suicide rates were lower in the United States, firearm suicide rates were six times higher.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Sixty-nine percent of all American homicide deaths in 2007 involved firearms, compared with an average of 26 percent in other countries, the study said. "The bottom line is that we are not preventing damaging health behaviors," said <a title="Web page." href="http://sociology.sas.upenn.edu/samuel_preston" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Samuel Preston</a>, a demographer and sociologist at the University of Pennsylvania, who was on the panel. "You can blame that on public health officials, or on the health care system. No one understands where responsibility lies."</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Panelists were surprised at just how consistently Americans ended up at the bottom of the rankings. The United States had the second-highest death rate from the most common form of heart disease, the kind that causes heart attacks, and the second-highest death rate from lung disease, a legacy of high smoking rates in past decades. American adults also have the highest <a href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/diabetes/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="In-depth reference and news articles about Diabetes." class="meta-classifier" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">diabetes</a> rates.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Youths fared no better. The United States has the highest <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/i/infant_mortality/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="Recent and archival news about infant mortality." class="meta-classifier" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">infant mortality</a> rate among these countries, and its young people have the highest rates of <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/venerealdiseases/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="Recent and archival health news about venereal diseases." class="meta-classifier" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">sexually transmitted diseases</a>, <a href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/adolescent-pregnancy/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="In-depth reference and news articles about Adolescent pregnancy." class="meta-classifier" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">teen pregnancy</a> and deaths from car crashes. Americans lose more years of life before age 50 to alcohol and <a href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/specialtopic/drug-abuse/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="In-depth reference and news articles about Drug abuse." class="meta-classifier" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">drug abuse</a> than people in any of the other countries.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Americans also had the lowest probability over all of surviving to the age of 50. The report's second chapter details health indicators for youths where the United States ranks near or at the bottom. There are so many that the list takes up four pages. Chronic diseases, including heart disease, also played a role for people under 50.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">"We expected to see some bad news and some good news," Dr. Woolf said. "But the U.S. ranked near and at the bottom in almost every heath indicator. That stunned us."</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">There were bright spots. Death rates from cancers that can be detected with tests, like <a href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/breast-cancer/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="In-depth reference and news articles about Breast cancer." class="meta-classifier" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">breast cancer</a>, were lower in the United States. Adults had better control over their <a href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/nutrition/cholesterol/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="In-depth reference and news articles about Cholesterol." class="meta-classifier" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">cholesterol</a> and <a href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/hypertension/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="In-depth reference and news articles about Hypertension." class="meta-classifier" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">high blood pressure</a>. And the very oldest Americans — above 75 — tended to outlive their counterparts.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The panel sought to explain the poor performance. It noted the United States has a highly fragmented health care system, with limited primary care resources and a large uninsured population. It has the highest rates of poverty among the countries studied.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Education also played a role. Americans who have not graduated from high school die from diabetes at three times the rate of those with some college, Dr. Woolf said. In the other countries, more generous social safety nets buffer families from the health consequences of poverty, the report said.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Still, even the people most likely to be healthy, like college-educated Americans and those with high incomes, fare worse on many health indicators.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The report also explored less conventional explanations. Could cultural factors like individualism and dislike of government interference play a role? Americans are less likely to wear seat belts and more likely to ride motorcycles without helmets.    </p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; ">The United States is a bigger, more heterogeneous society with greater levels of economic inequality, and comparing its health outcomes to those in countries like Sweden or France may seem lopsided. But the panelists point out that this country spends more on health care than any other in the survey. And as recently as the 1950s, Americans scored better in life expectancy and disease than many of the other countries in the current study.</p></div><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/10/health/americans-under-50-fare-poorly-on-health-measures-new-report-says.html?src=rechp&pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/10/health/americans-under-50-fare-poorly-on-health-measures-new-report-says.html?src=rechp&pagewanted=print</a><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>

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Director - Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library, Branford

<strong>Director -</strong> <strong></strong><strong></strong><span style="color: #48286d;"><strong>Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library</strong></span>, Branford. Supervisors Union. $66,542 - &73,196. Essential Functions: The purposes of this position are to plan, direct, administer, implement, manage and supervise all the services and activities provided by the Library and to oversee the maintenance of the Library building and equipment. This position also evaluates the needs of the various populations it serves and seeks out new ideas and methods to provide the appropriate services. The Library Director exercises considerable independent judgment in administering and managing the department and is responsible for maintaining and improving upon the efficiency of and effectiveness of all areas under his/her direction and control. Qualification Requirements: The qualifications required would generally be acquired with a Master of Library Science Degree and over five years if increasingly responsible professional library experience, including three years in a supervisory position of a public library major department or as a director of a smaller public library; or an equivalent combination of education, work experience and training. Selection Process: The Town of Branford reserves the right to limit the number of qualified candidates who will be considered for this position. The files of all qualified candidates will be considered for the position. The files of all qualified candidates will be maintained for a minimum of six months from the announcement date, and the qualified candidates will be considered for the same or similar positions which may become available during this timeframe. All candidates not employed by the Town of Branford, prior to employment, must successfully pass the post-offer medical examination, which includes a substance abuse test given at the Town’s expense. The Town of Branford conducts background investigations for all positions prior to hiring. Refusal to sign the release for will terminate the candidate from further consideration. Application forms and position descriptions are available at: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CDMQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.branford-ct.gov%2F&ei=bTnvUK34EYer0AHepIDAAg&usg=AFQjCNGzDUpf079yIF_COE3G6Z0LGlebLg&sig2=QJ6wxT3IdE7byjdAQl6Ocg&bvm=bv.1357700187,d.dmQ" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CDMQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.branford-ct.gov%2F&ei=bTnvUK34EYer0AHepIDAAg&usg=AFQjCNGzDUpf079yIF_COE3G6Z0LGlebLg&sig2=QJ6wxT3IdE7byjdAQl6Ocg&bvm=bv.1357700187,d.dmQ" target="_blank">Town of Branford Website</a>, Human Resources Department, Branford Town Hall, Second Floor, 1019 Main Street, P.O. Box 150, Branford, CT 06405. Telephone: (203) 315-0628. <a _fcksavedurl="mailto:rrabovsky@branford-ct.gov" href="mailto:rrabovsky@branford-ct.gov">rrabovsky@branford-ct.gov</a>. The Town of Branford is dedicated to diversity and equal opportunity employment.

Director - Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library, Branford

Director - Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library , Branford. Supervisors Union. $66,542 - &73,196. Essential Functions: The purposes of...

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Better Oats

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><b>Better Oats</b></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VrVHhaa6F5U/UO8vIshNmpI/AAAAAAAAEn8/rRL0VATYMKk/s1600/Better+Oats.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VrVHhaa6F5U/UO8vIshNmpI/AAAAAAAAEn8/rRL0VATYMKk/s200/Better+Oats.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was always a big fan of oatmeal, but as I got older I would read the ingredients on the boxes.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thinking oh my, what have I been eating?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I look for oatmeal that is healthy, made with real ingredients and gets me through the day.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.betteroats.com/">Better Oats</a> is made with 100% whole grains, real fruit, real dark chocolate morsels and flax seed. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You won't even notice that you are getting in a daily dose of vitamins with each delicious bite.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don't you just hate measuring water to pour into your oatmeal to get that texture you love?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You end up with a bowl of glue with little water, or a swamp if you put in too much!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Better Oats has made it easy so you won't run into that problem.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With their pouches of oatmeal you will see a dotted line, where you ill it up with water.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's so easy!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Say goodbye to pasty oatmeal and say hello to goodness with Better Oats!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They have a variety of flavors to choose from.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was sent 4 flavors to review and I'm going to talk about each one of them!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Having a bunch of people over and don't know what to serve up for breakfast?</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have your own oatmeal bar!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Perfect idea.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are Some toppings to think of.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">crushed graham crackers</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">berries</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">bananas </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">raisins</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">spices like cinnamon </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">nuts or even but butters</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Oatmeal Raisin Cookie-</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don't you just love waking up to the aroma of plump and juicy hearty muffins baking in the oven?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mmm Muffins oatmeal raisin cookie smells exactly like muffins and even oatmeal cookies, tastes like them too!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love how they are sweet, delicious and full of flavor which some oatmeal lack so we add flavoring such as maple syrup and before we know it we probably are eating enough calories for a whole bag of candy!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With oatmeal raisin cookie you don't need to add a thing, unless you want to add a banana chopped up. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Facts: Good source of fiber, ALA omega 3, made with whole grain oats, raisins, sugar, molasses, and flax seed.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Oat Fit Cinnamon Roll-</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u4jns9V-Vx8/UPFyHORvh8I/AAAAAAAAE8g/-2BPCRr3E4Q/s1600/Cinnamon+Roll+better+oats.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u4jns9V-Vx8/UPFyHORvh8I/AAAAAAAAE8g/-2BPCRr3E4Q/s200/Cinnamon+Roll+better+oats.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Enjoy the lightly sweet decadent taste of Cinnamon without all the added sugar.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You could also mix and match pouches too which is great!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Loved the sweet Cinnamon taste and how it makes me feel full so I am not constantly snacking throughout the day.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Facts: No added sugars and only 100 calories.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">25 grams of whole grain per serving.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fantastic source of fiber that makes you feel fuller longer.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Organic Raw Chai Spiced:</b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SKxQ9QLmHns/UPK5a9lXwGI/AAAAAAAAE94/u2jcirUycYI/s1600/chai+spiced+better+oats.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SKxQ9QLmHns/UPK5a9lXwGI/AAAAAAAAE94/u2jcirUycYI/s200/chai+spiced+better+oats.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Looking to heat things up for breakfast?</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Try this delicious oatmeal made with whole grains, flax, barley and quinoa.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chai Spiced is light and sweet.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Facts: Contains oats, barley, Quinoa, rye and wheat.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rich in fiber.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Verdict: I have loved all of the ones so far that I have tried.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I took a trip to Wal-Mart last night I found them for $1!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So of course I had to buy more flavors!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Blueberry Muffin:</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D1cvVbpYlTM/UPP4yrkWJiI/AAAAAAAAFC4/Bbe_tbAU-wI/s1600/Blueberry+muffin+better+oats.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D1cvVbpYlTM/UPP4yrkWJiI/AAAAAAAAFC4/Bbe_tbAU-wI/s200/Blueberry+muffin+better+oats.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tastes just like a blueberry muffin!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Made with real blueberries.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tastes so good!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Lavish Dark Chocolate:</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nBOPk8OPhdM/UPxbOCXW_NI/AAAAAAAAFQw/ct-56-mwCFU/s1600/Lavish+Chocolate+Better+Oats.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nBOPk8OPhdM/UPxbOCXW_NI/AAAAAAAAFQw/ct-56-mwCFU/s200/Lavish+Chocolate+Better+Oats.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Craving something chocolaty but guilt free?</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then try Lavish Dark Chocolate oatmeal.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This will surely satisfy your sweet tooth with it's real chocolate morsels melted to perfection. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's delicious and not too sweet.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BetterOats">https://www.facebook.com/BetterOats</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/Better_Oats"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">https://twitter.com/Better_Oats</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

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Dial Holiday Style

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U2ZA9W2hOv0/UO8dOUftkSI/AAAAAAAAEnI/LNljktHjQT8/s1600/dial+soaps+package+love+it.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U2ZA9W2hOv0/UO8dOUftkSI/AAAAAAAAEnI/LNljktHjQT8/s320/dial+soaps+package+love+it.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This package arrived just in time for the holidays!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just love the boxes that the products come in.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well decorated and you know who and where it's from because of the awesome Purex Insider logo!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Being a Purex Insider I received dial hand soaps to test and review!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I just loved the decorative bottles and the way the soap smelled.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gives a good clean feeling to your hands upon washing and smells great too!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pUK0Vd8MKWQ/UO8dolYkZ2I/AAAAAAAAEnQ/yTtF2XmQ7h8/s1600/purex+insider+dial+soaps.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pUK0Vd8MKWQ/UO8dolYkZ2I/AAAAAAAAEnQ/yTtF2XmQ7h8/s320/purex+insider+dial+soaps.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">See how cute these soap pump bottles are!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Decorated with Christmas trees and Santa clause. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I thought this was a great idea to give as a gift to my sister and mother in their stocking for Christmas!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They loved it! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>

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Part time Library Aide (Technical Services) - Edith Wheeler Memorial Library, Monroe

<strong>Part time Library Aide (Technical Services)</strong> - <strong><span style="color: #48286d;">Edith Wheeler Memorial Library</span></strong> (Monroe) is seeking a part time (16-19 hours/week) public service oriented technical services assistant. Working under the direction of the Cataloger, the responsibilities include elementary cataloging and acquisition procedures, entering materials in automated database and the processing and retention of library materials. Logical thinking and the ability to decipher intricate codes and symbols is a job requirement. Excellent organizational abilities are necessary. For a complete job description see our webpage, <a href="http://www.ewml.org/">www.ewml.org</a> Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree and previous library experience preferred. Salary: $10.92 per hour, no benefits. Send letter of interest, resume and completed Town application (available at <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.monroect.org" href="http://www.monroect.org/" target="_blank">www.monroect.org</a>) to Library Director, Edith Wheeler Memorial Library, 733 Monroe Turnpike, Monroe, CT 06468 by <span style="color: red;">January 21, 2013</span>. EOE/AA.

Part time Library Aide (Technical Services) - Edith Wheeler Memorial Library, Monroe

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Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock 01/10/2013

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Librarian (Technical Services) - U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London

<strong>Librarian (Technical Services) - </strong><strong><span style="color: #48286d;">U.S. Coast Guard Academy</span></strong>, New London. GS-1410-09 I. Position Summary: This position is located in the Library of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut, a four-year, accredited, degree granting institution and center of leadership development for the Coast Guard. The instant position reports to the Library Director and is a member of the Technical Services team led by the Systems Librarian/Head of Technical Services. The incumbent employs standard methods, techniques, concepts, and principles of librarianship to provide professional library services, such as cataloging and classifying materials and maintaining library collections. The incumbent assists the Systems Librarian in the authentication, activation and maintenance of access to paper and electronic serials. The employee is expected and to stay abreast of technology changes, and may make recommendations for improvements to cataloging and serial policies and procedures and workflows. II. Major Duties and Responsibilities: A. Catalogs and classifies materials, including serials, electronic resources, DVDs, microforms, and archives using established local practices and national and international standards such as Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, MARC, Resource Description and Access(RDA), Library of Congress Subject Headings and classification schedules, and other metadata standards. B. Performs database maintenance when needed in the course of daily work or as a part of projects. C. Maintains quality control standards in own work by checking for and correcting errors. D. Maintains serials local holdings in OCLC and assists the Systems Librarian in purchasing, licensing, and access of serials. E. Works with the Systems Librarian to maintain Serials Solutions products, library catalog, and electronic resources and provides other systems support as required. F. Supports and helps train library technicians assigned to copy cataloging, database maintenance, processing materials, and maintaining serials. G. Assists in maintaining library collections, including government documents, special and Coast Guard collections, serials, and microforms. Assists with planning and coordinating the shifting of the collections as necessary. H. Assists in the preparation of administrative reports and maintains statistics. Helps establish policies and procedures for cataloging and serials. I. Participates in rotations at the Circulation/Reference Desk. J. Serves on library and Academy committees as appropriate. Actively participates on any assigned teams. Team tasks may include: fourth class cadet library tours, participating in the physical property inventory, shelf-reading, etc. Key Requirements: U.S. Citizenship is required. This position requires a National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI). This is a federal civil service position with a salary range at the GS-09 level ($52,295.00 to $67,978.00). The federal government provides an excellent benefits package. For a complete vacancy announcement and to apply for the position, please visit <a _fcksavedurl="https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/335055400" href="https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/335055400" target="_blank">https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/335055400</a>. Applications must be submitted through USAJOBS.gov by<span style="color: red;"> February 7, 2013</span> but early submittals are encouraged. The U. S. Coast Guard is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer.

Librarian (Technical Services) - U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London

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A Sense of Scale

When I read that the diameter of the clock face atop <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraj_Al_Bait">Abraj Al Bait</a> (aka Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel, 2012) in Mecca is 46 meters (150 feet), I knew that meant it is big. But how big? To answer that I made this illustration:<br /><br /><img alt="clocks.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/clocks.jpg" title="Clock Faces" /><br />[comparative illustration by archidose | image sources, top to bottom: <a href="http://circumsolatious.blogspot.com/2009/08/coordination.html">Big Ben</a>, <a href="http://www.superstock.com/stock-photos-images/1566-0209128">Met Life</a>, <a href="http://zabzabat.blogspot.com/2010/08/four-faced-clock-atop-abraj-al-bait.html">Abraj Al Bait</a>]<br /><br />(See the Clock Tower Hotel <a href="http://www.ctbuh.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=JZeVAxSMQLs%3d&tabid=4212&language=en-GB">in context with other 2012 tall buildings</a>, via CTBUH.)

A Sense of Scale

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Quiz: Do you know when to rephrase your résumé?

<b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><span id="cbArticle_lblByLine">Susan Ricker, CareerBuilder Writer</span></b><br /><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></b><br /><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; float: left; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img alt="" class="media-image" src="http://art.icbdr.com/sites/all/files/styles/large/public/Quiz%20-%20rephrase%20resume.jpg" typeof="foaf:Image" /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Sometimes a résumé was once good, but now it's stale. Sometimes it was never that good to begin with. Either way, how do you know if it's time to rephrase your résumé?</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Below you'll find five sentences commonly found on a résumé. Each sentence could be rewritten to better reflect the job seeker's skills. Choose the option you think best describes why and how the sentence should be reworded. Once you've finished, review the results to see if you know how to write a winning résumé or if it's time for some rephrasing.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><strong>1. "Objective: To obtain a challenging position in leadership that will allow me to apply creative problem solving to achieve optimum results."</strong><br />A. The objective is pretty vague; it should also include the company or position title, as well as a desired salary.<br />B. The space for objective statements could be better used if replaced with a summary of your <a href="http://www.bing.com/search?q=job-seeker+brand&go=&qs=bs&form=msns07" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;">job-seeker brand</a>, or a one-sentence statement that summarizes your expertise and skills.<br />C. Simplify the objective statement and use language from the job description.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><strong>2. "Summary of qualifications: Maintained strong business relationships with new and old clients, and cultivated strong connections with team members to create strong communication at our company."</strong><br />A. This could be separated into three bullet points to make a stronger statement.<br />B. The repetitive language should be removed, and there should be individual bullet points with clear descriptions of each qualification.<br />C. Leave this as is.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><strong>3. "Professional experience: Independent business consultant at ABC Co., 2006-present; account executive at JRR Sales Co., September 2000-April 2006; cashier at Jerry's Ice Cream Shop, June 2003-April 2006."</strong><br />A. Bullet points should follow each title, as well as daily tasks performed.<br />B. The only work experience listed should be relevant to the job you're interested in and should include three to four bullet points of major accomplishments that relate to the position for which you're applying.<br />C. This is fine, as long as the location of each business is also included.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><strong>4. "Education: College University, Class of 1998."</strong><br />A. Include the school's location.<br />B. Include the school's location, your degree information and any training or certificates received. Revise the title to say, "Education and training."<br />C. Leave this as is.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><strong>5. "References: John Baker, supervisor at ABC Co., phone and email included; Linda Cook, manager at JRR Sales Co., phone and email included."</strong><br />A. Leave this as is.<br />B. Leave references off of the résumé, and use the space for something else.<br />C. Use the line, "References available upon request."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><strong>Results</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><strong>Mostly A's: </strong>You're on the right path, but most of your answers would make the résumé too wordy or unorganized. You may want to edit your résumé so it's more concise. In each section, ask yourself if the hiring manager would find that information helpful, relevant and easy to understand. Résumé space is too valuable to be wasted on unnecessary information.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><strong>Mostly B's: </strong>Your résumé rephrasing skills are top-notch. You clearly took the time to research the position you're applying for, and you're able to communicate your personality and experience in your résumé. You've likely included only relevant information on your résumé and everything included supports why you're the best candidate for the job.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><strong>Mostly C's: </strong>Although minimalism can be an attractive quality in business, your answers indicate that you're holding back on your résumé. Hiring managers can go through thousands of job applications when searching for the right candidate, and it's important that you stand out from your competition by showcasing your individuality, experience and personality. If you don't have much work experience, include information that's relevant to the position of interest, and communicate why you're right for the role.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><em>Susan Ricker is a writer and blogger for </em><a href="http://msn.careerbuilder.com/msn/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;"><em>CareerBuilder.com</em></a><em> and its job blog, </em><a href="http://www.theworkbuzz.com/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><em>The Work Buzz</em></a><em>. She researches and writes about job search strategy, career management, hiring trends and workplace issues.</em></div>

Quiz: Do you know when to rephrase your résumé?

Susan Ricker, CareerBuilder Writer Sometimes a résumé was once good, but now it's stale. Sometimes it was never that good to begin with....

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