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Top 10 Gorgeous Actors with Blue Eyes
10 Gorgeous Actors with Blue Eyes
1 Brad Pitt
2 Jared Leto
3 James McAvoy
4 Chace Crawford
5 Zac Efron
6 Chris Pine
7 Patrick Dempsey
9 Matt Damon
10 Ian Somerhalder
With all Hollywood has to offer the world, they are doing us a favor by consistently employing actors with blue eyes. Whether they are dreamy, icy, bold, bright or sharp, these actors use the features of their eyes to their advantage.
Given all the actors who are with blue eyes out there, we've managed, somehow, to pick out 10 sexy and gorgeous actors with blue eyes. See which suits your taste!
Born in Oklahoma, Brad Pitt is now famous around the world for the many awards he has won and roles he has played. His acting career has earned him a Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and several nominations. His blue eyes are most striking when paired with long blonde locks.
After being born in Louisiana, Jared Leto recently became lucky enough to work one on one with Matthew McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club, for which Leto earned several awards for best supporting actor. Although difficult to see from afar, his blue eyes will draw in with their pure rawness and joy.
Although Scottish, James McAvoy has made himself well-known for his roles in the X-Men Franchise as a young Professor X. He has also had the opportunity to work alongside Angelina Jolie in Wanted. His bright blue eyes easily finish his well-rounded Scottish look, making him a joy to watch in any role.
Born and raised in Texas, Chace Crawford was a normal everyday high school teenager who began modeling after graduating in 2003, and began his acting career in 2006. His most well-known role is "Nate" in "Gossip Girl". With that attractive young face, his blue eyes make a striking appearance with his dark hair.
Zac Efron quickly rises to fame with his acting debut in Disney's High School Musical in 2006, which made him the winner of the Breakout Star in the Teen Choice Awards. In his early twenties and in extremely good shape, Efron also has sharp blue eyes which can make some girls swoon.
Pine's life started in the fast lane by being born in a show business family. Now most well-known for his role as James T. Kirk in the "Star Trek" franchise reboot, he also had the opportunity to work alongside Anne Hathaway in "The Princess Diaries 2." Although in his thirties, he's got young blue eyes that give him the appearance of still being in his prime.
From Maine, Patrick Dempsey has essentially led two completely different lifestyles by acting in college comedies before growing into a dreamy and romantic television actor, for all of which he has earned several awards. With a nickname of Mr. McDreamy, he has soft blue eyes that can capture the hearts of almost any woman.
Now as a famous face from across the pond, Daniel Craig became well-known in his role as James Bond. Having earned 11 award wins with additional 22 nominations, Craig is also well-known for his simple features but bold blue eyes.
Matt Damon, a Bostonian, has won one Oscar, 32 other awards and had over 80 nominations. With a career like this, Damon has made himself a household name while having the opportunity to play alongside Robin Williams and George Clooney. Not to mention, a bright quirky smile with bright blue eyes can be difficult to say no to.
Somerhalder, born in Louisiana, is most known for his television roles, specifically in "Lost" and "The Vampire Diaries", both of which he plays the loveable, yet playful bad guy. Of course, with his icy blue eyes, he can certainly appear either friendly or deadly on the television screen.
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Mc.Gann hospital was started functioning in the year 1932 with 50 bed capacity. The foundation stone was laid by the then Maharaja of Mysore, Sri Krishnaraja Wadiyar Bahadur, on 16th January 1932.
Mc.Gann Hospital served as a major centre for health in Shivamogga District.
T. G. McGann was a senior surgeon in Princely state of Mysore, India. He was senior surgeon with Government of Mysore from 1885-1896 and he later appointed as official doctor to Maharaja of Mysore and his family, the Darbar Surgeon from 1905 to 1906. He put efforts to improve the lives of native people, tried to prevent epidemics like cholera and impressed upon the Government about "the importance of improving village sanitation,….improving and conversing the water supply and promoting general cleanliness, by preventing the storage of manure in the streets and backyards of houses, the defilement of ground in and immediately around towns and villages would be a distinct gain, would improve the general health of people, diminish their liability to fevers, bovel complaints and cholera, and tend to check the spread of the last named disease on its occurrence amongst them".
McGann worked in Shimoga hospital maintained by Mysore Government and exclusively worked to control Malaria which was rampant in the area during 19th century. He worked in Shimoga for more than three decades and retired in 1908, returned to United Kingdom, but again came back to Mysore and stayed there till his death in 1936.
A Hospital in memory of McGann was constructed at Shimoga, (a part of Mysore State) during 1932-1935 and it is called McGANN Hospital, Shimoga. The foundation stone for the hospital was laid by then Maharaja of Mysore, Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV on 16 January 1932.
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Q: MongoDB slow $unwind and $group aggregation im having some trouble with my MongoDB aggregation. I have documents like:
{
    _id: "123456",
    values: [
        {
            "value": "A",
            "begin":0,
            "end":1,
        }
        {
            "value": "B",
            "begin":1,
            "end":2,
        }
        {
            "value": "C",
            "begin":3,
            "end":7,
        }
    ],
    "name": "test"
}

And i want to count only the "value" in "values".
With some help i got the following aggregation:
db.collection.aggregate([
  {$unwind: "$values"},
  {$group: {_id: "$values.value", count: {$sum: 1}}}
])

The problem is: it takes me about 20 seconds to get the result for 6k documents.
Is there anything i can do for optimication?
Greetings

A: You can use $reduce to make some pre-processing of the arrays. Then you can sum up:
db.collection.aggregate([
   {
      $project: {
         values: {
            $reduce: {
               input: { $setUnion: "$values.value" },
               initialValue: [],
               in: {
                  $concatArrays: [
                     "$$value",
                     [{
                        value: "$$this",
                        count: {
                           $size: {
                              $filter: {
                                 input: "$values",
                                 cond: { $eq: ["$$values.value", "$$this"] },
                                 as: "values"
                              }
                           }
                        }
                     }]
                  ]
               }
            }
         }
      }
   },
   { $unwind: "$values" },
   { $group: { _id: "$values.value", count: { $sum: "$values.count" } } }
])

Often $map if faster than $reduce (actually $concatArrays makes it slow, see Performance issue for $reduce vs. $map), try this one:
db.collection.aggregate([
   {
      $project: {
         values: {
            $map: {
               input: { $setUnion: "$values.value" },
               as: "value",
               in: {
                  value: "$$value",
                  count: {
                     $size: {
                        $filter: {
                           input: "$values",
                           cond: { $eq: ["$$this.value", "$$value"] },
                        }
                     }
                  }
               }
            }
         }
      }
   },
   { $unwind: "$values" },
   { $group: { _id: "$values.value", count: { $sum: "$values.count" } } }
])

If you know the values beforehand then you can use input: ["A", "B", "C"]
instead of input: { $setUnion: "$values.value" }

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Government Officials To Set Aside Portion of Salaries For SEA Games Champions Incentives
The House of Representatives has committed to raising Php 10 million from their own salaries to give incentives for the Filipino gold medalists of the 30th Southeast Asian Games. The office of Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano announced that House Resolution No. 568 aims to hail the Filipino athletes by granting them additional perks by setting […]
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The House of Representatives has committed to raising Php 10 million from their own salaries to give incentives for the Filipino gold medalists of the 30th Southeast Asian Games. The office of Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano announced that House Resolution No. 568 aims to hail the Filipino athletes by granting them additional perks by setting aside a portion of their January 2020 salary.
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(Carlos Yulo Concludes SEA Games Run With 7 Medals)
"As a concrete manifestation of the commonality of the goal to bring honor and pride to the country, the leaders and members of the House of Representatives deem it proper to deduct individual pledges from their salaries for January 2020 as additional incentives to Filipino gold medal winners in the 30th SEA Games," the resolution stated.
These additional incentives will be on top of the cash prizes given to them by the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC), as well as their other entitlements under the law.
(Philippines Makes A Strong Start At SEA Games 2019 With 42 Medals)
"The leaders and members of the House of Representatives in the 18th Congress stood in solidarity with Team Philippines throughout the competition in their quest to capture the gold medals in their respective sports, and bring honor and pride to the Filipino people," the resolution concluded.
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Q: What type are Lists of any type in Perl 6? Consider the following Python code (as an example):
a = 5
b = "a"
l = [a, b] # -> typing.List[typing.Any]
print(l)
# [5, "a"]

The type of list l is list; it is not constrained by the types it holds because Python is quite dynamically typed.
Contrast this with, say, Go, which is strongly structurally typed:
var list []uint8{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}

That list can only hold unsigned integers up to 255. It cannot hold any other type.
Also Go:
var multi interface{"string", []int{9, 5}, rune('5'), []interface{}}

Interfaces allow for containers of variant types.

Consider Perl 6, which is even more dynamically typed than Python in that say 6 + "1"; will give 7, the integer. (Who thought this was a good idea I don't know.)
I like gradual typing in my programs as (especially for Perl 6, which I'm learning) it improves readability and maintanability.
Neither of the following work:
use strict;
my Int $n = 6;
my Str $x = "a";
my Int @l = $n, $x;

nor
use strict;
my Int $n = 6;
my Str $x = "a";
my List @l = $n, $x;

You get Type check failed in assignment to @l; expected List but got Int. (Other list construction syntaxes ([vals], <vals>) give the same error).
What does work is saying the type is Any (or Mu) which makes sense. (Well, it makes sense to me because Any's the same keyword Python 3.5 uses.)
use strict;
my Int $n = 6;
my Str $x = "a";
my Any @l = $n, $x;

But using Any or Mu kinda defeats the purpose of type checking in the first place.
What's the type of a list, if it's not List? Moreover, why is my List $blah; valid syntax if the type check will never pass for any value or List thereof?

A: If you want elements of a list to be type-checked, then you can use binding := instead of assignment =:
my Int $n =   6;
my Str $x = "a";

# Bind $n and $x to elements of @bound
my @bound := $n, $x;

@bound[1].say;       # Prints "a"
@bound[1] = "Hello"; # Changing the second element changes $x
$x.say;              # Prints "Hello"

@bound[1] = 6; # Dies with error "Type check failed in assignment to $x; expected Str but got Int"

Notice that the error created by that last line refers to $x, not @bound[1].

A: You interpreted it wrong, at least list in Python is different from list in Perl6, it's actually like array in Perl6 (and Perl6 list is like Python tuple).
When you do:
my List @l = $n, $n;

you create an array @l and enforce all its elements must be  type List.
So your second example:
use strict;
my Int $n = 6;
my Int @l = $n, $n;

must work.
The code:
my Any @l = $n, $x;

is the same as:
my @l = $n, $x;

You have allowed the elements of array @l to be any type.


If you haven't read the above article, you are going to want to, especially if inquiry-based teaching is a passion of yours or if you are an educator that simply wants to know more about the inquiry approach to education. The article asserts that although curriculum, skills, strategies and adaptations to teaching methods are important considerations in moving students' learning forward, the bigger question is how do we identify, attract, nurture, and train teachers who have an 'inquiry friendly' personality?
Without a doubt, coaching plays a fundamental role in developing a teacher's capacity to deliver a curriculum in an inquiry-based way, however, the relationships that they build and the emotional connections made to students play even a larger role. The article asserts that teachers must reflect on the following 5 questions.
"When a teacher comes out from behind the lectern, leaves the front of the room, kneels beside a student to coach them through a problem, offers feedback designed to promote confidence and perseverance, and becomes a true partner in the learning process, the relationship between teacher and student automatically shifts. It's no longer about telling; it's about listening, observing, and creating the channel of trust that opens up a personal connection between two individuals."
For me, reading the article was an important reminder to take every opportunity possible to connect with our students. It's not always easy, especially on days when motivation is low, but it's worth the time and effort. To read the article, please click on the link below. Thanks to Thom Markham, the author of "Do you have the personality to be an inquiry-based teacher?" for his insight and wisdom on the topic of inquiry. You can find Thom on Twitter at https://twitter.com/welcoming2012. Thanks for reading and hope you enjoy the article.


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Guests will be able to watch 12 world-class dances, including a performance by special guest star Marra Galeazzi, who'll be joining the dancers of the Covent Garden Dance Company.
But Argentine naval commander Gabriel Galeazzi said: "A warship has a lot of backup systems to allow it to move from one to another when there is a breakdown.
The submarine surfaced and reported a malfunction, which is why its ground command ordered it to return to its naval base at Mar del Plata," Commander Galeazzi said.
We analysed these signals, which as we know were intermittent and weak,"said Commander Gabriel Galeazzi.
Such mechanical problems are not uncommon and numerous backup systems are in place should such an incident occur, Galeazzi said.
I want you to know that we have tripled the search effort, both on the surface and underwater with ten airplanes; we have 11 ships from the Argentine navy, from municipalities, and from countries that have collaborated with research ships such as Uruguay, Chile, Brazil, Peru, the United States, and England," said the base's spokesperson, Gabriel Galeazzi.
Gabriel Galeazzi, a naval commander, told reporters that the submarinehad surfaced and reported an electrical problem before it disappeared 268 miles (432 km) off the coast.
As part of the investment, Bruno Martins Silva and Gustavo Furuta, as Arlon's representatives, and Claudio Galeazzi have joined the company's board of directors.
BALLET Cymru's Shadow Aspect is about to present a brand new evening-length work in Newport, choreographed by international choreographer Tim Podesta and starring guest principal dancer of the Royal Ballet Mara Galeazzi.
The sacred triumvirate of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven is briefly addressed within the context of source quotes from Francesco Galeazzi, Heinrich Christoph Koch, Jerome-Joseph de Momigny, and Bernhard Marx, along with the caution of noting the variant names related to the genre: quatuor brillant and concertant, quartettino, and so forth.
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LANSING, MI -- There is a possibility that some customers of Michigan's largest insurance company may have been caught up in a national data hack affecting 80 million people, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan said today.
BCBSM is affiliated with Anthem, the national health insurance company that was hacked for personal data including names and social security numbers.
BCBSM VP of Communications Andy Hetzel said that while Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Anthem are separate companies, they have an affiliation. It's this connection that allows somebody with BCBSM insurance to go to a hospital if they get sick in a state in Anthem's territory.
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"We use each other's networks to comprise a national network," Hetzel said.
Because of this affiliation, there is a chance that data from BCBSM customers has been compromised.
"We believe there's a strong possibility, and we are taking this incident very seriously," Hetzel said.
So seriously that the company is treating this incident as if one of their own systems had come under cyber attack. The highest level of BCBSM management has been in discussions with Anthem and Blue Cross Blue Shield about the incident, and they are undertaking an investigation.
Hetzel didn't speculate on which customers specifically might be affected, but did say customer data could have ended up in Anthem systems several ways.
Sometimes large Michigan-based employers will insure their employees nationwide through BCBSM, so employees will have a BCBSM card but have their claims reimbursed by Anthem. In other instances, a Michigander with BCBSM insurance may have had a medical issue while traveling in one of the states powered by an Anthem partnership.
However, it's not known for sure if customers in either of those scenarios would have been caught up in the hack, or if it's more likely customers in these scenarios would have compromised data.
Here in Michigan, "We don't know enough facts right now to communicate whether or not anyone's data was compromised," Hetzel said.
He urged BCBSM customers not to panic, but to use common sense in noting any unusual credit report activity and being wary of anybody asking for personal information.
"We take the privacy and security of our members' information very seriously. We have measures in place to prevent this type of unauth access and we are working all the time to identify the methods that hackers used to get into complex systems with safeguards like ours. This incident serves again as a reminder that we need to be ever-vigilant to make sure that we make every effort to protect our members' information," Hetzel said.
BCBSM plans to keep its customers updated for now on its blog.
Anthem has launched the website anthemfacts.com, and has urged customers to call 1-877-263-7995 if they have questions related to the incident.


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In the United States, 'Saturday Night Live' has become the 'Banana Sundae' of the American people.
After all, the NBC-produced comedy variety show aired 41 seasons since it first started in 1975. Today, 'Saturday Night Live' is on its 42nd season and its skits are as funny as ever.
In the Philippines, 'Saturday Night Live' is currently aired on Jack TV. But unlike a majority of Jack TV's shows, 'Saturday Night Live' is one of a select few that do not air either via satellite, within hours, or within a week of original U.S. telecast.
In fact, while the show is on its 42nd season in the U.S., Jack TV is still airing the previous season's set of episodes. Their reasoning is unclear, but due to the Philippines' strict broadcast regulations, it is likely that Jack TV opted not to air the current season due to fears of profanity and the possible presence of offensive skits.
Sadly, that one-season delay meant that Jack TV will have to wait a year before they can air parodies of the just-concluded 2016 U.S. presidential election. It's too bad, since the 'Saturday Night Live' skits involving eventual winner Donald Trump (portrayed by Alec Baldwin) and Hillary Clinton (portrayed by Kate McKinnon) were trending in various news outlets.
Quite frankly, viewers were missing out on the fun. And it's not a good thing, considering the recent trend of various cable networks that air new episodes of popular imported shows.
To make matters worse, the presence of streaming sites made watching 'Saturday Night Live' online even easier. That said, with these predicaments, Jack TV is clearly at a disadvantage with the said show.
It remains to be seen if Jack TV can finally catch up to what has been an overly outdated and irrelevant broadcast of 'Saturday Night Live'. Unless the Solar Entertainment-owned network changes its routine soon, the show could become a footnote to an otherwise impressive programming lineup.
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LoudounNow interviewed managing shareholder Randy Minchew about the land purchased for Loudoun's planned state park. Randy said he is optimistic the General Assembly will sign off on the plan.
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Randy Minchew, managing shareholder at the Leesburg office of law firm Walsh Colucci Lubeley & Walsh, helped put together the transactions that brought assembled 1,000 acres in Loudoun near Harpers Ferry. Now, he said, he is pushing his former colleagues in the state legislature to accept that land for a new state park. And he said he's optimistic about the results. Currently, five lawmakers from each chamber of the General Assembly are behind closed doors hashing out the differences between their respective chambers' versions of the state budget. Gov.Ralph Northam's proposed budget included a line that would allow the state—at no cost—to accept land for a new state park in northwestern Loudoun. But the state Senate's adopted budget bill did not include that line, throwing longstanding plans for a park in Loudoun into doubt. Read more


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The Denver Nuggets are on the road for a clash with the Sacramento Kings. The Nuggets are (13-3), after winning 117-104 over the Washington Wizards. The Kings are (7-10) thus far, falling 97-91 against the Philadelphia 76ers.
In the Nuggets win over the Wizards, Denver was led in scoring by Nikola Jokic. Jokic recorded a double-double, scoring 20 points and pulling down 20 rebounds. Jerami Grant also added 20 points in the game, making 7 of 13 from the floor and 5 of 7 from deep. The nuggets shot 52% from the floor and 25% from distance. The Nuggets out scored the Wizards from the foul line, 17 to 14. Denver's largest lead was 20points.
In the Kings loss to the 76ers, Sacramento was led on offense by Buddy Hield. Hield was 9 of . 24 from the floor, totaling 22 points. TheKings shot 41% from the floor and 26% from 3-point range. The 76ers won the game from the foul line, out scoring the Kings 20 to . The Kings attempted a comeback, nut feel short. Sacramento trailed by as any as 17 points, before taking the loss by 6 points.
Recent Betting Trends:
Nuggets are 5-1 ATS int heir last 6 games overall.
Nuggets are 1-4-1 ATS in their last 6 Saturday games.
The under is 8-3 in Nuggets last 11 overall.
Kings are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 home games.
Kings are 11-1 ATS in their last 12 games overall.
The under is 5-1 in Kings last 6 vs the Western Conference.
The favorite is 8-2 ATS in the last 10 matchups. The over is also 4-1 in the last 5 matchups. The Nuggets have controlled the series, winning 9 of the last 10 matchups with the Kings. The Nuggets have been great on defense, giving up an average of less than 102 points per game, that ranks 1st in the league. The Kings have been solid as well, giving up just over 108 per game, that ranks 11th in the league. The under has been profitable for both teams in their respected situations. With both teams playing well defensively, I'll go with the trends and take the under. Final prediction, Nuggets win and the total goes under.
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Tools of the Trade. This part of the collection covers a whole range of objects, from small gas detectors to large industrial machines, which were used both above and below ground in the coal mining industry. The collection is particularly strong in twentieth century coal cutting machines, rescue equipment, surveying equipment and miners' lamps.
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Teraburst is a classic 'shoot-em-up' arcade game made by Konami in 1998.

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The game is set in 2017. An invasion of UFOs has appeared and started to invade Earth. You are charged to blast the aliens back into outer space with a hand-held, recoiling machine gun, homing missiles and Napalm bombs. The game progresses through four stages of aliens.

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New Evidence found of effectiveness of peer educators: Dr Mayuree Rao, University of Washington epidemiologist, used logistic regression to analyze large amounts of data over multiple years from our database: the medical consultations, the pharmacy invoice, the follow-up records from the Peer Educators and the laboratory profiles. Analyses show that MoPoTsyo patients who visit their peer educators 12 or more times per year have about a 30% higher odds of having good glycemic control relative to MoPoTsyo participants who visit their peer educators 4 or fewer times per year. This effect was found even after adjusting for consult visits and medication adherence. This result demonstrates a positive impact of peer educators on glycemic control that is independent of and incremental to other standard components of diabetes treatment. Participating in MoPoTsyo's laboratory service also raises the odds of good glycemic control by about 30%, again after adjustment. Now we must help write an article for publication a peer reviewed journal.
Centers to play a role in chronic care. Health authorities in Kampong Thom (OD Stong) and Phnom Penh (OD Posenchey) and Takeo (OD Daunkeo) want to expand to health center level. Without PE it cannot start. On 26 february, the recently created model Health Center Champey in OD Ang Roka got some visitors: the OD Director Daunkeo and the Vice-Director in charge of NCD at the Provincial Health Department of Takeo came to see it in action as example of what can be done at Health Center level in their own OD's. Director of Daung HC and Stoong OD Director from Kampong Thom were also visiting for the same purpose. The Doctor of Champey HC is also its Director. The visitors saw the local Director of Champey Health Center very busy with a large number of local diabetic patients, one of them a new insulin user, and all helped by peer educators and HC staff. The visitors also saw the Revolving Drug Fund in action. The result of the visit is that OD Directors and the PHD Vice-Director support the idea of expansion to the health center level. Medical Doctor who normally does consultations at Angkor Chey RH also joined because he had been training-on-the-job the Doctor of Champey HC.
Our prices: Because we bought the HbA1c machine, instead of continuing to lease it, MoPoTsyo reduced its price for HbA1c test from 30,000 riel per test to 20,000 riels. Lower price became effective on 1 February 2019. We have printed new posters with our fixed fees to distribute widely at community level.
Hep C: During Q1 we started to screen for Hep among Diabetics in Kampong Speu province and Kampong Thom province. Those who have high viral load can receive free treatment at Kossamak Hospital in Phnom Penh from MSF France.
MoH Guideline: The new Primary care guideline for Diabetes and Hypertension is ready.
Urine Glucose Strip Distribution: We have begun the distribution of urine glucose strips in Samaki HC in Posenchey OD. This is to identify patients and raise awareness. A special leaflet to connect the activity with the Health Center was created.
Training of candidate Peer Educators: training of 7 candidate peer educators was completed: 1 from Baray Santuk, 1 from Stoong, 1 from OD Kampong Speu, and 3 from Phnom Penh and one who will be program officer at our office.
WING Payroll: we pay our peer educators through the service of WING Payroll, switched from USD to Riels.
https://www.scuby.eu/countries, and introduced more concretely a project called "BIOS", a EU funded research project on Wearable Health Monitors (WHM), for example a wrist watch that measures blood pressure, physical activity, pulse, and even Electrocardiogram type of information (e.g. arrhythmia). London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)'s Dpt of Global Health Associate Prof Marco Liverani, lecturer at Mahidol, NIPH staff) and Dr Josefien van Olmen on behalf of Antwerp Tropical Institute had come to Cambodia for the launch. Secretary of State H.E. Prof Eng Huot opened the event at Himawari Hotel. I was member of the expert-panel, facilitated by Dr Ir Por.
Cambodiana Hotel. It will support existing Diabetes Clinics nationalwide and invest in training, providing equipment and in finding/supporting Children with Type 1. The children initiative will be located at National Pediatric Hospital, Cambodia Chinese Friendship Preah Kossamak Hospital, and Kuntha Bopha. The project aims to help 800 children under 18 with type 1 Diabetes, but to find them may be a challenge. We are a supporting partner.
showed a map with only MoH Diabetes clinics and UN agencies, leaving out the work done by non-government partners such as MoPoTsyo. After the presentation, I commented that the map doesn't reflect the reality and many others joined in with more examples. WHO has been developing HEARTS software, which stands for Healthy Lifestyle, Evidence based medicine, Access to essential medicines, Risk-based management, Team-care and Task sharing, Systems for monitoring, indeed all issues that must be strengthened to deliver chronic care successfully. The regional WHO representative proposed that Cambodian adopt 10 additional indicators to monitor CVD, but MoH just approved the new Primary Care Guideline for Diabetes and Hypertension which has its own indicators in there already.


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The Gangly Country Cousin: The Leigh Valley's Auburn Division
Publisher: DeWitt Historical Soc. Of Tompkins County: 2004
160 pp. with over 190 photographs, illustrations and maps throughout. The story of how the Lehigh Valley Railroad consolidated a number of hastily built shortlines in upstate New York to create its Auburn Division in the late 1800's. Most of the line was centered in the Finger Lakes region and the line shipped a large volume of farm products, particularly milk. Over the years portions of the Auburn disappeared or were abandoned, but some of the line does remain. Laminated pictorial cover. Scarce.
The Next Station Will Be...(An Album of Photographs of Railroad Depots in 1910)
Publisher: A Railroadian Book: 1988
Condition: As New
Volume X - Marion, Ohio to Chicago. Unpaginated with numerous photographs of railroad depots. Oblong laminated pictorial cover.
Volume XII - Branches between Meadville, Pa. and Marion, Ohio. Unpaginated with numerous photographs of railroad depots. Oblong laminated pictorial cover.
Volume XIII - Buffalo Division, Bradford Division, Dunkirk Branch. Unpaginated with numerous photographs of railroad depots. Oblong laminated pictorial cover.
Railroad Photo Album (The 4-4-0 American Type)
By: Albrecht, Harry P.
Publisher: Fox Shulman: 1951
Condition: VG+
Steam Locomotives No. 1. 47 pp. with black and white photographs on alternate pages and descriptions on alternate pages. Small oblong pictorial cover. Scarce title.
Railroad Photo Album (The 2-8-0 Consolidation Type)
Railroad Photo Album (The 0-6-0 Type)
Railroad Photo Album (The 4-6-0 Wheeler type)
Proceedings of the Third Annual Session of the American Railway Assoc.
By: American Railway Assoc.
Publisher: Amer. Railway Assoc.: 1923
Freight Station Section - Division I - Operating. 299 pp. The result of meetings held at St. Paul Hotel, June 19 - 22, 1923, complete with statistics, charts and reports. Black boards with gilt lettering on spine.
Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Session of the American Railway Assoc.
Freight Station Section - Division I - Operating. 203 pp. The result of meetings held at the Francis Marion Hotel, May 13 - 15, 1924, complete with statistics, charts and reports. Black boards with gilt lettering on spine.
Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Session of the American Railway Assoc.
Freight Station Section - Division I - Operating. 353 pp. The result of meetings held at the Hotel Peabody, May 17 - 19, 1927, complete with statistics, charts and reports. Black boards with gilt lettering on spine.
Teacher's Kit (Railroad Transportation)
By: Assoc. Of American Railroads
Publisher: Assoc. Of American Railroads: 1951
5th edition. Original envelope which consists of 3 documents: Teacher's Manual, vol. 1, suggested study outlines and source materials, 50 pp. The stories behind pictures, vol. 2, 66 pp. which speak to the individual photographs accompanying the pamphlets. 57 individual photographs, including #57 which identifies all the railway trademarks (close to 100 separate trademarks. In all, three documents including original envelope. Scarce title.
America's Colorful Railroads
By: Ball, Don Jr.
Publisher: Bonanza Books: 1979
ISBN: 0-517-304880
210 pp. with over 280 full color illustrations. The volume centers on the 1940's and 1950's of railroad history, the period that brought the transition from steam to diesel engines and explored the trains from coast to coast.
Baltimore and Ohio Transportation Museum
By: Baltimore And Ohio Trans. Museum, Public Rel. Dept.
circa 1970. 32 pp. with photographs on every page. Pictorial cover.
The History of t he Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
By: Berkman, Pamela
128 pp. with over 100 color and black and white photographs, illustrations, maps and more.
The Hard Coal Carriers (Volume 2: Camelback Twilight - the Last Years of Jersey Central's Passenger Camelbacks)
By: Bernet, Gerard E.
Publisher: RAE Pub.: 1995
96 pp. includoing bibliography page with black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. The volume deals only with those passenger camelbacks that remained on the roster until January l, 1945. Within a decade, steam passenger operations came to a close, April 23, 1954. Laminated oblong colored cover.
New York Central Railroad (Stations and Structures Pictorial - Vol. 1: The River Division - Jersey City to Weehawken, New Jersey)
By: Bernhart, Benjamin L.
Publisher: Outer Station Project: 2010
Edited by Jay Leinbach and Melissa D. Bernhart. 128 pp. plus numerous photographs. The first of several books which document the stations and structures of the New York Central Railroad. Volume 2 will continue the River Division while Volume 3 will cover the River Division branches, the Hudson River connecting railroad and begin the West Shore Railroad of the Mohawk Division. Signed by the author. This limited and first edition is limited in numbers. Laminated pictorial cover.
The Observer (Volume XXV, Nos. 1 - 6)
By: Bifano, John and Allan Seabach (Editors)
Publisher: The Observer: 1990
January - June. 48 pp. which explore the Y - 2's photograpahs on every page. Laminated pictorial cover. Scarce.
Great Railway Stations of Europe
By: Binney, Marcus, Manfred Hamm and Axel Foehl
Publisher: Thames and Hudson: 1985
144 pp. with 107 illustrations, 50 in color. The volume examines the grandeur of the railway stations and as places for human beings, places of departure and arrival, and places where art, technology and life meet and mingle.
The History of the Union Pacific (America's Great Transcontinental Railroad)
By: Cahill, Marie and Lynne Prade
Publisher: Crescent Books: 1989
126 pp. with 50 beautiful color photographs as well as black and white photographs, illustrations and maps.
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3. Have a Merry Christmas!
C, Eb (flat), and G went into a bar. The bartender says we don't allow minors in here. Eb left the bar. So, C and G had an open fifth between them.
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Atom feed for "bring back the interwebs"
Framasoft invites you to join us on a shared adventure: to explore the digital worlds where humanity and our fundamental freedoms are respected, respected right through to the creation of the tools that we use.
During this journey, planned for 2017 to 2020, let us set out to define the digital tools which make possible our contributions in all fields of our activity and in all types of creativity.
a people-focused alternative to the "corporate web"
"web-based, open source groupware for citizens. By creating collaborative groups, people can discuss topics, organize events, store files and keep everyone updated as needed. Agorakit is a forum, calendar, file manager, mapping tool and email notifier"
This wiki is a place for developing the DIY ISP initiative. It is intended to be a technical resource for new and existing small-scale ISPs from around the world. Creating an ISP from scratch is not so hard!
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It's cold out and nothing makes my house feel more cozy than a slow cooked beef roast! The house smells of onion, garlic, fresh herbs and especially BEEF!
I got a skillet nice and hot, threw in a tablespoon or two of bacon fat and seared this roast 3 min per side. I dropped it into the slow cooker with misc herbs, a little onion and water. I didn't have any celery or fresh garlic on hand this time around so I had to skip it.
3 hrs in and she smells pretty good.
What is in your slow cooker?


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Home > Job Market > Special Populations
First-Generation Students and Job Success
November 01, 2016 | By Louisa Eismann
TAGS: graduate outcomes, trends and predictions, surveys, first generation, journal
NACE Journal, November 2016
Using data from NACE's 2016 Student Survey, NACE research looks at factors that may influence the job success of first-generation students.
First-generation students and their post-graduate transition represent a significant issue for higher education leaders in general and career services professionals in particular, making research into their attitudes, behaviors, and outcomes critical.
Previous studies conducted outside of NACE have shown first-generation students are more likely to begin college at two-year institutions, dimming the probability of advancing to and graduating from a bachelor's program (Engle, 2007). Data from NACE's 2016 Student Survey concur with this statement. However, first-generation students do make up a substantial portion of four-year enrollments. Among four-year students responding to the survey, 40 percent self-identified as first generation. Similarly, among responding Class of 2016 bachelor's degree graduates, 41.2 percent self-identified as first generation. (See Figure 1.) This surpasses previous graduation rates of both low-income first-generation students (10.9 percent) and first-generation students not of low income (24.9 percent) (Wine, Wheeless, 2011). This suggests a trend toward first-generation students accounting for a larger share of four-year enrollments.
Figure 1: Student Body Breakdown by Program Enrollment
Among respondents to NACE's 2016 Student Survey, 5,013 graduating seniors self-identified as being either first generation (1,925) or non-first generation (3,088). First-generation students are defined as those having a parent/parents that does/do not possess a bachelor's degree.
In this sample, first-generation and non-first-generation students are similar when looking at gender, the majority of students being female (taken together, they averaged 72.3 percent female, 27.8 percent male). This separation by gender is also the case for students entering the work force (averaging 68.8 percent female, 31.3 percent male).
A significantly larger percentage of first-generation students are 25 years of age or older (19.9 percent) compared to non-first-generation students (7.8 percent), showing a delay in student-program enrollment. Racial diversity is larger among first-generation students as well, especially among the older, nontraditional aged students. (See Figure 2.)
Figure 2: Racial Diversity Among Graduating Seniors
Choice of Major: First-Generation and Non-First-Generation Students
To investigate differences in career choice, areas of study were separated into two categories: career-oriented majors and academic majors. Career-oriented majors are those that prepare students for a specific occupational area and include business, education, health/nursing, engineering, computer science, and a "career-oriented: other" category, which includes career-oriented majors with too few respondents to analyze separately. Academic majors are not tailored toward a specific occupational field. These majors include social/behavioral sciences, liberal arts, science, mathematics, and an "academic: other category" (Choy, Bradburn, 2008).
Among respondent, slightly fewer first-generation seniors were enrolled in a career-oriented major (48.7 percent) in comparison to non-first-generation seniors (50.9 percent). In general, the breakdown of majors was similar between first generation and non-first generation. (See Table 1.) However, there was significant divergence in two majors—engineering and social/behavioral sciences. There were twice as many non-first-generation engineering majors as there were first-generation students undertaking this field (9.9 percent vs 4.7 percent), while there were first-generation social/behavioral science majors than non-first-generation students in this field (19.8 percent vs. 15.0 percent). As NACE's annual Student Survey has consistently shown that career-oriented majors tend to secure jobs earlier and out-earn academic majors—at least at the outset of the career—one could posit that first-generation students either do not recognize this dynamic or are not focused on it.
Table 1: Student Enrollment in Career-Oriented and Academic-Oriented Majors
Non-First Generation
Business 382 20.0% 566 18.4%
Education 108 5.6% 156 5.1%
Healthcare/Nursing 173 9.0% 282 9.2%
Engineering 90 4.7% 304 9.9%
Computer Science 42 2.2% 97 3.2%
Career-oriented, other* 137 7.2% 160 5.2%
Social/Behavioral Sciences 379 19.8% 460 15.0%
Liberal Arts** 267 14.0% 474 15.4%
Science 217 11.3% 364 11.8%
Mathematics 18 0.9% 43 1.4%
Academic, other*** 99 5.2% 169 5.5%
* Includes majors in agriculture, architecture, communication technology, construction trades
** Includes majors in area studies, communications, English, foreign language, history
*** Includes majors in family and consumer sciences
Similarities in Post-Graduation Plans
Comprehensively, post-graduation plans for first-generation and non-first-generation students were complementary; nearly 23 percent planned to continue their education, roughly 17 percent planned to take time off or were unsure of their plans, while around 60 percent planned to enter the work force. (See Figure 3.)
Figure 3: Post-Graduation Plans of Graduating Seniors
In addition, when post-graduation results are broken down by major, first-generation and non-first-generation students have similar expectations, with the majority of computer science and engineering majors planning to enter the work force, and majors such as social/behavioral sciences, science, and liberal arts having a larger percentage continuing their education or not having a plan/planning to take time off.
However, there is one difference of note: First-generation healthcare/nursing majors were more likely to enter the work force after graduation (59 percent) compared to their non-first-generation counterparts (54.9 percent), who showed a slightly higher tendency toward continuing their education. Considering that responding first-generation students were older and therefore more inclined to enter the work force, this is of no surprise, especially given the direct ties this major has to job function.
For students entering the work force, a significant difference existed between first-generation and non-first-generation students and the work sector they planned to pursue. While a majority of students planned to enter the private sector, a higher percentage of first-generation students planned to enter the nonprofit and government sector. (See Figure 4.) Although nonprofit work is generally less competitive in terms of salary than for-profit work, one possibility is that nonprofit and government careers may appeal to the preferences and benefits first-generation students seek.
Figure 4: Students Entering the Work Force: Preferred Sector
*Includes teaching
Student Preferences
First- and non-first-generation students have much in common in terms of their job preferences, but differ in a few key areas. (See Table 2.)
First-generation students see the organization being located close to home as of greater importance than do their counterparts, a result that correlates to the demographics of this group: As they are older, there is a greater probability of their having an established family. In fact, the emphasis on family can also be seen in the greater weight they give to family friendly benefits (family leave, elder care, adoption leave, and so forth) and on-site daycare facilities.
Responding first-generation seniors also place more emphasis on the organization embracing diversity, a result that is not surprising given the greater racial diversity among first-generation students.
Table 2: Preferences of Students Entering the Work Force
The organization is located close to my home 3.4 3.1
Organization embraces diversity 3.8 3.5
Organization offers job security 4.2 4.1
The organization provides the opportunity for rapid advancement 3.6 3.4
There are clearly defined assignments 3.9 3.7
Organization has a good insurance/benefits package 4.1 4
Organization is known as a "green" company 3 2.8
Organization offers a high starting salary 3.6 3.5
Organization has a well-recognized name/brand/image 3.3 3.2
Organization provides me the ability to improve my community/country/world 4.0 3.8
There is recognition for good performance 3.9 3.8
The organization is located in a diverse and tolerant community 3.4 3.3
Organization offers the opportunity for personal growth and development 4.4 4.4
Casual atmosphere (non-competitive environment) 3.2 3.2
Organization offers the opportunity for self-expression and creativity 3.8 3.7
There are friendly co-workers 4.1 4.2
5-point scale: 1 = not at all important; 5 = extremely important
Salary expectations and realities
Expectations for starting salaries were similar between the two groups: First-generation students expected a median of $41,147, slightly less than their counterparts' median expectation of $42,839.
Despite the similarity in salary expectations, there is a marked difference in the offers two groups received. First-generation students received significantly lower salary offers compared to non-first-generation students (median: $43,320 vs $49,245).
What is driving that difference? Without further study, it is difficult to pinpoint the contributing factor or factors, although there are some possibilities that warrant consideration. For example, specific major could be a factor; overall, however, there is great similarity between the two groups in terms of career-oriented and academic majors. In addition, desired work sector could be a factor. As noted earlier, first-generation students were more focused on nonprofit/government work, which typically pays less. Perhaps first-generation students' salary expectations are skewed, or their use of job-search resources is less effective than that of their counterparts. Regardless, as is noted below, first-generation students fell behind their peers in nearly every facet of the job search—not just salary.
How Students Fare in the Job Search
Slightly more than three-fourths of first-generation students applied for positions; their success rate was 24.9 percent, with 43.1 percent of students receiving an offer and 57.8 percent accepting the offer.
In comparison, the success rate of non-first-generation students was elevated at 33.4 percent; a heightened number of students applied for a position (88 percent), received an offer (49 percent), and accepted the offer (68.2 percent). (See Table 3.)
The biggest gap in these markers is in acceptance rates, driven mainly by a greater portion of first-generation students declining job offers due to an insufficient compensation package (44.1 percent vs 30.4 percent). (See Table 4.) This goes back to the difference between first-generation students' salary expectations and their median salary offer. As their expectations do not match up with the reality, a greater portion of students in this group declined offers.
Table 3: Offer Rate, Acceptance Rate, and Success Rate by Career-Oriented Majors and Academic Majors
Career-Oriented Majors
Applied 382 783 238 461
Received 179 422 88 187
Accepted 111 297 43 120
Offer rate 46.9% 53.9% 37.0% 40.6%
Acceptance rate 62.0% 70.4% 48.9% 64.2%
Success rate 29.1% 37.9% 18.1% 26.0%
Table 4: Reasons for Declining a Job Offer
I am waiting to see if a better offer comes up. 78.4% 80.4%
The job(s) does not match my career aspirations. 38.2% 35.7%
The job(s) is not in a preferable location. 21.6% 23.8%
The compensation package is insufficient
(salary and benefits). 44.1% 30.4%
Unweighted count 102 168
Job Success and Job-Search Resources
Overall, first-generation and non-first-generation graduating seniors reported using job-search resources to the same degree and with the same level of effectiveness—with a few notable exceptions. (See Table 5.)
The resource that yielded the largest difference between first-generation and non-first-generation students was the use of parents and/or relatives in the job search.
More than two-thirds of non-first-generation students used this resource, but only 55 percent of first-generation students did the same. By definition, their parents do not have a bachelor's degree, and therefore do not have the same frame of reference for launching a job search. This hampers their ability to serve as effectively as job-search resources and role models.
In addition, as noted previously, there is greater racial diversity among first-generation students compared to non-first-generation students. Research suggests that individuals of diverse ethnic backgrounds tend to view themselves as belonging to a collective culture, where group unity takes precedence (Burgos-Cienfuegos, et al, 2015; Coon, Kemmelmeier, 2001). For a student who originates from a collective culture, not being able to get guidance or suggestions from the family may be difficult and have more impact than recognized.
In addition, first-generation students used resources such as virtual career fairs, articles in newspapers/magazines, and ads in publications/magazines significantly more than did non-first-generation students. Non-first-generation students tended to use on-campus employer representatives and on-campus career/job fairs more often to aid their search.
Other types of personal networking that were highly used by both first-generation and non-first-generation students were faculty members (59.4 percent, 57.1 percent) and friends (74.4 percent, 76.2 percent). Effectiveness was rated similarly as well (3.4, 3.5).
In regards to academic assimilation of first-generation students, it has been reported previously that first-generation students interact at a decreased rate with faculty and their peers (Engle, 2007). However, findings from NACE's 2016 Student Survey show that, at the senior level, first-generation students are using faculty and friends as job resources at a similar rate to non-first-generation students, not at a diminished rate.
Table 5: Students' Use and Rated Effectiveness of Job Resources
Career/job fairs 64.9% 69.2% 3.3 3.2
Employer websites 94.2% 94.9% 3.6 3.7
Employer representatives on campus 52.2% 56.1% 3.3 3.4
Employer information presentations on campus 49.7% 51.2% 3.1 3.1
Employer recruitment brochures (print) 42.9% 42.0% 2.8 2.7
Ads in job-search/recruitment publications/magazines 53.7% 46.7% 3.2 3.1
Trade/professional associations 32.1% 29.4% 2.9 2.9
Virtual career fairs 25.9% 19.0% 2.7 2.5
Career center 57.6% 58.4% 3.3 3.2
Faculty members 59.4% 57.1% 3.4 3.4
Friends 74.4% 76.2% 3.5 3.5
Parents and/or relatives 55.4% 67.7% 3.3 3.4
Alumni 43.7% 47.4% 3.2 3.5
Articles in newspapers or magazines 31.3% 25.2% 2.8 2.8
5-point scale: 1 = Not at all useful; 5 = Extremely useful
Use of the career center
First-generation and non-first-generation students entering the work force were alike in their frequency of career center visitation, both online and on campus; however, variation existed between services used and their rated effectiveness.
Overall, a higher percentage of first-generation students used online career center services than their peers did. (See Table 6.) At the same time, among both groups, those that used career services on campus gave those services higher effectiveness ratings, indicating that services on campus were perceived as more effective than those provided online. (Career skills testing/assessment for first-generation students was the only exception, holding an average of 3.3 for both online and on campus. See Table 6.)
Interestingly, there was no difference in the job offer rates for first-generation versus non-first-generation students using online services. However, job offer rates among first-generation students who used on-campus services were slightly higher (2.4 percent) than those of non-first-generation students using services on campus. This suggests that an increase in on-campus use of services would benefit first-generation students, an option that may not match the lifestyle needs of those students with families and other responsibilities outside of campus. For such students, online resources that can be accessed at one's convenience may be a necessity.
Table 6: Career Center Services Used and Rated Effectiveness
Individual career counseling 56.9% 57.8% 3.5 3.5
Resume writing/reviewing assistance 82.3% 80.9% 3.7 3.7
Career skills testing and career assessments 38.1% 36.7% 3.3 3.4
Job search assistance 55.1% 56.6% 3.4 3.3
Internship/co-op search assistance 50.0% 46.7% 3.3 3.4
Practice interview sessions 37.9% 37.7% 3.5 3.7
Career or employment workshops 46.2% 45.3% 3.3 3.3
Researching a potential employer 41.8% 39.3% 3.4 3.4
Using career center job listings 65.4% 60.9% 3.4 3.5
Job-search assistance 60.5% 62.0% 3.5 3.4
Addressing First-Generation Student Needs
Given results of NACE's survey, concern for first-generation students' post-graduate transition into the work force is well-founded. Job-search success rates of first-generation students, at least as measured by the survey, are significantly lower than those of their counterparts. A lower average offer rate does exist, but the lower acceptance rate—driven largely by a mismatch between compensation expectations and the reality—is of more concern.
First-generation students would benefit from additional support in the job search. They do not have the ability to tap family members for assistance, and their greater reliance on online career services appears to be hampering their advancement. Outreach programs targeting first-generation students to make use of the on-campus career center and its resources could make a positive difference, while reconfiguring online resources to address first-generation concerns may also help. The expectations of first-generation students may be limiting their ability to succeed, so having the support and encouragement to use resources that expand their job success could be valuable to their college experience.
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Louisa Eismann is a research associate at NACE. She can be reached at leismann@naceweb.org. This article is based on a forthcoming NACE research report focused on outcomes and attitudes of first-generation students.


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The Queen of Zydeco
Aug. 29, 2011 06:25 PM
By Leslie Turk
A federal public defender who has just stepped down from that role, Michelle Vallot believes the sky is the limit for her nutritious - and delicious - snack bars.
Michelle Vallot has gone back to her roots and the entrepreneurial skills she honed while doing sales for her dad's oilfield service company. Vallot grew up in rural Abbeville, the second oldest in a family of seven children all close in age. "Our home was situated on several acres of family property and sugar cane fields farmed by my paternal grandfather and his sons," Vallot says. "To me these sugar cane fields were beautiful with the tall, giant green canopies of shade they created from the inside of the cane rows looking up that practically reached to the sky. I had grown to love those sugar cane fields even at harvest time, after the cane had been cut down with all of the flags burned off smoldering atop the rows." Vallot never forgot the sweet sugar smell in the cool autumn fields against the backdrop of an orange setting sun. But it was the manufacturing process - her memory of the smell of sugar cane juice cooking into syrup, a drift she says came from the mill nearby - that would inspire her creativity in the kitchen and one day give rise to her Zydeco Bar company, which she is now working full-time to expand.
First, however, there was a legal matter to deal with: law school, which she entered in 1989.
What initially attracted you to the field of law?
I believe that I can attribute my entrepreneurial spirit to my late father, who was in the oil service industry, food service industry and travel agency business. I was attracted to the field of law to pursue whatever I endeavored to do in my future.
What was the most difficult aspect of working as criminal defense attorney?
Having worked for 15 plus years as a federal defender [for the U.S. Western District], it is still difficult to accept the high levels of incarceration we witness imposed on non-violent felons, all funded with tax dollars for severe prison sentences with little or no rehabilitation.
And the most rewarding?
As a criminal defense attorney, a win is always rewarding, but it has made my heart smile when a defendant has satisfied their term of incarceration and is back in society working successfully, and it is always a pleasure to receive a Christmas card or a thank you from a client.
How does a criminal defense lawyer become an entrepreneur?
It can probably be attributable to my busy personality that my vocation as a cookie-maker surfaced. Plus, I have always been interested in nutrition, prevention and using all natural foods to support good health. I can never forget working late nights on weekends with my dear friend Fannie, and talking about life while baking trays and trays of all natural and delicious Italian fig cookies. It would be the success of the fig cookie that compelled me to continue baking, always endeavoring to create all natural, delicious and nutritious snacks.
Tell me what went into choosing the sweet potato as your key ingredient?
The sweet potato has been a sleeper in a sense, not for us here in Louisiana and states like the Carolinas that grow the spur, but from a nutritional viewpoint. Now, with so much focus on what we eat and the high percentage of obesity we face not only as a state, but as a nation, great-tasting and nutritious snack alternatives are on the rise. As a vegetable source the sweet potato is rich not only in taste, but is a complex carbohydrate, contains dietary fiber, vitamin A and vitamin C. My research and development to create a great-tasting nutrition bar was taken to a new level with the addition of the sweet potato.
I really like the bars, in part because I feel like they aren't real sugary. Tell me I'm right - and why I should keep eating them.
For those keen on eating nutritious and great tasting, on-the-run snacks, the Zydeco Bar calls to you. Sweetened with brown rice syrup (which contains soluble complex carbohydrates), this sweetener is considered to be a time-released energy source that is metabolized slowly in the body. Zydeco Bars are satisfying and filling without being heavy before a workout at the gym. They're preservative free with an easy-to-read label and are also a great breakfast and after-school snack, important for sustaining energy in growing children. This bar is moist, full of roasted pecans, raisins and oats, and leaves a great after taste.
What's your current distribution and what's in the bar's future?
Zydeco Bars [the first bar was packaged in early 2010] are in both national and regional distribution channels at this time, so our bar can be purchased in any number of states outside of Louisiana. Our track record for repeat sales is very good, especially since the focus has shifted to health and quality-of-life considerations.
Back to the more personal side. Tell me about this great passion you have for art - and for a certain local sculptor.
Passion for art, food and life are all related in my opinion. I have always had a great appreciation for art, often just seeing it, but certainly by allowing myself to be surrounded by beautiful art. It has been delightful living in a world with the skillful and sensitive work of sculptor Russell Whiting. It is wonderful to see how art impacts human beings and what pleasure they gain from the experience of knowing art. If I had to say what it was that brought Russell and me together, it would have to be our collective spirit to create something unique for the world, each in our own way.
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