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Sunday, October 11, 2009 3:28 AM
Holiday closings
On Monday, Columbus Day:
• Mail will not be delivered and post offices will be closed.
• Parking meters in Columbus will be free.
• Columbus, Franklin County, state and federal offices will be closed. Most municipal and township offices also will be closed.
Columbus Public Health will be closed.
• The Franklin County Board of Elections will be closed for early voting.
• Columbus Metropolitan Library's Main Library will be open. These other library branches also will be open: Dublin, Gahanna, Hilliard, Hilltop, Karl Road, New Albany, Northwest, Reynoldsburg, Southeast and Whetstone.
• There will be no trash collection in Columbus. The trash-color collection schedule will rotate one weekday forward until the next holiday, which is Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26.
• There will be no Rumpke curbside recycling or yard-waste subscription collection. Collection moves one day forward (Friday will be collected Saturday), then returns to its normal day the following week.
• Columbus schools and most other school districts will hold classes.
• Ohio State University will hold classes.
• Columbus State Community College won't hold classes.
Happy 4th of July 2010 !!
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Check out As Layoffs Persist, Good Jobs Go Unfilled - Careers Articles
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As Layoffs Persist, Good Jobs Go Unfilled
Filed under: Employment TrendsPrint Article
Posted Oct 5th 2009 11:00AM
Christopher Leonard, AP
In a brutal job market, here's a task that might sound easy: Fill jobs in nursing, engineering and energy research that pay $55,000 to $60,000, plus benefits.
Yet even with 15 million people hunting for work, even with the unemployment rate nearing 10 percent, some employers can't find enough qualified people for good-paying career jobs.
Ask Steve Jones, a hospital recruiter in Indianapolis who's struggling to find qualified nurses, pharmacists and MRI technicians. Or Ed Baker, who's looking to hire at a U.S. Energy Department research lab in Richland, Wash., for $60,000 each.
Economists say the main problem is a mismatch between available work and people qualified to do it. Millions of jobs with attractive pay and benefits that once drew legions of workers to the auto industry, construction, Wall Street and other sectors are gone, probably for good. And those who lost those jobs generally lack the right experience for new positions popping up in health care, energy and engineering.
Many of these specialized jobs were hard to fill even before the recession. But during downturns, recruiters tend to become even choosier, less willing to take financial risks on untested workers.
The mismatch between job opening and job seeker is likely to persist even as the economy strengthens and begins to add jobs. It also will make it harder for the unemployment rate, now at 9.8 percent, to drop down to a healthier level.
"Workers are going to have to find not just a new company, but a new industry," said Sophia Koropeckyj, managing director of Moody's Economy.com. "A fifty-year-old guy who has been screwing bolts into the side of a car panel is not going to be able to become a health care administrator overnight."
It's become especially hard to find accountants, health care workers, software sales representatives, actuaries, data analysts, physical therapists and electrical engineers, labor analysts say. And employers that demand highly specialized training – like biotech firms that need plant scientists or energy companies that need geotechnical engineers to build offshore platforms – struggle even more to fill jobs.
The trend has been intensified by the speed of the job market decline, Koropeckyj said. The nation has lost a net 7.6 million jobs since the recession began in December 2007. Yet it can take a year or more for a laid-off worker to gain the training and education to switch industries. That means health care jobs are going unfilled even as laid-off workers in the auto, construction or financial services industries seek work.
"So we have this army of the unemployed" without the necessary skills, Koropeckyj said.
Sitting in his office overlooking the Clarian Health complex, Jones leafed through some of the applications he's received. One came from a hotel worker who listed his experience as, "Cleaning rooms; make beds, clean tubes, vacuum." Another was from a fitness instructor whose past duties included signing up gym members.
Many of the jobless seem to be applying for any opening they see, Jones said.
"You just don't have the supply to fill those particular positions," he said of the more than 200 "critical" jobs he needs to fill at Clarian, including nurses, pharmacists, MRI technicians and ultrasound technologists.
Contributing to the problem is that in a tough economy, employers take longer to assess applicants and make a hiring decision. By contrast, "in a healthier economy, you don't wait around for the perfect person," said Lawrence Katz, a professor of labor economics at Harvard.
To be sure, employers in most sectors of the economy are having no trouble filling jobs – especially those, like receptionists, hotel managers or retail clerks, that don't require specialized skills.
But as more jobs vanish for good, the gap between the unemployed and the requirements of today's job openings is widening. Throughout the economy, an average of six people now compete for each job opening – the highest ratio on government records dating to 2000.
Sifting through applications for jobs at the U.S. Energy Department's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Washington state, Baker said he sees "people that have worked in other areas, and now they're trying to apply that skill set to the energy arena."
"Unfortunately, that's not the skill set we need."
The jobs opened up after the lab received federal stimulus money to research energy-efficient buildings. Baker needs employees with backgrounds in city management and a grasp of the building codes needed to design energy-efficient buildings. Yet even a salary of $140,000 for senior researchers isn't drawing enough qualified applicants.
Baker said he's getting resumes from well-educated people, including some from information technology workers who want to enter the green-energy field. But he said it could take a year to get an unqualified employee up to speed on all the building codes they need to know.
"We're running out of people to train" new employees, he said. "We simply cannot attract enough (qualified) people."
The lab has hired a recruiter for the first time to fill dozens of positions. Rob Dromgoole, the recruiter, is going so far as to make cold calls to college professors. He's also visiting academic conferences to pitch jobs.
The trend has left jobseekers like Joe Sladek anxious and frustrated. Sladek's 23 years in the auto industry haven't helped his efforts to land a job in alternative energy since he was laid off a year ago.
As a quality control engineer for auto supplier Dura Automotive Systems Inc. in Mancelona, Mich., he made about $75,000. Sladek would review technical reports to make sure the factory's auto parts matched the specifications of clients like General Motors and Toyota.
He hoped to parlay that experience into a similar job at a factory making windmill blades or solar panels. Several factories were hiring, and Sladek landed a few interviews. But he never heard back.
At PricewaterhouseCoopers in Chicago, there's a shortage of qualified applicants for management jobs in tax services, auditing and consulting. Rod Adams, the company's recruiting leader, said huge pay packages on Wall Street siphoned off lots of business school graduates earlier this decade.
"That made our pipeline more scarce," he said.
Some of the openings at PricewaterhouseCoopers pay around $100,000 and don't even require graduate degrees – just specialized accounting certifications or other credentials.
Formerly successful bankers or hedge fund managers don't necessarily qualify.
"We've gotten a lot more resumes, but they haven't been the right people," Adams said.
As Layoffs Persist, Good Jobs Go Unfilled
Filed under: Employment TrendsPrint Article
Posted Oct 5th 2009 11:00AM
Christopher Leonard, AP
In a brutal job market, here's a task that might sound easy: Fill jobs in nursing, engineering and energy research that pay $55,000 to $60,000, plus benefits.
Yet even with 15 million people hunting for work, even with the unemployment rate nearing 10 percent, some employers can't find enough qualified people for good-paying career jobs.
Ask Steve Jones, a hospital recruiter in Indianapolis who's struggling to find qualified nurses, pharmacists and MRI technicians. Or Ed Baker, who's looking to hire at a U.S. Energy Department research lab in Richland, Wash., for $60,000 each.
Economists say the main problem is a mismatch between available work and people qualified to do it. Millions of jobs with attractive pay and benefits that once drew legions of workers to the auto industry, construction, Wall Street and other sectors are gone, probably for good. And those who lost those jobs generally lack the right experience for new positions popping up in health care, energy and engineering.
Many of these specialized jobs were hard to fill even before the recession. But during downturns, recruiters tend to become even choosier, less willing to take financial risks on untested workers.
The mismatch between job opening and job seeker is likely to persist even as the economy strengthens and begins to add jobs. It also will make it harder for the unemployment rate, now at 9.8 percent, to drop down to a healthier level.
"Workers are going to have to find not just a new company, but a new industry," said Sophia Koropeckyj, managing director of Moody's Economy.com. "A fifty-year-old guy who has been screwing bolts into the side of a car panel is not going to be able to become a health care administrator overnight."
It's become especially hard to find accountants, health care workers, software sales representatives, actuaries, data analysts, physical therapists and electrical engineers, labor analysts say. And employers that demand highly specialized training – like biotech firms that need plant scientists or energy companies that need geotechnical engineers to build offshore platforms – struggle even more to fill jobs.
The trend has been intensified by the speed of the job market decline, Koropeckyj said. The nation has lost a net 7.6 million jobs since the recession began in December 2007. Yet it can take a year or more for a laid-off worker to gain the training and education to switch industries. That means health care jobs are going unfilled even as laid-off workers in the auto, construction or financial services industries seek work.
"So we have this army of the unemployed" without the necessary skills, Koropeckyj said.
Sitting in his office overlooking the Clarian Health complex, Jones leafed through some of the applications he's received. One came from a hotel worker who listed his experience as, "Cleaning rooms; make beds, clean tubes, vacuum." Another was from a fitness instructor whose past duties included signing up gym members.
Many of the jobless seem to be applying for any opening they see, Jones said.
"You just don't have the supply to fill those particular positions," he said of the more than 200 "critical" jobs he needs to fill at Clarian, including nurses, pharmacists, MRI technicians and ultrasound technologists.
Contributing to the problem is that in a tough economy, employers take longer to assess applicants and make a hiring decision. By contrast, "in a healthier economy, you don't wait around for the perfect person," said Lawrence Katz, a professor of labor economics at Harvard.
To be sure, employers in most sectors of the economy are having no trouble filling jobs – especially those, like receptionists, hotel managers or retail clerks, that don't require specialized skills.
But as more jobs vanish for good, the gap between the unemployed and the requirements of today's job openings is widening. Throughout the economy, an average of six people now compete for each job opening – the highest ratio on government records dating to 2000.
Sifting through applications for jobs at the U.S. Energy Department's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Washington state, Baker said he sees "people that have worked in other areas, and now they're trying to apply that skill set to the energy arena."
"Unfortunately, that's not the skill set we need."
The jobs opened up after the lab received federal stimulus money to research energy-efficient buildings. Baker needs employees with backgrounds in city management and a grasp of the building codes needed to design energy-efficient buildings. Yet even a salary of $140,000 for senior researchers isn't drawing enough qualified applicants.
Baker said he's getting resumes from well-educated people, including some from information technology workers who want to enter the green-energy field. But he said it could take a year to get an unqualified employee up to speed on all the building codes they need to know.
"We're running out of people to train" new employees, he said. "We simply cannot attract enough (qualified) people."
The lab has hired a recruiter for the first time to fill dozens of positions. Rob Dromgoole, the recruiter, is going so far as to make cold calls to college professors. He's also visiting academic conferences to pitch jobs.
The trend has left jobseekers like Joe Sladek anxious and frustrated. Sladek's 23 years in the auto industry haven't helped his efforts to land a job in alternative energy since he was laid off a year ago.
As a quality control engineer for auto supplier Dura Automotive Systems Inc. in Mancelona, Mich., he made about $75,000. Sladek would review technical reports to make sure the factory's auto parts matched the specifications of clients like General Motors and Toyota.
He hoped to parlay that experience into a similar job at a factory making windmill blades or solar panels. Several factories were hiring, and Sladek landed a few interviews. But he never heard back.
At PricewaterhouseCoopers in Chicago, there's a shortage of qualified applicants for management jobs in tax services, auditing and consulting. Rod Adams, the company's recruiting leader, said huge pay packages on Wall Street siphoned off lots of business school graduates earlier this decade.
"That made our pipeline more scarce," he said.
Some of the openings at PricewaterhouseCoopers pay around $100,000 and don't even require graduate degrees – just specialized accounting certifications or other credentials.
Formerly successful bankers or hedge fund managers don't necessarily qualify.
"We've gotten a lot more resumes, but they haven't been the right people," Adams said.
Columbus Trash Collection Affected By Columbus Day
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By Laurie Omness Published: October 9, 2009
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COLUMBUS, Ohio—The Columbus Day holiday on October 12 will result in a shifting ahead of trash collection days, a change that will remain in effect through Thanksgiving.
The information was provided by city utilities spokesman, Rick Tilton. Under the interim schedule, there will be no collection on Monday October 12. Areas coded gray will be picked up on Tuesday October 13. Navy will be Wednesday October 14; Pink Thursday October 15; Ruby Friday October 16, and Gold Monday October 19.
Customers in zone areas are assigned a two-day collection window. Customers with dumpsters or other non-wheeled collection containers receive collection within their two-day window throughout the year. Zone customers with a wheeled container will receive collection on the second day of their window, the week of October 12.
Yard waste and recycling are collected on their own schedule. Collection of curb-side subscription recycling and subscription yard waste will be delayed one day the week of October 12, with collections taking place Tuesday through Saturday. Yard waste collection is available only as a paid subscription service at this time.
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By Laurie Omness Published: October 9, 2009
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COLUMBUS, Ohio—The Columbus Day holiday on October 12 will result in a shifting ahead of trash collection days, a change that will remain in effect through Thanksgiving.
The information was provided by city utilities spokesman, Rick Tilton. Under the interim schedule, there will be no collection on Monday October 12. Areas coded gray will be picked up on Tuesday October 13. Navy will be Wednesday October 14; Pink Thursday October 15; Ruby Friday October 16, and Gold Monday October 19.
Customers in zone areas are assigned a two-day collection window. Customers with dumpsters or other non-wheeled collection containers receive collection within their two-day window throughout the year. Zone customers with a wheeled container will receive collection on the second day of their window, the week of October 12.
Yard waste and recycling are collected on their own schedule. Collection of curb-side subscription recycling and subscription yard waste will be delayed one day the week of October 12, with collections taking place Tuesday through Saturday. Yard waste collection is available only as a paid subscription service at this time.
For additional information, stay with NBC 4 and refresh nbc4i.com—Where Accuracy Matters.To submit a story idea or news tip, e-mail
Prevent Swine Flu - Good Advice
Thanks to Deb L. for this info!
Prevent Swine Flu - Good Advice
Prevent Swine Flu - Good Advice
Dr. Vinay Goyal is an MBBS,DRM,DNB (Intensivist and Thyroid specialist) having clinical experience of over 20 years. He has worked in institutions like Hinduja Hospital , Bombay Hospital , Saifee Hospital , Tata Memorial etc.. Presently, he is heading our Nuclear Medicine Department and Thyroid clinic at Riddhivinayak Cardiac and Critical Centre, Malad (W).
The following message given by him, I feel makes a lot of sense and is important for all to know The only portals of e ntry are the nostrils and mouth/throat. In a global epidemic of this nature, it's almost impossible to avoid coming into contact with H1N1 in spite of all precautions. Contact with H1N1 is not so much of a problem as proliferation is.
While you are still healthy and not showing any symptoms of H1N1 infection, in order to prevent proliferation, aggravation of symptoms and development of secondary infections, some very simple steps, not fully highlighted in most official communications, can be practiced (instead of focusing on how to stock N95 or Tamiflu):
1. Frequent hand-washing (well highlighted in all official communications).
2. "Hands-off-the-face" approach. Resist all temptations to touch any part of face (unless you want to eat, bathe or slap).
3. *Gargle twice a day with warm salt water (use Listerine if you don't trust salt). *H1N1 takes 2-3 days after initial infection in the throat/nasal cavity to proliferate and show characteristic symptoms. Simple gargling prevents proliferation. In a way, gargling with salt water has the same effect on a healthy individual that Tamiflu has on an infected o ne. Don't underestimate this simple, inexpensive and powerful preventative method.
4. Similar to 3 above, *clean your nostrils at least once every day with warm salt water. *Not everybody may be good at Jala Neti or Sutra Neti (very good Yoga asanas to clean nasal cavities), but *blowing the nose hard once a day and swabbing both nostrils with cotton buds dipped in warm salt water is very effective in bringing down viral population.*
5. *Boost your natural immunity with foods that are rich in Vitamin C (Amla and other citrus fruits). *If you have to supplement with Vitamin C tablets, make sure that it also has Zinc to boost absorption.
6. *Drink as much of warm liquids (tea, coffee, etc) as you can. *Drinking warm liquids has the same effect as gargling, but in the reverse direction. They wash off proliferating viruses from the throat into the stomach where they cannot survive, proliferate or do any harm.
I suggest you pass this on to your entire e-list.
You never know 20 who might pay attention to it - and STAY ALIVE because of it.
Coolest Car In Ohio !!!!!!
Thanks to Lisa C. for these pictures!
Coolest Car In Ohio !!!!!!
That guy looks just like Woody, the hood ornament
also!!! Love the "Nut Bed" little trailer!!!!
Go Bucks !!!!
That guy looks just like Woody, the hood ornament
also!!! Love the "Nut Bed" little trailer!!!!
Go Bucks !!!!
IF YOU USE A CROCK POT...
Thanks to Lisa C. for this info!
IF YOU USE A CROCK POT...
THIS WAS JUST TOO COOL NOT TO SHARE WITH EVERYONE . YOU MAY OWN A CROCK POT OR TWO...JUST CLICK ON THE MEAL YOU WANT AND IT OPENS A FILE WITH THAT RECIPE !
Crock Pot - Beef
All Day Crock Pot Beef
Beef and Broccoli Stir-Fry
Beef and Pasta Casserole
Beef Diablo
Beef Fajitas
Beef Ragout Over Rice
Beef Tips
Beer Braised Beef in Crock Pot
Burritos Crock Pot Style
California Tamale Pie
Cattleman's Beef and Beans
Cheeseburger Sandwiches
Cheesy Meat Loaf
Chili Beer Brisket of Beef
Classic Swiss Steak
Complete Crock Pot Dinner
Corned Beef and Cabbage
Country Swiss Steak
Cowboy Casserole
Cranberry Pork Roast
Crock Pot Beef Burgundy
Cr ock Pot Beef 'n Peppers
Crock Pot Beef with Mushrooms
Crock Pot Beef Roast
Crock Pot Cabbage Rolls
Crock Pot Corned Beef and Cabbage
Crock Pot Creole Steak Strips
Crock Pot Delight
Crock Pot Easy Swiss Steak
Crock Pot Enchiladas
Crock Pot Fajitas
Crock Pot Fajitas II
Crock Pot Italian Beef
Crock Pot Meatballs
Crock Pot Rump Roast
Crock Pot Sauerbraten
Crock Pot Spaghetti Sauce
Crock Pot Swiss Steak
Crock Pot Taco Casserole
Fiesta Tamale Pie
Glazed Corned Beef
Glazed Corned Beef #2
Harvest Dinner
Harvest Pot Roast with Tomato-Wine Sauce
Hot-and-Spicy Sloppy Joes
Lean Crock Pot Beans
Nina's Beef and Beans
Pot Roast Dinner
Old Time Beef Stew
Pot Roast with Noodles
Ranch Style Beef
Reuben Casserole
Roast Cooked with Coke
Roast with Veggies
Sage Pot Roast
Salsa Swiss Steak
Savory Pepper Steak
Savory Stewed Beef
Slow-Cooked Beef Stifado
Slow Cooked Pepper Steak
Slow Cooked Steak Rolls
Slow Cooked Swiss Steak Supper
Slow Cooker Italian Spaghetti Sauce
Slow Cooker Lasagna
Slow Cooker Swiss Steak
Slowly Deviled Beef
Smothered Steak Strips
Spaghetti Sauce Italiano
Spicy Wine Pot Roast
Stuffed Cabbage Casserole
Stuffed Pasta Shells
Swiss Bliss
Swiss Steak
Teriyaki Steak
Three Pepper Steak
Three-Way Beef
Yankee Pot Roast and Vegetables
Crock Pot - Pork
Casserole in the Cooker
Chicken Lickin Good Crock Pot Pork Chops
Chinese Style Country Ribs
Country Pork with Mushrooms
Cranberry Pork Roast
Crockpot Apricot Pulled Pork for Sandwiches
Crock Pot Festival Sausage
Crock Pot Hawaiian Pork
Crock Pot Pork Chops Supreme
Crock Pot Sausage & Potatoes
Crock Pot Sausage and Egg Casserole
Crocked Cherry Pork Chops
Polish Kraut and Apples
Pork Chop Delight
Pork Chops and Mustard Sau ce Potatoes
Pork Chops with Corn Stuffing
Pork Stew with Vegetables
Rosemary Potato Pork Chops
Sauerkraut Supper
Slow Cooking Pork Chops
Soy-Glazed Spareribs
Super Easy Pork Chops
Sweet and Spicy Kielbasa or Polish Sausage
Sweet 'n' Sour Ribs
Sweet 'N' Sour Sausage
Crock Pot - Poultry
90s Style Crockpot Coq Au Vin
Bacon Wrapped Chicken
Baked Cajun Chicken
Baked Chicken Breasts in Crock Pot
Basil Chicken
Broccoli Rice & Chicken
Caf?? Chicken
Cantonese Sweet & Sour Chicken
Caribbean Chicken
Cheesy Crock Pot Chicken
Chicken & Cherries Jubilee
Chicken a la King
Chicken and Cherries Jubilee C/P
Chicken & Rice Casserole
Chicken and Artichoke Casserole
Chicken and Dumplings
Chicken Breasts Supreme
Chicken Creole
Chicken Crock Pie
Chicken Curry
Chicken Curry #2
Chicken Curry Hurry
Chicken Hearts Crockpot
Chicken in the Crock Pot
Chicken Marengo
Chicken Merlot with Mushrooms
Chicken Ol??
Chicken Paprika
Chicken Parisienne
Chicken Parmigiana
Chicken Sesame
Chicken Stew
Chicken Stroganoff in Crock Pot
Chicken Taco Filling
Creamy Chicken with Vegetables
Crockpot Buffalo Wings with Blue Cheese Dip
Crock Pot Chicken
Crock Pot Chicken Cacciatore
Crock Pot Chicken Dinner
Crock Pot Chicken in Mushroom Gravy
Crock Pot Chicken Teriyaki
Crock Pot Chicken Tortilla
Crock Pot Garlic Chicken
Crock Pot Lacquered Chicken
Crock Pot Robust Chicken
Easy Chicken Noodle Soup
Forty-clove Chicken
Garlic Lemon Chicken
Ham 'n' Swiss Chicken
International Chicken
Italian Chicken and Potatoes
Italian Chicken Breast
Lemonemonade Chicken
Lemony Roasted Chicken
Lo-Cal Crock Pot Chicken
Low-Fat Glazed Chicken in Crock Pot
Mama's Chicken Stew
Pat's Creamy Chicken
Portugese Garlic Chicken
Turkey Casserole
Turkey Rice South with Tomatoes
Working Woman's Chicken and Rice
Crock Pot - Fish & Seafood
Bayou Gumbo
Bouillabaisse
Cheese-Shrimp Chowder
Cioppino (Fisherman's Stew)
Crock Pot Bouillabaisse
Crock Pot Citrus Fish
Crock Pot Clam Chowder
Crock Pot Clam Chowder #2
Crock Pot Crab Soup
Crock Pot Fish Stew
Crock Pot Manhattan Style Clam Chowder
Crock Pot Shrimp Marinara
Jambalaya
Louisiana Gumbo
Mediterranean Fish Soup
No Clams Clam Chowder
Oyster Bisque
Seafood Naples
Shrimp Creole for the Crock Pot
Shrimp Creole
Shrimp Curry Macaroni Salad
IF YOU USE A CROCK POT...
THIS WAS JUST TOO COOL NOT TO SHARE WITH EVERYONE . YOU MAY OWN A CROCK POT OR TWO...JUST CLICK ON THE MEAL YOU WANT AND IT OPENS A FILE WITH THAT RECIPE !
Crock Pot - Beef
All Day Crock Pot Beef
Beef and Broccoli Stir-Fry
Beef and Pasta Casserole
Beef Diablo
Beef Fajitas
Beef Ragout Over Rice
Beef Tips
Beer Braised Beef in Crock Pot
Burritos Crock Pot Style
California Tamale Pie
Cattleman's Beef and Beans
Cheeseburger Sandwiches
Cheesy Meat Loaf
Chili Beer Brisket of Beef
Classic Swiss Steak
Complete Crock Pot Dinner
Corned Beef and Cabbage
Country Swiss Steak
Cowboy Casserole
Cranberry Pork Roast
Crock Pot Beef Burgundy
Cr ock Pot Beef 'n Peppers
Crock Pot Beef with Mushrooms
Crock Pot Beef Roast
Crock Pot Cabbage Rolls
Crock Pot Corned Beef and Cabbage
Crock Pot Creole Steak Strips
Crock Pot Delight
Crock Pot Easy Swiss Steak
Crock Pot Enchiladas
Crock Pot Fajitas
Crock Pot Fajitas II
Crock Pot Italian Beef
Crock Pot Meatballs
Crock Pot Rump Roast
Crock Pot Sauerbraten
Crock Pot Spaghetti Sauce
Crock Pot Swiss Steak
Crock Pot Taco Casserole
Fiesta Tamale Pie
Glazed Corned Beef
Glazed Corned Beef #2
Harvest Dinner
Harvest Pot Roast with Tomato-Wine Sauce
Hot-and-Spicy Sloppy Joes
Lean Crock Pot Beans
Nina's Beef and Beans
Pot Roast Dinner
Old Time Beef Stew
Pot Roast with Noodles
Ranch Style Beef
Reuben Casserole
Roast Cooked with Coke
Roast with Veggies
Sage Pot Roast
Salsa Swiss Steak
Savory Pepper Steak
Savory Stewed Beef
Slow-Cooked Beef Stifado
Slow Cooked Pepper Steak
Slow Cooked Steak Rolls
Slow Cooked Swiss Steak Supper
Slow Cooker Italian Spaghetti Sauce
Slow Cooker Lasagna
Slow Cooker Swiss Steak
Slowly Deviled Beef
Smothered Steak Strips
Spaghetti Sauce Italiano
Spicy Wine Pot Roast
Stuffed Cabbage Casserole
Stuffed Pasta Shells
Swiss Bliss
Swiss Steak
Teriyaki Steak
Three Pepper Steak
Three-Way Beef
Yankee Pot Roast and Vegetables
Crock Pot - Pork
Casserole in the Cooker
Chicken Lickin Good Crock Pot Pork Chops
Chinese Style Country Ribs
Country Pork with Mushrooms
Cranberry Pork Roast
Crockpot Apricot Pulled Pork for Sandwiches
Crock Pot Festival Sausage
Crock Pot Hawaiian Pork
Crock Pot Pork Chops Supreme
Crock Pot Sausage & Potatoes
Crock Pot Sausage and Egg Casserole
Crocked Cherry Pork Chops
Polish Kraut and Apples
Pork Chop Delight
Pork Chops and Mustard Sau ce Potatoes
Pork Chops with Corn Stuffing
Pork Stew with Vegetables
Rosemary Potato Pork Chops
Sauerkraut Supper
Slow Cooking Pork Chops
Soy-Glazed Spareribs
Super Easy Pork Chops
Sweet and Spicy Kielbasa or Polish Sausage
Sweet 'n' Sour Ribs
Sweet 'N' Sour Sausage
Crock Pot - Poultry
90s Style Crockpot Coq Au Vin
Bacon Wrapped Chicken
Baked Cajun Chicken
Baked Chicken Breasts in Crock Pot
Basil Chicken
Broccoli Rice & Chicken
Caf?? Chicken
Cantonese Sweet & Sour Chicken
Caribbean Chicken
Cheesy Crock Pot Chicken
Chicken & Cherries Jubilee
Chicken a la King
Chicken and Cherries Jubilee C/P
Chicken & Rice Casserole
Chicken and Artichoke Casserole
Chicken and Dumplings
Chicken Breasts Supreme
Chicken Creole
Chicken Crock Pie
Chicken Curry
Chicken Curry #2
Chicken Curry Hurry
Chicken Hearts Crockpot
Chicken in the Crock Pot
Chicken Marengo
Chicken Merlot with Mushrooms
Chicken Ol??
Chicken Paprika
Chicken Parisienne
Chicken Parmigiana
Chicken Sesame
Chicken Stew
Chicken Stroganoff in Crock Pot
Chicken Taco Filling
Creamy Chicken with Vegetables
Crockpot Buffalo Wings with Blue Cheese Dip
Crock Pot Chicken
Crock Pot Chicken Cacciatore
Crock Pot Chicken Dinner
Crock Pot Chicken in Mushroom Gravy
Crock Pot Chicken Teriyaki
Crock Pot Chicken Tortilla
Crock Pot Garlic Chicken
Crock Pot Lacquered Chicken
Crock Pot Robust Chicken
Easy Chicken Noodle Soup
Forty-clove Chicken
Garlic Lemon Chicken
Ham 'n' Swiss Chicken
International Chicken
Italian Chicken and Potatoes
Italian Chicken Breast
Lemonemonade Chicken
Lemony Roasted Chicken
Lo-Cal Crock Pot Chicken
Low-Fat Glazed Chicken in Crock Pot
Mama's Chicken Stew
Pat's Creamy Chicken
Portugese Garlic Chicken
Turkey Casserole
Turkey Rice South with Tomatoes
Working Woman's Chicken and Rice
Crock Pot - Fish & Seafood
Bayou Gumbo
Bouillabaisse
Cheese-Shrimp Chowder
Cioppino (Fisherman's Stew)
Crock Pot Bouillabaisse
Crock Pot Citrus Fish
Crock Pot Clam Chowder
Crock Pot Clam Chowder #2
Crock Pot Crab Soup
Crock Pot Fish Stew
Crock Pot Manhattan Style Clam Chowder
Crock Pot Shrimp Marinara
Jambalaya
Louisiana Gumbo
Mediterranean Fish Soup
No Clams Clam Chowder
Oyster Bisque
Seafood Naples
Shrimp Creole for the Crock Pot
Shrimp Creole
Shrimp Curry Macaroni Salad
Check out Jobless benefits run out for many Ohioans | The Columbus Dispatch
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Jobless benefits run out for many Ohioans
If U.S. Senate fails to act on extension, 65,000 in state will fall off rolls by year's end
Thursday, October 8, 2009 3:22 AM
By Tracy Turner
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
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Should unemployment benefits be extended for another 13 weeks for people who cannot find work?
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The number of Ohioans who have exhausted their unemployment benefits has risen to levels not seen since the early 1980s.
At the end of September, benefits ran out for 21,000 people, and that number is expected to grow several times over by the end of the year unless more help is made available.
The U.S. Senate is debating whether to extend unemployment benefits for an additional 13 weeks, but that effort is stalled for now.
Like thousands of others, Randy Hotsinpiller of Westerville is waiting anxiously and hoping an extension passes. His benefits run out in four weeks.
"Right now, unemployment is the only thing that keeps me afloat," said Hotsinpiller, who was laid off in April after working in information technology for 27 years. "They say there's six people competing for every one job opening, but in my experience, it seems to be so many more.
"If 3 million people fall off the unemployment roll, what will happen to them? It's crucial that they get this thing passed. Unemployment benefits aren't much, but they at least keep a roof over your head."
Ohio's unemployment rate stood at 10.8 percent in August, the most-recent figure available, after dropping slightly from July. Overall, the report showed the state with 5.1 million people employed and 641,000 jobless.
At any given time, the state has had more than 300,000 citizens collecting unemployment, with an average stay of 16 weeks, causing a constant churn that's difficult to track, said Judi Cicatiello, deputy director of unemployment compensation.
"We started seeing larger groups of people exhaust their benefits in early September, but this is the first time a group this large has extended its benefits at one time" in more than 20 years, Cicatiello said. "These are certainly dire times."
The bill before the U.S. Senate would extend jobless benefits by 13 weeks to workers in Ohio and 28 other states where the unemployment rate is greater than 8.5 percent. To be eligible for those additional benefits, those in Ohio would have to exhaust the current 79 weeks they have received from both the state and federal governments.
Passage of the bill has been stalled by lawmakers who are upset that their states would be left out.
The extension would allow some unemployed workers in Ohio to eventually collect 92 weeks of benefits: the state's 26 and the federal government's 53, as well as the additional 13 federally backed weeks.
If the extension isn't passed, 65,000 Ohioans would exhaust their benefits by the end of the year, said Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, who co-sponsored the bill. In central Ohio, 2,109 people are expected to exhaust their unemployment benefits this month, he said, including 1,186 in Franklin County.
"Unemployment is an insurance program, not welfare. There's broad support to extend it, and it serves as a stimulus," Brown said. "They put that money right back into the economy, money that will be spent by people looking to put bread on their table."
Brown said he hopes there will be a vote on the issue by next week, if not sooner. He said he's "very sympathetic to extending it to states that haven't been hit as hard by the recession, but my goal is to get it done as soon as possible so that people don't see their compensation expire."
In Ohio, Gov. Ted Strickland extended unemployment benefits an extra 20 weeks for Ohioans who lost their benefits in February. That extension ended last month, said Brian Harter, a spokesman for the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The state does not have the option to extend benefits again, he said.
One-third of the nation's 15 million unemployed people have been jobless for six months or more, according to the National Employment Law Project. The New York-based research and advocacy group said the rate is at a record high since data started being recorded in 1948.
Margie Brown is one of the statistics. The East Side resident had no idea she'd still be without work a year after being laid off from her job as an administrative assistant.
In Ohio, the average unemployment benefit is $315. The maximum amount for a worker with three or more dependents is $503 per week. Both weekly amounts are bolstered by an extra $25 from the federal government.
"Unemployment is allowing me the time to get retrained in another field because no one is hiring in what I've worked in previously," Brown said. "Without it, it'd be an extreme hardship for my family. It helps people keep our noses above the water."
If an extension of unemployment benefits is passed by the federal government, Cicatiello said, the state would be able to start distributing payments after 45 days.
"We've been doing everything we can to get ready for it," she said. "We know how dire these times are and how vitally important unemployment is for people. We know we are their primary safety net."
tturner@dispatch.com
Jobless benefits run out for many Ohioans
If U.S. Senate fails to act on extension, 65,000 in state will fall off rolls by year's end
Thursday, October 8, 2009 3:22 AM
By Tracy Turner
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
THE HOT ISSUE
Should unemployment benefits be extended for another 13 weeks for people who cannot find work?
DispatchPolitics
The number of Ohioans who have exhausted their unemployment benefits has risen to levels not seen since the early 1980s.
At the end of September, benefits ran out for 21,000 people, and that number is expected to grow several times over by the end of the year unless more help is made available.
The U.S. Senate is debating whether to extend unemployment benefits for an additional 13 weeks, but that effort is stalled for now.
Like thousands of others, Randy Hotsinpiller of Westerville is waiting anxiously and hoping an extension passes. His benefits run out in four weeks.
"Right now, unemployment is the only thing that keeps me afloat," said Hotsinpiller, who was laid off in April after working in information technology for 27 years. "They say there's six people competing for every one job opening, but in my experience, it seems to be so many more.
"If 3 million people fall off the unemployment roll, what will happen to them? It's crucial that they get this thing passed. Unemployment benefits aren't much, but they at least keep a roof over your head."
Ohio's unemployment rate stood at 10.8 percent in August, the most-recent figure available, after dropping slightly from July. Overall, the report showed the state with 5.1 million people employed and 641,000 jobless.
At any given time, the state has had more than 300,000 citizens collecting unemployment, with an average stay of 16 weeks, causing a constant churn that's difficult to track, said Judi Cicatiello, deputy director of unemployment compensation.
"We started seeing larger groups of people exhaust their benefits in early September, but this is the first time a group this large has extended its benefits at one time" in more than 20 years, Cicatiello said. "These are certainly dire times."
The bill before the U.S. Senate would extend jobless benefits by 13 weeks to workers in Ohio and 28 other states where the unemployment rate is greater than 8.5 percent. To be eligible for those additional benefits, those in Ohio would have to exhaust the current 79 weeks they have received from both the state and federal governments.
Passage of the bill has been stalled by lawmakers who are upset that their states would be left out.
The extension would allow some unemployed workers in Ohio to eventually collect 92 weeks of benefits: the state's 26 and the federal government's 53, as well as the additional 13 federally backed weeks.
If the extension isn't passed, 65,000 Ohioans would exhaust their benefits by the end of the year, said Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, who co-sponsored the bill. In central Ohio, 2,109 people are expected to exhaust their unemployment benefits this month, he said, including 1,186 in Franklin County.
"Unemployment is an insurance program, not welfare. There's broad support to extend it, and it serves as a stimulus," Brown said. "They put that money right back into the economy, money that will be spent by people looking to put bread on their table."
Brown said he hopes there will be a vote on the issue by next week, if not sooner. He said he's "very sympathetic to extending it to states that haven't been hit as hard by the recession, but my goal is to get it done as soon as possible so that people don't see their compensation expire."
In Ohio, Gov. Ted Strickland extended unemployment benefits an extra 20 weeks for Ohioans who lost their benefits in February. That extension ended last month, said Brian Harter, a spokesman for the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The state does not have the option to extend benefits again, he said.
One-third of the nation's 15 million unemployed people have been jobless for six months or more, according to the National Employment Law Project. The New York-based research and advocacy group said the rate is at a record high since data started being recorded in 1948.
Margie Brown is one of the statistics. The East Side resident had no idea she'd still be without work a year after being laid off from her job as an administrative assistant.
In Ohio, the average unemployment benefit is $315. The maximum amount for a worker with three or more dependents is $503 per week. Both weekly amounts are bolstered by an extra $25 from the federal government.
"Unemployment is allowing me the time to get retrained in another field because no one is hiring in what I've worked in previously," Brown said. "Without it, it'd be an extreme hardship for my family. It helps people keep our noses above the water."
If an extension of unemployment benefits is passed by the federal government, Cicatiello said, the state would be able to start distributing payments after 45 days.
"We've been doing everything we can to get ready for it," she said. "We know how dire these times are and how vitally important unemployment is for people. We know we are their primary safety net."
tturner@dispatch.com
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The new booster seat law takes effect today in the state of Ohio and NBC 4 has the Fast Facts on the law.
In addition to the current stipulations, all kids under the age of 8 years old must ride in a booster seat unless they are 4’9” or taller. The Ohio Department of Public Safety says there will be a 6-month warning period for drivers in order to get everyone acquainted with the law. Full enforcement will being in April.
This is a secondary violation which means you can only be cited if you are pulled over for something else.
New Booster Seat Law Takes Effect Today
By Angie Price Published: October 7, 2009
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The new booster seat law takes effect today in the state of Ohio and NBC 4 has the Fast Facts on the law.
In addition to the current stipulations, all kids under the age of 8 years old must ride in a booster seat unless they are 4’9” or taller. The Ohio Department of Public Safety says there will be a 6-month warning period for drivers in order to get everyone acquainted with the law. Full enforcement will being in April.
This is a secondary violation which means you can only be cited if you are pulled over for something else.
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