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Ever-fluctuating global dynamics make Cotton Council International’s (CCI) market development and promotion activities critical to maintaining U.S. raw cotton exports and the U.S. cotton industry’s economic future.
How has the U.S. export scenario shifted?
In the early 1990s, U.S. textile mills bought six of every 10 U.S. bales. Now, eight of 10 bales move into the export market. For the past decade, China has been the largest home for U.S. cotton, now buying three of 10 U.S. bales, while Turkey and Mexico remain the next two largest export customers. Seven Asian countries round out the top 10 U.S. cotton customer list. Col-lectively, they do not import as much as China, but each is an important market and significant growth opportunity for U.S. cotton.
What are the effects of China policy?
Recent changes in China’s cotton policy keep its internal price above $1.30 per pound. China’s desire to maintain cotton reserves and support prices to farmers has created a market whereby cotton is non-competitive with polyester. China’s textile mills have responded by reducing the amount of cotton they spin and are moving to polyester. Under their current policy, China is quickly approaching self-sufficiency in raw cotton, and their days of dominating world cotton trade could be numbered. That’s not to suggest that China’s consumers are turning away from cotton. China’s textile industry is importing more cotton yarn in an effort to keep cotton products on their shelves. As a result, shifts in cotton mill use are emerging, and yarn mills in other parts of Asia are reaping the benefits. Of those seven Asian countries mentioned above, only Pakistan has significant domestic production. Thus, growth in the other six countries’ mill demand will be satisfied with imported cotton.
How is CCI ensuring that U.S. cotton is the fiber of choice?
Operating in approximately 50 countries, CCI demonstrates U.S. cotton’s quality, performance and value with marketing and sales programs throughout the cotton textile supply chain. CCI begins by enlightening textile mills that buy raw cotton as to why U.S. cotton is a better investment vs. other cotton growths. Next, CCI-hosted sales and marketing events bring together international mills with U.S. cotton exporters. These efforts are enhanced through trade missions and orientation tours in which CCI brings international textile executives to the Cotton Belt to learn about the quality controls that make U.S. cotton a premium product. CCI’s COTTON USA Mark licensing and promotion program completes the supply chain by partnering with leading international mills, retailers and brands to build worldwide consumer demand for U.S. cotton-rich items sold at retail and identified with the COTTON USA Mark hangtag. Globally, CCI now has more than 550 COTTON USA Mark licensees and more than 100 million cotton items featuring the COTTON USA Mark.
The bottom line: U.S. cotton’s value not only lies in its innate high quality but the tremendous value-added services and marketing support the fiber receives from the U.S. cotton industry. In other words, no other cotton producer in the world stands behind its fiber like U.S. Producers.
Mark Lange is president and chief executive officer for the National Cotton Council of America. He and other NCC leaders contribute columns on this Cotton Farming page.
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What is a Medicare Advantage Plan (Part C)?
A Medicare Advantage Plan (like an HMO or PPO) is another Medicare health plan choice you may have as part of Medicare. Medicare Advantage Plans, sometimes called “Part C” or “MA Plans,” are offered by private companies approved by Medicare.
If you join a Medicare Advantage Plan, the plan will provide all of your Part A (Hospital Insurance) and Part B (Medical Insurance) coverage. Medicare Advantage Plans may offer extra coverage, such as vision, hearing, dental, and/or health and wellness programs. Most include Medicare prescription drug coverage (Part D).
Medicare pays a fixed amount for your care every month to the companies offering Medicare Advantage Plans. These companies must follow rules set by Medicare. However, each Medicare Advantage Plan can charge different out-of-pocket costs and have different rules for how you get services (like whether you need a referral to see a specialist or if you have to go to only doctors, facilities, or suppliers that belong to the plan for non‑emergency or non-urgent care). These rules can change each year.
Different Types of Medicare Advantage Plans
There are other less common types of Medicare Advantage Plans that may be available:
- HMO Point of Service (HMOPOS) Plans— An HMO plan that may allow you to get some services out-of-network for a higher cost.
- Medical Savings Account (MSA) Plans - A plan that combines a high deductible health plan with a bank account. Medicare deposits money into the account (usually less than the deductible). You can use the money to pay for your health care services during the year.
How Much Does a Medicare Advantage Plan Cost?
In addition to your Part B premium, you usually pay one monthly premium for the services included. Each Medicare Advantage Plan can charge different out of-pocket costs. Your out-of-pocket costs in a Medicare Advantage Plan depend on:
- Whether the plan charges a monthly premium.
- Whether the plan pays any of your monthly Part B premium.
- Whether the plan has a yearly deductible or any additional deductibles.
- How much you pay for each visit or service (copayments or coinsurance).
- The type of health care services you need and how often you get them.
- Whether you follow the plan’s rules, like using network providers.
- Whether you need extra benefits and if the plan charges for them.
- The plan’s yearly limit on your out-of-pocket costs for all medical services.
What Does a Medicare Advantage Plan Cover?
In all types of Medicare Advantage Plans, you’re always covered for emergency and urgent care. Medicare Advantage Plans must cover all of the services that Original Medicare covers except hospice care. Original Medicare covers hospice care even if you’re in a Medicare Advantage Plan. Medicare Advantage Plans aren’t supplemental coverage. Medicare Advantage Plans may offer extra coverage, such as vision, hearing, dental, and/or health and wellness programs. Most include Medicare prescription drug coverage (Part D).
How to Join a Medicare Advantage Plan
Not all Medicare Advantage Plans work the same way, so before you join, take the time to find and compare Medicare Health Plans in your area. Once you understand the plan’s rules and costs, you may be able to join by completing a paper application, calling the plan, or enrolling on the plan's Web site. Medicare also has information on quality to help you compare plans.
A Few Extra Things You Should Know about Medicare Advantage Plans
- You can only join a plan at certain times during the year. In most cases, you're enrolled in a plan for a year.
- As with Original Medicare, you still have Medicare rights and protections, including the right to appeal.
- Check with the plan before you get a service to find out whether they will cover the service and what your costs may be.
- You must follow plan rules, like getting a referral to see a specialist or getting prior approval for certain procedures to avoid higher costs. Check with the plan.
- You can join a Medicare Advantage Plan even if you have a pre existing condition, except for End-Stage Renal Disease.
- If you go to a doctor, facility, or supplier that doesn’t belong to the plan, your services may not be covered, or your costs could be higher, depending on the type of Medicare Advantage Plan.
- If the plan decides to stop participating in Medicare, you‘ll have to join another Medicare health plan or return to Original Medicare.
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The FPGA-Based Prototyping Methodology Manual: Best practices in Design-for-Prototyping (FPMM) is a comprehensive and practical guide to using FPGAs as a platform for SoC development and verification. The manual is organized into chapters which are roughly in the same order as the tasks and decisions which are performed during an FPGA-based prototyping project. The manual can be read start-to-finish or, since the chapters are designed to stand alone, you can start reading at any point that is of current interest to you.
You can download a free FPMM eBook by using either your SolvNet ID or your email address.
If you would like a printed copy, you can purchase the FPMM at Amazon.com, Synopsys Press, or you can order a copy through any bookstore.
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An effort to save a landmark Cedar Rapids church from the wrecking ball has failed. The near-century-old First Christian Church will be demolished starting this week to clear space for a parking lot for St. Luke’s Hospital. Activist Beth DeBoom wanted to save the church, with its stained-glass windows that were designed by famed artist Louis Millet.
DeBoom says, “A building is not a person, but this has sort of been like dealing with a terminal illness and now we’re at a point where we realize that this is a terminal issue and I’m going to have to watch that building come down.” Preservationists also note that legendary architect Louis Sullivan had consulted on the church’s design.
DeBoom says Sullivan was a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright, perhaps the world’s most reknowned architect. “There are probably five or less Louis Sullivan buildings left in the state of Iowa,” she says. “Nationally, we keep losing these buildings to progress, to new development, and a lot of them have been lost to natural disasters.”
St. Luke’s officials say they’ve already delayed the demolition date by several months and waiting any longer would push back their plans to build a new medical complex. DeBoom says they still haven’t decided whether to donate the valuable stained glass windows to a museum or sell them to a private collector.
Saving the church would have reportedly cost $900,000.
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Why ceramic dental implants are better than conventional bridges?
When it comes to options for tooth replacement patients are increasingly opting for dental implants over the usual dental prostheses such as dentures or conventionally placed bridges. Since implants sit securely in the jaw and look like natural teeth, they offer superior durability and outstanding aesthetics when compared to conventional bridges. However there is an increasing resistance to metals among people and in implant dentistry there is a shift away from metal or metallic based crowns, partials and implants.
There are four major categories of restorations available for tooth replacement:
Bonded dental bridge
Bonded dental bridges use the teeth adjacent to the empty space to help support the missing tooth by using a very thin piece of metal or tooth-colored material to overlay and bond to the back of the adjacent teeth. A tooth replacement or “dummy tooth” is set between these two bonded pieces in order to fill in the empty space. Failure rate is about 25 percent after just five years of use. Furthermore the gap widens because the bone recedes as a result of no longer having a tooth in place. This ultimately results in the weakening of the adjacent teeth which can become loose and eventually fall out.
Cantilevered dental bridge
A cantilevered restoration uses the closest tooth next to the empty space to support the missing tooth using the either the back of the neighboring tooth or a full crown to help support the missing tooth. Success rate is higher than with a bonded bridge depending on how much pressure the actual replacement endures due to grinding and normal wear. This method of tooth replacement has fallen out of favor because the supporting tooth gets torqued and fatigued and more often than not eventualy fractures.
Conventional dental bridge
Getting fitted for a dental bridge requires shaving down and modifying of the teeth on either side the space where the tooth or teeth are missing. This is done in order to fit a conventional bridge. This is a process that significantly weakens the ground teeth and sets them up for fracture and root canals in the future. Unfortunately conventional dental bridges predictably fail at a range from 20 percent over 3 years to 3 percent over 23 years. With dental implants the dentist does not need to affect the health or longevity of neighboring teeth at all. Once placed, implants are firmly set into the bone making them more natural than dentures or conventional bridges, with none of the shifting that dentures normally display.
Some problems with conventional bridges
- They are bonded to the adjacent tooth with a glue-like substance, bridges more often become loose and fall out
- They cracks and fissure form over time, due to normal wear and tear and become fragile and prone to breakage
- Improper fit can lead to either tooth decay or irritation to the surrounding soft tissue around them.
A ceramic dental implant is created from a high performance material (zirconium oxide) that is inserted into the bone to act like a natural tooth root. Zirconium oxide also called zirconia is a crystal phase of zirconium and due to its nonmetallic construction the ceramic dental implant does not interfere with the body’s immune or meridian systems and therefore significantly reduces the potential for rejection. Furthermore ceramic implants do not interact with electromagnetic fields such as those emanating from cell phones, cell phone towers and microwaves. Once inserted into the jaw, the implant integrates directly into the bone to give firm support to the artificial replacement that it is built to hold and should last the lifetime of a patient. Routine maintenance of a dental implant is exactly the same as a person would follow for normal teeth.
Healthy Patients Prefer Ceramic Implants
Patients who prefer dental implants say that they are more comfortable and provide a more secure fit than fixed bridges or removable dentures. However all implants are not equal and ceramic implants unlike metal implants are made in one piece from the root to the top just like a natural tooth. Therefore ceramic implants do not have joints and do not retain plaque and harbor billions of bacteria like two-piece metal implants. For those who no longer have any natural teeth, ceramic implants can be placed to support and retain dentures and eliminate the embarrassment and discomfort they can cause in social situations when they slip and click. Loose and ill-fitting dentures hamper the everyday pleasure of eating comfortably.
Reasons to consider a ceramic dental implant:
- preserves healthy natural tooth and bone structure
- looks and feel like natural teeth
- enhances a sense of self-confidence when eating, talking and smiling
- no gooey denture adhesives to deal with
- no embarrassingly loose dentures
- improves quality of speech
- no electrical or electromagnetic activity in your mouth
Anyone who is missing one or more of their teeth may be a candidate for implants. If more than a few of the teeth are missing, implants in supporting a crown or bridge can replace those teeth and function as normal teeth without concern for loss of bone and decay. If all or most of the teeth are missing, then implants may be placed to fix in place a full-mouth non-removable set of teeth.
No such problems with ceramic implants
Ceramic dental implants are recommended to patients because:
- Chewing is easy with excellent biting pressure provided by implant
- When done properly and dilligently cared for, dental Implants are reliable and provide long-standing service, for decades with few, if any complications
- Comfortable fit and lifetime durability because they are well secured and integrated with the bone and gums
- They remain clean because they do not accumulate plaque and bacteria
- Metal-free bioceramic
- They do not generate nor conduct electricity
Considering the overall advantages patients can expect to benefit from as a result of choosing a dental implant, they are better able to enjoy a healthier and greener lifestyle without the restrictions many denture and bridge wearers face. The more secure foundation offered by a dental implant, the better biting pressure becomes, making it possible to enjoy the foods that a patient probably would not be able to eat using a dental prosthetic. As a result improved chewing ability leads to better nutrition and improved overall health.
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Pacific Marine Energy Center to land in Newport
By Christina Williams
Sustainable Business Oregon editor
The Pacific Marine Energy Center will feature four test births at a site about five miles offshore.
The Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center announced Monday that it will locate the first utility-scale, grid-connected wave energy test site in the U.S. in Newport.
The federally funded wave energy research center, which is based at Oregon State University, had last year narrowed its search to site what will be called the Pacific Marine Energy Center to Reedsport and Newport.
Newport won out and following permitting and other development work will host wave energy devices at an ocean site about five miles off shore. Undersea cables will transmit power from the devices to the local power grid.
The Pacific Marine Energy Center will be 50 percent funded by $4 million from the U.S. Department of Energy. The Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center is working on funding sources for the balance of the project's price tag.
Jason Busch, executive director of the Oregon Wave Energy Trust said in a press release Oregon will reap the benefits from the center for years to come.
The Pacific Marine Energy Center is expected to have four “test berths,” for testing individual devices or small arrays of wave energy devices. It will also collect data associated with environmental impacts. Completion will take several years.
The Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center is already testing devices in the ocean, notably its Ocean Sentinel, which was deployed last year in the ocean north of Yaquina Head.
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Presenting Audi LOCUS Concept Design,
The name LOCUS means a condition that defines a continuous figure which is a curve.
The main characteristics of the design are the way its surface shapes are formed with a continuous flow from front until the back of the car. Inspiration for that was obviously the Mother Nature we deal with daily but somehow we usually do not realize that everything in the nature has somehow its specific curves and flowing lines it is very rarely to spot perfectly straight lines. The main goal was to implement this design aspect into a car which creates a relaxing, energetic, vibrant and confident feeling.
It is clear to see a curved sharp edged line that starts at the very front, flowing through the middle section, slightly curved down after the A pillar and then going back up again at the rear wheel arches to follow its way back until the diffuser. This same curve language is also applied to the greenhouse and the way windows are shaped. The front is somehow aggressive looking with the traditional AUDI grill and air intakes that are shaped very much like the headlights to create a coherent feeling. The rear section is obviously very organic with defined curves and subtle details, tail lights are designed to have integrated air outtakes underneath them to avoid any unnecessary details. With dual exhaust and fairly empty rear section, it creates a feeling of subtleness. Another feature is the air intake at the end of the roof which is designed to avoid any distracting design elements on the top of the car combining elegance with functionality.
I am hoping that you all enjoy viewing this design as much as I enjoyed creating it from scratch. Thanks to you all who commented during the WIP process to give compliments and critics which helped me a lot.
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Depicted above is one of the many artifacts uncovered at the site of what was once a Civil War POW camp in Camp Lawton, Georgia. The man’s brass ring bearing the insignia of the Union Army’s 3rd Corps, which fought bloody battles at Gettysburg and Manassas, as well as many buckles, coins and other personal items recently uncovered, had remained undisturbed for almost 150 years.
Camp Lawton was evacuated quickly as Sherman’s army approached on his march to the sea, and the Union Army POWs were forced to leave behind many cherished mementos.
It’s been a year since a graduate student pinpointed the exact location of the large encampment in southeast Georgia, and the artifacts keep coming, each more interesting than the one before. An 1863 grocer’s token stamped with the still-legible name of a grocery store in Michigan, G.A. Colbey and Co. Wholesale Groceries and Bakery, and an old pocketknife were also recovered.
The site represents a most unusual archaeological find as the soldiers were rushed out of the camp and left all their belongings behind.
Due to the fact that Camp Lawton was a brief footnote in Civil War history, replacing the notorious Andersonville in 1864, the campgrounds remained undisturbed. About 10,000 Union soldiers were imprisoned there but it was of no interest to scholars and historians because they believed its six-week existence was too short to yield many artifacts.
But they were wrong. Last year, Kevin Chapman, an archaeological student from Georgia Southern University, was given the opportunity to pursue his master’s thesis by looking for evidence of Camp Lawton’s stockade and much to the surprise of his superiors, he succeeded.
Chapman found much more than just the remains of the stockade; he found little pieces of history about the prisoners themselves. Some of these precious keepsakes included: a corroded tourniquet buckle, a tobacco pipe with teeth marks in the stem and a folded frame that once held a daguerreotype.
And there’s more to come as Chapman and his fellow students have barely scratched the surface of Camp Lawton.
Who knows what further secrets they may discover?
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He plans to tie his knowledge of hip-hop into his interactions with students.
"I've always been interested in hip-hop, I grew up with hip hop -- it's always been a part of my life," Callahan said.
A 1992 graduate of Cartersville High School, Callahan said he often found hip-hop -- a genre of urban music born in South Bronx, N.Y., in the 1970s -- to be an escape from the stress, as well as the boredom, associated with teenage life. However, when he began working on his Ph.D in educational psychology at UGA, he was introduced to a larger hip-hop culture than was found in early 1990s Cartersville and later as an undergraduate at the University of West Georgia.
He said the context of the music, primarily the lyrics, remained the same as he ventured into college life. Callahan said despite negative stereotypes surrounding the genre, such as violence and sexism, he has found much of the content to be positive and life affirming.
"I would just pop the headphones in and hear whatever I needed to hear, whether they were words of encouragement, something to embolden in me, or something to help me forget about what was going on, hip-hop did that for me," Callahan said. "I began to wonder if other students did the same thing -- how they use hip-hop or if they used hip-hop at all -- and if they did use it, what things they learned from it and what did it do for them.
"That's where my research started."
The title of his dissertation was "21st Century Mojo: The Cultural Production of Hip-Hop among Bright, Black Students at a Predominantly White University in Southeast United States."
"One of the common themes that drew [African-American students] together as a collective was exclusion -- whether exclusion from university culture, the mainstream, predominately white culture, or some students felt excluded from the mainstream black culture," Callahan said. "Sometimes there's a misunderstanding that black people are a monolith, that we're all alike, and 'because you all look alike,' we should all get along and that isn't the case, and so there were some students who were black who just felt they didn't fit in with the black people [at UGA] and so I gravitated toward hip-hop because not only were there black people who look, thought and felt like me, there were white people and Asian people and Latino people, people of all ethnicities who came together under this flag of hip-hop and [exclusion] is one of the things that drew them together."
Over time, Callahan found the hip-hop culture in Athens and was a part of it as it evolved and grew.
"Athens is a hub for independent music ... so when I got here around 2000, 2001, I would go downtown and I would see fliers for maybe spoken word or a M.C. (master of ceremonies) battle, something that was hip-hop related and these fliers were appearing more frequently, which was something I'm not used to," Callahan said.
He included in his study the founder of one type of hip-hop event in particular in Athens -- the cipher session.
"You get people [to the session] and one of the rituals is to pass around incense and when you get the incense you had the floor you could recite a poem, say a rhyme, freestyle or just say whatever is on your mind and then you pass the incense to the next person," Callahan said. "It began with about five people and over the course of time, it grew to 20, then 30, and at one point there were 75 people in his tiny apartment."
As the sessions grew, Callahan said the collective began to book venues in Athens as a means to draw more of the university to the movement.
Along with the community aspect of hip-hop, Callahan said he found a spiritual side which includes hoodoo -- a predominantly African-American form of folk magic. The term "mojo," mentioned in the title of his dissertation, is a magical charm bag used in hoodoo.
"Hoodoo and those types of spiritual practices are something that black people, and some white people, had to let go of over the course of time because holding onto that type of thinking and practices, or what they call 'superstition,' was anti-thematic to being accepted into the mainstream, so holding onto that -- that was something superstitious people did, so we had to let go of that and over time it fell to the wayside," Callahan said.
Growing up, Callahan said some of these aspects remained in the African-American community.
"I would still see older men, like your older uncles and grandfathers in the community, would go into their pocket to give you change, they always had a pocket full of change, and in that change I always would see a couple of things -- a jack knife, or a penknife, and they had these little small things like buckeyes or what they called conka root, and they always had these things and these were people in church or very distinguished people in the community that held onto these kind of things," Callahan said.
He again noted the broad spectrum of hip-hop, with some of the lyrical content being criticized as detrimental to society while some content has been praised and considered positive.
"So looking at that and looking the language and some of the folk ways of black people, and some white people too, I began to see the connection between the power of words and their intentions and how they can harm and heal somebody and I made that connection to hip-hop," Callahan said. "You have the harm and the help and the healing through hip-hop and that's the connection I'm making.
"Just like hoodoo is used to conjure spirits, hip-hop does the same thing."
For more on Callahan's philosophy, read his journal article at http://gct.sagepub.com/content/35/3/197.abstract.
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Or, pilot sorb aire. Or, sedate su bolle d’aria. Or, of course, luftgepolstert fahren.
How do you create a piece of communication when you know it has to be translated into several languages? It may seem like an easy task, but it is one that trips up many a marketer.
When Marketing28 teamed up with ROHO and AIRHAWK to adapt a three dimensional display into a poster translated into a total of 4 languages, we knew what had to go: clever turns of phrase.
Wait a minute. Did he just say ‘don’t be clever’?
No. I did NOT say ‘don’t be clever’ (Somebody tell me if that is even a proper sentence, with two negatives in there. I feel like matter and anti-matter just collided). But I DID say we had to remove any clever turns of phrase.
You see, what may be a delightful slang expression in one language can mean something completely different in another. And before you know it, embassies are involved and official public apologies have been issued and you are asked to never visit that country again.
This does not mean you should be boring in your point of sale materials. But, while you may understand the phrase ‘these products are the bomb’, you never know when translating this same phrase into another language may end up being the cause of international embarrassment for your client.
Marketing28 created these eye-catching posters with the goal of easily translating them into Spanish, Italian and German. Or whatever language we needed to communicate.
No matter how you say it, motorcyclist all over the world are learning about AIRHAWK and the benefits of riding on air thanks to Marketing28.
Do you have a business with international communication needs? Or maybe you are thinking about expanding into new markets, either domestic or beyond. Contact Dan O’Saben and see how we can help you create successful advertising in any language.
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Today is November 11, 2011 (11/11/11), and is Veteran’s Day. Please thank a veteran for their service today.
In 1918, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day on the eleventh month (November 11th) the world rejoiced and celebrated, because after four years of a bitter war, the Allied powers signed a cease-fire agreement (an Armistice) with Germany at Rethondes, France. This agreement brought Word War I to a close. November 11, 1919, was made Armistice Day in the United States, to remember the sacrifices that men and women made during World War I in order to ensure a lasing peace.
On Armistice Day, soldiers who survived the war marched in a parade through their home towns. Politicians and veterans gave speeches and held ceremonies of thanks for the peace they had accomplished. November 11th is also celebrated as Remembrance Day or Armistice Day in many portions of the world.
In 1953, the townspeople in Emporia, Kansas called the holiday Veteran’s Day in gratitude to the veterans in their town. Soon after, Congress passed a bill, introduced by a Kansas congressman renaming the federal holiday to Veteran’s Day. Beginning in 1954, the United States designated November 11th as Veterans Day to honor veterans of all US wars.
The Veterans Day National Ceremony is held on November 11th at Arlington National Cemetery. The ceremony begins precisely at 11:00 am with a wreath laying at the Tomb of the Unknowns and continues with a parade of colors by veterans’ organizations and remarks from dignitaries. The ceremony is intended to honor and thank all who have served in the United States Armed forces.
A personal note. A special thank you today goes out to my loved ones –
Thank you Jon, my loving husband, who served in the Marines.
Thank you Daddy, who served in the Navy.
Thank you Kim, my sister-in-law, who served in the Air Force, and is living in on a base in Germany with her husband, Shad. Thank you Shad, my brother-in-law, who is currently serving in the Air Force, and is Kim’s Husband.
Thank you to Norman, my father-in-law, for serving in the Air Force. Thank you to Benjamin, my brother-in-law, who served in the Navy. And, thank you Grandpa Haiflich, who served in the Army.
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MOBILE, Alabama — Kathy Kim, 64, has a very beautiful, unique hobby. The Korean native makes bead art, turning tiny beads and wire into intricate floral arrangements and bonsai plants.
She’s never sold her work. It’s not that she wouldn’t sell it; it’s just that the art is so time-consuming and delicate that a purchaser might find the cost to be prohibitive. She learned her craft several years ago while living in Virginia near Washington, D.C.
Recently, she showed a dozen or so pieces at the Mobile Regional Senior Center and discussed a little of what goes into creating an arrangement.
On a bonsai plant, for example, Kim begins by shaping a wire clothes hanger into the general design of the “plant,” then makes it thicker by scrunching aluminum foil and attaching that to the tree trunk.
Stems and trunks are then covered with copper or other wire that will not rust. At the end of each bonsai “limb,” green bead leaves are attached.
Containers come from flea markets or yard sales or are driftwood or other appropriate items.
Kim mixes glass and marbles used in aquariums with plastic glue and pours that into the holder, then inserts the tree or plant or floral bouquet and lets the epoxy and glass pieces harden.
Her creations run from a series of fall trees whose leaves she’s colored it with Rit dye to cherry trees with blossoms in shades of light and dark pink and white. And in one display, she has formed dogwood blooms and leaves by stringing hundreds of tiny beads on wire and shaping them into an aesthetically pleasing arrangement.
Kim has other interests. She’s owned her own business in the seafood industry. She has a family — a daughter and two grandchildren. And she plays golf every day.
But beading, she said, is something one can do while resting or watching television, and it is a hobby that brings beauty into her life and one that she finds gives her great satisfaction.
This story was written by Jo Anne McKnight, Press-Register Correspondent.
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— Coral Gables — Every year, nearly 600,000 Floridians suffer from tobacco-associated illnesses, and 100,000 are diagnosed with cancer. To help combat these health problems, Miller School researchers have been awarded $4 million in grants from the Florida Department of Health’s Biomedical Research Program, which supports research in cancer and tobacco-related diseases.
Competing against scientists across the state, 12 UM scientists won 41 percent - an all-time high -- of the $9.74 million available for new investigator research and bridge grants through the James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program and the Bankhead-Coley Cancer Research Program.
“These grant programs are particularly crucial for new investigators,” said Pascal J. Goldschmidt, senior vice president for medical affairs and dean of the Miller School. “Their success in this competition proves that our rising generation of researchers has what it takes to compete for even larger grants and conduct research of great significance for patients. Considering the challenges with NIH funding, particularly for our young investigators, these state programs are a blessing.”
This year the James and Esther King program, which supports research for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and/or cure of tobacco-related diseases, received 55 applications, 11 of which were funded, including nine from the Miller School. The recipients were Brian E. Lally, assistant professor of radiation oncology, $400,000; Lina Shehadeh, assistant professor of medicine in the Cardiovascular Division and Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute, $400,000; Jose Silva, research assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and member of the Center for Therapeutic Innovation at the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, $392,327; Hoshang Unwalla, research assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, $400,000; Gaofeng Wang, assistant professor of human genetics, $400,000; Sion Williams, assistant scientist in the Department of Neurology, $389,964; Dmitry Ivanov, research assistant professor of ophthalmology, $200,000; and H. Peter Larsson, associate professor of physiology and biophysics, $179,493.
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Since his emergence in the late 1990s, the work of designer Thomas Heatherwick has been hugely acclaimed. He was called "the Leonardo da Vinci of our times" by his mentor and fellow designer Terence Conran.
However, it is Heatherwick's design for the Olympic cauldron that has made him a household name. When the cauldron, codenamed Betty, was lit by seven young athletes, and its 204 copper "petals" rose to create one huge flame, it caused jaws to drop around the world.
Heatherwick revealed that his cauldron was made in Yorkshire in what he described as "the most sophisticated shed in Harrogate ... like the Bond gadget workshop".
Though the secrecy surrounding it was so complete that the young athletes lighting it didn't even tell their parents, the design was cheekily hidden in plain sight on wallets for the tickets to the opening ceremony.
Nicholas Wroe interviewed Heatherwick about his career just before the show opened in May. We also made a gallery of his studio's most famous designs.
In February, Heatherwick's redesign of the London bus was revealed to acclaim, though only eight of them are currently on the roads.
His design for the UK pavilion at the Shanghai Expo in 2010 won the gold medal and ended up on the cover of the last album by cerebral dance act Junior Boys.
Before the Olympics, Heatherwick's involvements with sport had been less happy. B of the Bang, his sculpture to commemorate the 2002 Commonwealth games, had to be dismantled after fears that its spikes – one of which fell off – could present a danger to passers-by.
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Michael Jones of Google Maps gave a speech at Where 2.0 on "The New Meaning of Mapping." Jones states that his Google products are allowing people to use maps to explore places and create "placesites" instead of websites. He gives the impression that these new maps, with the ability to overlay data in a GIS format that is easy to use, is a new way to allow people to gain location-information on a place.
Jones is both right and wrong. He is correct when he discusses how many people are using these tools for the first time to gain location awareness. However, he is mistaken in his implication that this is all new. Maps from the beginning of time have given information on the places they depict. It is just that only a limited amount of people knew how to read maps to gain the complete picture. My saying of "if a picture is worth a thousand words, then a map is worth a million" stresses the the knowledge that can be gained from a map. Each symbol displayed, and the spatial relationship between objects tells a story of landscape modification.
But Jones is right. Google Maps and neogeography in general has opened up maps to an audience that has otherwise ignored or used maps to less than their full potential. (Hat tip: Geoshunter)
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The excavators were still more excited when they found an aedicula, an altar-like structure dating from about AD160, which was positioned immediately below the high altar of St Peter's. Behind this was a thick red-plastered wall, beneath which they discovered a small pile of bones. Initially these seemed to be those of a powerfully built man of 65 or 70 (Peter's age when he died), but later analysis revealed them to be the remains of two middle-aged men and an elderly woman.
Beyond the red wall, however, the excavators found an empty marble-lined repository, although there appeared to be no more bones. In 1950, while examining the interior of this repository, Ferrua discovered that a piece of plaster from one of its walls had fallen off. Scratched into the plaster were fragments of Greek letters which read Petros eni (Peter is within here). This fragment became one of the most important pieces of evidence that the saint had indeed been buried beneath the basilica and on December 23 1950, Pope Pius XII announced in his Christmas radio message that "the tomb of the Prince of the Apostles has been found".
But Ferrua's discovery was controversial; in 1953, after the death of Kaas, a workman revealed that he had discovered other bones which Kaas had ordered to be removed from the repository and stored at the Vatican. When these were later identified as an elderly man's remains, it was concluded that these were the bones of the saint. "The relics of St Peter," announced Pope Paul VI on June 26, 1968, "have been identified in a manner which we believe convincing"; the following day, after a ceremony in front of the aedicula, the remains were restored to the repository.
Ferrua was more circumspect. Aware of the scepticism that surrounded even the analysis of the Greek fragment - which others had read as Petros endei or Peter is not here - Ferrua recently told the Italian Catholic newspaper L'Avvenire that he was "not convinced" that the saint's bones had been found.
Antonio Ferrua was born in the northern Piedmont region of Italy and joined the Society of Jesus in 1918, studying epigraphy, Latin literature and archaeology. In 1947 he became secretary of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology, a position he held for 24 years, during which time he explored numerous ancient cemeteries and catacombs. Between 1973 and 1979 Ferrua, was the rector of the Pontifical Institute for Christian Archaeology. His many publications included The Unknown Catacomb: A Unique Discovery of Early Christian Art.
A man of deep faith, Ferrua was a rigorous scholar, much admired for his refusal to allow his beliefs to compromise his work.
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Entering the Underwater World
Tanjung Benoa, 07 November 2012,
Situated at the heart of Tanjung Benoa, one of the most famous places for leisure in Bali, Grand Mirage Resort & Thalasso Bali is truly a tropical hideaway, fringed with powder beige beaches and pristine coral reefs. Home to an opulent holiday getaway with a wide range of accommodation to suit every need, this fine Bali beach resort offers a sweeping selection of activities that will surely entice curiosity. One of the resort fun is Seawalker.
Seawalker will take you below the sea surface to give you an exceptional and enriching experience.
Seawalker is the easiest way to explore and discover biodiversity of aquatic life in the Indian Ocean. As simple as walking and breathing normally without getting your face wet, Seawalker offers you a new horizon with different perspectives on how to see and interact with the underwater world.
Sea Turtles & Corals Preservation
Nowadays, sea turtles are endangered species and their endurance remains uncertain in the future. Being concerned with their existence, the resort supports the local community through preservation of its surrounding ecosystem, and is delighted to work hand by hand with the Seawalker operator at the resort to release baby turtles and plant corals deep below the ocean. These baby turtles belong to the category of ‘Olive Ridley’ - generally greenish in color on the skin and shell. The corals come from the ‘Acropora’ species that can grow around 6 – 10 cm in height.
Heading to the diving point takes around 10 minutes from the resort private beach. Once inside the ocean, you will come in contact with the pristine underwater world. Holding baby turtles deep below the ocean is an awe-inspiring experience. These little creatures seem to be impatient to be released. Once they are, they swim up to the surface directly. As for the corals, the Seawalker operator has built a coral preservation on which adopted corals are planted and regularly checked by some ecologists to monitor their growth.
All in all, sea turtles release and corals preservation are a worthy experience to remember
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In the Qur’an, Allah reveals:
If Allah were to punish people for their wrong actions, not a single creature would be left upon the earth, but He defers them till a predetermined time. When their specified time arrives, they cannot delay it for a single hour nor can they bring it forward. (Surat an-Nahl; 61)
If Allah were to punish people during this life for their wrong actions, no being, without exception, would be left upon the Earth. Obviously, believers are included in this. Therefore, no believer can see himself as sinless and without error.
Knowingly or not, believers commit various sins throughout the course of their lives. The number of these sins or mistakes varies according to one's wisdom, consciousness and the profoundness of one’s faith. No one can regard himself as sinless—for doing so is a serious mistake. We learn from the Qur’an that claiming to be without error was an attribute of Pharaoh’s perverted character.
As the faith of a Muslim becomes firmer and he grows wiser, he begins to better recognize his sins and mistakes. Attaining a better awareness of his situation and a deeper fear of Allah leads him to a more serious effort to correct himself and seek forgiveness for the sins he committed intentionally or unintentionally. This is the practice of a conscientious Muslim. As a matter of fact, asking for forgiveness is an obligation for believers:
Ask your Lord for forgiveness and then repent to Him. He will let you enjoy a good life until a specified time, and will give His favor to all who merit it. But if you turn your backs, I fear for you the punishment of a Mighty Day. (Surah Hud; 3)
We may see that such obedience in asking Allah for forgiveness will be a means to His favors. Throughout the Qur’an, there are references to prophets asking forgiveness for various reasons. Although they were protected from committing sin, they would still ask for forgiveness when faced with a test or when they merely remembered Allah’s punishment. Allah considers asking for forgiveness a praiseworthy practice of believers:
And they would seek forgiveness before the dawn. (Surat adh-Dhariyat; 18)
As you can see, it is not essential to commit a mistake in order to ask for forgiveness from Allah. Asking for forgiveness is, in a way, expressing one’s weakness and insignificance in the shadow of Allah’s infinite might and recognizing the fact that it is impossible to avoid sins without His help.
Being unaware of one’s mistakes and sins—that is, a state of heedlessness and unconsciousness—prevents one from seeking forgiveness. As a consequence, one’s heart hardens, and a person can ultimately become arrogant and deem himself perfect, thus attributing to himself a quality equal with Allah (Allah is surely beyond that).2011-10-01 00:24:30
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It’s about to get greener on top of Portland’s central library building.
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and the city of Portland recently gave two grants to Multnomah County in order to fund a $180,000 ecoroof on its central library building at 801 S.W. 10th Ave., in downtown Portland.
DEQ awarded the county $102,000 while the city gave $60,000 to cover construction and maintenance costs for the roof, which is currently being worked on by Snyder Roofing of Oregon. This is the second green roof project Multnomah County has performed; the Amy Joslin Memorial Eco-Roof on the Multnomah Building was constructed in 2003.
Snyder is currently applying a cold-applied roofing system to the top of the 95-year-old library, which was extensively renovated from 1994 to 1997.
“Ecoroofs can triple the life of a roof membrane,” said Multnomah County project manager Alan Proffitt. “The biggest causes of roof breakdown, UV rays and thermal shock, can’t get to the membrane.”
The library green roof will involve several layers of installation. [Read full article]
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DJC Oregon - August 4, 2008
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A natural fiber, the bark of the rattan vine from the jungles of the Far East. It is stripped from the vines, dried and cut into various widths for weaving.
A mesh of interwoven strands of cane which can be used for seats or seat backs on applications where the outside of the area has holes and not a groove.
Wider and heavier than regular cane. Used as a border trim around the edge of the caned seat to cover the holes.
Cone Shaped wooden pegs for holding cane ends in holes around the outside edge of caned area.
Used in applications where a groove surrounds the caned area.
Hardwood wedges used to temporarily hold cane webbing in groove while inserting spline reed.
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Made from twisted sea grass to resemble rope, this material is used in place of rush for chair seating as well as for basketweaving.
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The inner core of the rattan vine.
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Our flat braid is made from twisted paper. Excellent for craft projects, antique furniture, wicker repair and basketry.
Round Fibre Braid
Flat braided round reed is great for wicker repair, trim around mirrors, antiques and basketry
The general term used for rush bottom seats, the material used most frequently is cattail.
Produced from rotary sliced lumber cut into strips the correct width for weaving.
Synthetic Spilt Reed Cane
A lower priced, durable pre-woven material used the same as natural cane.
A general term for a variety of weaving materials including rattan chair cane.
White Fibre Rush
Made from a durable grade of paper twisted into a strand to resemble natural rush. Easy to work.
Used in hand caning process. Acts as a wetting and softening agent.
Tool used to push, wrap, pull and stuff strands together for a rushed seat.
Useful in weaving of fibre rush or seagrass
Used to clean old holes and is helpful during the last steps of caning when holes are become filled. It is also a great basketweaving tool.
Used for clipping strands of chair cane or reed. Durable and excellent for basket and seat weaving.
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East Carolina University
East Carolina University delivers enhanced education programming across university enterprise with Mediasite.
East Carolina University delivers enhanced education programming across university enterprise with Mediasite. East Carolina University (ECU) wanted to enhance its distance learning education programs with technology that would support multimedia while serving more than 23,000 students. ECU was one of the first universities to offer online, distance learning degrees using text-only content, chat rooms and the Blackboard© course management system. ECU looked to Mediasite as the online webcasting platform that could champion the expansion of its distance learning education.
Mediasite has been used across the ECU campus in multiple colleges. Faculty members capture numerous hours of content each semester, and students have been using the technology to enhance capstone projects and thesis defense. ECU will incorporate Mediasite podcasting and plans to purchase more equipment to increase its use of the technology. As new applications of Mediasite are continually discovered, the university is able to deliver a unique student-centered educational experience.
At a glance
- Wanted progressive technology to increase the quality of distance education programs
- Mediasite implemented in multiple colleges across campus for unique student-centered education
- Extending its offering of a holistic educational experience, the university plans broader use of webcasting
ECU recognized the potential of online learning early on and was among the first schools in the nation to develop and offer a degree completely over the Internet. Since then, the university has created more than 50 degree and certificate programs in health, education, technology and other areas, and a number of new degrees are under development for online delivery.
ECU was also the first university in North Carolina to begin teaching distance education programs. At that time, their approach to distance education was limited to chat rooms, the Blackboard® course management system and entirely text-based online course content. ECU sought an online learning platform that would match their cuttingedge reputation, accommodate PowerPoint® presentations and scale to meet growing demand.
ECU purchased Mediasite in October 2003, hired Global Classroom Video Producer Emily Jones four months later and then after just one week, the department’s Mediasite program was in full swing.
Jones now uses Mediasite to produce the school’s Global Classroom, capturing 40 Mediasite recordings per week within multiple colleges across the campus. To date, ECU uses seventeen recorders and three servers to webcast more than 530 hours of classroom content per semester, which it expects to double to 1,000 hours over the next six months.
The majority of Mediasite content is captured by faculty for viewing by students. A recent USDA conference was captured for ECU’s distance learners. Engineering students undertaking a senior capstone project mediasite their final presentation to their clients at the end of the semester. Students also use Mediasite to capture and review their defense of thesis class.
“Thanks to Mediasite, thesis defense students can review and improve their presentation style and delivery before they enter a potentially high stress situation,” said Jones. “We continue discovering new ways to use the technology for the betterment of both students and faculty.”
This next phase of ECU’s Mediasite deployment will include the installation of 16 Recorders in the Allied Health Sciences facility with additional planned purchases campus-wide. Mediasite will then capture and publish more than 300 lectures for both on-campus and global viewing over the web. The distance education program is also incorporating podcasting capabilities with Mediasite and users can attach it to any extension they wish.
ECU has extended its holistic education experience by offering blended learning activities, synchronous online lectures and collaborative content-building sessions using Mediasite. In addition, the university is posting its curriculum online via Sonic Foundry’s Mediasite.com - the first searchable website focused exclusively on presenting publicly available expert presentations with video, audio and graphics. Using this unique public outlet, ECU will share the archived course lectures captured on campus with both ECU and other students, professors and the general public.
“The population of distance learners definitely has increased since the program began employing Mediasite,” said Jones. “Additionally, this tool is applied across disciplines, allowing ECU’s distance education program to deliver a more student-centered educational format to those who must travel, who wish to review course content more than once or individuals with irregular schedules.”
About East Carolina University
In 1907, East Carolina University (ECU) was founded to alleviate the desperate shortage of teachers in the eastern part of the state. The College of Education continues to supply the nation with some of its best educators, and now it has been joined by programs of high distinction in health care and fine and performing arts.
From modest beginnings as a teacher training school, the university is now an engine of economic development and a hotbed of discovery. Today, ECU is emerging as a top national research university with an enrollment of more than 23,000. East Carolina is a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina and offers almost 200 degree programs in its colleges and schools.
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Los Angeles County faces a pollworker shortage for next Tuesday's primary. Their approach - which included robocalls that yielded more than 500 responses - is indicative of the desperation involved in making sure polls are staffed on Election Day.
A new post at NCSL's Thicket blog suggests that beginning in 2013, a majority of state legislators will have two or fewer years of legislative experience. What might this mean for election policy?
Increase in "Registration Fraud?" Stories Signals Better Awareness of Value of Multiple Data Sources
The Longmont (CO) TimesCall editorialized on the importance of the data matching process behind the recent voter roll controversies in Florida. The editorial is not only insightful but illuminates the value of multiple data sources in voter registration.
This week's electionlineWeekly story by Mindy Moretti tells the story of how the South Dakota Secretary of State is stepping in to fill the void left by the sudden passing of a local election offcial.
GOP governors in Pennsylvania and Virginia have taken steps to help voters get required photo ID more quickly. These moves won't end the debate but at least they get us closer to solving the problem.
A dissent in the recent appeals court opinion in the Shelby County case suggests that the formula used to subject states and jurisdictions to coverage is the new focal point for efforts to weaken or eliminate enforcement of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
The National Institute for Standards and Technology recently issued a statement expressing continued concerns about the feasibility of Internet voting. What, if any impact will it have on the debate?
A new draft of a paper by David Kimball of the University of Missouri-St. Louis and Brady Baybeck of Wayne State University suggests that researchers and reformers should take greater note of the effect of jurisdiction size on election administration.
Brian Newby's latest ElectionDiary describes a really bad day - and serves as a vivid reminder of the tyranny of little things in election administration.
Recent stories in Florida and Michigan reveal the increasing willingness of state officials outside of elections to study and draw conclusions about the health of their state's election systems.
A new article is an excellent - and thorough - look at what it takes to make today's Election Day happen in Lancaster County, home of the Cornhusker State's capital city.
Montana's slow and gradual expansion of vote-by-mail is a useful counterpoint to more dramatic -and controversial - election policy changes nationwide.
A new controversy about "intent to return" language on ballot request forms for overseas civilians is a continued reminder of the lingering power of domicile to create uncertainty in the American system of election administration.
The practice of A/B testing - where users are randomly assigned to groups, given different experiences and observed as to how they react - is growing in popularity on the Web and in real life. Would it work for elections?
A new report on an investigation into faulty ballot scanners in the Bronx appears to identify heat generated by the machine itself as the culprit.
The latest developments in Texas' efforts to get federal approval of its photo ID law are a useful reminder that courts are rarely, if ever, on the same schedule as the parties in an election policy dispute.
Bob Carey's impending departure from the Federal Voting Assistance Program is a reminder of the value of constantly pushing forward to improve elections nationwide.
A new California bill to expand the maximum time voters have to cast ballot looks like fiddling at the margins but actually brings much larger and more challenging issues into play.
A dispute in Arizona about an election consolidation bill awaiting the Governor's signature highlights the benefits - and costs - of seeking economies of scale in election administration.
A recent decision by the Oklahoma Supreme Court to void an election demonstrates what happens when circumstances, mistakes and just plain bad luck conspire to put the outcome in doubt.
A new Pew poll suggests that Americans are satisfied with local government even as they clearly (and sometimes sharply) disagree about federal and state government. These numbers could indicate that decentralization of elections isn't necessarily a bad thing.
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Master of Arts in
(Not Accepting Applications at This Time)
These graduate programs and courses are offered by the Long Island, New York campus of Hofstra University.
The Master of Arts in Spanish is designed to provide students with an intensive course of study in the language, cultures, and literatures of Spain and Latin America from a wide range of critical, historical, and interdisciplinary perspectives. The program prepares students for pursuing doctoral work in either Peninsular or Latin American studies. At the end of the program, the master’s thesis offers students the opportunity to do original research in an approved topic in the cultures and literatures of Spain and Latin America.
Please have a look at the details of our program and email or call with any questions you may have.
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When you feel time is too short, you are either restless or in expanded awareness. When you feel time is too long, you are miserable or keen minded. When you are happy and love what you are doing, you simply don't feel the time. Also, in sleep you don't feel the time. In deep meditation, you are the time and everything is happening in you. Events are happening in you like the clouds come and go in the sky. When you are ahead of time, it is dragging and boring. When the time is ahead of you, then you are surprised and shocked. You cannot digest the events.
When you are with the time, you are wise and at peace. Narayana Sharma says, "Guruji, you spend a good time with us!"
Next week we will see how to manage time or how the time manages us.
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This data is for calendar year 2010, from Jan. 1, 2010 through Dec. 31, 2010, and comes from MIT’s IRS Form 990, the tax return for non-profits, which was filed May 15, 2012 for tax year 2010.
“Base compensation” is “nondiscretionary payments to a person agreed upon in advance, contingent only on the payee’s performance of agreed-upon services (such as salary or fees),” from column B(i) of Schedule J Part II of the form.
“Paid compensation” is the “reportable compensation from the organization (W-2/1099-MISC)” column from Part VII Section A of the 990. “Total compensation” includes that as well as “retirement and other deferred compensation” and “nontaxable benefits” from column E of Schedule J Part II of the form.
The percentage changes (% columns) are based on paid compensation, but the differences (∆) are based on total compensation.
Form 990 includes compensation to current and former “officers, directors, trustees, and key employees” as well as “the five current highest compensated employees,” of which Donald R. Lessard is the lowest-compensated. Therefore, the list beneath Lessard is not comprehensive.
† MIT Investment Management Company (MITIMCo) employees compensations do not include incentive compensation which “could have increased or decreased depending on the performance of the endowment” and are contingent on continued employment by MIT.
* Four MIT officers served as directors of outside companies and receive substantial fees for doing so. See separate table.
‡ Professors Repenning and Lessard appear because of their participation in the Sloan School of Management’s Executive Education program (see http://mitsloan.mit.edu/execed). Repenning is faculty director of the BP Operations Academy
§ John S. Reed took over as Chairman of the MIT Corporation from Dana G. Mead in July, 2010. Each served for half of a term, and their compensation reflects that.
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Probably not, although some people are sensitive to monosodium glutamate (MSG), a flavor enhancer used in Asian foods as well as in a wide range of commercially prepared foods. MSG is a salt of glutamic acid, one of the amino-acid building blocks of protein. Many foods naturally contain free glutamates – these include fresh tomatoes, tomato paste and Parmesan cheese. In the traditional cuisine of east Asia, glutamate-rich foods such as seaweeds and mushrooms have long been used to add a deep savory flavor to soups and sauces.
Purified, crystalline MSG became available in 1909 and was patented and marketed by a Japanese company. Shortly thereafter, Asian cooks began to add it to their dishes. Glutamic acid and its salts, including MSG, stimulate a particular taste receptor, the one responsible for the so-called "fifth taste" (in addition to sweet, sour, salty, and bitter). The official name for the receptor and taste is umami, a Japanese word meaning "meaty" or "savory." The company that patented MSG almost a century ago, Aji-No-Moto ("essence of taste"), built its fortune on this compound. Aji-No-Moto-USA was established in 1958, when pure MSG appeared in groceries here under the catchy brand name, "Accent."
The first report that set off alarms about MSG was a letter by a physician published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1968. The writer observed that after eating Chinese food he developed numbness at the back of the neck, flushing, general weakness, and heart palpitations. He called this reaction "Chinese restaurant syndrome" and blamed it on MSG, which Chinese cooks often use with abandon. The syndrome starts 15 to 20 minutes after eating MSG-rich dishes, lasts about two hours, and ends without a hangover.
That report stimulated much research on MSG, but overall the studies have produced no evidence linking MSG with any serious reactions. A comprehensive review of the scientific data conducted from 1992 to 1995 by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), an independent group of scientists, at the behest of the FDA, found no connection between MSG and any short- or long-term health problems. Nor did it find evidence linking MSG or other glutamates to Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease or neurodegenerative diseases, although articles in the media have suggested such a connection.
However, the FASEB review did conclude that people who eat large amounts of MSG (three grams or more per meal) on an empty stomach and people with severe and poorly controlled asthma can develop such symptoms as numbness, burning sensation, tingling, facial pressure or tightness, chest pain, headache, nausea, rapid heartbeat, drowsiness and weakness. Note that three grams is a lot of MSG. The amount in a typical serving of food to which MSG is added is less than 0.5 grams.
If you find that you react to foods containing MSG or glutamate, check labels carefully when shopping. The FDA requires labels to list MSG as well as other glutamic acid salts (monopotassium glutamate and monoammonium glutamate). When you're dining in Asian restaurants, ask that your food be prepared without MSG. And if you want to boost the umami component of foods naturally, try using seaweeds such as kombu and mushrooms such as shiitake in soups and stocks and sauces.
Andrew Weil, M.D.
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“You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives.” (Clay P. Bedford). The goal of education is to provide students with the necessary tools for lifelong learning. The role of the Instructional Designer is to create such a course that is appealing and motivating for the learner and is effective in the of delivery knowledge, creating real life problem solving situations and imparting important skills. In order to do this the Instructional Designer must have extensive knowledge of learning theories.
The way people learn
For an instructional designer to successfully fulfill their role, they must “Conceptually and intuitively understand how people learn” (Malamed, n.d). The psychology of learning plays an important part in the role of the instructional designer as it impacts “not only on the order in which we present material but the ways in which we present it, the things we ask students to do with it, the questions we ask of them” (Dr, Ormrod, n.d). Knowledge of each of the theories of Behaviorism, Cognitivism, Constructivism, Connectivism, Social learning and Adult learning theory is “critical when attempting to select an effective prescription for overcoming a given instructional problem” (Ertmer & Newby, 1993, p.51). The Instructional Designer must not rely on one theory, or give precedence to any one theory over the other; rather they should assess the learner and the task and apply the best possible strategy for the learner.
The author’s personal learning style
Since adults and children have different factors motivating them to pursue education, I have found my learning has changed considerably over the years (Conlan, Grabowski & Smith, n.d). In my early years of education, I was often motivated by external factors and was a passive recipient of knowledge. However, in this stage in my life I feel the pursuit of education is more internally motivated and I am an active participant in my education (Conlan, Grabowski & Smith, n.d). I can also see how technological advancement has affected the way I learn. I consult many different sources of information due to the availability and instantaneous nature of technology (Davis, Edmunds & Kelly Batesman, n.d).
The connection between learning theories, learning styles, educational technology, and motivation
The Instructional Designer, who creates online courses, has a more difficult task than a traditional face to face instructor. A traditional instructor has an advantage and can adapt and change instruction based on the verbal and body language of the student (Huett et al, 2008). So for the Instructional Designer, it is even more important to assess the learner’s needs at the beginning of the course to gauge their learning style and find the appropriate strategy to scaffold the learning and keep them motivated. In order to design instruction that continually facilitates learning, the use of educational technology needs to be employed as “Nurturing and maintaining connections are needed to facilitate continual learning” (Davis, Edmunds & Kelly Batesman, n.d). Educational technology can also address the various learning styles, as information can be presented in multiple formats and courses can be designed in such a way that learners may submit assessments in multiple formats. This also helps to keep students motivated and on task (Keller, 1999). The learning theories are tools that that help the instructor “to select an effective prescription for overcoming a given instructional problem” (Ertmer & Newby, 1993, p. 51).
The combined knowledge of learning theories, styles, technology and motivation should allow the Instructional Designer to create a course effective, “affective as well as [a] cognitive enterprise” (Ormrod, Schunk & Gredler, 2007, p. 259)
Application of this knowledge as an Instructional Designer
Education is going through major changes since students are now competing in global market. Texas recently changed its state test to something more aligned with college standards (TEA, n.d). Educators are urged to move away from teacher centered lessons to more student focused instruction and so there is a need for instructors to design a curriculum that is “both flexible and adaptable” (Morrison and Gary, 2011, vii). Through the extensive knowledge gained on this course, I wish to help the English department in my school in two ways; firstly, by designing effective training for teachers so that they can apply the new STAARs standards in their classrooms and ensure that all assignments and assessments meet the state standards. Secondly, by creating a curriculum that aligns with the STAARs and provides the students with the opportunity to excel at a comprehensive and rigorous test. The learning theories will equip me with the correct tools to ensure that I am able to create an environment that facilitates and extends learning.
The STAARs has already made many teachers anxious as they have been teaching TAKS type material for many years. Many feel that they will have to retrain in many areas due to the more challenging standards that the STAARs will bring. Since training can be time consuming and expensive, especially with new budget cuts, “the goal for the instructional designer is to design and develop instruction that will improve performance in a most effective and efficient manner” (Morrison and Gary, 2011, p.3).
Due to the introduction of STAARs many changes will have to be made to the existing curriculum so that it is can meet the new Texas standards. The role of instructional designers is very important in this area as they will produce a curriculum “that serves a necessary purpose, meets the needs of students, is attractive and well organized, is delivered in an appropriate mode and is continually evaluated and improved” (Morrison and Gary, 2011, p.5). The knowledge of learning theories will help me to design a curriculum that, while engaging and motivating students, is rigorous and relevant to the needs of the American society and the global market.
Instructional designers can only be effective in their roles if they can understand how and why human beings learn and Walden University’s course in Learning Theories and Instruction, has certainly provided an excellent background to this. I am excited to use this knowledge in my existing profession as a classroom teacher and looks forward to using it in any future roles as an Instructional Designer.
Conlan, J., Grabowski, S., & Smith, K. (n.d.). Adult learning. Emerging Perspectives on Learning, Teaching and Technology has a problem. Retrieved June 18, 2011, from projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/index.php?title=Adult_Learning
Davis, C., Edmunds, E., & Kelly-Bateman, V. (n.d.). Connectivism. Emerging Perspectives on Learning, Teaching and Technology has a problem. Retrieved June 18, 2011, from projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/index.php?title=Connectivism
Ertmer, P., & Newby, T. (1993). Behaviorism, cognitivism, constructivism: Comparing critical features from an instructional design perspective.. Performance Improvement Quarterly, 6(4), 50-71.
Malamed, C. "10 Qualities of the Ideal Instructional Designer ." E-Learning . N.p., n.d. Web. 19 June 2011. < http://theelearningcoach.com/elearning_design/10-qualities-of-the-ideal-instructional-designer/ >.
Morrison, G. R. (2011). Designing effective instruction (6th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Ormrod, J., Schunk, D., & Gredler, M. (2009). Learning theories and instruction . New York : (Laureate custom edition). Pearson.
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“You refuse treatment-therefore we withdraw our society from
you, we cast you out, we divorce you. To Coventry with you.”
“You talk as if I had committed a murder-I simply punched a
man in the nose for offending me outrageously.”
“You are a dangerous individual, a danger to all of us, for we
can not predict what damage you may do next.”
I found Mr. Heinlein’s work many years ago as a young boy seeking escape from many of the troubles of that time. As I read his works today I fear he may have been predicting future events more than just sharing entertaining “stories”. The above excerpts are from a short he wrote titled Coventry, find it, read it, think about it. We do indeed live in interesting times. While one man (boy) may change a nation’s way of speaking should he? Should all offensive acts cause a removal from society? Who makes that judgement? What agency would you grant the control of thought, act or deed? The end of “Coventry” finds that the primary character has “rehabilitated” himself by selfless acts supporting the system in power….
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Tougher targets mean hundreds more primary schools risk failure
The Guardian |by Jessica Shepherd
The government is about to announce another raising of the floor standards for Year 6 SATs results in England’s Primary Schools. This will result in yet more schools being potentially unfairly labelled as failing and becoming ripe for takeover by an academy sponsor. No-one could reasonably disagree with a desire to see schools improve and children’s prospects do likewise but policies like this one simply push already improving schools below a seemingly arbitrarily decided standard whilst doing nothing to change the education system for the better. Once again it appears to be motivated by a misplaced reliance on the Academy system and will be used to force more schools down this route against their will.
Hundreds more primary schools in England risk being labelled failures after the coalition set stricter targets.
David Laws, the schools minister, will tell an education conference on Tuesday that primaries will be deemed to be under-performing from 2014 if under 65% of their pupils reach a satisfactory standard in reading, writing and maths and their school fails to achieve above-average progress in these subjects.
Until now, primaries have been said to be “below the floor target” – or under-performing – if under 60% of pupils reach a satisfactory standard in reading, writing and maths and pupils do not make above-average progress in these subjects. Under-performing schools risk being taken over by an academy sponsor.
Government officials said schools improved when targets were made tougher. Last year, 476 primaries were under-performing against 1,310 in 2011. Fewer than 900 primaries could be deemed to be under-performing under the new stricter target.
However, Russell Hobby, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, said the government was “always shifting the goal posts” and that this would “do little” for standards.
“England’s primary schools have been improving steadily for many years, nearly doubling the rate of children leaving with the expected standards,” he said. “There is no lack of ambition. The expected reward for that performance is always a shifting of the goal posts, so it will be no surprise to heads that the floor standard is shifting again next year. Raising the bar while reducing resources will, however, do little for standards.
Laws will also tell the Association of School and College Leaders that experts will help schools work out how best to spend pupil premium money if a school is judged to be anything less than “good” by Ofsted inspectors andis not narrowing the gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers. Schools receive the £600 premium for each pupil from homes where the joint income is less than £16,000 a year.
Primary pupils are expected to reach level four in reading, writing and maths by the time they leave secondary school.
From December, the government will publish the proportion of primary pupils who achieve a “good” level four. This is so that parents know whether pupils are just making level four or exceeding it by some margin.
Laws will say many children who only just achieve level four are not “secondary ready”. “We must ensure that a far higher proportion of pupils are ‘secondary ready’ by the end of their primary school,” he will say. “This will allow them not simply to cope, but thrive, when presented with the challenges and opportunities of secondary school … The figures do not lie – a pupil who manages a low level four by the end of primary school is unlikely to go on to achieve five good GCSEs.”
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Interlude: This poem was created for a poetry class at San Diego State University by a very curious and enthusiastic Sophmore named Brittany.
Poem: "Safety First"
From Japan to the USA
They claim their place
In every bathroom or bed stand.
Lying within worn, cardboard boxes
Taunting all that stare
Embarassed by their intentions.
The perk function they perform;
To bring intense,
Erotic, ribbed pleasure
To those otherwise not meant to experience
Such sesual, twisted touch.
With the strength and Endurance
Of the Trojans invading Rome
They protect patrons each day.
By limiting the populations of teenage mothers,
They serve a necessary purpose for society
Often going without appreciation
Tossed aside after each use.
Representing all colors of the rainbow
All flavors of fruit
Chocolate, root beer,
Scented lilac, tropical breeze,
They make safety a carnival
Of lightly lubricated latex!
They've come to fill
A major role in many relationships
Knowing no discrimination,
They aid anyone willing to spend
A few crucial dollars.
Evolving from their original form of sheep skin,
They are the latest
In sexual exploration
Enjoyed by both old and young,
Single and married.
Pinch the tip,
Roll them on.
They are the perfect fit.
Hope you enjoyed this demostration of literary creativity!!
Okay...so after such a long poem...do you really need an example too to get the point....Strap on the safety belt before you take the ride!
A very smart invention to decrease the population and sti's
1)no glove no love
2)don't be silly wrap you willy
3)don't be a fool wrap your tool
4)don't be a ding-dong cover you shling- shlong
5)dont be a wenis protect you penis
6)dont share your sperm over your worm
7)before you spank her cover your wanker
8)If theres gunna be affection cover your erection
9)if your gunna banger cover your wanger
10) There only a buck get one before you fuck
11) Dont be stupid wear a fuckin condom
A 75 cent insurence Policy for teens who wanna bone
"that baby ain't mine, I used a CONDOM"
As before: "Rubber, or sheepskin cover for the penis during Sexual Intercourse So that no seminal fluid may enter the vagina"
They also serve well as water-bombs.
The object not used in order to get STDs, pregnant, and destroy marriages.
One day Johnny and Jane decided to have intercourse. Jane asked Johnny if he had a condom and he said of course he didn't, condoms were for faggots and pussies, and he was neither. Well they had sex, and poor Johnny had premature ejaculation before he could pull out. 1 month later, Jane tells Johnny that she had Herpes and that he is most likely now positive for it. She is also pregnant. 8 months later, a kid comes around (luckily no Herpes because of today's medicines)and Jane decides that she cannot take care of the child. She gives the child to Johnny, in which Johnny's wife Mary, finally finds out about the wrongful deed and divorces Johnny. If only he had worn a Condom
A latex or sheepskin sheath to put over the penis before intercourse. Hated by some men because it lowers their sensations somewhat and means that some of the responsibility of contraception falls on them (GOD FUCKING FORBID...) Perhaps they would prefer parenthood?
No glove, no love... unless one is interested in paying child support for the next 18 years...
by anonymous May 7, 2003 add a video
An object used during sexual intercourse which is forbidden by the Catholic Church
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TEENAGERS are more likely to take their teacher's advice on their next CD than on sex. So why not train teens to teach their peers about the dangers of sexually transmitted infections and unwanted pregnancy? Nice idea - but it doesn't always work.
That's the message from a study of over 8000 pupils in 29 British schools. Researchers led by Judith Stephenson at University College London split the schools into those receiving sex education from teachers and those who tried peer-education. In this group, 16 and 17-year old-pupils were trained to give three sex education sessions to 13 and 14-year-olds.
Thirty-five per cent of girls in the peer-taught group had sex before 16, versus 41 per cent in the control group. But there was no difference in condom use or pregnancy rates in the girls who had sex pre-16. Boys' behaviour did not differ between the groups. However, other countries ...
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9. Towards a more open and more "neutral" net for the consumer: The new telecoms rules will ensure that European consumers have an ever greater choice of competing broadband service providers available to them. Internet service providers have powerful tools at their disposal that allow them to differentiate between the various data transmissions on the internet, such as voice or 'peer-to-peer' communication. Even though traffic management can allow premium high-quality services (such as IPTV) to develop and can help ensure secure communications, the same techniques may also be used to degrade the quality of other services to unacceptably low levels. That is why, under the new EU rules, national telecoms authorities will have the powers to set minimum quality levels for network transmission services so as to promote "net neutrality" and "net freedoms" for European citizens.
In addition, thanks to the new transparency requirements, consumers will be informed – even before signing a contract – about the nature of the service to which they are subscribing, including traffic management techniques and their impact on service quality, as well as any other limitations (such as bandwidth caps or available connection speed).
10. Recognition of the right to internet access: The new telecoms rules recognise explicitly that internet access is part of fundamental rights such as the freedom of expression and the freedom to access information. The rules therefore provide that any measures taken regarding access to or use of services and applications through electronic communications networks must respect the fundamental rights and freedoms of natural persons, including in relation to privacy, freedom of expression and access to information and education, as well as due process. The new rules also clarify that the final word on this important matter of internet access must be with an independent and impartial tribunal established by law and acting in accordance with Article 6 of the European Convention for the protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
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WASHINGTON // A spacecraft circling the Moon has snapped the sharpest photos ever of the tracks and rubbish left behind by Apollo astronauts in their visits from 1969 to 1972.
Images taken by Nasa's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter from between 21 and 24 kilometres up show the astronauts' paths when they walked on the Moon, as well as ruts left by a moon buggy. Experts could even identify the backpacks astronauts pitched out of their lunar landers before they returned to Earth.
"What we're seeing is a trail," said Mark Robinson, an Arizona State University geology professor and the orbiter's chief scientist. "It's totally awesome."
However, the photos were not close enough to see individual bootprints, Professor Robinson said.
The pictures were taken two weeks ago and show the landing sites for Apollo 12, 14 and 17. The closest images are of the 1972 Apollo 17 site, the last Moon mission.
The Apollo 17 commander, Eugene Cernan, said the photo gives him a chance to revisit those days, "this time with a little nostalgia and disappointment. Nostalgia because those special days are fondly etched in my memory and disappointment because it looks like now we will not be going back within the days I have left on this planet."
Two years ago, images from the same spacecraft from between 48km and 96km out showed fuzzier images. But this year the orbiter dipped down to take about 300,000 more close-ups. The trails left by the astronauts are clear, but the places where backpacks were discarded, Apollo 17's moon buggy, and the bottom parts of the three lunar landers are blurry.
Professor Robinson said: "You have to really look at it for a long time to figure out what you're looking at." For example, when it comes to the moon buggy he said, "if you squint really hard you can resolve the wheels and that the wheels are slightly turned to the left".
At first, scientists thought they had a bit of a mystery: they saw more stuff than they expected. It turned out to be packing material and an insulation blanket, Professor Robinson said.
After 40 years there does not seem to be much moon dust covering the man-made trails. It probably will take about 10 million to 100 million years for dust to cover them, Professor Robinson said.
The photos were released a few days after the debut of the fictional movie Apollo 18 and before tomorrow's planned launch of Nasa's twin robotic spaceships to explore the Moon's gravity.
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Immediate Release: November 12, 2008
Obama administration can act quickly to restore openness, according to new transparency proposals
Dozens of groups sign on to recommend openness from Day One
For more information contact: Thomas Blanton/Meredith Fuchs - 202/994-7000
Logo of the Web site of President-elect Barack Obama
Washington D.C., November 12, 2008 - The Obama administration can act quickly after taking office in January to reverse the secrecy trend of the last eight years and restore openness in the executive branch, according to a set of new proposals posted online today by the National Security Archive. More than 60 organizations joined the recommendations, which call on President-elect Obama to restore efficiency and openness to the Freedom of Information Act process, reform the classification system to reduce overclassification and facilitate greater declassification, and ensure that presidential records are handled in accordance with the law and Congress’ intent.
“President-elect Obama can make a difference on Day One in the way his administration relates to the public,” explained the Archive’s general counsel Meredith Fuchs. “Secrecy got out of control in the last eight years, but a few focused directives will go a long way towards reopening the government.”
A diverse coalition of groups convened by the National Security Archive developed the three proposals. If adopted, the recommendations would establish the needed framework for accountability, integrity, and greater effectiveness in the federal government. The proposals call on the president-elect to take the following actions during his first days in office:
- Issue a memorandum on the Freedom of Information Act that establishes a policy of maximum possible public disclosure of government records and directing an attorney general memo that reinstitutes the presumption of openness under FOIA, calls on agencies to use technology to engage with and inform the public, and commits to creating a more collaborative and less adversarial relationship with the public on issues involving access to information. Read the FOIA Proposal.
- Revoke President Bush’s executive order on the Presidential Records Act, which undermined the PRA by purporting to create new constitutional privileges for the family members and descendents of former presidents and for former vice presidents; commit to working with NARA and Congress to ensure necessary oversight for the transfer and processing of the Bush presidential records; and establish a policy for the new administration to preserve all presidential records of administrative, historical, informational, or evidentiary value. Read the PRA Proposal.
- Issue a presidential directive rejecting prior abuses of the classification system and tasking the relevant executive branch agencies to develop a new executive order on classification that will reduce overclassification, add internal mechanisms to prevent classification abuses, ensure consideration of the public interest throughout the lifecycle of classified information, and improve the declassification process and information sharing. Read the Classification Proposal.
The Archive actively participated in the development of a broad set of openness recommendations, released yesterday and spearheaded by non-profit organization OMB Watch. The new report, Moving Toward a 21st Century Right-to-Know Agenda, provides recommendations for the new president and Congress to restore openness and enhance transparency through the use of 21st century technologies. Other transparency proposals, such as one released recently by the Sunshine in Government Initiative, demonstrate a growing consensus among a wide range of groups that government openness is a critical action area for the new administration.
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What is CART?
CART stands for Communication Access Realtime Translation. It is a speech-to-text captioning service that benefits people who are late-deafened, hard of hearing, culturally Deaf, who have cochlear implants, and those learning English as a second language. It is used by speakers, presenters, organizations or institutions concerned with ensuring they provide accessibility to their material to the widest audience and those that are use captioning service to understand and participate in meetings and lectures. A secondary use for captioning is for executives, and those interested in Search Engine Optimization.
CART is also referred to as realtime captioning.
Where is captioning used?
Realtime captioning is used in educational institutions, lectures, at meetings, for telephone conferences, webinars and conventions. The service is typically used by individuals who are hearing impaired and those learning English as a second language, although there is an emerging market among executives who may be receiving their communication in an environment not receptive to audio. The captions are relayed onto a screen, often a projector, a laptop or a smart phone.
Other forms of captioning do not require immediate transcription, such as web videos and YouTube videos.
How does it work?
Our captioners receive an audio feed or sit live in a presentation. They use a stenograph machine (a machine which is used to type shorthand) and cutting-edge software. The phonetic shorthand is translated instantaneously into English through the use of software. CART can be certified to type up to 260 words per minute with 98% accuracy and above.
We stream text to a variety of devices. If A La CARTe is onsite, the real-time text can be viewed on a laptop. The text can be projected onto a screen as well. Another display option is an LED board, which can display up to three lines of text and is supported by a large tripod. The streaming text can also be viewed on many smart phones or on the web. A La CARTe Connection will provide the consumer an email with a link to view the streaming text. There are many programs that can be used, but the consumer requires no special software to view the text.
Captions can be captured and relayed remotely. The CART can be used very effectively remotely. The speaker or presenter would need a wireless microphone, an internet connection and a computer. The speaker wears the wireless microphone, which allows CART to hear everything that is said. The captioner uses the same stenograph machine to capture the text. The text is then streamed from A La CARTe’s computer through the internet and through the wireless receiver is displayed on the consumer’s computer screen.
Can I have a demonstration?
A La CARTe Connection would be delighted to provide a demonstration. Just contact Jana to set up a demonstration.
What do I need to get started with CART?
If you are interested in the remote CART service, you need an audio source for A La CARTe Connection, which could be voice over IP (VoIP), which requires a wireless microphone or a telephone line. You also need to have an internet connection and computer or smartphone. If you are looking for onsite CART, A La CARTe Connection may be able to provide all of the equipment needed. If you want it projected onto a big screen, it would require a projector and a screen.
How much does this service cost?
The costs of CART services range from $60/hour up to $200/hour, depending on many different factors, such as output method, equipment involved, the type of event, the experience of A La CARTe Connection, and whether the service is onsite or remote.
Who pays for this?
There are several laws related to CART and the requirements to provide it. The venue you are interested in will determine which law would be applicable and who is responsible for the payment of the service. The laws that deal directly with communication access include: Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the ADA, IDEA amendments of 1997, and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.
Do I get an electronic copy of the transcription at the end?
A La CARTe Connection has the capability to provide you with a copy of the streaming text. The decision to provide a transcript depends on its use and effectiveness and should be decided in advance. We can help you decide whether getting a transcript is right for you.
Do I own the copy of the transcript?
The party who hires A La CARTe Connection to provide services owns the transcript. The transcript should not be disseminated or distributed without the consent of the hiring party.
What happens if I do not provide CART? Am I violating any law?
Not providing equal communication access could be a violation of the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act and IDEA. Only your attorney can inform you whether not providing CART services is a violation of the law.
Are there any government grants to cover these expenses?
Under the ADA, Rehabilitation Act and the IDEA, the cost of the service is to be covered by the entity that is putting on the event where CART is being provided, unless they can show that the expense of providing the service would be an undue burden.
Why can’t we just provide ASL interpreters for everyone?
Only a small percentage of those who are deaf, deafened, and hard of hearing communicate through American Sign Language. Providing CART services can help overcome this barrier.
ASL is a form of language, and many people who communicate through ASL may not have the reading comprehension or speed necessary to utilize CART. However, many individuals who are deaf, deafened, and hard of hearing, especially late-deafened adults and those who lost their hearing after learning speech, read lips and rely solely on CART and captioning in group settings. There is not a one-size-fits-all solution when dealing with communication access. Consumers need access to the accommodation that best meets their individual needs.
What is the difference between CART and captioning?
“CART” and “captioning” are often used interchangeably. CART is a text-only translation of speech that is displayed on a computer screen, LED board, large screen. Captioning is text displayed in conjunction with a video image and requires an encoder or character generator as well as captioning software on the provider’s computer.
What is the difference between open captioning and closed-captioning?
CART is “open captioning,” which is text that can be seen by everybody. Closed-captioning must be “turned on” before it can be seen.
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The following was issued Wednesday by attorneys Timothy Meche and Ike Spears:
The indictment of Mose Jefferson today did not come as a surprise. To their credit, throughout the grand jury process the government has been very communicative with Mr. Jefferson and his attorneys about the nature of their case as well as their intentions. In fact, they made a very generous proposal which would have allowed Mr. Jefferson to conclude this matter with as little pain as possible. However, upon reflection Mr. Jefferson realized that he could not enter a guilty plea because he does not honestly believe he committed a crime.
Where we differ with the government on is not so much about what happened but rather about what the intentions of the parties were. And, Mr. Jefferson maintains that he never intended to bribe anyone. There was no need to.
The "I Can Learn" program was championed by Superintendent Amato, Congressman Bob Livingston and others within the education reform community. It had been approved in Jefferson Parish and in Orleans Parish every single member of the School Board voted to implement it.
It would have been unnecessarily foolish for Mr. Jefferson to bribe a single school board member to vote for something that was guaranteed to pass with or without her support. He knows how to count votes better than that.
Mr. Jefferson intends to plead not guilty and welcomes his day in Court. He asks that the community keep an open mind and afford him his constitutional right to the presumption of innocence until the actual evidence is heard in Court.
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The last installment in The Realignment Program’s re-posting of its series on public employee unions is here, and we turn from defending the idea of public employee unions to thinking towards a more expansive, hopeful vision of how progressives can promote public sector unionism.
In part 1 of “In Defense of Public Sector Unionism,” I discussed the historical roots of progressive unease with public sector unions, and why ultimately such antipathy contradicts progressive ideology and frustrates progressive politics. However, readers demanded to see the statistical proof that public sector workers were not the over-paid gold-brickers of right-wing mythology. Thus, in Part 2, I demonstrated that the wage differential between public and private sector workers is actually a statistical illusion – public sector workers are union workers, and union workers earn essentially identical wages whether they’re in the public or private sector – and that most public sector pensions are modest, while exorbitant pensions are a statistical blip caused by public sector management’s compensation.
Which leaves us with the critical task of rethinking how progressives should approach government from the perspective as an employer of public sector workers. We’ve already discussed how the corporate model of the public sector is diametrically opposed to progressive goals and ideals, but as I’ve always believed, it is never enough to say what should be done away with – you have to have something to put in its place.
A New Model of Progressive Government:
Luckily, there is another model of how progressives can thinking about the relationship between the state and its workers, and how progressive elected officials should relate to public sector unions. It’s one that you can find in place in cities, counties, and states all over the country, except that’s it’s not really visible as an exportable model – indeed, outside of the main public sector unions like SEIU or AFSCME, it doesn’t get much public discussion (except on the right where it’s denounced as liberals “in the pockets of big labor”). Crucially, it’s not talked about consciously as a matter of ideology and beliefs as opposed to practical politics.
The model in question is a solidaristic partnership model of progressive public sector labor relations.
As it stands, progressives often think about the progressive movement and the union movement as united on the electoral level, where progressives see unions as a critical constituency that represents the aspirations of workers both looking for redress of grievances against their employers and to unite with other elements of society to further the cause of social justice and economic security. When progressives think about the progressive movement and the union movement’s relations after election day, something strange happens – progressives start to think about the union movement as a special interest that’s opposed to a “general” or “common” interest, and especially in the case of public sector unions (but also in the case of private contracts and prevailing wage statutes) looking to unjustly enrich itself from the public coffers. Thus, when it comes to the governance side, progressives want to keep unions at arm’s length. This creates significant tension with the union movement, which sees this as an ungrateful (and ultimately counter-productive) attack on an indispensable ally, and a betrayal of the cause of social justice.
However, in a solidaristic partnership model, unions are rethought as a crucial player in the governing process, who should be brought into collaborative discussion with elected officials about how to best achieve progressive goals – in the same way that progressives would want to bring communities of color into the governing process (through democratic institutions like the Community Action Program of the War on Poverty) to guide civil rights policy.
In order to make a full transition to this new model at every level of government, however, progressives are going to have to make some changes in our thinking about how progressive governments should operate.
Abandon the Corporate Ideal of Government in Return for Civic Unionism:
The corporate ideal of government discussed in part 1 is not one of the better legacies of progressivism. As I’ve discussed in my Public Virtues series, the corporate ideal is intrinsically tied to the conservative idea that corporations are inherently and uniquely efficient organizations – and that this idea has been used to repeatedly thwart progressive attempts to undo the social and economic damage caused by corporate industrialization. Whether we’re talking about the welfare state (where the conservative argument is that the welfare state is an inefficient expensive burden on corporate efficiency, and that “welfare capitalism” is preferable), or the regulatory state (where the conservative argument is that inherently inefficient governments can never regulate properly and only create burdens for corporations, who could produce superior results through self-regulation), the corporate ideal is hostile to the basic mission of progressivism and should be jettisoned with immediate effect.
Civic Unionism :
In its place, progressives should embrace the expansion of “civic unionism” as the progressive vision for how the public sector should operate as an industry. Civic unionism was an outgrowth of the Popular Front of the 1930s (think the UAW in Detroit or the ILGWU in New York City), encapsulated in the belief that everyone in the community (especially in the case of working-class majority communities) should be a part of the union, and that the union should be an expression of and a vehicle for the will and aspirations of the common people through advancing issues of common concern (pushing for higher wages without price increases, for example, or single payer health care instead of private benefits), and that the union and the community together should “control our turf” through a union-based political movement.
For progressives, civic unionism decisively rebuts the objections to public sector unions within progressivism by removing fears of “outside domination” by asserting a common interest and identity between the union and the sovereign people. It also eliminates the fear of “special interest” plundering of the public trust by redefining the union’s focus outwards instead of inwards.
What this means for public sector unions is an expansion of power – that public sector workers should be at the table with elected officials when budgets are drawn up, when issues of taxation and spending are decided, and when new policy is being drafted – and an expansion of responsibility. If civic unionism becomes the dominant model, public sector unions will have direct responsibility for both the quantity and quality of public services, and the success or failure of the government to achieve the outcomes that the people want. In part, it means moving the focus of collective bargaining away from short-term considerations of immediate gains to the long-term stability of the union and the maintenance of the “union standard” of public sector “products.”
Labor Party Governance as Solidaristic Partnership
In return, progressive elected officials and their supporters in the progressive movement have to re-think their behavior and attitude towards the workers they rely on to carry out progressive policies. Giving up the tools of corporate management – the right to hire and fire “at will,” the freedom to impose decisions by executive fiat, the ability if challenged to break union contracts or hire scabs – is a surrender of power that requires something of a leap of faith. In return, what progressive elected officials gain is a greater degree of trust and cooperation from public sector workers; after all, whether it’s in public or private enterprises, union workers work harder and more productively in part because they feel respected and listened to by their employers. You’re not going to get the kind of “big picture” thinking that comes with civic unionism without a genuine feeling of partnership.
It’s also the case that corporations in Europe or Japan have been able to reap enormous gains in productivity because their boards include union representatives (thus providing a more diverse array of opinions and a greater “buy-in” from the workforce in regards to management policy) and because shop floor committees have the autonomy to re-arrange the spatial, technological, and organizational setup of the production process, that workers can contribute the practical knowledge gained from the experience of working directly on the line to making the process safer and more efficient. Similarly, a solidaristic organization of public enterprises can reap enormous benefits by listening to the people who have a ground-level view of how bureaucracy functions, and by allowing public sector workers to shape their own workplaces so that rules and regulations work with, not against the smooth and speedy operation of government.
However, you won’t get this kind of a leap of faith until the Democratic Party begins to understand itself as a labor party – the party of the working class and the common people of the United States. That’s not to say that the Democratic Party is wholly a creation of labor unions or that progressive elected officials lack agency of their own, but rather that the union movement is a constitutive element of the progressive movement, and that by democratically creating a common agenda based around a vision of a high-quality public sector, we can move beyond a hierarchical structure to one of cooperation and joint direction.
Moreover, by bringing one of the largest constitutive elements of the common people into the halls of government and giving them the freedom to guide their work process, labor party governance is actually a democratization of government. Instead of rule by a technocratic elite who make decisions from on high, labor party governance brings the people inside the government and puts them in charge of making it work.
Full Employment and Hiring Halls In Return for Productivity Standards
This brings us back around to where we started, with the issue of efficiency progressives and their critique of public sector unions. While I’m confident in the empirical argument made in part 2, to the extent that efficiency progressives need a “quid pro quo” for the adoption of solidaristic governance (and to the extent that such a radical experiment requires being able to “produce the goods”), I think there is a way to increase labor productivity in the public sector without resorting to Taylorite models the likes of which we’ve seen in the education reform debate.
As I first explored almost a year ago, one of the reasons why teachers unions have been unwilling to get on board the “measurement and accountability” bandwagon is that there’s zero trust between the unions and the reformers who are, let’s not forget, their bosses. In the eyes of teachers unions, rhetoric about efficiency has largely been either the thin end of the wedge for untested or outright ineffective policies such as charter schools or cover for mass layoffs and the elimination of worker’s protections in the name of re-establishing at-will employment. However, as I have argued, if we give unions responsibility for labor quality by employing teachers through a hiring hall-like mechanism, we completely change the dynamic. If public sector unions can be assured that they’re not going to lose a voice in the workplace or jobs, then they begin to acquire a strong interest in ensuring that union labor is the most productive there is – and historically, craft unions with hiring halls developed incredibly high standards (both in terms of proficiency and even personal character) and intensive apprenticeship and selection systems to ensure that all union members are up to snuff.
Now this isn’t a model that the likes of Michelle Rhee would approve of – it’s antithetical to the individualistic and pro-corporate ideal of perfectly measuring output and having total managerial freedom to replace or retrain workers, or redesign production processes that lies at the heart of the “accountability movement.” But there is no simpler way to create accountability for teachers than to put them in charge of producing high-quality teachers and giving them the decision-making authority to gate-keep who becomes a teacher. The same thing is true for the public sector as a whole – unions know that “with great power comes great responsibility,” and will respond accordingly.
It also requires a commitment to full employment in the broader economy – by their very composition and heritage, unions look at the bottom cohort of teachers not as a statistical opponent to be vanquished but as real people who have families who depend on them, and who have mortgages and student loans, and who need to live just like anyone else. Throwing people onto the street in a period of nigh-double-digit unemployment is a gross social injustice, but in a context of full employment, the injustice disappears – an ineffective teacher can become an accountant or anything else, secure in the knowledge that not being suited for one career doesn’t mean economic catastrophe. Instead of defending ownership over the job as a defense against dislocation and trying to maintain jobs at all costs, public sector unions can focus on building a public sector that works for all the people.
If this kind of relationship between public officials and public sector unions is familiar to you and reminds you of your local government, then you probably live in a progressive area where public sector unions are politically engaged in the Democratic Party and where progressive elected officials have chosen to pursue a policy of collaboration over confrontation. If it’s not familiar to you, I recommend traveling to a progressive area and visiting some government offices, so that you can come to understand that there’s nothing scary about solidaristic government.
My final word on the matter – progressives: you must remember that unionism is both a means and an end for the progressive cause, both a practical and a moral necessity. There is very little to be lost and so much to gain.
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Molly is abandoned during Hurricane Katrina. After she is rescued, she is attacked by a dog and must undergo a rare surgery for horses: amputation of her front leg. Now fitted with a prosthetic limb, Molly re-learns how to walk and embarks on a new mission as a therapy horse. This remarkable story of a courageous horse is now in a brand-new format created especially for beginning readers.
About the Author
Pam Kaster is a photographer and the author of Zydeco Goes to Horse Camp. She lives in Zachary, Louisiana.
Praise for Molly the Pony (My Readers Level 3)…
“This unique and well-crafted book will appeal to beginning readers everywhere, who will cheer and be inspired by Molly as she overcomes obstacles and enjoys a productive life.” – School Library Journal
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by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D.
Your mother or father has died. Whether you had a good, bad or indifferent relationship with the parent who died, your feelings for him or her were probably quite strong. At bottom, most of us love our parents deeply. And they love us with the most unconditional love that imperfect human beings can summons.
You are now faced with the difficult, but necessary, need to mourn the loss of this significant person in your life. Mourning is the open expression of your thoughts and feelings about the death. It is an essential part of healing.
Realize Your Grief is Unique
Your grief is unique. No one grieves in exactly the same way. Your particular experience will be influenced by the type of relationship you had with your parent, the circumstances surrounding the death, your emotional support system and your cultural and religious background.
As a result, you will grieve in your own way and in your own time. Don't try to compare your experience with that of other people, or adopt assumptions about just how long your grief should last. Consider taking a "one-day-at-a-time" approach that allows you to grieve at your own pace.
Expect to Feel a Multitude of Emotions
The parent-child bond is perhaps the most fundamental of all human ties. When your mother or father dies, that bond is torn. In response to this loss you may feel a multitude of strong emotions.
Numbness, confusion, fear, guilt, relief and anger are just a few of the feelings you may have. Sometimes these emotions will follow each other within a short period of time. Or they may occur simultaneously.
While everyone has unique feelings about the death of a parent, some of the more common emotions include:
- Sadness You probably expected to feel sad when your parent died, but you may be surprised at the overwhelming depth of your feelings of loss. It's natural to feel deeply sad. After all, someone who loved you without condition and cared for you as no one else could have is now gone. If this was your second parent to die, you may feel especially sorrowful; becoming an "adult orphan" can be a very painful transition. You may also feel sad because the loss of a parent triggers secondary losses, such as the loss of a grandparent to your children. Allow yourself to feel sad and embrace your pain.
- Relief If your parent was sick for a time before the death, you may well feel relief when he or she finally dies. This feeling may be particularly strong if you were responsible for your ill parent's care. This does not mean you did not love your parent. In fact, your relief at the end to suffering is a natural outgrowth of your love.
- Anger If you came from a dysfunctional or abusive family, you may feel unresolved anger toward your dead parent. His or her death may bring painful feelings to the surface. On the other hand, you may feel angry because a loving relationship in your life has prematurely ended. If you are angry, try to examine the source of that often legitimate anger and work to come to terms with it.
- Guilt If your relationship with your parent was rocky, distant or ambivalent, you may feel guilty when that parent dies. You may wish you had said things you wanted to say but never did-or you may wish you could unsay hurtful things. You may wish you had spent more time with your parent. Guilt and regret can be normal responses to the death of your mother or father. And working through those feelings is essential to healing.
As strange as some of these emotions may seem, they are normal and healthy. Let yourself feel whatever you may be feeling; don't judge yourself or try to repress painful thoughts and feelings. And whenever you can, find someone who will hear you out as you explore your grief.
Recognize the Death's Impact on Your Entire Family
If you have brothers or sisters, the death of this parent will probably affect them differently than it is affecting you. After all, each of them had a unique relationship with the parent who died, so each has the right to mourn the loss in his or her own way.
The death may also stir up sibling conflicts. You and your brothers and sisters may disagree about the funeral, for example, or argue about family finances. Recognize that such conflicts are natural, if unpleasant. Do your part to encourage open communication during this stressful family time. You may find, on the other hand, that the death of your parent brings you and your siblings closer together. If so, welcome this gift.
Finally, when there is a surviving parent, try to understand the death's impact on him or her. The death of a spouse-often a husband or wife of many decades-means many different things to the surviving spouse than it does to you, the child of that union. This does not mean that you are necessarily responsible for the living parent; in fact, to heal you must first and foremost meet your own grief needs. But it does mean that you, a younger and often more resilient family member, should be patient and compassionate as you continue your relationship with the surviving parent.
Reach Out to Others for Support
Perhaps the most compassionate thing you can do for yourself at this difficult time is to reach out for help from others. Think of it this way: grieving the loss of a parent may be the hardest work you have ever done. And hard work is less burdensome when others lend a hand.
If your parent was old, you may find that others don't fully acknowledge your loss. As a culture, we tend not to value the elderly. We see them as having outlived their usefulness instead of as a source of great wisdom, experience and love. And so when an elderly parent dies, we say, "Be glad she lived a long, full life" or "It was his time to go" instead of "Your mother was a special person and your relationship with her must have meant a lot to you. I'm sorry for your loss."
Blended or nontraditional families can also be the source of disenfranchised grief. If you have lost someone who wasn't your biological parent but who was, in the ways that count, a mother or father to you, know that your grief for this person is normal and necessary. You have the right to fully mourn the death of a parent-figure.
Seek out people who acknowledge your loss and will listen to you as you openly express your grief. Avoid people who try to judge your feelings or worse yet, try to take them away from you. Sharing your pain with others won't make it disappear, but it will, over time, make it more bearable. Reaching out for help also connects you to other people and strengthens the bonds of love that make life seem worth living again.
Be Tolerant of Your Physical and Emotional Limits
Your feelings of loss and sadness will probably leave you fatigued. Your ability to think clearly and make decisions may be impaired. And your low energy level may naturally slow you down. Respect what your body and mind are telling you. Nurture yourself. Get enough rest. Eat balanced meals. Lighten your schedule as much as possible.
Allow yourself to "dose" your grief; do not force yourself to think about and respond to the death every moment of every day. Yes, you must mourn if you are to heal, but you must also live.
Embrace Your Spirituality
If faith is part of your life, express it in ways that seem appropriate to you. Allow yourself to be around people who understand and support your religious beliefs. If you are angry at God because of your parent's death, realize this feeling as a normal part of your grief work. Find someone to talk with who won't be critical of whatever thoughts and feelings you need to explore.
You may hear someone say, "With faith, you don't need to grieve." Don't believe it. Having your personal faith does not insulate you from needing to talk out and explore your thoughts and feelings. To deny your grief is to invite problems to build up inside you. Express your faith, but express your grief as well.
Allow Yourself to Search for Meaning
You may find yourself asking "Why did Mom have to die now?" or "What happens after death?" This search for the meaning of life and living is a normal response to the death of a parent. In fact, to heal in grief you must explore such important questions. It's OK if you don't find definitive answers, though. What's more important is that you allow yourself the opportunity to think (and feel) things through.
Treasure Your Memories
Though your parent is no longer physically with you, he or she lives on in spirit through your memories. Treasure those memories. Share them with your family and friends. Recognize that your memories may make you laugh or cry, but in either case, they are a lasting and important part of the relationship you had with your mother or father.
You may also want to create lasting tributes to your parent-child relationship. Consider planting a tree or putting together a special memory box with snapshots and other keepsakes.
Move Toward Your Grief and Heal
To live and love wholly again, you must mourn. You will not heal unless you allow yourself to openly express your grief. Denying your grief will only make it more confusing and overwhelming. Embrace your grief and heal.
Reconciling your grief will not happen quickly. Remember, grief is a process, not an event. Be patient and tolerant with yourself. And never forget that the death of a parent changes your life forever.
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From left, China Brown and Nicole Tapplar fill out voter registration forms in front of the government center Tuesday morning. As a part of National Voter Registration Day, local, state and congressional officials urged people to register to vote and to vote in the November General Election.
ALBANY, Ga. — Elected officials from the local, state and federal level rallied in front of the Government Center downtown Tuesday to recognize National Voter Registration Day by urging those who haven’t registered to vote to do so while also chastising states who they say are making it more difficult to vote.
U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop, D-Albany, headlined the event Tuesday, which also featured state senators and representatives, sitting and former city commissioners, members of the clergy and heads of various social and civic organizations, many of whom took to the podium to urge people who aren’t registered to vote to sign up, and those are registered to be informed voters.
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Bishop, who is running for re-election to congress against Republican challenger John House, said that the U.S. has had a long history of extending voting rights to the masses, but said he was concerned that in recent years 41 states had taken action “to move backward.”
“We have got to understand that our country has had a long history of extending voting rights to all Americans. So, then, I have to ask the question: Why now are those rights being challenged by some states? Why are we going backwards?” Bishop said. “...we must continue to fight for the right to choose our leaders against those who wish to make it harder for us to exercise that right.”
Georgia’s voter I.D. law, which has been upheld by the courts, requires a voter to present one of a list of accepted photo identifications — a Georgia driver’s license (even if expired); a free voter I.D. card issued by the state or county; an I.D. card issued by Georgia or the federal government; a passport; a valid employee I.D. card with photo from a federal, state or local agency or board; a valid military I.D. card, or a valid tribal photo I.D.
A voter who does not have a photo I.D. at the poll can cast a provisional ballot and has three days to present valid photo I.D. to the voter registrar in order for the ballot to count.
State Sen. Freddie Powell-Sims, D-Dawson, called voter registration and the act of voting itself a non-partisan issue, saying that regardless of party, voters should thoroughly scrutinize the candidates and vote for the ones that best represent them.
“As citizens of these United States it is our obligation, it is our duty, to first scrutinize the candidates that are running for office to see what they have to say — how will their being in office, or not being in office, affect you and your family and your community?” Sims said.
Ward IV City Commissioner Roger Marietta, who also teaches political science at Darton State College, said it’s important that people disavow any apathetic tendencies towards getting involved in the political process; remembering the sacrifices made by those to ensure equal opportunities for all Americans to vote.
“What I’ve started to do instead of arguing about why a vote matters, is that I’ve tried to relate to them some of the battles that have been fought to get that right to vote,” Marietta said. “I challenge them to go down to the Albany Civil Rights Institute and walk through those exhibits and see the price that people had to pay to register to vote.”
National Voter Registration Day comes as the presidential race, along with several local races, are expected to be tight.
Far from the voter registration efforts seen in 2008, this effort is more subdued, elections officials say.
Currently, of Dougherty County’s 92,913 people, 52,168 or 56.1 percent, are registered voters listed as “active” on the board of elections’ roles. Another 6,999 are listed as “inactive” voters meaning that those voters are registered but haven’t voted in several years.
And the problem isn’t just among those who live in Dougherty County but have failed to register, the apathy extends even to those who have registered but, for whatever reason, chosen not to vote.
In the July primary races in which the entire county was eligible to vote, one of the more publicized and contentious races — the race between Dougherty County School Board incumbent Anita Williams-Brown and challenger Lane Price — drew what has been considered a strong turnout for Dougherty County, 15,196 voters; a figure that is still less than 30 percent of the total number of registered voters.
David Williams, president of the Albany-Dougherty Chapter of the NAACP and a former Albany city commissioner, told those in attendance that registering increases participation in elections.
“It’s important that every person who is over the age of 18, that does not have a felony or is up under a felony, to register to vote,” Williams said. “We are encouraging everyone to get out to vote and to register to vote.”
Like Marietta and Bishop, Williams also spoke about efforts to curb voter participation, but focused on past efforts like literacy tests, poll taxes, and requirements to “count bubbles in a bar of soap,” as ways to keep people from the polls.
State Rep. Carol Fullerton, D-Albany, who managed to win another term in the General Assembly in July after staving off a challenge from Dougherty County Commissioner Muarlean Edwards, said that examples abound locally and at the national level about the importance that just a few votes can have on an election.
“Remember back in 2000 when then-Gov. George Bush and Vice President Al Gore ran for president?” she said. “If you count the vote totals, Gore lost by fewer than 1,000 votes. Every vote counts.”
Oct. 9 is the last day for people to register to vote in the Nov. 6 General Election. The Dougherty County Elections Office at 222 Pine Ave., has voter registration forms and information. Early voting starts Oct. 15.
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Category: Home Improvement, Miscellaneous, Remodeling, Safety Items | Written by Expert Author
The outdoor wheelchair ramps can be very expensive to buy and install. However you can opt to build a simple wooden type that makes it easy for you to move to raised places without the help of a third person. The wheelchair ramps can help when using strollers or anything with wheels that may be very heavy to carry around. There are regulations that may be required to be adhered to when deciding to build your own wheelchair ramp. Make sure you know them and they are followed.
The first step is planning. You should include in your plan the choice of location for the ramp, whether it is going to be attached to the deck or the porch. Then you should measure the height of the deck so it will match the ramp. Get information about the local laws for ramps and get necessary permission from the building inspection department. You can draw the outline of the ramp after you get the go ahead from the appropriate authorities. If you have problems with the design you can use the assistance of utility company. Make sure you have enough space for the length of the ramp. It should not be so steep since it can increase the speed and lead to falls.
Lay out the landing to the house to allow for proper turning. You can use boards and mason lines to make the provisions for landing. Then lay the outside edges from top to the level, remove the sod, excavate the soil to the right depth, use masking tapes to lay other posts, and then dig holes for the posts. Cut fiber tube forms, nail the wood on the opposite side of the forms, add posts to the holes and brace them to place. Prepare concrete and fill the forms then let the concrete dry before you remove the forms, lay the landscape and cover with gravel, fix the cross beams, and finally install landing.
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The GOP?s Ignorance Quotient, that is.
On August 19th, Representative Todd Akin, the GOP Senate nominee fromMissouri answered a question about abortion. He avowed that he was nearlyabsolute on the topic?no abortion ever for any reason, not even rape. Akin said,"It seems to me, from what I understand fromdoctors, that?s really rare. If it?s a legitimate rape, the female body hasways to try to shut that whole thing down.?
As ignorant as this sounds, it?s not thefirst time such an off-the-wall idea about a woman?s body and its secretionshas been presented as fact by a Republican Congressman.
In 1988, the Repub Representative from PennsylvaniaStephen Friend said that the odds that a raped woman will become pregnant are?one in millions and millons and millions? Friend backed his assertion up with hisbelief that rape causes a woman ?to secrete a certain secretion? and thiscertain secretion kills bad sperm.
In 1995, the Republican state Representativefrom North Carolina Henry Aldridge reported to the House AppropriationsCommittee that, "The facts show that people who are raped ? who are trulyraped ? the juices don't flow, the body functions don't work and they don't getpregnant. Medical authorities agree that this is a rarity, if ever."
In 1998, during his Senate campaign inArkansas, Republican candidate Dr. Fay Boozman said that hormones generated byfear prevented rape victims from getting pregnant. Dr. Boozman was an ophthalmologist.He said he had picked this information up about women?s bodies while he was aresident at the University of the Arkansas Medical Center in the 1970?s.
In 1999, a physician and former president ofthe ?National Right to Life Committee? John C. Wilke wrote an article in ?ChristianLife Resources. Wilke said: ?Finally, the factor in what is certainly one ofthe most important reasons why a rape victim rarely gets pregnant, and that'sphysical trauma. Every woman is aware that stress and emotional factors canalter her menstrual cycle. To get and stay pregnant a woman's body must producea very sophisticated mix of hormones. Hormone production is controlled by apart of the brain that is easily influenced by emotions. There's no greateremotional trauma that can be experienced by a woman than an assault rape. Thiscan radically upset her possibility of ovulation, fertilization, implantationand even nurturing of a pregnancy. So what further percentage reduction inpregnancy will this cause? No one knows, but this factor certainly cuts thislast figure by at least 50 percent and probably more.?
On Monday, Vanessa Heggie posted a blog in UK?s ?The Guardian?. MsHeggie said a legal text written about the year 1290 included a clause based onan old-old-old wives? tale. Miss Heggie reported that part of the text said, ?If,however, the woman should have conceived at the time alleged in the appeal, itabates, for without a woman?s consent she could not conceive.?
One would have assumed that fancifullore from the year 1290 might have been discounted and finally disproved in theUnited States by 2012. One would have assumed this, except in the antediluvian,troglodyte, nonsense-spewing, myth-loving, ignorant Republican Party, that is.
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|Cape Verde: Two dream investments in one
||Everyone has a dream home in their mind: a place
where they would love to grow old. But what if your dream home is different to
Dr. Bjorn Wenngren and his business partner Per
Tamm had a simple solution: split it in two.
After working with Save the Children for more than
a decade in Cape Verde, where he met his wife, the doctor knew that he wanted
to return to the islands to retire.
|Cape Verdes First World Heritage Site
||Cidade Velha has become Cape Verde’s first UNESCO World Heritage site. The town of Ribeira Grande, renamed Cidade Velha in the late 18th century, was the first European colonial outpost in the tropics. Located in the south of the island of Santiago, the town features some of the original street layout and impressive remains including two churches, a royal fortress and Pillory Square with its ornate 16th century marble pillar.
|New Cape Verde Road
||The new Orgãos-Pedra Badejo was recently opened to traffic on Santiago Island, Cape Verde. The road was completed under a compact with the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a US-government sponsored corporation. The new road is one part of MCC’s $110 million five year compact with Cape Verde to stimulate economic growth. The newly opened stretch of road is 10 kilometers long.
“I congratulate the citizens and gove...
|Business Becoming Easier in Cape Verde
||A new secure online system is making it much easier to do business in and with Cape Verde. The new system makes it easier to conduct business in several ways. For island businesses, the most important benefit is perhaps in easing the process of registering a business in the African nation. Prior to the new system, it was time consuming and difficult to file all the necessary paperwork, but now the whole process can be done in less than a day. Wit...
|Cape Verde Joins West Africa Cable System
||Cape Verde is set to be connected to the new West Africa Cable System (WACS) along the coast of Africa. This new system will boost bandwith capacity for the islands and keep the country connected to the rest of the world when other systems go down. Cape Verde Telecom has now signed two deals to be part of the WACS cable and secure a Cape Verde landing for the project.
The 14,000 kilometer-long WACS aims to increase the bandwith capacity ...
|Cape Verde Tourists Up in 2008
||The African island nation of Cape Verde saw a 6.5 percent increase in the number of tourists visiting in 2008. That good news is according to the National Statistics Institute (INE), and it comes as the international economic crisis has taken a bite out of many popular holiday destinations.
Cape Verde’s hotels saw approximately 330,000 guests during 2008 according to the INE, which is an increase of 6.5 percent from 2007. Other for...
|Cape Verde Plans 75 Berth Marina at Murdeira Beach
||The Murdeira Beach Resort is a new development on the island of Sal in the Cape Verde Islands, off the west coast of North Africa. This new project is the most ambitious development on the islands to date and will have some of the nicest homes in the country. The resort is setting the standard for luxury and quality on the island is already being touted as an example for other projects.
Murdeira Beach Resort is currently under constructi...
|Cape Verde to Receive Development Funds
||The African Development Bank (ADB) recently announced that it was providing US$287 million in funding over the next three years to Cape Verde. This investment will go towards developing the country’s infrastructure, according to an announcement from Cape Verde’s ambassador to Portugal, Arnadlo Andrade.
“The ADB’s announcement of a US$287 million programme for the next three years means significant support for Cape...
|Cape Verde Scores Higher
||International property investors have had their eyes on Cape Verde for the past few years, with its tropical location, increased flights, foreign investment and tourism. The island nation off the west coast of North Africa has a number of positive aspects that have aided people who want to find a good place to invest or find a second home. The latest release of the annual Index of Economic Freedom provides yet another reason to invest in Cape Ver...
|Cape Verde Developer Buys Jumbo Jets For Clients
||Cape Verde West Africa is without doubt an up and coming place for international real estate investors and to prove it one property developer has bought two Boeing 747s to fly people to its luxury resort.
Flash Group Developments who are behind the stunning Palm View Resort Cape Verde will be running their own airline direct to Boa Vista Cape Verde. The airline will be named after company director Ciaran Maguire.
Palm view resor...
|The First 6 Star Property Resort Cape Verde
||The easternmost of the Cape Verde Islands is Boa Vista, which is home to the Palm View Resort. This spectacular six-star residential resort is nestled amongst the date palms on the island of beaches and sand dunes. There are spacious apartments and modern villas with beachfront access and wonderful ocean views .
The residences are full of the most modern amenities and luxuries, including 42” plasma TVs with DVD, Italian marble...
|Property in Cape Verde Will Still Boom
||Cape Verde is one of the world’s most popular real estate markets, and the government has issued a statement that it hopes will calm any investor fears and keep the islands growing. The African islands have a wonderful environment and that has helped to spur growth in recent years. But it has also led to fears that there may be too much of a good thing, and there have been worries that the government may slow or stop sales of land to foreig...
|Cape Verde Property Market Continues to Shine
||According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development the Cape Verde economy grew by 6.7% in 2007 and predictions have it growing by over 8% for 2008. With major infrastructure developments under way and regulatory initiatives such as the Cape Verde Initiative (CVI), Cape Verde should continue to see strong growth in its property sector as well as overall economy.
The African island nation of Cape Verde has become ...
|Overseas Property Hot Spot Reveals First 6 Star Resort
||9/6/08 -The emerging property hot spot Cape Verde sees the first true 6 star development on Boa Vista Island the furthest east of the Cape Verde archipelago. Cape Verde which is located, off the horn of Africa, are the closest tropical islands to the UK and are becoming a popular destination for holiday travelers and international real estate investors. The resort at Palm View is one of the world's few 6* resorts and is just 5.5 hours from the UK...
|Flight News For Cape Verde & Brazilian Property Investors
||The national airline of Cape Verde Islands, TACV Cabo Verde Airlines, is looking to increase its flights to Brazil with the coming of the holiday season, according to reports in Afrol News. TACV currently offers weekly flights every Friday into Fortaleza in the northeast Brazilian state of Ceara. These flights originate in Praia, Cape Verde Islands, with connections to Lisbon. The airline plans to increase that to twice weekly and add a new fligh...
|Cape Verde Real Estate Huge Investment Takes Place
||A new resort development is now under construction on the island of Sal, Cape Verde Islands. These islands, off the horn of Africa, are the closest tropical islands to the UK and are becoming a popular destination for holiday travelers and international real estate investors. Pedra de Lume is a spectacular new resort situated between the historic salt mines and white sandy beaches on Sal. News reports in indicate the investment in this resor...
|Good News For Cape Verde Real Estate
||One of the main elements that overseas property investors look for in an emerging real estate market is accessibility. The recent news that Cape Verde is now even easier to get to is set to have a positive effect on the housing market on the islands. TACV, the national flag carrier of the Cape Verde Republic recently announced that they will be flying direct flights from London Stansted to Cape Verde from October 29th 2007.
The new servi...
|More Long Distance Overseas Property Buyers says Moneycorp
||With its beautiful sun-soaked beaches, the island paradise of Cape Verde is a good place to consider buying overseas property. Like many property hot spots Cape Verde is further a field than traditional locations. Cape Verde has seen a dramatic rise in popularity over the last few years. Thanks in part to new air routes and the fantastic publicity the country has received, Cape Verde property enquiries have increased a staggering ten times over s...
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February 6, 1991 |
China plans to open a cultural exchange center in the former home of Pearl S. Buck, the American author who won a Nobel prize for her novel about a Chinese peasant family, an official report said Tuesday. Buck, author of "The Good Earth," lived in China for 36 years. Her missionary parents came to Zhenjiang, in coastal Jiangsu province, in 1892, when she was an infant. Officials in Zhenjiang plan to convert her home, which has been well preserved, into a center for Sino-U.S. exchanges.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
September 24, 1986
In his parody on the debate over the Strategic Defense Initiative, Alan Neidle overlooked a very important aspect of the story of "The Leopards vs. the Baboons." You see, within this community of baboons there lived a rather large family of Red-tail baboons. This particular family of baboons was not only opposed to the idea of building a strategic defensive net over the community, but had in the past opposed many other efforts on the part of the baboon leader and his supporters to protect the community from the bloodthirsty leopards.
June 5, 1994
The Cultural Education Project of Teen Post Inc. is accepting applications for 9- to 17-year-olds interested in a cultural exchange visit to Brazil. The two-week trip is scheduled for August and will include visits to Rio de Janeiro and Bahia. Cost for airfare and hotel is $1,277 per person for double occupancy, and $1,225 for triple occupancy.
February 2, 2003 |
Critics of imperialism have long insisted that international exchange and free trade are screens for the colonization of one culture by another. In my "Jihad vs. McWorld," for example, I argued that the dominant pop culture of the United States, embedded in fast food, fast music and fast computers, not only erodes the particularity of foreign cultures but also promotes a radical homogenization of taste and mores within American society as well as around the world.
October 25, 2001
7pm Music Conductor John Alexander will open the 34th season of the Pacific Chorale with Verdi's mighty "Manzoni" Requiem, written to commemorate the death (May 22, 1873) of the Italian poet, novelist and patriot that Verdi and most of Italy venerated. A large-scale, operatic work, the requiem makes tremendous demands upon the chorus, orchestra and soloists. Assisting here will be soprano Camellia Johnson, mezzo-soprano Robynne Redmon, tenor Philip Webb and bass-baritone Stephen Bryant.
April 18, 1986 |
Charles Kuralt is on the road again . . . this time, off to Moscow to chronicle the homecoming of virtuoso pianist Vladimir Horowitz who on Sunday will play in the Soviet Union after 61 years of self-exile. In 1925, Horowitz left, seeking artistic freedom and vowing never to return. In a special two-hour broadcast of "CBS News Sunday Morning" (8-10 a.m.
September 4, 2012
Join us at noon today for a live Google+ Hangout chat with sportswriter David Wharton and deputy sports editor John Cherwa. Wharton was in China with the UCLA men's basketball on their recent historic trip. The trip to China was a trial run, the start of what could be an annual exchange between the Pac-12 and the Federation of University Sports of China. Pac-12 officials are eager to foster relationships with a country where they might someday broadcast games and sell merchandise to a basketball-crazed populace.
February 4, 1994 |
In building a community in a new country, Vietnamese Americans also had to rebuild a cultural life from scratch, one that evolved and flourished in virtual isolation from the land that is its source. So says Co Pham, president of the Westminster-based Vietnamese Chamber of Commerce and a longtime (and often embattled) proponent of lifting the U.S. trade embargo against Vietnam, an action President Clinton took Thursday.
November 29, 2000 |
Pingpong diplomacy in 1971 smoothed U.S. relations with China. When the United States reached out to a new democratic South Africa, performers from the Dance Theater of Harlem helped forge diplomacy. As the Cold War thawed, pianist Vladimir Horowitz returned to his native Russia in 1986 to give concerts. Culture speaks a universal language and can play a critical role in U.S.
April 3, 1999
Valdes-Rodriguez's First Person column was her fourth report on the "Music Bridges" event. The other articles ran March 23, 27 and 29. What was the editorial reason for printing Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez's slur of Woody Harrelson in Cuba "(An Accidental Island Tour," March 30)? Like a well-polished mirror, this bilious account gave an illuminated reflection of its author, the jaded anti-Castro expatriates she exemplifies and the increasingly smug, trivializing reporting of some of the L.A. Times' art and cultural writers.
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Floaters: How Can You Model the Position of an Iceberg in Water?
How can you model the position of an iceberg in water?
- 3-ounce (90-ml) paper cup
- Tap water
- Wide-mouthed quart (liter) jar
- 2 teaspoons (10 ml) table salt
- NOTE: This project requires a freezer.
- Fill the cup with water.
- Place the cup in the freezer for 2 hours or until the water in the cup is completely frozen.
- Fill the jar three-fourths full with water.
- Add the salt to the water in the jar and stir.
- Remove the ice from the cup. To do this, wrap your hands around the cup for 5 to 6 seconds. The warmth from your hands melts some of the ice, making it easy to remove.
- Tilt the jar and slowly slide the ice into the jar.
- Observe the amount of ice above and below the surface of the water.
More ice is below the water's surface than above it.
When water freezes, it expands. The density of ice is slightly less than the density of water. As a result, ice floats in water, but is only slightly lifted above the water's surface. The greater the difference between the density of water and the density of ice, the higher the ice floats in the water. Icebergs (large mass of floating ice in the ocean), like the ice in this experiment, float in seawater, which is salty. Icebergs would float slightly lower in freshwater because the difference in density between ice and freshwater is less than that between ice and seawater.
Arctic icebergs are generally jagged pieces of ice. How does this irregular shape affect the position of the iceberg in the water? Repeat the experiment, making two cups of ice. Remove the ice from the cups, and place the two pieces on a plate. Wet 2 to 3 ice cubes with water and stack them on one of the blocks of ice. Put the plate back in the freezer for 10 minutes. Place the ice pieces into a large see-through bowl filled about threefourths full with water. Compare the amount of ice each block has above and below the water's surface.
Fill the foil box with water and set it on a plate. Place the plate in the freezer for 3 hours, or until the water in the box is completely frozen. Fill a 2-quart (2-liter) transparent bowl three-fourths full with water; add 1 tablespoon (15 ml) of table salt and stir. Remove the ice from the foil box by peeling away the foil. Place the ice in the bowl, and observe the amount of ice above and below the surface of the water.
- Antarctic icebergs are tabular (table top) in shape. Make a model of a tabular iceberg by forming a rectangular mold from a 12-by-18-inch (30-by-45-cm) piece of heavyduty aluminum foil. Make a shallow box out of the piece of foil by following these steps:
- Fold the foil in half three times to make a 41/2-by-6-inch (11.25-by-15-cm) rectangle.
- Fold up about 1 inch (2.5 cm) on each edge of the foil rectangle to make the sides of the box.
- Fold each corner of the foil to one side so that it is snug against the sides of the box.
- The color of the ice in icebergs depends on the materials trapped inside the ice and how compressed the ice is. Trapped air bubbles tend to reflect more light, causing the ice to look milky white. Design a way to freeze water with different amounts of air bubbles. The warmer the water, the less gas dissolved in it. Try freezing both warm and cold water. Fill one 3-ounce (90-ml) paper cup with warm water and a second cup with cold water. After the water freezes, compare the color of the two ice samples.
- Another possible way to increase the amount of air bubbles might be to mix the water with air. Repeat the previous experiment, but pour the cold water into a jar. Seal the jar and shake it vigorously to mix the water and air inside. Then, pour the water into the paper cup for freezing. Again, compare the color of the frozen samples. For more information about the color of icebergs, see pages 158–159 in Janice VanCleave's Oceans for Every Kid (New York: Wiley, 1996).
Check It Out!
Some Arctic icebergs are as large as a 10-story building. But not all bergs are kingsize; some are small. Those measuring up to about 33 feet (10 m) across are called growlers. Find out more about icebergs. What are bergy bits? How does the size of Arctic and Antarctic icebergs compare? How are icebergs formed? Where are most of the icebergs formed? For information, see ice and ice formation in an encyclopedia.
Warning is hereby given that not all Project Ideas are appropriate for all individuals or in all circumstances. Implementation of any Science Project Idea should be undertaken only in appropriate settings and with appropriate parental or other supervision. Reading and following the safety precautions of all materials used in a project is the sole responsibility of each individual. For further information, consult your state’s handbook of Science Safety.
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Previously, it was known that there are some foods that can relieve migraines. Well, a new study had found that Ice cream is able to treat headaches. The study shows, how ice cream and cold drinks serve as a springboard for the treatment of headaches, including migraines.
There are many causes of migraines, the invention disclosed in the Experimental Biology conference in the United States proved that a headache is a disease that causes their sufferers difficult to concentrate and learn. Headache also has unexpected properties, that often puzzles scientists. (more…)Recent search: بستنی, how to eat icer cream, medic magic creme
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A Look at a Few Gold Ratios / A Few Words on Risk
I have talked about gold ratios and their importance several times in the past (The Gold Blog. Gold/Silver/GSMs (and a little Oil for good measure), Thoughts on the Dow/Gold Ratio, etc.). It is important to look at the performance of asset classes not only in nominal terms (all US assets are bought and paid for in Federal Reserve Notes (aka the US Dollar) and so everything has an exchange rate whether you are consciously aware of it or not. e.g. 1150 FRNs (or $) / Maytag Neptune Front Load Washing Machine (item)) but in terms of other currencies (765 EUR / Maytag Neptune Front Load Washing Machine (item)), most especially gold (1oz Gold / Maytag Neptune Front Load Washing Machine (item)).
If you don't think gold is a currency, then stop wasting your time reading this post.
Gold is a very important unit of monetary measure (I will not go into a big diatribe here. I have covered this many times already as have many other bloggers and writers). Most specifically gold:
1) Is the longest lived currency in history
2) Is a non-inflating currency (new mining supply adds very little to the above ground supply, on the order of 0.5%-1.5% per year)
3) Gold is a safe haven asset. It doesn't pay dividends, it does not multiply. It holds value. It protects wealth. As such when risk is high / confidence in the financials markets is low gold historically outperforms
And guess what gold is doing right now :
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The Topeka Police Department has launched an initiative to reduce property crimes in the capital city — a program, it says, that will be the first in the nation in terms of size and scope.
Once it has $860,000 to start the program, businesses can opt to pay monthly leases to attach a tracking device to their property. O’Fallon, Mo.-based Electronic Tracking Systems will install software at the police department to track the devices, should they be stolen.
“This program is going to send a message: Don’t mess with Topeka,” said Jennifer Thomas, ETS program manager for Topeka. “If you do, there’s going to be a bad outcome. This catches them red-handed.”
Thomas is working with the police department as a consultant from ETS, which pays her salary, she said. Eventually, the program will need a full-time staff person dedicated to managing the system, she said, but that position will be funded through a public-private partnership, not by the city.
Before that, the program has to have enough money to start — a price tag of $860,000. Toward that end, the police department and ETS are turning to the Topeka community for assistance. They have set up a donation fund — Safer Cities Better Cities Topeka — with the nonprofit Prevention and Recovery Services, 2209 S.W. 29th St.
“Our business is to fight crime, not raise money for the department,” said Lt. Joe Perry, who helped jump-start the program.
Donations made out to the fund name can be sent to PARS or at www.parstopeka.com.
Relying on the public-private partnership is what makes the Topeka program unique from other 500 city police departments throughout the United States that have the system, Thomas said.
“We’re asking the community to help, because people want to make a difference,” she said. “People want to be able to say, ‘I helped stop this problem.’ ”
In the past two weeks, the fund has raised $5,000, Thomas said.
Once the program has the start-up money, annual maintenance costs will be about one-eighth that cost, or $107,500. About 15 percent — $16,000 — will go back to the police department, she said. The remaining $91,000 would go to ETS.
Some of those funds will come from device leases, Thomas said, which range from $40 to $100 a month, depending on the engineering involved in attaching the tracking device to the item.
Thomas said ETS and the police department have been developing the initiative since this past April, when Perry called ETS hoping to reduce the city’s property crime.
Topeka experienced 6,817 property crimes in 2012, according to a news release from the police department. Each crime averages between $7,500 and $21,000 in losses — putting the conservative estimate of community loss last year at $51 million.
Contrary to other ETS programs, which just monitor robberies, Topeka’s tracking system would track all property crimes, including robberies and thefts of all kinds, including auto, copper and pharmaceutical thefts, Thomas said.
“You name it, and we can put a tracking device on it,” she said.
Rather than having several officers on a stakeout — both to keep eyes on the baited vehicle and to hide until a suspect approaches — the police could simply put a tracking device on the vehicle and monitor its position, Perry said.
That means the police department can divert officers to different issues — such as violent crime — and the city and county will save money by reducing the time and resources these crimes consume in the judicial process, Thomas said.
Reducing crime also helps raise property values and the city’s tax base, as well as improve safety, the release states.
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By Chris Tilley, Other Voices
The New York Times recently dropped a bombshell about Walmart, the world’s largest retailer and biggest private U.S. employer. The Times revealed that in 2005, an internal Walmart investigation found evidence that its rapidly growing Mexican affiliate had distributed $24 million in bribes to speed approval of new stores by government officials. Rather than pursue the evidence or alert U.S. and Mexican authorities as required by law, Walmart shut down the investigation.
The news probably didn’t surprise Betty Dukes. She was the lead plaintiff in a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of 1.5 million female workers who accused Walmart of gender-based discrimination regarding pay and promotions. The Supreme Court rejected the suit last year when its conservatives deemed the “class” of current and former Walmart employees as too broad.
Walmart wasn’t as lucky in dozens of other lawsuits. Its current and former workers have repeatedly sued it for forcing them to work extra hours without pay. The company has lost or settled over and over at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars. Walmart also got into legal trouble for responding to successful union organizing drives by closing unionized stores or departments in the United States and Canada. After Walmart bought Chile’s largest supermarket chain in 2009, labor law violations in those South American stores spiked. Viewing Walmart’s overall record, it’s hard to avoid concluding that this is a habitual offender. The corporation is so arrogant that it seems to think it can ignore the law.
But it would be a mistake to view Walmart as a single bad apple. Just to take one example, sex discrimination suits have been brought against numerous other retail chains, including Abercrombie & Fitch, Best Buy, Home Depot, and Publix. Even Costco, sometimes held up as a worker-friendly “anti-Walmart,” has faced similar lawsuits. And looking beyond retail, we know that leading up to the market’s 2008 crash, dozens of financial service firms and executives bent or broke the law. The problem isn’t a few bad actors. It’s an environment that incubates unethical and even illegal corporate behavior.
It’s tempting to throw up our hands. What can we do when a dog-eat-dog market pushes companies to compete even to the point of cutting corners?
There’s an answer to be found where you might not expect it: Brazil. In that sometimes chaotic country of 200 million people, Walmart is the No. 3 retailer and a relatively responsible corporate citizen. Walmart generally complies with Brazilian labor laws, engages in collective bargaining with Brazilian unions, and has even cooperated with unions and government officials to eliminate child labor in the meat-packing plants that supply its stores.
Tight regulation contributed to this distinction. Since 2002, the Brazilian government has stepped up the enforcement of its labor laws, supporting unions and boosting pay for those at the bottom as part of a drive to increase productivity and build a bigger middle-class market. Brazilian regulators have particularly targeted large companies like Walmart without hurting the economy. Brazil has enjoyed rapid and across-the-board growth as nearly 30 million people moved out of poverty in the past decade.
The irony of the latest revelations on Walmart’s wrongdoing in Mexico is that Mexico had been viewed as the biggest success story in Walmart’s global empire. At a time when Walmart’s U.S. stores were experiencing declining same-store sales, Walmex continued to boom. Now it appears that boom may have been bought, not earned.
What the cases of Mexico and the United States, on the one hand, and Brazil on the other, tell us is that corporate wrongdoing flourishes where it’s permitted. Corporate arrogance will reach its limit only if we draw the line.
Chris Tilly is the director of the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment at the University of California, Los Angeles. He’s writing a book on retail work around the globe.
[Photo by Walmart Stores]
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Tutorial 17: Shady Characters - HTML with Style | 5
Numeric character references use a number to refer to a character in the document character set. As we saw earlier, HTML's character set is UCS. There are two ways to use numeric character references. One is to use decimal numbers and the other is to use hexadecimal numbers. Here are some examples:
<P>å or å is the latin letter "a" with a circle above it.</P> <P>И or И is the Cyrillic letter "I".</P> <P>水 or 水 is the Chinese character for water.</P>
As you can see, numeric character references start with an ampersand and a hash mark (&#), are followed by a number in decimal or the letter "x" and a number in hexadecimal, and are ended with a semi-colon (;).
å or å is the latin letter "a" with a circle above it.
И or И is the Cyrillic letter "I".
水 or 水 is the Chinese character for water.
If you don't see what you expected to see above, don't worry: numeric character references are nice, but they do have some serious niggles: First of all, if you're using Netscape Navigator or an older version of another browser, you probably won't see the hexadecimal references displayed correctly. This is because many older browsers don't recognize the hexadecimal syntax. For this reason, you should generally avoid the hexadecimal notation until its use becomes more wide-spread. The reason it is included in the specification is that most character sets, including UCS, list characters in hexadecimal in their specification, so it should be easy to look up a character in the specification and just insert it into your document. But, to be on the safe side, use a scientific calculator or something similar to convert the number to decimal.
Also, many older browsers do not properly understand character references with respect to the character set, and attempt to interpret them according to the character encoding. This is another source of confusion for people trying to understand the difference between character set and character encoding (or, you might say, a result of many programmers not understanding said distinction; but I digress). This should not be a problem with this document, as it uses the UTF-8 encoding that covers all of UCS, but it might be a problem if you where using an encoding that did not cover, for instance, the Chinese character for water used in the example above.
Another reason that you may not view the above characters correctly is if your browser does not have access to a font that contains glyphs (images) for these characters. Your browser might understand that the above entity stands for the water character, but be unable to display it. If this is the case, the browser will probably display a question mark or a blank box in place of the character. This is usually not much of a problem; usually, if your audience is expected to be able to read a document containing certain characters, they'll probably have appropriate fonts.
And before you start whining, another reason the above characters don't work for you might be that I speak no languages that use them, so I may have gotten them wrong. In this case, I apologise and welcome criticism on the matter.
In general, numerical character references can cause a lot of trouble with browsers that are not properly internationalized. The best solution is to avoid them and use characters from your selected character encoding instead.
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Mar. 6, 2010 The search for new therapeutic agents is time-consuming and expensive. Pharmaceutical companies may have to screen thousands of compounds for the ability to bind a target molecule before they hit upon a promising drug candidate.
A group of Biophysicists at LMU Munich led by Professor Dieter Braun, a member of the Cluster of Excellence "Nanosystems Initiative Munich" (NIM), and a partner in NanoTemper (an LMU spin-off), have now developed a unique technology called "microscale thermophoresis" that allows to measure intereactions under close-to-native conditions, thus improving the decision making process in drug development.
The technique takes advantage of the Soret effect -- the tendency of molecules to drift along temperature gradients, usually from warm to cold. If a compound encounters and binds to another molecule, its thermophoretic parameters change, and its trajectory may even be reversed. This phenomenon can be exploited to determine whether a molecule that is known to play a causative role in a given disease binds to a test substance. In the test, which can be carried out directly on blood samples, the thermodiffusion of a labelled biomolecule of interest is measured in the presence and absence of a candidate binding agent. If the two bind together to form a complex, the resulting change in their thermophoretic behaviour can be detected.
"Detection of binding activity is the first step on the road to a new drug," says Braun. "The new method also has potential applications in medical diagnostics, and in food and environmental monitoring."
The procedures conventionally used to identify candidate drugs are normally carried out in artificial buffer solutions, and the results often have little relationship to a compound's binding affinity for its target in the blood.
The new thermophoretic technique, on the other hand, allows one to perform the binding test directly in a blood sample and therefore gives more reliable results. The substance to be tested is mixed with a blood sample containing a target that is known to be associated with a disease state and has been labelled with a fluorescent tag. A tiny drop of the mixture is taken up into a thin glass capillary tube, and a focused beam of IR-laser light is used to heat a small volume of the solution in the middle of the tube. This gives rise to a temperature gradient that falls off towards the outside. The response of the labelled molecule to the variation in temperature can then be followed using fluorescence methods.
Upon heating of the sample, it immediately becomes apparent whether or not the fluorescent target-molecules in the sample behave differently in the presence of the drug test compound than they do in its absence. Any difference in thermophoresis between the two samples indicates that the test substance binds to the labelled target, and provides the first hint that it may have therapeutic potential.
"Our method will not only be a boon to drug discovery," says Braun. "It can also be used in medical diagnostics, food testing and environmental monitoring. One could, for instance, employ it to diagnose autoimmune diseases and infections, or as the basis for a rapid test for the presence of antibiotics in milk or toxic substances in water."
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- Philipp Baaske, Christoph J. Wienken, Philipp Reineck, Stefan Duhr und Dieter Braun. Optical Thermophoresis for Quantifying the Buffer Dependence of Aptamer Binding. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2010; NA DOI: 10.1002/anie.200903998
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May 16, 2013 |
NEW YORK - The next wave of union protesters isn't blue collar. It's lawyers, paralegals, secretaries, helicopter pilots, judges, insurance agents and podiatrists. These white-collar workers are not exactly the picture of the labor movement, but they are becoming a more essential part of it as they turn to unions for help in a tough economy as bosses try to squeeze out more profits. "Employers have been downsizing, asking employees to take on larger roles, making them work more hours," said Nicole Korkolis, spokeswoman for the Office and Professional Employees International Union.
July 28, 2012 |
In staffing his organic-oriented Fresco Community Market in Montecito Heights early last year, Jon Murga looked for employees in an unlikely place: skid row. He hired 11 people then and one this month through a job development program at the Los Angeles Mission. Most were trying to stay off drugs, alcohol or both as they struggled to exit the ranks of the homeless. Some were trying to put criminal convictions in the past. To Murga, 47, it is the right thing for employers in the community to do: "It's possible to change the conversation about the homeless situation.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
May 12, 2013 |
In 1986, lawmakers decided the problem of illegal immigration had to be dealt with. More than 3 million people were living in the United States after crossing the border illegally or overstaying their visas. A new law signed by President Ronald Reagan gave legal status and a path to citizenship to most of those unauthorized residents - helping many secure a slice of the American dream but also giving fuel to critics who sought to turn "amnesty" into a pejorative. Less than 30 years later, the number of immigrants living in the country illegally is thought to have nearly quadrupled, and the freighted baggage of amnesty looms over new efforts to reform the nation's immigration laws.
April 3, 2011 |
Thousands of employers in California and across the country are slashing expensive doctors and hospitals from their insurance rosters in a move to hold down rising healthcare costs — a trend that is gaining favor with corporate bosses, if not the rank and file. The savings on insurance premiums — nearly 25% in some cases — are gained when companies switch their health plans to "narrow network" HMOs that offer fewer choices of medical providers. California, with nearly 21 million people in health maintenance organizations, is driving the rapid expansion of these networks.
April 8, 2013
Employers are frequently using monitoring software to make their employees more productive at work, according to an article in the Los Angeles Times, part of a series about the "Tougher Workplace. " Although the Constitution speaks of a "reasonable" expectation of privacy, this is largely not applicable at private employers. Courts are still sifting through the changes that technology has caused in the workplace and figuring out what employers can and can't do. The exchange below aims to help clarify some issues.
July 3, 2011 |
Major employers across the country, eager to curb fast-rising healthcare costs, are opening their own state-of-the-art health centers where doctors and nurses provide medical care to workers often just steps from their desks. The cost-cutting strategy has been embraced by dozens of companies — typically large employers that are self-insured and pay their own medical claims, including Walt Disney Co., Qualcomm Inc. and American Express Co. Many of the health centers are full-service medical offices equipped with exam rooms, X-ray machines and pharmacies.
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The Presidential...Every year come Thanksgiving, Americans are used to a familiar scene: the president meets for a quick photo op pardoning a bewildered bird.
The history seems a bit murky: Harry S. Truman had photos snapped of him with a turkey in 1949, but there's scant evidence the bird was pardoned. Dwight Eisenhower is reported to have eaten the birds presented to him.
John F. Kennedy - pictured above at the White House - is said to have started the pardoning tradition in 1963 when he decided to keep his bird.
Here's a look at presidents and their turkeys through the years.
(Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
Decision 2012: C...For the first time, Americans in 2012 had a say in the Presidential turkey. Voting on Facebook with "likes," the public choose between the two Virginia-raised birds, Cobbler and Gobbler. In the end, it appeared that Cobbler won the honors with 2,595 votes by the time polls closed on Tuesday. (Photo: White House/ Facebook)
The Obamas and '...President Barack Obama, with daughters Sasha and Malia, pardons Liberty, a 19-week old, 45-pound turkey, on the occasion of Thanksgiving, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011, on the North Portico of the White House in Washington. At left is National Turkey Federation Chairman Richard Huisinga. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Obamas' First Wh...President Barack Obama, right, with daughters, Sasha Obama, 8, Malia Obama, 11, reacts with Walter Pelletier, chairman of the National Turkey Federation, as Malia reaches to pet a turkey, Courage, the day before Thanksgiving, during a ceremony in the North Portico of the White House in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
George W. and 'F...President Bush, right, pets 'Flyer' after pardoning the National Thanksgiving turkey during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2006, in Washington. Holding the turkey is Lynn Nutt, left, from Springfield, Mo. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
George W. and 'B...President Bush and handlers keep a tight hold on Biscuits the turkey during the Pardoning of the National Thanksgiving Turkey ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2004, in Washington. After the ceremony, the turkey was retired to the Kidwell Farm petting zoo at Frying Pan Park in Herndon, Va. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Clinton and 'Jer...President Clinton, holding his nephew Tyler, 6, grants a "pardon" to a turkey named Jerry, from Barron Wis., during the annual Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation at White House, in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2000.(AP Photo/Kenneth Lambert)
No Pardon?President Bill Clinton looks over a half-cooked Thanksgiving Day turkey, Thursday morning, Nov. 23, 2000, during his holiday stay at Camp David, Md. (AP Poto/The White House)
Clinton, Thanksg...President Clinton accepts a 60-pound, white-feathered turkey from Raeford, N.C., during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 1997. (AP Photo/Joe Marquette)
A Feisty BirdPresident Clinton reacts as Andy Rutledge presents him with a 75-pound turkey, compliments of the National Turkey Federation, Wednesday Nov. 22, 1995 in the Rose Garden of the White House. As in past years, the turkey was granted amnesty and donated to the Kidwell Farms petting zoo in Fairfax, Va. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
George H.W. BushPresident George H.W. Bush at the annual Pardoning of the Thanksgiving Turkey in 1991. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
Ronald ReaganPresident Ronald Reagan pardons a turkey in the annual White House ceremony in 1983. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
Gerald FordPresident Gerald Ford pardons a turkey donated by representatives of the National Turkey Federation during a ceremony in the Rose Garden in 1975. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
Richard NixonPresident Richard Nixon receiving a Thanksgiving turkey from members during the annual pardoning ceremony. Date unknown. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
Harry Truman, 19...President Harry Truman receives a Thanksgiving turkey from members of the Poultry and Egg National Board and other representatives of the turkey industry, outside the White House in 1949. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
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Russian scientists expect humanity to encounter alien civilisations within the next two decades, a top Russian astronomer said on Monday.
"The genesis of life is as inevitable as the formation of atoms ... Life exists on other planets and we will find it within 20 years," said Andrei Finkelstein, director of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Applied Astronomy Institute, according to the Interfax news agency.
Speaking at an international forum dedicated to the search for extraterrestrial life, Finkelstein said 10% of the known planets circling suns in the galaxy resemble Earth.
If water can be found there, then so can life, he said, adding that aliens would most likely resemble humans with two arms, two legs and a head.
"They may have different colour skin, but even we have that," he said.
Finkelstein's institute runs a programme launched in the 1960s at the height of the cold war space race to watch for and beam out radio signals to outer space.
"The whole time we have been searching for extraterrestrial civilisations, we have mainly been waiting for messages from space and not the other way," he said.
In March a Nasa scientist caused controversy after claiming to have found tiny fossils of alien bugs inside meteorites that landed on Earth.
Richard Hoover, an astrobiologist at the US space agency's Marshall space flight centre in Alabama, said filaments and other structures in rare meteorites appear to be microscopic fossils of extraterrestrial beings that resemble algae known as cyanobacteria.
Writing in the Journal of Cosmology, Hoover claimed that the lack of nitrogen in the samples, which is essential for life on Earth, indicated they are "the remains of extraterrestrial life forms that grew on the parent bodies of the meteorites when liquid water was present, long before the meteorites entered the Earth's atmosphere."
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Overview: Theology at DSPT
Theology programs at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology (DSPT) will help prepare you for any number of vocational endeavors, such as lay and ordained ministry in the Church, advanced academic research, or teaching.
As a member of the GTU, DSPT offers its students a broad selection of degree programs.
DSPT MATheology (MATh) program which emphasizes the relationship between philosophy & theology; and between tradition and contemporary culture. Or the GTU MA program which provides ecumenical and interreligious learning opportunities that prepare the student for professional life or further graduate study. For either degree program, the student must choose an area of concentration.
At DSPT, philosophy and theology are partnered to form a system of inquiry which helps address the current needs of both Church and society. Although many of our theology programs do not require this partnership with philosophy, students are encouraged to take advantage of the offerings of the Philosophy Department to enhance their study of theology. Interested students may also wish to pursue a concurrent Master of Arts degree in theology and philosophy or to combine a Master of Arts in theology with a Master of Divinity.
For more information about each of our academic programs, see:
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- 1. Review the BSA guidelines for boardsailing and explain steps you have taken to follow each of the ten guidelines found in Section V of Camp Program and Property Management, No. 20-920.
- 2. Explain precautions to be taken for boardsailing on each of the following.
- a. Lakes
- b. Rivers
- c. Ocean or bay areas
- 3. What is hypothermia? Describe to your counselor the symptoms of hypothermia. What special considerations in preventing hypothermia are necessary for boardsailing?
- 4. Properly rig and prepare the sailboard you are using. Point out and explain the function of each of the following: uphaul, outhaul, downhaul, cleat, leach, tack, clew, foot, skeg, centerboard, wishbone boom, universal, luff, and center of effort. Explain how to steer the sailboard.
- 5. Demonstrate your ability to uphaul the sail, find the neutral position to the wind (sail luffing), and control the board's position with foot movement.
- 6. With supervision from your instructor, sail a course that involves beating, reaching, and running. Change tack by coming about.
Source: 2007 Boy Scout Requirements (33215)
Info for Counselors
This award has been developed to introduce Scout-age children to basic boardsailing skills, equipment, and safety precautions; to encourage the development of skills that promote fitness and safe aquatic recreation; and to lay a skill and knowledge foundation for those who will later participate in more advanced and demanding activities on the water. Boardsailing BSA is well suited as a program feature for older Scouts at summer camp.
Any person recognized and certified as an instructor by Windsurfer International or the United States Boardsailing Association may serve as a counselor for this award with the approval of the local council. A person trained and experienced in boardsailing skills and safety may serve as a counselor for this award in a Scout summer camp program under the direction and supervision of a currently certified Aquatics Instructor, BSA. All requirements must be completed as stated on this Boardsailing BSA application. The counselor should not omit, vary, or add requirements. The requirements should be taught and completed in the order in which they are presented on the application.
Scouts completing the requirements will receive a swimsuit patch, No. 00249. A completed award application should be submitted to the local council by the counselor or unit leader.
Instruction must be conducted on a body of water meeting the criteria defined in the BSA guidelines for boardsailing. (See the "Aquatics" section of Camp Program and Property Management, No. 20-920.) A steady five- to seven-knot breeze is ideal for beginner practice. Initial water entry and practice should be on a gradual beach that meets Safe Swim Defense standards. The body of water should be free of other traffic, and be protected from shore and open water so that students are within fifty feet of assistance at all times during beginner instruction and practice.
A number of useful publications are available from equipment suppliers. The following are recommended:
- The Complete Guide to Windsurfing, by Jeremy Evans
- The Sailboard Book, by Jake Grubb
- Windsurfing, by Roger Jones
- Boardsailing Made Easy, by Chip Winans and Mimi Greenwood
Board Sailing Guidelines
(Found in Section V of Camp Program and Property Management, No. 90-920)
Whenever Scouts or Explorers participate in boardsailing activities, the following guidelines and practices should be followed:
- 1. A responsible adult must supervise all board-sailing activities. The supervising adult must be experienced and qualified in water safety (BSA Lifeguard, Red Cross Advanced Lifesaving, or YMCA Senior Lifesaver) and must be an experienced board sailor or use assistants with such qualifications.
- 2. Only persons who have successfully completed the official BSA swimmers test in the current year may participate in a board-sailing activity.
- 3. All participants must present evidence of fitness assured by a complete health history from a physician, parent, or legal guardian. The adult supervisor should adjust all supervision, discipline, and protection to anticipate any potential risks associated with individual health conditions. In the event of any significant health condition, an examination by a physician should be required by the adult supervisor.
- 4. All participants should receive instruction in boardsailing skills and safety from an experienced board sailor.
- 5. All persons must wear an approved U.S. Coast Guard personal flotation device (type II or III recommended) at all times while participating in a board-sailing activity.
- 6. No one sails alone; always have a buddy on the water (in a boat or on another board). Board sailors must stay within view and easy rescue range of lookout in an appropriately equipped rescue boat.
- 7. No board-sailing at night, at dusk, or in rough water. Weather and water conditions must be known and understood in advance of any board-sailing activity, and weather forecasts should be studied. Exposure suits are recommended for cool water or cool weather.
- 8. Avoid swimming areas, fishermen, and underwater diving activity. Use designated board-sailing beaches when available. Stay out of traffic or channels that have heavy traffic.
- 9. All equipment should be safety checked and repaired as needed before each use.
- 10. When in difficulty, a person should stay with the board and not attempt to swim ashore.
- 11. All participants should know, understand, and follow the rules and procedures for safe board-sailing. The supervisor should encourage the individual exercise of good judgment and self-discipline, and assure that safety rules are fairly and constantly enforced.
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Water resources in the region are subject to acute pressures due to high population density and low rainfall. It is also forecast that the South East is the region most likely to be affected by climate change.
A three-year project, funded by the EU LIFE-Environment programme, will offer free advice and management plans to landowners, businesses and local authorities on how to address issues such as pesticide use, erosion and more efficient water management in preventing continued damage to the water environment.
The South East is the second largest regional economy in the UK after London. The high level of economic activity and employment has attracted workers to the region, leading to an increase in population and high demands for water supply to homes and businesses.
Professor Ed Maltby, Director of the Institute for Sustainable Water, Integrated Management and Ecosystem Research (SWIMMER), said: "The South East has low rainfall relative to other UK regions and less available water per capita than drought-stricken Sudan. Hotter summers will mean even lower river flows and higher demand for garden watering and irrigation, leading to inevitable restrictions by the water providers.
"This new project tackles problems of low water supply by employing the Ecosystem Approach, a methodology to aid decision making which will help achieve sustainable use and conservation of water-dependent natural resources. Our project advisors will work closely with stakeholders to help reduce pollution and advise on strategies for the more efficient use of water. Without these methods in place the cost of water will continue to rise; permanent hosepipe bans may be put in place and stretches of river will dry up, destroying wildlife habitats."
At the conclusion of the project the team hope to see increased awareness in sustainable water use, improved water quality and provision of habitats in restored wetlands.
The project, Sustainable River Catchments of the South East (SuRCaSE), is a collaboration between the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA), SWIMMER, Southern Water, Mid Kent Water, The Westcountry Rivers Trust, The Environment Agency and English Nature.
Notes to editors
1. E.U. LIFE Programme
LIFE, the E.U.'s financial instrument for the Environment, was introduced in 1992 and is one of the spearheads of the European Union's environmental policy. It co-finances projects in three areas: Nature, Environment and Third Countries.
It supports actions that aim to implement Community policy and legislation on the environment in the European Union and accession countries. This approach enables demonstration and development of new methods for the protection and the enhancement of the environment.
2. The University of Liverpool is one of the UK's leading research institutions. It attracts collaborative and contract research commissions from a wide range of national and international organisations valued at more than £90 million annually.
3. SWIMMER is the new hub for water related research within the University of Liverpool. The Institute has been established to encourage joined-up thinking in the water & environmental sciences, to promote interdisciplinary collaboration and to facilitate first class research through new partnerships and active engagement with the end user community.
Last reviewed: By John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on 21 Feb 2009
Published on PsychCentral.com. All rights reserved.
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It's a pretty grim scene along Havana's famed malecon seaside drive this week-- an electrified pissing match between two deeply hypocritical governments.
Washington has no formal in embassy in Cuba but its practical equivalent -- the U.S. Interests Section-- sits in a well-known building right on the coastal road. This week U.S. diplomats put up a merrily-lit Xmas exhibition on the property with twinkling lights, a Santa, a Snowman etc.
That alone probably would have ticked off Fidel's government. For some time Christmas wasn't "recognized" in Cuba and it was only a few years ago that Cubans could start buying very expensive artificial Xmas trees in the hard-currency stores. But what really got Castro's goat this time was the big number '75' that the Americans planted in the middle of the holiday display -- the number of Cubans hastily rounded-up and tossed into jail last year for thought crimes.
Now, on its own, this ain't a bad idea to hector Cuba over its transgressions. The rub, of course, is the obvious selectivity of the U.S. protest gesture. If the U.S. government boldly spoke out against repression in every country where it has a diplomatic mission this world would be a better place. So I'm not opposed to what the gringos did, per se. I just wish they did it everywhere (in China or Pakistan they would have to use a lot more than two digits).
Now, the Cuban government has responded tit for tat. Giant posters of the abuse pictures of Abu Ghraib have now been installed and illuminated right outside the doors of the U.S. mission in Havana. The Cubans have further embellished them with bright red swastikas--something that tells us volumes about the margins for subtlety in Cuban political thought (as it is).
I find both governments to be deeply, deeply hypocritical. The actions of both governments insult our collective intelligence. The U.S. display was certainly intended to provoke (which it has) and does NOT reflect real Bush administration policy (which is to tolerate equal or worse repression by our "friends").
The Cubans should take little succor from the outrages of Abu Ghraib. The misbehavior of American troops in Iraq -- or Guantanamo-- in no way explains, excuses, nor justifies the total lack of political freedom or the absence of rule of law in Cuba.
Those lights along the malecon -- from both sides-- illuminate only the folly of those who have placed them. Where are the adults?
P.S. Without taking a side in this silly stand-off, I will note that the tradition of using the area around the U.S. Interests Section as a site for "symbolic" graphic political statements was inititiated by the Cubans. Sometime during the 1980's, the Cuban government erected a huge, neon-trimmed billboard right in front of the building that read: "Mr. Imperialists: We Have Absolutely No Fear of You!" It was there for years and years and might still be there. If my memory serves me right, it was put up in the immediate wake of the 1980 Mariel crisis when 100,000 Cubans (including the prison population) were allowed to come to the U.S.
P.P.S. Apparently that old sign is still up. Here's a picture of it taken recently by a British tourist.
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Edward Randolph's Description of King Philip's War (1685).
[Edward Randolph was an emissary of King James II, sent to colonies to investigate the violations of the Crown's colonial laws (i.e., the Navigation Acts) and the overall state of colonial affairs, especially in New England. The selection below is Randolph's account of the war between the New England colonists and the American Indians in that region, led by Metacom (or Metacomet, who was called King Philip by the English).]
Eighth Enquiry. What hath been the original cause of the present war with the natives. What are the advantages or disadvantages arising thereby and will probably be the End?
Various are the reports and conjectures of the causes of the present Indian war. Some impute it to an imprudent zeal in the magistrates of Boston to christianize those heathen before they were civilized and injoyning them the strict observation of their lawes, which, to a people so rude and licentious, hath proved even intolerable, and that the more, for that while the magistrates, for their profit, put the lawes severely in execution against the Indians, the people, on the other side, for lucre and gain, entice and provoke the Indians to the breach thereof, especially to drunkenness, to which those people are so generally addicted that they will strip themselves to their skin to have their fill of rum and brandy, the Massachusets having made a law that every Indian drunk should pay 10s. or be whipped, according to the discretion of the magistrate. Many of these poor people willingly offered their backs to the lash to save their money; whereupon, the magistrates finding much trouble and no profit to arise to the government by whipping, did change that punishment into 10 days worke for such as could not or would not pay the fine of 10s. which did highly incense the Indians.
Some believe there have been vagrant and jesuiticall priests, who have made it their businesse, for some yeares past, to go from Sachim to Sachim, to exasperate the Indians against the English and to bring them into a confederacy, and that they were promised supplies from France and other parts to extirpate the English nation out of the continent of America. Others impute the cause to some injuries offered to the Sachim Philip; for he being possessed of a tract of land called Mount Hope, a very fertile, pleasant and rich soyle, some English had a mind to dispossesse him thereof, who never wanting one pretence or other to attain their end, complained of injuries done by Philip and his Indians to their stock and cattle, whereupon Philip was often summoned before the magistrate, sometimes imprisoned, and never released but upon parting with a considerable part of his land.
But the government of the Massachusets (to give it in their own words) do declare these are the great evills for which God hath given the heathen commission to rise against the: The wofull breach of the 5th commandment, in contempt of their authority, which is a sin highly provoking to the Lord: For men wearing long hair and perewigs made of women's hair ; for women wearing borders of hair and for cutting, curling and laying out the hair, and disguising themselves by following strange fashions in their apparell: For profaneness in the people not frequenting their meetings, and others going away before the blessing be pronounced: For suffering the Quakers to live amongst them and to set up their threshholds by Gods thresholds, contrary to their old lawes and resolutions.
With many such reasons, but whatever be the cause, the English have contributed much to their misfortunes, for they first taught the Indians the use of armes, and admitted them to be present at all their musters and trainings, and shewed them how to handle, mend and fix their muskets, and have been furnished with all sorts of armes by permission of the government, so that the Indians are become excellent firemen. And at Natick there was a gathered church of praying Indians, who were exercised as trained bands, under officers of their owne; these have been the most barbarous and cruel enemies to the English of any others. Capt. Tom, their leader, being lately taken and hanged at Boston, with one other of their chiefs.
That notwithstanding the ancient law of the country, made in the year 1633, that no person should sell any armes or ammunition to any Indian upon penalty of £10 for every gun, £5 for a pound of powder, and 40s. for a pound of shot, yet the government of the Massachusets in the year 1657, upon designe to monopolize the whole Indian trade did publish and declare that the trade of furrs and peltry with the Indians in their jurisdiction did solely and properly belong to their commonwealth and not to every indifferent person, and did enact that no person should trade with the Indians for any sort of peltry, except such as were authorized by that court, under the penalty of £100 for every offence, giving liberty to all such as should have licence from them to sell, unto any Indian, guns, swords, powder and shot, paying to the treasurer 3d. for each gun and for each dozen of swords; 6d. for a pound of powder and for every ten pounds of shot, by which means the Indians have been abundantly furnished with great store of armes and ammunition to the utter ruin and undoing of many families in the neighbouring colonies to enrich some few of their relations and church members.
No advantage but many disadvantages have arisen to the English by the war, for about 600 men have been slain, and 12 captains, most of them brave and stout persons and of loyal principles, whilest the church members had liberty to stay at home and not hazard their persons in the wildernesse.
The losse to the English in the severall colonies, in their habitations and stock, is reckoned to amount to £150,000 there having been about 1200 houses burned, 8000 head of cattle, great and small, killed, and many thousand bushels of wheat, peas and other grain burned (of which the Massachusets colony hath not been damnifyed one third part, the great losse falling upon New Plymouth and Connecticot colonies) and upward of 3000 Indians men women and children destroyed, who if well managed would have been very serviceable to the English, which makes all manner of labour dear.
The war at present is near an end. In Plymouth colony the Indians surrender themselves to Gov. Winslow, upon mercy, and bring in all their armes, are wholly at his disposall, except life and transportation; but for all such as have been notoriously cruell to women and children, so soon as discovered they are to be executed in the sight of their fellow Indians.
The government of Boston have concluded a peace upon these terms.
1. That there be henceforward a firme peace between the Indians and English.
2. That after publication of the articles of peace by the generall court, if any English shall willfully kill an Indian, upon due proof, he shall dye, and if an Indian kill an Englishman and escape, the Indians are to produce him, and lie to passe tryall by the English lawes.
That the Indians shall not conceal any known enemies to the English, but shall discover them and bring them to the English.
That upon all occasions the Indians are to aid and assist the English against their enemies, and to be under English command.
That all Indians have liberty to sit down at their former habitations without let. . . .
Source: Albert Bushnell Hart, ed., American History Told by Contemporaries (New York, 1898), volume 1, 458-60. *Some spelling has been modernized.
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A bulletin board about the history of books. This tied in with Thanksgiving (the turkey is saying "Be thankful for good books." To make the turkeys I bought old ties at a thrift store and cut them to the right length. The turkey bodies are made of butcher paper. The timeline features pictures of ancient tables, printing presses, books, and eBooks.
A library bulletin board that featured various reasons to read. Flowers were made by cutting circles with jagged edges out of old newspapers and then layering the circles together
This Valentine's Day bulletin board featured various authors and the things that they love. I painted the hearts on white butcher paper using acrylic paints and then cut them out.
close up of Valentine's bulletin board
This was a small bulletin board made with purchased pictures, stretched string, and designs drawn with sharpie marker.
This bulletin board served as a way to track student participation in Battle of the Books and was a place for students to get information about it.
This bulletin board features information about Hispanic authors. The designs were made by stretch and stapling highly textured yarn.
Close up of the turkeys
This bulletin board explained what each book award was for. It included pictures of the medals and current winners.
The genres on these penguins corresponded with signs on hats around the library so students could find different kinds of books. I painted the penguins on white butcher paper using acrylic paints.
This bulletin board features different poets and some of their books
This bulletin board was targeted at reluctant readers and was posted near a display of high-interest/low-level books.
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I rarely find myself in complete agreement with anything that comes out of the Obama administration. But I have to commend Jon Carson, the White House director of public engagement, for his thoughtful response to the petitions received from those asking that Texas and some other states be allowed to peacefully withdraw from the union. This is the sort of thing that can easily be dismissed as the domain of crackpots. Fortunately, only a tiny minority of Texans supports secession. Nevertheless, the ongoing debates about gun control and the debt ceiling have given a concept that deserved to be consigned to the dustbin of history some traction. And since 125,746 signatures were appended to the Texas petition, the White House was obligated to respond in some way. There are some on the right who are inclined to indulge secessionist fantasies as well as others who think such talk is an amusing way to jibe the current president. But those who read Carson’s low-key takedown of the idea will come away understanding that there is nothing funny about it.
As Carson writes, the courts and history have long since adjudicated the concept of secession by the states. No less a source than Abraham Lincoln can be cited to tell us that “in contemplation of universal law and of the Constitution the Union of these States is perpetual.” Lincoln’s answer to the secessionists of his time, who launched a bloody war that left more than 600,000 Americans dead, was to point out that their effort was the antithesis of democracy. The same can be said of the ideas of the latter-day Lone Star republicans who no longer wish to be part of the same country run by Barack Obama. While some radicals may see this as a rational response to the policies of the administration, this is the sort of absurdity that deserves the most severe condemnation from conservatives who understand that any such talk is an irrational diversion of attention from vital debates on the great issues of the day.
One would think that 150 years after the Civil War it would be impossible for Americans to give even a moment’s serious thought to the merits of secession. The idea that the losers in a presidential election—such as southern advocates of slavery in 1860—could be justified in dissolving the union is contrary to the Constitution as well as to any sense of patriotism. In a democracy, those who are defeated in elections do not seek revenge via destruction of the country, they redouble their efforts to persuade the people of their mistake and look to come back to win the next time. Secession isn’t an expression of autonomy as much as it is a rejection of the system by which we use ballots rather than bullets to choose our leaders. Once you understand that, talk of Texas resuming its brief career as an independent republic stops being an interesting diversion and is seen, as it should be, as a noxious form of public discourse that should be shunned by patriotic Americans.
Extremism is not the exclusive preserve of the right. For the eight years of the George W. Bush administration, the left often acted as if there was nothing, no matter how outrageous, that could be said about the president, including jokes or films about his assassination, without censure. Since January 2009 some on the right have similarly sought to demonize Barack Obama. Far from advancing the fight against his agenda to expand the power of the federal government, extremist utterances and the related conspiracy theories have helped Obama stigmatize all his critics as extremists.
But the history of secession, associated as it is with the cause of slavery and the issues that were fortunately decided by the triumph of the Union, makes it particularly egregious and is therefore especially deserving of denunciation.
One should never throw words like treason around loosely since it has a specific definition that does not apply to offenses that fall short of “making war on the United States.” But the oaths of our public officials speak of preserving and defending the Constitution. Those who advocate the destruction of the union, even in the context of a form of political protest against the government of the day, are treading on very dangerous rhetorical ground. No responsible person, either in Texas or anywhere else, should be under the impression that this falls within the bounds of legitimate political discourse.
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The Atlantic County Utilities Authority (ACUA) operates a ‘bulky waste’ (non-putrescible waste) landfill at a site that is 10,300 ft from the end of the main runway at the Atlantic City (NJ) International Airport (ACY). The airport supports the Federal Aviation Administration’s Technical Center. The ACUA also operates a transfer station at its site. Municipal solid waste (msw = putrescible) is delivered to the transfer station during the day. Previously, the msw was loaded onto transfer trucks and shipped to an out-of-state landfill. In October 1997, the ACUA received a permit to conduct a 2-year experiment to dispose of the msw at its own landfill at night. The night landfilling was designed to prevent birds from feeding at the waste and creating a hazard to aircraft. The research project is subject to intensive monitoring and the results for the first 15 months are presented in this paper. At the time of writing, 12 months had been completed. During this period, no birds were attracted to the active waste disposal area during 314 nights of landfilling. The question then became were birds, primarily gulls, attracted to the covered msw area during the following day. A bird control program was in place at the landfill and a biologist conducted regular surveys. Several hundred gulls flew directly over the site every morning en route to inland feeding areas. Gulls were present on the covered msw disposal area only 4 times during 249 days when Biologist Surveys were conducted. The ACUA night landfilling experiment has been successful. The paper will present the results of the monitoring program and discuss why this approach was successful at this location and why the approach might or might not be successful at other locations and situations.
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Canada and the United States are each other’s most important trading partners, share a 5,500-mile border, and have close ties in culture, language and values. We are vital allies and friends.
In 2010, our bilateral trade was close to $645-billion, which means more than $1.7-billion worth of goods and services cross the Canada-U.S. border every single day. Canada is the United States’ largest supplier of crude oil and refined products, natural gas, electricity and uranium. It is especially important to the U.S. that Canada has always been a reliable and secure energy supplier.
Today, the Keystone XL Pipeline offers a unique and promising opportunity for our two countries to deepen our partnership. The pipeline will carry heavy crude oil from oil-sands formations in Alberta to refineries on the Gulf Coast. Last year, a bill I sponsored passed the U.S. House of Representatives, the PIONEERS Act. It would have required the President to green-light the extension of the pipeline into the U.S.
Just last week, the U.S. State Department released another environmental impact study finding that big-picture environmental concerns — such as those related to greenhouse gases and global warming — are irrelevant, on the grounds that Canada’s oil sands eventually will be developed and made into burnable fuel in any scenario. Moreover, transporting oil sand products by truck, rail or ship leaves a larger carbon footprint than a pipeline route.
A few weeks before that, the governor of Nebraska gave his approval to a revised route for the pipeline that avoids sensitive lands and aquifers in his state. Within days of his approval, a majority of the U.S. Senate sent a letter to President Barack Obama urging speedy federal approval. “There’s no reason to deny or further delay this long-studied project,” the Senators said.
House Speaker John Boehner summed up the situation when he said, “There is no bureaucratic excuse, hurdle, or catch [that] President Obama can use to delay this project any further. He and he alone stands in the way of tens of thousands of new jobs and energy security.”
Americans, through a majority of their elected representatives in both the House and the Senate, along with key governors, want this pipeline built. In siding with a relatively small number of radical environmentalists, President Obama is alone and out of step with the rest of the country and with Canada.
Keystone XL is the most studied cross-border pipeline ever proposed. It will create thousands of high-paying jobs in both of our countries.
A study last year by the independent Congressional Research Service found that the greenhouse-gas emissions from energy produced from Canadian oil sands delivered by the pipeline would have virtually no impact on the rate of global warming. It would increase it by an infinitesimal 0.00001 degrees Celsius per year.
We who support the Keystone XL Pipeline believe the expansion of oil sands will happen anyway, with or without the pipeline. Canadians are not foolish. You are not going to simply lock up a valuable resource and throw away the key. If the oil is not used in the U.S., it will be used in places like China.
Canada is a valued ally and partner not only in energy security, but national security, as well. My congressional district in Colorado is home to the North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) — a joint mission between our countries to provide strategic defence to North America.
A majority of the American people and American politicians want to build on that strong relationship and our mutual interests by extending the Keystone XL Pipeline into America. President Obama is the only one who hasn’t gotten the memo.
U.S. Congressman Doug Lamborn, Republican of Colorado Springs, is chairman of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Do you have an opinion to share with other readers? Then send us a letter.
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Doubt that they will be able to hit 24 MP and 10 FPS.
Maybe 18 MP and 10 FPS or 24 MP and 6-8 FPS.
I think people have made certain assumptions about the 1D X's dual DIGIC 5+ DSP's processing speed based on incorrect calculations. Most of the numbers I've seen seem to be based on a 12fps frame rate...but remember that the 1D X has a mirror-lockup 14fps rate as well. Additionally, most people forget that Canon RAW images include a bunch of masked off pixels around the border of the sensor. The actual pixel count is 19.3mp, rather than 18mp, when it comes to computing the data processing throughput rate. Given that:
The 1D X has at at least 33.8MB per RAW image assuming 19.3mp real pixel count. At 14 frames per second, the processing rate of each DIGIC chip would have to be at least 236MB/s (~473MB/s total, vs. the 144MB/s or 165MB/s per DIGIC I've seen calculated by others.) Accounting for some additional overhead, metadata included in the images, etc. I would say the processing rate of each DIGIC 5+ chip to be at least 250MB/s. That is 500MB/s total processing power.
If the 7D II has a 24.1mp sensor, its real pixel count is probably around 25.8mp. At 10fps, that is 225MB/s per DIGIC chip. That is actually LOWER than the data rate of the 1D X at its full 14fps speed. I see absolutely no problem for the 7D II, assuming it continues to use the same Dual-DIGIC approach as the 1D line, and the same generation and version of the DIGIC chips. Actually, a higher frame rate would probably be possible. Assuming an 11fps frame rate, the maximum throughput is still less than 500mb/s (although, with any additional overhead like metadata, dual DIGIC5+ might not actually be fast enough.)
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The NSEP Service Requirement stipulates that an award recipient work in the Federal Government in a position with national security responsibilities. The Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Department of State, or any element of the Intelligence Community are priority agencies.
If a Boren Scholar or Fellow is not successful in identifying a position in one of the priority agencies, he or she must pursue employment in another Federal agency in a position with national security responsibilities.
All Boren Scholars and Fellows must make a full and good-faith effort to identify and secure positions in the Federal Government related to national security. While the NSEP Service Team does provide job search assistance, award recipients must seek employment on their own. Award recipients’ efforts must include creating and regularly updating an online resume at http://www.nsepnet.org/. NSEPnet is made available to hiring officials in various U.S. Federal Government departments and agencies. Boren Scholars and Fellows must also maintain a Job Search Log and document specific efforts to identify employment opportunities in the Federal Government that would fulfill the NSEP Service Requirement.
The NSEP Service Team works actively with Boren Scholars and Fellows before and after graduation to help identify Federal job opportunities. To assist and facilitate the Federal job search process, NSEP has developed an interactive website, http://www.nsepnet.org/, to help Scholars and Fellows simplify and organize their job search efforts. The NSEPnet site maintains an online collection of Federal job search tips, exclusive job opportunities and job announcements, and a resume database for award recipients to post their credentials. These resumes are made available to hiring officials in all Federal departments and agencies where relevant employment opportunities exist. Boren Scholars and Fellows are encouraged to update their resumes on a regular basis, as many NSEP awardees are identified for jobs through our database. We also suggest that Boren Scholars and Fellows use other employment resources, such as college and university career offices, http://www.usajobs.gov/ and http://www.ourpublicservice.org/.
In addition to serving as a repository of resumes prepared by Boren award recipients, NSEPnet is also a tool that Boren Scholars and Fellows must use to document their job search efforts. Through NSEPnet, award recipients are required to maintain a Job Search History Log of their activities to identify and pursue opportunities in the Federal Government that would satisfy the NSEP Service Requirement.
All Boren Scholars or Fellows’ Job Search History Log must demonstrate to NSEP that they have made a full and good-faith effort to identify and apply for Federal positions that satisfy the service requirement, especially within the four “priority agencies.” By maintaining detailed log entries, award recipients demonstrate specific efforts that were made to identify suitable job opportunities and, in particular, the types of positions that were available to them at the time they were seeking to fulfill the service requirement. If a Boren Scholar or Fellow is not successful in identifying a position in one of the priority agencies, he or she must pursue employment in another Federal agency in a position with national security responsibilities. There is an expectation that Boren Scholars and Fellows, while fulfilling the service requirement, will utilize the language or area expertise acquired during the course of the Boren Scholarship or Fellowship.
It is entirely the award recipient’s responsibility to establish how a given Federal position has national security implications. Past award recipients have worked in fields such as development, energy policy, public health, and finance by sufficiently demonstrating the nexus between national security and their positions.
While NSEP is deeply committed to helping Boren Scholars and Fellows secure Federal employment, the Federal Government is not obligated to hire any individual who has received funding through this program. Therefore, if a Scholar or Fellow from the 2008-present award cohort demonstrates to NSEP that no appropriate position is available in the Federal Government, the Scholar or Fellow may petition NSEP to fulfill the requirement in an education position directly related to the language(s) or area(s) he/she studied during the Boren Scholarship or Fellowship or to another language or area where he/she has demonstrated competency. The education option is available only after exhausting all opportunities to fulfill the requirement in the Federal Government in accordance with conditions established by NSEP.
Boren award recipients enjoy several advantages as they seek Federal employment. First, NSEPnet connects award recipients directly to Federal employers. Hiring officials perform searches of Boren award recipients’ resumes for specific types of expertise. Second, NSEP employs staff that is available to assist Scholars and Fellows in their job search efforts by conducting active outreach, holding job consultations and providing letters of certification for award recipients. Finally, Boren award recipients benefit from several special hiring authorities, including Schedule A (r) and NDAA FY10, Section 1101 Legislation, which facilitate the job placement process.
Award recipients pursuing qualified further education are eligible for a deferral of their service deadline. Qualified further education includes enrollment in any degree-granting, accredited institution of higher education worldwide. Each request for deferral is considered on a case-by-case basis, and the award recipient must demonstrate a commitment to sustain or advance their expertise in the language and/or geographical area for which the Boren Scholarship or Fellowship was awarded.
The Department of Defense (DoD) is responsible for defending the United States of America while helping to promote American interests globally. The department includes all offices and organizations that comprise the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, three military departments (Army, Navy, Air Force), nine (9) Unified Combatant Commands, the DoD Inspector General, fifteen defense agencies, and seven DoD field activities. NSEP recipients have found employment in many difference offices within the DoD, including Defense Information Systems, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, and the National Defense University. For more information on the Department, visit http://www.defenselink.mil.
The Department of Homeland Security’s overriding and urgent mission is to lead the unified national effort to secure the country and preserve our freedoms. While the Department was created to secure our country against those who seek to disrupt the American way of life, its charter also includes preparation for and response to all hazards and disasters. NSEP recipients have found employment in many different offices within the Department of Homeland Security, including Customs and Border Patrol, the Office of Domestic Preparedness and the Office of Citizenship and Immigration Services. For more information on the Department, visit http://www.dhs.gov.
The Department of State is the lead federal agency responsible for U.S. foreign affairs. The Department employs individuals in both civil service and foreign service positions. Many NSEP recipients are currently working for the Department of State as Foreign Service Officers throughout the world and as civil service employees in offices such as the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, among others. Furthermore, the USAID administrator serves as the director of foreign assistance at the Department of State. Thus, any service completed at USAID shall be the same as service completed at the Department of State. For more information on the Department of State or USAID, visit http://www.state.gov/ or http://www.usaid.gov/.
The Intelligence Community is a group of executive branch agencies and organizations that work both independently and collaboratively to gather the intelligence necessary to conduct foreign relations and national security activities. The Intelligence Community comprises 17 organizations, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the National Security Agency (NSA), and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). NSEP award recipients have found work in these and other agencies. For more information on the Intelligence Community, visit http://www.intelligence.gov/.
Yes. Many award recipients have fulfilled their requirement in organizations such as the Environment Protection Agency, the Department of Commerce, the U.S. Peace Corps, and various other agencies throughout the Federal Government. Each award recipient’s request for service is reviewed on a case-by-case basis, and it is entirely the award recipient’s responsibility to establish how a given Federal position has national security implications.
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Despite initial worries that the city's recently approved house-size regulations would lead to a run on building permits, new data shows 2009 is the least active for builders in the last five years. Here's a look at how many permits have been pulled for new single-family homes and remodels since 2005:
2005 360 permits
2006 331 permits
2007 333 permits
2008 278 permits
2009 152 permits through October
With just more than a month to go before new rules restricting house sizes go into effect, Boulder officials say there is no indication that people are running to build large homes.
In fact, interest in building new homes or adding square footage to old ones is the lowest it's been in years.
The City Council has been tracking the number of building permits for about a year, as a sort of early-warning system to avoid a last-minute rush to build projects that won't be allowed after Jan. 4.
That's when the "compatible-development" ordinance -- approved by the council last month -- will begin limiting the ratio of square footage to lot size, as well as long walls, the footprint of a house and the three-dimensional space that it fills.
City officials have been worried that some of Boulder's 13,000 homeowners who will be affected by the rules would rush to expand their homes. But a new report released by the city shows that the number of permit applications in September and October were well below average.
In September, when the details of the ordinance were still largely unknown, only nine people applied for building permits. The average number of September permits for single-family houses is 26.
Among the nine permits, four were for new houses. The five houses with remodels would add an average 1,233 square feet, according to city records. Only one single-family home -- a total of 2,300 square feet -- was scheduled for demolition.
Last month, when the City Council set out the details of the ordinance and gave it final approval by a narrow margin, there were 11 permit applications to add square footage to single-family homes. That's well below the average of 28 permits.
The projects submitted for permits last month included one new home and 10 remodels that would add an average of 1,894 square feet. No one applied to scrape a house from its lot in October.
Julie Johnston, Boulder's senior planner in charge of implementing the house-size rules early next year, said the state of the national economy has slowed any rush on permits there may have been.
"It's not just Boulder," she said. "Statewide and nationally, building permits, for the most part, are down everywhere."
Even so, Johnston said the city has known for some time that a few big projects are still in the pipeline.
Last month, for example, an application for a home in the 1400 block of Norwood Avenue sought to add 3,929 square feet; the owner of a home in the 2900 block of Fourth Street applied to add 3,442 square feet; and the owner of a home in the 800 block of 33rd Street applied to add 2,669 square feet.
But Johnston said the trickle of people seeking to build big is likely to come to a stop soon, because time is now too short for most large-scale projects that hadn't begun months ago to squeeze in an application before the rules change in early January.
Rob Nanfelt, vice president of the Colorado Association of Homebuilders, said the construction industry is suffering across the state.
"In a healthy building year, where we're building to meet demand in the metro area, we do about 14,000 or 15,000 permits," Nanfelt said. "We'll be lucky if we do about 3,000 this year."
He said projections have the industry beginning to recover next year, though, with permits for new single-family homes expected to double.
"It seems like things are certainly turning up," he said.
But by then, Boulder's house-size ordinance will have gone into effect, leaving some residents and City Council members wondering if the ordinance will hurt the economic recovery by preventing or discouraging homeowners from expanding their houses.
The city will try to monitor the number of people who approach the planning department about a possible project but who never follow through. That, officials say, might give the city some idea of how the compatible-development ordinance is affecting people and the local economy.
The City Council has promised to revisit the ordinance within six months to a year to see if changes are necessary.
Contact Camera Staff Writer Heath Urie at 303-473-1328 or email@example.com.
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[ENS, Source: Anglican Church of Canada] -- "This morning I received a copy of the report of the Lambeth Commission on Communion (Eames Commission). The Commission was created by Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and chaired by Archbishop Robin Eames of Armagh , the senior Metropolitan in the Anglican Communion. Its mandate was to maximize Communion within the worldwide Anglican family despite significant theological differences.
"The Commission members cover a broad spectrum of geography, culture and theology. Their meetings have been totally in camera with no interim reporting to the Communion. It is significant that the Commission has submitted unanimous recommendations in spite of the cultural and theological differences of its members. This indicates that there is a positive will to maintain the unity of the diverse Anglican Communion. The fact that Commission members can speak with one voice holds open the door of hope that our Church can, with prayer and dialogue persevere in seeking unity.
"It is now incumbent upon us, the Canadian Church, as it is for all provinces of the Anglican Communion to study the document and its recommendations. In keeping with the nature of the Anglican Communion, each province is entitled to respond with its own voice and from its own cultural and theological context. We look forward to hearing responses from all Anglican provinces.
"The bishops of the Anglican Church of Canada will receive a copy of the report today and it will be discussed at our next House of Bishops meeting in Saskatoon from November 1-4. As well the commission report will be on the agenda of the Council of General Synod when it meets at the end of November. The report will also be distributed to Dioceses across Canada for study and comment. We have set up a mechanism to receive feedback and will look forward to receiving comments from Anglicans and our ecumenical partners. I will be able to share these thoughts when I meet with the other Primates of the Anglican Communion in Belfast, Northern Ireland in February."
Archbishop and Primate
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(CNN) -- News that iPhones and iPad 3Gs apparently collect continuous information about the whereabouts of their users and store that data in a secret file has lots of Apple fans worried about their privacy.
Two researchers on Wednesday unveiled the details of this secret file, called "consolidated.db," which stores location info going back to June 2010. That's when Apple updated its mobile operating system, called iOS, to version 4.0.
Apple hasn't commented on these allegations, and it appears the company does not have continuous access to this location data, according to the researchers, one of whom says he is a former Apple employee.
All of this may be confusing for iPhone owners, especially since this news terrifies some and seems like a lot of fun to others. To help clear things up, here's a quick round-up of what you need to know about iPhone tracking and your security:
How does the iPhone collect this location data?
It uses cell phone towers to triangulate an approximate location. This isn't as accurate as GPS, which uses satellites to pinpoint a phone's whereabouts.
How often is a location recorded?
At seemingly random intervals, but fairly often, according to Pete Warden and Alasdair Allan, the researchers and journalists who publicized this secret location file.
Where is this data stored?
On the mobile device and on the computer the device is synced to.
Who has access to it?
In theory, only you. Apple does not appear to have access to this data, at least not on a real-time basis, according to the researchers. So it appears the company doesn't know where you are right now.
Mobile phone companies also collect this type of data, but, as the researchers point out, that data "normally requires a court order to gain access to it, whereas this is available to anyone who can get their hands on your phone or computer."
The location file is unencrypted, so anyone with access to your phone or computer could, in theory, get access to it and know where you've been. The researchers, in their report, say Apple has "made it possible for anyone from a jealous spouse to a private investigator to get a detailed picture of your movements."
Could someone steal this data?
It's possible someone could look at this file and know where you've been since June. But they would have to gain access to your phone or your computer, where the consolidated.db file is stored.
The researchers see little risk in this, but they note that there are more questions than answers when it comes to who can see this stuff and why it's collected and stored on phones and computers in the first place.
They write: "Don't panic. ... There's no immediate harm that would seem to come from the availability of this data. Nor is there evidence to suggest this data is leaving your custody. But why this data is stored and how Apple intends to use it -- or not -- are important questions that need to be explored."
What if I want to see a map of all the places I've been?
Some people are having fun looking at maps of where they've been over the course of 10 months. The researchers who publicized this file also created an open-source program called iPhone Tracker, which is free for download and can be used to create a map of everywhere you've been since the tracking started.
Which gadgets collect this location info?
Only iPhones and iPads that have 3G connections and have been updated to operating system 4.0 or later. To see which version of iOS is running on your phone, click on the "Settings" app, then choose "General" and then "About." Halfway down the page you'll see a number next to the word "Version." That's the iOS version that's currently running on your phone or iPad.
It's unclear if this type of file is stored on iPhones on Verizon's network or on Android smartphones. The researchers say they're looking into it.
Can I stop this information from being collected?
It's not easy. You can delete this data from your computer, making it less likely a hacker or trolling family member would access it.
To find the file, follow this pathway on your machine: /Users/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backups/
But, the researchers warn, this file will be updated again every time you sync your phone to a computer. So deleting the data is an arduous task.
People who jailbreak their phones -- read more about jailbreaking here if you're not familiar -- can download a new app called Untrackerd, which claims to delete the consolidated.db file as it's created. That app is available from the Cydia app store, which is not sanctioned by Apple.
What else can I do if I'm worried about this?
The researchers suggest encrypting your data through iTunes. This makes it more difficult for anyone with access to your computer to steal this data.
To do this, open iTunes, plug in your iPhone or iPad and click on the device name when it shows up in the "Devices" category on the left side of the screen.
On the device's home screen, scroll down to the "Options" menu and click the box that says "Encrypt iPhone Backup."
A note from Apple on this: "Encrypted backups are indicated by a padlock icon (as visible below in the Deleting a Backup section), and a password is required to restore the information to iPhone."
Is everyone upset about the tracking file?
No. Plenty of people, especially in the tech elite, think it's fun to use the iPhone Tracker program to see a map of where they've been recently.
They point out that cell phone companies already collect this data. This just makes it accessible to users, if they want to see it.
Who discovered this file and how did they do it?
Allan and Warden, two researchers and writers, say they came across it while working on a data visualization about the Japan earthquake.
From their site: "We'd been discussing doing a visualization of mobile data, and while he was researching into what was available, Alasdair discovered this file. At first we weren't sure how much data was there, but after we dug further and visualized the extracted data, it became clear that there was a scary amount of detail on our movements. It also became obvious that at least some other people knew about it, but it wasn't being publicized."
They also posted a video about the experience.
They're not the first to come across this, but they were the first to grab the public's attention with this information. Some bloggers have pointed out that other versions of Apple's iOS stored similar files, but they were harder to find.
Why would Apple collect and store this info on phones and computers?
It's unclear. The company hasn't commented. But some bloggers and the researchers themselves speculate they could be looking toward future applications for phones. From the researchers:
"One guess might be that they have new features in mind that require a history of your location, but that's pure speculation. The fact that it's transferred across devices when you restore or migrate is evidence the data-gathering isn't accidental," they write.
Did they share this information with Apple?
The researchers say they did, but they haven't heard back. Apple has not responded to CNN's requests for comment, either.
U.S. Sen. Al Franken also has written a letter to Apple expressing concern and asking for answers to a few key questons about this file, such as why it's stored in an unencrypted format.
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS dismissed a motion backed by Kerry County Council to relax drink-driving limits in rural parts of Ireland in order to allow isolated people to have “two or three” drinks before driving home.
The council last night voted in favour of a motion put forward by the independent councillor Danny Healy-Rae to allow gardaí to issue permits to people in the most isolated parts of the country to allow them to drive after drinking alcohol.
But the Department of Transport has dismissed the idea saying that relaxation of existing drink-driving limits was not needed given that stricter limits had led to a reduction in deaths on Irish roads.
When this response to his proposal was put to Healy-Rae this evening he responded: “We’ll see about that.”
The motion has drawn widespread criticism today from fellow councillors – many of whom either abstained or were absent from last night’s vote – as well as the Road Safety Authority and an alcohol awareness charity.
The current maximum blood-alcohol level is 50mg per 100ml of blood for most drivers and 20mg for learner and professional drivers.
The vote last night was passed by five to three with seven abstentions and 12 councillors not present. On foot of the motion being passed, the council had planned to write to the Department of Justice to lobby it on the matter.
However when contacted today, the Department referred the matter to the Department of Transport.
Contacted by TheJournal.ie, a spokesperson for the Department said: “Last year was the safest on record for road deaths. Ireland is now the sixth safest country in the EU.
“Dublin is now the safest city in the EU for its roads, and motorways are among the safest roads in Ireland. Stricter rules on drink driving have played a key part in that achievement.
“Unfortunately, rural areas are among the most dangerous roads in Ireland. We need to be looking at how to make our roads safer, particularly in rural areas, instead of trying to reverse existing measures which are clearly working.”
Healy-Rae told TheJournal.ie last night that his idea was aimed at helping people “in every parish who are isolated and who can’t get out of their place at night”.
He explained: “I see the merit in having a stricter rule of law for when there’s a massive volume of traffic and where there’s busy roads with massive speed. But on the roads I’m talking about, you couldn’t do any more than 20 or 30 miles per hour and it’s not a big deal. I don’t see any big issue with it.”
Contacted this evening to respond to the government’s dismissal of his proposal, Healy-Rae – brother of TD Michael Healy-Rae – said: “We’ll see about that… I can’t talk to you right now because I am going in the door.”
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Book Description: In May 1996, two commercial expedition groups attempted to ascend Mount Everest. Each group contained world class climbers and relative novices, some of whom had paid tens of thousands of pounds for the climb. But as the climbers neared the summit, they were overtaken by intense snow and wind, and found their crucial oxygen supplies depleted. Five of them died, including the expeditions' two charismatic leaders. Anatoli Boukreev emerged as the hero. A top climber and guide, Bourkeev led his exhausted and terrified group of six back to safety, then went back out in the blizzard to help others stranded on the mountain. Boukreev's first-person recollections are bolstered in this book by Weston DeWalt's investigative inquiry, which includes interviews with most of the surviving climbers, medical personnel, Sherpa guides, and the families of the dead.
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anal Pap test
A procedure in which cells are scraped from the lining of the anus (the opening of the rectum to the outside of the body) and looked at under a microscope. It is used to find cancer and changes in cells that may lead to cancer. An anal Pap test can also show conditions that are not cancer, such as infection or inflammation. Also called anal Pap smear.
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Best Practices: Use Appropriate Equipment
As I think about getting my young children involved in lacrosse, the first thing I think is, "Holy cow, I have to get them all that equipment." The temptation is to take hand-me-downs from friends and neighbors to reduce the cost and inconvenience. But this is a not a wise or even financially prudent step.
Let's first talk about helmets for boys. The days of helmet hand-me-downs are over, and if they are not, they should be. But let's first demystify certain promises made by some helmet profiteers. Yes, helmets can increase safety and protect against skull fractures in many cases. But, helmets cannot protect our kids from concussions caused by a rotation or whip lash effect as a result of a hit to the body. In our work at the Youth Sports Concussion Clinic up here in Boston at Mass General Hospital, we often use the example of a car accident. Imagine that you are wearing your seatbelt and the driver slams on the breaks. The seatbelt may prevent you from hitting your head on the dashboard and fracturing your skull, but the whip lash and jolt to the brain as your body is thrown back and forth can, in itself, cause a concussion. A helmet cannot protect against this.
It is important to note that US Lacrosse is taking considerable steps to reduce the amount of hitting and contact in the youth game and is actively examining further ways to protect our kids from concussion. (Please refer to our recent youth sports position paper.) In the meantime, even though helmets do not fully protect our kids from concussions, it is still wise to purchase a new,well-fitting helmet. Wearing a helmet that does not fit well can lead to injuries to the face, head and neck as a result of a bad hit. Loose-fitting helmets may also increase the risk of concussion either by impact or by the rotation of the head. Having a hard piece of equipment (your poorly fitting helmet) bang into your head or face magnified by the force of a hit can exacerbate the injury.
Similar arguments can be made for protective eye wear in the girls' game. Poorly fitting eye wear may also increase risk for injury to the eye as the apparatus may move significantly as a result of contact. And while there are many different types of mouth guards, finding one that fits and consistently "wearing it," really does protect our kids' teeth. Often, however, we see kids cut their mouth guards or find ways to not wear them, either in games or practices. These conveniences and/or short-cuts can have negative health and financial consequences.
Injury prevention is also enhanced by proper gloves, arm pads, shoulder pads and even shoes. A girl or boy lacrosse player who wears over-sized shoes is vulnerable to tripping and/or poor footing that can cause injury in addition to the calluses and blisters that may occur. Some children may benefit from cushions or orthotics in their cleats as these types of shoes typically lack enough support for their developing and active feet. And suiting up your young boy with inherited, oversized shoulder pads from his older brother or cousin, may reduce his maneuverability and increase his vulnerability to shoulder injuries.
While many of these suggestions are common sense, it is important that parents take the time before the beginning of each season (I am saying this to myself so I follow these principles with my kids) and make sure that their child's equipment fits. Given how quickly kids can grow and how little time we often have to even get our kids to practice on time, it is easy to see how some of these changes in our children's bodies may go unnoticed. We encourage families to take the time, perhaps during the winter months, to review their equipment status and ensure that everything fits and is up-to-date, before the season starts. We can't always prevent injuries, but there are common sense steps we can take to reduce them, keeping our kids engaged in their sport throughout the season and over time.
US Lacrosse, Inc. ©2012
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WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH GRANT PROPOSAL
Project ID: 2004TX151B
Title: Assessment of Four Economic and Managerial Models for Operation of Public Water Systems in Texas
Project Type: Research
Focus Categories: Management and Planning, Law, Institutions, and Policy, Treatment
Keywords: Rural water systems, drinking water, privatization of water utilities, water treatment and distribution
Start Date: 03/01/2004
End Date: 02/28/2005
Federal Funds: $5,000
Non-Federal Matching Funds: $12,300
Congressional District: 19th
University of Texas at Austin
David J. Eaton
This study will attempt to compare various aspects of the performance of four distinct types of water utilities now commonly used throughout Texas to serve small communities—private for-profit systems, non-profit systems, municipal utilities, and special purpose water districts. The project will focus on seeking to understand the complex reasons that drinking water supplied by the private sector seems to be much more expensive than drinking water provided by non-profit water supply corporations and other entities.
To develop these comparisons, the project will apply four methods in parallel—examining economic theory, investigating performance, comparing the amount and nature of violations of drinking water standards by utilizing data from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the Texas Department of Health, and convening a series of focus groups, where managers of each of these systems will provide feedback and discuss key issues.
The project will seek to develop extensive data on several of the costs facing mangers of each of these systems, including expenses related to acquiring raw water, treatment, distribution, wastewater collection and treatment, personnel, and investments in capital improvements. In addition, data will be gathered and analyzed about the extent to which utilities in each of these four classes have programs in place to comply with new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations for disinfection byproducts.
Results of this project are expected to provide valuable insights into the state of rural water systems throughout Texas, and will help identify the priority concerns facing customers of small water utilities.
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Building Control Networks
Topics in common building control network implementations and protocol standards including Web-based applications, BACnet, Ethernet, Arcnet, LonTalk and various proprietary systems. Additional topics include transmission types such as twisted pair, coax, fiber optic cable, and RF. Study also includes routers and bridges, installation, and troubleshooting building controls. 3 Credits (2 Lecture - 3 Lab) Prerequisite(s): BBT304 and BBT344. Corequisite(s): BBT414.
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Database is giving patients an alternative to waiting
(February 2013) You want to donate a kidney to someone you love, but you are not a match. What do you do? This month, four Yale surgeons participated in a kidney swap that involved two families at Yale-New Haven Hospital (YNHH).
The story was featured on WTNH News Channel 8:
The Yale-New Haven Organ Transplantation Center has taken a leading role in New England in using kidney swaps to provide alternatives for patients who might otherwise wait years for a life-saving kidney donation. The swaps are made possible by a national database that attempts to match kidney donors with incompatible recipients to reciprocal pairs in an effort to allow more patients to receive living donor transplants. Yale patients who choose to participate can put their name on both regional and national lists.
There are more than 110,000 people in the United States waiting for a kidney transplant, including almost 75,000 active cases (patients who are healthy enough to actually undergo a transplant).
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Sexual Practices Then and Now
A study of pet owners found that 66% claimed they allowed their
pets to remain in the bedroom during intercourse.
30% of women over the age of 80 still have sexual intercourse
either with their spouse or boyfriends.
Today, Japan leads the world in condom use. Like cosmetics, they're
sold door to door, by women.
A man’s penis not only shrinks during cold weather but
also from nonsexual excitement like when his favorite football
team scores a touchdown, etc.
Fellatio ranks as the number one sexual act desired by heterosexual
Dr. Kellogg introduced Kellogg's Corn Flakes in hopes that it
would reduce masturbation.
Culture and Sex
In Sambia, New Guinea males must perform ritualized homosexual
acts until they reach adulthood.
Unfaithful wives were made to chase a chicken through town, naked
in medieval France.
Up until 1884, a Victorian-era woman could be sent to prison
for denying a husband sex.
The Case for Smart Chicks
Women who went to college are more likely to enjoy both the giving
and receiving of oral sex than high school dropouts.
White women and those women with a college degree, when asked
said they were more receptive to anal sex than women without college
Women with a Ph.D. are twice as likely to be interested in a
one-night stand than those with only a Bachelor's degree.
Both humans and fish share a common sexual practice - Fellatio
The penis of a dragonfly is shaped like a shovel and has the
ability to scoop out a male rivals semen.
Minks have intercourse that lasts an average of eight hours.
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"When I look at all the many possible organizations that I would consider worthwhile investments, Minot State University rises to the top," Severson said. "What will come of this investment in the university is a new academy aimed at promoting entrepreneurship and building better business leaders for the present and future needs of Minot and the surrounding region."
Get the Flash Player to see this video.
Severson Entrepreneurship Academy
The Severson Entrepreneurship Academy was created as a result of a milestone gift to the Minot State University College of Business on February 9, 2010.
The $1 million donation comes from Clint Severson and his wife Conni Ahart. Severson is chairman of the board, chief executive officer and president of Abaxis, a medical devices company based in northern California. He is the 2007 Forbes Entrepreneur of the Year and a 1973 alumnus of then Minot State College.
Students from all majors can participate in the academy. With the following resources available, students will have the most authentic experience possible as they begin their own business ventures:
- Curriculum focused on knowledge and skills critical for understanding how to start, maintain, and analyze start-up businesses, with emphasis on managing on-line businesses
- Entrepreneurship Club, as mechanism through which students learn a format for analyzing start-up business plans; affiliated with national Collegiate Entrepreneurship Organization (CEO)
- Advisory Board composed of successful entrepreneurs to guide and direct the Academy
- Seed Money Fund available to be awarded to the best student business start-up plans, as selected by students in the Entrepreneurship Club
- Finance Club to manage the Seed Money Fund; proceeds distributed to the Entrepreneurship Club
- Resource Room as repository for print and electronic resources and software for understanding and analyzing entrepreneurial ventures; base for conducting research about entrepreneurship in North Dakota
Mr. Chuck Barney
B.S. Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY
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Back to Conference page
The 13th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health
Building capacity for a tobacco-free world
July 12-15, 2006, Washington, DC, USA
Objective: To explore determinants of smoking behavior transition at different stage among undergraduate students.
Methods: 8138 undergraduate students from grade 1 to 3 were selected with cluster sampling method from an university in Guangzhou with their smoking behaviors and relevant factors studied through a self-administered questionnaire. Beginners, irregular smokers and regular smokers were defined as “case group”, while non-smokers, beginners and irregular smokers were defined as “control group” accordingly. Three multivariable logistic regressions were separately conducted to explore the determinants of behavioral transition at different stage of smoking.
Results: Of the 8138 students investigated, the prevalence of beginners, irregular smokers, and regular smokers were 19.6%, 2.0%, and 1.1%, respectively; while all of the above said three rates increased with grades of the students. Some students might still try to smoke or become regular smoker in the university. In male undergraduate students, determinants for the transition from non-smokers to beginners were: source of students, father's educational level, smoking-related knowledge and belief, and smoking habit of the roommates; Risks that influence the transition from beginners to irregular smokers were: being non-medical students, smoking-related belief, roommates and classmates' smoking habit; and the transition from irregular smokers to regular smokers included father's educational level and average income of family. In female undergraduate students, influence factors for the transition from non-smokers to beginners were mother's educational level, smoking-related belief, and roommates smokers, while father's educational level, roommates and classmates' smoking habits were significant associated with beginners' change to irregular smokers.
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ThirtyEcho From United States of America, joined Dec 2001, 1635 posts, RR: 1 Posted (11 years 2 months 3 weeks 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 1205 times:
Does anybody know what happened? This was obviously a power loss of some kind; the video showed it in a turn like it could have been two shutdown on the same side.
The bigger issue is: when do we stop flying these birds because there are too few left to risk? I love the sound of a Merlin at full rock 'n' roll as much as anyone but when have we pranged enough Spitfires and P-51s to say that's enough, we don't want to lose them all?
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N
City: SEATTLE State: WA Country: US
ACFT CONTACTED ATC REPORTING A LANDING GEAR PROBLEM OVER ELLIOT BAY, THEN
THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND THE ACFT SUBSEQUENTLY DITCHED INTO THE
WATER, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME, SEATTLE, WA.
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 2 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: Y
# Pass: 2 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: Y
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
ExitRow From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 2, posted (11 years 2 months 3 weeks 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 1139 times:
I've heard fuel starvation of some sort. Lost the #3 engine first, then (supposedly) lost the remaining before ditching. The aircraft did indeed have trouble with the main gear. One wheel needed to be manually cranked by crew prior to the engine failures.
ThirtyEcho From United States of America, joined Dec 2001, 1635 posts, RR: 1 Reply 3, posted (11 years 2 months 3 weeks 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 1130 times:
OK, I think that I see the possible scenario: it was going to be just a short local flight so they took off with just the fuel that was in the tanks at the time; then, the gear problem forced them to spend X amount of time to resolve and, whatever that time was, the available fuel didn't cover it. Maybe there are some better conjectures from old B-17 hands who have had a gear problem?
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Federal Reserve Board Abolition Act Hits Congress
On January 3, 2013 Congressman Paul Broun, Jr. (R-GA) introduced HR 73, The Federal Reserve Board Abolition Act. The thrust of the legislation is to “abolish the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks, to repeal the Federal Reserve Act, and for other purposes.” It looks like Ron Paul’s consistent cries for dealing with the Federal Reserve have not fallen on deaf ears, nor has the idea dissipated from elected representatives since he left office.
This piece of legislation was not the only one to be introduced. House Resolution 77, the Free Competition in Currency Act of 2013, was also introduced by Rep. Broun. This legislation seeks “to repeal the legal tender laws, to prohibit taxation on certain coins and bullion, and to repeal superfluous sections related to coinage.”
But Broun wasn’t about to stop there. He also introduced two other pieces of legislation: HR 24, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2013, which is put forth “To require a full audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks by the Comptroller General of the United States,” and HR 33, the Audit the Fed Act of 2013, which purpose is “To amend title 31, United States Code, to reform the manner in which the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is audited by the Comptroller General of the United States and the manner in which such audits are reported.”
All of these pieces of legislation are very similar to those proposed by former Congressman Ron Paul.
The Federal Reserve is a huge problem from America and this is not some recent news. It has been going on since the early 20th century.
Brookes began by stating that “conservatives need to understand that without basic monetary reform there is no way to balance the U.S. budget, with or without tax increases and budget cuts, and even with the most optimistic GNP growth projections.” He then offered a 3 part solution:
(1) “the nation must return as quickly as possible to gold-based money and debt” (Heritage’s Policy Review published another piece endorsing a return to the gold standard as a key component of balancing the budget, in the next issue, by the late Congressman, HUD Secretary and Vice Presidential candidate — Jack Kemp, My Plan To Balance The Budget, Spring 1986)
(2) we should allow “free exchange of gold and silver, both public and private, setting up a parallel monetary system on a free market basis, allowing the public to choose,” (Heritage’s Policy Review published another piece endorsing the idea of Hayekian currency competition or privatization, also in the next issue — Richard W. Rahn, Time To Privatize Money?, Spring 1986) and
(3) “the Federal Reserve would be phased back to its original role as a bank-owned clearing house, thus eliminating its huge and costly presence in the money markets where its open market operations now run as high as $1 trillion a year.”
With all of the talk about the “fiscal cliff” and raising the debt ceiling yet again, it is clear that the problems of the Federal budget and debt, and especially the cost of servicing the Federal debt, have certainly not gotten any better since Warren Brookes’s [sic] solutions were published (and ignored) in 1986.
So far we have seen that Washington is not serious about the fiscal cliff or the debt ceiling. So now, we’ll see how serious they are about dealing with the Federal Reserve. So far, each of the bills have been referred to committee. It would behoove us to inform our representatives about these pieces of legislation and to push them through committee for a vote on the House floor.
Hat tip: American Vision News
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Study: Mosquitoes Prefer the Blood of Beer Drinkers
tanakawho via Flickr.
Barley and hops means more bumps and itching, according to a recent study that says mosquitoes prefer to bite beer drinkers. As if we needed more reasons to kill mosquitoes.
The bugs already spread malaria and West Nile virus. But what's the best way to control these buggers? We don't need more chemicals sprayed into the air or on our bodies. Have you ever looked at the warning labels of stuff like Malathion or Anvil used for mosquito control in the United States? On the other hand, less mosquitoes means less disease being spread. What's the balance between control, health and nuisance? It probably depends on what part of the world you're in. Read on. Right now, it's raining in places like Michigan, and mosquitoes are getting ready to emerge and buzz on over to campsites, backyards and parks. If it weren't for mosquito control programs, their numbers would be much worse, right? The Michigan Mosquito Control Association calls mosquitoes "by far the most dangerous animals on earth."
Back to the study, researchers exposed mosquitoes to body odors from water drinkers and beer drinkers. The bugs preferred the "breath and skin emanations" of beer drinkers. (Insert joke here about attractiveness of beer-drinking men to single ladies).
Researchers concluded that "beer consumption is a risk factor for malaria and needs to be integrated into public health policies for the design of control measures."
The study (full text) was supported by the French National Research Agency.
Should there be another warning label on beer? "May expose you to disease-carrying mosquitoes"?
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If a borrowed car is wrecked, who pays?
Next time you let a friend borrow your car, keep in mind that it could end up being a much bigger favor than you intended.
Roughly 6 million auto accidents happen every year in the United States. Nearly 3 million people are injured as a result, and about 42,000 people die.
Obviously, if your friend is involved in one of those accidents, it’s not a good thing for your car or your friend. But in terms of legal responsibility, it’ll probably be much more troublesome if you’re the car owner rather than the car borrower.
“You should really think long and hard before you let someone use your car, because you will be responsible for it,” says Ashley Hunter, president of HM Risk Group, an insurance and risk management brokerage in Austin, Texas. “There is nothing you can do. You are kind of stuck. You are going to be responsible for it.”
Your friend’s accident, your problem
Why? “The insurance follows the vehicle,” Hunter says.
Arthur Flitner, senior director of knowledge resources at The Institutes in Malvern, Pa., an insurance education group, says: “The basic idea is that someone who borrows your car with your permission is going to be an insured (person) under your policy. … As long as he had your permission to use your vehicle and he used it reasonably within the scope of that permission, he would be insured under your policy.”
Even if your friend has his own auto insurance, the damage from an accident probably will be your problem.
“If you lend your car to your friend, then your policy would pay first,” Flitner says. “In most states, there are statutes that require the owner of the vehicle to be responsible in that sort of situation.”
Only when the auto insurance of the owner is exhausted will the victim typically turn to the borrower for money. The owner pays first, then the driver, according to Hunter.
Nor will the troubles end there. If the car owner’s insurance company pays a claim on an accident, then the owner can expect his premiums to go up. As far as your auto insurance company is concerned, what matters is vehicle attached to the claim, not the driver, insurance experts say. Points taken off your license, however, are another matter and should affect only the driver.
The situation could be even worse, though. In certain cases, the policy may not recognize the coverage at all. For instance, if your friend borrowed your car to deliver pizzas when the accident occurred, the policy very well may not cover you. Personal policies generally don’t cover commercial use – anybody’s commercial use.
Treatment of regular borrowers
If someone borrowers your car regularly, experts say you should probably consider adding him or her to your own insurance. Repeated borrowers of a particular car should be added to the policy, because that constitutes “regular and frequent use,” according to Progressive Insurance.
The cost of that extra coverage will depend entirely on the added driver. “It really will depend on their driving record,” Hunter says.
Family members who live together generally can be added to the family’s car insurance policy. However, a grown child who drives regularly to school or work should be named as the principal insured person, according to Allstate. But keep in mind principal-driver status for a grown child oftentimes will bump up the parents’ auto insurance premium.
If you frequently borrow cars but don’t have auto insurance of your own, you may want to buy a non-owner policy, Flitner suggests. It’s much cheaper than a conventional auto policy, as it does not cover damage to the car itself but merely covers liability and perhaps personal injury protection.
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A Grief Like No Other: Surviving the Violent Death of Someone You Know
By Kathleen O'Hara
Dealing with the violent death of a loved one brings its own special brand of grieving. Victim's families can spend years dealing with legal ramifications, guilt, and a myriad of other circumstances that don't accompany "normal" deaths. Although this is a book for those left behind in the aftermath of violence, it offers concrete and practical steps and stages, allowing family and friends safe passage through this incredibly harrowing journey.
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Born: Feb 29, 1860 AD
Died: 1929 AD, at 69 years of age.
1860 - Born on the 29th of February.
1875 - Hollerith entered the City College of New York.
1879 - Graduated from the Columbia University School of Mines with an "Engineer of Mines" degree.
1880 - He listed himself as a mining engineer while living in Manhattan.
1890 - He completed his Ph.D. at Columbia University.
- On the 15th of September, he married Lucia Beverley Talcott.
- He built machines under contract for the US Census Bureau, which used them to tabulate the census in 2.5 years.
1896 - He started his own business when he founded the Tabulating Machine Company.
1929 - Died on the 17th of November of a heart attack and was buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
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Brazil leader announces deep cuts in energy costs
Brazil's president has announced new efforts to boost the nation's sagging economy, this time targeting energy costs for both industry and residential customers.
President Dilma Rousseff says that cuts to federal levies on energy production will result in a 16 percent drop for consumer energy costs - and a cut of up to 28 percent for some in the industrial sector. Details of the plan will be announced next week.
The Eurasia Group says in a research note that the cuts are part of a broader strategy to "spur industrial competitiveness amid lower-than-anticipated growth."
Brazil's National Confederation of Industry says in a statement that the cuts announced late Thursday will significantly help the sector, noting that the energy costs in Latin America's biggest economy are among the most expensive globally.
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Always wanted to learn to surf? The sport is demanding and takes a while to master, but there’s no greater thrill than standing up on a board for the very first time and riding a wave into shore. For the best success, choose one of the following surf breaks, all of which are great for novices.
Top Ten U.S. Beaches for Learning to Surf:
Waikiki, Oahu, Hawaii
Waikiki Beach may be the best place in the world to learn how to surf. During the winter months the waves are easy to catch, and instructors at Waikiki Beach Boys have a reputation for getting beginners up and riding waves in minutes, regardless of age or physical prowess. Lessons begin on the beach, where students learn how to safely paddle out and how to pop up onto their feet when they catch a wave. Then it’s time to paddle out, turn around, and wait for the instructor to give the board a gentle push as the first wave approaches.
Miami Beach, Florida
In Miami Beach, you’ll never have to worry about the surf being too big, making for great learning conditions and uncrowded waves. The water is always warm and you’re never far from some of the country’s best entertainment hot spots.
Cocoa Beach, Florida
Kelly Slater, the surfer with the most world titles, grew up and learned to surf in Cocoa Beach. The year-round gentle waves at this beach are small, slow and mushy, making them ideal for learning.
Jobos Beach, Isabela, Puerto Rico
Although most waves in Puerto Rico are too big for newbies, the exception is Jobos Beach on the northwestern corner of the island. This crescent shaped bay has an outside break for experienced surfers and an inside “reform” break that quickly drops to powerful whitewater -perfect for learning.
Cowell’s Beach, Santa Cruz, California
At Cowell’s the crowd is mostly beginners on foam boards, so there’s no need to be intimidated. The wave breaks on the outside and rolls slowly into the beach. And Santa Cruz is a perfect stepping-off point for exploring northern California’s beaches and Redwoods forests.
Huntington Beach, California
Billed as the Surf Capitol of the USA, Huntington Beach has numerous breaks for surfers of all capabilities. The double-breaking waves on the south side of the pier are best left for the experts, but beginners will find the waves on the north side of the pier perfect for learning.
Newport Beach, California
Newport Beach is where the University of California, Irvine hosts their beginner surf classes. Between the Newport Pier and the first jetty there are numerous great beginner breaks.
San Diego, California
There are several San Diego area surf breaks that are appropriate for beginners. Notable among them are the sand-bottom beaches in the northern part of the County, in communities such as Encinitas, Carlsbad, and Leucadia.
Zuma Beach, Malibu, California
The northern area of Zuma Beach in Malibu boasts a soft sandy bottom with consistent wave activity and this beach is consistently identified by lifeguards as one of L.A’s best places for kids to learn to surf!
Hanalei Bay, Kauai, Hawaii
There is always a perfect beginner break somewhere on the north shore of Kauai, but most days you need look no further than gorgeous Hanalei Bay, where you can learn to surf on consistent, gentle waves in one of the most beautiful places on the face of the earth.
In addition to choosing a beach with a wave that’s appropriate for beginners, the following tips will go a long way toward ensuring your success:
- Start with a long foam board (at least 8′ long but preferably 9′ or longer), rather than a regular fiberglass board. These are usually available for rent at any local surf shop.
- Avoid beaches with large, aggressive waves and experienced surfers.
- Rather than perfectly formed waves, look for a long whitewater break – this type of wave will provide plenty of energy to push your board without the need for you to initially understand how to drop in to a wave.
- Choose a beach with small to medium size (waist-high or smaller), slow-moving waves and a gently sloping sandy bottom that allows you to walk out to the break rather than paddle out.
So, go catch a few, but be forewarned – once you’ve ridden a wave you’ll probably be hooked for life!
Photo credit: Waikiki Beach
Article by Barbara Weibel at Hole In The Donut Travels
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MUSCAT // Oman is on high alert after a livestock worker died of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) near the border of the UAE, a ministry of health statement said yesterday.
The virus, which has a 30 per cent mortality rate, usually spreads to humans from cattle through tickbites or contact with meat after slaughter and can lead to severe outbreaks, according to the World Health Organization.
The worker, believed to be from Bangladesh, died in Al Buraimi at the weekend. Health workers involved in the case have been given preventive treatment.
"This is well under control but we need to be on a high alert to make sure no one else is infected," a heath ministry official told the National.
The ministry of health has already distributed preventive prophylaxis as a safeguard against possible exposure to CCHF.
Health care workers at Buraimi Hospital who treated the patient over the weekend were administered similar prophylaxis treatment.
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Here’s a war,
We’ll never win;
Cops aren’t good,
At ending sin.
Repealing Prohibition was easy by comparison. Pressure from “nice” people who wanted to drink legally again was overwhelming. Plus the liquor racketeers were just getting too involved in everyday life. After a while, the moral revolution that had originally fueled the crusade against alcohol finally flagged, and life returned to normal.
The Drug War is different. It was cooked up by cynical politicians who touted it as necessary to protect our children. For those who wanted to revive Jim Crow it was also a godsend. Discriminatory enforcement was a fine gimmick to put poor African Americans in jail and to keep that community on the defensive.
In time, as arrests mounted, another new constituency materialized: the prison lobby.
Profitable private prisons grew powerful. The swelling ranks of prison guards became the beneficiaries of lobbyists’ entreaties to legislatures to ensure that ever-tougher laws kept those drug arrests coming. Got to protect our kids, you know.
As it happened, our kids turned out to be clever little devils and soon found drugs anyway, sometimes harmlessly, sometimes to ill effect, just as with alcohol. In fact, they didn’t behave that differently from adults. Some Americans, like so many from the rest of the world, still end up struggling with addiction. People are just people.
The difference is that Americans also have to support a Drug War. One analysis puts the cost at $52 billion a year. Hmm…you can run a real war for that. Maybe two little ones. Plus we must care for millions of damaged citizens, not so much damaged by addiction as damaged by criminal records.
In 2009, for example, there were 800,000 arrests for simple marijuana possession. Then there are those other nations we have devastated with collateral damage, like Mexico, Colombia, and Afghanistan.
Additional collateral victims are our own sufferers of diseases for which marijuana offers relief. Some receive it, some don’t. Many who succeed have to act illegally because law enforcement’s moral guardians feel that simply letting them medicate with it “sends the wrong message.”
Identifying the accurate message is trickier. At the moment the front-runner seems to be that “prohibiting drugs is useful for harassing minorities and securing profits for the prison-industrial complex.”
If the media were to describe the Drug War in those terms there would be greater public understanding, but the press is too fearful, like politicians, of offending accepted conventional values.
Luckily, the national trend — slow as it is — seems to be shifting. For the moment at least, we’re headed toward softening the penalties on marijuana and letting patients use it, while also reducing the obscene punishments for possessing crack cocaine. Unfortunately, elections can alter that trend in a twinkling, either nationally or state by state.
Finally there’s that worst drug of all, heroin, which has no known political constituency. But its ravages can be treated and the risks of contracting AIDS and hepatitis reduced. Other nations and some localities in the United States have found success with clean needle exchanges. They can help reduce the crime rate and increase the chances that addicts will enroll in drug treatment programs. The Obama administration smartly ended a decades-long ban on using federal funds for these programs.
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Abdus-Salaam Musa, third from right, an official at the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) Relief Helping Hand, directs a meal program for the homeless in New York, Oct. 26. A spokesman for the organization said donations to the group have dropped due to concern about government investigations of Muslim institutions.Bebeto Matthews/AP
Omer bin Abdullah won't be leaving a paper trail this year when he makes his traditional donation to the poor during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
He will fulfill his religious duty by handing cash directly to a needy family, as will many other American Muslims at a time when federal investigators are targeting U.S.-based Islamic charities in the hunt for terrorists.
''People are so scared that they don't know what to do,'' said Abdullah, of Herndon, Va.
Islam requires its followers to give 2.5 percent of their income and savings to the poor annually and many do so during Ramadan. But since the Sept. 11 attacks, the federal government has frozen the assets of three major Muslim nonprofits on suspicion of links with terrorism: the Holy Land Foundation of Richardson, Texas, and Benevolence International Foundation and Global Relief Foundation, both in the Chicago area.
Other Muslim charities, which feel they've been unfairly tarred by association, have seen a significant drop in donations. That has only heightened the importance of their Ramadan collections this year.
''Two-thirds of our funds come from this month,'' said Muhammad Rahman, head of the New York-based international relief arm of the Islamic Circle of North America. ''If we don't make it, that means next year will be a very tough time.''
In Islam, the start of the holy month is based on a lunar calendar and requires visual sightings of the new crescent moon. This year, it is expected to fall on Wednesday. It is the most important time of the year for Muslims, and also the period when Islamic charities launch their biggest fund-raising campaigns.
A group of Muslim leaders met with President Bush in September, urging him to take some action so American Muslims feel safer making donations -- a practice referred to in Islam as zakat, which is one of the five pillars of the faith. U.S. Muslim leaders are lobbying for a federal auditing system for Islamic charities, so investigators and donors can feel confident that no money goes to groups thought to have terrorist ties.
Without such safeguards, many Muslims fear that sending checks to their favorite humanitarian organizations will inadvertently make them suspects in the eyes of law enforcement.
Ismat Hamid, an industrial pharmacist from Ann Arbor, Mich., said many Muslims in his community plan to change the way they donate this year, although he will not. He will send money to U.S.-based Muslim humanitarian groups that help children in his native Iraq.
''American Muslims, they don't want to put themselves in a situation that is very hard to prove they are innocent,'' Hamid said. ''After in general, the American Muslims are guilty until proven innocent.''
Mercy USA for Aid and Development, an international humanitarian organization founded by American Muslims, is attempting to address such concerns. The Michigan nonprofit posted a statement on its Web site noting it works with the U.S. Agriculture Department, and has enclosed similar statements in its direct mail fund-raising campaigns.
The group collects as much as 30 percent of its private donations for the year during Ramadan. Umar al-Quadi, Mercy's chief executive, said giving is down due to the slow economy and donor fear.
''People generally are scared,'' al-Quadi said.
Rahman, whose organization is known as ICNA Relief-Helping Hand, said donations to his group have dropped by about one-third due to concern about government investigations. He already has been forced to cut back his program to help poor people in the United States cover expenses for rent and food.
''We are trying the campaign the same way we did last time,'' Rahman said of his organization's holiday appeal. ''But, the point is, people totally shy away.''
Altaf Bukhari, a Muslim and civil engineer in Tampa, Fla., used to donate to Global Relief and said he has received solicitations from them to help defray their defense costs in their legal battle with the government. He hasn't sent any money so far, even though he has been upset by news reports about surveillance of Muslims in the United States.
For his Ramadan donation, he plans to collect money for an ambulance that will be used to help refugees in his native India, possibly by sending the money directly to a group in that country.
''Our intention is to only make sure that the right people get the money,'' Bukhari said.
Hamid said he understands the fears of American Muslims in the current climate, but he wishes they would not be cowed into burying their ties to their faith community.
''I feel we have nothing to hide,'' he said. ''We are faithful to this country. We are loyal to this country.''
Published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Saturday, November 2, 2002.
Athens Banner-Herald ©2013. All Rights Reserved.
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Okay in this report how does choices buying and selling operate we are going to believe you recognize the standard premise of selections buying and selling and have a basic understanding of the terms concerned. If not then you may possibly have to do some simple study 1st.
How Does Alternatives Investing Work
The very best way is to explain by illustration.
Okay... Allows say we see the value of ABC Keeping is $67 on May well 1st and the premium (price tag) is $three.15 for a July 70 get in touch with.
What this implies is that the expiration date is the third Friday of July and the strike price tag is $70. This means the complete value of the deal is $three.fifteen x $100 $315. In the actual earth you would also have to spend commission but in this illustration we will disregard that.
Now with a stock choice deal it is etfs the selection to purchase a hundred shares. That is why we have multiplied the contract by one hundred to get the selling price. The strike cost of $70 implies that the stock value have to rise above $70 prior to the simply call option is really worth nearly anything. Also as the get hold of is for $3.fifteen per share it therefore makes our break-even value $73.15.
So when the stock selling price is $67, it's considerably less than the $70 strike value creating the option worthless. However you have to remember that you have paid out $315 for the solution so you are now down by that total.
What Happens When The Selling price Shoots Up?
Now permit us say that in four weeks the stock cost has risen to $78. The selections contract has improved alongside with the stock cost so now is worth $eight.25 x one hundred $825. Then when you subtract what online currency forex you paid for the deal your somme gain is ($8.25 - $3.fifteen) x one hundred $510. Just like that you have virtually doubled your cash in just four weeks.
At this stage you have the decision to offer the selection which is known as "closing your position" and get the revenue there and then. The other different is to maintain on to see if the price rises further. To reveal options trading additional in this instance we are heading to preserve maintain of our deal.
What Could Happen IF You Retain Hold Of A Get in touch with
In our illustration we manufactured the incorrect decision we held on to our deal and the by the expiration date the stock was at a very low of $sixty two. This is bad simply because it is considerably less than our strike price and there is no time left. We are now trade rush down the authentic selling price of the option which was $315.
To make it easier for both equally of us to recognize I have place the calculations into an less difficult to read through format
Date - May possibly 1st - May possibly 28th - Expiry Date
Stock Value - $67 - $78 - $62
Alternative Value - $3.fifteen - $8.25 - Worthless
Deal Value - $315 - $825 - $
Paper Achieve/Loss - $ - $510 - $315
What Does This All Suggest?
The selling price swing for the length of this deal from large to reduced was a staggering $825 in just a several weeks. There was a position where the expense could have been an almost two-fold improve. This is leverage in action peeps.
Now why don't we delve deeper into how selections trading performs in the genuine earth. Certainly we have talked about options as the right to purchase or provide options trading .....but in actuality the majority of selections are not exercised. Let us dig deeper shall we?
Training Versus Trading Out
When we seem at our case in point we could have created cash by training at $70 and then selling back at $78 for a web earnings of $eight a share. We could also maintain the stock in the understanding that we are ready to acquire it at a discount rate at the present worth.
What happens in the actual world is most holders choose to consider their earnings by trading out (closing out) their positions. The holder would offer his situation on the selection marketplace with the writers buying again their place back to close it. Ideal estimates propose that only about twelve% of alternatives are ever exercised, 58% traded out and the other 30% allowed to expire.
Let's end up this report by explaining pricing alternatives penny stocks in this example.
Intrinsic Worth and Time Worth
In our instance the premium (price tag) of the choice went from $three.15 to $8.25. This transform can be defined by intrinsic price and time worth.
What we signify is an choices top quality price is its intrinsic price as well as time value. Notice the intrinsic worth is the total "in-the-funds" and selection is which for a contact option indicates the price of the stock is equal to the strike cost. The time value represents the risk of the solution growing in value. In our illustration what this signifies is
Premium Intrinsic Value Time Worth like this $8.25 $eight $.twenty five
In the financial planet possibilities fairly significantly constantly trade previously mentioned their intrinsic value. In our case in point we just had to explain all options that may occur when either getting or promoting an alternative.
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We welcome all readers of the blog interesting swords! Today we tell about an unusual sword ...
The Katzbalger is typical sword of German and Swiss freelance. He appeared in the late XV and was produced until the middle of the XVI century. Classify this sword is very heavy on the one hand, it does have elements of type XIIIb, on the other hand, it has a flat, diamond-shaped cross section as a type XVIII since the late Middle Ages.
If we consider as a whole, katzbalger can be attributed to the type XIIIb late Renaissance. Are characteristic of a strongly curved, with a horizontal 5-shaped, parrying the bow.
Later they evolved into a regular eight.
A widespread mistake is believed that the name of the sword comes from the fact that the sheath was made of cat fur [from him. Katze - Cat). Argued that such sheath of the cat's fur allegedly was not the tip so that you can fence, not exposing the sword. Such an explanation of the name is still unlikely. Pictorial sources clearly confirm that katzbalger worn in conventional sheath. It seems that the name of the sword comes from the ancient expression denoting the brawl (katzbalgen - fight), that is, wie-die-Katzen-balgen (fight like cats).
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Despite a surprising stumble for the U.S. economy at the end of last year, economists agree steady job growth and an improving housing market will drive the recovery forward this year.
While federal stimulus pulled the economy through the recession, a healthier private sector is carrying the load now — offsetting the drag from reduced federal spending.
A plunge in defense spending helped shrink the economy last quarter by a 0.1% annual rate — the first contraction in more than three years, the government reported Wednesday.
Many economists shrugged off the news. They say the causes of the reversal are temporary.
"It would be a mistake to view this drop in GDP … as a possible harbinger of recession," Nigel Gault, chief U.S. economist of IHS Global Insight, said in a research note.
"The economy is still growing slowly," says Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody's Analytics.
Zandi and Gault forecast modest economic growth of about 2% this year, roughly the same as last year, and average monthly job gains of 150,000 to 170,000.
The economy has proved surprisingly resilient despite the so-called fiscal cliff of tax increases and spending cuts that Congress partly averted on Jan. 1. Consumer spending and business investment rose solidly last quarter.
Amid such headwinds to growth, the Federal Reserve agreed Wednesday to continue buying $85 billion a month in government bonds to hold down long-term interest rates and spark growth until the job market improves "substantially."
At the same time, a confluence of positive factors is setting the stage for stronger private-sector gains. Among them:
• Rising home sales and building are expected to contribute significantly to economic growth for the first time in several years. Rising home values are making consumers feel wealthier. Rebuilding after Superstorm Sandy will also boost growth.
• Jobs are growing. Payroll processor ADP says private-sector gains totaled a better-than-expected 192,000 in January.
• Disposable personal income, adjusted for inflation, rose at a 6.8% annual rate last quarter, a four-year high. Meanwhile, the share of income that Americans are using to pay off debt fell to a 29-year low of 10.6%.
• The European financial crisis is easing and growth in China is picking up, helping U.S. exports.
Bernard Baumohl, chief global economist of The Economic Outlook Group, thinks a robust private sector will more than make up for them. That, he says, will yield 3.1% economic growth — best since 2005 — and monthly job additions of 224,000.
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PARIS -- On March 7, 1833, a young woman received a note from a man she had met a few months before: "I love you, my poor angel, you know it well, and yet you want me to write it. But you are right: One has to love, and then one has to say it, and then write it ... "The young woman in question was Juliette Drouet. The man who wrote the letter was Victor Hugo, who would go on to shower his mistress, a young French actress, with hundreds of such epistles.
Anne-Sophie Moutier, 23, is not yet that prolific a writer. But since this past November, when her boyfriend first went off to military school, she too has discovered the joys of letter writing. Granted, many of her correspondences involve e-mails and text messages. Not all, however. Anne-Sophie and her boyfriend sometimes write real, handwritten letters. The old-fashioned kind. "Nothing can replace a love letter, she says. The phone is not enough and when you write, you can say things that may sound a little cheesy when said aloud.
Is Anne-Sophie a big romantic? Well, shes in love, at any rate. As is her fiancé. Before leaving for his training camp, he slips one of Anne-Sophies letters underneath his shirt, "close to his heart." Are they being too lovey-dovey? Is their candor bordering on naiveté? Not at all. According to Philippe Brenot, a psychiatrist and president of the International Observatory of Couples, love letters are part of the romantic discourse and are of considerable importance.
"Love letters are the place where confidences are made, he says. They remain a powerful means of expressing ones feelings and ones desire of declaring ones love, breathing life into it at the beginning of a relationship, and even allowing to rekindle the flame when love seems to be waning."
"With the telephone and with the arrival of new technologies, [love letters] almost disappeared," Brenot adds. "But actually, theyve become unique, because time adds value. The time you take to write a letter, the time it takes for it to reach its recipient, and the time the latter takes to read it." Its hard to argue with the fact too that a handwritten letter, all alone in a mailbox full of flyers and bills, has a certain cachet.
"A delightful delay"
Are love letters still pertinent in this modern era, when sexual relations are no longer so taboo and elusive and when hardly anyone courts anymore? "More than ever!" says Roger Schembri, a French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who says love letters provide a delightful delay.
"Its always been easier to write down feelings than to say them aloud. Especially nowadays, at a time when people find it easier to say I want to have sex with you than I love you, he says. Love letters, Roger Schembri goes on to say, deliver a fragment of a dream we all want to believe in."
It would seem, in other words, that the new means of communication havent killed off love letters after all. For Joëlle-Andrée Deniot, a sociology professor at the University of Nantes, "Internet, Facebook and Twitter have rather encouraged letters". And the youth, although addicted to all things virtual, is no exception to the rule. Young people express their feelings using all media, from paper to parchment, from Post-it notes to postcards, via text messages and e-mails. Their creativity knows no bounds.
The letter we receive, the one that bears the signature of our beloved, is as sensual and carnal as the expression of desire itself. Writing is like an extension of oneself. "Its like a caress, like a reassuring kiss, says Abiwen Josiane, 48.
Sometimes the person we are writing to is far away, or is leaving us for good. In those cases the act of writing can be a way to escape pain and sorrow, or a way to help us better understand our own feelings, to really discover what it is thats turning us upside down. "When I realized I would never see her again, I decided to write her the most beautiful love letter ever," says Jérémie Franc de Ferriere, 27.
A love letter definitely contains this fragment of dream were all looking for, to protect us from the worlds hardships and from our own turbulent times. At the same time it can give meaning to our sexuality, helping sort out that complicated but exciting rush of pleasure and feelings.
Read more from Le Monde in French
Photo Daquella manera
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ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT (Chapters 1 through 182)
REGULATION OF TRADE
INSPECTION AND SALE OF FOOD, DRUGS AND VARIOUS ARTICLES
Return of bakery products; movement of bakery products to consumer; exceptions
Section 5. Except as provided in section six, no bakery products shall be returned from any consumer or other purchaser to the dealer or baker, nor from any dealer to the baker, nor shall any dealer or baker directly or indirectly accept any returns from or make any exchange of bakery products with any person. All such products shall be kept moving to the consumer without unreasonable delay and without any practice whatsoever which may disseminate contagion or disease among or inflict fraud upon consumers, or disseminate “rope”, so called, or other infection in bakeries, or cause waste in the food supply; provided, that this section, except in so far as may be necessary to prevent such waste, shall not apply to crackers or other bakery products which are packed at the place of production in cartons, cans, boxes or similar permanent containers, except paper or parchment wrappers used in wrapping loaves of bread, and which are so packed and sealed at such place as fully to insure the freshness and wholesomeness of such products and to protect them from contamination, adulteration and deterioration in the course of trade, and which remain in the original unbroken package as packed.
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Torturing the Rule of Law
by Ron Paul
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While Congress is sidetracked by who said what to whom and when, our nation finds itself at a crossroads on the issue of torture. We are at a point where we must decide if torture is something that is now going to be considered justifiable and reasonable under certain circumstances, or is America better than that?
Enhanced interrogation as some prefer to call it, has been used throughout history, usually by despotic governments, to cruelly punish or to extract politically useful statements from prisoners. Governments that do these things invariably bring shame on themselves.
In addition, information obtained under duress is incredibly unreliable, which is why it is not admissible in a court of law. Legally valid information is freely given by someone of sound mind and body. Someone in excruciating pain, or brought close to death by some horrific procedure is not in any state of mind to give reliable information, and certainly no actions should be taken solely based upon it.
For these reasons, it is illegal in the United States and illegal under Geneva Conventions. Simulated drowning, or water boarding, was not considered an exception to these laws when it was used by the Japanese against US soldiers in World War II. In fact, we hanged Japanese officers for war crimes in 1945 for water boarding. Its status as torture has already been decided by our own courts under this precedent. To look the other way now, when Americans do it, is the very definition of hypocrisy.
Matthew Alexander, author of How to Break a Terrorist used non-torture methods of interrogation in Iraq with much success. In fact, one cooperative jihadist told him, "I thought you would torture me, and when you didn't, I decided that everything I was told about Americans was wrong. That's why I decided to cooperate." Alexander also found that in Iraq the No. 1 reason foreign fighters flocked there to fight were the abuses carried out at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo. Our policy of torture was directly and swiftly recruiting fighters for al-Qaeda in Iraq. Alexander's experiences unequivocally demonstrate that losing our humanity is not beneficial or necessary in fighting terror.
The current administration has reversed its position on releasing evidence of torture by the previous administration and we must ask why. A great and moral nation would have the courage to face the truth so it could abide by the rule of law. To look the other way necessarily implicates all of us and would of course further radicalize people against our troops on the ground. Instead, we have the chance to limit culpability for torture to those who were truly responsible for these crimes against humanity.
Not everyone who was given illegal orders obeyed them. Many FBI agents understood that an illegal order must be disobeyed and they did so. The others must be held accountable, so that all of us are not targeted for blowback for the complicity of some.
The government's own actions and operations in torturing people, and in acting on illegally obtained and unreliable information to kill and capture, are the most radicalizing forces at work today, not any religion, nor the fact that we are rich and free. The fact that our government engages in evil behavior under the auspices of the American people is what poses the greatest threat to the American people, and it must not be allowed to stand.
May 26, 2009
Dr. Ron Paul is a Republican member of Congress from Texas.
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My family was one big walking Italian cliché over the holidays. We had 3 pies, 2 trays of cookies, and a bowl of red grapes for dessert ... for 12 people. We discussed making homemade ricotta for ravioli, as we sopped up leftover red sauce with Italian bread. We debated Aunt Marion’s meatball recipe: parsley or no parsley? We drank Chianti.
My mother even saved the red and white string I used to wrap gifts because it reminded her of the stuff they used to package old fashioned baked goods—which she'd walk to fetch for her grandmother—at Harrison Bakery, in Syracuse. (Which, truthfully, I bought because it reminded me of the string used to tie up boxes of cannoli at Modern Pastry in the North End—Boston’s version of Little Italy.) In short, we all but broke out singing "Dominick the Donkey."
But it really hit home just how Italian my family was when I broached the tradition of making lentils on December 31st each year. Italians believe that eating lentils on New Year’s Eve provides luck for the year ahead. Since lentils are shaped like little coins and are often green in color, it’s said that they signify good fortune: a legume-backed insurance policy of sorts. And so growing up, my mother would make us lentil soup at the start of every year.
This year at the Christmas table, my grandmother piped in to say she still made lentil soup, as did my aunt, and my mom’s cousin: a tradition that my great grandmother brought over from Italy, 98 years ago.
I learned that long before I was born, it was also tradition for my grandmother to (try) to avoid the lentil soup if there was garlic in it (she doesn’t like it). My great grandmother would then enact her deny, deny, deny garlic-in-the-soup policy until someone inevitably found a large chunk. (I imagine she must have felt like her hands were tied, being handed a garlic restriction: why bother to cook at all?) She’d shrug, wrinkle her nose, and act confused as to how—precisely—the garlic got there. But she knew exactly how.
And how can you mess with a stubborn tradition like that? Though, in the interest of full disclosure, staying in on New Year’s Eve to make lentil soup—instead of drinking champagne and wearing an obnoxious amount of sequins—sounded downright depressing this year. So for good measure, I made sure to get my lucky lentils in on the eve of New Year’s Eve at Addis Red Sea, an Ethiopian restaurant in Boston’s South End. You just can’t take any chances when it comes to an entire year of prosperity. And the lentils they served were all I had hoped for: spicy and a refreshing change of pace, just what I wish 2011 to be.
But being a bit of a traditionalist—and a bit superstitious—I made sure to whip up a pot of lentil soup this week. Just in case. It couldn’t hurt to have a little added insurance; a little extra lentil currency to ensure good fortune and most definitely, unabashedly, some garlic in the coming year.
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On International Women's Day (March 8) a series of news stories announced that women are at greater risk of heart disease than previously believed, perhaps more than men. According to some news reports, risk factors such as smoking, birth control pills, obesity, and a sedentary lifestyle contribute to higher incidences in females. So, as the song "Give Your Heart A Break" sings ... there is only so much it can take .... reduce your chances of developing heart disease by making healthy lifestyle choices.
One such organization, Sister to Sister, is a non-profit dedicated to educating women on understanding their personal risk factors and provides free heart- health evaluations.Sister to Sister began its life saving mission in 1999 and continues to promote heart disease prevention. The organization partners with donors, hospitals, and other organizations to deliver their heart healthy programs.
To try their Smart for the Heart simple heart risk assessment online, please click here. After completing your health assessment you will receive a customized health action plan full of healthy living recommendations.
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Accounting for Derivatives: Advanced Hedging under IFRS is a comprehensive practical guide to hedge accounting. This book is neither written by auditors afraid of providing opinions on strategies for which accounting rules are not clear, nor by accounting professors lacking practical experience. Instead, it is based on day-to-day experience, advising corporate CFOs and treasurers on sophisticated hedging strategies. It covers the most frequent hedging strategies and addresses the most pressing challenges that corporate executives find today.
The book is case-driven with each case analysing in detail a real-life hedging strategy. A broad range of hedging strategies have been included, some of them using sophisticated derivatives.
The objective of this book is to provide a conceptual framework based on the extensive use of cases so that readers can create their own accounting interpretation of the hedging strategy being considered. Accounting for Derivatives will be essential reading for CFOs, internal auditors and treasurers of corporations, professional accountants as well as derivatives professionals working at commercial and investment banks.
Key feature include:
The only book to cover IAS39 from the derivatives practitioner’s perspective
Extensive real-life case studies to providing essential information for the practitioner
Covers hedging instruments such as forwards, swaps, cross-currency swaps, and combinations of standard options as well as more complex derivatives such as knock-in forwards, KIKO forwards, range accruals and swaps in arrears.
Includes the latest information on FX hedging and hedging of commodities
We do not deliver the extra material sometimes included in printed books (CDs or DVDs).
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Most widely held works by Madhavi Bokil
Three attempts at inflation forecasting in Pakistan by Madhavi Bokil ( Book )
6 editions published in 2005 in English and held by 19 libraries worldwide
This paper presents three empirical approaches to forecasting inflation in Pakistan. The preferred approach is a leading indicators model in which broad money growth and private sector credit growth help forecast inflation. A univariate approach also yields reasonable forecasts, but seems less suited to capturing turning points. A vector autoregressive (VAR) model illustrates how monetary developments can be described by a Phillips-curve type relationship. We deal with potential parameter instability on account of fundamental changes in Pakistan's economic system by restricting our sample to more recent observations. Gregorian and Islamic calendar seasonality are addressed by using 12-month moving averages.
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7 1/2 Habits of Highly Successful Lifelong Learners was actually my first attempt at creating online training. I thought I’d share what I’ve learned as a result.
- When you put yourself out there on the Web and ask for feedback, you are going to get feedback! I have received hundreds of emails with comments about the tutorial. 99% of the comments have been positive but I have to admit the negative ones do sting a bit. You have to develop a thick skin because not everyone will offer constructive criticism. Take it with a grain of salt, learn from it, and move on!
- Brevity is key! 14-minutes was a little long for this tutorial. 10-minutes is the maximum for any training segment (this goes for face to face training too). If you are going more than 10-minutes you need to break the tutorial up into smaller chunks. In the book The Ten-Minute Trainer Sharon Bowman explains that, “Television has conditioned us to expect fast-paced, attention-getting methods of informational delivery.” Television programs usually have 10-minutes of programming followed by 5-minutes of commercials. We have become conditioned to expect this type of programming. We do more for our learners if we accept and work with this idea rather than try to fight it.
- Alternate voices. Ideally alternate between a male and female voice. This keeps the attention of your learners.
They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery so imagine my surprise when I received an email from a teacher who asked if she could recreate the tutorial and gear it towards K-12 educators.Shelley Paul, a teacher from the Atlanta area, has done a marvelous job repurposing this tutorial for her staff’s Learning 2.0 program.
Shelley used a free tool called VoiceThread to create the tutorial. I really like the way VoiceThread lets viewers leave not only written comments but recorded comments as well. I enjoyed listening to all the different voices and reflections that her learners had during the tutorial. I can’t wait to try this tool for my next project! If you have a few minutes check out Shelley’s version below.
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