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WOODSTOCK — A drought-fueled lack of food is largely to blame for the soaring number of black bear invasions in the mid-Hudson, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
WOODSTOCK — A drought-fueled lack of food is largely to blame for the soaring number of black bear invasions in the mid-Hudson, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
"The bears are a little more desperate this year for alternative food because their natural source of food is not so available," said wildlife biologist Matthew Merchant, who is known as DEC's "Bear Guy."
Already this year, the DEC has received 300 inquiries about nuisance bears in this area. In all of last year, it received 390.
DEC wildlife specialists have caught and killed a record seven bears in Orange, Sullivan and Ulster counties for invading homes, a summer camp and a farm.
"On average, only one bear is killed each year, and they don't like doing it," DEC spokeswoman Wendy Rosenbach said of staff. "(But) once bears start getting into homes, they become a danger to the community and people's lives are at risk."
DEC has also tagged nine other nuisance bears for monitoring in hopes that they can be prevented from making more break-ins.
In several cases, bears paid their visits after smelling food being prepared through screened windows, Merchant said.
Since hungry bears are notorious for Dumpster-diving, the DEC advises residents not to leave their trash out for long periods of time between garbage pickups and to use bear-proof latched trash containers.
Merchant also suggests putting an ammonia-soaked rag on top of your trash since bears hate the smell.
Bears have been roaming lately since June-July is mating season. Adult bears also drive their young away during the summer so they can be on their own.
"Most of the bears that we've caught are young adults that were just kicked out or hungry pregnant females," Merchant said.
According to the DEC, the estimated bear population in the Catskills has soared to about 2,800.
Getting a house call from a bear is a terrifying experience. Just ask Donna Graham of Lake Hill near Woodstock.
She was home when a hungry, mangy female bear broke into her house not once but twice. During a visit last month, the bear ripped out a living room window in the middle of the night, spraying shattered glass everywhere.
"It's been a monthlong nightmare," she said. The DEC eventually trapped and killed the bear.
About the same time in the Woodstock hamlet of Bearsville, Martin Knowles and his family received three visits from a mother bear and her cubs. Fortunately, they were not at home each time the bears trashed the house. When the bears returned a fourth time, DEC fired two shots at the mother bear but missed. The bears were apparently spooked enough to stay away.
Graham said that some people are angry at her for calling DEC.
"It's very tragic what happened, but human life takes precedence over animal life," she said.


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Your honor, Creative Labs claims prior art in the field of text-to-speech interfaces, and we can prove it. I'd like to call as my first witness Doctor Sbaitso [wikipedia.org].
Yeah, I actually posted about that 2 years ago when the shuffle was rumored. Can I dig up my old
Of course, people thought I was nuts then...
I expect what they will patent is the system where the computer does the text-to-speech and then loads up the created files to the player along with the actual songs, then the menu system plays them as appropriate.
So a bit more than just a text-to-speech menu system.
I don't disagree, I was just pointing out that it wasn't just text-to-peach as some people were claiming.
Personally I think many patents are silly and obvious and lack any real innovation. I don't get to decide though, and this seems less obviously that stuff like one click ordering that got a patent, and I expect this does enough to get Apple the patent, unless the system gets an overhaul.
Did you read the patent? and are you a lawyer?So.. the novelty part should be clear.
As someone else already pointed out, the second question should not be relevant, rather, the relevant question should be: 'are you an expert in the field', and yes I am. Maybe somewhere in the claims of the patent there is actually a genuine invention, I failed to spot it, but that might actually be one of the first and biggest problems with patents. As an expert in the field, I should be able to take a patent and implement the invention described in it. As it is, this is often not true for software related
Unfortunately, Rockbox lacks all the elegance and grace which characterizes the Apple iPod interface. It looks and feels like it was designed by an autistic chimpanzee.
Rockbox supports gapless playback.
So you go play with your "elegant graceful interface". I prefer to listen to the music.
The Rockbox [rockbox.org] open-source firmware for iPods and various other players has been supporting talking menus for ages. (Sorry, the Rockbox wiki seems to be down for the moment.)
Furthermore, it's free and does not try to lock you out of your music.
So what's up with the patent?
This site lets you search for a song, by tapping the rhythm of its words (lyrics).
Let's say you have a song stuck in your head, and you don't know the name of it. Never fear! Load up our search screen, and try tapping the rhythm of the song on your space bar while humming the tune. Tap the space bar for each syllable that you sing. It's that
While driving, I argue that there is one task and one task alone that should be getting full spation reasoning awareness: driving.
I agree in principle that just reading off menu items to us is adding a level of abstraction, not simplifying anything. We haven't really seen how this would work, but it sounds like nothing much new. (Pre-OS X Macs certainly did this too.)
The thing about cars is, radios and cells phones are also distracting. When each of those came out people said they distracted from peopl
Hmmm - I wonder how you'll feel about the upcomming MS patent then.
But Apple says its system will break down words in a new way that makes it possible to pronounce perfectly even the most obscure song titles and artist names. It also proposes using "voice talent" - such as famous actors - to make the speech more human and add in the celebrity factor. The patent also proposes using different voice "characteristics", such as gender, for different sections of the iPod menus. Professor Steve Renals, a speech technology expert at Edinburgh University, said: "It is possible
This iPod adapter that Honda makes does this; it reads to you the names of your albums, and you select the one you want when it says it.
Too bad it sucks. [nuxx.net] First of all, it would take, like, 2 hours to read me all of my albums on my iPod, so I can't jump to anything quickly... also, you have to click a button with a second or so of it reading the one you want. This is a bad idea when driving; the only thing I should have to respond to in a timely manner while driving is, well, driving.
One review I read o
And does he use his tongue to move the click wheel? Meanwhile, what about the fucking DRIVING WHEEL and "NAVIGATING" THE CAR? Creating an interface that explicitly encourages use WHILE DRIVING is insane, and probably a class-action lawsuit waiting to happen.A user will have difficulty navigating the interface in "eyes-busy" situations. Such activities include, for example, driving an automobile...
I'm surprised all of those companies that make car radios and CD changers are still in business. Speaking seriously, the best interface would probably be a 5-button remote.
(1) Play/Pause
(2) Next song
(3) Prev song
(4) Next playlist
(5) Prev playlist
I may add that the buttons should be *big* to allow their use while wearing gloves - the profusion of many tiny buttons is o
Now taht I think about it, I thought the whole point of the iPod was that you loaded it with a week's worth of songs and either a playlist or randomised it. You shouldn't need to press any controls from the beginning to end of your trip.
Personally, despite a few gig of MP3, when I;m working I mostly just turn on the radio and let a DJ sort it out.
So, perhaps, a "I'm not really in the mood for this. NEXT!" Panic Button should be the only control on the thing?
Yeah, but I was thinking more like something like the dashboard of a Volvo 240. BIG dials for lights, fan, heat & A/C, thumb-sized buttons for air direction, old-fashioned rocker switches or large levers for everything else. The panel looks like it belongs in a Peterbuilt, but it's much more functional, intuitive, and easier to customize than the overdesigned interiors of cars t
I'd like to believe this, but frankly, Apple has been letting their TTS and STT features languish since they were introduced to Mac OSX.
Speakable Items (speech to text commands) are a very simple arrangement: the engine is listening for a finite set of strings at any given time, so error rates are low. Fortunately, the set of strings is gathered from a set of filenames, so it's super-easy to make new strings and organize them by application. Unfortunately, most of the newer applications that are bundled with OSX have no hooks for automation nor sample scripts as speakable items. The speakable item must be an AppleScript or
VoiceOver (text to speech prompting) is also fairly straightforward, but there's limited support and somewhat inconsistent controls. Many of the blind folks I've seen using voice prompts on other devices want their voice prompts to be very fast, even so far as to blur the words together into abstract "earcons." The AppleScript-invoked speech does not honor the OSX talking speed preferences, so the words just ramble on taking forever to finish. The talking is not a separately controllable volume channel, so if you turn up the iTunes, then the TTS voice will start yelling at you to compete, or worse, not be able to escape the iTunes mute control.
This is just a rumor, but for the sake of those who like or need good voice features in their interfaces, I hope it signals a new drive to finish what they've started here.
The voice recorder, possibly, but a tuner I think is pretty unlikely.
In case anybody is wondering, I only know about that because I'm currently doing audio interface research, and I had read one of his papers so I had looked up what other work he's currently working on. I have no affiliation with him or UNC, but I thought some Slashdo
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There is no doubt about it, electronic dance music, or EDM, has taken over the world. It first crept out from small underground venues and into small rooms in big clubs. Then, hip-hop DJs in big rooms started playing it and now, I can't remember the last time I walked into a club and heard hip-hop. Where did all the 50 Cent's go?
They're probably crying over what happened to mainstream music. But so are a lot of electronic music fans. The genre has exploded, but at what cost? Sure, it's brought a lot of attention to the genre, but it's also become tremendously commercial. As with most things, when something becomes too popular, it soon gets played out. So is EDM on its way out, or is it just getting started?
Sitting comfortably somewhere near the top of everyone's favorite EDM DJ list is Zedd, real-name Anton Zaslavski — although he considers himself a musician rather than an EDM artist. And I'm inclined to agree with him. The musical began to play musical instruments at age four, and has been creating music ever since.
"I've been a musician for over 15 years, so I've probably been around longer than most DJs. I've just spent more time learning instruments and 'understanding' music instead of deejaying," said Zedd in an interview with the Taipei Times.
It's this formula that landed the 23-year-old in a powerhouse position for the genre. And this is a good thing, because it's people like him who will influence what happens to EDM next.
"I think electronic music is always going to be there and it's always going to change rapidly and evolve. Especially EDM, which is so much based on sounds that change as fast as technology."
Zedd also says he sees EDM going in a more musical direction. "Less beats, more emotion, and more organic — real instruments," he said.
This is something that he is already doing in his DJ sets. He plays a lot of his own music, makes his own mash-ups and creates a full visual show. Even if he plays the same song, he says it will always be a different experience because of all the other dimensions he adds to it.
EDM is getting blasted from all sides of the spectrum for sounding a little too similar. Even EDM DJs are blasting EDM. At the SXSW music conference earlier this year, techno legend Richie Hawtin talked to Deadmau5 about how EDM has become "homogenized." Mixmag highlights bits of the talk, like when the pair discussed how EDM has become too diluted as a result of mass popularity. Mixmag also noted the irony, since Deadmau5' trademark ears epitomize EDM.
Zedd actually opened for Deadmau5 when he played in Taipei in 2011, where many fans said he outplayed the man donning the mouse ears. Zedd played again in Taipei in 2012 when he opened for Lady Gaga, as well as a sideshow at Luxy. He plays in Taipei again on Wednesday, but this time he is the star of the show.
When asked if he thought that being a producer made him a better DJ, Zedd said "absolutely."
"Lots of DJs don't understand how keys work and how transitions work musically. They only hear the beat, the BPM (tempo of a song) and although the beat matches the drums, the melodies clash. I think being a musician gives you the ability to create way more interesting song transitions."
"It's a lot more difficult to be a good producer than a good DJ," he added.
Zedd has reworked songs for Lady Gaga, produced songs for Justin Bieber and released his debut album last year. The album's third single, Clarity, is currently popular all over American radio stations. "That doesn't make the song any better or worse, it just means that electronic dance music has become so popular that it is just as big as what we used to call pop music. EDM has become pop because people love it."


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Research Radar: Beyond Hollande and Holland…
Markets have been dominated this week so far by the fallout from Sunday's French presidential election, where Socialist Francois Hollande now looks set to beat incumbent conservative Nicolas Sarkozy in the May 6 runoff , and the collapse of the ruling Dutch coalition on Monday. Public anxiety about budgetary austerity in Europe was further reinforced by news on Monday of a deepening of the euro zone private sector contraction in April. That said, euro equity, bond and currency prices have stabilised relatively quickly even if implied volatility has increased as investors brace for another month or so of political heat in the single currency bloc. The French runoff is now on the same day as the Greek elections and May 31 sees Ireland going to the polls to vote on the EU's new fiscal compact. Wall St's volatility gauge, the ViX, is back up toward 20% — better reflecting longer term averages — and relatively risky assets such as emerging market equities remain on the back foot. The euro political heat and slightly slower Q2 world growth pulse will likely keep markets subdued and jittery until mid year at least. At that point, another cyclical upswing in world manufacturing together with the passing of the EBA's euro bank recapitalisation deadline as well as the introduction of the new European Stability Mechanism may well encourage investors to return at better levels.
Following are some interesting tips from Tuesday's bank and investment fund research notes:
– JPM economists reckon finding the reason behind the backup in US weekly initial jobless claims over the past couple of weeks is key to assessing whether a sub-par March payrolls report is repeated in April. It says it's possible the claims jump move is a seasonal factor as unadjusted claims are closely tracking 2007's pattern and Easter holidays fell on the same dates in both years. If 2007 was repeated, there would be a sizeable late April drop in claims and JPM looks for some of that on Thursday with a 14,000 forecast drop. (Reuters poll consensus is for a 11,000 drop)
– Following the surprise news last week that dovish Bank of England policy maker Adam Posen is no longer voting for more UK money printing, Barclays FX team said it's turning more positive on the UK economy and also says sticky inflation may mean the Bank of England's current monetary stance may be too accommodative. As a result, it lowered its euro/sterling 3-month forecast to 0.79 from 0.84. However, it cautioned about being short euro/sterling until after Wednesday's Q1 UK GDP report, which it said could come in weaker than expected due to temporary factors. (Reuters poll consensus is for a 0.1% rise Q/Q)
– As everyone watches the FOMC outcome on Wednesday, Bank of New York Mellon's Simon Derrick highlights widespread expectations of further Bank of Japan easing and asset purchases on Friday. He reckons the economic arguments for more easing in Japan may be sound but it's worth considering whether BoJ governor Masaaki Shirakawa may want to start facing down heavy political pressure for endless BoJ easing.
– Rabobank's emerging markets team flag their concern about Poland's zloty, which has been one of the best performing currencies of the year so far. They say the zloty is a high "Eurozone beta" play, seen in the correlation of the eur/pln rate with composite euro periphery sovereign CDS spreads, and as a result will suffer if euro tensions rise further over the next month or two.
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I completely agree that other approaches will be appropriate for certain types of site. But I think one of the things that developers keep missing about a lot of approaches that get suggested as solutions is who actually supplies content for websites.
It is rare that the people putting the content in are web developers. They don't have the knowledge that we do, and CMS's are not geared to this. Can you imagine trying to teach a regular Joe working at a magazine, or council administration, or the local school, that in order to put one picture into an article they have to upload three or four pictures, and then code the image tag using three or four (to them) weird text strings?
One of the major advantages of the AI approach is that none of that is an issue. You don't need to do any of that because the process is entirely automated, and better yet are generated only on demand. If no-one ever visits My Big Fat Article using a mobile phone, then the mobile resolution versions of the images are never generated. But if someone does, boom – they're there.
And while there are definately aspects of AI that I don't like (the fact that the image URL may deliver one of any number of scaled images being my biggest bug-bear), I can't see the mark-up solutions being practical for non-developers, and the idea that we just supply a tiny 1px GIF for all images until some JS is run feels even worse.
At least with the AI approach the semantic value of the image is retained. All it is really doing is delivering different scaled versions of the same thing.
What's so interesting to me isn't so much the flaws that all current solutions have, but the fact that it's so difficult to come up with an ideal solution at all. I remain convinced that it has to be a two-fold solution, one server side and one client side. Because they solve different issues, despite seeming at first glance to be doing the same job.


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I was among the many surprised Boulder Valley School District parents who felt school should've been cancelled during last week's snowstorm. Our end of Boulder received over a foot of snow and the temperature was dangerously low. I worried that if a school bus got stuck in a drift, many of the kids would not be appropriately dressed to withstand the freezing temperatures.
Tuesday, as I was driving through yet another fresh foot of snow on the way to Fairview High School, I mentioned to my freshman that the first time a bus slid off the road, Superintendent Bruce Messinger would have to answer to angry parents. My daughter mentioned that in fact two buses got stuck in a canyon en route to school on Monday. The drivers told the kids that the announcement to hold school as usual came too late for them to get chains on all buses.
My daughter also told me that it was almost comical in first period Monday as the announcements kept interrupting class to ask for "any math teachers who are in school and don't have a first-period class..." and quickly devolved into requests for "any teachers who are in school and are free first period." What's next? Any seniors free to teach? The kid with the highest grade teaches the class?
Delayed start. It's a good idea. Snow day. Even better.


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iniesta Dribbles Won - 2? what do you mean by dribllies?
iniesta Dribbles Won - 2? what do you mean by dribllies?
Good win Barca !!
Messi was inspiring again. With 1 goal and 2 assists, he's awesome and worth the man of the match.
Entertaining game from barca.
. .Valdés, .Alves, Piqué, Mascherano, Alba. . .Sergio. . .Xavi, Cesc. . .Pedro, Messi, Iniesta.
Barcelona to win.
Malaga better win this.
The Match will be a good game but I see Barcelona winning as they always do. Bcos the way they are playing now it will take something extraordinary to stop them and I don't think Malaga have that for now so Barca winning strict continue.
i see a good game here,very competitive with plenty of goals


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This one-hour class teaches specific exercise techniques that could delay the physical onset of Parkinson's disease. It is designed to help increase strength, improve balance, and manage symptoms such as tremors. This class can be modified for all levels, even those in a wheelchair. They also welcome caregivers or family members to attend the class to learn the exercises.
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Many Alaskans enjoyed our recent Kenai and Kasilof river red salmon harvests. Commercial fishermen had huge catches in their gillnets; sport fishermen and personal-use dipnetters' filled up their freezers with the abundant red salmon. The ADF&G managers' implementation of their Maximum Sustain Yield theory had proven again to provide for good returns of red salmon.
Maximum Sustain Yield is a theory that maintains that if you allow the correct salmon escapement numbers into your river you will have a consistent high return of that specie of salmon. Biologists' must determine the maximum escapement number, and then attempt to kill the surplus salmon with extra harvest opportunities to the various user groups. Problem: when you leave millions of feet of gillnet in the east-side of the Central District of Cook Inlet for continuous days of commercial fishing you will overharvest king and silver salmon bound for the Kenai and Kasilof rivers. The last few decades has placed the Kenai and Kasilof late-run king salmon and our early-run silver salmon under the Minimum Sustain Yield program.
Our Cook Inlet salmon fishery collapsed in the early 1960s due to over-fishing by commercial fisheries. Limited Entry and the 200 Mile Limit in the 1970s helped to facilitate a return of our salmon fisheries in 1976. In the 1980's ADF&G started allowing "emergency fishing periods" to control the surplus red salmon; the use of nearly continuous commercial fishing periods from mid July into the first week of August became standard procedure. The use of back-to-back commercial fishing periods decimated our healthy late-run king and early-run silver salmon bound for the Kenai and Kasilof rivers; you then couple that mismanagement practice to a king salmon sonar unit with bogus data, and a nonexistent silver salmon escapement plan and you have a recipe for a fisheries disaster.
In recent years, Southcentral and Southwestern Alaska has experienced some very low returns for king salmon; it has become apparent that the answer to this problem lies in the saltwater. We have learned that the Pollack trawlers have for decades been catching huge amounts of king salmon in Alaskan waters as an accidental harvest (which they cannot legally sell). For example: In 2007 the pollock trawlers took 120,000 king salmon in the Bering Sea; in 2010 they took 54,000 in the Gulf of Alaska. The removal of hundreds of thousands of king salmon by these trawlers has resulted in king salmon closures in the Yukon, Nushagak, Karluk, Deshka, and the Kenai rivers. ADF&G maintains that one-third of the upper Cook Inlet king salmon streams have not met minimum escapement goals in the last decade.
I am aware of the mismanagement of our salmon fisheries because I have been a professional Kenai river fishing guide for over 30 years. There is a reason why anglers have spent millions of dollars in our local economy while pursuing one of the largest genetic strains of king salmon in the world; our disrespect for these giant salmon can be likened to cutting down redwood trees for firewood.
So I would encourage you Alaskans who believe all is well with our salmon fisheries to enjoy your pollock fish sticks and your canned red salmon. You are not going to see many king and silver salmon in the Kenai and Kasilof rivers until you allow them to enter their ancestral spawning grounds.


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The Daily Freeman (http://www.dailyfreeman.com)
Saturday, February 9, 2013
Dear Editor:
While Karen V. West's main focus (letter, Jan. 29, "Falling behind in NY") is on teachers, administrators and politicians, she also used the phrase "regular people are starting to resent the public workers for all they get off our backs ..."
I'm a recently retired "public worker," specifically the U.S. Postal Service, and I'm getting really tired of "regular people" using public sector employees as scapegoats.
What "regular people" seem to forget is that I have to pay my taxes, keep my house, pay for my medical insurance, heating and food bills, also. I'm not exempt from this. I'm cut no slack in these matters because I am a public employee. This was my ticket to the middle class.
I didn't walk into my job. I had to pass written and drug exams. I was on a waiting list for three years for this opportunity. It wasn't handed to me. I earned it.
The price of this security? Twenty-eight-plus years of working the overnight shift. For this opportunity I have developed plantar fasciitis, two hernias, three bulging disks in my lower back, arthritis in my hands and neck from all the repetitive motion, and a sleep disorder. I have been exposed to deadly infectious diseases at work. My colleagues and I directly, and without protection, handled mail for two weeks that had been directly exposed to the anthrax attacks of 10 years ago. Several of us had to be hosed down in the parking lot due to suspected contamination. That's hardly what you would call a typical day at the office, though mercifully rare. Plus, according to medical reports, "Night shift work has a significantly higher risk of heart attack, stroke and other coronary events."
And as far as pay increases: In essence I haven't gotten a raise or COLA in almost five years. If our pay wasn't being frozen by Congress, our raises were magically offset by corresponding increases in health insurance and/or retirement contributions. I received a 1 percent clear raise a month before I retired - hardly what I would call extravagant.
You also rarely hear about all the extra things public employees do. The teacher who comes early or stays late to help a student with their homework or pays out of his/her own pocket for classroom supplies. Or the snow plow driver who takes care not to knock over your mailbox. Or postal workers (among others) who donate thousands of pints of blood, have the canned goods drive and donate millions to various charities through the Combined Federal Campaign. Or the state trooper I saw two weeks ago changing an elderly woman's tire on the side of the road instead of just calling for an expensive tow. Or the principal and her associate who, unarmed, attacked the gunman and sacrificed their lives for their charges in Newtown. Or the prosecutor who was gunned down in Texas the other day. These are all public servants and, yes, "regular people."
My grandfather always told me, "If you don't like your job you have two options; either you do something about it - or get another job." If you're tired of being "regular," maybe you should sign up for a Civil Service exam and see how the complaints feel then.
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Jun 19, 2014
By Kelee Garrison Riesbeck, '91, Photos By Katelyn Petraitis '09
The Ohio University Alumni Association welcomed more than 400 alumni and friends living in the Big Apple to "A Night in Athens…in New York!" a themed event that recreated the feel of Athens'-original sights, sounds and tastes. Held on June 5 in the Vanderbilt Room of the historic Waldorf Astoria New York in midtown Manhattan, the venue featured wall-sized photos depicting scenes from the Athens Campus and Uptown Athens. Arrangements of cherry tree blossoms were elegantly displayed—a nod to the cherry trees that grow near campus along the Hockhocking Adena Bikeway. Alumni and friends also were treated to dishes and drinks modeled after some of Athens' favorite food and nightspots like O'Betty's Red Hot Dogs and The Pub.
"A Night in Athens" events have been one of the most popular events ever developed by the Association. The event in New York City not only marked the last of these events to be held this year, but it was also the largest gathering of OHIO alumni in New York City to date. It was hosted by OUAA in collaboration with the Greater New York City chapter.
"This event was so different from all of the other 'Night in Athens' events," said Dawn Werry, director of external relations for the Association. "It really felt like Athens with all the cherry blossoms, photos of campus and Court Street, the streetlights and the benches. It was such a warm evening."
Alumni, friends, members of the OUAA New York City Chapter, the OUAA Board, the Ohio University Foundation Board, and the OHIO Board of Trustees all attended the event.
Take a look at some of the memorable moments from "A Night in Athens … in New York!"
The Waldorf Astoria New York provided a regal setting for the Association's final "A Night in Athens" event, attended by more than 400 alumni, friends, OHIO staff and OUAA board members.
Alumni gathered to reminisce their time at OHIO in the Vanderbilt Room amid signs just like the ones on College Green. Wall-sized photos of Athens and OHIO's beautiful campus completed the look and feel of their alma mater.
Alumni, friends and guests were treated to Athens fare including cocktails reminiscent of those served at The Pub. In business since 1974, The Pub is a still a popular bar and restaurant in Athens, winning in the "Best Burger" category in the 2013 Best of Athens contest sponsored by the Athens NEWS.
Arrangements of cherry tree blossoms and familiar Athens Campus signs brought OHIO and Athens to mid-town Manhattan.
Alumni, friends and staff of OHIO enjoyed the event set inside this elegant and historic hotel. Pictured from left, Dean of the College of Business Hugh Sherman; Tina Pidwell; Ohio University Foundation Board Emeriti Trustee, former Chair of The Promise Lives Campaign Steering Committee and 1966 Fritz J. and Delores H. Russ College of Engineering and Technology alumnus Charles Stuckey; and 1969 and 1970 Russ College grad and Ohio University Foundation Board member David Pidwell.
Young OHIO alumni were treated to a walk down memory lane as they recalled good times at locally-owned Jackie O's Pub & Brewery, one of only a few breweries located in Athens.
Seth Apple, a 1997 Scripps College of Communication grad, showed off his vintage Front Room mug at the event as Carol Fanning, a 1965 graduate of The Patton College, joined in on the fun.
A popular Athens-themed food station inside the Waldorf Astoria's Vanderbilt Room brought back memories of Kosher dogs and garlic fries. O'Betty's Red Hot Dogs is an Athens-original and a favorite among recent alumni.
Young alumni joined more than 400 other OHIO alumni who came out to show their Bobcat pride. Over 4300 alumni live in the New York City and the greater New York City area and 19 percent of this alumni base graduated between 2000-2009.
Alumni pose for a picture with OHIO's 20th president, Roderick J. McDavis, a 1970 graduate of OHIO's Gladys W. and David H. Patton College of Education.
To see more photos of "A Night in Athens…in New York!" visit http://ohioalumni.zenfolio.com/nia-nyc-2014


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Five Upstate school systems are ranked among the top 20 districts in the region that have the lowest poverty rates.
Five Upstate school systems are ranked among the top 20 districts in the region that have the lowest poverty rates.
That's according to a Business First analysis of newly released U.S. Census Bureau data.
Victor has the 17th lowest poverty rate of 455 school districts throughout the 48 Upstate counties. Just 6.32 percent of the children within Victor School District''s boundaries are living below the federally designated poverty level.
The other districts in the region with low poverty rates are Brighton (ninth-best in Upstate New York at 5.52 percent), Penfield (13th at 5.99 percent), Gananda (15th at 6.2 percent) and Pittsford (16th at 6.22 percent).
Other school districts rank as follows:
- Bloomfield (65th lowest poverty rate with 9.27 percent of children living below federally designated poverty level)
- Canandaigua (100th at 11.57 percent)
- Phelps-Clifton Springs (121st at 12.53 percent)
- Manchester-Shortsville (146 at 13.36 percent)
- Palmyra-Macedon (163 at 14 percent)
- Naples (180th at 14.97 percent)
- Marcus Whitman (196th at 15.51 percent)
- Honeoye (280th lowest poverty rate at 18.67 percent)
- Geneva (413th at 28.3 percent)
The new figures, which come from the Census Bureau's Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates Program (SAIPE), are for 2012.
Upstate's highest poverty rate belongs to Utica at 43.86 percent.


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Refurbished electronics featured at new Goodwill Tech Zone
Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida, Inc. is celebrating the grand opening of the Goodwill Tech Zone on April 4, located within the Goodwill Outlet Center and Goodwill Opportunity Center on 5100 Tice Street in Fort Myers.
The store will open its doors for business at 8:00 a.m., immediately following a 7:45 a.m. ribbon cutting.
"We want to provide a resource to the public," said E-Commerce Manager Jorge Varona. "People can purchase a computer that has been refurbished, is in good working condition and at reasonable prices."
The store, which employees five people, will offer all types of electronics including video game systems, audio equipment and cables. The store is an extension of Goodwill's electronics refurbishing department which previously only sold electronics on-line through Goodwill's auction website, ShopGoodwill.com.
Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida, Inc. provides life-changing opportunities to people with disabilities and disadvantages. Revenue generated at Goodwill's 29 Retail & Donation Centers supports Job-Link centers, income-sensitive housing for senior citizens and people with disabilities, the SWFL MicroEnterprise project, the L.I.F.E. Academy charter school and other programs. For store locations and more information about Goodwill's mission visit goodwillswfl.org.
Fenway South Farmer's Market continues through April
Fenway South Farmer's Market will continue through April every Monday with its all-new hours, noon to 4 p.m., due to customer demand.
"Our patrons asked us to open earlier so they could not only shop all the great vendors but also enjoy lunch while onsite or grab a ready-made meal for dinner," said Betsy Ventura, who, along with Jean Baer, owns Local Roots, LLC and oversees the market every Monday. "This is a great lunch option for businesses, retired neighbors or tourists because there is such a variety from pulled-pork sandwiches, BBQ ribs, pasta, and subs to pizza, lobster rolls, chowder and more."
Baer added that there is outdoor seating available.
Situated in front of JetBlue Park, located at 11500 Fenway South Drive in Fort Myers, the Fenway South Farmer's Market includes local produce, cheeses, fresh pastas, guacamole, hummus, local seafood, baked breads, meats, herbs, organic vegetables, ready-to-eat meals, flowers, crafts, soaps, candles, live music and more. Parking during market hours is free.
The final day of the Fenway South Farmer's Market is Monday, April 28.
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Pioneer club to hold annual picnic
Lee County Pioneer Club, Inc. wishes to announce their 65th annual Pioneer Picnic at the Lee County Civic Center Tinsley Pavilion Bayshore Road in North Fort Myers on Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Meal tickets are $10, but there is a eligibility requirement for membership: You must have been a resident prior to 1964.
To receive an invitation, please send the following information: Your name/s (any woman registering is asked to provide her maiden name if applicable); the year you arrived in Lee County; mailing address; which school you attended and the year you graduated to Pioneer Club, 2233 Second Street, Fort Myers, FL 33901 or you may register the day of the picnic. It is not required that you purchase a meal ticket and eat. Members are welcome to bring a guest.
Made in SWFL comes to Harborside Event Center April 16
The Southwest Regional Manufacturers Association (SRMA) is pleased to announce its premiere inaugural event, "Made in SWFL," from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., April 16 at Harborside Event Center in downtown Fort Myers. STEM students from all schools are invited to attend a special interactive presentation from 9:30 a.m. to noon with a reservation. From noon until 5 p.m., the public is invited to attend the Made in Southwest Florida Showcase. Admission is free with a business card, and $5 without. Exhibitor booths and sponsorships are still available, but selling quickly.
If you are a manufacturer, employee, STEM student or job seeker, the SRMA Made In SWFL show is your best opportunity to connect and network with local manufacturers. A packed schedule of dynamic presentations from local manufacturing leaders, a trade show open to the public and the presentation of the 2013 Manufacturer of the Year awards makes this an event that should not be missed.
Highlights of the day-long program include a presentation by Brian Rist of Smart Industries, the event's Title Sponsor, "How and Why to Find a Job in Manufacturing." Peter Bagwell of Polygon Solutions will speak on "Innovation, Technology and Upward Mobility." Neil Bourgeois of The SolidExperts will offer a compelling talk on "3D Printing Rapid Prototyping." The busy educational agenda also includes workshops on tax topics such as foreign sales; R&D tax credits; tax savings for capital investment, purchases and renovations; and consulting and investing advice for closely held businesses and their owners. An educational section on grants will also be offered.
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Food Bank launches new website
The Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest has launched a new website to better connect with its supporters and to inform the community of its work in helping to fight hunger in Lee, Hendry, Glades, Charlotte and Collier counties.
The website www.harrychapinfoodbank.org has a clean and simple design so visitors can navigate easily through pages while learning how they can help the food bank by donating food and/or funds, volunteering their time and becoming involved in other ways. The site also showcases the latest food bank news with blogs on various programs and events, including mobile pantries and fresh produce distributions and special fundraisers. It also features a community support page highlighting photo albums and information about businesses and organizations that support the food bank.
Bonita Springs-based company Atilus began the project in the fall with the goal of delivering a crisp, active and user friendly site that would better connect the food bank to its supporters.
"In seven-plus years of business, Atilus has helped hundreds of clients grow, market, and run more effectively using the web," says Phil Stalnaker, Atilus' marketing director. "The average client sees an average of a 900 percent increase in leads. Moreover, Atilus' work on over 600 websites covers a broad industry spectrum. From auto repair and service to telecommunications to spirituality, Atilus provides custom web solutions to clients that have provided results, and more importantly, a return-on-investment."
"The website is the food bank's digital face," said Miriam Pereira, the food bank's development director. "The site it is a valuable tool in helping to feed our neighbors in need because it educates and informs Southwest Floridians about the issue of hunger and how they can fight hunger in their community."
The Harry Chapin Food Bank solicits, collects and stores quality food for distribution to families in need through a network of 150 nonprofit agencies in Lee, Collier, Hendry, Charlotte and Glades counties that provide food to more than 30,000 people monthly. The food bank distributes more than 1 million pounds of food each month. For every dollar donated, about $6 in food value goes back to the community. In 2013, the Harry Chapin Food Bank distributed 17.5 million pounds of food and other grocery items valued at more than $29.6 million. This is roughly the equivalent of 14.6 million meals to people in need.
For more information about Atilus, please visit www.Atilus.com.


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Mozambique is reeling from massive floods after the Zambezi river broke its banks. WFP spokesperson Michael Huggins took a trip to the disaster area.
Mozambique is reeling from massive floods after the Zambezi river broke its banks. WFP spokesperson Michael Huggins took a trip to the disaster area.
Flying over the Zambezi River basin in central Mozambique is like watching a natural disaster in slow motion.
For several weeks, waters from neighbouring countries have slowly filled Mozambique's Cahora Bassa Dam, forcing authorities to undertake a controlled release of surplus water, which combined with flood waters from the Zambezi's tributaries, has caused flooding over a huge expanse of land and forced 85,000 people to seek shelter on higher ground.
Relative success
So far, however, this year's flooding in Mozambique is a relative success story compared with the catastrophic Mozambique floods of 2000 and 2001.
The government was well prepared and had a contingency plan in place to rapidly respond in conjunction with the humanitarian community.
Based in the town of Caia, in the centre of the flood zone, the Government's National Institute for Disaster Management (INGC), is at the forefront of coordinating relief efforts.
Early warning
The early warning of residents along the 800-kilometre Zambezi River saved countless lives before flood waters hit alert levels.
But many people, in despair about losing their crops, livestock and possessions, waited until the final moments before fleeing their homes.
The military was called in to help with some evacuations, and WFP put a helicopter on standby to assist with these efforts. WFP had 3,000 metric tons of food pre-positioned near the flood zone and was able to immediately start distributions.
Delivering to isolated communities
So far, 120 tons of food has been distributed in districts around Caia and another 130 tons of food are in the pipeline for the coming days. A total of about 10,000 people affected by the Zambezi Valley floods have so far received WFP food.
WFP has also been delivering food by helicopter to thousands of people in isolated communities cut off from by the flood waters.
In Chiramba, where the helicopter went this particular day, nearly 20,000 people have been affected by the floods, although only 1,200 people needed immediate assistance because they were forced to evacuate their homes.
Under control
The situation in central Mozambique, for the time being, appears to be under control.
Heavy rain could resume at any time and Mozambique's rainy season does not usually finish until the end of March
However, the crisis is far from over. The people of central Mozambique will need humanitarian assistance for months to come. Most people lost crops that they would have harvested in May.
This food supply would have lasted through to early 2008. People in this part of the country also grow a second crop each year but the flood waters are unlikely to recede in time for this planting to take place.
Storm clouds loom
The skies are also not clear. Heavy rain could resume at any time and Mozambique's rainy season does not usually finish until the end of March.
Flood levels are currently already at about the same levels as in March 2001, when the region experienced one of its worst ever floods.
The dam has started reducing its flow but if rains increase in neighbouring countries, the flood gates at the Cahorra Bassa dam may have to again be opened wider, which might tip many communities on the edge of the flood waters into an uncertain future.
"Wild card"
It is estimated by the government that if the flood waters continue to rise, then up to 285,000 people will require assistance, including about 5,000 tons of food for the next three months.
The 'wild card' is still whether or not the central region will be hit by cyclones – which are also seasonal at this time of year. A strong cyclone could prove disastrous for current relief efforts and only worsen the plight of people already suffering because of the floods.


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With children by his side, President Barack Obama announced a series of executive orders aimed at stopping mass shootings.
"In the days ahead I intend to use whatever weight this office holds to make them a reality," said Obama.
President Obama's 23 executive orders include strengthening background checks before gun sales. Increased funding for schools to hire more resource officers and giving mental health workers more authority to report patients they deem a threat.
Minutes after the announcement, Whitney Ray broke the news to lawmakers here at the state capitol, most of which said the president's action were out of bounds.
Republicans, who have a majority in the state House and Senate, say Congress should have had a say-so on the measures.
"There's no reason why the President should be treating this issue any different than any other piece of legislation he wants to champion," said Rep. Jimmy Patronis of Bay County.
"That's circumventing another branch of government and that's the legislature and you know he may not be happy with certain aspects of Congress, but he ought to deal with them," said Sen. John Thrasher.
Senate Minority Leader Chris Smith supports the actions taken by the president.
"I think it's fabulous that he's doing that. He's not just looking at guns but looking at it as a holistic approach," said Smith.
But says gun control measures in the state legislature don't stand a change.
"The NRA has such a strong grip on the Florida Legislature that it is going to be hard for us to pass anything," said Smith.
Not all Republicans thought all the executive orders were bad ideas, but they doubt the measures will stop even one deranged gunman bent on murder.
Republicans in the Florida House and Senate also take issue with the president using kids to make his announcement. They called it a cheap political stunt. Democrats, say the kids belong on stage because they are the ones the President is trying to protect.


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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota's harvest is nearly complete despite rain that has cut into time available for fieldwork.
In its weekly crop weather report for Minnesota, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday that a statewide average of 5.0 days were suitable for fieldwork last week. Scattered showers were reported statewide last week, and 2.1 inches of rain were recorded at Wheaton in west-central Minnesota. The rain brought a modest improvement in topsoil moisture supplies, which are rated 41 percent very short, 40 percent short, 17 percent adequate, and 2 percent surplus.
As of Sunday, 96 percent of Minnesota's corn and sunflowers were harvested, well ahead of last year's pace and the five-year averages. Sugarbeets were 88 percent harvested, compared with 83 percent at this time last year and an 81 percent average.
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Program Overview
Service is at the very heart of the Marquette experience. Marquette's exceptional history of community engagement is rooted in our Catholic, Jesuit mission to develop leaders through service to others. More than 85 percent of Marquette students participate in service during their undergraduate experience.
The Alumni for Others program seeks to promote service opportunities for our alumni and friends by creating an awareness of need and fostering action through volunteer service in the local, national and world communities. Through this program, Marquette alumni clubs across the nation are encouraged to actively engage in community service endeavors throughout the year.
Service News
Project Night Night
Faculty, staff and administrators in the Marquette Volunteers group are collecting books, blankets and stuffed animals to fill "comfort totes" for homeless children as part of the national Project Night Night. Learn more about Marquette's year-long drive.
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July 14, 2011
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The Big Ten Conference has recognized a total of 534 student-athletes who have been selected as recipients of the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award. In its third year, the award honors student-athletes who have earned a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.7 or higher during the most recent academic year.
A total of 45 Penn State student-athletes were selected for the 2010-11 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award. Twenty-one sports were represented by Nittany Lions honorees, led by women's swimming and diving and softball (6), field hockey (4), men's gymnastics, women's tennis and women's track and field (3), men's cross country, football, women's lacrosse, women's soccer and men's track and field (2).
Four of Penn State Distinguished Scholar Award recipients earned a perfect 4.0 grade point average during the 2010-11 academic year: Miguel Pineda (men's gymnastics, biology, Galloway, Ohio), Katherine Pulos (women's swimming and diving, elementary education, Rosemont, Pa.), Rebecca Snyder (women's swimming and diving, elementary education, Harmony, Pa.) and Erin Thomas (women's swimming and diving, meteorology, Bangor, Maine).
Pete Massaro (Newtown Square, Pa.) was one of two football student-athletes to make the list. He was named a First Team CoSIDA Academic All-American last fall. Pineda was also named a First Team Academic All-American, one of five Penn State selections this past year. Pineda and teammate Scott Rosenthal (Clearfield, Pa.) earned All-America honors at the 2011 NCAA Championships. In addition, field hockey player Kelsey Amy (Sweet Valley, Pa.) picked up Second Team All-America laurels during the Fall.
Also among Penn State's Distinguished Scholars are three members of the women's soccer team, which won its 13th straight Big Ten Championship, and a member of the women's volleyball team, which made history winning its fourth consecutive NCAA Championship. Six members of the women's softball team, which made its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament since 2007, are also among the award winners.
In February of 2008, Big Ten Faculty Representatives established a conference academic recognition to supplement the Academic All-Big Ten program. Similar to the Academic All-Big Ten honor, Distinguished Scholar Award recipients must be letterwinners in at least their second academic year at their institution. However, the Distinguished Scholar Award encompasses only student-athletes with a minimum GPA of 3.7 or higher for the previous academic year, excluding summer school. The Academic All-Big Ten threshold is a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher for a student-athlete's academic career.
A complete list of Penn State's 2010-11 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award winners is available here.


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Many of our 250 undergraduate majors work in the labs alongside professors and graduate students doing real research and publishing papers. Our students are involved in Design Competition, developing competing robots, building and racing NU's solar car, creating music games, animation and computer graphics, and numerous other exciting projects. Economics, communications, linguistics, music/audio, graphics, video, networks, theory, optimization, distributed computing -- all and more are found within EECS at Northwestern University.
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Let the fishing begin! The 71 yacht fleet that makes up the 2007 Bay Point Billfish Invitational is now in the Gulf of Mexico.
The flare went up at 8 o'clock, signaling the start of the boat parade, and man what a sight! Millions upon millions in top of the line sport fishing yachts lined up and headed out in parade-like fashion, all under an impressive fireworks display at the Bay Point Marina. The majority of these boats can cruise comfortably at 25 to 30 knots. They hold 2,000 to 3,000 gallons of fuel, so there's really no limit to how far out in the Gulf they can fish.
Among the boats in this parade is one called the Bella Maria. It's a Destin boat owned by Wayne Lewis, and this afternoon we talked with him about starting this way and how this gets the adrenaline pumping for two days of big time, big money sport fishing!
"I think that's where it all culminates when you start out, where the adrenaline rush hits me the most is when there's a 600 pound blue marlin in the spread, then the adrenaline pumps. Then it's time to get it together, that's right, everybody's got to get it together, get on their game and get their job done. This is about the 7th one I've been to, so we're pretty excited about it. I've been working since about midnight last night, or actually about 8:30 till midnight, getting everything rigged out and all that sort of thing, and everybody on the team is excited, and we fish all these Gulf coast events, and this is obviously one of our favorites, so we're excited."
Well, it's so competitive and you have so many professional teams here that they're all competitive personalities, so everybody does what every they can to win in a legal way.
Again they are fishing for blue marlin, like the 998-pounder hauled in by Barry Varr of the "Sea Wolff" last year, that fish worth 232 grand for that team. They will also fish for tuna wahoo and dolphin, with a total prize purse of one million bucks up for grabs.
The weigh-ins are Friday and Saturday, 6-10 p.m. Saturday's weigh-ins will be webcast live on wjhg.com. Check that out if you can't make it out here.


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Bob Graham assistant moves on
Chip Burpee ended his 15-year tenure as assistant to former U.S. Sen. Bob Graham Friday.
"All good things must come to an end" Burpee wrote in an e-mail to the press, calling Graham a true statesman and public servant.
Burpee will be the new government relations manager for JM Family Enterprises, an automotive company. Graham hasn't named Burpee's replacement as of Monday, his office confirmed.
Sen. Arthenia Joyner joins Vanguard Attorneys
Vanguard Attorneys announced Arthenia Joyner as the firm's new counsel.
"She is a dedicated professional who will bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the firm. With her unyielding passion for justice and for serving the local community, she is an asset not only to our Tampa office, but to our entire community as a whole," said Frank Marsalisi, the firm's managing attorney.
Sen. Thad Altman joins astronaut organization
Sen. Thad Altman is the new president and CEO of Astronauts Memorial Foundation, a non-profit group for astronauts who've sacrificed their lives.
Altman's duties will include working with staff to develop new educational and memorial programs, seeking new fundraising and partnership opportunities, recommending budgets, serving as a liaison between the AMF and NASA, and managing human resources, according to a press release from the organization.
Altman, a current Florida senator, also served in the state House and as a Brevard County Commissioner. He's also a 55-year Brevard County resident and has played a key role in the in transforming of the Space Coast from a rural community to a global aerospace leader, the release states.
"While we had a number of highly qualified candidates apply for the position of president of AMF, the search committee unanimously agreed that Mr. Altman had the ideal background and experience to lead the Foundation at this point in history," stated U.S. Navy Capt. Mike McCulley, who chaired the search committee for the position.
DOC secretary looks elsewhere for work
Ken Tucker, secretary for the Department of Corrections, wants to leave his position to direct an anti-drug initiative known as the North Florida High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA).
Tucker has been at DOC for less than one year. But he could not stay with the agency past March of 2013 because his deferred retirement plan (known as DROP) will kick in. Gov. Rick Scott is aware that Tucker is seeking another position.
DOH gets interim deputy secretary
State Surgeon General John Armstrong named University of South Florida professor Dennis Cookro as the Department of Health's interim deputy secretary and Children's Medical Services deputy state health officer, according to an agency press release.
He is also an associate professor in USF's Division of Infectious Disease and International Medicine, according to DOH.
Former Deputy Secretary Steven Harris left DOH in July to be medical director of the Department of Corrections.
Cookro has directed of three county health departments, in addition to various other public health positions.
At USF, he is an associate professor in the Division of Infectious Disease and International Medicine.
Kevin Derby joins the Florida Chamber
Former Sunshine State News Associate Editor Kevin Derby begins work as communications director with the Florida Chamber of Commerce today.
Big changes at DCF
After Gov. Rick Scott appointed Department of Children and Families Secretary Dave Wilkins to oversee state contracts, Wilkins announced he would be reorganizing.
"Successful organizations continually evolve and adapt in order to best position themselves for raising the bar on excellence and performance," he said in an e-mail to staff.
The e-mail announces the following changes.
Suzanne Vitale is DCF's new deputy secretary, responsible for the overall agency performance. She has 24 years of experience in health and human services, serving at executive levels in other states and the federal government. She joined DCF in 2010, according to the e-mail.
Pete Digre will be the assistant deputy secretary for operations. He will oversee the regional operations, family and community service programs, Children's Legal Services, and lead the implementation of the agency's Child Welfare Transformation Initiative.
Digre replaces John Cooper, who is leaving the agency.
Former legislative director Amanda Prater will be DCF's new chief of staff. Prater previously worked as a health and human services analyst in the Governor's Office of Policy and Budget, the Governor's Legislative Affairs Office, the Florida House Majority Office, and most recently, the House Health and Human Services Committee.
She replaces Vivian Myrtetus who left the agency to pursue a private sector career in Miami, the e-mail says.
Elisa Cramer is the new director of Family and Community Services. Cramer started at DCF as the communications director in West Palm Beach County, and has more recently served as the Community Development Administrator for that region.
DCF will name a new assistant secretary for administration in the near future.
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Author Michael Harris has put all the salient material together for us. It's perfect for trainings and workshops.
There are times when you audience does want facts. Just know that the order goes story first, facts second. That way you'll avoid endless debates, as Michael also points out.
If you want to dig into this topic more deeply, then read Kendall Haven's book Story Proof for all of the specific studies on storytelling and the brain.
Enjoy the rest of your day!
This review was written by Karen Dietz for her curated content on business storytelling at www.scoop.it/t/just-story-it


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DreamWorks Pictures
2 hours, 30 minutes
At this point, it almost seems redundant to talk about what an incredible actor Daniel Day-Lewis is. Tom Hanks, Russell Crowe, Denzel Washington; all marvelous actors, all Best Actor winners, but somehow not even in the same league with Day-Lewis. Where those other actors are superb at portraying a particular character, Day-Lewis is able to become that character, inside and out, the performance dropping away, leaving only a sense of truth.
Yes, I know how overblown and ridiculous that sounds, but it's difficult to describe his work in films like "There Will Be Blood," "Gangs of New York," and this season's masterpiece, "Lincoln," using less enthusiastic phrasing. But what's amazing about the latest historical biopic by Steven Spielberg isn't simply that Daniel Day-Lewis knocks it out of the park, it's that his performance is just the start of the conversation.
"Lincoln," based in part on the Doris Kearns Goodwin historical non-fiction book, "Team of Rivals" about Lincoln and his unlikely and antagonistic cabinet, focuses in on a single element of the president and his tumultuous term of office. Taking place over the course of a few weeks, the film describes the incredible efforts to pass the controversial and, frankly, unpopular 13th Amendment, which would abolish slavery in the United States. Realizing that he has one chance to truly rid his country of this repellent institution once and for all, Lincoln begs, cajoles, and outright bullies recalcitrant members of the House of Representatives to gain the necessary votes, making a difficult devil's bargain in the process.
The South, all but beaten at this point, has begun responding to overtures for peace talks. If the war ends, however, the North, which is only slightly more fond of black people than the citizenry of the South, would feel no real urgency to end slavery. Abraham Lincoln, the man who wants nothing more than to heal the nation and end the bloodshed, is faced with the choice of allowing the fighting to go on indefinitely in order to force through his personal agenda. The movie chronicles these efforts, first through a series of intermediaries, to give the President political cover, and then by the man himself. The result, though admittedly very talky, is powerful, heartwarming, heartbreaking, and often very funny. "Lincoln" is a brilliant film.
Seeing a movie like "Lincoln" makes me wish that I had the extensive knowledge of my father, a Civil War buff and history teacher, at my fingers. Even with my own limited knowledge of the era, I could tell that the research was meticulous, the production department striving to accurately portray the times and players with utmost detail. Nearly every important political figure in the United States Congress gets a minute or two of screen time, and you know the historical accuracy department was working overtime.
In particular, I was impressed with David Strathairn, as William Seward, and Sally Field as the long-suffering Mary Todd Lincoln. Strathairn is a great actor, and his Seward, especially his look, brought to life the cantankerous politician who, earlier in his career, was responsible for the purchase of Alaska. Sally Field, though, goes above and beyond in her performance of the difficult First Lady, a woman whose strong will and intelligence was marred by emotional debilities brought on by grief and physical infirmity. Her scenes alongside Day-Lewis as the President are among the best and most moving of the film. The two depended upon each other completely, but were often desperately at odds. I was a little bit afraid that casting Field in the role would accomplish little more than to give a big name star an easy role and add a little gravitas to the cast list, but the actress brings her A-game.
But even as good as she is, no one can hold a candle to Daniel Day-Lewis who brings the sixteenth president to life in a way I'd never imagined.
It occurred to me, as I was watching this intimate portrait of a man with the world on his shoulders, that I'd never given much thought to the man, beyond the historical and trivial facts that we all know. He was depressed, he was tall, he gave the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address. This film takes what you know, and creates a whole, encompassing portrait filled with small moments, quiet kindnesses and even moments of ruthlessness.
You often hear of a good actor or actress that they do as much with their eyes as they do with their dialogue — Tommy Lee Jones is such an actor, and he does well with his role as firebrand abolitionist Thaddeus Stevens. Day-Lewis, by contrast, creates much of his performance with his hands. There is such a deliberateness in all of his movements, and the slow, gentle way he will place a hand on the shoulder of a subordinate, or reach for a pen to write words that will end up being momentous, all go into creating as whole and full a character as you're likely to ever see on screen.
Of course, there's more to the movie than just Daniel Day-Lewis. Providing the film's comic relief are James Spader, John Hawkes, and Tim Blake Nelson as the trio of political operatives assigned to put pressure or add incentive for members of Congress hesitant to sign on to the amendment. I normally don't enjoy James Spader, but he is very funny in his role, without being particularly showy or zany. The movie is better for the scenes he's in.
In addition to the numerous impressive performances, the script is tight and very well-written, and the cinematography, from long-time Spielberg collaborator Janusz Kaminski, is beautiful, and very subtle.
The most credit for the success of this film must go to Steven Spielberg himself, however. That "Lincoln" is as good as it is, is almost as remarkable a feat as that of two of the director's most lauded films, "Schindler's List" or "Saving Private Ryan." When you think about it, those two films, excellent as they are, have big, bold stories to tell, and those stories lend themselves to stirring, gripping filmmaking. Certainly Abraham Lincoln or the Civil War are both equally bold subjects to chronicle, but by choosing to tackle such a small, though crucial, piece of both Lincoln's career and of the War, Spielberg hands himself a seemingly impossible task — to make an entertaining, engrossing film about what is essentially an effort to bring a House bill to the floor for a vote. Certainly Spielberg's strength is in finding the intimate, personal heart of a large, flashy story, but here his job is almost the opposite, to give us a view of the grander, wider scope of the difficult moral struggle taking place between a relative few number of people. This aim is handily achieved.
"Lincoln" is an excellent film, and one that I imagine will be shown in history classes around the country at some point in the future. By bringing the mythic hero Abraham Lincoln down to earth and showing him as he likely really was, Spielberg manages not to diminish the man in any way.
The only real downside to the film is that, by choosing to portray such a narrow window of Lincoln's life, I fear that any other film version of Lincoln will seem lacking by comparison. I didn't want this movie to be six hours long, but at the same time, I want to see a detailed examination of the assassination from beginning to end, starring these actors with this writer and director. I want to see Daniel Day-Lewis play Lincoln in the early days of his career, and see this Lincoln rise up through the political ranks to become the man we know today. I realize this is unlikely. Day-Lewis isn't really a franchise kind of actor, but as it is, "Lincoln" leaves me wanting more.
Grade: A+
"Lincoln" is rated PG-13 for gruesome scenes of battle and the wages of war, and for language.
Chris Jenness is a freelance graphic designer, artist and movie buff who lives in Nikiski.


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An international design competition to stabilise and transform the Cathedrale Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption) in Port-au-Prince, Haiti has been won by Puerto Rican architecture firm SCF Arquitectos. Hosted by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port au Prince, Faith & Form Magazine and the Institut de Sauvegarde du Patrimoine National, the competition invited design teams from around the world to breathe new life into this historical building which crumbled during the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti.
The set brief was lengthy and complex. Not only was the design team requested to preserve and stabilise what was left of the original church, but they were to create a new civic space for non-religious activities, provide a worship space for 1,200 people, a space of remembrance for those who lost their lives in the 2010 earthquake and an additional chapel which was functionally separate from the core of the church but that remained visually connected to the main worship space.
Prior to the January 2010 earthquake the Cathedrale Notre Dame de l'Assomption was a strong focal point for the local community in Port-au-Prince and has remained so afterwards, despite the damage it has sustained. Built between 1884 and 1914, the cathedral has long been a source of national pride and inspiration in Haiti and SCF Arquitectos has been charged with helping this historical form regain its original majesty.
Sticking to a cruciform floor plan, a concentric worship space for 1,200 people will be devised with flexibility to hold a larger congregation should the need arise. In order to stabilise what is left of the original building, SCF Arquitectos has suggested flanking the original façade with two new bell towers and connecting the frontage to a new church volume with a steel roof structure. A shadow pattern of small crosses will wash across a sheltered outside space as natural daylight floods through a glass fibre reinforced concrete ceiling, perforated with small crosses.
The construction process will be approached in phases, as SCF Arquitectos explains: "As a first phase, stabilise the existing narthex by building two buttresses that eventually will be extended to reach the height of the two original bell towers. The main entrance portico will be built next.
"A new steel and concrete nave roof will stabilise the original narthex in the main axis direction. A tensile structure will protect this civic space from the rain. The second phase will consist of the final execution of the project as proposed. The overall selection and use of materials was based mainly on local availability and craftsmanship, so as to promote new work opportunities in favour of the local economy."
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Story zone: Big writing contest strikes again
It's time for you to take your seat in front of the keyboard and begin to cast your magic spell. Tell your story. The Hook Fiction Contest is back.
Prizes and such
The grand-prize winner receives $700. There's $200 each for two or other winners– who will be published in the spring. Bonus prizes for all winners: a year's subscription to UVA literary mag Meridian, and a dinner certificate for fine dining at Oxo restaurant.
The winners will also be officially saluted at the opening event of this year's Virginia Festival of the Book (vabook.org) on Wednesday, March 16. This year's Festival hotshots (besides you, of course) include Alexander McCall Smith, Linda Fairstein, and former NPR icon Bob Edwards.
Three special celebrity judges will make the final decision:
* last year's winner Sarah C. Honenberger,
* Meridian editor and past winner Jeb Livingood,
* well-known globe-trotting author Don Webster
The Rules
All manuscripts must be typed in 12 pt. or larger font, double-spaced, on 8 1/2" x 11" paper.
All manuscripts must be stapled, and with the author's name, address, phone, and email (if any) clumped within a match-book-size area on the cover sheet (so we can temporarily hide the name during the judging). Entries with your name in a header or footer on each page will be discarded.
We're looking for short stories of no more than 3,500 words that have not been published either in print or electronically.
By entering, you give The Hook permission to use your name, story, and even your smiling face in our pages and on our website.
We usually get more than 100 submissions, so, in keeping with our name, make sure your story "hooks" us from the first page, and please make sure it has conflict, dialogue, action, and resolution. Essays are not stories.
Anyone– professionals and amateur– can win, and everyone retains rights to re-publish their story in other places after it has run in The Hook.
Please check your manuscript for errors; we can't accept hand-corrected copies. No emailed or faxed entries!
Those whose stories withstand the scorching heat of our judges' scrutiny will win and will be notified by the end of the day Wednesday, March 2.
There is a limit of two (2) manuscripts per author. Please enclose your entry fee of $5 for one story or $10 for two stories.
Deadline: 5pm, Tuesday, February 1. We don't care about postmarks; the manuscript must be in the Hook newsroom by deadline.
Mail or carry your entry and fee to:
Fiction Contest
The Hook
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Charlottesville, VA 22902


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UH Hilos Miyamoto, visiting artist, in Pilsen, Czech RepublicUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
Director Media Relations
Wayne Miyamoto, professor and chair of the Art Department at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, has been invited as a Visiting Artist at ArtCamp 2008, the International Summer School of Art in Pilsen, Czech Republic.
ArtCamp 2008 will take place from July 7th - 25th, 2008 on the campus of the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen.
Every year, ArtCamp offers a wide range of art courses, including traditional (drawing, painting, illustration, bookbinding) and modern ones (digital drawing and painting, video creation, intermedia art), which are one or two weeks long, usually in two versions suitable for beginners and advanced students. Depending on their focus and interest, ArtCamp participants choose their own combination of courses and length of their summer studies at the Institute of Art and Design. Led by local and visiting professors, Czech students work together with their international colleagues on common assignments. Instruction is held in small groups, usually in Czech, English or German language.
Miyamoto will present a slide-lecture of prints and works on paper and teach workshops in lithography using polyester plates. Some of the recent work that he will be presenting uses digital imagery in etchings and lithographs.


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DA issues a warning as Sharpstown scandal unfolds
Teacher arrested at motel, then taken to hospital
Updated 11:58 pm, Friday, November 22, 2013
Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson pledged Friday to prosecute adults who keep quiet about suspected child abuse after filing charges against a teacher and three administrators from Sharpstown High School.
The teacher, Ysidoro Rosales-Motola, was arrested later Friday at a motel on the Katy Freeway after a warrant had been issued for his arrest on three felony charges, accusing him of inappropriately touching at least three male students at school, according to authorities.
A Houston Police Department spokesman said the 56-year-old Spanish teacher complained of chest pains after his arrest so he was taken to Ben Taub General Hospital. He is expected to be booked into jail after doctors release him.
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Shocking the Sharpstown community in southwest Houston, the school's principal, Rob Gasparello, and two assistant principals were charged Thursday with failure to report child abuse. Police allege they did not notify law enforcement or Child Protective Services of students' accusations as required by state law.
"It doesn't matter if you are the principal of a high school or a janitor at a high school or a teacher or a neighbor," Anderson said at a news conference Friday. "If you fail to protect children in your care, if you have reason to believe a child has been abused and you don't report it, we will prosecute you."
The administrators have been placed on home leave with pay following their arrests, according to HISD spokeswoman Tiffany Davila-Dunne.
The president of the Houston Federation of Teachers union, Gayle Fallon, said she worries that publicity about these charges will prompt frivolous reports.
"I'm afraid we're going to see reporting on a scale that no one wants by the way this has been handled by the DA's office and by the police," she said.
Fallon said she believes Sharpstown administrators looked into some allegations against Rosales-Motola, who is a member of her union, but she did not know the extent of any investigation.
"They're innocent until they're proven guilty - something people often forget," Fallon said. "I would really hope that the teacher is innocent."
At school for 2 years
Rosales-Motola has taught at Sharpstown for two years and previously worked at Westbury and Sam Houston high schools during his 12-year tenure in the Houston Independent School District, according to HISD.
The teacher is charged with two counts of an improper relationship with a student and one count of indecency with a child.
According to the criminal complaint for one case, a 16-year-old student told police that Rosales-Motola called the boy into the classroom, pulled up his shirt, put his hand inside the boy's pants and touched him. That incident allegedly occurred at the end of last school year.
The other charges against the teacher involve 17-year-old students who reported improper touching last month, the complaints state.
Gasparello, 58, is accused of being aware of at least two of the accusations against the teacher and not reporting them to law enforcement or Child Protective Services, according to the court records. In addition, the principal is accused of failing to report allegations by a 16-year-old female student that she was sexually assaulted in October, the records state. Prosecutors said the alleged abuse in this case did not involve a school employee.
Police also allege in court records that assistant principals Jason Thomson, 28, and Silvio Leiva, 50, failed to report allegations against Rosales-Motola from one student.
Jane Waters, chief of the DA's special victims bureau, said an HISD police officer learned of the allegations by chance and shared the information with the HPD.
48-hour window
HISD's general counsel, Elneita Hutchins-Taylor, sent an email to principals and other administrators Friday explaining that they must report abuse allegations within 48 hours, a deadline that applies to professionals such as teachers, doctors and nurses. Reporting the concerns to a supervisor doesn't suffice.
"We suggest that you err on the side of reporting any allegations, suspicions, or circumstances that may be indicative of neglect or abuse," Hutchins-Taylor wrote.
HISD's policy, posted on the district's website, reiterates state law. It also says the principal should notify the district's police department by phone about reports made to the required agencies.
In addition, the policy tells the principal to notify a higher-level administrator if the alleged abuse involves a school employee. That administrator is supposed to tell the superintendent.
Superintendent Terry Grier declined to say whether the Sharpstown administrators reported any of the accusations to the central office or HISD police.
"This is a legal process, and it should run its course," Grier said. "The safety and welfare of students is always our concern. We're doing our internal investigations, and we're cooperating with the (Houston) Police Department."
Lonnie Hollingsworth, director of legal services for the Texas Classroom Teachers Association, said some educators may struggle with deciding which complaints rise to the level of mandatory reporting under state law.
"It's kind of vague," he said. "But if they were to call me as an attorney, I would say err on the side of caution and make the report."
Gasparello - called "Mr. G" by students - drew national attention last year after a PBS "Frontline" documentary highlighted the school's efforts to curb dropouts.
"It's messed up," Jairo Lerma, a sophomore, said Friday before school. "Mr. G is a nice guy."
Chronicle reporters Brian Rogers and Dale Lezon contributed to this report.


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Nov. 14, 2009
BOSTON, MA - The University of Massachusetts Boston will serve as host of the 2009 Division III New England Women's Volleyball Association Senior Classic on Sunday, November 15 at the Clark Athletic Center on the campus of UMass Boston.
The Senior Classic will feature 33 players from 21 institutions from NCAA Division III volleyball programs in New England and six different conferences. The New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) leads the way with 14 student athletes followed by the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) and Little East Conference with six apiece, the Commonwealth Coast Conference (TCCC) has four, the University Athletic Association (UAA) has two, and the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) has one. Fourteen additional institutions are represented with Honorable Mention selections. Players were selected by a vote of all participating member head coaches following the nomination process.
There will be a skills competition at 10:30 a.m., which will be followed by a match starting at approximately 1:00 p.m.
UMass Boston senior outside hitters Kate White (Plymouth, MA) and Kate McWhorter (Bakersfield, CA) were both chosen to play in the Senior Classic. White is the Beacons' career leader in matches played (127), sets played (435) and kills (1,191), while McWhorter ranks second at UMass Boston with 978 kills in just two seasons and is the program's career leader in hitting percentage with a .374 mark. The outside hitter has 1,282 career kills, including 304 at Division I California State University Bakersfield. White and McWhorter have both been highly decorated players during their careers with the Beacons. White was selected the Little East Conference Rookie of the Year in 2006 and named to the LEC All-Star First Team in 2006 and the Second Team in 2007. McWhorter earned LEC Offensive Player of the Year and First Team honors in both of her seasons at UMass Boston as well as a spot on the American Volleyball Coaches Association New England All-Region team in both 2008 and 2009.
The Beacons finished their best season ever with a 30-5 record and were ranked second in the NCAA Division III New England Region Poll. They won their first-ever Little East Conference Championship and earned an NCAA Tournament berth for the first time in school history. UMass Boston defeated Westfield State College in the NCAA Tournament First Round, 3-1, but fell to Williams College in the Second Round, 3-1.


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Six Degrees of Stevens: With Ph.D. in Financial Engineering, Luis Ortega to Earn Sixth University Degree
It's been a hectic time of year for Luis Ortega. He's putting the final touches on his Ph. D. dissertation in Finance Engineering, which he presented in mid-May. He's prepping for a new job, which he starts in June. And a mere weeks before the end of the semester, his wife gave birth to twin daughters, Lucia and Amelia, his first time being a parent.
"There are times when I feel like my head is going to explode because I'm so busy,'' he said. "But I will never forget this period in my life.''
Indeed. This native of Ecuador, who came to the United States when he was ready to begin his undergraduate education, will be receiving his sixth degree from Stevens next week. His academic career already boasts a B.E. in electrical engineering; an M.S. in computer science; an M.S. in management planning; an M.S. in financial engineering and an M.B.A. in technology management, both in '09. His Ph.D. will be in the field of financial engineering. His thesis is titled, "A Neuro-Wavelet Model for the Short-Term Forecasting of High-Frequency Financial Time Series of Stock Returns.''
Six degrees from Stevens? "What can I say? I want to study and learn all I can,'' he said recently, while picking up his cap and gown on campus.
He came to the United States after finishing high school in Ecuador, wanting to attend Stevens, and experience the American culture, he said. He joined a fraternity (Delta Tau Delta), played varsity soccer and always studied. "Academics came first,'' he said of his undergraduate days, which he described as exciting and fun. But he considered the non-academics part of a student's life as another chance to learn, as figuring out how to schedule priorities is an important skill to master. As a student, "I wanted to experience the whole package: academics, sports, a fraternity.''
And gaining knowledge was a constant in everything he did, even when not in the classroom. "My Delt brothers taught me how to fit in, what to eat, life skills,'' he said.
Ortega has been working full-time on his Ph.D. for the past five years, saving money for his education while working in the telecommunications field, with Verizon Wireless and with The World Bank. "I was a good planner,'' he said with a quick smile. But he credits good friends and of course, his wife Veronica, with their support during this time. He laughs heartily when asked if he is independently wealthy.
He starts a new job with Goldman Sachs on Wall Street in New York in June, working as an associate in the model risk group. "I can't say too much about it,'' as he gestures with a finger to his lips, but he will be doing something with the stock market.
Leaving Stevens will be hard, he admits, as he's spent a good chunk of his time on campus. And he cherishes the friends he's made here, including some fraternity brothers he's known almost 20 years. He pointed out several former members of the Stevens community (Dean Charles Suffel, Vice President Joseph Moeller '67 and Coach Nick Mykulak ) who have made an impact on him while a student.
Having the experience of being a Stevens undergraduate and then a Stevens graduate student has shown him some differences between the two. "Of course, you have to read more as a graduate student,'' he said. "My advice to graduate students is to get more involved, experience the Stevens culture, '' he said.