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And open-source software in general. Yeah, this kind of scaring will just scare organizations right into the lap of OSS. Keep it, suits! You are doing an outstanding job!
correction: "Keep it up". Sorry about that. I read it 3 times, but my mind saw what it expected instead of what was already there.
Ever since its inception, BSA is nothing but crap
Back in the 1990's, they have sent me threatening emails and letters - without even haven't proven that I have pirated anything
Back then I attended some CAD/CAM seminars offered by Audodesk - and in those events they handed out forms in which we filled in our names, company names, email address, snailmail address and so on
Before I attended those seminars, I got no threatening email nor letters filled with legalese jargons, threatening to take me to court for "using unauthorized software"
I mean, it's a total fuck
I attended those seminars to learn more about CAD/CAM, it does not mean I own any CAD/CAM software, but of course, BSA doesn't care
They just took the name list from the seminar organizers and mass-mailing the threatening letters
After those encounters, I stopped attending any Autocad seminar and in a few years, those threatening letters also stopped coming
BSA's way of handling their customers, even potential customers, is totally ridiculous
Back in the day, I worked for a subsidiary of Waldenbooks (remember them?), known as Waldensoftware. The head honcho, at the time, was a real asshole named Glenn Ochsenreiter. Under him, guess what was allowed policy?
- Employees could "check out" software (this was considered "product knowledge training")
- Software returns were allowed, checked, and re-shrinkwrapped for resale! (See above^)
- Non-demo programs were often loaded on in-store computers. They were also re-shrunk.
- "Spiffs" were awarded to employ
BSA's way of handling their customers, even potential customers, is totally ridiculous
Customer? Where did you get the idea you are their customer? Autodesk, and Adobe, and Microsoft... THOSE are their customers. You? You are the product they sell.
Yeah, this kind of scaring will just scare organizations right into the lap of OSS. Keep it, suits! You are doing an outstanding job!
The BSA has been doing this practice since 1988. It doesn't appear to have scared many organizations to OSS.
I am sure that a few have made the switch to OSS, but I imagine that the number would be insignificant compared to the organizations who change their practices to pay for all the software they use. It is still going to be worth it for the BSA and its member companies.
Besides, it is not much of a threat to say that if you get audited then you will stop pirating commercial software and start using open source.
I have been running a small business since 2001 and have only ever used open source software for just this reason. No restrictive licenses equals no legal fees for software piracy.
I think, however, that Microsft and the BSA should be MORE aggressive in their pursuit of these heinous villains of industry. Maybe it will drive more businesses towards using F/OSS tools and ditch their shackles. Something very Marxian about it
Using linux doesn't protect your business from a disgruntled employee claiming you have stolen software, and the MS-BSA sending you a scary software audit letter "or else we will drag you to a court of law".
BTW these megacorps use government regulations in the same fashion -- to harass small business citizens.
Since they haven't pursued a court case in 5 years it would seem they simply drop shit if people don't agree to pay them.
Now I'm not saying don't use OSS, but it won't change the outcome of something like this at all between using licensed commercial software.
For that matter if you actually agreed to their bullshit audit (you shouldn't but saying you did) it would probably make life more difficult. If you have all your commercial software boxes n' licenses, they are pretty well stymied. I know a number of s
"If you have all your commercial software boxes n' licenses"
They will do you absolutely no good in a BSA audit. If you don't have original invoices that show where you paid for the software any number of pretty stickers or boxes will not satisfy the audit. Believe me, i know. Been there. Done that.
It makes finding all your licenses and making sure everything's in order a lot easier though.
Because that's actually what costs you. Not the licenses. I know a lot of businesses that have (to their best knowledge) everything in order but they buy computers "bulk", computer, system, everything rolled into one bill. They don't tend to waste a lot of time making a big inventory of their licenses.
So when this scare letter comes, they spend a fair amount of time collecting bills and filling out forms... it's way
Doesn't really help, what with the whole false accusations from disgruntled employees angle. Replying "no thanks, I use Linux" to them isn't going to do you much good. Replying at all isn't going to do you much good. It shows them that you're listening.
A better approach is to simply ignore the BSA on principle. Threatening letters are cheap, subpoenas are expensive, and they do their business in bulk (meaning they can't actually sic their lawyers on most of their targets).
Also, try not to have disgruntled employees. A big company can't avoid a few bad apples, but smaller businesses can vet new hires better and treat existing employees less like disposable resources. If nothing else, the BSA isn't the only recourse for a pissed off ex employee to screw his former boss. I once worked at a restaurant that got hit with a surprise health inspection shortly after a round of layoffs - the people running the place treated employees and health code rules about equally well and almost got shut down as a result (I would have said good riddance if they had, but it would have meant looking for a new job myself).
No response at all is dangerous. A better response is "We are not in violation of any licenses. Please direct all further correspondence to our attorney. Find his contact information attached."
I have a feeling in most cases it will end there.
Yeah, that's what I was getting at, should have phrased it more clearly. So, refining my original statement:
If you get a threatening letter from the BSA demanding an audit, disregard it.
If you get a subpoena, or anything else official, forward it to your lawyer.
The letter is bait. Don't rise to it, and most likely they won't do anything about it. Actual court documents are too serious to ignore.
And don't forget to use the L word. That way they know there's nothing there any any court case will end up with money going the other way.
Also, try not to actually have pirated software. Even companies that claim in policy not to use pirated software sometimes do. Even those that are really serious about only using licensed software (which includes OSS, by the way) sometimes have bad apples who do it anyway. If you don't want to end up on the wrong end of a lawsuit, don't break the law.
This is not in favor or support of the BSA at all, you just left out the point that actually not breaking the rules they're claiming you're breaking is a go
Also, try not to actually have pirated software. Even companies that claim in policy not to use pirated software sometimes do.
As you say, it can be quite difficult to ensure that a you have no pirated software. It may be easier in the long run for a company just to be nicer to their employees so that don't rat them out to the BSA in the first place!
Let the fools have their tar-tar sauce!
It's easy to avoid bad apples using "bad" software in your company, the tool for that is called user management.
Aside of that, companies often don't even know they're infringing. Copyright is such a vast and confusing legal matter (and don't start me on the licensing systems MS uses...) that any halfway decently sized company would have to hire a dedicated lawyer just for licensing. Now, how is that in any way sensible? Most simply accept the risk of an audit, it's cheaper.
This is not in favor or support of the BSA at all, you just left out the point that actually not breaking the rules they're claiming you're breaking is a good idea.
Yeah, I left that out to be polite, since the OP was talking about running a FOSS only business. Wouldn't do to conflate the businesses that don't pay the BSA because they don't use BSA software with the businesses that don't pay the BSA because bittorrent is cheaper. Apples hate being called oranges.
I don't doubt that some businesses do get threatened by the BSA thanks to anon complaints from ex employees, and actually do have pirated software. Even in the case of those companies, I'd tell them to get t
to come up with a nice comparison involving mob protection rackets. truly is a repulsive business practice, right up there with patent trolls and ambulance chasers.
The Microsoft-backed piracy watchdog generates a quarter of its cases by offering employees cash rewards for informing on their own employer.
I don't like the BSA, and I'm pretty neutral about Microsoft, but what is the point of saying the BSA is "Microsoft-backed"? They're also Adobe-, Apple-, and Dell- backed, among many others.
This site has had a lot of MS hating editors for a long time.
MS is hated for good reason: much patent trolling with Android being among the most recent victims, OOXML and file format lock in, Windows Genuine Advantage and Vista's DRM, and the Microsoft Tax to name just a few. And of course the BSA. Their entire attitude is about maintaining a monopoly and controlling and milking their users, not serving them. I really think the only thing keeping MS's empire alive these days is DirectX and PC gaming, and inertia and continuing prejudice against products that are not backed by traditional large corporations. MS has merely displaced IBM among conservative computer users.
Or are you going to try to claim there isn't good reason to hate MS?
Your post demonstrates that well with going for the "Vista DRM" shit. That vague argument is composed of nothing more than misunderstanding of how Blu-ray licensing works (as in it requires secure driver paths, or you can't play it, period) combined with complete misinformation repeated from Peter Gutmann (who claimed Vista can't record high def sound, it can, I have used it and 7 to do so on many occasions). Some people on Slashdot, the editors in particular, go looking for reason to hate MS, rather than h
I don't like the BSA, and I'm pretty neutral about Microsoft, but what is the point of saying the BSA is "Microsoft-backed"? They're also Adobe-, Apple-, and Dell- backed, among many others.
The real reason is everybody hates Microsoft. It grabs eyeballs and gets a good debate going.
What people will claim the 'real reason' is is that Microsoft is a high profile target and if you focus on them it'll cause them to change and everybody else will magically fall into line. The same thing happened with Apple and Foxconn. So far it has proven to be an effective way to cause short-term change with one company, but you'll notice that there hasn't been any real hubub on Slashdot about the Chinese workers there. That died down, so the other companies can merrily go about their routine. Looks like there's a downside to focusing all that rage on one target.
So, yes, maybe a little more attention should be directed at everybody backing the BSA.
The answer is simple for many of them:
* Apple doesn't really care (each copy of OSX/iOS runs on Apple-sold hardware, and Apple is mostly consumer-oriented these days anyway, so...)
* What does Dell have software-wise that would get the BSA all hot and bothered? PERC raid card drivers?
On the other hand, Microsoft has their fingers in (nearly) the entire business world, and most cases (IIRC) are instigated over Microsoft software. So it stands to reason that the biggest beneficiary (and most likely the biggest backer) is, well, Microsoft.
i hired him because he is the type that hates authority figures
That would make you his boss. Are you sure you thought that through properly?
"That would make you his boss. Are you sure you thought that through properly?"
He may be a very "beta" boss.
Arent you an authority figure to him, if you're his employer?
Well, you know, he didn't say he hired the HUGE man to like him, did he? I dunno about you, but if I am gaining something I value highly enough, I can put up with a lot of people I hate.
Everything runs on Linux over here, you are not even allowed in the door, and if you try to enter you will be escorted out by a HUGE man that hates authority figures, (i hired him because he is the type that hates authority figures)
How does he feel about his boss?
It pretty much fits the definition...
I had a one man consulting company once. In order to appear larger, I often filled out web forms and indicated I had 50 to 100 employees. The BSA sent my company letter with their racketeering scam. I laughed because at the time I was a purely Linux and Mac environment. I wish I had kept that letter.
How is this -not- racketeering? If the mob were behind this, instead of a "legitimate" business, wouldn't the FBI investigate it?
Well, yes, because the mob would be threatening people with broken limbs and missing digits, not with lawsuits.
What's your point?
50 employees (claimed). One (or fewer) Windows license. Yeah, makes them wonder.
Sending-out extortionate letters that scare the receiver, for fear they might be drug to court. The only difference is that BSA letters don't demand $5000 bribe.
What scum.
The BSA then sends out a letter demanding the business owner fill out a software audit, or potentially face court action — even though the BSA has no power to demand such an audit and hasn't pursued a court case in five years. 'It's designed to scare the recipient into thinking that they're obliged to provide certain information when, in fact, it's difficult to see that they are,' said a leading IT lawyer."
We've seen this tactic over and over. Any time someone is trying to make a revenue stream off of anything that can be digitally copied. MPAA, RIAA, BSA. Illegally gather information, pretend you're the police, then extort with the threat of a lawsuit.
It's the system that's broken. That's the bigger problem. The parasites that get fat off the system are a symptom. Fix the system.
yes, and the audit is, you guessed it, at the company's expense!
Combine that with the fact that Microsoft' licensing terms is so obscure that even Microsoft salesman don't get it right, and you've got a win-win situation (for Microsoft, of course)
I've told the story here before but about three or four years ago the company I was working for went through a SAM review. So far as we could tell, it was because the company had bought out a previous organization, including software licenses, and then we had decided not to renew the very expensive Software Assurance agreement.
I get this very pleasant email from a Microsoft business partner telling me that they were going to conduct the audit, with a spreadsheet for me to fill out. I did my thing, even working with the reseller who had sold the previous company most of the licenses, got it all tickety-boo, and then the fun began. The guy kept coming back with more requests for clarification, with more issues, and finally, as this dragged on to three weeks, I finally lost my cool and sent the guy an angry email, CCed to the reseller, telling him that as far as I was concerned we were in full compliance, we had shown we had licenses for everything, and that this process was going to wrap up now.
A few days later, the guy sent me an email saying that 5 CALs on one of our Server 2003 installs wasn't a proper match, and to bring us into compliance I would have to convert them from user CALs to device CALs. I sent an email back saying "Sure thing" and that was that. Never did convert them to device CALs either, fucking assholes. So far as I could tell, the whole process was designed to try to trip me up so that I would have to buy more licenses of something... anything. I'm sure the business partner would get a cut from that. My boss felt like sending the company a bill for the time wasted.
I've been responsible for software licensing myself and I've reached the inescapable conclusion that you are not expected to get it right. Whether by accident or design, the system is set up to make you fail.
Why? Simple. The licensing agreements are so labyrinthine that you practically need a team of lawyers in charge of licensing software.
You've got some licenses that allow for employee personal use at home, some that allow for no more than a single spare copy for backup purposes (Oh that's good. So I can'
They were sending out this letter years ago. If I got a letter like that, I would send them the following reply:
Dear Mr./Ms. xxxxxxxx:
I am in receipt of your letter dated yyyymmdd. I have reviewed our software and it is all in compliance with the licensing. I would like to invite you to our office but we are too busy to accommodate visitors. Thank you for your concern.
I'm not sure how they would respond. I expect they would either forget about it, send a threatening but bluffing letter, or send a real threatening letter. I wouldn't let them into my premises unless I thought they could back it up with a court order.
The defense would be, "The only person who installed illegal software was the ratxxx disgruntled employee who rattedxxxxxx informed on us to you."
Of course if I really did have a lot of expensive illegal software, I'd check with my lawyer to figure out the most prudent response.
I wonder how they could legally force you to let them investigate.
They might bring a civil suit and force disclosure. Lawyers are extremely reluctant to commit perjury for their clients in discovery.
I'm not sure how they would respond. I expect they would either forget about it, send a threatening but bluffing letter, or send a real threatening letter. I wouldn't let them into my premises unless I thought they could back it up with a court order.
Why not go all the way and just require a court order?
I wonder how they could legally force you to let them investigate.
I don't know that they can force you to let them investigate, but some software licenses include a clause requiring you to cooperate with software audits. If you're licensed for such software, you're now in breach and they can probably revoke the license. All they need is evidence you're still using the software after that and that's grounds for a lawsuit, which includes discovery.
I distinctly remember in about 1999 I was walking through O'Hare airport and I saw an advertisement from the BSA posted on the wall. It had the caption, "Stab Your Boss in the Back," and a picture of a guy in a 3-piece suit with a knife in his back. I kick myself for not getting a photo of the sign. I have been hunting for a reliable record of this advertisement in vain.
So, anyone who can find a picture, or other testimony to that nasty BSA ad will be a hero.
There's a small chance that I remember wrong. Lik
You surely deserve the hero award for finding this one. I distinctly remember a knife, and a whole body in a suit, rather than a nail and a tie. My memory may be off, or there may have been variations. They are both pretty nasty, and suggest revenge far more than justice.
Can you provide a link to the Wired article, too? I should complete my notes and avoid hunting for this again during some other discussion.
This [catplaysgames.com] is all I can find...
Only problem is that BSA only screws small/mid size companies. I'm sure someone can turn this into a conspiracy lawsuit against them - since when have they gone after large companies? Never.
I know of at least two people who reported piracy to BSA, and BSA's response to the person who reported it was "we do not see any evidence of piracy".
Do you know which companies were accused, or how big they were? On the face of it, such a response could indicate a decent discretion on the part of BSA, not pursuing a frivolous case. Based on other reports of BSA behavior, I tend to suspect the worse interpretation, but testimony is so much better than suspicion
Only problem is that BSA only screws small/mid size companies. I'm sure someone can turn this into a conspiracy lawsuit against them - since when have they gone after large companies? Never.
I know of at least two people who reported piracy to BSA, and BSA's response to the person who reported it was "we do not see any evidence of piracy".
C'mon, when has the schoolyard bully ever tried to take the lunch money from the football jocks?
Remember that case well. Quoted it often.
Dear BSA,
It has been a subject of much hilarity in this office that we should be sent a threatening letter from yourselves, a self-authority in software licensing with little to no legal authority to follow through on your threat.
However, for your records it should be noted that as a registered company of Legal Advocates (Company #07248227), one of the things we tend to do is ensure that we operate completely legally. As software goes, this means the purchase of license keys as and when necessary. While we are not at liberty to discuss details for reasons of client information security and more to the point, national security, we can assure you and your employers at Microsoft and Adobe that our licenses are copasetic. When you can show the following, we would gladly participate in a full audit, at your expense and on your time:
1. SCI-5 clearance signed by the Minister for Defence and the Home and Foreign Secretaries;
2. Written Royal assent for the potential of disclosure of information which could affect the safety and security of Royal members, Crown properties and/or Subjects;
3. A commitment to Non-Disclosure under Section 4 of the Official Secrets Act 1989, by persons thereto authorised to carry out the audit;
4. Assent by the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales to cover the potential disclosure of information pertaining to live in camera proceedings;
5. Reference to the Authority of Law by which the BSA operate;
6. Reference to the Authority of Law which compels ourselves as individuals and the Company as a Legal entity to co-operate with a private concern whose singular purpose seems to be the extraction of money from legitimate businesses and individuals with zero return.
When (not before) all the above conditions are met, shall we even consider further correspondence.
Good Day to you, Sir.
Their response:
We acknowledge receipt of your counteroffer, and hereby inform you that no further action shall be taken.
While hunting for material on BSA, I found the most concentrated anti-BSA material here: http://www.bsadefense.com/main/index.aspx [bsadefense.com]
This is a law firm that makes money defending businesses against BSA, so you can be as skeptical as you like. As far as I read, their claims agree with what I have learned elsewhere.
It is good to be able to make this statement, but actually make it unless legally required to do so. You would be giving them evidence that they could twist to use against you. Don't give them that (unless advised by a Lawyer).
Dear BSA:
Your Audit Software failed to install. I had our senior system administrator take a look at it and he said it wasn't compatible with Wine. I asked him if maybe it would work with Beer. He gave be some puzzled look and mumbled something about a "DEB or RPM version". Do you know what he might be talking about?
(signed) Bob, senior PHB.
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Pacemaker, by Chris Carr
The heart is one of the most vital organs in the body responsible for the circulation of blood throughout the whole body. The heart is made up of four chambers and separated into two sides, left and right. These chambers are the left atrium, left ventricle, right atrium and right ventricle. The separations between these chambers are made up of four different valves. These four valves consist of the tricuspid, pulmonary, mitral and aortic valves [1].
The flow of blood goes in the order from right to left alternating between atrium and ventricle. The flow consists of two main steps; bringing the deoxygenated blood to the lungs and bringing the oxygenated blood to the rest of the body. Starting with the collection of the deoxygenated blood in the right atrium, it then passes by the tricuspid valve into the right ventricle. From here it can then pass through the pulmonary valve to the pulmonary artery into the lungs where CO2 can be released. Next the now oxygenated blood flows from the lungs into the left atrium and through the mitral valve to the left ventricle. Lastly, the blood can then flow through the aortic valve into the aorta to the rest of the body [1].
This whole process is made possible by the initial electrical signal from the sinoatrial node (SAN) and the depolarization of cardiac myocytes. This is because the electrical impulse causes the depolarization of the cardiac myocytes which then causes the contraction of the heart's chambers. After the SAN creates its initial impulse, it flows through both of the atria causing them to contract. It then reaches the second node, atrioventricular node (AVN). From here the electrical impulse can then spread through the ventricles creating the second contraction [1].
A pacemaker is a small implanted device that sends electrical impulses to your heart in order to create an adequate heart rate. These devices replace the SAN's signal and create a small 2-4 mA current in order to contract the heart. Currently there are more than half a million people in the United States with a pacemaker with an average of over 150,000 new ones implanted every year [1].
1971 - Galvani published his discovery on the electrical stimulation of frog legs from an electric eel [3]
1802 - First successful experiments to electrically stimulate the heart of animals by Aldini in Paris [3]
1862 - Walshe states that it is possible to treat cardiac arrest with electrical stimulation of the heart [3]
1872 - Boulogne successfully stimulates the human heart of a person suffering from arrhythmias [3]
1927 - Hyman developed an apparatus to stimulate the heart and give it a normal beat [3]
1932 - First artificial pacemaker was developed by Hyman and New York University (7.2 KG) [3] [B]
1958 - 1958: First implanted external cardiac pacemaker by Furman, Verzeano, Webb and Kelly [1,3]
1959 - Elmqvist and Senning developed the first completely implanted pacemaker [3]
1959-Present Day - Increased batter life and monitoring, decreased size
2009 - First wireless pacemaker [4]
Health Issues
[2] reference
[A] http://accesstomedicine.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/ heart.gif
[B] Link

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One is the reigning Major League Soccer most valuable player and the other should have won the award a year earlier.
One leads the league in scoring over the last three seasons while the other leads the league in assists.
But accolades and gaudy numbers aren't the only things Chris Wondolowski and Brad Davis share. Because despite their offensive prowess, neither has gotten much of a look from a U.S. national team that has often had trouble scoring.
Wondolowski, 30, invited to his second consecutive winter training camp this year, played only sparingly in three friendlies for the U.S. in 2012. Davis, 31, hadn't been in a national team camp in three years before being called up last month. And though both started in last week's friendly with Canada, creating a couple of the painfully few scoring opportunities the U.S. got in a scoreless draw, neither is expected to be on the roster for the U.S. team's World Cup qualifier in Honduras on Wednesday.
But if that's the bad news here's the good: With the U.S. facing a crowded 2013 schedule that includes 10 World Cup qualifiers, a handful of friendlies and as many as six games in the Gold Cup in July, Wondolowski and Davis figure to get several more chances to make an impression.


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Well, it's been MIGHTY quiet around RDGR lately, as I've been working on two big projects of late. The first will have its own announcement this weekend after I polish off a few last details.
The second, I am happy to announce, involves expanding my family tree! I am pregnant with our second child, due in late January. The first trimester was a fabulous whirlwind of nausea, exhaustion and lots of crackers and water. Thankfully, I'm moving past that stage, and am seeing a light at the end of the tunnel!
That means I can resume, for now, work on my other big project and start reposting to my beloved little blog! Thanks to everyone who has stuck around in the meantime!
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Newtown, Conn., residents are voting today on whether to approve an up- to $50 million gift from the state to tear down the Sandy Hook Elementary School, the site of a horrific shooting in December 2012, and rebuild a new one.
State lawmakers have allotted millions in funding to knock down the school where tragedy struck nearly 10 months ago and build a new facility for students on the school grounds, but away from the initial site so that a memorial could be built in its place.
Residents must vote on the referendum to approve the gift, in accordance with the town charter's rules.
Weston Public Schools Interim School Superintendent John Reed told The Newtown Bee the funding "comes without strings."
"It does not have to be repaid, it has no impact on the tax rate," he said. "It is an attempt on the part of the state to make Newtown whole. That means we had seven schools when we started school year last year, and I think it's the state's judgment that we have seven schools now."
Community support for the new school appears to be high.
"As we look to bring home our Sandy Hook School community, it is critical to have a school building that will allow them to stay together," the Newtown Board of Education said in a letter to The Newtown Bee. "Accepting this funding will allow the town of Newtown to once again be made whole."
"The people of Newtown decided that building a new Sandy Hook Elementary School is an important step onward for their children and their community," Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman said in a statement on Sept. 24. "This funding is another way the state is continuing the unwavering support our citizens and our government have shown for them since that dark day that still affects us all."
"The town's been through a lot and I think we do need a new school system over there, or a new school anyway," Newtown resident Paul Carpenter told ABC Hartford-New Haven affiliate WTNH-TV.
Students who would be attending Sandy Hook Elementary School this year are being bussed to nearby Chalk Hill Middle School in Monroe, Conn.
Newtown Board of Education member Debbie Leidlein told ABCNews.com that the community has been fortunate to be able to use a school in such close proximity, but it isn't the same.
"We're very anxious to bring our Sandy Hook School families back into Newtown," she said. "We're confident that the community will come out and support that."
If passed, the referendum would allow for the former school to be demolished within the new few months, Leidlein said. The rebuilding would begin again in the spring.
"The goal is to get them into the school either in the beginning of 2015 or that next fall," she said.
Leidlein said she was out holding a "Vote Yes" sign outside Newtown Middle School where the vote is being held earlier today. Approximately 3,600 people had voted as of 3 p.m. this afternoon, which she believes is a positive sign for the gift's approval.
"There's always rumblings of people questioning things, but I have not heard anybody who has come out and said they were against the town accepting this gift, but you never know," she said. "People understand and think that this is something worth coming out to support."
The vote ends at 8 p.m. this evening.


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Resume: The aim of this paper is to show in what way football clubs in smaller leagues with limited capacity utilisation can increase their per-game revenue by increasing the attendance frequency. A sequential mixed method research design was employed, involving both qualitative and quantitative methods, studying two clubs: Malmö FF in Sweden and FC København in Denmark. In order for the subject clubs to increase the attendance frequency of the spectators, these must be moved towards a higher level of the Psychological Continuum Model. The quantitative phase was comprised of a survey distributed at three separate occasions for each of the subject clubs. Four segments were identified to be of particular interest, two from each of the subject clubs. The two segments defined for Malmö FF were termed Entertainment Seeking Families and the Price Conscious Group of Friends. The two segments defined for FCK were termed Price Sensitive Experience Hunters and Family Focused Fans. It is shown how the two clubs can provide tailored experiences specifically designed towards the identified attendant segments. In doing so, an increased range of psychological associations will be created in the minds of the attendants, thus strengthening the psychological connection, increasing the likelihood of upwards movement in the psychological continuum and rate of attendance. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9372
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A View from the Sociology of CritiquePresskorn-Thygesen, Thomas (Frederiksberg, 2015)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This article examines the forms of mobility that characterize contemporary work life. In doing so, it applies the theoretical framework associated with Luc Boltanski's sociology of critique (Boltanski, 2012 [1990]; Boltanski and Thévenot, 2006 [1991]) and argues that this framework offers a fruitful and important perspective in conceptualizing and understanding the forms of mobility that are becoming increasingly prevalent in today's knowledge work. The sociology of critique allows one to chart the economic and historical conditions of mobility critically, while its sociology of morals also allows us to explore the distinctly normative side of new forms of mobility without succumbing to a celebratory picture of work-related mobility. More specifically and in the context of the 'kinetic elite', the article explores how Boltanski and Chiapello's (2005) analysis of a 'projective order of worth' can help us understand the attractiveness of constantly being 'on the move'. Qualitative data from three exemplars of this elite group of workers is used to illustrate how the ideal of being mobile is perceived as an often problematic imperative, but also as one which is nevertheless rewarding and worth living up to. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9238
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Larsen, Øjvind (Akureyri, 2014)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: From their beginning in the 1930s, critical theory and the Frankfurt school had their focus on a critique of disturbed social relations in western society dominated by totalitarian political regimes like Stalinism, Fascism, Nazism, and by capitalism as an oppressive and destructive economic system and culture. Now, 80 years later, this has all become history and thus it is time to leave the concept of critical theory behind us, and instead bring the concept of critique to a broader theoretical framework like hermeneutics. This allows the possibility of retaining the theoretical intentions of the old Frankfurt school and at the same time there will be no boundaries by specific dominant theoretical perspectives. In this paper, such a framework for a critical hermeneutics is discussed on the basis of Weber's, Gadamer's, and Habermas' theories on hermeneutics within the social sciences. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8998
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Why bother?Guillet de Monthoux, Pierre (www, 2014)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Labels are often flashy conduits for hasty assumptions and partial truths. At the time when I was writing Action and Existence: Anarchism for Business Administration in the late 1970s, the term anarchism served as a handy synonym for mess, chaos, and disorder. In this context the word cropped up in public debates about the Baader-Meinhof terrorism in Germany in the aftermath of Paris 68, for example. In putting my book together, I set out to explain what I had learned through my own reading and discussion about this often shortchanged term. In the research and writing process I discovered that the word anarchism carried more concrete meaning than what I had first thought. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9055
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Privat produktpolitik i det indre markedFrankel, Christian; Højbjerg, Erik (Frederiksberg, 2012)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: De politiske og administrative studier af det indre markeds færdiggørelse har overvejende fokuseret på, hvordan gennemførelsen er bundet til en forandring af kompetence‐ og arbejdsdelingen mellem de eksisterende EU institutioner og medlemslandene. Et sådant EU internt fokus ser imidlertid bort fra, at væsentlige dele af gennemførelsen allerede i 1987 med Fællesaktens vedtagelse blev overladt til de private europæiske standardiseringsorganisationer (ESO2). Når man tænker på, hvor vigtig en rolle disse organisationer er tildelt i udviklingen af det indre marked, kan det undre, at denne uddelegering hidtil ikke har været belyst i nævneværdigt omfang. For det første synes uddelegeringen at indeholde demokratiske udfordringer, fordi private aktører gennem medlemsskab af de autonome europæiske standardiseringsorganisationer deltager direkte og i et vist omfang uden for politisk og administrativ kontrol i at fastlægge reglerne for markedsførelsen af varer i det indre marked. For det andet rejser uddelegeringen en række analytiske spørgsmål om, hvor EU integrationens institutionelle locus skal findes, når sikringen af EUs politiske målsætninger med det indre marked er afhængig af en inter‐organisatorisk koordination mellem EU og ESO. Udover at det indre marked er betinget af institutionelle forandringer inden for rammerne af EU er det ligeledes afhængig af en institutionsdannelse mellem de gensidigt autonome organisationer EU og ESO. Endelig, for det tredje, indebærer uddelegeringen en særskilt udfordring for ESO. I takt med at europæisk teknisk standardisering skal indfri bredere samfundsmæssige og politiske hensyn i markedsdannelsesprocessen er der risiko for, at én af de bærende principper i standardiseringsarbejdet, nemlig frivilligheden, sættes under pres. Der er sandsynligvis grænser for, hvad teknisk standardisering kan levere i forhold til samfundsmæssig regulering uden at undergrave sin egen logik. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8717
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A response to Marianne de Laet's "Anthropology as social epistemology"Ratner, Helene (, 2013)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: As her title indicates, Marianne de Laet suggests that social epistemology could be thought of as anthropology, in terms of how this mode of knowing has helped flesh out the social dimensions of scientific knowledge. She does so firstly, by accounting for how anthropological methods and concepts have contributed to science and technology studies (STS) by providing an alternative to "believing the natives" i.e., scientists, hence challenging positivist and objectivist accounts of science. She then specifies selected analytical insights of anthropology. The concepts 'culture' and 'practice', she argues, enable us to learn how "knowledge is social in an epistemic sense" (2012, 421). She concludes her argument by questioning the distinction between epistemology and ontology, maintaining that anthropology is social epistemology. De Laet touches several key debates in the history of STS and much of her commentary on the sociality of knowledge is difficult to disagree with. There are however, also some elements in her argument with which I wish to engage critically. These include the relationship between anthropology and STS and the relationship between the concepts of culture and ontology. I will do so by drawing my inspiration from a contemporary a debate across STS and anthropology that — like de Laet — regards entanglements of epistemology and ontology, practice, and materiality. This project is also known as post- ANT and empirical philosophy in STS (Mol 2002; Gad and Bruun Jensen 2010, 55-80; Law and Hassard 1999) and lateral, multi-natural and ontological engagements in anthropology (Maurer 2005; Riles 2000; Strathern 2004 [1991]; Carrithers et al. 2010, 152-200; Viveiros de Castro 2004, 463-484). De Laet mentions some of the same sources. I will focus my commentary on these debates' implications for the concept of culture and "our terminological tinkering" (2012, 420). My aim is to provide a different account of what anthropology has to offer STS and, as a consequence, to keep some interesting tensions open between the conceptual and the empirical, between "us" and "them", which I believe de Laet resolves too quickly. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8691
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On Consensus, Consensusing and False ConsensusnessHorst, Maja; Irwin, Alan (Frederiksberg, 2010)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: In response to the recent troubled history of risk-related technological development in Europe, one institutional reaction has been to advocate public deliberation as a means of achieving broad societal consensus over socio-scientific futures. We focus on 'consensusing' and the expectation of consensus, and consider both their roots and their performative consequences. We argue that consensus should be seen not simply as the absence of disagreement but as a particular political and ideological formation. We consider and explore the Danish model based on the folkelig concept of the common good, before turning to the wider European movement towards consensus-building. As presented here, consensusing becomes a focus for political contestation but also for nation- and institution-building. Rather than evaluating deliberation solely in terms of its short-term instrumental effects, consensusing should also be understood as performative of national and inter-national identity. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8268
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Public debate as the solution to controversies about science and technologyHorst, Maja (Frederiksberg, 2010)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Developments in biotechnology have sparked a number of social controversies during the last decades and it has been common to understand public debate as a necessary prerequisite for the ability to deal with these controversies. This is particularly true in the case of Denmark, where public debate has been taking place for more than 25 years, and the paper uses the Danish example to argue that controversies about biotechnology intersect with fundamental political discussions about order and control in today's knowledge society. Inspired by cultural theory and the work of Mary Douglas, it is proposed that arguments about biotechnology are justified by reference to particular articulations of social order. Her four notions of social order are identified in the analysis of a sample of arguments from four major Danish newspapers. On the basis of this typology, the paper examines the broad discursive consensus in favour of public debate and participatory exercises regarding the social responses to biotechnology. It does, however, simultaneously point to inherent tensions in the expectations towards public debate and its role in the creation of solutions to controversies over science and technology. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8270
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Moralens evindelige genkomstRaffnsøe, Sverre (København, 2001)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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Investigation continues
Randolph County Sheriff Mark Nichols urges any one with information concerning the shooting incidents into an occupied residence on Route JJ during the weekend to contact his office.
He adds that a reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction. Those with information may call the Randolph County TIPS Line at 660-269-TIPS (8477).


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Countywide school board member Tomeka Hart will offer a resolution at a school board meeting Monday, Feb. 18 that could call for a one year delay in the scheduled July 1 merger of the city and county school systems.
Hart was one of the first political figures in Memphis to call for a merger of the county's two public school systems.
It is not clear if such a resolution, if advanced by Hart and approved by the 23-member board, could stop the consolidation.
The merger date was part of a ruling and settlement among all parties in the Memphis Federal Court lawsuit filed by the Shelby County Board of Education contesting the merger itself. The settlement was agreed to by all sides including Memphis City Schools officials and then accepted by Federal Court Judge Samuel "Hardy" Mays.
The board set the start of the merger for July 1 because that is the start of the fiscal year. The school year begins Aug. 5 with the first day of classes.
The settlement set the terms for the merger and the case then moved to a challenge by the Shelby County Commission of the parts of the state laws governing schools consolidation that allowed suburban leaders to form municipal school districts.
If one party backs out of the agreement it could conceivably revive at least that part of the court case.
The move comes as Memphis city government leaders are anxiously anticipating an end to city funding of Memphis City Schools after two state courts ruled the city could not cut its level of funding under state "maintenance of effort" laws.
Word of Hart's resolution surfaced Friday afternoon after a recording of the WKNO TV program "Behind The Headlines" with school board chairman Billy Orgel and fellow school board member David Reaves.
During the half hour interview program hosted by Eric Barnes, publisher of The Daily News, Hart made no mention of a move to delay the schools merger.
"My issue really wasn't that we needed to be one big school system," she said at the outset when asked about state legislation introduced Thursday in Nashville to provide another path for suburban leaders to municipal school districts. "The issue was we needed an intact county school system to protect funding for countywide education including those children in Memphis City Schools."
She and Orgel and Reaves then talked of the need for a better long term plan for a combined system and possibly a phased-in merger plan over several years.
"We have so many schools and so many are under utilized," Reaves began as he talked about the "urban education model" in city schools. "And over the years, we've not been able to get to the point where we have larger schools full of more children adding more educational programs. That is an expensive model that is not sustainable as well."
Orgel then said the change isn't as simple as closing 21 under-utilized schools all at once as was recommended to the school board by the transition planning commission last year.
"Instead of just putting a number on it and a dollar figure and then working your way toward it, I'd like to look at the communities where the schools are located – figure out how the feeder pattern looks, if the elementary schools are not feeding the middle and high schools," Orgel said. "The county has a good model on this because the population is spread out and you have a central high school. If we've got seven or eight high schools in southeast and southwest Shelby County and they are under utilized … let's put a facility centrally located that can be a larger high school."
Hart agreed with the need for a comprehensive reconfiguration of schools across what are now two separate school systems.
"That's not what we are doing," she said. "Just to say close 21 schools – how does that fit into the bigger plan of the community? What really should it look like. I really believe we need to completely redesign these communities."
Orgel conceded that would take time and he and Reaves said it would mean paying more in capital costs which are funded through bonds and not general fund revenue to the school system from the property and sales tax rates.
"It's actually probably more efficient and better for our children in the long run than to do it the way we are doing it," he said. "It needs to be thoughtful. It doesn't need to be us sitting in a board meeting and taking a pen and scratching through this one and playing games with people's lives."


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Gallucci's work as sub-contractor being investigated
Ward 8 Councilman Raymond Gallucci is being investigated by the City of Warwick for a subcontract he was paid in the amount of $9,675, as he used his front-end loader to help clean up damage caused by Tropical Storm Irene in August. He operated his vehicle for nearly 60 hours during the cleanup.
According to a report by Walt Buteau of WPRI-TV, C.P. Watson, one of 16 companies contracted by the city during a no-bid emergency procurement, hired Gallucci. Buteau reported that the company was paid nearly $21,000 of the $703,000 Warwick spent on storm cleanup.
Gallucci said he was unable to comment, as the investigation ensues. A call was also made to C.P. Watson. They failed to return the call by press time.
"From the city's perspective, the city hasn't done anything improper," Mark Carruolo, the mayor's chief of staff, said yesterday. He said the contract had been issued on an "emergency declaration" and that Gallucci, who chairs the Council Finance Committee, had not been involved in issuing a contract.
Carruolo said that City Solicitor Peter Ruggiero is investigating.
An attorney for the Ethics Commission reported to WPRI-TV that under state law, an elected official is prohibited to accept bid contracts and that Gallucci's sub-contract may fall into a "gray area." However, Buteau wrote, Common Cause Rhode Island reported that the Ethics Commission is allowed to conduct an investigation if there seems to be a conflict of interest. Common Cause Executive Director John Marion told WPRI-TV, "Certainly there appears to be a conflict here where an elected official is doing business with a city they're elected to represent."
Acting Department of Public Works Director David Picozzi was contacted but did not call back in time for print.
As of yet, reported Buteau, an ethics complaint against Gallucci has not been filed and the commission does have the authority to commence an investigation without a formal complaint.


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House Republican leaders said Monday that they will ready legislation to extend the payroll tax cut without offsetting its cost through the end of 2012 as a backstop in case lawmakers' efforts to authorize a comprehensive extension of that and unemployment benefits fail.
House Speaker John Boehner (OH), Majority Leader Eric Cantor (VA) and Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (CA) announced the alternative route amid signs that the formal conference committee in charge of crafting a compromise bill on the expiring unemployment insurance and tax cuts has stalled.
"Because the president and Senate Democratic leaders have not allowed their conferees to support a responsible bipartisan agreement, today House Republicans will introduce a backup plan that would simply extend the payroll tax holiday for the remainder of the year while the conference negotiations continue regarding offsets, unemployment insurance, and the 'doc fix,'" the trio said in a statement. "If Democrats continue to refuse to negotiate in good faith, Republicans may schedule this measure for House consideration later this week pending a conversation with our members."
Congress extended the expiring benefits at the end of December, shortly before each had been scheduled to lapse after Dec. 31. That agreement wasn't reached, however, until House Republicans relented on their demand that the programs be extended for all of calendar year 2012, along with having their costs fully offset.
Republicans agreed to the short-term extension only in exchange for the formal "conference" process intended to resolve differences between House and Senate legislation. But that reversal only came after a number of Republicans accused their House colleagues of politically damaging intransigence.
But with just a few weeks left to go until the Feb. 28 deadline, the conference committee appears mired in stalemate, with disagreement falling along familiar fault lines. Democrats wish to impose new revenue-raising measures on the wealthiest Americans to finance the tax cuts and benefit extensions, while Republicans decry such efforts as tax hikes, and wish to find savings instead through budget cuts.
The GOP's maneuver on Monday is a bid to put Democrats on their heels, and push back against the narrative that President Obama has used to great effect, casting Republicans as having obstructed middle-class tax relief by playing politics. If Congress were to authorize the tax cut extension without offsets -- something for which Democrats have pushed -- Republicans would conceivably be able to deny responsibility for the failure of negotiations.
Pelosi herself has told reporters repeatedly that she does not believe the payroll tax cut should be paid for as it is an "emergency" program implemented during a down economy. Boehner admits in his statement that "this is not our first choice," which reflects the fact that many in the Republican conference, especially conservative members, believe that this tax cut, if it's done at all, should have its cost offset. The total cost of the 10-month extension is around $100 billion.
Because of that conservative opposition, the bill would likely need to rely on Democratic support to pass, putting Democrats in the tough position of being forced to vote for a tax cut they have been pushing Republicans to pass.


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Board members also approved the MTA's proposed competitive solicitation method for selecting a private concessionaire to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the east-west light rail line.
The BPW's approval of a P3 delivery method for this project means that a single private partner will be responsible for designing, constructing, operating and maintaining the project, as well as providing up to $900 million in private financing. The project delivery method differs from a typical project in which the state separately bids for the design and construction of the transit line and then operates the system, such as light rail in Baltimore. This P3 approach is known as a Design-Build-Finance-Operate-Maintain (DBFOM).
"The department of transportation presented a solid plan to bring private sector funding, innovation and best practices to this regionally important transit line," said Gov. O'Malley.
The Purple Line is a 16-mile light-rail line that runs east-west inside the Capital Beltway between Bethesda in Montgomery County and New Carrollton in Prince George's County with direct connections to Metrorail's Orange Line, Green Line and two branches of the Red Line and to MARC's Brunswick, Camden and Penn Lines. A total of 21 stations are planned. The total project cost is $2.2 billion, with the private sector expected to invest between $500 and $900 million. A combination of federal, state and local monies also will be used to fund the project. Thanks to the passage of the Transportation Infrastructure Investment Act of 2013, Gov. O'Malley added $711 million in state funds for design and construction of the Purple Line to MTA's six-year capital budget (FY 2014 – FY 2019).
With today's vote by BPW members to approve the competitive solicitation process for selecting a private partner, MTA will be able to issue a Request for Qualifications in the next few weeks, select the short list of qualified proposers by the end of 2013 and announce a preferred partner by fall 2014.
Following selection of a preferred partner, MTA will recommend the final agreement to the BPW in late 2014/early 2015. Construction could begin in spring 2015.


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Food Service Secrets!!! update
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post them here! what REALLY goes on in those kitchens at McDonalds? What's in that chili at Wendys?
So I posted one of my stories on page 11, but here's another one. From good ole Applebees
I once had a table of the BITCHIEST girls you had ever seen. I am talking the kind of girls you see on TV who think they are the shit. I'm Hispanic, so they were talking reeeeally slow to me, as if I couldn't understand English.
Well, the busboy heard what was going on and told the chef. When the chef recieved their order, he coughed all over their food as he was making it, and "accidently" sneezed in their salads.
The kicker? They thought the food was delicious, and I got a twenty dollar tip, which I immeadiately gave to the chef
I've worked fast food and I've never seen disgusting behind the scenes stuff. I'd like to think those things are few and far between.
I worked at pizza hut as a young adult and taco bell and pizza hut are the same compnay, the meat would sometimes come to our kitchen and then be driven over by the manager.
It comes in bags as liquid, you boil the stuff bag and all and it solidifies into taco meat. Makes you wonder if it's soy?!!
And Ive never seen anyone spit in anyones food or mess with it.
I worked for 3 yrs as a tim hortons drive through manager, please dont raise your voice and yell into the speaker, it hurts the workers ears. When you sing in the car to your radio we hear that. The speaker doesnt turn off until you drive off the pad.
Pizza hut crusts are made my proofing them in a cm of oil *gag*
Most of Casey's food is all frozen stuff. Our pizza really is fresh dough. I have customers that ask for their pizza a special way (usually thin crust) and to keep their loyalty I will make it that way. Only one person at a time works in the kitchen and when I work it stays clean and everything is washed before it is used again.
Never seen anything horrible. When I was a GM I made it clear that I would fire people on the spot if I saw anyone doing something maliciously to someone's food.


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Submission + - Bluetooth used to track Traffic Times (ctvnews.ca)
ChanukahZombie writes: The City of Calgary, AB has introduced a new traffic congestion/timing information platform for drivers. "The system collects the publicly available data from Bluetooths to estimate the travel time and congestion between points along those roads and displays the information on overhead message boards to motorists." Currently only available on the Deerfoot Trail (the city's main highway artery) but will be "expanded in the future to include sections of Crowchild Trail and Glenmore Trail in the southwest." As for privacy concerns the city says it cannot connect the MAC address collected to the device owner.


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DURHAM, N.C.—Led by the Duke Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), Blue Devil student-athletes teamed up with the Duke Community Service Center's Project Share to give back this holiday season. Project Share helps families in the Durham community who are in need of support by providing gifts and necessities during the holiday season. Through the students' generosity three Durham families benefitted this year.
SAAC has been involved with Project Share for over 10 years and raised thousands of dollars. SAAC members purchased gifts with the money the student-athletes donated. Some examples of gifts include clothing, toys, and kitchen appliances. On December 2nd several student-athletes took time out of their busy days to wrap presents for these families. Four days later student-athletes delivered the presents to two of the families in person. These three families will now have a brighter and more cheerful holiday season!


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Nicole Crafts Jungle FrameBack to category
Nicole Crafts Jungle Frame
Preserve the memories of this year's vacation or family get-together with this frame. Be sure to make one for everyone who took part.
Project Details
- Level:beginner
- Time:1 hour
Project Instructions
1Using template, cut shapes from foam. Glue shapes to frame as shown.
2Embellish trunks with iridescent glitter glue and leaves with green glitter glue. Let dry thoroughly.
3Use hot glue to glue beads to centers of leaves.
4Cut a 3 inch x 1 1/2 inch piece of yellow foam using scallop-edge scissors.
5Write WELCOME TO OUR JUNGLE on yellow foam piece with black marker. Glue to top of frame.
6Attach glittzer stickers as shown or as desired.


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Continuing Education
Ecoscapes: Habitats and Culture of Costa Rica Information Session
Date: 4:30pm - 6:00pm PST January 28, 2013 Location: Room 108, Lewis & Clark Graduate Campus
Room 108, Lewis & Clark Graduate Campus
Please join us for an information session to learn more about the courseEcoscapes: Habitats and Culture of Costa Rica which meets Friday, July 12-Sunday, July 21, 2013 in Costa Rica.
Ecoscapes: Habitats and Culture of Costa Rica introduces teachers to the natural history and biodiversity of Costa Rica as well as to the language and customs of the people.
Participants will journey across Costa Rica's extraordinary landscapes, from once-glaciated peaks of volcanic rock to cloud forests, from lowland rain forests to mangrove swamps. Along the way, we'll savor local foods, visit a rural school, and observe tropical agriculture.
Before departing for the remote Campanario Field Station on the Osa Peninsula, participants will enjoy a memorable stay with a host family in Sierpe, practice conversational Spanish, participate in a service project, and conduct a short field investigation.
From this immersion in the habitats and culture of Costa Rica, participants will gain an understanding of Costa Rica's environment within a cultural context.


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By Reshma Kapadia
In the latest sea of earnings reports, emerging markets get one more tally in the positive column. Unilever (UN), which gets more than half its business from China, Indonesia and India, said emerging markets helped its better-than-expected third-quarter sales growth, WSJ's Simon Zekaria reports.
Brazil's OGX Petroleo & Gas Participacoes SA (OGXPY) logged the biggest gain in three months on news billionaire Eke Batista may be required to buy as much as $1 billion of new stock in the firm at a 36% premium as a result of granting a put option, Bloombeg's Peter Millard reports.
Ahead of this week's parliamentary election, investors are betting Ukranian President Viktor Yanukovych will devalue the currency and unfreeze and IMF loan, which expires this year, Bloomberg's Agnes Lovasz reports.
Remember in the wake of the financial crisis when luxury shoppers were asking for plain brown bags after their upscale shopping sprees in a bid to keep their consumption on the Q.T? Well, looks like the Chinese are now following with their own version of discrete consumption, Quartz reports.
President Barack Obama often talks about the bad hand he was dealt when he took office. The new Chinese leadership may have a similar complaint as the Communist Party prepares for its ten-yearly change of leadership, the Economist's James Miles reports.
Forget the Philippines or Colombia. The next boom market is….Laos? The country is expected to have the fastest-growing economy in Southeast Asia this year with a forecasted 8.3% growth rate, WSJ's Patrick Barta writes.
Overnight, keep an eye out for South Korea's third quarter GDP data. It's not likely to be pretty but Societe Generale economists think it may be the low point.
The Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (VWO) closed up almost 1% at $41.84.


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The Rifle Housing Authority says the oil and gas industry keeps growing, but apartments and rental homes are scarce. That's making it very tough for families dealing with the housing crunch.
On top of all the growth, one family says their RV park is closing for redevelopment.
They say they've looked high and low for a new place in Rifle, but they're running into dead ends, and right now, they have nowhere to go.
Two–year–old Donavan may not get to see his grandpa for much longer. Joe Montoya and his family are getting kicked out of Bookcliff RV Park and they can't find a place they can afford.
"I guess I could send my family home and i could live out of my semi," Montoya told 11 News on Monday.
Home for them is near Alamosa. Montoya moved to Rifle to try and make a better life for his family with a higher paying job hauling pipes and water from the oil fields.
"There's will be work here for 20 years to come, but no homes...Not unless you wanna pay $400,000."
And he says he's not the only one struggling.
"Where I work you see people living out of their semi's. It's tough, but you gotta make money," said Montoya.
Vicki Coate with the Rifle Housing authority says she gets tons of calls for people looking for help.
"There are not a lot of vacancies, and the ones there are, are too expensive," Choate told 11 News on Monday.
The housing authority already has a waiting list, with priority going to low–income senior citizens. Choate doesn't think it's going to get better anytime soon.
"I don't see a solution right off the bat. The problem's going to get bigger," said Choate.
Not a promising outlook for Joe Montoya and his family.
"We were gonna rent down the road, but those trailers have to get moved too," said Montoya.
And as he sees the windows around the park getting boarded up, he's wondering if he'll find a place in time, or if he'll have to sleep in his truck and visit his family on the holidays.
14th Street Marketplace owns Bookcliff RV Park. A property manager with the company told 11 News over the phone the development plans are still up in the air while the company is in talks with the city.
Ironically some possible plans include apartments, but there's no timeline on when and if they'll be finished.


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The four additions are Steven Coe, Justin Flatt, Christian Leung and Jesse Lewis, all current seniors at in-state high schools, with one from nearby Valley Center and the other three from Northern California. Flatt, Leung and Lewis have all previously attended the UC San Diego Baseball Prospect Camp.
Coe is the lone local product out of Valley Center High School. He became the starting catcher in his junior season there a year ago, and led the Jaguars in batting, doubles, RBI and walks, while ranking second on the squad in hits and runs scored. Defensively, Coe commanded his pitching staff to a 2.62 ERA. He also posted a 1.62 ERA of his own over seven appearances on the hill.
"Steven has a good understanding of the game at the catcher position and really throws well," remarked Newman. "He should have an opportunity to play early in his career here."
"Steven's leadership and skills behind the plate are exactly what we look for in a catcher out of high school," added UCSD assistant coach and recruiting coordinator Jonathan Johnston. "He has a passion for the game of baseball and we look forward to adding that passion and leadership to our program."
Flatt is a promising first baseman at De La Salle High School in Concord. A prospect with great bat speed and a solid glove, he helped guide the Spartans to a 20-7 overall record and East Bay Athletic League (EBAL) and North Coast Section (NCS) Division I titles as a junior. Flatt was also a member of the nationally-ranked and nationally-regarded De La Salle football team that went 13-1 and claimed a third successive Open Division state crown in 2011.
"Justin brings athleticism to the UCSD baseball program, along with a strong work ethic and competitiveness," commented Johnston. "He loves the game and will be a great addition to the Tritons next year. I am truly excited for Justin and the skills he will bring to our ball club."
"Justin is a really good hitter who brings good skills to the first base position," said Newman. "We think he is going to be a great contributor to our program."
In 104 plate appearances during his junior season at Alameda's Encinal High School, Leung produced a .392 batting average with seven doubles, two triples, four home runs, 21 RBI, 28 runs scored and seven stolen bases.
"Christian is an advanced hitter for the high school level, and should provide us with a solid corner outfielder who can hit for average and power," remarked Newman.
"Christian is a great addition to the Triton baseball program as a power-hitting outfielder with a strong arm," added Johnston. "We are extremely excited to have him as a part of our fall signing class. Christian is an impressive athlete and person."
Lewis is a three-sport athlete at Alameda High School. He has helped lead the Jets, ranked among the Top 20 in California in 2011, to three straight league titles in baseball while earning all-league selection each year. In 2012, Lewis led the league in hitting with a .432 average to go along with 23 RBI. In addition to his baseball exploits, he was a first-team all-league quarterback for the football squad and a two-year member of the varsity basketball team that qualified for the state tournament.
"I have had the pleasure of watching Jesse play since the fall of his junior year, and I am constantly impressed with his work ethic and desire to become the best player he can be," remarked Johnston.
"Jesse is an exceptional athlete that could play at all three outfield spots and looks to be able to hit for both average and power, as well as have good speed and arm strength," said Newman. "He should have an immediate impact on our program with his competitiveness and athleticism."
"Our assistant coaches really did a great job of putting together a class that addresses our needs moving forward," concluded Newman. "I am excited about the talent level of this group and really believe that they will further provide a solid base from which UCSD baseball can continue the tradition of excellence here. I want to thank Coach (Rob) Avila, Coach Johnston, Coach (J.T.) Bloodworth and Coach (Cory) Burleson for their hard work in identifying this talent and recruiting them to UCSD."
Following a trio of exhibition games at home in late January, Newman's Tritons will begin their quest for a first return trip to Cary, N.C., since 2010 in earnest on Friday night, Feb. 1, hosting Colorado Mesa in the opener of a three-game set at 6 p.m.
|UC San Diego Baseball 2014 Early Signings
|Hometown/Current School
|Steven Coe
|Valley Center/Valley Center HS
|Justin Flatt
|Walnut Creek/De La Salle HS
|Christian Leung
|Alameda/Encinal HS
|Jesse Lewis
|Alameda/Alameda HS
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See a Penny...
… pick it up. All day long you'll have good luck.
If this is true, Penny Harvest students will have a lifetime of luck. And so will PAWS, the recipient of six Penny Harvest grants totaling $2,433!
Throughout the year, schools across the country collect tons of pennies. Literally, tons. One by one pennies are brought into the schools by each student. While the collection continues, each student body decides what issues in the community concern them the most and elect students to serve as their Penny Harvest Roundtable.
The Roundtable then researches organizations within their community that are working to address such issues. The students call, invite and interview representatives to determine which organizations they most want to support. Issues concerning the students range from homelessness to the environment to animals.
Thank you to all our Penny Harvest supporters who not only picked up pennies, but passed them on. You have all made a big difference to the lives of animals here at PAWS.
A great big thank you to:
- Adams Elementary
- Eckstein Middle School
- John Rogers Elementary
- Montlake Elementary
- Schmitz Park Elementary
- Viewlands Elementary


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MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) -- In an underground lab at Kansas State University, engineering students are creating new technologies that are being eyed by numerous corporations and government agencies.
Officials cut the ribbon Monday on a $3 million clean room facility in Ward Hall. U.S. Representative. Tim Huelskamp as well as other government representatives and members of the university community attended the dedication.
The new clean room is located in the Semiconductor Materials and Radiological Technologies, or S.M.A.R.T., Laboratory, which is dedicated to the research and development of new and innovative radiation detector technologies. The S.M.A.R.T. laboratory spans more than 6,000 square feet of lab space divided into specialized research labs.
The new class-100 clean room spans 1,000 square feet and is dedicated to the fabrication of innovative radiation detectors and the development of mass production processes needed to provide these detectors at affordable prices.
The process used to make devices in the labs is similar to the way computer chips are made- one piece of dust can ruin them. The class-100 clean room drastically cuts down on pollutants so that researchers can design and build the detectors from the ground up.
"With this new clean room and with the other facilities on campus, we are now the most fully integrated radiation detector development laboratory at any university in the country. We are building cutting edge detectors for neutron detection and also for gamma ray spectrometry. These detectors can be used for a variety of different things including Homeland Security purposes. They can be used for basic neutron scattering facilities... The devices can be sued for medical imaging or general survey work," explained Douglas McGregor, director of the S.M.A.R.T. laboratory and professor of mechanical and nuclear engineering.
The clean room was funded by a $2.7 million grant from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency and several hundred thousand dollars were put in by the university to help fund the infrastructure
"The lab was funded from the Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency because they like the detectors we've been making and they want us to be able to make more and also they wanted us to have the same sort of equipment industry has so that we can eventually commercialize this and hand it off to a company," said Philip Ugorowski, Research Assistant Professor for the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering.
The S.M.A.R.T. laboratory has been supported by more than $16 million in numerous government and corporate sponsors, including the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, National Science Foundation, the U.S. Dept. of Energy Nuclear Engineering Education Research Program and the U.S. Dept. of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration.
"At this time, the S.M.A.R.T. laboratory researchers have 12 patents and we have four more patents pending right now. Over the years, we've published more than 150 scientific papers," Professor McGregor told WIBW.


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Another day, another mystery about a director possibly signing on to be a part of the "Star Wars" universe.
New York Magazine's Vulture blog first reported that Zack Snyder had plans to make a "Seven Samurai"-inspired story set in a galaxy far, far away, but hours later, Snyder's rep contradicted the story in The Hollywood Reporter, saying that the "Man of Steel" filmmaker had no such plans to develop a stand-alone Jedi epic for Lucasfilm loosely inspired by Akira Kurosawa's 1954 classic.
"While he is super-flattered because he is a huge fan, Zack is not involved in any way with the new 'Star Wars,'" his rep told The Hollywood Reporter. "He is currently in post on his two films, 'Man of Steel' and '300: Battle of Artemisia.'"
Vulture, however, has posted an update to its original story, stating that despite the denial it stands by the report.
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Speculation about what directors would ultimately play a part in shaping the new era of "Star Wars" films — an era that officially began Oct. 30 with the announcement that the Walt Disney Co. had agreed to acquire Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion — has been rampant, but so far, there's been little in the way of definitive news — with the exception of several A-list directors stating that they will not step behind the camera for Episodes VII, VIII and IX (George Lucas is serving only as a "creative consultant" on the films and will not write or direct).
Snyder, the director of "Watchmen" and the upcoming Superman movie, "Man of Steel," told Hero Complex last year that he wasn't interested in directing Episode VII.
"I'm a huge 'Star Wars' fanatic," Snyder said in November. "I just think doing [Episodes] VII, VIII and IX is just a slippery slope. It's a whole other mythological experiment I'm excited to see, but it's a lot of effort."
In the following weeks, both J.J. Abrams and Guillermo del Toro said they were not likely to pursue a directing job on the upcoming episodes; likewise "Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol's" Brad Bird and "The Avengers" filmmaker Joss Whedon both stated that they will not step behind the camera on the first new movie, which is set to arrive in theaters in 2015 and will be scripted by Oscar winner Michael Arndt ("Little Miss Sunshine," "Toy Story 3″).
Simon Kinberg and Lawrence Kasdan have been tipped to write "Star Wars" projects as well, but it's unclear whether their scripts will be for future episodes or for films outside the official trilogy.
At this point, Christopher Nolan's involvement with the franchise seems doubtful, with news that the acclaimed writer-director will embark on the adventure "Interstellar," a sci-fi project involving time travel and alternate dimensions.
Some fans have speculated that Matthew Vaughn ("X-Men: First Class," "Kick-Ass") might be a solid choice, but he has not been officially hired to direct Episode VII.
Snyder certainly has his hands full with "Man of Steel," which is set to take flight June 14 under the wing of producer Nolan. Snyder told Hero Complex that "Man of Steel" takes the Superman mythology quite seriously.
"He's this amazing ambassador for all superheroes," said Snyder, who also wrote the script for the upcoming "300" sequel, "300: Rise of an Empire," due in August. "What was it about him that cracked the code that made pop culture embrace this other mythology? What we've made as a film not only examines that but is also an amazing adventure story. It's been an honor to work on. As a comic book fan, Superman is like the Rosetta Stone of all superheroes. I wanted to be sure the movie treated it respectfully."
— Gina McIntyre
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Deadline to complete Academic Integrity Workshop
Monday, October 21, 2013
Current Students
As part of the very important transition to college, new students in University College are enrolled in the Academic Integrity online orientation workshop in Pilot. This workshop has been designed by the Office of Community Standards and Student Conduct and provides an overview of the University's policy and expectations regarding Academic Integrity. It is our hope that after completing the workshop students will have an increased understanding about the importance of academic integrity.
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Today's question about the Broncos comes from Bill Meyers in Arlington, Va. To submit a question for consideration, send an e-mail to The Denver Post's Jeff Legwold.
Q: I'm as frustrated at the D.J. Williams issues as anyone, but I also recognize his talent. And given how well things are going for the Broncos now, it's exciting to think that we could be making a midseason "acquisition" of a linebacker with Williams' skills. Where do you see him fitting into the lineup and how much of an impact can he have given the amount of time missed?
A: Bill, the Broncos are frustrated with Williams' suspensions as well. But with the NFL rules regarding suspensions involving substance abuse (alcohol and/or illegal drugs, etc.), Williams has been able to attend team meetings and meetings with his position group of late.
He can also work out with the Broncos strength and conditioning staff. With his six-game suspension for violating the league's performance-enhancing substance policy, that was not the case. Williams could not go to the Broncos' Dove Valley complex during that suspension.
During the current three-game suspension, which ends the day after the Broncos play the Panthers in Charlotte, N.C., Williams can be in the building. So, he won't be as far behind in terms of his conditioning and ability to work in the Broncos' new defensive scheme when he is reinstated.
He was also in training camp, so he's been around the team when things were installed.
So, if he's ready physically, and after three weeks with the team's strength and conditioning staff there is no reason he shouldn't be, Williams should be able to quickly contribute in some way.
That said, the question will be how. Wesley Woodyard has played in what was once Williams' weakside spot in the 4-3 base defense. Woodyard is the team's leading tackler and is coming off his best game as a pro with 13 tackles, a sack, forced fumble and an interception in the Broncos' win over the Saints.
To take him off the field to play Williams on the weak side doesn't make sense. And to take Von Miller out of the strong side to play Williams doesn't make sense, though when Williams sent some items from the playbook on Twitter in the preseason about his "position change," it had to do with the strongside spot.
The Broncos like what Keith Brooking has done at middle linebacker. Williams has started a full season at each of the three linebacker spots in a 4-3 defense during his career with the Broncos, but in the past he has consistently said publicly it's his least favorite spot to play.
Which is why upon his return it would be no shock, in fact look for it in some situations, for the Broncos to play a 3-4 look once in a while and simply play all four of the linebackers with Miller and Woodyard as outside linebackers, Brooking and Williams on the inside.
The key to making that work, especially on early downs, would be to find a way for Elvis Dumervil to play in the defensive line. Dumervil would be undersized for that duty in any 3-4 look, so the Broncos could go with a more traditional three-man look up front with Derek Wolfe, Kevin Vickerson and Justin Bannan up front and use Dumervil in a rotational role, with the focus being on passing downs.
Dumervil also led the league in sacks, with 17, as an outside linebacker in the 3-4. He then played down in a three-point stance for most of those sacks.
The Broncos align themselves at times like a 3-4 defense, even though their scheme is a 4-3, with multiple fronts and personnel packages. That will only increase with Williams' return.
They also have a three-linemen, three-linebacker package they use in their nickel defense (five defensive backs), and Williams would certainly be a candidate in that look as well.
Beyond Miller, Broncos coach John Fox has said Williams is potentially one of the impact players the Broncos have at the position. So, Fox figures to use Williams plenty just as soon as the veteran is in uniform.
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Police Log Jan. 20, 2014
Police Log
Jan. 20, 2014
12:07 a.m. ATTEMPT TO CONTACT - Officer initiated activity at W. Haloid Ave.; Barthel, Artemio arrested.
1:42 a.m. PEDESTRIAN CHECK - Officer initiated activity at Ed's Mini Mart, N. Norma St.; Leal, Joel arrested.
6:50 a.m. ELDER ABUSE – N. China Lake Blvd.; unfounded.
8:19 a.m. PETTY THEFT – W. Benson Ave.; amplifier and subwoofer box out of trunk.
1:49 p.m. CONTACT CITIZEN – N. Sanders St.; states downstairs neighbors are leaving notes threatening to call RPD regarding caller walking too heavy and caregiver calling them names.
2:01 p.m. THEFT – N. Fairview St.; stolen firearm.
2:47 p.m. RECKLESS VEHICLE – N. Balsam St. and W. Coso Ave.; subject being followed by black Lincoln.
2:52 p.m. RECKLESS VEHICLE – S. Norma St. and W. Bowman Ave.; black Cadillac following caller.
4:02 p.m. VANDALISM REPORT - City Of Ridgecrest; regarding neighbors kids throwing eggs on
friends vehicle, hit caller's grandparents vehicle's.
4:55 p.m. DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE – S. Summit St. and E. Kendall Ave.
5:14 p.m. DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE – S. Norma St. and W. Rader Ave.
5:15 p.m. CONTACT CITIZEN - City Of Ridgecrest; in lobby, regarding neighbor and notes left.
5:20 p.m. HARASSMENT - City Of Ridgecrest; estranged husband was following caller around town.
7:50 p.m. POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE PARAPHERNALIA - Officer initiated activity at W. Robertson Ave.; cited and released.
8:13 p.m. WARRANT ARREST - City Of Ridgecrest.
8:36 p.m. BURGLARY - RESIDENTIAL IN PROGRESS – W. Church Ave.; caller states her purse and cell phone were taken.
9:54 p.m. VERBAL THREATS – N. China Lake Blvd.; customer told employee he was going to blow her head off; subject was upset over an order.
10:53 p.m. VIOLATION OF COURT ORDER-DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - Officer initiated activity at W. Ridgecrest Blvd.; Estrada, Jonathan Rodriguez arrested and booked into KCJ.
11:33 p.m. POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE PARAPHERNALIA – W. Station Ave.; vacant residence with subjects fighting outside; Askar, Issa Rodney and Benavidez, Bambi Sue cited and released on scene.


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The gathering is set for 3 p.m. at the Walking 'S' Steak House, just off FM Road 852 near Gilmer.
Some seven persons who are either candidates, or representatives of candidates, for either district or statewide offices are scheduled to speak for up to 10 minutes each, while candidates for county office will be allotted five minutes each, said county GOP Chairman Cynthia Ridgeway. The meeting is open to the public.


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As predicted, Apple used its event today to debut the new iPad. Most of the rumors about its feature set proved true, including dual cameras (front and back), dual-core processors, a gyroscope, and a thinner, lighter frame.
The new model sports a 1 GHz dual-core processor, which Apple claims provides "up to nine times the graphics performance" to make gameplay "smoother and more realistic." Nine times!
Other new features include an HD camera in back, and a VGA camera in the front to support the FaceTime app. The newly-included gyroscope is built to work in conjunction with the accelerometer and compass in previous models. Finally, this model is about 33 per cent thinner and 15 per cent lighter than last year's iPad.
Apple also introduced a new accessory called the Smart Cover. It's a tri-fold piece of magnetic-lined leather that serves to protect the screen, can wake the iPad or put it to sleep by covering and uncovering it, and can fold to become a keyboard or video stand.
The new iPad goes on sale starting at 5 p.m. on March 11. The WiFi-only versions cost $499 (16 GB), $599 (32 GB), and $699 (64 GB). The 3G models, now available from AT&T or Verizon, cost $629, $729, and $829 for the same space tiers, respectively.