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Explore broadly across continents, and locally throughout Chicago's own art scene in this 15,000 square foot museum about 20 paces from the nearest El station.
Located in the beautiful Lincoln Park neighborhood, DePaul Art Museum strongly represents Chicago art, as well as contemporary and historical works from around the globe.
Visit the sleek galleries for fresh perspectives on art and culture through Insta-worthy exhibitions, a permanent collection of more than 3,000 objects, and hip opening nights.


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Offering chic and modern bedrooms with sleek, marble bathrooms and plasma TVs, The Bianconi Inn sits in Killorglin's centre with an award-winning restaurant. Free Wi-Fi is provided, and Kerry Airport can be reached in a 30-minute drive.
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Just For Laughs, Chicago recap: Bob Newhart, Team Coco, Maria Bamford, more!
CHICAGO — While there is still Bill Maher and a handful of smaller shows tonight, last night's Bob Newhart performance and the round of killer stand-ups at Stage 773, pretty much wrapped up the Just For Laughs– Chicago festival. With a surprise set by Maria Bamford, some statistics from The Drinking Institute by Sean Flannery, and a punk rock cabaret from Bridgette Everette, 773 was popping with an exhaustive marathon of comedy that has left my abs cramping the following morning.
Fifty-five years in, there's clearly still plenty of joy to be gleaned in stand-up comedy for Newhart. While many novelty throwback acts are reluctantly trudging themselves from stage to stage to pay off tax debts or divorce settlements, the delight that Newhart feels in relating stories both old and new, real and fiction, can be read on his face like a billboard.
"Televangelists have been going through a bad patch lately," said the 83-year-old comic, speaking with a small jazz band behind him not unlike a Vegas lounge act. "Oral Roberts, you know him? He's a televangelist. He's written three books, and it was in his third book that he wrote about the time he met Jesus. Now . . . if I had met Jesus, that's in my first book. That's something that stays with you."
While a good majority of the crowd were Greatest Generation retirees that probably once owned the original LP of The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart (the first comedy album to reach #1 on the charts), there was no shortage of Millennials like myself more familiar with Newhart through PBS documentaries and Nick At Nite reruns. The material still remained universal, though, with the world's first "solo straight-man" entertaining all with his classic "Driving Instructor" routine, as well as a video history of the Newhart family, which was half sketch comedy and half clips of Newhart's most beloved moments of stage and television.
Down at Stage 773, Sean Flannery killed with his Bukowski style anecdotes of hard drinking on the streets of Chicago. Curated by Team Coco, Flannery was performing on the A Tight 60 With . . . stage, which unleashed Conan stand-up alumni into a format without the boundaries of time and cleanliness. Giving a breezy and hilarious slide-show presentation, Flannery delivered commentary on classic beer ads, the time he walked off a three-story building during a blackout and landed on his feet, as well as some incredible statistics on national drinking habits. "According to The Center for Disease Control and Prevention, hangovers cost the US economy 223 BILLION DOLLARS in loss of productivity. You know how useless we are when we're hungover? Cancer, in terms of loss of productivity, only cost seven billion dollars."
It was a pleasant surprise for the crowd when Maria Bamford appeared for an unannounced set later that night. I'd seen her a month earlier in a large theater back in Denver, and it was refreshing to catch her tense, minimalist act of whispered voices and awkward pauses in the 45 seat room. "Did you know, it's possible to run out of genocide documentaries on Netflix?" Bamford said, informing us that when that happens she switches over to Say Yes To The Dress– Atlanta before characteristically altering her voice to a maniacal Southern bride. "It's my day! I want, I want . . . I want a dress that GROWS. A dress that covers THE WORLD."
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The Flick -- A term used by air traffic controllers to describe a mental model representing the current and future positions of air traffic in a section of airspace. Controllers visualize the paths of multiple aircraft in terms of position, altitude, trajectory and speed. Controllers also refer to this as "having the picture." But the picture moves -- like a movie -- hence the term "the flick."
Sunday, October 05, 2014
A Nice Sunday
As you can see from the picture below, this Sunday started off in a nice way for me. I'm not sure how many of you have been following "The Chair" series on Flickr, but this morning was kind of extraordinary in that about four (maybe five) different flocks of geese overflew the scene while the sun was coming up. (You can't get lucky unless you show up.)
I had to pack up my cameras earlier than I wanted to in order to make it to church on time. Yeah, I'm retired now so I actually have time to make church a habit. (You can have good habits or you can have bad habits...but you *will* have habits.) I noticed a visiting priest hanging around but I hadn't been paying attention so I didn't know who she was. Turns out, she's the Vicar of ATL -- Reverend Donna Mote. That's right, she's the Chaplain at Hartsfield-Jackson, Atlanta International Airport.
It was interesting in that I had just noticed her on Facebook and "friended" her. The next thing I know she's at my church. I don't know if that was divine intervention or an algorithm on Facebook. Who knows, they could be one and the same thing for all I know. Anyway, it wouldn't hurt you to have an extra friend at ATL. Be sure to say hello if you see her. You can follow her on Twitter too if you'd like.
I was reminded the New York Times had run a story on her back in March. (In case you thought you had an idea what an airport chaplain at a place the size of ATL does. You don't.)
I'll be flying out of ATL tomorrow to spend a week with a controller friend that's been sick for a while. She is on the road to recovery now and this should be a fun week in the sun. Just because I'm not a controller anymore doesn't mean I don't toss up a prayer every once in a while. I have become more grateful for the ones -- both big and small -- that have been answered.
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As a company grows, so does its need for more formal or structured management systems. Managing the performance of people in the company becomes increasingly important.
This article guides managers and HR professionals through some of the steps to implementing an appraisal or performance management system.
What is an appraisal?
– The act or an instance of appraising.
– An assessment of the worth or quality of a person
An appraisal (what ever it is called in your company) is a face-to-face (one to one) discussion where an individuals work is discussed, reviewed, and appraised by another. Usually the line manager following an agreed and understood common structure or framework.
Usually, line managers conduct the appraisals of their staff. In some companies a peers review is used.
Line managers are increasingly being appraised by their staff through the use of 360 degree appraisal. This is where feedback is obtained from the an individuals manager, peers and direct reports.
Typically an appraisal process focuses on behaviours and performance results. The process strives to improve motivation, individual growth, and performance of the appraisee.
Performance appraisals should be conducted at least once a year, although many argue that the more regular (quarterly as a minimum) the easier and more value the process adds.
Performance Management – An Overview
Performance management is a systematic process by which a company involves its employees with their line manager (and often members of a group), in the identification and implementation of organisational effectiveness improvements in the accomplishment of the objectives of the company.
Employee performance management typically includes:
* Planning work and setting performance and work standard expectations
* Continually monitoring and providing feedback on performance
* Developing the capacity to perform
* Regularly rating performance in a summary and agreed format
* Recognising and rewarding good performance.
In any highly effective company, much of the work is planned and scheduled in advance.
Planning means setting performance expectations and goals for teams and individuals to focus their efforts toward achieving agreed company objectives.
Getting employees actively involved in the planning process will help them understand and engage with the objectives of the company. This includes but is not limited to:
* What needs to be done
* Why it needs to be done
* How well it should be done
In any highly effective company, assignments and projects are monitored on a regular and appropriate basis.
Effective monitoring means consistently measuring performance and providing appropriate and ongoing feedback on progress toward reaching the agreed objectives.
In any highly effective coompany, the development needs of employees are evaluated and addressed in a systematic yet individual way.
Developing in this context means increasing the capacity to perform through developmental activities such as: training, giving assignments that introduce new skills or higher levels of responsibility, improving work processes, or other methods.
Providing employees with effective training and developmental opportunities encourages good performance, strengthens job-related skills and competencies, and helps employees keep up with changes in the workplace, such as the introduction of new technology.
From time to time, most company's find it useful to summarise employee performance.
Using a consistent framework, this can be helpful for looking at and comparing performance over time or among various employees.
Companys need to know who their best performers are.
Rewarding means recognising employees, individually and as members of teams, for their performance and acknowledging their contributions to the company's objectives.
A fundamental principle of effective management is that all behaviour is controlled by its consequences. Those consequences can and should be both formal and informal and both positive and negative.
Making performance management easy
To be effective (and easy) performance appraisals should be an on going process rather than a one a year barrier for all concerned.
For managers and team leaders that continuously feedback as part of their managerial style, the annual performance appraisal becomes easy and an affirmation of a positive working relationship. Instead of a drudgery merely to be tolerated to meet a departmental goal of having them all completed.
Where performance appraisals are an annual event, they tend to create a great deal of anxiety in both the line manager and individual.
Much of the emotion and reluctance concerning this event centres around a fear of the unknown, usually on both sides of the desk.
Employees often feel uncomfortable because they believe they have not received much feedback during the year or because they are unsure about the performance criteria on which they are being reviewed.
Line managers, on the other hand, sometimes are equally reluctant with their role, the subjectivity of the evaluation, or their employee's possible reactions.
A combination of these triggers often leads to a less than satisfactory result for everyone involved.
It is often said that performance appraisals are defined as an event at which managers get no sleep the night before and employees get no sleep the night after.
So if performance appraisals so often are difficult, uncomfortable, and unsatisfactory, what can be done about it?
When objectives are set on a 12-month timetable, people tend to agree to them and then promptly get back to work.
This is natural. Routine activity always takes precedence over non routine activity, and before anyone realises what happened, three months… six months have gone by and no one has thought about the annual objectives.
In fact, company priorities typically change so significantly in that period that those annual objectives are not as relevant as when they were set.
A Solution?
Do it little and often. Its like the old saying "How do you eat an elephant..? One bite at a time".
Set objectives which are 'real' and relevant 'now' (SMARTer objectives)
Having monthly one-to-ones with the 'big' one just being a summary of the other meetings. It is a lot less stressful and increases the opportunity of adding value to the relationship as well as developing motivation and performance all round.
For performance appraisals to be effective they must be 'owned' by the individual and the line manager – not a central HR department (although they may be responsible for developing and maintaining a MINIMUM STANDARD)
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Has the phrase "living together in the same household" caused you confusion when applying for your decree nisi?
For many people two years separation with consent is the reason they will cite on their divorce petition for the breakdown in the marriage.
There is a lot of confusion in the public domain about what constitutes separation or living together in the same household.
Separation is basically what some people might call not living together "as a couple" and in divorce proceedings this has come to be more specifically referred to as not living together in the same household. You can still live under one roof – particularly if your home is for sale or you haven't yet agreed what to do with it. But if you do live under one roof during any period you are claiming you were separated, you will need to explain your living arrangements briefly when you come to apply for your decree nisi.
This is what the question looks like. You will find it on the D80 (d) statement in support of application for decree nisi.
Since the date that you separated, have you ever lived with the Respondent in the same household?
What does this mean? What in practice will you have to give more detail on? And how do you actually write it down?
Well not having a sexual relationship may be one indicator that you are no longer a couple, but if you still pool your resources to pay bills and for food or cook for each other you may still be living together in the same household.
No two situations are exactly the same. But as a general rule, if two people are sharing a property with a shared bathroom, kitchen etc the question they need to ask themselves is, are we living like lodgers or tenants in a shared house or is our relationship still more personal than that?
Tenants can still share bills and occasionally even eat together. For practical reasons they may also tell each other what time to expect them home so that security locks can be put on etc. So it can be very difficult to distinguish between a couple living together in the same household and two people just sharing accommodation.
First of all it is essential in my view to make clear that there is no longer a sexual relationship between you.
Beyond that you should also clarify that you have separate arrangements for paying bills and other domestic matters. In other words you are not taking responsibility for each other in the way couples may do or behaving in a way which may indicate that you are a couple. It should be clear that you don't have a "common life, together".
Remember that it is often going to be the case that there is only one gas/electricity bill etc. So you need to specify that you make separate arrangements for paying it even if that simply means one of you handing the other some money.
There is case law on this but it is old and in my view outdated, with a preoccupation with who does the cooking and domestic tasks. The world has moved on from the most recent reported case in 1972. People live under one roof in ever more diverse situations. Women don't always cook for their husbands. We now have same sex marriage and civil partnerships. In many of these (and also in many opposite sex relationships) there are no children and the division of responsibility for household chores or pooling of financial resources, or lack of, is often impossible to compare with the situations seen in the reported case law on this subject. The case law no longer helps in my opinion.
You will know if you are a couple or not, if you are living together in the same household or not.
Separating is not drifting apart. It is not the same as being a dysfunctional couple, a couple who don't love each other any more. It is more permanent and final. The relationship is over and you are simply under one roof whilst you sort out your finances or sell your home. You will have discussed it. You will have reached agreement (of sorts) on your living arrangements during this time and it will usually be considered to be a temporary arrangement.
If you need help putting this in writing please book an appointment for a telephone consultation or email me for further details of how I can help. There is a fee for checking or preparing a divorce petition for you.
Whilst you are here please do take a look at the information on financial agreements on divorce, separation and dissolution of civil partnership.


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Wow, so exciting to have followers! Thank you for thinking my art and craft is worth keeping an eye on. I am humbled and grateful. I have been enjoying myself catching up with loads of projects that are on my to do list. It keeps my wife occupied in looking for places to display them around the house too....
The latest project has been this frame.
Then to finish I used the fanciful flight butterfly, emossed and distressed and used some small watch cogs to create the body. Couple of chains and tags; a twist tie and job done!
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What Is the Narcotics Anonymous Program?
NA is a nonprofit fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem. We are recovering addicts who meet regularly to help each other stay clean. This is a program of complete abstinence from all drugs. There is only one requirement for membership, the desire to stop using. We suggest that you keep an open mind and give yourself a break. Our program is a set of principles written so simply that we can follow them in our daily lives. The most important thing about them is that they work.There are no strings attached to NA. We are not affiliated with any other organizations. We have no initiation fees or dues, no pledges to sign, no promises to make to anyone. We are not connected with any political, religious, or law enforcement groups, and are under no surveillance at any time. Anyone may join us regardless of age, race, sexual identity, creed, religion, or lack of religion
We are not interested in what or how much you used or who your connections were, what you have done in the past, how much or how little you have, but only in what you want to do about your problem and how we can help. The newcomer is the most important person at any meeting, because we can only keep what we have by giving it away. We have learned from our group experience that those who keep coming to our meetings regularly stay clean.
Florida Region Narcotics Anonymous Purpose
The purpose of regional services is to support the Areas and Groups in their primary purpose, by linking them together within the Region. Regional services assist Areas and Groups with issues and topics of interest to their areas and encourage the growth of the fellowship through Area Support Group meetings, project driven workgroups and consensus based decision making.
To better serve Areas, their member groups and individual addicts; to allow more widespread participation by more individual members; and to more fully utilize available human resources.
Regional Service Committee (RSC) is a Committee made up of the RCM's from the Florida Region. This Service Committee is designed to provide service to its member Areas. An ASC and RSC are similar in nature and purpose, but their respective functions are slightly different. While an ASC serves the common needs of its member Groups, the Florida Region serves three basic functions:
- The primary function of the RSC is to unify the Areas within the Region
- The secondary function of the RSC is to carry the message of recovery through the actions of the Fellowship Development Group and its defined workgroups.
- The third function of the RSC is to contribute to the growth of NA both by initiating much of the work to be finalized at the World Service Conference and by helping our World Services.
The RSC Conferences are held on the third Sunday of the following months: January, May, July, September and November and March in even years. In the odd year, it will be held the fourth Sunday to facilitate the Southeastern Zonal Forum's attendance at the Florida Service Symposium. The RSC Conferences are to be held to a two-day function. (No Friday workgroup or group meetings or board meetings.) The RSC meeting shall not be held at any Recovery Weekend, Mini-Convention, etc., or in the same area it is being held.
About the Florida Region Website
- What does it mean being a member of the Florida Region website?
- Being a member of the Florida Region website means you will be able to join various open groups. Joining a group will give you the ability to participate in group forum discussions. As a member of a group you will receive email notifications when a group discussion is updated. You do not have to be a member of the Florida Region website or join a group to read the content of the discussion or download documents in open groups.
- How do I become a member of the Florida Region website?
- Click on the Sign Up link located at right of the top menu. The link will not be visible if you are logged in.
This site is for members of Narcotics Anonymous. You will be required to provide your Area and Region when signing up. Accounts with an invalid Area or Region will be deleted.
- How do I login?
- Click on Member Login located on the top menu bar to the right. The Member Login link will not be visible if you are already logged in.
- I forgot my login name or password?
- Click on Member Login located on the top menu bar to the right. Then click on Lost your password? located at the bottom of the login form. You will receive an email with your username and password. If you forgot your email address, please send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com for assistance.
Basic Meeting List Tool (BMLT) Instructions
Community Groups and Forums
- What is a Group?
- Community content is organized into groups. Grouping helps to keep information and discussions focused along with making it easier to find what you are looking for.
- What is a Forum?
- Forums consists of topics and discussions. Each group has a forum.
- What is an Open Group
- Any member of the site can join an open group. Joining an open group gives you the ability to participate in the group forum and receive email notifications whenever the group is updated.
- What is a Workgroup?
- Workgroups are reserved for Fellowship Development. Workgroup membership is managed by the Human Resources Panel (HRP).
Email Notifications
- How do I stop getting friend request emails?
- Login to the website. Click on My Account. Settings. Notifications. Scroll down until you see "A member sends you a friendship request". Click "No" to stop getting these requests.
Email Notification (Shortcut) This shortcut only works if you are logged in to the websiteMake sure to scroll down to bottom of page and click "Save Settings"
Florida Region Event Calendar
- How do I Request to Add an Event to the Calendar?
- Click on Events at the top menu of the website. Click on Request to Add Event to Calendar.
- How do I Add an Event Directly to the Calendar?
- Area Trusted Servants can add events directly to the Florida Region calendar.
Here are the steps:
1. Create a Google account using a generic email address that identifies your Area.
Example Generic Email Addresses
- email@example.com
- email@example.com
- firstname.lastname@example.com
- email@example.com
2. Send an email to email@example.com and provide the following.
- Google Login (Generic Email Address)
- Area Trusted Servant's name
- Area Trusted Servant's position
- Area Trusted Servant's Area
3. After calendar access is approved, go to your calendar and add event.
- All calendar event titles should start with the name of your Area.
- All calendar events should have an address to the event.
Update Your Profile
- How do I update my Profile?
- Update Profile (Shortcut) This shortcut only works if you are logged in to the website
Regional Minutes
- Where are the regional minutes available for download?
- Click on "For Members" on the menu bar at the top of the screen. Then click on RSC Minutes under the Document column.


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Salesforce has appointed Mark Innes as the new general manager for Salesforce in the Asia Pacific region (APAC). In this newly created role, Innes will be responsible for the growth of the APAC region and helping customers of all sizes and industries with their business transformation using the worldŌĆÖs leading cloud CRM platform.
Previously, Innes was SalesforceŌĆÖs senior vice president of enterprise business in APAC, responsible for the success of the companyŌĆÖs largest customers including Australia Post, Changi Airport, Cochlear, NSW Department of Family and Community Services, and Siam Commercial Bank.
Innes brings more than 30 yearsŌĆÖ experience working for global companies in senior sales and management positions in Australia, the United Kingdom and South Africa, across key industry sectors, including finance, telecommunications and utilities, as well as oil and gas.
Mark Innes, general manager, Salesforce APAC said: ŌĆ£Asia Pacific is one of the worldŌĆÖs fastest growing cloud markets, and I am thrilled to be taking on this position to help Salesforce capitalize on the opportunity here. As the global leader in CRM, Salesforce is uniquely positioned to help companies across the region connect with customers in entirely new ways.ŌĆØ


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The Delicate Pioneer
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Description: Seattle, 1852.
Seventy years have passed since The Hornet's Nest. Felicity, the great granddaughter of Lauchlin and Andrew, is a sickly, self-pitying child, overshadowed by her lovely and accomplished older cousin Adelaide. When they lose their plantation and head west to find another, they worry about her health — but it's her parents who die of cholera. Her Uncle Jon takes her and also another orphan, a disagreeable boy named Arne. They find the promised land to be half a dozen log cabins called Seattle. But it's the making of Felicity, who, with the friendship of Chief Sealth, finds health, self-confidence, a talent at housekeeping and a love of animals. And when Adelaide shows up, it's suddenly Felicity who overshadows her.
Note: This is a re-write of Poor Felicity (1961) with updated scenes.
Review for the original Poor Felicity:
"This is a most engaging story with an excellent background of the very beginnings of Seattle. The glossary of Chinook words is highly entertaining." ∼ The Horn Book


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Types Of Workers' Compensation Benefits
If you've been hurt on the job, our firm can help
A workplace injury or illness can have a significant impact on your life. The workers' compensation system in New Jersey is set up to help injured workers get needed medical treatment and temporary wages while they recover. But claims can be disputed and even denied. The experienced attorneys at Kotlar, Hernandez & Cohen, LLC fight to get you all the benefits you need and deserve during this difficult time.
When we take a workers' compensation case, we start with the end in mind. That means we know which benefits you should be receiving and are prepared to fight for you in court to get those benefits. Because of our reputation for going to bat for clients, insurance companies are often willing to negotiate a settlement that meets your needs. And if they aren't, our trial attorneys are ready to take your case to trial.
In New Jersey, workers' compensation benefits available to injured workers include:
Medical benefits
Your employer is responsible for providing you with reasonable medical treatment for injuries received in the course and scope of employment. Along with this obligation, your employer has the right to choose which medical care providers are authorized to provide medical services to you for your injuries. The obligation to pay for your medical treatment rests with your employer until the authorized doctor believes you will not get any better through further treatment.
It is important keep in mind that your employer is only obligated to pay for care provided by approved medical care providers. If you seek medical treatment with a care provider who is not authorized by your employer, then you may bear the responsibility for payment of any related medical expenses.
Wage benefits
Under the Workers' Compensation Act, your employer is obligated to pay 70% of your average weekly-wage In the event your work-related injury keeps you from working for seven days or more. This amount is subject to a statewide maximum benefit amount per week which is established on an annual basis.
Permanent disability award
After you have completed medical care for your injuries and there is evidence of a permanent impairment to a part of your body, then you may be entitled to an award for permanent disability. The award would be based upon a percentage of disability sustained to the affected body part. That percentage of disability translates into a specified number of weeks of disability benefits paid by your employer.
Future rights
After an Order Approving Settlement or Award of Compensation, you will have the right to seek additional medical treatment and petition the Court for a modification of the prior Award of Compensation. This right lasts for two years from the date you receive your last benefit. If you require additional treatment or if your disability worsens, you must act promptly in order to preserve your rights.
Some of our attorneys, including founder Adam Kotlar, are board-certified in the area of workers' compensation law by the New Jersey Supreme Court. We are always working harder because we believe clients deserve the best representation we can give them. Call us today at 856-751-7676 to schedule your free consultation.


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ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
In addition to the electronic theses found in the ASU Digital Repository, ASU Theses and Dissertations can be found in the ASU Library Catalog.
Dissertations and Theses granted by Arizona State University are archived and made available through a joint effort of the ASU Graduate College and the ASU Libraries. For more information or questions about this collection contact or visit the Digital Repository ETD Library Guide or contact the ASU Graduate College at email@example.com.
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- Dwarf Galaxies as Laboratories of Protogalaxy Physics: Canonical Star Formation Laws at Low Metallicity
- Evolutionary Genetics of CORL Proteins
- Social Skills and Executive Functioning in Children with PCDH-19
- Deep Domain Fusion for Adaptive Image Classification
- Software Defined Pulse-Doppler Radar for Over-The-Air Applications: The Joint Radar-Communications Experiment
Over the past fifty years, the development of sensors for biological applications has increased dramatically. This rapid growth can be attributed in part to the reduction in feature size, which the electronics industry has pioneered over the same period. The decrease in feature size has led to the production of microscale sensors that are used for sensing applications, ranging from whole-body monitoring down to molecular sensing. Unfortunately, sensors are often developed without regard to how they will be integrated into biological systems. The complexities of integration are underappreciated. Integration involves more than simply making electrical connections. Interfacing microscale sensors with …
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- Welch, David, Blain Christen, Jennifer, Muthuswamy, Jitendran, et al.
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This camp offers moms/grandmoms and their children an opportunity to share in the camp experience. Spend three days together enjoying games, crafts, playing in the lake, and singing around the campfire. This camp is a great way to introduce your children to camp and create memories for a lifetime. Call the camp office to inquire about a multi-child discount. Note: Departure is Wednesday morning at 9:30 am.
Cost: $195 Tier 1 / $220 Tier 2 / $245 Tier 3 (Mom), $165 Tier 1 / $190 Tier 2 / $215 Tier 3 (Children)


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Music for Saharan Cellphones
Music for Saharan Cell phones is exactly that. Duh. In 2010 Chris Kirkley of Sahel Sounds took a trip to Mali and Mauritania and discovered that for most people the primary source of new music was cell phones with tracks being traded and passed around via bluetooth and phones becoming rudimentary iPods. So Kirkley did what any self respecting guy with a blog and record label would do – he made a tape of the recordings called Music From Saharan Cellphones, and released it via Mississippi Records in Portland, Oregan. Subsequently blogged and re-blogged, the music ranged from DIY guitar twangs to auto-tuned Moroccan hip-hop and Malian coupé décalé and was then picked up by producers eager to re-work the alien sounds. This in turn led to the project Music For Saharan Cellphones, with the original tape material being reworked by a whole host of people we have never heard of.
Released as a free download, limited run cassette release, and with a bonus 7″ of the standout track 'Tahoultine' by Mdou Moctar the album is a co-release by Boomarm Nation and Sahel Sounds. In December an LP will follow for the vinyl nerds.
Insanely good. Check it out below.


text: Call Us PDC TELCOPDC Telecommunications Services Sdn Bhd, better known as PDC Telco, is the prime mover for the telecommunications infrastructure and service provider in Penang and whole Malaysia. We build and lease communication structures to telecommunication providers and we are the one-stop agency for processing applications relating to telecommunications infrastructure development in Penang.We are a subsidiary of the state-owned Penang Development Corporation (PDC), and a licensee with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) as Network Facilities Provider (NFP) and Network Service Provider (NSP).Our FunctionsPDC Telco has two core functions. The first is to build, own and lease telecommunication infrastructure in Penang and other states in Malaysia, which are being shared among the industry players. Incorporated in 2005 under MCMC's Time-2 Programme, PDC Telco has been a State-Backed Company (SBC) actively involved in providing network facilities comprising telecommunication towers, poles, ducts and pits in the state.Our other role is to be a One-Stop Agency for the Penang Telecommunications Common Trenching System, which is owned by the Chief Minister Inc. (CMI), a state-owned agency.In 2011, the CMI authorised PDC Telco to take charge as the sole implementer for the Common Trenching System, whereby all submissions for trenching work permits from the licensed Telecommunications operators will be coordinated before they are further submitted to the work permit issuing authorities, namely the Local Government (Municipal Councils) and all districts under the Public Works Department (JKR) for final approval.Thus, PDC Telco plays a critical role in coordinating the stakeholders involved, namely the Licensed Operators, the Local Authorities and the CMI, to result in a comprehensive state-wide fibre-optics network that commands optimum coverage with level playing field resource sharing, and most importantly, world- class workmanship in the civil engineering component.


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Medicaid Reform
Make Medicaid Work Better
November 29, 2016
"Thirty-one states — 11 led by Republicans — have accepted Obamacare funding to extend Medicaid to anyone earning less than 138 percent of the federal poverty line (about $16,400 for an individual). As a result, at least 10 million Americans have insurance who would lose it without the expansion. "Most of these beneficiaries say they're […]POSTED IN Medicaid Reform, Resources Read More
Uninsured Rates Fall In Missouri, But Expansion States Are Dropping Faster
September 15, 2016
The uninsured rates in Missouri continue to drop. But they're declining faster in states that have expanded Medicaid, the health insurance program for low-income families, seniors and people with disabilities. New data out Tuesday from the U.S. Census Bureau estimates that Missouri's uninsured rate dropped from 13 percent to 9.8 percent. This means that approximately […]POSTED IN Health Coverage, Medicaid Reform, Resources Read More
Health Care Law Works Better In States That Support It
September 13, 2016
As insurers exit Obamacare marketplaces across the country, critics of the Affordable Care Act have redoubled claims that the health law isn't working. Yet these same critics, many of them Republican politicians in red states, took steps over the past several years to undermine the 2010 law and fuel the turmoil in their insurance markets. […]POSTED IN Medicaid Reform, Resources Read More
Missouri's Opioid Crisis
September 7, 2016
According to Kaiser Health News, about 30,000 people die annually from opioid overdose — overdoses of heroin or prescription painkillers including oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, morphine and fentanyl. Nearly 1,000 of those deaths occur each year in Kansas and Missouri. Throughout the last decade, abuse of opioids, such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine and morphine, has skyrocketed 137 […]POSTED IN Community Health, Medicaid Reform, Resources Read More
Mapping Missouri's Health Care Workforce
July 28, 2016
Hospitals throughout the nation are facing a significant challenge recruiting and retaining qualified health care workers in a highly competitive labor market. Missouri is no different. Here are some quick facts from a report released by the Missouri Hospital Association on the state's health care workforce. Nearly one in four jobs created so far in […]POSTED IN Community Health, Economic Health, Health Coverage, Medicaid Reform, Resources Read More
The Addiction Crisis in Missouri
July 6, 2016
A recent article in Governing Magazine revealed the advancement in treatment of and recovery from opioid and heroin addiction made in states that have accepted Medicaid Expansion. This analysis highlights the lack of progress made in Missouri because our state government has thus far rejected Medicaid Expansion, instead sending Missouri taxpayers' dollars to subsidize programs […]POSTED IN Community Health, Health Coverage, Health Services, Medicaid Reform, Resources Read More
Medicaid Non-Expansion Affects Hospitals
June 30, 2016
A recently-released study conducted by Georgetown University highlights the impact of Medicaid expansion – or lack thereof – on hospitals that provide a significant level of care to low-income and uninsured patients. Representatives of three area hospitals discussed the study with the Quill, affirming its findings that Missouri's non-expansion status is leaving hospitals in difficult […]POSTED IN Community Health, Health Coverage, Medicaid Reform, Resources Read More
Commentary: Closing Missouri's Coverage Gap
June 30, 2016
Below is an excerpt from an opinion piece written by Racheal Baker of Dexter, Missouri, who is the SEMO organizer with Missouri Health Care for All. "Even though I worked 40 hours a week, I was unable to afford health insurance for six years and my previous employer didn't provide it. During that time, I was […]POSTED IN Community Health, Health Coverage, Medicaid Reform, Resources Read More
Mental Health In Missouri: Limited Access, Increasing Demand and Tragic Consequences
June 20, 2016
Did you know? Missouri has the 17th highest suicide rate in the country, and is second highest only to North Dakota in the Midwestern region. One in 10 Missouri adults have a serious mental illness, and 40 percent of those adults go without treatment. Missouri has cut state general revenue funding for mental health services […]POSTED IN Community Health, Economic Health, Health Coverage, Medicaid Reform, Resources Read More
New Study: States That Don't Expand Medicaid Are Hurting Themselves
June 15, 2016
A new study by Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute finds stark differences between states that have expanded Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act and those — like Kansas and Missouri — that haven't. Researchers conducted interviews with leaders of major hospital systems and federally qualified health centers in seven states. Three of the states had not […]POSTED IN Medicaid Reform, Resources Read More


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Escape to Ottawa, Ontario, this May for CanGames, the longest-running game convention in Canada. Facilitating "friendly mayhem since 1977," CanGames offers the full complement of gaming opportunities. Moreover, they also offer games for the younger set, ages 8 to 12, so the kids can get in on the fun, too.
I-CON 29, March 26th – 28th
This venerable institution of a convention returns for its twenty-ninth year this March. I-CON's offerings run the gamut of what one expects to find at a convention: big name guests from all fields, screenings, discussion panels, costuming and, of course, gaming. Based on Long Island in New York state, I-CON serves a huge population base and they take over an entire college to do so.
Happy GM's Day!
As first proposed on ENWorld, March 4th has become GM's Day, an occasion on which to recognize the hardworking men and women who put in the time and energy to get games played. Certainly without GMs, Northeast Wars and every other gaming convention flat out wouldn't exist.
So take the time to show your appreciation to your group's GM for all the work they do. Some retailers have a GM's Day sale; maybe you could pick up that supplement your GM has been eyeing. Or just say "thanks" the next time your group gets together. A little gratitude goes a long way.
Total Confusion 24, February 18th – 21st
Now more than ever, it is important to keep your head, stay cool and not give in to Total Confusion.
Or, on the other hand, why not just go with the flow? Totalcon, as it's affectionately called, is back for another year of miniatures, roleplaying — particularly in their living campaign TC Realms — board games and more at the Holiday Inn in Mansfield, MA. Hie thee hence, young gamer, for four straight days of gaming. Come back with your dice or on them!
AnonyCon, December 4th – 6th
What convention is that? No one knows. It's . . . AnonyCon!
In two weeks time, bellies still groaning from Thanksgiving dinners that couldn't be beat, gamers will arrive in Stamford, Connecticut, for full helpings of adventure, with a particular emphasis on Living Forgotten Realms and Pathfinder Society.
December is traditionally a busy month for family gatherings and holiday activities, so be sure to squeeze in that last weekend of gaming before the new year!
New England Fan Experience, November 13th – 15th
The New England Fan Experience — or NEFanX, as they like to say — is a one-stop shop convention in Boston, MA. Their programming tracks cover science fiction, anime, gaming, pop culture and science and technology. That's a full weekend! Looking over their past events, NEFanX has an impressive roster of past guests, as well, with notable names in every field.
If you're free the weekend of the 13th to the 15th in the Boston area, swing by and see what's up.


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Attacks on Contraception, HIV Stigma, and Undercover With the Antis
Editor's note: We apologize for the audio issues during the Madeline Burrows interview. It was due to an unforeseen technology glitch. Burrows is an excellent interviewee, and we promise you'll still find the segment highly enjoyable.
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Tony Perkins claims condoms lead to tyranny
Sean Hannity is attacking contraception again
Donald Sterling v. Magic Johnson
Keith Ablow substituting his sex fantasies for reality again
On this episode of Reality Cast, I'll be talking to a playwright who went undercover in the anti-choice movement. Conservatives continue to audition new attacks on contraception access, and the Donald Sterling drama reminds us that HIV stigma is still a very real problem.
Nicole Stewart is a storyteller. She told a story of her pregnancy turning tragic the same week as Wendy Davis filibustered to protect abortions like hers, that turn out very wrong after 20 weeks.
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Sadly, she ended up having to abort the pregnancy, since the fetus had so many abnormalities. Since then, abortions like hers have become illegal in Texas. Warning if you watch the video: It's one that will definitely make you cry.
The anti-choice movement dearly, dearly wants to attack contraception, but they have a problem. Unlike abortion, which most women don't talk about and isn't really a day to day issue, contraception is everywhere. You probably know the stats: More than 99 percent of women who've ever had sexual intercourse have used it. Sixty-two percent of women of reproductive age are currently using it. Nearly 90 percent of women who don't want to get pregnant right now are using contraception. It's advertised on TV. Condoms are given away by charities and governments. Contraception is mainstream. Most anti-contraception conservatives probably use contraception themselves!
So, the key to attacking contraception is to do it in such a way that your audiences think that you're trying to take it away from other people but not from them. That's the strategy that Tony Perkins, the Family Research Council president, seemed to be taking on the program "Washington Watch." He blamed the problem of sexual assault on the proliferation of condoms on campus.
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You heard right. Perkins is arguing that giving away condoms on campus is to blame for rape. He literally is arguing that young men see, say, a bowlful of condoms and think, "Gosh, what to do with these things? I guess I need to go out there and violently force myself on an unwilling woman!" It's incredibly disturbing to me, every time I hear a conservative say that the social acceptance of consensual sex somehow leads to rape. It suggests an inability to tell the difference. It's hard not to conclude that Perkins thinks the problem with rape on campus is not that women are being violently assaulted, but that penis in vagina contact is happening. And what if you're in a situation where even Perkins has to admit you have "permission" to have sex, say because you're married and not using contraception? Does that somehow mean it's no big deal for a man to force himself on a woman?
It gets worse, if such a thing is possible.
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So let's follow the logic: The claim is by making condoms available, campuses are basically prompting male students to rape. And then there's "tyranny" because if they do rape someone, they might get in legal trouble for it. It would seem that they've floated the idea that it's more tyrannical to hold rapists accountable for rape, which is an actual crime, than to accept that grown adults in college have consensual sex with each other and that's okay.
I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they didn't mean to imply that consensual sex is worse than rape. Not that what they're setting out to do is much better. Basically, they saw there's a bunch of rape on campus and started looking for a way to use that fact to demonize contraception. The point here is to demonize contraception, and by doing so, they tied themselves into a knot where they're basically implying consensual sex is a bigger issue than rapists running free.
Of course, Perkins is a little bit more out there than a lot of right wingers, though not so much so that he's not always on Fox News. But the attacks on contraception are coming from more mainstream conservative sources now. Like Sean Hannity. After he went on a rant where he implied that anyone who has had sex should be ashamed and that it should be a luxury only for women who have enough money to raise a child, he went off like this.
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This is a classic example of how conservatives are now demonizing contraception. They can't claim outright to be against it, because they are using it and many of their followers are. So instead they cast aspersions on it, associating it with "too much" sex or implying that it's too easy for supposedly bad people to get. Or, in this case, Hannity also is trying to argue that it's a minor issue compared to sex trafficking, and therefore anyone who cares about it is morally bankrupt. As if it's impossible to care about both things at the same time, or as if women who are being sex trafficked have no need for contraception. The implication, especially if you pair it up with his insinuation that women who use contraception have too much sex, is that "feminists" are a bunch of sluts who are so busy slutting it up we don't care about quote-unquote real issues. It's a way to marginalize contraception and imply that it's only something for "bad girls" without coming right out and saying it. And this sort of rhetoric is escalating on the right. Make no mistake: No matter what Sean Hannity says, these attacks are about conservatives like him coming for your birth control.
I should have known that somehow, some way, this crazy Donald Sterling story would get wide-ranging enough to require some attention from my little old podcast. Now that day has come. After Sterling, who is a slum lord and the owner of the L.A. Clippers, was exposed on tape for a racist rant scolding his mistress for being seen in public with Black people like Magic Johnson, Sterling went on Anderson Cooper's show to try to somehow fix his public image. Not surprisingly, he failed miserably, coming across as even more mean and hateful, if such a thing was even possible. He was particularly aggressive to Magic Johnson, who I must reiterate has done nothing wrong and, as far as I know, hasn't really had anything to do with Sterling before this.
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Where to begin? First of all, it's really rich having Sterling judge anyone else's sex life, when the reason this mess all started is because he has a mistress he literally has given millions of dollars in gifts to in order to get her to have sex with him. Second of all, Johnson has done a ton for all sorts of people, and is well-known for investing in businesses specifically to revitalize Black-majority neighborhoods. But all that, I think, is so obvious that it hardly bears mention. What is more troubling is that Sterling is perpetuating an attitude that sadly hasn't gone away, even though it really should: the belief that people with HIV should be ashamed of themselves. Luckily, Johnson has done a lot of work raising awareness of HIV and destigmatizing it, and he was unafraid to hit right back, going on Anderson Cooper's show to do so.
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Look, famous athletes, rock musicians, and all sorts of people who aren't famous at all might have a lot of sex partners. Or not many at all. Obviously, it's better if it's protected sex, but it's also not like people were as aware of that issue when Johnson got sick as they are now. Ever since Johnson contracted the virus, he's been a stalwart advocate for the rights of HIV-positive people. He has also done something else that's just as important: He's signaled that just because you make what some people consider a mistake, such as having unprotected sex, doesn't mean that you are a bad person or that your life should be over.
Josh Barro of MSNBC also pushed back against HIV stigma and explained how nonsense of the sort that Sterling was spouting is actually killing people.
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I'll add one more thing to that: Those anti-viral medications don't just keep people alive. By reducing the viral load in your system, those medications make it far less likely that you will transmit the disease. HIV stigma harms people who are already positive. But it makes it more likely that negative people will become positive. There's nothing wrong with you if you are HIV positive. But there's something deeply wrong with people who would shame you for it.
And now for the Wisdom of Wingnuts. Man, y'all, that new Fox News show Outnumbered is just a gold mine of misogynist, sex-phoic nuttery. Keith Ablow was on, and he's always good for some completely off the hook weirdness. They were talking about a book called It's Perfectly Normal, a very basic sex ed book that offends a lot of conservatives because it a) admits genitals are a thing people have and b) tells kids that having sex is a thing adults do. That's it, and yet, here's Ablow's reaction.
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The book is not education in the various ways you have sex, but about the basic biology, and the fact that it's normal to feel desire. But he blows right through that to imply, utterly falsely, that it's like a chap book for sexual fantasies. The myth that you can keep kids from ever feeling sexual desire by simply pretending sex doesn't exist was dumb in the era before the Internet, but this nonsense sounds even stupider when every kid in a classroom can conjure an entire world of pornography up on their phones. Kids can see threesomes anytime they want. What they need is education in how to play safe and to distinguish between the fantasies you see in porn and what to expect, realistically, from their own sex lives as adults.


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Well, technically only Part 1 of 2-parts blog was published. Still, it is an #achievementunlocked! So, what happened was I submitted my draft, had it reviewed and was corrected a few times over. Only took forever for that to end. Hahaha just kidding! It was a few times bouncing back and forth between myself and the reviewer. Once done, it was marked as ready for publishing and when the date arrived, it went online - on the corporate web forum! *omg so excited!*
The feedback those who read it were very encouraging! Of course, none of this would be possible if I hadn't had support from my friends and colleagues. Willing to try is one thing, having the courage to see it through is another. Oh, I can't wait for my second part to be published too!
Let me see if I can get permission to upload my web blog here, once both parts are out on the corporate forum! Hehe =D
P/s: I'm also writing a personal piece. Hint: It's about heroes! (but don't get your hopes too high on it!)


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Are you a fan of free, open-source software?
If yes, then please continue reading. Otherwise…well…also continue reading, you might change your mind!!
A while ago, I was surfing the net, and I came across the OpenDisc project. This is basically an ongoing collection of high quality open-source software for Windows, classified into categories, such as: Design, Internet, Multimedia, Utilities, etc.
The programs in this collection include (click here for the complete list):
- Blender: an advanced 3D graphics modeling program
- The GIMP: the open-source alternative for Adobe Photoshop (although a bit hard to learn)
- Azureus: a powerful BitTorrent protocol client
- FileZilla: a fast and reliable FTP client and server
- Firefox: web browser
- Audacity: an audio editing program
- VLC: a media player that supports a lot of audio and video file-types
- OpenOffice.org: a full-featured office suite including a word processor, spreadsheet, web page editor and presentation program.
- and many more…
Of course all these programs can be downloaded from their corresponding websites, but I think it is a good idea to group them all into one collection that can be downloaded from one location. The whole package can be downloaded as an ISO image that can be easily written to a CD. Go to http://theopendisc.com/ for more information or to download the package.
Also, another related project is the OpenEducationDisc, which is similar to the main OpenDisc collection, except that it claims that it focuses on providing students with quick, easy and powerful tools specially selected to solve their educational needs. However, I personally don't see much difference between the two collections (except for 3 or 4 science and mathematics programs). The whole list of programs can be found here.
Still, I think it's a good idea, and I'm sure more and more programs will be added to the list in the future. The project team is open for suggestions, and users can suggest programs on the forum.


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24th of December 2007, Moscow. – on 24th of December 2007 Group «Aeroflot», which, besides the parent company, also consists of OJSC «Aeroflot-Don» and CJSC «Aeroflot-Nord», on the flight SU-825 from Moscow to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski has transported the 20th million passenger from the begging of 2007. This extraordinary for the Russian market and a serious in terms of global indicators result achieved as a result of coordinated management of the route network of the company of the Group, mobile use of the fleet and commercial cooperation. The jubilee passenger is awarded with a souvenir and a certificate for two people, that allows for a free flight in business class to any destination in the world (93 cities in 47 countries), to which Aeroflot conducts flights.
By preliminary results, the amount of transported passengers in 2007, within the frames of the groups, has increased by more than 10%. Growth of transportation of the affiliate companies will be much higher: « Aeroflot-Don » - 16%, « Aeroflot-Nord » - 13%. Joining «Aeroflot» as affiliate companies of the company correspondingly in 2000 and in 2004 «Aeroflot-Don» and «Aeroflot-Nord», that were prior to this adjoining were in pre-bankrupt condition have significantly raised the volume of transportations from 400 thousand passengers in 2004 to one million («Aeroflot-Don»), and «Aeroflot-Nord» in 2007 has exceed the one million mark. These companies have entered the honorary second ten rating of Russian air companies, having outstripped the majority of regional transport operators. As a whole the share of their transportations in the group for 2007 will constitute more than 2 million passengers. As for «Aeroflot» without its affiliate companies than by the end of the year it will exceed the 8 million mark in transportation of the passengers.
OJSC «Aeroflot – Russian airlines» (AFLT) is undisputed leader of commercial aviation of Russia, true national transport operator. As the largest air company of the country, it transports more than 7 million people a year, and with subsidiary companies around 9 million i.e. 23% of the total Russian air transport passengers. Having in possession an air park which consists of 81 airborne vehicles, conducts personal flights to 93 destinations in 47 countries, (total – 302 flights a day). Controls 51% of Russian market of regular international transportation and about 12% of domestic transportation. Net profit for 2006 accumulated to 7,9 billion rubles (258,1 million dollars by International Accounting Standards).
Aeroflot – is one of the oldest air companies and one of the most famous commercial brands in the world. Company was founded in 1923, its headquarters in Moscow, in international airport of Sherem'etevo. In 2006 Aeroflot became the first Russian air company to be part of a global alliance SkyTeam. United destination network of the alliance consists of 791 destinations in 162 countries, which in turn offers to the passengers of Aeroflot limitless variety of choice. Clients of Aeroflot are also eligible for bonus programs of all partners of the alliance. Information of the advantages of participation in the alliance SkyTeam – on the website www.skyteam.com.
Aeroflot is the only certified operator of international aviation standards of operational safety IATA (International Air Travel Association) Operational Safety Audit in Russia.
On the website www.aeroflot.ru it is possible to purchase tickets for Aeroflot flights with the use of on-line payments, technology of electronic ticket, and to find out more about the air company.
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Writing about the decision by Maine's Supreme Court to hear the case of a 15-year-old "transgender" boy-to-girl, self-named Nicole, who wants the right to use his school's female restrooms, Adam Winkler asks at The New Republic (TNR), "Where should a transgender schoolgirl be allowed to pee?"
The answer that's obvious to me is that a schoolgirl should be allowed—no, required—to use the restrooms designated for girls, and a schoolboy should be required to use the restrooms designated for boys.
We cannot choose our genders, as some believe, any more than we can choose what species we are. Trans-obsessed individuals, insistent that gender is different from sex and is merely a social construct and/or is subject to the self-evaluation of one's sexuality, are in direct contradiction of Stedman's Medical Dictionary, which defines "gender" as "The sex of an individual…." "Nicole's" gender is male because his sex is male because he was born a male, and no fantasy can change that.
Understandably, the female teenagers at "Nicole's" school did not want a hormonally fueled teenage boy with an identity disorder to be sharing the restrooms with them where the only thing that inhibits "Nicole's" ability to see the private parts of his female classmates are stalls with gaps between the doors and the separating walls. Nor can they be faulted. Is it reasonable to expect a thousand students to bend to the will of one simply to help advance that one's perception of his own sex? That would be outright unfair. So the school, instead of telling the boy that his comfort is not more important, nor his cause more righteous, than that of the entire student body, did what TNR calls "remarkably insensitive": they permitted him the use of staff bathrooms. Apparently TNR feels it would be more sensitive to force everybody else to adapt to "Nicole's" world rather than "Nicole" adapt to everybody else's.
So what is the next logical step of any fascist in such a situation? Sue the school. And with that, TNR declares that "the next frontier of the civil-rights movement is transgender and transsexual equality." I might have added after that, "…and the transgenders' goal to make everyone around them as uncomfortable as possible."
Look no further for a fundamental difference between the conservative and liberal ideologies than their priorities: the conservatives, fighting against an ever-expansive government that leads inevitably to ever-more corruption and ever-crumbling financial stability, and the liberals, fighting for the rights of teenage boys to use teenage girls' bathrooms regardless of how the girls feel about it.
And I advise you dare not challenge me on this, because for the sake of this article, as long as you are reading it, I self-identify as being a transgendered person, and am therefore an authority on the matter. You can't tell me I'm not transgendered; I say I am, so I am. Anything you say to disagree with me will amount to bigotry and transphobia.


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General Questions and Comments
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Traveling limit
Travel up to only 25 miles from area code 60623
Open only on some weekends.
Liz is the only caricature artist for party doodle. Face painting has limited availability but it doesn't hurt to ask if there is someone available.
Everything is arranged ONLY by E-Mail and I will get back to you as soon as I can.
*Note: We do not need a web designer or any web assistance.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many caricatures can you draw per hour?
Black and White Faces: around 25-30 people per hour (about 2 minutes per face)
Color Faces: around 10-12 people per hour (about 5 minutes per face)
How many face paints can you do an hour?
Simple cheek designs: 30-35 faces per hour
Full face designs: 15-20 faces per hour
If we email you a picture, can you draw a caricature from that?
Yes, the rates will be per person. A clear head shot photo with clear lighting will be the best photo to work from. Multiple photos also help. I can draw multiple people on one page even if they come from separate photos.
Do you do balloon twisting?
We discontinued our balloon twisting service, sorry for any inconvenience.
Can you stay longer if we need you to?
Yes, most of the time we are available to stay longer for an additional cost. We can work up to 8 hours if you want us to!
Do you do face painting?
Face paint has been discontinued for private events and are only done for festivals now because work schedules have been unpredictable which makes it difficult to schedule a face painter. It doesn't hurt to ask if you really want a face painter, you might be lucky if one is available.
Do you do full body painting?
No, only face painting and sometimes on arms.
Do you do clowns, dance, or music?
No, just caricatures and face painting.
Is there a deposit?
Nope. We will just mark you in our calendar and you're all set and pay on the day of the event. If you want to pay everything ahead of time, let me know.
Will you be willing to work for free and get free exposure?
Absolutely not, exposure won't pay the bills.
Are there any other artists besides Liz and Ruben to work at our special events?
We know a few artists that we can try asking. Just be aware that their rates will be different and may also have limited availability.
Where else can I find artists online?
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Have you ever stopped to consider what mindset you have?
As we move through life, we often don't stop and consider our own thought process. Is that thought process healthy or does it keep us from succeeding? Is our thought process creating roadblocks to our success? How is our mindset effecting our businesses?
According to Dictionary.com, a mindset is "an attitude, disposition, or mood." It effects how we perceive virtually everything and what decisions we make.
We often assume a mindset without even realizing we have done so. However, when you become aware of your mindset, you can make the steps to change it and improve your decision making. This can help you not only improve your business but your life decisions overall. It can create a clearer path for decision making and remove the roadblock standing in the way of your success.
The entrepreneurial, fixed, and growth mindsets differ in many ways. Knowing these differences and becoming conscious of the type that we possess will make it possible for us to shift to a more beneficial mindset.
So what are these mindsets and which one is the most beneficial?
A young, African American man was born in January of 1929. He was born into an era of segregation and violence. Despite these challenges, this man strove to succeed and learn. He attended a segregated school and graduated high school to move onto a distinguished college in Atlanta. According to nobelprize.org, "After three years of theological study at Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania, where he was elected president of a predominantly white senior class, he was awarded the B.D. in 1951." He didn't stop there. This man continued to Boston University where he would receive his doctorate. Later, he stood in Washington D.C. with 250,000 people to deliver his " I Have a Dream Speech". If you haven't figured it out yet, this man is Martin Luther King Jr.
But why am I giving you the background of Martin Luther King Jr. ? What does he have to do with mindset?
Martin Luther King Jr. is the embodiment of a growth and entrepreneurial mindset. He believed abilities could be developed through hard work, that brain and talent are only the beginning of success, and that failure is only an opportunity to improve. Martin Luther King Jr. was a lifelong learner. All of these things are components of a growth mindset.
As for the entrepreneurial mindset, he could quickly get organize and address ambiguity head on. He knew how to persevere and work through levels of discomfort. He strategically organized his peace walks and worked hard to make the change that he dreamt of.
The opposite of the growth and entrepreneurial mindset is a fixed mindset.
Those that have a fixed mindset:
- perceive talents and abilities as traits
- think that brains paired with talents ultimately leads to success
- view constructive criticism as a personal attack
- consider the success of others as a result of luck
- give up after failing and avoid challenges all together.
These people often use the word "can't" and believe in a limited scope to abilities. I do not have an example of one of these people because none of them are famous or well known.
Work to make yourself known based off the the decisions you make in your business.
Consider which mindset works best for your career? How can you change your mindset in a way that might benefit your business?
About our author
Abby Cahn is a Spring 2018 marketing intern for Kansas SBDC. She went to Cowley County Community College as a Secondary Art and English Education Major and graduated with an Associates in Arts. However, she decided business was the most beneficial route for her. Currently, she is a Fort Hays State University undergraduate student pursuing her degree in Business Management with a concentration in Entrepreneurship. She enjoys creating artwork, reading, and assembling floral arrangements. Abby hopes to open her own small business some day. She wants to teach people how to create floral arrangements and artwork, as well as sell them, from a small shop in Kansas. By doing this, she hopes to promote creativity and art as an outlet for communication, learning, and relaxation. She knows that one day if she needs assistance with her business she will go to her local Kansas SBDC.


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If It's Better to Be Lucky Than Good, Is It Better to be Smart Than Lucky?
In trolling for blog fodder this morning, I came across an interesting post over at TrainSignal, which in turn depends on an interview with Tumblr founder David Karp on the Colbert Report last Tuesday (7/16/2013). There's a link to the actual interview in the blog post, which is entitled "Computer science students should stay in school, says billionaire high school dropout."
Looking at the youthful Mr. Karp, I can't help but recall certain of the lyrics from the Dire Straits song "Money For Nothing…" (which is not intended at any kind of slight to his inestimable accomplishments).
Karp tells viewers that he dropped out of high school after his freshman year of high school, but only because he couldn't get any useful computer training where he was going to school. Nowadays, says he, students at nearly every high school have the opportunity to learn about programming and computer science as part of the curriculum, and should take advantage of every such opportunity presented to them, if that's where their interests lie. There's lots of other interesting and worthwhile content in the interview (visit the TrainSignal link above to see it in full), but to me the point worth noting for this blog is that even those who succeed against the odds still recommend that young people work their way through the educational system before entering the workforce. Now, if I can only convince my 9-year-old to agree when the time comes to try to keep him focused and making progress in about 5 years, perhaps he'll be ready to listen to Mr. Karp at that time as well! I can only wish the same for other parents reading this, and add "get certified in IT" to my recommendation of "stay in school" for those young folks pondering a career in IT, but not quite sure how to get there from here.


text: Artifact Details Title ELECOM 120 an Electronic Computing System Any Business can Afford Catalog Number 102646272 Type Text Date 1953 Publisher Underwood Corporation. Electronic Computer Division Place of Publication U.S. Extent 12 p. Dimensions 11 x 8 1/2 in. Copyright Holder Underwood Corporation. Electronic Computer Division Description The brochure discusses all aspects of the ELECOM 120 computer in a format similar to product documentation. The ELECOM 120 is described as a compact electronic computer for business and industry that is versatile and low-cost. The front cover shows an abstract design on a black background with a black and white photograph of the computer. The back cover shows the same abstract design. The front inside page has a numbered table on contents. Other pages includes lists of operating instructions and their code equivalents. Text contents include: Internal memory; Auxiliary memory; Input-output; Word structure; Circuitry; Coding; Manual control; Test facilities; Checking. Category Promotional Material Subject promotional materials; Business applications; Digital computer: mainframe; Underwood Corporation. Electronic Computer Division; ELECOM 120 (Computer) Lot Number X3067.2005 Underwood.Elecom120.1953.102646272.pdf


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The iPad is now 3 years old. Hard to believe we've only had tablets such a short time, given how common they have become. It's easy to forget that when launched almost all analysts thought the iPad was a toy that would be lucky to sell a few million units. Apple blew away that prediction in just a few months, as people demonstrated their lust for mobility. To date the iPad has sold 121million units – with an ongoing sales rate of nearly 20million per quarter.
Following very successful launches of the iPod (which transformed music from CDs to MP3) and iPhone (which turned everyone into smartphone users,) the iPad's transformation of personal technology made Apple look like an impenetrable juggernaut – practically untouchable by any competitor! The stock soared from $200/share to over $700/share, and Apple became the most valuable publicly traded company on any American exchange!
But things look very different now. Despite huge ongoing sales (iPad sales exceed Windows sales,) and a phenomenal $30B cash hoard ($100B if you include receivables) Apple's value has declined by 40%!
In the tech world, people tend to think competition is all about the product. Feature and functionality comparisons abound. And by that metric, no one has impacted Apple. After 3 years in development, Microsoft's much anticipated Surface has been a bust – selling only about 1.5million units in the first 6 months. Nobody has created a product capable of outright dethroning the i product series. Quite simply, there have been no "game changer" products that dramatically outperform Apple's.
But, any professor of introductory marketing will tell you that there are 4 P's in marketing: Product, Price, Place and Promotion. And understanding that simple lesson was the basis for the successful onslaught Samsung has waged upon Apple in 2012 and 2013.
Samsung did not change the game with technology or product. It has used the same Android starting point as most competitors for phones and tablets. It's products are comparable to Apple's – but not dramatically superior. And while they are cheaper, in most instances that has not been the reason people switched. Instead, Samsung changed the game by focusing on distribution and advertising!
Chart courtesy Jay Yarrow, Business Insider 4/2/13 and Horace Dediu, Asymco
The remarkable insight from this chart is that Samsung is spending almost 4.5 times Apple – and $1B more than perennial consumer goods brand leader Coca-Cola on advertising! Simultaneously, Samsung has set up kiosks and stores in malls and retail locations all over America.
Can you imagine having the following conversation in your company in 2010?:
"As Vice President of Marketing I propose we take on the market leader not by having a superior product. We will change the game from features and function comparisons to availability and awareness. I intend to spend more than anyone in our industry on advertising – even more than Coke. And I will open so many information and sales locations that our products will be as available as Coke. We'll be everywhere. Our products may not be better, but they will be everywhere and everyone will know about them."
Samsung found Apple's Achilles heel. As Apple's revenues rose it did not keep its marketing growing. SG&A (Selling, General and Administrative) expense declined from 14% of revenues in 2006 to 5% in 2012; of course aiding its skyrocketing profits. And Apple continued to sell through its fairly limited distribution of Apple stores and network providers. Apple started to "milk" its hard won brand position, rather than intensify it.
Samsung took advantage of Apple's oversight. Samsung maintained its SG&A budget at 15% of revenues – even growing it to 24% for a brief time in 2009, before returning to 15%. As its revenues grew, advertising and distribution grew. Instead of looking back at its old ad budget in dollars, and maintaining that budget, Samsung allowed the budget to grow (to a huge number!) along with revenues.
And that's how Samsung changed the game on Apple. Once America's untouchable brand, the Apple brand has faltered. People now question Apple's sustainability. Some now recognize Apple is vulnerable, and think its best times are behind it. And it's all because Samsung ignored the industry lock-in to constantly focusing on product, and instead changed the game on Apple.
Something Microsoft should have thought about – but didn't.
Of course, Apple's profits are far, far higher than Samsung's. And Apple is still a great company, and a well regarded brand, with tremendous sales. There are ongoing rumors of a new iOS 7 operating system, an updated format for iPads, potentially a dramatically new iPhone and even an iTV. And Apple is not without great engineers, and a HUGE war chest which it could use on advertising and distribution to go heads up with Samsung.
But, at least for now, Samsung has demonstrated how a competitor can change the game on a market leader. Even a leader as successful and powerful as Apple. And Samsung's leaders deserve a lot of credit for seeing the opportunity – and seizing it!
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Oct. 11, 2001
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - The Santa Clara University men's basketball team will join 324 NCAA Division I basketball programs from across the nation Saturday as its conducts its first practice for the 2001-2002 season.
The opening practice of the year will take place Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Leavey Center. The Broncos will conduct 19 sessions prior to its exhibition opener on Nov. 6. Santa Clara opens its regular season on Saturday, Nov. 17 against the University of the Pacific in the Leavey Center at 7:30 p.m.
A variety of season, group, family plan and individual game ticket plans are available for the 2001-2002 season. For information or to purchase tickets online, click here or call the athletic ticket office at 408/554-4660.
Bronco Men's Basketball Links
Preseason Notes
Broncos Open Exhibition Season in Historic Style
One of the oldest men's basketball rivalries in the Bay Area will be renewed Nov. 6 when the Santa Clara men's basketball team opens its exhibition season against the Olympic Club. The first-ever meeting between the Broncos and the Olympic Club squad took place on Feb. 13, 1915 at the YMCA Gym in Oakland, Calif. with Santa Clara dropping the contest by a 35-30 score. Over the span of 86 years, Santa Clara has played the Olympic Club in a number of official and exhibition contests. This year's game will be played at the Compaq Center at San Jose and admission is free to the public. The exhibition contest will be the only collegiate event held in the Compaq Center at San Jose prior to the 2002 NCAA West Regional, which is being hosted and operated by Santa Clara University Athletics March 21 & 23.
Head Coach Dick Davey
In his nine seasons as Santa Clara's head coach, Dick Davey has a career coaching record of 160-102 (84-44 WCC), which includes three 20-win seasons. Davey has compiled an 80-29 record at home for a .734 winning percentage. He is the West Coast Conference's winningest active coach and is the first Bronco coach to lead Santa Clara to four 10-plus win seasons in WCC play. A three-time WCC Coach-of-the-Year recipient, Davey has coached Santa Clara to three WCC regular season championships, one WCC Tournament title, three NCAA Tournament appearances and four wins over Top 25 teams. The dean of WCC head coaches, Davey served as an assistant coach on the Bronco staff for 15 seasons (1977-92). Last spring, he was named to the prestigious Board of Directors for the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
Broncos Picked Third in Preseason Poll of League Coaches
Despite losing two of the more dynamic players in the West Coast Conference last season in Brian Jones and Jamie Holmes, the Broncos were selected third in a preseason poll of league coaches. The breakdown: 1) Gonzaga, 2) San Francisco, 3) Santa Clara, 4) Pepperdine, 5) San Diego, 6) Loyola Marymount, 7) Portland, 8) Saint Mary's.
Santa Clara Noteworthy...
Broncos Return Three Starters in 2001-2002
The Santa Clara University men's basketball team returns three starters and 10 letterwinners from its 20-12 team a year ago that finished third in the WCC with a 10-4 mark and fell just three points short of advancing to the NCAA Tournament. The Broncos lose a pair of all-WCC performers in Brian Jones and Jamie Holmes. The duo accounted for 41.6 percent of the team's offensive output and 31 percent of the squad's rebounding a year ago. However, the cupboard isn't bare with the return of three starters, including Steve Ross, Brian Vaka and David Emslie, along with seniors Justin Holbrook and Jason Westphal. Ross has been tabbed as one of the league's top players, while sophomore Kyle Bailey is coming off one of the best freshman seasons in Bronco men's basketball history. Emslie is on the school's top-10 list for blocked shots and Vaka and Holbrook are two of the most experienced seniors in the WCC.
Davey is the "Dean" of WCC Coaches
Entering his 10th season at Santa Clara, Dick Davey owns the distinction of being the longest-tenured coach in the West Coast Conference. The current average tenure of head coaches in the league is just 3.1 seasons with three first-year coaches entering the WCC this season. Behind Davey's nine seasons are San Diego's Brad Holland (7) and San Francisco's Phil Matthews (6). Needless to say, Davey's 160 total wins is also a league-high and his 82 league wins is the fifth-most in WCC history.
Broncos Own WCC's Winningest Program
Historically speaking, the Santa Clara's men's basketball program owns the most victories of any team in the West Coast Conference since the league began play in the 1952-53 season. The Broncos have a league-leading 807 victories in 49 seasons for a 16.5 wins-per-season average. In league contests, Santa Clara has a league-leading 398 victories. Over the last seven seasons, the Broncos have won 64 percent of their games which is the second-winningest program in the WCC during that time behind Gonzaga.
SCU Announces Formation of "Bronco Radio Network"
Santa Clara University men's basketball will enjoy the widest radio coverage area in its history this season due to broadcast agreements with KDIA-AM (1640 AM) in Vallejo, Calif. and KSCU-FM (103.3 FM) in Santa Clara. In addition, the contract of popular play-by-play announcer Dave Lewis has been extended through the 2002-2003 season. Every Santa Clara men's basketball game will be broadcast via the Bronco Radio Network, which currently consists of 10,000-watt KDIA-AM, Santa Clara University campus station KSCU-FM and via the Internet on the athletic department's official athletic website at www.SantaClaraBroncos.com.
Broncos Again Face Top Competition
One constant in the Bronco program is the appearance of some of the top teams in the nation on its non-conference schedule. This season will be no different with three teams from the Pacific-10 Conference (Stanford, Cal, Washington), a matchup at Ohio State from the Big Ten and games against Western Athletic Conference opponents Nevada and San Jose State. In addition, the Broncos will face NIT semifinalist Detroit in the Cable Car Classic and will play a road game at Wright State in Dayton, Ohio. Six of Santa Clara's opponents this season were among the top-75 in last year's ratings percentage index.
Leavey Center - Building for the Future
Last season, Santa Clara played nine of its first 10 games of the season on the road and moved its exhibition games to a local prep school duing the completion of the first phase of renovation of the Leavey Center. This season, the first month-and-a-half of the season will be affected due to the second phase that will provide new upper level seating, administrative offices, weight room, team rooms, an academic center and new concession areas. Phase II will continue through the spring but all interior seating areas are scheduled to open by December's Cable Car Classic. Once completed, the Leavey Center will be one of the best arenas of its size on the West Coast.
Santa Clara to Host 2002 West Regional
Santa Clara University is the host institution for the 2002 NCAA Men's Basketball West Regional, scheduled for March 21 & 23 at the Compaq Center at San Jose. The winner of the four-team event will earn a trip to the NCAA Final Four that will be played at the in Atlanta, Ga. The San Jose event officially sold out of its 17,757 tickets last June. Press credential applications will be sent to qualifying area media outlets in January. All press inquiries should be directed to media coordinator David Wahlstrom.
2000-2001 Wrapup
The Santa Clara University men's basketball team completed the 2000-2001 regular season with a 20-12 overall record and a 10-4 mark and third-place finish in the West Coast Conference standings. The Broncos won six of their last seven games, including a streak of six-straight, and advanced to the conference tournament championship game. The six-game win streak included victories over regular-season and tournament champion Gonzaga and second-place Pepperdine. Seniors Brian Jones and Jamie Holmes were named all-WCC, while Jones and junior Steve Ross earned all-WCC Tournament honors.
Ross Makes Immediate Impact for Broncos
Senior Steve Ross played just 24 games for Santa Clara last season after transferring to the Mission campus from the University of San Diego. His impact was felt immediately as he became the 10th-leading scorer in the WCC and was named the league's player of the week on Feb 19 after consecutive double-double performances at Saint Mary's and San Francisco. He is listed as a senior after sitting out his sophomore year with an injury and the next season due to NCAA transfer regulations.
Live Coverage of Bronco Basketball
This season Santa Clara athletics will enter its second season with a new feature that allows fans to follow each home game with a live statistics tracker. Users with Internet access can log onto the official athletic site for Santa Clara athletics (www.SantaClaraBroncos.com) and click on live box score to receive real-time updated statistics direct from the official courtside scoring computer. Santa Clara became the first school on the FANSonly Network to launch the new FANSlive service using a specially-designed browser which provides fans a visually compelling alternative to watch Bronco basketball on the web. Users can listen to the audio broadcast of the game and keep-up with the real-time statistics at once through the exclusive official site for Santa Clara athletics.
Seandel Named Associate Head Coach
Like his predecessor, Carroll Williams, Dick Davey has surrounded himself with a top-notch coaching staff consisting of Steve Seandel, Sam Scuilli and Antonio Veloso. During the summer, Davey received a contract extension ensuring his position as head men's basketball coach through the 2004-2005 season. At that time, Seandel was also rewarded with a promotion to associate head coach.


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'The Siren' is a life size holographic 3D projection, filmed entirely underwater, exploring the nature of the feminine mystic within the screen and the seemingly active male gaze. It explores the notion that, cast out from the patriarchal social order of Man, Woman "does not exist and symbolises nothing" (Lacan, 1972) but is simply a sexed being for the benefit of Man. The aim of the piece is to explore how Woman or the Other is both alluring and terrifying, embodying the duel nature of all women throughout time."
The film is the work of Laura Jean Healey, a Fine Arts graduate from Central St. Martins College of Art and Design. More on the project can be found over at Wired.