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Beauty Girl turned Social Change Maker
The Beauty Girl turned Social Change Maker: My Transition to the Social Sector January 28, 2015 By Angela Richardson,2014ProInspireFellowHave you ever had a moment when the light bulb turned on right above your head? I did. It was a cold, brisk morning in the middle of December 2011. I was
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The art of printing the internet
I've always enjoyed working with print stylesheets. A long time ago I liked to create jokes with them that nobody would ever see, and today I create websites with them that can be ordered as books.
Louise Drulhe took print stylesheets to a completely different level. She created this amazing Atlas Qritique D'Internet, which looks fantastic in my browser. The illustrations that scroll over the text are simply brilliant. But the site is not just optimised for screens of all sizes. It's also optimised for 12 different paper sizes. You can read more about this project on her blog. I assume her essay about Design Fluide must be brilliant as well. I used Google Translate to translate parts of it — unfortunately my French is not good enough to read it — but my eyes are definitely good enough to enjoy its design.

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Richard III crown displayed in Tewkesbury Abbey
An ornate golden crown that will go onto the coffin of Richard III when he is re-buried is being displayed at Tewkesbury Abbey.
The crown was commissioned and paid for by the historian Dr John Ashdown-Hill who helped identify the king's remains.
Amanda Thomas from Tewkesbury Abbey said: "It's gold with sapphires, diamonds, garnets, studded with jewels, a lovely piece."
Dr Ashdown-Hill will also be giving a talk about his work at the Abbey later.
The remains of the king were found buried in a Leicester car park, with DNA tests used to confirm the identity.


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Music Appreciation and Participation
Learning an appreciation for music in its many forms has cultural, cognitive, spiritual and emotional growth benefits. At St. Anthony, we begin exploring music with our students in our pre-kinder program and continue throughout elementary school. We offer a bi-weekly music program for our K3-5th grade classes that allows our students to begin nurturing musical talents and expressing themselves through music. Every year a Christmas program is performed by our K3-5th grade music students.
Music can open up a new way to process emotional responses and give an outlet for joy, pain, sorrow and celebration. It is integrated into all aspects of our culture, from religious expression to entertainment. Exploring musical disciplines allows our students to learn to appreciate different forms of expression, while incorporating team-building and cooperation skills.
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According to Gartner in certain scenarios, 'centralized log management for security event monitoring is having a renaissance'
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Feb 6, 2017) - Balabit, a leading provider of Contextual Security Intelligence (CSI) technologies, today announced that it has been identified as a representative vendor in a Gartner report entitled: 'Use Central Log Management for Security Event Monitoring Use Cases'1. The report focuses on the role of Central Log Management (CLM) in improving threat monitoring and detection, and recognizes the challenges of fragmented or incomplete log management environments. It also looks at the factors that can hamper Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) deployments such as training and licensing models, and examines use cases where CLM can help organizations to maximize the return on their SIEM tool investments.
Regarding the current log management challenges organizations face, Gartner's report states: "...At the other end of the spectrum, enterprises that have started their SIEM journey usually end up in one of two places: underinvested in their initial implementation and having to find budget to increase capacity to meet their use cases, or overlicensed and being stuck paying higher maintenance costs to the SIEM vendor for years for that unused capacity."
Balázs Scheidler, Balabit co-founder and CTO comments: "The report recognizes given particular scenarios, the importance of a centralized log management for security event monitoring is having a renaissance. This is something that we have been advocating for more than 16 years. For many organizations, the resource constraints, coupled with the budget and expertise requirements for successful SIEM deployments, can mean that they don't always meet expectations. Added to that, there are often unknown costs to factor in, particularly when SIEM costs are based on the volume of data processed."
The report includes recommendations from Gartner that security and risk management leaders responsible for security monitoring and operations should pay attention to:
Scheidler continues: "There are ways to optimize SIEM investments, to lower the total cost of ownership and to improve incident response capabilities. Analysis for security alerts is only as good as the information that is received from logs. By filtering irrelevant data and classifying messages before they are fed to SIEM solutions, organizations can reduce the costs of their SIEM investment and process structured and unstructured data across their IT environment. For some of our customers, we are reducing their SIEM licensing costs by as much as 40%."
Balabit's syslog-ng collects, processes, and transfers logs from a wide variety of sources and securely stores the data or forwards it to analytic tools such as SIEM. More than a million users worldwide trust syslog-ng to deliver log data from across their IT environments. Whether it's deployed as a software or as a turnkey appliance, syslog-ng supports the use cases most frequently mentioned by clients to Gartner: improving foundational security capabilities in the absence of other means and augmenting new or existing SIEM deployments or service engagements.
To read the full report please visit: https://pages2.balabit.com/use-central-log-management-for-security/?utm_source=gartner_press_release&utm_campaign=gartner_central_log_mgmt_report&utm_medium=referral.
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Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
About Balabit
Balabit -- founded in Budapest, Hungary -- is a leading provider of contextual security technologies with the mission of preventing data breaches without constraining business. Balabit operates globally with offices across the United States and Europe, together with network of reseller partners. Balabit's Contextual Security Intelligence™ platform protects organizations in real time from threats posed by the misuse of high risk and privileged accounts. Solutions include reliable system and application Log Management with context enriched data ingestion, Privileged User Monitoring and User Behavior Analytics. Together they can identify unusual user activities and provide deep visibility into potential threats. Working in conjunction with existing control-based strategies, Balabit enables a flexible and people-centric approach to improve security without adding additional barriers to business practices.
Founded in 2000 Balabit has a proven track record, with 23 Fortune 100 customers and more than 1,000,000 corporate users worldwide.
For more information, please visit https://www.balabit.com.
The syslog-ng™, the syslog-ng Store Box™, the Shell Control Box™ and the Blindspotter™ as well as the Balabit™ names are trademarks of Balabit S.A. All other product names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.
1 'Use Central Log Management for Security Event Monitoring Use Cases' by Toby Bussa, and Kelly M. Kavanagh, published: 12 October 2016
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Chris A. Ghaemmaghami, MD
Professor of Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine
Chief Medical Officer, University of Virginia Health System
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- BS, University of Miami (1989)
- MD, University of Miami School of Medicine (1993)
- Emergency and Internal Medicine, Allegheny General Hospital (1998)
Clinical and Research Interests
- Cardiac resuscitations
- Shock
- New technologies
- Evaluation of chest pain patients
Most Recent Publications
- Peberdy MA; Donnino M; Callaway C; Dimaio, M; Geocadin, R; Ghaemmaghami CA; Jacobs A; Kern K; Levy J; Link M; Menon V; Ornato JP; Pinto D; Sugarman J; Yannopoulos D ; Ferguson TB. Impact of percutaneous Intervention Performance Reporting on Cardiac Resuscitation Centers: A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2013 (in press)
- Casaletto J, Ankel F, Ghaemmaghami CA. Emergency Medicine Rural Rotations: A Program Director's Guide.Annals of Emerg. Med 2013 (in press)
- O'Connor RE. Brady W. Brooks SC. Dierks D. Egan J. Ghaemmaghami C. Menon V. O'Neil BJ. Travers AH. Yannopoulos D. Part 10: Acute Coronary Syndromes: 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care. Circulation. 1232(18 Suppl 3):S787-817, 2010
- Barker S. Ghaemmaghami C. Myocardial contusion-induced right bundle-branch block with ST elevation and troponin elevation. Am J Emerg Med. 27(3):375.e5-375.e7, 2009 Mar.
- Naples RM, Harris JW, Ghaemmaghami CA. Critical care aspects in the management of patients with acute coronary syndromes EMERGENCY MEDICINE CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA AUG 2008; 26 (3): 685
- Thomas JJ, Taylor L, Camp T, Ghaemmaghami CA. et al. Delta measurements, using an ultrasensitive troponin I assay, reliably diagnose acute coronary syndromes and predict adverse cardiac events within 30 days of ED visitsANNALS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE SEP 2007; 50 (3): S29-S29
- Pines JM, Reiser RC, Brady WJ, Ghaemmaghami CA. et al. The effect of performance incentives on resident documentation in an emergency medicine residency program JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE APR 2007; 32 (3): 315-319
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A GPS tracking device is used to determine the exact location of a person, vehicle or other item to which it's attached. It's capable of recording the position of the item at frequent intervals. The data can be stored in the tracking device or it can be sent out to an Internet-connected computer or a centrally located database using a radio or satellite modem that's inside the unit. The item's location is then displayed against a backdrop of a map in either real-time or for when it's analyzed at a later time using customized programming software.
GPS tracking devices and software are especially popular with owners of vehicle fleets. They've turned into indispensable tools for effectively managing them. The tracking devices provide accurate information about the location of cars as well as a drivers' productivity. The use of good global positioning system trackers have been shown to significantly impact a business' bottom line, yielding substantial cost and time savings and enhancing overall productivity.
The US Department of Defense is responsible for developing GPS tracking devices. All global positioning system tracking program software use the US government's 24 global positioning system satellites that orbit the earth. What happens is the satellites transmit the data using digital radio signals to receivers located on earth.
GPS tracking devices installed in vehicles that are meant to be tracked transmit data via a satellite. The signals are ultimately received by a user or tracker. Information is then processed by the vehicle GPS software, providing where the vehicle is, how fast it's going and which direction it's headed.
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I'm sure you've heard it before, wedding coordinators are life savers when planning a wedding. They are like fairy godmothers without the funky clothes and 10 times more efficient. They are the ones that swoop in to make your day come together exactly how you dreamed...even when unexpected things happen.
I'm not even going to get into how much I love coordinators, because I am sure you already know from prior posts!
I am however going to introduce you to one of my very favorite wedding coordinators! If you don't know her yet, please check out her website:
I honestly don't know where to start with Tina because I think she and her team are absolutely amazing. I've had the honor to work with her at a few weddings. Every time she has helped put together all the amazing details our brides have worked so hard on, the wedding comes together without a hitch. Not only that, but the extra attention to detail adds that extra touch of beauty and thoughtfulness that you couldn't get unless someone is carefully taking care of all the details, a detail at a time. As much as brides would want to take care of all that stuff on the day of their wedding, they can't. They have a little something to tend to that I like to call "getting married!" That's when Tina and her team step in! They each pull at a different string to bring it all in beautifully and tie it with a perfect bow.
It goes beyond details, though. At a wedding it is always a given that unexpected "issues" will arise. More often than not, you will not be there to fix it, won't have the time, or simply don't want to deal with it. That is when a planner/coordinator will become your absolute wonder woman. That is when you will be the happiest bride just enjoying your wedding. Sometimes brides rely on the venue coordinator. Ladies, let me tell you, they are there for the venue. They will look out for the venue first and foremost, so you need someone who is on your court!
Don't get me started about timelines! As much as I love weddings and all that goes with it, I am no coordinator. Sometimes clients look to me to tell them what should be done and at what time, but I am a photo girl. I can give my input as to how long family photos will take, what time is better for portraits, etc., but I can't lay out a timeline for you. That is why, I breathe a sigh of relief when my brides have a coordinator. It lets me focus on what I do best, which is photography. It also liberates our clients from having to oversee everything and lets them focus on their family, friends and of course taking beautiful pictures :) Many times brides will rely on a DJ to take care of the timeline and while that is not a bad thing, I totally believe that you should only focus on one thing to be efficient. I focus on photography. DJ's should focus on music. Coordinators can focus on your timeline because they are pro's at it.
Anyway, sorry I just wrote a whole mini-novel here! As you can tell, I am very passionate about this :) If you are looking for an amazing day-of-coordinator or an all-inclusive planner, Tina Molina is the girl for you! If you are one of my brides/grooms, please give them a call! I can't tell you how seamlessly the day goes by when you have vendors who have worked together before. It's like we can communicate, without having to communicate :P
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Category Archives: Black
Having a Black Male Child, a Mother/(parent) worries, fret's over, prays for, and fears just a bit more, than what may be considered normal for that child; that part of her in which she has birthed, loved, raised, and set free, into this sometimes cruel, and unforgiving world.
With Recent light being shed upon a problem in which has long existed in our community I can't think of a mother in which I can count amongst my associates, who aren't doing the things that I mentioned above in an even more fevered fashion. Is it possible though, that the resolution to these current situations have already been obtained and its just Really Now Time to take Heed?
M.L.K Jr. once stated that "MAN MUST EVOLVE FOR ALL HUMAN CONFLICT; A METHOD WHICH REJECTS REVENGE, AGGRESSION, RETALIATION. THE FOUNDATION OF SUCH A METHOD… IS LOVE!"
Love as a foundation huh???
Now, I know that I'm only a self-proclaimed genius, but often times genius recognizes the same qualities in others, and It my opinion, that, Dr. King might have been hitting on something quite profound here…
You see, we've already tried the other B.S. and the effect of that has more often than not, left us cold, empty, and in a state of insanity. So I, for one am willing to try & support 'LOVE' even if for no other reason than, it seems like one heck of an optimistic place to start.
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Didn't realise Brock was canadian
I thought he was the southern farmhand from hell
Didn't realise Brock was canadian
I thought he was the southern farmhand from hell
i first becasme interested in it in 2000 when i was visiting my cousin and saw some fairly early raw food propaganda books in his flat.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pavel-Tsats...7230443&sr=1-8 this guy preaches from the same hymn sheet. telling people what they want to hear is the best way to gain wealth and influence.
oh yeah lol he just lives there
balance is restored to the universe
and i know more rap records.
Surely in the pre agrarian civilisations they weren't eating nearly as much meat as we are able to these days, on account of having to catch their dinner?
when my cousin first went raw vegan his skin turned grey. but later his body adapted and he looked relatively healthy albeit with a distended stomach.
yeah high intensity exercise is the way to go (albeit fucking horrible)
i think the best thing to do is find some form of exercise that you really enjoy so it's not just hard sweaty work
last year i discovered climbing, which is great exercise and interesting/fun
couldn't get me back in the gym (which i used to go to three times a week) nowadays


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Revival Yarns Teacher Profiles
Meredith taught herself to knit while studying Fabric Design at the University of Georgia. She has been teaching knitting in the Athens area for over six years now, and has been commissioned for custom and reproduction knitting. Some of her work has even been used for film. Meredith was born in Athens, GA and has lived in the area for most of her life aside from two years spent in Nashville, TN. She has a double BFA in Jewelry & Metalwork and Fabric Design from the University of Georgia.
Carole Holmes began crocheting when she was ten years old to help her grandmother make a granny square afghan. She knit dust mitts as Christmas gifts that year. She has been knitting and crocheting ever since. She has lived in the Boulevard neighborhood for over thirty years and taught kindergarten and first grade for almost 40 years. After she retired, she discovered the joys of knitting with others in the Boulevard knitting group. She is now focused on improving her skills, trying out new techniques and sharing her love of yarn with others.
Denise (Ravelry ID: desna01) started knitting in 2010 and immediately became obsessed. She loves jewel-toned yarns, natural fibers, casting-on new projects (some of which don't get past row 12 before the next project is cast-on), and teaching others how to knit. She loves that there is a project for any mood or skill level; she can challenge herself with complicated lace, but also keep an easy project in her purse for mindless knitting. She has two daughters who sometimes agree to wear the projects their mamma made for them.
Julia is currently pursuing both a doctoral degree in clinical psychology at UGA and her PhD (Projects Half Done) at Revival Yarns. It was Julia's mother who taught her how to knit during one very cold New England winter almost 10 years ago. Since then, Julia has knit everything from toy unicorns to a summer dress. One of her favorite projects is the dog-o-saur sweater she knit for her 10-lb dog, Harper. Julia is one of Revival Yarns' two shop helpers.
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The good news is that the Republican National Convention, which will close out Thursday night in Cleveland with a talk from the party's presidential nominee, Donald Trump, is motivating Latinos to vote. The bad news for the Republican Party: It's making them less likely to vote for them.
Those are the takes from the third day of a poll by Latino Decisions, the Latino Victory Project and Fusion that is gauging the Latino electorate as the GOP convention unfolds. The poll surveyed 300 registered Latino voters in English and Spanish between July 20 and July 21. It has a margin of error of 5.6 percentage points.
In stark contrast to Trump's claim that Hispanics love him, the polls show that 87 percent of Latinos who participated do not love Donald Trump. In fact, 79 percent of them hold an overall unfavorable opinion of the Republican nominee and 83 percent said they believe he is making the country more divided. Fifty-nine percent of respondents believe Trump has made the Republican Party more hostile toward Latinos. And in two similar polls this week, nearly 80 percent of those surveyed said Trump's rallies and events are "dangerous."
And the problem deepens for Republicans. The party's vice-presidential nominee, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, is equally unlikable to Latino voters. Eighty-four percent of respondents said Pence's previous stances on immigration, which include bills that would deny U.S. citizenship to children of unauthorized immigrants and another that would block immigrants from access to hospital care, made them less likely to vote for Trump. Eighty-four percent also said Pence's decision to sign a law in Indiana that allowed businesses to refuse service to LGBT people made them less likely to vote for Trump.
Making the situation even worse, 45 percent of those surveyed said they had voted for Republicans in the past, indicating the discontent of Latino Republicans with this year's presidential candidate. Only 17 percent of those surveyed had a favorable opinion of Trump.


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Carol Ann Sherman is an artist from South Florida who teaches watercolor on Yupo, traditional watercolor, batik on rice paper and drawing. Her work is characterized by strong compositions, bold line quality, and a vibrant layering of color on color and tone on tone.
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Houston Police Chief Charles A. McClelland, Jr. will welcome dozens of police recruits to their first day of training in the department's 224th Police Academy Cadet Class.
The class will gather in room #436 at the L.D. Morrison, Sr. Police Training Academy at 17000 Aldine-Westfield Road.
The cadets will undergo 26 weeks of rigorous training prior to graduation.
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In the past month, the N.C.A.A. and its president, Mark Emmert, have been sued, criticized and ridiculed — and more than usual. They were embarrassed by admitted mistakes in a high-profile investigation. Their critics, growing louder and in number, included a governor, state senators, lawyers, academics and university presidents.
A vote of confidence in Emmert from the organization's executive committee did little to stem the unease that surrounds the N.C.A.A., its enforcement process and Emmert in particular. Even when he took a recent vacation to Hawaii, planned over a year ago, critics cited it as evidence that he was out of touch.
His organization is charged with governing college sports. With its dense rulebook and bureaucratic structure, it is no stranger to sharp critiques, or the jokes made at its expense. But many believe that recent events, which prompted the most vociferous complaints since Emmert was named president in April 2010, have led the N.C.A.A. to the brink of a crisis. Now, even those sympathetic with the difficulty inherent in Emmert's job description are calling for widespread reforms in how college athletics are governed.
"I don't recall a time when there has been less optimism about the N.C.A.A. and how it operates," said Josephine Potuto, the former chairwoman of the N.C.A.A.'s Committee on Infractions and a law professor at Nebraska. "Whether that's on merit, or a confluence of events hitting at the same time, the fact is there's an overwhelming feeling that everything is wrong."
In a telephone interview Wednesday, Emmert, 60, described not the past month but his tenure as "challenging" under the current, shifting landscape, "a roller coaster of successes and scandals that have crossed over college sports in pretty much every dimension." Asked whether he ever feared for his job security, Emmert dismissed the question as irrelevant, saying criticism was part of the job.
"I don't think anyone could have predicted the number of issues that have surfaced," he added. "The frustration is you take two steps forward on the reform agenda and something explodes and you get knocked back. We're making great progress, but it has been much more tumultuous than any of us expected."
The clamor of criticism grew loudest this month, after Emmert admitted the N.C.A.A. botched its investigation into Miami's athletic department.
The N.C.A.A. dismissed Julie Roe Lach, the vice president for enforcement, after an internal investigation uncovered missteps in procedure that even Emmert labeled "shocking."
As the N.C.A.A. looked into allegations that a booster provided hundreds of thousands in cash to dozens of athletes, investigators violated protocol and acted against the advice of legal counsel. Still, Miami was deemed by the N.C.A.A. to have had a "lack of institutional control," which led the university's president, Donna Shalala, to fire back that the investigation was "unprofessional and unethical."
A Matter of Control
On Wednesday, Emmert noted that the N.C.A.A. was working to define phrases like "lack of institutional control" to separate the behavior of an institution from the behavior of an individual. The new definitions will not go into effect until August, and until then the N.C.A.A. will operate under the established rules.
While the Miami situation boiled, the state of Pennsylvania moved forward with its antitrust lawsuit against the N.C.A.A., filed by Governor Tom Corbett.
After the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal, the N.C.A.A. levied unprecedented penalties against Penn State and its football program — a four-year postseason ban, the loss of 10 scholarships each year, a vacating of all victories since 1997 and a $60 million fine. At issue in the lawsuit is whether the $60 million should be spent in Pennsylvania or nationwide.
The N.C.A.A. filed a lawsuit in response, arguing the latter. On Monday, Corbett filed his legal response to the N.C.A.A., which consisted of a 31-page document harshly critical of the organization's enforcement process.
The state argued that the N.C.A.A. failed to follow that process; that it threatened the death penalty for the football program if the university president, Rodney Erickson, did not waive the university's rights under the N.C.A.A.'s constitution; and that it did not "identify a single rule that P.S.U. violated," instead relying upon "a handful of vague principles, such as ethical conduct and institutional control."
Jake Corman, the state senator who signed the bill that would require Penn State to place its fine money into an endowment used for child sexual abuse prevention in Pennsylvania, called for a change in both N.C.A.A. leadership and operational standards.
"They give off the appearance of 'we're big and powerful and do what we want,' " he said. "Like what you see from a bully. How long are schools going to stand for this? It's Penn State yesterday. It's Miami today. At what point do the schools stand up and say, 'This is wrong?' "
In both cases, the N.C.A.A. bypassed its usual investigative protocol. Penn State's trustees hired the former F.B.I. director Louis J. Freeh to conduct the investigation, and the N.C.A.A. accepted the results of his report. With Miami, Emmert pleaded ignorance at the investigative missteps and fired subordinates. In both cases, he seemed to distance himself from the investigations.
To Dr. Jason Lanter, a psychology professor at Kutztown University and a past president of the Drake Group, which lobbies for integrity in college sports, this seemed like a "non-standardized approach to sanctions," which "raises a red flag on what they've done in the past."
"Not just the recent past," he added. "But everything in the past. That's problematic."
Emmert disagreed with that assessment. He instead viewed the Penn State and Miami cases as unusual situations without precedent, not part of a larger pattern. He said Penn State was handled differently "by design, by intention."
The Miami and Penn State investigations brought back into the spotlight other cases from Emmert's tenure. Like when the N.C.A.A. permitted Ohio State football players who traded cash and memorabilia for tattoos to play in the Sugar Bowl, then vacated the result and levied harsh penalties against the program. Or in the eligibility case of the U.C.L.A. basketball player Shabazz Muhammad, when the boyfriend of an N.C.A.A. staff member was overheard talking about Muhammad's presumed guilt.
The N.C.A.A. has also dealt with an academic scandal at North Carolina, lawsuits about the way it uses athletes' likenesses, and criticism it has not done enough about concussions.
"Ultimately, the guy at the top bears the responsibility," Potuto said. "That may not be fair. That may not be reasonable. But it's a fact."
Changes Upon Changes
Lou Anna K. Simon, chair of the N.C.A.A. executive committee and president of Michigan State, said the organization hired Emmert to "make fundamental changes," and as his tenure unfolded, more issues surfaced that needed to be addressed. In releasing the statement, she said the committee wanted to convey an emphasis on its reform agenda, to indicate both progress and the significant work ahead.
"The analogy would be you've hired a coach for rebuilding, and you didn't give them a chance to work through the beginning stages of the rebuilding process," she said. "That was the reason for the statement. It wasn't to pat Mark on the back."
The Miami investigation, Simon said, "touched more closely on some of the concerns our members had about enforcement prior to Miami ever being known." She added that the case would "give the changes in the culture of the N.C.A.A. more urgency" and that "significant organizational change is difficult and complex, and we're seeing that happen in real time."
Emmert began his tenure by promising to restructure the N.C.A.A., enact widespread reform and remain transparent. In October 2011, the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics applauded his leadership in a news release that also argued the actions the N.C.A.A. had taken under Emmert did not go far enough in the face of conference realignment and "other accelerating trends."
In its statement last weekend, the N.C.A.A. executive committee noted that Emmert was "hired to lead a major transformation." It highlighted the work "accomplished without fanfare, such as academic reforms, enhanced fiscal responsibility and organizational transparency."
Emmert said that the average sports fan often misunderstood his role, that he was more like a secretary general than a sports commissioner. "I'm not in the position of Roger Goodell, one who hands down penalties or makes those decisions," he said.
In regard to the recent criticism, he said: "A lot of what we're seeing right now is deep-seated concern about college sports in general. If you're one of those people that thinks college sports should be professionalized, here's your moment. If you think college athletes should be paid, here's your moment."
Even those who fault the way Emmert handled Penn State or Miami concede how difficult his job is. Part of that results from the N.C.A.A.'s structure. Harvey Schiller, a longtime executive who worked in college sports and ran the United States Olympic Committee, said that the N.C.A.A. had pushed for more involvement from the college presidents starting in the 1980s, which he said "shifted leadership from people operating at the athletic level to at the presidential level."
That, Schiller and Potuto said, changed the way the N.C.A.A. governed college sports. Under Emmert's predecessors, the creation of the Bowl Championship Series split major college football from the N.C.A.A., which was still in charge of enforcement and had to deal with the effects of conference realignment, but received none of the sport's huge revenue.
That structure and the current climate of college sports put Emmert in a tough position, according to Gene Corrigan, a past N.C.A.A. president, who argued that because the money involved is much greater under Emmert, the stakes are higher, too. "I feel for him," Corrigan said. "It's easy for people to be critical, but that job has never been more difficult than it is now. Even thinking about it gives me indigestion."
Questioning Procedures
What struck critics as different about the past month as compared with other N.C.A.A. mishaps is that the problems with the Miami and Penn State cases resulted from operational errors. Neither occurred from a rule misinterpretation or a policy disagreement. Both came from the procedure used in enforcement, which varied in each case.
Those who study the N.C.A.A. believe this time period could become a tipping point for significant reform. Lanter said a class-action lawsuit, which questions how the N.C.A.A. profits from the likeness of its athletes even after they are no longer amateurs, was the most likely impetus for major change. "That would dramatically impact college athletics," he said. "The amount of money it would have to pay out would shake the N.C.A.A. to its core."
In its statement, the executive committee called for meaningful reform in the organization's "regulatory process," including an examination of "processes, policies, procedures and investigative tools."
Asked if she believed the system could be fixed, Potuto said: "If by fix, you mean turned into something that responds reasonably well, maybe. But I'm less confident than I was 5 or 10 years ago."


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Nothing in life comes easy or is free. This page is a list of everyone and everything who have made this site possible.
This page is a credits page, a link list and a dedication all rolled into one.
- Becki Aspbury
- My brother, Mum and Dad
- Mates and fellow guitar students at ANU Matt and Bradley
- David Turner
My Music Teachers, Friends and Peers
- Ardour
- OpenSUSE
- WordPress – which powers this site
- Plainscape – which provides the visual layout/theme of the site
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Finally this site is dedicated to my girlfriend and partner Bec Aspbury and to my teacher mentor and friend David Turner


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Bowmanville, On. (July 11-13, 2014)
Robby was greatly looking forward to heading North of the border to CTMP (Mosport), one of his favorite tracks, one where he enjoyed great success the year before scoring the most points out of his competition in 2013. The schedule was pretty tight throughout the weekend as both races would be held on Saturday. Testing kicked off on Thursday morning where Robby immediately had a power steering problem, that turned out to be a bad power steering pump. Once able to be tested the car was also deemed to be down on power. Practice 1 began and Robby finished P4. The top three cars were constantly drafting, so Robby was confident with his pace for qualifying only being .7 off of the leaders. Practice 2 was the same story where Robby just tried to refine his setup for qualifying.
Robby anticipated based on new tires and the weather change that the car would tighten up so he made some setup changes. He anticipated correctly and nailed the car setup and was able to put the car on pole for race 1 and P2 for race 2. Race 1 was going as planned as Robby lead the majority of the race occasionally swapping positions because of the draft until he was run off in turn 3 sending him back to P6. he would eventually finish 4th, but understandably Robby was upset with the finish. "It is extremely frustrating to dominate the whole race, and come up short," explained Foley. "I didn't appreciate getting run off in turn 3, it wasn't a move that would have necessitated a penalty, just not very respectful racing." Although Robby finished 4th he earned better than 3rd place points on the strength of leading the most laps and leading a lap earning him some bonus points. In addition Robby also eclipsed the previous track record making him the new track record holder!
Race 2 was a similar story, except the pack got split as Lucas Bize and Ben Albano were able to draft away from the rest of the pack. Robby was leading the other pack in P3 for literally the entire race until he was drafted by on the last lap into turn 8 putting him in 5th. He then made a move on the outside of turn 9, into turn 10 passing for 4th.
Robby was overall frustrated with the weekend considering he had the speed to win and looks forward to getting after it at Road America.
Robby would like to thank his parents, Mazda, Skip Barber, BF Goorich, and SCCA Pro for their support.


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Anne-Kathrin Peters
post doctoral at Department of Information Technology, Division of Computer Systems
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Anne-Kathrin Peters is a member of the Computing Education Research Group (UpCERG). In her research, she works on diversity and social justice in computing, as well as how to integrate sustainability in computing education. She studies norms, values, and power relations in computing education, and how they affect personal development.
Anne is teaching and developing courses at the IT department. Her research has informed course and curriculum development.
Keywords: diversity gender sustainable development identity computing education equity longitudinal socio-cultural learning theories values norms power
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Anne-Kathrin Peters defended her PhD thesis titled "Learning Computing at University: Participation and Identity: A Longitudinal Study" in Dec 2017.
Anne-Kathrin Peters received her M.S.Ed.(honours), and BSc in Computer Science from the University of Hamburg, Germany. She completed two years of teacher training in Berlin. During her PhD studies, she has written a number of publications on computing students' experiences of participation in the discipline, and been part of several international collaboration projects. She has been a member of the program committee for the Koli International Conference and she is a reviewer for a number of other international conferences and journals.
Research projects:
1. A longitudinal study of computer science and engineering IT students': 23 students have been followed through their first three years of university education. Students essays, individual interviews and group interviews have been analysed. The results are insights into computing identity, as something negotiated in social interaction, and implications for student trajectories. Planned for 2019: A follow-up on the students, 5 years after the end of the longitudinal study (aiming to understand their work situations and meaning making).
2. Establishing dialogues to understand and broaden identity: An ethnographic study of two courses in the second study year, deepening prior research on identity and establishing dialogues with students, teachers, and teacher assistants for an improved understanding of identity and to explore opportunities to broaden identity.
3. Investigating IT for sustainability courses and exploring possibilities to integrate sustainability questions in computing education.
4. Innovations for a sustainable society (Vinnova project application): Inter-disciplinary research project with researchers from different disciplines within technology, natural science, and social science. The aim is to understand how to include diverse citizens in the movement towards a more sustainable society.
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Hamilton College walked off with a win in extra innings in the opener and settled for a split with Amherst College in a NESCAC West Division doubleheader at Hamilton's Royce Field on April 21.
The Continentals (12-18 overall, 3-6 NESCAC West) won the first game 1-0 in eight innings and dropped the nightcap, 6-3. The win in the opener was the first against Amherst since a 9-3 victory on May 2, 2009. It also halted the Lord Jeffs' nine-game win streak and handed Amherst its first conference loss.
With one out in the bottom of the eighth, Joe Jensen '15 walked and stole second, and the Jeffs walked Gabe Klein '13 intentionally. The Continentals put on a double steal, the catcher's throw to third sailed high into left field and Jensen scooted home for the game-winning run.
JJay Lane '15 allowed five hits and struck out two in seven innings for Hamilton. Lane brought his earned run average down to 0.94 and hasn't given up an earned run in 13 innings. Tommy Moriarty '14 (2-3) pitched a scoreless eighth inning and earned the win.
Colin Henneberger '14 was 2-for-3 with a double and a single for the Continentals. Jensen finished with two stolen bases and Zack Becker '16 and Sam Fuentes '13 recorded one single apiece.
Fred Shepard '14 gave up four hits and struck out nine over seven scoreless innings for Amherst. Cam Windham '14 (0-1) pitched the eighth and took the loss. Conner Gunn '16, Quinn Saunders-Kolberg '14 and Andrew Vandini '16 collected two hits each, and Saunders belted a double.
Hamilton and Amherst squandered scoring chances early. In the bottom of the first, Klein walked and Henneberger had an infield single. An error put both runners in scoring position with only one out, but Shepard struck out the next two batters. After Saunders-Kolberg led off the top of the third with a double, he was left stranded on third base.
Both teams had opportunities to take the lead in the sixth.Vandini led off with a single and Brendon Hardin '15 reached on an error. A sacrifice bunt by Taiki Kasuga '14 moved the runners up, but Lane retired the next two batters and left the runners stranded at second and third. In Hamilton's half of the inning, Henneberger drilled a two-out double down the right field line, but Shepard ended the threat with a strikeout.
Amherst had another opportunity in the eighth after back-to-back, one-out singles by Vandini and Hardin. Kasuga again sacrificed the runners to second and third. But with two outs, Moriarty fielded a squib in front of the plate and threw out the runner at first.
The Jeffs were powered by Bob Cook '13 in the second game. Cook went 3-for-4 with a home run, a double, two RBI and two runs scored. Odenwaelder went 2-for-3 with a homer and two RBI. Alex Hero '14 notched a single and two RBI and Kasuga racked up a pair of hits, including a double. Dylan Driscoll '14 (6-0) surrendered three runs on five hits in six innings for the win and Adam Medoff '13 picked up his first save by striking out the side in the seventh.
Jensen, Fuentes and Klein finished with one hit and one RBI each for Hamilton. Cole Dreyfuss '16 started on the mound and gave up two runs on four hits and struck out three in four innings. Dreyfuss did not figure in the decision.
Amherst struck first in the second inning when Odenwaelder smashed a two-out home run to left center field for a 1-0 lead. Hamilton put three runs on the board in the bottom of the third. Ben Goffin '15 started things with a single to right field. Jared Friedberg '16 pinch ran for Goffin, went to second on a sacrifice bunt and stole third. Nick Taylor '15 bunted for a single and stole second so that both runners were in scoring position. An infield single by Jensen drove in Friedberg, Fuentes' single drove in Taylor and Klein knocked in Jensen with another single.
The Jeffs cut their deficit to 3-2 on a solo homer off Cook's bat in the fourth inning, and took the lead with three runs in the fifth. Vandini led off with a single and moved over to second on Hardin's sacrifice bunt. A double by Kasuga put runners on second and third and Hero's groundout tied the score. Cook drilled a double to left center that plated Kasuga and after Gunn walked, Odenwaelder drove in Kasuga from second base with a single for a 5-3 advantage.
Amherst added an insurance run in the sixth for the final margin. With one out, Hardin reached on an error, and back-to-back singles by Kasuga and Hero brought Hardin around to score. Driscoll and Medoff retired the last 12 Hamilton batters in order after the third inning.
The Continentals travel to St. Lawrence University for a non-conference game on Tuesday, April 23. Amherst heads to Springfield College on Monday, April 22.
Hamilton baseball splits doubleheader with Amherst
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Friday, July 27, 2012
Reed - The challenge at Alphabet Challenge blog is M for man. Masculine cards are hard for me and that it had to be for a big man and not just a boy.
I decided to go Clean and Simple, again not something that is my strong suit.
My reed stamp is Tattered Angels, Seaside Coastal Breeze. I stamped it with Pine Needles distress ink. The sentiment is Hot Off the Press Masculine Collage stamps. I stamped it with black Memento.
My ribbon is Prima.
Now that you have seen what I made, I hope that you will come and see what the rest of the team did for this challenge and come and play with us at Alphabet Challenge Blog.
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Labels: Alphabet Challenge Blog, Masculine
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This is a great masculine card! Thanks for playing along with us at Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenges! Hugs! :)ReplyDelete
Great card Mari - I love the look of CAS cards but I can never get my head around making one! You did a great job with it!ReplyDelete
A wonderful CAS card, fabulous colours and I love that beautiful image.ReplyDelete
Heather xx
Thanks so much for joining us with Simon Says Stamp challenge
I love your CAS card - that image is so lovely :) Thank you for joining us this week over at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge, hugs, Dawny xReplyDelete
Wow! I really like this a lot.ReplyDelete
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It has nearly been seven months since WorldTeach has arrived in Chuuk, Micronesia for the first time. I still remember our first day: sunglasses, sunblock, and sandals were all intact as we took our first step from United's Island Hopper onto the canvas of Weno, the capital island with splattered hues of green and blue, proportionally measuring far less than a pencil dot on a world map. We were shuttled a three-minute drive, roughly a 10-minute walk, from the airport to our apartment building, located equidistant from Chuuk High School, the downtown markets, and the airport. Little did I know of the actual size of Weno; Google Earth does no justice when it comes to envisioning what looks like a short bike ride from one-side of the island to the other could probably take a good two to three hours, or more! In addition, compared to the other islands of the FSM, the islands of Chuuk are packed with over 50,000 people. Chuuk, or Truk, lagoon is the most populous of the four states of the FSM; included are the Mortlock to the southeast, and the Northwest Islands, both over a day's boat ride away outside of the lagoon. Although Weno is slowly becoming more 'Americanized,' with the recent addition of cable TV, internet, and relatives moving back from Guam or the mainland—which has brought a new style of clothing ("swag"), what seems like an innumerable amount of cars, a different view of relationships and public affection, and culture is slowly being pushed aside—you still see a more primitive lifestyle on other islands within and outside of the lagoon. What won't change anytime soon is the infinite amount of respect WorldTeach has felt from the people here and our students, along with a smile and the obligation to say "Hello," or "Ranannim," to someone in passing. It is easy to feel homesick, especially as my first time away from family for an extended amount of time, but during my walk to school every morning I'm reminded of why I'm here and the help I'm bringing to move Chuuk further along in the push for better education.
A lifetime of experiences has happened since that first step through Chuuk International, inside and outside of the classroom. Within our first month in Chuuk, we were introduced to the uninhabited island known as Pisiiwi (pronounced Peh see wee), or Picnic Island. About a 45-minute boat ride from the dock, we landed on a white, sandy beach settled about a mile off the coast of Weno. Some of us snorkeled, read under the shade of the coconut tree, played water-volleyball with kids, learned Chuukese words, ate local barbequed foods, and swam through a storm we watched approach as a misty haze coming from the horizon and covering the islands' mountains like a blanket. Rain or shine, which I should mention 'the Pacific turnaround' between the two states of weather can happen at any moment of time, the 400-miles-north-of-the-equator sun and the dark pink hue of a developing sunburn is always a consequence for stepping outside. We've spotted the little island of Pisiiwi from afar as we hiked up the side of one of Chuuk's volcanic mountains ("Chuuk" means "mountain" in Chuukese) to get a spectacular view of the northeast pass and the ring of white islands that form the lagoon. Along the way, convinced we've seen Jurassic Park and a replica of the massive tree at Disney World, our machete-baring teenagers guided us through eight-foot tall grass to get to Japanese guns left from Japan's rule over Chuuk during World War II. From these canon-sized guns nestled into caves at the top of the mountain, we can see the village of Sapuk, where some of us had attended a lengthy Chief initiation ceremony, filled with singing, laughter, dancing, and eating. This is also where we've kicked off during our own short canoeing trip right off the coast of Weno. Chuuk is all about adventure, and there is plenty of islands worth of it; it all depends on who you get to know, and which islands you want to see.
My classroom is a daily adventure in itself. We've called this year "Special-Ops Education" because of the high importance we've put on changing the education system due to how far behind most of the students are in English and mathematics. If you have ever had a thought about where in the world could you go to help better the lives of people and help someone in need, the answer is right here in Chuuk. My students are highly intelligent, amazing people, but they struggle because they've never had the opportunity of a good education, and in some cases, the resources to provide that education. There are some students that are fluent in English, but they lack the proper writing skills to make it in a college setting. I'm excited more than ever to be a part of the change happening in Chuuk, especially being that first year of WorldTeachers that saved the education funding in Chuuk from being cut off, and helped give the system a boost when they needed it most.
More than anything, I cherish the time with my students. They know there is a time to be serious and a time to have fun, and I try to incorporate both in my teaching philosophy. The students of Chuuk are very shy and timid, but with seven months under my belt, they've finally opened up and love to joke with me. My student council has been very successful in terms of learning their role as leaders in their respective grade-levels, putting on several parties (I've never laughed so much in my life while I was judging the Senior Halloween costume competition), organizing the group's song for music club, trying to organize their first prom ever, and suggesting cool ideas I've never heard of during our meetings. Now that my students are opening up more, even the ones that I never knew could talk, they want to know more about me… and it is something I highly encourage them to ask about! I've told so many people that I've learned more from my students than they probably have from me; sharing our cultural differences with each other and putting ourselves out there to be exposed is how we learn. It is that cultural-diversity Gen-Ed requirement that we had to take in college, except we get to experience it in real life, with real people, and real stories. For them to understand there is other places to explore, other mannerisms to respect, and other people out there to get to know that are different from themselves is important for their own well-being. The question of all questions here in Chuuk, and my personal favorite, is "What island are you from?" Deep down I want to say "Hoosier Island," just because it sounds more exotic than corn fields and rednecks, but it always sparks the discussion of the size of our states on the mainland compared to the size of all of the islands of Chuuk put together. Their follow up question is still usually said in a confused manner, "So, which island?"
Our students at Chuuk High School come from all of the islands of Chuuk, some by boat every day, and others to stay with relatives during the semester until the weekends or an extended holiday. We were recently blessed to visit an island in Faichuuk, a group of islands west of Weno in the lagoon, known as Tol. We were invited to a teaching conference, and little did I know I would be teaching in it. We went for the last day ceremony and it just so happened to be 'mathematics day.' I didn't realize I was supposed to prepare a short discussion for teachers, but after one of the local teachers finished his discussion during the upper level math workshop, he said the words "Jess, your turn." My first thought was, "my turn?" Quick thinking had me write a five-step lesson plan in terms of teaching mathematics, and how to better prepare students for the college entrance test in Micronesia. They all took notes, and I felt like a hero as a fresh graduate out of college teaching teachers whom have had their positions for years. I really felt I was bringing something they have never heard of before to a region of Chuuk where the scores are constantly the lowest, and improvement in recent years was not being made. We were the guests of honor, and I got to share my story to the other WorldTeachers as we were chowing down on a mega-sized bowl of different local foods. Each of our boxes had at least half an octopus, purple rice (the people of Chuuk love their festive, colored rice), pork with bone, one boiled fish, one raw fish, an orange, taro, breadfruit, a cupcake, and a coconut to wash it all down; enough food for a small family, right? Upon pictures with our leis and headdresses, it was back to our boat.
Chuuk and its history involves a great deal of navigation, relying on the stars and learning wind patterns, and how the Chuukese forebears were able to build strong canoes and actually navigate the aggressive Pacific from island to island. It amazes me learning about their mode of travel, how dangerous it is, yet also how much one has to understand about navigating even within the lagoon of Chuuk. On the way back, our skipper for the small five-person fiberglass boat was telling us about knowing the direction of the wind, understanding how to move the boat through the ocean waters during rough patches of waves and the weather that brings them. The lagoon was rough on the boat ride home from Tol after the teaching conference; it was nearly an hour and a half of bouncing around to get back to Weno after staring at what seemed like a mirage of a coast line. The boat constantly flew up out of the water and performed several nose dives to hit sea level again, making us all anxious to return to land. It definitely wasn't a ride for a person with easy sea sickness, but the beauty of the islands of Chuuk is flawless and was a mental getaway from the hardwood floor of our uncomfortable boat ride. Every shade of teal can be seen the closer we arrive to the islands' beach, birds resting on massive rocks protruding from the ocean's surface, mangroves hidden between adjacent islands, coconut trees stretching their trunk to hang over the beached-area of each island as if wanting to safely shed its coconuts into the water below, and beautiful white-sand beaches and sand bars in the distant as we zigzagged around the different inlets of Faichuuk. Every now and again I would see a snorkel or face mask pop up from the shallows of the lagoon as a day of successful diving meant another day's food for the family to survive. Beautiful islands and beautiful people, Chuuk is majestic in more ways than one.
My original title for this blog entry was "When People Move Mountains," in relation to the fact of changing around this education system can be compared to trying push and pull at the task the size of a mountain (a very massive, sleeping, volcanic one), and with the literal sense of 'Chuuk' meaning 'mountain.' But I really feel that in this first year we are moving Chuuk an inch closer to where it should be; however, we are only the predecessors to an amazing experience waiting to happen for future educators to continue our service. Change happens overtime, and some people forget that. We've met with several top-notch American government officials about keeping funding in Chuuk for this last-ditch effort to save these children's education, and I really see it as a last chance for them to have any kind of a future. With all of my experiences during this amazing trip to Chuuk as an educator, a friend, and a volunteer, when I'm asked the question, "What island are you from?" without hesitation, the easy answer to this now is Weno.
-Jesse W. Wilson, WT Chuuk '12-'13


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According to Remodeling magazine's 2013 "Cost vs. Value Report," Realtors consider exterior home improvement projects among the most valuable. In fact, a majority of the Top 10 projects in terms of value recouped at resale are exterior replacement projects. This makes sense given the importance of curb appeal in attracting homebuyers.
Based on interviews with real estate professionals throughout the country, the Remodeling report found that the top project is steel entry door replacement, which typically recoups 85.6 percent of costs. Making this project an even better investment is that it is also the least expensive to complete. In addition, three different siding replacement projects and two other door replacements were among the Top 10.
When it came to improvements to a home's interior, there were two projects ranked in the Top 10. Ranked fifth, a minor kitchen remodel is expected to return 75.4 percent of costs, while adding an attic bedroom and bathroom came in tied for eighth with 72.9 percent of costs recouped.
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Smiling Heart Meditations with Lisa and Ted (and Bingo)
Lisa SpillaneThis vibrant picture book tells the story of Lisa, Ted and Bingo the dog at the beach. It teaches children how they can use the Qigong Healing Heart sound and other meditative techniques drawn from Traditional Chinese Medicine to overcome impatience, anger and frustration, just like Lisa and Ted. Learn More2014, Hardback, 8.58in x 8.39in / 218mm x 213mm, 40pp, AU$23.99ISBN: 978-1-84819-200-32014, Ebook, PDF, 40pp, AU$23.99ISBN: 978-0-85701-168-8
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Lisa Spillane, illustrated by Lisa SpillaneSix Healing Sounds with Lisa and Ted teaches young children how to transform negative feelings into positive ones by using simple breathing techniques that are based on ancient Chinese Qigong exercises. These reassuring meditative stories are ideal for bedtime as they calm and settle children by soothing away the troubles of the day. Learn More2011, Hardback, 8.50in x 8.35in / 216mm x 212mm, 32pp, AU$22.99ISBN: 978-1-84819-051-12011, Ebook, PDF, 32pp, AU$22.99ISBN: 978-0-85701-031-5


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July 24, 2013
Special Meeting
Members present: Robert Gunder
Kerry Bumbaugh
Wilbur Sanders
1. The Special Meeting of Quincy Township Board of Supervisors was called to order at 9:35 am. by Chairman Gunder. Travis Schooley and Joe Schorn, Township employees were present.
2. There was no initial public comment.
3. The Insurance quotes that we received from Craig, Friedly, Potter & Moore Insurance Agency through Selective Insurance Company and Susquehanna Insurance Agency through Erie were reviewed. Susquehanna's quote was $34,053 and Craig, Friedly, Potter & Moore was $35,468. A Sanders/Bumbaugh motion approved staying with Susquehanna Insurance Agency and getting our insurance through Erie. Motion carried unanimously. Greg Duffey is to be sent a letter expressing our appreciation.
4. The bids were opened for the waterline boring. We received a quote from Valley Directional Drilling of $65 a foot for boring and $160 a foot for auger boring; we also received a bid from JMF Underground out of Mechanicsburg for $107 a foot for boring and $350 a foot for auger boring. A Sanders/Bumbaugh motion rejected the high bid from JMF Underground. Valley Directional has done past jobs and cost is comparable from before. A Sanders/Bumbaugh motion approved Travis Schooley to proceed with paper work from low quote of Valley Directional Drilling and also proceed with contract. Motion carried unanimously.
5. Joe Schorn informed the Board that he got a quote from Underground Solutions for piping and fusion. The cost for piping was $17,000 and for fusion was $4,000. Therefore the job would have to go out for bids do to the bidding limits.
6. Supervisor Gunder informed the Board that he has receive a letter from Quincy Village residents that they are experiencing power outages. The last was for 15 hours and they are not getting any cooperation from West Penn Power when contacted. Supervisor Gunder is going to contact David Kline and schedule a meeting.
7. The meeting adjourned on a Sanders/Bumbaugh motion at 10:00am.
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In 2007, while reading Brock Yates amazing book "Cannonball!", and simultaneously reading articles on The 24 Hours of LeMons crapcan endurance racing, and reading an article about current transcontinental runs by trust fund babies with super cars, spotter planes, and scarves, a proposition was created.
Could you cross the US on a budget? Could you do it in a Craigslist special? Could you do for, say, $2904 including the car? The amount came from the distance from NYC to San Francisco ... 2904 miles. Why San Francisco? Because no one really wanted to drive all the way across the country and end up in Los Angeles.
An email was sent out to a few folks discussing the idea, and funny enough a few folks answered. Disturbingly poor cars where rounded up, and on cold morning in Brooklyn the first The 2904 took place. Surprisingly to all the participants, all the cars made it. More importantly many stories were told, and much fun was had by all. To commemorate the event, parts from the losing cars created The Crappy Trophy, and it has been passed to every winner to this day.
Thinking that would be the end of it, and the pointless point had been made, in 2008 a little British publication contacted The 2904 headquarters and asked if they could join the frey. Golly, when Top Gear calls you answer. So The 2904 set off again, in slightly better cars, and slightly better costumes.
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David Kordansky Gallery was established in 2003, originally in Los Angeles' Chinatown district. From its inception, the gallery's aim has been to discover and to engage with the diverse group of artists living and working in Los Angeles and beyond. Kordansky emphasizes the idea that a gallery is not merely a showcase for individual artists, but a space to encourage and explore the dialogue between them. The gallery's program is based around the idea of creating conversations between artists and artworks, bringing together work in all media by artists both emerging and established, including Rashid Johnson, Sam Gilliam, Jonas Wood, Tala Madani, Matthew Brannon, and Jennifer Guidi.
The gallery represents and exhibits artists from across the world, exploring the dynamic cross-pollination of ideas taking place between Los Angeles and other global centers. However, its ethos has remained distinctly Californian in its openness to experimentation. In September 2014, the gallery moved to its current location, a 20,000-square-foot space in Mid-City, allowing for an expanded program of ambitious solo, group, and historical exhibitions.
Ruby Neri, David Kordansky Gallery, Independent New York, 2018, Installation view, Photography: Isabel Asha Penzlien, Courtesy of David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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Jerry Seib: A Democratic Plan for Trade With Asia
After a failed attempt to pass a free trade trade agreement with Asia, the discussion may not be over. Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance Ron Wyden explained to Jerry Seib about a growing coalition of Democrats willing to make free trade an issue in congress.
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I ... we're here this week The Wall Street Journal CFO network meeting CIA foes from some of the nations in the world's most important companies ... in the conversations here in occurred to me that one of the issues has been lost in the shuffle in Washington in recent weeks and months ... is the question of free trade ... but when I interviewed Senator Ron Wyden the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee ... he promised to put that issue back on the agenda and push this party the Democratic Party ... toward a more free trade position ... here's what he had to say ... my my my hope is the spike her is a coalition ... partner bow to ... the jury is going to be in place here in the next few months we're not talking about this being in the turn of the mind spending a lot of time ... talking to my colleagues on the finance committee ... about provisions that would ensure ... my cards which legitimately is looking at the security challenge help ... middle-class people ... again it had a tough economy that they're satisfied that we have a new trade agenda to do it ... and that we can keep Republicans on the program I think laughing together the next few months my my hope is I don't set calendar ... in the United States Senate but is my hope ... that in the next few months we'll have a new bipartisan coalition for expanded trade ... that for the first time in recent years with the new focus ... on what I think it's not just a political issue but an economic issue we need a tree ... policy that helped to create more opportunities for middle class people who are legitimately ... very concerned about where our future ... CBC other parts of the conversation and others have been happening here on WS J dot com ...


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"Arguing this case was by far the most rewarding (and challenging) experience of my summer. I never imagined that as a summer associate, I'd be able to work closely with a client, argue in front of an ALJ and even cross-examine opposing witnesses. This project opened my eyes to the amazing possibilities for doing pro bono work at a law firm, and I plan to do much more of it as a full-time attorney."
— Sophie Mancall-Bitel, Summer Associate, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Merjem Dodik* worked in accounts payable at a nonalcoholic beverage distribution company for 14 years. She always received good performance evaluations. Then, one day in April 2014, Ms. Dodik told a coworker that she was worried that her longtime professional contacts would not be able to navigate the company's new phone system, and asked the coworker how to use the system. Unfortunately, the woman in charge of installing the new phones overheard, and this allegedly caused a confrontation.
The woman in charge of installing the phones reported Ms. Dodik to the company's CEO and CFO for cursing and causing a disturbance in the office. Without asking for her side of the story, the CEO fired Ms. Dodik. Had he spoken to her, he might have discovered that Ms. Dodik never swears.
Ms. Dodik applied to the New York State Department of Labor (DOL) for unemployment insurance benefits. Based on information her former employer provided, the DOL concluded that Ms. Dodik had been fired for misconduct and denied her claim.
Ms. Dodik requested a hearing and called Volunteers of Legal Service's Unemployment Insurance Advocacy Project hotline for help. After interviewing Ms. Dodik and assessing the merits of the matter, Dave Fillingame, VOLS' Project Director, referred the case to Sophie Mancall-Bitel, a summer associate, and Bob Sheehan, of counsel, at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. Ms. Mancall-Bitel and Mr. Sheehan volunteered to take on the case.
Ms. Dodik's hearing was scheduled to be conducted by telephone. Ms. Dodik, who is from Bosnia and Herzegovina, was nervous about the prospect of having to make herself clear over the phone to an Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ") she had never met. At Ms. Mancall-Bitel's and Mr. Sheehan's request, the ALJ granted Ms. Dodik an in-person hearing in White Plains, NY. Her employer appeared by phone.
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Il Gelato di San Crispino
Il Gelato di San Crispino has two locations: the original, 15-year-old shop at the Basilica of San Giovanni and a branch near the Trevi Fountain. Try the signature San Crispino flavor with corbezzolo (wild-strawberry-tree honey from Sardinia). But don't ask for it in a cone, the intellectual ice-cream making brothers Pasquale and Giusseppe Alongi believe that cones spoil the taste of their perfect concoctions.


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UN council split over Syria crimes
The UN Security Council's president has said the council is divided over whether to refer reports of war crimes in Syria to the International Criminal Court.
Five council members - France, Britain, Luxembourg, Australia and South Korea - made a joint statement urging the world body to send the problem to the International Criminal Court to prosecute war criminals.
But council president Masood Khan, the ambassador of Pakistan, said the council is divided in private deliberations over what to do.
Some council members contend that having the court pursue prosecutions will encourage Syrian president Bashar Assad's regime to dig in and resist to the end.
They spoke after UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay told the council that the death toll in Syria has reached 60,000.


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2014 Budget Enacted for Bureau of Labor Statistics
Update: June 18, 2014
As a result of further discussions, the BLS will continue to produce the International Price Program (IPP) export price indexes through the end of FY 2015. Additional information and updates will be provided as more is known.
Update: April 9, 2014
Subsequent to the original announcement below, discussions have been initiated to explore alternative Federal sources of funding to continue producing and publishing the International Price Program (IPP) export price indexes. The BLS will continue to produce and publish these indexes through the first quarter of FY 2015. Once the discussions to explore alternative funding sources are concluded, an announcement will be made concerning how the necessary data will be produced to avoid any disruption to the calculation of the real Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
On Friday, January 17, 2014, President Obama signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014. The Act provides $592.2 million in funding to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for the fiscal year (FY) 2014 that began October 1, 2013. This funding level is $21.6 million below the FY 2014 President's Budget. In order to achieve the necessary savings for this funding level and protect core programs, the BLS is taking the steps listed below:
- Curtail the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). The QCEW program provides national, State, metropolitan statistical area, and county data on monthly employment and quarterly total wages and the number of establishments, by 6-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and by size of establishment. The BLS will achieve savings largely by reducing the scope and frequency of collection for select units in the QCEW survey that is used to validate and update the NAICS code of business establishments. This will result in a small degradation in the quality of QCEW data and make the QCEW slightly less accurate as a sampling frame.
- Curtail the International Price Program (IPP). IPP Export Price Indexes measure the price change of goods and services sold to foreign buyers. The BLS will discontinue production and publication of its Export Price Indexes. These indexes currently are used in the production of National Income and Product Accounts and in the calculation of real Gross Domestic Product. In addition, these indexes are used to help understand trends in U.S. real trade balances and competitiveness and issues such as the impact of exchange rate movements.
Through these measures, the BLS will be able to preserve the quality of its remaining products.
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With the growth in interactive network games comes an increased importance in a better understanding of the effects of latency on user performance. While previous work has studied the tolerance game players have for high latencies and has studied the effects of latency on user performance in real-time strategy games, to the best of our knowledge, there has been no systematic study of the effects of loss and latency on user performance. In this paper we study user performance for Unreal Tournament 2003 (UT2003), a popular FPS game, under varying amounts of latency and packet loss. First, we deduced typical real world values of packet loss and latency experienced on the Internet today by monitoring operational UT2003 game servers. We used these realistic values of loss and latency in a controlled netwoked environment that emulated various conditions of loss and latency, allowing us to test UT2003 at the network, application and user levels. We designed player cations down into the fundamental FPS interaction components of movement and shooting, and conduced numerous user studies under controlled network conditions. We find that the levels of packet loss and latency typical for most UT2003 Internet server, while unpleasant, will not drastically impact player performance. Since most FPS games typically consist of the similar generic player actions to those tested, we believe that these results may have broader implications.
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Elizabeth Warren's hubris, the decline of Modern Art, Project Veritas videos, radical LGBTQ and the church, and urban Leftism — it's all discussed here.
(This is a companion post to the No. 24 Bookworm Podcast which I uploaded yesterday. The content is mostly the same, although not identical. It won't matter much whether you prefer to read or listen.)
Elizabeth Warren's dangerous hubris. The other day, during my No. 23 podcast, I noted that success has gone to Elizabeth Warren's head. She's no longer the soft-spoken, mousy law professor I remember from the mid-1980s. Instead, she's a nasty, aggressive, anti-conservative politician. Even Saturday Night Life has figured out that Warren is no longer Ms. Sweet Granny, but instead thinks she's the Don Rickles of politics:
I had in the back of my mind when I mentioned this change the fact that Elizabeth Warren reminded me of a movie character undone by her own hubris. I just couldn't remember which character. [Read more…]