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Has School Fundraising Gone Too Far?
With budgets trending leaner and meaner, school fundraising is a bigger priority than ever, yet parents are getting fed up with feeling obligated to pitch in. What's the lesson here?
When the school district in Mount Vernon, New York, faced a dire budget crisis, officials decided to eliminate all high school sports teams for the 2008-2009 school year.
Parents were outraged. Students were devastated. In this working-class Westchester County community, sports are a crucial way to keep kids in school.
To the rescue: the Mount Vernon Educational Foundation. Like similar organizations around the country, it was formed by parents specifically to raise money for enrichment programs. The coaches and school district asked the group, started in 2003, to spearhead a fundraising campaign to restore the highly ranked athletics lineup.
The response was swift—and awesome. A rival high school contributed $800 from ticket and raffle sales. Former Mount Vernon residents Denzel Washington and Ben Gordon of the Chicago Bulls made highly publicized donations. A couple from a neighboring community asked that wedding guests give money to the foundation rather than buy registry gifts, netting more than $15,000.
In the end, nearly $1 million was raised and the kids were back in action. The following year, the school district lost some middle school teams, but managed to find money in its budget to preserve sports at the high school level.
"The goal was to keep the athletes in school, help them graduate and attend college," says Ronnie Cox, president of the foundation.
There was no question of going back, hat in hand, to ask for more private donations.
That's because while it can be relatively easy to whip up support for a one-time campaign, it's much harder to score big donations on an ongoing basis.
"I made it very clear to the school board and the superintendent that this was a one-time emergency that should not have to be repeated," says Cox. "It's the responsibility of the school board and superintendent to manage the resources to meet the community's needs. The foundation will partner with the school district, but not replace it."
The Mount Vernon story exemplifies the best and worst of school fundraising in these tough times. People can be incredibly generous. But you can't repeatedly ask everyone to open their wallets.
History Lesson
Bake sales, car washes, raffles, auctions—fundraising is nothing new. But the reality of multiple years of slashed budgets means schools aren't just trying to cover extras like arts, athletics and field trips but also core necessities. In some cases, parents have banded together to raise money to literally keep schools open and pay teachers' salaries.
Such activities raise not only money but serious issues. When a wealthy suburban area is affected by budget cuts, the parents have the wherewithal to step forward to do pretty much whatever it takes to retain a teacher, program or athletic team, says Dan Domenech, Ph.D., executive director of the American Association of School Administrators. In poor communities? Not so. "That lack of resources is a major factor in terms of widening the achievement gap," says Domenech.
However, raising money for photo equipment is a far cry from selling cookies to pay teachers' salaries. In 2009 the West Lafayette Schools Education Foundation in Indiana raised $217,000 to bring back five teachers who had been laid off due to budget cuts. Chuck Saylors, immediate past president of the National PTA, who is also a school board trustee in Greenville, South Carolina, worries about relying on fundraisers to essentially subsidize educational needs.
"That's very dangerous," according to Saylors. "Five years from now, when funding is more stable, state and county elected officials are going to say, 'We don't need to put more money in. The parents will pay.'" And relying on fundraising to cover basics makes it nearly impossible to do long-range planning, adds Domenech, because schools can't count on a similar amount of money coming in every year.
Facing the Inevitable
Most people view school fundraising as necessary and are more or less okay with it. But some parents question recent methods. Blogger Laura Wellington, a New Jersey mother of five, found plenty of fodder in 2010 when her fifth-grade daughter came home from school with a letter stating that she was to earn $20 doing household chores, which then had to be contributed to the school to make up a budget shortfall.
"Paying my children to do chores goes against everything I believe in," Wellington said. "It's stepping on parents' toes and teaching the kids a lesson about how not to stay on budget."
Her blog entry touched a nerve and was picked up by the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. She even appeared on several television shows. One San Francisco parent commented on the blog, "I can testify that the drumbeat of fundraising is constant, relentless and impossible to ignore."
Wellington was incensed again later in the year, when her daughter came home with an info packet about how to have her artwork reproduced on a shirt or clipboard for $12. "I understand they need the money, but I feel like every time a kid does something, it turns into an opportunity to fundraise," Wellington said.
To counteract this, some PTAs have started asking parents to make a specific one-time donation at the beginning of the school year. For example, Saylors says, his child's elementary school asked every family to contribute $100. The concept met with "limited success," he says. "Not everyone can write a check for $100, and the school's PTA still had to do a few fundraisers during the year."
Most parents—and kids—prefer actually doing something instead of just selling stuff. A car wash, a triathlon or a meal in a school gym where students serve and clean up are usually far better received than yet another candy sale. Auctions are popular, but again, income is a factor. In wealthier districts, parents can bid more and have the ability to donate (or fairly easily procure) desirable prizes, such as a week at someone's second home. Obviously, that is not a realistic option in poorer communities.
The New Deal
Stanley Levenson, author of Big Time Fundraising for Today's Schools (Corwin Press), takes an opposing view by arguing that typical time-consuming, labor-intensive fundraisers don't cut it anymore. Past successes aside, car washes and carnivals can no longer carry the burden for financially strapped schools, he says. "If public schools are to compete for needed dollars," explains Levenson, "superintendents and others must aggressively apply the fundraising strategies used so effectively in universities and private schools."
That means creating district-wide development offices, conducting annual and capital campaigns and writing applications for corporate, foundation and government grants. According to Levenson, development offices can become profit centers in two years or less.
Of course, most districts will have a hard time implementing this model. For starters, it requires a certain amount of overhead. "In low-income communities, the question could be, do you form a development office or put a teacher in a classroom," says Saylors.
In December 2010, the Los Angeles school board unanimously approved a plan to allow the district to seek corporate sponsorships. This could mean, for instance, arranged school visits to pass out samples of approved food products, or placing donors' logos in lunchrooms. But the board also drew a line—they will not do business with companies that sell alcohol, tobacco, firearms or high-calorie or high-fat foods.
While corporations can bring money into schools, they then potentially wield influence, which brings up a long-standing concern about school commercialization. "When companies get involved, it's not purely altruistic," says Faith Boninger, Ph.D., a research associate at the National Education Policy Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder. "They're trying to make the children customers for life." In other words, kids are bombarded by marketers in their regular lives. Schools should be a neutral zone.
In Levenson's eyes, that concern is overstated. As he sees it, companies already influence kids who go online, watch TV and look at magazines or billboards. By not involving corporations in the total fundraising effort, a school or district is missing out on a good possible source of external cash.
Although establishing development offices, applying for grants and courting corporate sponsors requires resources and time—both scarce at most public schools—it appears to be the wave of the future. Even those who are resistant acknowledge there may be no choice.
Los Angeles school board member Steve Zimmer says corporate sponsors are a necessary evil and we must proceed with extreme caution. For example, in theory, a textbook company could make a sizable donation, then have a book chosen for class use even if it's not the best option. "This is a dangerous scenario, and that's why I'm so uncomfortable," says Zimmer. "But this is our new reality. Public funding is no longer funding public education."
Buy the Way
Sales-wise, there are worthwhile alternatives to same-olds like candy, candles and frozen cookie dough. A few to check out:
Fair Trade FundraisingFunky finds include wallets made from recycled billboards, banana-leaf greeting cards and reclaimed-paper bracelets created by Guatemalan, Rwandan and Ugandan communities. Schools can order goods at a discount, sell at a markup and bank the difference.
GreenraisingStarted by a mom who was tired of schools preaching environmentalism, then selling wrapping paper made from nonrecycled paper. Eco-conscious reusables like totes and water bottles, along with fair-trade items such as coffee and jewelry, are sold here.
Naumes Fruit GiftsOffers fruit baskets to pre-sell, with schools receiving 20 percent of the profits. The company then donates, pound for pound, the amount of fruit your organization sells to a local food bank.
Thinking Outside the Box
Schools around the country have come up with unusual ways to generate cash. This is just a sampling from fundraising-ideas.org.
Rappin' TeachersA week or so before a planned pep rally, set up a table with jars, each with a teacher's name on the front. Ask students to buy tickets for $1 apiece, which they put in the jar of whomever they choose. The teacher who ends up with the most tickets lip-syncs a rap song of his or her choosing at the rally.
School Spirit Chain(Best for high school) Play on the natural competition between freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors and have a contest to see who has the most school spirit. During a specific week, students buy strips of paper for $1 to contribute to the paper chain for their class, which is kept hidden. Then, at an assembly, have class reps bring out the chains. Members of the class with the longest chain win bragging rights for the rest of the school year. The only cost is paper and staples or tape.
Adult Spelling BeeWhat kid doesn't like to see an adult put on the spot? Hold a spelling bee in the school auditorium one night and get an administrator to agree to give the words, which can easily be downloaded from the Internet. Each class selects three parents to represent them, either individually or as a team. Determine an entrance fee per person/team and ask a local business, such as a popular restaurant, to donate a gift certificate for the winner.
Originally published in the March 2012 issue of Family Circle magazine.


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Soon after Iranian officials announced they'd sent a monkey to space, close observers started wondering if the Iranians had been, as the saying goes, just monkeying around.
Photos published by the official state media ahead of the space monkey launch showed a distinctive monkey with a mole above its right eye. Yet footage of the creature after it had returned from its flight seemed to picture another monkey altogether, one without a mole, with darker fur, and with a changed facial structure and nose shape.
"It looks like a very different monkey, the nose, the features, everything is different," Yariv Bash, founder and chief executive officer of Space Israel, a non-profit Israeli space organization, told the U.K.'s Telegraph newspaper. "This means that either the original monkey died from a heart attack after the rocket landed or that the experiment didn't go that well."
The discrepancy led many to cry foul, and suggest that Iran had faked its space success. [ Was Iran's Space Monkey Launch Faked? (Video) ]
Yet Iranian space officials insist the monkey launch was genuine, and said that a different monkey was featured in pre-launch footage than the individual that was chosen for the real flight. A handful of animals had been trained for the mission, officials said, and the monkey that seemed least stressed and best prepared when the time came was chosen, senior Iranian space official Mohammad Ebrahimi told The Associated Press.
"I say this with certainty that the monkey is in good health and the spaceflight didn't have any physical effect on Pishgam," Ebrahimi said, referring to the monkey by its name, Pishgam, which means pioneer in Farsi.
"Some of the photos released by one of news agencies were not related to the time of flight. They were archive photos of the monkeys being prepared for the launch."
And other experts say the monkey with the mole may have been the one that was launched on a test flight in 2011 that reportedly failed, though Iranian officials have never publicly spoken about that flight.
If the most recently monkey launch was in fact successful, it could pave the way for Iran to launch a human to space.
Space news from NBCNews.com
Teen's space mission fueled by social media
Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: "Astronaut Abby" is at the controls of a social-media machine that is launching the 15-year-old from Minnesota to Kazakhstan this month for the liftoff of the International Space Station's next crew.
- Buzz Aldrin's vision for journey to Mars
- Giant black hole may be cooking up meals
- Watch a 'ring of fire' solar eclipse online
- Teen's space mission fueled by social media
The Islamic Republic's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has already volunteered to be the first to go.
While Iran maintains its space program is for peaceful, scientific purposes, critics warn that the same rocket technology used to loft monkeys to space could be developed to launch ballistic missiles carrying nuclear warheads.
Follow Clara Moskowitz on Twitter @ClaraMoskowitz or Space.com @Spacedotcom. We're also on Facebook and Google+.
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Here be dragons; Paddens' signs span the globe.
AUBURN - There is a dragon in the home of Betty and Bob Padden at 341 Oxford St. North.
When they finish carving and painting it, the 5-foot wooden serpent will hang in Chester, Canada, over the entrance to the Fo'c'sle. Founded in 1764, it is the oldest rural tavern in Nova Scotia.
The Paddens, owners of Wooden Apple Signmakers, also carved the large, gilded letters marking the entrance to Quincy Market at Faneuil Hall; the processional crucifix used at The College of the Holy Cross; the Massachusetts State Police Academy entrance sign; the Dellano & Seymour Hawaiian House sign in Honolulu; the Amish Furniture sign in Ninilchik, Alaska; as well as signs for Anheuser Busch, Colonial Williamsburg and numerous shops in Cape Cod and Pennsylvania.
"We have carved thousands of signs that hang all over the country and around the world," Mr. Padden said.
Ironically, there is no sign outside identifying their business, though two large "Wooden Apple" signs hang on the walls inside.
"The town wouldn't let us put out a sign," Mrs. Padden said.
Their work and teaching of carving is done in a large and colorful studio-classroom attached to their Hobbit-like house, which sits on a triangular, tree-covered lot at the intersection of Oxford Street North and Bryn Mawr Avenue.
Even though it is no longer the holiday season, entering their house is like walking into Santa's workshop.
Overhead are flags of the many states and nations in which the Paddens' signs hang. There are cases of carved miniatures and colorful crystal balls decorated on the inside with reverse painting designed by Mrs. Padden. The walls are covered with rows of chisels and other tools that hang amid signs of all sizes, wreaths surrounding carved figures, paintings and other Padden artworks.
One 2-foot carving of a Santa-like toymaker looks remarkably like her husband.
"He's a good model," Mrs. Padden said.
On the floor are painted canvas mats that serve as rugs or tablecloths.
"We're starting a line of canvas rugs," Mrs. Padden said.
There are also small piles of "Woodcarving Illustrated" magazine, to which Mrs. Padden is a regular contributor. Her most recent article, "Heartfelt Home Door Topper," with complete instructions and a pattern, is in the Spring 2013 edition.
Mrs. Padden, who also wrote a book, "Lettering and Sign Carving Workbook," published in 2011, is a "self-taught master carver," according to her proud husband.
Their successful business was begun in May 1976 by Mr. Padden.
Mr. Padden said, "I was a regional manager for Sears when the company opened a store in Auburn. After seven years with Sears, I wanted a change."
He had always had an interest in carving, and decided to open a sign shop upstairs in the old railroad depot that currently houses Golden Pizza at the intersection of Brotherton Way and Auburn Street.
"Bob Newcomb got the P&W Railroad to let him use the old depot. He and Dick Fuller sold furniture, and Joe Messina, a local cop, sold rugs downstairs. We opened Wooden Apple Signmakers upstairs," Mr. Padden said.
His brother, Pat Padden, owned several stores on Cape Cod and gave Mr. Padden his first contract for signs.
He said the owner of Winchester Insurance, Kip Winchester, sold him insurance at the same time local builder Fran Johnson was building Mr. Winchester's house.
Mr. Johnson's daughter, Betty, had recently graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst with a degree in anthropology. At UMass, she had taken a course in wood technology from R. Bruce Hoadley.
"I had whittled on my own for years. Dr. Hoadley introduced me to chisels and the amazing scope of what can be done," Mrs. Padden said.
"One day, Betty came to our studio with a bag of her work to apply for a job. I was so impressed! She was a self-taught master carver and a beautiful girl. What she does is amazing. I am so proud of her," Mr. Padden said.
The couple celebrated their 33rd wedding anniversary Nov. 2.
They regularly visit trade shows, where they have earned contracts with the Disney Corp., Ne'Qwa Art, Blossom Bucket, Colonial Williamsburg, Lang Company Calendars, Kitchen Kettle Village and many other companies and shops.
Mrs. Padden said, "Businesses have come to know how important a good sign is. People love wood. It is warm and natural. Our students are fascinated to learn how to release a figure out of a block of wood."
They have letters from several shop owners, who say business rose 20 to 25 percent once they had their carved wooden sign erected.
One letter is from former Fire Chief Roger Belhumeur, a student of the Paddens. Mr. Belhumeur made the Bell's Garden Center sign that hangs outside his son Matthew's business at 201 Southbridge St.
"We are so proud of him and all our students. Many of them come here with no art experience at all. We teach them carving and painting. Painting's the hard part," Mrs. Padden said.
She said all her students learn the art of shading and mixing colors. "That's where the magic comes from."
The Paddens have two sons: Thomas, who recently graduated from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, and Joseph, an Auburn police officer and "a wonderful carver," Mrs. Padden said.
She said the most difficult carvings they have ever worked on were the memorial carvings of State Trooper George L. Hannah and Auburn Patrolman Stephen A. Lukas, who both died in the line of duty in Auburn. Carvings of both men hang in the lobby of the Auburn Police Department.
"I hope we never have to do another."
The Wooden Apple Signmakers shop is open by appointment only. Visit www.woodenapplesignmakers.com for more information.
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CUTLINE: (1) Betty Padden of The Wooden Apple Signmakers works on a dragon for the Fo'c'sle, the oldest rural tavern in Nova Scotia. (2) Wood carver Betty Padden and her husband, Robert, owners of The Wooden Apple Signmakers.
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Drake and Rihanna are locking things down.
There have certainly been many hints that Rihanna and Drake have been hooking up once again, with Rihanna popping up often on Drake's European tour, and the two being spotted holding hands leaving a bowling alley last weekend.
Well, according to sources close to the two stars, they're getting serious. Apparently RiRi and Drizzy have spent every night together since she arrived, and Drake is "in the best mood he's been in a long time."
With all this cuffing going down, 2014 is looking to be rap's most monogamous year ever.
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superior semicircular canal
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in the news - SCDS patient stories
definition of SCDS
common symptoms of SCDS
common signs of SCDS
how can you test for SCDS?
management options in SCDS
Patients with hearing loss and fullness or autophony as their only complaints should be observed. A hearing aid can be helpful if a low to mid frequency conductive hearing loss is seen.
There is a real risk of hearing loss following SCD repair (12% if performed for the first time, via a middle fossa approach and using a plugging technique) and surgery should only be offered to a patient with confirmed SSCD if:
1) Dizziness with symptoms referable to the ear that has the SCD seen on high resolution CT scans of the temporal bone, reformatted to the planes parallel and perpendicular to the superior canals.
2) compelling clinical history (ear fullness, autophony, oscillopsia and sound and pressure sensitivity)
3) signs of symptomatic SCD are present on exam (nystagmus to pressure or sound, tuning forks lateralize to ear that has "normal" hearing, etc.)
4) VEMP testing shows low thresholds in the involved ear
5) High resolution CT scans reformatted to examine the superior canals in the Poschel and Stenver planes
Surgical approaches include either a middle fossa craniotomy approach performed by a neurotologic surgeon (and sometimes with a neurosurgeon) or a transmastoid approach.
MIDDLE FOSSA CRANIOTOMY - this is a surgical approach through the side of the skull, above the ear. A hole, about 2 inches square, is made in the skull, the dura (lining) of the brain is gently retracted off of the skull base, the SCD is identified, and the defect is either plugged or resurfaced. Plugging is associated with a more stable repair but potentially with a higher risk of mild to moderate hearing loss. Although resurfacing has not yet been shown to be associated with hearing loss, there is a higher incidence of recurrence.
The other advantage to a middle fossa craniotomy is the exposure that is obtained during the surgery. Often, the skull base surround the SCD is also very thin, or even dehiscent (like Swiss-cheese) - and requires a repair using a thin slab of bone harvested from the same bone flap that is raised during the initial craniotomy. This ensures that the entire skull base is repaired, not just the SCD. Why is this important? Holes in the skull base can lead to other problems, like a small portion of the brain (with the lining called the dura) to push through and fill the middle ear or mastoid. This is called a meningoencephalocele.
TRANSMASTOID REPAIR (Case #4) - this is an approach behind the ear, through the mastoid to expose the superior canal and plug it. The actually SCD defect is never visualized directly and new holes are made in the canal to plug it. There is a potential of greater risk of hearing loss using this surgical approach compared with SCD plugging using a middle fossa craniotomy approach based on an older small study of two patients but a recent study with three patients and our experience at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary has shown that this is a safe approach that preserves hearing and improves dizziness.
Ideally, the transmastoid approach may be useful for a patient that has SCD and a skull base or tegmen that is NOT low-lying and has no other associated holes or brain herniating into the ear. In some cases, the SCD may be located along the SIDE of the canal (Case #4) and not on the TOP, as seen in most classic cases of SCDS. If the defect is located on the side of the canal away from the surgeon (posterior-medial), the SCD may be more difficult to visualize using a craniotomy approach.
The transmastoid approach is a safe approach and small studies have shown that this is a reasonable alternative surgical technique for SCDS, provided that the skull base / tegmen is not too low and that there is no evidence for large defects / holes in the skull base or brain sagging into the ear.
surgical repair of SCDS
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Case 1 - 27 year old woman with left SCDS (video)
Case 2 - 39 year old woman with left SCDS (video)
Case 3 - 48 year old man with left SCDS and meningoencephalocele
Case 4 - 15 year old female patient with right SCDS secondary to a prominent superior petrosal sinus who underwent transmastoid repair
Case 5 - 27 year old man patient with right ear "near" dehiscence of the superior canal arcuate eminence (blue-lined or thin superior canal) and dural herniation through skull base (tegmen) defect


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If I Order My Plants Now Can I Keep Them Inside Until It's Warm Enough To Move Them Outside?
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Spring is almost within reach making pond owners everywhere anxious to begin this seasons water gardening. While you don't want to be the left in the dust by waiting too long to get your plants, are you going to waste your money by ordering your plants too early and subjecting them to cold weather? It is not uncommon for customers with established green houses to order plants early in the season and keep them indoors, but what about the every-day water gardener who doesn't have a greenhouse?
The difficulty associated with maintaining your aquatic plants indoors depends on the type of plant. Bog plants can be potted and watered, floating plants would be placed in aquariums or Tupperware containers filled with water, and lilies can be placed in planting media and partially submerged. While plants intended for cooler temperatures or partial shade will do well when left by a window, tropical plants and floating plants intended for warmer zones will require grow lights to provide an abundance of warmth and beneficial light spectrum. The type of plant purchased, and the zone you are located in will determine how long you would need to keep the plant indoors before you can add it to your pond.
Purchasing the plants that are ideal for your area is made fairly simple by using a zone map. Zone maps break down areas of the country into zones based on their climate. Each plant is assigned a zone or range of zones that it can thrive in. By locating yourself on a zone map and assigning yourself a zone you can then select plants that do particularly well in that zone. You can also purchase plants that are intended for zones with warmer climates, but they will need to be added to your pond later in the season when it is warmer, and they may not last as long as plants intended for cooler climates.
To make early plant purchases easy for those of us with less-than-green thumbs we allow customers to order their aquatic plants whenever they like and we will hold them until their zone is past warnings of frost and cold weather. Sending your plants to you when temperatures are ideal in your area will help ensure that your plants will survive and limit the amount of work you have to do to get the plants ready for your pond. Simply choose the ones you would like to see in your water garden and our friendly pond guys and gals will take care of the rest.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Despite another double-double performance from senior Elizabeth Bromirski, the Birmingham-Southern women's basketball team lost to Rhodes College, 75-57, Sunday afternoon in Memphis.
The Panthers fall to 9-12 overall and 5-5 in the Southern Athletic Association; the league-leading Lynx move to 17-3 overall and 9-1 in the SAA with their fifth straight win.
Bromirski recorded a team-high 17 points and 14 rebounds for her eight double-double of the season. Freshman Laura van Peursem also established a career-high with 12 points on 5-10 shooting.
Rhodes pulled out to a 5-0 lead in the first two minutes and would never trail. Leading 15-10 at the 10:56 mark, the Lynx used a 15-2 run over the next seven minutes to pull up 32-12, and led 39-17 at the half. The Panthers out-scored Rhodes 40-36 in the second half, with Bromirski scoring 13 of her 17 during that period, but it wasn't enough to overcome the first-half deficit.
SAA leading scorer Lauren Avant led all players with 30 points for Rhodes, and also had a team-high 10 rebounds, while two more Lynx were also in double digits in scoring.
The Lynx held a slight edge in rebounding, 43-41, but the difference-maker was turnovers as BSC committed 21 to Rhodes' nine.
The Panthers return home next weekend, hosting Centre on Friday, Feb. 14, at 6 p.m., and Sewanee on Sunday, Feb. 16, at 1 p.m. in Bill Battle Coliseum.


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I've been studying up on the psychological phenomenon known as projection. Sigmund Freud explained it as the mental mechanism by which a person attributes to others the very qualities he or she despises, and cannot confront, in themselves. I've also been learning about passive-aggressive behavior. This is language and actions that are abusive but cleverly hidden behind a thin veil of civility. For example, the first two sentences of this vanity card.
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Come and discover the Wine Route in Lleida-Costers del Segre, a journey round the wineries in Lleida to learn about the gastronomy, culture and geography of the area. On this route you'll be able to taste traditional or recently-produced wines, made in charming wineries; and you'll also be able to visit districts with a rich cultural heritage and a beautiful countryside. We invite you to discover the middle basin of the Segre River, between the Pyrenees and the Ebro River, with vineyards growing at 200 - 400 metres above sea level. A trip to discover all about wine, where past, present and future come together. Come and enjoy!
Piwnice winiarskie na szlaku
- >Mas Blanch i Jové
- >L'Olivera
- >Vinya l'Hereu de Seró
- >Raimat
- >Vila Corona
- >Tomàs Cusiné
- >Vall de Baldomar
- >Vinya els Vilars
- >Sauvella
- >Castell d'Encús
Jakie są jego wina?
They offer a wide variety of fine wines, fit for the best menus: The red wines are deep, fruity and elegant, with predominance of Tempranillo, Cabernet, Sauvignon and Merlot grapes, and increasing presence of Sirah and Garnacha. The white wines are complex, expressive and persistent. The main varieties are Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Albariño, Riesling and Macabeu. In general they are highly chromatic full-bodied wines, that improve when stored in bottles for a certain period of time.
Co mogę znaleźć?
Typical fairs and festivals. Many of them are related to gastronomy, such as the Quality Extra Virgin Oil Fair and Les Garrigues Fair (Les Borges Blanques, in January), Honey Festival – Balaguer Fair (May), l'Aplec del Caragol snail festival (Lleida, in May), Melon Fair (Artesa de Segre, in August), Wine Harvest Festival in Verdú (October), Wine Festival in Lleida (October) and the Quince Jelly Fair (Tremp, in October). Delicious and diverse gastronomy. It includes natural products that are planted, grown and produced in the fields in the area: fruit, vegetables, oil, meat… Monuments, museums and visitor centres that are always worth visiting. Areas that are perfect for outdoor activities: mountain bike routes, adventure sports, water activities, hiking, bird watching…
Jak dojechać?
The route is situated in the province of Lleida, in Catalonia. There is an airport in the province and the AVE high-speed train can be taken from the city of Lleida. It is well connected with large cities such as Madrid, Barcelona, Zaragoza and Seville. Lleida is also conveniently connected with the different towns in the province by road. The main roads to get there are the Nordeste toll motorway (AP-2), the Lleida-Barcelona motorway (A-2) and Eje Transversal road (C-25).
Wine towns
The route covers the districts of Pallars Jussà, Segrià, Urgell, Garrigues, Noguera and Segarra. Here you'll find wineries, urban and rural accommodation, shops-cellars and restaurants. If you wish, you can take part in wine- and oil-tasting courses, and purchase gourmet products. And while you take a walk in these areas you'll discover remains of times gone by, the footprints of many people who have lived in these lands over the centuries. Use the map on this page to see all the destinations that form part of the Lleida-Costers del Segre Wine Route and the photo gallery to view some pictures of the area.


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A winner was selected from 20 designs submitted by 9 freelance designers.
Per current trend I'd like a web 2.0 look with minimal graphics and great typography.
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White background, the rest is up to you.
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I love the layouts of these sites, the darker header and footer with the content on a white background in the middle:
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Arvest Consumer Sentiment Survey shows spending plans continue to rise.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Consumers in the Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma region said they have made major household purchases in the last six months and plan to make at least one more major purchase in the next six months, according to final information released today from the Arvest Consumer Sentiment Survey.
Those are among the more noticeable findings from the third installment of the Fall 2016 Arvest Consumer Sentiment Survey released today. This installment is the final piece of the survey, conducted in March and including Greater Kansas City, and focuses on consumers' attitudes and behaviors concerning spending, saving and debt.
Most notably, 35 percent of regional respondents indicate that they plan to make major purchases in the next six months, compared with 34 percent in March. The percentage of respondents who report they had made a major household purchase in the past six months rose from 39 percent to 40 percent. Among the remaining 65 percent who do not plan such major purchases in the next six months, 20 percent reported they were waiting for the right time to buy, while 80 percent said they had no plans to buy at all. Major household purchases were defined as furniture, televisions, refrigerators and other large items.
"Consumers may be looking forward to the holiday season with an eye toward buying presents, while continuing household updates they may have been putting off from early in the economic recovery," Arvest Marketing Director Jason Kincy said. "They seem to be feeling a bit more confident in their personal economies, as their increasing spending plans and slight decrease in current savings rates seem to indicate."
This was particularly noticeable in Arkansas and Missouri.
"This is the highest level of purchase expectations (in Arkansas) since the Arvest Consumer Sentiment Survey began," said Kathy Deck, director of the Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas and lead economist for the survey.
David Mitchell, director of the Bureau of Economic Research at Missouri State University, said households in his state "are more optimistic about long-run prospects than they were at this point last year."
Those feelings were more tempered in Oklahoma, which has been dealing with the effects of a lingering slump in the energy sector.
"As we move into the holiday season, both retailers and governments that rely on the sales tax base for general revenue funds will be watching Oklahoma consumers closely to see just how large of a purchase they will make and just how long they intend to wait before doing so," said Russell Evans, executive director of the Steven C. Agee Economic Research & Policy Institute at Oklahoma City University.
The percent of respondents who reported having no current consumer debt was 28 percent, up from 22 percent in March. Consumer debt within the region was divided among several categories – mortgage, home equity, auto, credit cards and student loans. In the region overall, more consumers reported having consumer debt in particular categories, with increases in auto loans, which grew from 33 to 35 percent, and credit cards, up from 41 to 44 percent. Student loans remained steady at 21 percent.
When looking at the current savings rate, consumers within the region reported they are saving 13.9 percent of their earnings, which is lower than the 15.8 percent from the previous survey. The overall savings rate for Arkansas is 13.4 percent, while Missouri is at 16.3 percent and Oklahoma 14.1 percent.
The percent of respondents across the region who plan on increasing their rate of savings has risen from 22 to 26 percent since the spring survey.
The Arvest Consumer Sentiment Survey is conducted by the Center for Business and Economic Research in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. The University of Oklahoma's Public Opinion Learning Laboratory conducted the 1,200 random online and telephone surveys.
With each study, the Consumer Sentiment Survey Index score will be released first, followed by a second release on consumer outlook, including the Current Conditions Index and the Consumer Expectations Index, which are sub-indexes of the Consumer Sentiment Survey Index.
Arvest Bank's sponsorship of this survey is due to its desire to provide beneficial data for its customers and communities. The data provides a reading of how consumers are feeling about the economy in the states where the bank operates. Because consumers drive the majority of economic activity, it is important to simply know where people in the state stand in their views.
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10-Day Hridaya Silent Meditation Retreat (in English)
January 30 - February 10, 2020
Course Fee: $320 USD (Accommodation and meals extra)
Course Dates: January 31-February 9, 2020
Accommodation Dates: January 30-February 10, 2020
The Hridaya Silent Meditation Retreat is a unique 10-day immersion experience that focuses on accessing our real and essential nature, the supreme and divine Self, atman, through an artful integration of meditation and yoga techniques. During the retreat, we address broad aspects of the Spiritual Heart, from a variety of traditions including esoteric Christian, Sufi, and Kashmir Shaivism. The atmosphere will be one of agape and strong spiritual support. Read more.
Please plan to arrive no later than the afternoon of the day before the retreat. There will be an Orientation Session held at 2:30 pm that day. It is not possible to register for the retreat after this time. If you will arrive later than 2:30 pm, please email us in advance to make arrangements.
Please note that it is not possible to join the retreat after 7:00 am on the first day.
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07:00-09:00 Meditation (beginning in shorter segments)
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12:30-13:00 Meditation
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Interest in the Hridaya Silent Meditation Retreat has grown consistently since we started our meditation and yoga center in Mexico in 2012. As in some of our retreats we reach the maximum capacity of our halls, there is occasionally the need to close enrollment and place interested students on a waiting list. We know that some people have a limited time in which they can join us.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 26 diseños de 7 diseñadores freelance.
Stepcase Lifehack is a popular blog which focuses into content and community for productivity and organization themes. Logo should be timeless yet has some Web 2.0 styles and tries to incorporate the meaning and style (look and feel, color theme) of its parent company.
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Salaam and Greeting of Peace:
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So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
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Elle's Studio is a familiar name to many scrapbookers, but they are exhibiting for the first time at the Craft & Hobby Association shows in Chicago.
I dropped by the booth first thing when the show opened on Tuesday and ran into some familiar faces:
Left to right, there's Elle Price (the Elle of Elle's Studio), Jennifer Wilson of Simple Scrapper, me, and Scrapbook Update Contributing Writer Stephanie Medley-Rath. Elle and I were both contributors to Jennifer's recent book, Everyday Storyteller.
Elle's Studio was showing several new collections for their CHA show debut – The Sweet Life, Spooky Tales and Be Merry – as well as their 2013 tags and a collection of everyday tags & stamps. These collections, loaded with 4×6 and 3.5×2.5 cards as well as smaller labels and tags, are sure to make Project Lifers happy.
The Sweet Life is an everyday collection full of happy, bright colors:
Spooky Tales is Elle's Studio's contribution to the Halloween market for this year:
Be Merry is Elle's Studio's take on the holidays for 2012. It's classic red and green, but with touches of pink thrown in:
The collection of everyday tags and stamps are great basics for Project Lifers or anyone doing other date-based projects. There's also some fabulous all-purpose journaling cards.
It's hard to believe, but 2013 is coming fast, and Elle's Studio has tags and journalers for date-related craft projects.
The Sweet Life, 2013 Calendars, and the everyday tags & stamps will be shipping to retailers in August. Spooky Tales and Be Merry will ship to retailers in September.


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Robots march (well, walk) in land of Disney
Keywords:robot? International Conference on Robotics and Automation? IEEE? R. Colin Johnson?
Humanoid robots seized the spotlight at the IEEE's recent International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Orlando, Florida. All told, more than 1,200 engineers explored all the angles and scales of robots in upwards of 750 sessions covering everything from nanobots to full-sized robotic automobiles.
But humanoid robots dominated a host of sessions at the Disney World Hilton, ranging from pure theoretical studies to end-user applications. In the latter category was a report by Japan's Waseda University and Kanagawa University that described a new robot designed to help senior citizens walk.
"Society is rapidly aging," said Atsuo Takanishi, a Waseda University professor, citing estimates by Japan's Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry that almost 1.75 million—more than half of the nation's disabled—suffer from limb disabilities. So he and fellow researchers Yu Ogura, Hiroyuki Aikawa, Kazushi Shimomura, Hideki Kondo and Akitoshi Morishima set out to help them. Professor Hun-ok Lim at Kanagawa University also contributed to the research. In the end, they built Wabian-2, "the first robot designed to help walking-assistance makers in testing their instruments," Takanishi said.
Most senior citizens suffering from lower-limb disabilities can often be helped by wheeled walkers, the researchers said. But no robotic platform exists to quantitatively establish a human walking model that can guide the design of walkers and other aids.
Walking the walk
To the rescue comes Wabian-2, with movement that mimics that of humans, including a trunk that rotates. The humanoid's robotic arms can support its weight while pushing a walker, enabling walker designers to validate their equipment in the lab well before it's tested by people.
Others have built humanoid robots, Takanishi said, including Honda (P2, P3 and Asimo); the Japanese National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology and Kawada Industries Inc. (HRP-2P); the University of Tokyo (H6 and H7); the Technical University of Munich, Germany (Johnnie); and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KHR-2). "But all these designs, including our own Wabian-1, were just trying to achieve stable, dynamic walking," he said.
Indeed, walking is a prerequisite to qualify as a humanoid, and it preoccupied many at the conference, including researchers from South Korea who hope to craft a generic walking algorithm that could supplant today's custom-designed ones.
"We have proven the validity of a simple rolling-sphere model on a constrained surface, rather than include all the complexities and full dynamics for a bipedal walking robot," said Bum-Jae You, director of the Intelligent Robot Research Center at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology in Seoul. He worked with researchers Doik Kim and Youngjin Choi at Hanyang University in South Korea.
You's model envisions a flat platform inside the robot, on which a rolling ball can freely move. By tilting the robot's body to keep the ball at the center of mass, any walking robot can remain stable and upright. For instance, when stepping forward the center of mass moves forward. To maintain zero momentum, the robot's body must tilt back by the exact amount that keeps the ball in a fixed position.
That's fine for simple walking, but if the robot bumps into something or is pushed from behind, say researchers at the University of Tokyo and City University of Hong Kong, they'll need a special algorithm to maintain stability. "For sudden and large perturbations, we propose a method that is based on observation of human reactions," said professor Katsushi Ikeuchi at the University of Tokyo. He worked with fellow researcher Shunsuke Kudoh and with professor Taku Komura at the City University of Hong Kong.
The researchers used video cameras and force plates to capture human responses to sudden disturbances, and then extracted the parameters relevant to their solution. For instance, when pushed from behind, a human compensates by quickly sliding one foot forward, then continuing to walk. The researchers encapsulated the discovered parameters in an optimization calculation that walking-robot designers can engineer into their algorithms.
Chef's apprentice
If all that "walking" worked up an appetite in Orlando, one of the more realistic humanoids, designed by the University of Tokyo, aims at conquering one of the most ubiquitous tasks facing any human: cooking meals. "We are designing a housekeeping robot that realizes one of the seminal dreams of robotics—a robot housekeeper that can cook simple dishes while cooperating with a human cook," said University of Tokyo professor Masayuki Inaba, who worked with fellow researchers Fabien Gravot, Atsushi Haneda and Kei Okada.
The cooking robot combined predefined kitchen tasks, such as slicing and dicing, with dialogs aimed at enabling a human cook to assign tasks to the robot. To accomplish its task, the robot incorporated motion-planning algorithms that enable it to execute its predefined tasks anywhere in the kitchen.
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Conversation with longtime A's president Crowley
Bay Area native discusses Beane, club's economics, stadium situation
OAKLAND -- Mike Crowley is president of the Oakland A's. He's been in that position since Sandy Alderson left the organization for a key spot in the Commissioner's office in late 1998.
At 45, Crowley has a smooth, youthful face and a background in business administration. On the field at the O.co Coliseum as the A's opened their American League Division Series against the Tigers on Friday night, Crowley was buttoned down in a jacket and tie.
Meanwhile, Lew Wolff, the team's managing partner, was casually dressed in a lime-green pullover with an A's logo on it.
"He's the owner," Crowley told MLB.com with a laugh. "I couldn't get him to dress like this. The only time he puts on a coat and tie is for an owners' meeting."
No dress down Fridays for Crowley. Despite a delightful personality, Crowley is wedged between Wolff and general manager Billy Beane. They are dynamic personalities, as is manager Bob Melvin. Beane was played by Brad Pitt in the film depiction of the Michael Lewis book, "Moneyball." Crowley's character wasn't portrayed in the movie.
It doesn't faze him. Crowley is content to stay behind the scenes.
"I don't worry about those things," Crowley said. "I look at it as the ownership thanks me with my contract and [a paycheck] the 15th and the 30th of every month."
In an extensive interview, MLB.com learned more about Crowley and his take on the economics of the high-striving A's, not to mention the stadium situation.
MLB.com: I imagine this must be a lot of fun this year to be back in the playoffs for the second consecutive October.
Crowley: Oh, it is. Last year was exciting because expectations were so low. Expectations are a little higher this year. But to play the way we did throughout the season, clinch a little bit early and get home field, it's a lot of fun. And with 48,000-plus people in the stands, it's loud and hopefully we're giving them something to cheer about.
MLB.com: Last year there was a "glad to be here" feeling to the team in the playoffs. This year, they expect to win.
Crowley: That's true. And it was a quick turnaround last year, too. We won it on the last day and had a quick turnaround to get to Detroit and play. This year we were able to enjoy it a little bit more.
MLB.com: In all due respect, you must be one of the most unheralded executives in baseball.
Crowley: Oh, I don't know about that. The most important thing to me is how the team does and how the organization does as a whole. I'm proud of the organization and the people we have here. The key to anybody's success is surrounding yourself with good people and I've certainly done that with Billy and Bob and the VPs we have here at the A's.
MLB.com: So please tell people who might not know you where you came from what your background is.
Crowley: I grew up here in the [San Francisco] Bay Area. Other than a couple of stints in college, I've lived here my whole life. I love the Bay Area. I went to University of Notre Dame undergrad and started in public accounting in San Jose. I went into a family-owned business for about eight years and came here as the chief financial officer in 1997. I was fortunate enough to be hired by Sandy Alderson, who was president at the time. And when Sandy left to go to Major League Baseball, I think I was just in the right place at the right time. But it's been great. I love working here, I love the people here, I love the organization and I love the sport. There are worse places to spend a day at work than the ballpark.
MLB.com: So how did that all happen?
Crowley: Sandy was the president and general manager in 1997 when I was hired. Billy was promoted as GM at the beginning of '98 and I was promoted at the end of '98, just before Sandy left.
MLB.com: Sandy and Billy are some legendary baseball people that you worked with.
Crowley: Absolutely. Billy and I were pretty young, a lot younger than we are now. We grew up in the business together, working side by side. Obviously he's had tremendous success and the organization has as well.
MLB.com: When I talked to Lew a couple of weeks ago, he made a point of saying that it's not as if this organization doesn't have some money to spend, but you operate as a business with about half of your gross revenue dedicated to player payroll. How was the platform developed?
Crowley: The principles of business are the same across many different industries. We have a very different product than other people. We spend, and Billy spends on the player payroll, what he thinks is appropriate. And certainly, we're not looking to make a lot of money here, but certainly we don't want to lose money. I think that's just a prudent way to operate our business. I have a fiduciary responsibility, as Billy does, to our investors. Billy spends in areas that he thinks are wise and in some years like this when we think we have an opportunity to win, you go out and get an [Alberto] Callaspo at the Trade Deadline to make the team better. The philosophy comes out of traditional business, where you try to do the best with the resources you have and I think we've done a pretty good job of that here.
MLB.com: Where do the A's stand as far as gross revenue in Major League Baseball at this point?
Crowley: I'd say we're probably in the bottom third. And a lot of that is venue driven. The guys I have here have worked really hard to get the most out of what we have and I think they do a pretty good job. But when you're limited with some of the [ballpark] amenities you have to sell, it makes it a little bit tougher.
MLB.com: I don't think most people understand that in the last Basic Agreement, the top 10 markets are exempt from getting revenue sharing and the Bay Area is among those top 10 markets. The A's, for now, are not included in that exemption because of the stadium situation. This is finite, though, it won't go on forever.
Crowley: That's correct. You're exactly right the way you describe the Basic Agreement and we do receive revenue sharing until we get a new venue. Certainly that recognizes that the situation we're in right now is a little bit more difficult. When we do get a new venue in the Bay Area, those opportunities to generate revenue will be sufficient for what we lose in revenue sharing.
MLB.com: That exemption, which also applies to the Rays, actually has to be renegotiated when the current agreement expires in 2016.
Crowley: That's right. Everything gets renegotiated in collective bargaining. Certainly there's no guarantee that [exemption] will be there, but we're hoping that at some point in time we're no longer [revenue-sharing] recipients.
MLB.com: Is it safe to say that without a new ballpark or a continued inclusion in the revenue-sharing pool, the A's couldn't be this successful on the field?
Crowley: I think that's correct. That's the beauty of the revenue-sharing model. The way economics are in baseball -- as opposed to the NFL or some other model -- there are markets in this country where you're only going to generate, say, so much television money. It's all numbers driven. So in theory, the 10 biggest markets that you speak of have a real advantage. And though the revenue-sharing model hasn't really leveled the playing field, it certainly has closed the gap.
MLB.com: So Lew also said that you guys are trying to negotiate a five-year extension at the Coliseum with three additional option years. So you guys think it's going to be awhile before this stadium situation is settled?
Crowley: Right. With the Coliseum, we are attempting to do that with less than modest success at this point. Who knows where those negotiations are going to go? But given the circumstances in the state of California when you build anything, even if you got the approval to build today, going through the environmental process, going possibly through an election, going through working drawings and a 24-month build, we're probably looking at at least five years.
MLB.com: You know well enough since you grew up in the Bay Area that it took the Giants 20 years to fund, find a piece of land, and open AT&T Park. So you guys aren't even halfway through that process.
Crowley: [Laughing] I hope it's not 20 years. I won't be a very young man at that point, that for sure.
MLB.com: And Lew is 78.
Crowley: [More laughter] I know. He reminds me about that all the time.
MLB.com: So where do you think you are on that San Jose stadium process?
Crowley: It's where it's been all along. We're following the process as outlined by the Commissioner. So we'll see where that goes.


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International Women's Day 2017: A Time for Action
By Deborah Birx on March 7, 2017
Today, on International Women's Day, we celebrate the critical progress made toward advancing the economic future of adolescent girls and young women and we recommit ourselves to expanding their access to education, health care, and jobs.
Far too many women and girls around the world still face barriers to accessing these fundamental opportunities. Every year, 390,000 adolescent girls and young women are infected with HIV -- more than 1,000 a day. In sub-Saharan Africa, the numbers are even more staggering: nearly three out of four adolescents newly infected with HIV are female, and in some countries young women are up to 14 times more likely to contract HIV than young men.
On #WomensDay2017, let's recommit to building a safer, more secure & sustainable future for every #girl & woman. #EndAIDS #IWD2017 pic.twitter.com/umC3UXmTrH— PEPFAR (@PEPFAR) March 8, 2017
Many factors increase girls' vulnerability to HIV, including a lack of access to secondary school, sexual violence, harmful traditional practices, and exclusion from economic opportunities. Ninety-eight million girls around the world are not in school, yet we know that a girl who has a basic education is three times less likely to contract HIV. Girls who experience violence are up to three times more likely to be infected with HIV or other sexually transmitted infections; Violence Against Children Surveys conducted in 11 countries found that an average of one in three young women reported their first sexual experience as forced or coerced.
This must change. The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is driving efforts to ensure girls can grow into Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free, Mentored, and Safe women through our DREAMS public-private partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Girl Effect, Johnson & Johnson, Gilead Sciences, and ViiV Healthcare. Our complementary DREAMS Innovation Challenge is supporting creative and community-based approaches to meet local needs. Together, we are strengthening families, keeping girls in school and safe from sexual violence, avoiding and reducing risk, and providing a bridge to employment for young women.
Thru #DREAMS @PEPFAR has reached 1 MILLION #girls & #women w/interventions 2 address social barriers that increase risk for #HIV. #IWD2017 pic.twitter.com/udmhgg6uwn— PEPFAR (@PEPFAR) March 8, 2017
The early results speak for themselves. In its first year of implementation, DREAMS reached one million adolescent girls and young women with interventions to address the factors that increase their risk for HIV infection. But this is only the beginning. Much more work remains and there is no time to waste. The population of young women in sub-Saharan Africa is expected to increase to more than 200 million by the year 2020, doubling the number in 1990, so it is more critical than ever that we act with urgency and focus.
PEPFAR's efforts, alongside our many partners, are changing the very course of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The American people, through PEPFAR, are supporting life-saving treatment for almost 11.5 million men, women, and children. We have prevented nearly two million babies from being born with HIV. And PEPFAR is providing critical care and support for close to 6.2 million orphans, vulnerable children, and their caregivers to mitigate the physical, emotional, and economic impact of HIV/AIDS on children.
Ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030 is possible, but only if we empower, protect, and support adolescent girls and young women. On this International Women's Day, we are more determined than ever to build a safer, more secure, and sustainable future for them, so they can grow up healthy and AIDS-free.
About the Author: Ambassador-at-Large, Deborah L. Birx, M.D., is the Coordinator of the United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS and U.S. Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy.
Editor's Note: This entry also appears on the Huffington Post's blog and published on Medium.com/StateDept.


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Winnipeg It stands alone on the wide open Canadian prairie. Winnipeg is the focal point of a territory so vast that you must look at the map of North America to appreciate its full sweep. The nearest metropolis, Minneapolis- St. Paul, lies 450 miles to the southeast. To the west, Regina is 350 miles distant and Calgary and Edmonton are more than 800 miles away. Like ancient Rome, Winnipeg is the center to which all roads lead over a large part of the northern plains. Both of Canada's transcontinental railway lines pass through Winnipeg, and air lanes have inevitably been drawn to this magnetic city, capital of the province of Manitoba. Center of all that can be surveyed for hundreds of miles around, Winnipeg is big, bustling and on the go. The farmland of southern Manitoba is rich, its black soil well moistened by winter snow and summer rains. The country to the north has recently been yielding ever increasing quantities of minerals. The people of the province, energetic and well educated, are ready to step into the future. In such a setting, the prospects of the Deloitte, Haskins & Sells office in Winnipeg are bright indeed. (Before January 1, 1971 the firm name was Deloitte, Plender, Haskins & Sells.) The most significant event in the history of the Winnipeg Office of DPH&S was the merger in 1954 with Millar, Macdonald & Co., a well established Winnipeg firm with thirteen partners and a history going back to 1920. Until 1954 DPH&S had offices in Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver, but it had become obvious that if the firm were to progress it required a broader base from which to operate. The late Walter J. Macdonald, senior partner of Millar, Macdonald & Co., and Arthur Foye, managing partner of Haskins & Sells, arranged the merger. It became official on June 1, 1954, with Mr. Macdonald becoming senior partner and Winnipeg becoming the DPH&S head office for Canada. Since that time Winnipeg has earned a reputation as a DPH&S training ground. As of 1971, three Canadian offices, in Edmonton, Toronto and Prince George, were headed by ex-Winnipeggers, and all but two offices in Canada had at least one alumnus of Winnipeg on their rosters. Even the Canadian Wheat Board, the government agency which regulates Canada's premier export, reached into the Winnipeg Office to recruit its Executive Director in Gordon Earl and its Treasurer in Peebles Kelly, both former partners. "We are an exporting province," says Don Tomlin, partner in charge of the Winnipeg Office. Don, a partner in the Macdonald firm before the merger, is a native of Winnipeg and a graduate of the University of Manitoba, who declares that he finds Winnipeg a most satisfactory place in which to live and work. He is cordial, energetic and deeply engrossed in professional and com- A few of the crew. In the reception area of the new Winnipeg Office, partner in charge Donald A. Tomlin (right front) gathers some of the professional and clerical staff for an informal portrait. Youth predominates in this summer picture, because student accountants are in the city for university courses while many experienced older people are on a well-earned vacation.


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Sure they do... all paygrades are written in the same manner. E-1 through O-9
That's why I put both "titles" in my signature block, as per my "user name" is my Army grade, not CAP, as I plan on getting promoted sooner than later....but my retired grade will always stay the same.
I have seen two first hand that were SSgt. They are content with their choice. Just because you do not understand the reasons why, that doesn't mean that they do not have good ones.
Interesting that now they seem to have eliminated the CAP NCO Grade of SGT. I can't imagine anybody wanting to hang on to their enlisted grade if they were below E-7....
I was actually just making an observation because this thread began (in 2006) mentioning the NCO grade of SGT, and apparently that was removed sometime a little bit more recently than when the AF did away with it.
Again, I will refer you to the first page of this thread, where it was cited in 2006.


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FROSTBURG, Md. – The No. 15 Salisbury University football team secured the Empire 8 Athletic Conference championship outright with a 48-2 win over Frostburg State University in the 14th annual Regents Cup game at Bobcat Stadium on Saturday.
With the win, Salisbury (8-2, 6-1 Empire 8) claimed consecutive conference titles for the first time since winning back-to-back Atlantic Central Football Conference championships in 2004-05. The victory was also Head Coach Sherman Wood's 100th in 14 seasons at his alma mater. He is has a 100-48 (.676) record at Salisbury and is 121-86-1 (.584) in 20 years as a collegiate head coach.
Senior quarterback Dan Griffin ran for 70 yards and two touchdowns to become SU's all-time leader in points with 270, and was 4-for-8 for 116 yards with one TD passing to lead Salisbury to its ninth straight win over Frostburg State (3-7, 1-6).
All four completions went to sophomore slot and SU McGlinchey Regents Cup MVP Isaiah Taylor, who also added a 70-yard punt return for a touchdown to go along with a 37-yard receiving TD. Senior slot Ross Flanigan posted a game-high 98 yards rushing and two touchdowns on nine carries as SU registered 415 yards, including 299 on the ground.
Salisbury opened the scoring with an 8-yard touchdown by Flanigan to put Salisbury up, 7-0, with 11:09 remaining in the first quarter. SU made three first downs on the drive, including one on a 28-yard pass from Griffin to Taylor.
The Bobcats responded with a 12-play, 51-yard drive to the Sea Gulls 27-yard line, but did not convert on fourth and 12. On the ensuing possession, another Taylor reception – this one 25 yards – moved SU to the Frostburg State 45.
Flanigan and Joe Benedetti (12 carries, 45 yards) followed with consecutive first downs rushing and, two plays later, Griffin found the end zone on a 15-yard rush for a 14-0 lead with 3:36 left in the quarter. The TD tied Griffin for the career school record in points with 264.
Salisbury added to the lead 33 seconds later when, two plays into an FSU drive, senior cornerback Paul Moore picked up a Michael Fourth fumble and brought it back 20 yards for his third score of the season and a 20-0 lead. The snap on the extra point was fumbled and recovered by Mikal Davis, who rumbled 98 yards the other way for a safety.
The Sea Gulls put the game away in the second half with 28 unanswered points.
Griffin hit Taylor on a post pattern with 10:48 remaining in the third quarter for a touchdown that made it 27-2, before Griffin bulled his way in from 2 yards to overtake Mike Coppa (1984-87) for the all-time points-scored mark to make it 34-2 with 5:58 remaining in the quarter.
After an FSU drive stalled, Zach Tuckmantel booted a 40-yard punt that Taylor took on his own 30-yard line and raced down the sideline for the Sea Gulls' first punt-return TD since current assistant coach Brandon Hudson did it against the Apprentice School on Oct. 3, 2009.
Flanigan had a 10-yard rushing touchdown at the 4:59 mark of the fourth quarter to account for the final margin.
Senior Chris Everett made a game-high-tying 12 tackles (seven solo) to pace the Salisbury defense. Sophomore Steven Gamble had five tackles and one of three forced fumbles on the day. Freshman David Handy chipped in with two sacks for 18 yards.
Frostburg State MVP Fourth led the Bobcats with 96 yards rushing on 21 carries while Ken Emmons was 10-of-31 for 136 yards.
Brendan Blanchette had 12 tackles for the FSU defense. Nick Harvey also tallied four stops, a sack and a forced fumble.
Salisbury will learn of its NCAA tournament plans Sunday via the NCAA Division III Football Selection Show at 6 p.m. To watch the video on NCAA.com, click here.


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Good to see a section dedicated to warm water. Anyone doing anything on the Juniata - primarily the section from Lewistown down to the mouth? Judging by what I can see in the previous threads the Susky is still fishing poorly. I had hoped that these rivers would show some recovery this year. I have been unable to fish them and hoped to hear some good news that would portend better fishing for 2008. I did rather poorly on the lower J the last three years. I agree that fallfish can save the day. I've had a lot of fun with them - although the ones I've caught in the Juniata seem to top out at about 11 inches. Hopefuly some of you have had some good bass action on the Juniata.
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I haven't fished it yet but I would luv to join you on the river when you get back
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AS/NZS ISO 9001:2000 quality management system design I am trying to get a pdf copy of this but can only find the print copy - i understand thats just the hard copy there in the library
i am trying to access the standards australia online,
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Hi Muller,
I just tried accessing SAI then and it worked better in Chrome than IE. If someone shuts down their browsing session without logging off that logon will remain active for 15 minutes but after that it should become free again, so hopefully you can get on now... as I logged off my session correctly.
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Mark Byrnes
Mark Byrnes is a former senior associate editor at CityLab who writes about design and architecture.
When the French set out to redesign Hanoi, they weren't simply looking to imprint their urban vision on the Vietnamese. They were looking to create a city of the future.
From 1873 to 1940 and again from 1946 to 1954, Hanoi was under the colonial rule of France. These periods of colonial oversight left a permanent impact on the city's layout. "The French, more than other European countries with colonies at the time, were trying to figure out what their future cities would be like and determining exactly what was 'the gift' they were bringing to these colonies," says Gwendolyn Wright, architecture professor at Columbia University and author of The Politics of Design in French Colonial Urbanism.
It is likely that what the French did give Hanoi was an infrastructure that added a layer of order and sensibility on a continent where cities can feel untamed.
What the French did in Hanoi is somewhat similar to what they did with Paris (above). Barron Haussman's famous plan for the City of Light established wider and more orderly paths but allowed small hints of the city's medieval past to remain.
A current aerial image of a portion of Hanoi that was left mostly untouched by the French.
Prior to the colonial period, Hanoi evolved naturally and, at times, unpredictably. Pathways were established over time and buildings clustered around them. The result was a dynamic and disorderly built environment.
A current aerial image of a portion of Hanoi that was very carefully planned out by the French during colonialism.
When the French moved in, they endeavored to contain that disorderly urbanism within newly established tree-lined boulevards and public squares. This allowed Hanoi to maintain much of its dynamic identity while also establishing easily navigable and efficient paths to different neighborhoods.
Ultimately, the city of Hanoi took on a character that was specifically French. By creating a built environment that felt romantic and comforting in scale and design, much of the colonial-era buildings were not only liked by natives but are still in use today.
Hanoi's Opera House (courtesy Wikimedia Commons).
Hanoi's Presidential Palace, formerly hosting the French Governor-General of Indochina (image courtesy Wikimedia Commons).
A neo-gothic cathedral in Hanoi (image courtesy Eustaquio Santimano).
Although the locals are glad to have the French gone, there was little "de-Frenchification" of Hanoi after their departure. According to Wright, this is because the French "did a good job with the environments they created. The architecture was decent and the public spaces were popular." Those successful approaches to city planning have led to the creation and preservation of street culture that is specific to Vietnam, especially Hanoi.
A typical night scene in a commercial street in the city (image courtesy Wikimedia Commons).
"Walking along boulevards is a cultural tradition that did not exist before" says Wright. "The whole idea of the 'flâneur' at a cafe is now very much a part of street life." Mixed in with the typical Asian street commerce culture of cooking, vending and squatting, Hanoi has a street culture that is truly Vietnamese but leaves hints of a European legacy.
Consistently weighing the value of Hanoi's past against French economic interests, what is left is a thoughtful compromise that resulted in an exciting urban experience.
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The pioneering festival marketplace was among the most trendsetting urban attractions of the last 40 years. Now it's looking for a new place in a changed city.
A different kind of wealth distribution in 17th-century Amsterdam paved the way for its quintessential home design.
In an era of austere federal funding for urban public transportation, light rail seemed to make sense. Did the little trains of the 1980s pull their own weight?
Looking at the population and job growth of large cities proper, rather than their metro areas, uncovers some surprises.
Livability indexes can obscure the experiences of non-white people. CityLab analyzed the outcomes just for black women, for a different kind of ranking.


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Cal State San Bernardino guard Angela Streets has been named the California Collegiate Athletic Association's (CCAA) women's basketball Player of the Week for the week of Jan. 30 – Feb. 5.
Streets, a senior from Chandler, Ariz., had a solid weekend while helping the Coyotes to wins over Cal State Dominguez and Cal State L.A., and their first CCAA sweep of the season. She averaged 24.5 points on 14-for-29 shooting (46.2 percent), four rebounds and two assists while playing all but three minutes in her team's two games.
During a 64-49 win over the Toros on Friday, Streets scored 24 points, collected four rebounds, three assists, a steal and block. She followed that effort with 25 points, four rebounds and two assists in a 63-57 victory over Cal State L.A.
Riverside native Brandon Ward of Cal State Monterey Bay was named Men's Player of the Week.
Cal State San Bernardino is next in action on Friday when it hosts Cal State Stanislaus at 5:30 p.m.
CCAA Women's Basketball Players of the Week:
Nov. 7-13: Chelsea Carlisle (UC San Diego)
Nov. 14-20: Sarah Semenero (Cal Poly Pomona)
Nov. 21-27: Chelsea Carlisle (UC San Diego)
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Coming off bowl win could be "turning point" for Colorado State's program, CSU says
A popular topic during Colorado State's interviews at the recent Mountain West football media days was asking the Rams if there is any carryover from their come-from-behind victory over Washington State last December at the New Mexico Bowl.
"Our team got a taste of (bowl season) last year and we're all hungry and have momentum to do it again," CSU senior linebacker Aaron Davis said.
"It's good to be able to show the young guys coming in that the end result is wins if we prepare," Davis added. "When they get homesick and tired, we can tell them that it will all be worth it at the end. We want to have that feeling again that we had at the end of last season."
Said CSU coach Jim McElwain: "You hope after (the bowl victory), guys ill want to feast at the buffet table again. I'm not sure we'll be able to measure (the effects of that postseason win) in the short term. I'll be curious five, six, seven, eight years down the road to see because that could be a turning point in a program's development. I don't know if it will be or not."


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On this date on 1986 I arrived at Calvert Street to start work on the copy desk at The Baltimore Sun. That makes it, accounting for the [cough] hiatus [cough], twenty-five of the past twenty-six years.
Never was a quarter-century better spent.
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When Peyton Manning puts pen to paper on his new deal to give the Broncos the second Hall of Fame worthy quarterback on the team's payroll, the new collective bargaining agreement will limit the contact the team's coaches can have with Manning over the next month.
However, the Broncos can give Manning a playbook immediately "for voluntary study," but the playbook must be available to any other player on the roster as well. It's likely Manning would get something from the Broncos, but his fingerprints will be all over the offense in the coming season and the playbook the Broncos have now won't look too much like the one they exit training camp with in September.
With any playbook the give to Manning, the Broncos cannot include any additional coaching materials and the coaches cannot answer any questions he has until April 16 when offseason programs can begin around the league.