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Machines Gauging Your Star Potential Automate HR Hiring
By Aki Ito - Oct 10, 2013 9:01 PM PT
They can drive cars, win Jeopardy and find your
soon-to-be favorite song. Machines are also learning to decipher the most human
qualities about you -- and help businesses predict your potential to be their
next star employee.
A handful of technology companies from Knack.it Corp. to
Evolv Inc. are doing just that, developing video games and online
questionnaires that measure personality attributes in a job applicant. Based on
patterns of how a company's best performers responded in these assessments, the
software estimates a candidate's suitability to be everything from a warehouse
worker to an investment bank analyst.
Welcome to hiring in the age of big data, an ambition
marrying automation with analysis in the race to better allocate talent. Having
people work at what they do best would make them more productive, bolstering
the economy's capacity to expand, according to Erik Brynjolfsson, a professor
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge.
"People are our biggest resource, and right now a lot of
them are mismatched," said Brynjolfsson, who specializes in research on
information technology and productivity and is an advisor to Knack. "If you put
the right kind of person in the right task, it's good for that person and it's
good for the company."
The advent of the Internet has been both a gift and a
curse to recruiters, who now can access a greater pool of potential workers yet
also get inundated with too many applications to process. The problem has been
a lack of tools to quickly, cheaply and accurately sort through that deluge in
an economy that has seen almost five years of above-7 percent unemployment.
Jobs Unfilled
Some 3.7 million U.S. jobs went unfilled in July, even
though more than 11 million Americans were looking for work, according to Labor
Department figures.
"You have this enormous pool of people that's being
missed because of the way the entire industry goes after the same kinds of
people, asking, did you go to Stanford, did you work at this company?" said
Erik Juhl, head of talent at Vungle Inc., a San Francisco-based video
advertising startup, and formerly a recruiter at Google Inc. and LinkedIn Corp.
"You miss what you're looking for, which is -- what is this person going to
bring to the table?"
Online Game
To aid that search, Juhl this month will begin using an
online video game designed to track, record and analyze every millisecond of
its players' behavior. Developed by Knack in Palo Alto, California, Wasabi
Waiter places job-seekers in the shoes of a sushi server who must identify the
mood of his cartoon customers and bring them the dish labeled with the matching
emotion. On a running clock, they must also clear empty dishes into the sink
while tending to new customers who take a seat at the bar.
Using about a megabyte of data per candidate, Knack's
software measures a variety of attributes shown in academic studies to relate to
job performance, including conscientiousness and the capacity to recognize
others' emotions. Knack's clients will also see a score estimating each
applicant's likelihood of being a high performer.
In a study last year, Knack piloted its technology with Royal
Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA)'s GameChanger, a program that invests in entrepreneurs
to develop their ideas into new products for the energy sector. Hans Haringa,
an executive at GameChanger, wanted to see if Knack's video games could predict
who pitched the ideas that turned out to be successful.
Innovative Talents
"Knack built themselves a calibrated model with the
capacity to predict innovative talents," said Haringa, who added that
GameChanger is considering adding Knack's tool to select the right people in
whom to invest. "It's early days for the technology but it clearly has upside
and potential."
Home to a more widely-used human resources machine is
Evolv, which specializes at evaluating candidates for hourly positions at
companies including Xerox Corp. (XRX) and Harte-Hanks Inc. (HHS) The San
Francisco-based company administers an online questionnaire to applicants on
behalf of its clients. A computer model translates those results into a traffic
light for hiring managers so they can decide whom to interview: green for
high-potential, yellow for medium-potential and red for risky.
Evolv's advantage is the oceans of information it has
tracked on the survey results and those candidates' real-life outcomes if they
got hired: how well they performed on the job and how long they ended up
staying with the company. In the way that years of experience informs a veteran
recruiter, terabytes of data teach Evolv's algorithms to see who has the
makings of a good hire.
Debunked Assumptions
The patterns gleaned since the company's founding in 2007
have debunked many of the common assumptions held by recruiters, Evolv
executives say. For example, a history of job-hopping or long bouts of
unemployment has little relationship with how long the candidate will stay at
his or her next job, according to Evolv's analysis of call center agents.
"As human beings, we're actually pretty bad at evaluating
other human beings," said David Ostberg, vice president of workforce science at
Evolv. "We're making sure people are using the right data, instead of the
traditional methods that were previously thought to be valid but big data's
showing are not."
Cognitive Abilities
New York-based ConnectCubed has also developed software
to determine the personality and cognitive abilities of job applicants that, at
its largest clients, is tailored for that specific company. ConnectCubed has
existing workers at those businesses complete its video games and
questionnaires so the behavioral profiles of the star employees serve as a
benchmark for who managers should hire in the future.
"When new people apply, you can say, wow this guy has all
the makings of our top salesmen," said Michael Tanenbaum, chief executive
officer and co-founder of the service. "These are things that are impossible to
measure from a resume, especially with educational backgrounds that are often
more determined by socioeconomic status than your innate ability."
To be sure, Knack and ConnectCubed, which say they can
predict high-performers across a broad set of workers, haven't been around for
long enough to track, over time, whether their technologies actually are
improving the quality of the employees their clients hire or those businesses'
bottom line.
"My concern is, with only a 9.5-minute sample of
behavior, is that really enough?" said Frederick Morgeson, a professor of
management specializing in personnel psychology at Michigan State University in
East Lansing, referring to Knacks' video game assessment. "Are we sampling
enough of those behaviors to be confident that we're capturing what the person
might do in the totality of their complex behavior?"
Amassed Evidence
Evolv on the other hand has amassed evidence of results
for its clients. San Antonio, Texas-based direct marketing company Harte-Hanks
found call center agents selected by Evolv's software had a 35 percent lower
30-day attrition rate, reported 29 percent fewer hours of missed work in the
first six months and handled calls 15 percent more quickly than those hired
through the company's existing recruiting services provider at the time.
Still that success may be harder to achieve among
higher-skilled professionals. There's a reason Evolv has kept its focus on
evaluating hourly workers, Chief Executive Officer Max Simkoff said.
For "our largest telco customers, a single
percentage-point increase in any customer experience metric they track, they
can correlate to additional percentage points in subscriber base," said
Simkoff, who is also co-founder of the company. "The performance data is not
there yet" for employees engaging in higher-level tasks, he said.
Guessing Game
Juhl at Vungle says the algorithms will never replace the
age-old interview altogether, no matter how accurate Knack's predictions are.
The goal is to experiment with a variety of tools that can offer more
information about each candidate and make the recruiting process less of a
guessing game, he said.
"As we grow in scale, we're trying to put in the
foundation now so we can measure it down the line," he said. "What I would like
for it is to gain substantial weight in the process -- as valued as the opinion
of the most senior members of the team."
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KNOXVILLE - Tennessee tailback Marlin Lane knows he can't hesitate when the football's in his hands.
Doing so last fall cost him yards. Doing so this spring could cost him carries.
Lane's stats weren't pretty in the Volunteers' first scrimmage of spring practice last Friday, while backfield mates Rajion Neal and Devrin Young delivered eye-catching performances.
"My performance wasn't where I wanted to be," the rising sophomore said after Tuesday's practice about his seven-carry, 8-yard afternoon Friday. "But I'm working at it."
Coach Derek Dooley's pre-spring call for greater physical play from his running backs perhaps hit closer to home for Lane than anyone else in UT's backfield competition. As a freshman, the 6-foot, 205-pound Florida native danced in the backfield too much at times instead of hitting the hole. When holes weren't there, Lane tried to bounce runs outside as most first-year runners tend to do.
The result was an average of 3.7 yards per carry. Take out Lane's two longest runs of 45 yards (Arkansas) and 20 yards (Kentucky), and that average dips below 3 yards per carry. He knows he needs to pick that up.
"I would say I just focus on hitting the line with speed, hitting it as fast as I can, deciding as I'm running and not thinking before I get the ball," he said. "I did a lot of that last year."
Lane wasn't alone, either.
"It was all the backs, really," Dooley said. "That's been our No. 1 emphasis. Really hitting and playing fast.
"[Lane's] shown a lot of good signs in practice. [He] didn't scrimmage as well as I'm sure he had hoped, but hopefully he'll rebound this week and have a good scrimmage next Saturday."
Neal (15 carries for 100 yards) and Young (eight for 60) each had a good first scrimmage.
"Rajion is having a really good spring," Dooley said. "He just needs to keep going. He's playing a lot faster, he's playing with a lot more physicality and his numbers reflected that.
"[Devrin's] really blossomed a little bit at the running back position. We're obviously going to use him more there [because] he just can do something that a lot of guys can't -- has a lot of quickness and instincts and has a burst. He can really make some big plays for you."
Lane showed glimpses of that ability last season. He had two of the Vols' six total rushes of 20 yards or more and added two 18-yard scampers. He also was an effective receiver out of the backfield, catching 17 passes for 161 yards (9.5 yards per catch).
But he could never rediscover the form from his junior year of high school, when his stock soared and he was one of the most sought tailbacks nationally. A torn ACL in his left knee put a dent in his ability, though he returned to the field sooner than expected. The nagging pain in his left knee and experience combined to contribute to some of his struggles last season.
"It was just getting used and being thrown in the fire real quick," Lane said. "Fresh out of high school, just learning all the plays and performing at the same time, I was just getting used to it game by game."
Dooley said running comfortably has to be developed.
"It's something that they've got to form a habit of trusting what's going on up front and hitting the hole, then playing with physicality," he said. "There's going to be bodies in there hitting you."
Like the rest of UT's tailbacks, Lane has spent the spring trying to develop that attribute.
"I was taught 2 yards is better than zero," he said. "If it's not there, just fight for extra yardage. That's what I've been doing this spring. It's been working pretty well."

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Public Notice No. 6988
The Wyoming Public Service Commission (Commission) approved the Amended Application of Black Hills Gas Distribution, LLC d/b/a Black Hills Energy
The Wyoming Public Service Commission (Commission) approved the Amended Application of Black Hills Gas Distribution, LLC d/b/a Black Hills Energy (BHE or the Company) to pass on to its Pass-On Rate [Regulated Rate] Option customers in the Torrington Division a net increase of $0.0291 per therm, effective on and after March 1, 2019. The Commission's approval is subject to notice, protest, intervention, refund, change, further investigation, opportunity for hearing and further order of the Commission.
The average BHE Small General Service Pass-On Rate [Regulated Rate] Option residential customer using a monthly average of 91 therms may expect a monthly gas bill increase of approximately $2.66 or 4.0%, before taxes, during the rate-effective period of March 2019 through May 2019. Actual bills will vary with usage.
The proposed retail rate increase results in a projected dollar-for-dollar increase of approximately $12,654 in the Company's March 2019 through May 2019 total revenues, using projected sales volumes. The increase does not change the Company's authorized rate of return.
Commission Rule Chapter 3, Section 26, allows a utility to pass on to its customers known or projected commodity cost increases or decreases on a dollar-for-dollar basis, subject to public notice, opportunity for hearing and refund.
BHE's Amended Application is on file at the Commission's offices, located at 2515 Warren Avenue, Suite 300, Cheyenne, Wyoming. The Amended Application is available for inspection by any interested person during regular business hours or online at: http://psc.state.wy.us/.
Anyone desiring to file a statement, intervention petition, protest or request for a public hearing in this matter must file in writing with the Commission on or before April 5, 2019. A proposed intervention or request for hearing must set forth the grounds under which it is made and the position and interest of the petitioner in this proceeding.
If you wish to intervene in this matter or request a public hearing that you will attend, or want to make a statement, a protest or a public comment, and you require reasonable accommodation for a disability, please contact the Commission at (307) 777-7427, or write to the Commission at 2515 Warren Avenue, Suite 300, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002, to make arrangements. Communications-impaired persons may also contact the Commission by accessing Wyoming Relay at 711. Please mention Docket No. 30022-328-GP-19 (Record No. 15196) in your communications.
Dated: March 6, 2019.
Public Notice No. 6988 published in the Torrington Telegram March 8, and 15, 2019.


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March 16, 2005 Lockheed Martin successfully tested its Joint Common Missile (JCM) multi-target warhead and fuze in a series of warhead penetration tests at the Redstone Technical Test Center in Alabama. The series of four tests was designed to assess the missile's ability to penetrate and destroy Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) targets. The tests included detonation of the precursor warhead, penetration of a brick-over-block wall, and emergence of the intact warhead in an interior space, where in a tactical scenario the warhead would be detonated.
"These tests are part of our ongoing effort to thoroughly demonstrate and validate the entire Joint Common Missile system, which will give our troops capabilities that simply do not exist today," said Steve Barnoske, JCM program director at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. "Our rigorous testing program is intended to reduce cost and schedule risk for the military services and operational risk for the end-user," he added, noting that Lockheed Martin's aggressive risk reduction efforts were among the factors behind its selection as winner of the JCM competition.
Air-gun test firings propelled four missile simulant test articles at tactical brick-over-block targets at velocities ranging from 574 to 902 feet-per-second (391 to 615 miles-per-hour) and at obliquity angles of 30 and 45 degrees. The main warhead case and the firing module both came through the wall intact.
The tests evaluated multiple performance parameters and system capabilities, particularly the ability of the main warhead and the time-delay fuze that detonates it to penetrate the wall intact. The results of the live tests were also calibrated with the predictions of earlier simulations. All test objectives were achieved. The fuze was successfully tested earlier at Eglin Air Force Base, FL, via howitzer shots that blasted it through concrete walls.
These tests demonstrate the successful penetration of a MOUT structure and the successful survival of the warhead structure and embedded firing module on the opposite side of the wall. It is part of an extensive risk reduction program under Phase 1 of the System Design and Development (SDD) contract.
The SDD program builds on a firm foundation of extensive pre-contract risk reduction tests that Lockheed Martin performed in 2003 and 2004 including two successful warhead test series at Redstone in January 2004 and howitzer fuze tests in December 2003.
The multi-target warhead and fuze, developed with General Dynamics-Ordnance and Tactical Systems (warhead) and PerkinElmer (fuze), applies cutting-edge technology to provide diverse-mission, multi-target capability. The JCM warhead and fuze provide both shaped-charge capability, to defeat armored targets; and blast fragmentation capability, for use against buildings, bunkers, small boats, lightly armored vehicles and other soft targets.
The JCM program is on schedule and on budget in Phase 1, the risk mitigation segment of the System Development and Demonstration (SDD) contract. JCM was the first program to be approved by the Joint Requirements Oversight Committee (JROC) under the new Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) process.
The JCM is the next-generation, multi-purpose, air-to-ground precision missile that will replace Hellfire, Longbow, Maverick and airborne TOW missiles in the U.S. arsenal. The long-term U.S. production run for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps is estimated at 54,000 missiles. In addition, the United Kingdom has also expressed interest in the new weapon and has been part of the development process.
To deliver the multi-purpose warhead to its target, the Lockheed Martin JCM includes a tri-mode seeker with imaging infrared, semi-active laser and millimeter wave radar capabilities for active and passive "fire-and-forget" and precision-strike targeting. This increases crew survivability and minimizes collateral damage. To further enhance crew and aircraft survivability JCM has extended range capability for standoff engagements--16 kilometers (10 miles) for rotary-wing and 28 kilometers (17.5 miles) for fixed-wing aircraft. JCM's design also provides maximum modularity for growth.
JCM builds on the heritage of the Hellfire missile family, which includes semi-active laser Hellfire/Longbow millimeter wave missiles, and the Javelin imaging infrared missile, all of which have been combat-proven in Afghanistan and Iraq, with a total of more than two thousand rounds expended.


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There is more awards news coming today, as Jimmy Clausen isn't the only Irish offensive star to be named to a semifinalist list.
Golden Tate is one of 10 receivers to be named a Biletnikoff Award semifinalist. The honor will be cut down to three finalists in November, but for the time being, here are the other 9 receivers up for the award:
Freddie Barnes, Bowling Green
Dezmon Briscoe, Kansas
Vincent Brown, San Diego State
Eric Decker, Minnesota
Mardy Gilyard, Cincinnati
A.J. Green, Georgia
Jordan Shipley, Texas
Demaryius Thomas, Georgia Tech
Mike Williams, Syracuse
Tate has 52 receptions for 847 yards and 8 touchdowns through 7 games. You've got to think Tate will be in the final three for this award if he keeps up this scorching pace.


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Published May 12, 2010 at 5:58 a.m.
Here's the weekly astrological forecast for May 12 - 19, 2010. What's your sign, baby? They're all here...
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): "I can't live the button-down life," says cartoon character Homer Simpson. "I want it all: the terrifying lows, the dizzying highs, the creamy middles." Born May 10, Homer is unusual for a Taurus. Many of your tribe love the creamy middles but are quite content to live without the terrifying lows, even if that means being deprived of your fair share of dizzying highs. While that may sometimes seem like a boring limitation, I don't expect it to be any time soon. The creamy middles that are looming for you are the lushest, plushest creamy middles I've seen in a long time. Terrifying lows and dizzying highs will be irrelevant.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): What happens when someone "sells out"? Typically, it refers to a person who overrides her highest artistic standards or her soul's mandates in order to make a bundle of money. But I want to enlarge the definition to encompass any behavior that seeks popular appeal at the expense of authenticity, or any action that sacrifices integrity for the sake of gaining power. I think you have to be especially on guard against this lapse in the coming days, Aries — not only in yourself but also in those you're close to.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Spanish painter Francisco Goya created an etching entitled "El Sueño de la Razón Produce Monstruos." Its two possible translations have very different meanings: "The sleep of reason produces monsters" or "The dream of reason produces monsters." The first version suggests that when our reasoning faculties go dormant, we're susceptible to doing dumb and crazy things. The second version implies that if we rely excessively on our reasoning faculty, it acquires a lunatic hubris that devalues our emotions and distorts our imagination. You're more susceptible to the former than the latter right now, Gemini, but it's crucial that you avoid both. A way out of your pain is available if you use your reason just right — neither too little nor too much.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Some of your illusions seeped into you before you learned to talk. Others sneaked into you later, while you were busy figuring out how to become yourself. Eventually, you even made conscious choices to adopt certain illusions because they provided you with comfort and consolation. There's no need to be ashamed of this. It's a natural part of being a human being. Having said that, I'm happy to announce that you're entering a phase when you will have the power to shed at least some of your illusions — especially the ones you consciously chose — in ways that don't hurt you. To begin the process, declare this intention: "I have the courage to see life as it really is."
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): According to a statute in the state of Indiana, you may not use your bare hands to catch a fish from a lake. In Fairbanks, Alaska, you're breaking the law if you let a moose slurp an alcoholic drink. In Flowery Branch, Ga., you may be arrested if you shout out "Snake!" Arizona doesn't permit you to let a donkey sleep in your bathtub. And yet I've got to say that you Leos could probably get away with all of these acts and more in the coming weeks. The omens suggest that your levels of freedom are extremely high, as is your amount of slack. You'll have clearance to do many things you wouldn't normally be able to do.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I didn't think it was possible, but paranoid visions of doom and gloom have become even more popular in the past few years than ever before. Apocalypse-watching is no longer a fringe hobby reserved for conspiracy fetishists; it has gone mainstream. And yet here I am in the midst of the supposed mayhem, babbling my eccentric ideas about how we are living in the single most wonderful time in the history of civilization. So let me ask you a crucial question, especially if you're one of the millions of normal people who believes that cynicism is a supreme sign of intelligence: Do you really want to be getting your fortune told by a rebel optimist like me? You should know that all my horoscopes are rooted in the hypothesis that expecting the best makes you happier, safer, kinder, wilder, stronger and smarter. What happens in the coming weeks will, in my opinion, be dramatic proof of that.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The bad news is that climate change is really under way. That's why Purbasha Island in the Bay of Bengal has sunk beneath the waves, swallowed up by rising sea levels and shifts in monsoon patterns. The good news is that its disappearance has ended a dispute between India and Bangladesh, both of which claimed it as their own. There's nothing left to fight over. I foresee a metaphorically comparable scenario coming to your life, Libra: An act of nature that will render a conflict irrelevant.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Some experts say methamphetamine is more addictive than any other drug. Here's one reason why, according to "Mothers Against Methamphetamines" founder Dr. Mary Holley: "The effect of an IV hit of methamphetamine is the equivalent of 10 orgasms all on top of each other lasting for 30 minutes to an hour, with a feeling of arousal that lasts for another day and a half." At least that's what it's like in the early stages of using the drug. After a while, hell sets in and the body is no longer happy. Luckily, you Scorpios won't be tempted to fall victim to meth splurges any time soon. Without relying on anything more than your natural powers, your capacity for experiencing erotic pleasure will be substantial.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Your eyes can discriminate between about 500 various shades of gray. Let's hope your moral compass is as precise in its power to distinguish subtle differences. Why? Because there will be no easy black-versus-white decisions to make in the near future; no simple, foolproof way to determine the distinctions between good and bad. I recommend that for now you give up hope of achieving utter certainty, and instead celebrate the refined pleasures of nuanced, complicated truth.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): These days you have an extraordinary capacity to perform magic. And when I use that word "magic," I mean it in a very specific sense: causing practical changes to occur in accordance with your most noble and beautiful desires. I'm not talking about the kind of "magic" that helps you gratify mediocre wishes or tawdry fantasies. I'm not saying you should go on an acquisitive binge as you gather up booty and bragging points. Rather I'm letting you know that you have the power to create inspiring transformations in the way your life works.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Do you want to know where all the power lies for you right now? It's nowhere. Do you want to know what the nature of that power is? It's nothing. But before you jump to conclusions about the meaning of what I just said, read this passage from Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching, translated by Stephen Mitchell: "We join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move. We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want. We hammer wood for a house, but it is the inner space that makes it livable."
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A Pisces woman I know was harried by ant swarms invading her kitchen. She could have run out to the drugstore and brought home loads of poisonous little ant hotels. Instead, she gave her imagination the go-ahead to brainstorm. Soon she'd come up with a solution. She scooped up a host of ants and threw them in a blender with the other ingredients of her smoothie, then drank it all down. The next day, all the ants had departed, as if scared off by the Great Devourer. I suggest you learn from her example, both in the sense of being open to outlandish possibilities and in the sense of finding alternate ways to deal with adversaries.
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2012 NSF Minority Faculty Development Workshop: Engineering Enterprise and Innovation
Georgia Institute of Technology
March 15-18, 2012
Jump down to: Friday | Saturday | Sunday
Thursday, March 15
3:00-5:00 pm Registration
Lobby, Georgia Tech Hotel
Workshop participants who arrive after 5:00 pm will pick up their packets at the Academy of Medicine.
6:00-9:00 pm Welcome Reception and National Faculty Collaborative Research Poster Competition
Historic Academy of Medicine
875 West Peachtree Street, Northwest
Atlanta, GA 30309
Welcome Remarks:
Stephen E. Cross, Executive Vice President for Research, Georgia Tech
Gary May, Dean, College of Engineering, Georgia Tech
Gilda Barabino, Professor and Associate Chair, Georgia Tech
Valerie Taylor, Royce E. Wisenbaker Professor, Texas A&M UniversityJuried poster session focuses on collaboration and innovation and potential academic-industrial partnerships
Friday, March 16
8:00-9:00 am Breakfast
9:00-9:30 am Welcome, Introductions and Workshop Overview
G.P. "Bud" Peterson, President, Georgia Tech
Raphael Bras, Provost, Georgia Tech
Gilda Barabino, Professor and Associate Chair, Georgia Tech
9:45-11:45 am Tenure and beyond (two parallel sessions)
Pre-tenure Panel
Global Learning Center, Auditorium 222
Moderator: Stephanie Adams, Professor and Head, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Robin Coger, Professor and Dean, College of Engineering, North Carolina A&T State University
Iris Rivero, Associate Professor, Texas Tech University
Andrew Williams, Chair and Associate Professor, Spelman College
Post-tenure Panel
Global Learning Center, Room 327
Moderator: Ravi Bellamkonda, Associate Vice President for Research, Georgia Tech
Adjo Akpene Amekudzi, Associate Professor, Georgia Tech
William M. Reichert, Professor and Associate Dean for Diversity and Ph.D. Education, Duke University
Session focuses on navigation of promotion and tenure (pre-tenure faculty) and leverage of tenure status (post-tenure faculty) to advance research, promote the development of young scholars, and understand how to provide intellectual and administrative leadership
12:00-1:00 pm Lunch - Global Learning Center, Atrium
Speaker Introduction: Samuel Graham, Jr.
"Engineering Education for the 21st Century Engineer"
Monica Cox, Associate Professor, Purdue University
Presentation focuses on new trends in engineering education
1:00-3:00 pm Federal funding opportunities
Moderator: Reginald DesRoches
Luke Achenie, Program Director, Division of Chemical, Bioegineering, Environmental, and Transportation Systems, National Science Foundation
Richard Baird, Director, Division of Interdisciplinary Training, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
Omnia El-Hakim, Program Director of Diversity and Outreach, National Science Foundation
Juan Figueroa, Program Director SBIR, Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnership, National Science Foundation
Theresa Maldonado, Director, Division of Engineering Education and Centers, National Science Foundation
Malathi Srivatsan, Former AAAS Fellow and Assistant Professor, Arkansas State UniversitySession focuses on recognition and cultivation of funding resources.
3:00-3:15 pm Break
3:15-4:00 pm Education for Entrepreneurship
Speaker Introduction: Tequila Harris
Mary White, Chairperson, Department of Entrepreneurship and Professional Development, Jackson State University
6:30 pm Time allotted for networking
6:30-9:00 pm Dean's Banquet
The Biltmore Ballrooms
817 West Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30308Keynote speaker: Jacqueline Royster, Dean, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, Georgia Tech
Saturday, March 17
7:00-8:00 am Breakfast
8:00-8:30 am Opening Remarks
Gilda Barabino, Professor and Associate Chair, Georgia Tech
Sue Van, President and Chief Executive Officer, Coulter Foundation:
Elias Caro, Vice President – Technology Development, Coulter Foundation
8:30–9:30 am Translational Research: from bench to patent
Moderator: Charles Isbell
Introductory Remarks: Mitchell Walker, Associate Professor, Georgia Tech
Featured Speakers:
Ajit Yoganathan, Associate Chair for Research, Georgia Tech
Seth Marder, Professor, Georgia TechSession focus: Defining your research towards product development and developing a balance between academic and entrepreneurial pursuits. Also, how does university technology transfer work?
9:30-10:30 am Intellectual Property 101
Speaker Introduction: Manu Platt
Ryan A. Schneider, Partner, Troutman Sanders
Session includes a 101 overview of invention disclosure, patents and how to protect your intellectual property.
10:30 am Break
10:45-11:15 am Conflict of Interest
Speaker Introduction: Manu Platt
Jeff Steltzer, Director, Conflict of interest Management, Georgia Tech
11:15-12:15 pm Entrepreneurship: from patent to company
Moderator: Michelle Dawson
Guillermo Ameer, Professor, Northwestern University
Suman Das, Professor, Georgia Tech
Paul Judge, Executive Chairman, Pindrop Security
Nina Sawczuk, Director, Startup Services adn General Manager, Advanced Technology Development Center
Levi Thompson, Richard E. Balzhiser Collegiate Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of MichiganIn this panel session, real world examples of company formation from University-based IP will be discussed. Questions to be answered: What type of company fits your end goals: lifestyle, licensing opportunity, or VC-funded growth company? How do you balance your new responsibilities?
12:15-1:15 pm Lunch - Global Learning Center, Atrium
1:15-1:45 pm Non-dilutive funding opportunities (SBIR/STTR funds)
Speaker Introduction: Tequila Harris
Julie Turner Collins, Director Georgia FAST (Federal and State Technology Partnership)
1:45-2:45 pm Other funding opportunities (company and venture capital)
Speaker Introduction: Tequila Harris
Stephen Snowdy, Venture Capitalist
2:45 pm Break
3:00-4:30 pm Innovation and entrepreneurship interactive roundtable
Wayne Hodges Room, Centergy Building
75 5th Street Northwest
Atlanta, GA 30308Jilda Garton: Industry Contracts
Peter Hernandez and Jihan Jenkins: Intellectual Property
Penny Northcutt and Deidra Poucher: FDA Regulations and Commercialization
Patrick Reed: Technology Transfer
Nina Sawczuk: Finding a VC/Company Creation
Lynn Scott: Ancillary Agreements
Stephen Snowdy: Venture Capital
Jeff Steltzer: Conflict of Interest Management
Julie Turner Collins: SBIR/STTR
Nuno Vaz: Working with Industry
4:30-6:30 pm Hosted reception with entrepreneurs
Atrium, Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience
315 Ferst Drive Northwest
Atlanta, GA 30332This roundtable and entrepreneur hosted reception is designed to provide more targeted mentoring on innovation, academic-industry interaction, translational research, and entrepreneurship will involve academic and economic development leaders in discussions with participants. A series of round-table discussions lead by subject matter experts and leaders will enable participants to select the most relevant topics, ask deeper questions, and engage in facilitated discussions with the other participants.
Sunday, March 18
7:30-8:30 am Breakfast
8:30-10:30 am Art of career innovation: creating your own innovation microsystem
Speaker Introduction: Ayanna Howard
Pamela McCauley Bush, Associate Professor, University of Central Florida
Session focuses on leveraging interactions and collaborations with colleagues, administrators, industry experts and other networks to advance academic, research and career goals. Participants will explore strategies to persuade, secure resources, cultivate advocates and create leadership opportunities
10:30 am Break
11:00-12:30 pm Work-Life Balance for Engineers: 2 x 5 Practices for Managing Your Life, Your Time, and Yourself
Speaker Introduction: Edward Botchwey
Susan Robison, Principal, Professor Destressor
Do you feel overwhelmed by how to manage the many demands of your job and still have a life? You are not alone. Most early career academics struggle to meet their responsibilities, personal and professional. While some figure out how to do so by midcareer, many do not. Sadly, these talented people either leave the field or stay in the field but become disillusioned and burned out. You don't need to struggle to figure it out. In this lively workshop, you will learn 10 of the best practices of Peak Performing Faculty, two from each of five categories: general work- life balance, teaching, research, service, and home life.
12:30-1:30 pm Lunch
Crafting Your Professorial Brand
Speaker Introduction: Samuel Graham, Jr.
Robbin Chapman, Associate Provost, Wellesley College
Session focuses on understanding the personal brand called "Professor You" and how that brand can be leveraged to advance career development. Your brand is what distinguishes you from your colleagues and brings added value to your work and your career. Sessions goals are for participants to learn to: 1) identify and create a professorial brand, 2) cultivate a brand that is unique and recognizable, and 3) identify social media and other tools that facilitate brand development. Session outcomes will include increased participant awareness of the importance of an accessible professorial brand and strategies for quick brand development.
1:30-2:30 pm Evaluation and wrap up
Gilda Barabino, Professor and Associate Chair, Georgia Tech
Susan Geier, Assessment and Evaluation Consultant


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Los Angeles, CA – Carlos Quentin hit a go-ahead, seventh- inning sacrifice fly on Wednesday and the San Diego Padres downed the Los Angeles Dodgers, 4-3, in the rubber match of a three-game series.
Chase Headley, the NL Player of the Month for August, went 2-for-5 with an RBI double.
Will Venable scored a pair of runs, including the game-winner, for the Padres, who won for the 12th time in 16 tries.
Clayton Richard entered Wednesday with a three-start winning streak but received a no-decision after allowing three runs on 10 hits over 4 2/3 frames. Nick Vincent (2-0) tossed 1 1/3 scoreless frames of relief to secure the win.
Tommy Layne entered with two down and a runner of first in the ninth and retired Adrian Gonzalez on a sharp grounder to record his second save of the season.
Gonzalez, Hanley Ramirez and Luis Cruz had an RBI apiece for the Dodgers, who trail the NL West-leading Giants by 4 1/2 games.
The teams will open a three-game set in San Francisco on Friday.
Aaron Harang gave up three runs -- two earned -- on seven hits over a five-inning start and Shawn Tolleson (1-1) allowed Quentin's sac fly to take the loss.
The Padres opened the game with a single, a walk and a double by Headley, which scored Everth Cabrera. Venable also scored on the play courtesy of a throwing error by Ramirez and Yasmani Grandal followed with an RBI single two batters later for a 3-0 lead.
The Dodgers, who have dropped seven of 11, opened the second inning with three straight singles -- capped by Cruz's RBI grounder up the middle. Richard then escaped when A.J. Ellis popped out and Harang bunted into a double play.
Singles by Mark Ellis, Shane Victorino and Gonzalez started the third and made it 3-2, but again Richard limited the damage.
Victorino was thrown out at home on Matt Kemp's grounder and after an intentional walk to Ramirez, Richard retired Andre Ethier and Cruz to escape.
The Dodgers tied it in the fifth when Victorino singled, moved to third on a base hit by Gonzalez and a groundout by Kemp, then crossed the plate on Ramirez's line drive to left.
"The offense got us back in the game but we couldn't get over the hump," said Dodgers manager Don Mattingly.
Venable led off the seventh with a walk, stole second and moved to third on Headley's base hit before scoring on Quentin's fly to center.
In the bottom half, Kemp lifted a deep fly ball to center, but Cameron Maybin extended above the wall and snared the potential game-tying home run.
"I had a good read on it off the bat," said Maybin. "It ended up saving the game. It was a big play. The defense never sleeps."
Game Notes
The Padres split a six-game road trip ... Earlier Wednesday, the Padres signed Chris Denorfia to a contract extension, which will keep the outfielder with the team through the 2014 season ... The Dodgers concluded a seven-game homestand at 3-4 ... Los Angeles leads the season-series, 9-6.


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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- The hackers are winning, according to a survey of 500 executives of U.S. businesses, law enforcement services and government agencies released Wednesday.
The 12th annual survey of cybercrime trends found that online attackers determined to break into computers, steal information and interfere with business are more technologically advanced than those trying to stop them.
The survey was co-sponsored by San Jose, California-based business consulting firm PwC, the U.S. Secret Service, the CERT Division of Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute and CSO security news magazine.
Three out of four respondents said they had detected a security breach in the past year, and the average number of security intrusions was 135 per organization, the survey found.
"Despite substantial investments in cybersecurity technologies, cyber criminals continue to find ways to circumvent these technologies in order to obtain sensitive information that they can monetize," Ed Lowery, who heads the U.S. Secret Service's criminal investigative division, said in a written statement.
Lowery said companies and the government need to take "a radically different approach to cybersecurity," which goes beyond antivirus software, training employees, working closely with contractors and setting up tighter processes.
The top five cyberattack methods reported in the survey were malware, phishing, network interruption, spyware and denial-of-service attacks. And 28 percent of respondents said the attackers were insiders, either contractors or current and former employees or service providers, according to the survey.
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There is a dazzling amount of newness out at Maitreya!
Today's release is all about partying stylishly all night!
The ultra sexy and edgy Maitreya Gold Shiki platform heels are one of the 7 pieces in the collection released today. The shoe comes in 9 strap colours, as well as 30 different platform colours which are all scripted! These heels only come unrigged and are resize-able. They also have a bare foot option included, as the shoes can be toggled on or off with a button on the HUD. This means that you actually get the Maitreya Gold mesh tip-toe bare feet for free!
The rest of the collection can be viewed on flickr, we'll link to each along with a brief description.
Mignon-Evening Dress - This extra luxurious and elegant version of the Mignon dress is strapless with an all new satin texture, in 12 rich colours.
Mignon Top - These strapless tops also come in 12 colours of shiny soft satin and will prove to be a perfect wardrobe staple item that will give so much class to any outfit.
Leather Mini Skirts - These are high waisted and come in 15 different colours and leather styles, ranging from vivid, bright leathers to faded used leathers. Style couldn't be more sexy!
Magan jacket - Probably the most seasonable item of this release. These belted short jackets come in wool and in suede textures. There are 10 colours to choose from.
Leathe Skinny Pants - This collection would not be complete without a new sexy Maitreya pants with its improved signature shape. These are highly detailed, with mesh zippers and a warm palette, with 8 natural colours to choose from.
Also shown in all the above pictures is the Calgary Clutch. The colours and texture designs that these clutches are available in, range from classic and classy to trendy and outspoken. There are 20 colour designs in total.
We hope to see you at Maitreya and that you will enjoy and totally rock this collection!
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Of all the coverage of Olympia Snowe's decision not to run for re-election this year, the Maine media should have been expected to handle it best. Close to home, with insider knowledge available and solid connections to sources on the ground — that's the best preparation for a breaking political story.
Sadly, though, the in-state coverage was neither as thoughtful nor as comprehensive as were the news items produced by out-of-state outlets. As I've said before, the Lewiston Sun Journal, mostly in the person of tireless reporter Steve Mistler, has had the best coverage in Maine (see thePhoenix.com/AboutTown for more).
But the cost of the other papers' sluggishness (and Mistler's comprehensive updating of lists of people taking out petitioning papers from the Secretary of State's office) has been a lack of exploration of the mess all these prospective successors to Snowe are vying to get into.
POLITICO broke the story of intra-party warfare going from cold to hot about the same time as Snowe's announcement, with Utah Senator Orrin Hatch targeting Snowe in a mailing seeking support for his reelection campaign, suggesting her moderation was undesirable even to a longtime friend and Senate colleague.
North Carolina political scientist Jonathan Weiler noted in the HUFFINGTON POST that reporting of Snowe's complaints against partisanship unfairly placed blame for polarization across the political spectrum, when it squarely belongs in the Republican column, where "right-wing extremism has gone mainstream."
STATE OF ENLIGHTENMENT political blogger Joe Joffe observed that Snowe's decision came in the midst of a massive battle over women's health and related issues — a set of questions that had largely been settled in moderate ways under the George W. Bush administration but have resurfaced because of rabid extremists' opposition to Obama's continuation of those policies.
And Maine's media also refused to depart from Snowe's own narrative that she was successful at being a moderate and in creating opportunities for real progress. Jonathan Chait in NEW YORK MAGAZINE, however, argued that while Snowe has been given great power in many political debates, "She has used it, on the whole, quite badly." That piece specifically criticized her for using the concepts of moderation and centrism not as a means to a public-policy end, but as "a matter of political self-preservation."
It takes a broad media diet to uncover reporting on all the various ways in which Snowe's decision either changes the political landscape or sheds light on how that landscape has already been indelibly altered. But you won't hear about that from any of Maine's daily newspapers, who repeatedly act as if they can — and should — be the only places Mainers get their news. (Distressingly, they often are.)
• Also missing from the local media was much digging into WHY SNOWE MADE THIS DECISION when she did.
The best summary of that reasoning came in a single paragraph at the end of a front-page New York Times article by Congressional reporter Jonathan Weisman, published the morning after Snowe's bombshell. It's worth reproducing in full:
"Ms. Snowe may have just grown fed up. At raucous Republican caucuses in February, her name was greeted with jeers from some Tea Party activists. Republicans had seized control of the governor's mansion and the State Legislature in 2010, but for the most ardent conservatives, it was not enough, Ms. [Georgia] Chomas [a cousin and close confidante of Snowe] said. Ms. Snowe had turned 65. Ms. Chomas's mother, who was like a mother to Ms. Snowe, had died, followed by the mother of Ms. Snowe's husband, John R. McKernan Jr., and the mother of her late husband, Peter Snowe."
Elegantly presented, well-reported information with strong sourcing close to the senator. That's what Mainers got by seeking media from farther afield.


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Rather than using laminated paper like in the book, I choose some masculine fabrics to make these for my brother and father - some Echo and a print from the Denyse Schmidt Aunt Edna range. They will be now able to use them afterwards to keep business or loyalty cards in.
The cards fit in perfectly - tied up with a bit of baker's twine and now they are just right for gift giving. I really need to make a whole bunch of these ready to use as last minute gift card holders next year!
Linking up to the Ruby Star Wrap-Along and with the Ruby Star Wrapping Contest at Sew Mama Sew and also to the Monday Link up with Beth at Plum and June.


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No. There's plenty of ways you can mod rigged/fitmesh items. Stop making them no-mod.
Ok, so there's this trend going around where content creators are making their rigged mesh items no-mod, explaining that since you can't resize or reposition rigged mesh, there's no point to it being mod. We're going to put this misinformation to bed and explain why content creators should not be releasing rigged/fitmesh content as no-mod.
First: Resizing and repositioning are not all there is to modding. They're not even half of what there is to modding. Here's a list of ways you can mod rigged mesh.
- Adding scripts
- Removing scripts
- Retexturing
- Tinting the colour
- Adding custom materials
- Adding custom alpha masks
- Changing the objects alpha textures from "blended" to "masked"
- Making parts fullbright
- Removing fullbright
- Linking the object to others so you use fewer attachment points
- Unlinking parts to use individually
- Renaming
This isn't even a complete list. As you can see, resizing and repositioning barely scratch the surface of what it means for an object to be moddable in Second Life. Every single piece of rigged mesh clothing, every single rigged mesh hairpiece and bodypart I own is modded in some way or another.
Here are some specific examples of how I've personally modded rigged/fitmesh items:
- Replaced multiple 1024x1024 textures on a hair piece with custom 256x256 textures.
- Changed the alpha textures on hair from "blended" to "masked" to solve a variety of rendering issues.
- Scripted fitmesh shirts to change my shape, physics and add/detach nipples when worn/removed.
- Added custom materials to mesh body.
- Fixed issues with a mesh head caused by the applier leaving alpha skin texture as "blended" by switching it to "masked" manually.
- Linked multiple rigged/fitmesh items together to be worn as a single attachment.
- Removed the unused clothing layers from my mesh body to greatly reduce my draw weight.
Another explanation I've heard for making rigged mesh no-modify is to protect it from content thieves. The problem with that explanation is that making something no-mod offers no protection whatsoever from content theft. None. It's not even an inconvenience. The tools they use to steal content don't care what permissions the content has.
So there you have it. There is no reason to sell rigged/fitmesh content no-mod. None. It provides no benefit to the creator, and it only has downsides for the customer. If you are a content creator who sells no-mod hair, bodies, clothing, I just want you to ask yourself, "Why am I selling these items no mod? Is there a reason, or is it just habit? Am I just doing it because everyone else seems to?"
If you're a customer, I want to encourage you to support those content creators who do release moddable rigged/fitmesh content and I want you to encourage more content creators to do the same.


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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day aka MLK is observed on the following days:
- MLK day 2015 was on Monday, 19 January 2015
- MLK day 2016 was on Monday, 18 January 2016
- MLK day 2014 was on Monday, 20 January 2014
- MLK day 2013 was on Monday, 21 January 2013
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a United States federal holiday, marking the birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The day is observed each year on the third Monday of January, which is around the time of Martin Luther King's actual birthday, January 15. The floating holiday is similar to holidays set under the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, though the act predated the establishment of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day by 15 years.
King was the chief spokesman for nonviolent activism in the civil rights movement, which successfully protested racial discrimination in federal and state law. At first, some states resisted observing the holiday as such, giving it alternative names or combining it with other holidays. The day was officially observed in all 50 states for the first time in the year 2000.


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October 28, 2013
Title III of The JOBS Act Passes: A Major Win for Minority Businesses
The Securities Exchange Commission finally voted to release the proposed rules for Title III of President Obama's JOBS Act, which will permit startups and intermediaries (funding portals) to finally participate in equity-based crowdfunding–allowing non-accredited investors to invest in crowdfunded offerings for the first time in 80 years. Entrepreneurs can now sell securities online to anyone who believes in their companies.
With Title III in place, investors don't have to have $1 million net worth in order to invest in small businesses. Commissioner Kara Stein noted in a release that the rule would allow investors to use the wisdom of the crowd to identify and reward good ideas.
Oregon's Senator Jeff Merkley, one of the drafters of the crowdfunding provisions in the JOBS Act, has stated: "This law will make sure entrepreneurs can use online tools to find investors, and make sure investors can put their money into exciting projects without worrying about getting ripped off.â€
This major shift in securities laws could mean the emancipation of capital for minority and women-owned businesses, who traditionally have struggled with gaining access to capital through traditional means. More minorities and lower net worth individuals will be able to get in on investments that can drive more wealth generation to their communities.
"It is certainly a game changer," says investment advisor William MIchael Cunningham, owner of Washington, DC-based Creative Investment Research Inc., an investment research and consulting firm, and the founder of BlackCrowdFunding.net, a social funding and project listing website. "Despite the fact that the SEC has no African American Commissioners (and few staff), blacks should be among the primary beneficiaries of this new law,†he says. "We have strong networks, so fraud should not be an issue. We are also familiar with "passing the hat" in Church, we have great business skill and ideas that just need a little money to blossom, and we have the technical skills required,†adds Cunningham, who is the author of The JOBS Act: Crowdfunding for Small Businesses and Startups
"One of our issues will be the institutional arrangements, monetary, physical and mental, that keep us chained to our own perception of inferiority," Cunningham says. "Certain groups, black banks, white banks, old line activist groups, will try to stand in the way of our ability to use crowdfunding to ignite progress.â€
According to Cunningham, SEC Officials have no intention of using Title VII of the Act, which requires the SEC to reach out to women and minority owned companies to inform them about these new fundraising opportunities. "This may be due to the lack of diversity on the SEC staff," he says.
He further notes that the SEC voted to create a new SEC Act exemption. The amount of money you can raise and the amount of money you can invest is limited. SEC Staff Members John Ramsey and Sebastian Gomez were two of the authors of this exemption. Ramsey stated the new rule requires crowdfunding intermediaries to register with the SEC and the Financial Industry Regulation Authority (FINRA). The new rules create an entirely new type of business financing firm: a Funding Portal (FP). Portals bring investors, companies together. FINRA will issue a regulatory notice on FPs.
SEC Staff Member Lela Bond stated that the proposed rules exclude foreign companies, investment companies, companies with no business plan, and companies looking to raise money for the purpose of financing a merger or acquisition from using US-based equity crowdfunding. The proposed rules also require intermediaries to provide investor education, collect information about investor income and net worth, and abide by anti money laundering laws.


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Me in my studio: Raz Olsher
"Fossil Studios was built by myself and Yuval 'Juba' Wezler from an empty warehouse that was used for coffin carpentry before.
"We wanted to build a creative oasis in the heart of Hackney, East London. A place where creativity has no limitations and inspiration is served in a tea cup. Above the studio there is a three bedroom flat with a communal lounge and a kitchen.There is also a garden."
Apple Logic Pro
"Logic is my sequencer of choice. The best software is the one you know how to use. Randolph the studio cat also makes great bass wobble sounds."
Moog Moogerfoogers
"Here are the Moogerfoogers. I love to put everything through them. From drums to vocals it's brilliant hands-on analogue processing."
Hammond organ
"This is the Hammond M100. Nothing beats the real thing. When you sit on this instrument the music just flows."
"The Hebrew Xylophone goes from right to left and eats only kosher food."
Roland SH-2
"The Roland SH-2 is a classic for analogue bass and pad sounds."
Korg Kaoss Pads
"The Kaoss pads are great for audio processing and sampling. I mainly use them for delays, glitch and loop playback effects."
Toy piano
"A toy piano and a turntable. The little piano has been used for many film scores. Randolph the cat also started to write some great horror themes."
"This French harmonium has a lovely big old sound. Thank God for the Expression button."
Telefunken U47
"My Telefunken U47. It's a great mic and I love its high-mid transistor like sound. The classic vocal sound."


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Relational Study of Technical Education in Scotland and Nigeria for Sustainable Skill Development
This paper was designed to look at technical education curriculum and mode of implementation in Scotland in order to adopt the advantageous attributes of the Scottish technical education in Nigeria. The paper x-rayed the staff perceptions of technical education and its roles in Scotland; History of technical education before the advent of British government; technical education and its objectives; objectives of technical education Scotland; technical subject and career path in Scotland; factors affecting effective implementation of technical education curriculum in Nigeria reflecting on Scotland technical education; reforms of technical education for sustainable skill development in Nigeria. It was based on the content of the paper that recommendations were proffered that the government should provide adequate fund, intellectuals in technical education and provision of equipment and materials to achieve the National Policy on Education and Scottish standard of technical education for sustainable skill development in Nigeria.
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The indicators have been modified to specifically address Australian conditions. They are divided into three broad groups for implementation at a regional level within Australia: Category A - already implemented or to be implemented in the short term Category B - require some development Category C - require longer term research and development. Australia's Montreal Process Implementation Group began drafting a progress report on implementing criteria and indicators of SFM in 2000-01, using a framework based on Montreal Process criteria and indicators. Joint projects with the states and territories have also improved the Commonwealth's SFM reporting capacity. This work will lead to the preparation of Australia's country report to the Montreal Process, and Australia's second State of the Forests Report, both of which will be published in 2003. References AFFA (Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry - Australia) 2002, Sustainable Forest Management: Criteria and indicators for sustainable management of Australia's forests, Montreal Process Implementation Group. ESDWG (Ecologically Sustainable Development Working Groups) 1991, Final Report - Forest Use, 1991. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window. |


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EXCLUSIVE: A cure for ALL cancers is on the way as scientists make major breakthrough
MILLIONS of cancer sufferers have been given fresh hope of a cure after ground-breaking research.
The breakthrough came in a 16-year study of the only animal immune to cancer.
The discovery by an Israeli specialist was last night hailed as "radical and potentially life-changing".
In a world first, Professor Aaron Avivi and his team found that cells from the blind mole rat and its cousin the naked mole rat secrete a substance that destroys cancer cells in mammals – including humans.
Experts think harvesting this substance and making it safe to digest could wipe out a disease that kills eight million people each year worldwide. Last night Prof Avivi, of Haifa University in Israel was heading to London where he is due to present his findings to professionals.
His radical approach studied the two species of rat that both live mostly underground – which the team discovered had led to a dramatic evolution of their metabolism.
Blind mole rats outlive other rodents by at least 20 years with no outward signs of ageing. Researchers have never located a cancerous tumour on one of them.
The team tested the underground rodents and regular mice and rats with two potent carcinogens. Ordinary mice and rats developed tumours – none was found in the subterranean rats.
The study, published in the widely respected BMC Biology Journal, concluded: "Blind mole rats are resistant to spontaneous cancer but also to experimentally induced cancer.
"It shows the unique ability of the blind mole rat to inhibit growth and kill cancer cells, but not normal cells. It has evolved efficient anti-cancer mechanisms.
"Exploring the molecular mechanisms may hold the key for understanding the nature of resistance to cancer and identify new strategies for treating humans."
The study was described as "exciting" by Prof Penella Woll, of the University of Sheffield's department of oncology. She said: "Other researchers have taken a similar approach, studying sea creatures with intrinsic cancer resistance to develop the anti-cancer drug trabectedin – so we know that this can succeed."
Cancer care specialist Prof Sam Ahmedzai said: "If Prof Avivi's research can help us identify what genetic changes have occurred in the blind mole rat – and if that knowledge can allow us to modify humans' genetic codes – then this is a radically and potentially life-saving treatment.
"There will undoubtedly be many years of extracting the relevant parts of the mole rats' genetic differences and then – the most difficult aspect – bringing those gene extracts into humans. Prof Avivi is to be congratulated on opening up an exciting new phase of research."
Oliver Childs, of Cancer Research UK, added: "It's a long way off, but it will be interesting to see if further research can find a way to help prevent or treat cancer in humans."
In Britain, nearly 350,000 people are diagnosed with cancer every year. Macmillan Cancer Support predicts the number who will get cancer during their lifetime will rise to nearly half the UK population by 2020. Other studies forecast global cancer rates will increase to 16 million new cases by the same year.
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Earlier this week, Buckcherry premiered the new music video for "Gluttony," the first single from their new album, Confessions. You can check it out below.
The video, which was directed by Billy Jayne, features the band performing the song in a church filled with people indulging in all types of vices, while the video's protagonist struggles to overcome his own gluttony.
"The concept of the video is excess, consuming everything excessively, and moderation is not even in the equation," says Buckcherry vocalist Josh Todd. "I'm very familiar with that, and a lot of guys in the band are familiar with that.
"Because the record is called Confessions, we filmed the video in a church, we got Jesus down there — which is killer — and we got a lot of our fans in it, which is amazing. They came out on their own time and really put in a lot of sweat equity, so thank you to them."
Buckcherry is on the road now, headlining North American shows, and will join Kid Rock on the upcoming Rebel Soul Tour beginning February 2 in Kansas City, MO. The first leg of the tour runs through March 2. The band also has been added to the second leg of dates for trek which run from March 18 in Sioux Falls, SD through April 6 in Saginaw, MI.
Buckcherry will release Confessions February 19 via Century Media Records. "Gluttony" is available for purchase through iTunes now.
Buckcherry on tour:
- Date City Venue
- Solo Shows:
- 1/19 Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Theatre
- 1/20 Niagara Falls, NY Rapids Theatre
- 1/22 Portland, ME The Asylum
With Kid Rock and Hellbound:
2/2 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
2/5 Springfield, MO JQH Arena
2/7 Beaumont, TX Ford Park Event Center
2/9 Tulsa, OK BOK Center
2/10 Wichita, KS INTRUST Bank Arena
2/13 Bossier City, LA CenturyLink Center
2/15 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena
2/16 Greenville, SC Bi-Lo Center
2/18 Fort Myers, FL Germain Arena
2/20 Pensacola, FL Pensacola Civic Center
2/21 New Orleans, LA New Orleans Arena
2/23 Birmingham, AL BJCC Arena
2/24 Huntsville, AL Von Braun Center
2/26 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum Complex
2/27 Knoxville, TN Knoxville Civic Auditorium
3/1 Memphis, TN FedEx Forum
3/2 Louisville, KY KFC Yum! Center
3/18 Sioux Falls, SD Sioux Falls Arena
3/20 Madison, WI Memorial Coliseum At Alliant Energy Center
3/22 Toledo, OH The Huntington Center
3/23 Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena
3/25 Youngstown, OH Covelli Center
3/26 Ft. Wayne, IN Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
3/28 Bloomington, IL U.S. Cellular Coliseum
3/29 Omaha, NE CenturyLink Center
4/1 Evansville, IN Ford Center
4/3 Grand Rapids , MI Van Andel Arena
4/5 Saginaw, MI Dow Event Center
4/6 Saginaw, MI Dow Event Center
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Should Webber retire at the end of this year?
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- 4th November 2011, 22:59 at 10:59 pm #130456AnonymousInactive
I know he signed a new contract a little while ago, but all year Webber has just fallen further and further away from Vettel. I think he feels a beaten man, and I don't think he could turn that around.
I do think he's had a very poor season, he should have sneaked a couple of wins and a lot more seconds to Seb with those wheels under him.
I also think that if McLaren and Ferrari are closer next year (and Roberg goes to Ferrari, if you chose to believe rumours, like I do), then I think Webber could cost Red Bull the constructors' next year.
This might sound a bit harsh, because I really do like Webber, I just think Seb has completely got his measure and I don't think that will be turned around.
4th November 2011, 23:58 at 11:58 pm #184251HKParticipantshould he retire? – personally i'd say No.
He hasn't been driving as well as Seb has, but if he gets his act together for next season, and is able to make better starts at race day .. he should be right up there at the podium. Not that i see him beating Vettel on a regulair basis, but maybe get some wins and second places.
I think Vettel's super-season hasn't done Marks reputation any good, but in the end he's still a great driver. Much like Hamilton, he just needs some luck.
5th November 2011, 1:13 at 1:13 am #184252raymondu999ParticipantThe funny thing Is that for most of 2011, Mark actually had oodles more points than after the same number of races last year, so he has, ironically, done better than last year
5th November 2011, 2:47 at 2:47 am #184253Tomas Mac donnchaMemberhe must be doing something right if THE top team wants to keep him on.
5th November 2011, 2:56 at 2:56 am #184254wasiF1ParticipantNo let him race for 2012,let the other Red Bull backed drivers get matured (STR) the leave him & fit someone from junior level.
5th November 2011, 3:11 at 3:11 am #184255raymondu999ParticipantWell the perfect scenario for any team is the guy that always finishes the race 1 place below your lead driver isn't it… Webber's not dong that good in that regard, but at the moment (putting my cynical spectacles on) he's probably the best out there at doing this
5th November 2011, 7:06 at 7:06 am #184256ed24f1ParticipantI don't think Webber should've retired, but I think he should've considered taking the offer and going to Renault to close out his career as a team leader rather than a number 2.
To be honest, I think there is a strong case that Red Bull should've sacked him.
5th November 2011, 7:41 at 7:41 am #184257W-KParticipantFrom RBR's point of view, without an obvious replacement, Mark Webber is doing a good enough job to get them the more important Constructors Championship. More than can be said for Ferrari's No.2.
And from Mark's pov, would you move from a winning car to team that seems to be doing its best to destroy itself. Maybe as the only Lotus team it can get back to where it should be.
5th November 2011, 8:51 at 8:51 am #184258AnonymousInactiveWebber shouldn't retire. He only need to improve on his starts and learn how to look after his tyres.Sometimes i find it very difficult to rate him but most of you will agree with me that he is a very good driver.So i don't see the reason why he should retire.
5th November 2011, 11:15 at 11:15 am #184259AnonymousInactiveIt looks as though the basic points of the situation have been laid out properly already:
1. RBR is more than happy with him. Many points for the WCC.
2. Helmut isn't complaining either.
3. VET's competitive streak hasn't been hurt at all by not having a team mate pushing him to the edge.
4. VET isn't ready to be the older/wiser team mate just yet. RBR has a history of going towards setting up proper senior/junior line-ups with regards to their drivers. They've gone from very experienced, but not world champ material (DC) to gradually less experienced but overall more promising. The strategy is easy to figure out: they're aiming for a third WDC and WCC with VET next year, and then they'll seriously consider another rising star by his side. This is the big finale pay-off for decades of their Young Drivers Programme.Conclusion: WEB stays.
5th November 2011, 11:48 at 11:48 am #184260raymondu999ParticipantWhy do you say Vettel isn't "ready" for point 4, @Trix ?
5th November 2011, 12:20 at 12:20 pm #184261AnonymousInactive@raymondu999 It is in no way an insult to VET's growth in both nailing a race strategy over the entire weekend (he's turning into a master quali ninja), and in maturity. But you cannot deny Sebastian era 2010 is very different from this year's version. Let the boy steady into his champ boots before he has to guide a junior/worry about a rising star.
From a PR & marketing view, it would have been a terrible decision not to re-sign WEB for another too. RBR is a branding branch (yes, with very passionate people about F1!). The thought process goes beyond the simple driver line-up.
Red Bull has changed quite a few of their major sponsorships in other sports over the past 8-10 months. Their F1 team is a working model. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.5th November 2011, 12:41 at 12:41 pm #184262Alianora La CantaParticipantI think Mark might benefit from being at a different team (not from leaving F1), but there's no particular hurry for him to go there – he's still plenty quick enough for Red Bull's needs, he gets on tolerably if not fantastically well with the team and he is improving (albeit probably not fast enough to ever wrest a title off Sebastian). There are particular things Mark would benefit from learning in order to be a better racer, but that doesn't mean retirement would be of use or ornament to him, Red Bull or F1 as a whole.
5th November 2011, 12:46 at 12:46 pm #184263raymondu999Participant@Trix I think I see where you're going. On his own Seb can hold out as a driver and bring the team along, without senior guidance. But he's not quite able to take on a "mentor" figure yet. That's what you're saying, yes?
5th November 2011, 12:48 at 12:48 pm #184264BullfrogParticipantSounds to me like the team could do more to help him get the best from the Pirelli tyres. Seems obvious from my armchair they should try something different with Webber, shorter early stints or something, instead of just mirroring Vettel's strategy. It was telling what Webber said after the Indian race, that he's had the same problem all year of tyre wear towards the end of a stint. Jenson Button, who he was racing early on, sounded like he was aware of this issue, and just waiting for Mark to fall away.
Other drivers, notably Alguersuari and Sutil, have found ways to make the Pirellis work for them through the year, although that could be any combination of changes to driving style, car set-up and aero updates. I'd say Jaime needs another season of his current good form before he's a threat to Webber's seat in Red Bull Racing, so unless Hamilton has a bad start to next season…it helps Webber that there's no obvious replacement for him.
In a way he's in a similar position to Massa (although Vettel is right at the top of his game with the confidence of a champion, while Alonso must be forgetting how that felt) and while there must be way more pressure at Ferrari, Webber seems better equipped mentally to deal with it.
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- This is where the confusion over the output and consumption multiplier comes in. Suppose we are highly uncertain about the impact fiscal or monetary policy has on inflation right now. That makes monetary policy's impact very uncertain, but with government spending on domestic goods you get an output multiplier of one for sure.
- Again, this is the inflation effect, where fiscal tightening reduces inflation, which at the zero lower bound raises real interest rates, leading to an appreciation. However, as Tyler notes, at the same time as 2010 austerity we also had positive inflation shocks. Furthermore, we have little idea of what caused the 2008 depreciation. So movements in the real exchange rate are not a very reliable indicator of anything.
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I think you're being much too polite to Cowen here, given the really quite nasty accusation in (5). It very much looks like he's googled around for anything that looked like it might support his view, not really understood what he found and then declared victory. At the very least, if that's not what happened, then he ought to have been aware of the weaknesses in his argument and taken a much more diffident tone.
ReplyDeleteTyler didn't mention you at all in his original post, regarding point 5 or anything else. You said the authors sent you the paper, where they making that implication?
ReplyDeleteRepliesBut he did in this: http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2012/11/cyclically-adjusted-measures-of-the-stance-of-fiscal-policy.html
which was his previous post on UK austerity, so I was implicated. Hopefully he had others in mind with that particular comment, but because he was not specific I felt I had to respond.
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The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal methods are usually preceded with a _new
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Title : next_result Usage : my $result = $searchio->next_result; Function: Returns the next Result from a search Returns : Bio::Search::Result::ResultI object Args : none
Title : start_element Usage : $eventgenerator->start_element Function: Handles a start element event Returns : none Args : hashref with at least 2 keys 'Data' and 'Name'
Title : start_element Usage : $eventgenerator->end_element Function: Handles an end element event Returns : none Args : hashref with at least 2 keys 'Data' and 'Name'
Title : element Usage : $eventhandler->element({'Name' => $name, 'Data' => $str}); Function: Convience method that calls start_element, characters, end_element Returns : none Args : Hash ref with the keys 'Name' and 'Data'
Title : characters Usage : $eventgenerator->characters($str) Function: Send a character events Returns : none Args : string
Title : within_element Usage : if( $eventgenerator->within_element($element) ) {} Function: Test if we are within a particular element This is different than 'in' because within can be tested for a whole block. Returns : boolean Args : string element name
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Title : start_document Usage : $eventgenerator->start_document Function: Handle a start document event Returns : none Args : none
Title : end_document Usage : $eventgenerator->end_document Function: Handles an end document event Returns : Bio::Search::Result::ResultI object Args : none
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