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Innovation in Aging Services, Part 2
In my last blog post, I introduced the notion that innovation in aging services is more about collaboration and cooperation than about new technology. One program I discussed is Experience Corps, in which seniors volunteer to tutor children in local schools. This program brings many benefits to schools, students, and older adult volunteers. Here's a similar program that works in the opposite direction: The TECH program developed by the Central Oregon Council on Aging. TECH stands for Teen Elder Computer Help. It's an intergenerational training class that uses teenage volunteers to teach seniors how to use digital cameras, smartphones, e-mail, Skype, and social media such as Facebook. The seniors and teens all love it. The older people feel more connected to modern technology and popular culture while being able to stay in touch with their far-flung family members and friends. The teens come to better understand their elders and cultivate a sense of pride in volunteering and helping others. It's another win-win.
Right here in Michigan, in places like Kalamazoo and Ferndale, Royal Oak and Ypsilanti, people are developing time banks. Time banks allow people to barter services, and they are a great vehicle for intergenerational exchange and mutual assistance. Using time banks, older adults can trade services they are able to provide for services they are unable to do for themselves. They can offer to provide after-school childcare in exchange for help with lawn mowing. They can bake a batch of cookies for their neighbor, who will clean out their gutters or rake their leaves in return. They can repair torn clothing or sew a popped button for the person who will take them grocery shopping. The possibilities are huge, the cost in dollars is small, and the potential for intergenerational learning and empathy and a stronger community is real.
One thing that these intergenerational programs have in common is that they capitalize on the understanding that while older adults often need our help and support, they also bring a lot to the table: A lifetime of experience and wisdom, a grounding in the community, a good amount of free time, and sometimes significant financial and physical resources. Our older population is growing, and plenty of its members will need help in maintaining their health and independence, but overall it is the healthiest, best educated, and most socially engaged older population we've ever had. My research shows that seniors are not only participating in the work force at higher rates than they have in many decades, but even those who are retired import billions of dollars into Michigan's economy in the form of Social Security and pension benefits each year. This does not include their Medicare benefits, which largely fuel our healthcare system, currently the strongest economic sector in our state. Yes, let's serve seniors, but let's also give those who are able plenty of opportunity to serve others.
Finally, let's remember that things change, and agencies that serve seniors in their communities need to keep up with the changes. They cannot continue business as usual and expect to survive. They need to find new ways to provide services and enhance the quality of life of our older adult population, all while reducing costs. New services that are well designed and competently delivered to serve unserved needs can ultimately reduce costs in the long run. A good example is the care transitions program of The Senior Alliance, Area Agency on Aging 1-C, another organization I work with in Southeast Michigan. The Senior Alliance developed a care transitions coaching program that is now funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. This program has helped to significantly lower Medicare costs arising from readmission and rehospitalization among high risk, frail elderly folks who are discharged from the hospital. The transition coach meets with each client in the hospital before they are discharged to help them assemble and review their personal medical record. They teach them and encourage them to properly manage their medications, to adhere to dietary guidelines prescribed by their doctors, and to follow up and advocate for themselves with their primary care physicians after they are discharged. They meet with them in their homes after discharge to review meds and offer information and support, and make sure they take proper steps to care for chronic conditions and get regular medical care. It costs several hundred dollars to coach each patient, which seems pretty expensive until you consider that by reducing readmission by nearly 30%, which this program does, each dollar spent reduces health care expenditures by many more dollars, not to mention reducing the human costs of unnecessary hospitalization. Now that hospitals are being penalized by Medicare for preventable readmissions, they have become eager partners in this enterprise.
But the larger point is that those who serve the older population must keep their ear to the ground. They must maintain a keen awareness of the broader environment in which seniors live. And they must be ready to adjust their programs and services to better fit those changing conditions. Program evaluation, needs assessment, and outcomes research are key to accomplishing these goals. In the aging services field, they have done a great job of measuring outputs—units of service delivered, clients served—but they have done a poor job of measuring outcomes and the end results of the services they have delivered. My colleagues at the Senior Regional Collaborative and I have developed a measurement tool called the Quality Aging Matrix which we hope will help us to gauge the effects of our services on the quality of life of older clients. It measures the conditions seniors face along several dimensions such as mental and physical health, housing, nutrition, and social engagement, each ranging from crisis, to stability, to thriving. It uses repeated measures taken at intake and each review by a caseworker to show the degree of movement from crisis to a thriving condition in order to evaluate the effectiveness of our programs. It's still in its very early pilot stages, but we hope it will help service providers to better assess their services and convince funders that their programs are effective and that precious dollars are being well spent.
To those in the aging network, the message is this: Don't be afraid to be creative, try new things, reach out, and work together. Older adults are our parents and grandparents, those we love, those upon whose legacy we have built our lives. We owe them a debt of gratitude, and we carry an obligation to offer a hand when they need help. And if we haven't yet done so and we are lucky and take care of ourselves, some day sooner than many of us would like to admit, we will join their ranks. Wouldn't it be nice to have an array of efficient and effective services to depend upon when we do?
To learn more about Dr. Tom Jankowski and his work visit http://www.iog.wayne.edu/profile/thomas.jankowski/
This essay was adapted from the keynote address by Thomas B. Jankowski, PhD, at the Midland County Council on Aging Annual Meeting and Senior Services 50th Anniversary Dinner, November 12, 2013.


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RADIO DREAMS, winner of the 45th Rotterdam International Film Festival's Tiger Award, creates the odd yet very real world of PARS-FM - a Farsi radio station broadcasting from the heart of San Francisco. The story unfolds over a single day as the station's program manager, Hamid - a brilliant, misunderstood Iranian writer (played by the "Iranian Bob Dylan" Mohsen Namjoo) - prepares for a triumphant broadcast - a live performance pairing Metallica and Kabul Dreams, Afghanistan's first rock band. Meanwhile, Hamid must juggle a dysfunctional mix of on-air talent, station managers, and performers while fending off the owner's plans to wrest control of the station.
RADIO DREAMS brings to life the sometimes bizarre experience of immigrants pursuing dreams in the
U.S. with a perfect mixture of honesty, art, and socio-political topicality served up in an ingenious, offbeat transmission.
RADIO DREAMS is the newest feature film from Iranian-British director Babak Jalali (Frontier Blues).
Original Title Radio Dreams Country United States Release Year 2016 Duration 91 min. Director Babak Jalali Producer Marjaneh Moghimi Script Babak Jalali, Aida Ahadiany Cast Mohsen Namjoo, Lars Ulrich, Sulyman Qardash, Siddique Ahmed, Raby Adib, Mohamamad Talani, Boshra Dastournezhad Camera Noaz Deshe Sound Stefano Grosso Editor Nico Leunen, Babak Salek Music Mahmood Schricker Production Company Butimar Productions


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Currently when you want to matte a layer, you use Track Matte in the timeline to cut one layer out of the other. This works well, however, our workflow has changed. We now have more layers and our animations have become more complex.
Track Mattes end up taking a lot of real estate in the timeline. The icons push the layer text out of alignment and sometimes the connection breaks when you accidentally drag a layer in between the two Track Matte Layers.
Inspired by Node-based workflows. We often want to combine different mattes into one layer without the need of pre-comping—and then even use the same matte for multiple layers.
If we improve the already existing "Set Matte" Effect with the functions of the "Track Matte", we may be on a better path!
- Add a "Track Matte" switch
This could make the "Transform Properties" behave the same as layer "Track Mattes".
- Multiple "Set Matte" Effects on one Layer
"Add" and "Subtract" Mattes from each other. Similar to how masks work.
This will allow us to use one layer as a matte multiple times in different ways. In duplicating the "Set Matte" effect on one layer, you'll be able to add and subtract mattes from one another—just like masks.
The Transparency switch can become something like the Unmult effect. Or could be included in the "Advances Switches" column. ( See Chapter 1.1 )
This request could be in addition to After Effects. The current way of using "Track Mattes" can be left in place for people that find them useful.


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"Saudi Arabia has conducted the Arab and Islamic world summit," said Yusuf. By joining the United States, it is considered unworthy of the Islamic world and Islamic civilization. It is also considered as a free-thinking practice in order to give Saudi Arabia authority over Islamic countries. And this is a Jewish plan that aims to create an ugly image for the destruction of Islamic identity and structure. "
Religious scholars from various places around the world have met Yusuf Sahib, the publisher and head of the Confederation of Muslim Scholars. It mentions the Arab and Islamic world summit. The US President joined the Islamic world. And Arabs are considered. It is a disgraceful and unrepentant meeting that requires Saudi Arabia to have power over Islamic countries. And this is a Jewish plan that aims to create a hideous image that destroys the unique and beautiful structure of Islam. "
Shu Yusuf also said that. "Saudi Arabia has adopted the guidelines and methods of its refusal to select its own leaders. And it is used with different countries. And Wahab has no suitability to step up to be the leader of the Islamic world. In addition, the actions of Saudi Arabia this time. It is a betrayal of Islam and Muslims around the world. "
Shek Yevufi also said that "the real enemy of the Islamic world is the extremist ideology and the Saudi Arabia. At present, Arab countries and Islamic countries are subject to the terms of their exploitation of Saudi Arabia. As a result, Saudi Arabia will step up as a facilitator of international cooperation and be a leader in opposing extremist and terrorist groups. "
Shakespeare said that. "Attending the Arab and Islamic world summit in various countries in the Persian Gulf and Islamic countries. The United States and Saudi Arabia are the leaders that contradict the principles and commandments of Islam. And this is a plan to reduce the role of Islamic countries. "


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PWS Dayboro / Samford Valley
We Clean Water Tanks
Water Filters Supply & Service
Water Quality Testing / Analyse
Pristine Water Systems has been in operation since 2003, becoming Australia's premier water tank cleaning franchise. As an industry leader we are also able to assist with expert advice when choosing and servicing the right filtration/ultraviolet sterilisation system for your family.
Our franchisee's/operators are expertly trained to solve your water quality issues. Symptoms may include:
- Dirty or Discoloured Water: Sludge or Organic matter build-up.
- Bad Smelling Water: Animal droppings or carcasses.
- Bad Tasting Water: Is a sign that potentially your water may be unhealthy.
- Stomach Complaints: Water disease, bacteria or cysts causing illness.
- Water Staining: Ceramics, Porcelain Walls, Fences
Solutions may include:
- Regular Water Tank Cleaning Service.
- All year round water filtration:
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QuadClean™ is suitable for a wide variety of domestic, rural and commercial situations as well as many other applications associated with the sanitisation and treatment of stored water.
Our cleaning process removes debris from the bottom of the tank, such as leaf mould, mud, animal faeces and carcasses and these are vacuumed and pumped out without the need to empty the entire tank.
No chlorine; PWS utilises WaterCare® which is a unique water purifying product, approved under the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines. WaterCare® controls bacteria and viruses, removes nasty odours while oxygenating and rejuvenating stored water.
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Ryuusei no Rockman Official Complete Works details/
A Japanese online shop has some details about the forthcoming Ryuusei no Rockman (Mega Man Star Force) Official Complete Works. Most important, it has a specified release day of April 1st (hopefully not a joke). It will be 176 pages and A4 format, the same jumbo size as the OCW books for Zero and R20, and cost ¥2100 (a little over $23 US with the current exchange). As for the contents, it's pretty much what you can imagine: loads of official and conceptual artwork. This includes never-before-seen created specifically for the book. There will also be plenty of staff comments. I'm certainly looking forward to this book! News Credit: Gyroman Black


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Interior Design: Step 5 of the process
STEP #5 Goal: Construction Documents. Prepare technical documents required for construction and obtaining permitting approvals
A set of permit drawings is a simplified construction set. The permit documents are used to submit, coordinate, and obtain the building permit from the city. It is typically an effective use of time to turn in a permit set early, covering the requirements, to get the ball rolling with the city while the designer continues to work on a more thorough drawing set required for construction. The drawings continue to develop down to the very last details (how high a light fixture is hung AFF (Above Finished Floor -one of those acronyms from STEP 1 I had to sneak in or how the tile floor in the shower is sloped to drain…)


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Hellooooo Fall!
It's been a long, long journey slogging through the summer heat, battling hordes of mosquitoes and uneven tan lines. FINALLY it's time for cozy cups of pumpkin spiced lattes and even cozier oversized neck scarves! Woo-hoo! I love everything about the fall ~ the aromas, the jewel-like colors, the finely-tuned fashion details that appear only in cold weather clothing...brass buttons, turtlenecks with ironic brooches, lace-trimmed boot socks, all boots in general, buckles. Not only that, but I finally have a great excuse to wear flannel and jeans on a daily basis and not feel like the only lumberjack on the beach who didn't get the memo.
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Fall is also the best time of year to slip into a craft coma. Literally, a waking dream of craftiness. You know what I'm talking about. Staying up late with your hot glue gun, creating mad amalgamations of felt and ribbon while losing all track of time because that Natalie Imbruglia song is stuck on repeat and you can't help singing along even if you don't know all the words. We all get sucked into our artistic passions sometimes. There could be a craft fair in your future or maybe you've committed yourself body & soul to making handmade holiday gifts this year. Whatever the case may be, I've got two new workshops to get you all fired up!
There will be hot apple cider and plenty of homemade cookies. I can't promise there won't be any angsty female 90s music humming in the background, but fingers crossed we'll get through our craft comas together! Click here to read more! See you at the studio!
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Here is this week's statewide football poll, as voted on by the members of ESPN NH's Friday Nights and Nashua Telegraph sports dept. With Pinkerton's loss at Bedford last week we have a new #1 team.
Rank Team (1st) Record Last Wk
1. Exeter (7) 1-0 2
2. Bedford (1) 1-0 6
3. Concord 1-0 5
4. South 1-0 3
5. Pinkerton 0-1 1
6. Winnacunnet 1-0 4
Trinity 1-0 6
8. Plymouth 1-0 NR
9. Keene 1-0 NR
Here's what my ballot looked like...
1. Bedford
2. Exeter
3. Winnacunnet
4. Nashua South
5. Pinkerton
6. Concord
7. Trinity
8. Keene
9. Plymouth
10. Bishop Guertin
Here's why I voted that way...
1) Bedford - I continue to be impressed by this program. They lost many key players to graduation (James Caparell, Brian Collins, Joe Thibeault, Dylan York, David Cannone, just to name a few) yet here they are atop the rankings. The kids in that program believe. It looks like I'm the only voter who voted for them in the #1 spot, with everyone else picking Exeter. It's a tough call, but Exeter lost my starters to graduation from last year. Plus Bedford had the most impressive win of week 1 by defeating preseason #1 ranked Pinkerton. New QB Dan Colella had a successful debut, and he has returning weapons like Mike and Nick Vailas, plus lineman Eric Glassman.
2) Exeter - They only have 3 returning starters from last year's D-I championship team, but the Blue Hawks don't rebuild - they reload. They stomped and un-ranked Dover team in week 1. Chris Kelly and Ryan Kelly now take on bigger roles, alongside lineman Collin Richardson and TE/DB Max Medley. The game of the week this weekend is Exeter @ Keene - we'll have a better idea about where both of those teams are at after that one.
3) Winnacunnet - Looks like I had these guys a little higher than the other voters. Yes, they lost some valuable players to graduation (especially Ben Franzoso, Christian Dyer and Jordan Cutting), but so did everyone. I was even tempted to rank the Warriors #1 this week, because even though they just barely beat BG on Saturday night, they did beat Bedford in a preseason scrimmage. It seems like when it comes to top quarterbacks in the state everyone is talking about Trevor Knight (Nashua South) and Carmen Giampetruzzi (Trinity), and deservedly so. But don't forget about Winnacunnet senior Ing Hao Veasna, this kid is in for a big year. Also don't bother trying to pass on these guys, as all of the starters in the secondary are back (Collin Witt, Clint Felch, Jon Flagg, Alec Boucher).
4) Nashua South - the Purple Panthers had a strong off-season, return arguably the best player in the state in QB Trevor Knight along with other key players. They took care of business in week 1 vs. Spaulding, but at a cost as Knight got injured and according to his Twitter account he will be out for the next 2 games. I would probably have South ranked higher, but they're not the same team without Knight.
5) Pinkerton - Even with the opening week loss to Bedford this is still one of the top teams in the state, no question about it. They still have the best running back (Manny Latimore), the best linebacker (Matt Madden) and arguably the best defensive lineman (Phil Harper) in the state. Look for that loss to get them re-focused and even more determined.
6) Concord - I have them slightly lower than the other voters. A top 5 ranking is uncharted territory for this program, so I would like to see a little more before putting them higher. I was impressed with their blowout win in week 1 over Central. Still, the other voters rewarded Concord more for the win, as they had Central ranked in the preseason but I did not. This is definitely a team on the rise though, for sure.
7) Trinity - Outside of Bedford's win over Pinkerton, the most impressive win of week 1 was Trinity's 58-37 thrashing of a tough Portsmouth team. The Pioneers' offense is the real deal, they're as good as any in the state, regardless of division. The only other team in D-II I can see giving them a tough game is Plymouth.
8) Keene - Just like Trinity, Keene is another team where I wouldn't be surprised if they move up the rankings as the season goes on. They graduated Lucas Luopa who was their starting QB for the past 3 years, but they have a ton of returning talent on defense and in the backfield. You have beasts like Jimmy Heaney, Hunter Wilkinson and Brett Parenteau on 'D', and their 3 top RB's are all back (Parenteau, Tom Galanes, Tim Lane). Some were surprised by their 34-0 opening night win over Nashua North, but not this guy.
9) Plymouth - In legendary head coach Chuck Lenehan's last season you can bet the Bobcats will bring their 'A' game every week. And with star players like John Thomas, Colin Sullivan, Kyle Reisert and Jared Kuehl they have the talent to once again go out on top.
10) Bishop Guertin - They definitely have the talent to be a top 10 team. And even though they are 0-1, they barely lost to the team I have ranked in the #3 spot. This will definitely be a team to watch as the season goes on.


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Feb 25, 2019
von Madhukar K•
Aug 02, 2019
Extremely well structured and great peer discussions. Interactions with healthcare professionals across the globe helped me in understanding the opportunities in the way health care is changing towards patient centricity and how the patient is transforming into a consumer. Thankful to great content and presentation by Prof. Russ Moran.
von Pascal F•
Mar 22, 2019
Helpful but not very detailed.
von Ali C•
Mar 28, 2019
The course is only focused in US healthcare system and not anywhere around the world.
The way courses are structured (2-3 minutes of videos on multiple issues) makes it not so easy to get an eye on the big picture.
The peer-reviewed pieces are not necessarily adding value to the learning experience.


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1. Introduction
The film industry is booming in Belgium, not in the least thanks to the Belgian Tax Shelter regime. Many years ago Belgian filmmakers were doomed to working on tiny budgets because their sales market was equally tiny. A Dutch-language film only has a few million Dutch speakers as its target audience, and while the French-language market is somewhat larger, it's nothing when compared to the market that Hollywood reaches with its English-language films.
But in order to give the Belgian film world a helping hand the authorities created a 'Tax Shelter' regime for audiovisual works some years back. This regime boiled down to an indirect subsidy for the industry. The regime stipulates that companies must initially invest in the industry, and the recipient will not have to repay the full sum. But it is still an appealing avenue for investors because the authorities subsidise the investing companies themselves in the form of a tax exemption. This tax exemption ensures that the investment will still be profitable.Because there were suddenly a great many investors in the film industry, Belgium has found itself firmly on the cinematic map. The attentive movie aficionado will have regularly seen mention of Belgian companies in the opening or closing credits of American blockbusters.
2. Tax Shelter
Is the Tax Shelter regime an attractive one? In absolute figures, yes. Just don't overestimate its affect on the company, because the sum of the investment itself is limited by law.Under the new legislation, if a company decides to invest in a Tax Shelter for audiovisual works, that company will not recover its investment. That means that whatever you pay to the investment company, you won't receive the capital back.
3. Tax benefits
So what are the tax benefits? The idea is that the tax authorities will exempt your profit on the investment to the amount of 310 percent. For every 100 euros you invest, 310 euros of the returns will be exempted. An exemption of 310 euros multiplied by the corporation tax of 33.99 percent means a benefit amounting 105.37 euros – a return of 5.37 percent. If you can combine that Tax Shelter investment with advance payments, such as investing in December and simultaneously deducting the expected savings from your advance payments in December, then you will immediately see your return. Can you think of any other investment scheme with a yield of 5.37 percent where your capital is only tied up for a few days?
Is it an entirely risk-free investment? No, the tax benefit you receive is only a temporary one. You will only receive a definitive exemption at the time that the production company provides you with a Tax Shelter certificate. A value is stated on that certificate that directly influences the value of the definitive exemption, and this value depends on a number of conditions that the production company must meet. Under normal circumstances they will comply with them, but in exceptional cases the certificate value is not sufficient for retaining your full exemption. At that point you will lose a part of the return.
In order to cover that risk, production companies are legally permitted to offer insurance against the loss of exemption, and most production companies automatically issue such insurance to their investors. In the event of a tax benefit being lost, and consequently the loss of your return on the investment, the insurance will cover the difference.
4. Financial benefit
The authorities have also permitted the production companies to pay out a 'benefit for financial resources made available'. What this really means is interest compensation that the production company can award to you for the money you made available to them for the period between the payment and the receipt of the Tax Shelter certificate. This period of interest payment is however limited to 18 months.
The sum of that interest compensation that can be paid out by the production company is also determined by the law, and is set at the 12 month average EURIBOR for the last six months (either the first six months of the present year or the last six months of the previous year) plus 450 base points. This means that currently we must take into account the 12 month average EURIBOR for the period from 1 January 2016 to 30 June 2016, being -0.015 percent. The benefit for financial resources made available that can be paid out by the production companies is thus 4.485 percent per annum. This would amount to 6.727 percent over 18 months.
5. Total benefit
The total benefit from a Tax Shelter investment is thus a tax benefit of 5.37 percent, which in principle can be enjoyed immediately and is completely tax-free because it is a tax benefit. The financial resources made available amount to 6.727 percent over 18 months (4.485 percent per annum), but this payment is naturally taxable.
For an investment of, let's say, €20,000 you will thus receive an immediate tax benefit of €1,073.80 and an interest payment of €1,345.40 spread over 18 months. The interest must still be taxed, which means a net return of €888.10 remains. The total return from our €20,000.00 is thus €1,961.90, or 9.81 percent – where else would you get such a return these days?
6. Limited investment sums
Unfortunately the total permitted investment sum is limited. In highly technical terms, this means that the exemption (3.1 x your investment) can only constitute half of the movement of the reserves prior to exemption being applicable, but for which the exemption can already be taken into account when calculating taxes. Please contact us if you would like us to perform such a calculation, but a rule of the thumb is that you can invest approximately ten percent of your pre-tax profits in a Tax Shelter. So to invest €20,000.00 you need to make a pre-tax profit of €200,000.00 and it may not be distributed as dividends or profit-sharing bonuses. The maximum exemption is €750,000.00, of which (divided by 3.1) no more than €241,935.48 can be invested per year, and this is of course if your pre-tax profit would exceed €2.4 million.
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How many tickets should airlines sell? Students use probability and expected value to investigate the overbooking phenomenon and why airlines make the decisions they do.
In basketball, should you ever foul at the buzzer? Students use probabilities to determine when the defense should foul...and when they should not.
What is the likelihood of winning at roulette? Students use probabilities and odds to examine the betting and gameplay of roulette, including where the infamous house edge comes from.
What is the likelihood of winning at craps? Students learn the rules of the popular casino game, and use probabilities to determine how likely players are to win big (or go broke).
How much should you spend to get all the toys? Students use probability and expected value to figure out how many Happy Meals they should plan on buying if they want to collect all the toys in a series.
How much should you bid in an auction? Students use probability, expected value, and polynomial functions to develop a profit-maximizing bidding strategy.
How many people should you date before you settle down? Students use modeling with probability distributions to come up with a rule to try to maximize their relationship happiness.
When is it worth buying a Powerball ticket? Students count combinations and apply basic rules of probability and expected value to determine when the Powerball jackpot is large enough to justify the cost of playing the game.
When should NFL teams go for it on fourth down? Students use quadratic functions to develop a model of expected points. They then apply this model to determine when teams should punt the ball, and more importantly, when they shouldn't.
How accurate should government surveillance be? Students calculate conditional probabilities to determine the likelihood of false-positives and false-negatives, and discuss the tradeoffs between safety and accuracy.
Mathalicious lessons provide teachers with an opportunity to teach standards-based math through real-world topics that students care about.
How do the rules of an election affect who wins? Students calculate (as a percent) how much of the electoral and popular vote different presidential candidates have received, and add with integers to explore elections under possible alternative voting systems.


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Independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI)
A complex designed and constructed for the interim storage of spent nuclear fuel; solid, reactor-related, greater than Class C waste; and other associated radioactive materials. A spent fuel storage facility may be considered independent, even if it is located on the site of another NRC-licensed facility. For further information, see Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel and Locations of Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations.
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SAP Labs India featured in Aon Hewitt's Best Employer SurveyBy : Soma Tah |January 21, 2014 0
BANGALORE, INDIA: SAP Labs India announced being named among the 17 Best Employers in India for 2013, by Aon Hewitt. SAP Labs India was recognized for engaging employees, creating a compelling employer brand, establishing a culture of high performance and developing effective leadership.
Congratulating SAP Labs India, Tarandeep Singh, Partner and Engagement Practice Leader, Aon Hewitt stated, "SAP Labs displays all the right ingredients which make a Best Employer – strong financials and business performance, alignment between business and HR, and high scores on all parameters, as rated by employees."
"There were some factors which decisively set apart SAP Labs from other organizations, for instance, the sheer number of initiatives that the organization is undertaking around diversity and inclusion (D&I) to improve the availability of opportunities for women and people with disability. D&I is a thrust area for business, and not merely a 'good to have'. The organization has co-created some HR policies with employees as part of Project Ignite, reflecting a culture of empowerment, trust and transparency."
Some innovative HR policies and programs that drove Diversity and Inclusion in SAP Labs are:
· Business Women Network (BWN) which aims to provide support, education and networking opportunities for women in business.
· Maternity Return Program which focuses on making the return of a female employee, post maternity leave, as smooth as possible.
· Woman of Substance, a platform for women employees to send in their stories, or for their colleagues to nominate outstanding achievers who have overcome personal adversities.


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text: While most colleges are trying to maintain status quo the Baton Rouge Community College is on a dynamic growth projectory. Last Friday at a BRCC Foundation board meeting we approved the acquisition of a 20 plus acre site for the construction of a new "state of the art" automotive training center and a career training academy to be located in the new Ardendale development. In the last fifteen years BRCC has grown by "leaps and bounds" and currently has over 10,000 students. Some of the associate degrees and certificates it offers are in traditional fields such as pre-engineering, liberal arts and sciences and in the emerging fields such as sonography, avionics, film-making, video game design, nursing, construction management as well as others. While many of its students go on to earn degrees at major universities BRCC's main focus is to ensure that it's students have the educational foundation and skills they need to enter the workforce. Strong workforce development is one of the key factors in attracting new business and industry to the Baton Rouge region. BRCC is supporting this effort in a big way!! Baton Rouge is fortunate to have such a dynamic and growing educational institution.


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What makes some groups perform better than others?
A new study published in Science found that three factors were significantly correlated with a group's collective intelligence -- in other words, its ability to perform a variety of tasks collectively, from solving puzzles to negotiating.
The three factors are: the average social sensitivity of the members of the group, the extent to which the group's conversations weren't dominated by a few members, and the percentage of women in the group. (The women in the study tended to score higher on social sensitivity than the men.) In other words, groups perform better on tasks if the members have strong social skills, if there are some women in the group, and if the conversation reflects more group members' ideas. The groups studied were small teams with two to five members.
The study was conducted by Anita Williams Woolley of Carnegie-Mellon, Christopher F. Chabris of Union College, and Alexander Pentland, Nada Hashmi and Thomas W. Malone, all of MIT.
Interestingly, the researchers found that collective intelligence wasn't strongly correlated with the average intelligence of the individuals in the group -- or with the intelligence of the smartest person in the group. They also found, as they wrote in Science, "that many of the factors one might have expected to predict group performance -- such as group cohesion, motivation, and satisfaction -- did not."
For more on Thomas W. Malone's ideas about collective intelligence, see MIT Sloan Management Review's Spring 2010 interview with Malone.


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New Jersey Bear Hunt Begins in Spite of Animal-Rights Opposition
New Jersey's annual bear hunt began on Monday in spite of attempts by animal-rights groups to stop it.
The state Department of Environmental Protection has issued more than 7,800 permits to more than 6,400 people. Each permit allows the holder to shoot one bear in a 1,000-square-mile area of northern New Jersey, and some hunters received more than one permit. The estimated bear population in the state is 3,400.
According to officials, the population of black bears in that area is among the densest in the United States, and proponents of the hunt say it is a good way to keep the population under control and avoid potentially dangerous encounters between bears and humans.
You gotta keep your animals to a certain number -- no ands, ifs or buts about that, hunter Robert Melber, a Pennsylvania native, told Fox News. And there's a lot of bears in New Jersey.
Critics said the hunt was inhumane and a misguided attempt to control the population of nuisance bears -- those bears that encroach on people's property. Most black bears keep to themselves.
Hunters are harvesting wild bears living in the middle of the woods, not nuisance bears living near someone's garage, Jeff Tittel, director of the New Jersey Sierra Club, told The New York Times.
Tittel and other opponents of the hunt have suggested aversion training, in which bears are conditioned to stay away from private property.
The jury is split on whether that would be an effective alternative to hunting.
They think these animals aren't wild animals but circus animals to be trained to avoid humans, Larry Rudolph, the president of the hunting and conservation group Safari Club International, told Fox News. That's not logical and that's not possible.
Supporters and opponents of the hunt sparred over its purpose, branding it alternately a management hunt to control the bear population and a trophy hunt in which hunters were just after souvenirs.
It is just a trophy hunt. It is not about bear population, it is not about safety -- it is a trophy hunt, one opponent, Susan Kehoe, said.
Hunting is the only way to control the population, Jim Sciasdia, a spokesman for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Fish and Wildlife Division, told The Star-Ledger. This is a management hunt, not a trophy hunt.


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I attended Pat Hanrahan's talk the other day at Adobe. It was on visualization techniques. It was interesting although I found it a little basic. The techniques he described have a long history, dating back to Minard's map of Napoleon's Russian campaign. Phase Space representations and simplified distorted topologies were both shown and discussed. These are certainly valuable visualization techniques, but both have been around for a while.
Phase space representations came of age in 1963 when when Edward Lorenz was plotting weather data and derived the Lorentz Attractor which is a phase space visualization of the data he gathered.
Hanrahan's primary point, however, that the visualization should be chosen to work best with the context in which the data needs to be delivered, is spot on. In many respects, a contextually approrpriate visualization can present data in a manenr that highlights the information content specifically.
This is especially important for self-adapting content. You can extrapolate most of the same principles when the issue of transforming or adapting content to different devices and contexts.


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What happens if the world is atmospherically calligraphic? What happens if you were to live and move among giant kaijus in an inky parallel universe that is both beautiful and exquisitely strange?
Tofufu's inky parallel universe is just like every other parallel universe, except it's all inky. It's an alternative world where everyone lives and breathes in that inky style, including every kaiju, monster, superhero, etc.
Residents in this inky universe are usually nice and calm because everything around them is so tranquil and peaceful, and they kind of get used to it (although kaijus sometimes get bored and play pranks on each other...)
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The silent cost of freedom
As we light up our grills, put on our bathing suits and enjoy family and friends let us remember the service men and women that have allowed us this freedom. On a day meant to celebrate our freedom, we felt it necessary to talk about one of the often silent prices our soldiers pay for our freedom. The number one service related injury affecting our veterans is hearing loss. According to the Heroes with Hearing Loss, an organization committed to raising awareness and providing solutions for this issue, 1.5 million service men and women sought treatment for hearing loss in just the year of 2011 alone.
The many challenges our service men and women face often overshadow the struggles of hearing loss. However, hearing loss often is "intertwined both physically and emotionally — as a trigger, a constant reminder or an every day frustration" for our veterans.
While awareness of the issue is important, prevention is also key. However, Techtimes.com states that soldiers typically refuse to wear traditional hearing protection due to the fact that their overall situational awareness is obstruct. The good news is that the military is seeking solutions, and in the same Tech Times article, they reveal their new solution to the problem, smart earplugs that amplify helpful noise, while muffling out harmful noises.
We first met the a Heroes with Hearing Loss organization at one of the sessions at this year's hearing loss Association of America convention. As we learned all about the issue of soldiers with hearing loss (how many people are affected and how little it's talked about) we immediately knew this was a cause we wanted to be invested in.
At Pretty Smart Homes we are dreaming up and planning ways to better serve veterans with hearing loss. We are planning on implementing a military discount program. We are working on a program in which our customers would have the opportunity to donate funds specifically to be used for veterans with hearing loss, which we intend to match.
And most importantly, we are committed to raising awareness about hearing loss among veterans, as well as hearing loss as a whole, so that we can better advocate for more accessible environments for those that are deaf and hard of hearing.
We ask that you join us in our efforts, by following along, by sharing this blog, or by starting a conversation with someone you love that is affected by hearing loss. We are confident that with the help of the community, we can create a better environment for those with hearing loss.


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True Vine is a floral and design studio based in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, MA. It's founder, Kaylyn Hewitt, loves all things floral and all the joy that they provide. Among the laundry list of things they do, True Vine spends their time designing, blogging, hosting workshops, and will soon be opening an online shop.
You moved to Boston, MA to pursue a career in child development and decided to end your pursuit of higher education and started dreaming of owning your own floral design company. What was going through your mind when you made that first step?
I never expected to become a florist. When I moved to Boston for grad school, I quickly learned that being a student was just not for me anymore. Having done flowers for some of my friends events, I realized a calling. I believe that education and creativity do not have to be separate, and I'm thankful for my educational background, which gives me the ability to run a business. I haven't looked back since.
What is your favorite flower arrangement for the workspace?
On any given day we can have such a variety of flowers in the studio, so we like to keep the space as minimal and airy as possible. We really love plants, so you'll find plenty of those here if you come hang with us. We even wrote about some of our favorites on our blog.
What is one message you want to tell readers who are struggling to create a unique path for themselves?
My advice would be to remind yourself every day why you started on this endeavor and let that be the fuel that keeps you going. Starting a new venture, whether in your personal life or in business, can be stressful and exciting all at once. You're going to work really hard and you're going to learn a lot. Every day can be different. Some days will be tougher than others, but at the end of the day you just have to remember who you are: a creative. Don't ever doubt your gifts, they are yours for a reason. The best flower advise I ever received is one I learned from my mother: Make sure you always have fresh flowers on your table because they'll make your day a little brighter.
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NEW YORK — When Natasha Alam was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma last March, she wanted something more to look forward to than the end of chemotherapy.
So the 28-year-old New Yorker decided to run a half-marathon in San Francisco. She began training, running only a mile a day when the chemo made her particularly sick.
She joined Team in Training, a national fund-raising group for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
"I wanted to remember there was a bigger picture than what was just going on with me, there are other people suffering," Alam said.
More than $560 million raised
Distance running is becoming more mainstream, and charity events are a big reason, experts say. More than $560 million was raised for charities in 2003, an 8 percent increase over the previous year, according to USA Track and Field. Figures for 2004 have not been released, but if the trend continues, even more money will be raised.
"Charitable running has really increased the popularity of the sport," said Jill Geer, USA Track and Field spokeswoman. "Just the fact that we are doing surveys on how much money is being raised through running shows how popular these events are."
There are more than 4,000 sanctioned races per year, including everything from 5Ks (3.1 miles) to marathons.
Every race has some runners for charities. "That's a lot of people," Geer said.
Some events, like the Komen Race for the Cure series, are noncompetitive and devoted entirely to the charity. The 5K run started in Dallas in over two decades ago with 800 runners and now has 110 races nationwide. It raised nearly $60 million last year.
"We have a lot of breast cancer survivors who take part in the race," said Susan Decker, a Komen Foundation director. "It really is moving to get out there and run, or walk, and see these women by your side. It's a great motivator."
'Facing a challenge you must overcome'
Team in Training takes a more extreme approach, with participants running competitively. They work in groups with trainers to prepare for a half-marathon, full marathon or triathlon. Last year the program raised $60 million for the leukemia and lymphoma research.
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"You run a marathon to accomplish something; you're facing a challenge you must overcome," said Liza Munson, national director for Team in Training. "That's why we do this. It's symbolic of the struggles and challenges with blood cancer."
Team in Training participates in at least 60 events worldwide, including the Boston Marathon on April 18, Munson said. The oldest marathon in the country accepts 1,000 charity runners who don't have to meet qualifying times to get in.
"There are precious few ways to run the Boston Marathon," said Guy Morse, director of Boston Athletic Association. "This is a way for those running for significant charities to have a shot at it."
Since 1994, when the Boston Marathon first accepted charity groups, those organizations have raised more than $56 million, he said. Morse expects about $8 million to be raised during this year's race.
Morse said those running for charity don't get in the way of the 19,000 others who qualified for the race.
"We have strict requirements to run. The charity runner must know road running etiquette, and be part of a legitimate training program."
Appropriate road etiquette required
Some regular marathon runners, though, have problems with charity runners, contending they are sometimes poorly trained and don't know road etiquette.
"Charity runners aren't motivated by breaking four hours at Boston, so they are a lot more laid back, and their goal is to finish the race," said Hal Higdon, author of "Masters Running."
"In a lot of ways that seems rational, but it can be seen as nuisance to a hard-core runner who's trying to break that record."
Higdon, who has run 111 marathons, agreed that the number of people running for charity has skyrocketed in the past 10 years.
"There are these little tent villages for the charities at races," he said. "They sure have more fun than we used to, running like crazy trying to beat our best times."
Still others run for individual causes. Los Angeles resident Patti Goldman is traveling to Cincinnati May 1 for the Flying Pig Marathon and is soliciting pledges to help pay medical bills for her friend Fidel Martinez, who collapsed while running and had emergency heart surgery. So far she has $1,000 in donations.
"I started running because I wanted to do a marathon when I turned 50. And now it's a part of my soul, and I thought it fitting to help a fellow runner this way."
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The sleeping beauty here is, once again, from my life drawing session at the Sacramento Fine Art Center. It was a 15 or 20 minute pose and I decided to focus on her face instead of trying to capture the whole figure. It was a tradeoff, as the pose looked quite nice - Sandra, who sat next to me, managed to get it all right in such a short time! See her version here.
I promise I didn't mean for Julie's arm to look amputated...Err...I think might have to go back and fix that.
The figure drawing was on Friday, and Saturday was my favorite Sacramento 2nd Saturday Art Walk. Where to begin...How about the Steampunk Arts & Crafts Show at the Brick Alley Art Studios (which is becoming one of my favorite places to visit during the art walks)? Fun, and lots of good art, like the regular Tracy Lewis and an occasional mechanical bug.
I was sad to see the 20th Street Art Gallery closed, as it used to be another one of my favorites.
Then the usual stop at the Alfa Romeo place to listen to the band I still don't know the name of...This time, I pulled out my sketchbook and did some doodling. It is challenging and engaging, to try to capture a person while they are constantly moving. The trick is, of course, to look for patters and repeating movements - but it is still pretty difficult. Here are some sketches from that night:
On monday the 4th, we are getting up disgustingly early and driving to Ventura for the 4th of July Street Fair. I'm really hoping it's going to be worth it. Or else! Right after that, if I am able, I am driving back to Sacramento to pick up the kid, who is currently enjoying a relaxing stay at the grandparents'.
Lake Arrowhead Art & Wine festival was a blast! I'll post some pictures next time :)


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GREENSBORO, N.C. — A Greensboro man was held at gunpoint Tuesday night after three gunman forced their way into his home and tried to rob him.
Officers responded to the victim's home on Spencer Street around 9:14 p.m. after he said he two men and a woman tried to rob him.
The victim said the three people armed with handguns forced their way inside the home and demanded money.
The suspects later fled without taking anything.
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In addition to having a rich music and theater scene, Portland is also home to hundreds of quality eateries. With so many food options, how can you decide which one is best for you? In a previous blog, I outlined a list of some of Portland's best restaurants. But one thing missing from those blogs: pictures of food! In this presentation, I not only share with you some of the greatest restaurants in the Portland Metro Area, I also share some delicious food photos.
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Last Week in Review: Global drivers divide Fed outlook, while home prices continue to rise.
Forecast for the Week: A deluge of data will be dissected the second half of the week.
"Why must we always ride a divided highway?" Doobie Brothers. While many signs point to a U.S. economy accelerating on the road to recovery, global markets continue to put potholes in front of the Fed.
As the Federal Reserve gears up for its next Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting April 26 and 27, the likelihood of an increase to the Fed's benchmark Fed Funds Rate has been detoured.
Recently released FOMC March meeting minutes noted an increase to the Fed Funds Rate would "signal a sense of urgency" that is not "appropriate" at this time. The Fed gave a shout out to a range of labor market indicators, including strong employment growth and rising labor force participation. Gross Domestic Product also is projected to expand thanks to increases in household spending.
But many FOMC members see the strength in household spending offset by weakness in exports associated with lackluster foreign growth and the stronger U.S. dollar. Minutes stated "a sharp, though temporary, deterioration in global financial conditions earlier this year had not been fully resolved." Global conditions have led investors to consider the safety of the Bond markets, including Mortgage Bonds. Since home loan rates are tied to Mortgage Bonds, this uncertainty overseas is one reason home loan rates have remained attractive so far this year.
In housing news, home prices posted a 6.8 percent annual gain from February 2015 to February 2016, according to CoreLogic, a leading provider of housing analytics. Month-over-month prices also were up 1.1 percent from January to February.
At this time, home loan rates are still hovering in historically-low territory.
Interest rates on U.S. 30-year mortgages fell to their lowest in more than year following a steep decline in U.S. Treasury yields last week, mortgage finance agency Freddie Mac FMCC.OB said on Thursday.
The average 30-year mortgage rate fell to 3.59 percent in the latest week from 3.71 percent the prior week, Freddie Mac said in its latest week survey.
"This rate marks a new low for 2016 and matches last year's low in February 2015. Low mortgage rates and a positive employment outlook should support a strong housing market in the second quarter of 2016," Sean Becketti, Freddie Mac's chief economist, said in a statement.
If you or someone you know has any questions about current rates or home loan products, please don't hesitate to email or call me.
Federal Open Market Committee members will be keeping tabs on this week's spate of economic news as they gear up for their next gathering at the end of the month.
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- The Consumer Price Index and weekly Initial Jobless Claims will be delivered on Thursday.
- The week culminates with regional manufacturing data from the Empire State Index.
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4. Youngberg Hill Vineyards Jordan Block Pinot Noir (2009)
Starting in 2009, the Youngberg Hill labels were changed to reflect their progress in practicing holistic farming, and the closures went from cork to screw caps. After conducting some research, owner Wayne Bailey learned that screw caps leave the lowest carbon footprint, while offering longer ageability of wine and obviously depleting any risk of cork taint. Although several people in our group described the '09 as "angular" and "uncomfortable in its own skin," I disagreed. I thought the 2009 Jordan Block Pinot Noir did display a higher and bolder tannin structure than the '06, '07 and '08, but I loved the bright red fruit aromas and flavors of cranberry and rhubarb. Much like the others, the '09 definitely had a solid acidic backbone, but the finish offered a certain minerality that I didn't detect in the others. Overall, I think it's a great wine, and a great wine to drink now through the next couple years.
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I see lots of questions on board right now about embroidery machines. I'm questioning just "regular" machines. I've searched the threads and read everything I can get my hands on about both Bernina and Janome.
Here's my story, though. I'd love to hear your input!
I have two dealers in town. One sells Bernina, one sells Janome. I originally wanted the Bernina so have been there twice to test drive and talk to the salesperson. I have a dislike for the store in general, just due to some past experience I've had there, but I guess the Bernina employees solely handle the Bernina part and you don't have to deal with the "regular" personnel. I thought I had decided on the Aurora 430. It did concern me that I went 2 days in a row and talked to 2 different people, the first of whom really wasn't impressive.
Today I went to my "favorite" quilt shop to look at Janomes. The owner herself sat down with me and spent a good 45 minutes going over the 6600P and letting me test drive it. She was very nice, answered all my questions, just had customer service down pat.
So, my question is, looking at the whole big picture, which machine do I go with? Figuring that this is a major investment and that I will likely have dealings in the future with them, having the machine serviced, etc, makes me want to go with the Janome just because I like the people better. In addition, I take quilting classes there and likely buy most of my fabric there.
But, will I regret not getting a Bernina while I had the chance??? I guess I have just not heard one single bad thing about Bernina, while there seem to have been a few glitches with the Janome....
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Want to explore the mountains of Eastern Tennessee and Northern Georgia with fellow fans of classic, sports and muscle cars? Would you like to take a stroll through Coker Tire's museum? Eat lunch at an apple orchard? Take a lap of Road Atlanta in your own car?
Coker Tire, Vredestein and Classic Motorsports magazine have joined forces to host the third Coker Tire Tour, which runs Friday, April 21 from Coker's headquarters in Chattanooga, Tennessee to the Classic Motorsports Mitty at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia.
The event will kick off at 5:00 p.m. of Thursday, April 20, with a cookout and tours of the museum at Coker Tire headquarters.
The journey itself starts at Coker Tire's home base Friday morning with a cars-and-coffee gathering at 8 a.m. Wheels will start rolling at 9:30 a.m., with the tour led by Tim Suddard, publisher of Classic Motorsports and Grassroots Motorsports magazines.
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This summer Barbara Fullerton , Karen Holt, and April Kessler will embark on an international library adventure with Cycling For Libraries. This unconference offers a week of library workshops, debates, and tours with a diverse group of 100 international librarians from 22 countries cycling 250+ miles from Amsterdam to Brussels. Cycling for libraries is an international cycling conference that aims to advocate for libraries and increase awareness of the valuable services and resources that libraries offer to the community.
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Your donation can help us cover registration fees which include room and board, bike rental, and travel expenses. Every little bit helps and we appreciate anything you can donate.
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- Registration - $325 per person
- Bike Rental - $100 per person
- Flight - $1500 per person
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Even if you can't donate, you can still help by spreading the word about our campaign. Thank you for helping us take this amazing adventure for libraries!
AND, if you are attending the TXLA annual meeting in Ft. Worth on April 24th-27th, visit our Booth #1013 in the Exhibit Hall!
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Barbara Fullerton has been in the information professional field for over 15 years, with experience in vendor relations, and corporate and law libraries. She has a Master's in Library and Information Science from Emporia State University in Kansas. Barbara is an active member in DALL, SLA, President of the Texas SLA Chapter, and is currently on the Advisory Board of UNT's College of Information.
Karen Holt is the the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Librarian Lifestyle. She works as the Technical Services Librarian at Northwestern University in Qatar. Before moving to the Middle East Karen worked as the Communication Librarian at the University of Texas at Austin where she was the subject specialist for advertising, journalism, radio-television-film, and communication studies.
April Kessler is the Business Librarian at the University of Texas at Austin.She received her MSIS from UT and her MBA from Wichita State University. April is the Past President the Texas Chapter of the Special Libraries Association and serves on the Executive Board of the Texas Library Association. She is also the co-founder of bizologie .


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Well, don't take my word for it. Check out these great photos and see for yourself. Thanks so much, Michael, for sending these my way!
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Timon Never Looked Better
Gabriel and I were well satisfied by the breath of stories we told in 12 issues of Planet of the Apes: Cataclysm and our two PotA miniseries, but I still miss thinking and writing about "our" characters now that the series has concluded. So just imagine my pleasure at seeing Timon, the outcast chimpanzee-turned-radical-cult-leader brought to "life" by the talented Mr. Michael Kostka as a 1/6 scale custom model! Everything is there just as in the comic: his cobbled together book of inspirational sayings (where I finally had the chance to sneak an e.e. cummings quote into a script), his decorative eyepatch echoing the one his hero Aleron wore, and even his serious expression. After all, Timon is a bit of a tortured soul. I should mention that the original look for Timon (before the eyepatch) was designed by Marc Laming when he first appeared in Exile on the Planet of the Apes.
Well, don't take my word for it. Check out these great photos and see for yourself. Thanks so much, Michael, for sending these my way!
Well, don't take my word for it. Check out these great photos and see for yourself. Thanks so much, Michael, for sending these my way!
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Where I'll Be at SDCC - Or CCI:SD if You Prefer
|One of my favorite con sketches ever - Fizzgig by Dave Wachter
Since I can't actually stop time I should probably mention where I'll be at this year's giant show. Gabriel and I are only going to be there Friday and maybe a little bit of Saturday, but Friday is going to be a loooong day. Hope to see you there!
Friday, 10 AM - Room 7AB
Star Wars: Here and Now
"What is the current state of Star Wars comics? Join Dark Horse editor Randy Stradley and Star Warscreators Carlos D'Anda, Corinna Bechko, Gabriel Hardman, Doug Wheatley, Gabe Eltaeb, Tom Taylor, Zack Giallongo, and others for the lowdown on what's up, what's coming up, and why you should be reading!"
Friday, 1-2 PM - Dark Horse Booth
Star Wars Legacy signing
Friday, 4 PM - Room 23ABC
Four Colors of Fear: Horror in Comics Past and Present
"Throughout comics' storied history, horror has been an important part of the medium. In 2012 Dark Horse released its most ambitious horror publishing slate to date. Now, Dark Horse unveils a whole slate of new titles guaranteed to have you running for the covers! Join Dark Horse horror line editor Scott Allie, along with Eric Powell (The Goon), Tim Seeley (Hack/Slash/Ex Sanguine), Paul Tobin (Colder),Gabriel Hardman and Corinna Bechko (Station to Station), and others, for an exciting look at this year's most promising thrills and chills!"
Gabriel will be at all three of these events too, and two others besides:
Friday, 4:30 PM - Room 24ABC
Motion Picture and Television Illustrators of the Art Director's Guild
"Illustrators and storyboard artists use their skills and imaginations to develop the transcendent visuals of the big screen, be it adventures on distant worlds or life in earthly hovels. Moderator Tim Burgard (White House Down, Rise of the Planet of the Apes) talks to illustrators Donna Cline (Bones), Gabe Hardman(Inception), Patrick Rodriguez (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides), and Peter Rubin (Man of Steel)."
Friday, 5:45-6:45 - Sails Pavilion, Autograph Area
Motion Picture and Television Illustrators of the Art Director's Guild Signing
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I just read the heartbreaking story of Amanda Todd. First of all, the man that distributed photos of her, an underaged girl, should be summarily shot.
Second of all… I feel like there must be something I can do to prevent a similar tragedy happening again. Having suffered with depression, anxiety and an anxiety disorder myself, I know how horrible and all consuming it can be. Especially when, like Amanda, it feels like the outside world is against you, too… not just the world inside your mind.
I propose that, if by some wonderful twist of fate, another young person in a similar situation reads this, they send me an email at kathrynmhogan at gmail dot com, and if after a few emails back and forth they feel comfortable with it, they come and live with me in the forest here. It's safe and quiet and peaceful. My next door neighbours both work for the school board and could easily help us arrange some sort of transfer to online schooling. I have lots of experience tutoring, and would be happy to help in that regard.
Otherwise, you could spend some time in a safe place, figuring out what it means to be you without having other people tell you, or try to hurt you. The middle of the forest may sound boring, but there is lots to do out here – hiking, cross country skiing, a town nearby with lots of community activities, great neighbors…
What happened to Amanda should never have happened. And it doesn't have to happen to anyone else.


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Ms. Vanessa Ives from the Showtime Series, Penny Dreadful. Eva Green, what a spectacular actress! Now, you can hang this portrait of her on your wall, and remember, nothing is what it seems...
Original 12 x 16" on a stretched, raised, deep edge canvas - so no need for a frame. Done with Golden Liquid Acrylics, sealed and ready to find a new home.
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In the case where $C$ is the Golay code, $Λ_C$ is the Leech lattice and the induced triality is the extra symmetry necessary to generate the Monster group from (an extension of) Conway's group. Thus it is demonstrated that triality is a generic symmetry.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Theory Update 126
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Chapel Hill seemed very much a magical place where we spent a long time in the quad talking to students. I was not easy to try to classify melody with twelve dimensions. String theory began to arise then. I assume Ms. Dolan does use the term "affine" in the sense I understand it from contexts.
This paper is right on and ahead of its time. But there is more to it than the superstructures. 24 , 48 could be- Conway? well, there is more to number than the surreal. Even and odd groups? That is a start. Guess it all comes back in the lower space of 4D with 384 hypercube rotations. 8n involved here as I too see.
I cannot say I grasp how the monster group arises (the math) but I know 240 is the 8 natural hypersphere close packing- and that number 24 is unique in the sums and recently in fractal patterns. Triality is not only generic in particle terms it is generational.
The PeSla
Oh, thanks for the inspiration to have me look a little at the physics and math disconnect.
You are most welcome, The Pe Sla. Mitchell has kindly sent me the paper, so that I can now read it myself.ReplyDelete
That's Professor Dolan, by the way.ReplyDelete
Sorry, I was sort of ignoring the other names after her on that paper on principle.ReplyDelete
Pe Sla
Yes, The Pe Sla, that is a useful exercise. That is why I intend only writing solo author papers from now on.ReplyDelete


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Regarding the draft at http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/PER-xmlschema-2-20040318/: Section 184.108.40.206 says: When {variety} is ·list·, if ·length· or both of ·minLength· and ·maxLength· are among {facets}, then {value} is finite; else {value} is countably infinite. Is a minimum length restriction is really required? (I don't remember enough set theory to figure out why a minimum length would be required. (If the set of exactly-length-N lists is finite, wouldn't the set {length-1 lists, length-2 lists, ..., length-N-1 lists, length-N lists} not be finite?) I wonder if the pattern of having both upper and lower bounds (min...clusive and max..clusive cases) accidently got copied to the list case without dropping the possibly unnecessary lower bound. Daniel DanielReceived on Thursday, 10 June 2004 16:32:47 UTC
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