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Opening the Second Ordinary Session of the 15th Parliament
Amman, Jordan
5 October 2008
(Translated from Arabic)
Prayers and Peace be upon Our Master Muhammad, the Honest Arab Hashemite Prophet
Honourable Senators,Honourable Deputies,
Peace, God's mercy and His blessings be upon you,
In the name of God, and with His blessings, we inaugurate the Second Ordinary Session of the Fifteenth Parliament, continuing our democratic progress and enhancing its role in expanding grass-roots participation, and activating its role as legislator and monitor, through you, the homeland's senators and the nation's deputies. You are the elite of the noble Jordanian people who seek a better future and the complete institutionalisation of the state, the inheritor of the message of the Great Arab Revolt. You are the grandsons of leaders who dedicated themselves to the glory of this homeland and the dignity of its loyal people, in fulfilment of the principles of the revolt and its noble message.
Honourable Senators,
Honourable Deputies,
The economy still tops our priorities, especially its social dimension, due to the economic challenges that resulted from international rising prices. In spite of all the obstacles and challenges, Jordan is advancing on the right path, towards a comprehensive awakening that is the essence of our vision and its ultimate goal. Thus, the government is committed to implementing a set of policies, in the priority areas, in cooperation with the legislative and judicial authorities. The government is also committed to presenting quarterly reports to the legislative authority that explain the programs already implemented and that inform all those concerned about developments and new orientations in these fields. The government will employ these reports as an objective indicator on the level of performance and achievement.
Honourable Senators,
Honourable Deputies,
At the top of national priorities, there stands, in the medium-range, economic reform and the completion of a strong national economy that reflects positively on Jordanians' standard of living. Our vision here is based on the government's commitment to providing basic services of highest quality to citizens, to fulfil citizens' needs and respond to their priorities, to doing what is necessary to harmonise the level of health, educational and infrastructure services in the capital, the countryside, Badia and refugee camps, and to ensure a just geographic distribution of development returns. We emphasise that the government is resolved to develop the relationship between the Ministry of Labour and the National Aid Fund, so that the beneficiaries would be engaged in vocational training programs that qualify them to join the labour market and contribute to economic activity.
Honourable Senators,
Honourable Deputies,
The government will implement a social security net that guarantees the delivery of financial aid to those who need, and deserve, such aid, to empower them and protect them economically. The government will also seek to expand the comprehensive health care umbrella, in cooperation with the private sector, and prepare a map for health services in the Kingdom to serve as a point of reference to study and define future health needs and priorities.
Last year, from this house of the nation, I directed the government to mark the year 2008 as the year of housing. Thus, the "Decent Housing for Decent Living" initiative was born. It is being implemented now, and my government is committed to empower more than 100,000 citizens to own proper housing over the next five years.
Honourable Senators,
Honourable Deputies,
Achieving the economic prosperity which we seek requires the immediate application of a set of measures to guarantee financial stability and enhance the investment environment. Among these measures is controlling inflation to protect citizens against rising cost of living, activating banking policies that guarantee the safety of banking institutions and their reputations, and elevating the monitoring tools of depositors and guaranteeing clients' rights.
Among the most important measures required of the government in this regard is linking salaries to inflation averages, increasing the allowance for improving living standards to protect the work force and retirees, and firmly establishing justice on the basis of merit. To implement this step, I have directed the government to raise salaries as of the beginning of next year, so that this increase will be confirmed in the budget for 2009. The minimum wage also will be raised in a way that provides decent living for a large sector of citizens. My government will present to your esteemed parliament a new tax law that would motivate promising sectors and contribute to enhancing the investment environment.
Honourable Senators,
Honourable Deputies,
I have already directed the government to adopt a system for job planning in public sector institutions that is based on the principle of merit in promotion, on appointing efficient and talented people and on evaluation and continued training. I have also directed the government to take the necessary steps to promote and attract investments, especially Arab Gulf investments, because we feel that those brotherly states wish to invest in Jordan. The government will continue to provide whatever is needed for the infrastructure in the special development and economic zones, in Aqaba, Mafraq, Irbid and Maan, and in other regions in the Kingdom.
Honourable Senators,
Honourable Deputies,
Realising food security is a top priority. Thus, we seek to care for farmers and animal breeders and to direct subsidies of animal feed to those who qualify. In parallel, the government will promptly implement the natural grazing fields project, in accordance with the plans laid for that purpose, within the comprehensive program to develop the Jordanian Badia.
My government continues to subsidise bread for all sectors of society. Food security complements water security and the provision of energy. Therefore we have asked the government to expedite the implementation of a strategy that seeks to provide a fair share of water to each citizen, increase storage capacity, develop existing water resources and build more dams and water harvesting projects.
In the energy sector, successive rises and fluctuations in oil prices impose upon us the need to quickly identify renewable and alternative energy sources and to expedite the implementation of the nuclear energy for peaceful purposes project. The government will define the time frame for the implementation of the nuclear energy, oil shale and wind projects, and establish the completion dates for these projects, so that all Jordanians will benefit from them.
Honourable Senators,
Honourable Deputies,
The realisation of any progress is linked to establishing a legal and judicial environment that guarantees the rule of law and the integrity of the judiciary. Based on our belief in the separation of authorities, and in the principle of the independence of the judiciary, the government will draft the necessary legislation to expedite legal procedures.
Honourable Senators,
Honourable Deputies,
Our vision for social and economic development goes hand-in-hand with our vision for political development, which aims at expanding participation in decision-making and implementation, and at anchoring the principles of participation and accountability and equal opportunities. Participation in decision-making and implementation, especially in the governorates, requires envisioning a local administrative system that tends to be decentralised and that guarantees quick and efficient implementation.
Within that context, we formed a specialised Royal commission to lay down the best concept for local government administration in the Kingdom's regions on the basis of these regions' needs and priorities.
It is important to emphasise that reactivating local government administration is the best means to expand the basis of public participation and to foster political, economic and social development.
Today, it is rather necessary for the government, in cooperation with your esteemed parliament, to re-study the recommendations of the regions commission and draft legislation, based on those recommendations that aim at empowering local communities to define their developmental needs and programmes and follow up their implementation.
Expanding political participation, comprehensively at the national level, is an ambition that requires urging some social groups, especially youth and women, to participate in elections, to be involved in the different fields of public service and to assume leadership in them.
The status we aspire for Jordan to have, at the Arab and international levels, in connection with freedoms and political openness, requires hard work and effort from all those concerned to entrench the culture of democracy, adopt dialogue as a means for civilisational outreach, and maximise grass-roots participation in an environment governed by tolerance, freedom of opinion and the promotion of innovation.
This requires from the national media, institutions and individuals alike, basic and effective contributions. These media are the people's eyes on the truth and one of the pillars of our democratic society. Here we call on all those concerned in this field to cling to the principles of professionalism and objectivity, to keep the necessary balance between public freedoms and personal rights.
The elevation of the level of criticism and boldness in exposés and commentaries should be paralleled by an elevation in research techniques and data, examination and scrutiny. Journalism is a noble profession that aims at protecting public interest, preserving society's common good and guiding public opinion, without misleading others and transforming personal opinions into public truth.
Honourable Senators,
Honourable Deputies,
The major guarantee for the continuation of development and prosperity is the preservation of our security, stability and the rule of law that protects rights and freedoms.
Our armed forces, the Arab Army, and the security institutions, have always been the homeland's invincible shield. They are the watchful eye over the security of the homeland and its citizens, and the protector of the homeland's progress and achievements.
In addition to those august national responsibilities, which the armed forces and the security institutions have shouldered with utmost efficiency and capability, they are today, praise be to God, playing a critical developmental role by helping to fight unemployment through the National Company for Employment and Training.
This company will shield thousands of Jordanians against unemployment, through technical training job placement.
From this house of Jordanian democracy, we all send a greeting of pride to the chivalrous officers and soldiers in the armed forces and security institutions, the protectors of freedom and independence, confirming our commitment to support them, care for them, provide them with the most modern weaponry and equipment and the highest level of training and rehabilitation, and to continuously work to provide decent living for them and their families.
On the Arab level, our fundamental, firm stance is that the Arab realm is our first vital sphere. We were, and still are, keen on reaching out to and coordinating with our Arab brethren and on deepening our relations with them. Our role in common Arab action is well known to all. We are thoroughly keen to employ our international relations in the service of Muslim and Arab causes, primarily among them, the Palestinian issue.
We are likewise keen to preserve Jordan's political and economic interests. We believe that establishing Arab institutional consensus and unanimity is the best way to support our Palestinian brothers in their national struggle, and to empower them to regain their full rights. Out of our keenness to empower our Palestinian brothers to attain their rights and establish their sovereign independent state, on their national soil, we will continue to support them in all ways and means, until the Israeli occupation is ended and the desired Palestinian state is established.
We are also keen to support the Iraqi people and stand by them until Iraq regains its natural status in its Arab and Islamic sphere, and until Iraqis enjoy security, stability, progress and prosperity. As for the Iraqi brothers who live among us, they are our brothers and our guests. It is our duty to care for them as brothers who are facing difficult circumstances, until the day comes when they will be able to return to their homeland and territory.
Honourable Senators,
Honourable Deputies,
We pray to God, may He be exalted, to entitle this session as one of hard work and honest giving, where the spirit of cooperation with the other authorities prevails, and where public interests come first, in compliance with God's words in the Holy Quran:
"Cooperate in acts of righteousness and piety. Do not cooperate in acts of sin and aggression" (Al-Ma'idah: 2)
We pray to God Almighty to grant you success and wisdom, and to protect and preserve Jordan; a land of security, stability and prosperity.
Peace, God's mercy and blessings be upon you.


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iPlay Inc., Green Sprouts, Toddler Forks & Spoons, Stage 4/5+, 12 Mo-2 Yr+, 5 Forks/5 Spoons (Discontinued Item)
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- Product Code: IPL-04804
- UPC Code: 715418048048
- Package Quantity: 5 Forks/5 Spoons
- Dimensions: 1.1 x 1.8 x 5.4 in, 0.15 lbs (0.07 kg)
Product Overview
- Grow Healthy. Grow Happy
- Made From Plants!
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At green sprouts we know you want the best for your baby. That's why we make baby-friendly products for your little one to grow up healthy and happy.
Toddler Forks & Spoons
- Petroleum-free material, made from plants
- Food-safe dyes
- Economical alternative
- Dishwasher safe up to 10 washes or handwash for longer life
green sprouts products meet FDA, CPSIA and ASTM F963 safety standards for the US.
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Care instructions: Hand wash for longer life. Dishwasher safe top rack only. Do not microwave, sterilize or boil. Typically lasts 10 dishwasher cycles.
Food-safe colorants fade over time. Hand wash to preserve color.
Keep packaging out of reach of children. To avoid risk of choking, inspect product regularly and discard immediately if any signs of cracks, tears or excessive wear appear. Do not leave child unattended.

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Fractions made visual--and fun
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I first used Pizza Fraction Fun in my tutoring when my employer provided it. It became an essential part of my instruction method and I decided that I needed to have my own set to use with my private students. The kids love it and understand so many of the properties of fractions that are difficult to explain otherwise. I wish the box were sturdier, so I am reinforcing mine with clear heavy-duty tape. One drawback: the pizza slices look so realistic it makes the kids hungry!
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A great game for my 6 and 8 year old!
By sibal
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This is a great game. I have played the cards with my 6 and 8 year olds. After they had tooled around with the cards they started figuring out how one fourth and one fourth add up to half etc. So, I left them alone with a paper and pencil to write down all such observations (adding fractions to total another fraction). They had a great time writing down as many equations as they could find in the peices.


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The BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a good reminder that all organizations should consider practice and execution of their contingency plans. In this most recent case, the [Deepwater Horizon] oil platform had an explosion on April 20, resulting in oil spewing out at an estimated 19,000 barrels per day. While some bloggers have argued that BP failed to plan, and therefore planned to fail, I found that hard to believe. How can a billion-dollar multinational company not have contingency plans?
The truth is, BP did have plans. Karen Dalton Beninato of New Orleans' City Voices discusses BP's Gulf of Mexico Regional Oil Spill Response Plan (OSRP) in her article [BP's Spill Plan: What they knew and when they knew it]. A [redacted 90-page version of the OSRP] is available on their website. The plan indicates that it may be 30 days from the time a deep offshore leak reaches the shoreline, giving OSRP participants plenty of time to take action.
(Having former politicians [blame environmentalists] for this crisis does not help much either. At least the deep shore rigs give you 30 days to react to a leak before the oil gets to the shoreline. Having oil rigs closer to shore will just shorten this time to react. Allowing onshore oil rigs does not mean oil companies would discontinue their deep offshore operations. There are thousands of oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. Extracting oil in the beautiful Alaska National Wildlife Reserve [ANWR] might be safer, it does not eliminate the threat entirely, and any leak there would be damaging to the local plant and animals in the same manner.)
So perhaps the current crisis was not the result of a lack of planning, but inadequate practice and execution. The same is true for IT Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) plans. In all cases, there are four critical parts:
- Plan
The planning team needs to anticipate every possible incident, determine the risks involved and the likelihood of impact, and either accept them, or decide to mitigate them. This can include natural disasters (hurricanes, fires, floods) and technical issues (computer viruses, power outages, network disruption).
- Prepare
Mitigation can involve taking backups, having replicated copies at a remote location, creating bootable media, training all of the appropriate employees, and having written documented procedures. IBM's Unified Recovery Management approach can protect your entire IT operations, from laptops of mobile employees, to remote office/branch office (ROBO) locations, to regional and central data centers.
- Practice
When was the last time you practiced your Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery plan? I have seen this done at a variety of levels. At the lowest level, it is all done on paper, in a conference room, with all participants talking through their respective actions. These are often called "walk-throughs". At the highest level, you turn off power to your data center --on a holiday weekend to minimize impact to operating revenues-- and have the team bring up applications at the alternate site.
As many as 80 percent of these BC/DR exercises are considered failures, in that if a real disaster would have occurred, the participants are convinced they would not have achieved their target goals of Recovery Time Objective (RTO). However, they are not complete failures if they can help improve the plans, help identify new incidents that were not previously considered, and help train the participants in recovery procedures.
- Execute
The last part is execution. In my career, I have been onsite for many Disaster Recovery exercises as well as after real disasters have occured. I am not surprised how many people assume that if they have plans in place, have made preparations, and have one to three practice drills per year, that the actual "execution" would directly follow. While the book [Execution] by Bossidy and Charan is not focused on IT BC/DR plans per se, it is a great read on how to manage the actual execution of any kind of business plan. I have read this book and recommend it.
If you have not tested out your IT department's BC/DR plans. Perhaps its time to dust off your copy, review it, and schedule some time for practice.
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Last spring paleontologists spent a couple of weeks uncovering the fossil of a plesiosaur. The prehistoric reptile looked like a dinosaur with flippers. The fossil was a rare find in Nebraska. Statewide's Brad Penner spent several days at the dig site, documenting the process of digging up Nebraska's past.
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If you ran the example following Recorder Quick Start, you may have been surprised by overwhelmingly long generated scripts. It is because there are actually many HTTP/HTTPS messages even in a single web browsing which you didn't notice before. Do we have to include all these in the script? Sometimes it is useless to include all these in the performance test.
High load services usually use CDN(Content Delivery Network)s for static resources like images or javascripts. CDNs are located in multiple sites and the most close site is automatically selected depending from where the calls are made. In addition, CDNs usually have the very efficient content delivery mechanism enough to handle high loads. Moreover, they charge the fee depending on the how many contents are delivered. So it's really necessary to simulate the call to here? You can not even control the content delivery logics if there are some performance issues.
Usually developers might want to run the performance test on the web servers under their controls. Therefore, nGrinder Recorder includes several filtering features.
nGrinder Recorder recognizes the host names to which the proxy is connecting and how many calls are made. On the right panel there is a table which lists up the connected hosts and connection counts. When you don't start Recording yet, this panel shows connected hosts but call count.
If you start Recording, it shows the recorded call count in "R" column. You can examine the host names and uncheck all hosts which you don't interested in.
The easiest way to achieve this is to click "Unselect All" button downside and check the interested host one by one.
There is one more method to filter out unnecessary static resources. At the downside of the right panel, there is a filter based on file types. "Recorded Type" panel lists the general static resource content type.
If you uncheck Record Type like above, nGrinder Recorder won't record the HTTP messages which URL paths end with well known static resource type names (like .png, .css, .js) or response content type has the well known static resource content type string (like text/javascript). Even if you uncheck some of these during recording session, the previously recorded messages are not removed in the memory. However eventually it will be not included in the final script. If you check them again and generate a script, the script will contain the previously recorded messages.
You can completely remove all recording by selecting "Clear all recording" sub-menu which is popped up in "Reset" button.
There are several sub menus in Reset button. Each has the different action like below.
|Submenu name
|Clear all recording
|Clear all recorded messages. However it doesn't change the filter.
|Clear all filters
|Clear all filters. However it doesn't change the recorded messages.
|Clear connection count
|Make the all connection count 0 in the filter panel.
|Reset browser cache
|Delete all browser cache so that the browser can actually make a call to the given resources.
|Reset cookies
|Delete all saved cookies from the browser so that the browser is not interfered by the previously issued cookies.
When a user clicks "Stop Recording" button, the recorded HTTP/HTTPS messages are transformed to The Grinder script. The script generated by nGrinder Recorder is little bit different from TCPProxy provides. We made the script template little bit more compact than what TCPProxy generates.
Be aware that "Stop Recording" doesn't mean "Reset Recording". If you click Start Recording again, it continues to record the messages appending to existing recording. It's because there are many reasons to pause the recording (A user might fall down by too much overwork)
There are one option for script generation. If you check "Add sleep time" in Script Generation Options option groups, the actual waiting time during recording are included in the unit of milliseconds at the final script like following.
If you went to the toilet after starting recording, Recorded sleep time might be very long. Please check the how long the script sleep between calls before running a script in nGrinder Controller.
Mobile Web Page Recording
nGrinder Recorder supports the user agent string manipulation which means you can navigate the mobile site which detects the browser type and send the appropriate contents. You can select the mobile user agent. Then even if you navigate the www.amazon.com, Then the mobile page is sent from the server like below.
If you don't want to use this fake browser technique but the real mobile browser from your devices, you can record the messages by configuring your mobile devices proxy settings.
If you set up above, you can record the messages from your devices, just as you did in the embedded browser.
nGrinder Recorder supports HTTPS as well but very limited way. As described in Recorder Limitation, the private self-signed ceritificate is used to intercept the HTTPS messages. So you may see following alerts whenever you access HTTPS sites.
To avoid this alert, you have to import the self signed certificate in the trusted certificates. Check out Recorder-How to import self-signed certificates
nGrinder Recorder provides another way to work around this issue. Actually this method is introduced by TCPProxy and nGrinder uses it with little modification. If you are going to test your own HTTPS server, you might have already the valid certificate. You can provide this instead of embedded certificate for the proxy to use. You can refer how to provide your own certificate in Recorder Installation.


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According to recent government reports, the leading cause of severe and fatal injuries on the job is the continual burning of clothing after ignition, not the source of the ignition itself. Wrangler FR jeans are constructed from flame-resistant treated fabrics and components to protect against - and decrease the severity of - burn injuries in the workplace. Jean features durable triple needle stitching. Arc-resistant button waistband closure. Nomex FR zipper tape. Safety orange trim for high visibility. 1/2" x 2 1/4" belt loops. Extra deep 13" FR treated front pockets, reinforced back pockets, and an oversized watch pocket. Handy hammer loop and tool pocket. Straight leg opening. Zipper fly. Made of flame-resistant 14.5 oz., 100% heavyweight cotton denim - for your comfort, broken twill prevents twisting. Imported.
FR compliant for garment lifetime (100+ washings). Not intended for fire entry, fire fighting wear, or chemical exposure. Special washing instructions to retain flame resistance: Wash in soft water. Do not use chlorine bleach, industrial laundry detergents, or other cleaners containing hydrogen peroxide. Do not use starches, fabric softeners, or other laundry additives.


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Gone are the days when it took an eternity for pellets to be ready for use. With the Browning Pellet pump, it takes literally seconds for floating, hard pellets to be saturated with water and become soft and pliable. Simply put pellets and water in the container, close the lid and expel the air from the container with the pump plunger. Press the valve on the lid and allow the air back in, the pellets are now ready and the lid can be removed. An indispensable tool for all coarse anglers.
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Christina Brame Gospel Choir
The Christina Brame Gospel Choir (CBGC) will perform a charity concert, Live at the Well, on Friday, November 16, from 7-11 p.m. in the Schmidt Multipurpose Room (Living and Learning Center I). The event is free and open to the public. Featured artists performing with the Choir include Gospel and Christian hip-hop artists, including The Few, A. Jermaine & Ascension, and A. Smith.
An offering will be collected for the charity CharityWater.org, a non-profit organization that brings clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations. More than 800 million people (one of every nine people on the planet) do not have access to clean drinking water. CharityWater.org was developed to help those people who do not have access to this most basic of human needs.
For more information, please contact CBGC President Nicole Thomas at email@example.com. Donations will also be accepted at mycharitywater.org/live-at-the-well.
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World Health Day is celebrated on April 7 each year to commemorate the founding of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1948 by the United Nations (UN). World Health Day 2011 focuses on educating people of all ages to the dangers of antimicrobial resistance in microorganisms and active steps that can be taken to combat it. In recognition of this day, USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah said:
"...This year's theme focuses on combating the steadily growing public health threat posed by antimicrobial drug resistance -- a growing problem with implications for both national and global security. Drug resistance also threatens to reverse global health gains by making currently available first-line medicines less effective.
"HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), influenza, and malaria are all examples of diseases that are becoming increasingly difficult to control due to the emergence of drug resistant strains. People infected with drug resistant and multi-drug resistant (MDR) strains are more likely to have longer and more expensive hospital stays and are at increased risk of complications. When the primary drug cannot treat an infection, the patient may have to be treated with second or third-choice drugs that are potentially less effective, more toxic, and more expensive.
"In TB, drug resistance is particularly acute. Our most widespread diagnostic to detect TB is over a century old, often yields false positives and cannot ascertain if a strain of TB is drug resistant. We must improve TB detection using rapid genetic diagnostics that can identify the presence of tuberculosis and its resistance to antibiotics. These diagnostics, such as the GeneXpert genetic assay, are quick, easy to perform and accurate.
"But even if TB is accurately detected, our current treatment regimens require direct observation and long courses of treatment -- up to two years for MDR-TB. This makes patient compliance challenging, leading to incomplete treatment and further problems with resistance. That is why USAID is strengthening its capacity to assist the development of new, shorter courses of treatment.
"Infectious diseases know no borders; fighting global disease directly protects the United States. And improving the health of people in the developing world drives economic growth, fights poverty, and strengthens communities, which in turn reduces the instability that can fuels war and conflict.
"Recognizing this global security imperative, USAID supported the development of the World Health Organization's Global Strategy for the Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance and, subsequently, promoted systematic efforts to implement its recommendations.
"On this World Health Day, we pledge to contain the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance through the continued development of innovative tools and approaches that improve medicine use, assure medicine quality and strengthen health systems."
You can also read Administrator Shah's statement here.
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Tom Luschei is an associate professor in CGU's School of Educational Studies, where he teaches courses on education in developing countries, urban education in the United States, and teacher quality and teacher policy. He holds MA and PhD degrees from Stanford University and a Master's of Public Affairs from the University of Texas at Austin. He came to CGU in 2010 from Florida State University, where he taught courses on comparative education policy, education and culture, education and economic development, immigrant education policy, and international development education. He also led international educational research and development efforts at FSU's Learning Systems Institute, including a 5-year, $1.84 million project funded by the United States Agency for International Development to improve teaching and learning in Indonesia.
Luschei's research interests include international and comparative education, the economics of education, teacher labor markets and teacher quality, teacher-related policies in Latin America and the United States, and the global applications of Colombia's Escuela Nueva rural school improvement model. He has conducted research on educational issues in Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Spain, Tanzania, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Uruguay. The primary focus of his research is the impact and availability of educational resources—particularly high-quality teachers—among economically disadvantaged children. Along with Dr. Amita Chudgar of Michigan State University, Luschei recently completed a UNICEF-supported study of teachers of marginalized children in 24 countries. In fall 2013, he served as a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the Centro de Investigación y Formación en Educación (CIFE) at the Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. While in Colombia, he conducted research on the urban implementation of Escuela Nueva. Luschei's research has appeared in numerous scholarly journals, including the American Educational Research Journal, the American Journal of Education, the Asia Pacific Journal of Education, the Comparative Education Review, the International Journal of Educational Development, Teachers College Record, and Prospects, UNESCO's Quarterly Review of Comparative Education.
Prior to pursuing his PhD, Luschei worked as a bilingual elementary, high school, and adult education teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District, where he taught students ranging in age from six to eighty-four.
In addition to his research and teaching, Luschei has worked as an educational consultant for the World Bank, UNICEF, and the United Kingdom's Department for International Development, and as an education policy advocate for CARE USA. In 2011, he was elected to serve a three-year term on the Board of Directors of the Comparative and International Education Society.
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Spike Jonze is someone that needs very little introduction. He has directed many of the most interesting and critically lauded movies of the past decade, from Adaptation to Where the Wild Things Are. So what happens when a director known for his artful execution of big ideas decides to make a "little" film?
In the interview below, Jonze opens up about why he opted to create I'm Here, his most recent film about two robots in love in L.A.
Eddy Moretti, of The Creators Project: Let's talk about your newest film, I'm Here. We screened it throughout the summer, and it just came out on DVD too.
Spike Jonze: Oh yeah. We also just put out an I'm Here book, that comes with the DVD and a soundtrack. The idea behind it was that instead of just putting out a DVD, we thought it would be cool to put out a photo book of images too. I wanted to make this film in a very loose way. I wanted to have an idea and just go with it. To have this idea in my head and just go make it. It's a much looser, faster way of working. And you know, some of the artists that I worked with hadn't worked in film before, and that was fun. I was very inspired by that. Like working with Sonny Gerasimowicz—he worked with me on Where the Wild Things Are, but he's still not like "a movie person." In I'm Here he played the robots with me, and Oscar did the music, and Meryl Smith did the rats. So the book is more focused on documenting that.
The process and the people—the little community around the film, that's what this project means to you.
It was also about confidence and about getting back to knowing that I could do something fast.
Really? You needed to prove that to yourself?
Yeah. To know that I could have an idea and go make it. I did a short film with Kanye West, and it was also something produced quickly. To just have an idea in my head and to do it, to not question it, with no long drawn-out process.
Do you also still love the long, drawn-out process of making a studio picture?
Yeah, because what I think you get out of the longer process is you really get to meditate on something and think about it. Having that time lets you think about the same ideas from different sides, different perspectives. And that just makes it richer. You can keep going back into it and make the characters deeper. You're thinking about the themes of a piece when you're just living your life. When you get to work on something that long, it just gets richer. And that was the case on our first two movies working with Charlie Kaufmann. We did many drafts and I could do that. It's a good process, it just takes real discipline and stamina.
It definitely gives you the chance to get lost in a good way—inside a concept or idea or material, so that you really become closer to the work
Yes. You explore it from more angles. With I'm Here it's more about exploring a kind of relationship. It's sparser.
It's definitely more like a short story than a novel.
Exactly. I guess that's the big difference. I don't know if I could do a movie in that way. Unfortunately people go back and forth and spend a few years on a movie. They go into it and then they come out. They have an idea for something else and can be done in a few months, or even be done in a day. I made a video with James from LCD Soundsystem, and we had an idea on a Saturday and we shot it on a Sunday. It's a super fun way of working.
But you love having both in your life.
You wrote the screenplay, or the scenario, for I'm Here by yourself. Is that the first time that you wrote fiction alone?
Yeah I guess so, other than music videos and that kind of thing. Oh no, I guess I wrote that one with Kanye.
Do you like writing alone?
Well, I've done other short films before.
Is there a drawer of shorts that you wrote but never made?
I have some things, yeah. They'll come back in other things, in other forms. Not a full idea, but they'll come back.
An idea will just kind of persist and evolve, and then come back over time?
Lance Bangs made a little film about I'm Here. In it you're quoted as saying that the film tries to recreate that feeling of being in your early 20s, living in LA, and stealing moments here and there. It's also interesting that the characters come from a community of second-class citizens.
I'm Here started as a relationship story, and then the world and the setting came in. I wanted it to be in LA, when you are in your early 20s – when you're not really part of the city. You and your friends have your own scene, and that's what she opens him up to. The second-class citizen idea and all of this other stuff kind of came out of that.
One thing that struck me was the subject of love and how it's handled differently here than in your other feature films. How do you see this love story in terms of other love relationships, in, say, Adaptation or Being John Malkovitch or even elements of the adult relationships that we get in those few scenes of Where the Wild Things Are?
To me, this felt like the first time I really tried a love story. In Adaptation there is quite a bit of yearning, and longing, and romantic moments. To me, I'm Here is much more focused on a love story, whereas Adaptation has a lot other elements in it.
A lot of people are reacting to the powerful, simple, and central idea of I'm Here, and the film does put forward a very extreme idea of what it means to love someone. It's extreme, and yet it comes across as being the ultimate gesture, and it comes across as being selfless and incredibly tender. The emotions are really powerful maybe because it is a short film, because it's not complicated by a lot of the other ideas or the challenges of a feature length film. I think Where the Wild Things Are is your most complicated film – a successful narrative in which there are almost no real plot points or traditional narrative moments.
You think that makes it more complicated?
Yeah, WTWTA is definitely the most complicated narrative that you've written.
It seems like Adaptation is the most complicated narrative, because we have so many ideas we're trying to sustain.
You are trying to pull off a lot in Adaptation, yes.
All of these totally incongruous stories unified by themes—we were trying to make it a fluid emotional path through all these different ideas. When me and Eric, my editor, finished Adaptation, we thought it would never be that hard again because editing that took over a year. But then Wild Things was really hard.
I can imagine.
So in a way, it was complex too.
Maybe complex is the wrong word. With Where the Wild Things Are, maybe it was more experimental, with the writing and the story you were trying to tell. The structure of it doesn't have acts, it just had like 5 or 6 movements, and an inner logic of its own – like the inner logic of being a kid. It felt like a really intense afternoon of being a child, which involves lots of play, punctuated by moments of hysterical emotion, where someone inevitably gets hurt. Where the Wild Things Are is more experimental because it is trying to approximate the actual experience of being young.
Yeah that's definitely part of why it took so long – to make it work without a plot. The plot is his inner emotional life, or I don't know if there is a plot, but the movie is about his inner emotional life, and to make it sustained and exist in the emotional life in a nine year-old.
I think it will go down as being the biggest experimental film in history.
One last thing that struck me about Wild Things, why I say it's so experimental, is that I feel that children's films generally end up being adult narratives in a lot of ways. They'll have adult love stories that feel too adult for children, or they feature really complicated plots—the hero has to do this and that and get a secret medallion, etc. They're logical, in a way that child-life isn't. There's something wild and free about childhood that is so different from "children's films."
Well that was our hope, although there were wide debates and it got attacked a lot for not being a "children's film." I think there is a place for all kinds of films for children, just as there's a place for all kinds of films for adults.
I agree. But every season, Hollywood, and cinema elsewhere, creates new sets of characters for children to look at and to introduce into their lives. It's like a blue fish one year, and then it's a green monster, and then a purple dinosaur, and it's this and it's that. I just feel a bit of children's character overload. Maybe I'm just being too harsh about children's films as a genre. Did I ever tell you about the David Brooks review of Wild Things?
Who's that?
He's a prominent conservative critic who writes for The New York Times—he's on a lot of talk shows, a really highbrow guy. He wrote an excellent review for your film the weekend it came out. He was totally blown away and it was in The International Herald Tribune . He talks about it in terms of notions of identity and how very few films champion the notion of exploring identity like Wild Things.
So you come out of making this very big film – Wild Things – over a long period of time, and then you get to do something much more in the short story form of film with people that aren't necessarily from the film world with a capital "F" and you found that fun and it restored your confidence that you could do something like that. How did it feel when you had put all the elements together and watched it through in its final form? How happy are you with I'm Here?
I'm happy with it because I judge the success of what I do by the feeling. When I first start, before I even put a word down, does it have the feeling of what I'm trying to capture. When you are making something it changes so much and the specifics of what it looks like in your head changes—you come up with better ideas, you cast somebody that brings ideas or something to it that you would have never thought of. Or the production designer or someone comes up with an idea. It changes so much, the specifics, I mean. If it feels like what I set out to make, then I succeeded. But the other thing is, you were saying that when you watch it I feel like "this." I don't get that feeling as much at the end, but I get it in little moments. I'll have it on the set. I'll be shooting a scene and I feel it between the characters. Or when we're editing, and we make an edit that connects two images together that really make the scene come alive emotionally, then I'll get that feeling. Or as we put music in—something that we've done that's new. I'm watching it from a different place in the room and it just sort of touches me and I recognize the feeling. It's in moments throughout the process that I feel we've got there—or we're getting there.


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- Status of legislation
- Rob Kovach, Chief of Staff, Office of Senator Frank Lasee
- Amend Treasury Offset to Allow Recovery from IRS of Non-Fraud Overpayments
- Amend Employer Assessment for Interest Payment to Establish Account
- Provide authority for short-term and long-term financing
- Correspondence
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- The Council may not address all agenda items or follow the agenda order.
- The Council may take up action items at a time other than that listed.
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- The employee members and/or the employer members of the Council may go into closed session at any time during the meeting to deliberate any matter for potential action and/or items posted in this agenda, pursuant to sec. 19.85(1)(ee), Stats.
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CUP?request raises concerns at board meeting
MARSHALL – A proposed hog barn in northwest Lyon County drew protests from neighbors during Tuesday's meeting of the Lyon County Board. But while county commissioners acknowledged residents' concerns about odor and truck traffic, they said the proposal met requirements for a conditional use permit.
The proposed hog finishing barn was one of four feedlot CUP requests that were brought before commissioners on Tuesday. However, it was the one that drew the most vocal objections, said John Biren, Lyon County planning and zoning administrator.
"We received letters from several individuals and a lot of public comment – 45 minutes to an hour, for sure," at a previous county planning commission meeting, Biren said.
County Board Chairman Rick Anderson excused himself from the meeting and left the room during discussion of the CUP, citing a potential conflict of interest on the matter. Vice chairman Steve Ritter led the discussion instead.
Biren said ABL Custom Finishing was seeking a CUP to construct a hog finishing barn for 2,400 head of hogs on land in Section 17 of Westerheim Township. The land on which the barn would be built is owned by Francis DeCock, Bernard DeCock and Lyle DeCock, he said.
Biren said the project met requirements to be granted a CUP.
"I realize everything is legal," said Christy Brewers, a neighbor of the site. "I'm not sure that it's right."
Brewers said the hog operation would be about a quarter mile from her home, raising potential problems with odor. The site is also located on a hill near Lyon County Road 10, and Brewers said she was concerned about the traffic safety risk if impatient drivers try to pass slowing livestock trucks.
"There are other sites that would not be in a no-passing zone," Brewers said.
"If it has to be there, maybe some trees as a buffer would help," said Ken Buysse, another resident in the area.
Commissioner Charlie Sanow said he understood the issues that the hog barn could create. But, he said, "I don't see how (the board) can deal with issues that haven't happened yet."
Commissioners voted 3-0 in favor of granting the CUP. The Lyon County Historical Museum is planning to open its doors to the public this spring, museum director Jennifer Andries said in an update to commissioners.
"The first floor is pretty much finished as far as remodeling," Andries said. The completed portion of the museum will have a grand opening on May 16, she said. On May 15, a representative of the Minnesota Historical Society will visit the new museum and help start off the festivities, she said.
Although the museum will be open for visitors, Andries said the renovation process will continue, first on the building's basement level and then on the second floor.
Andries also informed commissioners of a request from the Marshall Convention and Visitors Bureau to rent office space in the museum building. Before acting on the request, commissioners said they wanted to hear more information on how subletting space at the museum building would work, as well as feedback from the Marshall Area Chamber of Commerce.
Lyon County Veterans Services will be having a town hall meeting next month to discuss veterans' health care issues and the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system, said Lyon County Veterans Services Officer Terry Wing. The meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. April 18, at the Marshall-Lyon County Library. Wing said area veterans and members of the public are invited to attend.
Several speakers have been scheduled for the town hall meeting, including Brian Wallin, the team leader for the Department of Veterans Affairs Vet Center in Sioux Falls, S.D., and Patrick Kelly, director of the Sioux Falls VA health care system.
Wing said he could be contacted at 507-537-6729 for more information. He said he will also be collecting questions and discussion topics from the public to bring up at the meeting.


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I enjoy seeing young Rochesterians become more active in the community and come to realize how much is going on in our city. That is what Rochester Young Professionals (RYP) is all about. Most young people in Rochester have at least heard of RYP, but I was recently made aware of a few misconceptions about the organization that should be cleared up.
In my mind, the most important thing people should know about RYP is that there is absolutely no commitment required to be a member. We understand that people are busy, so involvement is completely voluntary. Being a member simply means you receive our weekly newsletter and come to the events that interest you, that's it.
Joining is free, and we never ask members for money (some events may cost money, i.e. kayak rentals, but we do not charge our own fees). My fellow board members and I do our work on a completely volunteer basis, and we coordinate our events with local businesses that are willing to donate what they have to offer, so RYP literally has no operating costs. Our goal is to facilitate community activity and create a more vibrant young professional scene here in Rochester – money is simply not on the agenda.
Another misconception that lingers from several years back is that RYP is strictly about socializing, partying and drinking. While our socials are often larger events that get more publicity, RYP has made it a priority to grow our Professional Development, Community Development, Volunteering and Outdoor Recreation events. Next week we offer a great opportunity to expand your professional network at our Speed Networking Event this coming Monday, and we hope many RYP'ers will rediscover a gem of Rochester in the Central Library Event on the following Monday, March 5.
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Welcome! I'm Steve Pastorino, general manager of USA Team Handball. As you may know, an organization in Salt Lake City, Utah was recently certified as the new National Governing Body. We take on this challenge with a great sense of responsibility and purpose and look forward to serving the U.S. Team Handball community including players, coaches, referees, fans, sponsors and friends. I would also like to welcome many friends of USA Team Handball from around the world, including the Pan American Team Handball Federation and the International Handball Federation.
In the coming weeks and months, check this space regularly for the latest news and updates from the Federation. There are countless places to begin our restructuring and expansion of the Team Handball in the USA, including:
• Encouraging more young people to play – our grass roots plans
• Enhancing and supporting our club structure
• Domestic competitions including Nationals and Regionals
• Men's & Women's National Teams (Senior, Junior & Youth)
• Referee Development
• Generating more media exposure
• Handball on television
We have been diligently at work for about four weeks since the Handball Summit held in St. Louis in mid-June. We are close to finalizing office space, a new website, job descriptions for several key positions in and outside of Salt Lake City and a more.
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• Dieter Esch, co-owner of Wilhelmina (worldwide model and talent representation agency) and Chairman of our Board of Directors.
• Six other national members of our Board of Directors
• Amir Haskic, National Technical Director, who heads the development of the "sport" side of the organization. Expect regular bulletins from him in this space as well.
The Beijing Summer Games kick off 21 days from now … at 8:08pm on August 8th … and we can't wait to watch some great handball! As soon as NBC releases the schedule for televised handball matches, we will be sure to let you know!


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In this letter sent to Secretary of War Simon Cameron on October 31, 1861, Winfield Scott<&ndash> general-in-chief of the Union Army<&ndash> requested retirement due to age and illness. Scott had entered military service in 1808 and commanded combat units at all levels. His retirement was engineered by Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, who wanted command of the Army. President Lincoln appointed McClellan general-in-chief on November 5, just five days after this letter was written.
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Lawyer with Lake Placid ties picked to be federal judge
LAKE PLACID – President Barack Obama has nominated a woman with local connections for a federal judgeship.
Elizabeth Wolford, a partner at Wolford Law Firm LLP in Rochester, was picked last week to become the judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of New York. Two others, Debra Brown and Pamela Reeves, were also nominated for judge posts in Mississippi and Tennessee, respectively.
Wolford's family owns a summer camp on Lake Placid, and her father, Mike, is secretary of the Lake Placid Shore Owners Association board. She is also related to the local Damp family, which includes former North Elba town Councilman Chuck Damp and Century 21 real estate broker Mike Damp. Their mother, Anne Wolford Damp, is Mike Wolford's sister.
Elizabeth Wolford didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
"These individuals have demonstrated the talent, expertise, and fair-mindedness Americans expect and deserve from their judicial system," Obama said in a press release. "I am grateful for their willingness to serve and confident that they will apply the law with the utmost impartiality and integrity."
Wolford specializes in commercial, employment and personal injury litigation, according to her firm's website. She graduated from Colgate University in 1989 and from University of Notre Dame Law School in 1992. She has also served as president of the Monroe County Bar and the Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys.
The nomination, which was recommended to Obama by U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, has been sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee. A confirmation hearing is expected to be held in June.
If confirmed, Wolford would replace the retiring Charles Siragusa. The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reported last week that Wolford would be the first woman to serve as a federal judge in the Western District.
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Event Type: Children
Date: 10/28/2014
Start Time: 10:45 AM
End Time: 11:15 AM
Stories and activities for children aged 18 to 36 months. The programs last approximately 20 minutes. The use of picture books, finger plays, songs, poetry and Mother Goose rhymes, and flannel board stories will encourage the development of verbal and listening skills for this active age group. Any person requiring special accommodations to participate in any class or program due to a disability may arrange for accommodations by contacting the location at which the event is held at least seven days prior to the event.Library: Herndon Branch
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Topic: Self-referential join through a model -- help
I have a model of People and a self-referential join through an intermediate model of Relatives. Here are the details:
people table:
t.column :first, :string, :null => false
t.column :last, :string, :null => false
relatives table:
t.column :source_id, :integer, :null => false
t.column :sink_id, :integer, :null => false
t.column :relationship, :string, :null => false
belongs_to :parent, :foreign_key => "source_id", :class_name => "Person"
belongs_to :child, :foreign_key => "sink_id", :class_name => "Person"
has_many :relatives_as_children,
:foreign_key => "source_id",
:class_name => 'Relative',
:conditions => "relationship = 'Child'"
has_many :relatives_as_parents,
:foreign_key => "sink_id",
:class_name => 'Relative',
:conditions => "relationship = 'Child'"
has_many :parents,
:through => :relatives_as_parents
has_many :children,
:through => :relatives_as_children
After we create two people, for example:
bill = Person.create(:first => "Bill", :last => "Clinton")
chelsea = Person.create(:first => "Chelsea", :last => "Clinton")
The following works fine:
Relative.create(:source_id => bill.id, :sink_id => chelsea.id, :relationship => "Child")
However, and I know this is expecting a tremendous amount of Rails magic, but is there any world in which it would be possible instead to simply write:
bill.children << chelsea
When I do this, I get an error "undefined method 'person_id=' for #<Relative:0x289dccc>"
Perhaps that's just asking too much, or perhaps my models need to be tweaked a bit. Advice?


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|Art @ Your Library: An Exploration of Poetry
Event Type: Children's Programs
Age Group(s): Children & Families, Teens
Date: 4/8/2013
Start Time: 6:30 PM
End Time: 7:30 PM
Calling all lovers of words and songs! Join us for an exciting foray into the wonderful world of poetry. In four weekly sessions, we will learn about and practice several different kinds of poetry. Come for one or come for all You only need to bring your imagination. Ages 9-13. Registration required.Library: Eureka Hills Branch Map
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The NIRI Integration Time Calculator (ITC) can be used to determine limiting magnitudes, exposure times, S/N ratios, background levels, etc. for a wide range of source properties, observing conditions, and NIRI configurations. It is used both for (a) NIRI standalone imaging and spectroscopy and (b) for NIRI with adaptive optics (i.e., ALTAIR) at present in imaging mode only, either using a natural guide star or the laser guide star). The ITC is divided into five sections: (1) Spatial profile and brightness of source; (2) Spectral distribution of source; (3) Instrument and telescope configuration; (4) Observing conditions; and (5) Details of observation. It is in the third of these sections that the user selects or de-selects adaptive optics.
The ITC is not available for AO imaging at wavelengths beyond the K band or for AO spectroscopy. However, it is possible to use ALTAIR for imaging in the 3-4μm region and for JHK spectroscopy.
For AO imaging at L', throughput is reduced by a factor of about 7 because the Altair dichroic was not originally designed for thermal observations. Experiments show that with ALTAIR the background per pixel at L' increases by 10X (3.2X increase in noise). Thus, signal to noise (S/N) is reduced by a factor of ~20 with ALTAIR due to the dichroic and warm optics. ALTAIR does improve a 0.3" FWHM image of a point source at L' to ~0.1" FWHM, implying a S/N increase of 9. Thus, overall, there is about a factor 2 reduction in S/N with the use of ALTAIR in L'. However, there is an overall gain in angular resolution, which may be useful for some programs involving bright targets which require improved angular resolution.
For AO spectroscopy one can obtain a rough and conservative estimate by using the NIRI ITC with the f/6 camera, the narrowest (2 pixel-wide) slits, best image quality (IQ20) and much shorter individual exposures than planned for the f/32 observations. Note that the f/6 result will be misleading if the same individual exposure times are used at f/32. The background per pixel is 25 times less at f/32, and thus individual exposure times need to be 25 times longer at f/32 than at f/6 to produce the same background (the same noise level) and to achieve the same S/N in the same total exposure time. For example, to estimate the S/N in a one hour integration consisting of twelve 300-second exposures for f/32 spectroscopy, specify three-hundred 12-second exposures in the f/6 NIRI ITC.
The ITC has been used to generate tables of sensitivity estimates for both imaging and spectroscopy, which usually agree with values measured on the telescope to 20%. However, because some conditions vary unpredictably (e.g., the OH sky emission, which dominates the 1-2.4μm background, can vary by a factor of two from hour to hour), one should consider the ITC predictions to be accurate only to within a few tens of percent.


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Intuit, which has said it will end its e-activation scheme on the latest version of its TurboTax tax softw...Originally posted by ExtremeTech-Editor
Too late here also as switched to Tax Cut and see no reason to switch back now (I have another agenda it seems).
Now if we can only teach Symantec and Adobe the same lesson. I switched to Vcom System Suite a long time ago and never looked back to Symantec. Now, even System Mechanic Pro can pretty much replace Norton Utilities (but the Panda Software is expensive to maintain I hear). At least there is choice now so, bye-bye Symantec.
Don't make illegal copies of software (to distribute) and don't buy software from a company that uses DRM. It is up to us to stop this madness and loss of our freedom.
I'm with TurboTax and we wanted to ensure that everyone has a copy of the open apology letter that we publicly posted on www.turbotax.com and featured in advertisements in today's USA Today and Wall Street Journal. Thank you.An Open Letter To TurboTax CustomersIn response to feedback from our customers, I want you to know that we're making an important change to TurboTax software and have removed activation technology.The new TurboTax for 2003 coming later this year can be used fully on multiple computers. Last year, some TurboTax customers were inconvenienced as a result of being prevented from using the software on multiple computers. While many of you had no problem, some of you did. And that's what concerns me most.I want to personally apologize for any frustration you may have experienced due to the restrictions that came with our use of anti-piracy technology. I've talked one-on-one with quite a few customers, so I know this caused some of you considerable hassle and inconvenience. You told us that you want the flexibility to install and use TurboTax on multiple computers, and we heard you, loud and clear. We responded back in May by committing to remove the technology from TurboTax for 2003 and now, we've expanded our license agreement so you can use TurboTax fully on multiple computers to do returns for yourself and members of your household. We've also made it possible for you to use your current 2002 version of TurboTax fully on multiple computers.But that's not all. We're making the things you value most about TurboTax even better. The new TurboTax will give you even more confidence that your return is accurate and complete. We will help you get the most from your deductions. And the new TurboTax will thoroughly handle any changes going on in your life that affect your taxes. Let me assure you that we are working harder than ever to earn your confidence and trust. This is, and always will be, of the utmost importance to us.Sincerely,Tom Allanson, General ManagerTurboTax
I got an email from Mr Allanson last year calling me a pirate becuase I refused to buy Turbo Tax because of the DRM issue, even though I had been a paying customer of Intuit products for many years.
I do not have a problem with companies protecting their product from theft. That is not the issue for me. The issue was that their choice of DRM was a bad choice that damaged some users systems, interfered with some systems proper operation and installed a task that ran in the background that used up cpu cycles and memory and did not go away when the product it was supposedly protecting was uninstalled.
Instead of possibly winding up dealing with repairing my computer after using their software, I changed to TaxCut. No problems there, everything worked fine, no DRM issues. I will be staying with TaxCut from now on unless they pull the same kind of stunt that Intuit did.
Hint to Intuit, you do not release software that damages your customers computers and expect to keep them. You do not call your paying, loyal customers theives and do not lose them. You no not issue a press release saying you are sorry and get them back. What makes you think that we will ever trust you again?


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ANAHEIM, Calif. (May 4, 2007)
- Tickets are now on sale for the 2007 FIVB World League matches that will see the U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team face Italy on June 15-16 in Chicago.
Tickets are available via TicketMaster charge-by-phone at (312) 559-1212, all TicketMaster outlets including all Carson Pirie Scott, Hot Tix, and select Coconuts, or online at www.ticketmaster.com.
The teams will play at the Convocation Center on the campus of Chicago State University. The June 15 match starts at 7 p.m. and the June 16 match at 5 p.m.
"We believe Chicago is a great sports town and we think the city will come out to support or Olympic efforts as well as our pro sports," said Bill Scherr, Chairman of the World Sport Chicago Board, which is presenting the match along with USA Volleyball and the FIVB.
World Sport Chicago also led the successful effort to make Chicago the U.S. Applicant City for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
"We think events like this will do a lot for the city. We hope it will inspire youth of Chicago to participate in Olympic sports like volleyball."
The U.S. Men's National Team has ties to Chicago as team captain Tom Hoff grew up in Park Ridge, Ill., about 15 miles north of Chicago, and outside hitter Sean Rooney grew up in Wheaton, Ill., a suburb 25 miles west of Chicago.
ESPNU, USA Volleyball's broadcast partner, will show all the matches played in the United States on a tape-delayed basis. It will also broadcast the World League Finals. Commentary will be provided by 1984 Olympic volleyball gold medalist Chris Marlowe and by two-time Olympian Kevin Barnett, who is from Naperville, Ill.
The Italian Men's National Volleyball Team, ranked No. 2 in the world, has won the FIVB World League title eight times since 1990. However it has not won a medal since 2003, when it finished third. It finished sixth in 2006.
The United States and Italy will be joined in Pool B by France and Japan.
Team USA will face France in its opening World League matches on May 26-27 in Portland, Ore. The following weekend it will play Japan on June 1-2 in Green Bay, Wis.
The U.S. Men will play six straight weekends of World League tournaments from May 26-June 30. The World League finals are set for July 11-15 in Katowice, Poland. Only the pool winner is guaranteed to advance to the finals.
The U.S. World League home matches are presented by GL7, the Official Sports Drink of USA Volleyball.
The USA Volleyball FIVB World League web site is at www.usavolleyball.org/national/wl07.asp.
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Our opinion: This time, a chorus
Want a sure-fire way to garner favor with someone?
Offer them a couple million bucks.
For a couple million bucks just about anyone will have your back.
The top administrator and the top board member of the Warren County School District had Gov. Tom Corbett's back last week – literally – when he brought his campaign to privatize the liquor business in Pennsylvania to Erie.
Corbett, who has been trying to privatize booze for the past few years with little success, hit on a special incentive this time, giving most of the proceeds of the sales of liquor stores and licenses to school districts across the state in the form of block grants for the four years it takes to divest the business and get rid of that pesky union.
So, it should come as no surprise then that Warren County School Board President Arthur Stewart and Interim school district Superintendent Amy Stewart stood shoulder-to-shoulder with other school board officials from around the region as the governor made his pitch.
Had Corbett promised the money for animal protection, the podium would have been populated with peekapoos and tabby felines.
It's not hard to buy affection when you're tossing around the kind of dough the governor is.
We don't remember this particular Greek chorus shilling for Corbett two years ago when he cut the state's basic education subsidy by millions of dollars. Admittedly that sort of action doesn't lend itself to road shows.
Nevertheless, we suppose we've received our answer, at least indirectly, from the school district as to whether its board and/or its administration is backing the liquor privatization proposal.
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The 2012-S proof Lincoln cents were offered in the 2012-S Proof Set by the U.S. Mint. Each set contained a 14 coins. It had the 5 different National Park Quarters, the Lincoln cent, Jefferson Nickel, Roosevelt Dime, Native American Dollar and the four different Presidential Dollars coins all dated 2012 and with the S mint mark.
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