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47,539 turkeys registered in Wisconsin's 2010 spring turkey season Weekly News Article Published: June 15, 2010 by the [url=contact.asp?regionscope=Central]Central Office[/url]
Fall season permit applications due August 2 MADISON - Wisconsin hunters registered 47,539 turkeys during the 2010 spring turkey season. The registration total was a 9.6 percent decrease from the 2009 harvest of 52,581 birds.
Zone 1 produced the highest overall turkey harvest at 15,120 birds, followed by Zone 3 with 10,953 turkeys. The best hunter success rate appears to be in Zone 2 with a preliminary success rate of 28.5 percent, followed by Zone 4 at 22.4 percent success.
A total of 217,444 permits were issued for the spring hunt, according to licensing officials. This was a decrease of 689 permits compared to the 2009 spring hunt.
"Despite a slight decline in harvest totals from 2008 and 2009, Wisconsin's statewide turkey population remains stable and resilient. The wet spring in 2008 and the cool summer in 2009 meant below-average brood production for turkeys during the past two years. When combined with more normal winter conditions, the slight decrease in the number of turkeys harvested was expected," said Sharon Fandel, acting upland wildlife ecologist for the state Department of Natural Resources.
Hunter success rates also fell slightly to 22 percent in 2010 versus 24 percent in 2009, but were still quite good. As in past years, success rates were generally highest during the early and middle hunting periods.
"Hunters recorded a 31 percent success rate during the first period," says Krista McGinley, DNR assistant upland wildlife ecologist. "Success was 23 percent and 21 percent for the second and third periods, respectively. A decrease over the periods is expected but is still telling of good hunting conditions."
The preliminary results show that adult toms comprised 80.7 percent of the total harvest, which is higher than the long-term average of 74 percent but less than the 86 percent recorded last year. An increased proportion of adults in the harvest can be a sign of lower brood success from the previous year, although hunter selection can also play a role.


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The cooperation project will benefit many cancer patients, and boost the bio-pharmaceutical industry in Taiwan
Singapore: Taiwan company Orient Europharma and Japan-based pharmaceutical company NanoCarrier have signed a new agreement for conducting registration trials of Nanoplatin in Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea and Australia. Nanoplatin, a new cancer treatment co-developed by the two companies, is now in phase II clinical trial stage. The two companies had entered into a co-development agreement in 2008.
The new agreement, signed earlier this month, also includes setting up of a new manufacturing site in Taiwan to supply Nanoplatin Injection to the global market. Mr Peter Tsai, president and CEO of Orient Europharma, and Dr Ichiro Nakatomi, president and CEO of NanoCarrier, signed the agreement in the presence of Taiwan FDA, IDB and Science & Technology Office of Executive Yuan, Taiwan.
The cooperation project will benefit many cancer patients, and boost the bio-pharmaceutical industry in Taiwan. The two companies will start registration trials of Nanoplatin in Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea and Australia in 2013. The new manufacturing site will be located in the Central Taiwan Science Park- Huwui Park. Construction will start in 2013 and complete in 2016. The plant is the first ever manufacturing site for NanoCarrier and the company will support the planning and designing
of the new site, aiming to passing the inspection of the US FDA and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in Japan.
This manufacturing site, when up and running, will supply Nanoplatin to the global market. The site is estimated to cost about NT$ 700 million to build, and create over 50 post-graduate jobs for the central Taiwan area. The annual revenue is projected to be $ 500 million in the initial stage.
Mr Peter Tsai expressed that the success of this co-development project should be attributed to the Industrial Development Bureau's "Taiwan-Japan Industrial Collaboration Bridging Project", which has set a new model for the collaboration between the two countries in new drug R&D. Also, the TFDA's
new drug R&D advisory mechanism has convinced the two companies to conduct registration trials of Nanoplatin in Taiwan and to make Taiwan the first country to launch this new product. Mr Tsai pointed out that the Taiwanese government has introduced many new policies over the past few
years to encourage the bio-pharmaceutical industry to invest in new drug R&D.
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On Friday, April 13, 2012, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order on the protest filed by NPGA and 84 other companies and state associations against the TEPPCO rate increase. The FERC order suspends the proposed rate increases for the entire maximum 7 month period allowed by law, or until November 16, 2012. The last time FERC suspended a tariff for the entire statutory period was in a rate case over 20 years ago, back in 1990.
In its order, FERC "concludes that immediate implementation of the substantial rate increases proposed by Enterprise could have an immediate and overwhelming impact on NGL shippers on the Enterprise system". The commission also ordered that a hearing schedule be established to address the issues raised by TEPPCO's filing and our protest, and that an administrative law judge be designated to convene a prehearing conference within 20 days of the order.
On April 16, 2012 the FERC Chief Judge designated Administrative Law Judge Edward M. Silverstein as the presiding judge at the hearing. Interestingly, Judge Silverstein presided over NPGA's years-long litigation against the rate increases on the Mid-America Pipeline (MAPL) that was ultimately settled favorably in 2009.
Furthermore, the Chief Judge stated that this proceeding is subject to Track III of FERC's procedural time standards, which means that this case is considered an "Exceptionally Complex Case". A hearing date will be set 42 weeks from now, the deadline for reply briefs to the Judge is in 53 weeks, and an initial decision date 63 weeks from now.
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Add something smooth and flavorful to your family's Caribbean night. Serve black beans to compliment your dinner.
You're probably most familiar with pimientos as a stuffing in green olives. Pimientos can be purchased canned or bottled. They taste sweeter and more succulent than red bell peppers.
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Running debootstrap in a non-Debian distro
Last week I wanted to install Debian on a chroot on my machine. Maybe there is an easier way to do this, but I will document what I did, just in case someone wants to do something similar.
Debootstrap is the recommended tool to install another system, as long as you have a Debian system available. I don't have a Debian system available right now. However I've noticed that the debootstrap package has only a few dependencies. So I will try to extract the package manually and run debootstrap on my Mandriva Cooker system.
I've download the deboostrap package and extracted it using 'ar':
$ ls debootstrap_0.2.45-0.2_i386.deb $ mkdir debootstrap $ cd debootstrap $ ar x ../debootstrap_0.2.45-0.2_i386.deb $ ls control.tar.gz data.tar.gz debian-binary $
I've extracted the data contents from the package:
$ tar -zxvf data.tar.gz
First try to run the binary:
$ ./usr/sbin/debootstrap ./usr/sbin/debootstrap: line 15: /usr/lib/debootstrap/functions: No such file or directory
Oops, it needs to be installed on
I don't want the files to be lost inside the filesystem, so I just added a symlink to the files I've extracted:
$ sudo ln -s /home/ehabkost/system/soft/justdownloaded/debootstrap/usr/lib/debootstrap /usr/lib/debootstrap
Let's test again:
$ ./usr/sbin/debootstrap I: usage: [OPTION]...Great! :D Now, let's run it:
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South Sudan: "We have seen things stabilize or even improve"
A harvest that was better than expected, and fewer refugees and returnees than expected, have contributed to an overall improvement in the situation in South Sudan and have allowed the humanitarian community to reduce its appeal for funding by 9 per cent. At the beginning of 2013, aid agencies in South Sudan called for $1.16 billion. This has been revised to $1.05 billion, with $485 million still needed for the remainder of 2013.
In this interview, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for South Sudan, Toby Lanzer, says that although the situation in some parts of the country has improved, insecurity in Jonglei State and the approaching rainy season pose significant challenges to communities and the agencies trying to help them.
Q. Why have you decreased the amount you are appealing for? Has the situation in South Sudan really changed so much in six months?
When we launched the appeal in November last year, we expected that the trends that we saw in 2012 would continue at about the same pace into 2013. However, in the first half of this year we have seen things stabilize or even improve in some areas.
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The number of violence-related incidents has declined, fewer refugees have arrived, and fewer South Sudanese returnees have made the journey home. The number of people who are food insecure has also dropped from 4.6 million people in 2012 to 4.1 million now, thanks to a better-than-expected harvest in 2012 and the work of humanitarian and development organizations.
But even with these improvements, and even though we have lowered our appeal, there are still many people who need help. Based on a thorough and evidence-based assessment, the humanitarian community in South Sudan needs another $485 million this year to assist three million people.
Q. The situation in Jonglei State seems to be worsening and aid agencies are struggling to access affected communities. Do you see this situation improving?
The situation in Jonglei, specifically in Pibor and Pochalla counties, is worrying and is in stark contrast to the improvements we have seen elsewhere since the beginning of the year.
We are working hard with the government to improve our access to people who need help. Thanks to an allocation from the Central Emergency Response Fund, we now have two helicopters dedicated to our Jonglei response, which will help us reach communities in need. We have also pre-positioned aid supplies throughout Jonglei to make sure we are ready and able to respond throughout the rainy season.
Meanwhile, we are calling on all parties involved in the fighting to meet their obligations to protect civilians and ensure that humanitarian agencies can deliver aid without constraints. This is a high priority for all of us in the aid community.
Q. The rainy season has started. What impact will this have on the humanitarian situation in places like Jonglei, and what have agencies done to prepare for it?
First of all: the rainy season is an opportunity as well as a challenge. South Sudan's farmers need good rains to overcome the large cereal deficit which has rendered about a third of the population food insecure.
But we are also aware that every rainy season, floods cut off about 60 per cent of the country's roads and just over a quarter of its population. The logistical constraints also increase costs as organizations are forced to fly supplies into remote areas
With better planning this year, I hope that these extra costs will be avoided. By May, humanitarian partners had pre-positioned 80 per cent of the supplies needed for the year in Juba, state capitals and deep-field locations, to make sure they have the resources to get communities through the wet season.
Q. How optimistic are you that you will get the funding required for the next six months?
In the first six months of the year, we received $567 million from donors – about 54 per cent of requirements for 2013. We need a further $485 million to meet our targets for the rest of the year.
The fact that our appeal has been reduced does not mean that donor support is no longer required. On the contrary, the humanitarian operation in South Sudan's remains one of the largest in the world.
We believe that we represent a good investment for donors. In the first six months of this year, partners were able to implement about 90 per cent of their plans for that period, despite some of the access issues I have mentioned.
We call on our donors to continue their support so that people get the assistance and protection they need, on time. Getting aid right in South Sudan does more than just that. It can make an important contribution to development and indeed overall stability. I really hope donors rally to that cause.
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#4 Aren't Gerry and Bev both correct or close. 101 dog Qual in Ohio in 2003(very exciting) and Push got the blue ribbon.
#4 Aren't Gerry and Bev both correct or close. 101 dog Qual in Ohio in 2003(very exciting) and Push got the blue ribbon.
Pre Golden National training? Someone graciously offered to help with some local training before the Golden Specialty and I somehow deleted all my old PM's. Please PM me again so I can respond.
#1 AFC Splashdown Texas Two Stepper "Dancer" in 1996 or 1997 when Specialty was in Maryland won both Open and Amateur held at Rebel Ridge.
Don't forget to get your photos taken at all the field events!!! We will need them to publish when You and Your Dog have a lovely colored ribbon in hand! Also, we use them for candids. Mark Atwater takes the greatest photos that you will want to have for your own use.
Mark will also take portrait photos for you and takes fantastic action shots.
Good luck to all of you that will be competing in the field. Do enjoy the field banquet where we will honor Great Goldens from the Past with those who are current and represent our future.
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There will be a table set up at the WC WCX Field Trial Welcome Dinner on Sunday 10/27 with samples of Mark's work, some brochures and business cards. Anyone interested in getting a portrait of their dog can grab one of the cards and contact Mark to make an appt during the FT.
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By Ben Levisohn
On a day that Standard & Poor's cut AngloGold Ashanti's (AU) credit rating to junk status, gold stocks are rising.
Bloomberg has the details on S&P's downgrade:
The company's long-term issuer credit assessment was cut to BB+, S&P's highest non-investment grade, with a stable outlook, the ratings company said in an e-mailed statement. The reduction follows Moody's Investors Service Ltd.'s decision on July 12 to reduce AngloGold's rating by one step to its lowest investment grade.
"The recent severe drop in the gold price exposes South African gold miner AngloGold Ashanti," S&P said in the statement. "We have revised downward our assessment of AngloGold's financial risk profile."
Still, AngloGold has dropped just 0.2% to $12.93 today, while other gold miners have gained. The Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) has gained 0.4% to $60.06 today, while Barrick Gold (ABX) has jumped 1.1% to $16.20 and Newmont Mining (NEM) has risen 1.1% to $28.75. The likely reason: The price of gold has edged up 0.3% today.
Also don't forget that much of the bad news regarding AngloGold is out in the open. Once again, this is an example of S&P being late to the game.


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The Best of the Best List: 2012 Critics' Top Books
And the winner is… Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel. The winner for nonfiction is Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo. Here is our tally for all the books with at least three mentions in the best-of lists.
1. Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel (20 mentions—our review)
2. NW by Zadie Smith (10 mentions—our review)
2. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (10 mentions—our interview)
2. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain (10 mentions—our review)
5. Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter (9 mentions)
6. The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers (8 mentions—our review)
7. At Last by Edward St. Aubyn (7 mentions—our review)
7. Building Stories by Chris Ware (7 mentions—our review)
7. Canada by Richard Ford (7 mentions—our review and interview)
7. Dear Life by Alice Munro (7 mentions)
7. This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Díaz (7 mentions—our review)
7. Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple (7 mentions—our review)
13. Arcadia by Lauren Groff (5 mentions—our review)
13. The Round House by Louise Erdrich (5 mentions—our interview)
13. The Fault In Our Stars by John Green (5 mentions)
16. The Orphan Master's Son (4 mentions)
16. Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson (4 mentions)
18. A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers (3 mentions)
18. Object Lessons edited by Lorin Stein and Sadie Stein (3 mentions—our excerpt)
18. Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan (3 mentions—our interview)
18. Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon (3 mentions—our interview)
1. Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo (16 mentions—our interview)
2. The Passage of Power by Robert Caro (8 mentions—our review)
2. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed (8 mentions)
4. The Old Ways by Robert Macfarlane (7 mentions—our review)
5. Far From the Tree by Andrew Solomon (6 mentions—our bookbag)
5. Iron Curtain by Anne Applebaum (6 mentions—our review)
7. Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story by D.T. Max (5 mentions—our excerpt)
7. House of Stone by Anthony Shadid (5 mentions—our obituary)
7. Mortality by Christopher Hitchens (5 mentions—our section)
7. Spillover by David Quammen (5 mentions)
11. Bertie: A Life of Edward VII by Jane Ridley (4 mentions)
11. Joseph Anton by Salman Rushdie (4 mentions—our speed read)
11. People Who Eat Darkness by Richard Lloyd Parry (4 mentions—our review)
14. The Black Count by Tom Reiss (3 mentions—our review)
14. Country Girl by Edna O'Brien (3 mentions)
14. Double Cross by Ben Macintyre (3 mentions—from the same author)
14. The End of Your Life Book Club (3 mentions)
14. The Origins of Sex by Faramerz Dabhoiwala (3 mentions)
14. The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver (3 mentions—our excerpt)
14. When I Was a Child, I Read Books by Marilynne Robinson (3 mentions—our review)
14. Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson (3 mentions—our review)
14. Zona by Geoff Dyer (3 mentions—our review)
Here are the individual top books lists. Some critics rank their choices, some just list 10 or more books, some publications pick the top 10 in different categories (e.g. history), while others compile massive lists asking novelists, contributors and editors their favorite books. We've compiled many of them; check back frequently for new lists and let us know which ones we missed.
The Constant Heart
We Are Taking Only What We Need
Dictionary of American Regional English, Volume V, SL-Z
Fear Of Music
Gone to the Forest
Nice Weather (based on a true story)
The First Four Notes
Freedom and the Arts
Poetic Notebooks
Shake Off
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
The Passage of Power
Portrait of a Novel
Bring Up the Bodies
Maile Meloy
India Becoming: A Portrait of Life in Modern India
Lenin's Kisses
Naples Declared: A Walk Around the Bay
Country Girl: A Memoir
A Choreographic Mind
A Naked Singularity
Balloon Pop Outlaw Black
The Flame Alphabet
The Vanishers
Prosperous Friends
Bring Up the Bodies
How Should a Person Be
At Last
I Curse the River of Time
Four New Messages
My Struggle
Alive in Writing: Crafting Ethnography in the Company of Chekhov
Portrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of a Masterpiece
May We Be Forgiven
Bring Up the Bodies
A Condition of Doubt
Detroit City Is the Place to Be
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
This Is How You Lose Her
One for the Books
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Bring Up the Bodies
Building Stories
A Hologram For the King
The Yellow Birds
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Far From the Tree
The Passage of Power
The Patriarch
Why Does the World Exist
Poems 1962-2012 by Louise Glück
Fire in the Belly
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
In Praise of Messy Lives: Essays
Far From the Tree
The Richard Burton Diaries
Red Plenty
Alien Vs. Predator: Poems by Michael Robbins
The Passage of Power
A Hologram for the King
The Yellow Birds
Telegraph Avenue
The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
The Revolution Was Televised
Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace
Hello Goodbye Hello: A Circle of 101 Remarkable Meetings
Bring Up the Bodies
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Truth Like the Sun
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Gone Girl
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Romney reportedly has an IRA worth $100,000,000. IRA accounts have been in existence for less than 40 years and your annual contributions are limited. I believe it was limited to $2500 initially and has had a few increases to its current level
It'd be near impossible to have a 100 million IRA without doing some less than honest bookkeeping or using unrealistic arbitrarily low valuations. There are only 2 possibilities that could give someone a $100,000,000 IRA as I see it
1) Creative accounting....... which to me would equate to dishonesty or Cheating to get to this level
2)Unreal never before seen brilliance in finding investments that can yield to an extent that he could make an IRA with the contribution constraints put on it to grow to $100,000,000
Obama has already done enough to show me that voting for him aint gonna happen. That doesn't mean that Romney gets my vote, as Im not overly enamored of him.
If Romney would give us the transparency we deserve and release his tax records then I would be able to make an informed decision.
If in fact he is as brilliant as scenario #2 would require he should get every Americans vote. He should be able to retire the debt and make every citizen rich beyond our wildest dreams with that type of Midas touch at the helm in only a single term
However if scenario #1 is in fact the case then I wont be able to vote for him
Additionally Id have a hard time pulling the lever for any person who wants the most important job on our planet, but refuses to release information that we the unwashed that he wishes to lead are routinely required to reveal for simple loans, job applications and other things
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Student Exchange Programs
FAU has reciprocal student exchange agreements with many different institutions
around the world. Students may study with FAU partners for an entire semester
or academic year, or in some instances, for intense summer courses. Students
participating in an exchange program enroll at FAU and pay FAU tuition while
studying at the overseas partner institution and while earning credits toward their
degree. In most cases, courses will be pre-approved through OIP. A wide range of disciplinary
coursework is available from business and economics to engineering, architecture
and many areas in the humanities and social sciences. Leading partner institutions
are located in Australia, Brazil, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Portugal,
South Korea, Sweden and Thailand. Some
exchange programs are offered only in the local language, while others offer
access to courses in English and the local language. Check the OIP
website for the most current list.
International students coming to FAU as part of an approved student exchange
or incoming tuition paying exchange (also known as co-op) are
considered J-1 students and will be provided with a DS-2019 from FAU, coordinated
by OIP and the Office of International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS). For
information on J-1 student visas, visit the ISSS
FAU Faculty-Led Study Abroad
FAU faculty work with OIP to design and lead short-term (1 week - 6 week) study
abroad programs (SAPs) in the summers and intersessions. These popular academic
programs offer flexibility for those students who find it difficult to study
overseas for an entire semester or academic year. Students on SAPs enroll at
FAU and can earn credits toward their degree. Recent short-term programs included
study locations in Ecuador, the Netherlands, Peru,
Mexico, Brazil, Costa Rica, Spain, Italy, Japan, England, Belgium, France, Greece,
Ghana and China. OIP is constantly developing new SAPs.
Click on the OIP website for a current list of approved programs. As
new programs are developed and approved, they are posted on the OIP website.
All participants in a SAP must be registered at FAU for academic credit, complete
the online OIP application packet, and purchase the mandatory medical and
evacuation insurance.
How To Get Started
Students interested in studying abroad should contact the Office of
International Programs to explore potential programs. Students can learn of
their options by completing a Student Inquiry form either online or in the
OIP office. The inquiry form will allow the study abroad coordinators to find
programs that fit specific student needs. Student study abroad research requests
are completed within two weeks and information packets are picked up in the
OIP office (GS 212Q).
Once students have received their information packets and reviewed the materials,
they will meet with a coordinator for assistance with selecting a program,
identifying courses they can take abroad, getting the courses pre-approved
for FAU credit and getting advice on housing, transportation, insurance, etc.
At this time students' specific questions will be answered. Once admitted to
a program, students also receive pre-departure orientation materials to prepare
for their overseas experience.
Lastly, students on FAU-approved study abroad programs must complete the online OIP application packet, which includes acknowledgment and agreement to
the FAU code of conduct while abroad, the rules governing
program costs and cancellation and refund policies, the FAU Travel Program
Assumption of Risk Agreement and CISI mandatory health insurance and evacuation
Learning Programs
Florida Atlantic University recognizes that learning is a lifetime process
and sponsors several programs specifically to facilitate lifelong learning.
The Lifelong Learning Society
The FAU Lifelong Learning Society (LLS) is one of the largest and most successful lifelong learning
programs in the nation. With more than 20,000 patrons enrolled on the Boca Raton and Jupiter campuses, society members choose from a schedule
of non-credit courses and lectures given by Eminent Scholars and national and international
figures in a wide variety of fields, including foreign policy, music, art, history, science, literature, philosophy, current events and film. For information and a schedule of courses, visit the LLS
website or call 561-297-3171. For Lifelong Learning Society at FAU Jupiter, click here or
call 561-799-8547.
Continuing Education
As part of the academic mission of FAU, Continuing Education provides both
credit and non-credit opportunities to individuals who seek to expand their
educational horizons. Through Continuing Education, in excess of 24,000 students
take classes, seminars and workshops in professional training, test preparation,
personal growth, languages, investment management and many other pursuits.
Credit courses within Continuing Education are provided by accredited faculty
members in a variety of non-traditional settings: weekend; distance education,
including telecourses, Internet and video; corporate courses both sponsored
and paid for by employees for reimbursement; extension and international.
Non-credit courses, education and training for government employees and nonprofit
organizations, certifications and individual career needs are also within this
division's mission. For more information, visit the Continuing Education website or
call 800-228-5845 or 561-297-0178.
The 60-Plus Audit Program
Permanent residents of Florida who are at least 60 years of age may audit credit
courses for free. Registration is on a space-available basis after degree-seeking
students have registered. For registration dates, instructions and
a list of courses, visit the Registrar's Office website.
Link to Army ROTC Program
Link to Military Science Minor
Studies - Air Force (AFROTC)
Florida Atlantic University, in cooperation with the Department of Aerospace
Studies, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) at the University
of Miami, provides academic instruction and training leading to active duty
commissioned service in the United States Air Force.
AFROTC is an educational program designed to provide college students the opportunity to become Air Force officers while completing a bachelor's degree. The AFROTC program provides superior hands-on leadership training and is designed to prepare cadets to assume positions of increasing responsibility as officers in service to their country.
Normally, the program is four years, but in some instances students can complete requirements in three years. The first two years of the program, the General Military Course (GMC), consist of a one-hour class, three hours of leadership laboratory/practical military training and two hours of organized physical conditioning each week. AFROTC cadets compete for entry into the last two years of the program, the Professional Officer Course (POC). Competition includes both quantitative and qualitative factors, such as grade point average, unit commander's evaluation, aptitude test scores and physical fitness test scores. If selected, cadets must complete a four-week summer Field Training Program at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, AL before entering the POC.
After earning a degree and successfully completing all Air Force ROTC requirements, cadets are commissioned as Air Force officers with a four-year active duty service commitment. Pilots, Combat Systems Officers and Air Battle Managers have longer service commitments upon completion of specialized training.
For more information, contact Detachment 155 Cadre at 305-284-2870.
There is no military obligation to enroll in AFROTC. To enroll students must meet the following criteria:
• Be a U.S. citizen or resident alien, or be able to become a U.S. citizen prior to attending Field Training the summer following sophomore year;
• Be a full-time college student enrolled in 12 credits per semester;
• Be able to participate in a demanding physical fitness program;
• Be able to pass a Department of Defense Medial Examination;
• Have solid moral character;
• Maintain AFROTC minimum required grade point average.
More than 70 percent of Air Force ROTC scholarships are awarded to undergraduate students in engineering or other scientific and technical disciplines. However, students in every degree program enjoy scholarship opportunities, as the Air Force seeks to engage students who excel both academically and militarily. Scholarships are awarded in increments of two, three and four years. Air Force ROTC offers several types of scholarships. Type 1 covers full tuition and most required fees. Type 2 covers tuition and fees but is capped at $18,000 annually. Type 3 pays up to $9,000 annually and can be used at any university that offers Air Force ROTC. Type 7 scholarships are normally designated for in-state-tuition-level institutions. All types of awards provide an allowance for books, most required fees and a monthly non-taxable stipend. All scholarship cadets are required to meet certain academic, military and physical fitness standards to earn and maintain scholarship benefits.
All AFROTC cadets receive uniforms, books and equipment for ROTC classes at no cost. Upon commissioning as 2nd Lieutenant, the starting salary and allowances are worth more than $55,000 annually*. Free medical and dental care, 30 days paid annual vacation and added educational benefits are also part of the compensation package.
*Based on 2011 Pay Chart and Miami, FL Housing Allowance for an O-1.
Aerospace Studies Course
and labs are held at the University
of Miami in Coral Gables.
Foundations of the United States
Air Force I (AFR 1101) 1 credit
Foundations of the United States Air Force II (AFR 1121) 1 credit
Survey courses designed to introduce students to the United States Air Force and Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps. Featured topics include: Air Force heritage, military customs and courtesies, career opportunities, Air Force Core Values, interpersonal communications and team building. Leadership Laboratory is mandatory for AFROTC cadets and complements this course by providing cadets with followership experiences.
The Evolution of USAF Air and
Space Power I (AFR 2130) 1 credit
The Evolution of USAF Air and Space Power II (AFR 2131) 1 credit
Survey courses designed to examine general aspects of the employment of air and space power through a historical perspective. Historical examples assist in understanding the development of Air Force distinctive capabilities and missions. In addition, students continue discussing the importance of the Air Force Core Values with the use of operational examples and historical Air Force leaders. Students also continue to develop communication skills. Leadership Laboratory is mandatory for AFROTC cadets and complements this course by providing cadets with followership experiences.
Air Force Leadership Studies
I (AFR 3220) 3 credits
Air Force Leadership Studies II (AFR 3230) 3 credits
Teaches cadets advanced skills and knowledge in management and leadership. Special emphasis is placed on enhancing leadership skills. Case studies are used to examine Air Force leadership and management situations as a means of demonstrating and exercising practical application of the concepts being studied. A mandatory Leadership Laboratory complements this course by providing advanced leadership experiences in officer-type activities, giving students the opportunity to apply leadership and management principles.
National Security Affairs and Preparation
for Active Duty I (AFR 4201) 3 credits
National Security Affairs and Preparation for Active Duty II (AFR 4211) 3 credits
Designed to examine national security process, regional studies, advanced leadership ethics and Air Force Doctrine. Special topics of interest focus on the military as a profession, officership, military justice, civilian control of the military, preparation for active duty and current issues affecting military professionalism with a continuing emphasis on the refinement of communication skills. A mandatory Leadership Laboratory complements this course by providing advanced leadership experiences in officer-type activities, giving students the opportunity to apply leadership and management principles.
Military Science
The Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) is a program (normally college
electives) that incorporates extensive leadership, management, problem solving,
fitness and level 1 military skills into any college student's curriculum
regardless of the student's selected major. This program has proven its unparalleled
value to students long after graduation and well into their desired career,
whether civilian or military. ROTC is an elective course that is taken each
semester of college, and upon completion of the program requirements and
awarding of a bachelor's degree (or graduate degree), the student is commissioned
as an Officer in the active Army, Reserves or National Guard.
Students interested in ROTC, but not ready to make a commitment, may take classes
as freshmen and/or sophomores and incur no military obligation. Students entering
their junior year or about to begin a two-year graduate program in the fall
of an academic year may spend five weeks in summer training at the Leaders
Training Course in Fort Knox, Kentucky. In that program, students learn skills
normally taught in the first two years of ROTC, earn pay, and then without
obligation, make a decision about ROTC and the Army. Contact the Military Science
program at 561-297-7682 or 573-368-8483.
The program is open to all full-time students attending Florida Atlantic University
(or other cross-enrolled universities). Courses
are taught at FAU's Boca Raton campus in building T-11. A list of available courses appears
after this Military Science description.
Instruction and Training
There is no military service obligation associated with the first two years
of the program unless a student is an ROTC scholarship recipient. These courses
introduce students to skills taught at U.S. Army Basic Training. They include
military customs and courtesies, organization and rank structure leadership
assessment, patrolling, map reading, first aid
and many others. Courses consist of outdoor/indoor instruction and are, by
design, 80 percent practical "hands-on" training conducted both on campus
and throughout South Florida. Juniors and seniors continue to use these hands-on
techniques while the emphasis is on developing and refining leadership skills.
As juniors and seniors and advanced course Cadets, they are also charged
with teaching and mentoring basic course students. Closely monitored and
supervised by experienced Military Officers and senior enlisted soldiers,
these juniors and seniors plan and organize events and other training far
beyond their personal expectations.
Army ROTC has national and campus-based scholarships. These scholarships pay
full tuition or up to $10,000 per school year for room and board. The scholarship
also pays $1,200 annually for books and up to $500 per month for spending
money. Applications for scholarships are accepted during the academic year
with priority given to enrolled ROTC students. Scholarship winners are usually
committed to four years of active duty, earning salaries comparable to civilian
sector incomes, but with the adventure and experiences that few civilian
careers can offer. Non-scholarship and selected scholarship Cadets can request
either full-time active service or part-time service in the Reserves or National
All ROTC Army Cadets receive uniforms, books and equipment for ROTC classes
at no cost. Upon being commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army, a
student will receive a starting salary and allowances worth more than $46,000
per year. Free medical and dental care, 30 days paid annual vacation and
added educational benefits are also included in the compensation package.
Challenge - A physically
demanding course designed to
prepare Cadets for area and regional
competition against other ROTC
units. Cadets train weekly to
perfect skills in weapons handling
and assembly, marksmanship, orienteering,
hand grenade throwing, physical
fitness, combat patrolling and
combat load road-marching.
Color Guard - An elite
organization of Cadets skilled in marching, drill and ceremony.
Members post the colors at FAU games, civic/veteran and
campus functions.
Special Programs
Students unable to participate in ROTC during the freshman and sophomore years
may qualify for admission to advanced ROTC (junior and senior years) by attending
a five-week course (basic camp) at Fort Knox, Kentucky, during the summer
between their sophomore and junior year. Attendees incur no military obligation.
An alternative entry program is also available for students who meet certain
criteria and are unable to attend basic camp.
Special Training
Outstanding Cadets may be qualified to attend special Army schools such as
Mountain Warfare Training, Northern Warfare School, Air Assault School or
Airborne School. Selection is competitive and based on the student's academic
and physical performance record. Cadets receive uniforms, boots and
other equipment necessary for all ROTC classes and training. Outstanding
Cadets are honored at frequent award ceremonies. Scholarship Cadets can fly,
space-available, aboard military aircraft.
Military Science Course
and labs are held at Florida
Atlantic University's Boca Raton
campus in building T-11.
Foundations of Officership
(MSL 1001) 1 credit
Students examine the unique duties and responsibilities of Officers, discuss
the organization and role of the Army, review basic life skills pertaining
to fitness and communication and analyze Army values and expected ethical behavior.
Foundations of Officership
Lab (MSL 1001L) 0 credit
Laboratory component for MSL 1001.
Basic Leadership (MSL 1002)
1 credit
Course presents fundamental leadership concepts and doctrine. Students practice
basic skills that underlie effective problem solving, apply active listening
and feedback skills, examine factors that influence leader and group effectiveness
and examine the Officer experience.
Basic Leadership Lab (MSL 1002L)
0 credit
Laboratory component for MSL 1002.
Individual Leadership Studies
(MSL 2101) 2 credits
Course develops problem solving and critical thinking skills and helps students
apply communication, feedback and conflict resolution skills.
Individual Leadership Studies
Lab (MSL 2101L) 0 credit
Laboratory component for MSL 2101.
Leadership and Teamwork (MSL
2102) 2 credits
Focuses on self development guided by knowledge of self and group processes;
challenges current beliefs, knowledge and skills; and provides equivalent preparation
for the ROTC Advanced Course as the Leader's Training Course.
Leadership and Teamwork Lab
(MSL 2102L) 0 credit
Laboratory component for MSL 2102.
Leadership and Problem Solving
(MSL 3201) 3 credits
Concentrates on preparing students to become officers in the United States Army and, more immediately, for attendance at the Leadership Development Assessment Course (LDAC) in Fort Lewis, Washington. Special emphasis is placed on physical fitness, land navigation, troop leading procedures, preparing operations orders and leader execution. Examines the basic skills that underlie effective problem solving in the execution of leadership by analyzing military missions and planning military operations.
Leadership and Problem Solving
Lab (MSL 3201L) 0 credit
Laboratory component for MSL 3201.
Leadership and Ethics (MSL
3202) 3 credits
Concentrates on preparing students to become officers in the United States Army and, more immediately, for attendance at the Leadership Development Assessment Course (LDAC) in Fort Lewis, Washington. Special emphasis is placed on physical fitness, land navigation, troop leading procedures, preparing operations orders and leader execution. Develops Cadet leadership competencies and ethical leader responsibilities. At the conclusion of the course, Cadets will be capable of planning, coordinating, navigating, motivating and leading a team or squad in the execution of a small unit tactical mission or battle drill during a classroom PE, a Leadership Lab or during a Situational Training Exercise (STX) in a field environment.
Leadership and Ethics Lab (MSL
3202L) 0 credit
Laboratory component for MSL 3202.
Leadership and Management (MSL
4301) 3 credits
Builds on Leadership Development and Assessment Course (LDAC) experience to
solve organizational and staff problems, including discussing staff organization,
functions and processes; analyzing counseling responsibilities and methods;
examining principles of subordinate motivation and organizational change and
applying leadership and problem solving principles to a complex case study/simulation.
Leadership and Management Lab
(MSL 4301L) 0 credit
Laboratory component for MSL 4301.
Officership (MSL 4302) 3 credits
This is a capstone course designed to explore topics relevant to 2nd Lieutenants
entering the Army. It describes the legal aspects of decision making and leadership,
analyzes Army organization for operations from the tactical to strategic level,
assesses administrative and logistics management functions, discusses reporting
and permanent change of station (PCS) process, teaches students how to perform
platoon leader actions and examines leader responsibilities that foster an
ethical command climate.
Officership Lab (MSL 4302L)
0 credit
Laboratory component for MSL 4302.
U.S. Military History (MSL
4400) 3 credits
This course covers American military history from the Colonial Period (1600s) through present-day wars. The focus is on the evolution of the United States Army's structure, strategy, tactics and weaponry with an emphasis on the interrelationship of the military establishment with American society. The presentation of material is divided between lectures, video presentations and independent research.
Directed Independent Study
(MSL 4900) 1-3 credits
Permission of department
Course includes supervised reading and writing assignments of independent study in United States military history.
Military Science Minor
The Military Science minor, offered by FAU's Army ROTC program, is available to all FAU degree-seeking students on the condition that they meet requirements for commissioning into the United States Army following completion of their undergraduate studies. The minor requires a minimum of 15 credits taken from the courses below. All courses taken for the minor must be completed with a grade of "C" or better and at least 75 percent of the courses for the minor must be completed at FAU. The Military Science minor will be awarded upon completion of the bachelor's degree. For additional information, please contact 561-297-7682 or 573-368-8483.
For more information on pre-law studies, click here.
Education Programs
Secondary Education degree programs are offered by the College of Education
in partnership with the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters and
the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. These programs are approved by the
Florida Department of Education (DOE) and National Council for Accreditation
of Teacher Education (NCATE). This state and NCATE approval represents the
transferability of teaching credentials from state to state.
Secondary programs currently approved include the following subject areas and
grade levels:
Art (K-12)*
English Education (6-12)
Foreign Language Education (French K-12*,
Spanish K-12*)
Mathematics Education (6-12)
Music Education (K-12)
Science Education (Biology 6-12, Chemistry 6-12, Physics 6-12)
Social Science Education (6-12)
* Certification program only
Art (K-12)*
English Education (6-12)
Foreign Language Education (French K-12*,
Spanish K-12*)
Mathematics Education (6-12)
Music Education (K-12)
Science Education (Biology 6-12, Chemistry 6-12, Physics 6-12)
Social Science Education (6-12)
* Certification program only
More information pertaining to the Secondary Programs
is available in the College of
Education section of this catalog under the Department
of Teaching and Learning, or on the Department of Teaching
and Learning's website. Students
may also refer to the College of Education's Office for
Academic and Student Services website. For Music Education information, refer to the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Department of Music.
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Maria G BanksBattle CreekMaria G Banks, age 67, of Battle Creek, MI and Port Charlotte, FL, passed away Tuesday, October 7th, 2014 at Oaklawn Hospital. She was born January 28th, 1947 in VeraCruz, Mexico the daughter of Filogonia and Carmen (Uranga) Acosta. Maria was married to Steven R. Banks on September 16th, 1973 in Southern California where they lived for many years before moving to Las Vegas, NV and, ultimately, the Battle Creek area. Maria was a licensed cosmetologist and owned her own salon for many years. For the last 15 years, she was the owner of Riverside Pub and Grill in Marshall. Maria loved traveling to be with her family. Her greatest enjoyment came from caring for and spending time with her children and grandchildren. She also loved boat rides with her husband at sunset. Maria had a strong faith in Jesus Christ and cherished reading her Bible. She was a devoted wife, mother and Nana. She is survived by her husband and three children: Carmen (Kurt) Siebenaller of Beverly Hills, MI, April (Doug) Quinn of New York, NY and Andrew Banks and his fiance Hayley Morris of San Francisco, CA; Kurt II, Ryan and Maria Siebenaller, and Hudson, Malone, Sienna and Maeve Quinn; eight brothers and sisters and many nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends at the Richard A. Henry Funeral Home on Friday from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday at Battle Creek Friends Church, 1305 Olive Street with Rev. Kelly Hadlich officiating. A private interment will be held at Fort Custer National Cemetery on Monday. www.henryfuneralhome.org. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/battlecreek/obituary.aspx?n=Maria-Banks&pid=172739306


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Criminal Silence
It took four months for the First Philippine Industrial Corp. (FPIC) to finally admit that its own pipeline, apparently busted and leaking, was the source of the oil that had seeped into the basement of the 22-story West Tower in Bangkal, Makati City. The pipeline transports fuel products from Batangas to the Pandacan oil depot in Manila. In the meantime, residents of the condominium have abandoned the building and the Makati city government has declared a state of emergency over what was becoming an urban legend and a mystery along the tired M. Night Shyamalan genre. At the least, it's not scary, it's not funny.
Well, perhaps a bit funny. FPIC said that it discovered five holes the size of rice grains on a portion of its commercial pipeline on Bonifacio Street, near the foot of the ramp leading to the Magallanes interchange on Osmeña Highway. How five holes of such minuscule, indeed microscopic, size could have resulted in a leak of such a magnitude as to force the evacuation of a skyscraper and compel a rich city government to declare a state of disaster is one for the books. At the least, it's a yarn that should impress not only Shyamalan but Hollywood fantasyland as a whole. While it took four months for FPIC to meekly admit its pipeline was behind the leak, it took less than 24 hours for it to come up with a diagnosis that would shame the denizens of the era of emergency operations, fast food and quick fixes: a quintuplet of holes is responsible for the huge amount of oil siphoned from the West Tower's basement at the rate of 10 drums a day! FPIC said the condominium acted as catchment because the pumping operations were there.
Oh, okay. If we admit the stupid analysis that the five holes caused the emergency, that, after all, only a negligible 10 drums of oil were being lost from its pipeline every day so that the problem had remained undetected for so long, then why didn't the FPIC check if something was wrong, especially since it knew its pipeline was located around the area of the calamity? Despite the constant media coverage of the problem, despite the Philippines' own version of Wall Street going helter-skelter over the emergency, why did FPIC remain impervious to the ruckus? Why did it ignore the likelihood that its own busted pipe was causing the leak? Why didn't it at least entertain fears that its own pipeline could be the culprit considering it was not too far from West Tower?
Alas, candor is not FPIC's strongest suit. It was only after the Makati government announced that the FPIC pipeline could be behind the leak that the company shut down its pipeline. Even then it had the temerity to declare it was doing so "voluntarily." Then after last weekend's inspection, FPIC assured the public there was no need to worry; it would be able to patch up the holes and the repair would be completed in just 16 hours. Amazing, a problem that had endangered people's lives for four months could be remedied in less than day!
Why the sudden sense of urgency on FPIC's part? Because it may lose a lot of money, since it supplies Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. and Chevron Philippines Inc., two of the biggest petroleum distributors in the country. In fact, as a result of the closure of the pipeline, Shell and Chevron stations have experienced supply problems and turned away motorists and customers. Faced with the loss of its clientele, FPIC is doing a Superman—finishing repairs in just two-thirds of a day. Commerce rules: Public safety may be okay, but FPIC needs cash.
It is therefore a matter of justice for West Tower residents to file a class suit against FPIC, as they are contemplating, for endangering their safety and sinking the cost of their condominium units. It is only proper for Makati authorities to take FPIC to task for its conspiracy of naked silence, its incorrigible tack of keeping mum while a disaster of its own probable making was in progress. It is only proper for FPIC to face the music for owning up to the blame belatedly, when it had known all along that all fingers, including its own, were pointed at it as a likely culprit. FPIC leaves up to its name: it is "First" in protecting itself. But it is conspiratorially, criminally, mute about felony of its own making.


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By NEMS Daily Journal
Sunday's 10th anniversary celebration of the Green Houses at Traceway – a nationwide benchmark in the environment and method for skilled long-term care of elders – affirms a vision given substance and success by Methodist Senior Services of Mississippi at its Tupelo campus.
Ten Green Houses – homes housing elders whose nurture is entrusted to caregivers called Shahbazim (Shahbaz is the singular) – have been built on the northern edge of the Tupelo campus. They have been so successful that the former long-corridor, hospital-like facility called Cedars Health Center has transitioned entirely to other uses.
Methodist Senior Services decided to pursue a new way of delivering care based upon the Eden principles developed by Dr. Bill Thomas, a physician in New York state. He used words like "Eden" model to powerfully suggest what the goal of elder care should be. The Green Houses are homes, with private rooms for everyone, all opening on a "Hearth area," with a dining table and the other household items and furniture pulling families together.
The Green House concept is "designed to de-institutionalize nursing home life … eliminating the plagues of 'loneliness, helplessness and boredom.'"
Sunday's celebration is for the community and, of course, for the elders who live in the Green Houses.
The celebration begins at 3 p.m. and includes a barbecue meal, entertainment, activities, and a special ceremony at 4 p.m.
Mississippi Methodist Senior Services, as CEO Steve McAlilly noted in a Daily Journal article, replaced a culture rather than try to change an entrenched one.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a profoundly influential name in health care, has committed to Green Houses with a $10 million program to build Green Houses in all 50 states.
This is what the foundation's website says about the results:
"THE GREEN HOUSE® Project represents a revolution in long-term care, creating small homes that return control, dignity, and a sense of well-being to elders, while providing high-quality, personalized care.
"The results of The Green House Project are simple and profound: elders are happier and healthier. RWJF support is helping to spread The Green House model across the United States. More than 260 Green House homes in 32 states are open or under development."
And it all started in Tupelo at Traceway.