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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Retail Velocity and SAP Applications have expanded their partnership to develop and launch the Velocity Demand Data Streaming Service, which will integrate data streams from retailers and distributors and show manufacturers the impact consumers have on the supply chain.
Working directly with SAP, Retail Velocity has extended its current integration with SAP Applications partnership to support SAP in providing their customers with a holistic view of how consumer demand and in-store sales are materializing downstream in near real time. The service will allow manufacturers to ensure that replenishment, sales and promotions are aligned with consumer demand, maximizing revenue opportunities and reducing costs.
"I am delighted that Retail Velocity is extending their partner relationship within the SAP Partner network," said Ian McDonald, VP of consumer products industry business solutions at SAP. "Retail Velocity's Data Streaming Service offers SAP's Consumer Products customers a tried-and-tested service to quickly access their retail partners' in-store data. It is a fantastic fit with SAP's Demand Signal Management solution. Together we can bring our customers closer to understanding the true consumer pull on the supply chain."
Consumer goods manufacturers today typically have various methods and sometimes disconnected processes for acquiring direct retailer POS data streams that integrate with multiple databases and business intelligence tools. As a result of the expanded partnership between SAP and Retail Velocity, customers will benefit from a fully integrated end-to-end offering.
"Working with SAP to expand our integration partner relationship in support of SAP's DSiM solution makes perfect sense for us. Given Retail Velocity's strength and experience in the consumer goods space, especially with those manufacturers that are striving to become more consumer-centric, we feel our Velocity Demand Data Streaming Service is a great solution fit to support the DSiM platform," said Jennifer Beckett, VP sales and marketing at Retail Velocity.
Since 1994, Retail Velocity has equipped consumer goods and apparel manufacturers with retail data harmonization, demand signal repository and business intelligence solutions. Velocity cleanses, harmonizes and integrates daily, store-level POS with third party and internal data to provide end users with best practice analytics and processes geared toward maximizing sell-through and profitability across their retail and distribution accounts. Some of its clients include Mattel, Masco, Revlon, Hanes and Levi Strauss.
SAP Applications develops a comprehensive set of integrated business applications that allow manufacturers to manage financial, asset and cost accounting, production operations and materials, personnel, plants and archived documents.
The Velocity Demand Data Streaming Service provides manufacturers with a single access point for daily updates to store and DC level inventory and sales activity data. Velocity provides a single source of demand analytics covering key areas such as category management, sales, customer logistics, finance, marketing, merchandising and demand planning. It also provides the largest portfolio of harmonization and integration adaptors covering more than 300 retailers and distributors in all classes of trade and global geographies.


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I always wonder why it is so easy to get out of bed at 5 am to go fishing, but it is so difficult to get up at 5 am to go to work.
It's like Bartlett's but bloggy.
~Elizabeth Bird
Taking microblogging to a whole new level.
The Reader's Digest of the Blogosphere.
Blogtations is like the most dope thing ever.
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Correlations to National Science Standards
Grades K–4
Science and Technology – Content Standard E
Understanding About Science and Technology
- People have always had questions about their world. Science is one way of answering questions and explaining the natural world.
Grades 5–8
Science and Technology – Content Standard D
Earth in the Solar System
- Earth is the third planet from the Sun in a system that includes the Moon, the Sun, eight other planets and their moons, and smaller objects, such as asteroid and comets.
Grades 5–8
Language Arts Focus
- Practice listening to and understanding nonfiction text.
- Understand scientific terms and descriptive scientific language.
- Children use a variety of information resources to gather and synthesize information.
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Canisius College cross country coach Nate Huckle was named MAAC Coach of the Year the conference announced at its awards banquet on Friday.
The award was voted on by the MAAC's 11 head coaches
In his second year at the helm, the men's program tied it's best finish in program history at the MAAC Championships and the best since 1995. The Canisius women tied their mark from last season, finishing sixth.
"The award is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our student-athletes," Huckle said. "I'm honored that my peers in the conference think so highly of our program and my work as a coach."
The cross country program has also performed well academically under Huckle as nine student athletes were named to the MAAC All-Academic Team at the banquet.
On the women's team, the award was presented to seniors Mikelle Cala and Kaitlyn Coon, juniors Morgan Atkins and Brandi Pettit, as well as sophomore Robin Wagner.
Sophomore Michael Anvelt, and juniors Andrew Coy, Joe Schnitter and Chris Sauvageau earned the recognition from the men's team.
In order to receive the award, student-athlete's must be at least a sophomore and have a 3.2 cumulative GPA or better.


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Field Education at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary provides an opportunity for students to learn about the practice of ministry through direct involvement in the life of congregations and in other settings. Through this experience, students should have opportunities to become acquainted with a wide variety of ministry activities (worship and preaching, pastoral care, education, mission, and administration), learn about the dynamics of pastoral relationships, and become aware of the varying social contexts for ministry. Learn more.
- Required to complete one year of supervised Field Education (MATM and M.Div.)
- Spend approximately 10 hours per week on site
- Ordinarily receive a monthly stipend for their service (taxable and subject to Social Security)
- Develop a learning covenant with the supervisor
- Participate in a weekly on-campus seminar for theological reflection
Additional student information and forms can be accessed through My.PTS. You'll need to log in to access the information.
- Are theologically trained and have been ordained at least three years
- Develop position descriptions outlining the opportunities for service and learning in their settings
- Commit to spending at least an hour each week with the student in supervision and theological reflection on the practice of ministry
- Develop a learning covenant with the student
- Complete mid-year (January) and end-of-year evaluations
Field Education Staff
- Coordinate the placement and evaluation processes
- Assess placement opportunities for the breadth of experience offered and the opportunities for a student's personal and professional development
- Evaluate learning agreements and evaluation forms in light of established learning goals and the student's development of a pastoral identity
- Provide resources and guidance to students and supervisors, as needed
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I strongly advise that you to DO THE DEW on this one.
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It seems that the liftIO function from MonadIO can be generalized to access whatever the base of a transformer stack happens to be. So there is no need for a liftSTM, liftST, etc.
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2 MonadLib
This is by Iavor S. Diatchki and can be found at http://www.cse.ogi.edu/~diatchki/monadLib/
It is a new version of the mtl package with transformers: ReaderT WriterT StateT ExceptT SearchT ContT
It also defines BaseM which is like MonadBase above.
3 LazyWriterT
This came up on the mailing list: Why is WriterT never lazy? The answer is it does not use lazy patterns with "~". So here is a more useful New monads/LazyWriterT that add two "~" to the definition of (>>=) and renames WriterT to LazyWriterT.
4 MonadRandom
A simple monad transformer to allow computations in the transformed monad to generate random values.
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5 MonadSupply
Here is a simple monad/monad transformer for computations which consume values from a (finite or infinite) supply. Note that due to pattern matching, running out of supply in a non-MonadZero monad will cause an error.
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6 MonadUndo
Here is a modified state monad transformer for keeping track of undo/redo states automatically.
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7 MonadUnique
This is a simple (trivial) monad transformer for supplying unique integer values to an algorithm.
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8 MonadSTO
Here's an extension of the ST monad in which the references are ordered and showable (they list their creation index).
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I do not train down to that level to be honest and would make that as a disclaimer. There are specialized dogs who do work at that level (bleached walls, etc.), but my typical lowest level is one tooth or a q-tip dipped in blood.
If we got a call for that kind of search I would refer them to someone who does. I don't want a dog hitting on towels because towels always have dead skin on them. We don't train on hair or fingernails or semen or urine or feces or even menstrual products (though a dog may hit on the latter).
I would be scrupulous about not having such things where a dog could get to them.
Originally Posted by jocoyn View Post
A lot of SAR dogs are rescues. Figure many are just downright crazy hard to live with dogs that are "too much" for most pet homes and do wind up in shelters. Not all. There are certainly dogs with the talent for SAR who are not that way.
On another note (and as I said, I'm just getting started so I'll probably learn a lot of this when we really get into training), when the dogs are so keyed-in to even the slightest trace of HR, how do you keep them from constantly alerting on meaningless things around your house? I mean I know right now there are probably traces of blood in my kitchen and bathroom and possibly in my living room and backyard. If the dog alerts correctly, you want to reward him, but you also never want to reward him for a false alert and since you have no way of "seeing" what he is alerting to (unless it's something obvious like a tooth or something you know the location of such as a training aid) how do you verify its correctness and thus maintain consistency?
|A lot of SAR dogs are rescues. Figure many are just downright crazy hard to live with dogs that are "too much" for most pet homes and do wind up in shelters. Not all. There are certainly dogs with the talent for SAR who are not that way.
I'm sure I could find a dog in a shelter to train in SAR, I'm also pretty confident that that not just any old dog will do. Lots of people say they do SAR, same as they say they do IPO, or Ring sports or Agility. Some really do, and some just showed up for a meeting once and everything in between.
I'm sure it is a huge time commitment and it does take a pretty good dog to do it well. I'd say if someone has certified and been thru some of the rigors and passed selection it means something. I think half the people that dog on SAR would get lost looking for other people they're supposed to find. Wilderness SAR isn't a joke, everyone can be at risk when you're covering those types of terrain in such a vast area.
A similarity....I know some Europeans train WITH pig because of restrictions on training with human remains. Apparently we are similar in odor to pork. With our feral swine problem over here it would be a disaster.
Conetoe man bags 500+ pound Bertie County hog - WSPA
Here is a link to a Scientific American Article based on the peer reviewed odor study (baaawk baaaawk). No we actually train with chicken as a non human source....as well....lot of dead chickens too, especially around a farm. Don't want dogs to find dead chickens either.
One Day, You Will Smell Like a Dead Chicken | Dog Spies, Scientific American Blog Network
|do you think with this "The article mentions pigs and we can even share body parts with pigs " he was talking about pig to human organ transplants, so a similarity in scent?
Some of the things that are unique to HR work are consider that over 400 molecules are common to human decomposition odors and in varying concentrations. The typical drug has one or two key molecules. This complexity of odor means one has to do a lot of work to ensure the dog can distinguish human remains from all other remains and even some plants. Then there is the factor of age. Dogs can be trained to find ancient remains.
The article is good. I don't agree 100% with everything in it but that is par for the course you will find. Lots of opinions out there.
The article mentions pigs and we can even share body parts with pigs but believe it or not, there is some recent research indicating that we may smell more like dead chickens than anything else. In any event you have to go to great lengths to train on the full spectrum of what is human and what is not so that info is in the dog's "catologue". It is actually an area where older, more seasoned dogs, add a lot of value. People do all kinds of whacky things like bury a body in lime, bury a body under animals etc. It don't work. .
It gets tricky because, rightfully, once a body is found the dog's don't typically have free access to "work the body" as you don't want to destroy evidence. So we usually drive great distances to work at universities such as the WCU FOREST who study human decomposition in a natural setting, etc. In my dream world, each state would have a repository for training aids that all the teams could train on. It is just not uncommon to drive 4,5 or more hours just to expose a dog to a specific source.
I was at a seminar where most of the dogs properly selected the towel that had been soaked in blood and washed in oxy-clean and bleach to the point where there was no visible clue and then the very same dog is expected to find a complete human putting out a lot of odor.
We are going to the advanced seminar and bone ID workshop at WCU in May. It is funny to go on a search and see people get flustered when dogs the walk right over deer bones or pig bones because the people think they are human. There are lots of bones in the woods. Nothing will ruin credibility faster than *finding* deer bones and calling them human. On my first trip to WCU, the dogs had to "find" the enclosed area in the woods. They had to work through a vehicle containing dead chickens, and a complete and very pungent dead black bear to get to the relatively subtle (at that point in time and relative to a complete bear) human odor.
This is also a group who searches for historic remains, a specialty niche
Institute for Canine Forensics | HOME
We, like others, have a policy of not talking "about" specific searches. Sometimes I might post something in a newspaper but most HR work is not something an attention seeker wants as it is done as quietly as possible and as out of the eyes of the press as possible, both out of respect for the family and because any search could be related to a police investigation that you don't want to mess up.
Where people do a disservice is to train a live find dog on small bits of very old HR training aids, then think that dog is proficient to find a whole human body, recently deceased or to work a complex site*. I believe it is possible to successfully cross train a dog but it is a LOT of work and requires the right dog and the right handler.
*Think a body buried on a hill has both odor coming out of the bury site but also filtering down into the ground water and going downhill - also the longer something is out the odor carries great distances and settles in shady areas etc so that the scent pool can be very fragmented. Working problems that have been out for days is very different than the often used problem that may only be a few hours out, if that.
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Oh I totally agree. This person is full of something and it certainly isn't brains.
Originally Posted by carmspack View Post
hear this all the time "Someone here just "informed" me that SAR is not difficult at all; they could find any lab in a shelter to do it. what a joke."
joke right back to them and tell them to get lost -- then see if they are confident in being found by "any lab in a shelter" .
unfortunately there is an idea that SAR is something for the dog to keep busy , a hobby activity.
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Someone here just "informed" me that SAR is not difficult at all; they could find any lab in a shelter to do it. what a joke.
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Check out reviews left by other students or leave your own review. You could win a free scholarship.Add your Review
Reviewer is Accepted here and planning to attend soon. Reviewer has not been to campus.
1 of 7
Categories Comments In three sentences
Its darn good...thats all i wanna say...
Kimberly from Canada04/30/2014
Reviewer is A current student here.
2 out of 2 people found this review useful. 2 of 7
Categories Comments Campus Safety
I always feel safe. There are libraries that are always open and students study there through the night. There are individuals that volunteer to escort you to and from the public transportation if need be. And most students feel at peace when they are surrounded by company at night.
Greek Life
I have attended a few activities and I went once to a corn maze. This was fun and I met a lot of new people. The Greek life is a place to bond with amazing people and explore activities together.
Clubs and Activities
Figure out what you are passionate about and be active in that club.
Great for these types of students
If you love research, there are a lot of opportunities here.
Share any unusual traditions or locations on campus
Sometimes the school tries to break record. One time, I was part of people that helped in breaking the dodge ball record for the highest number of students participating in dodge ball.
Bang for the buck
I believe most people should develop a healthy relationship when it comes to failing. Because a child doesn't know how to fail. You should focus on times where you excelled and believe you are that person. School can be challenging and most people might feel overwhelmed. But it has helped me when I go into a class without fear and doubt and learn the material. You don't have to love a class to do exceptionally well in the class. Know the objective of the course and follow instructions. Also, it will be good to talk to professors, they are likely to know about the hidden job market and opportunities and they have a better experience. Lastly, don't be afraid to try something new. Change is constant and one action can lead to various doors of opportunities.
What to do for fun
There are a lot of student groups. Join! Meet people at conferences or seminars
Food and Dining
I try to eat home made food as much as I can. Although the food varieties are pretty good.
Dorm Life
Your dorm life experience depends on where you live.
Academic Rigor
Didn't like the biological sciences faculty. The classes are challenging to understand for me.
Tips for prospective students
Have a plan or an idea of courses that you want to take. Know where you are heading. You don't want to be discouraged or annoyed when an unexpected event happens. Surround yourself with those that will encourage you and are like minded.
In three sentences
There are a lot of international programs which is good for students that would like to travel. The classes are usually big for science classes. It is a research school.
Reviewer is A current student here.
1 out of 1 people found this review useful. 3 of 7
Categories Comments In three sentences
It is a great school, that offers a variety of programs. They aren't the best at accepting transfer students. Beautiful Campus!
Emily from Canada09/21/2013
Reviewer is A current student here.
1 out of 1 people found this review useful. 4 of 7
Categories Comments What to do for fun
Just hanging with friends around campus is a lot of fun especially if you dont get to see them often.
Food and Dining
The food is good here but sometimes the service is lacking.
Dorm Life
Ive never seen a dorm room yet.
Academic Rigor
Definitely loaded with homework every day
Tips for prospective students
Make sure to sit close to the front for lectures as it is much easier to focus and pay attention when sitting close whereas falling asleep in the back.
In three sentences
The University of Alberta is a great environment for learning. The teachers are very nice and super interactive with the students. This university is also filled with many engaging activities that is sure to build school spirit.
Kayla from Canada06/21/2013
Reviewer is A past student here.
3 out of 3 people found this review useful. 5 of 7
Categories Comments Greek Life
As a member of the Greek community, I have nothing but good things to say about the UofA Greek community. Wonderful people, none of the stereotypes that one would assume.
Clubs and Activities
Great range from Greek life to manga.
Great for these types of students
Academically focused, math≻ience types.
Share any unusual traditions or locations on campus
Every Monday night at the Hudsons on campus, fraternities and sororities get together after meeting for a pint.
Bang for the buck
One of the best schools (top 4 actually) in Canada, you are paying for a great education.
What to do for fun
Join clubs!
Food and Dining
There are the usual choices; tim hortons, edo, etc. Nothing special.
Dorm Life
From my friends who live in lister, they just complain.
Tips for prospective students
Join clubs and try to buy your books off of other students rather than wasting your money at the book store.
In three sentences
Wonderful professors and students, good atmosphere but little university spirit.
Carlo from San Jose, CA05/06/2013
Reviewer is Researching this school. Reviewer has been to campus.
3 out of 4 people found this review useful. 6 of 7
Categories Comments Bang for the buck
It is giving quite a good education at a not so expensive cost. From what i remember it was 14,400 a year for everything for a resident. Which is very cheap in hindsight.
Food and Dining
The food court there had quite good food. I got coffee from a shop in there and it was extremely good.
Dorm Life
I did not really like the dorms, the building i went into had stone walls, and it just was not very pretty. I did not like the floor lobby much either :/
Academic Rigor
From what i have seen it is quite a good school with academics, while you dont need a 4.0 to get in, good grades are required.
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It is a fairly nice school. I like that it is in the middle of the city, and most of the buildings are very nice.
Emmanuel from Ghana08/06/2012
Reviewer is Researching this school. Reviewer has not been to campus.
1 out of 3 people found this review useful. 7 of 7
Categories Comments Greek Life
Clubs and Activities
Research club
Share any unusual traditions or locations on campus
The discipline nature of students on campus
Dorm Life
Academic Rigor
very good
Tips for prospective students
I am a young graduate who wants to pursue my masters degree in Business administration.
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90 percent in educational excellence.


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A Law School Valentine – Couples meet at Wayne Law
FEATURE RELEASE (Feb. 10, 2011) – Though law school isn't typically thought of as a romantic place, there are some lucky couples for whom the classrooms of Wayne Law provided fertile ground for sowing the seeds of love.
To celebrate Valentine's Day, we caught up with several Wayne Law alumni couples.
Stephen Wayne, '09, and Ellen Wayne, '10, were both on the Wayne Law Student Board of Governors (SBG) and met at an SBG community service event at Cass Community Social Services. Ellen was drawn to his sense of humor and passion for helping those in need. Stephen was attracted by something a bit more obvious: "She's gorgeous," he said. "We had good conversation, i.e. she listened to my crazy stories," he added. "And we both enjoyed community service."
They talk of many good times at Wayne Law, including an SBG Halloween party where they went dressed as Sarah Palin and Michael Phelps and won 1st and 2nd place in a costume contest. They also recall "commandeering a room in the classroom building" to watch a movie on the projector screen since Stephen didn't have a TV and they were tired of watching movies on his laptop.
The two married on Sept. 3, 2010, at the Belle Isle Casino and both work as public defenders for the Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy in Hazard, Ky. Asked whether they enjoy working together, Stephen jokes, "Nothing beats romantic evenings at the jail meeting with our clients." He adds in earnest that experiencing joys and defeats and many shared memories is a great plus. "It's nice to have someone who understands what you've been through and what you're doing at work. Being able to dissect the bull on Law & Order SVU together."
"Our families are still in suburban Detroit and we try to visit often. We're focused on meeting new friends and building a home here, and we love to travel and hike in national parks," Ellen said. Stephen coaches the Hazard High School boys soccer team.
(Above Stephen and Ellen Wayne photo by Sandra Kragujevac.)
Kris and Kristin Dighe, both '87, met in the first-year section. "We first knew each other as Mr. Dighe and Ms. Wilcox," Kris said. "We now call each other by our first names."
Kris fell for Kristin right away. "She was quick-witted, intelligent and pretty darn good looking," he said. "Still is all three." Kristin is quick to return the compliments: "He was smart, energetic and looked good in a Tigers baseball cap. Ditto on the above."
As an SBG rep, Kris founded the annual Ambulance Chase. "I invited Wayne State medical students, thinking it would be nice if they got to know us better," he said. Kristin, a non-runner, competed in the race a few years later and, as the only woman participant, won in the "female attorney" category.
They got married Aug. 8, 1987. "We thought about it, but just couldn't wait for 8/8/88," Kris said.
After a short stint in private practice at a large firm in Florida, Kristin has made her career as a federal law clerk. She currently works for the Hon. Rosemary M. Collyer in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Kris is currently assistant chief of the Environmental Crimes Section of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. Both are involved in federal policy.
"It makes life easier having the same profession," Kris said. "We can use shorthand when discussing legal news. And, since our offices are close together, we ride the Metro to work together every morning."
Though they work in the same city, they do not work together. "We can't work together," Kris explained. "If I appear before a judge for whom Kristin works, the relationship must be made known to the defendant and Kristin is screened from that case. We prefer it that way, rather than to end the relationship so I could appear before Kristin's judge," he teases.
They live in Rockville, Md., with their two teenagers. "We regularly read the cartoon strip Zits to maintain our sanity," Kris said. A member of the Wayne Law Board of Visitors, Kris said he and his wife "are big supporters of the Law School and want to see it continue to thrive and improve its reputation nationally. We would love to see more Wayne Law graduates come to Washington to practice."
Dragan (Danny) and Mercedes Dordeski, both '07, share many likes, but a shared dislike brought them together.
"There was a very outspoken woman in one of our classes whose opinions didn't exactly align with my own," Mercedes said. "One day when she was talking during a class discussion, I turned around and noticed that Danny had a slightly exasperated look on his face, like he was thinking the same thing I was. I couldn't help but laugh, and so after class I went up and started talking to him."
Despite this, Danny was still hesitant to ask Mercedes out on a date. "I knew if she said no, I'd still have to see her in class every day and it would be awkward," he said. "I finally waited until the Wednesday before Thanksgiving break – I figured if she said no, I could at least avoid her for a long weekend."
A favorite law student memory of theirs is a spring break trip they took together to Washington, D.C. "Of course the very first place we visited was the Supreme Court," Mercedes recalled. "We went on a tour and the guide kept asking the group all these questions, for example, 'What do they call the appellant in a Supreme Court hearing?' We were the only ones who knew the answers. I'm sure the other participants in the tour group were wondering 'Who ARE these two?'"
The couple married on Sept. 20, 2008. Danny is chief probation officer at the 16th District Court in Livonia, Mich., and also practices criminal defense. Mercedes is currently an associate at Frank Haron Weiner in Troy, Mich., and specializes in health care law and false claims act litigation. She is on the Publications Committee for the State Bar of Michigan Health Care Law Section, and authors a health law blog (www.healthcarelawyerblog.com).
Both feel it is a plus that they have the same profession. "I love that I can bounce ideas off Danny – he often looks at legal issues from a different perspective than I do and can offer suggestions or ideas that I haven't thought of before," Mercedes said. "He also knows a lot about criminal law, which is really helpful. Sometimes I think it would be really hard to be married to a non-lawyer!"
They live in Beverly Hills, Mich., and love to watch college football, especially when their undergraduate alma maters (University of Michigan and Western Michigan University) play each other. "Those weekends can be pretty tense," Mercedes said.
Brian and Mary DuFour Morrow, both '86, met their first year of law school. "I remember that first-year students were placed in 'sections' and had all core required classes together," Mary recalled. "We were both in section three and part of an informal study group."
"At first I was attracted to Mary's beautiful smile, wide eyes and silky hair," Brian said. "Upon getting to know her as a friend, I was attracted to her sense of integrity, honesty and intellect." Mary liked his "easy-going attitude and sense of humor."
The two married on Nov. 7, 1987. Both currently work for the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office (WCPO), Mary as an assistant prosecuting attorney and Brian as deputy chief of the Juvenile Division, where, among other duties, he oversees the Teen Court Program in 34th District Court and at Detroit's Southeastern and Denby high schools.
"Being able to bounce ideas off of each other is a great benefit of having the same profession," Mary said. "We definitely understand the particular challenges, stresses and rewards of working for the WCPO, and we rely on each other for advice and support."
Residents of Northville, Mich., Brian and Mary share a commitment to community service and are both active with Habitat for Humanity. They are the parents of a 22-year-old son who is teaching English in France and an 18-year-old college freshman daughter. They are avid travelers and are planning a family vacation to France this spring where they will meet up with their son.
Matt and Caroline Engelbert, both '97, met as first-year students. "I spotted Caroline the first day of class," Matt said. "It took me a couple weeks to muster the courage to ask her out. Three months later, we were engaged."
Matt added, "The moment I saw her, I knew I would marry her. Sounds crazy but, then again, many people would say I am a little crazy. Fortunately for me, Caroline has very poor eyesight!"
The two married while still students, on June 15, 1996. Matt is pursuing his dream of being in the entertainment business running TV production company Soup J Productions LLC, and producing a nationally syndicated family musical variety show, Ariel and Zoey and Eli, Too, which can be seen locally on WXYZ-DT2 (RTV). "I am constantly dealing with contracts, licenses – everything associated with entertainment law," he said. "Since Ariel, Zoey and Eli are three of our four children, Caroline has her hands full keeping the family functioning," he added.
Both are active in the community as well, volunteering in youth sports and for their kids' schools. They both also serve as directors of the Benard L. Maas Foundation.
The two have great memories of attending Wayne Law together as well as of their classmates and professors. "If it weren't for Wayne Law, I never would have met Caroline, had four wonderful children and been living this incredible dream," Matt said.
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Several people have asked me where this news about the MIS course went out, so I've compiled a list and placed it on my wiki. There are at least 10 articles in traditional media and a bunch of blog entries.
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my left wiki and press on MIS course
It's been quite exciting past few days. The news about the MIS course just went out on Wednesday, and I've been playing catch up since on email.
You can check this quick Google News search, for some of the stories from ComputerWorld, Dr. Dobb's Journal, ebizQ, TMCnet, RedHerring, and even a digital learning cluster in Finland. Here in Tucson, it was the lead story in yesterday's Arizona Daily Star business section, and was mentioned in the Tucson Citizen, and while driving I heard it over the radio from the local PBS station, KUAT.
I've also finally put up my wiki with this quick path to info on the MIS course (the rest of the wiki is still mostly blank).
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Lots of awesome pictures!!! I can't wait to do a photography course and take some REAL photos (which probably won't be as good as some people here)! Great inspiration esp for beginners like me
you guys are just AMAZING!
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Posted 05 February 2005 - 01:47 AM
New here also. Thanks to those responsible for making the site available. It's wonderful.
Posted 05 February 2005 - 03:27 PM
I'm also new here, suspect we are the ones who got (or bought) a camera for christmas and are only now getting round to seeing what we can do.
M Gallacher
Posted 06 February 2005 - 09:06 AM
Welcome to the site daydreamer and mgallacher Glad you're enjoying it!
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I am currently working on a sandtrooper/TD backpack it not that accurate
But Im making it out of stuff I can scrounge or buy from the reject shop(its only cost $11.50aus and I have most of the main parts.).
I watched this video on youtube (YouTube - Storm/Sand Trooper Backpack 1/1- Prop Building with Luke Palmer) and it help me work out what all the pieces where
made from and found some stuff on TK409.com Do-It-Yourself Star Wars Props - Stormtrooper Costume Armor TK-409 to help me.
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Julianne Hough is combating the breakup blues with the help of her friends.
The 24-year-old, who split from Ryan Seacrest this week, stepped out with gal pals on Saturday for a little fun in the sun.
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"Beachin' with my bitches," Julianne Tweeted, along with a photo of herself with four female friends, including, stylist Riawna Capri and "The Vampire Diaries" star Nina Dobrev. "#friendsarethebesttherapy."
Prior to their beach day, the ladies were photographed heading to a salon in Beverly Hills.
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Since news of Julianne's split from Ryan (her beau of nearly three years) emerged on Friday, the former "Dancing with the Stars" pro has been posting inspirational quotes on her Twitter and Instagram pages.
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Blaine Gabbert knows all about playing struggles in the NFL. He hasn't completed more than 59 percent of his passes in either of his first two seasons. His quarterback rating, touchdown-to-interception ratio, and win-loss record are all dismal.
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I've been pondering about the Beretta M12, but can't quite commit to it. It would require a ton of modifications, or a $200 letter to the BATF for a SBR request. Not to mention all the work it would take to make the silly thing function.
i always wondered that! thanks for the info!Originally Posted by C_Kassidy
I've been pondering about the Beretta M12, but can't quite commit to it. It would require a ton of modifications, or a $200 letter to the BATF for a SBR request. Not to mention all the work it would take to make the silly thing function.
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I fell for the tube gun bug...1 Yugo M56, 1 Sten mkIII, and 4 Suomis...Now all I have to do is build them! I'm just like a squirrel storing nuts for the winter! The barrel-ban winter!
I have resurrected my Suomi. But only for display. All the parts move and it looks nice. It chambers the bullet. Firing pin is shaven off so that is unfunctional firearm.
Trying to get folks in trouble? You are WRONG!.Originally Posted by C_Kassidy
The "sporting purposes" clause of the 1968 GCA is applied, if the gun fails it is not allowed for import... consiquently a domestic build of the same is not allowed either if using more than 10 parts off of the ATF parts list.
Read up a bit before dispensing your advice... here's a good place to start http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu...i_auto_faq.txt.
922r was enacted in 11/90. 922v was the AWB of 1994.
While by no means do I think I am right on everything but I read your link you provided. Most of it is moot since the sunset of the AWB which is mostly what that website was all about. The ONLY assault rifle feature these rifles have are the detatchable magazines.Originally Posted by donvito
The only reason I can see people going by 922r on ak, fal, cetme builds etc..... is because of the FLASH SUPPRESSORS, THREADED BARRELS, PROTRUDING PISTOL GRIP, and DETATCHABLE magazines.
I am no law expert but I believe that you have to have just so many assault rifle features before you must use US parts. The only feature these things have are the magazines.
It definately merits some looking into. None of this matters to me as I plan on mine being SBR's anyhow
You're no expert and I'm not your momma so I can't take the time to read it all to you. You are wrong. Read up on the GCA of 1968. It has nothing to do with the AWB.Originally Posted by C_Kassidy
I love the little tube gun's . last one was a Port. FBP-48 , next one will be a Mk 2 sten .
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You ought to think about a Suomi too. If you get a tube form Prexis it would be a cinch for you and your shop to smack one of those together.
Or how about making a semi- receiver I just got yet another Suomi.
centerfire messed up and sent me a Suomi instead of the Yugo Underfolder I ordered. Rather than send it back, I just bout it anyway.


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Fruit fly culture media nutrition
I'm a member of a forum that focuses on dart frogs, but that community seems to be fairly set in their ways when it comes to this.
My idea is that the nutritional value of our fruit fly culture media can affect the health of our frogs. Most fruit fly culture media is made from potato flakes or powder, sugar, brewers yeast, and maybe some cinnamon and methyl paraben (a fungus inhibitor).
Maybe I'm being too concerned here, but in my mind, what we feed the flies should be as nutritious as possible so that nutrition is passed along to the frogs.
While we coat the flies with vitamin powder, the best source of vitamins are always from food. If the food the flies eat is packed with nutrition, then the flies will be packed with nutrition.
Does that make sense to anyone else?
makes perfect sense to me. i used to keep barking tree frogs and noticed that if i coated the flies in chlorella powder, the frogs grew faster. at first, they didnt like the powder coating, but they cam around to it eventually. when they got big enough i would eventually move on to crickets that had been gut loaded with a thin algae wafer i made from the chlorella. when you think about it, they naturally eat things that feed on detritus or plants in the wild. its rare to find a predator that will eat only one type of prey that feeds on only one type of food(like fruit flies raised on fermenting potatoes).
i would have gut loaded the flies, but i was never sure if they were actually eating the algae...
Makes sense... Do you suppose putting vitamin powder in the medium would do anything to help? I keep two little cutie dart frogs, and I want what's good for them.
I've heard that springtails and isopods that live in the substrate of the vivarium are very important to the health of the frogs. The stomach contents of wild dart frogs has been shown to consist mostly of springtails. I think besides healthy fruit flies, it's important to give the frogs a varied diet that includes springtails and isopods. I have a springtail culture that is growing well, but isn't booming yet, so I've been hesitant to feed them to my frogs, however I did seed their vivariums with springtails (which I never see)
spot on, you are what you eat. my favorite ff medium recipe (not my recipe actually, but my favorite one to use) is
1 cup banana (about 2 bananas)
1 cup apple sauce
1/8 cup vinegar (or 2 tablespoons or 15 ml)
2 cups oatmeal
Put the banana and apple sauce in blender or bowl and mix until the banana
is liquefied. Heat in the microwave for approximately 2 min. or until hot
enough to kill off any wild fruit fly eggs that were in the bananas, and to
reduce mold. Add the vinegar and mix in oatmeal until it becomes firm, but
still moist. I then put the mixture into a large freezer bag and keep it in
the fridge.
When it's time to make a culture, I scoop what I need and put it in the
culture container (usually microwaving it a bit to warm it up). I then sprinkle
a few pinches of bakers yeast on top.
of course you can add whatever vit/min supplements (e.g., chlorella) you like to make it even more nutritious. I never understood the reason for adding yeast, although everyone seems to do it. someone told me that the adult FF eat it, but that seems hard to believe. i also read that it inhibits the growth of less desirable fungi.
Brewers yeast is inactive yeast, so it doesn't actually inhibit mold, but it provides nutrients and protein. I've heard of alot of people sprinkling a bit of live active yeast, such as you would use to bake bread at home, on top of the culture and that is supposed to prevent mold.
Do you find that your recipe starts to smell after a while? Does it produce lots of flies?
Here we go. FFs, both larvae and adults, eat yeast and development is not successful without it! http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1570-7458.2010.00997.x/pdf
I use repashy superfly, it's full of goodies. I tried some of the small name stuff that's basically potato flakes and yeast, they worked fine, but for a similar price i can buy the repashy product and feel a whole lot more comfortable using it.
I don't make my own because I wouldn't be saving a whole lot of money, and I would be spending a whole lot more time on it. Right now I just fill my electric kettle, hit boil, and prepare 2 large cultures a week. Takes me all of 5 minutes. 2/3 cup of water, 3 tablespoons of media, handful of excelsior, lid. wait 3 hours, dump a bunch of flies in. wait 2 weeks, flies out the bunghole.
If you keep larger darts, bean beetles are just about the cheapest, easiest most prolific food i've ever had the joy of culturing. look into getting some. I don't own any darts, only madagascar reed frogs, and they love the bean beetles. I culture hydei for them, but they like the bean beetles even more.
Hi Mordalphus. Thanks for the input on Superfly. I hear great things about all Repashy products. The list of ingredients for Superfly is crazy awesome! (see below). Probably better than what I eat, LOL! The nixtimal made me laugh because I know how hard that is to DIY. The price isn't bad either. We just always seem to have a banana or 2 getting old, an old half-empty jar of applesauce in the fridge. I just put them in the freezer until I'm ready to make more medium. You're right though, it is more work. Back in my 'zoo days' when money was not an issue, not only didn't we make our own medium, we didn't even make our own cultures, just bought new ones as we needed them. Those Ed's Flymeat cultures (you probably know them in WA) would rage forever. Good times. I've heard people recommend the bean beetles before, but we keep so many dried beans in the house for our own use, I'm afraid the beetles would get out and take over! Wife still hasn't forgiven me for the great waxworm escape of '98...they ate books, carpet, curtains, anything and everything, LOL!
Superfly INGREDIENTS: Potato Granules, Brewers Dried Yeast, Fructose, Nixtamal, Dried Nopal, Dried Kelp, Alfalfa Leaf, Cinnamon, Dried Krill, RoseHips, Calendula Flower, Marigold Flower Extract, Phaffia Rhodozyma Yeast, Paprika Extract, Spirulina Algae, Turmeric, Salt, Potassium Citrate, Magnesium Gluconate, Canthaxanthin, Malic Acid, Guar Gum, Calcium Propionate, Methylparaben and Potassium Sorbate (as mold inhibitors), Lecithin, Rosemary Extract and Mixed Tocopherols (as preservatives), Vitamins (Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin D Supplement, Choline Chloride, Ascorbic Acid, Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Beta Carotene, Pantothenic Acid, Riboflavin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamine Mononitrate, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex, Folic Acid, Biotin, Vitamin B-12 Supplement).
Variety is just as important, I used to feed as many different FF species as possible, my larger Tincs would take tiny crickets, which helps loads as you can feed them up easily on all sorts of stuff. Been weevils, FF maggots, Springs, get as much as you can in those bellies :biggrin:
If I ever get darts again I'm definitely getting some P.Terribilis so I can supplement with crickets.
Thanks for the great information everyone! I've been using the fruit fly media from Josh's Frogs, and it smells fantastic (like baked apples), but I believe it is nothing more than potato powder, powdered sugar, nutritional yeast and some live yeast, and cinnamon, but no ingredients are listed, so I can't be sure (that also bugs me). I think once I finish up what I have, I will switch to the Repashy Superfly. I'm also ordering the Repashy vitamin powders, Calcium plus and vitamin A, and I might grab some superpig too. When I get tadpoles, I'll be feeding them the repashy fish foods I already have for my fish, among other things.
I'll also start working on other food cultures.
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Posted by Harley Manning on March 1, 2013
Last month, I was in Europe with a group of customer experience professionals from various divisions of the same large company. Although their expertise was at varying levels, no one was clueless, and everyone seemed highly motivated. About halfway through the all-day session, one of the attendees asked me a question that I'm going to paraphrase here.
After some preamble about the pressures the company was under to increase revenue and profits, he asked, "Given that, when should we put aside the need for profits and fund customer experience projects instead?"
His question surprised me. And I clearly surprised him when I responded, "Never." I let that hang in the air for a moment so that it could sink in. Then I added, "You should never put aside the need for profits when you fund customer experience projects."
I could see that people were a little confused, so I went on. "You should only fund customer experience projects that will produce profits. That's why you do those projects in the first place. And if you have other kinds of projects that will produce better business results, do them instead. But if you take the time to create the business models for your CX projects, you'll probably find that they'll produce better ROI than most of the initiatives they're competing against."
To be clear, the guy who had asked the question seemed very bright and had a lot of expertise in his area (metrics and measurement). But he had fallen into the same trap that so many customer experience advocates fall into. He wasn't thinking of improving customer experience as a path to achieving business results. Instead, he was thinking of it just as a generally good thing to do for customers (which it is, but that's not why you should do it).


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Frank Harmon, FAIA, Frank Harmon Architects, Raleigh, N.C.
Whitney Powers, RA, NCARB, Studio A, Charleston, S.C.
Laura Hartman, AIA, Fernau & Hartman Architects, Berkeley, Calif.
Heather H. McKinney, AIA, McKinney Architects, Austin, Tex.
Green is good, but can green design be the same? The architects on the panel of Reinvention's special summit "Strategies in Sustainable Design" proved that sustainable design doesn't have to look 'green' (read: funky, weird, or just plain bad). In fact, from the examples shown during this session, green design and good design can combine with ease and grace.
For these architects, a green house uses high-tech as well as low-tech systems, materials, and architectural features, and draws as much on tradition as on innovation in its design. Traditional means of creating comfortable interiors in houses evolved over time out of necessity and frequently offer the simplest and most elegant solutions, providing the most benefit for the least amount of effort.
During the Q&A session, Frank Harmon, FAIA, said, "Eighty percent of sustainable design is in how you site the building, not things like photovoltaics." He outlined his two cardinal rules for sustainability: to make the building more comfortable and to engage residents with the environment.
During her presentation of an Austin, Texas, house she designed, Heather McKinney, AIA, pointed out that she and her clients were able to quantify the house's level of green design (5 stars) because of its location in Austin, home of the Austin Energy Green Building program (the first comprehensive green building program in the United States), and the knowledge base available there.
Responding to an attendee question regarding cost versus quality in architecture, McKinney noted that it pays to do the math up front when designing a sustainable house. Break down how much specific sustainable systems will save the client and how that compares to the resulting increase in mortgage payments, she advised. She added that LEED accreditation will cost the client, but because most of her firm's clients are planning to be in their houses long-term, they are less resistant to investing in energy-saving, cost-saving systems.
Presenting her Charleston, S.C.-area River Road project, Whitney Powers, RA, NCARB, discussed the necessity for buildings to stand up to their climates as a key in sustainable design. "This is a brutal building environment, here in Charleston, and every building is subjected to extremes: high temperature, high winds, high humidity, Formosan subterranean termites, and winter rain," Powers said. "This is particularly crucial for those of us who choose to design modern buildings in this place, because our ability to contribute to the history of this place requires that our building survive this place."
"Sustainability is not just about saving BTUs or using recycled materials; it's really a way of life," Laura Hartman, AIA, pointed out during her turn at the podium. Hartman's presentation centered around a Bolinas, Calif., house incorporating straw bale construction--popular in dry, hot climates for the thermal mass it provides. Marin County, she related, had just adopted codes that accommodate straw bale, and the project provided a learning experience for her firm.
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2014-11-22 00:05:05
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When I started potty training my oldest the trainer that Bummis sold was more like "The Pull-On" with a soaker inside. It was bulky and fit large but did the job. I was very sceptical about these new Potty Pant when they came out but I purchased a few and they are wonderful. They are slim fitting and do not stick out the top of pants like the old style. I find them to have lots of absorbency and great waterproof material. Thank you for the upgrade in product.
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2014-11-06 09:47:50
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This cloth trainer is perfect. Our son can pull it on and off himself. It is not a diaper and will not hold a full pee, but that's what a trainer is all about. If he starts to go, it holds enough that he can get to the toilet to finish. When he was first learning, he would wear one on longer car trips and to daycare to prevent any full accidents. It certainly limits to mess from accidents. We've also used it at naptime to help with the transition from diaper to no diaper. One suggestion is to keep the designs/ fabric different from diaper designs - for my son that was a selling feature when he didn't want to wear a 'diaper' anymore but I could convince him to wear the trainer because it looked different.
2014-09-08 17:57:48
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These training pants work well. They are great for my daughter. These will leak if the child has big accidents so it's best for little ones. They do fit on the small side which works great for me as I have small kids.
2013-08-14 20:52:18
Easy to use; use doubler
My daughter is completely trained now, with the occasional accident. Yet, when we're on a long car ride or a long trip out, I like to put one on her. She hates disposable pull-ups but doesn't complain about it when I don't insert a doubler in. The "doubler" I use is one they had on sale, which was really a trial for cloth mama pads but apparently didn't work out. It fits in very well. The only drawback is that it tends to bunch up if not pulled up very carefully. So, I have to pull it up for her. I plan to buy velcro strips to stick on and secure the pant-doubler pairs. I think that will solve the problem. I haven't yet tested for absorbency because my daughter is 3 now and doesn't technically need a pull-up. I don't know if I'll ever test for absorbency. I hope not! But the sales clerk did tell me that it is unlikely to contain a whole pee without a doubler (Re: Elizabeth's review above). That it was more for an oops moment when they can run to the bathroom quickly.
2013-07-15 23:46:09
Love these!
I have 4 different brands of cloth trainers and these are my favourites! They are very absorbent for how trim they are. They will start to wick out of the binding if not changed for a while, but they are trainers not diapers. The inside is very soft unlike some of my other trainers with cotton terry inners. My 2.5 year old can pull them up and down easily enough. He still pees smaller amounts more frequently, so if your child holds it for hours, these may leak more for you. For smaller accidents though, they are awesome!
Elizabeth Guilbeau
2013-07-06 11:14:25
Disappointed in not so waterproof fabric
We are in the early stages of potty training with my 23 month old. It's a little more like a mix between potty training and elimination communication, so we still have more accidents than not. I was hoping that these potty pants would be waterproof like the flip diapers that I love but with the connivence of pulling up and down for potty time. While they are a great fit and easy to pull up and down, each time she pees without taking it off it goes through the "waterproof fabric" through her clothes and in a puddle on the ground... or the couch! It is no different from her thick cloth gerber underwear we got her for training, that cost much less. I'm very disappointed that they do not contain wetness as claimed.
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ANNAPOLIS, MD – Midfielder Dan Hardy scored three goals while fellow midfielder Steven Brooks recorded four points to lead the Chesapeake Bayhawks to a 13-11 victory over the Rochester Rattlers on Saturday night before a crowd of 8,410 at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.
It was the first hat trick of the season for Hardy, who had scored just two goals in four previous games. Brooks, who had netted only three goals in five games, also broke out of a season-long slump.
"I thought the Brooks, Hardy, (Justin) Smith midfield line was tremendous tonight," Chesapeake head coach Brendan Kelly said. "It was good to see Brooks and Hardy have big games. We changed the offense a bit to give those guys more room to operate and they really responded."
Rookie goalie Brian Phipps turned in another strong performance by stopping 21 shots for Chesapeake (4-3), which snapped a two-game losing streak. It was second straight game that Phipps had established a career-high for saves. The former University of Maryland standout, who had 17 saves last Saturday against Boston, was named Bud Light Most Valuable Player of the game.
"Phipps was outstanding once again. That's why he is an all-star," Kelly said. "Phipps is playing with a lot of confidence in the cage and the defense is doing a good job of making teams take bad shots."
Attackman Ben Rubeor totaled two goals and two assists for the Bayhawks, who never trailed in the contest. Faceoff specialist Alex Smith had a dominant outing, winning 16 of 26 draws to help the Bayhawks control possession.
Brooks was instrumental in helping Chesapeake get off to a strong start, assisting Matt Abbott on a transition goal then firing in a 2-pointer off a left-handed crank shot as the host team jumped out to a 5-1 lead.
"The coaches told me to keep shooting and eventually the ball would start going into the back of the net," Brooks said. "I worked hard all week on my shooting. It was just a matter of getting back to the proper fundamentals."
Brooks scored off another lefty laser during a 3-0 run that gave Chesapeake a commanding 8-3 lead at the 11:33 minute mark of the second quarter. That was one of two times during the game when the Bayhawks led by five goals – the second coming after an unassisted goal by Hardy made it 12-7 with 5:02 left in the third quarter.
To its credit, Rochester never folded and back-to-back goals by rookie midfielder Jovan Miller got the deficit to two goals with just under two minutes remaining in the game, but the Chesapeake defense shut the door the rest of the way. Phipps sealed the game by stuffing a point-blank shot by All-MLL attackman Ned Crotty.
Attackman Danny Glading had a goal and two assists for Chesapeake, which beat Rochester 35-26 on ground balls. Abbott contributed a goal and an assist for the Bayhawks, who will enter the Major League Lacrosse All-Star break tied for third place with Hamilton.
Miller and attackman Jordan McBride scored three goals apiece for winless Rochester (0-7), which was playing its first game under new head coach Tim Soudan. Crotty, the Rattlers' leading scorer with 26 points, was limited to just two assists by Bayhawks' defenseman Joe Cinosky.
"It was a great team effort tonight. We got scoring from a lot of different people and I thought the defense was rock-solid," said Kelly, who held a team meeting last week after watching his squad lose three out of four games.
"We talked about committing to each other and committing to the team," said Kelly, who had T-shirts printed with the words "All In."
Chesapeake, which has a league-high 10 players nominated to the MLL All-Star teams, will return to action on July 16 at Hamilton.


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I'm at the Rational Software Development Conference 2006, taking a break between sessions. If you haven't seen it already, there is a lot going on. You can start on our blog and podcast page for this event.
The first interesting session I found was on Building a Strong Software Business on Open Source, by Palle Pedersen, CTO of Black Duck Software. His company works on testing compliance in software products. In particular, they have taken a look at the issues around licensing, usage and behavior of teams who use open source software or incorporate them into products of their own.
Interesting factoid: there are now about 600 different variations of open source licenses. Can you imagine checking compliance of code/products that incorporates that kind of range/possibility of OS software?
More interesting to me is his point that there is a common best practice to how to incorporate OSS into your own line:
- start with an OSS-based "lite" version of your product
- initiate and grow a community around your product to draw or gain a sufficient user base
- develop an advanced commercially licensed upgrade of the product.
This is oversimplification of the whole thing but its step two of this business model that obviously catches my eye. In fact, there were a few questions about how to do Step 2. This is in fact exactly what our Community team in dW is tackling. I'm just glad that people are starting to recognize the importance of this as a required part of the open source business model.
We've known this for a while but many groups tend to just gloss over this. The assumption is that if you start a discussion group, you've satisfied that step. It's not as simple as that. In fact, there are many OS products with discussion groups but that still never take off as a success. What is needed is a more scientific way of performing this overall step (which is what I'm hoping would become the outcome of my current side-project to create a course for Community Management at the University of Arizona MIS dept. More on that later).
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Telephone Support to Improve Adherence to Anti-HIV Medications
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|HIV Infections
|Behavioral: Enhanced nursing telephone support Behavioral: Standard care
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single Blind (Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Randomized Trial of Enhanced Nursing Telephone Support to Improve Medication Self-Management and Viral Outcomes of Antiretroviral Therapy-Experienced Patients
- Virologic suppression, defined as HIV-1 RNA at less than 200 copies/mL [ Time Frame: Measured at Week 48 ]
- Antiretroviral (ARV) medication adherence [ Time Frame: Measured at Weeks 12, 24, 48, and 72 ]
- Time to antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimen discontinuation [ Time Frame: Measured throughout ]
- Quality of life [ Time Frame: Measured at Weeks 24, 48, and 72 ]
- CD4 cell count [ Time Frame: Measured at Weeks 12, 24, 48, and 72 ]
- Cost of the adherence telephone interventions, if the intervention is successful [ Time Frame: Measured at Week 48 ]
- Symptom distress, illness events, or mortality [ Time Frame: Measured throughout the study ]
- Virologic suppression, defined as HIV-1 RNA less than 1,000 copies/mL [ Time Frame: Measured at Week 48 ]
- Virological suppression, measured as both HIV-1 RNA less than 200 and less than 1,000 copies/mL [ Time Frame: Measured at Weeks 12, 24, and 72 ]
- Time to virologic failure, with virologic failure defined as confirmed HIV-1 RNA of at least 200 copies/mL at or after 24 weeks [ Time Frame: Measured at Weeks 24, 48, and 72 ]
- Time to first virological suppression, defined as HIV-1 RNA less than 200 copies/mL [ Time Frame: Measured at Weeks 12, 24, 48, and 72 ]
- Time to discontinuation of enhanced nursing telephone adherence intervention [ Time Frame: Measured throughout ]
- Intervention dosage score for enhanced nursing telephone support, including total percentage of scheduled calls successfully delivered and total amount of time spent in calls [ Time Frame: Measured at Week 72 ]
|Study Start Date:
|October 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|February 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|February 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Enhanced nursing telephone support with standard care
Participants will receive enhanced nursing telephone support plus care as usual.
Behavioral: Enhanced nursing telephone support
Weekly phone calls by study nurses for 8 weeks and then calls every 2 weeks for 40 weeks; nurses may schedule more frequent calls at their discretion. Calls will provide information, motivational enhancement, problem-solving skills, and affective support.Behavioral: Standard care
Care as usual for participants starting a new ART regimen; this may vary by study site.
Active Comparator: Standard care
Participants will receive care as usual.
Behavioral: Standard care
Care as usual for participants starting a new ART regimen; this may vary by study site.
Detailed Description:
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is only successful in treating HIV when people take all the medications prescribed to them when and how they are instructed. However, a third or more of patients on ART are not able to adhere to their medication regimens. Therefore, making sure that these patients stay healthy involves making sure they are motivated and informed about the importance of adhering to their ART. Nurses can deliver interventions to motivate and inform patients through regularly scheduled phone calls. These calls allow nurses to check in between clinic visits, are convenient to patients, and are cost efficient. This study will test an enhanced telephone support intervention provided by nurses that aims to improve ART adherence and treatment outcomes.
Participation in this study will last 48 weeks, with follow-up lasting 72 weeks. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive either care as usual or the enhanced telephone support intervention plus care as usual. The telephone support intervention will involve phone calls made weekly for the first 8 weeks of the study and then every 2 weeks for the next 40 weeks. Nurses will make these calls at a time and place participants choose. During the calls, nurses will provide information, motivational enhancement, and problem-solving skills.
Study assessments will take place at study entry and after 12, 24, 48, and 72 weeks. Assessments will measure CD4 cell count, HIV viral load, adherence, and illness events. Adherence will be measured through questionnaires and an electronic pill cap.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Enrollment in an AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) treatment study that is an approved A5251 parent or coenrolling partner study
- Virologic failure on combination antiretroviral therapy (ART), with an HIV-1 genotype conducted on or soon after the failure, within 16 weeks prior to entry. HIV-1 genotype results must be available at entry.
- History of prior nonadherence to ART during the past year documented either by patient self-report or recorded in the patient's medical record
- Most recent HIV-1 RNA value of at least 400 copies/mL, obtained within 90 days prior to study entry and measured using any FDA-approved test for quantifying HIV-1 RNA
- Initiating a new ART regimen within 3 days after randomization with two or more new antiretroviral (ARV) medications to which the participant is expected to be susceptible based on HIV-1 genotype, as specified in the parent or coenrolling partner study or determined by the site investigator. The regimen must be selected for the participant prior to the time of randomization for A5251.
- Ability to have CD4+ cell count and plasma HIV-1 RNA assays as a component of the parent or coenrolling partner study or per other mechanism. Only HIV-1 RNA at week 48 and confirmation of virologic failure will be collected by A5251, unless collected by the parent or coenrolling partner study per exact A5251 specifications.
Exclusion Criteria:
- No regular access to a phone. Candidates without phones may elect to participate by calling the HIV nurse specialists using an 800 number, rather than being called by the HIV nurse specialist.
- Coenrollment in another adherence trial, unless approved by the A5251 study chair
- Current incarceration
- Any condition that, in the opinion of the site investigator, would compromise the candidate's ability to participate in the study
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00988442
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|Study Chair:
|Nancy R. Reynolds, PhD, RN, NP
|Yale University School of Nursing
|Responsible Party:
|AIDS Clinical Trials Group
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00988442 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
1U01AI068636 ( US NIH Grant/Contract Award Number )
|Study First Received:
|October 1, 2009
|Last Updated:
|June 6, 2016
Keywords provided by AIDS Clinical Trials Group:
Adherence Intervention
Telephone Intervention
treatment experienced
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
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|I recently purchased a power cruiser in Florida. Hired 2 surveyers, one for the hull and one for the engines. The $2k was well spent. The owner spent $15k to keep the deal on track. We ended up with a great boat at a great price with lots of upgraded items.
Here's my personal view of surveys, having bought and sold boats for over 20 years:
1. Yes, survey a new boat. The manufacturer's warranty is not enough. As someone else said, these are not cars; and problems with new boats can arise in two ways: manufacturing errors, and dealer set-up errors. I've had new boats where the transmission oil plug was left off, and where the forward/reverse label was backwards on the transmission lever. There can also be major errors in fiberglass lay-up, engine installation, and so on. The greatest bargaining power you have is withholding payment. Once you pay, enforcing the warranty can be like arguing with your spouse ("are you sure it doesn't work?" "well, Fred was just there yesterday and he said it worked"). Sure you can threaten suit, but gosh, this is supposed to be fun!
2. Not all surveyors are created equal. Some worked in boatyards for years. Others might have just taken a course. And be careful of somebody recommended by the seller.
3. The survey will not discover everything, not by a long shot. Do your own inspection before, and use a flashlight and a pocket mirror. Then accompany the surveyor, and ask "what's that drip mark?" "what's that stain?" and so on. Two sets of eyes are better than one.
|I'd agree about being there for the survey. You will learn a lot, and often, the surveyor will have recommendations about things that might make the boat better for you, but aren't necessarily a problem. A good example of this I've seen was on my friend's boat, where the surveyor gave a recommendation for re-routing the hoses for the head, to minimize the amount of waste standing in hoses, to help elminate odors from the head area of the boat. The hoses weren't really a problem, but re-routing them made the head less smellly and easier to maintain.
|Early in this thread it was recommended that you accompany the surveyor when he does the work. This is excellent advice, not to check on how he is doing his job, but to learn. Surveyors are usually old salts with a lot of experience. If you get them to talk to you while doing the survey - explaining what they are looking for and why (and spinning some yarns about the various disasters they have witnessed) you will learn a lot. If you end up buying the boat, you will have learned about this specific boat, not just generalities from a book. It takes a certain amount of sensitivity to set up the right relationship with the surveyor (some of their horror stories are about the client hiring them :-) but it can be very fruitful.
It's very true that, while a survey - and even the brief seatrial - will point out many things good and bad, it's not going to catch it all. and it is usually during the first delivery that many things crop up.
After having been through several deliveries in the past few years, most of them involving bringing a boat from Wash state to BC, I've found the most common issue you're going to face is fuel quality. Boats that have typically been on the market for some time are likely to be overdue for filter changes, or simply have had old fuel go bad.
Prior to any extended delivery (and even across Georgia Strait can turn into a longish trip), I'd recommend changing fuel filters before you start. Two things: you give yourself fresh filters, and second, you figure out how to do it on your "new" boat at the dock so if you have to do it again in a seaway, at least you know the routine.
And make sure you have more spares!!
Two other points
First, you should be aware that even a top surveyor won't catch everything. Second, and more significant is that the surveyors report can be used to renogotiate the price based on the cost of signficiant defieciencies. My survey revealed worn engine mounts and flex drive, among other items amounting to ~$2500, which the seller dropped off the purchase price.
Just went through this
I recently purchased a 1975 Tartan 44 and went through this entire process. I had done another survey on a Valiant 40, which pased reasopnably well (pre-blister boat), but had some issues that I was not comfortable with. On the Tartan and on the Valiant, I had really good surveyors, and did my own surveys totalling 14 hours of digging and prodding.
This being said, on the sail home on the Tartan, I put 10 gallons of diesel into the secondary/aft fuel tank, and halfway across the Strait of Georgia I had 10 gallons of diesel in the bilge. After a few more miles I had water pouring into the bilge from a failed water pump. And I had no working automatic bilge pump (known issue from survey), which was actually a blessing as dumping 10 gallons of diesel overboard would have been very bad.
I knew that the boat had been delivered from Australia a year earlier and had sat pretty much unused for a year. But neither of these things failed or had issues during the sea trial (the self furling main failed on sea trial however, and the price was adjusted accordingly). The surveyor found a bunch of other issues, most minor some more than minor, but nothing to break the deal. Once put to "real use" however, the gremlins do tend to show up.
Moral of the story: even with a great survey and lots of diligence, stuff happens. I don't blame the surveyor for the things that went bad (should he have requested that the fuel tanks all be filled up beforehand)? I take responsibility for those items, and thankfully the aft tank is fairly easy to remove and repair is not a big deal. So get a survey, and more importantly, check stuff out yourself as best you can and you will get MOST of the major issues identified, but be prepared for gremlins along the way. It's part and parcel with owning a boat.
great post, good chuckles, sound information.
I cant understand, or want to, anyone who wants to buy a boat without a survey.
LOL... I think I know who you're talking about... penny-wise, pound foolish.
There are often very pretty boats that were cleaned up for sale, and if you look in the nooks and crannies, you'll see that the boat wasn't maintained or kept in anywhere near the condition you would be guessing from its current appearance. Look in the deep corners of the bilge, and under the deck, inside cabinets...etc. You'll often find the real story in those places. Surface appearances don't generally mean jack.
You really can't do much about stupid though.. there's far too much of it running around.
|I agree that a survey is a must. These people are paid to do a professional job just like other professions. They can find things that you might just miss. I just had a survey on a 36' catalina and used a surveyor that was recommended by several people. When I recieved the survey it was very detailed. Even more so than I imagined. Other sailors that saw it said he was very picky. I like that. Now I own it as of 2 days ago. And with the survey I have my own personal list of what to fix. Now I will make a copy and start crossing off things as I go. I think it is a great tool to have. Helps make an educated decision.
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