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The thing is I did it because of fear.
I was SO scared that eating anything less than organic whole foods was going to lead to a demise in health and cause illness. It made me very anxious and there is a lot of propaganda around and other parents that fed my fear. It's also a bit of a status in the hippy-la-la(TM) community to bring the healthiest of sugar-free, home baked treats with you. I'll admit to being scared of being judged in certain circles based on what was in our lunch bag.
Before you let me know about toxic food etc let me say that I still believe in a diet mainly of whole foods for health. But I'm not frightened of the other stuff now. I eat well because it feels good to do so, I feed my kids healthy food because I want them to feel good too. I don't, however, limit their choices to just what I think is "optimal" anymore. They have many, many opportunities to choose for themselves and sometimes they pick the chocolate. You know what? Sometimes I do too.
It might sound like a small distinction but I don't think that it is.
I clean up for Tannah because I prefer the house clean and I'm not scared that she will NEVER learn to clean up herself. I let them watch as much TV as they please because I'm not scared about all the "damage" that it will do (like I was in the past) but I can see that they learn lots and enjoy watching. I also know that if there is something else on offer they might just choose the other activity rather than fear that they will sit in front of the box all day.
I feel like a lot of the eco based messages, some of the attachment parenting and even some of the radical unschooling info out there really gets you to buy into the fear. Don't buy this because your kids will die of toxic poisoning, answer every babies cry not because you want to be there and meet their needs but because you are damaging them otherwise and never, ever say no because you will be stifling your childs learning experience. I know there is lots of fear in mainstream parenting too but the hippy-la-la (TM) stuff is what I know so I'm writing from experience.
I would describe myself as all of the terms mentioned above. I'm eco aware, I'm an attachment parent and I'm a radical unschooler. I think are lots of great reasons to live the way I do. But now I'm not under the pressure of being perfect that comes with the fear of failure.
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- Veronica said...
I think this is why I never fit in well with the AP community. My generalised parenting is AP, but I couldn't get my head around the fear mongering and the judgement I was seeing. I grow as much food as I can at home. I eat as ethically as I can afford to do. I like to know where my meat was raised, but sometimes, I like pizza as a treat and sometimes, we'll all eat chocolate. And I'm okay with that.
(word verification is "eat me" which I think is apt)
- March 27, 2011 at 1:28 PM
- Deb G said...
Brilliantly said, Shae. I have felt this fear too (and worried too much about what food I packed in the lunchbox too!).
Sometimes parenting is so darn hard that I have to let some things slip now and then. And I need to be kind to myself about that. Balance, anyone?
- March 27, 2011 at 1:42 PM
- Deb G said...
* oops.. not 'have to let some things slip'.. just 'have let some things slip'... (minor distinction)
- March 27, 2011 at 1:44 PM
- River said...
Things were so much simpler when my kids were little, as long as they were clean, fed and happy, not too much fuss was made about anything else.
Could you answer a question for me? What is unschooling?
Is it another name for homeschooling or something entirely different?
- March 27, 2011 at 8:05 PM
- bek said...
I am of the opinion that anything that postulates an argument based on emotion, fear and ad hominem (YOUR CHILD WILL DIE IF YOU DON'T [whatever] AND YOU"RE AN IDIOT IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH ME!!!1!!!1111!!1111one) should be summarily ignored and more attention paid to evidence that is at least logical and rational. Backed up by proper science helps a lot :)
Mmmm...chocolate...*goes prowling for more*
- March 27, 2011 at 8:26 PM
- shae said...
River-unschooling is home education that follows the childs lead rather than school at home. Rather than being a teacher, I'm more like a facillitator to their learning. For many (myself included) it spills over into trusting children with things like screen time, food etc.
If you want to learn more Sandra Dodd or John Holt are good people to google :)
- March 27, 2011 at 9:52 PM
- Shannon Hillinger said...
I find myself saying all the time, "You can only do what works for your family." I've said it enough that the other moms in my AP group don't tend to remark on my decisions any more.
I do think the judgment and fear mongering is a cultural problem for all parents, not just AP ones. Just look at the way every new parenting study is discussed.
- March 28, 2011 at 2:44 AM
- Naomi said...
I didn't even realise my parenting was AP until my babies were no longer babies!
I was so worried about what my children ate it was doing my head in! Once I relaxed, we all relaxed.
We eat well, we grow our own food, and source local, organic when ever possible. But sometimes there is nothing like a big mac!
As for TV, without it we would have been at a loss with a child who spent much of his early childhood unwell, sometimes gravely unwell. It was all he could do some days, and at least then I could sit with him and watch too, we talked, we discussed and when he slept, I could snooze to with the hum of the tv in the background.
It is all about balance, and what works for you and your family.
- March 28, 2011 at 1:11 PM
- Glowless @ Where's My Glow said...
The fear-mongering really gets to me. Parents need to do what is right for them, what they feel comfortable with because it suits them and ultimately they will be good at their job because of it. I'm the only AP in my mothers' group but they don't realize it and often bitch about AP in front of me. Granted I'm not a fully fledged card carrying Hippy-La-La so it's less obvious with me.
The bitching I hear from them is from the opposite side of the spectrum - fear about cosleeping killing your baby, fear about babywearing meaning your child we never learn to walk or grow up to be clingy, fear that breastfeeding for the recommend WHO length of time will mean they'll be at school before they give up the breast. The fear is everywhere and it does my head in! (Especially on a hormonal day when I doubt every single thing I do!)
- March 28, 2011 at 1:20 PM
- Be A Fun Mum said...
Great post Shae. I don't fear so much anymore because I trust myself as a mother. My parents rarely allowed me to eat lollies but when we did get treat, it was a BIG ONE. And to this day I remember the trips to the canteen on holidays and the icecreams after a swim. Not in excess but a joyous treat. I aim to be a conscious shopper and do the best with what I can.
- March 29, 2011 at 10:29 AM
- KylieM said...
ahhh food .. th bane of my life. I have fussy children, one so fussy to the point that he as about 5 things he eats ... seriously, I challenge anyone to have a fussier eater than I do .. I get all sorts of advice "starve him, he will eat then', 'force him to eat' etc etc .. I shudder. My son eats yoghurt everyday, one specifc type of pureed fruit, one specific type of baby food vegetable (he is 7), jatz biscuits, scotch fingers, custard, various homemade cakey things and thats about it. CHoc chip cookies are a favourite but I limit that, he then drinks Up n Go, almost a litre a day .. the dietitian said boring, but overall ok nutrionally .. so I will go with that. I dont want meal times to be a battle, I want them to be enjoyable .. he will eat, eventaully,
- March 29, 2011 at 10:40 AM
- Berta said...
love the post, judge ourselves a little less, judge others never....radical indeed
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Summing up his participation in the support project, Dr. Schwartz wrote in an e-mail: "It was and continues to be a vital part of shaping a constructive relationship between the school department and the elected School Committee. Just as in so many parts of life, the role of the School Committee in shaping policy evolves over time."
He continued, "I try to remember always that the members of the committee are not professional educators; yet we have the responsibility to oversee the results of the professionals we have hired. This dynamic creates some interesting problems.
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"Those workshops were about understanding what student data was available to us, how to interpret that data, and how to use that knowledge to steer resources to areas of need. The team spent some early time discussing how School Committees should set limits on, and to what extent they should become involved."
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I've been hanging around for a while, and the amount of ignorance and misinformation abounding around Judaism, Jewishness (not the same thing), and Israel just astounds me.
Because we are an ethnic group that just happens to have a religion attached to it (much like the Japanese) it is entirely possible to be a Jewish atheist -- and I don't think I'm the only one here, although it seems to me that others may be unwilling to come out, because of the rampant hostility that I have seen expressed against us.
I think that this hostility comes from ex-Christians truly not understanding the difference between the definition of a Christian and a Jew, much less the profound cultural differences that exist. Americans in general, which mostly means Christians, haven't a clue about Jewish history, nor approaches to philosophy, nor how we have evolved, nor our world-view.
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Natalie- Earlier on you stated that when you were younger you decided to turn your eyes not inward to Judaism, but rather outward toward the world. I apologize if I am misquoting you. What particular lines did you draw between your own point of view and that of your cultural point of view (besides, specifically, religion)? Were there some really big issues, or did you just feel too limited in your choices if you focused on the general cultural expectations? Or do I misunderstand what you mean entirely?
Sometimes I think I grasp certain points you've made, only to realize that I've missed the point due to an inaccurate presumption. By turning your eyes outward, I think that I have mistook you for meaning some kind of rejection of some part of your culture-which apparently you didn't.
We've probably all heard of developmental tasks, the actions which, as children become adults, help them develop the abilities required of adults. Depending in part on what children learn in their families, they do these tasks at different ages.
I understand that during our twenties, many of us begin to see our emotional responses to events as differing from our words and actions that follow our emotional responses.
Neurologically, signals pass through the amygdala, which sends signals to various body parts to produce immediate responses, and to higher brain regions to produce considered responses.
Here on AN our ages vary widely, as do what we learned in our families. I suppose those are why some of us here separate better than others our emotional responses to events from our words and actions that follow our emotional responses.
'When boarding a crowded bus with standing passengers in the front, women should board the back door after paying the driver in the front.'
(Notice posted by 'Private Transportation Corporation', on its city-franchised B-110 bus in an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn, N.Y. - New York Times 1-20-2011)
Orthodox Jews - still hateful and bigoted towards some of their own (females). Will the god-believing public ever accept women as equals?
Glad you distinguished Orthodox Jews from other Jews who very much disagree with their actions. It's like my devout and GOOD Christian friend said of the Fundies -- we can't deny that they are part of our family, but then again, there are white sheep and there are black sheep (not saying who're the good ones and who are the bad ones -- wouldn't want to be color-biased).
I've been on crowded buses in India and copped a few gropes - not sure what it's like in Orthodox Brooklyn, but it may be a protection!
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- KaHolly said...
Awesome!! I know how it makes you feel. I collected over 20 quilts for the NICU at the local military hospital and when I passed them along on Saturday, I almost cried. Keep up the good work.
- April 9, 2012 at 2:47 PM
- Maureen said...
Reading this post gave me goosebumps! I am so blessed to be a small part of this ministry that reaches out to share His love with hurting people. May God continue to bless the outreach of Margaret's Hope Chest.
- April 9, 2012 at 4:33 PM
- marilyn said...
Amen! Glad to be a small part too.
- April 9, 2012 at 5:17 PM
- Lynn said...
Me three. Thanks so much for sharing this, it's nice to hear that our sewing brings so much comfort to so many people.
- April 9, 2012 at 6:28 PM
- beth lehman said...
i love hearing this kind of update!
- April 10, 2012 at 11:23 AM
- Florence said...
god bless us and those that are helped,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and above all ,,,,you who are making this happen,,,,
- April 10, 2012 at 9:57 PM
- SeeLifeMarvels said...
Heartwarming. Sewing, definitely in this capacity, is a moving meditation. There is just so much love that spreads. Thanks for the privilege to help.
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Post subject: Groats Risotto
Groats two ways!
Sweet Breakfast Groats
1 cup whole groats
1 shredded apple
1/2 cup raisins
2 dry measure cups of water or apple cider/juice
1 cinnamon stick
1/2 teaspoon Vanilla
Dash of clove, nutmeg and ginger
Cream or Bolthouse Farms Chai Soy Protein drink
Find a small heatproof dish to use as double boiler in a crock pot (I use my rice cooker insert). Place all ingredients except cream/Bolthouse in inner dish and fill the crock pot with water to the top level of the water in the groat dish. Cover the crock pot and turn on to low. Let cook 8 hours (overnight). Dish up, splash on some cream, sweeten to taste and add butter if desired.
An alternative method is to soak the groats and raisins overnight in the cooking liquid and then simmer them gently for about 50-60 minutes or until they soften. They should be nice and chewy- don't stir them unless you want a nice, gooey mess.
In my experience, the apple adds moisture and a sweetness to the groats, making them less watered down. I don't like them without it, no matter what sweet variation I make.
Add-ins: Change raisins to dried cranberries and add orange zest and cloves. Change raisins to dried blueberries and add lemon zest. Use dried figs and or dates.
Savory Groat Risotto
Prepare crock pot as above.
1 cup groats
2 cups boiling water
2 teaspoons Better Than Bouillon mushroom base
1/2 cup dried wild mushrooms (I use Trader Joes)
1-2 cups diced fresh Crimini mushrooms, or your favorite
Black pepper- a healthy grinding
2 Tablespoons Olive Oil or white truffle oil (gawd its good!)
Saute' fresh mushrooms in olive oil. Put into inner dish of crock pot.
Break dried mushrooms into smallish pieces, about a half inch or smaller. Rinse dried mushrooms in a splash under the tap, and soak them in the one cup of boiling water. Add the bouillon to the water, stir and let sit about five minutes. Make sure boullion is dissolved fully.
Add all ingredients to the inner pot. Add water to the crock pot to the inner water level height.
Cover and cook all day (8 hours) on low, or until the smell drives you nuts. I am not sure how well it goes done on Hi at half the time, but make sure your groats are not dry. Get a good water seal on the lid.
Alternative: soak groats overnight and bake them, tightly covered, in the oven about 50-60 minutes next to your roast. I recommend spraying the casserole dish.
Add-ins: Thyme sprig, roasted garlic paste, a last finish with grated Parmesan cheese...
David- let me know how yours turn out and if you came up with any good combinations for me to try!
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Wow--pretty upscale little
for any grain/groat/grits type animal! Both sound delicious..
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I especially like the sound of that mushroom one!!
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Knifethrower - to ask a silly question, are groats oats?
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Groats are a name for a large grain, commonly oats or buckwheat (AKA Kasha). The recipe I composed calls for oat groats- not rolled or steel cut oat groats- the flat ones people commonly see in the Quaker Old Fashioned container. For a quickie, flattened oats will do, but the full nutty flavor, fiber and texture of the whole groats themselves just marries better than Burns and Allen, if that can be imagined.
David- knock yourself out, my friend!
GPale, I recall you mentioning what you love most about mushroom boullion...
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One of my favorite things is an steel cut oat risotto recipe I found in Yoga Journal. It's really fresh with lemon and parsley, but at the same time warming.
Thanks for sharing your great looking recipes!
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Erin!! You live!! So good to see you!
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- Trim all crusts from bread.
- This is a two part sandwich, so place two stacked pieces of bread next to the other two stacked pieces of bread.
- Cut out the sleigh all at once to make sure the sections fit together.
- Fill with sandwich filling.
- Cut two pieces of yellow pepper as "runner" supports, then add asparagus spear for the runner.
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Jobless Claims Tick Higher Than Traders Expect
Brendan Conway reports key economic data, including weekly initial jobless claims and durable goods orders. Plus, eyes will be on Facebook after its positive earnings report. Photo: Getty Images.
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When analyzing complex systems, applied mathematicians often turn to Monte Carlo simulations. The concept is straightforward. Change the state of the system by making a random move. If the new state is an improvement, make a new random move in a direction suggested by extrapolation. Otherwise, make a random move in a different direction. Repeat until a certain variable is optimized.
A commodity market is a real-life concurrent Monte Carlo system. Market participants make sequences of moves. Each new move is random, though it incorporates experience gained from previous moves. The resulting system is a remarkably effective mechanism to produce commodities at the lowest possible cost while adjusting to changing market conditions. Adam Smith called it the invisible hand of the free market.
In severely disrupted markets, the invisible hand may take an unacceptably long time, because Monte Carlo systems may remain stuck in local minima. We may understand this point by visualizing a mountain range with many peaks and valleys. An observer inside one particular valley thinks the lowest point is somewhere on that valley's floor. He is unaware of other valleys at lower altitudes. To see these, he must climb to the rim of the valley, far away from the observed local minimum. This takes a very long time with small random steps that are biased in favor of going towards the observed local minimum.
For this reason, Monte Carlo simulations use strategies that incorporate large random moves. One such strategy, Simulated Annealing, is inspired by a metallurgical technique that improves the crystallographic structure of metals. During the annealing process, the metal is heated and cooled in a controlled fashion. The heat provides energy to change large-scale crystal structures in the metal. As the metal cools, restructuring occurs only at gradually smaller scales. In Simulated Annealing, the simulation is run "hot" when large random moves are used to optimize the system at coarse granularity. When sufficiently near a global minimum, the system is "cooled", and smaller moves are used for precision at fine granularity. Note that, from a Monte Carlo perspective, large moves are just as random as small moves. Each individual move may succeed or fail. What matters is the strategy that guides the sequence of moves.
When major market disruptions occur, resistance to change breaks down and large moves become possible. (The market to runs "hot" in the Simulated Annealing sense.) Sometimes, government leaders or tycoons of industry initiate large moves, because they believe, right or wrong, that they can take the market to a new global minimum. Politicians enact new laws, or they orchestrate bailouts. Tycoons make large bets that are risky by conventional measures. Sometimes, unforeseen circumstances force markets into making large moves.
The music industry experienced such an event in late 1999, when Napster, the illegal music-sharing site, suddenly became popular. Eventually, this disruption enabled then-revolutionary business models like iTunes, which could compete with illegal downloading. This stopped the hemorrhaging, though not without leaving a disastrous trail. Traditional music retailers, distributors, and other middlemen were forced out. Revenue streams never recovered. With the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), the music industry, joined by the entertainment industry, was trying to undo some of the damage. If enacted, it would have caused significant collateral damage, but it would have done nothing to reduce piracy. This is covered widely in the blogosphere. For example, consider blog posts by Eric Hellman [1] [2] and David Post [3].
While SOPA is dead, other attempts at antipiracy legislation are in the works. Some may succeed legislatively and may be enacted. In the end, however, heavy-handed legislation will fail. The evolution towards ubiquitous information availability (pirated or not) is irreversible. Even the cruelest of dictators cannot contain the flow of information. Why would anyone think democracies could? Eventually, laws follow society's major trends. They always do.
When Napster became popular, the music industry was unable to fight back, because its existing distribution channels had become technologically obsolete. Napster was the large random move that made visible a new valley at lower altitude. Without Napster, some other event, circumstance, or product would eventually have come along, caused havoc, and be blamed. Antipiracy legislation might have delayed the music industry's problems in 1999, but it will not solve the entertainment industry's problems in 2012.
In the new market, piracy may no longer be the problem it once was. Consumers are willing to pay for convenience, quality of service, and security (absence of malware). Piracy may still depress revenues, but there are at least three other reasons for declining revenues. (1) Revenues no longer support many middlemen, and this is reflected in lower music prices through free-market competition. (2) Some consumers are interested in discovering new artists themselves, not in listening to artists discovered on their behalf by record labels. (3) The recession has reduced discretionary income.
It is difficult to assess the relative importance of disintermediation, behavior change, recession, and piracy. But the effect of piracy on legal downloads is probably much less than thought. This may be good news for the music industry. After many large and disruptive moves, the music market may be near a new global minimum. Here, it can rebuild and find new profit-making ventures. These are the kind of conventional "small" moves for a normal, non-disrupted market.
Other information markets are not that lucky.


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Milton Nunez, the president of Pueblo Nuevo, a team in the Dominican Republic, said yesterday that Allen Iverson would play for his team. Gary Moore, Iverson's manager, denied that to the Associated Press:
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Today we will take a close up look at the 2009 special color Tahitian Pearl.
The first couple of pictures are of a frame that just came out of the paint booth this morning. These pictures were taken under fluorescent lighting.
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Finn also rode his Tahitian pearl bike in today, these picture were taken in natural sunlight...
There is a little dirt on the frame, but what do you expect... He rides it.
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2 comments:
thanks for posting these so quickly! Tahitian pearl looks gorgeous (even with a little dirt, for character). I might have to send my SSR back for some of this paint.
- April 24, 2009 at 1:53 PM
- Daniel said...
Great looking bike! I'm considering the same build. What does it weigh?
- June 23, 2009 at 9:14 AM
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Mr. John Barnes, Mr. Luther Coggin, Mr. Wilfredo Gonzalez, Mrs. Ann Hicks, Mrs. Wanyonyi Kendrick, Mrs. Joy Korman, Dr. Katherine Robinson, Dr. Bruce Taylor, Mr. Kevin Twomey
Dr. Edythe Abdullah, Mrs. Toni Crawford, Mr. Hugh Greene, Mrs. Joannie Newton
Chair Taylor recognized Coach Dusty Rhodes for his induction into the Coaches Hall of Fame. He announced that this was the first such honor for a UNF coach.
Coach Rhodes spoke to the Board about his tenure at the university. He commented on the improvements that President Delaney had made and offered appreciation for his vision for athletics.
President Delaney applauded Coach Rhodes on his accomplishments and provided highlights on his career at the university. President Delaney spoke about the baseball program's graduation rates under Coach Rhodes' stewardship and stated that Coach Rhodes had proven that you could coach the right way and still win.
Chair Taylor convened the meeting and recognized a quorum.
Chair Taylor talked about the impending workshop and mentioned that Dr. Terry MacTaggart would be present to discuss good trusteeship in difficult times. Chair Taylor also announced that he and members of the university's executive staff would be attending a workshop in March with a discussion on boards of trustees achieving high performance.
President Delaney reported on budgetary issues, specifically the predicted shortfalls. He also reported on campus construction, noting that projects were on time and some were under budget.
Chair Taylor addressed those in attendance and offered opportunity for open comments. Chair Taylor recognized Trustee Barnes.
Trustee Barnes asked the Board to recognize that the students were the university's primary constituency. He clarified that he did vote for the last tuition increase but expressed concern regarding the continuing tax on students. He encouraged the Board to be mindful of the rising costs for the average college student when considering the potential of increased tuition.
Trustee Barnes spoke about increasing student fees, noting that this did not promote the welfare of students. He mentioned that he was aware of the need for revenue but warned against taxing students. He concluded by asking the Board to consider the sacrifice students would face when tuition was increased.
Chair Taylor acknowledged Trustee Barnes' concerns regarding student sacrifices and stated that the Board would remain mindful.
Chair Taylor asked trustees to acknowledge that item 5Ci, Policy on Program Termination, was pulled from the consent agenda for further discussion by the full Board. He asked for a MOTION for approval for the consent agenda, with the exception of item 5Ci. The MOTION was offered by Trustee Korman and seconded by Trustee Barnes. Chair Taylor asked for further discussion and then called for the vote. The consent agenda was approved as modified.
Chair Taylor stated that this item was reviewed by the Educational Policy Committee. He asked Provost Workman to present further discussion.
Provost Workman stated that the Board of Governors (BOG) mandated that the university develop this policy on program termination. He clarified that this action was not a response to the current budget cut backs.
Provost Workman stated this policy acknowledged the Board's ultimate authority over continuing and eliminating all programs within the university. He noted that it was unlikely the Board would make any determination on program elimination on its own, although that was a part of the Board's authority.
Provost Workman stated that all academic programs were regularly reviewed for alignment with the mission and there were occasions, although uncommon, where it was deemed appropriate to terminate or relocate a program.
President Delaney reported that the proposed policy on program termination reflected suggestions made by the Educational Policy Committee. He clarified that department chairs requested additional time to review the policy. After their review, the department chairs expressed concern about a request for termination, specifically that such a request emanate from somewhere other than that department. Department chairs rationalized that a department could not be required to develop a reasonable justification for its own elimination.
Chair Taylor stated that the revised language made clear the termination of programs. He assured faculty that the Board would give serious consideration to recommendations for program termination and that this action would not be taken lightly or without serious deliberation on all issues involved.
Chair Taylor asked for a MOTION to approve the policy on program termination. Trustee Robinson offered the MOTION and Trustee Gonzalez second. The MOTION was approved as presented.
President Delaney discussed the current status of the university's proposed purchase of MOCA and reviewed highlights of the transaction. He stated that, after the last discussion with the Educational Policy Committee, it was determined that one major piece of art had a reverter clause, which rendered it unsellable. President Delaney discussed the transaction, as related to the current economic situation, and clarified that Christies would be providing a valuation on the major works in the collection.
President Delaney stated that no official action was required at this time and no action would be taken until the Board formalized approval.
This item was for information only. No further action was required.
Chair Taylor asked Associate Counsel Wrenn to speak about this item.
Mr. Wrenn reported on the status of the university's lawsuit against Grainger Building Corporation, USF&G and RS&H, informing the trustees that the parties had completed two days of mediation without reaching a settlement, and that the parties had determined to continue the mediation.
This item was for information only and required no further action.
Chair Taylor asked Vice President Shuman to report on this item.
Vice President Shuman explained that this report was usually reviewed by the Finance and Audit Committee in March but was being brought before the Board because of a requirement by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools accreditation process. She reported that there were no management findings and the audit was clean.
Chair Taylor asked Trustee Twomey to speak about these reports.
Trustee Twomey asked Vice President Shuman to speak about the operational audit, treasurer's report, quarterly budget report and the capital projects report.
Vice President Shuman stated that this report was issued every two years. She noted that in this update, most items identified were discussed and implemented.
Vice President Shuman clarified that this report reflected data from October 2008. She reported that, although rates had varied, the university was doing well. She noted that (a) a provision was made to broaden short-term cash, and (2) more funds were invested than not. She explained that the high cash balances in the bank were a result of a loan that would be paid out at the end of the week.
This report was provided for information only. No further action was required.
Vice President Shuman reported on the E&G budget, noting that the university was on target for the year. She spoke about the auxiliary budget, listing issues with Continuing Education and the Fine Arts Center. She provided details on resolutions to these issues.
President Delany spoke about the state of the budget and presented several scenarios for accommodating additional cuts. He noted that it was possible to see about $3 million more than the preliminary budget with a worst case scenario of about $5 million. He discussed tuition mentioning that, based on the actual shortfall, tuition may stay flat or increase by 5 to 15 percent.
Trustees discussed student reaction to increased tuition and asked that the administration educate students about the potential increases.
Trustee Barnes clarified that the Florida Students Association was not against tuition increases up to 15 percent. But, the problem was that the increase was insurmountable when not covered by Florida Bright Futures and Florida Prepaid Tuition plans.
Vice President Shuman stated that the building program was going strong. She reported on the education building, stating that the completion date was set for mid-April. She noted that this project was under budget and earlier than anticipated.
Vice President Shuman reported that three projects were on schedule and on budget, (1) the student union, expected occupancy in May, (2) Osprey Fountains, expected occupancy in early August, and (3) the stadium renovations (completed July 2008).
Vice President Shuman spoke about several other projects, noting that the Brooks College of Health still had change orders; Founders Hall renovations would start the programming phase in early March; the Student Wellness and Sports Education Center's progress would depend on available funding; and funding for the science and humanities building was released.
Chair Taylor asked Trustee Hicks to speak about this report.
Trustee Hicks stated that Provost Workman would provide an update on the university's quality enhancement proposal.
Provost Workman stated that the university had spent the last two years developing a compliance report for SACS reaccreditation. He noted that this report was submitted to an off-site committee in early September. This committee provided their reactions to this report. Provost Workman clarified that the university had submitted evidence in a focus report that addressed these reactions. He conveyed that this focus report was being reviewed by an on-site committee, which would be on campus February 10-12. Provost Workman reported that the on-site committee would review the Quality Enhancement Plan and also, this visit would allow the university to speak directly to SACS.
Provost Workman concluded by noting that all that could be done to demonstrate compliance had been done and the university was hopeful that the efforts would prove successful. He clarified that the university would be apprised of the committee's views upon departure. The final reaccreditation vote would not occur until December 2009.
The meeting was adjourned.
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SMP Design
From AlsaProject
The SMP / multithread design has several levels in the ALSA project codebase. The kernel drivers are fully SMP / thread safe. The alsa-lib was designed to allow grouping of commands for returned handle to optimize pthread locking. The snd_*_open() calls are thread safe. The use of returned handles must be serialized in the application using own locking scheme. Standalone (not handle related) functions in alsa-lib should be fully thread safe.
There are a few global variables that are used in alsa-lib, such as the global error handler pointer and the global root config pointer. Accessing / modifying these would be thread-unsafe.
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Texas could be socked by the fiscal cliff
AUSTIN — Texas programs serving students, the needy and the unemployed could lose hundreds of millions of dollars a year if federal officials step off the fiscal cliff, budget experts said Tuesday, and defense spending in the state could be cut by billions.
"Washington's failure to agree, at this point in time anyway, on a deficit reduction plan poses a number of threats to our Texas economy that we cannot wish away," said Rep. Linda Harper-Brown, R-Irving, who heads the House Interim Committee on Texas Response to Federal Sequestration.
The committee heard Tuesday from budget analysts, state agencies and universities about the programs that would be affected by the failure to reach a deficit-reduction package, triggering automatic spending cuts and the expiration of Bush-era tax breaks. Harper-Brown, citing tax increases and pointing to across-the-board reductions in spending as "putting thousands of Texas jobs at risk," she said, "It's not just the cut to state funds, it's the compounding of those cuts."
For most programs, the assumed reduction is 8.2 percent, though some programs have a lower cut, analysts said. The defense reduction is estimated at 9.4 percent, but the administration can exempt active-duty military.
Some programs are exempt, including Medicaid, Social Security and, to a large extent, Medicare.
The Legislative Budget Board estimated a reduction of $251.4 million in federal funds for 68 programs related to the state budget in the 2013 fiscal year, and $1 billion for the next two-year budget period.
Hardest-hit would be funding for education for disadvantaged children; special education basic state grants; the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) nutrition program; and the child care and development block grant administered by the Texas Workforce Commission and Department of Family and Protective Services. Among other items potentially affected, the Texas Workforce Commission could be forced to close some local workforce centers and reduce employment services.
Rep. Dawnna Dukes, D-Austin, voiced concern that so many of the program cuts "are impacting women and children in a negative way."
The Legislative Budget Board also noted that federal funds are affected outside the state budget. They include higher education research grants, locally administered programs, including Head Start and community development grants; and defense procurement and grants.
Sandra Woodley, vice chancellor for strategic initiatives for the University of Texas System, estimated that automatic cuts could cause the system-wide research to be reduced by $114 million or more annually.
Marcia Howard of the Federal Funds Information for States said Texas overall would likely see a $565 million reduction in funding compared to fiscal year 2012, including programs administered locally — a 7.3-percent reduction overall. The state still would see an overall increase in federal aid, largely due to Medicaid funding, she said.
Looking at defense-related spending including procurement, she said there could be about a $3 billion reduction in defense spending in Texas.
"That's a hit to your state economy," said Howard, who testified via Skype. She said she believed Texas is third hardest-hit in defense, after Virginia and California. Her group is a joint project of the National Governors Association and National Conference of State Legislatures.
Rep. Mike Villarreal, a San Antonio Democrat who is vice chairman of the committee, said he is particularly concerned about the effect of automatic cuts on people who are jobless. He said the sequestration "comes at the worst possible time," as the country is pulling out of recession.
Villarreal said, however, "No matter what actually comes out of this, I think the citizens of the United States and the state of Texas can expect a drop in federal spending on military and domestic programs, and a rise in tax rates — even if they reach a deal.
"Because in the end, the larger problem that we are trying to solve is a national debt that is growing every year into the future at our current levels of federal spending and at the rate we raise taxes."


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You wouldn't want to be a Roman gladiator: gory things you'd rather not know!
Scholastic, 2001 - Gladiators - 32 pages
Watch out ... as a barbarian fighting the Romans you are about to be captured, sold as a slave and trained to become a Roman gladiator.
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Wednesday 3rd April 2013
If you've been tuning in to the Breakfast Show on 1Xtra this week you'll already know that "Soundbwoy" the immense new single from UK dancehall star Stylo G is Twin B's 'Best of British' record of the week!
And this morning Stylo got up nice and early to join Twin in the 1Xtra studio for a chat. If you missed it you can listen back here.
If you didn't see it already, check out the "Soundbwoy" video here.
As well as being Twin B's 'Best of British', the single has been getting spins from the likes of Trevor Nelson, MistaJam, David Rodigan, CJ Beatz, Seani B and Robbo Ranx at 1Xtra. Radio 1 plays have come courtesy of Toddla T and Idris Elba (in the mix with Trevor Nelson) and over at Choice FM Daddy Ernie, Ras Kwame, Firin' Squad and Woody are all big fans.