text:
In the last week, some of the best science bloggers in the country have put together lists of their favorite pieces done in 2011. My fellow PLoS blogger, John Rennie, has put together an astonishingly good compilation in a post on The Gleaming Retort.
In fact the complication is so good – not only John's terrific work, but Jennifer Oullette, David Dobbs, Matthew Harper, Ed Yong, Ivan Oransky, Chris Mims…anyway, I spent so much time lost in reading their work that I suddenly realized that I had exactly one day (today) to pull together anything regarding my own brilliant efforts.
I'd like to start by reminding all that 2011 is the International Year of Chemistry.
Back in January, I suggested a New Year's Resolution: 'Let's resolve to give up the ridiculous, the misleading, the this-is-simply-not-possible-so-just-let-it-go phrase "chemical-free".'
Somehow, this idea has failed to catch fire (except among a few like-minded chemistry crusaders). As I discovered during 2011, even Science magazine occasionally allows the chemical-free idea to seep into its news reporting. As does The New York Times, which as I noted in this piece caused me to smack myself in the face with the newspaper. That definitely showed them.
I have at least convinced my family that it's ridiculous to call something chemical-free when everything on the entire planet, including ourselves, is created by chemicals. Of course, I may also have persuaded them that I'm a crank.
Recently, I was at a health food bakery with my younger son and, sure enough, painted on the window along with statements about sprouted wheat and unbleached flour was the phrase "chemical-free" products. I reached in my purse to whip out my phone and document the outrage.
"No, mom, no," my son begged. "Can't we just go in and buy the bread? Quietly?"
This is the same son who's been studying the periodic table with me. I believe I called that post "Periodic Craziness." I wrote it for every parent struggling to share academic enthusiasm but I also wrote it as a tribute to basic gorgeousness of the Period Table.
I've been a chemistry blogger for almost two years now. And as we live in a chemical word, that opens up a dizzyingly unlimited scope. So I've tended to focus on "chemistry and culture", the way we navigate, alter, appreciate, and sometimes fear the intricately spun chemical web in which we live. Or sometimes just tried to illuminate the chemistry in news events. Probably the most high-profile post I wrote this year was done in response to the pepper-spraying of student protests at UC-Davis. Called About Pepper Spray, it became a guest blog for Scientific American and was eventually picked up so many places that I ended up talking about it on the Rachel Maddow Show.
One of my personal blog favorites evolved unexpectedly from my book, The Poisoner's Handbook. I'd told the story of a series of arsenic killings in 1922; the murderer was never caught. But the nephew of one of the victims wrote to me, saying that his aunt's death had long been a family mystery and he was surprised and glad to find her in the book. With his permission, I told a longer story about Lillian Goetz, called A Lost Girl, Remembered. The poison, by the way, was arsenic. And in another favorite post, I wrote about the use of arsenic in a fictional murder story, Dorothy L. Sayer's book, Strong Poison. That post, Instructions for A Deadly Dinner, was done a collaborative look at the science of murder mysteries, along with Ann Finkbeiner and Jennifer Ouellette.
We're hoping to do it again in the year 2012. Yes, another year of chemistry blogging, of poisons and politics and – yes, I resolve again to continue anyway on my chemical-free crusade. And if that becomes too frustrating, well there's always the chemistry of cookies. That never fails to improve a year.


text:
- SSH or telnet to the machine and use the commandLine LogViewer or the API
- zip up the log repository (logs directory, usually <profileHome>/logs/<serverName>, and send it to the machine where you want to do the analysis
- Use the Admin Console LogViewer
- Use the API to access remote content.
The first 3 are pretty self-explanatory (if not, let me know), so we're going to focus on on #4. HPEL employs JMX to communicate to remote machines. If you've used a JMX before, please don't quit yet. We have layered around it with some helper classes which makes it almost painless (OK, yes you need the thinClient jar, and if there is security in the cell or server ... you do need to deal with that in your env vars et al ... but bear with us here). What you'll notice is that accessing logs from a remote server is the same as accessing logs from a local server. In our example here, we're only going for information from the current serverInstance, but you could get data from any or all server instances with one query. In that you are sending data potentially through many hops, you will want to use some of the filtering we'll see soon on this blog. The hops come in when you connect your machine to the DMgr which connects through a NodeAgent to a server .. your data has to go from the server to the nodeAgent, to the DMgr, and back to you. That's a fair amount of serialize/deSerialize and transport. Thus, while you can bring back as much data as you'd like, doing some smart filtering is a good idea.
So we have annotated a sample that gets all Info, Warning, and Severe messages from a remote server. It does use a helper class which protects you from doing any JMX yourself, and that helper (and more) were referenced in the last blog entry (and if you can somehow find my file uploads, it is there too). So let's look at our sample code first.
public class RemoteReaderSample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Create simple reader object with the WebSphere topology and network topology info
if (args.length < 6) {
1 System.out.println("Usage is: java RemoteReaderSample <cellName> <nodeName> <serverName> <hostName> <hostPort> <connectionType> [<serverContext>]");
System.out.println(" ie: java RemoteReaderSample mycell mynode server1 localhost 8880 soap mycell/mynode/myserver");
System.exit(-1) ;
2 String serverContext = (args.length > 6) ? args[6] : null ;
System.out.println("Using: Cell: "+args[0]+" node: "+args[1]+" server: "+args[2]+" host: "+args[3]+
" port: "+args[4]+" connType: "+args[5]+" serverContext: "+serverContext) ;
RemoteReaderHelper simpleRemoteReader = null ;
try {
3 simpleRemoteReader = new RemoteReaderHelper(args[0], args[1], args[2],
args[3], args[4], args[5], serverContext) ;
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Exception in constructing RemoteReaderHelper: "+e);
e.printStackTrace() ;
System.exit(0) ;
// Use remote reader and get list of all Warning and Errors from the current server instance of
// the remote server. Can go across server instances, and numerous filtering options are available.
// For remote API, it is important to filter in this call where possible to reduce the # of rows from
// the remote log that come back.
ServerInstanceLogRecordList silrl = null ;
try {
4 silrl = simpleRemoteReader.getLogListForServerInstance((Date)null, Level.INFO,
} catch (LogRepositoryException e) {
System.out.println("Data retrieval resulted in an exception: "+e);
System.exit(-99) ;
try {
5 for (RepositoryLogRecord logRec : silrl) {
} catch (LogRepositoryRuntimeException lrre) {
6 System.out.println("Runtime Exception caught retrieving log repository data: "+lrre);
So to discuss these points by the numbers:
- You need to pass in all the parms needed to contact a JMX server and give it addressability to the server you're interested in. So the cell, node, and server tell us what server you want to talk to, and the host, port, and connection type connect you to a JMX server in the cell.
- So what's with that serverContext? Well, what if the server whose logs you want to view is down? You cannot get to an MBean if the server is down. This allows you to hook in to the nodeAgent instead of the server, but tell the MBean in the NodeAgent not to get his logs, but instead to get the logs from the server you specify in the server context.
- You pass all the startup parms to the RemoteReaderHelper so that he can do all the JMX plumbing we all hate to do
- This single line does all the real HPEL work for you, so let's look at it.
- Note that the helper class takes the same APIs as the local sample since it is a subClass of the API itself, so what works with the local API works with the remote
- The first parameter here needs to be a Date that will identify which serverInstance you are interested in. By leaving the Date null, the assumption is that you want the latest serverInstance
- The next parms are one signature for this method that allows you to specify message severity. We'll later look at using a LogQueryBean which enables serious filtering
- That query (since it was only one serverInstance) allows you to iterate through the log records that met your criteria with this simple for statement
- Note that we kept it brief by just doing getFormattedMessage(). Every piece of information from the logRecord is retrievable as we'll see later.
Note: If you look at public files from me, you will find the library of samples which includes the helper classes.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
This year, holiday spending is up - big time. According to comScore, holiday season retail ecommerce spending for the first 48 days of shopping is up 15% from last year. The most recent week that they have stats for (ending December 18th), had four individual days surpassing $1 billion in sales. That's a LOT of presents! So what does that mean for Shopify store owners? Well, hopefully you're selling more - and according to our records, you most certainly are.
Our friends at Sum(All) put together this info-graphic that shows a couple interesting tid-bits about holiday sales. I thought I'd share with you:
Join 446,005 entrepreneurs who already have a head start.
Get free online marketing tips and resources delivered directly to your inbox.
Thanks for subscribing
You'll start receiving free tips and resources soon. In the meantime, start building your store with a free 14-day trial of Shopify.
1 comments
April 09 2013, 07:32AM
Today i came across this amazing new website named nupinch.com…i really think you guys should check it out..
Link: http://bit.ly/XczfI3


text:
Blog of Dr. Miland Brown that features different aspects of world history. Not everything can be covered but sites dealing with any historical issue or topic are possible future posts. Also includes sites which discuss teaching history. Dr. Brown is an academic in North America.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Vatican Publishes Knights Templar Papers
It looks like the Knights Templar were innocent. The Associated Press has a story titled Vatican Publishes Knights Templar Papers by Frances D'Emelio. The article notes, "Ignored for centuries, documents about the heresy trial of the ancient Christian order discovered in the Vatican's secret archives are being published in a limited edition — with an $8,377 price tag. They include a 14th-century parchment showing that Pope Clement V initially absolved the Templar leaders of heresy, though he did find them guilty of immorality and planned to reform the order, according to the Vatican archives Web site. But pressured by King Philip IV of France, Clement later reversed his decision and suppressed the order in 1312."
The Vatican is going to release the vindicating documents as a leather bound book. "Only 799 copies of the 300-page volume, Processus Contra Templarios — Latin for "Trial against the Templars" — are for sale, said Scrinium publishing house, which prints documents from the Vatican's secret archives. Each will cost $8,377, the publisher said Friday."
Good luck getting a copy. If you can, think of the fortune you will be sitting on. Libraries and conspiracy theorists will be seeking copies for generations to come. I think the 8k price can easily be translated into a huge profit in just a few years.
2 comments:
As a Freemason and a member of the Knights Templar, I find this very interesting. It is not as if we didn't know it anyway, but an acknowledgment is good to hear.
THE Knight templars were BeNEDICTINE Monks live by the ST BENEDICT RULE. Only the Benedictine Oblate (Ancheroties)can call themself as Knight Templar. Knight Templars are Roman catholic order not Ecuminical as Vatican 11. so no one can claim to be a Knight Templar if he is not a Benedictine . so people calling them self as Knight Templar as Ecuminical. I dint Know from when Vatican One beacame ecuminical?


text: DERBY – Ronney Lyster, owner of Northpoint Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram and the Auto Saver Group, kicked off the 2013 Hungerfest Friday by donating $10,000 to Northeast Kingdom Community Action (NEKCA).Proceeds will benefit NEKCA's Hungerfest, a food drive for the local food shelf. Other businesses such as Fred's Plumbing and Heating donated to NEKCA as well. NEKCA is planning a variety show at the Haskell Opera House Saturday, Oct. 19 to raise money. As of Friday, committee members had lined up Mark Shelton, Tony O'Connor, Tod Pronto, Deveney Choquette, and Wayne Warner.For this and Carrie Steele's story about hunger in Orleans County, read Monday's edition of The Newport Daily Express for Sept. 23, 2013.


text:
Monday, 20 January 2014
Flo's Garden Quilt
23 comments:
This is such a pretty quilt. All ready for Spring! I really need to have a go at Touchdraw.ReplyDelete
Very pretty design and beautiful fabrics. I love the quilting too.ReplyDelete
Love the look and the pattern.ReplyDelete
Your quilt looks awesome!! I'd love to learn how to create a quilt like you did!!ReplyDelete
That's a great quilt - perfect for little girls!ReplyDelete
That would be a great quilt to make with a charm pack! :) happy Monday morning!ReplyDelete
I've been loving this quilt on Instagram and it's great to see it in bigger pictures here. I love this design, it's fabulous, but I can see how you'd have to have great accuracy to make it work.ReplyDelete
I love this quilt and think the triple layer of sashing is a really clever idea (and you're right about how important it is for all the sections to be aligned)! I'm glad you mentioned the size of the quilted grid: I'm quilting a grid on one of my quilts and can't decide what size to go for. I was going to go for 1.5" but now I'm going to quilt at 3" and see what I think - thank you, you've probably saved me days of unnecessary quilting/walrus wrestling (http://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/ive-been-wrestling-walrus.html)!!ReplyDelete
Very, very beautiful! Great fabrics and the pattern is so much fun!ReplyDelete
Wow - Aunt Flo's garden never looked this good on Bod!ReplyDelete
Love this design and the quilting. It's very effective! Thanks for the reminder about Touchdraw...I must get that app!ReplyDelete
Fanatstic design to show off the fabric :)ReplyDeleteReplies
*Fantastic* ... pardon my typo.Delete
Wow, the fabrics are wonderful! Great design for the quilt, has a wonderful eleganceReplyDelete
Simply stunning.ReplyDelete
Just lovely! And I need me some of that apple print! : PReplyDelete
Great quilts and I love the fabrics xxReplyDelete
What great patterns to show off the fabrics!ReplyDelete
Are you and Makower releasing a pattern for this? It's wonderful!ReplyDelete
Dang girl, you are creaking out these quilts faster than I can blink.ReplyDelete
Looks lovely!ReplyDelete
Very pretty!ReplyDelete
Which Touch Draw app do you have? I've looked and can't figure which one you may have used. Seems like it would be a great way to sketch out quilt design ideas, for those of us on Macs, who can't use EQ.ReplyDelete


text:
Insure A Startup necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 79 diseños de 26 diseñadores freelance.
I have justed started a company which provide insurances to businesses / companies. This is my first venture and want to make an impact when my clients sees the site, URL and logo. The company potray an image of Trust, Honesty and safeguarding the client's interest.
Companies, businesses small and large. Majority of the client who will be visiting our site will be companies, startups and businesses. Clients can be from any industry, but majority will be high tech clients.
We have a domain http://www.insureacompany.com. This needs to be presented in a way that the client in an instant catch the URL
www. Insure A Company.com
Insure A Company.com
This is a URL and can be with or without (www).
This will be put on our site, in email signature, business cards and print media ads, so it must meet all the media requirements.
I am open to any ideas which looks good to eyes, but make sure that this is for corporate clients, so no funky or jazzy stuff. It should be clean, crisp and strong. You can use various colors, fonts and anything else which can make it stand out.
I would appreciate if you can do this with and without a small picture or icon to represent a company.
So it's not as tough as logo and just spin on the URL.
Please keep the Aim in mind.
AIM: the URL can easily be understood that it means Insure A Company.com
Looking forward to some creative work.
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.


text:
Nipsey Hu$$le (Feat. June Summers) - My Language
Video for Nipsey Hu$$le "My Language" featuring June Summers off of the new mixtape, Bullets Ain't Got No Names Volume 3 coming soon!
Please click the "Report" button below if the video on this page is not working properly.
Comments will only be displayed by verified emails. No Spamming or Racism.


text:
January 30, 2006
Garlic Chive Dumplings
Garlic Chive Dumplings
6 oz garlic chives, finely diced
4 oz mung bean noodles, soaked and cut into 1/2-inch strands
1 cup re-hydrated black mushrooms, chopped
2 tablespoons dark soy sauce
3 tablespoons sesame oil
1 inch knob ginger, minced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 egg
dumpling wrappers
In a large bowl, mix all ingredients together. Place a small teaspoon of filling in the middle of the wrapper Fold the wrapper in half to form a half moon shape, pinching the wrapper tightly together. Make sure no filling is peaking out or they will break while cooking. In a large pot, bring 10 cups of water to boil. Add dumplings. Stir and make sure that the dumplings do not stick together or stick to the bottom. You might need to do this in batches. Remove form heat and serve. Excellent with my favorite dipping sauce.
Makes 35-45 dumplings.
My thoughts:
This was my first experience with making dumplings and they came out great! I loved the little noodles in the mixture and they had a great flavor. I was able to find garlic chives at the Chinese market but regular chives would be good too.
4 comments:
Thank you for visiting Coconut & Lime! I read and appreciate each one of your comments.
If you have a specific question or want to discuss something unrelated to this post please e-mail me directly.
All recipes, photographs and text are for private, nonprofit use only and may not be reproduced without permission.
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
The choice of profession is a future project. It is important to know what you want and have courage to look for it. Man's capacity is limited. Doing something effectively requires focusing on something concrete until acquire operative habits. We are not generally effective. We have efficiency into a particular field. Profession requires specialization: it is necessary to be expert in something to be efficient and successful.
There are a lot of professions, but we must choose only one. The right choice that is made in its initiation (profession and workplace) is critical to the performance of professional life. It is understood not only from an economic viewpoint but also from the satisfaction or personal development. The social development degree of the individual also influences in the choice of work. In a society that needs increasing levels of knowledge and cultural preparation, if the family does not prevent that need, it will limit the opportunities of its components.
Every profession has proper characteristics that we need to know to check their adaptation with personal skills. If we execute activities within the field of own qualities, it will be most likely to succeed professionally. Individual choice of a job is determined by many factors: education, vocational training, personal dedication, consistency in effort, demand for generic activities or specific jobs within each period of life and the condition to mobility of work, not only companies but also for the city.
The success in work is connected with character and individual abilities: adaptation between skills and tasks. If we have abilities for work, the performance, in proportion to the effort, will be greater than if we had not those skills. Personal interest in the daily work also plays an important role, because if interest does not exist, even having skills to do it, nothing will be started. Sometimes the interest and enthusiasm are more important than the skills for professional performance.
Agustín PÉREZ CERRADA


text:
The following The Return Of Superman Episode 41 Eng Sub has been released. Kshow123 will always be the first to have the episode so please Bookmark us for update.
Watch other episodes of The Return Of Superman Series at Kshow123.
Watch other episodes of The Return Of Superman Series at Kshow123.
You May Also LikeSee more
Baek Jong-won's Food Truck Episode 6
one year ago
Every Question Episode 4181
6 months ago
Senior Talk Show Golden Pond Episode 179
7 months ago
Immortal Songs Season 2 Episode 253
3 years ago
After School Club Episode 295
one year ago
One Night Sleepover Trip Episode 14
8 months ago
2018 SBS Entertainment Awards Episode 2
2 months ago
Folly Husband Episode 5
3 months ago
Vitamin Episode 645
2 years ago
Senior Talk Show Golden Pond Episode 70
3 years ago
Little House In The Forest Episode 8
9 months ago
Comedy Big League 5 Episode 282
4 months ago
WGM Ant Couple Episode 14
3 years ago
1 VS 100 Episode 482
2 years ago
War Of Words Episode 254
one year ago
Morning Forum Episode 8167
7 months ago


text:
OHTN necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 122 diseños de 30 diseñadores freelance.
Ontario Women's Study
The Ontario Women's Study (OWS) originated in the community among a number of community organizations that recognized the lack of understanding of the vulnerabilities to HIV experienced by women from diverse groups.
The Ontario Women's Study (OWS) is an important, province-wide research initiative that will listen to the voices of women from diverse communities in Ontario, Canada to:
- document women's understandings of HIV acquisition and the social, structural, racialised, gender-based and economic factors that influence women's individual HIV-related risk behaviours;
- determine best practices for reducing HIV among different populations of women living in Ontario; and
- transfer this knowledge to decision makers at all levels of government to drive enhanced HIV prevention policies and programming for women in Ontario and Canada.
The OWS was funded by a provincial research body, the Ontario HIV Treatment Network and the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and the study is being managed by a large team including representatives from the University of Ottawa, the University of Toronto, Women's College Research Institute, Women's Health in Women's Hands Community Health Centre, the 519 Community Centre, Asian Community AIDS Services, among many others.
In terms of both the conduct and findings of this community-based study, the target audience is broad: women in Ontario, community and health organizations that work with women, university- and community-based researchers and policy-makers. Our study will hear from women from all over Ontario: young women, street involved women, Aboriginal women, women in the sex trade, women living with HIV, women from Africa and the Caribbean and women who inject drugs to name a few.
1. We require a bright, professional yet funky logo for our study that emphasizes HIV, women, health, community and diversity. We DO NOT want a logo that looks like it is for biomedical research or for a pharmaceutical company. This is a community-based research project and the logo needs to speak to the community.
2. The study is known as either:
- Ontario Women's Study
3. The logo should focus on the concepts of: women, health, HIV, diversity, research and community. An image that can encompass some of these themes would be ideal.
4. We would like vibrant colours for the logo. But, please do not use the pink, orange or yellow.
5. See the contests posted by the OHTN this year for ideas.
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.


text:
Scripture References—Acts 25:13, 23; 26:30
Name Meaning—Bernice (Greek—Bernicke), or Berenice, is a Macedonian corruption of Pherenice, and means, "victorious," or "carrying off victory." Wilkinson informs us that the name occurs in previous history, being given "to the wife of Ptolemy, one of Alexander's generals, who became King of Egypt, and founder of an illustrious dynasty." Another compound with nike, implying "victory," is found in Eunice (Greek—Eunicke) the name of Timothy's mother. "... The word is expressive of a good or happy victory, and in its origin doubtless commemorated some such event. It is noticeable that nike was a favorite termination of females in the Macedonian age, as for example, Thessalonice, the daughter of Philip, King of Macedon, and Stratonice, the name of the wife of Antigonus, one of Alexander's generals and successors."
Family Connections—Bernice was the eldest daughter of Herod Agrippa I who ruled, a.d. 38-45, and is described as the one "who vexed the church" (Acts 12:1). Josephus says that she was first married to Marcus. After a while she married her Uncle Herod, king of Chalcis. When he died, she was suspected of evil relations with her own brother Agrippa, with whom she always appeared as his consort. In company with Agrippa, Bernice visited Festus when he became procurator of Judea. Leaving Agrippa, she married Polemon, or Ptolemy, king of Cilicia who for her sake embraced Judaism by the rite of circumcision. She soon left Ptolemy, however, for a future period of intimacy with her brother. Subsequently she became the mistress of Vespasian, then of Titus, son of Vespasian, but when Titus became emperor, he cast her aside.
"If heredity stands for anything, its lessons are forcibly taught in the history of the Herodian family." For instance, Bernice and her sister Drusilla (Acts 24:24, see Drusilla), were two of the most corrupt and shameless women of their time in Roman history. As Bernice, a wicked woman who lived an incestuous life, listened to Paul's impassioned appeal as he repeated what God had done for his soul, one wonders what impression it made upon her evil heart. As her brother listened, he said to Paul, "Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian." What a different record would have been written if Agrippa and Bernice had repented of their sordid sin, and yielded their lives to Him whose blood can make the foulest clean!
Devotional content drawn from All the Women of the Bible by Herbert Lockyer. Used with permission.


text:
If you thought Santa was only a spokesman for harmless stuff like Coca Cola (he said with barely a hint of sarcasm) you may be shocked to discover that The Jolly Ol' Elf used to shill for Big Tobacco.The best Smokin' Santa I've come across I already ran in a post last Christmas but the cute little fellow above sure makes Camels look pretty appealing. However, if any kids are reading this, I assure you that the guy just below is not Santa - he's obviously a sales rep from Pall Mall in a fake beard and rented Santa suit. Don't be fooled kids - smoking is bad for you! Finally there's this stogie-chompin' Santa by illustrator Enoch Bolles, contributed once again by Bolles' biggest fan, Jack Raglin. Jack was pleased by the great reaction his story and scans received yesterday and, to that end, he has set up a Flickr account, named appropriately bollesbiggestfan, where you'll be able to see a few more Christmas-themed illustrations by Enoch Bolles. Many thanks, Jack!
*All of today's scans have been added to my Smoking! Flickr set.


text:
Follow RFF News on your cell phone. Text follow rff to 40404 you will receive txt messages with RFF News
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
Quote from: gingerman28 on October 20, 2007, 09:25:19 AMQuote from: puddin on October 19, 2007, 03:25:24 PMJanuary for us Capricorns would be the best B-Day present IMO peach Is it true that Capricorns attract eachother I knew there was a reason we did I should have known Gman!! Whens your B-Day? I'm the Jan 18th, peach is the 8th.
Quote from: puddin on October 19, 2007, 03:25:24 PMJanuary for us Capricorns would be the best B-Day present IMO peach Is it true that Capricorns attract eachother I knew there was a reason we did
January for us Capricorns would be the best B-Day present IMO peach
Viva Laughlin has crapped out. After scoring a miniscule 1.2 rating inviewers 18 to 49 in its time period premiere on Sunday, CBS is getting readyto pull the plug on its musical drama after only two episodes. Anannouncement is expected as soon as Monday afternoon. The Amazing Race is the most likely candidate to take over the 8 p.m. slot on the night. While CBS has new episodes of Jericho ready to go, the network is leaning toward launching it later this season rather then use it as Laughlin replacement. With a writers strike possible, the network wants fresh scripted shows at the ready. CBS will also want a few weeks to promote Jericho before its premiere. Reporting by Stephen Battaglio
If you're like Tim Goodman and believe that the first real cancellation of the season doesn't happen until a scripted show takes a fall, then today is a very special day for you dead pool watchers. We already had our first non-cancellation cancellation with Fox's "Nashville" (which was supposed to return in mid-October and then... didn't), and our first official cancellation with the CW's "Online Nation." But according to a high-placed source at CBS, today brings our first scripted bloodshed of '07-'08, and it's... drumroll..."Viva Laughlin."It's not a huge shock. The sneak preview on Thursday lost nearly 60 percent of its "CSI" lead-in audience, and Sunday's timeslot premiere lost about a quarter of the people who watched on Thursday. (And that's on average; the last half-hour of "Viva Laughlin" to ever air was down more than 40 percent from Thursday's first half-hour.) Any way you slice it, it was a ratings fiasco.Official announcement's coming later today, and the cancellation is effective immediately. A "CSI" repeat will plug the gap this Sunday, and "Amazing Race" will be back Sundays at 8 (or whenever the late football game ends on double-header weeks) starting Nov. 4.
Well since we have been doing birthdays. Mine is October 31, so I am counting this as a HUGE present.
Page created in 0.068 seconds with 32 queries.


text:
World Showcase
Kids, Tweens
Thwart the diabolical Dr. Doofenshmirtz during a sleuth-worthy scavenger hunt around the World Showcase!
Test your secret agent skills while cracking clues to defeat Agent P's arch-nemesis—before it's too late!
The Briefing
Your mission, should you choose to accept, begins with signing up online at agentpwsa.com while you're at Epcot. Then, you'll use your smartphone to connect with the powers that be at OWCA, aka, "The Agency."
Major Monagram and his intern Carl will send agents a series of clues (via text) that must be solved before Dr. Doofenshmirtz wreaks havoc with his dastardly deeds. Up to 9 Guests can join forces and share an interactive device, so be sure to enlist only the bravest, smartest and most fearless friends and family!
Clues will lead you through one of the following destinations:
Each pavilion hosts a different spy-centric adventure that lasts 30 to 45 minutes, so try them all. After successfully maneuvering through the mission, agents will experience a very special "thank you" for helping save the world and giving Doof the boot!
Please note: The progression of your adventure is saved for one day only. If you do not finish your mission by park closure, you will need to restart your adventure upon your return.
Agent P is the alter ego of Perry the Platypus, Phineas & Ferb's faithful pet in Disney Channel's hit animated series.
Incognito in his clever disguise, Perry lives a double life as an agent for the OWCA—a government organization of animal spies—unbeknownst to his family. From a secret lair under the house, Perry receives missions from Major Monagram, which usually include foiling the nefarious plots of his arch-nemesis, Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz.
Download the Play Disney Parks mobile app for an even easier way to access and enjoy Agent P's World Showcase Adventure—along with many other fun and interactive park experiences!


text:
Department of Economics Home Page
David C. Rose, Professor and Chairperson
Ph.D., University of Virginia
Sel Dibooglu, Professor
Ph.D., Iowa State University
Susan K. Feigenbaum, Professor
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Robert L. Sorensen, Founders Professor
Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Anne E. Winkler, Professor, Economics and Public Policy Administration
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Clinton A. Greene, Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of California-Davis
Lea-Rachel Kosnik, Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Donald J. Kridel, Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies
Ph.D., University of Arizona
Shirley L. Porterfield, Associate Professor, Economics and Social Work
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
William H. Rogers, Associate Professor
Ph.D., Colorado State University
Thomas R. Ireland, Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., University of Virginia
Sharon G. Levin, Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., University of Michigan
William E. Mitchell, Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Duke University
Donald Phares, Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Syracuse University
Herbert D. Werner, Associate Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley
Grant C. Black, Teaching Professor; Director for the Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Education
Ph.D., Georgia State University
Donald C. Sweeney II, Teaching Professor, Economics and College of Business; Associate Director, Center for Transportation Studies
Ph.D., Washington University
Michael T. Allison, Associate Teaching Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies
A.B.D., University of Virginia
Brian Speicher, Senior Lecturer
A.B.D., Washington University
Kathleen Phares, Senior Lecturer Emeritus
M.A., University of Missouri-St. Louis
General Information
Degrees and Areas of Concentration
The economics department offers several degree programs. The B.A. in economics provides a flexible liberal arts orientation for students. The B.S. in economics places more emphasis upon developing the analytical and quantitative skills used in analysis. Both degrees can be tailored to meet the career interests of the student.
The economics faculty considers research an integral part of good teaching. Research projects in recent years have dealt with energy, public choice, industrial organization, property rights, wage discrimination, urban economic development, health economics, economics of science, economics of gender, poverty and welfare, economics of culture, and government regulations.
The economics department also offers courses at the undergraduate level in geography.
A graduate program offers work leading to the M.A. degree in economics in preparation for careers in teaching, research, government, and industry. The program includes course work in microeconomic theory, macroeconomic theory, and econometrics, as well as elective courses in international trade, international finance, monetary theory, industrial organization, public finance, labor, urban, and natural resource economics. The program can accommodate prospective full-time students as well as those who wish to study part-time. Classes are small, and student-faculty interaction is encouraged.
Departmental Honors
A student may earn departmental honors with a GPA of 3.6 in economics and the recommendation of the department.
Minor in Economics
A minor in economics is also available. See the following section for requirements.
Undergraduate Studies
Students completing the B.A. and B.S. in Economics are expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes:
- Use economic reasoning to interpret and evaluate social, political and economic arguments, and policies.
- Use mathematical methods to interpret and analyze economic models to assess their logical validity and to model economic phenomena.
- Use statistical methods to interpret and analyze economic data and to assess the empirical validity of economic propositions.
- Employ their understanding of key market institutions such as property rights and contracts and economic organizations such as the Federal Reserve System and the International Monetary Fund to analyze economic behavior and evaluate public policy.
- Identify the causes and consequences of poverty and prosperity across and within societies.
- Predict changes in key macroeconomic variables in response to changes in social, political, and economic policy as well as non-economic events such as terrorist attacks, natural disasters, and changes in consumer confidence.
- Write a research paper that employs sound economic reasoning and, where appropriate, uses data and statistical methods to analyze an economic policy.
General Education Requirements
All undergraduate economics majors must meet the university and college general education requirements. Candidates for the B.A. degree may take any foreign language to meet this requirement. Candidates for the B.S. degree take mathematics and quantitative courses instead of the foreign language requirement. Courses in economics may be used to meet the university social sciences requirement.
Education majors specializing in economics must fulfill the requirements for the B.A. degree. These majors are responsible for obtaining an adviser in the Department of Economics.
All prerequisites for economics courses must be completed with a C- or better.
Satisfactory/unsatisfactory Option
Courses outside the major field and ECON 1001, Principles of Microeconomics, and ECON 1002, Principles of Macroeconomics, may be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis.
Degree Requirements
Bachelor of Arts in Economics
Candidates for the B.A. degree must take at least 33, but no more than 45, hours in economics. At least 27 hours must be above the 2000 level. All required courses for the major must be completed with a grade of C- or better. The following courses are required:
ECON 1001, Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 1002, Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 3001, Intermediate Economic Theory: Microeconomics
ECON 3002, Intermediate Economic Theory: Macroeconomics
ECON 3100, Economic Statistics
ECON 3200, Money, Banking, and Monetary Theory
ECON 3800, History of Economic Thought; or ECON 2800, History of American Economic Development
Bachelor of Science in Economics
Candidates for the B.S. degree must complete at least 36, but no more than 50, hours in economics. At least 30 hours must be at or above the 2000 level. All required courses for the major must be completed with a grade of C- or better. The following courses are required:
ECON 1001, Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 1002, Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 3001, Intermediate Economic Theory: Microeconomics
ECON 3002, Intermediate Economic Theory: Macroeconomics
ECON 3100, Economic Statistics
ECON 3200, Money, Banking, and Monetary Theory
ECON 4100, Introduction to Econometrics
MATH 1800, Analytic Geometry and Calculus I, or MATH 1100, Basic Calculus
Also required are two of the following:
ECON 4040, Analysis of Business Cycles
ECON 4030, Managerial Economics
ECON 4110, Applied Econometrics
ECON 4120, Time Series Econometrics for Economics and Finance
ECON 4130, Econometric and Time Series Forecasting
ECON 4150, Mathematical Economics
ECON 4160, Geospatial Economic Analysis or any mathematics course numbered 1900 or above (with consent of adviser)
Complementary Areas of Study
The department encourages all majors to develop breadth in related disciplines. Course work and minors are available in a number of areas such as business administration, computer science, statistics, and political science. Students should check with their advisers for recommendations concerning courses in these areas. The department suggests the following supplemental course work for students interested in pursuing doctoral-level graduate work in economics or careers in general business. It also encourages all students to obtain work experience by enrolling in the Internship in Applied Economics (ECON 4990).
Graduate School Preparation:
It is recommended that students considering doctoral-level graduate work in economics also take:
MATH 1900, Analytical Geometry and Calculus II
MATH 2000, Analytical Geometry and Calculus III
MATH 2020, Differential Equations
MATH 2450, Elementary Linear Algebra
MATH 4100, Advanced Calculus
MATH 4200, Mathematical Statistics I
General Business Preparation:
It is recommended that students interested in pursuing careers in business also take:
BUS AD 2400, Fundamentals of Financial Accounting
BUS AD 2410, Managerial Accounting
BUS AD 2900, Legal Environment of Business
BUS AD 3500, Financial Management
BUS AD 3700, Basic Marketing
Requirements for the Minor.
Candidates for a minor in economics must take a minimum of 15 hours in economics.
The following courses are required:
ECON 1001, Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 1002, Principles of Macroeconomics
For the remaining 9 hours, 3 hours must be at or above the 2000 level and 6 hours must be at or above the 3000 level. It is recommended that students take ECON 3001, Intermediate Economic Theory: Microeconomics and/or ECON 3002, Intermediate Economic Theory: Macroeconomics. ECON 3100, Economic Statistics, cannot be counted towards the economics minor if the student has also taken LOM 3300, MATH 1320, or the equivalent.
A GPA of 2.0 or better is required for courses presented for the minor. The satisfactory/ unsatisfactory (s/u) option may be applied to ECON 1001 and ECON 1002 only.
Graduate Studies
Students completing the M.A. in Economics are expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes:
- Interpret and analyze economic models and assess their validity.
- Use theoretical and empirical tools to design effective business and government policies.
- Use econometric methods to interpret and analyze economic data, to assess the empirical validity of economic propositions, evaluate business and government policies, and to forecast economic variables.
- Develop at least one topic area of expertise through familiarity with the relevant scholarly and professional literatures, policy issues, institutions, and current data trends.
- Develop at least one methodological area of expertise through the acquisition of the theoretical and empirical tools needed to understand scholarly and professional contributions to the literature to facilitate lifelong professional development and refinement of expertise.
- Write a professional quality research paper.
- Develop sufficient proficiency in the use of theoretical and empirical tools and in understanding of economic institutions to excel in a Ph.D. program.
B.S./M.A. Dual Degree Program in Economics
The B.S./M.A. (also known as the "2+3") program is an accelerated program that allows students to complete a B.S. and a M.A. in economics in five years. The program allows students to apply 12 of the M.A. credit hours towards the B.S., reducing the overall required hours for the two degrees from the standard 150 (120 for the B.S. plus 30 for the M.A.) to 138 hours.
The M.A. in Economics requires 30 credit hours; at least 21 hours must be completed in residence.
The following 3 courses (9 credit hours) are required:
ECON 5001, Microeconomics Analysis
ECON 5002, Macroeconomics Analysis
ECON 5100, Econometric Theory and Methods
In addition, 21 credit hours of electives must be completed. At most, six of these credit hours may be economics courses at the 4000 level (excluding Economics 4100 and ECON 4150 which cannot be utilized as part of the M.A. degree); all other electives must be at the 5000 level or higher.
Of the 30 hours taken in the M.A. program, 12 of these hours (per the approval of the Graduate Director) will also count toward the undergraduate B.S. requirements. All other requirements for the B.S. degree remain in effect.
Admission Requirements
Applicants must have completed between 60 and 108 credit hours. Applicants must have a minimum G.P.A. of 3.0 (both overall and in economics courses) and must be nominated by a full-time regular economics faculty member. Applicants must have completed all of the general education requirements as well as college algebra (or a higher level mathematics course), introductory microeconomics and introductory macroeconomics. Those accepted with fewer than 90 semester credit hours are accepted only on a provisional basis. Once the student has completed 90 semester hours of coursework (typically including ECON 3001, 3002, 3100, 3200, MATH 1800, and preferably ECON 4100) with a satisfactory G.P.A. (minimum G.P.A. of 3.0 overall and in economics courses) the provisional status is dropped.
It is recommended that applicants apply when they have completed 90 credit hours; further, it is recommended that applicants should complete intermediate microeconomics (ECON 3001) and/or introductory econometrics (ECON 4100) before applying.
Awarding of Degree
Both degrees (the B.S. and M.A.) will be awarded when all requirements for the entire program have been completed. In other words, the B.S. and M.A. degrees will be simultaneously awarded at the completion of study.
Students who officially withdraw from the B.S./M.A. Dual Degree Program in Economics and who have successfully completed all of the requirements for the B.S. degree will be awarded the B.S. degree.
Master of Arts in Economics
Admission Requirements
An undergraduate major in economics is not required for acceptance into the program. Application for admission may be submitted at any time, although class work formally begins in late August, mid-January, and mid-June. Candidates must meet the general admission requirements of the Graduate School, submit GRE scores (Advanced Economics optional), and submit two letters of recommendation from persons qualified to judge the candidate's potential for success in the program.
The admissions decision is based on the applicant's academic transcript, GRE scores, letters of recommendation, and a personal narrative on the application form.
Departmental Honors
A student may earn departmental honors with a GPA of 3.75 in all required courses for the M.A. degree and the recommendation of the department.
Degree Requirements
The M.A. in Economics requires 30 credit hours; at least 21 hours must be completed in residence.
Candidates need not have an undergraduate degree in economics. However, students are expected to have taken intermediate micro- and macro-economics, mathematical economics, and introductory econometrics prior to the beginning of the core curriculum. Students that do not have these courses will take these courses first; credits earned in these courses do not count towards the 30 hours required for the MA.
Required Core Courses
The following courses or their equivalents are required for the M.A. in Economics. Students with previous education in economics or business may waive some of these courses.
ECON 5001, Microeconomic Analysis
ECON 5002, Macroeconomic Analysis
ECON 5100, Econometric Theory and Methods
Candidates must complete at least 21 hours of electives. A maximum of 6 hours of economics electives may be taken at the 4000 level. With the approval of the graduate coordinator, students may take up to 9 hours of graduate courses outside the Department of Economics. In particular, students interested in business economics may take up to three approved graduate business courses for their electives.
Dual M.B.A./M.A. in Economics
For as few as 15 hours of additional course work in economics, a Master of Arts in Economics may be obtained along with your Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degree. Students apply for the M.A. during the last semester of M.B.A. studies; the usual on-line application is utilized. Full-time students may be able to complete the M.A. degree in as little as a year, while part-time students can be accommodated over a longer time period. The total number of additional courses will depend on which electives the student has taken in their M.B.A. program; students are advised to contact the Director of Graduate Studies in Economics regarding the choice of possible M.B.A. electives.
The following course of study is recommended for dual degree-seekers. It is assumed that students have already completed at least one course in calculus.
I) Core requirements – 9 hours
ECON 5001, Microeconomic Analysis
ECON 5002, Macroeconomic Analysis
ECON 5100, Econometric Theory and Methods
II) Electives – 21 hours
Twelve hours of graduate-level business electives (excluding BUS AD 5000, BUS AD 5001, and BUS AD 5002, INFSYS 6800 and LOG OM 5300) to be incorporated from your M.B.A. degree program. Six additional graduate hours in economics, three hours of which may be at the 4000 level.
Applicants need not have an undergraduate degree in economics. However, students are expected to have taken, either at the baccalaureate or M.B.A. level: Intermediate Microeconomics (ECON 3001 or BUS AD 5001), Intermediate Macroeconomics (ECON 3002 or BUS AD 5002), Mathematical Economics (ECON 4150), Money and Banking (ECON 3200), Statistical Analysis for Management Decisions (LOG OM 5300) and Introductory Econometrics (ECON 4100). Students that do not have these courses will take these courses first; credits earned in these courses do not count towards the hours required for the M.A.
Students must take at least 30 hours to complete the M.A. in Economics degree-core requirements (I) and electives (II) – and these courses must be completed within a period of six years.
Career Outlook in Economics
Nearly every decision that a person, business, or government makes falls under the purview of economic analysis. In economics course work, students learn to think analytically and apply their knowledge to a broad range of topics and problems. These skills are highly valuable in our ever changing economy, as well as in everyday life. For this reason, those with economics degrees are in high demand in a wide number of occupations, whether in business or government. In addition, economics majors are especially sought after by law schools, M.B.A. programs and, of course, graduate programs in economics. Job prospects for those with economics degrees at both the undergraduate and graduate levels are expected to remain strong over the next decade. For additional information on the undergraduate program, contact the Director of Undergraduate Studies at 516-5562 or 516-5306. Regarding the graduate program, contact the Director of Graduate Studies at 516-5553. Additional information is also available at the Department of Economics website.
Course Descriptions
Courses in this section are grouped as follows: Economics, Geography, and Home Economics.
Prerequisites may be waived by consent of the department.
ECON 1000 Introduction to the American Economy (3) [V, SS]
Introduction to economic analysis and problems through an examination of the development and operations of the American economy; study of its evolution, institutions, and principal problems. ECON 1000 does not substitute for ECON 1001 or ECON 1002. Students who have already completed ECON 1001 or ECON 1002 may not take ECON 1000 for credit.
ECON 1001 Principles of Microeconomics (3) [V, SS]
Prerequisite: MATH 1030. Introduction to the determinants of household demand, production and cost, and market prices. Applies the principles of individual decision-making behavior to understanding goods, services, and resource markets.
ECON 1002 Principles of Macroeconomics (3) [SS]
Prerequisite: ECON 1001. Introduction to the determination of levels of and changes in aggregate income, output, employment, and prices. Applies economic principles of choice to the formulation and achievement of public policies that affect national employment, income distribution, and economic growth.
ECON 1003 Microeconomics in the News: A Virtual Classroom (1)
Prerequisite: ECON 1000 or ECON 1001 or equivalent (may be taken concurrently). This course uses a virtual chatroom to host one hour of discussion weekly about current news events with microeconomic content. News articles will focus on business, public policy, and individual choices that can be understood within a microeconomics framework. Chatroom can be accessed from any location-on or off-campus-within Internet access.
ECON 1004 Macroeconomics in the News: A Virtual Classroom (1)
Prerequisite: ECON 1002 or equivalent (may be taken currently). This course uses a virtual chatroom to host one hour of discussion, weekly, about current news events with macroeconomic content. News articles will focus on macroeconomic phenomena – e.g., interest rates, the global economy, the Federal Reserve and public policy decisions – that can be understood within a macroeconomics framework. Chatroom can be accessed from any location – on or off – campus – with Internet access.
ECON 1005 Family Economics and Household Development (3)
Provides social service professionals that work with low income individuals and families with an understanding of the principles of personal financial management. Case studies are used to apply course content and to develop training strategies for clients to improve household financial management. The role of financial institutions and government policies as well as their impact on low income families is also examined. Resources to use with clients will be identified. Economics 1005 does not count toward a major or minor in Economics.
ECON 1500 Entertainment Economics: The Movie Industry (3) [SS]
Same as MEDIA ST 1500. This survey course examines the interrelationships between economics and the movie industry. It explores the impact of economic factors on the production, distribution and exhibition of movies, focusing on the rise and fall of the studio system, role of technological change in the evolution of cinematography and the movie marketplace, financing and market segmentation, globalization and changing industrial structure within which films are produced. To the extent that movies reflect and contribute to popular economic perspectives, this course also evaluates the soundness of the movie industry's depiction of a variety of economic doctrines. Classes will consist of lecture, discussion, and brief film screenings. This course does not count towards the hours required for an economics major.
ECON 2410 Work, Families, and Public Policy (3) [MI, SS]
Same as GS 2410. Prerequisite: ECON 1000 or ECON 1001. This course compares the economic behavior of women and men in both the labor market and the household. Topics include: the family as an economic (production) unit, gender differences in labor force participation, occupations and earnings; the effectiveness of human capital theory and labor market discrimination in explaining the male-female wage gap; remedies for reducing the wage gap; family structure and economic well-being; and alternative policies to alleviate poverty. Students who have completed ECON 3400 may not take ECON 2410 for credit.
ECON 2610 The Economics of Professional Sports (3) [V, SS]
Prerequisite: ECON 1000 or equivalent or consent of instructor. This course will survey the economic organization of professional sports team industries and the relationship of sports teams to their employees, fans, and governments. Economic issues relating to salaries and labor disputes, monopoly practices, cartels and pricing, team location decisions, and public subsidies for professional sports teams will be analyzed.
ECON 2650 Law and Economics (3)
Prerequisite: ECON 1001. Analysis of the economic role of property rights and contracts in the private for-profit and not-for-profit sectors of the economy. Considers economic incentives to form organizations as one alternative and to form contracts as another. Considers the economic efficiency of the common law and judicial systems in use in the United States.
ECON 2800 History of American Economic Development (3) [MI, SS]
Same as HIST 2800. Prerequisite: ECON 1000 or ECON 1001 or consent of instructor. Uses economic concepts to explain historical developments in American economy, beginning with hunter-gatherers who crossed the Bering land bridge around 12,000 B.C. Main topics include Native American economies, European exploration and conquest, colonial economies, indentured servitude, American Revolution, U.S. Constitution, westward expansion, transportation, Industrial Revolution, state banking and free banking, slavery, Civil War, post-bellum agriculture, rise of big business and antitrust, banking panics, Federal Reserve Act, First and Second World Wars, New Deal, and growth of government in postwar economy.
ECON 3001 Intermediate Economic Theory: Microeconomics (3)
Prerequisites: ECON 1001 and ECON 1002. Analysis of prices in terms of equilibrium of the business firm and consumer demand in markets of varying degrees of competition.
ECON 3002 Intermediate Economic Theory: Macroeconomics (3)
Prerequisites: ECON 1001, ECON 1002; ECON 3200 is recommended. Study of national income, expenditure, and the forces determining the level of economic activity. Special emphasis on the theory of income determination and its application to public policy.
ECON 3003 Game Theory and Strategic Decision Making (3)
Prerequisite: ECON 1001. When the best course of action depends on the decisions made by others, strategy becomes important. Game theory provides the tools for analyzing such strategic decision making. Strategic behavior is analyzed in the context of business, logistics, biology, war, government, politics, and everyday life. A wide variety of in-class experiments are used to illustrate key concepts.
ECON 3052 Microeconomics for the School Curriculum (1-3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing. Analysis of market forces, with emphasis on business firms, households, and productive-factor markets, price determination, and resource allocation. Special reference to topics included in elementary and secondary school social science curricula. ECON 3052 may not be used by economics majors to meet degree requirements.
ECON 3055 Economics Issues for the School Curriculum (3)
Prerequisites: Junior standing and consent of instructor. An analysis of selected economic issues appropriate to instruction in secondary and elementary schools. May be taken more than once for credit, provided the topic of the course is different each time. May not normally be used by economics majors to meet degree requirements. This course does not fulfill the undergraduate economics requirement for education majors.
ECON 3100 Economic Statistics (3)
Prerequisites: MATH 1030, ECON 1001, and ECON 1002. Introduction to economic data sources, data interpretation and statistical inference as used in economic analysis. Emphasizes the testing of economic hypotheses and the development and estimation of economic models. Introduces the use of statistical software used in economics.
ECON 3200 Money, Banking, and Monetary Theory (3)
Prerequisites: ECON 1001 and ECON 1002. Factors influencing bank reserves and the money supply. Ability of the Federal Reserve System and the Treasury to control these factors. Introduction to monetary theory; integration of monetary phenomena with national income theory. Analysis of current policy issues.
ECON 3300 International Economic Analysis (3)
Prerequisite: ECON 1001. Introduction to the theories of international trade and finance including determinants of trade, the effects of trade on overall economic performance, trade restrictions, balance of payments, exchange rates, international economic integration and international financial crises. Discussion of current institutions and economic developments in the global economy.
ECON 3320 Economic Development (3)
Prerequisites: ECON 1001 and ECON 1002. Survey of economic growth as applied to developed and underdeveloped countries. Analysis of development policies with emphasis on case studies. Case studies may include the United States, Western Europe, or Latin America.
ECON 3400 Labor Economics (3)
Prerequisite: ECON 1001. Examines the labor market in the economy. Considers the theories of labor supply, labor demand, and market determination of wages. Other topics include noncompetitive markets, internal labor markets, the theory of human capital, compensating wage differentials, labor market discrimination, unions and collective bargaining, unemployment, and poverty and the distribution of income.
ECON 3450 Labor in the Global Political Economy (3)
This course will examine current issues, trends, and developments which are shaping labor in today's global economy. Students will analyze the shifting balance of power between labor and capital, the role of government, and evaluate the strategic options for workers and unions operating in a global environment. ECON 3450 may not be used by economics majors to meet degree requirements.
ECON 3500 Public Finance (3)
Prerequisites: ECON 1002 and ECON 3001. Analysis of the role of government expenditures and taxation. Topics include: (1) analysis of public goods and externalities, models of collective choice, elements of benefit-cost analysis, the theory of bureaucracy, governments as agents in markets; and (2) analysis of the economic role of governments, subsidies and taxes in the federal system, criteria for tax evaluation, the nature of tax legislation, private decision making under different tax institutions, and government borrowing.
ECON 3600 Industrial Organization (3)
Prerequisite: ECON 1001. A theoretical and empirical analysis of the actions of firms under alternative forms of market organization. The role of economics of scale, product differentiation, mergers, and advertising in affecting industry structure, and the impact of the resulting industry structure on pricing, output, promotion, and technology decisions of firms.
ECON 3800 History of Economic Thought (3)
Prerequisites: ECON 1001 and ECON 1002. The evolution of economic thought from the ancients through post-Keynesian theory.
ECON 3900 Selected Topics in Economics (3)
Prerequisites: ECON 1001 and ECON 1002. Analysis of a selected economic topic. The topic selected will vary from semester to semester. This course may be taken for credit more than once as long as the topic discussed in each semester is different.
ECON 4030 Managerial Economics (3)
Prerequisites: ECON 3001 or equivalent; MATH 1800 or MATH 1100 recommended. Application of microeconomic theory to decision-making process in the business firm. Topics include pricing and profit strategy, cost analysis, decision making under uncertainty, technology, innovation, and productivity growth, and the structure and organization of firms. Problem-solving and case-study approach used.
ECON 4040 Analysis of Business Cycles (3)
Prerequisites: ECON 3200; ECON 3002; ECON 3100. This course focuses on the empirical regularities in macroeconomics commonly referred to as the business cycle. It examines the variability and co-movements of aggregate economic variables and explores alternative theoretical explanations of these phenomena.
ECON 4100 Introduction to Econometrics (4)
Prerequisites: ECON 1001; ECON 1002; ECON 3100 or MATH 1320 or LOM 3300; MATH 1800 or MATH 1100. An introduction to quantitative analysis of economic behavior. The ordinary least squares technique and the assumptions underlying it are developed. Methods designed to detect and correct for the violations of these assumptions are examined. Special emphasis is given to the practical application of the procedures discussed through the use of computer exercises.
ECON 4105 Quantitative Methods and Modeling in Economics, Business and the Social Sciences (3)
Prerequisites: MATH 1030; ECON 1001 or junior standing. This course focuses on the application of mathematical techniques to model building. The course reviews various mathematical techniques and shows students how they can be used for describing various social and business phenomena. Specific examples from the business, economics, criminology and other social sciences will be employed to reinforce the mathematical tools and concepts discussed. Students who have previously completed ECON 4150 or MATH 1800 or MATH 1100 may not take this course for credit.
ECON 4110 Applied Econometrics (4)
Prerequisite: ECON 4100 or equivalent. Concepts, techniques, and advanced applications of econometrics. Emphasis on developing a critical understanding of the appropriateness and limitations of a variety of state-of-the-art techniques used to model economic or political processes. Topics will include joint tests of hypotheses, estimation of lagged effects, models of qualitative choice, simultaneous systems, and outlier diagnostics. This course includes laboratory work in quantitative economic analysis.
ECON 4120 Time Series Econometrics for Economics and Finance (4)
Prerequisites: ECON 4100 or equivalent and a solid foundation in statistics. Introduction to application of econometric methods to time-series data. Emphasis on model specification as it applies to macroeconomic or financial data. Topics include: Stationary and non-stationary time-series, seasonality, random walks, unit roots, Dickey-Fuller tests, cointegration, ARCH/GARCH models, and general to specific modeling (ADLs). Specific applications to macro-economics, international economics and/or financial markets.
ECON 4130 Business and Economic Forecasting (4)
Prerequisite: ECON 4100 or equivalent. Alternative forecasting methodologies for economic time series will be analyzed and discussed. The focus of the course will be: (1) the development of time-series (ARIMA) models and their application to forecasting; (2) the use of standard econometric models for forecasting; and (3) evaluation and comparison of these methods and the conditions under which each is the appropriate methodology. This course includes laboratory work in quantitative economic analysis.
ECON 4150 Mathematical Economics (3)
Prerequisite: MATH 1800 or MATH 1100; ECON 3001 or BUS AD 5000, or BUS AD 5001. This course uses calculus and other mathematical tools to analyze economic phenomena. In addition to exploring techniques used to solve unconstrained and constrained optimization problems, the course also examines how matrix algebra is used in economic modeling. This course allows students to mathematically analyze economic models that receive graphical treatment in lower level courses.
ECON 4160 Geospatial Analysis in the Social Sciences (3)
Prerequisites: Junior standing, ECON 1001, or consent of instructor. Analysis of geospatial data relating to a variety of social phenomena using geographic information systems (GIS) software. Students will learn how geospatial analysis can be integrated into research projects and presentations (e.g., creating maps to present and analyze social, political and economic data). Students will also learn how criminal activity, economic activity, voting patterns and other social behavior are spatially correlated with demographic data. As a culminating project, students will learn how to apply GIS techniques, including but not limited to sophisticated spatial modeling of social behavior.
ECON 4170 Fundamentals of Cost-Benefit Analysis (3)
Prerequisite: ECON 3001 or equivalent. The purpose of this course is to provide a systemic and rigorous way of thinking about the measurement of benefits and costs when evaluating public projects, programs or regulations. Cost-benefit analysis has wide application, including: environmental resource use, highway construction projects, safety regulations, taxation of cigarettes, and investment in higher education. Given the prevalence of cost-benefit analysis in government budgetary processes, this course will develop critical appraisal skills to evaluate the appropriateness of these analyses.
ECON 4210 Financial Markets and Institutions (3)
Prerequisite: ECON 3200. Demand, supply, and flow of funds in the macrofinancial system, including money, capital, futures, and foreign exchange markets. Examines types and historical development of domestic and international financial intermediaries operating within these markets, decision-making within individual intermediaries, their regulatory environment, and how their portfolio decisions affect flows in the financial system.
ECON 4500 Public Finance: State and Local (3)
Prerequisites: ECON 1001 and ECON 1002 and junior standing. A study of expenditure, taxation, and financial administration of state and local governments, with emphasis on problems of current interest. Special attention given to research methods, as well as financial relations between various levels of government.
ECON 4510 Public Choice (3)
Prerequisite: ECON 3001 or consent of instructor. Public choice is the analysis of government and governmental institutions through the logic of economics. It assumes the same principles that economists use to analyze actions in the marketplace, and applies them to actions made in collective decision–making. Topics covered include: the efficiency of democracy, voting methods, the incentives of legislators, bureaucrats and lobbyists, political competition, and public institutions and economic growth.
ECON 4550 Natural Resource Economics (3)
Prerequisites: ECON 1001, or consent of instructor, junior standing. The relationship between human activity and the world's natural resources requires choices. This course uses an economics perspective to study these choices. This perspective uses the view of the environment as an asset for its starting point. Issues concerning the optimal and sustainable use of natural resources are examined in this context. Special emphasis is given to potential policy responses to environmental problems.
ECON 4700 Urban and Regional Economics (3)
Prerequisites: ECON 1001 and ECON 1002. A survey of factors affecting the location of economic activity, industrial diversity, determinants of urban growth, and the role of urban public economy. Special emphasis is given to critiques of economic impact studies and urban public policies.
ECON 4720 The Economics of Real Estate and Land Use Policy (3)
Prerequisites: ECON 3001 and ECON 4100. This course will introduce economic theory and analysis of the real estate market's micro and macro characteristics. Public policy impacting both the residential and commercial property markets will be discusses using the models developed in the course. Topics include price and location theory, growth and growth patterns, urban sprawl, migration, regulation of land and capital, provision of public goods, and non-market valuation econometric modeling. Hands on applications of various non-market econometric models will be provided.
ECON 4900 Advanced Topics in Economic Analysis (3)
Prerequisite: ECON 3001 or ECON 3002 or consent of instructor. Study of a specific topic in Economics that may vary from semester to semester. May be taken for credit more than once if the topics are different.
ECON 4980 Special Readings (1-6)
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor; grade point of 3.0 or higher in economics. Unscheduled, independent directed readings on topics mutually acceptable to student and instructor. Maximum credit limited to six hours.
ECON 4990 Internship in Applied Economics (2-6)
Prerequisites: Junior standing, ECON 3001, and consent of instructor. Independent study involving work with appropriate private firm or public agency. Maximum of 6 hours may be earned, only 3 of which may be applied to economics major.
ECON 5001 Microeconomic Analysis (3)
Prerequisites: ECON 3001 or BUS AD 5001; ECON 3002 or BUS AD 5002; ECON 4150. Survey of microeconomic comparative statistics. Detailed examination of demand and supply, product, and factor markets. Partial equilibrium in competitive, imperfectly competitive, and monopolistic markets.
ECON 5002 Macroeconomic Analysis (3)
Prerequisites: ECON 3200; ECON 3001 or BUS AD 5001; ECON 3002 or BUS AD 5002; ECON 4150. Aggregate economic theory, including analysis of the determinants of income, output, employment, and prices. Employment and price-level effects of consumer and investment demand, the money supply and interest rates, and government policies.
ECON 5010 Microeconomics for Policy Analysis (3)
Same as P P ADM 6080. Prerequisite: Graduate Student Standing. This course introduces microeconomic analysis of consumers, firms, and government, with an emphasis on policy applications. It assumes no prior training in economics and is appropriate for graduate students in public policy administration, nonprofit management, political science, gerontology, criminology and criminal justice, and other related fields. This course may not be used by economics students to meet M. A. degree requirements.
ECON 5052 Microeconomics for the School Curriculum (1-3)
Prerequisite: Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution or consent of instructor. Analysis of market forces, with emphasis on business firms, households, productive factor markets, price determination and resource allocations. Special reference to topics included in the elementary and secondary school social science curricula.
ECON 5055 Economic Issues for the School Curriculum (1-3)
Prerequisites: Junior standing and consent of instructor. An analysis of selected economic issues appropriate to instruction in secondary and elementary schools. May be taken more than once for credit, provided the topic of the course is different each time. May not normally be used by economics majors to meet degree requirements.
ECON 5100 Econometric Theory and Methods (3)
Prerequisites: ECON 3001 or BUS AD 5001; ECON 3002 or BUS AD 5002; ECON 4150; ECON 4100 or LOG OM 5300; MATH 2450 or equivalent. A rigorous review of statistical models and methods relevant to the estimation and testing of economic relationships. Emphasis on the theoretical underpinnings of techniques commonly used for single and multiple equation estimation and hypothesis testing. Topics include ordinary and generalized least squares, robust regression, and simultaneous equations estimation.
ECON 5110 Topics in Applied Econometrics (3)
Prerequisite: ECON 4100, or ECON 5100 or LOG OM 5300. Concepts and application of advanced econometric techniques. Students will develop a thorough understanding of the appropriateness and application of a variety of state-of-the art techniques. Topics will include specification tests, polynomial distributed lags, discrete choice, pooled time-series cross-section, simultaneous equations and outlier detection.
ECON 5120 Advanced Topics in Time Series Econometrics (3)
Prerequisites: ECON 4100 or equivalent and a solid foundation in statistics. Application of econometric methods to time-series data. Emphasis on model specification as it applies to macroeconomic or financial data. Advanced Topics include: Stationary and non-stationary time-series, seasonality, random walks, unit roots, Dickey-Fuller tests, cointegration, ARCH/GARCH models, and general to specific modeling (ADLs). Specific applications to macro-economics, international economics and/or financial markets.
ECON 5130 Advanced Topics in Business and Economic Forecasting (3)
Prerequisites: ECON 3001 or BUS AD 5001, ECON 3002 or BUS AD 5002, ECON 4150, ECON 4100 or LOG OM 5300. This course develops the alternative techniques which are used to forecast economic time series. Each forecasting technique will be evaluated in terms of its theoretical soundness and predictive track record. Students will also learn to use these techniques to differentiate among competing economic models.
ECON 5200 Monetary Theory and Policy (3)
Prerequisites: ECON 3200; ECON 3001 or BUS AD 5001; ECON 3002 or BUS AD 5002; ECON 4150. An examination of how monetary policy has affected the economy in the past and how it can improve economic performance in the future. Topics include: the origins of money, money supply, money demand, the determinants of real and nominal interest rates, the term structure of interest rates, the impact of discretionary monetary policy on the domestic economy and foreign exchange markets, and the domestic economy and foreign exchange markets, and the relationship between monetary policy and federal government deficits.
ECON 5210 Financial Markets (3)
Prerequisites: ECON 3200; ECON 3001 or BUS AD 5001; ECON 3002. Demand, supply, and flow of funds in allocating credit and distributing risk in the macrofinancial system. The saving investment process, the rationale for financial markets, and the role of financial intermediaries are studied within the framework of the flow of funds accounts. Special attention is given to the operation of money, capital, futures, and foreign financial markets and the impact of public policy on the structure and performance of financial markets.
ECON 5300 International Trade (3)
Prerequisite: ECON 3001 or BUS AD 5001. Survey of the modern theories of international trade and their applications including factor endowments and other, trade restrictions, foreign investment, trade and economic development, and balance of payments and exchange rates. Discussion of current institutions and economic developments in the global economy.
ECON 5301 International Finance (3)
Prerequisite: ECON 3200, ECON 3001 or BUS AD 5002. Application of economic theory to international financial issues and discussion of current financial institutions and developments in the global economy. Topics include the international payments mechanism, the balance of payments, foreign exchange markets, international linkages, world inflation, capital flows, and macroeconomic policy in open economies.
ECON 5400 Labor Economics: Theory and Public Policy (3)
Prerequisite: ECON 3001 or BUS AD 5001. This course examines labor supply, labor demand, and market determination of wages. Topics covered include the effect of technological change on employment, trends in labor force participation, the impact of government taxes and transfers on labor supply, poverty, and its economic consequences, the human capital model and its implications for investment in education and on-the-job training, and theories of economic discrimination and empirical measurement issues. Throughout the course, current public policy debates are examined using the theoretical models developed.
ECON 5500 Public Sector Microeconomics (3)
Same as P P ADM 6210. Prerequisite: ECON 3001 or BUS AD 5001, or P P ADM 6080. Application of tools of intermediate microeconomics to address public sector issues. Special emphasis is placed on critically analyzing current public policy debates using the models developed. Topics covered include: cases in which competitive market fails to allocate resources efficiently (e.g., externalities and public goods), importance of property rights, incentive effects of the tax and transfer system, and the fundamentals of cost-benefit analysis.
ECON 5510 Public Choice (3)
Prerequisite: ECON 3001 or consent of instructor. Public choice is the analysis of government and governmental institutions through the logic of economics. It assumes the same principles that economists use to analyze actions in the marketplace, and applies them to actions made in collective decision-making. Topics covered include: the efficiency of democracy, voting methods, the incentives of legislators, bureaucrats and lobbyists, political competition, and public institutions and economic growth.
ECON 5600 Structure and Performance of United States Industry (3)
Prerequisites: ECON 3001 or BUS AD 5001; ECON 4150. An analysis of the functioning of business firms under alternative market arrangements. Topics include: the theory and measurement of monopoly power and the role of economies of scale, product differentiation, and entry conditions in affecting this power; the impact of market power on the price-setting behavior, advertising and promotional strategies, and technological innovation of firms; the role of government policy in promoting or preventing competition among firms.
ECON 5630 Economics of Telecommunications (3)
Prerequisites: ECON 3001, BUS AD 5000 or BUS AD 5001 and ECON 4150. Application of economic theory and techniques to the telecommunications industry. Topics include demand theory for telephone access and use, consumer surplus models for subscription choice, nonlinear pricing strategies including pure and mixed bundling and multi-part tariffs, the incentives of the firm under various regulatory regimes, a comparison of rate-of-return regulation and incentive (price cap) regulation, and the impact of carrier-of-last-resort responsibilities.
ECON 5640 Transportation Economics (3)
Prerequisite: ECON 3001 or BUS AD 5000. This course makes use of range of economic concepts to examine the nature of markets in which transport services are provided. This course is designed for future transportation professionals who wish to explore the fundamentals of economics in their field and for graduate students in public policy and economics wishing an economics-based understanding of transportation issues. Basic concepts covered include the theory of transportation demand, transportation costs and investment planning, and current topics in transportation economics such as regulation-deregulation and social cost pricing.
ECON 5700 Regional and Urban Economics (3)
Prerequisite: ECON 3001. Investigate the spatial aspects of urban and regional economics: location theory, market areas, and agglomerations. The focus in on the description and explanation of the spatial allocation of economic activity with particular attention paid to the role of cities. Topics will include regional development and regional development strategies, the growth of cities, firm location decision, spatial externalities, sprawl, and firm location.
ECON 5720 Real Estate Economics (3)
Prerequisites: ECON 3001 and ECON 4100. This course will introduce economic theory and analysis of the real estate market's micro and macro characteristics. Public policy impacting both the residential and commercial property markets will be discussed using the models developed in the course. Topics include price and location theory, growth and growth patterns, urban sprawl, migration, regulation of land and capital, provision of public goods, and non-market valuation econometric modeling. Hands-on applications of various non-market econometric models will be provided.
ECON 5750 The Political Economy of Health Care (3)
Prerequisite: ECON 3001 or BUS AD 5000 or consent of instructor. This course investigates the impact of government policy on health care provision and financing, focusing on the effect of entitlement programs, tax policy, and government regulation. Applying standard economics techniques, students will analyze incentives facing the decision makers in the health care system and ways in which they are altered by government policy. Attention will also be given to rationales for government intervention and roles of interest groups in the formulation of U.S. health care policy. The course will provide a detailed review of specific federal and state government financing programs, primarily focusing on Medicare and Medicaid, and will include discussion of the economic aspects of current health finance reform proposals.
ECON 5760 Health Economics (3)
Prerequisite: ECON 3001 or BUS AD 5001. This course applies microeconomic theory and statistical techniques to understand decision making in health care markets. The effects of government policies on the health care choices of consumers and providers are identified and quantified; attention is given to federal and state entitlement programs, regulations, tax policies and antitrust enforcement. The role of insurance as a risk-sharing device is explored, along with its implications for pricing and health care utilization.
ECON 5900 Advanced Topics in Economic Analysis (3)
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor. Study of a specific economics topic, which may vary from semester to semester. May be taken more than once if the topic is different.
ECON 5980 Directed Readings (1-6)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Independent study through readings, reports, research projects, and conferences.
GEOG 1001 Introduction to Geography (3) [MI, SS]
An introduction to geography as a social science. The identification and explanation of order in the human landscape. A survey of the social, political, economic, and psychological factors which influence geographic patterns.
GEOG 1002 World Regions (3)
Survey of the major regions of the world. Designed to give the student an awareness of the character of each of these major regions through the interrelationships of the various attributes of place. Each semester the geographic perspective will be applied in greater depth to one significant country such as Afghanistan, Iraq, or North Korea.
GEOG 2001 Cultural Geography (3) [CD]
This course examines the effect of geography on culture and cultural groups. Essential to the geographic perspective is identifying the effect on cultures of the current trend toward increasing globalization. Topics include language, religion, attitudes, and the effect of technology. The major goals are to increase awareness of the diversity of human cultures and to prepare students for a world of increasing intercultural communication and conflict. Satisfies cultural diversity requirement.
GEOG 3900 Special Readings in Geography (3)
Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor. This course will provide a more in-depth analysis of the various factors which influence geographic patterns. The topic selected will vary from semester to semester. This course may be taken for credit more than once as long as the topic discussed in each semester is different.
GEOG 4900 Advanced Readings in Geography (3)
Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor. This course will provide a more in-depth analysis of the various factors which influence geographic patterns employing methods appropriate to graduate level instruction. The topic selected will vary from semester to semester. This course may be taken for credit more than once as long as the topic discussed in each semester is different.
Home Economics
HOME EC 1110 Nutrition in Health (3)
A study of dietary nutrients essential for health, proper selection of foods to provide them, and current issues affecting them.


text:
Arb Awning 2.5m Wide X 2.1m (3 Wall Set) for
Mitsubishi Japanese Import - Pajero
V78P - 3.2did 6/1999-11/2004 LWB IMPORT
DescriptionPlease check compatibility to vehicles exiting roof rack or bars
A ARB awning that attches to most vehicles.
A self standing retractable awning fits onto the side of mast roof racks or bars.
1. Heavy duty nylon pve bag.
2. PU coated 300gram poly/cotton rip stop canvas.
3. Guy ropes
4. Stainless steel mounting nuts and bolts.
Contact Us
Ex VAT £129.00 Inc VAT £154.80


text:
- Home
- News
- Sports
- Opinion
- Obituaries
- Features
- Special Sections
- Classifieds
- Public Notices
Lane closures will be in effect on Interstate 77 in Carroll County during May 16-30 due to daytime survey work on northbound and southbound lanes.
Lane closures may be in place at various locations on weekdays between mile markers 0 and 8.
Work is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day, weather permitting.
These tentative lane closures are planned: May 21, northbound left lane; May 22, southbound left lane; May 23, southbound and northbound lanes.
Shoulder closures will occur at various times throughout the project.
Motorists are advised to expect possible delays.
Dates and times may be adjusted depending on weather and work schedule.
Add new comment
Read and share your thoughts on this story


text:
Research into drug use at festivals has suggested music lovers are still using recreational drugs at events - just as they did in the swinging sixties - but the type of narcotics they are consuming could be shifting.
The days of cannabis and ecstasy being the drug of choice for a weekend of mud, music and mayhem seem to be waning. Instead, use of cheaper drugs like ketamine, a horse tranquilliser, seem to be on the up, according to a report in The Guardian.
Between 2009 and 2011, seizures of cannabis, cocaine and ecstasy all fell by over 65%, figures from research based on police activities at 10 major festivals over the past four years, and obtained by a series of Freedom of Information requests by Request Initiative, has revealed.
The ten festivals researched were Glastonbury, V, the Isle of Wight, Bestival, Download, Sonisphere, Leeds, Reading, Womad and Wireless.
However, Rupert George of the drugs charity Release has warned against taking this research as a broader outlook of the UK drugs scene.
Speaking to The Huffington Post UK , he suggested police cuts could have affected the figures and helped lead to the 65% drop in seizures.
"Currently police are having to undergo 20% cuts. It would be interesting to see if police are choosing to avoid drug arrests at music festivals to avoid the cost of processing hundreds of people and transporting them from festivals," George said.
He also reasoned that the large drop in seizures may be due to a rise in legal highs, which are now banned at some festivals such as Leeds, Reading, Big Chill, Bestival, Latitude, V and T In The Park, but were not included in the research.
George explained: "We don't have clear evidence of the level of legal high use in the UK currently. It would be interesting to see how legal highs might be affecting drug use in the UK this summer."
For more on the types and quantities of drugs seized by police at UK music festivals, read a full report on the research results in The Guardian.


text:
There are untold numbers of people who had parenthood thrust upon them at an early age and were then in turn forced to give up on their dreams. But when Galaxy midfielder Rafael Garcia became a father at age 19, he was determined not to let this happen to him.
In 2008, Garcia was a sophomore at Cal State Northridge and widely considered one of the Matadors top young talents. A tenacious midfielder since his days at Canoga Park High school—where he helped the Hunters to a city championship in 2006—Garcia's life changed forever in the fall of 2008.
Already felled by a season ending ACL injury suffered in his first game of the season, just days after his surgery Garcia learned that his girlfriend Lilia was pregnant with a baby boy. Although this news would be enough to shake any teenager—let alone one that had aspirations of a professional soccer career— Garcia discovered a renewed sense of direction in the news.
"It was pretty scary, but after I had time to settle down, I really looked at it as a blessing and then from then on, I knew that everything wouldn't be easy, but I knew that I could overcome it," said Garcia. "I told myself, you know what, now you're going to be out in the real world, you have a son and your own family and I told myself that I had to do everything that I could to be able to provide for him."
Unlike many who deal with the early burdens of parenthood, Garcia was not left alone as he had the support of Lilia as well as his family including his father, Rafael, mother, Elviria, and three sisters to raise his son, Isaiah, who was born on July 28, 2009. Perhaps Garcia was prepared best for this new challenge by his father, who himself was an ex-soccer player that was scouted by Mexican club Pumas UNAM during his younger days.
At an early age, Garcia's father offered his son three words to base his life around. "God, family and work," the elder Garcia told his young son, were the most important things in his life. Dedicated to moving his new family forward, Garcia upheld his father's mantra as he returned to full fitness, ultimately becoming a captain of the Matadors and earning all-Big West honors during his junior and senior years.
His play at CSUN was recognized by MLS, who invited Garcia to the 2012 MLS Combine where he caught the eye of Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena, who picked him with the final pick of the second round of the Supplemental Draft. After a rigorous preseason, Garcia earned a contract with the Galaxy, but he admits that without his family, his dream may have ended much earlier.
"At the beginning it was still very tough and we were very young and they would help with the baby sitting and I think that more than anything, my parents supported me and told me that if I ever needed anything that they were there," said Garcia. "But being the person that I am, I don't like to rely on them too much. It's always nice to know that they're there if worse comes to worst, but they've been great and their parents as well."'
The commitment to hard work has stuck with Garcia during his brief time with the Galaxy. Despite having made only a handful of appearances, Garcia has shined in limited action and showcased a willingness to play in a variety positions including his natural role as a defensive midfield or even as an outside back.
Perhaps, his finest performance came during last month's CONCACAF Champions League match against the Puerto Rico Islanders when Garcia served as one of LA's leaders in midfield for the Galaxy's youthful lineup--featuring nine player under the age of 23—as they demolished Puerto Rico 4-0. Garcia wasn't able to get on the score sheet, but his energetic play was vital for LA in extinguishing Islanders attacks and creating chances of their own, earning Garcia considerable praise from LA's coaching staff for his mature play.
"He's certainly got a unique background and I admire him actually," admitted Galaxy Associate head coach Dave Sarachan. "The quality that he brings every day is a seriousness of trying to make it in this business. Maybe unlike others, he's got a lot of responsibilities for a young man."
Over his first full season with the Galaxy things have slowly changed for the rookie midfielder. Slowly but surely, he has played himself into contention for a spot on the Galaxy's game day roster and even made his regular season debut as a second half substitute in the 3-2 win at Real Salt Lake on June 20. Garcia admits that his now three-year-old son is "getting used" to him being away and he and Lilia have developed a system to ensure that the pair get to spend as much time as possible with their son while both balancing work obligations.
His career beginning to take off, when Garcia steps on the field, Isaiah isn't far behind. Each time the midfielder steps onto the field, he pays tribute to his son by kissing a tattoo on his wrist with the words "God is my salvation" the Hebrew translation of the name Isaiah.
Although few have Garcia's skill to play soccer at the highest level, the 23-year-old hopes that his example of pressing forward with his dreams in light of adversity is a model for others.
"It's very easy to give up and very easy to throw in the towel and say that 'I have this obstacle in my way', but there's no reason that I can't get through it," said Garcia. "I'd be lying to you if I said that it never crossed my mind, but to me it was just a matter of trying to make my dream come true. I like to think that I earned my position here. Don't let anyone tell you that you can't do anything, it should all be motivation."
Adam Serrano is the LA Galaxy Insider. Read his blog at LAGalaxy.com/Insider and contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com


text:
Asked what makes Island Harvest so successful, its president and CEO, Randi Shubin Dresner, answered with a single word: "Passion."
Just days after Hurricane Sandy struck Long Island, volunteers for Island Harvest, Long Island's largest hunger relief organization, were aiding first responders in Point Lookout, Long Beach, Island Park and other hard-hit locations.
"The passion is not just from me," said Shubin Dresner, who lives in East Meadow. "It's something that is felt throughout the whole organization."
Established in 1992, Island Harvest serves as a bridge between those who have surplus food and those who need it. The Mineola-based nonprofit collects food from restaurants, caterers, farms and other food-oriented businesses and delivers it to a network of more than 570 Long Island-based food pantries, soup kitchens and other nonprofit organizations that help feed those in need.
Shubin Dresner, 52, took over as president and CEO in 2001. Since then, the volume of food collected and delivered has tripled — from 2.5 million to 8 million pounds a year.
So when Sandy came ashore, leaving thousands of Long Islanders without, among other necessities, food, Island Harvest was ready. "I think the reason that we were prepared to respond was a direct result of the work we've been doing for 20 years," said Shubin Dresner. "It positioned us in such a way that we were strong enough to know what assets we had, what assets we could offer, and at what intensity."
"Teach a man to fish…"
"We tend to get involved at the highest level," she said. "We don't typically respond at 100 percent, we respond at 150 percent. It's just the personality of most of the staff here."
Each day, a fleet of Island Harvest trucks are on the road delivering food. But Shubin Dresner said the key is not necessarily feeding people, but educating people. She used the adage "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime" to sum up the organization's philosophy. As an example, she said, Island Harvest teaches people with limited budgets to make cost-effective food purchases.