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Utility to collect ClearCase logs and diagnostic data on Windows
Technote (FAQ)
How can you collect IBM Rational ClearCase logs and diagnostic data on Microsoft Windows to assist IBM Rational Client Support?
There are 3 options you can use to proactively collect general information and diagnostic data on a problem machine to assist technical support in troubleshooting your problem.
New and Improved ClearBug2 automated collection utility
ClearBugNT semi-automated utility shipped with ClearCase (requires some manual intervention)
Name of Utility: Clearbug2
What does it do? Clearbug2 collects various pieces of information that assist Rational Support in gathering diagnostic data of your problematic environment.
Usage: clearbug2 -help | -ver | -nowinmsd | -liconly | -longvobs | -longviews
'-help' = This help menu
'-ver' = Display the Clearbug Version
'-nowinmsd' = This will skip the collection of Winmsd
'-liconly' = Collect only RCL/FlexLM information
'-longvobs' = Collect lsvob -long listing.
'-longviews' = Collect lsview -long listing.
'-fulllogs' = Collect cleartool getlog -all -full.
Any or all of -nowinmsd, -longvobs, -longviews and -fulllogs can be used. -liconly will bypass all but license data collection.
Where can I get it? File is attached at the top of this technote.
On Windows, this information includes:
- WinMSD (optional)
- Host information
- ClearCase Version information
- Network information
- System Logs
- ClearCase information
- Flex/LM license Data, including
- Flex/LM Registry data
- Flex/LM license server status, including keys in use ("lmutil lmstat -a" output)
- Flex/LM license server log if run on a Windows License server.
- Flex/LM license files for Rational products
- (Optionally) Expanded VOB and view registry data.
- Windows memory management keys related to pool usage
- Server and Workstation service "parameter" keys that may impact paged pool usage.
How to execute:
- Copy the Clearbug2.zip archive to the server whose diagnostic data you wish to collect.
- Unzip the Clearbug2.zip archive to a location on the host.
- Execute Clearbug2.exe (double-click the executable). The following console window will open:
Note 1: Collecting the WINMSD takes time as there is a lot of information Windows has to compile. Time to complete will vary. To omit the collection of the WINMSD, run clearbug2 from the command line using the following syntax:
clearbug2 -nowinmsd
C:\temp>clearbug2 -nowinmsd
**Skipping collection of winmsd information**
Note 2: Collecting the tracert information may take some time when there are either a large number of network "hops" to reach the desired remote hosts (Domain controller, License and/or registry server). There is currently no way to avoid this delay.
Note 3: In order to improve clearbug2 runtime in environments with a large number of VOBs and/or views, clearbug2 now collects local view and VOB information using cleartool the -quick option or the -host checks. As a result, the tool may not collect the full list of local VOBs and views. Two new options -- -longvobs and -longviews -- will collect full cleartool lsvob -long and cleartool lsview -long output in cases like these.
- When complete, a file called clearbug.zip will be created on the desktop. If the clearbug2 tool cannot create the archive, a warning similar to the following will:
All source code and/or binaries attached to this document are referred to here as "the Program". IBM is not providing program services of any kind for the Program. IBM is providing the Program on an "AS IS" basis without warranty of any kind. IBM WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY ACTUAL, DIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR INDIRECT DAMAGES OR FOR ANY ECONOMIC CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS OR SAVINGS), EVEN IF IBM, OR ITS RESELLER, HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
Name of Utility: clearbugnt.exe
Found in: C:\Program Files\Rational\ClearCase\etc\utils
What does it do? Clearbug collects various pieces of information that assist Rational Support in gathering diagnostic data of your problematic environment.
On Windows, this information includes:
- Host information
- ClearCase Version information
- Network information
- System Logs
- ClearCase information
How to execute:
- Go to a command prompt (do not run from 4NT, batch, or other third party shell).
- Change to the %clearcase_home%\etc\utils directory.
- Type "clearbugnt" and hit enter.
Note: You will need to close the System Information Logs window when it pops up. That will be collected separately later.
- A file called clearbug.zip will be created in the %rational_home%\etc\utils directory (you must have write access to this directory).
Name of Utility: ccdoctor.exe (ClearCase Doctor)
Found in: C:\Program Files\Rational\ClearCase\bin
What does it do? ClearCase Doctor collects various pieces of information that assist Rational Support in gathering diagnostic data of your problematic environment.
How to execute:
- Go to a command prompt and type "ccdoctor" and hit enter. This will launch the ClearCase Doctor.
- Click 'Start Analysis'
- Select: Analysis > Save As... from the pull down menu and save this file with the default '.ccdoc' extension.
- Add this file to the clearbug.zip file.
WINMSD (Msinfo32)
Name of Utility: winmsd.exe (Windows Management System Diagnostic)
Found in: C:\WINDOWS\system32/winmsd.exe
What does it do? WinMSD, is a utility used to gather detailed configuration information about computers running Windows. It can be beneficial for Support to use this information to troubleshoot ClearCase issues.
Note: You can start Microsoft System Information with Winmsd.exe as in Windows NT 4.0, but the difference under Windows 2000, XP and 2003 is that Winmsd.exe is a stub executable file that starts Msinfo32.exe. Msinfo32.exe is located in the Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSInfo folder.
How to execute:
Note: WINDOWS 2000 and WINDOWS XP users must collect the winmsd information manually as clearbugnt has a defect that does not automatically collect this information.
- Go to Start > Run type "winmsd" and hit enter.
- Go to File > Save and save as System Information File. (.nfo)
- Add this file to the clearbug.zip file.
View Microsoft articles for more information:
In the event you cannot or do not wish to run the automated utilities, below are the manual instructions to collect the most basic logs and information required to initially troubleshoot most problems.
- Collect the output of cleartool getlog -all -last 50
Note: If the ALBD service is not running, the following error will occur albd_contact call failed and the logs will not be collected.
- Collect the Windows System and Application logs using the Event Viewer.
Start > Run type eventvwr.msc /s
Use the "action" menu to save the application, system and security log as a .evt file.
Review Microsoft KB article 308427 for more details.
- Collect the output of cleartool hostinfo -long -properties -full
- Collect the installed programs by running grabber.exe. The readme file and grabber.exe executable are contained in the grabber.zip file attached below.
Related information
Data Collection Utility for UNIX and Linux
Manual Data Collection on UNIX and Linux
|Software Development
|Rational ClearCase
|Utilities and Tools
Document information
More support for:
Rational ClearCase
Utilities and Tools
Software version: 8.0, 8.0.1, 9.0
Operating system(s): Windows
Reference #: 1131335
Modified date: 26 January 2011


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Families and Communities Together Director Ashlee Gann and former director Linda Ogden informed Marion County Commission on Monday that the organization is going to receive a large federal grant.
FACT will receive a Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Grant for $28,773 a year for five years. The grant comes from the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration. It will be used to start Students Against Destructive Decision groups, go to other Marion County organizations designed to curb underage drinking, and pay for FACT's administrative costs, Ogden said.
One of the reasons FACT receives the grant is because it has a $7,500 grant already from Kansas that goes toward anti-drinking organizations, Ogden said. FACT will use those funds for after prom programs and local law enforcement efforts.
Ogden said research shows that certain sections of Marion County have a high percentage of underage drinkers.
In other business:
- Lightning struck the courthouse last week and damaged computers, switches, and electrical ports, County Clerk Carol Maggard said. Maggard said she would keep the commission up-to-date with the insurance claim process.
- The county loses its lease on a spec building in the industrial park in Marion on Oct. 6, when it must remove all items from the building Maggard said. The county currently houses trailers and a truck for Marion County Economic Development. Commissioners discussed leaving the items on a nearby lot until they can find a replacement building.
- The commission approved a 300-foot cell phone tower to be constructed at 320th Road and K-15, four miles from the county line.
- Environmental Health Director Tonya Richards told the commission that Marion County Park and Lake will be included in the Cottonwood River WRAPS program and will be eligible to receive funding for cattle related projects.
- Emergency Medical Services Director Steve Smith told the commission that he would be speaking with an official from Herington about emergency calls along the Dickinson and Marion County border. The discussion will center around what kind of calls the department would respond to and other details of a mutual aid agreement.
- Emergency Management Director Dan D'Albini brought a contract from TBS Communications Inc. agreeing to perform maintenance on county radio repeaters. The contract was for about $14,000, but commissioners asked D'Albini to include the repeater in Marion that the county is taking over from Marion Fire Department and return with a new bid.
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NEW YORK/TOKYO (Reuters) - Boeing Co's (BA.N) loss of a major Japanese airplane order to rival Airbus EAD.PA this week may produce a surprise U.S. benefit - bringing aerospace work home to U.S. companies.
Over the past 50 years, Boeing has increasingly outsourced large airplane pieces such as wings and fuselage sections. Its partnerships with Japanese companies carried the understanding that Japanese airlines would keep buying Boeing planes. The virtuous circle gave work to Japan's heavy industrial companies and helped Boeing keep Airbus largely out of the Japanese market.
But on Monday, Japan Airlines Co Ltd (9201.T) appeared to shatter the alliance by ordering 31 Airbus A350s to replace 31 Boeing 777s that it will retire this decade.
The $9.5 billion JAL deal is considered by some industry experts as likely to prompt Boeing to award less supply work to Japan in the future. Boeing would send that work to other countries, including the United States.
Japanese airlines were big buyers of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner, which helped justify the large investments Japanese companies made to set up production of major components, said Ron Epstein, an analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
The 777X, the next generation of Boeing's popular widebody jet, is supposed to have its design and building launch this year and enter service by 2020.
The 787 Dreamliner is the company's latest state-of-the-art widebody aircraft. It has been in service for two years but has encountered numerous technical problems.
Since Japan airlines are so far not big buyers of the 777X, "why would industrial policy follow the same plan?" Epstein said.
Many people assumed Japan's "heavies" would be involved in the 777X, he added. "Maybe they're not going to be as big players on this."
Boeing said it is considering all options on where to build the 777X, but declined to discuss whether the JAL decision would affect its thinking.
"We have built a strong relationship with Japan Airlines over the last 50 years and we look to continue our partnership going forward," the company said in a statement on Monday.
Officials at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (7011.T), Kawasaki Heavy Industries (7012.T) and Fuji Heavy Industries (7270.T) also declined to comment on their potential work on the 777X until after the new plane is formally launched.
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"It's a decision that Boeing will make," he said. "If we are asked to build the wing we will do our best, if not we will still work our hardest."
Boeing has limited options for where it could build the 777X plane and its components since only a handful of companies have the scale and certification to take on such a project reliably.
Among those considered as possible: Spirit Aerosystems in Wichita, Kansas, a former Boeing facility that already makes wing parts and fuselages for Boeing; Triumph Group, headquartered in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, which makes wing, fuselage and structural pieces for planes, as well as composite structures, though not those used for airframes, according to the company website.
Boeing also could bring the work in-house, either at its massive factory in Everett, Washington, or at the assembly plant in Charleston, South Carolina, where it builds some 787s. Boeing is buying land to expand that factory.
Spirit said it is interested, and noted it is a significant supplier to the 777, making wing, fuselage and underwing components. Triumph did not respond to requests for comment.
Korea and China also have been mentioned as possible sites for production of at least part of the 777X.
A person close to Boeing with knowledge of the matter said a global cost-cutting initiative by the company would likely force suppliers in Japan to look for low-cost manufacturers in China and India, pointing to a rise in the Chinese portion of supply chain and a reduction for Japan.
Boeing's "Partnering for Success" cost-cutting program, launched in 2012, requires 15 percent cuts over three to four years from all suppliers including the Japanese "heavies," this person said.
Meanwhile, Boeing's former home state of Washington is making a big push to win the 777X, after 787 work went to Japan and elsewhere.
Washington State Governor Jay Inslee, whose state touts itself as home of the world's largest cluster of aerospace companies, last week proposed extending lucrative state tax breaks for Boeing until 2040 if the company builds the 777X and its wings in Washington. Boeing already builds the 777 in Washington, so the logic of putting future production there is strong, state officials say.
In addition, the extended breaks would apply to all Boeing production in Washington, giving the state an edge against competitors such as South Carolina and Kansas, where Boeing's production is much more limited, said Alex Pietsch, director of the Washington state governor's office of aerospace.
Part of the state's pitch: The 777X's composite wing will be large and difficult to transport, so it makes sense to fabricate it near the site of final assembly, Pietsch said.
State studies show that current 777 production supplies $20 billion of some $76 billion in annual economic activity from the state aerospace industry.
A state task force is working on a proposal that could be put forth as early as November, if a special legislative session is called in Washington, he said.
If so, that may just coincide with Boeing's long-awaited launch of the 777X in Dubai.
"I'd love to have them come out in Dubai and say they're going to build the 777X in Washington," Pietsch said.
Additional reporting by Norihiko Shirouzu in Beijing; editing by Matthew Lewis


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DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, Frankfurt
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Day One Quotes
Women's Pentathlon
Sharon Day-Monroe, winner
"Everything was kind of firing on all cylinders, and I knew it was going to come down to that long jump. It's always kind of my weak area, so to go almost 20 feet on my first jump was a big relief, and I was just really happy to know that I was right on pace for the American record but also that everything today was going really well. It makes me feel really good for two weeks for now. I am ready to go to Poland."
"Really the plan was to just tune-up and make sure everything was sharp. This is only my third meet of 2014. I hadn't competed a lot, so I knew this was just another chance to get in competition shape, and race myself into shape and compete into shape. That's kind of what I did today. Everything was just flowing and going really well, and I ended up with an American record."
Sami Spenner, runner-up
On whether or not she can/will compete in NCAAs
"We sent in my waiver yesterday or the day before, so hopefully we'll find out next week."
"I had hit a 4406 prior to this meet, and I think my goal was to just maintain and be able to hit that again, which I exceeded, so I was pretty excited about it."
"To me, I look at (Sharon) and she wasn't as good in college. But she really blossomed outside of college. It gives me incentive to want to keep going."
"It's nice to have a national stage to even compete on. I'm just grateful that we found this meet, and I made it in. There were a lot less here this year. I was hoping for a few more, but I know these girls from last year, so it was a very fun, competitive atmosphere."
Men's Heptathlon
Gray Horn, leader after Day One
"I knew I was ready for something today, but I wasn't sure I was ready for something this big. I feel good though. I feel like I did nothing but a good workout, and I think Day Two is going to be special too.
"In the 60, I think I stayed in my drive phase a lot longer than I should have. My goal in the long jump was to only take one jump and then quit, I got a little greedy and tried to take a second one. It didn't go too well, so that's why I've got to stick with the plan next time. Shot put was average; nothing spectacular – nothing terrible. High jump on that last bar, I wish I would have made it, but I'll take sixth round and a half today. It was my first high jump competition of the year. "
On what it would mean to win tomorrow
"It would be another check mark on the list of dreams I have. I really think that winning this would kind of give me some momentum and give me that spark that I've been looking for and the fuel to train."
On the second day tomorrow
"I would call the long jump, hurdles and pole vault my three best events if I had to pick three, and two of those are tomorrow.I'm in pretty good physical condition too as far as endurance goes. I think the 1,000 will go pretty well.
"I'm letting it rip. I'm not holding anything back I'm not going to be conservative by any means. I want a big PR, a solid PR, and that's my approach.
"Overall, I am really thrilled. To see that my training was finally coming together. I've never really been in a better place mentally. I think the fact that my head is in the right place and that I'm not really making such a big deal out of it anymore."
"I used to always come into these events all scatter-brained saying, 'Man, if I could only do this and this.' I'm just coming to have fun for once. I'm just having fun, and I think that's what contributing to that."


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SARASOTA, Fla. (Oct. 23, 2012) – Sarasota Memorial Hospital today announced that it is among America's top 100 hospitals for stroke care – with HealthGrades' 5-star ratings in the treatment of stroke, heart attack, spine surgery and more than a dozen other specialties.
The recognition is part of new findings released today in American Hospital Quality Outcomes 2013: Healthgrades Report to the Nation, which evaluates the performance of approximately 4,500 hospitals nationwide across nearly 30 procedures and conditions. A 5-star quality measurement indicates that Sarasota Memorial Hospital's clinical performance is better than expected.
Healthgrades, the leading provider of information to help consumers make an informed decision about a physician or hospital, bases its objective hospital quality measures solely on clinical performance and updates them annually, free to the public. The 2013 performance outcomes are now available at www.healthgrades.com.
Sarasota Memorial Hospital is also a recipient of the following Healthgrades accolades:
- Five-Star Recipient for Coronary Interventional Procedures in 2013
- Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Heart Attack - 11 Years in a Row (2003-2013)
- Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Heart Failure - 11 Years in a Row (2003-2013)
- Five-Star Recipient for Overall Orthopedic Services - 2 Years in a Row (2012-2013)
- Five-Star Recipient for Spine Surgery - 8 Years in a Row (2006-2013)
- Five-Star Recipient for Hip Fracture Treatment - 2 Years in a Row (2012-2013)
- Five-Star Recipient for Back and Neck Surgery (Spinal Fusion) - 9 Years in a Row (2005-2013)
- Recipient of the HealthGrades Stroke Care Excellence Award™ - 5 Years in a Row (2009-2013)
- Ranked Among the Top 5% in the Nation for Treatment of Stroke - 5 Years in a Row (2009-2013)
- Ranked #5 in FL for Treatment of Stroke in 2013
- Ranked #9 in FL for Neurosciences in 2013
Ranked Among the Top 10 in FL for Neurosciences - 2 Years in a Row (2012-2013)
(Ranked 9 in 2013)
- Ranked Among Top 5 in FL for Stroke - 3 Years in a Row (2011-2013) (Ranked 5 in 2013)
- Five-Star Recipient for Neurosciences - 2 Years in a Row (2012-2013)
- Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Stroke - 11 Years in a Row (2003-2013)
- Five-Star Recipient for Overall Pulmonary Services - 5 Years in a Row (2009-2013)
- Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Pneumonia - 11 Years in a Row (2003-2013)
Critical Care
- Ranked #8 in FL for Critical Care in 2013
- Ranked Among Top 10 in FL for Critical Care - 4 Years in a Row (2010-2013) (Ranked 8 in 2013)
- Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Sepsis for 10 Years in a Row (2004-2013)
- Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism for 4 Years in a Row (2010-2013)
Emergency Care
- Five-Star Recipient for Emergency Medicine for 3 Years in a Row (2010-2012)
Women's Care
- Five-Star Recipient for Maternity Care for 10 Years in a Row (2003-2012)
- Five-Star Recipient for Women's Care for 10 Years in a Row (2003-2012)
For its analysis, Healthgrades evaluated approximately 40 million Medicare hospitalization records for services performed from 2009 through 2011 at approximately 4,500 short-term, acute care hospitals nationwide. Healthgrades found that patients treated in hospitals receiving 5 stars had, on average, 75% lower risk of dying than if they were treated in hospitals receiving 1 star (across 18 common procedures and diagnoses, such as heart bypass surgery, stroke, and pneumonia).
In this year's report, Healthgrades also analyzed findings over its last five study periods (2005-2011) to provide an overview of trends in hospital quality over a longer period. Among its key findings, Healthgrades found that the nation's average in-hospital risk-adjusted mortality rate improved 22% for procedures and conditions studied by Healthgrades over the last seven years.
"Heart disease and stroke remain the #1 killer of men and women, and there is perhaps no greater area where we invest in the technology, treatment and expertise to manage this disease," said Sarasota Memorial CEO Gwen MacKenzie. "As the region's only public hospital – and the only state certified Comprehensive Stroke Center in southwest Florida – we offer greatest breadth and depth of care in the region. We're happy to set the benchmark for care."
Healthgrades independently measures hospitals based on data that hospitals submit to the federal government. No hospital can opt in or out of being measured, and no hospital pays to be measured. Healthgrades risk adjusts for patient demographic characteristics and clinical risk factors, thereby taking into account how sick patients are upon hospital admission.
More information on the American Hospital Quality Outcomes 2013: Healthgrades Report to the Nation, including the complete methodology, can be found at www.healthgrades.com/quality.
About Sarasota Memorial:
Sarasota Memorial Health Care System is a regional referral center offering Southwest Florida's greatest breadth and depth of inpatient, outpatient and extended care services, with more than 800,000 patient visits a year. Sarasota Memorial's 806-bed acute care hospital has been recognized repeatedly as one of the nation's largest, safest and best, with superior patient outcomes and a complete continuum of outpatient services– from urgent care clinics and physician groups, laboratory and diagnostic imaging centers, to home health and skilled nursing & rehabilitation. Sarasota Memorial operates the only state-certified Comprehensive Stroke Center in southwest Florida. It also is the only hospital in the Suncoast region (Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte and DeSoto counties) ever to make HealthGrades' 50 best list.
Media Contact: Kim Savage
(941) 917-6271
Site optimized for Chrome or Firefox | Copyright © 2015. Sarasota Memorial Health Care System. All rights reserved.


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matthewtutt brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 414 Designs von 90 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
"ITSY" ...... We are looking for a simple logo design for our gourmet sandwich outlet, the logo can be typeface only or can include a logo that can be used on printed material without the typeface, & still makes us instantly recognisable.
Logo in either UPPERCASE or lowercase, any colour choices, variations for us to consider most welcome.
Get your creative juices flowing.
Many thanks & good luck to all.
UPDATE: We are not warming to any "obvious" representations of food, i.e pics etc, it really makes the image less classy.
Also we are not getting many logo's with the typeface, and as per brief we are looking for that, if it is needed and enhances the design, MORE LOGO & TYPEFACE NOT JUST FONT IDEAS ARE NEEDED thanks
Accepted File Formats:
Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai); Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
We will rate & feedback ALL of your entries so you get an idea of which direction we are heading.
All entries regardless of star rating (unless dismissed) will be in the running as this is a joint final decision.
On previous contests we held, it really helped us visualise how the logo would work in the "real" world when the designs were superimposed onto generic promotional/vehicle/premises pictures. This is not mandatory at all, but if you have the ability to show us this, it really can swing opinion. (especially when there are more than one opinions to swing)
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Student Success Stories: Sam Lema
Honors Program
The Commonwealth Honors Program (CHP) at BCC offers tremendous opportunities now, and in the future, for highly motivated students looking to challenge themselves intellectually.
CHP allows you, no matter what your discipline or program, to create customized experiences that meet your own interests and needs. By working one-on-one with faculty, Honors will help you craft intellectually stimulating experiences and projects that point towards future goals. These mentor relationships can enhance your experience at the College and make yourself a more attractive candidate for transfer to selective four-year institutions.
If you choose to complete the program requirements and graduate as Commonwealth Honors Scholars, you are guaranteed admission to the Commonwealth Honors Programs at any Massachusetts public college or university. Honors students are not required to complete these graduation requirements, however, and may participate in a choice of experiences.
The CHP offers four different types of experiences:
- The Honors Course is an enhanced section of a general education course. These vary by semester and location.
- The Interdisciplinary Honors Seminar is only open to students in the CHP.
- The Honors Component Course is a regular BCC course in which the CHP student works with the instructor of the course to design enriched personalized experiences that earn the student honors credit for the course.
- The Culminating Honors Project is a one-credit honors project required of all CHP students to graduate as a Commonwealth Honors Program Scholar. It is directed by a faculty member and involves independent research. It could grow out of an honors course, or be developed separately. Students are encouraged to present their projects publicly at BCC and/or at conferences.
Other opportunities for students in the CHP:
- Attendance at academic workshops and cultural events
- Participation with others in community service
- Participation in the CHP Advisory Board (with CHP faculty reference)
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Admission to the Program
Some students enter the program immediately out of high school. Others are returning students who have been away from high school for some time, or who discover their excellent academic abilities while at BCC. You must meet at least one of the following requirements, depending on your situation. Please email the Director for an application.
- Current BCC student with a minimum 3.5 cumulative GPA with at least 12 college-level BCC credits, or
- High school graduate within five years of high school graduation: Minimum combined SAT score of 1700 or ACT score of 24, or
- High school graduate within one year after high school graduation: graduate in the top 20 percent of high school class, or
- Transfer student within one year of attendance at another college: minimum 3.5 GPA from the sending college with at least 12 college level credits, or
- Student transferring in good standing from another CHP, or
- High score on BCC computerized placement test (given to entering day students upon admission), or
- Other documented experience which demonstrates the potential for honors level work.


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Invisible Cities is now in beta. The project has evolved from a visualization of collective memory for Taipei to a platform with the capability of surfacing data from the Twitter and Flickr services for any geographic area. While initially we have kept the piece focused on New York City due to the density of available data, we are planning to extend it with other cities as the project progresses. For documentation, please refer to the project site, as well as our recent article in the Volume 3, Issue 1 of the Parsons Journal for Information Mapping (Invisible Cities: Representing Social Networks in an Urban Context).
Many thanks to my collaborator Liangjie Xia for his tireless dedication and remarkable talent, and also to Jason Hsu for the inspiring discourse in the early phases of this project.


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Keeping College Affordable
Use of Race Guidance
New Studies: Title I Comparability and Anti-Bullying Laws
NAEP Reading and Math
Tribal Nations Conference
Odds and Ends
Quote to Note
Upcoming Events
Keeping College Affordable
Rising college costs and strategies to reduce those costs while improving quality have been a key focus of President Obama, Vice President Biden, and Secretary Duncan the past couple of weeks. First, on November 29, in his remarks at the Department's Federal Student Aid (FSA) conference in Las Vegas, the Secretary called on FSA administrators and the "entire higher education community to look ahead and start thinking more creatively, and with much greater urgency, about how to contain the spiraling costs of college and reduce the burden of student debt on our nation's students." Acknowledging that containing the cost of college and student debt "will always be some of the most controversial and thankless work in all of higher education," he noted, "With higher productivity and better accountability, institutions of higher education can boost both quality and access and constrain costs, all at the same time. In the era of the knowledge economy, the urgency of controlling college costs is not at odds with the urgency of increasing college attainment. Both goals are necessary if society is to do all it can to help more Americans succeed and thrive in the global job market." (Note: FSA conference sessions were videotaped and will be posted here.) Then, on December 5, the President and the Secretary held a roundtable discussion at the White House with a dozen college presidents and higher education leaders. Participants shared how they have worked to promote innovation, reduce costs, and increase productivity during a time of reduced funding for higher education at the state level. Finally, yesterday (December 8), the Vice President and the Secretary traveled to Neptune Beach, Florida, to discuss with students and their families the importance of college and the steps the Obama Administration has taken to help keep college affordable. They also urged colleges and universities to do their part to contain costs to ensure college remains within reach for the middle class.
Use of Race Guidance
On December 2, the Departments of Justice and Education released two guidance documentsone for school districts and one for colleges and universitiesdetailing the flexibility that the Supreme Court has provided to educational institutions to promote diversity and, in the case of K-12 schools, reduce racial isolation among students, within the confines of the law. This guidance makes clear that educators may permissibly consider the race of students in carefully constructed plans to promote diversity or reduce racial isolation. It also recognizes the learning benefits to students when institutions include students of diverse backgrounds. The guidance is primarily based on three Supreme Court decisions which specifically addressed the consideration of race by institutions. It provides numerous examples of options that schools, colleges, and universities can consider to further diversify or reduce racial isolation. For K-12 schools, the guidance discusses school and program siting, drawing school attendance boundaries, grade realignment, and restructuring feeder patterns, among other options. In postsecondary institutions, race may be taken into account in admissions, in pipeline programs, in recruitment, and in mentoring, tutoring, retention, and support programs as efforts to achieve diversity.
New Studies: Title I Comparability and Anti-Bullying Laws
A new report from the Department's Policy and Program Studies Service (PPSS) analyzing school-level spending and teacher salary data documents that schools serving low-income students are being shortchanged because many school districts across the country are inequitably distributing their state and local funding. This first-time ever national data collection on school-level expenditure datarequired by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and submitted by over 13,000 districts for the 2008-09 school yearreveals that many high-poverty schools receive less than their fair share of state and local funding, leaving them with fewer resources than schools attended by wealthier students. Indeed, more than 40% of schools that received federal Title I money to serve disadvantaged students spent less state and local funding on teachers and other personnel than schools that did not receive Title I money at the same grade level in the same district.
In a policy brief accompanying the report, PPSS found that providing low-income schools with comparable spending would cost just 1% to 4% of the average district's total school-level spending. It also found that fixing the Title I "comparability of services" loopholewhereby districts can show comparability in less rigorous ways, such as using a district-wide teacher salary schedule, which masks the fact that schools serving disadvantaged students often have less experienced teachers who are paid less and allows districts to use federal funds to fill state and local funding gaps instead of providing extra services to students in povertywould have a big impact on low-spending, high-poverty schools, by adding between 4% and 15% to their budgets. The Administration's Blueprint for Reform of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) would amend the Title I comparability provision to ensure that state and local funding is more equitably distributed between Title I and non-Title I schools.
Meanwhile, PPSS also released a reportsummarizing current approaches in the 46 states with anti-bullying laws and the 41 states that have created anti-bullying policies as models for schools. From 1999 to 2010, more than 120 bills were enacted by state legislatures to either introduce or amend statutes that address bullying and related behaviors in schools. Twenty-one bills were enacted in 2010, and another eight bills were signed into law through April 30, 2011. Of the 46 anti-bullying laws in place, 36 have provisions that prohibit cyber-bullying, while 13 have provisions that grant schools the authority to address off-campus behavior that creates a hostile school environment.
NAEP Reading and Math
The average reading scores of fourth- and eighth-grade students on the 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in 21 urban school districts followed the national trend by remaining mostly flat, with no significant change from 2009. However, average math scores rose in several districts from 2009, including some districts where scores were higher than those of large cities and the nation. Among the results:
- Although the average score for fourth-grade students in large city schools remained unchanged from 2009, it was higher than in 2002.
- The average score for eighth-graders in large city schools was higher in 2011 than both 2002 and 2009.
- None of the participating districts made gains at grade 4 since 2009; only one district (Charlotte-Mecklenburg) made gains at grade 8 compared to 2009 scores.
- Five districts recorded higher scores at both grades 4 and 8 than the average for large city schools nationally: Austin, Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Hillsborough County (FL), Jefferson County (KY), and Miami-Dade.
- Only one of the participating districts (Atlanta) recorded higher scores at both grades 4 and 8 than in any previous math assessment.
- Three districts made gains since 2009 at grade 4 only (Austin, Baltimore City, and Philadelphia) and five other districts made gains since 2009 at grade 8 only (Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Chicago, Detroit, the District of Columbia, and Jefferson County).
- Six districts recorded higher scores at both grades 4 and 8 than the average for large city schools nationally: Austin, Boston, Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Hillsborough County, Houston, and San Diego.
- At grade 4 only, two other districts recorded higher scores than the average for large city schools nationally: Jefferson County and Miami-Dade.
The Department administered the 2011 NAEP Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) in reading and math to representative samples of students in grades 4 and 8 in each district. Of the 21 participating districts that volunteered to have their NAEP results reported separately, three participated for the first time in 2011: Albuquerque, Dallas, and Hillsborough County. Among the other 18 districts, six have participated since 2002 (reading and writing assessments), 10 since 2003 (reading and math), 11 since 2005 (reading, math, and science) and 2007 (reading, math, and writing), and all since 2009 (reading, math, and science).
Tribal Nations Conference
President Obama recently hosted the White House Tribal Nations Conference in Washington, D.C. The goal of this event is to provide leaders from America's 565 federally recognized tribes the opportunity to interact directly with members of the Administration. The President discussed the work the Administration has done to improve communications between tribal leaders and the federal government and its commitment to helping Indian communities realize prosperous futures. Before his remarks, the President signed an Executive Order expanding educational opportunities for First American students aimed at helping to preserve Native languages, cultures, and histories, while ensuring that they are prepared for college and careers. Secretary Duncan and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will co-chair the White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education.
Odds and Ends
On the heels of several efforts undertaken by the Administration to ensure that private student data is protected, the Department announced new regulations to safeguard student privacy while giving states the flexibility to share school-level data that can be helpful in judging the effectiveness of government investments in education. The regulations will strengthen the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) by protecting the safety of student information, increasing the agency's ability to hold those who abuse or misuse student data accountable, and ensuring taxpayer funds are invested wisely and effectively.
Last month, Secretary Duncan and Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services Alexa Posny visited Wilde Lake High School in Columbia, Maryland, to observe classrooms and join in a discussion with students, teachers, parents, and community members about the importance of inclusion and closing the achievement gap for student with disabilities.
This month, the Advisory Commission on Accessible Instructional Materials in Postsecondary Education for Students with Disabilities released a report providing Congress with recommendations for improving the ability of college students with disabilities to obtain accessible instructional materials in a timely and cost-effective manner.
Also this month, the Secretary delivered remarks, entitled "A Well-Rounded Curriculum in the Age of Accountability," at the National Council for Social Studies' (NCSS) annual conference.
And, on December 7, the Secretary joined Administration leaders at the White House to congratulate the newest class of Nationally Board Certified teachers and engage in a discussion with them on transforming the teaching profession. (Note: Video of the event will be posted here.)
The next in a series of blog posts on the Green Ribbon Schools' pilot year (notes that 33 states, the District of Columbia, and the Bureau of Indian Education have indicated their intent to nominate schools for the recognition, offers quotes from states in support of the program, and highlights accolades for the substantive goals the award sets and the innovative way the Department encourages schools to achieve these aims.
"Distance Education Courses for Public Elementary and Secondary School Students: 2009-10," a new report from the Department's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), features national data about student enrollment in distance education courses, how educators monitor these courses, the motivations for providing distance education, and the technologies used for delivering distance education.
According to the latest annual report released by the Data Quality Campaign, while states have made strong progress increasing their capacity to build and use data systems, they are not yet helping teachers, parents, and other education stakeholders use the data to inform decisions to improve student achievement.
The Departments of Education and Labor have announced a number of initiatives to advance entrepreneurship, including youth entrepreneurship.
With funding provided by the U.S. Department of Energy, the Division of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology of the American Chemical Society is sponsoring two intensive, six-week summer schools in nuclear and radiochemistry for outstanding undergraduates. Selected students will receive an all-expenses-paid opportunity to complete coursework in either California or New York. They will also earn undergraduate credit through San Jose State University or the State University of New York at Stony Brook, respectively, as well as a $4,000 stipend.
Quote to Note
"The world is shifting to an innovation economy, and nobody does innovation better than America. Nobody has better colleges and universities. Nobody has a greater diversity of talent and ingenuity. No one's workers or entrepreneurs are more driven or more daring. The things that have always been our strengths match up perfectly with the demands of the moment. But, we need to meet the moment. We've got to up our game. We need to remember that we can only do that together. It starts by making education a national mission.... In this economy, a higher education is the surest route to the middle class. The unemployment rate for Americans with a college degree or more is nearly half the national average. And, their incomes are twice as high as those who don't have a high school diploma. We shouldn't be laying off good teachers right now, we should be hiring them. We shouldn't be making it harder to afford college, we should be a country where everyone has a chance to go and doesn't rack up $100,000 of debt simply because they went."
|President Barack Obama (12/6/11), speaking in Osawatomie, Kansas
Upcoming Events
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WASHINGTON — Momentum appears to be building in Congress to allow states to collect taxes from online retailers, closing a loophole that costs Maine tens of millions of dollars and that critics say hurts traditional stores.
On Monday, a Senate bill to allow states to require larger retailers to collect sales taxes for online purchases passed its first procedural hurdle. Maine Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King supported the measure.
While some senators oppose the bill — including both senators from sales tax-free New Hampshire — Monday's 74-20 vote was seen as a key test for legislation long sought by "mom and pop" stores as more and more Americans shop online.
"It provides fairness," said Curtis Picard, executive director of the Retail Association of Maine. "We want to level the playing field between bricks-and-mortar retailers and those that sell online."
Under a 1992 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, a state can require a retailer to collect sales taxes on out-of-state purchases only if the retailer has a physical presence in the other state.
Buyers are supposed to declare the purchases and pay the taxes to their home states, typically through their income taxes. But statistics indicate that only a small percentage of taxpayers comply.
In 2011, about 9.5 percent of Maine tax filers reported and paid "use tax" for out-of-state purchases. That brought in about $2.8 million in revenue, according to Maine Revenue Services.
Estimates vary for how much Maine would receive if Congress authorized tax collections from online and catalog purchases.
Maine Revenue Services pegs it at between $15 million and $25 million a year. A study last year by University of Maine economist Todd Gabe put the figure at between $18 million and $28 million.
Gabe's study was done for the Retail Association of Maine and the Maine State Chamber of Commerce.
The current Senate bill would exempt businesses with less than $1 million in out-of-state sales. That exemption is double the amount proposed in a bill last year and appears to have added bipartisan support.
The bill has the support of Amazon.com, the nation's largest online retailer, but is strongly opposed by eBay.com, which has been urging users to voice their opposition to members of Congress.
Maine's largest and best-known online and catalog retailer, L.L. Bean, is closely monitoring the debate in Congress. L.L. Bean collects sales taxes from buyers who live in Maine and the other eight states where the company operates stores.
"We do not oppose the legislation that is being considered," said Carolyn Beem, spokeswoman for the Freeport-based retailer. "We are prepared to (collect taxes) at the same time that all other remote sellers are required to do so."
L.L. Bean has expressed concerns that the implementation time line in the bill is unrealistic, given the enormous amount of coding and programming that would be required to collect state and local taxes across the nation, Beem said.
"We think they are underestimating the complexity of it," she said.
Jennifer Johnson, co-owner of the much smaller Maine-based Johnson's Sporting Goods, sees and feels the competition from online sales regularly, thanks in no small part to the rise of "smartphones." The challenge is particularly acute when it comes to costly scuba gear.
As an example, Johnson said a dry suit can cost from $1,000 to $3,200. Some customers will come into Johnson's Sporting Goods — which operates stores in Brunswick, Portland and Rockland — to inspect or try on a piece of equipment, then use their smartphone to check prices online.
Johnson said her stores are at a disadvantage because they compete against much larger retailers that can buy in bulk, and those retailers don't charge sales taxes. The result, she said, is that her store has become "a showroom" for some buyers.
"They touch it, feel it and then go online and buy it," Johnson said. "Everybody is trying to save a penny. However, the showroom where they went and tried it on may not be there in the future."
Not everyone agrees that Congress should authorize states to collect additional taxes.
"Higher taxes right now are not needed in this economy," said J. Scott Moody, CEO of the Maine Heritage Policy Center, a conservative think tank. Moody said Mainers are tempted to shop online or in New Hampshire because Maine's taxes are too high.
"As a state, I would say we need to address the high tax burden," Moody said.
The issue often falls less on party lines than on geographic ones. Collins, a Republican, and King, an independent, are co-sponsors of the Senate bill.
"The Marketplace Fairness Act is about just that, fairness," King said in a prepared statement. "A small 'mom and pop' business shouldn't be at a disadvantage to large online retailers who do not have to levy sales taxes in states where they don't have a physical presence."
Democratic U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree and Republican Gov. Paul LePage — a former general manager of the Marden's retail chain — also support allowing states to collect sales taxes on Internet purchases. A spokesman for Rep. Mike Michaud said he is still reviewing the issue.
New Hampshire Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte and Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen oppose the bill, saying it would burden retailers in states that don't charge sales taxes.
Both fought unsuccessfully to slow the fast-tracked bill, which bypassed the Senate Finance Committee, chaired by Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, an opponent whose state has no sales tax.
"I will continue to use every tool at my disposal to stop this bill, which should go through the committee process and be revealed for what it is — a massive power grab that will turn online business owners into tax collectors for other states," Ayotte said in a prepared statement.
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LIVESTOCK, POULTRY, AND DAIRY: The total red meat and poultry production forecast for 2013 is raised from last month as higher beef production more than offsets lower pork, broiler, and turkey production. Beef production is raised as greater fed cattle and cow slaughter combine with heavier average carcass weights to push output higher. Moderate feed prices and recent placement of heavy animals are expected to support higher average carcass weights in the second half of the year. Pork production is reduced largely reflecting lower slaughter in the third quarter. Broiler production is reduced as the increase in second-quarter production was smaller than expected. The forecast for second-half production is unchanged. Turkey production is lowered as hatchery data portends sharper production declines in the third and fourth quarters. Egg production is raised from last month as greater table egg production more than offsets a marginal decline in second quarter hatching egg production. For 2014, beef production is raised slightly on larger expected marketings of cattle placed in 2013. Forecasts for other meats are unchanged. Egg production is higher compared to last month as growth in the broiler breeder flock is expected to support greater hatching egg production.
Beef exports are raised for 2013 on stronger shipments to several markets, while the forecast for 2014 is unchanged from last month. Beef imports for 2013 are reduced based on second-quarter data, but are unchanged for 2014. The 2013 pork export forecast is down fractionally reflecting second-quarter data, with 2014 unchanged. The 2013 broiler export forecast is higher as shipments showed continued strength in June. The forecast for 2014 is unchanged. Turkey exports for 2013 are up slightly reflecting trade data for the second quarter. U.S. Census Bureau revisions are reflected in historical trade estimates.
Fed cattle prices are reduced in 2013 and 2014 as greater beef production and attractively priced competing meats are expected to pressure prices. Hog prices are raised for 2013 as demand strength is expected to continue through the end of the year. Broiler prices are reduced in 2013 and 2014 as recent price declines are expected to persist. Turkey price forecasts are unchanged from last month.
The 2013 milk production forecast is higher than last month based on production data for the second quarter, but subsequent quarters are unchanged. Production for 2014 is unchanged. Exports are raised for 2013 on both a fat and skim-solids basis as continued tight world supplies support higher exports. However, the export forecast for 2014 is unchanged. Fat basis imports are raised for 2013 while the skim solid forecast is lower. Import forecasts for 2014 are unchanged.
Fat-basis ending stock forecasts for 2013 and 2014 are lowered as lower prices are expected to support greater butter use. The skim-basis stock forecast is unchanged for 2013 but lowered for 2014 as domestic demand for nonfat dry milk (NDM) is expected to improve.
Robust demand for NDM supports increased price forecasts for 2013 and 2014. The cheese price forecast for 2013 is raised on relatively strong demand, but the forecast is unchanged for 2014. Butter prices are forecast lower for both 2013 and 2014 as stocks are relatively high. The whey price forecast is unchanged from last month. For 2013, the Class III price is raised from last month on the stronger cheese price, but the 2014 price is reduced on a lower butterfat price. The range of the 2013 Class IV price is narrowed for 2013 but is unchanged at the midpoint as the lower butter price is largely offset by the higher NDM price. The 2014 Class IV price is unchanged. The all milk price for 2013 is forecast at $19.60 to $19.80 per cwt and $18.65 to $19.65 per cwt for 2014.
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One man has been arrested and another person is being sought after a police officer responding to a shooting incident at a west suburban party was seriously injured in a car accident involving someone fleeing the party.
Kendall J. Collier, of the 100 block of Linden Drive in Oswego, was driving the 1998 white Chevy Malibu that hit the police squad car about 12:15 a.m. this morning in the 700 block of Oakton Avenue in Montgomery, according to Montgomery Chief of Police Daniel Meyers.
The officer in the squad car, who was responding to the scene after police received a report of shots being fired about 12:09 a.m., was seriously injured, Meyers said, and was taken to Rush-Copley Medical Center in Aurora, where his condition has since stabilized.
Collier was also injured, apparently from hitting his head on the steering wheel of the Malibu, and was treated and released from Provena Mercy Medical Center in Aurora. He was since charged with aggravated driving under the influence and will appear in Kane County bond court today.
Police are still searching for the individual who fired the shots that started the mass exodus at the party scene, Meyers said. He said that police did recover a .45-caliber handgun in a black Dodge pickup truck at the scene.
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