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Admiral James Steele Gracey, USCG (retired), 17th Commandant of the Coast Guard, passed away on Sunday, April 5, 2020, in Falls Church, Va., at the age of 92.Born in Newton, Mass. in 1927, Adm. Gracey graduated from the United States Coast Guard Academy in 1949. Adm. Gracey was a 1956 graduate of the Harvard Graduate School where he earned a Masters Degree in Business Administration.His career included diverse tours both ashore and afloat, including Commanding Officer, LORAN Station Ocean Cape, Yakutat, Alaska; Commanding Officer, CGC Mariposa; assistant project officer for the conversion of Governors Island in New York City from an Army post into a Coast Guard Base; Executive Officer
Philly Shipyard Wins Contract to Build US Training Ships
Philly Shipyard has been awarded a contract to build up to five National Security Multi-Mission Vessels (NSMV) that will enable at-sea training for America's future mariners and support humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in times of need.TOTE Services, selected in May 2019 by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration (MARAD) as the vessel construction manager for the NSMV program, placed an initial order with Philly Shipyard for the first two vessels for delivery in Spring and Winter 2023, with options for the next three vessels, MARAD and Philly Shipyard announced in seperate statements on Wednesday.
Coronavirus Disrupts Supply of Ships and Demand -BIMCO
The coronavirus outbreak has affected all aspects of the shipping industry, lowering, if not wiping out, demand growth prospects for the year across all segments. The outbreak has also affected fleet development, says shipping association BIMCO.Contracting activity has fallen, demolition activity, which had been high, is now being limited by restrictions around the world and deliveries of new vessels are delayed."The coronavirus has certainty replaced the IMO 2020 sulphur regulation as the talking point of the year. The demand outlook has weakened and uncertainty has increased across the board. This combination is reflected in fleet developments this year.
COVID-19: Your LMS Can Help You Now More Than Ever
It is clear that we are living in unprecedented times. Equally clear is that we will get through this pandemic, but that it is going to take some strength, stamina and especially some innovation to come through as unscathed as possible. It is the innovation part that I wish to address here with some tips that go beyond training; tips I am observing our customers innovate and implement. Tips that help us solve some of the problems created by the impacts of this pandemic. My hat is off to these customers for their can-do spirit in these difficult times, using the tools at hand to solve new problems.
McAllister Takes Delivery of New Tug Eileen McAllister
McAllister Towing announced Tuesday it has taken delivery of a newly built 6,770-horsepower shipdocking tug, Eileen McAllister, slated to enter service in Port Everglades, Fla.The 34th tractor tug in McAllister's fleet, Eileen McAllister was built by Washburn & Doughty in Maine and set sail for its new home port following delivery on Monday.The 93- by 38-foot newbuild is powered by 3516E Tier IV Caterpillar engines with twin Schottel SRP 490 Z-drive units and Markey winches, achieving more than 84 metric tons during ABS bollard pull certification. Eileen will soon join sister vessel, Tate McAllister, as the most powerful tug in the Fort Lauderdale, Fla. seaport.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 130 diseños de 22 diseñadores freelance.
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We're the largest trade association for medical coders, billers, auditors and those dealing with the business side of medicine.
Medical industry (physicians, practices, clinics, hospitals, and reimbursement/billing staff within those locations). Mostly women currently, but is changing as our business expands. We are open to softer logos, fonts and pastels given the current audience.
1. We want to modify our current logo
2. The logo should maintain the current circle icon (although we are open to "updating" it and making it a little more current looking)
2. Quite simply the main modification is to go from a written out "American Academy of Professional Coders" to only the acronym "AAPC"
3. Winning design would maintain the professional look required for a medical organization logo, but attempt to do some font modifications to stylize the lettering, and might try to minimally update the icon circle.
Note: Primary color should remain the blue as shown or a variation of the blue (lighter/darker/different pantone). However, it is not imperative that the complete logo remain a single color. In fact, we are open to a secondary color for either the "AAPC" or the circle icon (lighter blue, grey, black, completely different color). We do want a shade of blue to be the primary color for our brand.
One more note: You are also welcome to try something completely different with the circle icon, however, we're really trying to keep "AAPC" as that is our brand (and do away with "American Academy of Professional Coders").
I've attached a few files:
1. Our current logo as an EPS file (AcademyLogo-660_U.eps)
2. Our current logo as a gif (AcademyLogo-660.gif)
3. A few quick logo variations we tried (Logos.pdf). This is close to what we want, but needs a designers touch
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Call me a social late-bloomer (is there a term like that?), but I recently got addicted to online shopping. Last Monday, I had sealed an order for five items in an online shop and got the products four days after. Fast? For me, yes. Some of the items I ordered before (mostly books), take two to four weeks before arriving in my doorstep. So yes, that shop has a speedy delivery. However, it does not have free shipping which is totally a bummer. Living on the other side of the world, shipping costs reach an altitude higher than a skyscraper here in my country, and I am partly exaggerating.
Last week, I was browsing over some of my followers' sites when I stumbled upon this cool and fashionable shop. Indressme Chic Destination Online is a custom dress shop founded in 2009 which gradually became a leading supplier of wedding and other special occasion dresses. With the use of carefully selected international fabrics from trusted and renowned producers in Italy, Spain, and Japan, the shop holds its promise of bringing designed clothes that will meet each customer's individual style. Over time, it has evolved and included latest street style in its line. It has a collection of the latest trends from the high-streets of New York, Paris, London, Tokyo, and Shanghai. Now, we can see casual dress, chic shirts, trendy coats, stylish pants, and more in affordable prices.
Aside from the chic street style the clothing line is offering, what I specifically like is its international approach to have free shipping anywhere in the planet. Living in the Philippines, no matter how a tropical paradise it seems to others, is still disadvantageous when it comes to online shops. That is why I am happy to find a shop which presents clothes which passed my tastes and geographical location.
And oh, there is an ongoing Spring Sale with 15% discount sitewide for Indressme! To get a cut from your cost, kindly use SPR15 for the coupon code when purchasing items from the store. Hurry, promo lasts until May 11 only.
Currently, I am putting items in my wishlist as I save for my next order. I will select two or three and purchase them later this month. Here, please take a look of those I have selected. Which looks better? For those who know me, which among them will look suitable for me?
It seems that my excitement for online shopping caught the attention of the shop itself when I emailed them about my feelings for shopping in their store. The marketer was glad and thankful for the contact. We had a brief exchange of correspondence and soon, I found myself accepting an offer I didn't hope or expect at least. Now guys, here is the happier part of this post (the happy section being able to find the store site): Indressme has offered a giveaway for my blog readers!
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The spring issue of Domino is AWESOME. It saved me from losing my mind on my delayed flight back from Arizona. There are some seriously awesome spaces in it, lots of inspiration and many reasons to go pick up a copy!
The biggest reason in my book? Lauren Liess' new home. She's been chronicling her reno on her blog and now we get to see the final reveal. It's SO good. SO SO SO good.
That ceiling???? DIE.
This kitchen? The island? The iron racks? Yes please. With a cherry on top.
This TV room is amazing- those shelves were made of IKEA butcher block counters. Can you say GENIUS?
This shot wasn't in the mag but I love it. How badly do you want to sit here and read?
Another shot of the build in sofa…
This wallpaper made me let out a little sigh. I will never tire of chinoiserie wallpaper. Panels, an accent wall, a full room- any iteration I will take.
Abby Larson's home by the ladies behind Good Bones, Great Pieces was a treat to see too, especially since it's in my neck of the woods. I died over the dining room.
It's just so darn cheery!
Of course, you know me and my affinity for black, white and gold. So this space spoke to me (a 400 square foot studio too!)
I am pretty sure that Xanax in room form would look like this. I relax a little every time I look at it and imagine taking a bath here with a little glass of wine.
Jamie Meares killed it with this teenager's room- fun, bold but not juvenile.
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from Tuesday's Bruce Levine's chat:
Q: Do you the White Sox have many scouts or front office people who lean more towards the stats based, Sabermetric kind of player evaluation?
A: They do a nice combination of both. Assistant GM Rick Hahn is a statistical genius. He has a photgraphic memory. However he combines old school techniques and is a firm believer in scouting. Dan Fabian is also involved in technical data for the team.


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By 2020, 85% of consumers will manage their business relationships without ever speaking to a human. Learn how to create more engaging content.
Today's customers are so connected, mobile and informed that, by 2020, they will manage 85% of their relationships without ever speaking with an actual human. What does this mean for companies? It is now a business requirement to listen to consumers across every touchpoint – from mobile to Web and beyond – to ensure a successful customer engagement strategy.
The challenge is coordinating the customer interactions and information. Not only is there a flood of new customer data arriving each day, but many businesses find their organizational and technological silos stop any progress in its tracks. Silos cause a lack of information flow and an inability to coordinate decision making between different areas of the organization, which negatively impacts the customer's experience.
Companies must break down their silos to develop effective strategies for unifying their customer communications across the organization. A unified view helps businesses create more relevant, more engaging and more consistent customer experiences across every touchpoint.
Relevant communication can cement an emotional bond for the customer and, in turn, can deliver tremendous business results. How can companies move toward more open communications across the organization? Here are the keys to breaking down barriers and fostering successful customer engagement:
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Learn to speak to customers in a single voice across all channels. Companies must understand customer preferences and their preferred delivery methods, and deliver in those mediums.
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Sustainable business growth relies on the company being able to understand customers and knowing what it takes to attract them. By leveraging and organizing the right data sources – social information, location, transaction data, and demographics – businesses will be able to understand their customer's "Moments of Truth."
By tracking customer profiles to compare and analyse their lifestyles and purchase behaviors, businesses can optimize their marketing strategies and increase sales. That's good news for every area of the organization while delivering a personalized experienced to keep customers engaged.
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Siloed communications lead to customer churn. People expect a business to know their preference, especially if they have opted in and taken the time to spell out the correct method and content for communication. Imagine such a customer receiving communication from your business that he or she is not interested in. Picture the frustration as they elect to not receive this again, and opt to stop following your company or product entirely.
Companies must remove internal information barriers to understand customer preferences – from their preferred delivery methods to their interests – and learn to deliver in that medium and with that message. If you can learn how customers prefer to engage with you and leverage those interactions, you can help keep a customer for life.
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There is nothing more powerful than an organization where every employee is on the same page. By uniting efforts and goals across the organization, businesses can build a stronger customer engagement strategy and, most importantly, keep all their customers happy and coming back for more.
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Two Successful Summer Programs in Architecture Conclude with Final Reviews on 2 August 2013
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In accordance with the Faculty Plan submitted to the Board of Trustees in December 2012, The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture launched two 2013 Summer Programs in Architecture to extend the reach of the School's preeminent position in architectural education.
The Introduction to Architecture course was designed to provide college students who are or have been pursuing other disciplines with a comprehensive introduction to the culture, practice and history of architecture via the unique studio culture that has characterized and fostered the pedagogy of the School of Architecture for over thirty years. Many of the students in this inaugural class were from the tristate area, but students also traveled from other states and Canada. Students were pursuing or had completed undergraduate degrees in Engineering, Liberal Arts, and Finance among others, and were interested in the course to develop a portfolio for admission to graduate programs in architecture. Some students came with little prior knowledge of architecture while others had experience interning for architecture firms and interior designers. The breadth of diversity in experience inspired a dynamic studio environment while providing students with a challenging and supportive arena to analyze, discuss, and make architecture.
The Masterclass in Advanced Digital Architecture provided an intensive studio environment with a rotating faculty leading weekly workshops on architecture. The Masterclass students also had a range of prior experience in the study of architecture and all shared an intense desire to push the field of digital architecture by challenging both assumed ideas and modes of operation. Students in the class came from across the nation as well as from Tehran, Iran.
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Man Man's third album, Rabbit Habits, was perhaps one of my favourites of 2008. The combination of the rabid vocals of frontman Honus Honus, combined with lurching voodoo rhythms and rampant xylophone ensured its permanent home on both my iPod and stereo. It was as suitable for sound tracking a sunny walk to work as it was a few late night whiskeys with friends. A local live show caught that very same year, replete with instrument swapping and all the hollering and gnashing of teeth you could ask for lodged this group of howling madmen firmly in my heart.
So here we have their fourth offering; Life Fantastic. Does it live up to the heady swampland boogie of their previous offering? Well, enlisting Mike Mogis on production, engineering and mixing duties has certainly done a tremendous job of bringing Honus's accomplished songwriting to the fore and shows that even stripped of kazoos and (literally) bells and whistles, Man Man can still put together a gloriously deranged pop song.
The smoky acoustic guitar-led 'Steak Knives' and the surfy beach party swing of 'Piranhas Club'; where Honus doles out sound life advice, "If you gotta punch your dad in the face, think about it…do it!", are both glorious examples of the former and latter.
The sound here is warm and accessible throughout, as you'd expect from a Mogis production, with plenty of interesting flourishes - the chaingang backing vocals into rollicking banjo-led rhythm and back again of 'Bangkok Necktie' for example. However too many of the tracks flash by with nothing to grasp on to. Nothing we haven't before and, dare I say it, better from the band.
There's nothing here to really compare to 'Hurly/Burly' or 'The Ballad of Butter Beans' from Rabbit Habits, but the sterling production really does make for a cohesive, interesting listen and it's a joy to be able to hear every instrument in its own space and in its own right, without each jostling and fighting for your attention. It's almost as if the band knew they could never make a record that would capture the intensity and feral joy of their live show, so opted instead to focus on their musicianship and structural abilities for this album.
If so, it's a tactic that yields some fantastic results - the string section that ends album closer 'Oh, La Brea' for instance - though I did start to miss that hooting, hollering and fairground queasiness after a while.
So what do we have here? A tastefully produced, solid entry into the Man Man catalogue. _Life Fantastic- isn't going to lose Honus and co. any fans - certainly not this one - but it feels like a place holder or a stepping stone. An attempt perhaps to grow up that, bizarrely, feels more like an experiment for its lack of extraneous sounds, carnival barking and clattering production.
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Google rules the world -- and the stock market, too.
Shares in the Mountain View-based company are trading for more than $800 on Wall Street, with morning traders swapping the behemoth's stock at $801.99, according to the Associated Press.
Google's value has increased nearly 35 percent since co-founder Larry Page took control of the company in April 2011, the newspaper reported. That's compared to a 15 percent increase in value for the entire market.
Google weathered the recession well despite plummeting in value to $247.30 per share at the end of 2008, the newspaper reported. The company was doing so well that Page and co-founder Sergey Brin tried to split the company's stock -- halving the trading price while doubling the shares held -- but investors sued to stop it. That lawsuit is pending, and arguments are scheduled to begin June 17 in Delaware, where the company is incorporated.
The source of Google's strength is easy to find. The Internet titan is an advertising juggernaut, thanks to its dominant search engine, ownership of YouTube, and Android operating software on 600 million mobile phones worldwide.
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Six updates address critical flaws, which Microsoft typically describes as those an attacker could exploit to take complete control of an affected system to install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts. The rest of this month's updates are rated important.
Amol Sarwate, manager of vulnerability research for Redwood Shores, Calif.-based security firm Qualys, said IT administrators should put the most urgency on deploying MS07-046, which fixes a flaw in how Windows' Graphics Rendering Engine handles specially crafted images.
Microsoft said an attacker could exploit the flaw by constructing a specially crafted image that could potentially allow remote code execution if a user opened a specially crafted attachment in email, and that a successful attacker could take complete control of an affected system. All supported editions of Windows are affected except for Windows 2003 Server Service Pack 2 and Windows Vista.
"This is a flaw that affects the core of the Windows Graphics Library, so it should really be on the top of the list," he said, adding that IT shops should also patch the latest Internet Explorer and Excel flaws as soon as possible, since those programs are so widely used.
Sarwate said this month's security updates reflect a continuing trend toward more Web-centric vulnerabilities, with more cracks being discovered in image files, media players and browsers. Agreeing with him is Dave Marcus, security research and communications manager for McAfee Avert Labs.
"Many of the vulnerabilities addressed by Microsoft's fixes could be exploited if a Windows user simply visits a malicious Web site," he said in an emailed statement. "Microsoft's patches again underline the trend of malware writers seeking out the Web browser as a means of attack and reinforce the need of safe browsing habits."
In addition to MS07-046, the "critical" security updates are:
MS07-042, which fixes a flaw attackers could exploit by luring Internet Explorer users to a specially crafted Web page. Specifically, the vulnerability could be exploited by attacking Microsoft XML Core Services. The flaw affects all supported editions of Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Microsoft Office 2003, and the 2007 Microsoft Office System.
MS07-043, which fixes a flaw in Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) attackers could exploit to run malicious code on targeted machines. This flaw affects all supported editions of Windows 2000, Windows XP, Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac, and Visual Basic 6. "This security update addresses the vulnerability by adding a check on memory requests within OLE automation," Microsoft said in its advisory.
MS07-044, which fixes flaws in Microsoft Excel. Attackers could exploit the flaw to launch malicious code if a user opens a specially crafted Excel file, Microsoft said. The update is critical for supported editions of Microsoft Office 2000, and important for supported editions of Microsoft Office XP, Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac, and Excel Viewer 2003. Microsoft addressed the problem by modifying the way that the program handles specially crafted Excel files.
MS07-045, a cumulative update for Internet Explorer that fixes flaws attackers could exploit to launch malicious code when a user views a specially crafted Web page with the browser. "The security update addresses two vulnerabilities by setting the kill bit for ActiveX controls, and addresses a third vulnerability by modifying the way Internet Explorer handles certain strings in CSS files," Microsoft said.
MS07-050, which fixes a flaw in the Vector Markup Language (VML) implementation in Windows. "The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user viewed a specially crafted Web page using Internet Explorer," Microsoft said. The update affects supported releases of Internet Explorer 5.01, Internet Explorer 6, and Internet Explorer 7.
The "important" security updates are:
MS07-047, which fixes two flaws in Windows Media Player. "These vulnerabilities could allow code execution if a user viewed a specially crafted file in Windows Media Player," Microsoft said.
MS07-048, which fixes several Windows Gadgets flaws. "If a user subscribed to a malicious RSS feed in the Feed Headlines Gadget, added a malicious contacts file in the Contacts Gadget or clicked on a malicious link in the Weather Gadget, an attacker could potentially run code on the system," Microsoft said.
MS07-049, which fixes a flaw in Microsoft Virtual PC and Microsoft Virtual Server that could allow a guest operating system user to run code on the host or another guest operating systems. Microsoft noted that only guest operating system users who are granted administrative permissions to the guest operating system would be able to exploit this vulnerability. The update affects all supported releases of Microsoft Virtual PC 2004, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2, Microsoft Virtual PC for Mac Version 6.1, and Microsoft Virtual PC for Mac Version 7.


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Vance Worley was beside himself after his latest rough outing.
The Minnesota Twins right-hander actually felt good on the mound. The problem was that he was facing Miguel Cabrera, Prince Fielder and that potent Detroit lineup.
"I made good pitches. They just crushed them," Worley said. "I made the exact pitch that I wanted to Cabrera. I even went back and watched the video. That pitch is a popup, and he drove it out of the park the other way. There's nothing you can do about that."
Cabrera and Fielder each hit a two-run homer, Justin Verlander pitched seven strong innings and the Tigers beat Minnesota 6-1 Tuesday night for their fifth straight victory.
Worley gave up six runs and 10 hits in 4 2-3 innings. Verlander (3-2) allowed a run and five hits. He struck out eight and walked two.
Worley (0-4) was acquired by the Twins in an offseason trade with Philadelphia and started Minnesota's season opener, but Tuesday's struggles raised his ERA to 7.22.
Cabrera opened the scoring with his fourth homer of the year, and Fielder's seventh was part of a three-run fifth. Alex Avila also went deep for Detroit.
Tigers pitchers struck out 10, reaching that mark for the fifth straight game. That equals the longest streak by an American League team since at least 1921. The major league record since then is eight games by the Milwaukee Brewers last August, according to STATS.
"Since I've been here, our staff has always been a strikeout staff," said Avila, Detroit's catcher. "Being able to throw everything for strikes and being able to set up pitches is a big deal."
Cabrera's second opposite-field homer in three nights put Detroit ahead 2-0.
Wilkin Ramirez hit an RBI double for Minnesota in the second, but Avila answered in the bottom half. The Detroit catcher entered the game hitting .176, but sliced a drive over the fence in left-center to make it 3-1.
Worley appeared to be in decent shape until the fifth, when Torii Hunter hit an RBI groundout to make it 4-1. Fielder followed one out later with a line drive that cleared the wall in right in a hurry.
"Worley just couldn't command the strike zone, and when he did get pitches on the plate, those two big guys put them in the seats," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "That's their team - they've got big power and a great rotation."
Verlander left his previous start against Kansas City after seven innings with a blister on his pitching thumb, but the injury wasn't expected to be too serious. He didn't seem bothered Tuesday, throwing 114 pitches.
"That's a tough night for us," Gardenhire said. "Verlander might not have had his best stuff, but being the pitcher he is, he made it work. We battled him, but when that guy needs to make a pitch, he gets nasty, and that's what he did tonight."
Drew Smyly took over in the eighth and struck out one hitter. Al Alburquerque came on in the ninth but walked two, prompting manager Jim Leyland to bring in Joaquin Benoit for the final two outs in what was still a non-save situation. Benoit fanned pinch-hitter Ryan Doumit for the second out of the ninth and Detroit's 10th strikeout of the game.
NOTES: Minnesota star Joe Mauer snapped an 0-for-21 skid with a third-inning single. ... Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe, a big Tigers fan, threw out a ceremonial first pitch. He spent some time before the game commiserating with Hunter and Smyly, who are both from Arkansas. ... The Tigers try for a three-game sweep Wednesday. Detroit's Anibal Sanchez (3-1) takes the mound against Scott Diamond (1-2).


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We focus on the home-based business industry, providing tools for building websites, managing contacts and marketing strategy. Growth also symbolizes the team growth as their "downline" expands.
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Our current website is SproutRoute.com. Our current logo was sort of the idea we were going for, but it just didn't hit the mark. We are also going to be doing an entire site redesign contest based off of this new logo that you will create.
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Arm-in-arm with Vice President Biden, Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., makes a dramatic return to Capitol Hill after suffering a stroke, cheered on by his peers as he walks up the steps of the Capitol building.
In the year since he had a major stroke, Sen. Mark Kirk has taken his recovery one step at a time.
On Thursday, the Illinois Republican took 45 more – climbing the stairs to the Senate's front door while colleagues cheered him on.
"Yeah, Mark!" the crowd shouted as Kirk, 53, mounted the steps, slowly and stiffly, with Vice President Biden grasping his right arm.
"Welcome back!"
Kirk stopped several times along the way, leaning on a four-pronged cane for support. When he finally reached the top, he was greeted by loud applause.
A year ago, Kirk would have bounded up the steps in moments.
That was before the stroke that devastated the left side of his body and left him so close to death he saw angels – with New York accents – at his hospital bed.
After months of rehabilitation, he speaks more slowly and deliberately, and his left side appears stiff. Kirk may have need a wheelchair to get around Senate corridors, but he was determined to get up the steps under his own power.
"I've been dreaming of this day for months," he told NBC Chicago earlier this week.
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Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk, second left, waves as he is welcomed by Vice President Biden, left, and his colleagues upon his return to the Senate on Jan. 3 after suffering a stroke last January.
The short trip to the front door was the end of long journey that he wasn't always sure he would finish.
"There was a time with my left leg when my doctors said, 'It will bear weight,' and I thought, 'You know, I'm the owner of this leg. Yeah, right. It'll never bear weight,'" Kirk said.
"They were right and I was wrong," he said in a sit-down interview in Washington.
The stroke he had last January affected the left side of his body but left his mental functions intact. He had three brain surgeries, and an 8-inch piece of his skull was temporarily removed to accommodate swelling.
He said the ordeal made him more religious.
"I felt like there were three angels in the room. And, interestingly, they had New York accents, probably because the last movie I'd seen was on Channel 11, was the original 'Ocean's 11,'" he said.
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U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk speaks about his recovery from a major stroke a year ago at his home in Highland Park, Ill.
Kirk told the Chicago Daily Herald the angels asked him: "You want to come with us?"
He replied: "No, I'll hold off."
"They say there are no atheists in foxholes, and this stroke put me into a very deep foxhole," he told the newspaper.
Kirk, who was elected to the Senate in 2010 after five terms in the House, is living in a disabled-accessible apartment in Washington. He uses a four-pronged cane to get around and will scale back his schedule.
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The stroke, he said, did give him a new perspective on a major policy issue: health care. He said he still doesn't support Obamacare but knows many of his constituents don't have access to the top-flight medical treatment he received.
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"On the Medicaid side, how we address citizens of Illinois who suffer from a stroke ... working so that my fellow citizens have the opportunities that I had," he said.
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When Intel launched their last LGA775 chipset, P45, I thought we were done with LGA775 innovation. ASUS, however, has turned this thought upside down with the launch of their Rampage Extreme X48 motherboard. ASUS has taken the X48 chipset and somehow unleashed incredible performance from it that rivals the P45 chipset in both overclocking and stock performance. It's a bold statement to say that ASUS has fully mastered the X48 chipset but I feel confident that the Rampage Extreme is proof of this mastery.
X48 in itself isn't a very special chipset. X38, which launched more than a year ago, was a slightly faster option over 975X, which was the prior enthusiast chipset. X48 is down to the smallest detail a piece of X38 silicon. However, it's supposedly binned for higher FSB operation and DDR3 support. So after all that, what does this mean? Nothing has changed with the silicon here; the Rampage Extreme shares the same Northbridge with dozens of other X48 boards but no other board shares the amount of refinement that went into the Rampage Extreme. Priced at nearly $400, the Rampage Extreme is your luxury deluxe of LGA775 boards and comes equipped with enough bits and pieces to warrant such a price. Let's take a quick look at its feature set.
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With no Summer League, a handful of NBA players have taken to regional pro-ams. The two biggest, out of DC and Los Angeles, have scheduled an all-star game of sorts, and today the rosters were announced. As reported by Pro Basketball Talk,
For the Goodman League: Kevin Durant (Thunder), John Wall (Wizards), Ty Lawson (Nuggets), Gary Neal (Spurs), Tyreke Evans (Kings), Michael Beasley (Timberwolves), DeMarcus Cousins (Kings), Josh Selby (Grizzlies), Sam Young (Grizzlies), Donte Green(Kings), Hugh "Baby Shaq" Jones (AND1 Tour), Emanuel "Duce" Jones and Warren "D-Nice" Jefferson.
For the Drew League: James Harden (Thunder), DeMar DeRozan (Raptors), Nick Young (Wizards), Dorrell Wright (Warriors), Brandon Jennings (Bucks), JaVale McGee (Wizards), Craig Smith (Clippers), Pooh Jeter (Kings), Bobby Brown (Aris BC), Marcus Williams (Grizzlies) and three more players yet to be named.
The game will be broadcast online next month, and you may need to purchase the DVD to keep you warm through the chilly winter months.
Goodman League vs. Drew League showdown rosters out [Pro Basketball Talk]


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Last week Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio reached an agreement that will have far-reaching effects on low-income New Yorkers living with AIDS who qualify to receive rent assistance from the City. It reverses a decade-long injustice that was created by the Giuliani Administration and continued through Mayor Bloomberg's time. In federally subsidized housing or […]
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Bailey-Holt House on ABC News
ABC Channel 7 ran a story on Bailey-Holt House and its recovery from Sandy on Monday, December 3rd. Bailey-Holt House has been receiving other press as well, and we wanted to share a few of the interviews and articles. Other than ABC Channel 7, NY1, WCBS Radio 880 and WBAI Out FM Radio have also […]
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Why Mental Health for World AIDS Day?
Bailey House observes the 25th annual World AIDS Day by opening our first major expansion in over a decade – the new Behavioral Health Clinic in East Harlem, a neighborhood with the City's highest rate of psychiatric hospitalizations and the second highest rate of HIV incidence. It will be housed at our Rand Harlan Center […]
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It's Time To Come Home
This holiday season, we have much to be thankful for. Our Bailey-Holt House residents still cannot return to their home, but the outpouring of support we have received for our Bailey-Holt House Emergency Fund has inspired us and allowed us to push on in our mission to reopen Bailey-Holt House as soon as possible. It's been […]
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Breakfast Group for Bailey-Holt House Residents
Attention Bailey-Holt House residents: Keep the Community Alive! Announcing a weekly breakfast drop-in group for the residents of Bailey-Holt House. Thursdays: 10-11AM, 1751 Park Avenue, 3rd Floor Come visit and re-connect with Friends and Neighbors during this time of separation. Stay informed: learn the latest updates on the status of your home. We hope to […]
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Day 10: Bailey-Holt House Residents Want to Come Home
The 44 men and women living with AIDS who call Bailey-Holt House their home are distraught. It's 10 days since their home was struck by Sandy. It's 7 days that they have been separated from each other. The Bailey-Holt House community is a microcosm of NYC … black, white, Latino, Asian, straight, gay, lesbian, transgender, […]
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We Need a Little Help from Our Friends
We Need a Little Help From Our Friends… It's Day #6 post Hurricane Sandy and the outlook for Bailey-Holt House is grim. Although power was restored to most of the City, we're learning that in a building like ours, it's not as simple as turning on the lights. The steps to recovery for Bailey-Holt House […]
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Shedding New Light on HIV Prevention
Refocusing the National Discussion on HIV/AIDS Written By Gina Quattrochi CEO, Bailey House Member of Steering Committee, "30 for 30" Board Member, NAHC Two weeks ago President Obama issued a resolution establishing the first federal agency "Working Group on the Intersection of HIV/AIDS, Violence Against Women and Girls, and Gender and Health Disparities". The Administration's […]
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An aging Scrooge is a bitter man. He received his diagnosis of HIV many years ago, but because of his wealth, he has been stably housed and taking HHART. His vast resources and social status have helped him maintain his health. The fate of Bob Crachit and his family is much different. Bob, his wife, […]


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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is under guard and handcuffed to the bed in a hospital in Boston and cannot talk due to a gunshot wound to the throat.
The authorities had expressed fears that his injuries meant he might never be able to answer their questions, but ABC and NBC reported that he had started responding sporadically in writing. USA Today also cited a law enforcement official as saying he was awake and responding, but the reports have not been officially confirmed.
Investigators are hoping he will be able to shed light on why the pair attacked the Boston Marathon. They have reportedly asked him about the possibility that other cell members might exist and for information on any unexploded bombs.
Police are unsure whether they inflicted the throat wound or if Dzhokhar shot himself by putting a gun in his mouth as he hid in a boat in a suburban garden during a day-long manhunt.
Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis said: "It's hard to know how he received that injury. That's being looked into." He also suffered a gunshot in the leg.
While police wait for Dzhokhar to talk, federal prosecutors are preparing charges against him. If he is charged with using a weapon of mass destruction to kill people, he could face the death penalty.
Police said that Dzhokhar and his brother 26-year-old brother Tamerlan – who was killed in a shootout a day earlier – had been arming themselves for "further attacks" when they were found.
Edward Davis, the Boston police commissioner, said: "It's my belief that they were already manufacturing explosive devices. Further violent acts were inevitable."
Three people were killed and 180 were injured last Monday when two bombs exploded near the finishing of the Boston marathon last Monday.
Edward Deveau, the police chief in Watertown, where the brothers were caught, said that they acted alone. "I believe it is limited to the two brothers," he said. "As far as this little cell, this little group, goes, I think we got our guys."
Chief Deveau also disclosed dramatic details of the shoot-out, in which Tamerlan was killed, and revealed how, in the chaos, his death was caused by Dzhokhar.
A single officer was first to encounter the fugitives at 12.30am local time on Friday in a residential street in Watertown, a suburb of Boston.
They were in two separate vehicles, including a four-wheel-drive Mercedes they had carjacked.
Chief Deveau said: "They jump out of the cars and unload on our police officer. They both came out shooting. Shooting guns, handguns. He's under direct fire, very close by.
"He has to jam it in reverse and try to get himself a little distance."
As five other officers arrived, 200 shots were fired in 10 minutes. One of the brothers threw exploding devices including a pressure cooker bomb which landed on a car.
Tamerlan then broke cover and walked directly at officers firing a gun. The police chief said: "They were having a gunfight 10 feet apart. And then for us, thank God, he ran out of ammunition. He runs out of ammunition, the bad guy, and so one of my police officers comes off the side and tackles him in the street."
As they tried to handcuff him, Dzhokhar drove the Mercedes straight at them but missed the police, hitting his own brother and dragging him 20ft before racing off.
Chief Deveau said: "The officers dive out of the way and he (Dzhokhar) drives over his brother and drags him a short distance down the street."
Doctors said Tamerlan had injuries "head to toe". There were so many they did not know which one had killed him.
The brothers were found to have had six improvised explosive devices including a satchel bomb, handguns, a rifle, 250 rounds of ammunition, and home-made grenades.
Dzhokhar dumped the Mercedes a few streets away.
Nineteen hours later, he was found bloodied and hiding underneath a tarpaulin in the boat in the back yard of David Henneberry's home.
Stark images from a thermal imaging camera on a helicopter showed him lying inside the boat. Police used a robot to remove the tarpaulin and threw in flash bombs.
A negotiator on the second floor of the house, looking down on the boat, successfully talked Dzhokhar out after 30 minutes.
Over the weekend, it emerged that Tamerlan was married to Katherine Russell, 24, whose family lives in an upper middle-class neighbourhood in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, and they have a three-year-old baby. Her father is a casualty doctor.
In her high school year book she wrote that her ambitions were to go to college and join the Peace Corps. Neighbours said she had adopted Islamic dress a few years ago after studying at Suffolk University in Boston.
Tom Menino, the Boston mayor, said Dzhokhar may have been "brainwashed or manipulated" by his elder brother.
Worshippers at a mosque in Cambridge Massachusetts described how Tamerlan stood up and began shouting at the imam during a prayer service three months ago.
The imam had mention Martin Luther King Jr and Tamerlan shouted: "You cannot mention this guy because he's not a Muslim." One worshipper said he was "crazy" and had "an anger inside".


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This year we'll be having Thanksgiving with my (Anglo) family, so I won't be making Panes con Pavo, (Salvadoran Turkey Sandwiches), which I like to do sometimes. That's okay though because this special meal is typically made for Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve in El Salvador – We will have to wait a little longer and have it then.
Here's the recipe so you can make it whenever you'd like.
Note: This recipe was adapted from "Pavo Salvadoreño" at Whats4Eats.com. Over the years I have simplified my method to the recipe below. If you want a recipe that is closer to authentic, (but uses many more ingredients), go check it out.
Panes Con Pavo/Panes Con Chumpe (Salvadoran Turkey Sandwiches)
First you need to cook the chumpe or chompipe! (Those are Salvadoran words for "turkey".) Note: You can use a chicken, but if you do, you will need to halve the other ingredients in this recipe as well as the cooking time, or else use two chickens.
1 medium-sized turkey defrosted (giblets discarded)
1/2 cup yellow mustard
1/2 cup Worcestershire sauce ("Salsa Perrins")
52 ounces (two 26 ounce jars) of your favorite mild chunky salsa
1/2 cup white cooking wine
Salt and pepper
1/2 cup to 3/4 cup "Relajo" Salvadoran spice mixture (difficult to find but necessary for the recipe)
1 to 2 tablespoons achiote
Note: If you're unable to find packets of Salvadoran "relajo" at your local Latino or International market, you can make your own using this recipe: Salvadoran Relajo Spice Mixture
1. Wash the turkey with cold water. Pat dry. Season the inside and outside of the turkey with salt and pepper.
2. Mix mustard and Worcestershire sauce together in a bowl, then rub the mixture all over the outside of the turkey. Refrigerate uncovered for about 12 hours.
3. Put the turkey, (breast side down), in a roasting pan on the lowest rack of the oven. Cook for 1 hour at 350°F.
4. Flip the turkey breast side up. Add the salsa, white wine and relajo spice mixture including achiote molido (ground annatto) to the roasting pan, on and around the turkey. Cook for approximately 2 more hours until cooked through. (Make sure you spoon some of the salsa and liquid over the turkey every 20 minutes or so to keep it moist. You can also cover the turkey with foil to keep it from browning too much.)
5. Remove the turkey to cool.
6. Make the sauce: Add the liquid and salsa from the roasting pan to a blender and puree. Pour salsa into a saucepan. (If too thick, you can add water to thin – but I have never needed to do this.) Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low. Simmer until slightly thickened. Strain through a sieve if your blender didn't catch everything. Season with salt and pepper if needed. When sufficiently cooled and easy enough to handle, you can pour into a cleaned ketchup or salad dressing bottle for easy use.
7. The turkey, when sufficiently cooled, can be sliced and then served as sandwiches. This is how we eat it. Use "bolillo" bread rolls or French bread, mayonnaise, lettuce, tomato slices, onion, cucumber, radishes, the sauce you made, or any other combination that appeals to you.
(update) Note: Apparently (see comments) having watercress, also known as "berro" in Spanish, on the sandwich, makes it much more authentic!
2019 tips: I've only just recently learned that some people also like to include beets on their sandwich. In parts of El Salvador it is sometimes served with a hard boiled egg in it, or the type of escabeche found on other Salvadoran sandwiches and hot dogs. (I'll try to post a recipe for that in the future and link it here.) I also got an excellent tip to include a little mustard with the mayonnaise on the sandwich — it really kicks the flavor up a notch. Highly recommended!
(update) 1/2/2013 – This recipe has been slightly edited and better photos added. Enjoy!
(update) 11/28/2013 – This recipe has been slightly edited and better photos added yet again.
(update) 11/27/2019 – You guessed it, this post has been slightly edited and better photos have been added.


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- Responsible for all work performed for the rod basket and tubing board (transferring rods and tubing from the vertical racks to the elevator), performs servicing on the well.
- Drives the crew truck as needed.
- Operates tubing elevators for standing tubing in derrick.
- Assists in picking up or laying down tubing, manually lifting the tubing from the rack onto the work floor or vice versa.
- Assists in walking the rods when laying down rods.
- Reports any safety hazards, accidents or maintenance issues to the rig supervisor.
- Ensures that work carried out is in compliance with company policies and procedures and according to safety regulations.
- May be required to work floors or operate the rig when needed.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
- High school diploma, GED or equivalent
- 1-2 years of Workover - Derrickhand experience required.
- Ability to effectively communicate, both verbally and written.
- Ability to interact with others in a team environment.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and handle multiple tasks at once.
- Basic problem solving and organizational skills.
- Excellent customer service skills, to provide world class value to customers
- CDL B license is required to drive rig. Must meet all qualifications defined in the Motor Vehicle Policy if required to drive.
- Ability to communicate verbally and in writing, in English, is preferred.
We are proud to offer a very competitive compensation and benefits package including:
- Medical Insurance
- Vision and Dental Insurance
- Life Insurance
- 401(k)
- Education assistance
- Short-Term Disability
- Paid time off
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Understanding how breakers operate as they perform their switching duties in medium and high-voltage networks. Application of power circuit breakers to meet power system requirements, not only in fault situations but also during normal operation. How the breaker deals with network transients and how it generates transients itself.
This three-day training course deals with switching and switching devices in medium and high-voltage power systems mainly from the electrical perspective. The participants will receive the full-color DNV GL book "High Voltage Circuit Breakers" (ed. 2011) and a CD or USB-stick including copies of all the training material (presentation slides) and reference documents.
This training course will be given in English. For more information and registration, please refer to the brochure and registration form.
This course will be run from 23-25 June 2014 in Arnhem (the Netherlands) as well. For more information please click here.
Upon request, Energy Academy can also provide an in-house training course in the English or Dutch language (content, location and duration of the course can be adapted to the client's wishes). Please contact us for more information.
- Overview of all relevant aspects related to circuit breaking
- Making - switching in, short-circuit currents
- Breaking - switching off, de-energization
- Technology of breakers
- Circuit breaker standards
- Testing & certification
- Operational aspects
- Future developments
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Electrical engineers and managers involved in the specification and application of power circuit breakers. The participants must have, at least, a Bachelor of Engineering degree.


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VegasGamers.org is an online community for fans of tabletop gaming (Dungeons & Dragons, Warhammer 40K, Magic:The Gathering, etc.) who live in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Our tagline is "Uniting Gamers from Las Vegas, Area 51 and beyond". We need a logo/mascot which fits our aliens/Area 51 theme.
Vegas Gamers
Given our aliens/Area 51 theme, there are few ideas that might work.- Alien "Grey" - You can see an example of at our website http://vegasgamers.org
- "Men in Black" also known as "MiBs". If you go this route, a cross between the standard MIB and the Blues Brothers might be fun.
- Alien Spaceship - This would be our least desired option. It is here because something unique could catch our eye. It could also be an element of the design if not the central element.The design will be used for our website, business cards, t-shirts and such. Credit and links (to your portfolio website) will also be provided on the website. Final work product will be rendered as a scalable vector graphic. Specifically, it should be delivered as an Adobe CS3 Illustrator (.ai) file.
- DESIGN:- General illustration style should lean more towards a comic book style, with strong clean lines leaning towards realistic renders. Manga styles can work, but not in the "Big Eyes/Big Mouth" vein. Think Starblazers. - You may use any of the three ideas listed above or, if inspired a combination of them. - Ideas not listed above will be considered, but should be pretty awe-inspiring. - Regardless of choice, the mascot(s) should convey strength and warmth. They are ambassadors for our community. - It would also be nice to see the logo somehow incorporate Las Vegas. Aside from dice, gambling iconography (poker chips, slot machines, etc.) should be avoided - Our tagline is "Uniting Gamers from Las Vegas, Area 51 and beyond" - Current website can be seen at http://vegasgamers.org. This website will undergo a major overhaul once the the new logo is finalized. - All designs must be original and free of copyright issues.
- COLOR PALLETTE: The color pallette is open. Colors should be strong, but not super-bright. They should also work well together.
- TYPOGAPHY: Again, typeface/font choices are open. They should be strong and lean towards few to no serifs or other flourishes. Classic sci-fi fonts that evoke "Star Trek", "Star Wars" or other famous films/tv shows should be avoided.
- ICONOGRAPHY: The logo should be able to work as a square Twitter icon/badge/avatar.
- Don't put backgrounds behind the illustration. It makes it harder to evaluate.
- Our current aliens are purchased from iStockphoto.com. We like these guys, but we want original art. Don't creates something with stock art.
- If incorporating showgirls into the logo, avoid making them vulgar or overly sexy. They should be inviting, but not slutty.
- Aside from dice, gambling iconography (poker chips, slot machines, etc.) should be avoided at al costs.
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- Check it has the pocket sizes that suit your requirements.
- Place and order and choose to pay online or offline.
- Tell us what you want printed on your board when we get in touch.
- Check and approve the proof that we send you.
- Relax while we make your board and send it to you.
- Take delivery and hang it on your wall.
- Fill it with your amazing display.
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Every inflow display board is made to order. We aim to make your order within 10 working days from your acceptance of the design proof, although in busy periods this may be longer. If you need your boards faster then please do talk to use as we may be able to fast-track your order for a small surcharge.
Our inflows are made of tough stuff – perfect for the school or office environment, however they do need a lot of care when we send them out to you.
Essentials orders will be sent as two packages: one contains your backboard and the other will have your display pockets and fixings. Premium boards are packed securely and either delivered on a pallet or via our dedicated courier to ensure that it reaches you in the condition that it left our workshop.
Because our inflows are all printed to your specification we will only accept returns for orders that meet any of the following criteria:
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If you need to return your inflow for any of the above reasons please call 0845 208 6788 and speak to one of our team within 7 days of delivery. We will require photographs of your board before we can start proceedings to issue a replacement. Replacement boards will be produced as a priority item and should be despatched within 3-5 working days.
Please note: We will send a PDF proof of your job before we make it. It is the your responsibility to check that this is correct prior to production and inform us of any changes as we will not accept returns for boards that have been signed off.
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Returns for non-printed items, including replacement pockets will be accepted within 14 days. Items must reach us in their original condition. To return your items please email us stating the reason for your return and post your items in their original packing back to us at:
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It's that time of year again. In fact, as I write this I bet there are already kids trick-or-treating on streets around Denver. Some kids on the East Coast probably already have belly aches (and I'm jealous; didn't see a single piece of candy in the newsroom this year!).
As we prepared today to take our kids trick-or-treating, or to parties, or to whatever other spooky plans we have, we thought back to the old days and decided to ask:
What was your best Halloween costume?
And in case that isn't enough for you, we're also asking:
What do you really wish you could go as?
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Join us for our 3rd annual Cyber Security and Digital Forensics Conference at DeSales University!
Our conference will now be an online event!
We will have exciting presentations about cybersecurity and digital forensics topics
As our team continues to develop strategies for supporting the next wave of tech leaders, we have been innovating – building ways to keep everyone safe, while providing much-needed spaces for us to convene and focus on solutions to diverse and inclusive leadership, product design, and culture.
That's why we are excited to be hosting the Tech Inclusion Global Summit: The Next Wave of Leadership!
Instead of our in-person New York Summit planned for Spring 2020, Tech Inclusion will host a global virtual summit to connect the next wave of tech leaders from all over the world.
Join us on May 12, 2020 for a fully virtual summit experience as we discuss Leadership & Professional Growth, Allyship & Culture, Emerging Industry Trends, The Future of Work, and more.
Welcome To The Global Summit Experience
Paths to Technical Leadership
Leadership & Professional Growth Solo Talks
Envisioning The Future of Work
Interactive Session: Allyship & Inclusive Cultures
Hiring The Next Wave of Tech Talent
What's Next in Tech?
Fireside Chat
Closing and Next Steps
Event Details
- Learn from top Phillies and Major League Baseball Business Analytics Executives during a moderated question-and-answer session in the Phillies Media Room. Panelists will provide excellent insight into their areas of business, as well as share their career experience and advice. Speakers to be announced soon.
- Practice networking with Phillies executives and other special guests during a Phillies Networking Hour. Meet informally with front office personnel from various departments, as well as those who spearhead the Phillies intern and Phillies Ballgirls programs. Attendees are encouraged to bring their resumes.
- Meet members of Temple University's Fox School of Business who will be on-site to share information about their graduate programs.
- Cheer on the Phillies with a ticket to that night's game against the New York Mets with seating in Sections 241-245 (a ticket value of $30). Ticket price includes $12 worth of concession and merchandise credit.
Additional Details
- Check-in begins at 4 p.m. and features a Networking Hour and selfies with the World Series Trophies until 5 p.m.
- The panel portion of the program officially starts at 5 p.m., followed by the Phillies-Mets game at 7:05 p.m.
- The event is limited to 200 students. Interested professors, recent graduates, and parents of students are welcome to attend.
- Dress is casual to business casual.
- Students are urged to ask questions throughout the program, as well as in advance, to @Phillies using #CollegeSeries
- Cost: $30. Includes (in addition to the above networking and panel) a game ticket sections 241-245 ($30 value), as well as $12 worth of concession credit that can be redeemed throughout the ballpark for food, beverage and/or merchandise.
Join us to celebrate 20 years of MIS and IBIT on Sept. 23, 2020. We're throwing a carnival to mark the momentous occasion!
We're bringing back all your favorites, from corn dogs to funnel cake. With surprise DJ and dozens of classic carnival games lining the walls in Mitten to kick off our anniversary celebration. This year will be bigger than ever before!
WITS connects women working on the business and technical sides of the industry. The conference brings together women at every level, from students to senior executives, to connect, educate and inspire through events across the United States. New for 2019 – WITS Northeast has expanded to a two-day conference!
For more information about the Women In Tech Summits, visit https://womenintechsummit.net/.
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It was déjà vu all over again at the announcement of the Screen Actors Guild award nominations, as 18 of the 20 nods for film work went to people who'd been recognized with Golden Globe noms just two days earlier.
The Guild opted for Jeremy Renner's work in "The Hurt Locker" over Tobey Maguire's turn in "Brothers," and Diane Kruger's femme fatale from "Inglourious Basterds" over Julianne Moore's beard in "A Single Man." With so little difference between the two slates of nominations, it's difficult to glean any difference in philosophy or taste between the two august bodies, but the most obvious conclusion is that the Guild, being comprised mostly of actors you've never heard of, is more open to nominating other actors you've never heard of. It's hard to argue with the Guild on these two. Both Renner and Kruger, as well as their films, have gotten well-deserved rave reviews for their work this year.
The biggest victim of this year's awards nomination homogeny has to be Peter Sarsgaard, who gave an incredibly subtle, smart performance opposite Carey Mulligan in "An Education," but had to settle for the film's Outstanding Performance by a Cast nomination. Both the Globes and the Guild nominated Mulligan, Sarsgaard's consolation prize is a shame.
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Sarsgaard was partly victimized by the unstoppable force that is George Clooney, as "Up in the Air" nabbed him a best actor nod, and best supporting nods for co-stars Anna Kendrick and Vera Farmiga. Joining the triple-dip club was "Precious," with a best cast nod in addition to best actress for Gabourey Sidibe and best supporting actress for Mo'nique, and "Inglourious Basterds," for best cast, best supporting actor, Christopher Waltz, and supporting actress, Diane Kruger.


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text: Trey Reid, OutdoorChannel.com Science of Whitetail Antlers: Big Questions Answered What exactly are deer antlers? How do they grow and develop? What's their purpose? What influences antler size? Huge antlers take a combination of age, genetics and nutrition. No better example of this is the Tony Lovstuen buck, an Iowa giant shot back in Sept. 2003. The buck scored 307 5/8-inches, making it the largest whitetail ever shot. (Lynn Burkhead photo) As long as humans have hunted deer, we've been fascinated by antlers. Our ancestors have used them as tools, weapons, medicines, decorations and ceremonial symbols in tribal rituals. We've even used them as alleged aphrodisiacs. Today, hunters spend millions of dollars and countless hours in search of the biggest antlers.But even with our long history of antler worship, many antler questions remain. What exactly are antlers? How do they grow and develop? What's their purpose? What influences antler size?Antlers are special – and not just because they're a source of bragging rights among deer hunters. Antlers are one of the fastest-growing tissues known to man, rivaled only by some forms of cancer. Because of their unique properties, scientists study antlers in hopes of finding potential treatments and perhaps one day a cure for cancer.The rapid growth of antlers – about 1/8 inch per day – also makes them a source of interest for researchers looking into treatments and cures for other maladies such as osteoarthritis. They're also a tissue of interest for research into organ and limb regeneration. Antlers are exclusive to the deer family, Cervidae, which includes elk, moose, whitetails and mule deer. Unlike horns, which are permanent and won't grow back if lost to injury, antlers are shed and regrown every year. Hardened antlers are made up of roughly 45 percent protein, 22 percent calcium, 11 percent phosphorous and 1 percent fat. They also contain magnesium, sodium, aluminum, potassium, copper, manganese and zinc. The chemical composition of antlers varies with location and can be affected by environmental factors such as soil characteristics and the amount of rainfall during the antler growth cycle.The antler growth cycle is greatly affected by photoperiod, which is the amount of light present in a day. When days grow long in the summer, bucks produce higher levels of testosterone, which in turn triggers antler development. Antlers start as cartilage growing from bases called pedicles. A fuzzy skin known as velvet, which is rich in blood vessels and sensitive to the touch, supplies the growing antlers with essential nutrients.As the amount of daylight dwindles later in the summer, bucks go through another testosterone increase that triggers a mineralization and hardening of the antlers. Bucks rub their antlers on vegetation to remove the velvet and reveal bony antlers, which are carried throughout the fall and winter. At the end of the breeding season, a drop in a buck's testosterone level triggers the antlers to release from their pedicles. Within days of the formation of a scab-like material over the pedicles, the process starts anew with the development of new antler-growth cells.The significance of photoperiod to antler development can't be overstated. Much research has been conducted on the effects of light on antler development. In controlled laboratory experiments, bucks have been capable of producing multiple sets of antlers in a single year, as well as retaining a single set of antlers for several years, just by altering the amount of light to which the bucks were exposed. Antlers likely serve multiple purposes, but biological research still hasn't found a definitive answer to why male deer have antlers. It's likely that antlers help with defense against predators, but because they're present only in male deer, it's doubtful that predator defense is the primary reason for antler evolution.Another explanation may be that antlers serve as a signal to display dominance to other bucks. The theory goes that a large rack will deter potential competitors from engaging in actual combat, thereby reducing potential for injury, energy expense and death.While whitetails use threat posturing and sparring to establish dominance during the breeding season, the size of the antlers alone probably isn't enough to establish that dominance. Rather, it's a matter of what a buck can do with his antlers. Just before and during the breeding season, whitetails commonly spar by locking antlers and pushing and shoving each other to determine the stronger of the two bucks, with the "loser" assuming a subordinate role in the company of the stronger buck. Yet another explanation may be that antlers serve as a signal of genetic quality to female deer, reflecting age, health and nutritional status of a buck. Although the jury's still out on the ultimate reason for the evolution of antlers, many biologists agree that they likely serve as both "armaments and ornaments." They probably evolved as armaments to facilitate combat among bucks, and they probably also play a secondary ornamental role in attracting mates.The three-legged stool of antler quality consists of age, nutrition and genetics. From a hunting perspective, age is probably the most important because it's the easiest to manipulate and progress is easily documented. Studies have shown that whitetail bucks, on average, produce 28 percent of their ultimate maximum Boone and Crockett gross score at one year; the percentage increases to 62 percent at two years; 78 percent at three; 92 percent at four; and 99 percent at five.So by allowing a buck to move from one to two years, a hunter or herd manager typically doubles the antler size in that buck. Nutrition also plays a critical role, and it's also another facet that is somewhat within the hunter or land manager's control. By increasing habitat and forage quality and quantity through forest management and supplemental plantings, the land's nutritional value may be increased, therefore leading to increased antler development.Research has shown that protein is key to antler development, with an optimal level of 16 percent protein in a whitetail's diet from spring through autumn. Genetics is obviously important to antler size because a whitetail's headgear will only grow as large as its DNA will allow. But genetics is also largely outside the hunter or land manager's control and therefore hard to manipulate. Most biologists agree: When trying to grow bigger-antlered deer, focus on age and nutrition and forget genetics.Of course, there are other factors that influence size and shape of antlers. Birth dates have been shown to have an effect, with later-born fawns exhibiting less first-year antler growth than their year-class cohorts born earlier in the year.An Alabama study, for instance, showed that forked-antler yearlings had an average birth date of roughly a month earlier than spike-antlered yearlings, and a similar comparison in Mississippi found that fawns born in August/September were more often spikes and had fewer antler points at one year than fawns born in June. These effects are more common in southern latitudes because there's less variation in breeding dates in northern latitudes.Variation in antlers also shows up as a result of regional soil types and land-use patterns that affect habitat and nutrition. Injuries and genetic predisposition also can affect antler size and shape, and the prevalence of abnormal points such as kickers and drop tines and other abnormalities such as palmation and clustered tines increases with a deer's age.It's important to keep in mind that incredible variability exists in whitetails and their antlers. Just as every hunter is different, so is every deer. Myriad factors go into the development of antlers, many of which are beyond a hunter's control. Perhaps that's why our fascination with antlers never seems to fade. GET THE NEWSLETTER Join the List and Never Miss a Thing. Sign Me Up


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