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I'm pleased to announce that Shahid Abdul-Karim has been promoted to the position of community engagement editor at the New Haven Register. In that role, he will focus on involving the community at every step of the process of local journalism, including outreach and partnerships with community organizations and readers.
Shahid joined the Register in June 2012 and has distinguished himself as a member the city reporting staff.
He is a 2006 graduate of Springfield (Mass.) College with a bachelor's degree in human services. Since 1999, he has been a staff reporter for the Muslim Journal and in 2009 was selected to its board of directors.
Shahid succeeds Ed Stannard, who helped inaugurate the community engagement editor role at the New Haven Register in 2011. Ed, a former metro editor and Sunday editor in his 22 years with the Register, wanted to move back to a more direct role in news coverage at the paper and has taken on a senior reporting role that has already been integral to our coverage of mental health issues and other matters in the wake of the Newtown school shooting.
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This morning my husband contacted me from a different time zone. He's working as part of the leadership of a growing company, and they are trying to articulate their core values to support their rapid growth. They are very smart people, and want these values to be strong and meaningful. My husband asked me if there was a short article that describes what core values should be.
I obliged him thusly:
A company's core values should
1. Embody a sense of purpose and aspiration
2. Establish the key values that will guide decision-making – especially hard ones.
3. Highlight what is distinct about the personality or approach of the organization – a powerful statement of "who we are". Are you funny? Offbeat? Fearless?
4. Be expressed and espoused equally both internally to rally the team, and externally to make an impression in the market
6. Apply to all employees equally.
5. Be authentically lived – leadership should constantly be looking to embrace – and show the team how they embrace – those values. They should also bring them up and remind the team of them as decisions are being made, and encourage the team to do the same.
This is not a trivial exercise. Not to be quickly typed out over a weekend.
Who do you want to be? What do you want the journey to look like? What would like like people to admire about you? What would you want your team to admire about each other? These questions require consideration. Lots of listening and honesty. The kind of listening and honesty that's rare in business.
I further suggested that the best way to get there was via conversation rather than editing documents of any particular kind.
I look forward to seeing where they land on this issue. They are a remarkable team doing remarkable things, and I hope they find their way to articulating values that reflect that. I wish the same for you, of course.


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Felix Geisendörfer has officially released the latest version of his Containable Behavior for the CakePHP framework:
Sorry I've taken so long to get a new version of my Containable Behavior released, but believe me I've not been slacking this time. [...] In fact I'm releasing the new version as a BETA right now since I'm still not 100% satisfied with the result and not all features have made it in yet, but I felt the need for iterating. However, the new version should be a big step up from this initial one and I hopefully bug free.
The post includes both the code for the new version of the behavior but also several examples on its use. Improvements in this new version include better performance, new function (containments), support for dynamic field containments and different field containments.


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Ruud Belmans, the project leader of the awarded project Connections - Travel store by Ruud Belmans points out, When leading Belgian travel agency Connections decided to explore new horizons and start selling travel paraphernalia as well as the travel arrangements in se they created quite a splash in the travel sector, and needed a suitable flagship store to help underpin their message. Central in the space and eye catcher of the design is a huge screen wall depicting a map of the earth. The map is highly animated with local info on desitinations, movies and pictures of travelers. It's basically the portal between the store and its clients traveling around the globe. .
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Please note that our annual meeting on the 19th and 20th March is now postponed until a further date.
New date is yet to be confirmed.
"Promoting excellence in surgical research, education and clinical innovation"
The Society of Academic & Research Surgery (SARS), located at The Royal College of Surgeons of England, has fostered and enhanced research in various disciplines of surgery under its auspices for more than 50 years.
The Society has links with other important surgical research forums in USA, Europe and South Africa. It provides a platform to aspiring surgical trainees to present their laboratory as well as clinical research. Even in an era of specialization, SARS has maintained its independent status but at the same time maintains vital links with other surgical associations & societies such as ASGBI, VSGBI, ACPGBI and AUGIS.


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"Congratulations on the abolition of the Parliamentary Republic and on the establishment of Direct Democracy!" Thus I ended my class today.
My Classes are Democracies and hold elections every week. I run my classrooms on a variant of the Iraqi model, with a proportionally-elected Assembly, a President chosen with 2/3rds of the Assembly, and a Prime Minister named by the President approved by half of the Assembly. I've played around with modifications of the design, but I enjoy starting off classes with the Assembly / President / Premier model of government.
The constitution can be modified by the Prime Minister presenting a proposal to the assembly, whereupon it must be approved by a 2/3rds vote. If so legislated, it must pass with a 2/3rds plurality in a plebiscite. The Constitution has been radically restructured before, and every time the variation has left the old infrastructure intact while some portion of it was changed. Once, a Supreme Court was established that could overrule the elected government at will, creating a Judicial Supremacist state. Another time, a Lebanese system of "confessions" was eneacted to parcel out different posts to different cliques. Thirdly, the Assembly was replaced with an "Assembly-of-the-Whole," with every student having one vote. And just last semester, an openly corrupt Prime Minister oversaw a series of fraudulent elections which created a very Medici feel to teaching.
But today, for the first time, the Republic itself passed into the world of memories and dreams.
The elections had produced an odd outcome, the Assembly divided between three students. They had unanimously named a President, though her initial course of Prime Minister was rejected unanimously. A second choice of Prime Minister barely passed. The Prime Minister then decreed a discussion question and organized the room, and I left (as I do) to allow conversation to be unimpeded by my presence.
When I returned the Prime Minister announced that he believed that weekly elections were time consuming, and that a Rule of 5 (a body to be composed of two of the three Assemblymen, the President, the failed Prmie Minister, and the serving Prime Minister) be established to run the class by majority vote. The Offices of President and Prime Minister would be filled by a majority vote of the Rule of 5.
After a "teachable minute" on the Venetian Republic and Oligarchy, a student proposed that a Direct Democracy be established through direct, majority votes on all issues.
An assemblyman counter-proposed that the Rule could be expanded to 6, with a non-present student added to give the governing council the input of normal students.
This created a backlash against Republicanism generally, with a student suggesting an Assembly-of-the-Whole without the unfair implications of proportional representation (this was suggesetd without suggestion from me).
Yet another student suggested a Consular Republic, with two consuls named who would jointly decide all matters. The Consuls would not have to face reelection, and so could concentrate on running the class efficiently.
Another student suggested the establish of a Benign Monarchy, with the teacher declared "King" and ruling as he sees fit.
The Prime Minister, perhaps trying to salvage the declining fortunes of the oligarchy, offered to accept the burden of Dictator-for-Life, which would allow the Assembly, Presidency, and Premiership to keep functioniong, without the wasted time of elections.
On the board, the following options were written
Rule of 5
Direct Democracy
Rule of 6
Direct Assembly (Assembly-of-the-Whole)
Consular Republic
Benign Monarchy
Benign Dictatorship
The failed Prime Ministerial candidate proposed delaying action until next week (perhaps hoping that the anti-Republic backlash would subside by then). The hoi polloi were outraged, and demanded immediate action.
At this point, the oligarchical faction saw the tide of history vote against them. The Prime Minister stated that the abolition of the Republic was a bad idea, but as the majority of the students appeared to be against representation, he would subnmit the establishment of Direct Democracy to popular vote. The assembly followed him in confirming the selection, though each emphasized that they thought the decision was bad.
As the Japanese House of Lords had before it, the Assembly voted itself out of existence.
Now its action had to be confirmed by plebiscite. The majority of the oligarchy here voted against the constitution change. They hoped to show the common studentry that they respected the democratic voice (by allowing it to pass the Assembly) while still defeating it in the election. However, outside the oligarchical faction, all students voted to support the establishment of Direct Democracy. The oligarchs composed less than one-third of the class, and so the change passed with its required 2/3rds popular majority.
"This didn't go the way I planned" said one of the oligarchs.
"I am sorry for destroying the Republic" said the (now former) Prime Minister.
Shows-of-hands decided all subsequent questions in the class. A republic died. A democracy was born.


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Inspired by last year's Fallout: New Vegas, Nanahra has made himself a replica New California Republic Ranger's outfit that, at a glance, looks as good as the real thing.
Not that the real thing's actually real. But if it was, it'd probably look like this. Only slightly more radioactive.
What's great about it is the level of detail on show; there's layers atop layers in the costume, while the helmet and gun look perfect.
Cosplay Outfits [Nanahra, via Bethesda]
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Human Rights Council
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Agenda item 1
Organizational and procedural
Qatar, Turkey*, United States of America: draft resolution
23/… The deteriorating situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic, and the recent killings in Al Qusayr
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations,
Having held an urgent debate to discuss the deteriorating situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic, and the recent killings in Al Qusayr, which is currently under siege by the Syrian regime,
Recalling General Assembly resolutions 66/176 of 19 December 2011, 66/253 of 16 February 2012, 66/253B of 3 August 2012, 67/183 of 20 December 2012 and 67/262 of 15 May 2013, Human Rights Council resolutions S-16/1 of 29 April 2011, S-17/1 of 22 August 2011, S-18/1 of 2 December 2011, 19/1 of 1 March 2012, 19/22 of 23 March 2012, 20/22 of 6 July 2012, 21/26 of 28 September 2012 and 22/24 of 22 March 2013, and Security Council resolutions 2042 (2012) of 14 April 2012 and 2043 (2012) of 21 April 2012,
Recalling the press release by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on 10 May 2013, in which she expressed alarm at reports of major military build-up around the western Syrian town of Al Qusayr, and stated that she feared further atrocities and increasing displacement of the local civilian population,
Reaffirming its strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic and to the principles of the Charter,
1. Strongly condemns all violations of international humanitarian law and the widespread and systematic gross violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms by the Syrian authorities and the Government-affiliated militias, such as those violations involving the regime's use of ballistic missiles and other heavy weapons against civilians in the Syrian Arab Republic, including against the people of Al Qusayr;
2. Condemns all violence in the Syrian Arab Republic, irrespective of where it comes from, and calls upon all parties to immediately put an end to all forms of violence, including terrorist acts and acts of violence or intimidation that may foment sectarian tensions, further condemns all human rights violations and abuses and calls upon all parties to comply strictly with their obligations under international law, including international humanitarian law and international human rights law;
3. Calls upon the Syrian authorities to meet their responsibility to protect the Syrian population and to put an immediate end to all attacks against the civilians of Al Qusayr;
4. Stresses the need to ensure accountability for those responsible for the massacre in Al Qusayr, and further stresses that those responsible for the serious violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law in the Syrian Arab Republic must be held to account; reaffirms that the Syrian people, on the basis of broad, inclusive and credible consultations should determine, within the framework provided by international law, the process and mechanisms to achieve justice, reconciliation, truth and accountability for gross violations, as well as reparations and effective remedies for victims, while underlining the relevance of referrals to the appropriate international criminal justice mechanism under appropriate circumstances;
5. Condemns the intervention of foreign combatants fighting on behalf of the Syrian regime in Al Qusayr, and expresses deep concern that their involvement further exacerbates the deteriorating human rights and humanitarian situation, which has a serious negative impact on its region;
6. Demands that the Syrian authorities allow free and unimpeded access by the United Nations and humanitarian agencies to all civilians affected by the violence, especially in Al Qusayr, through all effective routes, including by providing authorization for cross-border humanitarian operations as an urgent priority; and urges all parties to protect medical personnel, facilities, and transport as such;
6. Requests the Commission of Inquiry to urgently conduct a comprehensive, independent and unfettered l inquiry into the events in Al Qusayr and also requests the Commission to include the finding of the inquiry in its report to the Human Rights Council at its 24th session.
7. Decides to remain seized of the matter and to take further action on the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic.
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Thoughts on the Oscars: Winners, Losers and everything else February 23, 2009Posted by pacejmiller in Entertainment.
Tags: 81st Academy Awards, Academy Award Predictions, Academy Awards, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Film, Best Picture, best screenplay, Danny Boyle, Heath Ledger, Hugh Jackman, James Franco, Kate Winslet, Mickey Rourke, Oscar ceremony, Oscar losers, Oscar nominations, Oscar predictions, Oscar winners, Oscars, Penelope Cruz, predictable, Sean Penn, Seth Rogen, Slumdog Millionaire, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight, WALL-E, Winners and Losers
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The 81st Academy Awards ceremony finally took place last night. Here are just some of my thoughts on it.
The Ceremony
It was…surprisingly not that much different to previous years despite all the talk of a toned-down version due to the global financial meltdown (though Hugh Jackman did make a joke about it). A few subtle differences in the presentation and sets, but most of it still involved ascertaining who was with who and who was wearing who and what; a musical medley and some jokes to kick things off; predictable winners and long, emotional acceptance speeches. Hollywood pats its back for another year well done.
That being said, I still enjoyed it. It's not often that you get to see all the biggest stars in one place, and see them not as their characters but for who they really are. Sometimes, through their reactions (to winning and losing) and their acceptance speeches, you get to see a side of them you don't normally see. I think this year's was one of the best we've had in a while.
The Host
A big reason was the host. Hugh Jackman did an excellent job. It sounded like a strange choice at the beginning, but he really showed off his multiple talents, from singing and dancing to joking and hosting. He seemed reasonably relaxed given the occasion and gave it his all. However, if you're used to seeing him as Wolverine, he might look a little awkward doing all these things you're not used to seeing. His job was to host and he did that by not being too dominant and leaving most of the attention to the nominees and winners. He was classy, and that's important to the Oscars.
The opening number was awesome. I'm not sure if anyone can ever top the Billy Crystal classics, but Jackman's might be the closest we'll ever get.
[NB: Not sure how long this will last before they take it down]
The Highlights
As usual, they had some clips in between. Most were pretty standard, but they did have clips on genres, such as romance and comedy. I thought the highlight of the night, apart from Jackman's number (above), was the comedy clip presented by Pineapple Express, with Seth Rogen and James Franco. Man, Seth Rogen has lost a lot of weight, probably in preparation for his Green Hornet role. And James Franco was just sensational. I really thought he should have been nominated for Best Supporting Actor rather instead of Robert Downey Jr for Tropic Thunder. Check it out soon.
[NB: Poor quality and might get taken down soon, but it's the best I can get]
Apart from that, there was a little song and dance number with Hugh and Beyonce and the leads of High School Musical and Mamma Mia! Personally it didn't do much for me but there wasn't really anything wrong with it.
The Winners and Losers
Despite reading everywhere that there were going to be some 'surprises' this year at the Oscars, when it came to predicting the winners, there weren't many surprises at all, especially in the major categories. As expected, Slumdog Millionaire absolutely dominated, winning 8 of its 10 nominations including Best Picture and Best Director for Danny Boyle. Also expected was the disappointment for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which, despite leading with 13 nominations, came away with just 3 wins.
Below is the total list of winners and how they compared with my predictions (and some thoughts).
Best Picture
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire
My Pick: Slumdog Millionaire
Thoughts: A foregone conclusion by the time the last award of the night rolled around. I don't think there was one person in the audience that expected anyone else. This just about completes a sweep of all the major awards for Slumdog Millionaire this year. Was it deserving? Probably yes. Were there better films? Absolutely.
Best Director
Winner: Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
My Pick: Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
Thoughts: Another one that was well in the bag even before the ceremony began. Boyle's acceptance speech was okay, nothing special.
Best Actor
Winner: Sean Penn (Milk)
My Pick: Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)
Thoughts: I thought based on merit, Penn and Rourke were neck and neck. But I felt Rourke would take it out because Penn won not that long ago for Mystic River, and he's the type of actor that will continue to be nominated as long as he's acting. Rourke on the other hand, was one of those heart-warming, comeback stories. His character's journey was very similar to that of his own. I thought that may have struck a chord with the voters, but apparently not. I think Penn won because: (1) he was truly brilliant and deserving; (2) the Academy likes portrayals of real people (especially in the last few years: Ray, Capote, The Last King of Scotland); and (3) Mickey Rourke must have really pissed off a lot of people. Penn's acceptance speech was gracious and genuine. Some have criticised him for the slightly controversial comments about equal rights for homosexuals (eg marriage), but he probably would have been criticised too had he not said it.
Best Actress
Winner: Kate Winslet (The Reader)
My Pick: Kate Winslet (The Reader)
Thoughts: It was Kate's time, and I was so glad to see her win after so many disappointments. Some may say she was probably better in Revolutionary Road, but I don't think she cares. Congratulations!
Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
My Pick: Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
Thoughts: Since everyone expected this, it didn't turn out to be the emotional affair one may have pictured a few months ago around the time the nominations were announced. The acceptance speech given by Heath's father and sister was relatively subdued. Still, a great achievement, and his performance as The Joker will go down in history as one of the greatest.
Best Suporting Actress
Winner: Penelope Cruz (Vicki Cristina Barcelona)
My Pick: Penelope Cruz (Vicki Cristina Barcelona)
Thoughts: This category is usually seen as the most wide open, but as usual, the favourite prevailed. While I thought she was good in the role, I didn't feel it was worthy of the win, especially againt the other nominees in the group. Personally I would have preferred Amy Adams or Taraji P Henson.
Best Original Screenplay
Winner: Milk
My Pick: In Bruges
Thoughts: Milk was the favourite but I expected an upset here with In Bruges, which had some early momentum that was quickly lost. Should have known better than to best against the favourites.
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire
My Pick: Slumdog Millionaire
Thoughts: When one film has the momentum at the Oscars, they tend to sweep all the awards, irrespective of whether it was truly deserving. In this case I think you could make a strong case for the winner, but I felt it was pretty borderline. Any of the other nominees would have been worthy winners.
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire
My Pick: Slumdog Millionaire
Thoughts: Another one that goes with being the most popular film at the Oscars.
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire
My Pick: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Thoughts: I should have gone with the favourite, but I thought maybe the voters had a kittle sympathy for Button because it was sure to be pummeled by Slumdog in all the categories where both films were nominated. I was wrong.
Art Direction
Winner: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
My Pick: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Thoughts: As I said, if Slumdog wasn't nominated, and Button was, then Button would win. I was right this time.
Costume Design
Winner: The Duchess
My Pick: The Duchess
Thoughts: The heavy favourite. The film wasn't known for much else.
Winner: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
My Pick: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Thoughts: Well deserved win here. The makeup was truly amazing. Also because Slumdog wasn't nominated, or else it might have been in trouble.
Visual Effects
Winner: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
My Pick: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Thoughts: Definitely a well-deserved win. The most amazing special effects I've seen, probably ever!
Original Score
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire
My Pick: Slumdog Millionaire
Thoughts: Would have been good to see another winner here, but Slumdog was like a tornado this year, sweeping everything in its path. I wonder whether the voters really paid attention to the particular category or whether they just went with the flow and voted everything Slumdog.
Original Song
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire
My Pick: Slumdog Millionaire
Thoughts: With 2 songs compared to WALL-E's one, this isn't a surprise. It's the nominations that puzzled me. I didn't even know Slumdog had 2 songs, and I'm sure there are loads and loads of songs out there that could and should have been nominated. I personally thought the theme song in Gran Torino (by Clint Eastwood) was awesome and at least deserved a nomination if not a win.
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire
My Pick: Slumdog Millionaire
Thoughts: Typical.
Sound Editing
Winner: The Dark Knight
My Pick: The Dark Knight
Thoughts: Very gald they got this one right because it was deserving. And good to see one that Slumdog didn't bag.
Animated Feature Film
Winner: WALL-E
My Pick: WALL-E
Thoughts: Possibly the most obvious choice of them all except for all of Slumdog's wins. Many thought WALL-E was a masterpiece and should have been in the Best Picture category. I disagree, but it was certainly better than Kung Fu Panda.
Other winners
Best Foreign Language Film: Okuribito (Japan)
Best Feature Documentary: Man On Wire
Best Short Documentary: Smile Pinki
Best Short Animated Film: La Maison en petits cubes
Best Short Live Action Film: Spielzeugland
Thoughts: I did a prediction for these when the nominations were first announced, but they were just guesses because I hadn't (and still haven't) seen any of them, so I don't think it's entirely fair to make predictions on that basis. Nevertheless, I managed to get Man On Wire (because I had heard of it) and Spielzeugland (because it sounded cool) correct.
My official predictions (which didn't include documentaries, short films, foreign film, etc) did pretty well. I came away with 16 correct guesses out of 19 categories. If you include the other categories which I pretty much randomly guessed at the start, I got 18 out of 24. The frightening thing is that it would not have been that hard to guess ALL of them, and I'm sure plenty of people did. Just shows how predictable everything still is.
Maybe a change in the voting system wouldn't be such a bad idea? It gets a bit boring when we all know who will win and it's all driven by publicity and promotion rather than purely on merit. But then again Meryl Streep might win every year and that would make it even more boring.


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RMIT Training Pty Ltd (RMIT Training) is committed to protecting the privacy of any information volunteered by visitors to its websites, and employees, students and others who have rights to log into them.
All users of RMIT Training's websites and services should ensure they read and understand this Statement prior to using such websites or services. If you do not agree with this Privacy Statement, please do not use any RMIT Training website or the related services.
2. Purposes
The purposes of this Statement are to:
- clarify the responsible collection and handling of personal information by RMIT Training
- inform individuals of their right to access information about them which is held by RMIT Training and to correct any errors in that information
- establish a complaints procedure for investigation and rectification of privacy breaches.
3. Scope and responsibility
This Statement applies to personal information collected by RMIT Training concerning students, prospective students, clients and other individuals. It also applies to employees to the extent that the personal information is not part of the employee's employment record with RMIT Training. It does not apply to information about corporations.
This Statement must be observed by all RMIT Training employees, consultants, external contractors and students who have access to personal information held by RMIT Training.
4. Privacy Principles
The Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) sets out Privacy Principles which must be observed by organisations such as RMIT Training that collect and hold personal information. RMIT Training's rights and obligations with respect to personal information are based on those Privacy Principles.
5. Privacy Officer
RMIT Training has appointed a Privacy Officer who will be responsible for the administration of this Statement. RMIT Training's Privacy Officer may be contacted for further information via telephone at 03 9657 5851 or email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
6. Complaints process
The following process will apply if an individual considers that RMIT Training has been involved in a privacy breach in respect of that individual:
- A written complaint must be forwarded by email to the Privacy Officer within three (3) months of the time the complainant first became aware of the apparent breach. The complaint must specify details of the apparent breach.
- The Privacy Officer must make a determination on the complaint within forty-five (45) days of receipt of the complaint, and advise the complainant in writing.
- If the Privacy Officer determines that there has been a privacy breach, he or she will, upon notification of the determination to the complainant, advise relevant RMIT Training personnel in writing of any action required in order to remedy the breach. If the breach is capable of being rectified and is not rectified within thirty (30) days of the advice from the Privacy Officer, the Privacy Officer must inform the Chief Executive Officer of RMIT Training.
- The Privacy Officer will keep a record of complaints.
7. Consequences if this Statement is breached
Disciplinary or legal action may be taken against any person who is involved in privacy breaches, including summary dismissal in the event of what RMIT Training considers to be a serious breach by an employee.
Privacy Principles
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1.1 RMIT Training:
- will collect personal information only if the information is necessary for one or more of its functions or activities
- must collect personal information only by lawful and fair means and not in an unreasonably intrusive way.
1.2 When RMIT Training collects personal information about an individual from the individual, it will take reasonable steps to ensure that the individual is aware of:
- the identity of RMIT Training and how to contact it; and
- the fact that he or she is able to gain access to the information; and
- the purposes for which the information is collected (the primary purposes); and
- to whom (or the types of individuals or organisations to which) RMIT Training usually discloses information of that kind; and
- any law that requires the particular information to be collected; and
- the main consequences (if any) for the individual if all or part of the information is not provided.
1.3 If it is reasonable and practicable to do so, RMIT Training will collect personal information about an individual only from that individual.
However, there will be instances where RMIT Training will obtain such information from other sources, e.g. references for employment purposes, results data for prospective students, verification of formal qualifications of employees and students. In such instances RMIT Training will take reasonable steps to ensure that the individual is or has been made aware of the matters listed in Principle 1.2 except to the extent that making the individual aware of the matters would pose a serious threat to the life or health of any individual.
2. Use and disclosure
RMIT Training will not without the prior consent of an individual use or disclose personal information about that individual for a purpose (the secondary purpose) other than the primary purposes of collection except in any of the following situations:
- both of the following apply:
- the secondary purpose is related to the primary purpose of collection and, if the personal information is sensitive information, directly related to the primary purpose of collection;
- the individual would reasonably expect RMIT Training to use or disclose the information for the secondary purpose of collection; or
- if the use or disclosure is necessary for research, or the compilation or analysis of statistics, in the public interest, other than for publication in a form that identifies any particular individual:
- it is impracticable for RMIT Training to seek the individual's consent before the use or disclosure; and
- in the case of disclosure, RMIT Training reasonably believes that the recipient of the information will not disclose the information; or
- RMIT Training reasonably believes that the use or disclosure is necessary to lessen or prevent either:
- a serious and imminent threat to an individual's life, health, safety or welfare; or
- a serious threat to public health, public safety or public welfare; or
- RMIT Training has reason to suspect that unlawful activity has been, is being or may be engaged in, and uses or discloses the personal information as a necessary part of its investigation of the matter or in reporting its concerns to relevant persons or authorities; or
- the use or disclosure is required or authorised by or under law; or
- RMIT Training reasonably believes that the use or disclosure is reasonably necessary for one or more of the following by or on behalf of a law enforcement agency:
- the prevention, detection, investigation, prosecution or punishment of criminal offences or breaches of a law imposing a penalty or sanction;
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- the protection of the public revenue;
- the prevention, detection, investigation or remedying of seriously improper conduct;
- the preparation for, or conduct of, proceedings before any court or tribunal; or
- the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) or the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS), in connection with its function, has requested RMIT Training to disclose the personal information, and:
- the disclosure is made to an officer or employee of ASIO or ASIS (as the case requires) authorised in writing by the Director-General of ASIO or ASIS (as the case requires) to receive the disclosure; and
- an officer or employee of ASIO or ASIS (as the case requires) authorised in writing by the Director-General of ASIO or ASIS (as the case requires) for the purposes of this paragraph has certified that the disclosure would be connected with the performance by ASIO or ASIS (as the case requires) of its functions.
Any such disclosure under this paragraph inclusively can only be made by the RMIT Training CEO or Solicitor, and written note to that effect must be made.
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- providing access would pose a serious and imminent threat to the life or health of any individual; or
- providing access would have an unreasonable impact on the privacy of other individuals; or
- the request for access is frivolous or vexatious; or
- the information relates to existing legal proceedings between RMIT Training and the individual, and the information would not be accessible by the process of discovery or subpoena in those proceedings; or
- providing access would reveal the intentions of RMIT Training in relation to negotiations with the individual in such a way as to prejudice those negotiations; or
- providing access would be unlawful; or
- denying access is required or authorised by or under law; or
- providing access would be likely to prejudice an investigation of possible unlawful activity; or
- providing access would be likely to prejudice:
- the prevention, detection, investigation, prosecution or punishment of criminal offences or breaches of a law imposing a penalty or sanction; or
- the enforcement of laws relating to the confiscation of the proceeds of crime; or
- the protection of public revenue; or
- the prevention, detection, investigation or remedying of seriously improper conduct; or
- the preparation for or conduct of proceedings before any court or tribunal, or implementation of its orders by or on behalf of a law enforcement agency; or
- ASIO, ASIS or a law enforcement agency performing a lawful security function asks RMIT Training not to provide access to the information on the basis that providing access would be likely to cause damage to the security of Australia.
6.2 Where providing access would reveal evaluative information generated within RMIT Training in connection with a commercially sensitive decision-making process, RMIT Training may give the individual an explanation for the commercially sensitive decision rather than direct access to the information.
6.3 If RMIT Training is not required to provide the individual with access to the information because of one or more paragraphs within 6.1 inclusively, RMIT Training will, if reasonable, upon request by the individual to RMIT Training's Privacy Officer, consider whether the use of mutually agreed intermediaries would allow sufficient access to meet the needs of both parties.
6.4 RMIT Training reserves the right to charge for providing access to personal information, and if it does so it will:
- advise an individual who requests access to personal information that RMIT Training will provide access on the payment of the prescribed fee; and
- may refuse access to the personal information until the fee is paid.
6.5 If RMIT Training holds personal information about an individual and the individual is able to establish that the information is not accurate, complete and up-to-date, RMIT Training will take reasonable steps to correct the information so that it is accurate, complete and up-to-date.
6.6 If RMIT Training and the organisation disagree about whether the information is accurate, complete and up-to-date, and the individual asks the organisation to associate with the information a statement from the individual claiming that the information is not accurate, complete or up-to-date, RMIT Training will take reasonable steps to do so.
6.7 RMIT Training will provide reasons for denial of access or a refusal to correct personal information.
6.8 If an individual requests access to, or the correction of, personal information held by RMIT Training, RMIT Training will:
- provide access, or reasons for the denial of access; or
- correct the personal information, or provide reasons for the refusal to correct the personal information; or
- provide reasons for the delay in responding to the request for access to or for the correction of personal information as soon as practicable, but no later than forty-five (45) days after receiving the request.
6.9 RMIT Training is not required to provide an individual with access to information about that individual if that information is generally available to the public.
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7.1 RMIT Training will not assign unique identifiers to individuals (except for an Employee Number to identify an employee, a Student Number to identify a student and a database primary key to ensure the uniqueness of a database record) unless it is necessary for RMIT Training to carry out its functions efficiently. Employee Numbers, Student Numbers and database primary keys are considered necessary for RMIT Training to carry out its functions efficiently.
7.2 RMIT Training will not knowingly adopt as its own unique identifier of an individual a unique identifier of the individual that has been assigned by another organisation (except for employee and student numbers assigned by RMIT University).
7.3 RMIT Training will not require an individual to provide a unique identifier in order to obtain a service unless the provision of the unique identifier is required or authorised by law or the provision is in connection with the purpose (or a directly related purpose) for which the unique identifier was assigned.
8. Anonymity
Because of the nature of some of RMIT Training's core businesses, it may be impractical for individuals transacting with RMIT Training to have the option of not identifying themselves. However, where it is lawful and practical to do so, RMIT Training will give individuals this option.
9. Transborder data flows
9.1 RMIT Training will only transfer personal information about an individual to someone (other than RMIT Training or the individual) who is outside Victoria if:
- RMIT Training reasonably believes that the recipient of the information is subject to a law, binding scheme or contract which effectively upholds principles for fair handling of the information that are substantially similar to the Privacy Principles set out in this Statement; or
- the individual consents to the transfer; or
- the transfer is necessary for the performance of a contract between the individual and RMIT Training, or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures taken in response to the individual's request; or
- the transfer is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract concluded in the interest of the individual between RMIT Training and a third party; or
- all of the following apply:
- the transfer is for the benefit of the individual;
- it is impracticable to obtain the consent of the individual to that transfer;
- if it were practicable to obtain that consent, the individual would be likely to give it; or
- RMIT Training has taken reasonable steps to ensure that the information which it has transferred will not be held, used or disclosed by the recipient of the information inconsistently with the Privacy Principles set out in this Statement.
10. Sensitive information
10.1 RMIT Training will not collect sensitive information about an individual unless:
- the individual has consented; or
- the collection is required under law; or
- the collection is necessary to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to the life or health of any individual, where the individual whom the information concerns:
- is physically or legally incapable of giving consent to the collection; or
- physically cannot communicate consent to the collection; or
- the collection is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of a legal or equitable claim.
10.2 Despite paragraph 10.1, RMIT Training may collect sensitive information about an individual if the collection:
- is necessary for research, or the compilation or analysis of statistics, relevant to government funded targeted welfare or educational services; or
- is of information relating to an individual's racial or ethnic origin and is collected for the purpose of providing government funded targeted welfare or educational services; and
- there is no reasonably practicable alternative to collecting the information for that purpose; and
- it is impracticable for RMIT Training to seek the individual's consent to the collection.


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Spartan Race (Killington, VT)
Like Tough Mudder, Spartan Race can also be credited with the explosion of so-called "mud runs," "fun runs," and obstacle course races that began in 2010. It's no coincidence that fitness regimens like CrossFit, P90X, TRX, old-school calisthenics, and other cross-training programs have also made their way into mainstream fitness circles around the same time: They prepare athletes to climb walls, hop between tires, carry heavy objects, and throw spears – all obstacles in the Spartan Race.
Call it functional fitness, the next evolution in the way we work out – whatever you want – is a big enough deal that runners should take note. Though not typically as difficult as Tough Mudder, Spartan Race is a timed event, so competitive types are attracted to the possibility of winning or seeing their faces on the Wall of Champions. This race also offers courses of different lengths and difficulties throughout the year, ranging from the Sprint (3+ miles, 15+ obstacles) to the Beast (13+ miles, 25+ obstacles).
If that sounds like a breeze, try the application-only Ultra Beast, a marathon-length Spartan Race with more than 50 obstacles at Killington Resort in Vermont.
More Information: All of the Spartan Race events are open registration, except the Ultra Beast, which requires an application. [Late September; spartanrace.com]
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My apologies if this question is best suited for another SE site; I looked around and this seemed to be the best fit.
The answer to the question will hopefully be a link or cite research.
I am being asked to create a form. On this form are two fields for which the correct value is an item in a short list of possible values.
I am being asked that, rather than select the value from a list, the user be required to enter the value manually. The user's input will then be validated against the known correct values.
What I would like to know is whether this approach is demonstrability better at reducing data entry errors. I haven't been able to find an answer using Google.
It turns out the customer did have a compelling argument/requirement for this method of entry: fraud prevention. Functioning as a context-sensitive captcha, the value for this field would be obvious in normal day-to-day activities.


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News Release
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Restaurateurs Beware NR0103krLos Angeles: The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LACDPH) have joined forces to warn restaurant owners of a potential scam targeting local eateries.
The LAPD and LACDPH have received numerous calls from restaurant owners in the Los Angeles area of telephone calls they have received from individuals claiming to be health inspectors. These individuals ask for personal information, including employees' phone numbers, insisting they need the information for a future inspection.
Once the individual obtains the information requested, they provide the restaurant owners with an identification number, or pin number, and tell the owners that they will visited by inspectors on a specific date and time for a formal inspection. However, on the planned date and time no one shows up.
Restaurant owners and managers should be aware of certain criteria which will help them know if they are dealing with a legitimate LACDPH inspector:
- LACDPH inspectors are required to introduce themselves to the owner or manager
- They must always possess a County-issued photo identification card
- Inspectors should provide a County-issued business card upon request
- Inspectors never accept payments for an inspection or any other services at the time of inspections. Owner/managers will be directed to the local Environmental Health Office, Environmental Health headquarters, or the County Treasurer Tax Collector for payment of any and all fees.
- Inspectors do not charge money or fees for a County Letter Grade, hand washing signs, or other signage or equipment
- Inspectors do not accept gifts or gratuities, including food or beverage, for any reason
The Bureau of District Surveillance and Enforcement for Public Health's Environmental Health Program can be reached at 626-430-5200. Health officials who answer will be able to confirm whether the person is, in fact, a legitimate health inspector.
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The Battle of Bladensburg Visitor Center is located along the Anacostia River near the site of The Battle of Bladensburg, which occurred on August 24, 1814. This devastating American loss allowed the British to proceed into Washington, D.C. where many government buildings were burned including the U.S. Capitol and The White House.
The Battle of Bladensburg Visitor Center and the Waterfront Park are part of The Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail. The visitor center uses photos, artifacts and other media to tell the fascinating story of the people, places and events of the War in Prince George's County.
Historical and archaeological artifacts from the British troop encampments in Nottingham are displayed, along with narrative historical accounts and a movie depicting the famous namesake battle of this visitor center. Stop by and experience the dramatic events and stories for yourself.


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After taunting customers for months, SAP has finally dished out its take on CRM as an online, hosted service.
The SAP CRM On-Demand Solution will go up against market darling salesforce.com and, now part of the borg, Siebel CRM OnDemand. SAP meant to push this service out the door months earlier and still hasn't delivered a finished product.
At the moment, you can only buy the sales module for $75 per month per user - that's $10 over salesforce.com. A marketing module should arrive next quarter, and a service module in the third quarter. SAP expects the per month per user cost to head toward $125, as you pick up more of the modules.
It's hard to imagine too many customers flocking to SAP's product when rivals are already offering the complete service.
"Based on salesforce.com's focus on the small and medium sized business (SMB) segment, customers also running SAP back-end systems are a minority," AMR Research analyst Robert Bois said in a note to clients."That being said, salesforce.com has enjoyed some good success recently in moving into larger enterprises where SAP sits on the back end.
"In almost every case, these customers should stick with salesforce.com until SAP has further fleshed out the complete CRM offering. Today, salesforce.com has a much more elegant user interface, broader full-suite CRM functionality, and better customization and administrative tools."
SAP, however, disagrees with such tentative statements, declaring that it has changed the face of CRM as a service forever.
"The SAP CRM on-demand solution, a hosted, web-based solution built on the mySAP CRM platform, can help jump-start your CRM project," the company said on its website. "You can deploy the solution that best meets divisional needs - and move seamlessly to mySAP CRM as your needs evolve, without costly downtime, rework, and loss of data."
SAP has picked IBM as its hosting partner.
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I normally perform my speed work on Tuesdays. I know, Jenn Shelton would disapprove that I run upon a schedule. However, since running Voyager 50 Mile Trail Run on Saturday I thought I'd skip it this week, if necessary.
Yesterday I was still a bit tight in the calves so thought I'd pass. Today while running with Topaz for our morning 5 I was feeling real good and decided I'd go for a speed workout today. I had the mind battle going on: you may be tired from V, therefore a crappy speed workout, that will crush your ego and make you sad; yes, but any speed work is better than none, just go give it a whirl and see how it goes. OK. You win.
Off I went.
I was surprised to see action at the track. The 3rd and 4th graders were on the football field practicing and the Strength and Training workouts were taking place on the track. I recognized many of the guys as Tyler's friends. I stood around, watching, then heard hellos and how ya doing Julie. I'm fine, came for my track workout, how long will you guys be? Oh, about an hour. Dang, I was thinking to myself. Oh well. I sat down and watched a bit. Pretty soon a real good friend of Tyler's yelled to the Coach "Can Julie Berg run on Lane 8, we aren't using it" Coach said "Why don't you move over and give her Lane 1" Sweet!
In speaking with Coach I realized S&T work outs are scheduled on M,W,F; I'm usually at the track on Tuesday, that is why I haven't seen them out there before. He told me he had no problem being there and was welcome to work alongside with them. I then was reminded that he graduated from Proctor. I remembered Scott Jurek graduated from Proctor. Bingo! He ran with him on the track team. Small World.
So, the workout was fabulous. I'm so shocked. I ran 800s again with the thought that I could quit at any time but on the other hand I would then feel my ego deflate so I thought I'd try to hang it and it would be OK if I were slower than last week. I wasn't! I can't believe I wasn't tired or slower with the race on Saturday. What is up? I ran a 1 mile warm up, (being sure to tell the boys it was a warm up) and a 1 mile cool down (they were already gone) and 8x800. My fastest was #3 at 327 and slowest #5 at 345! I'll take it.
Having other people on the track really helped. I was thrilled! It was a great workout and it is amazing how it makes everything well within the world for me this afternoon. Makes me want to set a goal time at Lean Horse. Isn't it funny how a good workout can make everything dandy.
The scrambled tofu I had post run #1 may have helped as well! I'll have to post a picture/recipe. My first try with tofu and I loved it. It was so good I think I'll eat the leftovers in a wrap this afternoon.
From now on I believe I will be hitting the track on Wednesday instead of Tuesday.


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Now with better graphics on iPhone 5, iPhone 5s, iPad 4 and iPad Air
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FLASHOUT 3D is $2.99 but there are more add-ons
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Now with better graphics on iPhone 5, iPhone 5s, iPad 4 and iPad Air!
The fastest and most anticipated futuristic racing game for iOS in history is finally here!
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"Goes a long way towards bridging the gap between big name franchises on the consoles and mobile offerings!" 4/5 - 148Apps
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"FLASHOUT 3D by Jujubee is the closest thing the App Store has to Sony's popular racing series Wipeout!" 4/5 - App Tudes
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Written for the 43rd Carnival of Genealogy:
Most Relied Upon Hardware
I cannot tell a lie... (Shhhh! Don't tell my husband!) I have been involved in a love affair with my scanner/printer: the Epson Stylus Photo RX500.
Well, perhaps the affair is a bit one-sided, but I can't help myself. At first, it was just fond bantering, and then I found myself relying on the relationship more and more. When I am not near my beloved scanner, I am anxious, even depressed. Oh, what joy it gives me! How else could I quickly and inexpensively share those old maps and treasured family photographs and insert them into documents? How else could I begin to take a tired, sepia 1886 photograph and turn it into a vibrant, purple, Warhol-style piece of art (sometimes by accident)? I will be forever enamored, even if I can't be completely faithful.
Most Relied Upon Software
"The softest thing cannot be snapped" - Bruce Lee
Outlook Express is my top choice. Where would I be in my research and genealogy/writing related activities if I couldn't keep in rapid contact with everyone via e-mail? I'll tell you where I'd be: ten years ago, in networking, learning, and researching.
Most Relied Upon Website/Blog
"The Internet is just a world passing around notes in a classroom" - Jon Stewart
There are some excellent websites for Norwegian genealogical research, including online census records, but the one I keep returning to is: Norway Heritage: Hands Across the Sea. This site is a collaborative effort to accumulate information about early Norwegian passenger lists and emigrant ships, and it is in English! There is an exciting image gallery, and contributions are encouraged. There is also a forum where researchers can help one another.
Image of a bark-rigged sailing ship, just like the Norden--the ship my Johnson ancestors sailed on from Bergen to Quebec in 1866.
It was on this site that I found the 1866 Norden passenger list, including Baard and Thibertine Johnson and their children, and Gulbran Olsen Berge's sea voyage diary. Berge is also a g-g-grandparent, and the diary translation has been in my family for many years. So, when I discovered it had somehow gotten online, my first question was: how? I wrote to the web author, and he put me in contact with two "new" cousins. Oh, I love sites that offer connections, as well as information! Thank you, Norway Heritage.


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Because he's not a guy who craves praise, I haven't written about how much my pal Brad Lappin has done for the Banter. Let's just say–in Damon Runyon terms–it's more than somewhat. But now I've got a reason to share some news about Brad with you and there ain't nuthin' he can do about it.
This piece in the Denver Post says it all.
Well, almost all. You'll want to watch this video, too. (And dig the recipe here.)
Needless to say if you find yourself in the Bolder-Denver area, check out the Bohemian Biergarten if you want to have a kick-ass soft pretzel.
I won't lye.
(Follow Brad on Twitter.)
[Photo Credit: Cyrus McCrimmon/The Denver Post]


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Nos Theofi Dr.
Insybio Ltd
Konstantinos Theofilatos is working at Insybio Ltd: Biotechnology & medicine, Greece. InSyBio is a bioinformatics pioneer company in personalized healthcare which focuses on the analysis of complex life-science and biological data. InSyBio Suite is an integrated suite of analysis tools being offered over the cloud. Its key objective lies in the discovery of predictive integrated biomarkers (biomarkers of various categories) with increased prognostic and diagnostic aspects for personalized Healthcare Industry. Our customers are biology researchers working in academic, BioPharma and applied research laboratories.
Research Interest
Biotechnology & medicine


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For those of you looking to start helping JRuby along, here's a few open 1.0.2 bugs that would be pretty easy for a newb to look at. They'd also help you get your first taste of JRuby internals. Good eatin!
This should help get you started:
Update: Fixed, thanks to Mathias Biilmann Christensen.)
- Attempting File.open('foo', 'w') when './foo' is a directory raises Errno:ERNOENT, but should raise Errno:EISDIR
Update: Fixed! Ola had already repaired it, but not closed the bug.)
Update: Fixed, thanks to Riley Lynch.)


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Liberty News
40th Commencement to honor more than 15,000 graduates
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More than 30,000 people are expected to attend Liberty University's 40th Commencement exercises on Saturday, a historic day for the university as it welcomes its first female keynote speaker, Fox News reporter Shannon Bream ('93). Bream is also the first Liberty graduate to give the Commencement address since the school became an accredited university in 1980. The ceremony begins at 10 a.m. inside Arthur L. Williams Stadium.
Graduates will briefly hear from prominent Christian apologist Ravi Zacharias, who will also deliver the Baccalaureate message Friday at 6 p.m. in the Vines Center.
The Class of 2013, Liberty's largest graduating class ever, consists of 15,161 graduates — 2,561 resident and 12,600 from Liberty University Online. A strong supporter of American values and liberties, the university is proud to celebrate 4,171 military graduates.
Following Commencement exercises will be degree presentation ceremonies for the respective colleges and departments.
Several events will take place throughout the day on Friday, including special receptions for Liberty University Online and residential graduates and their families, a military graduate recognition ceremony, and commissioning ceremonies for Army ROTC and Air Force ROTC.
Thanks to the convenience of Liberty's innovative distance learning degrees, the university boasts graduates from all over the United States and around the world, from diverse backgrounds, ethnicities, and generations. Graduates this year range in age from 18 to 81. The top five countries represented (outside the U.S.) are: Korea, Canada, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and Kenya.
Top five majors
Resident undergraduate:
Criminal Justice
Studio and Digital Arts, Graphic Design
Communication Studies, Advertising & Public Relations
Sport Management
Resident graduate and doctoral:
Juris Doctorate
Master of Theology
M.A. Professional Counseling
M.A. English
M.A. Communication Studies, Media
Liberty Online undergraduate:
Interdisciplinary/Multidisciplinary studies
Psychology, Christian Counseling
Liberty Online graduate and doctoral:
M.A. Human Services, Marriage & Family
M.A. Professional Counseling
M.A. Management and Leadership
M.A. Theological Studies
M.A. Accounting


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Pioneer VSX-74TXVi Digital Surround Receiver
Pioneer sure packed an awful lot of stuff into its new A/V receiver, the Elite VSX-74TXVi, beginning with the mouthful of letters in its model name. Far more engaging is its iPod connectivity: this is the first receiver we've seen to offer fully integrated control for Apple's ubiquitous iPod music player. Then there's its XM satellite radio capability, making it the second XM-ready receiver we've tested after last month's Yamaha RX-V657 (click to see "The List").
What We Think
|This receiver's XM-readiness, built-in iPod control, and excellent audio performance help justify a substantial price tag.
The Short Form
|PIONEERELECTRONICS.COM / 800-421-1404 / $1,700 / 16.625 x 7.375 x 18.25 IN / 41.25 LBS
|•Integrated XM Radio and iPod options. •HDMI source switching. •Good auto setup. •Digital multichannel connection for DVD-Audio/SACD.
|•Densely packed, nonilluminated remote.
Key Features
|•140 watts x 7 channels •THX Select 2-certified •XM satellite radio expansion via $50 Connect & Play accessory •iPod integration and control •Auto-setup speaker calibration and EQ •Dolby Digital EX, DTS-ES, Dolby Pro Logic IIx, DTS Neo:6, 12 proprietary DSP surround modes including Headphone •Source upconversion to HDMI, component-video, S-video •2 HDMI inputs, 1 output •2 i.Link (FireWire) inputs •3-zone multiroom capability •Back surround speaker outputs reassignable to remote-room use •USB input compatible with MP3 and Windows Media 9 formats •preprogrammed/learning remote •IR-control I/O for remote room
Test Bench
|The Pioneer measured as expected for power output, which led a list of generally excellent bench results. Subwoofer-channel distortion, though measuring high on our 6-channel, 0-dBFS torture test (8.6%), was perfectly fine with any real-world combination of channels/levels. No bass management is provided for analog multichannel inputs, but this will be moot if you use the digital multichannel hookup for DVD-Audio or SACD playback. Click for full lab results
Unpacking the receiver reveals a small, cone-shaped microphone that's used for automatic speaker setup and speaker/room equalization. And the up-to-the-minute jack pack includes two HDMI inputs and an HDMI output for digital A/V switching via a single cable, with full video upconversion of all sources to the HDMI monitor output as well as the component and S-video outs.
There's also an i.Link (a.k.a. FireWire) connection for multichannel digital output from some Super Audio CD and DVD-Audio players. The THX Select 2-certified receiver has lots more, of course (see "key features" on the right), including the ample seven-channel power that's de riguer at this price and a full range of Dolby and DTS surround options.
SETUP To get XM radio service you need to jack a $50 XM Connect & Play add-on antenna/tuner module - available from Audiovox and (eventually) others - into the Pioneer's back panel. With the antenna plunked on top of the receiver and aimed toward a southwest-facing window, XM came up almost immediately when I selected the XM/Tuner input. Using the onscreen antenna-strength graph, I adjusted the antenna to lock in the best signal. Reception was rock solid.
Connecting an iPod mini was a simple matter of plugging one end of the supplied cable into the mini's dock connector and the other into a jack on the receiver's rear panel. As long as your iPod has a dock port (all but the early ones do), you'll be good to go.
Pioneer's auto-setup routine goes by the awkward acronym MCACC, which stands for Multi-Channel Acoustic Calibration Circuit. When you hit the onscreen Go button, about 5 minutes of noise bursts and clicks cycle through your speakers as the receiver dials in speaker "sizes," levels, distances, and crossover frequencies. There are also a couple types of equalization, including a graphic EQ adjustment for each main channel. (You can repeat the setup process for different listening positions and store the results, along with speaker setup choices, in six different memories.) The Pioneer's self-selected speaker level and distance settings were accurate, closely matching those I'd come up with using my own sound meter.


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I didn't make it to this Sunday's bike brunch, but our little tradition carried on just the same, despite the large wet flakes of falling snow (first of the year here in Nashville) with a stalwart six meeting up at Whiskey Kitchen.
Kim gets street cred for biking through our little blizzard on her Raleigh.
Our next bike brunch will be Sunday, March 11, at Margot Café in East Nashville at 1 p.m. This is a later brunch than usual — hopefully the weather will be warmer in the afternoon! Please RSVP to lgrab [at] letsgorideabike [dot] com so I can make a reservation.


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a. General George C. Marshall, in a memorandum to
President Roosevelt dated February 3, 1944, wrote:
"The fact that the ground troops, Infantry in
particular, lead miserable lives of extreme
discomfort and are the ones who must close in
personal combat with the enemy, makes the
maintenance of their morale of great importance. The
award of the Air Medal have had an adverse reaction
on the ground troops, particularly the Infantry
Riflemen who are now suffering the heaviest losses,
air or ground, in the Army, and enduring the
greatest hardships." The Air Medal had been adopted
two years earlier to raise airmen's morale.
b. President Roosevelt authorized the Bronze Star
Medal by Executive Order 9419 dated 4 February 1944,
retroactive to 7 December 1941. This authorization
was announced in War Department Bulletin No. 3,
dated 10 February 1944. The Executive Order was
amended by President Kennedy, per Executive Order
11046 dated 24 August 1962, to expand the
authorization to include those serving with friendly
c. As a result of a study conducted in 1947, the
policy was implemented that authorized the
retroactive award of the Bronze Star Medal to
soldiers who had received the Combat Infantryman
Badge or the Combat Medical Badge during World War
II. The basis for doing this was that the badges
were awarded only to soldiers who had borne the
hardships which resulted in General Marshall's
support of the Bronze Star Medal. Both badges
required a recommendation by the commander and a
citation in orders.
a. The Bronze Star Medal is awarded to any person
who, while serving in any capacity in or with the
military of the United States after 6 December 1941,
distinguished himself or herself by heroic or
meritorious achievement or service, not involving
participation in aerial flight, while engaged in an
action against an enemy of the United States; while
engaged in military operations involving conflict
with an opposing foreign force; or while serving
with friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed
conflict against an opposing armed force in which
the United States is not a belligerent party.
b. Awards may be made for acts of heroism,
performed under circumstances described above, which
are of lesser degree than required for the award of
the Silver Star.
c. Awards may be made to recognize single acts of
merit or meritorious service. The required
achievement or service while of lesser degree than
that required for the award of the Legion of Merit
must nevertheless have been meritorious and
accomplished with distinction.
A bronze star 1 ½ inches in circumscribing
diameter. In the center thereof is a 3/16-inch
diameter superimposed bronze star, the center line
of all rays of both stars coinciding. The reverse
has the inscription "HEROIC OR MERITORIOUS
ACHIEVEMENT" and a space for the name of the
recipient to be engraved. The star is suspended from
the ribbon by a rectangular shaped metal loop with
the corners rounded.


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Junior Kyle Vinales drained his fourth three pointer of the game and gave the Central Connecticut men's basketball team a 73-71 win on the road at St. Francis Brooklyn on Tuesday night. Vinales ended with 23 points in the game and added five assists as the Blue Devils won for the fourth time in five games.
With the win the Blue Devils are now 9-16 overall and 5-7 in Northeast Conference play. St. Francis is now 15-12 overall and 6-6 in the NEC.
Central was down one with under 15 seconds to play in the game, and the ball was in the hands of Vinales. He calmly drained his fourth three of the game from 23 feet to give the Blue Devils the two point lead. Central stole the inbounds pass, after a Terrier timeout, to seal the win.
The steal was the 14th of the game for the Blue Devils, the most in a single game since they had 14 on the road at Robert Morris last season.
The game was originally scheduled for last Thursday but was postponed due to the winter storm.
The Blue Devils return to action Thursday night at home vs. Mount St. Mary's beginning at 7 p.m. They will also play on Saturday at 4 p.m. at Bryant in their third game of the week.
Central turned the ball over just 11 times in the game, and seven players played over 20 minutes in the game for the Blue Devils. Noone played more than 30 in the victory.
Central trailed 40-35 at halftime after shooting just 13-of-34 from the field. Vinales had 14 points to lead all scorers. He was 5-of-9 from the field and 3-of-4 from three, including one at the first half buzzer to cut the lead to five.
Ben Mockford made four threes before halftime to lead the Terriers with 12 points. St. Francis was 15-of-33 from the field and 8-of-12 from three and led by as many as 10 before the break.
Central tied the game quickly in the second half, 45-45, but the Terriers answered with a 10-5 run to take a five point lead, 55-50, with 11:43 to play.
Down 58-82 junior De'Angelo Speech highlighted an 8-0 run and the Blue Devils took the 60-58 lead with 7:08 left in the game.
The lead went back and forth between the two teams before the Terriers took a one point lead on a late free-throw with under 30 seconds to play. Vinales hit the three to secure the win.
Vinales had 23 and five assists, while Speech added eight points, three rebounds and three steals, most coming in the second half. The Blue Devils won for the third straight time when trailing at halftime. They had lost their first 12 games of the season when trailing at the half.
Sophomore Brandon Peel had 10 points and eight rebounds in the win. He also had a pair of blocks as Central blocked six in the victory. Juniors Faronte Drakeford and Malcolm McMillan each had eight points. Central was 15-of-22 from the line, 9-of-11 in the second half.
Central is back in action on Thursday night hosting Mount St. Mary's in the final regular season home game of the season. Game time is 7 p.m. in Detrick Gym.


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Opinion is a quick column for when I've been getting my think on.
Capping the length of a Warsong Gulch match at 20 minutes in Patch 3.2 will not solve the inherent problems that cause turtling, it will only prevent matches of nightmare length. We need better fixes.
- Add a lengthy delay to flag respawns.
- Hasten the flag carrier debuff.
- Create a mortal strike power up.
A good instance of Warsong Gulch provides more fun than any other battleground, more opportunities for small scale combat, and a greater sense of player efficacy. The down side is that two flag carriers supported by three healers each may never die, ever. BORING, but it can be fixed. Read on.
Lengthy Flag Respawns
Imagine an enemy, a plate wearing Blood Death Knight with 40k hit points is holding your flag on his roof, supported by two lol-invincible druid healers and a ferocious warrior/rogue combo that wears down any offense you can muster. Your flag carrier is doing the same thing on the other end of the map and neither team can score until one flag carrier is dead.
Imagine a burst of PuG coordination the likes of which you have never seen, in which
- A Priest Mind Controls the enemy flag carrier off the roof.
- A Warlock fear-bombs his healers.
- A Death Knight Death Grips the EFC (enemy flag carrier) from line of sight.
- A Mage and a Rogue in waiting pop cooldowns and burst the EFC, causing him to explode into smithereens. They then return the flag.
- An enemy Rogue sitting in your flag room grabs your flag as it immediately respawns and returns to his base unharassed, skill-lessly negating any gains earned by your perfect, coordinated play and lengthening the match indefinitely.
- The enemy tree druids come out of fear, cast Innervate, run in circles, and type /lol at your Warlock because they can't even wand to do damage.
How frustrating. A team musters the force to overcome a nightmare scenario, to find victory only lasts for as long as their lag allows. Create a 30 seconds window between flag respawns to allow a successful offensive team to score.
The Flag Carriers Are Now Even More Vulnerable to Attack!
Blizzard noticed the turtling problem long ago and introduced the Focused Assault debuff, ideally (and often successfully) hastening the demise of flag carriers. The problem? It takes 10 MINUTES to activate! An EFC can make it back to his or her base in 60 seconds, at which point he or she is already turtling. Activate Focused Assault after a flag carrier has been alive for three minutes because if they've survived that long they have already been proven extremely difficult to kill.
Speed Boots, Berserker, Leaf, and a WICKED HUGE SWORD
As Blizzard toys with the idea of giving baby mortal strike debuffs to Frost Mages and Shadow Priests, I toy with the idea of giving it to every class in Warsong Gulch. A mortal strike, or healing negation power-up in every leaf hut would add a new tactical element to the WSG map and further assist in bringing down stubborn flag carriers. This is only a mild suggestion, as it is the greatest departure from the core mechanics of Warsong Gulch, but a fun idea to toy with nonetheless.
Good News IRL
"Finally Wonzy blogs!" I can hear you say. My delay in blogging is the same reason I'll be blogging more often — I got a job! This is the sort of job where bursts of frantic activity are followed by lulls of expected and accepted downtime. As soon as I learn which is what, I'll be blogging with a pleasant consistency. Next in the pipeline – The Arathi Basin Strategy Macro. (-:
When Should I Capitalize Class Names?
I promise I'm a smart Priest, but I haven't been to school in a long time. Let me know.
-Wonzy and Out!
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