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|140 BBDO goes to Cannes This is the communal blog of 140 BBDO's Mike Pearson and Ross Nieuwenhuizen, who are off to Cannes Lions after winning one in 2011 for their Snickers "Would You Rather" radio campaign - which also featured at Loeries and D&AD. Throughout this smorgasbord of creativity, Mike and Ross will be updating everyone on what's being said, done and awarded, so follow them on Twitter at @140BBDO and on Facebook.
|Abey Mokgwatsane Abey Mokgwatsane is CEO of Ogilvy & Mather South Africa (www.ogilvy.co.za; @OgilvySA). Apart from being one of South Africa's Mail & Guardian top 200 young leaders in 2011, he was voted one of the country's top 25 "game-changers" in The Annual 2012. Mokgwatsane also founding of Young Business for South Africa, Think Tank Initiative and Experiential Industry Association of South Africa. Tel +27 (0)11 709 6600, email and follow @Abeyphonogenic on Twitter.
|Andrew Timm Andrew Timm's dad wanted him to be an accountant. His mom wanted him to be happy. Mom won. So Andrew started out in the corporate video and today spends half his time producing corporate videos and live corporate shows, and the other half doing broadcast television (magazine shows, dramas, and now The Coconuts sitcom for M-Net). Contact Andrew at and find out more about his company at www.attv.co.za.
|Anice Hassim Anice Hassim is the CEO, Founder and majority shareholder of the immedia ecosystem. He is a speaker and educator around digital trends, strategy and marketing, and helps brands better understand and negotiate the digital space. Contact Anice on tel +27 (0)31 566 8000, email him at and follow him on Twitter at @anicehassim.
|Cannes Lions Judges Blog This is the communal blog of Brad Reilly, Chris Botha, James Cloete, Janet Kinghorn, Karin Barry-McCormack, Theo Ferreira and Xolisa Dyeshana, most of the South African creatives judging the 58th Annual Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in Cannes, France, in June 2011.
|Dale Imerman Dale Imerman is mad about technology and marketing. He's a travel seeker, photo taker and enjoys the outdoors.
|Damon Stapleton Damon went to New Zealand to work with his old partner Shane Bradnick and make some secret creative sauce. Before that he was ECD at Saatchi and Saatchi Australia, before that, Group ECD of TBWA Hunt Lascaris and Global ECD of Standard Bank. He's the only ECD in Africa to win a D&AD Black Pencil and the annual Directory Big Won Rankings lists him as one of the most successful ECDs of 2016, based on international award wins...
|Darren Woolley Darren Woolley is the founder of Trinityp3, an Australian-based a marketing management consulting company with an international network of more than 30 industry professionals that helps people to achieve commercial purpose through creative process. Website www.trinityp3.com, email , read his blog at www.trinityp3.com/blog/ and follow him on Twitter at @trinityp3.
|Dr Graeme Codrington Dr Graeme Codrington is an expert on the new world of work and multigenerational workplaces. With three bestselling books published by Penguin, five degrees in five different faculties from five different universities including a doctorate in Business Administration, and work experience ranging from articles at KPMG to IT entrepreneur and professional musician to professional speaker, Graeme brings a unique view to his role as consultant and trends analyst for some of the world's largest companies. He can be contacted at , and his website is http://www.tomorrowtoday.biz.
|Dr Nikolaus Eberl Dr Nikolaus Eberl is the author of BrandOvation: How Germany won the World Cup of Nation Branding and The Hero's Journey: Building a Nation of World Champions. He headed the Net Promoter Scorecard research project on SA's destination branding success story during the 2010 FIFA World Cup, co-authored the World Cup Brand Ambassador Program 'Welcome 2010' and was chairperson of the inaugural 2010 FAN World Cup. Email and follow @nikolauseberl.
|Franklin Ozekhome Franklin Ozekhome is a strategic planner, trendspotter and student of culture and brands. He is the chief strategy officer at Identiture, a New York-based sensory branding and future design firm that offers business intelligence, strategic planning and sensory mapping services to small businesses. Follow his rants on Twitter @donniefranklin or contact him at www.franklinozekhome.com.
|Garth Walker In 1994, South Africans elected their first democratic government, and Garth opened Orange Juice Design, which became one of South Africa's best-known graphic design studios and one of the very few with an international reputation. In time, OJ was acquired by advertising giant Ogilvy South Africa as its premium design brand. In 2008, Garth has once again gone solo with a new studio, Mister Walker (www.misterwalkerdesign.com. Contact Garth on .
|Gill Moodie Gill Moodie (@grubstreetSA) is a freelance journalist, media commentator and the publisher of Grubstreet (www.grubstreet.co.za). She worked in the print industry in South Africa for titles such as the Sunday Times and Business Day, and in the UK for Guinness Publishing, before striking out on her own. Email Gill at and follow her on Twitter at @grubstreetSA.
|Gisèle Wertheim Aymés Gisèle Wertheim Aymés has worked in the media industry in South Africa for over two decades. She is a director of a medical company, owner and publishing editor of Longevity Media (www.longevitymag.co.za) and a shareholder in Stuff Group SA, publishers of Stuff (www.Stuff.co.za) - the world's best-selling gadget magazine. Email her at and follow her on Twitter at @giselewaymes.
|Gwen Watkins Gwen Watkins is a freelance writer, editor, subeditor and author. Almost 30 years of experience across industrial and commercial writing, as a reporter and PR consultant, has given her expert grounding in brand communication and native advertising. A Master NLP Practitioner, she uses these skills within the creation of copywriting, annual reports, brochures and website copy.
|Ilva Pieterse Ilva Pieterse has been involved in the media industry for over 13 years. During this time, she has written for and been involved in many online and print publications across a wide variety of industries, but mainly focusing on the IT sector. Examples of her creative work can be found at www.consciencefiction.com
|Johanna McDowell Johanna McDowell counsels clients and agencies around expectations in the advertising, marketing process. She is CEO of the Independent Agency Search and Selection Company (IAS), a division of black-owned marketing services group Mazole Holdings. Contact Johanna on tel +27 (0)10 594 0281, email her at and follow her on Twitter at @jomcdowell.
|Josh Adler Josh Adler is director at the Centre for Entrepreneurial Leadership (www.anzisha.org) at African Leadership Academy (@ALAcademy) - identifying, developing and connecting the next generation of African leaders. Before entering education, Josh worked for UNDP's Africa Facility for Inclusive Markets (AFIM) and prior to that was the CEO of web technology firm Prefix Technologies. Website www.africanleadershipacademy.org, tel +27 (0)11 699 3000, email , tweet @joshadza and connect on LinkedIn.
|Laurenz Schaller Laurenz Schaller is a student from Berlin, Germany. During his undergraduate studies, he co-founded Formlos Berlin (www.formlos-berlin.de), a small student-run agency. Right now, he is doing an internship at a Cape Town-based advertising agency, GSDH South Africa. Contact Laurenz via email , Skype Laurenz Schaller, and connect on Facebook and LinkedIn.
|Louise Marsland Louise Marsland is currently Africa Editor: Bizcommunity.com; a Content Strategist and Trainer; and Trend Curator for Bizcommunity.com and her own TRENDAFRiCA.co.za. She has been writing about the media, marketing and advertising communications industry in South Africa for over 20 years, notably, as the previous Editor of Bizcommunity.com Media & Marketing; Editor-in-Chief AdVantage magazine; Editor Marketing Mix magazine; Editor Progressive Retailing magazine; Editor Business Brief magazine and Editor FMCG Files ezine.
|Marion Scher Marion Scher (www.mediamentors.co.za) is an award-winning journalist, lecturer, media trainer and consultant with 25 years' experience in the industry. For more of her writing, go to her Bizcommunity profile or to Twitter @marionscher.
|Mike Frampton SA entrepreneur Mike Frampton, the founder and ex-chairman of DDB South Africa, has been in the advertising industry for over 18 years. The founder of Framptons in 1990, which became part of the DDB network in 1999, Frida Communication - Mike's new passion - is an agency dedicated to courage and commitment, named and enshrined in the spirit of Frida Kahlo, one of Mexico's great artists of all time. Contact Mike on cell +27 (0)83 626 0416 or email .
|Net#work BBDO live from Cannes This is the communal blog of Jenny Glover and Brent Singer, joint ECDs at Net#work BBDO who are off to Cannes Lions 2013. Together, the two have won five Gold Lions (four of those being Campaign Lions) and one Cannes Grand Prix in their four years of working together. Throughout the festival, they will bring regular updates on what's happening, as well as the overall feel at Cannes.
|New Media FIPP Blog This is the communal blog of New Media's Rose Cohen (@rose_cohen), Kamiel Ebrahim and Lucrezia Wolfaardt (@12Lucz), nominated as most deserving by their peers to attend the 38th FIPP World Magazine Congress being held for the first time in New Delhi, India, 10-12 October 2011.
|Rafi Leigh Rafi Leigh is MD of Special-FX, a supplier to the shopper marketing sector and a provider of stage and other special effects. After training at the AAA, he specialised in film and special effects in the UK. He founded Special-FX in South Africa in 1996 and started providing experiential marketers with interactive sets, props, scenery and displays. Contact Rafi on tel +27 (0)11 493 9666 or email .
|Shan Radcliffe Shan Radcliffe is the editor of Bizcommunity HR, Education and Legal.
|Sindy Peters Sindy Peters (@sindylp) is managing editor at Bizcommunity.com. She can be reached at .
|South African College of Business This is the communal blog of the South African College of Business (SACOB), who are currently at the eLearning Africa conference taking place in Windhoek, Namibia, from 29 May-31 May 2013. Follow them on Twitter at @SACOB_education and on Facebook.
|Sue Disler Sue Disler has more than 25 years of experience in the advertising and marketing as a designer (and sometimes coder), art director and strategist, the last 20 largely dedicated to digital. Email her at , follow @suediz on Twitter or find out more on Linkedin.
|TBWA\ Creatives Damon Stapleton (@d_stapleton) and Justin Wright are the executive creative director and creative director respectively for the world-renowned advertising agency TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris (www.tbwa.co.za). They are currently in London judging the 2011 D&AD awards (Damon on the Outdoor Advertising jury and Justin on Direct).
|Terry Levin Founder of multi-disciplinary agency OfftheShelf. Talk to us about case studies of growing legacy African brands for the future. We are Afrophiles offering strategic brand design and architecture, brand content, standout activations and more. Currently acting as Bizcommunity.com creative director at large. Email , follow @terrylevin on Twitter, view her photos on Instagram, connect on www.facebook.com/offtheshelfmarketing or LinkedIn.
|trigger/isobar goes to SxSW This is the communal blog of Karin Botta and Uno de Waal, business unit director and senior social strategist at trigger/isobar (www.isobar.co.za), who are both attending South by South West (SxSW) 2012, the annual film, music and interactive festival held in March in Austin, Texas. Follow @triggerisobar and Twitter List @Bizcommunity/sxswsa2012 for the duration of the festival.


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MPs have said there must be another way to deal with a funding shortfall that could lead to the closure of all but two libraries in Kirklees.
Simon Reevell (Con, Dewsbury) blamed Kirklees Council for the threat to services, but Mike Wood (Lab, Batley and Spen) said government cuts were the root of the problem.
The first option outlined by the council would slash libraries by 56 per cent and leave only Huddersfield and Dewsbury libraries open across the entire district.
The second option, which would require a grant, could leave North Kirklees with a number of town hub libraries with reduced staff and facilities, but the council could not yet confirm where the hubs would be.
Mr Reevell (Con, Dewsbury) said the situation was a result of under-performance by the council.
He said: "Any properly run organisation would not be talking about a nuclear option.
"Any properly run organisation would have planned, evaluated and prioritised. It is short-term thinking.
"Lots of local authorities are being asked to save a lot of money. I don't accept those are the only options."
But Kirklees Council leader David Sheard (Lab) hit back.
"What is his suggestion?" he said. "We wouldn't be talking about a nuclear option if we didn't have £140m cut from our budget every year."
He said that cuts on a national level left councils with no choice but to slash services.
"Even the second option for libraries is tough but we are at that stage," he said.
"The same thing will happen to parks.
"We can't stop paying for people who need care in homes, we can't stop paying for child protection. This is the situation we face.
"Local authorities have had to cut more and cut better than central government."
Mr Reevell said Denby Dale Library, which had been transferred to the control of a community project, was an example of residents becoming tired of Kirklees Council.
But Coun Sheard said the transfer happened because the council had worked alongside parish councillors to make it possible.
Mr Wood said: "I am very concerned that all four of the libraries in Batley and Spen are under threat. This is not something I want to see nor my constituents.
"I have no doubt this is something our councillors don't want either.
"These are the sorts of cuts that will be impossible to reverse in the future.
"Councillors are in an impossible position trying to implement vicious Coalition cuts, while Conservative and Lib Dem councillors snipe from the side lines as though this has nothing to do with them and their colleagues in Westminster.
"But I hope that we can find alternatives and I will work with colleagues in the council and the community to avoid such a dire eventuality."


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The figure of gasification reactions and transformations illustrated the concept of coal gasification, and noted resulting composition of syngas. This can vary significantly depending on the feedstock and the gasification process involved; however typically syngas is 30 to 60% carbon monoxide (CO), 25 to 30% hydrogen (H2), 0 to 5% methane (CH4), 5 to 15% carbon dioxide (CO2), plus a lesser or greater amount of water vapor, smaller amounts of the sulfur compounds hydrogen sulfide (H2S), carbonyl sulfide (COS), and finally some ammonia and other trace contaminants.
Wabash River Syngas Composition
The following table shows the operational syngas composition for the Wabash River Coal Gasification Repowering Project over the four year demonstration period from 1996 through 1999.
The Wabash facility, using E-Gas™ gasification technology, operated on a variety of fuels over this period including two different types of coal and petroleum coke. Syngas composition remained relatively constant despite changes in coal composition. Although the gasifier is capable of handling a wide range of feedstocks, variations from the coal used as the design basis for the system can reduce syngas and steam production (differences in production will depend on the coal feed and how it differs from the design feed). Sudden changes in feedstock can also cause disruptions in other plant processes. The syngas H2:CO ratio is relatively high (>0.7), typical of a slurry-feed gasification system. The high levels of COS during the earlier years of operation were a result of problems with the COS-hydrolysis unit (specifically, catalyst poisoning by trace metals and chlorides and surface area degradation by overheating). These problems were remedied over the course of the project1.
Syngas Composition Variability
The linked table summarizes data from several demonstrations, analyses, and reports on syngas composition across a variety of gasifiers, and types of coal feedstocks, showing the wide variations that occur. Caution must be used in examining this table, as many factors may be missing that have significant impact on the syngas produced. For example, to accurately detail effects on syngas composition a detailed account of the coal used (ultimate and proximate analysis) would be required. Gasifier operating mode, operating conditions, etc., would also need to be specified (for example, the GE gasifier can be operated in three different modes: total quenched; radiant & convective cooling; radiant followed by partial quenched—the syngas could be quite different for each). This table, therefore, serves as a general overview and is not detailed enough for design work. See the linked sources for information on the development of this table.
The data shows that a wide range of syngas compositions can be obtained by varying the gasifier type, feedstock, and operation parameters. The typical design process of a gasification facility entails selecting a readily available feedstock for the potential facility site and a suitable gasification technology, and then using variations on downstream processes to optimize the syngas composition for creating the desired end product.
Another linked table is taken from a NETL study2 and gives an idea of the range of syngas compositions produced from biomass processed in various gasifier types (BFB – Bubbling Fluidized Bed, FB – Fixed Bed, CFB – Circulating Fluidized Bed, MSW – Municipal Solid Waste, RDF – Refuse Derived Fuel).
For information on optimal syngas compositions for a given end product, please see the discussion about Syngas Optimization.
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Bill Cosby
America's granddad gets ornery.
Lately, Bill Cosby has been making a comeback—as Shelby Steele. The 67-year-old comedian—who became America's Dad in the 1980s and America's Granddad more recently—has launched a series of surprising assaults on the pathologies of low-income blacks. "They think they're hip. They can't read; they can't write. They're laughing and giggling, and they're going nowhere," he said in Chicago at the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition and Citizenship Education Fund's annual conference on July 1.
This followed an attack launched at the NAACP's Brown v. Board of Education 50th anniversary gala at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., in May. No laugh tracks there. The Cos has chastised young black men for "beating up your women because you can't find a job," blasted poor parenting in the ghettoes, heaped scorn on Ebonics, and lambasted aimless blacks for squandering the hard-won gains of the civil rights movement. Symbolically, he made his comments in high-profile "public" (read: where whites could hear) venues.
Many critics expressed shock that the beloved figure of Americana—the genial observational humorist; the wise paterfamilias of the beloved The Cosby Show (1984-1992); the winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2002—should offer such a pointed, and conservative, political message. Yet those who were fooled by Cosby's silliness into surprise at his newfound ferocity were just that—fooled. Cosby has long been a good "race" man on an all-too-serious mission. There was always darkness in the Cos' light.
From humble beginnings in the projects of Philadelphia, raised by a domestic and a laborer, Cosby parlayed his impish nature and keen insights into the transcendent in daily life into a successful comedy career during the early 1960s heyday of stand-up. In 1963, he was chosen as the first black guest host of The Tonight Show and in 1965 as the first black star on a white drama. On I Spy, he and Robert Culp played intelligence agents gone undercover as an international tennis player and coach. Overnight Cosby became the "Jackie Robinson of television," a crucial figure in bringing unapologetic but unconfrontational blackness into the mainstream.
It is almost impossible now to convey the watershed I Spy represented in American life. Those were the days when blacks called each other in wonderment to make sure that no one missed seeing one of their own in America's public square. That Cosby's "Scotty" was an abstemious, multilingual Rhodes Scholar and devoted family man while Culp's "Kelly" was a womanizing boozehound from the wrong side of the tracks was no accident. Cosby himself lobbied to make Scotty the brains of the outfit, the one who traveled the world and tended to national security matters.
Nonradical elements of the black community always embraced strategic racial inroads like this as exactly the type of gains they were trying to make—securing a place at the table instead of dismantling the table. Radicals like the Black Panthers, socialists, and Amiri Baraka, of course, considered Cosby a sell-out—a judgment for which his recent comments merely provide them the final proof.
Once Cosby found the upward path, he worked hard to stay there and to help bring the race along with him. His philosophy was always to play by the rules so as to beat the master at his own game—to be clearly black-identified, but not, you know, militant about it. Like that of Nat King Cole, Flip Wilson, and Diahann Carroll, television's other black pioneers, Cosby's appeal lay in presenting the universality of black life "apolitically," on its own terms (or, if you're Amiri Baraka, in the least discomforting way possible for whites). Their sudden presence in public life was all the rebuke that pre-Civil Rights Act America could face.
But Cosby's critics are wrong to say Cosby is either "incognegro" or an appeaser. The man always had a plan. While his humor is nonconfrontational, his attitude has been anything but; like Oprah Winfrey and Magic Johnson's inner-city focused business empire, Cosby sees the acquisition of power as a civil rights strategy. He's worked to be in the meetings where decisions are made rather than outside picketing them, though he was an ardent supporter of the civil rights movement and used his shows to pay homage to it.
And he succeeded. Once his star took off, Cosby was rarely without either a sitcom, a game show, an animated series, best selling non-fiction, or a comedy album riding the top of the charts. His power allowed him, among many other good deeds, to support black higher education by donating millions to schools, sending deserving, hardscrabble youngsters he'd read about in the newspaper to college, and challenging universities to ambitious fundraising goals by offering generous matching funds of his own—facts he's been advertising in a PR counteroffensive after the harsh reaction his recent comments provoked.
So why now? Why is Bill Cosby suddenly so sour, so publicly? Perhaps it was watching one of his four daughters struggle with a drug habit in the 1980s. Perhaps it was losing his only son, Ennis, to random violence in 1997. (Ghouls click here for a guide to the murder site.) Perhaps it was having to acknowledge having cheated on his wife of 40 years, Camille, who is nearly as beloved by blacks as he is. To make matters worse, the news of this infidelity broke when a young woman tried to extort hush money from him, and he helped the FBI send his (probable) love child to prison. But perhaps the final straw was watching Eddie Murphy reprise his history-making I Spy role on the big screen in 2002, not as a jet-setting, high-minded patriot but as a jive-talking, barely literate boxer who couldn't care less about national security; Cosby has long been vocal in his disgust with what he sees as the minstrelsy, vulgarity, and low artistic value of modern black comedy, film, and television. Don't even get him started on rap music.
"I'm a tired man," he said recently, but he wasn't talking about the energy required to defend himself. He was talking about still fighting battles his generation thought would have been long won by now, and he's talking about how draining it is to watch black complacency with its pockets of stagnation. But true acolytes will recognize the Cos' own personal progression through the stages of life, territory he just about owns. One of Cosby's standards bits was in ribbing his mother for coddling her grandchildren after having been so tough on her children. "That's not the same woman that raised me," he'd claim in mock confusion. Watching our beloved Cos take his people so publicly to the woodshed, it's our turn now to marvel at the evolution of the man we thought we knew so well.


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Hematology fellows and pathology residents attend this conference twice a month.
Educational Purpose
Principal Teaching Method
Case-based teaching is conducted by Dr. Ratech (a Hematopathologist) at a 16-headed microscope to review all of the interesting hematopathology cases of the past week. Approximately 5-6 cases are reviewed at each session. Material includes bone marrow aspirates and biopsies, lymph nodes, and selected extra-nodal tissues, which demonstrate a broad range of hematological pathology and hematological malignancies. Each case is selected to review the approach to pathologic diagnosis, utilizing H and E and a variety of immunohistochemical stains. During the course of the year, fellows are exposed to sophisticated techniques to diagnose Hodgkin's and Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Acute and Chronic Leukemias, Myeloma, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Myeloproliferative Disorders, and a variety of infections and tumors involving the bone marrow and lymph nodes. Case material is frequently presented form the time of the original diagnosis, through remissions and relapses.
Most Important Educational Content
Exposure to a wide variety of hematological disorders through the examination of pathologic specimens at a multiheaded microscope with a hematopathologist to discuss each case.
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The Surgical Pathology laboratory at Montefiore-Moses has a 16-headed microscope with attached TV monitor that is used for this conference. Dr. Ratech and the pathology resident select the most interesting cases from the previous week including cases from Hematology and Oncology full-time and voluntary faculty. Additional test results from the Molecular Cytogenetics Lab or the Molecular Diagnostics lab are presented as is appropriate for each case.
Division of HematologyAlbert Einstein College of Medicine
Jack and Pearl Resnick CampusUllmann 921Bronx, NY 10461
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Ripin Gallery
This exhibition of French satirical prints from the 19th century features works by the first generation of artistic lithographers, which are drawn from the museum's permanent collection. Daumier, Gavarni, and other French artists elevated the lithograph to an art form, exploring with humor and humanity every aspect of their era, from city to country life, family to professional life, and childhood to old age. Their original prints, published in the nascent mass press, were seen and circulated in homes, cafés, and city streets by the very people whose follies and frailties they depicted.
Curated by Libby Murphy, associate professor of French at Oberlin College, with assistance from AMAM Curatorial Assistant Sara Green (OC '12) and Curator of European and American Art Andaleeb Badiee Banta.
Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879)
Combat des écoles, L'Idéalisme et le Réalisme, 1855
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|Executive Summary: Each build of SQL Server has a version number. To find your version of SQL Server, open SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). The version number is listed immediately following the system name in the Object Browser. SQL Server 2008, 2005, and 2000 versions are listed in a table attached to this article.
Most organizations considering SQL Server 2008 have installed one or more community technology preview (CTP) or release candidates, and my office, too, has multiple SQL Server installations. Recently, I was surprised to find that one of the systems that I thought was running the SQL Server 2008 Release to Manufacturing (RTM) code was actually still running one of the release candidates.
Each build of SQL Server that Microsoft releases has its own version number. For example, the SQL Server 2008 RTM gold code is version number 100.00.1600.22. Any lower version number indicates that you're running prerelease code.
To find your version of SQL Server, open SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). The version number is listed immediately following the system name in the Object Browser. You can also find the version number by running the following T-SQL statement
SELECT @@version
Table 1 shows all the recent version numbers for SQL Server 2008. It also lists version numbers for previous production releases back to SQL Server 2000.
If you find, like I did, that one of your systems is release-candidate level or earlier, and you want to move it to the RTM code, don't attempt to perform an upgrade. It's not a supported scenario and could cause you to wind up with mixed binaries on the system, potentially leading to problems.
Instead, to get from the release-candidate level to the RTM code, you need to completely uninstall the prerelease code. Then you can go ahead and install the production SQL Server code and reattach your databases. However, if you're running an older production version of SQL Server 2005 or SQL Server 2000, you can perform an in-place upgrade to move directly to SQL Server 2008.


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When I started college (1952), I owned the family bull and had no cash. My parents didn't have any way to help either. The Dean of Men helped me get by the first year. He found me many jobs… replacing windows, working with the city surveyor, washing cars, washing dishes, etc. My main job was working at Jenson Dairy and then had classes til 10am to noon. Yes, my freshman year wasn't easy and I was thankful to get C's and B's.
Lavern Mayer
Class of 1956
P.S. Proud to be a UWRF grad.
Aerial view of campus in 1955. The Ag Science building would be located on the site of the barns in the upper right.


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As dead as a doornail
What's the meaning of the phrase 'As dead as a doornail'?
Dead, devoid of life (when applied to people, plants or animals). Finished with, unusable (when applied to inanimate objects).
What's the origin of the phrase 'As dead as a doornail'?
This is old - at least 14th century. There's a reference to it in print in 1350, a translation by William Langland of the French poem Guillaume de Palerne:
"For but ich haue bote of mi bale I am ded as dorenayl."
Langland also used the expression in the much more famous poem The Vision of William Concerning Piers Plowman, circa 1362:
Fey withouten fait is febelore þen nouȝt, And ded as a dore-nayl.
[Faith without works is feebler than nothing, and dead as a doornail.]
The expression was in widespread colloquial use in England by the 16th century, when Shakespeare gave these lines to the rebel leader Jack Cade in King Henry VI, Part 2, 1592:
Look on me well: I have eat no meat these five days; yet, come thou and thy five men, and if I do not leave you all as dead as a doornail, I pray God I may never eat grass more.
There are several 'as dead as...' idioms, amongst the most notable examples being 'as dead as a dodo' and 'as dead as mutton'. Dodos and mutton are unquestionably dead, but why doornails are cited as a particular example of deadness isn't so obvious.
Doornails are the large-headed studs that were used in earlier times for strength and more recently as decoration. The practice was to hammer the nail through and then bend the protruding end over to secure it. This process, similar to riveting, was called clenching. This may be the source of the 'deadness', as such a nail would be unusable afterwards.
Dickens was among the celebrated authors who liked the phrase and made a point of musing on it in A Christmas Carol
Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail.
Mind! I don't mean to say that I know, of my own knowledge, what there is particularly dead about a door-nail. I might have been inclined, myself, to regard a coffin-nail as the deadest piece of ironmongery in the trade. But the wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile; and my unhallowed hands shall not disturb it, or the Country's done for. You will therefore permit me to repeat, emphatically, that Marley was as dead as a door-nail.
Doornails have been top of the 'as dead as' pops since the 1300s. Perhaps it's time for a 21st century upgrade? Given the ubiquity of digital downloads, I'll put in an early bid for 'as dead as a DVD'.
See other 'as x as y similes'.
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ESPOO, Finland, July 22 (UPI) -- Rovio, the Finnish maker of the wildly-popular Angry Birds mobile phone game, is being sued by a licensing company for infringing its patents.
Lodsys, a Texas patent licensing company, alleges Rovio and other developers violated its patents with games on Apple's iOS platform and Google's Android, the BBC reported Friday.
Lodsys has filed lawsuits against other big technology companies, including Apple.
It filed an amended complaint with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, naming a number of other big games makers including Atari, EA, and Take-Two Interactive, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Rovio's Angry Birds is available for both Apple's iOS and Google's Android's platform.
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WILMINGTON, Ohio – Sophomore quarterback Braden Black broke the single-game school records for touchdown passes (six) and total offensive yards (378), and tied the single-game passing yards record (349), as the Olivet College football beat Wilmington College, 48-27, in its season-opener this afternoon at Williams Stadium in Wilmington, Ohio.
The Quakers (0-1) received the ball to start the game and needed only seven plays to score the first touchdown for a 7-0 lead at the 12:35 mark. The Comets were forced to punt on their first possession. Wilmington was held to a three and out on its next series.
Olivet used a 4-play, 64-yard drive to tie the game at 7-7. Black threw a six-yard touchdown pass to sophomore tight end Dominik Givens, and freshman Bryce Prudden made the PAT kick. The play preceding the touchdown was a 58-yard pass completion from Black to freshman Dan Hugan.
The Quakers marched down the field before fumbling at the Comet 5-yard line. The Comets capitalized on the turnover, covering 95 yards on 14 plays to score the go-ahead touchdown when Givens hauled in a seven-yard pass from Black.
After causing Wilmington to punt, Black threw a 61-yard touchdown pass to Hugan on the third play of Olivet's ensuing drive. Black also completed the two-point conversion pass attempt to sophomore Kyle Bryson to make the score 21-7 with 5:05 left in the second stanza.
The Comets took only 30 seconds to score the last touchdown of the first half. Sophomore Jason Barbosa returned a punt 73 yards to the Quaker 25. On the fourth play of the drive, Black threw a one-yard touchdown pass to freshman Garrett Reid. Prudden converted the PAT kick to make the score 28-7 at halftime.
On just the second play of the second half, Black completed a 62-yard touchdown pass to Barbosa, and Prudden nailed the PAT kick to make the score 35-7. Olivet's defense recovered a fumble on the Quakers' next possession. After the turnover, the Comets covered the final 31 yards on three plays, capped by a 24-yard touchdown pass from Black to Hugan for a 42-7 lead.
Wilmington scored a touchdown late in the third quarter to trail 42-13. Sophomore Deonte Cooper intercepted a pass to set-up the Comets' final touchdown. Sophomore Chance Nightingale tossed a 16-yard touchdown pass to sophomore Trevor Wyman.
The Quakers put the final 14 points on the scoreboard. The touchdowns were 55- and 51-yard pass plays from Brandon Arehart to Kyle Akers.
Olivet finished the game with 535 yards of total offense to 454 for Wilmington. Black completed 16-of-19 passes for his 349 yards and six touchdowns. He also led the ground game with three rushes for 29 yards. Nightingale was 6-of-9 for 34 yards. Hugan caught five passes for 183 yards. Sophomore Curtis French topped the defense with six total tackles. Six other players each had four tackles.
For Wilmington, Arehart threw for 360 yards on 18-of-34 passing. Akers led the receivers with five catches for 161 yards, while Zak Kruer had 12 carries for 45 yards.
The Comets will host Wisconsin Lutheran College in their home-opener next Saturday, Sept. 14. Kickoff from the Cutler Athletic Complex is 1 p.m.
NOTES: The win snapped a 14-game losing streak for the Comets, and is the first for second-year Head Coach Dan Pifer. The previous records were five touchdown passes by Bob Kubiak against North Central (Ill.) College on Nov. 1, 1981. He also had 349 passing yards and 349 yards of total offense against Albion College on Oct. 17, 1981. The 48 points scored is the most in a game for Olivet since Sept. 20, 2008, when it had 59 against Concordia Chicago.


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PHILADELPHIA -- Center Claude Giroux and right winger Jakub Voracek each scored two goals to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 6-4 victory over the Washington Capitals on Wednesday night.
Right wingers Adam Hall and Steve Downie also scored goals for Philadelphia, which won seven of eight to take a two-point lead over the New York Rangers for fourth place in the Eastern Conference.
Centers Alex Ovechkin and Brooks Laich and right wingers Joel Ward and Troy Brouwer scored goals for the Capitals, who were 7-2-1 in their previous 10 games before losing a home-and-home series to the Flyers.
The Flyers (33-24-6) rallied for a 5-4 overtime win at the Capitals (29-24-10) on...


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Wedding Pre-Invitation Cards Help When Choosing Your Venue Based on the Number of Guests
The Wedding Guru Judy Lewis fields this week's wedding questions. Today: If you're basing your wedding venue on the number of guests, can you send a pre-invite instead of "Save the Date" cards?
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Every once in a while we hear from someone planning a wedding who puts their guests first and foremost. They could stand as an example for everyone else!
Dear Wedding Guru: "Do you know the rules about sending pre-wedding invites? I'm choosing my venue based on the number of family and friends who can attend, instead of a fixed number of guests. This way, we can invite as many of our friends and family as possible. Our pre-wedding invitation basically asks our guests to respond ASAP; if they R.S.V.P. 'yes,' we'll pick our venue (based on the number of 'yes' responses), and then let the guests know the details. (Essentially we don't ask them to respond a second time.) Have you heard of anyone doing this? If so, please let me know and give me whatever feedback and suggestions you may have."
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Theory-Experiment Collaboration for Hot QCD Matter (TECHQM)
Today is: Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Scope & Purpose
The complex, dynamic nature of a heavy ion collision dictates the need for extensive theoretical modeling as the bridge between experimental observations and underlying properties of the hot QCD Matter. While good progress has been made in this area, providing essential support for interpretation of RHIC data on flow and jet quenching, there are still significant conceptual and modeling uncertainties which limit the accuracy with which conclusions can be drawn about the properties of QCD matter.
In the view of the TECHQM working group, elucidation and reduction of these uncertainties requires coherent, sustained, collaborative effort of experts in all stages of a heavy ion collision. A collaborative effort of theorists and experimentalists, aimed at systematic validation of different approaches to the modeling of heavy ion collisions, will be able to go significantly beyond the scope achievable by individual research groups, which usually concentrate on the development of models for specific collision stages. This is not an issue for the RHIC or LHC communities in isolation in our view, full understanding of the physics at both facilities will require a unified approach, to compare and contrast their results within common calculational frameworks.
The agenda of this meeting will focus on those aspects of heavy ion collisions that are at present most amenable to such a comprehensive approach: collective flow, high pT energy loss, and heavy quark dynamics. The meeting will establish the organizational structure of the TECHQM working group, and identify concrete tasks and a work plan for the near-term future. The first day will consist of a plenary session to discuss the scope and possible approaches of the working group, followed by a parallel session in which experts on each sub-topic develop a work plan. The work plans will be discussed in the plenary on the second day.
Contributed talks and suggestions for the workshop agenda are welcome.
Attendance does not imply or require membership in the working group.
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Lyse Brunet is retiring from Avenir d'enfants on May 17th, 2013
Feb 11, 2013, 03:45 ET
MONTREAL, Feb. 11, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - After leading Avenir d'enfants as General Manager since its creation in 2009, Mrs. Lyse Brunet announced her retirement as of May 17, 2013 in agreement with Mrs. Lucienne Robillard, president of the board of directors as well as the administrators.
A recruiting committee will be put in place in order to find a replacement for the position of General Manager.
The board of directors thanks Mrs. Brunet for her leadership and ongoing commitment toward the mission of the organization. Under her guidance, Avenir d'enfants deployed it support across the province of Quebec to 140 local organizations working with over 2000 partners in early childhood development.
About Avenir d'enfants
Avenir d'enfants is a non-profit organization resulting from a public-philanthropic partnership between the Quebec government and the Foundation Lucie and André Chagnon. Avenir d'enfants provides support to local communities to foster the overall development of children aged five and under, who live in poverty, in order to provide them with a good start in life and ensure their success in school. Avenir d'enfants financially supports and assists local communities as well as knowledge transfer promoters.
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And in case a white EVO 4G LTE isn't your thing, AT&T has announced its exclusive red Galaxy S III will be up for preorder on 7/15, with a release 2 weeks later on 7/29. Pricing for the garnet red Galaxy S III will remain at $199.99 for the 16GB model and $249.99 for the 32GB version. The move makes AT&T the patriotic carrier, with red, white, and blue variants of the Galaxy S III up for sale on Ma Bell.
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Good news, everyone. Those of you who preordered the Nexus 7 tablet from the Google Play Store should be receiving shipping notices over the next few days. Google runs an automated message on their Play Store customer service line, and today the message changed over to announce that the tablets will be shipped out to customers today, Monday, and Tuesday in the order in which they were received.
Further, in true Dr. Seuss fashion, Google took to the Twitters to confirm that they have indeed begun shipping out tablets today, where the following rhyming tweet was issued.
The moved sparked cheers of glee over at XDA and Reddit, where users have 500+ page forums dedicated to posts like "When the #[email protected]! is my Nexus 7 shipping?!?" Assuming the latest shipping date is Tuesday, and Google forced preorders into 2-day shipping, the latest these tablets should arrive on doorsteps is July 20th. Yep, Google's made good on its promise of a mid-July delivery.
We know several of you readers preordered the Nexus 7, and I guarantee that mine can't come soon enough! Anyone lucky enough to get a hand on one yet? Sound off below.


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Banana Split Cream Pie
Who wants regular old banana cream pie when you can have banana split cream pie?
Let's delve into the layers so I can further convince you that you need this pie in your life:
A buttery, chocolate-pecan crust…
…topped with banana slices…
…smothered with a made-from-scratch (oh yes! you can do it!) creamy vanilla-rum custard…
…layered with another round of banana slices…
…dolloped finally with the most refreshingly delicious berry whipped cream I've ever laid my lips on.
Although the steps look long and difficult, I assure you that despite the number of dishes used in the making of this dessert (I'll wish a dish-washing-fairy your way!), it is not hard to make or assemble. And the combination of the chocolate, pecans, bananas, vanilla custard, and berry cream is really, truly out of this world.
Banana Split Cream Pie
Chocolate Crumb Crust:
- 3 cups (about 8 ounces) lightly broken chocolate crackers/cookies
- 1/3 cup chopped pecans
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 10 tablespoons butter, melted
Banana Cream Filling:
- 3 tablespoons water
- 1 1/2 teaspoons unflavored gelatin
- 5 large egg yolks
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 2 3/4 cups milk
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon rum extract
- 4 medium firm, ripe bananas
Strawberry-Raspberry Whipped Cream:
- 1/2 cup quartered fresh strawberries (stemmed)
- 1/2 cup fresh raspberries
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup cold heavy whipping cream
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, making sure an oven rack is in the center of the oven. Lightly grease a 10-inch round springform pan with at least 2-inch sides with nonstick cooking spray.
- In a blender or food processor, combine the cookies, sugar and pecans and process until the crumbs are fine. Pour in the melted butter and process until the mixture is evenly coated with butter. Press the cookie mixture into the prepared pan evenly over the bottom and about 1 inch up the sides. Bake the crust for 10 minutes. It will firm up as it cools. Transfer it to a wire rack and let it cool completely.
- For the filling, pour the water into a small dish and sprinkle the gelatin over the water, letting it sit for 5 minutes to soften. Rest a fine mesh strainer over a large bowl and set aside. In a medium bowl, whisk the egg yolks until blended. In a medium saucepan, whisk together the sugar, cornstarch and salt. Gradually pour in the milk while while whisking constantly. Place the saucepan over medium heat and cook, stirring slowly and often with a silicone spatula or whisk until the mixture just begins to bubble and thicken, about 6 to 8 minutes. Continue to cook, slowly stirring, for about 1 minute longer. Remove the pan from the heat.
- Pour about 1/3 of the hot mixture into the egg yolks, stirring vigorously to combine. Pour the egg yolk mixture back into the saucepan, whisking quickly, and return it to medium-low heat. Cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture is thick and somewhat bubbly, about 2 to 3 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and immediately pour the custard through the fine mesh strainer. Stir in the butter, softened gelatin, vanilla and rum extract into the strained custard and stir until thoroughly blended and butter is melted. Immediately cover the custard with plastic wrap directly on the surface to prevent a skin from forming. Poke a few vent holes in the plastic wrap with a sharp knife and set aside at room temperature until it cools to lukewarm about 10-15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, peel three of the bananas and slice them into about 1/4-inch slices, layering the slices in the bottom of the crumb crust. Cover the bottom of the crust completely. Pour the warm custard over the banana slices, spreading to cover them evenly. Press a piece of plastic wrap directly on the surface of the filling and refrigerate the pie for 2-3 hours before serving.
- Up to an hour before serving, combine the strawberries, raspberries and the sugar in a medium bowl and mash the mixture lightly with a fork. Pour 1/2 cup of the cream on top. Whip the ingredients with a hand mixer (or using an electric stand mixer) until the berries are partially crushed and mixed into the cream, about 1 minutes. Add the remaining 1/2 cup cream and continue to whip on medium speed until soft peaks form.
- Peel the remaining banana and cut it into very thin slices, scattering the slices over the chilled pie filling. Spread the berry whipped cream over the sliced bananas. Refrigerate until ready to serve. The pie presents best the same day it is made so the bananas aren't overly browned, although the leftovers we had tasted great and looked pretty good the next day, so you could probably make it the day before with good results – spreading the berry whipped cream an hour before serving.
- To serve, gently remove the sides of the springform pan, cut the pie into wedges and transfer to dessert plates.
I like to use chocolate Teddy Grahams for the cookie base. They are cheaper and easier to find then the oft-cited Famous Nabisco Wafers. Also, since I know someone might wonder, you could probably get away with using a pie dish instead of a springform pan but it would need to be a large 10-inch pie dish with fairly deep sides or you'll run the risk of not having enough room for the layers.
Follow @melskitchencafe on Instagram and show me the recipes you are making from my blog using the hashtag #melskitchencafe. I love seeing all the goodness you are whipping up in your kitchens!
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Exotic Mushroom Ragout with Prosciutto & Pattypan Squash
An extraordinary mix of mushrooms composes a delectable ragout. Pattypan squash and zucchini team well with the earthy mushrooms for a real taste treat.
Mushroom Ragout:
1 cup porcini mushrooms
1 cup black trumpet mushrooms
1 cup small morel mushrooms
1 cup hedgehog mushrooms
1 shallot, minced
1 1/2 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
2 tbsp. balsamic vinegar
1/4 cup water
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Squash and Zucchini:
2 tsp. extra virgin olive oil
8 pattypan squash, quartered
8 baby zucchini, sliced diagonally
1/4 cup Pickled Red Onion
1 tbsp. chopped fresh flat-leafed parsley
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
12 thin slices prosciutto, excess fat trimmed
4 tsp. basil oil
2 tbsp. micro herbs (or chopped fresh herbs such as parsley and basil)
Freshly ground black pepper
4 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
Pickled Red Onion:
1 small red onion, julienned
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup rice wine vinegar
1/4 cup sugar
1 tbsp. kosher salt
1 whole clove
1 tsp. mustard seeds
1 tsp. whole black peppercorns
1 tsp. chopped fresh ginger
Basil Oil:
1/2 cup firmly packed fresh basil
1/2 cup firmly packed spinach leaves
1/4 cup firmly packed fresh flat-leaf parsley
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 cup grapeseed oil
For mushroom ragout:
- Cut mushrooms into bite-size pieces. Place shallot and olive oil in a sauté pan and cook over med. heat until shallot is translucent, about 3 min. Add mushrooms and cook for 3 min.; add balsamic vinegar and water.
- Increase heat to med.-high; cook mushrooms until tender, about 5 min. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Reserve mushrooms and any remaining juices in the pan.
For squash and zucchini:
- Heat olive oil in a sauté pan over med. heat. Add squash and zucchini and cook for 5-7 min. Add red onion and parsley; season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Arrange mushrooms, squash and zucchini in center of each plate. Tear prosciutto into small pieces and interweave with vegetables. Spoon reserved mushroom juices around the plate and drizzle with basil oil. Sprinkle micro herbs around the plate, top with pepper and drizzle with olive oil.
Pickled Red Onion:
- Combine all ingredients in a small saucepan and simmer over low heat for 5 min. or until salt and sugar dissolve.
- Remove from heat and steep for 20 min. Refrigerate until ready to use.
Yield: about 1 cup.
Basil Oil:
- Blanch basil, spinach, and parsley in boiling salted water for 45 sec. Immediately shock in ice water and drain. Chop mixture coarsely and squeeze out excess water.
- Puree in a blender with olive and grapeseed oils for 3-4 min., or until bright green. Pour into container, cover and refrigerate for 1 day.
- Strain oil through a fine-mesh sieve and discard solids. Refrigerate for 1 day, decant, and refrigerate until ready to use, up to 2 weeks.
Yield: 1 cup.


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Fritz Wotruba (1907–1975) numbers among the most prominent sculptors in 20th-century Europe and is considered a classic of modern sculpture. The focus of the exhibition is on about 50 drawings and several important stone sculptures made between 1925 and 1975. The show is to illustrate how the sculptor prepared the process of the reduction of the human body in his drawings – a process that frequently only came to bear on his sculptures later on. In many cases, the drawings must thus be seen as autonomous works, which, in their relentless straightforwardness, show the artist at the acme of his creative potentials. They revolve around and condense Wotruba's notions of the figure and provide an inexhaustible source of inspiration for him, thanks to which he manages to translate the spontaneity and unrestrained quality of his ideas into the sculptures.
To mark the 450th anniversary of Michelangelo Buonarroti's death, this exhibition addresses Wotruba's lifelong fascination with this genius of sculpture and showcases his graphic series Homage à Michelangelo of 1975. In these 26 drawings Wotruba conducts an imaginary dialogue with the esteemed master and reflects on the creative process behind sculpture. This last sequence of works, created just a few weeks before Wotruba's death, can be deemed his artistic legacy.
An exhibition by the Fritz Wotruba Private Foundation
An exhibition by the Fritz Wotruba Private Foundation


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RESIDENTS have had their say on plans to build an Oxford University science park in Headington.
The scheme includes the £45m Big Data Institute as its flagship building, alongside an Amenities Building and a 460-vehicle multi-storey car park.
During the first of what the university promises will be three consultations, people on Friday and Saturday inspected the designs and spoke to the team behind them.
Sue Greenwood, of Old Road, Headington, said she was very impressed with what she saw and with proposals to make the park open to the wider community.
She said: "I think it is absolutely brilliant. I like the architectural designs and I think it's looking great.
"I especially like the way they are thinking about how they can open it up to the community.
"It's similar to what they've done with the Oxford Brookes site, with trees and boulevards so it doesn't feel too closed in.
"And I think it will be great to bring it up here to Headington and collaborate with the NHS – it is good for Headington and Oxford."
Highfield Residents' Association member Patrick Coulter also attended the consultations.
He said: "The offer of amenities is something we welcome, but the problem is that we still don't really see eye to eye with the university on a lot of things.
"We would like a more rational approach to how many car park spaces are required.
"This is clearly going to be a global development, but we want some more money spent on local amenities and for commitments to be made before, not after, the development is built."
Work on the Big Data Institute, which Prime Minister David Cameron has said will revolutionise healthcare, could start in September, creating about 400 new jobs, and the Amenities Building would involve 670 jobs in its first 10 years.
The university secured outline planning permission in July and expects that thousands of people could eventually work on the site, next to the Churchill Hospital.
The consultation took place at the Old Road Campus Research Building, off Roosevelt Drive.
A spokesman for the university said it would be the first of three consultations, with the next two coming in May and June.
Oxford University asset manager Carolyn Puddicombe said about 120 members of university staff and 80 members of the public came to the consultations.
She said: "We are grateful to everyone who took the time to attend the public consultation events held last week."


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A fire in a critical control facility can put an entire sector of a mill out of commission. In an interrelated complex like the Savannah, Ga. Union Camp Corporation pulp and paper mill, such downtime could result in significant loss. Constructed in 1935, this is now the largest facility of its kind in the world. However, with more than sixty years of operation, it 's not surprising the fire alarm system needed an upgrade.
The original fire alarm system was a network of manual pull stations. As designers upgraded and expanded the system over the years, it exceeded its useful capacity, and the system lost c entralization. Until recently, hundreds of devices, subsystems, local alarms, and conventional-zoned smoke detectors helped to secure the mill—many unable to monitor from any one central location.
To permit centralized monitoring of all subsystems, designers implemented extensive fiber-optic upgrades to Savannah's telephone and data communications system. The mill's management integrated a fire alarm infrastructure with these new cables. As time and budget permitted, they replaced local systems with loops and addressable devices for a completely intelligent peer-to-peer network.
With the old system, breaks in cables were difficult to find and could incapacitate much of the system. However, with the peer-to-peer network, the mill can distribute control to adjacent panels with no production loss and relocate the head-end-operating console at any one of the control nodes, offering flexibility for changes or critical operation.
Central monitoring requires fewer technicians than other systems. For example, inspectors checked each dry pipe sprinkler valve every day—now once a week is sufficient. Also, the mill can now perform many inspections electronically and automatically, from the central console.


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With the potential for freezing rain forecast to move into the area this evening, AAA wants to remind motorists that driving in such conditions requires extreme caution and has issued tips to help motorists cope with the potentially icy roads.
"The first question you should ask yourself is whether you need to be on the roads," said Roger Boyd, director of public affairs for AAA. "Icy roads are among the most dangerous conditions a driver can face and if you can avoid driving you should."
However, if you need to be on the roads, AAA offers the following suggestions:
"Pay attention to the reports on road conditions and follow the advice issued by official sources," Boyd added.
AAA East Central is a not-for-profit organization with 82 local offices in Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky and New York, servicing 2.7 million members.
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Follow me on Instagram (jrdemboski) and Twitter (@jrdemboski).
I regularly post images and content about what's going on behind the scenes in the Zoology vertebrate collections and in my scientific world.
I have an article in Catalyst this month about my trip to Churchill, Manitoba to see polar bears and the neat renovations we are undertaking in our Bears and Sea Mammals diorama hall. Check it out here
Our latest paper documenting extensive hybridization among
multiple species of western North American chipmunks!
Go here to check it out in Systematic
Phylogeny Estimation of the Radiation of Western North
American Chipmunks (Tamias) in the Face of Introgression Using
Reproductive Protein Genes
The causes and consequences of rapid radiations are major
unresolved issues in evolutionary biology. This is in part because
phylogeny estimation is confounded by processes such as stochastic
lineage sorting and hybridization. Because these processes are
expected to be heterogeneous across the genome, comparison among
marker classes may provide a means of disentangling these elements.
Here we use introns from nuclear-encoded reproductive protein genes
expected to be resistant to introgression to estimate the phylogeny
of the western chipmunks (Tamias: subgenus:
Neotamias), a rapid radiation that has experienced
introgressive hybridization of mitochondrial DNA. We analyze the
nuclear loci using coalescent-based species-tree estimation methods
and concatenation to estimate a species tree and we use parametric
bootstraps and coalescent simulations to differentiate between
phylogenetic error, coalescent stochasticity and introgressive
hybridization. Results indicate that the mitochondrial DNA gene
tree reflects several introgression events that have occurred
between taxa of varying levels of divergence and at different time
points in the tree. T. panamintinus and T.
speciosus appear to be fixed for ancient mitochondrial
introgressions from T. minimus. A southern Rocky Mountains
clade appears well-sorted(i.e., species are largely monophyletic)
at multiple nuclear loci, while 5 of 6 taxa are non-monophyletic
based on Cytb. Our simulations reject phylogenetic error and
coalescent stochasticity as causes. The results represent an
advance in our understanding of the processes at work during the
radiation of Tamiasand suggest that sampling reproductive-protein
genes may be viable strategy for phylogeny estimation of rapid
radiations in which reproductive isolation is incomplete. However,
a genome-scale survey that can statistically compare heterogeneity
of genealogical process at many more loci will be necessary to test
this conclusion.
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The NBA is finalizing a new procedure to deal with flopping this coming season, with an off-court remedy expected to be in place before the start of the regular season.
meeting with their newly revamped competition committee two weeks ago
in New York, the league anticipates that incidents of flopping will be
adjudicated on a postgame basis with fines assessed for the offenses, a
league spokesman said Thursday.
"The procedures will likely
involve a postgame review as opposed to calling it as an in-game
infraction," the league spokesman said in a statement.
The new policy does not need to be approved by
the Board of Governors, which meets next month in New York, because it
does not involve a rule change for on-court play. In that way, the new
policy will be similar to a crackdown several years ago on so-called
"respect for the game" rules violations, which resulted in a brief
uptick in technical fouls.
The news came to light as the NBA's
officiating department held its annual preseason camp, some of which was
attended by sports writers and broadcasters who cover the NBA. It was
the first such meeting under the leadership of Mike Bantom, who was
appointed executive vvice president of referee operations earlier this
month, replacing former U.S. Army Gen. Ron Johnson.


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First drive: new Mercedes C-Class
So, Mercedes is having another crack at the 3-series then?
Not really. This time around the C-Class is more of a small S-Class. It's not trying so hard to be a sports saloon. Think comfort and safety, hand-in-hand with top-notch economy.
Can I have some numbers?
This is the C250 BlueTEC. Its 2.1-litre diesel makes 204bhp, surfing the car to 100kph in 6.6 seconds. Yet it's rated at 23.2kpl in the official cycle, for 109g/km CO2 (though this AMG line trim cuts about 1kpl and adds 4g/km or so). Mighty good figures for a big, quick automatic saloon.
So big, in fact, the interior and outside measurements are uncannily similar to the 1995-2002 E-Class. That's the one with twin round headlamps, now doing service as a late-night minicab near you.
How's it so comfy?
At the front it's now a four-link suspension, so the cornering forces can be managed separately from the shocks that affect ride. There's also an optional full air suspension, the first in this class. It quietly swallows pretty well every sort of violence the road visits on it.
The new C is quiet too, thanks to this engine being better-subdued than it was in past Mercs. It's a bit gravelly at idle but when you give it work to do it's well muted. And as noted, it's got decent performance, though you'll want to stick the autobox in sport mode to get much enthusiasm for sudden sprints.
How did they do that?
Powertrains apart, this is an all-new car: lighter and stronger. The body has aluminium castings around the front and rear suspension mounts, and high-strength steel surrounding the passenger cell. All the doors, and the roof, are aluminium too. The body alone is 40kg lighter than the old. It feels solid as a vault.
And they've engineered it for 4Matic in right-hand-drive this time. That also means we'll get the next version of the related GLK SUV. And in fact this architecture will form the basis of all Mercedes C-to-E sized cars from now on: the next E, CLS, C-Coupe, E-Coupe, estates, SLK and more besides.
Well whatever sort of metal we're looking at, how does it look in the metal?
Rather sleek. Not too baroque. Confident but not pushy. It's also exceptionally aerodynamic. One version has a grille with external shutters that flatten off at speed when there's no need for cooling air. That alone saves 0.01 cd, taking it down to 0.27. Mercedes says that compared with a car of the average 0.30 cd, that's the equivalent in real-world fuel saving to taking out another 100kg.
And inside?
There's masses of tech if you spec it, and a screen that guides you through all the options in a series of slick animations. It's easy to use too, with a quadruple-redundant layout of a big control-wheel, shortcut keys, voice activation and a new touchpad – which you can fingertip-write on, or use swipe or pinch or rotate gestures. Basically, if you can't communicate with this machine, you've probably got some sort of social disorder.
Spec all the driver-assist systems and it uses radar, stereo camera and ultrasound to figure out what's going on all around. It can look for – and take action to avoid – vehicles, people and other obstacles coming from pretty well any direction except outer space. It'll drive itself for about half-a-minute before telling you to get your hands back on the wheel.
OK, but I quite like driving myself, thanks awfully. Is all this new-fangled tech actually fun?
There's been no attempt to make the new C-Class superficially aggressive or sporty. It doesn't want to play with you like a 3-series – going on or off the power in mid-corner makes little difference to the attitude. You just steer and the car takes care of things, right up to some mighty impressive speeds. It doesn't feel exactly darty, but it's no barge, thanks to a significant weight cut since the last C-Class. The steering gets sharper on lock, and it's very progressive.
On the optional air suspension, it can also lower itself a little when you hit the sport button mode, as well as stiffen its adaptive dampers. This helps quell the roll and the understeer, and there isn't much understeer either.
Well this all sounds very grown-up.
Well yes, it's about comfort, ease of use and luxury. But modern luxury. It's not one of those old-fashioned luxury cars that immediately adds 10 years to you. In Mercedes-world, comfort means confidence too. You can drive it like you're chauffeuring a nun with a heart condition, and it's smooth and unperturbed. Or you can push it to its door handles and you still can't fluster it. It's got everything covered.


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10 Reasons Your Company Needs Tablets
The enterprise is ready and willing to adopt tablets. In fact, an increasing number of companies are bringing slates into the office. The idea is that employees will benefit from the tablet's mobility and overall productivity features and, in the process, save the company some cash. It's a concept that, upon further inspection, actually holds up well.
For many CIOs, the idea that tablets are an important component of the average company's product mix isn't surprising. However, some IT decision-makers still don't see the value of tablets. And for now, they're saying that slates like Apple's iPad or Google's Nexus 10 just aren't worth adding to the office. For those folks, tablets are either too new or too consumer-focused.
But that's a mistake. Tablets are ideal computer tools for enterprise customers. And the sooner the corporate world sees that, the better.


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ABIDJAN (Reuters) - At least four Ivorian soldiers and several attackers were killed when suspected gunmen from Liberia raided a border town in the west of the country, authorities said on Sunday.
Gunmen from Liberia have carried out several assaults on towns near the border in recent years which the government and the United Nations have blamed on allies of former president Laurent Gbagbo.
Ivory Coast, the world's top cocoa producing nation, is recovering from a decade-long political crisis that culminated in 2011 in a brief civil war after Gbagbo refused to accept his election defeat to Alassane Ouattara.
Ivory Coast defense minister Paul Koffi Koffi told Reuters that the latest attack took place early on Sunday in the small town of Grabo, but the situation was now under control.
"They attacked a border post. We had to pull back. UN troops intervened to support us," Koffi Koffi said. "What is clear is that the situation is now under control."
He said several attackers were killed but did not have an exact death toll. Local authorities and residents reached by telephone said that at least four Ivory Coast soldiers were killed and three gunmen were arrested.
Yaya Coulibaly, a parliamentarian from Grabo, said he was told by the local army commander that four soldiers died.
"I'm in contact with the mayor who said that the situation was returning to normal but there was still some tension due to sporadic gunfire that is still being heard," Coulibaly said.
Grabo resident Ouattara Do, a director of a local cocoa cooperative, said the attack occurred around 4 a.m. local time after the assailants crossed over from Liberia.
"They attacked the local gendarme post and the army camp. They were pushed back with the help of the United Nations forces in Ivory Coast," Do said.
President Ouattara is recovering after an operation in a French hospital this month. Gbagbo is awaiting trial at the International Criminal Court for suspected crimes against humanity during the war, in which around 3,000 people died.
(Writing by Bate Felix; Editing by Sonya Hepinstall)


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WENATCHEE, Wash. — The definition of grower needs to be tightened to ensure representation of independent growers on any new board governing the merger of four Washington tree fruit trade organizations, the leader of one says.
Under a current proposal, a vertically integrated company that grows, packs and markets fruit could hold grower, packer and at-large positions on the new board, said Kirk Mayer, manager of the Washington Grower Clearing House Association in Wenatchee.
"The Washington Clearing House board unanimously felt there should be more specific spots on the board set aside for non-vertically integrated growers who make a significant part of their income from the production of tree fruit," Mayer said.
That would address concerns that the voice of small growers would be lost, he said.
The Clearing House, Washington State Horticultural Association, Wenatchee Valley Traffic Association and Yakima Valley Growers-Shippers Association are talking about merging to provide a unified voice in state and federal legislative and regulatory affairs.
A task force of the four organizations and several large packer-marketers wants industry comments by Jan. 10 on whether to merge, how large a new board should be and how board positions are defined to ensure adequate representation of all members of the industry, Mayer said.
Comments have been few so far, said Mayer and Jon DeVaney, executive director of YVGSA. The task force meets Jan. 17 to decide whether to proceed, and if so, to "tweak" the plan and send it to the four groups' boards asking for a vote by March 1, Mayer said. That timing should allow for a new organization to be operational by Sept. 1, he said.
DeVaney said the few comments he's received have been positive and that the YVGSA board is supportive.
Consolidation will be vastly more efficient for growers and support is strong from all sectors of the industry, said Bruce Grim, executive director of the Hort Association.
A lot of growers are worried they will lose their voice, said Frank Lyall, a Grandview grower and Clearing House board and task force member.
"There's more than a bit of cynicism that it (the new organization) will represent the interests of packers first and growers second even though growers outnumber packers by a factor of 10 or more," Lyall said. "The packing operations have the economic clout.
"There's kind of a culture clash and resentment toward the Clearing House for being open and transparent regarding the press and the industry. That's been a positive for the grower. When we have an organization composed of so many diverse groups, inevitably there will be closer control of information to the media, public and perhaps even in the industry.
"Growers want to keep receiving price and movement data. The new group has pledged that but there is no guarantee. If there's opposition to widespread distribution of data by significantly powerful players, the amount of data and how much is distributed could be reduced. That's a major concern among growers."
Lyall's brother, Charles Lyall, a Mattawa grower, said the industry needs more voices, not fewer, in legislative arenas.
Norm Gutzwiler, a small Wenatchee grower with a history of industry involvement, said there's support and concern in each of the four organizations but that merger is important to have once voice in dealing with issues like food safety.
There's concern about the power of big versus small, integrated versus independent producer and Wenatchee versus Yakima, he said. "But no one should have a problem with making it a neutral board, a group that represents everybody and move on with business," he said.


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A Few Eggcelent Recipes for Easter
Are you struggling to come up with some creative Easter recipes?
Have no fear because these four recipes are creative and easy to make in a jif.
This Easter Bunny smoothie is healthy and only needs eight ingredients.
This Bunny Trail mix is the perfect treat to leave out for the Easter bunny.
These Easter eggs nests are simple and really cute.
If you're more of a traditionalist, you can enjoy these hot cross buns on Good Friday.


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United Way Partners with Banks and Credit Unions to Help Low-Income Families
In an effort to help over 1,400 households become financially stable, it is important that we help low-income families develop financial management skills and access financial mainstream services.
United Way invited local financial institutions to explore this need. Ten financial institutions participated in learning more about the need and all 10 institutions said yes, we would like to partner with United Way to help low- income household's access financial mainstream services.
We appreciate the partnership of these 10 institutions and their willingness to explore how they can have a direct influence in helping low-income households become financially stable. The financial institutions include:
Bankers Trust, Cedar Rapids Bank and Trust, Collins Community Credit Union, Community First Credit Union, Dupaco Credit Union, Famers State Bank, Liberty Bank, Iowa Credit Union Foundation, Linn Area Credit Union, Veridian Credit Union and Wells Fargo.
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What Should the NFL Do About Player Safety?
Baltimore Ravens safety Bernard Pollard said he doesn't believe the NFL will exist in 30 years.
"Thirty years from now, I don't think it will be in existence. I could be wrong. It's just my opinion, but I think with the direction things are going -- where NFL rule makers want to lighten up, and they're throwing flags and everything else -- there's going to come a point where fans are going to get fed up with it." Guys are getting fined, and they're talking about, 'Let's take away the strike zone' and 'Take the pads off' or 'Take the helmets off.' It's going to be a thing where fans aren't going to want to watch it anymore."
Pollard's comments came after he delivered a crushing blow to New England Patriots running back Steven Ridley. Pollard said it was just a tackle, and it's football.
Yes, it's football, but it's an injury that could cause future pain for the Patriots running back.
President Obama told The New Republic his opinion about NFL player safety saying, "I think that those of us who love the sport are going to have to wrestle with the fact that it will probably change gradually to try to reduce some of the violence. In some cases, that may make it a little bit less exciting, but it will be a whole lot better for the players, and those of us who are fans maybe won't have to examine our consciences quite as much."
Super Bowl XLVII participants from the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens told the media they disagree with President Obama's remarks.
Ravens coach John Harbaugh said, "I think that's a great answer. Football's a great game and everybody who's played the game it is, and what it provides young people, and what it provided someone like me - an opportunity to grow as a person. There's no game like football. It's the type of sport that brings out the best in you. It kind of shows you who you are."
Ravens safety Ed Reed said, "The truth is football takes its toll on our lives and bodies. We age faster than everyone because of what we do - it makes you think about your livelihood after football, how much you're going to spend on your body."
Millions of people watch football each week, (12.5 million people watched the Pro Bowl) and people watch it for entertainment and love big hits. People cringe when their is a big hit each week, but keep watching.
Former San Diego Chargers linebacker Junior Seau's family is suing the NFL and Riddell Inc. helmets claiming his suicide was the result of a brain disease caused by violent hits while playing football. Seau developed chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) while playing in the NFL. ESPN published a report from the Associate Press in November that more than 3,800 players have sued the NFL over head injuries in 175 cases and more than 100 concussion lawsuits were brought before a district court in Philadelphia.
What's wrong with player safety in the NFL?
Maybe the NFL needs to get safer equipment starting with helmets. In 2010, after Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was concussed twice, switched to a helment with superior protection and said it prevented a concussion when he took a blow to head in the 2010 NFC Championship game.
We all have to agree that football is a violent game, and every week someone is going to get injured. The NFL has banned head to head hits, and "launching" hits, as well as protecting defenseless players and quarterbacks. As a result of players making big hits, the NFL has issued suspensions and fines.
One issue that comes to mind is the situation between Washington Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan and doctor James Andrews. Andrew's thought Robert Griffin III's knee wasn't ready to go, but Shanahan played him anyway and ultimately as a result, Griffin saw more damage and had surgery on it a few weeks later.
I believe the NFL is making steps, but they are baby steps.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell needs to step forward after the Super Bowl and during the offseason to address the issue because players are going to keep suing the NFL for lawsuits when they played in the NFL.
Fans will always watch football, but current and old players, as well as owners and coaches need to have a discussion about the issue. It is a serious topic and it can hurt present and future lives. Parents of children that are thinking about playing football will have to seriously ask themselves, is exposing their son or daughter to head trauma worth it?


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IT was a bold, utopian vision, a plan for higher education that offered hope, opportunity and -- most significant -- a place in college to all within the Golden State.
It was also a treaty, negotiated in tough, months-long talks aimed at quelling an intensifying war between the University of California and the emerging state colleges.
At the same time, with a tidal wave of students poised to hit the state's campuses, it was a desperate attempt by schools to fend off growing legislative control. And it worked.
Nearly half a century after Gov. Pat Brown signed it into law in 1960, California's master plan for higher education endures, virtually intact and still celebrated. Many experts, even those who believe it should be updated, say it helped shape not only California's renowned, tiered system of public colleges but also the state itself.
"It was a stunning achievement," said Kevin Starr, a history professor at USC and former state librarian. "The idea, so optimistic and extraordinary, was that each Californian would have available to him or her the ability to realize his or her best possibilities through higher education, whether the goal was to be a beautician or nuclear physicist.
"Had any other state envisioned something like this? The answer is no."
Part of an era of grand thinking in California that also produced the state's highway and water systems, the master plan quickly inspired other states and nations to expand their own systems of higher education.
David Ward, president of the American Council on Education, an umbrella group for the nation's major universities, remembers his undergraduate days in England in the late 1950s, when anyone with an interest in higher education was starting to hear about the groundbreaking plan.
"We looked across the Atlantic with jealous eyes," Ward said. "On issues of both access and quality, California was -- and to a large extent remains -- the model."
But as its chief architect, UC President Clark Kerr, would later recall, the plan's beginnings were far from auspicious.
In the late 1950s, California's higher education was in a state of chaos. Legislators, many eager to establish state colleges in their districts, were preparing to take control of higher education. UC campuses and existing state colleges were battling over resources and even their roles, with some colleges seeking to achieve research university status.
And the boom that would double the enrollment in California's public colleges between 1960 and 1968, taking the number of students enrolled from 485,000 to 975,000, was just beyond the horizon.
Kerr was alarmed, both at the lack of a strategic plan for growth and the threat to his beloved UC. With the support of the Legislature, which agreed to a moratorium on new campuses until the plan was completed, Kerr organized committees to study the issue.
Their recommendations, with the key committee being headed by Occidental College President Arthur Coons, became the core of the master plan. Each of the three segments of public higher education -- UC, state colleges and community colleges -- would "strive for excellence within its sphere," the plan stated, and do so without charging tuition to California residents.
Among other things, the plan and supporting documents:
* Outlined the different missions of the three levels of colleges. UC was defined as the state's main academic research institution, with sole authority to award doctorates. The state colleges, later renamed the California State University system, would offer bachelor's and master's degrees and have primary responsibility for teacher education and credentialing. The community colleges would offer two-year degrees, along with vocational and adult education.
* Set guidelines for admissions "pools" from which the different systems were to draw students. The UC was to choose from the top eighth of the state's high school graduates and the Cal State campuses from the top third. The community colleges would provide an open door, welcoming anyone who might benefit from additional education and prepare students to transfer to UC or Cal State campuses.
* Linked the Cal State colleges in a system with its own governing board.
* Expanded the Cal Grant financial aid program, which helps low-income, academically qualified students attend public or private colleges in the state.
In recent years, however, some college officials and experts on higher education have argued that the implied promise of the master plan -- of an affordable place in public higher education for all -- has eroded.
Rapidly rising student fees -- California colleges still do not call them "tuition" -- have made it hard for many students to attend their schools of choice, and for some, made it impossible to enroll at all. A 2004 report by the community college system estimated that fee hikes and course cutbacks that year caused as many as 175,000 actual and prospective community college students to drop out or not enroll.
That year, because of a severe budget shortfall, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger required the UC and Cal State systems to cut freshman enrollment by 10%. Although funding was restored, the action meant that, for the first time, the two systems were forced to turn away academically eligible students.
Some higher education leaders and experts said the master plan, as it approaches its 50th year, could use some updates.
"It's the best plan in the whole world and it has stood the test of time, but even the Constitution in this country has been amended a few times," Cal State Chancellor Charles B. Reed said.
Reed, who led Cal State's successful effort last year for the authority to grant doctorate of education, or EdD., degrees, would like to build on that victory, perhaps by offering a limited number of other, applied doctorates in such fields as nursing or physical therapy. Such programs would meet the state's growing need in such areas, Reed said, while maintaining UC's primary role in granting doctorates.
"The master plan has to meet the needs of the economy, the workforce and the society that's here today, and that's a lot bigger and more diverse than it was 45 years ago," Reed said. "It needs a fresh look and maybe some modifications."
Jeannie Oakes, a UCLA education professor who has done extensive research on education inequality, said the percentages outlined in the master plan should not be set in stone.
"The demand for people with bachelor's degrees is really outstripping the supply," Oakes said. An increase in capacity might also help provide more access to students from economically and racially diverse backgrounds, she said.
But that, she and others said, would require significant money and political will -- possibly the kind that created the master plan in the first place.


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Quite some time ago we embarked on the Paleo diet. I have to say that I feel really great since starting this way of eating which is based on the diet of our ancestors from the Paleolithic era.
When we first started I wondered how we would go with sweet treats but I have been pleasantly surprised at the wide range of tasty treat recipes that are available.
I have been busy over the time making almond chocolate which I love and have just had a go at making 'Blondies". this recipe has been adapted from the Paleo Meal Plan Recipe Book. I say adapted because we had to substitute some of the ingredients.
- 1 16oz jar almond butter – we used peanut butter
- ½ cup Honey
- ½ maple syrup – here we had to cheat as I only had about ¼ cup so we topped it up with golden syrup.
- 2 eggs
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips
- Preheat the oven to 325°F
- In a large bowl, combine almond butter with honey, maple syrup and eggs. Mix well
- Mix in salt and baking soda, followed by ½ cup of the chocolate chips
- Pour batter into a well greased 9×13 baking dish and spread the batter oout evenly.
- Sprinkle the top of the batter with the remaining chocolate chips
- Bake for 35 minutes.
These are very tasty and an ideal healthy treat for adults and kids alike.
For this and many other tasty Paleo meals and sweet treats you cant go past the Quick and Simple Paleo Meals recipe book and the 8 week meal plan


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