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Accounting Reports and Their Uses
Nov 28th, 2008 by Scott Hebert
The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the financial reports generated by the external accounting department and how the can be used by the Vice President of Operations and operations staff to make better decisions. It is understood that the external financial reports are not used by Operations at this time. The goal of this discussion is to understand what information is currently provided in these reports, and make recommendations to Operations regarding how information in these reports can be utilized to achieve the department's goals of increased profitability, improved customer service, and business expansion.
The external accounting department generates quarterly reports that comply with the generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). Publicly owned corporations such as Claire's Antiques are required by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to provide financial reports to stockholders. The four main financial statements provided to stockholders are the incoming statement, the balance sheet, the statement of stockholder equity, and the statement of cash flows (Gitman, 2009).
The income statement summarizes the operating results of the company during the specified period. Although it is common to generate these reports monthly for use by internal management, it is a requirement that quarterly statements be made available to stockholders. The income statement provides high-level details regarding the revenue earned by the company minus costs, operating expenses, taxes, and dividends. Each expense is subtracted individually so that report readers can understand how the company is being affected by each expense. The final result of the income statement provides information regarding how much revenue was earned per share (EPS) and how much dividends were earned per share (DPS). This information is especially useful to current and potential investors (Gitman, 2009).
The balance sheet presents the company's standings in terms of assets and liabilities. Assets include items that are fairly liquid, such as cash, securities, and inventory, as well as fixed assets such as buildings, machines, and vehicles. Liabilities are also presented in short- and long-terms. For example, accounts payable are liabilities that should be resolved in short order. Payments for long-term debt, such as leases, are not due in the current fiscal year. Finally, the balance sheet illustrates the stockholders' equity in the company, including any retained earnings that have been reinvested in the company. The statement of stockholders' equity is a detailed accounting of all transactions that occurred during the specified period. Although the major elements of stockholders' equity are detailed in the balance sheet, the statement of stockholders' equity restates those elements and lists transactions that affected the overall results (Gitman, 2009).
The final report required by the SEC is the statement of cash flows. This report summarizes incoming and outgoing cash flows for the specified period. This report gives stockholders an idea of how money moved in and out of the company. Items that appear on the statement of cash flows include increases in accounts payable and receivable, increases and decreases in inventory, and dividends paid (Gitman, 2009).
Although these financial accounting reports are important to the company, much of the information presented in these reports is not as useful to internal audiences such as workers and managers. Financial accounting reports focus on past activity, but provide little information that can assist decision makers in the company. These reports focus solely on financial factors, and leave out important operational influences such as processes and technology (Atkinson, Kaplan, Matsumura, & Young, 2007). Therefore, although the financial accounting reports generated by the external accounting department are useful, certain information must be highlighted to make these reports useful to Claire's Antiques' operations department.
In order to make decisions regarding the operations of Claire's Antiques, the Vice President of Operations needs reports that highly the operational and physical aspects of the company. Although the financial reports hint at some of these issues, especially those related to production costs and operating expenses, they provide no measure of how effectively and efficiently these expenses are being utilized. In order to deliver on Claire's Antiques value proposition. Currently, Claire's Antiques tries to deliver value to its customers by providing a quality product at an affordable price. Since consumer preferences are important to this value proposition, Claire's Antiques must manufacture its products quickly and maintain a low inventory so that it will not be caught with unsalable excess inventory. Therefore, it is recommended that the Vice President of Operations receive two reports in addition to the quarterly financial statements.
The first new report is based on the financial reports generated by the external accounting department. It utilizes a cross-sectional analysis of the company's inventory turnover ratio. The inventory turnover ratio measures the activity of the company's inventory. It is generated by dividing the cost of products sold by the amount of existing inventory (Gitman, 2009). For the health of Claire's Antiques, it is important to keep this number high since inventory on hand can result in a loss of customer preferences change. Unfortunately, this ratio is fairly meaningless without the aid of a cross-sectional analysis.
A cross-sectional analysis compares financial ratios of the company with the ratios of other companies in the same industry. Dun & Bradstreet generate a list of these ratios in their annual Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios. Although the numbers of specific companies might be of interest to Claire's Antiques, it is just as useful to look at the industry as a whole and compare Claire's Antiques. Generally, these ratios are provided as median values and upper and lower quartiles (Gitman, 2009).
One final interesting fact about the inventory turnover ratio is that it can be used to compute the average number of days of inventory on hand. If the inventory turnover ratio is divided into 365, the result is the average number of days of inventory on hand for the specified period. If the ratio of sales to inventory is high meaning high sales and low inventory, than the average sale days of inventory will be low. If this number is too low, it may indicate that the company is not keep enough inventory on hand (Gitman, 2009).
The final recommended report for the Vice President of Operations is a cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis. This report will give the operations department an idea of how expensive each product line is and how it contributes to the overall profitability of the company. Although the operations department is not directly responsible for decision making regarding what products will be sold, the Vice President of Operations can use this information to decide which product lines need to be examined for process improvements (Atkinson et al., 2007). Although this information cannot be generated from the financial accounting reports, it is of vital importance to the effectiveness and efficiency of the operations department.
Atkinson, A. A., Kaplan, R. S., Matsumura, E. M., & Young, S. M. (2007). Management accounting (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
Gitman, L. J. (2009). Principles of managerial finance (12th ed.). Boston: Pearson.


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Even those who don't want to do complicated art works can use plastic bottles in creative ways.
> Bottles with the tops cut off and placed over open metal fence posts will stop water running into them and causing rust.
> Closed bottles can be used as insulation in concrete flooring.
> People who keep birds and small animals can use the bottles as water dispensers.
> Gardeners can use upside-down bottles to gradually water their plants.
This is according to the Czech artist Veronika Richterova who makes beautiful works of art by upcycling plastic bottles made of polyethylene terephthalate, known commonly as PET, a clear plastic.
In the Czech Republic, clear non-coloured PET bottles have been used to make greenhouses – inventive flower and vegetable growers are glad to make use of this light but at the same time strong plastic.
The walls of these greenhouses, made by simply inserting a large number of bottles into each other, in fact have better insulation qualities than classic glass ones. They are also excellent moisture retainers, and let through diffused light in an ideal way, just as the plants need it.
The most common object made of PET to be found in Czech gardens is a simple device for frightening away moles. An iron pole is stuck into a flower bed with a PET bottle on top of it. The noise made by the bottle as it vibrates in the wind is transmitted along the stick into the ground and frightens the tunnel-digging animals away.
An improved version of this device – with little "wings" jutting out of the bottle – acts as a wind turbine and keeps at bay not only moles but also birds.
In the summer PET bottles containing a little sweetened juice are hung on fruit trees as a trap for wasps and similar pests. In the winter, on the contrary, feeding boxes cleverly carved out of the same material make life more pleasant for songbirds trying to survive the season.
Thanks to their outstanding qualities, new ways are constantly being found to use PET bottles, not only in gardens, but in the household and on building sites as well.
Plastic in clothes
PET is fairly easy to recycle, and so it can no longer be considered as useless waste.
On the contrary, thanks to the organised system of waste collection in the Czech Republic, it has now become an extremely valued commodity, suitable above all for the production of staple fibres for the textile industry. The only producer of these recycled fibres in the Czech Republic is the Silon company in the town of Plana nad Lu Nici.
Staple fibre produced in this way is used as filling for anoraks, duvets and sleeping bags, and is successfully used in upholstery, too. Recycled fibre is also added to heavy-duty carpets and in recent years it has been extensively used in manufacturing interior coverings for cars.
In recent years there has been a marked increase in the demand for PET as a used material. At least half of Czech PET bottles that are pressed into bales are exported to the People's Republic of China, from where it later returns in the form of cheap clothing and toys.
In manufacturing these textiles, the Chinese add the fibre produced from PET bottles to classic natural materials such as wool and cotton, and in this way mixed materials are created that are widely used.
Recycled PET also turns up in products where we would not expect it, for example in jeans or towels, while pure PET fibre is used in the manufacture of popular sporting knitwear or fleeces. Only about five PET bottles are needed to make one T-shirt, while 25 are enough for a whole ski jacket.

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Star Trek: Voyager - Season 2
Season 2 opens with a group of humans from the 1930s found in stasis on a seemingly abandoned planet, including the lost Amelia Earhart. When Voyager's crew is invited to stay and live on the "new" Earth, Janeway is worried so many will accept she may find herself the only one who truly wants to get home.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Actor: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson
Director: Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor
Country: USA
Duration: 45
Release: 1995
IMDb: 8
Quality: SD


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Released: February 28th, 2008
Thanks to our cooperative landlord we are moving to larger premises in what we regard as London's premier business address.
Effective March 07, 2008 our new address, still at One London Place, will become Suite 1770.
Telephone, fax and email contacts all remain the same.
Our trust officers continue to be personally involved with, and willingly accountable for, each client relationship they serve and we are proud of our ability to collaborate closely with other professional advisors.
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Cambrian: Opinion
Letters to the Editor July 29 - Aug. 4
Growth, cost concerns
D id I miss something? Wasn't the desalination plant that is proposed for Cambria supposed to be used exclusively to supply water in case of emergencies? That is, when the aquifers from which we draw water become so low as to risk salt-water intrusion.
Letters to The Cambrian would suggest otherwise, including one written by Greg Sanders, Cambria Community Services District board president, in June 24 issue ( "Desal cost factors").
He states in his explanation of the financial impact of a desal plant on Cambria water ratepayers that, "… an increase in water connection fees for new hookups (with total
hookups not to exceed the CCSD established growth cap of 4,650 residential units), the financial impact on existing CCSD customers to build the desalination plant will be minimal."
Does this mean there will be an instant development plan implemented to build out our village before we even have a desal plant up and running? If so, then Jeff Hellman's Viewpoint ( "How do you value Cambria? — or, Value and values") in the same issue may be entirely correct in predicting overcrowding, gridlock and congestion.
A rapid growth of our village would stress every infrastructure in town to the max. For one example, with a significant increase in traffic, just where will we park to visit the post office or the pharmacies or any of our other frequently used businesses? Coupled with the usual influx of tourists, we might as well walk.
Mr. Hellman goes on to discuss the ultimate cost of a desalination plant. Presumably in response, Mr. Sanders stated that, besides new hookups, Federal assistance will be the additional source of funding. Of
course, this begs the questions— what if the Feds say "no"? That, and the proposed involvement with the Army Corps of Engineers who are famous (notorious) for underestimating the expense of their building projects could drive the costs way beyond what Mr. Sanders described as a "minimal" impact to existing CCSD customers.
Mr. Sanders concludes by stating, "I am confident we can produce desalinated water for approximately the same cost associated with the current pumping and transmission of ground water."
Sorry, Mr. Sanders, but being confident is a long way from guaranteeing our rates won't go up and go up astronomically.
Of course, there is another way to increase revenue, especially given the fact that the proposed desal plant will be modular in form. Need more water? Add another module. The means to such an increase in revenue is one that causes L.A. and Orange county
developers to salivate— that is an extension of the Cambria urban reserve line. By purchase of farmers' and ranchers' property or by appropriation (seizing) by means of negative declarations Cambria could increase in size, 10, 25, 50 —maybe even 100 percent. Just think about all the new lots with all their connection fees to pay for all the more water production.
In that event, Mr. Hellman will be quite right when he describes the "natural crown jewels" of so many California coastal villages being decimated, defaced and degraded.
Dennis Ortenburger Cambria
Spirit of Fourth thrives
The Fourth of July tends to reignite one's spirit, knowing you're living in a free country full of opportunities and choices. The celebration in Cambria served to excite our spirit, filling our heart and soul with new faith in America. The celebration at Shamel Park represented the "Melting Pot of America," with generations of babies to senior citizens proudly and with much gaiety mingling with those of a different race, ethnicity, cultures and opinions.
Cheering for the pie eaters and encouraging the restaurant waiters to "run faster" was enthusiastically expressed by all. Those with wounded souls should only be met by the two ladies greeting guests at the entrance of the park, with warm handshakes, beaming smiles and a wish of "Happy Birthday, America."
Hugs, back pats and smiles were easily and equally exchanged with family, friends, neighbors and strangers alike. America should take note of the love, honor and respect that the Cambria community enjoys and shares.
In addition to our lovely day at the park, we shared a dinner with some of our Happy Hill neighbors. One of the neighbors was Greg from Bakersfield, aka "Tar Heels," in the pie-eating contest. Not having reached the pie-eating finals, Greg was somewhat disappointed with his unsuccessful effort. Without hesitation, the dinner guests gave a toast to Greg and declared him our very own "No. 1 Happy Hill pie eater." We adorned him with a homemade pie-plate trophy.
The spectacular firework display was a perfect ending to our beautiful day. Thank you to those who helped make the holiday such a special event. Thank you to the Cambria community for renewing our faith in America and each other. May the spirit of July Fourth at Shamel Park remain in all our hearts forever.
Linda Muzinich and Joel Harwin Cambria
Athank-you to Cambria
About 25 years ago, my parents, Cathie and Don Hodges, decided to relocate from their home in Half Moon Bay. They had just a few criteria: the climate had to be warmer than where they were (my Dad), yet cool enough for my mother, and they wanted to be closer to their children. (At the time I was in Bakersfield and my brother was in Monterey.) They started looking in Santa Barbara and drove their way north. They called from San Luis Obispo and had not found anything they really liked. I mentioned that I had heard that Cambria was supposed to be nice.
They called me two days later and said, "We bought a house." The climate was ideal, the location closer to both my brother and I, and it had the added benefits of a good hardware store and fire department. They officially moved to Cambria in 1988 and began their retired life. They quickly became friendly with their neighbors, and Mom became involved with the local quilting community. You could say the rest is history. Neighbors have come and gone, friendships established.
This letter is a "thank you" to the community of Cambria that they enjoyed. My Dad passed away in 2001 and my Mom remained in her home until her passing in May. As her arthritis worsened over the years, I noticed that the sanitation workers were putting her trash cans back up at the top of her driveway for her. In the last year she had the help of some great ladies in Cambria (Cambria Caring Sisters) and she was able to remain in her home. Everyone I dealt with—whether it
was a banker , store clerk, her doctor, etc.,—was helpful and friendly. I even received phone calls after her passing making sure that I had found a home for her dog, "Molly."
To everyone who knew and dealt with my parents, on behalf of my family I thank you for your generosity and friendship.
Gail Hodges Cosart and family Porterville
My extended family
Thursday morning, April 29, I drove to the Cookie Crock for my weekly grocery shopping. Before I left my car, I saw my beautiful neighbor Millie, with her snow-white hair. We talked for a brief moment, and then I grabbed the cart which was already left in front of my car (I have challenges walking).
After I finished shopping, I tried opening the trunk with my remote control. Where were my keys? The driver's door was locked. I realized that I had left the keys in the car because I was so happy to see my neighbor.
I asked Richard, the Cookie Crock employee, to call AAA as I had no phone with me. As we stood there waiting, I thought to myself, "someone could drive me home to get the spare key."
Richard came back and brought me the phone number, but hadn't called for help, luckily. So, now I had to find a driver. A lady came, her arms full of bags, asking me if I needed help, but she was unable to help. Another guy was willing to drive me in his van. Miguel appeared, pushing some wine cases. I called him. He walked around my car, tried to open each door.
Each door was locked— except one door. Imagine how I felt.
In the meantime, a small crowd had gathered, watching the show. Amongst them was Patrick, a friend who would have given me a ride home. Another person was Kathleen, the grocery manager, and another one, and another one.
Than you again, my Cookie Crock family and Cambrian family. I have so many families here in Cambria, far away from my biological family in Switzerland.
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Jomtien Beach (and Jomtien Beach Road) runs roughly from North to South, though if you like a more accurate picture, the beach runs on a a slight diagonal stretching North West to South East (or vice versa). It's about 3 Kilometres long and is a classic golden sandy beach with waters that have relatively safe currents. Safety swimming areas are provided at regular intervals with buoys and ropes used to create large rectangular sections to provide protection for weak swimmers.
Roughly speaking Jomtien beach starts around Thap Phraya at the top and goes all the way to Chomtien (alternative spelling) soi 19 for all your short or long stay, living, swimming, beach activities, bars, shops and restaurant needs. The North end of Jomtien beach is the busiest area as it is closest to Pattaya. The southern end is more quiet with increased local Thais and less Westerners present, though it still has good hotels and seafood restaurants available along with 7-Eleven or FamilyMart convenience stores.
At the Northern end there are more bars to be found, including Thai girly bars and a solitary though quite enjoyable Go-Go Bar. Other bars can still be found along the way to the southern end of Jomtien beach road, although this diminishes into more regular bars and restaurants with a more distinct Thai clientèle at the very end.
Jomtien beach is a growing favourite with Russian tourists. Some of the businesses are Russian or Ukrainian owned, and have Russian Cyrillic signs to communicate to their target market. The Russians are generally a pleasant and well mannered people, out to enjoy their yearly vacation like anyone else.
There are many activities to do on Jomtien beach including Windsurfing, Kitesurfing (or Kiteboarding), Paragliding, Jet Skis and Parasailing. The beach is not always pristine if the tides, weather and winds are not in its favour, but generally speaking Jomtien beach is a reliable destination for swimming and beach activities In some ways, it's like a slightly shabby but charming Mediterranean beach town from the 70's. It has an energy all of its own that comes with being a bit more laid back and relaxing than the top beach destinations in Thailand. It feels like there's a connection between the locals and tourists that seems natural and harmonic, with small street vendors and plush hotels appreciating the business and not so pressuring for sales as more crowded Thai destinations often are.


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Wherever you may be on your faith journey, there is room at God's table for you.
Holy Eucharist at 9:30 pm
at 1810 16th Street, NW Washington, DC 20009.
Mission Statement
As St. Thomas' Parish,
we are followers of Jesus
striving to see Christ in each person
and to be Christ in our community,
our city, and our world.
In Luke 10, Jesus sends seventy of his followers ahead of him to proclaim that the Kingdom of God is near. St. Thomas' Parish has begun a similar journey. In the beginning of 2017, we moved out from our building while we construct a new church building. We currently worship at Universalist Memorial Church on 16th Street and S Street, NW. During that time, we will build a new church building which will position us to be better stewards and a resource to our surrounding community.
During our construction, we are a church without a building of our own. This has strengthened our congregation and brought us closer together as a community. We are not in the process of not just waiting for a new church building. The people of St. Thomas' Parish are actively reengaging our city and discovering what God is doing in our midst. Our congregation is partnering with other congregations across Washington, DC.
We give thanks to Universalist Memorial Church for letting us use this space on Sunday afternoon. We meet at people's homes, restaurants, and other places across the city.
If you want to join us in the mission of discovering the Kingdom of God here in Washington, DC, then we invite you to join us.


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|Manitoba Interfaith Council – Vision and Structure
The Manitoba Interfaith Council [MIC] exists to facilitate respect, understanding and cooperation among the different faith groups of the Province of Manitoba.
It does this by providing a forum for interfaith dialogue, the establishment and regulation of pastoral services in provincial institutions, and a medium for communication between faith communities and governmental agencies.
As the Province of Manitoba increases in its cultural diversity, it has become even more imperative for understanding and cooperation among its different faith expressions. It is our vision that MIC be a main contributor in building the common good of the Province.
MEMBERSHIP in MIC is accepted from faith groups who agree to support its mission, objectives and constitution, and contribute to its annual dues. There are both Active and Affiliate forms of membership.
MIC is governed by its General Constitution, whose purpose is carried out by various Committees. These Committees do not expand or contract the responsibilities or authority of the Council, but instead enable the Council to function more efficiently and effectively.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: This Committee is composed of representatives of various faith groups, including elected positions of leadership. This Committee meets on a regular basis to integrate the various committee work of the Council, and create a vision and strategy for its future.
In addition, four working committees have been created:
2. HEALTH COMMITTEE: To execute the purposes of the Council relative to Manitoba Health.
3. EDUCATION AND INTERFAITH NETWORK COMMITTEE: To generate multi-faith education programs in Manitoba communities and to foster networking among the various interfaith organizations.
4. COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMITTEE: To relate to and inform the general populace through activities such as Press releases.


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If you're addicted to the internet, like I am, and stayed in the dorms at a college that offered high-speed internet access, then I'm sure somewhere between moving out of the dorms and now, you wished you could have a fast T1 (Trunk level 1) or T3 (Trunk Level 3) line at home to log online. Since graduating, I've used cable and DSL for my high-speed internet needs, but lately I've wondered if there was a residential option for T1 service.
Those of you who never had the luxury of using a T1 line don't know what you're missing out on, and it's probably best that way depending on how you look at it. It's comparable to moving up to cable or DSL from a dial-up. To put things in perspective, a download of an average mp3 file (please download legally) may take a half hour to an hour on dial-up connection, a few minutes for DSL connection, and only a few seconds for T1 connection. Yes, a few seconds. You can see how someone would be spoiled when using it for a couple years. Imagine watching videos on YouTube, movie trailers online instantly. I used to love playing online computer games and talking over VoIP, all while downloading files without any spikes or chokes to my ping and connection. You can check out how different connections are ranked with this chart.
A T1 line uses a fiber optic, or sometimes copper, line to your location. Originally, T1 lines were used internally by phone companies to inter-connect Central Offices (CO's), but were made available to the public in 1983. The T1 line can carry 24 digitalized voice channels and carry data at a rate of about 1.5 megabits per second. This is ideal for web servers, multi-user VPN, VoIP, networking VoIP telephone, etc. For it to be affordable, though, the home-use consumer would have to opt for a fractional T1 line, pretty much means you would be sharing a T1 line with another subscriber, or more. The fractional T1 still maintain their speeds, so for the average user, it's still more than enough. Just like cable and DSL, there are different plans you can choose from, such as speeds of 386kbps, 512kbps or 768kbps. Just like with cable and DSL, you'll have to choose the service package right for you.
After looking through many websites with real time price quotes, I discovered that T1 prices are very affordable… relatively speaking. A T1 line when I was in college a few years ago could have easily cost over a thousand or two thousand dollars, if not more. After snooping around, I've found an offer for a T1 line going at around $250 a month! Ok, so a $250 T1 line is like the $20 ADSL offered by some companies, but the upside to a T1 line is that it's guaranteed to be running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with the same upload and download speed. Cable and DSL disconnections have happened to me on several occasions leaving me cut off from work, a bulk of which I handle through the Internet, nowadays. For a small company, disconnection from their cable or DSL service could mean thousands if not hundreds of thousands of dollars in business losses.
Expect to pay at least $390 for a decent residential T1 line, but you're going to have to shop around yourself and see what service is available in your area. The more you pay the better. As the old saying goes, you get what you pay for.
In all practicality, though, a T1 line isn't going to be affordable to the average household. Unless you've got money to spare, cable and DSL should be enough for home use, unless there are more T1 price drops. T3 lines are out of the question for home use because it's even more expensive. T1 is within reach, but it will still cost a chunk of change overall. I do suggest every small business owners, or even owners of apartment complexes and condos to implement T1 lines into their buildings. As for me, the dream of having an affordable T1 connection with speeds I had in college is out the question.
At least for now.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Affordable Residential T1 Line?
If you're addicted to the internet, like I am, and stayed in the dorms at a college that offered high-speed internet access, then I'm sure somewhere between moving out of the dorms and now, you wished you could have a fast T1 (Trunk level 1) or T3 (Trunk Level 3) line at home to log online. Since graduating, I've used cable and DSL for my high-speed internet needs, but lately I've wondered if there was a residential option for T1 service.
3 comments:
- Mike said...
Now a days, T1 Lines are still meant for businesses, coorporations or multiple users. But it is rare for the average consumer to own a T1 Line due to their relatively high monthly costs. Consumers who do plan to purchase T1 Lines should plan to take advantage of its' bandwidth power.
T1 Lines
- March 11, 2007 at 3:03 PM
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- April 7, 2007 at 1:09 AM
- john said...
T1 is blazing fast. Might be a little costly for residential owners. I know of a high speed internet provider that offers both and also other broadband services. I have them and they are cheap and reliable: http://t1survey.com
- October 16, 2007 at 11:21 PM


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This is the muster out roll for the Independent Battery, US Colored Light Artillery. The lists may include name, rank, age, when and where they mustered in, last date of pay, and remarks. The index to the Kansas Adjutant General's Report, 1861-1865, (see link below) also gives the regiment and company the soldier served in.
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Politics hates you.
It does. Really. No matter how much you try to engage with it, politics would much rather you just pissed off and left it alone to run your life for you.
Once upon a time, in order to get involved with Parliamentary politics you needed to be landed gentry, or a decorated general, or a wealthy industrialist. The agenda you pursued when you got there was most likely to be one of preserving your own position and feathering your own financial nest.
Over time, things changed. Politics became no longer something that only rich people had the time and money to get involved in. The middle classes, trade unionists, even athletes and television news reporters could get into Parliament. A good thing, making the Lower House more representative of the population as a whole.
Agendas changed too. Politics became no longer about feathering your own nest, and more about feathering the nests of those who were most likely to vote for you so they would do it again.
Events of recent weeks however, would suggest that we have gone full circle.
First we had Denis MacShane, not only getting caught with his nose in the trough but having the balls to then try and blame it on a "co-ordinated BNP vendetta" based on his work campaigning against far-right groups in the UK and Europe.
MacShane claimed £20,000 per year for the costs of running an office, which was actually based in his garage at home. He invented a fake general manager to sign off on purchases, and submitted 19 false invoices designed to mislead the Parliamentary authorities.
This was just the latest of a range of expenses claims by MPs which have come to light indicating just how far some are prepared to "play" the expenses system. A system which takes public money and distributes it so MPs no longer have to rely on their own personal wealth to fund their own constituency activities.
No sooner was that off the front pages, than Conservative MP Nadine Dorries decided that her political causes and career would be much better served appearing on an ITV "reality" show than working in Parliament or in her constituency.
Dorries will be paid up to £40,000 by ITV for taking part in the show, filmed in Australia. Her rationale for abandoning her day job and the interests of those who voted for her, is that the show will enable her to reach a much wider audience than her views would get in the UK.
I can only imagine she hasn't seen the show, however. A whole day can be edited down into 10-15 minutes of "highlights". If Nadine's pronouncements on economic policy or the abortion limit make those highlights, the producers have clearly done an awful job of picking their cast.
She's not the first serving MP to do such a thing. George Galloway was MP for Bethnal and Bow when he entered the Celebrity Big Brother house in 2006 and made an enormous tit of himself in the process. Certainly nobody remembers anything about his politics from his appearance on the show.
Dorries did not seek approval from her party to appear on the show. Neither did she even go to the bother of informing her own constituency office, who found out about it in the same way the rest of us did.
She just decided to take four weeks off work, expecting of course to be paid throughout, to pursue her own interests. Treating your employers and customers like that in any other walk of life would probably lead to you appearing on the dole queue shortly after.
Denis MacShane and Nadine Dorries are just the two latest examples of the contempt with which the modern professional politician and politics in general treats the public.
When those in Westminster start bemoaning how disengaged people are from the political system, they would do well to hold up a mirror to themselves. They may well see the answer right there.


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This week's KNBR conversation is between Tom Tolbert and Giants pitcher Jeremy Affeldt.
Tolbert: That was your third title in five years. And this one took seven games. How was that for you, to get the win in a Game 7 right where it started 13 years ago?
Affeldt: Lots of closure. We kind of left Kansas City in a hurry when I got traded. I actually left that day and flew out … a long time ago, eight years ago. ... I went back in August for three days and we weren't playing real well, so it wasn't a great experience for me. But coming back and playing in the World Series and getting a (win) in Kansas City for us to be able to clinch another world title, it was really, really fun for me.
Tolbert:I'm just wondering at the end of the game, what thoughts were going through your head in terms of, wow, this thing came full circle for me?
Affeldt: When I was talking about the story and scenario of everything coming full circle, everything kind of welled up inside of me and I had a lot of tears. And seeing my wife and how excited she was … it was just her and me in Kansas City before we had kids. ... Seeing her and remembering how I was sitting on my counter top in my house in Kansas City at one time, just telling her how I felt like quitting, I didn't feel like playing this game anymore, and she really talked me out of it. ...When they told me I had the win, I actually would have been more than happy for Bumgarner to have that win. I actually thought it would have been better for him to have it. It would be kind of cool to see one guy have three wins in a World Series. When they came up to me and said they reversed it and gave it to me, Larisa started tearing up. And when she teared up, I started tearing up again and I told her she had to quit crying because she was making me look like a sissy.
Tolbert: What do you see inside the clubhouse that allows this team to find ways to win and grind through an October?
Affeldt:I think we find ways to win. "There's no way the Giants are going to beat Texas. There's no way the Giants are going to beat Detroit. There's no way the Giants are going to beat Philly." They said all these things. But what people always look at when they say there's no way that's going to happen, is they look at the offense we're going to pitch against. But if you talk to baseball players, they'll tell you good pitching will beat good hitting every time.
Tolbert: Is there something specific from this World Series you'll remember vividly?
Affeldt: I don't mean it to be arrogant in any way, shape or form … but of all the rings that I have, I think this one is going to be one of my favorites, if not my favorite ring, because of the way we went about this playoff. I mean, an 18-inning game with the homer by Belt and a six-inning scoreless shutout from Petit? I mean that was an unbelievable relief appearance. Bumgarner's complete game in a loser-is-out game in the Wild Card? Ishikawa's homer. Morse's homer. Pence's catch. Bumgarner's complete-game shutout in the World Series and a five-inning shutout two days later. There's just so much awesomeness that took place by the different guys on this team for this playoff run.


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12-Week Exercise Program Significantly Improved Testosterone Levels in Overweight, Obese Men
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Phoenix (November 4, 2016)—Twelve weeks of aerobic exercise significantly boosted testosterone levels in overweight and obese men, with the greatest increases seen among vigorous exercisers, according to research presented today at the Integrative Biology of Exercise 7 meeting in Phoenix.
Researchers from Tsukuba University and Ryutsu Keizai University in Japan previously found that a combination of diet and exercise was effective in increasing the testosterone in this population. For this study, however, they looked specifically at the effect of regular aerobic exercise on testosterone levels.
"Testosterone is a male sex hormone, and low circulating testosterone levels lead to various health disorders in men. Obesity, one of the biggest problems in the world, results in reduction in circulating testosterone levels in men," the research team wrote. Fatigue, decreased sex drive and decreases in muscle and bone mass are some of the common symptoms of low testosterone in men.
The research team compared 16 normal weight men to 28 overweight/obese men. None of the men were regular exercisers. At baseline, the overweight/obese men had significantly lower total, free and bioavailable testosterone level than normal weight men. All of the study volunteers completed a 12-week aerobic exercise plan that entailed 40–60 minutes of walking or jogging on one to three days per week. Testosterone levels were also recorded at the end of the study.
While their testosterone was still at lower levels than the normal weight men at baseline, overweight and obese men saw a significant increase in all measured testosterone levels. This effect was particularly evident among the men who exercised vigorously. However, the exercise intervention had no significant effect on testosterone levels in the normal weight men.
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9.63 ± 0.55 nmol/l
Body weight also significantly decreased following the exercise intervention in the overweight/obese cohort. "I think decrease in body mass is one of the factors for increasing serum testosterone levels," said Hiroshi Kumagai, lead researcher on the study. "However, the degree of weight loss is small, and we found that the increase in vigorous physical activity was independently associated with the increase in serum testosterone levels. So, it seems the increase in physical activity, especially vigorous physical activity, is the main factor for increasing serum testosterone levels."
Kumagai will present "Habitual Aerobic Exercise Increases Serum Testosterone Levels in Overweight and Obese Men" at a poster session on Friday, Nov. 4, from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Hyatt Regency Phoenix Atrium Lobby.
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Released August 20, 2013 - Eating the Western diet is a risk factor for erectile dysfunction and coronary artery disease. How can junk food lovers avoid these problems? Exercise. Researchers used rats put on a "junk food" diet to test the effects of aerobic exercise and found that exercise effectively improved both erectile dysfunction and the function of vessels that supply blood to the heart.
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For those South Africans who do not simply want to exploit the Marikana massacre for immediate and petty political goals, it's advisable to try to understand what happened.
This desire, however, is tempered by a terrible sense of powerlessness. This wasn't supposed to happen. The rich right-wing whites who shelter their privileges behind the 1996 Constitution assure us that the Constitution prevents this from happening. We voted for the ANC so that this would never happen again. Those who were fooled into supporting Jacob Zuma never dreamed that his presidential candidacy would lead to workers being gunned down by police officers under ANC orders. Now that the impossible has happened, what is to be done? When 21 people were massacred at Langa outside Uitenhage on the 21st of March 1985, we knew that we had to work harder to support the Charterist cause and thus struggle against the apartheid regime. But no such options are available as of now.
The massacre happened at the Lonmin platinum mine at Marikana, to a group of striking mine workers who supported the Associated Mine and Construction Union, AMCU. Mining and construction is an odd combination; it makes sense because the Charterist union in the field, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), organised itself a subsidiary role providing labour to build the 2010 World Cup stadiums. So, AMCU appears a weapon aimed at the NUM. Indeed, it has marching songs praising the murder of NUM members.
It is interesting that AMCU scarcely exists, organisationally — it has no fixed offices and is not a registered union. However, it has received very favourable coverage in South African mining industry journals, and also in the Mail and Guardian newspaper. Such right-wing journals do not normally give favourable coverage to trade unions of any kind. Is there something behind the scenes?
AMCU began organising at Marikana in early 2012. As elsewhere, it accomplished essentially nothing for the workers. However, rather suddenly in July-August, AMCU became intensely significant; suddenly, its members, armed with sharpened reinforcing-rods and machetes, began violently enforcing an illegal strike (the union was not recognised by Lonmin or anyone else involved) in pursuit of a preposterous 200% wage increase. It is interesting that Lonmin, which has historically been a violently anti-union mining company even by South African standards, took no action against the workers involved in this strike, even when they began killing NUM members and Lonmin security guards.
Marikana is a platinum mine. Platinum mining is a highly profitable activity; however, with the fall in the global price of platinum, platinum mining companies in South Africa, all of which are multinationals, have been looking for ways to cut costs. One cost-cutting measure has been to restrict investment; another has been to close down the least productive mines. Another alternative, of course, is to restrain wages.
In South Africa, wages are already low, because of the country's stratospheric unemployment. To counteract this, unionised workers enjoy some protection under the Labour Relations Act and the Basic Conditions of Employment Act. However, mine workers are hard to protect, because mines tend (now as ever) to hire workers from far away, on short-term contracts, easily fired and hard to unionise. As a result, organising unions in the mining sector is hard work — as compared with organising unions in the public sector. Therefore, the NUM has become the poor relation of the Congress of South African Trade Unions, unlike more successful unions like the SA Democratic Teachers' Union.
It is possible to organise effectively under tough conditions — witness the National Union of Metal Workers, whose leader Irwin Jim is one of the few outspokenly radical unionists within COSATU. However, people like Jim are frowned on by the ANC. If you want to get along under ANC President Zuma, you have to go along with business, and the NUM has apparently agreed not to upset the mining corporations who are Zuma's most important financial backers in South Africa. This makes them vulnerable to accusations of being chummy with the owners. Which makes it relatively easy for AMCU to get a foothold, especially among inexperienced, isolated workers from far away.
Why should Lonmin want AMCU to have a foothold? Two unions are not better than one; two unions are infinitely worse than one, because you can play them off against each other. Divide and rule has always been the colonialist way. In South Africa the regime encourages strife between the traditional and the modern — with the maRashea gang whom the police used against the ANC on the Witwatersrand in the 1950s, or the "Fathers" whom the police used against rebellious school students of Soweto in the 1970s, or the "Witdoeke" whom the police used against the United Democratic Front in the Western and Eastern Cape in the 1980s. There was also a trade union — UWUSA, set up by the Security Police and the Inkatha movement in 1986 as a tool intended to break up COSATU. The goal of AMCU seems very much like that of UWUSA — to cripple or undermine a trade union which big business does not like. (South African big business hates virtually all trade unions with a passion.)
However, we still have to ask why, on the 16th of August, the South African Police Service's Pretoria Public Order Policing Unit fired into a crowd of AMCU members causing the biggest single police massacre since the 1970s.
It's clear that Lonmin wouldn't want this to happen, if only because the consequences were completely unpredictable. It's also very unlikely that the NUM wanted it to happen, if only because the consequences might easily have been an AMCU pogrom against NUM members. (The NUM has essentially zero influence over the SAPS — by their account, they couldn't even prevent Lonmin from bailing out the AMCU people whom the police had earlier arrested.)
The obvious figure with the power to organise such a thing would be the Police Minister, Nathi Mthethwa, or President Zuma himself. However, the public is extraordinarily, and completely understandably, sensitive about police massacres. When the police were filmed murdering a protest leader named Andreas Tatane in Ficksburg in 2011, the footage went viral within hours, the public were up in arms, and the policemen on the videos are today facing murder charges. The whole militarised, "shoot to kill" police system which Mthethwa and Zuma had introduced (copying the apartheid-era rank structure and some of the brutal doctrines which had been abandoned under the Mandela/Mbeki governments) was briefly called into question. It was, in short, obvious that a police massacre would be a public relations catastrophe.
But a public relations catastrophe is something Zuma definitely doesn't want. He's up for re-election at the Mangaung ANC Conference this coming December. Several provinces, as well as the influential ANC Youth League, are calling for his replacement. A massacre like this would only confirm the widespread widespread hostility to Zuma among many ANC rank and file members. It could possibly have been made less harmful if Zuma had been prepared for it — if he had steamed into Marikana with a huge political bandwagon, rounded up the offending cops and sent them packing, thrown his weight behind AMCU (no doubt with a quiet backhander to the NUM) and generally appeared politically in control. Instead he sneaked into town late, with a huge police escort, gave a vapid press conference and then scuttled away — leaving it to his archnemesis Julius Malema to exploit Zuma's cowardly performance. It's obvious he was wholly unprepared for what happened — even though his policies made it almost inevitable.
But didn't the cops know that they were going to get into trouble if they gunned down a bunch of mineworkers? No doubt they did, but they were exasperated. It's very difficult to bring a highly motivated and armed group under control; such highly skilled policing hardly exists under Mthethwa's ministerial leadership, especially under a series of Police Commissioners dismissed for corruption. (Incidentally, the current Minister of Minerals, Susan Shabangu, used to be Deputy Minister of Police, and was famous for her slogan "Shoot the bastards!".)
It seems that the cops wanted to disarm the strikers — which was clearly a good idea. Unfortunately, two days earlier the strikers had murdered two police officers, stolen their weapons and torched their vehicle. Hence, the cops wanted to prove their toughness, while AMCU saw the cops as easy targets. Somehow, the cops had to persuade the strikers that very bad things would happen to them if they didn't surrender — but AMCU persuaded the strikers that the cops were on the NUM's side, and therefore surrendering their weapons would be equivalent to surrendering to the NUM. Meanwhile, they were told, the cops wouldn't dare shoot. And if they did, their bullets would turn to water. (Did the strikers really believe that last bit? Who knows? They were desperate.)
So the cops sealed off the hilltop where the strikers assembled, canalised them into their march towards the informal settlement where many of them were staying — and this meant that the strikers had to pass through the cops to get home. Most likely the cops thought that stun grenades, water cannons and rubber pellets fired from shotguns (smaller than the old-style baton rounds, but still capable of killing Tatane when fired at point-blank range) would disperse them. There were several TV crews and a host of journalists there to watch the police defeat the strikers — it's inconceivable that a police unit would allow itself to be filmed premeditatedly murdering people.
But it was; the strikers didn't run, they advanced with all their weapons to within striking range, at which point the police opened fire with maximum force — not just shotguns, but R-5s, the short-barrel version of the Israeli Galil automatic rifle. So, completely unnecessarily, 34 people died, and within hours, everybody in South Africa was watching the bloodbath.
And now, what to do? Can we condemn AMCU? What's the point? The workers didn't know that their leaders were stooges — they still wouldn't believe it if you told them. Can we condemn NUM? None of this was their fault — the worst you can say is that they didn't dominate the mine enough.
Better, perhaps, condemn Lonmin, for their utterly irresponsible stoking of violence in pursuit of profit which led directly to the massacre. However, that's all going to be covered up, as usually happens in South African "judicial enquiries". You can be sure that Lonmin's management (who, as COSATU leader Tony Ehrenreich pointed out, earn approximately 240 times as much as the strikers do) are never going to appear in any South African dock. As usual, the big crooks will get away.
Can we condemn the police? Of course. But better to condemn the police management who allowed the training and equipping of the POP unit in the country's capital Pretoria to degenerate into inept, unskilled thuggery. Better to condemn the politicians who have assured the police that blazing guns represent best practice — and that's not only the ANC politicians, but also the opposition DA who continually call for the Army to be used against criminals.
Most of all, we should condemn the top brass of the ANC, who have been in cahoots with the mining industry for decades. They recently came up with a "National Plan" under which ten percent of GDP will be devoted, for a decade, to enabling the mining industry to ship South Africa's natural resources overseas. But there's absolutely nothing we can do to stop them. The most we can hope for is that someone slightly less bad than Zuma might replace him at Mangaung next December. Apart from that, the looting of the country's resources and the steady decline in worker rights and social wages will go on.
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Applied Cryptography and Network Security: 14th by Mark Manulis, Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi, Steve Schneider
By Mark Manulis, Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi, Steve Schneider
This booklet constitutes the refereed complaints of the 14th foreign convention on utilized Cryptography and community safety, ACNS 2016, held in Guildford, united kingdom. in June 2016. five. The 35 revised complete papers incorporated during this quantity and offered including 2 invited talks, have been rigorously reviewed and chosen from 183 submissions.ACNS is an annual convention concentrating on leading edge learn and present advancements that boost the parts of utilized cryptography, cyber defense and privateness.
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For simplicity, we assume that the key space of all operators is identical. Security Against MiM Adversaries. In our model, the clients and servers may run concurrent executions of the protocol Π. We denote the j-th execution of the protocol by party P as Pj , associated with a session ID sid, a partner ID pid (consisting either of one or of multiple elements), and an accept/reject bit accept (explained in detail in Sect. 4). In this case Pj is a handle, used by a MiM adversary A to access the oracles below so as to schedule message deliveries, send tampered messages, or interact arbitrarily with any party.
The plaintext secrets under threat would include the credentials themselves, the reconstructed master key used to decrypt them and the shares of the master key received from the Picosiblings. ) have been proposed before, our variant is original, the way we combine them is original, and the protection features we achieve have not previously appeared in the literature. We also build a working prototype and measure its performance. In particular: We design a new internal architecture for the Pico security token and a communication protocol between Pico and Picosiblings that, besides meeting all the security and privacy requirements in the original Pico paper,2 additionally protect the Pico from cold boot attacks.
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ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Shell Oil Company and the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) today announced the grand prize winner and four national finalists in the seventh annual Shell Science Lab Challenge. The competition encouraged teachers (grades 6–12) in the U.S. and Canada, who have found innovative ways to deliver quality lab experiences with limited school and laboratory resources, to share their approaches for a chance to win a school science lab makeover valued at $20,000.
"Students with access to a safe lab environment to ask questions, explore, construct, test and interpret observations are more likely to cultivate skills that could motivate them to pursue science disciplines," said Dr. Frazier Wilson, VP Shell Oil Company Foundation and Manager of Social Investment. "The Shell Lab Challenge seeks to better equip high schools labs for quality outcomes, especially for science teachers who create innovative experiences for students despite limited lab environments."
"We take tremendous pride in these educators who are dedicated, passionate about science, and deeply committed to engaging, motivating, and inspiring their students," said Dr. David Evans, Executive Director, NSTA. "Congratulations to the grand prize winner and national finalists for their hard work and innovative ideas."
To enter the Shell Science Lab Challenge, 6–12 grade science teachers in the U.S. and Canada were asked to describe their school's current laboratory resources, explain why the school's laboratory facilities might be classified as "limited" resources, and describe their approach to science instruction utilizing their school's current lab facilities. A panel of science educators reviewed and selected the top entries.
Grand Prize Winner
Lauren Brown, Madison Park Academy, Oakland, California
Brown is often faced with the challenge of motivating and inspiring students to engage in academics. She uses inquiry-based lesson plans that encourage her students to unleash their creativity. However, she cannot fully engage students in science investigations without access to high-quality classroom materials. The majority of science labs in Brown's school do not have sinks and teachers share limited materials among eight teachers and 950 students. Some teachers ask students to bring resources from home, and many teachers often purchase materials with their own money for students who lack the ability to secure them.
With the Shell cash grant, Brown will be able to help her students develop the skills they need in the science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) fields. Updated lab materials will help engage her students in inquiry learning experiences and promote their pursuit of a STEAM-related education or career. Brown also plans to create a webinar and 'YouTube' channel to support both teachers and students in their STEAM journeys, and build community awareness of them through local news coverage and podcasts.
As the grand prize winner, Brown will receive a science lab makeover support package for her school valued at $20,000. The prize package includes:
- $5,000 Shell cash grant to purchase science/lab equipment and science education resources;
- $5,000 gift certificate outfitted by Carolina Biological Supply Company, to purchase science/lab equipment and science education resource books through their company;
- $1,000 in NSTA prizes, including an NSTA science store gift certificate and NSTA conference registration, NSTA memberships and NSTA Learning Center subscriptions for two teachers; and
- Expense-paid trip to attend the NSTA National Conference on Science Education, in Atlanta, March 15-18, 2018.
National Finalists
Rebecca Grella, Jennifer Costa, and Jacob Mulderig, Brentwood Sonderling High School, Brentwood, New York
Grella, Costa, and Mulderig are true believers in hands-on learning and are passionate about environmental issues. Global environmental issues are a cornerstone of their teaching and research efforts, and their enthusiasm for ecology, engineering, and environmental research is a catalyst that drives their students to ask important scientific questions.
With grant money, the teachers will collaborate with the school's technology teachers to broaden the scope and impact of the research lab and offer students the ability to solve engineering problems. Specifically, Grella, Costa, and Mulderig would like to provide students with the ability to design and build systems that solve problems related to water use. The teachers envision making upgrades to the laboratory library, equipment, and probes, and incorporating this technology into a district-wide hydroponic grow initiative. The high school lab would serve as the training ground for all elementary and high school educators, as well as students involved in the project. The space will serve as a control center for the district's STEAM needs, encourage collaboration among older and younger students, and provide much-needed equipment for all to use.
Melissa Altemose, W.A. Pattillo Middle School, Tarboro, North Carolina
Altemose works hard to create opportunities for her students to experience science concepts and ideas. She teaches in a rural school district with many priorities and needs that often restrict investment in science materials and curriculum that foster inquiry. Grant money will help her address some of these needs and also provide professional development for teachers and expose them to models of inquiry-based instruction available in the community.
Her current lab supplies are scarce, so Altemose supplements them by personally purchasing the materials or seeking grants. Additional support will provide upgraded lab equipment so her students can learn the techniques they need to succeed in future STEM courses and careers. Altemose will use this grant to create a classroom environment that can serve as a model for rigorous, inquiry-based science instruction in rural communities nationwide, and help to eliminate some of the inequalities that exist between rural and urban schools and students.
Paula Labbe, Deep Creek Middle School, Chesapeake, Virginia
Labbe's students love science because it is hands on. She can't imagine teaching science without labs because the experiences help students make connections with the content they are learning. Her current lab facilities, unfortunately, are limited. When school lab equipment breaks, it is often not replaced and the majority of the budget is used to purchase consumables that have to be replaced each year. Labbe's school has been unable to purchase much-needed durable equipment so she has purchased and repaired equipment at her own expense, and borrowed materials from larger schools. She also invites guest speakers who bring materials to conduct activities with the students.
The enrollment in Labbe's school is expected to skyrocket, and she is concerned about how to support the increase in students with her current budget. Grant money will help her upgrade her lab and allow more students to participate. It will help her make labs an integral part of the science curriculum and help to build her students' knowledge and skills in science and better prepare them as they progress in their education or enter the workforce.
Toni Cascioli and Stacy Weiss, Phoenix Day School for the Deaf, Phoenix, Arizona
Middle school teachers Cascioli and Weiss spend a lot of time modifying and adapting laboratory activities to meet their students' needs while also ensuring safety—often a challenge with the limited equipment that is available to them. The middle school department does not have an official science lab and their classroom lacks the equipment needed for a science laboratory. The classroom lacks a sink, the chemical supply is limited, and 15-year-old triple beam balances, graduated cylinders, glass beakers, and microscopes must be shared with the high school science teacher. A majority of the resources used are recycled materials that are donated.
Cascioli and Weiss know that middle school is where students develop interests that often lead them on their career path. They want to help their students be successful members of the scientific community and role models for their deaf peers. This grant will enable them to upgrade the laboratory and help students expand their current science knowledge through higher-level, hands-on activities and experiments.
The four national finalists will each receive a science lab makeover support package for their school valued at $8,500. The prize package includes:
- $3,000 Shell cash grant to purchase science/lab equipment and science education resources;
- $3,000 gift certificate outfitted by Carolina Biological Supply Company, to purchase science/lab equipment and science education resource books through their company;
- $1,000 in NSTA prizes—to include an NSTA bookstore gift certificate and NSTA conference registrations, NSTA memberships and NSTA Learning Center subscriptions for two teachers; and
- Expense-paid trip to attend the NSTA National Conference on Science Education.
Recognizing that the laboratory experience is integral to science education and that many schools, especially those in urban and rural areas, do not have the resources to invest in quality lab equipment, NSTA and Shell partnered on the Shell Science Lab Challenge to bring much needed lab materials and resources to school districts nationwide and in Canada. For more information about the Challenge, visit the competition web site.
About NSTA
The Arlington, VA-based National Science Teachers Association is the largest professional organization in the world promoting excellence in science teaching and learning, preschool through college. NSTA's membership includes approximately 55,000 science teachers, science supervisors, administrators, scientists, business representatives, and others involved in science education.
About Shell Oil Company
Shell Oil Company is an affiliate of the Royal Dutch Shell plc, a global group of energy and petrochemical companies with operations in more than 70 countries. In the U.S., Shell operates in 50 states and employs more than 20,000 people working to help tackle the challenges of the new energy future.


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Leslie Ann Martin of Cleveland, Ohio was adequate a acknowledged career as an advance analyst in a bank. "Suddenly, cipher is acceptable enough, accurate abundant and caring abundant to booty affliction of my child," Leslie Ann said. She absitively to abdicate her job to alone affliction for her baby. To accomplish added assets for their growing family, she started a banking consulting business from her home.
Millions about the apple are alpha to see the allowances of alive at home. Added and added bodies are alive their way aback home by putting their talents to work. Instead of a accumulated career, they opt to body their own businesses based on their knowledge, acquaintance and what they enjoy.
A home-based business could accommodate the appropriate befalling for award success while blockage at home. Starting a business is not article that should be undertaken lightly. You will advance time, money and accomplishment into your fresh venture, so it is account demography the time to apperceive whether this administration for you.
1. Do you like authoritative money? Alive on your own business agency that you are alone amenable for your banking well-being. A acute administrator knows that a home business is not a get-rich quick alternative. You charge to be bound in your following of your ambition of creating a aggregation with a able banking abject for approaching expansion. The success of your business is abased aloft you, and your charge to assignment will accept to abandon all added ethics in your life. Back you accept a business, a able claimed charge to about-face it into a moneymaker spells its success. You should be accommodating to accomplish abbreviate appellation sacrifices as assignment added becomes your priority. You may be spending beneath time with ancestors and friends, demography beneath (if any) vacations, or active a fresh car. If you are not able to acclimate to your fresh life, again a home-based business may not be for you.
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A home business can acutely absolute your sociability, as you assignment mostly on your own. Bodies who charge to be about others don't accomplish acceptable home business owners. If you absence the brotherhood of the amusing environment, you can acquisition fresh means of acceptable your amusing needs. You can either get calm with your pals during lunch, accompany barter groups and alcove of commerce, or become complex in bounded events.
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When I moved to Japan, I brought with me the flat packed Alice Melvin's Cut-Out-and-Make Bird Mobile hoping to give it a new home in the far East. Now that it's spring, it seemed like a perfect time to make it come to life. It sits at home now, looking gorgeous and joining my fresh tulips and other spring finds (glass bottles, flower tote bag, green apples). Happy Spring!
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