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The Future of Microprocessors and the Potential Trick Bag for Developers
For those of you who pay attention to such things, you would have seen an article by Shekhar Borkar and Andrew Chien in the May 2011 edition of the Communications of the ACM journal prognosticating the "Future of Microprocessors." And for those of you who don't pay attention to such things, what are you waiting for? The Communications of the ACM is really top-shelf stuff. Borkar and Chien's article on the future of microprocessors is a fine piece of prophecy that we highly recommend for anybody who wants to know where all this multicore, parallelism, performance-speedup stuff is going.
The argument on energy efficiency as the new limiter of processor performance as opposed to the numbers of processors is worth the price of admission. What has me and Tracey in the trick bag from Borkar and Chien's predictions is the concept of multiple choice in organization for the 150-million logic transistors that will eventually make up the cores. It appears that chip architects will have numerous options for organizing tomorrow's microprocessors. Many of the options have to do with trade-offs between the size of the cores and the numbers of the cores on a single chip, or the types and complexity of the parallelism that the cores will or won't support. For example, they give three scenarios for the 150 million transistors:
- Scenario One: 6 large cores with good single thread performance, but only a throughput of 6
- Scenario Two: 30 small cores with poor single thread performance, throughput of 13
- Scenario Three: Mixing large and small cores with good single-thread performance with the somewhat lower throughput of 11
And as it turns out, there are many more options for customization when it comes to the size, number, and sophistication of the cores. All of this is fine and dandy, but the burning question we have is will all of this customization be transparent to the software developer? Or will developers have to use some kind of cafeteria approach to parallel development driven by the flavor of cores' customization that we are presented with. It's already tricky enough dealing with numbers of cores and memory management schemes, could it be that we'll have to worry about sizes of cores and sophistication levels of cores on top of everything else? It just doesn't seem likely that we'll be able to use the "write once, run everywhere" notion if microprocessors are going to be that customizable in the future.
Somebody just tell us we're reading too much into it; otherwise, here comes the trick bag.


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Nineteenth-Century Voluntary Organisations and Urban Green Spaces
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There happen to be a few perfectly good recipes for ginger cookies in the Joy of Cooking. To add another to the repertoire may seem fruitless and redundant, but I am willing to take that chance for this recipe. Mothers possess a magical gift, which no celebrity chef, food guru, or culinary scientist can replicate. This gift is the ability to make food better than it can possibly be.
Because we attach importance to memory and link memory and the emotions we were experiencing at the time, that four-layer chocolate cake made from a box mix and love that Mom made for your birthday every year is the best chocolate cake you can remember eating no matter how many high-end, gourmet slices of chocolate cake you have consumed since. They don't taste as good as when she made it. This may seem irrational, but try asking your friends and family members if there is one thing in particular that their mother (or father) made that no one else's recipe can rival. Be it rice pudding, buttermilk biscuits, or lasagne, mother's command over a particular handful of recipes is inexplicably powerful.
One recipe from my childhood whose deliciousness cannot be usurped by any other is my mother's Molasses Ginger Cookies. Perfectly crisp, not too sweet, and as simple as all cookies should be, these deep brown lovelies are beyond perfection with a cup of strong coffee.
Preheat the oven to 375°. Line two large baking sheets with parchment. Melt in a small saucepan and let cool to room temperature:
½ cup non-hydrogenated vegetable shortening
In a medium-sized bowl, combine:
1 cup all-purpose flour
½ cup whole wheat flour
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon powdered ginger
½ teaspoon cloves
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
Melted and cooled shortening
1 egg
¼ cup unsulphured molasses
Fold in:
¾ cup rolled oats
Fill a small bowl with:
¼ cup granulated sugar
Roll pieces of dough into 1-inch balls and place on cookie sheets, leaving two inches between each ball. Dip the bottom of a two to three-inch drinking glass or bottle into the bowl of sugar. Press the glass down on each ball of dough to flatten it, dipping the bottom of the glass in the sugar before pressing each cookie. Bake 10-12 minutes. Cool on baking sheets for two minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container for up to two weeks.


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If someone you love suddenly went into cardiac arrest and stopped breathing, would you know what to do? Many Americans die each year from sudden cardiac arrest, but with the right tools and citizen training, thousands could survive.
During sudden cardiac arrest, the heart muscle stops pumping and quivers, a condition called ventricular fibrillation. A small percentage of patients who suffer a sudden cardiac arrest outside of the hospital survive.
Lives Saved
While celebrating her 48th birthday, Julie Lycksell suddenly collapsed and stopped breathing. Her friend asked someone to call 911, while her husband and a restaurant patron started cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Within a minute or 2, a policeman trained in using an automated external defibrillator (AED) arrived and administered life-saving pulses of electricity. Unlike most sudden cardiac arrest victims, Lycksell had no history of heart trouble, and doctors could not determine why she developed an abnormal heart rhythm.
If it wasn't for the CPR and AED interventions, Lycksell may not have survived.
Learning the Chain of Survival
Rapid initiation of the American Heart Association's Chain of Survival may save the lives of people who experience sudden cardiac arrest.
Here's what to do:
- Recognize that there is an emergency. If the person is unresponsive, emergency care should be started.
- Call for medical help or have someone else call.
- If there is an AED available, get it (or have someone else get it) and follow the steps on the machine.
- Start CPR by giving chest compressions. Push in the chest at least 2 inches at a fast rate of at least 100-120 compressions per minute.
- If you are trained in CPR, after 30 compressions, open the person's airway and give 2 rescue breaths. Then, continue with the chest compressions. If you feel more comfortable, you can give the compressions without the breaths until the ambulance arrives.
Performing CPR
The American Heart Association, American Red Cross, and other organizations conduct classes to teach citizens how to administer CPR. Researchers have found that young people and adults older than 60 were able to learn the life-saving skill online and then successfully perform CPR on a mannequin.
Defibrillators: The Difference Between Life and Death
Early defibrillation plays a key role in improving the odds someone will survive sudden cardiac arrest without brain damage. The American Heart Association's emergency care guidelines place a stronger emphasis on early defibrillation and improved access to AEDs. Heartsaver AED CPR classes include information about how to use the devices.
Many studies have found that about half of those who suffer sudden cardiac arrest will survive when trained people administer CPR and AED CPR. Overall survival rates are improving as more and more communities increase their access to AEDs.
AEDs are found in airports, shopping malls, casinos, community centers, and sports or medical facilities and some businesses. AEDs can be somewhat costly and are available over the counter, without prescription. If you purchase an AED, be sure to get proper training on how to safely use it.
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The inspiration for these paintings came from an old alchemists engraving from around the 16th century. The engraving consists of multiple images that illustrate a personified narrative of the chemical transformation of metals moving from one solid to disintegration and reconfiguration. The iconographic device used in this engraving is that of the archetypal king whose power is shifts between tyranny and freedom.
This series of images of this alchemical engraving enchanted my imagination, and has become a grounding source for this current body of work and the work that is to come. A story evolved for me surrounding the theme of death and rebirth at the core is a meditation on transformation. These ideas had to find expression through my existing lexicon of myth and imagery, so I began to invent and develop a cast of characters and situations that for me served to interpret the essence of my source material, the "old wine new bottle" approach.
With all of my imagery they stand as metaphors, not event action or event is to be taken literally. The depiction of death or dying in this series could be seen as a relationship, the ending of a job, an inner life change. The hyenas could be that group of bullies you may have encountered after school, or the negative critical voice we all have at times in our head that keep us from living out our dreams. One could think of this work as an expression of the individual personality. We all have within us the potential for love and compassion as well as aggressive tendencies, we as a culture are capable of great communal achievement as well as the destructive and tyrannical manifestations that we have sadly seen throughout history. It is not to say that one is good and one bad, it is to acknowledge that these energies and drives are hardwired into our psychology and physiology. - Josh Keyes
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Novostone is a composite product cast in a single process, the top surface being a face mix of specially selected natural aggregates, the final process then creates a choice of either a shotblast or ground finish. This material can be laid on sand as a flexible paving system, as opposed to laying on a cementitious bedding course, thus providing a cost effective paved system incorporating various kerbs and edging details. Manufactured in an array of sizes and colours, the Novostone paving with its unique appearance enhances both contemporary and traditional landscapes.


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What exactly went on between gorillas and early humans? No one knows for sure, but scientists say one thing, at least, seems certain: The big apes gave us pubic lice.
Researchers made the uncomfortable discovery during a DNA study reconstructing the evolutionary history of lice in humans and our primate relatives.
The transfer occurred about 3.3 million years ago, said study leader David Reed, of the University of Florida in Gainesville. That's when the gorilla louse and the human pubic louse separated into distinct species, the research revealed.
Modern humans (Homo sapiens) weren't around at the time. So the first to be infested by the new lice species were probably Australopithecus, a group of human ancestors that include the famous "Lucy" fossil.
Prior to the transfer our ancestors were troubled by only one species of body louse, as chimpanzees and gorillas are today. Why humans can harbor two species—head lice and pubic lice—has been a mystery until now.
The discovery raises the same vexing question faced by anyone who has contracted pubic lice: How exactly did this happen?
Pubic lice are spread most commonly through sexual contact, but that's not necessarily how our ancestors acquired the parasite from gorillas.
"Unfortunately, we'll never know for sure," Reed said. "Given that the [gorilla louse] species occurs primarily in the pubic region, it is quite possible that the lice were transmitted sexually."
A more likely scenario, though, is that early humans picked up the parasites simply by living in close proximity to gorillas, perhaps using the animals' sleeping sites or scavenging gorilla remains, he said.
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This lesson is based on the National Register of Historic Places property, "T. M. Sinclair Mansion," (also known as Brucemore) as well as primary and secondary materials available at Brucemore. Melanie Alexander, former Program Director at Brucemore and Jennifer Pustz, Brucemore Historian, wrote the lesson. The lesson was edited by the Teaching with Historic Places staff. This lesson is one in a series that brings the important stories of historic places into the classrooms across the country.
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Bulldogs to Honor Piwinski, Scharff, Squires Prior to Facing Brown Friday
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The Yale University baseball team will close out the 2013 season this weekend with a home-and-home four-game series against Brown, beginning with Senior Day on Friday when the Bulldogs will honor their three seniors prior to hosting the Bears for the first of two doubleheaders.
Yale will cap off the season with a trip to Brown for the second doubleheader of the weekend on Saturday. Both doubleheaders are scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. However, Senior Day ceremonies will begin at approximately 12:45 p.m.
The Bulldogs enter the weekend with a 9-25 overall record, 6-10 in Ivy League play. Brown is just 5-28 overall and 3-13 in Ivy League play. Both teams have been eliminated from contention for the Ivy League's Red Rolfe Division title.
Yale's Live Stats game-tracker for all four games can be found on YaleBulldogs.com.
Senior Sendoff
Senior captain Chris Piwinski: Piwinski has been a true leader for the Bulldogs in his four seasons at Yale. Serving as a backup catcher in his first two seasons, Piwinski became a true starter last season as the team's third baseman before moving back behind the plate as the team's primary catcher in his final season in a Yale uniform.
Entering this final weekend, Piwinski played in 102 games with 89 starts in his four seasons at Yale. He has a career batting average of .206 with 58 career hits in 281 at-bats, including nine doubles and two triples. He has scored 29 runs and driven in 27 more. He started all 45 games last season and 30 of the 32 games in which he has appeared this season.
In his final season at Yale, Piwinski is currently tied for the team lead in walks (10) and sacrifice bunts (5) with sophomore second baseman David Toups. He is also fourth on the team in hitting (.230) and slugging (.253), third in on-base percentage (.327) and stolen bases (3).
Senior Designated Hitter Josh Scharff: As an outfielder, first baseman and designated hitter, Scharff spent his first two seasons at Yale in a reserve role before becoming a starter in his final two seasons.
For his career, Scharff enters this weekend with a .257 batting average with 77 hits in 300 at-bats. He has 16 doubles, four triples, three homes runs, 36 RBIs and 29 runs scored. He has appeared in 112 games with 83 starts.
In his final season with the Bulldogs, Scharff has enjoyed his best season statistically. He is currently hitting .315 with 23 hits in 73 at-bats with a home run, two doubles, and 11 RBIs. This season, he has started 21 of the 26 games in which he has appeared.
Senior Outfielder Cam Squires: Squires speed has served him and the Bulldogs well during his four seasons. He has played in 119 games entering the weekend with 75 starts. The speedy outfielder has stolen 20 bases in his four seasons, picking up a career-best nine steals in 11 attempts during his sophomore season.
Squires enters the weekend with a .271 career batting average with 78 hits in 288 at-bats, including nine doubles, five triples and one home run. He also recorded 32 RBIs and 43 runs scored.
Although he has battled through some injuries this season, Squires is currently second on the team in stolen bases with five, just one behind team leader Jacob Hunter entering the final weekend of the season.
About Yale
Overall, Yale has struggled at the plate this season and enters the weekend with a team batting average of .239 while averaging 3.3 runs per game.
Senior captain Chris Piwinski leads a Yale squad that includes 16 returning players from the group that finished 13-31-1 last season, with a fourth-place finish (5-15) in the Ivy League's Rolfe Division. The Bulldogs' roster includes seven new players, including five freshmen and two players that joined the team after spending time on Yale's football team in junior Jake Semones and sophomore Charles Cook.
Entering the final weekend of the season, junior first baseman Jacob Hunter is leading the Bulldogs in hitting (.349), slugging (.434), total hits (37), and total bases (46). Freshman Brent Lawson leads the team in doubles (7), while sophomore second baseman David Toups is the team's home run leader with two.
Junior pitcher David Hickey (3-2) holds the team lead in pitching victories. Junior Rob Cerfolio is leading the team in earned run average (3.00) in 42.0 innings pitched.
About Brown
Brown entered last weekend with just three wins overall and just one win in Ivy League play, but the Bears pulled off a split of the four-game series against second-place Harvard to end an 11-game losing streak.
The Bears are led by Will Marcal and Daniel Massey, who are both in the top 10 in the Ivy League in hitting, with Marcal averaging .347 (4th) and Massey .321 (9th). The Bears also feature last week's Ivy League Co-Player of the Week Wes Van Boom. The junior catcher led the Bears offensively last week, hitting .400 (8-of-20) with two doubles, two home runs and five RBI. He slugged .800, posted an OBP of .591 and scored seven runs.
As a team, the Bears are hitting .242 overall with league-lows in on-base percentage (.294) and runs scored (99).
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No, it's not Mel Gibson's ego.
A team of British astronomers claims to have found a structure in the universe that is 4 billion light years across. The point of this post is to try to comprehend how large that is.
What they've found is a cluster of large quasars, which are the nuclei of large galaxies that formed in the early universe. The fact that such a large clump of matter exists presents serious problems for theoretical physicists, who postulate that the universe should not be clumpy, but rather that matter should be spread out more evenly across the heavens.
But that's theoretical physics, and I'm wanting to talk about how big big is.
First, let's understand what a light year is. I know what you're thinking, duh, Eric, it's the distance light travels in a year. Yes, that's true. But can you comprehend how far a light year is?
The closest star system to our Sun is Alpha Centauri, which is just over 4 light years from Earth. Richard Obousy, president of Icarus Interstellar, has a good analogy to help understand this. If Earth were in Orlando, and Alpha Centauri were in Los Angeles, NASA's two Voyager spacecraft, the most distant manmade objects, which are well beyond the orbit of Pluto, have traveled just one mile.
So a light year is really, really far. And this quasar cluster is 4 billion of them. Let's take this one step further.
If one end of the quasar cluster is in Houston, and the other end is in Tokyo, NASA's Voyager spacecraft would have traveled less than the diameter of a human hair between here and there.
Conversely, if you were to hop in the X-43, the world's fastest airplane, which travels as Mach 9.6, it would take you approximately 40 trillion years to fly across this quasar cluster. Or approximately 10 years for every single fish in the world's oceans.


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My co-authors Jesse Lecy (GSU), Hans Peter Schmitz (SU) and I have published an article in Public Management Review:
Lecy, J., Mergel, I., Schmitz, H. P. (2013): Networks in Public Administration, published online DOI:10.1080/14719037.2012.743577, in: Public Management Review. [Link to pre-publication version on SSRN]
Here is the abstract:
Network-focused research in public administration has expanded rapidly over the past two decades. This rapid growth has created come confusion about terminology and approaches to research in the field. We organize the network literature in public administration using compact citation networks to identify coherent subdomains focused on (1) policy formation, (2) governance and (3) policy implementation. We trace how these domains differ in their approach to defining the role of networks, relationships and actors and to what extent the articles apply formal network analysis techniques. Based on a subsequent content analysis of the sample articles, we identify promising research avenues focused on the wider adoption of methods derived from social network analysis and the conditions under which networks actually deliver improved results.
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that's all it is, gerald, my young hero. at any rate we'll spare ourselves the nausea of stirring the old broth any more. you be beautiful, my gerald, and reckless. there are perfect moments. wake up, gerald, convince me of the perfect moments, oh, convince me, i need it.
so you are a boy, she said, who will kill a man rather than be late to meet your sweetheart? we hold together, the females of this earth. i shall mark your forehead now, so that the girls will know of that, when they look at you, and they will like you for it.


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GIVENCHY CLASSIC ICONIC LOGO STRAP WALLETCategories:Other Brands
Last time we featured the Givenchy Classic Iconic Logo Strap Wallet, today we want to give you a better look.
While some designers in the fashion world stopped printing 'large logos' on their accessories, because they're so out-of-date, well…Givenchy don't give a ****. And they shouldn't because this bag is stunning.
The Givenchy Classic Iconic Logo Strap Wallet is made minimalistic while the center is printed with the brand's signature: 'Givenchy Paris'. The bag is easy-to-match with street or urban styles. And it's nice as an evening bag or a mini bag, because of the size.
The interior functions exactly like you will expect from a WOC, with credit card slots, zip pocket divider and other pockets. It's certainly a great investment. Priced at $990 USD, €902 euro.
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GIVENCHY CLASSIC ICONIC LOGO STRAP WALLETCategories:Other Brands
Looking for that perfect chic black wallet on chain bag that screams fashion all the way? Look no further as Givenchy's Classic Iconic Logo Strap Wallet is all about what you're looking for.
Strut your fashionable self with the Givenchy Classic Iconic Logo Strap Wallet in tow and you'll absolutely feel like a million dollar living doll. This absolute must-have features calfskin with leather lining and silver-tone hardware. It has an adjustable shoulder strap thus making it easier to transition from being a shoulder bag to a cross-body bag.
This fashion piece also has a fold-over flat top with embossed detail and magnetic closure. Looking closer, it also features four interior card slots, pocket and zip pocket divider.
Measuring 8′ x 4′ x 1.5′ (W x H x D), priced at $990 USD or €902 euro via Elyse Walker.
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CELINE STRAP LARGE MULTIFUNCTION WALLETCategories:Other Brands
Are you looking for the best and newest fashionable wallet to own? Well lovely ladies look no further and set your hearts on Celine's strap large multifunction wallet that is made from the most genuine calfskin around. Bid goodbye to unnecessary fashion boo boos whenever you pull your wallet from your bag as this multifunction strap wallet is anything but trendy and modern. Make your girlfriends jealous with this wallet and they will surely make their ways to the nearest Celine boutique shop to buy their own.
This wallet is not only stylish but is also multifunctional as well as the creative directors behind this fashion label took into account the everyday needs of a modern Wonder Woman. One can simply stash their hard earned cash and various cards and Id's in this large sized wallet without however looking all too bulky. What makes it more covetable is the fact it can hold all your needs so no need to worry into thinking of buying a bigger wallet. This wallet is so plush that you can take it anywhere with you whether at the grocery, mall, cafe, office, movie house, spa or even at a posh and fancy restaurant.
The Celine strap large multifunctional wallet has the following dimensions: 19 x 12.5 cm (7′ x 5′ inches) and priced at €550 euro via Celine boutique.
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Style code: 106763AD7.07OC
Leather: Calfskin
Size: 8′ x 5′ x 1′ inches
Price: €950 euro
Mirroring the Celine Strap Multifunction Wallet, here's the shoulder bag version of it – the Celine Strap Clutch with Strap.
READ: Celine Strap Multifunction Wallet
You see, everything that Celine makes are minimal and as with the leathers – the best of the best. When you purchase a Celine bag, it's not only timeless but durable too.
The Celine Strap Clutch on Strap is a new accessory for the evenings. And as we've already said, some DNA has been copied from the famous Strap Multifunction Wallet like on the front – it comes with the same tiny strap with snap-button to close the flap.
The front is also printed with the brand's logo 'Celine Paris' and next to it 'Made in Italy', and oh how we love bags crafted in Italy.
These bags come in bi-colors – either in black and white or red and black. We're also certain that you will find more shades in Celine boutique, so be sure to ask the SA for more details.
The Celine Strap Clutch on Strap is made from calfskin, it's refined with shiny effect to create the maximum impact. It's measured 19.5' x 12.5' x 3' inches and priced at €950 euro via Celine boutique.
So what do you think?
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CELINE STRAP MEDIUM MULTIFUNCTION WALLETCategories:Other Brands
You know you're buying good stuff when the item return season after season. That is the case of the Celine Strap Multifunction. And you will definitely love it because it is a true Celine design – you know, minimalistic, simple and yet impressive.
Crafted from grained and sleek calfskin leather, the wallet is durable and strong. It opens with an easy snap closure and the front leather 'strap'… well I guess that's how this wallet got its name. It's really a typical Celine beauty – the bi-color that you will love – all black with a red leather strap.
The tiny letters on the bottom (in case you're wondering) reads Made in Italy and Celine Paris. For this new season, there are several more colors to choose: Baby Blue, Coquelicot and Black.
The interior comes with several credit card pockets, a zip pocket and compartments for your cash. It's certainly not disappointing.
One more thing though, this is the Celine Strap Multifunction Wallet in medium size. But they have the same wallet also in large size. You can read more about it here: Celine Strap Large Multifunction Wallet.
Measuring 5' x 4' inches, priced at €500 euro via Celine boutique.
Price: €550 euro
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Chrissy Teigen x Balenciaga Cable Strap Small Shopper Bag: The Hostess with the MostestCategories:Other Brands
It seems Chrissy Teigen and I have a thing or two in common…we both love a black and white outfit! And I must say, her taste in bags and cat-eye sunnies is equally Snobby. The juxtaposition of tough cable straps and ladylike structure makes this Balenciaga (at Neiman Marcus for $1,615) a perfect symbol for Chrissy herself. She may have received mixed reviews as host of the Billboard Music Awards, but as Anna Wintour says, "If you can't be better than your competition, just dress better." And that she most certainly does. I love a girl who thinks of this as an off-duty look. The A.L.C. pencil skirt (at Intermix for $309, from $445) and on-trend crop top look incredible on her. It's clear to all around that this is a model – and one with model style to go along with it! Steal the look for yourself below…
Opening Ceremony Mac Small Structured Tote
American Apparel Cotton Spandex Sleeveless Crop Top
Elizabeth and James Aisling Printed Stretch-Scuba Jersey Pencil Skirt
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In 1995, the New Jersey State Legislature mandated the New Jersey School Report Card in N.J.S.A. 18A:7E 1-5. The law outlines the fields of information that are required, at a minimum, including the school narrative.
This report card issued in February 2011 contains data for the 2009-10 school year. Enrollment numbers are based on the October 15, 2009 district enrollment count. The information in the report card is school-level data, except for the finance section which contains district-level information. For charter schools, however, the finance section is school-level. The source of the information contained in the New Jersey School Report Card is the school district or the charter school, unless otherwise indicated in this guide.
There are several general practices and rules that are used throughout the document. They are as follows:
REPORT CARD FIELDSThe following sections explain the data in the various report card fields.
Average Class Size
Average class size for elementary schools (Pre-K-8) is based on the enrollment per grade divided by the total number of classrooms for that grade. For elementary grades, the state average is the statewide total enrollment for each grade divided by the statewide total number of classrooms in that grade.
Average Class size for secondary schools (9-12) is based on the total enrollment per grade divided by the total number of English classes for the same grade. For secondary grades, the state average is the total enrollment for each grade divided by the total number of English classes for the same grade.
For Special Services School Districts and special education schools, average class size is calculated by dividing the total enrollment by the total number of classrooms.
Length of School Day
This is the amount of time a school is in session for a typical student on a normal school day.
Instructional Time
This is the amount of time per day that a typical student is engaged in instructional activities under the supervision of a certified teacher.
Student/Computer Ratio
This shows the average number of students served by each instructional, multimedia-capable computer with a manufacture date after July 1, 2006 that is available for the purposes of supervised instruction. The ratio is calculated by dividing the total enrollment by the total number of multimedia-capable computers that are used for instruction. In previous years, this data was collected based on the computers' processor, i.e. Pentium IV or Mac G4 or above. Due to the revised parameters, only the 2009-10 data are published in this report.
Internet Connectivity
This shows the numbers of instructional, multimedia-capable computers with a manufacture date after July 1, 2006 available for instruction at various locations and how many of those computers have a connection to the Internet. In previous years, this data was collected based on the computers' processor, i.e. Pentium IV or Mac G4 or above. Due to the revised parameters, only the 2009-10 data are published in this report.
Length of School Year (charter schools only)
This is the number of days in the regular school year.
School Waiting List (charter schools only)
The list contains numbers of students who are waiting for openings in the charter school roster as of the opening of school.
School Classrooms (charter schools only)
This is the number of classrooms in the school.
Enrollment by Grade
Enrollment is the October 15 count as reported on the department's annual Fall Survey collected from each school. The enrollment is reported by grade level for regular and charter schools. For Special Services School Districts and special education schools, the enrollment is reported by class description. For vocational schools, the enrollment is reported by grade level with the addition of shared-time and full-time.
Students with Disabilities
This shows the percentage of students with an Individualized Education Program (IEP), including speech, regardless of placement and programs. This is calculated by dividing the total number of students with IEPs by the total enrollment.
Language Diversity
This is the percentage of students in the school by first language spoken at home. The list includes up to seven languages in descending order of frequency plus "all others." This is calculated by dividing the number of students who speak a given language by the total enrollment. There is a calculation for each language listed, including English and "all others."
Limited English Proficient (LEP) Students
This is the percentage of LEP students in the school. It is calculated by dividing the total number of students who are in limited English proficient programs by the total enrollment.
Student Mobility Rate
This is the percentage of students who both entered and left during the school year. The calculation is derived from the sum of students entering and leaving after the October enrollment count divided by the total enrollment.
Performance on State Tests – High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA), and New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge (NJASK) 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8
The statewide assessment system comprises state tests that are designed to measure student progress in the attainment of the Core Curriculum Content Standards. Under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), all states are required to assess student progress in language arts and math in grades 3-8 and grade 11. The state also assesses science in grades four and eight.
At the elementary level, there were new assessments administered in spring 2009 in language arts and math to students in grades 3 and 4. Therefore, NJASK 3 and 4 show two years of test information in this report card. The NJASK 5-8 tests were new in spring 2008. There are two years of results on the report card, but the tests have three years of consistent results.
High schools show assessment results from the 11th grade spring 2010 administration of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA) in language arts and math. The HSPA is the test that students must pass in order to graduate from high school. Retests are not included in these results.
The data presented in this report card will differ slightly from the data in the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) reports required by federal law. The NCLB reports show assessment results in three grade spans after the application of NCLB rules for the purpose of calculating adequate yearly progress (AYP) and identifying schools in need of improvement. By contrast, the assessment results presented in this report card have had no restrictions or conditions applied to them. These data are the state's assessment results that have been disaggregated into subgroups for all students who attend a school.
State assessments are administered with the assistance of test contractors who collect and tally the student-level data. The results are distributed to local districts that have an opportunity to correct any errors. The Department of Education's Office of Assessment conducts the final quality control of all test data and is the source of the assessment results for all state reports, including the New Jersey School Report Card. The assessment office also produces the annual state assessment summary report that differs slightly from the school report card. The report card information contains only the scores of the students who physically attend that school, while the assessment summary for a school adds in the scores of the special education students who are sent to out-of-district placements. The addition of these out-of-district scores creates some differences in totals when compared to the report card totals.
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the largest national assessment of what our nation's students know and can do. NAEP assesses fourth-, eighth-, and twelfth-grade students in subjects such as reading, mathematics, science, and writing. The National Assessment Governing Board, which sets NAEP policy, also develops the content frameworks for the assessment. NAEP is administered by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), located within the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) in the U.S. Department of Education, and the reporting of NAEP scores on state report cards is a federal mandate. The results of NAEP are also published as the Nation's Report Card, and are available for the nation, states, and, in some cases, urban districts. The NAEP scores on the report card include grades four and eight 2009 reading and math scores for New Jersey which are the last scores published. For more information, visit http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/.
Graduation Type
This field shows the percentages of students who met or otherwise satisfied the state's testing requirements for graduation in several different ways – passing the HSPA, passing the Alternative High School Assessment (AHSA) process, or special education exempt from passing HSPA. The AHSA replaced the Special Review Assessment (SRA)
Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT)
The Scholastic Assessment Test is a voluntary test administered by the College Board, usually for the purpose of college admission. The percentile scores are the average scores of the students whose performance places them along a range from 1-99. The score listed under the 25th percentile means that a quarter of the students' scores fell below that point and the rest were above. Under the 50th percentile, half of the students' scores fell above that score and half fell below. In the 75th percentile, a quarter of the students' scores were above that score and the rest were below. The source of the data for the report card is the College Board.
Advanced Placement (AP)
This information is obtained from the College Board for students who have taken an advanced placement exam. It shows the classes offered at the school, the numbers of students in each class and the numbers who took the test for the course. The total number of students in class is a duplicated count because the same student may take multiple AP classes. The total number of test-takers may exceed the number of enrollees because students may take the test without taking the class.
NOTE: The AP numbers reported in this report card are based on a snapshot in time that allows the College Board to provide consistent data from year to year. The AP reports from the College Board contain data from files created in July which include approximately 97-99% of the test-takers. The database created by the July snapshot is not updated by College Board for reporting purposes. Therefore, the numbers in the report card can only be considered correct as of the cut-off date.
Advanced Placement Results Summary
This shows the total who scored 3 or greater on the AP tests. It is a duplicated number which means that a single student may be counted more than once in this total, if the student took more than one test and scored 3 or above.
Advanced Placement Participation Data
The percentage of students taking Advanced Placement tests is calculated by dividing the number of students who took at least one AP test by the total number of students enrolled in grades 11 and 12 based on the October 15 enrollment count.
National Occupational Competency Testing Institute (NOCTI) (vocational only)
The NOCTI develops and administers national job-ready examinations that include both written and performance tests that measure a student's knowledge and skills for entry into an occupational field. The number of students taking the tests is listed, along with school and state average scores for written and performance tests.
Certification/Licensure and Required Examination Results (vocational only)
This section lists by program area the test results for those occupations that require a license, certification, or examination. The data reflect those students who were tested in an occupational program during the school year.
Other Performance Measures
Student Attendance Rate
These are the grade-level percentages of students on average who are present at school each day. They are calculated by dividing the sum of days present in each grade level by the sum of possible days present for all students in each grade. The school and state totals are calculated by the sum of days present in all applicable grade levels divided by the total possible days present for all students.
Dropout Rate (secondary only)
These are the percentages of students who dropped out of grades 9-12 presented by various subgroups. The percentages are calculated by dividing the number of students in grades 9 through 12 who dropped out of school during the period of July to June each school year by the October enrollment reported for grades 9 through 12.
Graduation Rate (secondary only)
The graduation rate for schools with seniors is calculated in accordance with the National Center for Education Statistics' definition. This calculation provides an estimate for the cohort of students that began high school four years ago.
The calculation is derived by taking the number of school-year graduates plus the summer graduates following the senior year and dividing by a combination of the following:
School year plus summer graduates plus number of grade 9 dropouts four years prior, plus number of grade 10 dropouts three years prior, plus number of grade 11 dropouts two years prior, plus number of grade 12 dropouts for this report card year. The resulting number is then multiplied by 100 to get the graduation rate.
NOTE: The New Jersey Department of Education is well-aware of the possible inaccuracy in dropout rates and graduation rates that have traditionally been based over the years on districts' self-reported numbers of their dropouts and graduates. With the development of the student-level data system called NJ SMART, in the 2011 report card to be published in February 2012, the state will use the student records of those students who entered high school in 2007 as the source of the numbers and percentages of dropouts and graduates. The graduation rate for the class of 2011 will meet the requirements of the new federally mandated adjusted cohort graduation rate to be used by all states.
Post-Graduation Plans (secondary only)
These are percentages of graduating seniors who have indicated their intent to pursue various post-high school plans. For vocational schools, these percentages are for full-time students. The calculations are derived by dividing the number of respondents in each category by the total graduates.
Student Suspensions
These are percentages of students who were suspended at least once during the school year. Students suspended more than one time are counted once. The percents are calculated by dividing the total number suspended by the total enrollment.
Student Expulsions
This shows the number of students who were expelled from the school and district during the year. The total represents the total number of students expelled statewide.
Completion Data (vocational only)
These are the percentages of students who successfully completed an occupational program categorized by their enrollment status. This is calculated by dividing the number of students in each enrollment status by the total graduates.
Student/Administrator Ratio
This is the number of students per administrator in the school. It is calculated by dividing the total school enrollment in October by the number of administrators reported in full-time equivalents (FTEs). Where a single administrator has responsibility for more than one school, the FTE may represent the administrator as less than one.
Student/Faculty Ratio
This is the number of students per faculty member. It is calculated by dividing the reported October school enrollment by the combined full-time equivalents (FTEs) of classroom teachers and educational support services personnel assigned to the school as of October of the school year.
Faculty Attendance Rate
This is the average daily attendance for the faculty of the school. It is calculated by dividing the total number of days present by the total number of days contracted for all faculty members.
Faculty Mobility Rate
This represents the rate at which faculty members come and go during the school year. It is calculated by using the number of faculty who entered or left employment in the school after October 15 divided by the total number of faculty reported as of that same date.
Faculty and Administrator Credentials
These are percentages of faculty and administrative members in the school who hold a bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree. For vocational and special services schools, there is also information about licenses or certification in addition to or in place of degrees.
National Board Certification
This shows the number of teachers at the school and district levels who have been certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. In addition to teachers actively working in the districts, the state total may also include teachers who work in nonpublic schools, as well as those who became administrators, have retired or are on leave. This rigorous certification is encouraged, but not required.
This section containing the financial data is district-level information for all schools except charter schools. Charter schools are public schools that are operated under a charter granted by the Commissioner of Education. The school is independent of the school district and managed by a board of trustees. In accordance with charter school law, the school district of residence must pay directly to the charter school for each student enrolled in the charter school who resides in the district an amount equal to 90% of the sum of the budget year equalization aid per pupil and the prebudget year general fund tax levy per pupil inflated by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rate in effect at the time of the calculation. In addition, the school district of residence must pay directly to the charter school the security categorical aid attributable to the student and a percentage of the district's special education categorical aid equal to the percentage of the district's special education students enrolled in the charter school and, if applicable, 100% of preschool education aid.
The financial information for the charter schools shows school average compared to charter average, while all other school report cards show district average compared to a state average for districts of a similar budget type. Budget type refers to the grade span that a district must budget for. If a district sends its 9-12 students to another district, it has a budget type that is K-12 (the district pays tuition to the receiving district for the 9-12 students), but the district has an operating type of K-8.
Administrative and Faculty Personnel
These include the number of administrators in the district reported in FTEs in October of each year, the number of schools in the districts, the ratio of students to administrators, and the ratio of faculty to administrators in the district. Similar information at the school level is shown earlier in this report card. Administrators include certificated administrative personnel in the central office, principals and school administrators -- both supervisory and non-supervisory. The number of faculty per administrator is calculated by dividing the combined FTE of classroom teachers and educational support personnel by the FTE of administrators as reported in October.
Median Salary and Years of Experience of Administrative and Faculty Personnel
This contains the median salary -- half of the salaries are above the median and half are below -- for both administrators and faculty. It also contains the median years of experience based on total number of years in public education.
Teacher Salaries and Benefits
Total teacher salaries and benefits are represented as a percent of total expenditures for this category, as reported in the Per-Pupil Expenditure section that follows. The percent increase or decrease represents the change in expenditures in teacher salaries/benefits from one year to the next.
Administrative Salaries and Benefits
Total administrative salaries and benefits are represented as a percent of total expenditures for this category, as reported in the Per-Pupil Expenditure section that follows. The percent increase or decrease represents the change in expenditures in administrator salaries/benefits from one year to the next.
This presents the total revenues from various sources reflecting the combination of the ways districts are funded through local taxes, state aid, federal aid, and other sources, such as local district surplus and tuition income.
Budgets and Per-pupil Expenditures
There are two district-wide costs per pupil amounts for three years that correspond to the rest of the data in the report card. First is the Comparative Cost per Pupil that represents comparisons with districts of similar budget type. The components that comprise the comparative cost per pupil are as follows: classroom instructional costs; support services (attendance and social work, health services, guidance office, child study team, library and other educational media); administrative costs (general administration, school administration, business administration, and improvement of instruction); operations/maintenance of plant; food services, and extracurricular costs. The total of these expenditures is divided by the average daily enrollment for a total comparative cost per pupil.
Second is the Total Cost Per Pupil which, in addition to all of the costs listed above for the comparative cost, includes costs for tuition expenditures and payments to preschool providers; transportation; other current expenses (lease purchase interest, residential costs, and judgments against schools); equipment; facilities/acquisition; and restricted expenses less nonpublic services and adult schools. The total of these expenditures is divided by the average daily enrollment, combined with all students sent out of the district as reported on the ASSA (annual state aid collection) to calculate a total cost per pupil.


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May 10, 2010 – A catheter-based procedure is providing relief to patients who suffer from shortness of breath and fluid overload as the result of a severely leaky heart valve, but who are too sick for open-chest surgery. This was the finding of a study presented last week at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) 33rd Annual Scientific Sessions.
Data from the Endovascular Valve Edge-to-Edge REpair STudy (EVEREST II) High Risk Registry showed that, in patients who are not healthy enough to undergo surgery to repair a leaky mitral valve, use of the MitraClip valve repair system is safe. In the majority of patients, it was found effective in relieving symptoms that limit the ability to engage in day-to-day activities. There has never been a treatment option for this high-risk group of patients in the past.
"The MitraClip system is a first-in-class treatment and a remarkable innovation – the beginning of a very exciting era for treating valvular disease with minimally invasive devices," said Saibal Kar, M.D., FSCAI, director of interventional cardiac research at the Heart Institute, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles.
Mitral Regurgitation
The mitral valve controls blood flow between the atrium and the ventricle on the left side of the heart. A leaky mitral valve, or mitral regurgitation, can develop when the valve flaps, or leaflets, do not close effectively. This can happen either because the valve flaps are scarred or defective, or because the heart has become enlarged, stretching the valve opening so much that the flaps no longer meet in the center.
Mitral regurgitation is the most common condition involving the valves of the heart. Of the 250,000 patients newly diagnosed with mitral regurgitation in the United States each year, only about 20 percent have surgery. The rest are either too high-risk or not yet sick enough for surgery.
Transcatheter Mitral Repair
The MitraClip is an investigational device that has not yet been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). During the procedure, the device is mounted on a catheter and advanced into the heart via a vein in the groin. The clip is centered directly across the center of the valve and the leaflets are clipped together in the middle, converting a leaky single orifice mitral valve into a competent double-orifice valve. The entire procedure is done on a beating heart using X-ray and ultrasound to guide the procedure.
EVEREST II Study
For the study, interventional cardiologists recruited 78 patients with severe mitral regurgitation (classified as moderate-to-severe, or severe) who were considered to be at very high risk for surgery. The average age of patients was 77 years. All patients had congestive heart failure, and 90 percent were in New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III or IV, meaning they were experiencing marked limitation of physical activity or even shortness of breath while resting. Some 60 percent of patients had previously undergone cardiac surgery, 85 percent had coronary artery disease, 35 percent had chronic lung disease, and 23 percent had moderate-to-severe kidney failure. According to a formula developed by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the average predicted risk of surgery-related death was 18.2 percent.
The placement of the MitraClip was successful in 96 percent of patients, with no procedural deaths. Within the first 30-days, mortality was 7.7 percent, which was significantly lower than the predicted 18.2 percent surgical mortality and not significantly different from the 8.3 percent mortality in a matched control group who were treated with medications alone. At 30-day follow-up, 75 percent of survivors were in NYHA Class I or II, meaning no or only slight limitation in physical activity. Survival at one year was 75 percent, better than the 55 percent in the medication-only control group.
At one year, 74 percent of survivors who were treated with the MitraClip were still in NYHA Class I or II and average heart function was improved by several measures. In addition, there was a 45 percent reduction in readmissions to the hospital for congestive heart failure. None of the patients in the study developed more severe symptoms, worse mitral regurgitation or underwent surgery within that time period.
Researchers concluded that treatment with the MitraClip valve repair system can be performed safely in high-risk patients and provides long-lasting relief of symptoms.
"Patients who couldn't walk across a room without being short of breath are now able to walk up a flight of stairs, go shopping, and exercise," said Kar. "The MitraClip procedure can be transformational for patients."
The study was sponsored by Evalve Inc, which is now part of Abbott. Kar received research grants from Evalve Inc.
For more information: www.scai.org


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ILM are using Terragen now too.
I think you brought this up before, but I don't know much of anything about it. I guess this is something a compositor would understand well?
And to export the texture is that possible ?
maybe setting up a "pipeline" thread
It's true that for the Micro Exporter, if Raytrace Objects is turned off, it can and will export other geometry, including populations. I don't think this would work for the vdisp export method described in this thread though as it's not using the normal rendering process, which is the reason the micro exporter "trick" works with RTO off.


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Robert Pattinson Does Arts and Crafts with Kids
On Friday, Aug. 16, Robert Pattinson, actor and star of mega-hit movies ''The Twilight Saga'' and ''Water for Elephants'' dropped by Children's Hospital Los Angeles to spread cheer and visit with patients.
Teens from across the hospital—including the Acute Rehabilitation Center, the Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases and The Heart Institute—gathered in the hospital's Teen Lounge for a surprise guest. When Pattinson arrived, one young girl giggled and cried in awe. But the down-to-earth actor quickly settled the room and jumped into arts and crafts, decorating picture frames alongside patients. Pattinson laughed at his own creation—a pink frame with hearts sketched in—and tried unsuccessfully to convince the room of his ''terrible'' artistic skills.
The star graciously posed for endless photographs and signed every patient's picture frame before heading off to visit two cystic fibrosis patients and huge ''Twilight'' fans who were unable to leave their rooms.
''We couldn't help laughing and smiling when one of the patients was so starstruck she that couldn't speak. You could tell it meant the world to her—she was tearing up and smiling ear to ear as we were leaving,'' said Lyndsay Hutchison, senior public information officer at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. ''The other little girl teased him relentlessly and begged him to do an American accent. They were instant friends.''
''Robert was so nervous about meeting the kids—he didn't want to let them down—which is a testament to how humble he is. He was incredibly gracious and kind. He will probably never fully understand what a huge lift he gave to these kids today, and how it will positively impact them over the long term,'' shared Child Life specialist, Ana Vega.
Pattinson was able to visit the hospital because an upcoming movie, ''Maps to the Stars'', which Pattinson is currently filming in Los Angeles will feature a short scene (not featuring Pattinson) in front of Children's Hospital Los Angeles. Keep an eye out for Children's Hospital Los Angeles when the film hits theaters!
Source => Children's Hospital Los Angeles / Via => Robert Pattinson Life


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March 8, 2014
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Say you are having a hardware related issue on your iPhone, first place you would think to go is your local Apple store, right? Well not if you're running iPhone 3.0 Beta it turns out, as MacRumors forums show you will politely get rejected and denied sort of help.
TiPb has confirmed this is indeed true from speaking with a few Apple employees.
Now where does that leave someone who purchased the beta from a stranger on Graigslist? Not in a good place obviously since to get your issue taken care of or to have your phone replaced you must call a developer-only help line. Now if you are a bit more expierienced with the iPhone you can always try to downgrade back to the 2.2.1 software before going into the Apple Store but say your home button is not working, you are flat out of luck and you are now stuck with a official iPhone paper weight.
So with all that said, TiPb can not stress enough -- and we've said it many times -- do not purchase the 3.0 Beta from anyone.
This late into the beta cycle, in a few short months it will be released to the public anyway.


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May 25, 2004
Los Angeles — In a manner that truly befits the entrepreneurial reputation of UCLA Anderson, this story began as a simple "what if" and just may end up a new tradition and a new networking tool for UCLA Anderson alumni, students and faculty.
The Greater China Business Association (GCBA) at UCLA Anderson is only in its second year. But the group has already organized a successful trip for about 30 Anderson students earlier this year. There are already tentative discussions for a return trip next year or the year after, while the first visit has already created momentum for more organization for UCLA Anderson alumni in China.
According to Sean Martinez ('05), president of the GCBA, the trip was the brainchild of the second-year students in the organization. The idea was to travel to China to promote business career opportunities and gain a greater understanding of business practices in the greater Chinese region, including China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Last January, the group (and Martinez is emphatic in acknowledging Grady Lam, Sandra Y.F. Chang, Olivia Wu and Rosanne Lee as essential to the success of the project) polled all students at UCLA Anderson to both gauge interest in a trip to China as well as to get some opinions on what students might like to experience while they were there.
The survey revealed that students were interested in a balance between "work" (visits to Chinese businesses, networking with alumni) and "play" (sightseeing and other leisure activities). Originally, there were tentative plans for 25 people to go, expectations were exceeded and 30 students made the trip. Not all were members of the GCBA when the poll was taken, but all joined ended up becoming part of the organization as a result of their participation. With the level of enthusiasm high, Martinez and the group began making plans in earnest. James Aggen, managing director of UCLA Anderson's Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) became the group's main contact and helped facilitate CIBER sponsorship of the trip.
The group went to China during spring break. They traveled to Beijing and Shanghai. While in Beijing, they spent time at Hewlett Packard China and China Unicom, the second largest cell phone company in China. In Shanghai, Coke China, GM China, SVA (a Chinese electronic manufacturer) and the Shanghai Stock exchange were on the itinerary. There was an alumni mixer in Beijing organized by Mark Mai ('03 and the '03 Knapp Venture Competition winner). Alumni from 1988 to last year were at the event. Among the sightseeing stops were the Great Wall of China and the Forbidden City.
Martinez said that there were a number of important lessons learned about doing business in China as a result of the visit. "The old idea that you could go to China as an expatriate and earn a great salary and expenses are gone," he said. "The locals have grown into those positions and U.S. companies in China don't need as many expatriates as they used to. Also, speaking Mandarin is a must." The second lesson Martinez articulated was that anyone going over to China to start a business must be willing to take some risks. Learning about China and the way business is done is essential and you have to be there and know who to talk to. Mark Mai is in China implementing the business plan he used in the Knapp competition, but he has some contacts there to assist. "You still need a local connection to start a business there," Martinez added.
The group found Shanghai to be a "real eye opener." Martinez indicated that in the last five years, Shanghai has transformed itself into a cosmopolitan city, noting that the Shanghai Museum's collection rivals that of the Getty's. "You can't imagine this was ever a communist city. They've turned a lot of the old housing into green areas. You see cell phones and new cars everywhere." In Beijing, on the other hand, there were more soldiers around and more pictures of Mao on display. This type of national symbolism was not in evidence in Shanghai.
One almost universal quality experienced during the visits to Chinese companies was the pride exhibited in what has been recently accomplished. Wherever the UCLA Anderson group traveled, they were given product demonstrations. Ironically, many of the demonstrations were for items that are already ubiquitous in the states, like cell phones that offer email and sports scores. There were numerous comparisons to Japanese companies, which seemed to be held up as icons of production and efficiency.
The success of the trip has created momentum for making it an annual event. There is considerable interest in Taiwan and Hong Kong and Martinez speculated that the different locales could become alternating destinations in the years to come. One other benefit of the excursion is the possibility for more formal organization of the UCLA Anderson alumni in China. Once word got back to Westwood that there was interest in forming chapters of the alumni association in China, the alumni relations team began strategizing, with Martinez and the GCBA acting as liaisons. It is not uncommon for UCLA Anderson faculty to travel to China as part of their research and the school is looking for ways to organize the alumni their for networking and talks from faculty.


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This step is vital to your success. Begin by questioning older family members - your parents, your aunts and uncles, anyone and everyone. Be sure to write everything down no matter how silly it may sound at the time. Many times a seemingly insignificant piece of data can lead to a major breakthrough! Women most often have better memories than the men, so begin with them. The elderly sometimes need to be prompted with questions to jog their memory - so plan ahead and write down what you have questions about. Be aware of spelling and pronunciation differences. I searched many years for the village "Repid" without success until a relative now living in Ukraine forwarded a document to me showing the spelling as "Rzepedz". An excellent resource is the chapter entitled "Root Seekers Guide To The Homeland" contained in "Our People - Carpatho - Rusyns And Their Descendants In North America", by Dr. P.R. Magosci (this section may go on-line in the near future pending copyright permissions)....
Other sources may be the original Immigration Passport issued in Europe. Persons from Slovakia traveled on Hungarian passports, those from Bohemia and Moravia traveled on Austrian passports - search (with permission, of course) boxes that your older relatives may have stashed away. Immigration Passenger lists also listed the town of origin. If you know the date they arrived in America, you may be able to this information on microfilm either through the LDS or National Archives.
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Church records.
There are usually three church records kept for a person, Birth or Baptismal record, Marriage Record, and Death Record. Many times these records are written in Latin and the priest can help you with the translation. I have seen various records from churches in Pennsylvania containing the names of parents, spelled using Ukrainian, Slovakian, Hungarian and Latin languages. These records also contain the villages of origin in the old country. When requesting documents, ask the priest if it would be possible to make a photocopy of the original record. Unless you request a photocopy, he may only transcribe the necessary, not all, information on to the official document.
Always include a donation to the church when you make a request. How much? This all depends on how much work you expect the priest to do for you. A simple record, maybe $10. Something where he has to spend time looking for the record if you can't supply an exact date, maybe $20-25.
Perhaps you will be fortunate enough to stumble upon birth records and marriage records of the immigrants. My great Aunt Justina (then living in Ukraine) had written back to her home village and requested her birth certificate in 1931 for some purpose, perhaps having something to do with the impending Soviet invasion of Ukraine...only speculation. Her birth certificate was written in Latin & Cyrillic. This document listed the village name, house number, parents names, grandparents names and witnesses (who turned out to be cousins). If the document is not typewritten, your biggest problem will be deciphering the hand writing. They are usually written in script, which can be difficult to decipher.
Death Records can be very helpful. They list the birth place, the names of the person's parents, sometimes their place of origin, amongst other information. Unfortunately the information can be incorrect because the information listed on the death certificate comes from someone else who may have given wrong information. It's worth a try. You can get copies of the death certificate from the Department of Vital Statistics from the state where the person died. There is a fee for this service which can be anywhere from $3 to over $10.
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The place to write to for genealogy research in Slovakia previous to 1900 is the State Archives in Bratislava or Prague. The request/ research /billing cycle takes five months from your request to when you get the information.
State Regional Archive Centers
Archival Records previous to 1895-1900 are stored at regional state archive centers.
For the old county of Zemplin and Saris, they are stored in Presov. For the old county of Szepes (Spis), they are stored in Lubica. It is unknown if these centers are open to the public, however, I have read though that by either making prior arrangements or by having the right connections, it is possible to visit and look at the records.
The cities that have regional offices that have the old records are in:
Presov & Lubica
Local Parish Records
The records from 1895-1900 to the present are still with the priests of the local villages. These record books which are nearly 100 years old are the ones they still use to record births, deaths, and marriages today.
The record book column titles may be in Hungarian. The entries may be written in either Slovak or Rusyn/Cyrillic.
People have not had good success with writing to the local parishes for information. Consider that priests are not researchers, they are priests. Also they may have to care for more than one village, and can be quite busy. People (myself included) have tried writing letters to priests and enclosed money as a donation. Needless to say, none of the letters appear to have been received. It's almost like the USA return address addressed to a Church is a flag to suggest there is money inside. Deal with the archives listed below - or better yet - make the trip "home" and visit in person.
Civil Records
Many village mayors have a book - "Family Register", which the Communist government required them to keep. The names of each family and children are listed by their address. This record keeping started about 1948. This is a good way to check to see if any of your family still lives in the village.
Archives Addresses:
For records in the Slovak Republic send your request to:
Odbor archivnictva MV SR
Maria Spankova
Krizkova 7
811 04 Bratislava
Slovak Republic
Slovenska genealogicka spolocnost
Milan Sismis - predseda
Novomeskeho 32
036 52 Martin
Slovak Republic
Matica Slovenska
Ustav pre zahranicnych Slovakov (Foreign Slovaks Institute)
Frantiskanska 2, Bratislava
Slovak Republic
tel. (+42 7)335.374
E-Mail Addresses for Matica Slovenska
For records in the Czech Republic send your request to:
Archivni Sprava
Obrancu Miru 133
166 21 Praha 6
Czech Republic
When requesting information:
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The following publication will give exact locations of towns. Keep in mind that quite often there are more than one town with the same name.
Official Standard Names approved by the United States Board of Geographical Names Division of Geography, Dept. of the Interior. (A cross reference from old town names to new.)
This book is on film in the LDS library. Look under the index "HUNGARY, GAZETTEER, Title"
There is also a copy in the Library of Congress, Map and Geography reading room and may also be available via the Inter-Library Loan Program - check with your local librarian.
I personally have had great luck with topographic maps. Check the cartographic section of larger public libraries - The Detroit Public Library has a fine collection. Topographic maps are also available for purchase from various sources and range from $10-$20 per section. I am unable to provide specific ordering information as this is a non-commercial site and my provider forbids these types of links - try the various internet search tools.....
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United States census records are available for viewing at either the LDS Family History Centers , larger public and University Libraries or at the US National Archives Centers located around the US. Only the census records from 1790 to 1920 are currently open to the public. (Records are sealed for 70 years to maintain the privacy of individuals still alive). The 1890 census was mostly destroyed by fire in about 1921. The 1930 census won't be available for viewing until the year 2000.
National Archives Centers are located in:
You will first have to determine the area that your people were living in during the census you want to search. The librarian can help you determine which rolls to search. Begin by searching the soundex index microfilms for the appropriate state - this will point you to the proper page of the census that contains your immigrants records. Be aware that the indexing is far from perfect. I could not locate my ancestors anywhere in the index, but knowing that they resided in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania in 1920 - I searched the 3 microfilm rolls of actual records LINE BY LINE until I found them (most tedious). It turned out their records were incorrectly listed in the index due to sloppy handwriting by the enumerator.
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I have had great success with Naturalization records however your individual success my vary because not all immigrants became naturalized.
There is an excellent book written on researching the naturalization records:
Locating your Immigrant Ancestor, A Guide to Naturalization Records by James Neagles and Lila Lee Neagles - Everton Publishers, Logan, UT
Instead of duplicating the wealth of information available at the National Archives, I suggest you check out their genealogical holdings by visiting their WWW Server . Passenger lists and arrivals, census, and naturalization records - are detailed here (no actual records) but instructions on how to get the films containing the records you are seeking.
Becoming a citizen was a three step process and each step generated documents, some of which still remain at the COUNTY COURTHOUSE in the county where the immigrant resided when applying for citizenship. Look for the "Declaration of Intention" - this will contain a wealth of information, including date of arrival and on what ship, as well as the exact spelling of the village of origin and if you are lucky - the photo will still be attached! If they are not at the courthouse - they will be at the National Archives.
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The Mormon church has a substantial collection of Records available. They have been photographing records all over the world for the past 60+ years (and continue to do so in East Europe), and these records are available to the public.
Previous to 1918, Slovakia was a part of the Austria-Hungary Empire, and was a part of UPPER HUNGARY. The records for Slovakia are listed in the index under "HUNGARY". Since the revolution in 1989, the Mormon church has resumed filming more of the local records in Czech and Slovak Republics, and they now are being listed under CZECHOSLOVAKIA". A number of the records previously listed under "HUNGARY" now have a duplicate listing under "CZECHOSLOVAKIA".
You should check both indexes.
Bohemian and Moravian records are listed under Austria.
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San Diego has long been a region rich in entrepreneurial spirit, attracting innovators whose ideas have helped revolutionize our world, and whose efforts have become key drivers of our region's economy. Continuing to support the sustainable growth of our technology and innovation community is essential to San Diego's future economic vitality and global competitiveness.
So how important is diverse technology innovation to San Diego's economic future? As one of the leading high technology hubs in the country, San Diego is anchored by established life science, communications, clean tech and software industries, and fueled by a collaborative culture and sophisticated support systems focused on commercializing research and growing entrepreneurial, knowledge-based companies.
Our innovation community is a critical component of San Diego's 21st century economy. Eric Topol, director of Scripps Translational Science Institute, was attracted to move to San Diego because it had "the most impressive trans-disciplinary life science talent in the country. What I had not anticipated — and what has turned out to be the most incredible convergence and unprecedented brain trust — is bringing together the fields of life science and wireless to reboot the future of medicine."
Today, San Diego has more than 700 life science companies and more than 80 research institutes, employing more than 34,000 people.
Clean technology development is another San Diego economic success story. Today, more than 850 clean tech companies employ 8,000 people in sectors including algae biofuels, clean transportation, energy efficiency and more.
San Diego-based technology companies currently employ more than 110,000 people, with average wages of $102,000.
CONNECT'S 2012 Innovation Report highlighted additional relevant statistics regarding San Diego's robust technology cluster:
• San Diego is home to more than 6,500 technology companies.
• 320 new technology companies were created in San Diego in 2012.
• In 2012, more than $1 billion in venture capital was invested in San Diego.
• $850 million in federal grants were awarded to San Diego's companies and institutions from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation in 2012.
It's this track record that has attracted conferences like the 2013 World's Best Technologies Innovation Marketplace, which will be hosted here Oct. 22-23. Global innovation leaders are coming to San Diego to showcase market-ready technologies and to highlight companies that could be the economic engines of tomorrow.
This deal-focused conference, sponsored by Northrop Grumman, was moved to San Diego from Texas in 2012, and highlights a broad collection of prescreened and mentored companies, intellectual property, and technologies seeking commercialization opportunities.
While the economic impact of San Diego's innovation sector is undeniable, we can't rest on our laurels.
Through partnerships between local universities and research institutes and the business community, San Diego must continue to provide the resources and infrastructure to help companies grow and thrive. CONNECT and San Diego Regional EDC are proud to make this a part of our missions.
We must continue working collaboratively with our local universities to ensure that today's graduates are trained and prepared for the innovative, high technology jobs of tomorrow.
We must actively support legislation that provides the tools and incentives for companies to locate or expand here.
And San Diego must remain vigilant to make certain that existing and emerging companies have compelling reasons to stay.
We never know when or where the next big idea will occur, but by continuing to remain first in the minds of emerging technology leaders, we can ensure that San Diego continues to be in a position to nurture innovation and become home to new discoveries seeking commercialization.


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Collaboration and the implications for the future of research
Universities have traditionally been measured on the quantity and quality of research funding and research outputs as one of the main factors of institutional success. It is one measure used to rank universities both nationally and internationally and is used more than any other measure to attract both students and faculty. But is the way research effectiveness perceived about to change? The internet and web 2.0 have made collaboration easier and easier. Hours of library research have been reduced through not only sophisticated search engines and online journals and e-books, but access to blogs of leading academics, researchers and research students, and to tools such as Twitter, Del.icio.us and wikis.
In published research papers, arguments are based on the evidence of research data of which much is invisible, or evidenced through carefully selected quotations or the results of experiments. With the ability to store video and audio electronically as well as numerical and textual data, research publications will become increasingly multi-modal; and data-sets will be made easily accessible so that research results can be opened to greater public scrutiny as well as re-use by others.
Perhaps, as collaboration is made easier and facilitated between and across institutions sole authorship will become a thing of the past as academics work together on research questions, sharing data sets and interpreting them in new ways according to their research questions, their academic domain and their cultural experience. Researchers will post their research data in multiple formats onto collaboration web sites so others can take them down, re-interpret them together and add to the global pool of knowledge
Peer review and referred publications will be replaced by peer argument and co-creation and co-development of theory which means research council funding will need to be based on new criteria
This scenario is perhaps not too futuristic as the tools that make it possible are available now. So what will academic expertise mean in a web 2.0 world and how will academic rigour be judged? What will the criteria be for acceptance as contribution to research, and how will universities be judged on their scholarly output? And finally, what will be counted as authoritative research evidence and who will it belong to?
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