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Drive Open to Public, Could Help Save Lives
Mandi Schwartz Marrow Donor Registration Drive at Yale
Part of the "Get in the Game. Save a Life." Program for the Be The Match Registry®
- Thursday, Apr. 18, 2013
- 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Yale University Commons, 168 Grove Street (corner of College Street and Grove Street), New Haven, Conn. (Directions)
- Open to the general public (to join the registry, must be ages 18 to 44)
- No advance registration required
- Be The Match Registry® page: http://www.bethematchfoundation.org/goto/mandi
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – In recognition of the impact her courageous battle with cancer has had on efforts to save lives through marrow donor registration drives, the Yale athletic department will once again hold a drive in memory of women's ice hockey player Mandi Schwartz '10 (Wilcox, Sask.) (1988-2011). The Mandi Schwartz Marrow Donor Registration Drive at Yale, which is part of the nationwide "Get in the Game. Save a Life." campaign for the Be The Match Registry®, will be held on Thursday, Apr. 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. this year. The drive, which takes place at Commons on the corner of College Street and Grove Street in New Haven, is open to the general public. Donors that could help save lives are located through testing that consists of simple cheek swabs.
The Yale athletic department has held drives each of the past four springs, ever since Mandi was first diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in December of 2008. Yale's record-setting drives have added more than 3,000 potential donors to the Be The Match Registry®, and at least 14 life-saving genetic matches for patients in need have been located through the Bulldogs' efforts. That includes Yale senior field hockey player Lexy Adams (Lancaster, Pa.), who donated to a patient with cancer in December 2010.
Yale's drives were led by the football team and women's ice hockey team each of the first two years. In 2011, the field hockey team began assisting those two teams with the drive. Members of all three teams are now spreading the word about the need for donors to their classmates, friends and relatives. On the day of the drive, they will volunteer at the various stations set up to assist potential donors with the registration process.
In addition to the three Yale teams, the drive is also scheduled to include appearances by Yale's live bulldog mascot, Handsome Dan, and Yale's costumed mascot, Boola. Food will be served. Further details about the plans for the day will be announced at a later date.
Mandi's story has been one of the driving forces behind the success of the Yale drives. In September 2010 she required a stem cell transplant, performed at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, that was designed to give her a new immune system using two anonymously donated units of umbilical cord blood. A biopsy in December 2010 indicated that she had relapsed, and she passed away at home in Saskatchewan on Apr. 3, 2011. Her younger brothers, Jaden and Rylan, play ice hockey as well. Jaden is with the NHL's St. Louis Blues and Rylan is a senior at Colorado College.
Mandi's plight shed further light on the needs of cancer patients everywhere, and the value of marrow donation. Every year, thousands of people of all ages are diagnosed with leukemia and other life-threatening diseases. Many of them will die unless they get a marrow or umbilical cord blood transplant from a matching donor. Seventy percent of these patients do not have a donor in their family and depend on the Be The Match Registry® to find a genetic match to save their life.
To join the Be The Match Registry®, a person must be between the ages of 18 and 44, meet certain health guidelines and be willing to donate to any patient in need. The donor test consists of simple cheek swabs and will only take approximately 15 minutes. Those who are not aged 18 to 44 may still assist by volunteering and/or making a donation to help fund adding more donors to the Be The Match Registry®.
Those who registered at previous drives are already in the registry, so there is no need for them to be registered again. Yale is seeking to add as many NEW potential donors as possible, so those who registered at previous drives are asked to find friends and relatives who have not registered and encourage them to take part in this year's drive.
Yale's drives are part of the "Get in the Game. Save a Life." program, which started in 1992 at Villanova under the guidance of head football coach Andy Talley. That program, involving college athletic teams organizing drives on their campuses, has resulted in tens of thousands of potential donors being tested. Larry Ciotti, an assistant football coach at Yale and former head coach at Hand High School in Madison, Conn., is a friend of Talley's and brought the idea to Yale.
Talley has partnered with the Be The Match Registry® to take his efforts to the national level. He has received commitments from dozens of college football programs. In each of the years from 2009 to 2011, Yale registered more potential donors than any other school in the program. That included 704 registrants in 2009, 921 in 2010 and 869 in 2011.
There are now 10.5 million people and 185,000 umbilical cord blood units in the Be The Match Registry®, the largest and most racially and ethnically diverse registry of its kind in the world. Since the registry began operations in 1987, it has facilitated more than 55,000 transplants to give patients a second chance at life. It facilitated 5,800 transplants last year.
Those interested in helping with the Mandi Schwartz Marrow Donor Registration Drive at Yale can contact Larry Ciotti with the Yale football team at firstname.lastname@example.com or (203) 671-9805.
Mandi Schwartz Marrow Donor Registration Drive at Yale:
- Directions to Yale University's Commons
- 2012 Drive:
Mandi Schwartz Marrow Donor Registration Drive Adds 500 More Potential Life Savers
- 2011 Drive:
Huge Turnout Again; Mandi Schwartz Drive Adds Nearly 900 to Be The Match Registry
- 2010 Drive:
Bulldogs Do It Again! More than 900 Register for Life-Saving Marrow Donor Test, Setting Another Record
- 2009 Drive:
Marrow Donor Testing Drive a Huge Success; Estimates Put Record-Breaking Participation at More than 700
Be The Match Registry®:
- Be The Match Registry® page: http://www.bethematchfoundation.org/goto/mandi
- Be The Match Registry® Website: www.bethematch.org
- Myths and facts about marrow donation: http://www.marrow.org/JOIN/Myths_%26_Facts_about_Marrow_Don/index.html
- Medical Guidelines for Potential Donors: http://www.marrow.org/JOIN/Med_Guidelines_Join/index.html
Mandi Schwartz:
- AOL News: Yale Athlete's Plight Gives Another Chance to Save Life
- More information: http://www.yalebulldogs.com/mandi
Report by Sam Rubin '95 (firstname.lastname@example.com), Yale Sports Publicity
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Good morning, TexMessengers! Today in 1933, Wiley Post became the first person to fly solo around the world traveling 15,596 miles (25,099 km) in seven days, 18 hours and 45 minutes.
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In Queens, our city's biggest and fastest-growing borough, many neighborhoods are poorly served by mass transit. In Beechhurst and College Point, commute times to Midtown exceed one hour. Much of East Queens remains beyond the reach of the subway system. And traveling to the Bronx or Brooklyn on public transit can be a nightmare.
One million more people will be living in our city by 2025 and to put it bluntly: We are not ready. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority - the central nervous system of our regional transportation network - is a fiscal house of cards.
This crucially important agency is being held together with a combination of unprecedented borrowing, and fare hikes as far as the eye can see. That's no way to run a railroad, much less the nation's largest transit system.
What's needed is a new, more stable stream of revenue for the MTA, one that stabilizes its operating budget but also allows us to expand the system to reflect where people live and work today, not 100 years ago.
Here's my plan: an infrastructure bank for mass transit that I call the "New York City Transit Trust."
Mayors across the country are recognizing that cities cannot rely solely on state and federal funding for infrastructure. In Chicago, Rahm Emanuel has launched the Chicago Infrastructure Trust to leverage private capital for needed projects.
The New York City Transit Trust will also leverage private dollars by tying our infrastructure bank to a dedicated revenue stream – the Mortgage Recording Tax – that now helps fund the MTA"s operating costs.
The Transit Trust could provide capital for a range of projects, many of which can improve the lives of thousands of Queens residents. BRT along Hillside Avenue will bring a much needed transit option to East Queens, and BRT between Flushing and Jamaica and Woodhaven Boulevard will also speed commuters in these 21st century job corridors. Light rail to LaGuardia Airport will support local small businesses that rely on airport traffic for their livelihoods.
The "X" line — a subway that can be built along existing rights of way between Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx — could improve interborough connections. And a rebirth of LIRR service in Elmhurst would provide a needed link between this vibrant, diverse neighborhood and the Manhattan core.
In addition to projects benefiting Queens, the Trust could benefit riders all over the City by paying for new subway cars and buses and improving safety and reliability by replacing track and upgrading outdated signals.
Of course, if we are going to redirect the Mortgage Recording Tax to the MTA's capital needs, we have to replace it on the operations side with a new, reliable funding stream.
I believe we should start by getting back what we lost when the commuter tax was repealed in 1999.
The commuter tax, which affects people who work in NYC but live outside the five boroughs, produced billions of dollars in revenue for New York City between 1966 and 1999. If we reinstated it at the same rate as when it was killed 14 years ago, we would raise $725 million a year to support the region's transportation network.
It's the right thing to do. Every day, close to a million commuters pour into New York City, using our roads, bridges and rails to get here and relying on our police, fire and sanitation services when they arrive.
All we need is leadership – leadership that recognizes that real investment in transit projects always pays huge dividends down the road, and that there are new, more creative ways to fund those projects.
That's how you create a true, five-borough transportation network and prepare New York for the next century of growth.
Scott Stringer is borough president of Manhattan and a 2013 mayoral candidate.


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Via Hemant, I am made aware of this brilliant little nugget of joy. See if you can parse the logic in all this. Perhaps I can't because I spent my valuable college years drawing talking animals for the school paper rather than boning up on things like the Löwenheim–Skolem theorem. But the sense of it all eludes the humble powers of my primitive brain meat.
The director of the state chapter of American Atheists plans to desecrate the Koran when the state House of Representatives reconvenes in September if the House doesn't drop its "Year of Religious Diversity" resolution under consideration in its State Government Committee.
Ernest Perce V, who recently was under fire for a controversial Harrisburg billboard he designed and paid for protesting the "Year of the Bible" resolution the House adopted this year, said he plans to whip, or flog, the Koran in the Capitiol rotunda at noon on Sept. 24 should the House not agree to nullify the resolution before it reconvenes from summer recess that day.
…Perce said he plans to thrash the Koran witha nine-tail whip 85 times and a single whip six times to protest the resolution's number.
"I am a nonbeliever and for (the House) to assume we respect these books is [asinine]," Perce, a Harrisburg resident, said. "I will let other atheists come with me (to protest). I want Christians to lash the Koran, too."
Allow me to express the depth of my bewilderment through the always-useful internet proxy of an adorable animal photo.
How, exactly, this will accomplish anything is beyond me. Well, I don't mean "anything" anything. Because it has accomplished at least one thing, which is to put Perce's name smack at the top of the shit list of every dude on Earth with a kufi and an AK. I mean anything positive and favorable toward what I presume is the hoped-for outcome: to wit, getting across the message that church/state separation is really for the best, and by the way, all those stereotypes you have about atheists being raging assholes are just unfair and wrong.
Yep. Yep. Well played, Mr. Perce.
Hemant reports that he has been talking to Dave Silverman, and Silverman is most assuredly not down with this, and is not lending Perce his or AA's support. No, we don't respect "holy" books or the often abominable belief systems they inspire. But there's such a thing as productive ways to express your disapproval of public policy. And choosing one that does nothing but alienate not only Muslims but pretty much anybody not named Geert Wilders or Ann Coulter, which also stands to drown the whole atheist community in the backwash into the bargain, probably isn't what a rational person would call "productive."
Let's leave the public displays of histrionic hate to the Terry Joneses and Shirley Phelpses of the world, shall we? And Dave? Looks like AA needs to do a little house-cleaning.


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During times of high unemployment, investors, workers and government officials are all highly concerned with the options for producing economic growth. In tough economic times, economists often look to government policy to help address employment and output challenges. Understanding the basics of expansionary fiscal policy and how it effects economic output helps makes sense of this particular approach.
Basics of Fiscal Expansion
Fiscal policy, simply defined, is the agenda the government sets with regard to taxation and spending. Fiscal expansion occurs whenever the government decides to either spend more or lower taxes; fiscal contraction, by contrast, takes place when they government spends less or raises taxes. Fiscal expansionary policy is usually associated with government deficits, but a government doesn't have to necessarily run a deficit to engage in fiscal expansion -- it simply has to spend more or tax less than it did previously.
Effects on Demand and Output
In Keynesian economic theory, fiscal expansionary policy is generally associated with an increase in aggregate demand -- the total quantity of goods demanded by all consumers in the market -- and triggers growth in output. This has the effect of increasing economic production, especially in the short run. The reason for this is pretty simple: as the government spends more to build infrastructure, for example, it demands goods and services from the market. Producers respond to this new demand by increasing production.
Effects on Employment
When the government engages in fiscal expansion, it usually affects an increase in unemployment. This takes place for a couple reasons. Most immediately, it's because the producers respond to government demand by increasing production, which often requires more labor. This effect is also multiplied because, as producers hire new workers, the new workers are likely to begin spending more than they would if they remained unemployed. As the workers' demand for products and services also increases, producers respond by providing still more goods or services.
Long-Run Fiscal Contraction
While fiscal expansion tends to increase economic output and employment in the short-run, it is not likely to continue forever. Some of the reasons for this are economic, while others are political. When output and employment increase, governments usually begin to collect more tax revenue. This causes a kind of "automatic" contraction -- as tax revenue increases, government deficits decrease or surpluses grow. This kind of contraction is economic in nature and no policy changes are necessary to bring it about. In addition, governments eventually must pay down any debts that resulted from the fiscal expansion, which necessitates tax increases and spending cuts in the longer term. This type of fiscal contraction is political because governments must alter their taxation and spending policies to realize it. In the long-run, these impacts can potentially cancel out short-term increases in employment and output.
- CliffsNotes; Fiscal Policy; 2011
- "Encyclopedia of Business"; Economic Policy; Jane Malonis; 2006
- "The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics"; Fiscal Policy; David Weil; 2008
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Allen's layup paves the way to New Canaan's 1-point win over McMahon
NEW CANAAN -- With only three combined wins between the New Canaan and Brien McMahon boys basketball teams, their meeting at New Canaan High School on Friday night was approaching "must win" territory for both squads.
Zach Allen's layup with under a minute remaining gave New Canaan its first lead since the second quarter and held up as the game-winner in his team's 52-51 victory, greatly improving the Rams' chances of eventually hitting the eight-win plateau and making it to the state tournament.
Allen got his team the win despite playing under the weather.
"Zach Allen was definitely ill, but he kept calling for the ball," New Canaan coach Mike Evans said. "A lesson learned for me is that when these guys want to execute, they can. If you look at scores around the league, no one's beating up anybody. If we're going to be in these games, we have to turn it on all the time."
After trailing by as many as eight points in the third quarter and playing from behind for virtually the entire fourth quarter, the Rams closed to within a single point after Claude Chandonnet sank two free throws with just over a minute remaining.
With 50 seconds left and his team trailing 51-50, Allen wanted the ball. The sophomore center sank his layup for the winning points.
"I saw (Erik) Jager and he just made a great drive, and I was just trying to fill the open spot in the lane. He made a great pass and I was able to get it up there," Allen said. "We're trying to make states and we want to make a run there and make sure people know who we are."
With 7.8 seconds remaining, the Senators called timeout to set up one last chance to wrestle the game away from the Rams.
McMahon coach Ken Dustin drew up a play to get the ball into the hands of Larry McKinney, who scored a team-high 18 points. McKinney drove to the net and got a decent look, but his layup attempt was rebounded by New Canaan as time expired.
"He was able to get by him the entire day. We had a pretty good look," Dustin said. "I thought we played well tonight. It's another tough one."
New Canaan led 17-15 after an opening quarter that featured seven lead changes. The Rams also led for the majority of the second, but McKinney drilled a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to send the Senators into halftime with a 29-27 lead. McMahon would not trail again until the game's final minute.
"It's not easy playing with a four- or five-point lead," Dustin said. "You have to balance whether or not you attack, whether or not you pull it out, and we still have to be able to convert on our shots."
At first glance, three wins in four games may not appear to be much more than a modest streak of solid play, but for the Rams, which won only a single game last year, the small run has been very gratifying. The run even includes a win over then 6-0 Bassick, last season's FCIAC champions.
"Last year was a disaster. Like coach said, these seniors have been through three years of hell, and they don't deserve this," Allen said. "Us sophomores and juniors agree, and we want to make this season the best. We're tired of everybody saying how New Canaan is an easy game and it's a night off for FCIAC teams."
Although he was happy to see his team gut out a tight win on its home court, Evans seemed to believe that his Rams may have made it harder on themselves than they needed to.
"(McMahon) came here to win, and we did not come here to win. Their mentality was `I wonder what's going to happen tonight,' and they need to determine that," Evans said. "We didn't do that until the fourth quarter when it got close."
The Rams will get their shot to make it four-for-five when they play host to Darien on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
The Senators will look to pick up win No. 2 on Tuesday at 7 p.m. when Greenwich comes to town.
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Larry McKinney 6 4-8 18, Andrew Rivera 3 0-0 8, Tim Hinton 2 3-4 7, Kyle Jordan 3 0-2 6, Andy Mitchell 1 2-2 4, Allen Lenard 2 0-0 4, Tyre Holman 1 0-0 2, Matt Downey 1 0-0 2. Totals: 19 9-16 51.
Zach Allen 9 2-6 20, Claude Chandonnet 2 8-8 12, Andrew Read 3 2-5 10, Erik Jager 1 0-1 5, Matt Swift 1 0-2 2, Chris DeWaele 1 0-0 2, Andrew Penchuck 0 1-2 1. Totals: 18 13-23 52.
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Educause: What Was Your Word?
I love Educause because there's always buzz. This year, it seemed to hit a high-pitched fervor. The show comes alive and takes on a character of its own as technology leaders from across the country and globe share the challenges and issues that each of them is facing. It takes on even more character in a city like Philadelphia where the sights and sounds of the Reading Terminal Market swirl around bustling show-goers who are trying to get in a quick Ruben sandwich in between sessions. And, I was thrilled to know that the author of DIY-U, Anna Kamentz, would be there, imparting her unique perspective about students who will necessarily be designing their own unique ways to get a higher education.
One IT afficiando said to me, "It seems like each year, there's a word that defines the show, and I think this year, it's 'cloud.'" Someone else commented, "No, it's the whole 'open' thing." Another said, "Well, I think it's really all about 'remediation' and 'standards' because our funding is going to hinge on this." It seems like everyone wants to find that one thing that will really impact them and their institutions, trying to get ahead of the wave so they don't get engulfed by it. Others said, "shared services, video, blended learning." I was most impressed by those colleges and universities that seem to be doing it all, driven by a unified vision around what's really achievable.
West Texas A&M is a perfect example. James Webb and Dr. De'Arno De'Armond showed what's possible when a technology leader and faculty member join forces. Working together, and in partnership with Cisco, Webb has designed a framework of pervasive video throughout the campus that touches everything from their web presence and learning management systems to smart classrooms and video conferencing. Webb believes that video has helped increase engagement with faculty members and students alike.
Shah Ardalan, the CIO of Lone Star College, is using technology to deliver learning to 85,000 students per semester. Cisco Lecture Vision is the engine being used to propagate video assets, in a simple and compelling way.
Deputy CIO Nancy Crouch from Wake Forest University is working with Cisco to change the way faculty, staff, and students interact with one another. They'll be the first university in the world to unite all members of their extended campus community with a site-wide license for Cisco WebEx Meeting Center. Wake Forest Professor, Steve Nickles, said, "WebEx is so easy to use and so reliable that the possibilities for how students and faculty might implement the technology are endless."
Running across Arch Street, balancing a Philly Cheese steak in one hand and hanging onto my laptop bag in the other, I saw the Educause sign and thought about Kamentz's presentation, "Edupunks and the Transformation of Education." Reflecting on her perspective and the show, in general, I was hopeful, knowing that these leaders get it, and they just need help from the collective, executive management, private companies, and the public, to get where they know they need to go.
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This is a lesson about Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Learners will examine and sort through images of Saturn's varied moons to see characteristics they share and those which set them apart. Students will write a paragraph about Saturn's moons and explain how they sorted them.
In this activity, students explore the idea of classifying objects. They start by giving examples of objects that can be classified in everyday life and in science. They then characterize and classify a set of galaxies using their own scheme, and using Hubble's classification scheme.
This is an activity about how light travels. Learners will perform two experiments. The first explores blocking light to create shadows. The second asks learners to use mirrors to figure out that light travels in a straight line. This is Activity 4 of the Sun As a Star afterschool curriculum.
The goal of this lesson is for students to understand how to plan a mission to another world in the solar system. They begin by discussing the path of a spacecraft traveling between planets, examining the journey from the Earth to Mars as an example.
In this guided research investigation, students investigate the process of science and build media literacy by studying the public debate about climate change. Students compare media articles from 1989-2010, and observe that statements differ according to the source and publication date.
This series of 28 captioned images depict some the positive and some of the negative influences on the global carbon cycle, including industrial pollution, deforestation, waste disposal, transportation, and recycling.
This is an activity about three dimensional imagery. Learners can follow the instructions to create their own 3D images using a digital camera, photo editing software, and red-blue 3-D glasses.
The human activity featured in this investigation is the choice of settlement sites. Beginning with an analysis of the location of their own town, students consider the negative and positive aspects of both natural and human made features.
Learners will read about and discuss the colors of the day- and night-time skies. They may sing the Top-down Black and Blues, a song about the sky; or they may write a poem, essay, or song about the bluest sky or blackest night they have ever experienced.
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Gourmet treats on Waiheke Island
A natural complement to the fine wines you can taste on Waiheke is a range of hand-made specialty foods and locally grown produce.
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Waiheke's benign Mediterranean climate and the winemaker's philosophy of "small is beautiful" has produced some of New Zealand's most prestigious Bordeaux-style wines.
A natural complement to the fine wines you can taste on Waiheke is a range of hand-made specialty foods and locally grown produce.
A food lover's paradise
The Island has become a food lover's paradise. While visiting the Island, here are a few destinations you may wish to include:
- Visiting the local Ostend Market on a Saturday morning can be a great introduction to some of the local fare, with an Artisan Baker just across the road.
- The Rangihoua Olive Mill offers the opportunity to learn about and taste high quality Extra Virgin olive oil.
- When in season, Te Matuku Bay Oysters can be found on the menu of most Waiheke Island restaurants, however if you fancy taking a dozen down to the beach with a bottle of wine, you can pick some up from their retail shop in Ostend.
- If you are interested in wine and food matching, Peacock Sky Vineyard offers morsels of tempting food created daily by the vineyard owners carefully matched with their wines.
- The Island also produces a range of chutney's, wild honey, and the famous local green herb spread. Keep an eye out for them in the vineyards and shops around the Island.
A delicious day trip from Auckland
Combining some of these gourmet treats with a visit to several wineries can make for a very enjoyable day trip from Auckland. Ananda Tours offer a Gourmet's Food and Wine Tour, which includes some of the highlights and time to stop for lunch at one the the Islands vineyards or a beachside cafe.
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In 2015 Consultinghouse guided companies from more than fifteen countries and ten different industries through the process of new business incorporation, as well as providing support in developing existing business in Germany.
E-Liq Cube is a California based and family owned company providing liquid juice flavors for e-cigarettes. The company started in the German market with a flagship store on the famous Leopoldstraße in Munich.
The GmbH is the most common form of all new companies incorporated in Germany and can be compared to the French Sàrl, the Spanish SL or the well-known Private Limited in the UK. The German GmbH is success- fully established by having the Deed of Formation documents as well as the Articles of Association signed by the director in front of an official German notary.
Bakken & Bæck, a dynamic and internationally awarded digital design consultancy in Oslo, Norway, is determined to expand their business globally.
Germany is one of the world's most experienced market economies. It is the world's third largest economy in USD exchange-rate terms, the fifth largest by purchasing power parity (PPP), and the largest economy in Europe.
TATA Autocomp. Systems Ltd. is one of India's leading automotive components conglomerates. The company has multiple Global Partnerships and Joint Ventures with leading companies from the global auto component industry.
Consultinghouse provides a wide range of accounting*, payroll & management consulting services designed to provide advice to our clients on improving their financial processes, managing risk, maintaining transparency and enhancing the credibility of their reporting.
SEEDRS is an online investment platform that facilitates investments in the equity of early stage and growth focused companies. SEEDRS allows all types of investors to invest as little as £10 or €10 in businesses they believe in and share in their success, and helps businesses raise investment from friends, family, customers, angels and other independent investors.
It can be very challenging to navigate a business through an economic downturn but our experienced restructuring team can support you. Whether your company has failed or experienced serious financial difficulty, we can provide experienced advisory & due diligence services to effect a positive business turnaround.
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Is Jonah Telling the Truth? . . . .
After watching, I had some questions and responses that are indicative of what it means to be alive, living, and growing up in today's culture.
First, I wondered if this is real. With social media allowing anyone and everyone to jockey for an audience and their 15 minutes of fame, I'm always wondering if this kind of stuff isn't just a ploy concocted by a real or self-made-online persona starved for attention. I hope it's real because I don't want to believe that there are people out there who would try to fool us on this kind of stuff. I hope it's not real because I don't want to believe that there are people out there who are getting hammered like this. Who can know for sure?
Second, real or not in this case, the story is all-too-real in all-too-many real cases. Jonah speaks for a growing percentage of our population. Granted, his story may be nuanced. But his very real pain is increasingly generic. Identity formation is a battle-field. Kids feel abandoned and alone. Bullying is real. The support systems that should be holding kids up are largely absent on non-functional. Being fourteen in today's world isn't at all like it used to be. Jonah is telling the truth. . . if not for himself, for somebody(s).
Third, I wonder if we're listening. Whether we realize it or not, we all have Jonah(s) living in our midst. And if we're hearing and seeing, we can't be like the priest and the Levite in the story of the Good Samaritan. Instead, we need to be like the Samaritan, willing to give of ourselves in every possible way to meet the needs of others, regardless of the cost we might incur personally. When we see him or her, we should take pity on him or her. We must be people who "go and do the same."
As I watched Jonah in his video, I couldn't help but think about my dear friends Marv Penner and Rich Van Pelt. They've devoted their lives to equipping us all to love and minister to kids like Jonah. Today, I want to say thanks to Marv and Rich for all they do to stop, look, listen, and respond as the hands and feet of Jesus. . . and for teaching us to do the same.
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- The Teel's said...
Walt, I agree with everything you posted here. Identity struggle is tough. Everyone at some point during their teenage years was ostracized but there are definitely some more than others. It is sad to see that peers can be so destructive and that a teen feels he has nowhere to run, not even to his own parents. One thing I noticed was that Jonah emotionally was hurt but emotionally was determined to overcome the situation...on his own. And, after reading his notes where his video is posted, I realize that much of his bullying recently has been related to the fact that he is gay and had not "come out" as he describes it. This brings about an interesting question for me. Jonah needs to be shown love. He needs to be shown grace and mercy. But he also needs to be shown truth through Christ and that it is HE (our Savior) that will sustain him and also bring him out of the destructive lifestyle he is pursuing. Unfortunately, I see so many teens supporting Jonah from a "you show them" and "you can do it" standpoint that it makes me wonder, how, especially as a youth pastor, do you walk the fine line of loving and encouraging students who are much like Jonah while telling them truth about their decisions. I break for a guy like him, but do I become the bully when I tell him that Christ is the only one that can heal him emotionally and spiritually and that Christ is the one who created him and he wasn't created to have attractions to the same sex?
- December 6, 2011 at 4:45 PM
- Walt Mueller said...
Great question and one I think we'll need to be asking more and more as more and more people get upset with us when we stand with the Scriptures. My simple answer is this. . . we become a loving friend who tells the truth. . . just like you and I need all the time. Ostracizing or wagging a condemning self-righteous finger is not the answer. We hang in and speak/live the Gospel in the context of relationship.
- December 6, 2011 at 5:05 PM


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Popular comedian duo Deepak Raj Giri and Deepa Shree Niraula has been working together continuously since long time. Both of them has gave audience blockbuster comedy serial Tito Satya for more than a decade. Now both of them are focused towards making film. Both of them have given back to back two super hit movies Cha Ekan Cha and Woda Number 6. Now both of them are coming back with their third venture film Chakka Panjja which is releasing shortly. Chakka Panja is directed by Deepa Shree Niraula which is a debut film of her as a director. Deepak Raj Giri has written the film which will release its trailer within a month. Deepak Raj Giri and Deepa Shree Niraula shares their chemistry, their upcoming movie and upcoming plans on an exclusive interview on Canada Nepal:
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Traveling gives us the opportunity to disconnect from our regular life. You get to forget your problems/issues for a few weeks, it can also help you figure things out that you would not have understood without the distance traveling can give you. We all have crazy schedules, work and a family to take care of, going away alone or with some friends can give you distance and perhaps even make you realize how important these people are for you. Like the saying says: we never know what we have until we lose it.
Another great benefit is the relaxation you get to do. It's nice to live life to its fullest and enjoy a stress free time with yourself. Going on vacation lets us recharge our "batteries" by disconnecting us from our regular life. When we come back we feel invigorated and we are happy to be back in our day to day routine. It's a very good stress remover that has a lot more to give than most people are willing to accept.
Traveling increases our knowledge and widens our perspective. To view new customs, different ways of living is fantastic for the mind. It gives us a new perspective about life and especially our life, it can help us change some of our habits or even create new ones. When I travel I usually make it a point to try new food, some cultures don't have fries in their diet and they are all skinny, others use spices to give taste and not oils or fats. Discovering different values and ways to get by in life is really interesting. You also need to visit exotic new places and discover what this wonderful world has to offer.


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"Based on their skin color, whites exalted themselves above everyone else on the planet and called everyone else: ugly, evil and inferior. Now, that giving everyone else life burns whites' skin. That giving everyone else life is God. The sun is God. The sun hates white people. God Hates White people. God has fixed His holy light to discriminate between black and whites so that it burns the whites. Ultraviolet light is the fire of the 2nd Rapture burning evil from the earth. – Yakub 7 Ali (before ascension)


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Globalstar: Don't be afraid of our private Wi-Fi superhighway plan
Bluetooth SIG and Wi-Fi group: But you'll run us off the road!
Globalstar's plan to refarm its satellite spectrum into a privately held Wi-Fi channel has come under fire from the Wi-Fi Alliance and Bluetooth SIG, which reckon it will edge out the unlicensed users.
Globalstar maintains that the Wi-Fi Alliance has misunderstood its FCC request, which asks the regulator to let it run a private Wi-Fi channel in its satellite bands, publishing an open letter (PDF, short) reiterating that it's not looking for ownership of the (internationally unlicensed) ISM band or even protection from interference, it just wants to deploy Wi-Fi in the bands it already owns, and promises to connect up schools for free too.
The channel concerned is 14, the top half of which belongs to Globalstar and is currently reserved (in the USA) for satellite communications. But if Globalstar can get FCC approval then it will deploy existing Wi-Fi kit into the band and license it out to hospitals, schools, colleges and so forth where the free-to-use bands are getting overcrowded.
In America, Wi-Fi tops out at Channel 11, which runs from 2.451 to 2.473 GHz. In Europe we use another two channels above there: 12 and 13, which run up to 2.483GHz - but the US keeps that area empty as a guard band to avoid interfering with Globalstar's satellite comms which start at 2.4835GHz.
Globalstar's band, therefore, covers the Wi-Fi channel number 14, which is used in Japan and thus will be within the range of existing hardware once the software is patched.
But the width of a Wi-Fi signal means that using Globalstar's band will also fill the existing "buffer" band and that's what has the Wi-Fi Alliance and Bluetooth SIG worried.
Bluetooth squeezes into much smaller slots, but bounces well into the bottom half of Channel 14 as it hops around to avoid interference. So if 14 became full of private Wi-Fi networks, then Bluetooth could suffer, but more concerning is the idea of losing a third of current Wi-Fi capability.
The 11 numbered Wi-Fi channels available to US users are only 5MHz wide - while even 802.11b fills a band 22MHz across. So to avoid interference, Americans try to use channels 1, 6 and 11, as only those three can be certain of not touching each other, but a new network at 14 would impinge on the last of those and could hit network speeds.
Not that Wi-Fi needs empty spectrum, the protocol is robust enough to cope with neighbouring signals and even multiple networks on the same channel - the overlap costs all users speed but is an acceptable part of using unlicensed bands. However, the Wi-Fi Alliance was concerned enough to file a representation to the FCC.
Globalstar's final response to those concerns will be published at the end of this month, and the company will be hoping that its promise of 20,000 free (Channel 14) Wi-Fi points in schools and colleges will sway the regulator in its favour... and of course it has to be hoping no one mentions LightSquared during the deliberation process. ®


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Katy Perry at NARM Awards: 'After This Song, I Am Taking a F—ing Vacation'
Katy Perry is rather proud of her NARM Artist of the Year Award, and she let the world know it during her acceptance speech. Perry thanked those in the marketplace who help her sell her albums, but also herself — just before dropping an F-bomb in describing just how hard she's worked on 'Teenage Dream.'
The purple haired Perry posed for photos with her presenter, NARM President Jim Donio, before hitting the mic to launch into her quasi thank you speech. We say "quasi" because she took most of the credit for herself!
Perry remarked about her promo reel, "I saw why I was so exhausted — because I like working so hard!" she giggled. "It's really so fun working so hard, because I like reaching my goals. I don't know about you," she added. A little snide, Ms. Perry! "I have to say that I do a lot to sell my records," she enthused. "I do the right things … I work very hard! I like to sell out in all the best ways."
The 'Part of Me' singer then launched into her pre-written speech. (She explained that if she hadn't written it down, it would have ended up like 'The King's Speech.') She explained how a pal turned her on to Queen, and how that led her to career in "secular music."
Perry capped her speech with a comment about, once more, how hard she works. She insists that after the release of her next single, 'Wide Awake,' "I swear I am taking a f—ing vacation." Sounds like you've certainly earned one!
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My first kayak was a birthday gift given to me in response to a steep increase in my saltwater fishing interests. Since then, I have made it a priority to get down to the flats on the Texas Coast as often as I can.
I first walked into ACK in 2006 and spent a season working the Austin location with ACK owners Steve and Peter. I parted with ACK to finish my Bachelors in Management from The University of Texas McComb's school and then spent several years working in sales for a semiconductor company. An extensive world traveling sabbatical followed in which a large percentage of my time was spent outdoors. I decided it was time to align my passions with my work and have been back at ACK since March of 2011 and now serve as Assistant Store Manager for the Austin location. Along with this role, I am fortunate to be the Tournament Director for the Kayak Angler's Tournament Series, which I am really enjoying! Working at ACK is a lot of fun and the staff is awesome!
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Hi there. I have another question. I'm trying to set up access to my obsd 4.3 box from outside of my router. The ISP I'm with provided me with a Seimens something-or-other 6520 router. I have my obsd box set with an internal ip addy. The router supports dyndns. I have an active account with dyndns. I'm using another computer to ssh into my bsd box internally, and that works fine. But if I try to putty my dyndns url, it doesn't work. If I open a browser from my laptop and use that url it brings me to the router web-interface (config page). I have set the router to forward port 22 to my bsd box's ip, but it doesn't seem to work. Not sure if I set up everything correctly or if the router is just a piece of crap. Don't have the $$$ to buy a new router; not really worried about this, but wouldn't mind being able to ssh to my box from work (when I'm bored and assuming IS doesn't mind). Any thoughts? There aren't too many other options I can play with on the router...
Pay for a fixed IP?
Are you allowed to ssh outside at that place:
At home, test if ssh port has been forwarded successfully:
Does it yeild a "success" message?
If not, you need to do port forward again, to config your own router properly, check out this site:
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Haven't tried ssh from work yet; just from home (on a laptop). Can ssh fine internal to the network, but can't do anything using the external settings. I have tried the url from work (no success).
canyouseeme.org is a success.
Checked the portforwarding; all is configured correctly.
I can ping the external ip fine.
I can ping the dyndns url and it returns fine (with the external ip).
Crappy router?
Everything sounds promising.
How did you connect at work, and what was the error message?
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If you do a reverse IP lookup on your dynamic IP, you'll probably see that you have a DNS string. For most, but not all ISPs, this DNS string is invariant and, more importantly, will always resolve to your then assigned IP address.
In my case, my dns string is
CPE<pc's_mac_address>-CM<modem's_mac_address>.isp.domain.com. (e.g. CPE00099a711234-CM00099b117c43. ... .com)
# ssh firstname.lastname@example.com:22
http://www.whatsmyip.org has some useful reverse lookups.
Never argue with an idiot. They will bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.
The problem here is that you have a dynamic IP, really. Your dyndns.org name is not resolving properly for some reason. Dynamic IPs are designed to thwart this sort of thing. dyndns is a kludge to get around it.
If your ISP offers static IPs, it will make your life a lot easier. Then you will have a fixed IP that you can either SSH to by IP, or you can set up your own name server (I use bind9) and purchase a domain name so that you can attach names to your own machines.
My ISP provides two static IPs at no charge. Additional static IPs up to four total are $9.95 per month. One static IP will probably do the trick because you can ssh into one box on your lan, and then ssh to other machines from there, or do port forwarding tricks to use the same IP but different ports for each machine. (This only matters if you intend to have more than one machine accessible to the world.)
Work has that port blocked. ISP does not offer static IP's (not for residential use at least). Not that *important*, just that if the ability was there I'd take advantage. It's not, so case closed. Thanks for all the help though!
Well, its not impossible if you really wanna access your box at home.
At my school, all external access is blocked (they block protocol, not port) except web traffic, but Im still able to ssh home comfortably.
Check out Ajaxterm, phpterm and http tunnel if you are still interested.
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The other thing is that you mentioned that you don't get a proper redirect from your laptop on your LAN to the port 22 of your OBSD box... being that you are on the LAN side of your router, this may not be surprising. It may just be the case that your router does those redirects for inbound packets hitting it's WAN interface, and not redirecting for packets incoming on the LAN interface (because philosophically speaking, why would it need to? It seems useless to do a redirect on the router from one LAN host to another LAN host.)
A way to try this is to redirect port 80 in your router to your OBSD box. Then fire up httpd (you don't need a config, it should just come up with the default page.) Then go to a proxy service (a reputable one) like Megaproxy.com (and "try their service for free".) Put in the dyndns url address... and you should see the standard welcome page for Apache on OBSD. If not, then yes, you have something screwed up in your router config, but I doubt it's the case that your router is crappy (well, it's crappy but not that crappy lol.)
Good luck.
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The problem is he will never be able to test this from inside his LAN. If you notice he says he hasn't tested it from the outside and I think it will work just fine. the reason he gets his router page from the inside is because the router won't route traffic out and then back in by default. from inside the LAN, he would have to put entries in the hosts file of his client machine to get to the server through DNS. Even then, he would need to get outside his network to really test this. If his URL is pointing to his router, and port 22 is forwarded back to his server, and port 22 is reachable from the outside (as confirmed by canyouseeme, then he should be able to reach the box from the OUTSIDE of his network using the DNS name but NOT from the inside unless he puts an entry into his hosts file for the server's IP address. He would still be able to acces it from the inside with the internal IP though.
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You and I have now said the same thing lol but at least that confirms someone else is thinking along the same lines
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Pella Corporation to increase production
Pella Corporation plans to ramp up production toward the end of April. Corporate spokeswoman Kathy Krafka Harkema says the company will return to a five-day work week beginning April 27. The company went to a four-day week late last year in an effort to cut costs while maintaining their workforce. Krafka Harkema says with the arrival of spring the company is hopeful that consumers will begin to reinvest in their homes.
One person injured in crash
One person was sent to the hospital with injuries Monday after a vehicle collided with a power pole in Bussey. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies, Iowa State Patrol, and Mid-American Energy all responded to the scene. Mid-American crews worked to remove the power pole, which was balancing on the hood of the vehicle.
NWS predicts a normal spring flood season
A near normal spring flooding season is expected in Marion County, according to the latest flood forecast from the National Weather Service. The chance of flooding is near normal for both the Des Moines River and the Cedar Creek near Bussey. However, the National Weather Service predicts a seven to 10 percent greater than normal chance of flooding for the South Skunk River near Oskaloosa.
Mayor Sprafka meets with VA Secretary
The U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Eric Shinseki, assured Knoxville Mayor Harv Sprafka during a trip to Washington D.C. last week that the VA Campus in Knoxville is closing. Sprafka says that Shinseki proposed that Knoxville build a Community-Based Outpatient Clinic, or C-BOC, in exchange for Knoxville to receive the VA Campus after it's closed. Sprafka says although there's no concrete timeline for building the C-BOC, he stresses that all of the planning and development would be from local leaders.
Local company plane suffers glitch before landing
A plane registered to a local company had a scare in Webster City Monday morning. Officials say a plane registered to Pella Building Systems was preparing to land at the Webster City Airport when a light that signifies the planes landing gear is down failed to illuminate. Emergency crews responded to the scene but the plane was able to land safely as the gear had properly deployed.
School Board sets budget hearing date
The Knoxville School Board set the district's 2009-10 school budget hearing date for April 13th at 6:30 p.m. at their meeting Monday. The proposed levy rate is $16.45 per $1,000 taxable valuation, slightly down from last years rate of $16.47. The board also voted to levy over $89,000 in property taxes to receive one percent allowable growth for the district, among other issues.
Pella Cooperative Electric holds annual meeting
Pella Cooperative Electric holds their annual meeting tonight. CEO John Smith tells KNIA/KRLS News that rural electric cooperatives face a number of challenges, including the need for greater capacity, new environmental standards, and maintaining affordable and reliable energy. Smith says maintaining affordable and reliable energy is important for economic development.
City crews flushing hydrants
If you see Knoxville Water works crews flushing hydrants in the city this week, they're conducting their bi-annual test of the hydrant system. Steve Inskeep, general manager of the Knoxville Water Works says crews typically flush the hydrants in the spring and fall to get water flowing which may have become stagnant and to see if the entire system is operating properly.
Legislative Coffee is Saturday
The Pella League of Women Voters has announced a change in location for their April Legislative Coffee. League President Kate Bearce says it will be held April 4 at 9:30 a.m. at the Public Safety Complex. The league traditionally holds a Legislative Coffee the first Saturday of each month during the legislative session and invites State Representative Jim Van Engelenhoven and State Senator Paul McKinley.
Property tax payments due
The second half of Marion County residents 2008-2009 property tax payments become delinquent Wednesday, and residents must make their payments before then to be on time. Thats according to Marion County Assessor Drew Sanders. Residents can pay their property taxes by coming into the Marion County Treasurer's Office in the courthouse or online at Iowatreasurers.org.


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British Academy Early Career Network on Critical University Studies19.01.18
For ECRs (PhD less than ten years ago) working on any area of University Studies
This project is inspired in part by the recent call to action (Helen Small, Stefan Collini) for bolder intellectual leadership around the questions 'what do Universities really do?' and 'What are they for?'.
The network has the simple, admittedly ambitious, aim of developing strategies for early career scholars to advance the field of University studies, particularly in relation to thought-leadership and new scholarly methods. Predicated on the notions that a) scholars have important things to say about the future of universities and b) that such conversation will be best informed, and effective, in consort with administrators and policy leaders the programme comprises:
- 20 committed early career academics and others working in related fields, with expertise on some aspect of Universities, from across the UK
- 3 full-day workshops January-April (discussion based, problem-solving
oriented) and a related symposium on 'Academic Citizenship'
- input from Simon Goldhill, Chris Newfield and Helen Small; the research councils; senior HE administration and leadership (more details are in the attached).
The first workshop will be held on Tuesday January 23rd, 10am-4.30pm in Cambridge; the second meeting on February 26th, 10am-4.30pm at the British Academy in London; and the final workshop during the last week of April (date tbc).
The network can cover the costs of travel to Cambridge and London and overnight accommodation for each meeting if desired
To apply - please send a short CV (2-3 pages), and a paragraph outlining your interest in joining the network, to Dr Alison Wood firstname.lastname@example.com by 19 January 2018.
This initiative aims to build British capacity in the emerging field of Critical University Studies
(CUS). Drawing on disciplines across the Arts and Humanities CUS is both scholarly and political,
setting out to better understand how Universities can serve the public good and to enact changes
that will enable that service. Arguably, expertise in this field is needed more than ever during a
period of intense change in global higher education (legislative, social, financial). But CUS poses
serious challenges for early career scholars: it is a relatively new field, cross-disciplinary and transsector
(policy, administrative, academic) and thus difficult to place alongside established
institutional structures of hiring, grant-making and publication. This network will identify
strategies for advancing scholarship in the context of such constraints, and develop future
leadership capacity for early career scholars via sustained contact with each other, and with
leading academics and HE policy makers. The programme of work will include workshops (in
Cambridge and London) and a day-long meeting with HE sector leaders.
Critical University Studies (CUS) – related to but distinct from social-science oriented HE Studies – draws on
disciplines across Arts and Humanities to address issues facing contemporary Universities. During the last 3
years the field has reached critical mass: both Johns Hopkins and Palgrave presses have launched CUS book
series, and major programmes have been supported in the US, UK and Europe (e.g. the European
Commission funded consortium 'Universities in the Knowledge Economy' (UNIKE), Aarhus, 2013-17). CUS is
also an increasingly important field for many decision makers as Universities, their environments and their
commitments become more complex; and as those complexities highlight an urgent need for better,
pragmatic visions of what Universities are and do.
Scholars committed to CUS, however, face several challenges:
1. Situational: because CUS is a relatively new, cross-disciplinary and trans-sector field, work usually
happens alongside, or within, other disciplinary structures. Building visibility and viability can be
unusually challenging, particularly in terms of hiring, grant funding and publication.
2. Methodological: relations between field-level focus (eg. the health of the HE sector) and specific
enquiry are difficult to navigate (eg. tensions between distinct and shared vocabularies) and
opportunities for guidance are rare.
3. Contextual: the necessarily trans-sector enquiry of CUS and its ambitions for change often demand
perspectives within scholarship and beyond, requiring well-established personal networks and
These challenges are also opportunities. Addressing them will help shape the field and its future leadership,
and contribute to an agenda that could feasibly contribute to better decision-making in HE during the next
10-20 years.
This network will develop early-career scholar's capacity and build the groundwork for such influence by:
1. Identifying and planning strategies for advancing CUS specific to the UK disciplinary and regulatory
environment (jobs, research funding, TEF, REF) and alongside good global insights.
2. Developing a better understanding of the challenges and opportunities of the field, particularly
around methods, genres and publication forms.
3. Connecting future field-leaders with key figures in policy and administration.
'Mapping the Emerging Field of CUS'. January 2018, CRASSH, Cambridge (full day workshop, optional
'Scholarship in policy, policy in scholarship'. 26 February 2018, British Academy, London (full day workshop,
optional dinner).
'Global Matters'. May 2018, CRASSH, Cambridge (1.5 day workshop, dinner and overnight accommodation).
In conjunction with the CRASSH symposium 'Academic Citizenship' (convened by Alison Wood, Richard
Oosterhoff and Theodor Dunkelgrün)
The Network
• Simon Goldhill, Professor of Greek and Director of CRASSH, University of Cambridge
• Christopher Newfield, Professor of English, University of California, Santa Barbara and General Editor
of the Johns Hopkins book series 'Critical University Studies'
• Helen Small, Professor of English, Oxford University
• Up to 20 UK early career scholars (as defined by the British Academy, i.e. no more than 10 years
post-PhD) drawn from all disciplines encompassed by the British Academy, and with demonstrable
interest and ability in some area of CUS
• Representatives from HEPI, and the Research Councils; scholars in Higher Education, Literary Studies,
History, Anthropology; senior HE administrators
• Supported by a website, blog and administrative staff at CRASSH
Planned outcomes
Throughout the project network members will have the opportunity to develop:
1. a co-authored white-paper-style statement on the emerging field of Critical University Studies,
published via the CRASSH website and geared particularly to administrative and policy concerns
2. an edited collection of papers, the precise form to be decided by the network as its work progresses,
likely to be published as a special journal issue with contributions invited from all network members
and guests


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Young Men General President Answers Questions about New Missionary Policy and Preparation
Contributed By By Jason Swensen, Church News staff writer
"[Young men] can best prepare by being consistent in their faithful obedience to gospel principles, in honoring the Aaronic Priesthood they bear, and in focusing on and obtaining the blessings of the Melchizedek Priesthood and the temple endowment. . . . They should be anxiously engaged in fulfilling their priesthood and family duties and in becoming self-reliant." —Brother David L. Beck, Young Men general president
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On October 6, 2012, President Thomas S. Monson announced in general conference that young men throughout the Church could begin full-time missionary service at the age of 18. Following that historic announcement, the Church News posed a series of questions about the new policy to Brother David L. Beck, Young Men general president.
Church News: Brother Beck, what was your reaction when you heard President Monson's announcement that young men would be able to begin missionary service at 18?
Brother Beck: I was grateful for an inspired prophet who has confidence in our young men and has opened the door for worthy and prepared young men to experience the incomparable experiences and blessings of being a full-time missionary sooner in their lives.
Church News: How will these changes bless the lives of our young elders?
Brother Beck: I believe we will see many more young men prepare for and serve missions. After their missions, they will be more mature and better prepared to make some of the most important decisions of their life and to pursue their education, career, and courtship.
Church News: Elder Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve said prospective missionaries should not begin their service before they are ready spiritually and temporally. How can a young man approaching the age of 18 know he is ready to serve?
Brother Beck: Oftentimes, a young man may have some doubts about his readiness to serve a mission. He can rely on the advice of righteous parents and spiritual advisers to go forward in faith to serve a mission. Ultimately, his bishop and stake president will help him determine his readiness as he responds to their interview questions and guidance.
Church News: In the past, most young men have enjoyed a period of preparation between their high school graduation and full-time missionary service. Now many 18-year-old males will choose to serve immediately after finishing high school. How can they best prepare for that immediate change?
Brother Beck: They can best prepare by being consistent in their faithful obedience to gospel principles, in honoring the Aaronic Priesthood they bear, and in focusing on and obtaining the blessings of the Melchizedek Priesthood and the temple endowment. They should strive to always be worthy of a temple recommend throughout their youth. They should be anxiously engaged in fulfilling their priesthood and family duties and in becoming self-reliant.
Church News: How can young men—and their advisers and parents—best utilize the Duty to God program to prepare for fast-approaching missionary service?
Brother Beck: All should feel an urgency today in seeing that young men consistently fulfill their duty to God. Those young men who develop the discipline of being faithful and magnifying their priesthood calling early in their priesthood service and who sustain it throughout their Aaronic Priesthood years will be well prepared for a full-time mission. The disciplines of the priesthood are the disciplines of a mission. The Duty to God resource is a very effective tool in developing those disciplines. Parents, advisers, and leaders who experience the Duty to God program for themselves are best able to help young men take full advantage of this resource. It can and should be used in the home in family home evening lessons and activities, father interviews, scripture study, informal conversations, family projects, and service. In the Church, it should be a regular part of weekly quorum meetings and activities, sacrament meeting talks, leader interviews, devotionals, standards nights, youth conferences, missionary preparation classes, and seminary.
Church News: Elder Nelson has challenged new missionaries to be able to teach effectively "from the first day onward." What are some things Aaronic Priesthood holders can do to become effective teachers of the gospel?
Brother Beck: Personal scripture study and prayer help a young man develop faith in, an understanding and testimony of, and love for the gospel of Jesus Christ. These are fundamental in becoming an effective teacher of the gospel.
The Duty to God resource can help young men tremendously. Everything in Duty to God is based on a pattern of Learn, Act, Share. Young men are asked in Duty to God to learn gospel standards and doctrines—including the doctrines taught in Preach My Gospel. They are asked to make plans to act upon what they have learned and to live worthily. They are to develop doctrinal outlines and teach the doctrines. They are to share the gospel and their testimony often at home, church, and other settings throughout their Aaronic Priesthood years.
Seminary and Sunday School are important to help young men understand doctrines and know how to teach them.
As priests, they can attend missionary preparation classes and develop a deep understanding of and proficiency in teaching the doctrines found in chapter 3 of Preach My Gospel.
Church News: How can the new learning resources for youth, which will be implemented next year, help prospective missionaries presently serving in quorums for deacons, teachers, and priests?
Brother Beck: The learning resources follow the Savior's pattern of assisting individuals in the conversion process. They encourage active participation in quorum meetings and Sunday School classes and to act upon what they have learned. Young men will have many opportunities to teach the fundamental doctrines of the gospel and share spiritual experiences and testimony in these settings.
Sunday School will teach learning and teaching skills and provide opportunities to practice those skills.
Learning outlines for quorum meetings include a lesson devoted entirely to Duty to God each month in addition to including Duty to God activities in the other weeks of the month. Preach My Gospel is referenced in the learning outlines.
Church News: Any other thoughts regarding the new age policy for prospective male missionaries?
Brother Beck: Heavenly Father loves the youth of the Church. He has trusted and relied upon youth to do His sacred and important work throughout the history of the world. The new policy on the age for full-time missionary service is another evidence of His love for and trust in the youth of the Church.
As the young men respond to worthily prepare for and serve at an even younger age, He will bless them now and forever.
We need every young man of the Church who is able to respond positively and resolutely to the call of our beloved prophet to serve a full-time mission. The stirring hymn "Rise Up, O Men of God" calls for the young men to do that:
Rise up, O men of God!
Have done with lesser things.
Give heart and soul and mind and strength
To serve the King of Kings.
Rise up, O men of God,
In one united throng.
Bring in the day of brotherhood
And end the night of wrong.
Rise up, O men of God!
Tread where his feet have trod.
As brothers of the Son of Man,
Rise up, O men of God!
— Hymns, no. 324


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The bad news is that Lara Croft's latest exploits aren't going to be with us until 5 March 2013. The good news, however, is that if the new trailer is anything to go by the game should be a cracker when it comes out next year.
Released ahead of annual gaming convention, E3, the new trailer - which opens with footage we saw at last year's E3 - shows Lara marooned on an island, bound and ready to be eaten by savages.
Read 10 things you never knew about Lara Croft
Escaping that ordeal, she goes hunting for food, before meeting up with other colleagues already stranded.
That's usual fare you think, until some eastern European types with guns turn up and it all starts to get nasty.
With what is expected to be a very gripping storyline, plenty of crash, bang, wallops and, of course, Lara at the centre of it all, not sure she is up to the task at hand, we might still have almost a year to wait before its on our TV screens at home, but by Jove, you'll want to make sure you get that pre-order ready.
Square Enix, the games developers, are expected to be detailing more about the game at E3 - which is lucky, because Pocket-lint will be there covering all the major announcements as they happen.
Stay tuned.
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider release date, screens, trailers and pre-order details


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ENNIS, Texas - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Pro Extreme Motorcycle at the American Drag Racing League, ADRL World Finals VIII presented by CarSafe listing lane, rider name, elapsed time/top speed this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:
Left Lane: Jeff House Runs 4.244/166.05, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.570/84.38, Was #12
Right Lane: Charlie Prophit Runs 4.200/146.77, Now #7; No Prior Run
1:15 p.m. The field is not full, so there is no bump spot.
Both bikes in this first pair had problems in the earlier rounds, both made good runs here.
Left Lane: Charles Seaton Runs 6.529/81.93, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.915/140.71, Was #13
Right Lane: Casey Stemper Runs 4.141/172.87, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.911/78.97, Was #14
Seaton's bike slowed, sounded sour, and trailed some smoke. He may not make it back for round one. Stemper got his problems worked out, made a very good run to move near the top of the field.
Left Lane: C.D. Watson Runs 4.349/164.59, Now #11; Best prior run: 4.353/163.71, Was #11
Right Lane: Blaine Hale Runs 7.787/58.43, Now #13; Best prior run: 4.764/149.56, Was #13
Hale slowed almost immediately.
Left Lane: Chuck Wilburn Runs 4.201/166.95, Now #7; Best prior run: 4.190/168.26, Was #7
Left Lane: Monte Campbell Runs 4.976/137.69, Now #6; Best prior run: 4.179/166.31, Was #6
Right Lane: TT Jones Runs 4.231/163.53, Now #9; Best prior run: 4.246/163.16, Was #10
Campbell slowed on the top end.
Left Lane: Nathan Murray Runs 4.180/165.82, Now #4; Best prior run: 4.144/167.28, Was #4
Right Lane: Shane Eperjesi Runs 4.173/170.04, Now #5; Best prior run: 4.153/169.64, Was #5
Two solid runs by a couple of local racers.
Right Lane: Eric McKinney Runs 4.051/175.00, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.068/174.73, Was #1
Amazing...nobody with a full pass on the books improved today, except McKinney. Dave Norris was supposed to run with McKinney, but elected not to make a run.