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The Community Awareness Committee of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) will be hosting an Outreach Table at the Pitman Craft Fair on Saturday, May 14th from 8 am to 4 pm. This craft fair is a regional draw and vendors get much exposure; thousands of people attend this event. Our participation will be to enhance the image of the union and to create good will in our community as we negotiate our contract.
WE NEED YOUR HELP! WE NEED VOLUNTEERS THAT DAY; from assembling in the morning and setting up the tent to working the day giving out AFT bags and working the Children's Station to tearing down the tent that evening.
Everyone's assistance is needed… even if you can only donate an hour of your time that day! Every bit helps!
Set up begins at 8-8:30 am, the fair begins at around 9 am and concludes at 4pm.
Email me at firstname.lastname@example.com your time of availability or how you would like to help that day (i.e. put up the tent and tables/ or take down the tent and tables or "person" the table).
Thank you for your continued support!
In solidarity,
Lori Block
Chair, AFT Community Awareness Committee

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text: Conveniently located on Highway 3/95 in the heart of the Kootenay Rockies, the Heritage Inn Hotel & Convention Centre Cranbrook is a full-service hotel that features 100 comfortable guest rooms and suites. An impressive array of amenities are available at this hotel, including an indoor pool, hot tub, fitness room, complimentary Wi-Fi access, and an on-site restaurant and lounge. Dogs are allowed at an additional charge; please contact the hotel directly to book a dog-friendly room.This hotel has banquet and meeting facilities that can accommodate up to 250 guests and offers full catering service with customized menu options. It is the perfect place to hold weddings, business meetings, commercial conferences, regional conventions or any other type of special event.


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By Miguel Rivera
Gaby Peñagarícano, the legal adviser to WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto, does not expect his fighter to face Timothy Bradley in December - mostly due to the weight issue. There have been no conversations at the moment, says Peñagarícano, but the potential match has been mentioned by Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum.
Peñagarícano is also the legal adviser to Bradley and he doesn't see the boxer making a decision to fight above 147-pounds, at least right now, and he certainly doesn't see Cotto fighting at a catch-weight below 154-pounds.
"Nobody has approached us to discuss Timothy Bradley. I know what Bob has stated, but we have not spoken with him about it or with [Top Rank President] Todd DuBoef. The truth is, we have not even discussed that. I don't know if that fight makes sense. I do not see Timothy fighting above 147-pounds and there is even [less of a chance] that Cotto will fight below 154-pounds," Peñagarícano told Carlos Narvaez.


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Government Information – does it want to be free?
I've always been interested in this. We have already paid our government to collect data – why should it lock the data away from us, or charge us for access? Just because you have the power to do something, doesn't make it right, after all. And, to be fair, the New Zealand government has been publishing a lot of data for a long time.


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Sandrine Ceurstemont, editor, New Scientist TV
There's a lot of drama in store for the Milky Way: in 2.3 billion year's time it will graze its neighbouring galaxy Andromeda only to collide and merge with it in 5 billion years' time. Now you can preview the action in unprecedented detail thanks to a new simulation created by NVIDIA, in collaboration with Simon Portugies Zwart from Leiden University in the Netherlands and his team, that can be paused to further explore the process.
The visualisation uses a new system to simulate gravitational forces between stars in the galaxy, allowing it to approximate the interaction of 286,000 bodies. During the Milky Way's first run in with Andromeda, a green display in the video illustrates how the algorithm works. It divides the data into 3D boxes based on the density of stars in a given area, continuously subdividing a region until there are no more than 16 stars in a box. By focusing on denser regions, the computing power required to create a realistic model is dramatically reduced compared to simulating interactions between all stars.
The team eventually hopes to use the system to simulate the evolution of stars and their clusters and planets in the Milky Way. But it should also be useful to model other processes in physics, chemistry and even finance.
If you enjoyed this post, see how the Milky Way got its spiral arms or watch a time-lapse of the Milky Way's formation.


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If you have ever performed music for a recording session, you have probably had more than your fill of "let's try another take" and "let's punch (replace a short part of a recording with another) that note." However, if you are recording tracks with a software instrument that sends MIDI signals instead of audio sounds, you can edit the MIDI notes inside of the digital audio workstation (DAW) that records the tracks, thus potentially saving an almost-perfect take.
Here's a video I made for this week's online Production course homework teaching how to use the Quantize function in GarageBand to make notes that were not played quite on the beat line up more closely (and in a future post I will tell you how I made this screen-capture video!):


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Sometimes you just want a quick tune-up of your day, some little work-habit hacks, tips and tricks we all can benefit from as we go about our business.
3 of my favorites are focused on my laptop use — currently I'm using OSX, but these tips all apply to Windows or Linux as well.
So without further ado, here are 3 Quick Wins to Streamline Your Workflow:
1. Organize your browser favorites
Do you have 10 tabs open right now and spend a lot of time clicking between tabs that have been open for days looking for the one you need?
- Go through your currently open browser tabs
- Bookmark each tab you want to close because you have not looked at them in a while, but you know you want to revisit someday soon
- Close the tab
- After doing this for all open tabs you should now only have tabs open you're using right now
- At some point take 5 minutes to organize your favorites into folders
- The naming and heirarchy of Bookmark folders is up to you but seriously make folders otherwise your Bookmark-keeping will be slower than your former tab wrangling
- Begin using bookmarks not tabs to keep track of recent browser sessions
2. Organize your desktop with a "Desktop Clutter" folder
There's nothing like using another person's computer for a while to see how a cluttered Desktop leads to inefficiency, and a loss of respect for that individual. (Kidding, sort of.)
I'm not sure who is responsible for the Desktop metaphor, but it is pretty bad for organization because it inevitably ends up being (much like the tabs in the above tip) a sort of "working mess" of currently important and recently important items mixed in with temporary and low-importance stuff like screen captures and quickly created files we intend to delete but then sort of never do.
So, my secret trick for clutter on my Laptop or Desktop computer's "desktop" folders is a super quick win.
- Go to your desktop right now and create a folder "Desktop Clutter".
- Move all of the files on your desktop except for system icons like the Recycle bin etc. into the Desktop Clutter folder
- Then over the rest of your lifetime use of computers: "Rinse and Repeat" this process — meaning that you just carry on as usual, filling up your Desktop over the next few weeks and months, then when you cannot stand it any more:
- Rename the "Desktop Clutter" folder to "DTC_2014_Q1" or some such.
- Create a new "Desktop Clutter" and move all the desktop files into it INCLUDING the "DTC_2014_Q1" folder containing your previous DTC
Viola! in about 2 minutes you have created a useful organizational folder structure for all that junk based upon Annual Quarters.
A variation of the tip is that you can either "Russian Doll" your DTC folders, or keep the historical ones always in the current DTC root. Yay for self-determination.
A fun side effect of using DTC folders, is the "Time Warp" you can experience exploring old DTC folders. It's like seeing where "things were at" at various points in your professional life by checking out the files downloaded or that you were working on at the time.
Also they are easily backed up and moved between computers so that is a bonus normally you would likely not backup your desktop in a useful organized way so this is all good.
Another cool side effect: you will realize how rarely you actually need desktop files because frankly I doubt you will fetch anything out of the "Desktop Clutter" folders very often.
Finally, you can quickly reclaim disk space when needed by searching this folder for big downloads or other temporary files you end up not needing after all.
3. Sort your Inbox by "UNREAD" instead of by "DATE" once a day to avoid important messages "Dropping Through Cracks"
I don't know about you, but I get a lot of email. Sometimes, when I'm in a rush, I intentionally leave stuff unread — especially if it's important and I feel like I need to read it later.
Well this is a mistake because other messages I don't read include piles of SPAM, newsletters I cannot figure out how to opt-out-of, and other Inbox cruft.
So ,occasionally, if I use the "Leave it Unread" trick to read something important it will end up hastily skimmed over because it is embedded in a long list of unread, unwanted stuff. Not Good!
I know, many of you will point out that rules can be setup, SPAM filters turned up, other automated solutions for email can help. I agree, there are a lot of other ways to deal with this issue, such as properly flagging and deleting email as it comes in.
But sometimes any action can be too time-consuming when you are on the run and "no action" is the fastest response of all.
So if you find yourself using the "Leave it Unread" anti-method of inbox skimming then, at least once a day, I encourage you to sort your email by "UNREAD" — on a laptop or desktop preferably for expedience — you can then really deal with unread items and delete all that SPAM and cruft intentionally, look out for and process the important stuff, and then move the item from there into a folder, mark it with a flag, reply and delete, or whatever you need to do.
Sorry, but there goes your excuse for not reading your email…!


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Can we just say we are READY for the weekend? Rumor has it the weather's going to be beautiful. J is headed to Lake Oconee; L is ready for some one-on-one time (and a few decorating projects) with Baby Joe. Here are five links we're loving today!
1. Best Nail Polish Colors for Spring 2015. Weekends are for painting your nails, and this "best of" list will give you plenty of inspiration. In case you're wondering (and we know you are), at the moment J's nails are Essie Lilacism and L's nails are Essie Tart Deco, an old fave that feels fresh right now.
2. Swim Sale. Shop our fave swimwear brands at Dish Boutique this weekend and take 20% off your order using the secret code SWIM15. We're dying for the printed L*Space Chloe Wrap Top.
3. Barefoot Workout. If the mention of swimsuit shopping just gave you a panic attack, check out this genius barefoot workout. Sure, you can do it on the beach (maybe awkward)…but also in your backyard, in your living room, etc. We're both going to do this a few times this weekend.
4. Styling Tricks for Your Home. L and Baby Joe are planning to do some sprucing up around the house this weekend. We loved this list of 11 tricks from Domaine that will make your home look (more) like a magazine.
5. Smores Bites. Our weekends are not complete without a sweet treat. J made these S'mores Bites by the First Year last night to take to the lake. Full disclosure: they did not turn out EXACTLY like the pic…but they sure were tasty. Practice makes perfect, right?Continue Reading


text: So, you own a house and are wondering if you should refinance? Can you get a new loan? Are rates low and are they going lower? Man, you've got a lot of tough questions! There has been a lot buzz lately about mortgage rates and mortgage availability; Rates are at 5% and the government is going … [Read more...]


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14 CFR 1245.302 - Inventions by NASA employees.
(a) The foreign rights of NASA and of the NASA employee making an invention are determinable in accordance with Executive Orders 9865 and 10096 and Government Patent Board Administrative Order No. 6 issued pursuant thereto.
(b) Where NASA acquires an assignment of the domestic rights in an invention made by a NASA employee, NASA will also obtain an option to acquire the foreign rights, including the right to file foreign patent applications on the invention.
(c) Where NASA is entitled to only a governmental license in the invention, the principal foreign rights in the invention are retained by the employee unless he agrees in writing to assign such rights to NASA.
Title 14 published on 03-May-2017 03:58
The following are ALL rules, proposed rules, and notices (chronologically) published in the Federal Register relating to 14 CFR Part 1245 after this date.