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Chair's Report for April 22, 2003
Senate update
links to agendas, minutes, Chair's Reports and other sites of interest are
on the Senate web site: https://wwwlocal.uwec.edu/usenate. Senate Chair's Report will be available on this site by noon on the day of the Senate meeting. NOTE – this is a DIFFERENT URL!
2. During debates, Senators may speak only twice to any motion or amendment. Each speaking term is limited to 10 minutes. The Chair will add names of those wishing to speak to a speaker's list upon recognition.
1. Changes to UWEC 8 – including nepotism language
2. General Education policy and criteria
1. Congressman Ron Kind thanked us for our input on America's role regarding Iraq. Attached to his letter was a copy of a letter he and other members of congress sent to the President regarding United Nations involvement in post-war Iraq. Kind's letter is on file in the Senate office.
1. Rumblings being heard about closing entire UW institution in northwestern Wisconsin stem from suggestion of legislator from southeastern Wisconsin - Do not expect that or other ideas floating around about such things as technical colleges taking over general education courses to go anywhere at state level
2. Nominating process to be placed on future Executive Committee agenda to look for ways to enhance involvement
3. Can be many reasons for courses not being offered; if unavailability related to budget reductions, students need to know that and should be encouraged to contact their legislator
4. One of ideas Katharine Lyall laid out in response to governor's budget proposal was program consolidation, realignments, and mergers - Are looking at collaborative efforts to offer courses – mostly talking about distance education; Program Review Task Force at UWEC looking for process to gather information about where to put resources to meet needs of student; more long-term issue; Any program consolidation on or among campuses will be reviewed at System and Regents level to clarify state-wide implications
5. Using up great deal of budget flexibility to fund seats for students next year; long-range plan is to recapture some of that flexibility to take advantage of new initiatives and opportunities - Will probably never be the way it was before, but not without hope for things like matching grants
6. Senate Executive Committee to be on call this summer (as is always the case) should consultation with the group be necessary for budget or other matters
7. One-page summary document on where 32.18 positions will be lost is available; details still being worked out, still fluid - Details known to departments/units involved; Will be distributing budget summary across campus near end of next week with open discussion based on those materials to be held on May 5, 2003; Do have reason to be optimistic reductions will not be greater than 5%.
Other Items discussed with the Chair
1. UWEC Senator concerned about Health Care Coverage plans requested the following be brought to the attention of the faculty and staff.
[From the Governor's Budget Proposal]
Require the Group Insurance Board to place each of the state's health care coverage plans into one of three tiers established in accordance with standards adopted by the Board. Require that the tiers be separated according to the employee's share of premium costs. Require the state to pay premium costs for eligible employees, regardless of the plan selected by the employee, not less than 80% of the average premium cost of plans offered in the tier with the lowest employee premium cost. This modified state payment requirement would not affect payments required under current collective bargaining agreements for represented state employees and under the current state compensation plan for non represented state employees. Provide that the current prohibition barring the Group Insurance Board from modifying or expanding group insurance coverage in a manner which conflicts with public employee trust fund law or ETF rules, or materially affects the premium level paid by the state or its employees, or the level of benefits under any group insurance coverage, would not be deemed to prohibit the Board from modifying the Standard Plan to establish a more cost effective benefit plan design. Stipulate that these provisions would first apply to premiums paid by state employees for health care coverage for the period that begins on January 1, 2004. No potential state group health insurance cost savings have been recognized in the bill.
Under current law, the state contributes an amount equal to 90% of the monthly premium cost of the Standard Plan or 105% of the premium cost of the lowest cost alternative health care plan (but not more than the total amount of the remaining premium), whichever contribution amount is less. The basis for establishing the amount of the state's contribution for alternative plan coverage is determined by the county in which the employee receives medical care. The basis for establishing the amount of the state's contribution for Standard Plan coverage is determined by the employee's county of residence. Under the bill, these provisions would be eliminated and replaced with the three-tier grouping of all plans and a different required state contribution toward health coverage plan costs. [Bill Sections: 1002, 1009, 1026, and 9316(2)]
Faculty Reps Meeting – April 4th
1. Various reps shared ideas for cost-saving measures: system-wide academic calendar (immediately dismissed), system-wide software, consolidating programs, etc.
2. Margaret Lewis, Associate VP of University Relations, provided a budget update. She stressed that legislators were not hearing from faculty and staff – that we need to communicate that every decision we make is made for the benefit of the students.
3. Margaret briefly talked about sabbaticals – recently a bill introduced to eliminate all sabbaticals due to big cost (cautioned us not to mention this in letters to legislatures at this time). System is trying to frame sabbaticals as a reassignment, not just 'not working' for a year.
4. Reps shared how Administrators' performance was evaluated at various campuses. At Parkside, after the makeup of the instrument is discussed with the administrator concerned and then distributed, the results are tabulated and shared with faculty and administrator in question. Milwaukee has a similar process, which works well. Each administrator meets with committee and the administrator picks a 'faculty group' to which the results are communicated. The faculty group is usually the executive committee, but can be the full faculty.
5. Regent meeting overview was given. In June, have retirements of Boyle, Smith, and Brandes. New board members will take seats in June. At that point will have a board that looks very different that the one we had before the elections. Also, board will have elections of President.
Board of Regents Meeting – April 10th- 11th
1. Members of the board urged a system-wide comprehensive study with discussions beginning this summer to consider how the face of the university should look in 2005 and beyond. Along with plans to rethink the UW, Regent Smith urged each campus to develop a small number of quality indicators to keep tracking changes in quality as cuts are being made.
2. The 2003-2004 budget allocation decision rules were reviewed. Based on UWEC's share of the System's 2002-03 GPR/Fee budget excluding debt service, utilities, financial aid and Extension credit programs and based on the Governor's proposed budget, UWEC's cuts would be: $1,960,399 ongoing; $980,200 one-time; for a total 2003-04 reduction of $2,940,599 with 32.18 FTE cut. One reduction principle included: institutions should consider eliminating or merging academic programs and majors that have low enrollments or are similar to programs elsewhere in the UW System. Such eliminations should be coordinated across the System so that the same majors are not simultaneously removed everywhere.
3. Principles for Program Consolidation/Elimination were distributed. They include: (1) The quality of the program in the areas of teaching and learning, and contributions of its faculty in research and creative activity, and service. (2) The contribution of the program to the mission and strategic plan of the institutions, and the needs of the state. (3) Student demand for the program as measured by enrollment, retention and graduation of students. (4) Resource implications of eliminating/consolidating the program, i.e., will it save money, result in the loss of resources from external sources, etc. (5) Uniqueness/ redundancy of the program within the institution and across the system. (6) Opportunities for collaboration with other programs within the institution, or at other institutions. (7) The long term effect of elimination/consolidation on quality, mission, strategic directions, other programs of the institution and system. (8) The impact of program elimination/ consolidation on system program array, and student access to programs. The goal as individual institutions and as a system is to preserve and strengthen, to the extent possible within the current budget reality, a program array that is accessible to Wisconsin residents, meets their needs and the needs of the state, while maintaining and continuing to improve quality.
4. The Board requested that plans for dealing with budget cuts be brought to the board as early as possible so the members can see how campuses are dealing with the cuts and have time to review the details before the meeting in July.
Legislative Update
1. Joint Finance Committee executive sessions are currently scheduled to begin Tuesday, April 22 and be completed in late May. According to the Wheeler Report, Majority Republicans are hoping to work out consensus items and schedules for execs before the first exec is held. Members of the committee are working to determine those areas where accord can be easily achieved. Majority members have been told to get their priority items and issues to the finance committee members by the end of this week or early next week [April 14th].
2. The Joint Finance Committee held an s.1310 hearing Wednesday (April 9) in response to the objection by Sen. Bob Welch to the UW System plan to manage the $8.26 million cut from the 2002-03 budget adjustment bill. Welch authored a modified plan to reallocate budget reductions. The motion did the following:
- Eliminated the cut to Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory by $19,700.
- Reduced cut to UW-Madison ($147,300), UW-Stevens Point ($29,000), UW-Stout ($61,680), UW-Superior (53,450), UW-Whitewater ($50,000).
- Shifted both cuts to UW System Administration.
The motion was adopted 9-7.
YES: Darling, Welch, Fitzgerald, Lazich, Harsdorf, Kanavas, Kaufert, Stone, Meyer.
NO: Decker, Moore, Huebsch, Ward, Rhoades, Coggs, Schooff.
3. Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities met on Tuesday (April 8) to take up the following legislation:
AB-208. Appointment of UW Regents from each technical college system region, two student members. In the proposed legislation, the representative from the Wisconsin Technical College System Board was excluded. Some members showed interest in retaining this position, and proposed the number of regents increase from 19 to 20. In order to avoid tie votes of the regents, some members showed interest in adding what would be a third student. The vote was delayed until May.
AB-207. Bans smoking in and around UW System residence halls and dorms. The committee voted in favor of the bill 10-2 (Nays: Krawczyk and Towns)
AB-209. Individual income tax deduction for great-grandparent, aunt or uncle to a college savings account or a college tuition and expenses program. The committee voted in favor, 12-0.
4. April 10th the co-chairs of the Joint Committee on Employment Relations (JCOER) said they will consider the 15 pending contracts for classified state employees if they have assurances from the Governor and the Department of Employment Relations (DER) that there will be changes to state employee health insurance payments. JCOER rejected the contracts in February, saying the state could not afford them given the $3.2 billion budget deficit. DER Secretary Karen Timberlake has accepted the co-chairs request to appear before JCOER and provide details about the Governor's plans to address how the state will control health care costs for its employees. This briefing may occur as early as the end of this month.
5. Senate Bill 85 - Regent appointments. Senator Dale Schultz (R, Richland Center) introduced legislation that changes the Board of Regents' membership by substituting a resident from each of the 16 technical college districts for the current Technical College Board member and the 14 citizen members. The bill also adds a second student regent who is at least 24 years old. The bill was referred to the Senate Committee on Higher Education. It is companion legislation to Assembly Bill 208, which had a hearing on April 8.


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- "I started crying," Hannah Anderson says, describing a conversation with her kidnapper
- Anderson says James DiMaggio tried to make her play Russian roulette with a real gun
- The California teen was found after a weeklong manhunt for her alleged captor
Months after a nationwide manhunt helped authorities track down kidnapped California teen Hannah Anderson, she's revealing new details about her conversations with the man who allegedly held her hostage.
In an interview with NBC's "Today" show set to be broadcast Thursday morning, Anderson describes the time she spent with alleged kidnapper James DiMaggio in his house about an hour east of San Diego.
Anderson says DiMaggio sat her down on a couch, handcuffed her, zip-tied her feet and revealed his plan to kidnap her and take her to Idaho. The day quickly took an even darker turn, Anderson told "Today," describing how DiMaggio encouraged her to play Russian roulette with him, using a real gun.
"When it was my turn, I started crying and, like, was freaking out," Anderson said. "And he said, 'Do you want to play?' And I said, 'No,' and I started crying, and he's like, 'OK,' and he stopped."
Anderson said DiMaggio told her he would eventually get her home. He also told her that her mother and brother were in his house, alive.
Police later found the bodies of her mother and brother at DiMaggio's burned home.
After evading authorities for a week, DiMaggio was spotted in the Idaho wilderness on August 10, nearly 1,000 miles from where the alleged kidnapping occurred.
An FBI agent shot him dead and Hannah, 16, was returned to her family in Southern California.
The nationwide manhunt for DiMaggio drew widespread attention and sparked widespread speculation about the case.
Now, the author of a new book is criticizing the teen's behavior and claiming there are inconsistencies in her story, CNN affiliate KGTV reported. An Anderson family spokeswoman told CNN the family has no comment on the book.
Anderson, meanwhile, told "Today" that thinking about her abductor makes her "disgusted" and "angry," according to quotes from the interview published on the morning show's website.
But learning more about the Amber Alert issued by authorities as they searched for her, she said, has helped her recovery.
"It helped me keep going through healing," she said, "knowing that people were looking for me and that they're on my side."

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In a year of craptaculars, The Tourist deserves burial at the bottom of the 2010 dung heap. It offers talented people trapped in creative inertia. A microscope and a search party could not discover any trace of chemistry between Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie. They look like a couple who took too many Ambien tabs on a jet trip to Venice, leaving them dazed and slack-jawed when they finally get to the city of canals. Of course, one of them falls in. The movie is already all wet. Jolie plays a walking mannequin named Elise. She's left Paris for Venice on the instructions of a British lover she hasn't seen in two years. A note from the unseen mystery man — we're told he's had $20 million worth of plastic surgery (eat your heart out, Joan Rivers) — instructs Elise to find a dupe who looks like him. That will throw off Scotland Yard, who want him for stealing $744 million. Elise settles on Frank Tupelo (Depp), a math teacher from Wisconsin with the worst hairdo since Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men.
Peter Travers reviews The Tourist in his weekly video series, "At the Movies With Peter Travers."
The Tourist wants to take flight like the lightest of Hitchcock, say To Catch A Thief, but it lands with a resounding thud. How could German director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, who won a deserved Best Foreign Film Academy Award for 2006's The Lives of Others, take so many missteps? The tin-eared script, credited to von Donnersmarck and two Oscar-winning screenwriters — Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park) and Christopher McQuarrie (The Usual Suspects) — could serve as a model on how to botch suspense, character, romance and wit. The alleged "surprise" ending has been telegraphed so far in advance even the actors look bored breathless having to act the damn thing out. The Tourist reaches its own kind of perfection — it fails on every conceivable level.
Peter Travers' Best (and Worst) DVDs of 2010


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PROFIT DECLINE: Yum Brands Inc. expects earnings per share to fall 25 percent in the first quarter, as it continues to reel from a controversy over its KFC chicken suppliers in China. The company, which also owns Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, expects a profit drop in 2013. That would snap an 11-year growth streak.
CHICKEN SCARE: A December report on Chinese television said KFC suppliers had been ignoring regulations and giving chickens unapproved levels of antibiotics. It has agreed to adopt stricter oversight of suppliers.
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When my fiancé was a young man, he found this book in a Salvation Army for $0.75. It had been recommended to him five years prior by his beloved high school English teacher. A Catholic school teacher recommends a book with sex, murder, and frequent, creative usage of the word fuck? Yes. Why? He didn't think any of his kids would get their hands on it. Why not? It was hard to find. And in those days you could not order a book on the internet. But Justin found it and it eventually found its way to me.
Was this book critically acclaimed? A cult classic? A sleeper? I have no idea. I've resisted, day after day, the reflexive google twitch that accompanies curiosity these days. I want to look at MAGIC's dusty, black, jacketless cover with its silver beveled title and wonder about it. That is what magic was back then; wondering about a book. I want to experience it for myself without being informed of its reception or background. That is what magic is to me.
The book is so, so good. I can't get the mood of it out of my system, days after closing its crusty back cover. It's about a man who wants to be loved, who wants public approval. As a child he seeks "everlasting health and strength" but fails at the football his father grooms him to play after his strong brother dies. Merlin the magician grooms him next, but his act bombs at an open mic magic show. He attempts suicide, but resurrects himself (or is resurrected, we wonder?) as a magician/ventriloquist, delivering a humorous routine with a dummy named Fats. The self-deprecating banter with Fats wins over audiences, yet Corky refuses to take the required health test to make it big with the help of an agent, The Postman. Is he hiding the fact that he's insane, with Fats as his alter-ego? Or is Fats really alive?
I've created a triphopera of MAGIC in order to explore its characters and themes. Corky teaches me that it is impossible to win public love if that is our motivation for performance. Personal fulfillment, genuine self-confidence, and connection with those close to us give us a shot at happiness. Applause and accolades are elusive. The phrase within Merlin the magician's advisory intro repeats throughout this piece: "If you do it right, they can't love you enough." This is a cautionary tale. "Love" of the faceless public is not fulfilling. That is helpful advice to me on the heels of being rejected from several jobs and a coveted teaching award.
Thanks to Justin Gumiran for bringing this book to my mind, and to Bob Leone for bringing this magical keyboard to my fingertips.
MAGIC: The Triphopera


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Coconut flour is not an easy thing to bake or cook with. It's not one of those flours that you can swap regular flour for in recipes without putting some thought into it. It's really dense and requires more liquid which can totally throw a recipe off if you're unsure how to adjust. I've made my fair share of coconut flour pancakes that have completely fallen apart or have been way too dry to consume.
However, coconut flour is extremely healthy, so it's worth learning how to use it. For one thing, it's free from wheat and other grains making it perfect for people who eat gluten-free, low-carb, or paleo. Also, it's high in fiber, protein, and healthy fats. So, how might you bake or cook with it in the kitchen? Well, I've got 35 Coconut Flour Recipes from FitFluential Ambassadors coming at you!
35 Coconut Flour Recipes
- Bacon & Egg Wafflewich
- Banana Coconut Pecan Protein Donuts
- Berry Jam Oat Bowl
- Butternut Squash Gnocchi
- Carrot Cake Donuts
- Chicken Nuggets
- Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread
- Chocolate Meyer Lemon Thumbprint Cookies
- Chocolate Zucchini Muffins
- Coconut Almond Banana Bread
- Coconut Banana Pancakes
- Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Coconut Snow Balls
- Double Chocolate Protein Pancakes
- Fat Loss Friendly Cupcakes
- Fruity Banana Coconut Pancakes
- Ginger Snaps
- Green Tea Mango Protein Cookies
- Lemon Bars
- Lemon Poppy Seed Freezer Bites
- Peanut Butter Protein Cheesecake
- Protein Powder Waffles
- Pumpkin Pancakes
- Pumpkin Protein Brownies
- Pumpkin Spice Muffins
- Quinoa Coconut Banana Muffins
- Red Velvet Pancakes
- Red Velvet Whoopie Pie
- Sriracha Veggie Muffins
- Strawberry Cream Pie
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- Toasted Coconut Wild Blueberry Smoothie Bowl
- Vanilla Coconut Cornbread
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Dahi Tamatar Murgh
It has been snowing; snowing very hard here since friday night. Today, I finally see sun in the sky and I immensely enjoyed the early morning sunlight streaking in through all the windows into my house. Beautiful and cheerful day it is alhamdulillah!
Dahi Tamatar Murgh – Baked Tomato-Yogurt Chicken
Food, especially in winter has to be comforting! The first thing Irf asks me after he returns home is, 'Whats for dinner today?' So, I try and prepare meals that are effortless to me and satisfying to my family too. These kind of quick curries, like the one I am writing about today, is my family's favorite. This dish is easily done in less than 45 minutes. You just have to mix them all up, marinate for a little while, and let it slow cook by itself for the required time in the oven, and in the mean time you can prepare your other dishes for the day or complete the other chores. It doesn't have the use of much oil, and you can even lessen the oil to one teaspoon if you wish! The yogurt and tomatoes give the chicken a delicious sweet-sour taste, and the garam masla makes it a little bit spicy. Its a very warming dish for these chilly winters.
Dahi Tamatar Murgh – Slow Cooked Tomato-Yoghurt Chicken
Chicken Breast Pieces/Murgh – 800gms, cut into bite size pieces
Tomato Paste – 3 tbsp
Olive Oil – 1 tsp
Ginger Garlic Paste – 1/2 tsp
Red Chilli Powder – 1 tsp
Salt – to taste
Yogurt – 2 tbsp
Garam Masala – 1 tsp
Turmeric – 1/3 tsp
Cilantro – 1/2 cup, finely chopped
Dahi Tamatar Murgh – Slow Cooked Tomato-Yogurt Chicken, in a baking dish
1. In an Oven proof flat baking dish, mix all the above ingredients, except the coriander leaves, and let it marinate for 30 minutes or 2-4 hours preferably at room temperature if you can preplan it.
2. Preheat the oven to 350°F
3. Cover the dish tightly with an aluminium foil and put this dish in the middle rack of the oven.
4. Check once after 25 minutes, and mix it well. Cover it again with the aluminium foil and put it back at the same temp in the Oven to cook completely.
5. Remove the dish after 45 minutes. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve hot.
Suggested Accompaniments: Basmati Chawal or Naan or Roti or Parathas or Pulao..
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The first Piano Practice
I motored to Valley Presbyterian Church this morning for my first encounter with the Bosendorfer. Liz greeted me in the office and went with me to the sanctuary with the Key to what turned out to about a 10 foot Steinway (woops….bad info somewhere) sitting at the front of the sanctuary but turned with the opening toward the seats. The action is VERY stiff and will require more muscle toning for the fingers, BUT….the sound is very nice and the instrument well built enough that the player has great control over the dynamics and sound. I enjoyed the practice a lot and will go again while I can. The Mysterious Organ that NO one is allowed to even peek at turns out to be top of the line Rodger's Church Organ and perhaps that's why Ms. Darlene (the hired union organist) won't let anyone touch it, she's probably afraid they'll mess up her MANY Preset stops. I'd only been playing about 5 minutes when the newly hired Janitor walked in wanting to match the key I had with his but that began a long chat about his tough times that last year or so…..luckily LIZ came down with a call from Rodger so the Janitor finally left and I got back to work. The Rodger Call? I got to join he, Janice, and Kris for lunch at Vista Springs Cafe up near the Council Crest area, a local favorite. SO. I had a good day. Even had the dog in the back so we stopped a few times on the way back for some running and play. He NO longer seems to get sick when traveling and is enjoying the mysterious event of jumping into the back and getting out of the car somewhere completely different for no comprensible reason. Oh well. I'll still practice a lot more.


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Was The Department Of Defense Behind Facebook Inc's Controversial Manipulation Study?
Michael Krieger: I've spent pretty much all day reading as much as possible about the extremely controversial Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) "emotional contagion" study in which the company intentionally altered its news feed algorithm to see if it could manipulate its users' emotions. In case you weren't aware, Facebook is always altering your news feed under the assumption that there's no way they could fill your feed with all of your "friends'" pointless, self-absorbed, dull updates (there's just too much garbage).
As such, Facebook filters your news feed all the time, something which advertisers must find particularly convenient. In any event, the particular alteration under question occurred during one week in January 2012, and the company filled some people's feeds with positive posts, while others were fed more negative posts.
Once the data was compiled, academics from the University of California, San Francisco and Cornell University were brought in to analyze the results. Their findings were then published in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. They found that:
For people who had positive content reduced in their News Feed, a larger percentage of words in people's status updates were negative and a smaller percentage were positive. When negativity was reduced, the opposite pattern occurred. These results suggest that the emotions expressed by friends, via online social networks, influence our own moods, constituting, to our knowledge, the first experimental evidence for massive-scale emotional contagion via social networks.
You probably know most of this already, but here is where it starts to get really strange. Initially, the press release from Cornell highlighting the study said at the bottom: "The study was funded in part by the James S. McDonnell Foundation and the Army Research Office." Once people started asking questions about this, Cornell claimed it had made a mistake, and that there was no outside funding. Jay Rosen, Journalism Professor at NYU, seems to find this highly questionable. He wrote on his Facebook page that:
Strange little turn in the story of the Facebook "emotional contagion" study. Last month's press release from Cornell highlighting the study had said at the bottom: "The study was funded in part by the James S. McDonnell Foundation and the Army Research Office."
Why would the military be interested? I wanted to know. So I asked Adam D.I. Kramer, the Facebook researcher, that question on his Facebook page, where he has posted what he called a public explanation. (He didn't reply to my or anyone else's questions.) See: https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796
Now it turns out Cornell was wrong! Or it says it was wrong. The press release now reads: "Correction: An earlier version of this story reported that the study was funded in part by the James S. McDonnell Foundation and the Army Research Office. In fact, the study received no external funding."
Why do I call this strange? Any time my work has been featured in an NYU press release, the PR officers involved show me drafts and coordinate closely with me, for the simple reason that they don't want to mischaracterize scholarly work. So now we have to believe that Cornell's Professor of Communication and Information Science, Jeffrey Hancock, wasn't shown or didn't read the press release in which he is quoted about the study's results (weird) or he did read it but somehow failed to notice that it said his study was funded by the Army when it actually wasn't (weirder).
I think I would notice if my university was falsely telling the world that my research was partially funded by the Pentagon… but, hey, maybe there's an innocent and boring explanation that I am overlooking.
It gets even more interesting from here. The Professor of Communication and Information Science, Jeffrey Hancock, who Mr. Rosen mentions above, has a history of working with the U.S. military, specifically the Minerva Institute.


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text: Sent from my BlackBerry® device from Digicel -----Original Message----- From: tutor-request at python.org Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 02:51:01 To: <tutor at python.org> Subject: Tutor Digest, Vol 62, Issue 42 Send Tutor mailing list submissions to tutor at python.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to tutor-request at python.org You can reach the person managing the list at tutor-owner at python.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Tutor digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Yet another Python book (Dotan Cohen) 2. Re: Yet another Python book (python at bdurham.com) 3. Re: Yet another Python book (vishwajeet singh) 4. Re: Problem with converting Python to EXE using py2exe (Dave Angel) 5. PHP as seen by a Python lover (OkaMthembo) 6. Optional groups in RE's (Moos Heintzen) 7. Re: Optional groups in RE's (Mark Tolonen) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:57:10 +0300 From: Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Tutor] Yet another Python book To: tutor at python.org Message-ID: <880dece00904110857sba47b01j4f449e1697209cd1 at mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 While the content looks to provide a reasonable learning curve, there is no mention of the Python version used. One of the first examples shows the interpreter for Python 2.6. I really think that a book coming out today should cover Python 3.0, and from the look of things that can be done with very little effort. Other than that, I'd really like to see a chapter on PyQt. PyGTK is nice from what I understand (I've actually never used it) but PyQt with Qt 4 really is the cutting edge, and is very cross-platform compatible. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:01:00 -0400 From: python at bdurham.com Subject: Re: [Tutor] Yet another Python book To: tutor at python.org Message-ID: <1239465660.22178.1310049665 at webmail.messagingengine.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Dave, Great stuff!!! Thanks for sharing your hard work with the community! Malcolm ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:32:50 +0530 From: vishwajeet singh <dextrous85 at gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Tutor] Yet another Python book To: python at bdurham.com Cc: tutor at python.org Message-ID: <5487b3060904110902j70b25e09o4646fe4beeba0bc0 at mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" awesome; I really like the Jython part :) Thanks for your efforts. On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 9:31 PM, <python at bdurham.com> wrote: > Dave, > > Great stuff!!! Thanks for sharing your hard work with the community! > > Malcolm > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > -- Cheers, Vishwajeet http://www.singhvishwajeet.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/tutor/attachments/20090411/757d2433/attachment-0001.htm> ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:07:38 -0400 From: Dave Angel <davea at ieee.org> Subject: Re: [Tutor] Problem with converting Python to EXE using py2exe To: tutor at python.org Message-ID: <49E0EA7A.7020104 at ieee.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Alan Gould wrote: > <snip...> > Good idea, I forgot that in Python you can find the full path that way. > Too used to working in C/C++ where the file macro only gives the > filename... > In C++, you wouldn't want the full path to the source file, but the full path to the .EXE file. That can be gotten in Windows, by using GetModuleHandle(0), and some other function on that handle. Sorry I don't remember the name of the second function, but I haven't done any C++ work in a few years. It might have a name like GetModuleXXXXX(handle). Anyway, that's the technique I used in that environment. To me, if it's possible to avoid an install entirely, I'm in favor. Two other tricks I used in the C++/Win world; 1) Let the name of the exe, as well as the location, be significant. If you put most of the code in dll's, it doesn't cost much to have multiple copies of the .EXE, each one with a different behavior. That's especially useful when you make file associations or SendTo associations to those various executables. Windows launches the program with only the filename as an argument, but I can have one more parameter hidden in the filename. 2) You can append arbitrary data to the EXE, and it won't affect normal running. Windows only maps in the amount specified in the header. But you can fetch readonly data from the end of the file, and use it any way you like. To append, you can simply do COPY /B myprog.exe + extradata.bin I wish Python.exe was designed this way. We could package up small scripts by appending them to a renamed EXE, The user could treat that as a self-contained executable, ready to run. This wouldn't obviate the need for installing Python itself, but it could make integrating it into normal usage simpler. See EXEMAKER for an implementation of #1, though it doesn't work with some imports, and has the problem that a console gets created even if you're running a GUI python script. It's a good start, though. ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 22:13:59 +0200 From: OkaMthembo <zebra05 at gmail.com> Subject: [Tutor] PHP as seen by a Python lover To: Python <tutor at python.org> Message-ID: <c7c6f3bc0904111313p3982a0e4sd525e4fd5e4341dd at mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi All, I just tried setting up PHP on my machine,with Apache 2.2-something (Win. XP). I came back running. It's a SCHLEP. I love Python. Happy Easter to you all - and to those that do not celebrate it, have a great weekend! -- Lloyd Dube -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/tutor/attachments/20090411/6d6b2ed2/attachment-0001.htm> ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:46:18 -0700 From: Moos Heintzen <iwasroot at gmail.com> Subject: [Tutor] Optional groups in RE's To: "tutor at python.org" <tutor at python.org> Message-ID: <7b13ba330904111546n21d90202i7572a75c55b02a23 at mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hello Tutors! I was trying to make some groups optional in a regular expression, but I couldn't do it. For example, I have the string: >>> data = "<price>42</price> sdlfks d f<ship>60</ship> sdf sdf <title>Title</title>" and the pattern: >>> pattern = "<price>(.*?)</price>.*?<ship>(.*?)</ship>.*?<title>(.*?)</title>" This works when all the groups are present. >>> re.search(pattern, data).groups() ('42', '60', 'Title') However, I don't know how to make an re to deal with possibly missing groups. For example, with: >>> data = "<price>42</price> sdlfks d f<ship>60</ship> sdf sdf" I tried >>> pattern = "<price>(.*?)</price>.*?<ship>(.*?)</ship>.*?(?:<title>(.*?)</title>)?" >>> re.search(pattern, data).groups() ('42', '60', None) but it doesn't work when <title> _is_ present. >>> data = "<price>42</price> sdlfks d f<ship>60</ship> sdf sdf <title>Title</title>" >>> re.search(pattern, data).groups() ('42', '60', None) I tried something like (?:pattern)+ and (?:pattern)* but I couldn't get what I wanted. (.*?)? doesn't seem to be a valid re either. I know (?:pattern) is a non-capturing group. I just read that | has very low precedence, so I used parenthesis liberally to "or" pattern and a null string. >>> pattern = "<price>(.*?)</price>.*?<ship>(.*?)</ship>.*?(?:(?:<title>(.*?)</title>)|)" >>> re.search(pattern, data).groups() ('42', '60', None) (?:(?:pattern)|(?:.*)) didn't work either. I want to be able to have some groups as optional, so when that group isn't matched, it returns None. When it's match it should return what is matched. Is that possible with one re? I could probably do it with more than one re (and did it) but with one re the solution is much more elegant. (i.e. I could have named groups, then pass the resultant dictionary to a processing function) I also tried matching optional groups before, and curious about the solution. Moos ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:50:44 -0700 From: "Mark Tolonen" <metolone+gmane at gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Tutor] Optional groups in RE's To: tutor at python.org Message-ID: <grrdt0$5os$1 at ger.gmane.org> "Moos Heintzen" <iwasroot at gmail.com> wrote in message news:7b13ba330904111546n21d90202i7572a75c55b02a23 at mail.gmail.com... > Hello Tutors! > > I was trying to make some groups optional in a regular expression, but > I couldn't do it. > > For example, I have the string: > >>>> data = "<price>42</price> sdlfks d f<ship>60</ship> sdf sdf >>>> <title>Title</title>" [ re attempts stripped] Your data looks like XML. If it is actually well-formed XML, have you tried ElementTree? PythonWin 2.6.1 (r261:67517, Dec 4 2008, 16:51:00) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32. Portions Copyright 1994-2008 Mark Hammond - see 'Help/About PythonWin' for further copyright information. >>> from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET >>> data = "<object><price>42</price> sdlfks d f<ship>60</ship> sdf sdf >>> <title>Title</title></object>" >>> t=ET.fromstring(data) >>> t.tag 'object' >>> for e in t.getchildren(): ... print e.tag,e.text ... price 42 ship 60 title Title >>> -Mark ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor at python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor End of Tutor Digest, Vol 62, Issue 42 *************************************


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Yo, well not just Kitty but I didn't find most of the characters in MAW2 very attractive as a whole. But since I got the MAW4 SE, thought I would play it without understanding what was going on but was able to manage somehow and to my surprise, quite a few characters from MAW2 were related to the characters in MAW4, but the best was Kitty grown up. Honestly couldn't tell until I noticed the surname, and the obvious flashbacks which came from MAW2 (as if that wasn't obvious enough)
Anyway, I'll put it in Spoilers just in case some people who fancy little children don't want their dreams shattered.
And here's her combo with the main character, since her portrait in status screen isn't what she wears in combat.
Anyone like the change from the silly black latex all the old succubus used to wear? And yes, that is the stats she starts off with ~_~; uber to boot =P


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WWE Night of Champions Results: Victors Who Will Lose at BattlegroundSeptember 19, 2013
OK, so Night of Champions was a great night for several people on the roster, but don't be too surprised if Battleground, which takes place on October 6, tells an entirely different story for these performers.
A.J. Lee successfully defended her Divas Championship against Natalya, Brie Bella and Naomi at the pay-per-view, but can she emerge victorious against presumed opponent Natalya at Battleground?
Considering how long she's been champion—she won the belt from Kaitlyn back in June—it's probably time for a fresh face on top. As talented as Lee is, the title is at the risk of growing stale.
Besides, due to her reality television exposure, Natalya is more popular and relevant than she's ever been. Now is the perfect time to give her the belt.
Shield member Dean Ambrose was another wrestler who retained his title at the pay-per-view. However, after a decent, if rather unremarkable, run with the United States Championship, it surely is time for him to drop the belt to Dolph Ziggler.
Such a move would also help get Ziggler's career back on track.
Presumably Paul Heyman—who with the help of new client Ryback managed to gain an astounding victory over CM Punk at the pay-per-view—will finally get his comeuppance at next month's pay-per-view.
Truthfully, it's more than time that Punk moved on from this angle and started mixing things up in the current Corporation vs. Daniel Bryan storyline. He could be hugely helpful in that program.
And, of course, there's the main title to think about.
Daniel Bryan won the WWE Championship from Randy Orton at Night of Champions—only to be stripped of it the following night by Triple H over the questionable three-count by referee Scott Armstrong. As WWE.com mentions, Bryan and Orton are due to face off again at Battleground.
Of course, Bryan could win the title again, but a switch back to Orton seems more likely. After all, per the storyline, "The Viper" needs to regain his credibility in the eyes of Triple H and Stephanie.
Besides, the potential really seems to lie in Bryan as a scrappy underdog babyface chasing the title, not in being the reigning champ.
Of course, WWE may not want to be too predictable on October 6. Maybe Heyman will escape Punk's wrath—yet again—and live to see another day. Maybe A.J. Lee will retain and continue her reign.
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In the early 1970s, development plans for the Tomales Bay region posed a threat to the long tradition of family farming. Two early environmentalists, Phyllis Faber and Albert Straus' mother Ellen Straus decided to fight and co-founded the Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT), with the idea of protecting farmland and natural resources for generations to come. The land trust protects farmland through the acquisition of conservation easements, which is a voluntary transaction between the trust and the landowners.
MALT has succeeded in permanently preserving more than 48,000 acres of farmland on 78 family farms and ranches that might otherwise have been sold or developed. MALT was the first agricultural land trust in the nation and serves as an inspiration and model for many other land trusts which have been created since. "We felt MALT was an opportunity to be part of something really important to the future of Marin County," said Ellen Straus. The spirit of Ellen Straus' early environmental efforts laid the foundation and is carried on to this day in Straus Family Creamery's many sustainability programs.
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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 1 Episode 6: "F.Z.Z.T." Quotes
You died. There's no way you can go through a trauma like that and not come out of it changed.May
I'm doing what we always do. We're going to fix this. Together.Fitz
I wanted it to be a person. Some super powered psychopath. Someone I could hurt. Someone I could punish. That I could do. What I can't do is protect you guys from stuff I can't even see or understand.Ward
I've been where you are right now so please believe me when I tell you you don't have to be afraid.Coulson
You and Simmons are so tight, it's like you're psychically linked.Skye
Simmons: This is the victim's brain.
Coulson: It looks like a burnt baked potato.
I even let them tag me like a stray dog.Skye
You should know, I'm not a fan of being poked.Coulson


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Wildlife on Orcas Island-viewing begins while waiting for the ferry. There are sea gulls, cormorants, Wood Ducks, Hooded Mergansers, grebes and harbor seals in the bay and American Bald Eagles riding the wind currents as your journey to Orcas Islands begins.
Sweet bird songs abound in the vegetation that runs parallel to the parking lot. When on the ferry check out the pilings as the ferry pulls away from the Anacortes ferry dock for the "cormorant condos." The cormorants have discovered that the dock is a perfect nesting area for them. Pelagic seabirds can be seen bobbing in the
water as well as seals, dolphins and on occasion, orca whales. The ferry route through Rosario Strait is a major migration path for seabirds. Always have your binoculars and camera ready; besides the wildlife you might see beautiful snow covered Mt. Baker in the distance, an assortment of sail and recreational boats, the US Coast Guard and other ferries on their island routes.
Orcas Island has an abundance of Black-tailed deer so be mindful while driving to your destination; they can cross the road right in front of you. Riding the wind currents and soaring overhead you can see occasional American Bald Eagles and Turkey Vultures. To identify them high in the sky remember that the wings and body of the Turkey Vultures appear V-shaped, the wings of American Bald Eagle look straight across from one wing tip to the other.
Crescent Beach, just past Eastsound Village on the way to Moran State Park, is a good spot for bird watching. You can see Bufflehead Ducks, Hooded Mergansers, Scoters, Great Blue Herons, Artic Terns, Belted Kingfishers just to name a few depending on the season. Pacific Blackbirds, and a variety of sea gulls can be on the beach
as well as a pair of Black Oystercatchers with long yellow legs and a long red bill. Be sure to keep your distance, the Oyster Catcher nests on the beach in the rocks and disturbance of their territory can be disastrous for their eggs or young.
Wildlife does abound on Orcas Island. You could see Trumpeter Swans in the winter, and year around a chance glimpse of river otters in the lakes and ponds or just crossing the road as they search for fish. Ducks, birds and waterfowl can always be seen…….. mink, beaver, and raccoons too. A wildlife cruise offers an opportunity to see Stellar Sea Lions, Orca, Humpback or Minke whales, porpoise, seals, American Bald Eagles and their nests depending on luck that day. Wildlife is unpredictable so there are no guarantees; you can be assured that the scenery will be spectacular.


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Hi it's Joe with my first blog post for Mobile Dating BootCamp.
I'm busy using the new mobile dating apps, Tinder and Let's Date.
Tinder idea is great. Connecting you with friends of friends and quick reviewing of potential people. It's execution is lacking somewhat. It's missing filters. Many of the users are very young (18-23) and particularly attractive, which doesn't make sense why they'd be on this app. I wonder if they got added without their knowing. The app also doesn't pull meaningful information in, so it's hard to know if someone would be a good fit. Probably errored on too quick to adopt, which means people aren't committed to using it. It also doesn't seem to have much user adoption. I haven't had much luck connecting with people despite going through quite a few.
Let's date is actually better for identifying people who could be a match. It provides easy scrolling of pics and relevant info for making a match. Given the higher admin burden to sign up, the candidates don't seem as attractive as those on Tinder. I've noticed you've got more artsy and creative types with tattoos and piercings. Could just be my geography in LA. I have used the swipe feature where you can point out what you do/don't like, but it doesn't really seem to work well. Takes too much effort too. I'd really prefer to state my preferences up front and then refine from there. My guess is the user base isn't large enough to build it that way. This is consistent with me getting matches that are 30+ miles away from me. I couldn't date someone in Santa Barbara from LA even if they were a supermodel. I did appreciate the idea of saying X of the next Y people are interested in you. But when it doesn't happen, it's a bit discouraging. Again probably comes back to not a large enough user base actively using the app. I do have a friend who met some boys through it, so maybe I need to give it more time.


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Warzone 2100
I loved designing my own units to use in combat, not many rts games do that.
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I loved designing my own units to use in combat, not many rts games do that.
Maybe not exactly what you are looking for. But you can get versions of TSB with current rosters. Expanded playbooks (the Wildcat options were really fun) and faster/more difficult gameplay too.
Also they are putting in work on "Gridiron Heroes" which is looking to be an updated version of TSB designed to run through Facebook. It's still in its infancy though
Back to the topic: I'd like to see them remake Panzer Dragoon Saga. Pipe dream I know but the game deserved to be released to a larger audience. It was too good to be one of those secret games. I still *drool* over the combat system.
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I know it still kind of exists but not how I remember it.
Spyro the Dragon, Spyro: Gateway to Glimmer, Spyro: Year of the Dragon and Spyro: Return of the Dragonfly. The first 4.
In those ones, you ran around with fire breath doing cool things. After these 4 though, instead of being a cool lil dragon like "sup brah" it became about using fighting moves and all about busting out combos for enemies. That's not fun in terms of spyro. Same goes with playing lots of different characters and strange voices! The voices they had in Year of the Dragon should have stuck!
In the first 2 it was just running around fire breath, collecting gems, doing fun shit. In year of the dragon you could do certain mini event things such as Skateboarding on giant skateparks, play as this bird thing who thought he was in the army called Sgt. Byrd, then Hunter the cheetah was a lovable idiot, you then had the Kangaroo and then Moneybags was there too but you couldn't be him. Return of the Dragonfly was cool in the fact that yeah you couldn't be other people you had mini games like piloting UFO's and abducting sheep :P There were 4 breaths too, Bubble for capturing baby dragonflys! There were minigames in this too.
Something in the first 4 that lacked thereafter were little portals in each level that you could get rewards for in terms of gems, such as UFO piloting, skateboarding, and FLYING EVENTS as you couldn't fly normally.
After those 4 though it became all about fighting moves and combos and you could fly all the time and it became about killing the bad guy at the end through combos... And in one of them, you could change characters and play as whoever, whenever! I mean, REALLY?!
Sure there was a boss in each of the other ones but they weren't the whole "mash buttons til it dies" thing... First one was you need to find all the Elder dragons who were frozen! Then the second was defeat Ripto, but the game before was awesome. The final fight involved piloting a UFO! Year of the Dragon I can't remember but I remember something about a giant chicken and swimming like a God. Same goes for Return of the Dragonfly.
RIP Spyro games You chose to grow up with your audience, but you didn't realise that people wanted you to remain as you were as that was the attraction. I now have an overwhelming urge to go play them all again, those 4, and complete EVERYTHING >.<
Guardian Heroes from the Sega Saturn. If you never played it then I feel sad for you. Many fond memories of epic 6 player battles into the wee hours of the night...
#1: Starsiege
Knowing that Hi-Rez Bought the IP for Tribes, I am wondering if that also included Starsiege as well, and more than likely it did. Sad to see such a great mech sim go out the window for a cheap, semi pay to win game (I play Tribes Ascend, but lets be honest on what it really is). I really do Hope they do something with the IP.
#2: The Metroid Series
I feel like there needs to be some heavy remakes for this genre, especially Metroid II and Super Metroid. There are alot of potential for expanding the story of the series in Metroid II and Super metroid alone.
On top of that, there needs to be another game that comes after Metroid Fusion, leaving the series in a time capsule for any future title isn't really that fun, I'd like to see the story finally progress after the SR388 incident.
#3: The Legacy of Kain Series
This has to be one of the best games that existed as a Play Station only title, its such a shame that a gem like this was only hindered by the graphical limitations of the time it was made and finished. If you ever played the game, you know what I mean. The voice acting was one of the best of its time, and the plot (while confusing) was a sound one once the game came full circle to its conclusion.
Imagine Soul Reaver 1 with the graphical power of Arkham city, that would be something to see.
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Earthbound with Crysis 2 quality graphics.
High Definition Giygas anyone? D:
Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.
So I chose the path of the Ebon Blade, and not a day passes where i've regretted it.
I am eternal, I am unyielding, I am UNDYING.
I am Zethras, and my blood will be the end of you.
Little Big Adventure
Keen! I think it still exists somewhat...
I cried alone every single night. It felt like every day that passed here stole another piece of my real life away. After i cried, I'd go and fight as hard as I could. My only thought was winning, moving forward, and getting stronger. — Asuna Yuuki
Naught Dog's Crash Bandicoot
Battlezone II: Combat Commander
If there was dev time for this (with a good studio), it could be the perfect merge between RTS and FPS. Was a fun game back then, but a reboot would be fantastic
You can catch me on Twitter @leoniditron
I am streaming almost every night (WoW, BF3, WoT, RO2) Check it out: http://www.twitch.tv/leoniditron
Ultima (especially part 4-7, or ultima underworld)
Wizardry (Last one was part 8, and i'd like to see more)
Might and Magic (Specifically, the world of xeen 5 and 6. the series afterward sucked.)
C&C Red Alert Remake. Same game play just updated graphics not a crappy EA version.
Rise of Nations. Keep the game basically the same just updated graphics and add more multilayer features.


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Crop insurance has some changes for 2009
Crop rop insurance indemnity prices, guarantees and premiums were all at record levels for corn and soybeans in 2008. Current market conditions make it unlikely that those levels will be reached again in 2009, but they will still be attractive. The Risk Management Agency has announced indemnity prices of $4 per bushel for corn and $9.90 per bushel for soybeans for APH (yield) insurance guarantees for 2009, the second highest prices ever offered. Prices for revenue insurance policies will not be known until the end of February.
Producers should carefully calculate their insurance coverage needs before meeting with their crop insurance agent this year. Higher input costs and lower indemnity prices mean farmers will have to choose a higher percentage level of coverage to protect their costs of production.
Payments in 2008
Loss payouts in Iowa for 2008 crops were substantial. Yield losses from flooding and wet weather were significant, but the biggest factor was the large decrease in market prices from February to harvest time. As of late January, insurance companies had paid out an average of $20.47 per acre for corn losses and $24.52 per acre for soybeans losses. Payments amounted to 90 percent of the premiums paid by Iowa farmers for corn, and 139 percent of the premiums paid for soybeans.
Payments for Revenue Assurance (RA) policies were larger than for Crop Revenue Coverage (CRC) policies. This was because CRC insurance had price movement limits from February toharvest of $1.50 and $3 per bushel for corn and soybeans, respectively. The downward limits have been removed for 2009, and an upward limit equal to twice the February price has been established for both CRC and RA insurance.
Biotech endorsement
A premium discount for planting certain biotech corn hybrids was made available to corn growers in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Minnesota last year. The Biotech Endorsement (BE) option has been extended to the remaining Corn Belt states. Hybrids containing YieldGuard, Herculex or Agrisure genetics may be eligible. Farmers must plant at least 75 percent of the corn acres in an insurance unit to an approved hybrid. Discounts averaged about 13 percent last year, or a little over $3 per acre. The discounts are not available for the group risk insurance policies, GRP and GRIP, however.
Enterprise and whole farm units
RMA has changed the subsidy rates for policies in which insured acres are grouped into enterprise or whole farm units. Enterprise units include all acres of one crop grown in the same county by one producer on a single policy. Whole farm units combine all crops into a single policy. Since the likelihood of a large indemnity payment is smaller as more acres are combined, these units have always had lower premiums than basic or optional units. Before this year, these units received the same percent premium subsidy from RMA as basic units did. Now they will receive the same dollar value of subsidy, which will be a higher percent. At the 75 percent coverage level, for example, basic units receive a 55 percent premium subsidy while enterprise units will receive a 77 percent subsidy and whole farm units will receive an 80 percent subsidy (see table). Producers with multiple farming units who want to lower their crop insurance premiums may want to consider applying for enterprise or whole farm units this year.
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Beth Moore spoke to me today. What do I have left undone and how can I endure it and finish it with joy? Colossians 1.
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Beth Moore spoke to me today. What do I have left undone and how can I endure it and finish it with joy? Colossians 1.
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This morning, bright and early, our three-year-old son, Ezra, came bounding into our room. He heard the shower and knew his Daddy was in there. Immediately I heard, "Daddy, can I take a shower, too? Can I use my new soap that smells good?" He was so excited when my husband said yes. Ezra usually showers at night, so both of us had a good chuckle over his exuberance to not only shower, but to insist on using his new body wash.
While in the shower, Ezra was declaring how much he loved his new soap. It has this awesome peach smell so I can understand why he liked it so well. While washing, it was mentioned that it doesn't smell like "girly" soap but that it just smells clean to which Ezra exclaimed, "Yeah, it's not girly soap, it's "boyly" soap!
Are any of you wondering about this body wash that Ezra is enjoying so much? As I've mentioned in previous posts, I am a Purex Insider and this program sends me different products to try for free in exchange for an honest review of their product. My family is truly enjoying this latest round of products. I am pleased to share with you that the Dial brand has created the NEW Dial Kids Body & Hair Wash for two different age groups so our children can have age-appropriate cleansing products to meet their specific skin needs. The two age groups are 2+ (which is for ages 2 to 5) and 6+ (created for ages 6 to 10). Ezra is three so his 2+ body wash comes in this fabulous peach scent called Peachy Clean (in the white bottle pictured). It was made for children who have outgrown the traditional newborn soaps, but are not yet ready for adult strength body and hair wash. I know he said it was "boyly" and not "girly" but trust me, moms and dads, when I tell you that your daughter will smell like a sweet little peach and her skin will be so soft. I could smell Ezra before he got out of the shower. I think Dial needs to make a lotion in the same scent. It's great! Ezra also didn't cry about soap getting into his eyes both times that he's used this so far AND his hair is shiny. Seriously, since he was in the shower, a picture would have been inappropriate but I wish I could have captured his joy over taking another shower just to use his new soap. The 2-in-1 formula was designed to make shampooing and body washing easy and speedy, according to Dial, but I wonder if they knew it would make kids WANT to get clean!?! One thing I discovered about the product is that it was developed with pediatric dermatologists. My kiddos have sensitive skin like their momma so a dermatologist's backing is appreciated.
I happen to also have an almost-seven-year-old in my house so Purex Insiders also sent me the 6+ variant to try. The 6+ body and hair wash boasts to mildly cleanse the skin without drying it out. We were sent Watery Melon. Berry Cool is another scent said to be on the shelves soon for the 6+ age category. Ella was thrilled with her body wash, as well. No, she didn't beg for extra showers, but she was extremely excited to toss her current body wash away. It was supposed to smell like Strawberries and Cream but the strawberries must have gone bad in that bottle. She hated that stuff and it was supposed to soften her skin, but I can't say that I've noticed any such results. So, she eagerly opened the bottle of Dial Kids Watery Melon Body+Hair Wash and went to work. The smell was pleasing, but not overpowering and there was a great lather. It didn't take much of the product to get the job done, either. Now Ella has what we call "Rapunzel hair" meaning that it is super long so we have been using certain shampoos and conditioners for her specific hair needs. We decided to just use this new product for body wash. But, if we were on a trip I would not hesitate to use this on her hair, as well, since I've seen positive results with Ezra's use of his Dial Kids Body+Hair Wash. Both age-appropriate formulas report to be tear free, hypoallergenic, contain no artificial dyes or added parabens and are Ph balanced.
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1 I look to the hills!
Where will I find help?
2 It will come from the Lord,
who created heaven and earth.
3 The Lord is your protector,
and he won't go to sleep
or let you stumble.
4 The protector of Israel
doesn't doze or ever get drowsy.
5 The Lord is your protector,
there at your right side
to shade you from the sun.
6 You won't be harmed
by the sun during the day
or by the moon at night.
7 The Lord will protect you
and keep you safe
from all dangers.
8 The Lord will protect you
now and always
wherever you go.


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WASHINGTON (Dec. 10)
The Senate voted unanimously Wednesday to prohibit the sale or transfer of F-15E aircraft to Saudi Arabia, although it permitted the sale of earlier, less sophisticated models of the F-15.
The amendment, sponsored by Sen. Howard Metzenbaum (D-Ohio), also stipulated that Saudi Arabia may not have more than 60 F-15s at any one time.
The House of Representatives approved identical legislation last month as part of the foreign aid authorization bill.
President Reagan is expected to receive the bill later this month, after the Senate and House bills are approved in final form.
In a related matter, the Senate Appropriations Committee voted last week to ban the sale of Stinger anti-aircraft missiles to Bahrain or any other Persian Gulf state for one year. The House had approved such a ban last month.
Key supporters of Israel, including Rep. Stephen Solarz (D-N.Y.), Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) and Sen. Robert Kasten Jr. (R-Wis.) favored selling Stingers to Bahrain, arguing that it is a key ally, since it provides the United States with access to military facilities.
The administration also supported selling Stingers to Bahrain, with Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci leading the effort. It could invoke special emergency powers to implement such a sale. In 1984, President Reagan imposed such powers to sell Stingers and launchers to Saudi Arabia. However, in 1985, Congress killed Reagan's proposed sale of 72 Stingers to Jordan.
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Faithful+Gould Assesses the Structural Condition of the City of Santa Monica
Jul 13, 2010, 12:46 ET from Faithful+Gould
LOS ANGELES, July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Faithful+Gould (www.fgould.com), a U.S.-based construction consulting and program management firm, was recently selected by the City of Santa Monica, California, to conduct a detailed condition assessment, asset inventory and preventative maintenance program for 148 city-owned properties over a four-month timeframe.
According to the City Council, Faithful+Gould was selected for its winning combination of experience with providing facility consulting for other municipalities, distinguished references and extensive knowledge of the local area. This comprehensive facility assessment for the City of Santa Monica recognizes the value of the more than 2,300 condition assessments Faithful+Gould has delivered in the U.S. with in the last five years.
Faithful+Gould Director Ben Dutton said, "Faithful+Gould is very excited to add the City of Santa Monica to our growing list of federal and state clients." He continues, "This award further demonstrates how clients are moving away from cursory level statistical facility condition assessment and more toward an overall comprehensive assessment and sustainable solution."
With the City's last assessment study completed more than 13 years ago, it is in need of a current evaluation of property portfolio. This facility condition assessment will help devise a capital plan for maintaining and improving the structures over time. In developing the capital improvement and preventative maintenance program for the City, Faithful+Gould is preparing the logistics scenarios, schedules, realistic cost estimates and budgets to prioritize capital expenditure and preventative maintenance tasks over the life of the program.
The condition assessment is a part of Faithful+Gould's strategic facility consulting (SFC) service offering. The firm delivers its SFC services through iPlan™, a web-based, sustainable performance governance solution that enables the company to plan, capture and analyze information as it conducts the assessments and asset inventories for the City. Faithful+Gould will use iPlan™ and the evaluation data to establish baseline metrics that it can use to measure and analyze the priorities to prepare a capital reinvestment program for infrastructure repair and renewal projects.
Comprised of five customizable components, Faithful+Gould's SFC service provides condition assessments, energy and environmental analysis, security and compliance audits, life cycle planning and sustainability consulting. Both public and private organizations benefit from this service by being able to proactively capture, manage and analyze raw property and operating data in a live, dynamic environment that changes just as facilities naturally do. With this ability to manage deficiencies and corrective actions, expected building component life cycles and replacement dates, projects and allocated funding, building owners can proactively manage budget and schedule based on physical, environmental, business and social priorities.
Please contact West Region Strategic Facility Consulting Lead, Dean Leonard in Faithful+Gould's Phoenix office at 602-445-3570 or email@example.com for more information regarding Faithful+Gould's SFC service offering and project experience.
Faithful+Gould is a construction consultant and member of the WS Atkins group of companies (www.atkinsglobal.com). As one of the world's leading total solutions providers for the built environment, Faithful+Gould has been providing support services to private companies and the public sector for more than 60 years. The firm supplies services to clients in the aviation and transportation, commercial, education, energy, food and beverage, government, infrastructure, health care, hospitality and pharmaceutical industries. Headquartered in New York City, Faithful+Gould employs more than 500 professionals in nearly 20 cities throughout the U.S. For additional information, please visit: www.fgould.com.
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