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MISD board approves salary increase for teachers
Published 5:26 pm, Tuesday, August 9, 2011
After discussion between members, the Midland ISD board of trustees voted to give all district employees a raise.
The approved salary recommendations will give all employees on the teacher placement schedule -- teachers and librarians -- a $600 raise.
All other district personnel will receive an increase of 1.5 percent based on the midpoint of their respective job grade.
Years of experience or current salary do not pertain to the raises. They are based on the midpoint salary of each job grade.
Trustee James E. Fuller did not vote for the salary recommendations, citing moral reasons.
"I am concerned about the fact that early during the process of reorganizing, administrators were given stipends for moving into new positions," Fuller said.
To deal with budget shortfalls, MISD eliminated and consolidated many administrative positions. District officials who took on additional duties received compensation.
Fuller said he is not opposed to raises, but does not agree with the budget process, noting these individuals will receive significant raises next year.
Fuller said he wishes administrators would have shown the same commitment Superintendent Ryder Warren did when he announced he would not take a raise.
"My question is, is there that kind of commitment?" Fuller said.
The total cost of the raises is $1,632,000 for the 2011-12 school year and will be paid through funds provided by the Federal Education Jobs Act. Of that, $1.1 million goes directly to instructional staff.
The approved salary recommendations are included in the 2011-12 district budget, which is set for approval at the Aug. 23 board meeting.
Also at that meeting, the board will discuss the 2011-12 proposed tax rate.
The recommended tax levy is $1.14255 on the $100 valuation of all taxable property in MISD for 2011 and is $0.0025 less than the 2010-11 adopted tax rate, according to the agenda.
During Tuesday's meeting, the board also approved a change in insurance providers that will save the district $60,448.
By switching general, personal injury, employee benefits, professional legal and auto liabilities from the Texas Association of Public Schools to the Texas Association of School Boards, the district will be able to save $54,547 a year. Coverage will not change, only the providers.
In other business:
- The board discussed changes to the student handbook. Only minor changes were made, including making sure parents notify the district in writing if they do not what their child subject to corporal punishment.
- The board approved the student code of conduct which had minor changes. These included mentioning computer hacking is unacceptable, aggravated robbery is subject to dismissive action and tire deflation devices are prohibited on campus.
- The board approved phase three of the Carver Center renovation which includes a library and locker room renovation scheduled for completion in October.
- The board approved personnel recommendations to hire 22 elementary teachers, 28 secondary teachers and six professional staff members.
- Ryder Warren presented an updated organizational chart for the district which included new titles for the assistant superintendents. Ed Zachary, assistant superintendent for administration, operations and human resources will now be called the chief of staff. Sylvia Garza, assistant superintendent for teaching and learning, will be the chief academic officer and David Garcia, assistant superintendent for financial services, will be the chief financial officer.
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Find, without differentiation, the equation of the straight lines which pass through the point and are tangential to the circle,
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Find, without differentiation, the equation of the straight lines which pass through the point and are tangential to the circle,
If you draw a picture, there is a right triangle with two known sides. From there you can find angles, etc.
In general, you are supposed to show some effort.
Sorry what I did was...
Circle center
Let the unknown point of intersection be
Length from circle center to
Since radius=2, the length of the line by pythagoras theorem
then, gradient of the radius from circle center to point of intersection
With the value of x found, i can find y but the equation of the line i got is different from the answer
I would do the following. The tangent of the angle at (4,0) is . Therefore, the equations of the two lines are .
Hi punch,
After defining one of the tangency triangles you need to find the altitude on the hypothenuse and the segments it creats on the hypot.A slope of the tangent will then be definable.Next use point slope formula to find the lines.
Since , . Therefore, the slope of BC is . Does this answer your question?
Emarkarov;s equations are correct but the question is " Is this solution in a geometry problem valid ? "
I think, by definition, the gradient of line BC is . (Please correct me if I am wrong.) Taken direction into account, . Also, because they are vertical angles. Therefore, the gradient is .
Another way to do this, without (directly) calculating the gradient, is to note that, since the distance from the point of tangency to (4, 0) is , we have, for that angle, C, sin(C)= 2/5 and . It follows from that that cos(A)= 2/5 and .
From those, we can calculate that the coordinates of point B are and then we can find the equation of the line using the "two point" formula.
Hello emarkarov,
In geometry the slope of a line = rise /run so strictly speaking the tangent at C is not the slope but is the same quantity as can be seen when you erect the altitude on hypot of ABC. I admit that geometry today would allow your solution but would be interested in a few replies.


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Charles Salzberg is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in Esquire, New York Magazine, GQ, and The New York Times Book Review. He is the author of over 20 books, including From Set Shot to Slam Dunk, An Oral History of the NBA, and co-author of My Zany Life and Times, by Soupy Sales. He has been a Visiting Professor at S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and now teaches at Sarah Lawrence College, the New York Writer's Workshop and the Writer's Voice. His novel, Swann's Last Song, will be published in the near future.


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WASHINGTON — He's not from here, he doesn't have some motivating past history with this place and, really, his only tie to the nation's capital is that he resides in said nation.
For Al Harrington, the exceptional is inexplicable. But in the past two games he had played in Washington, he shot 5-for-8 from long range in the first game and 6-for-8 from 3-point range in the second.
Harrington again went 5-for-8 on 3-pointers Friday night, spearheading the Nuggets to a 108-104 victory.
"Yeah, I had no idea. I didn't know I was shooting it that well here," said Harrington, who scored a season-high 29 points, when asked about his recent D.C. performances. "I feel like I can shoot every night like that — it just doesn't always happen."
The Nuggets are 3-0 on this East Coast swing heading into tonight's marquee matchup against Melo at Madison Square Garden.
For the first time since last February's trade, the Nuggets will face the Knicks and Carmelo Anthony, the face-of-the-franchise forward who forced Denver to trade him to New York.
"I think that's one of the games that motivates itself," Nuggets coach George Karl said. "I don't think I'm going to have to give a really good pep talk in that game."
When the trade happened, many predicted that the Nuggets would go into a downward spiral and the Knicks would flourish. Now it's early, but Denver is flourishing (11-5) and it's the Knicks in a downward spiral — they're 6-9 and have lost the past five games, including Friday at home against the lowly Bucks. New York fans continually booed the home team, some even chanting the name of retired coach Phil Jackson, who they want to replace Mike D'Antoni.
Asked Friday by New York reporters about playing the Nuggets, Anthony said, "Me personally, I have nothing to prove in the game tomorrow. I spent 7½ years in Denver. I did a lot in Denver, and I have nothing to prove out there tomorrow night. I just want to win the basketball game and I'll be satisfied. … Denver's a (heck) of a team. They're one of the deepest teams in the NBA. We just want to go out there and win tomorrow. It's not too much about Denver, it's much more about us. We've got to find the will to win tomorrow."
Melo averages 25 points per game, and while he's had a few scoring splurges a la his Denver days, he's also been maddening as he was in his Denver days, holding the ball for numerous seconds, impeding the offensive flow before hoisting a midrange jumper. Anthony is shooting 41.1 percent from the field; his career low is 42.6 in his rookie season.
Only two "Knuggets," as they're called on Twitter, are on the Nuggets' roster — former Knicks Danilo Gallinari and Timofey Mozgov. (Wilson Chandler is in China, and Denver traded Raymond Felton to the Blazers). Gallinari, arguably, was the best piece acquired, a budding, versatile forward (he scored 21 on Friday at Washington).
"In my case, it's going to be particularly emotional, but the most important thing is winning the game," said Gallinari, who was drafted sixth overall by New York in 2008. "Everybody's talking about the game, but we just have to go out there and be focused and take it like it's a normal game."
Even though it won't be one.
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After shooting 61.5 percent in the first quarter, the Wizards shot only 31 percent in the final three quarters. … After scoring a season-high 28 points, Denver guard Andre Miller went scoreless Friday (obviously a season low). … Kosta Koufos started for the injured Nene and went 1-for-5 from the field.
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As coach George Karl said, it wasn't pretty, but Denver won on "guts and mental toughness."
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A Poem for Living through Change
Here, Here, where already you have left behind by choice or by force what you knew what you cherished what you maybe took for granted. Here, where not yet do you know where you're headed what it will take what it will give how it will change you. Here, on the threshold you balance on […]+ Read More


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Samsung is building its own Android platform for the enterprise
As RIM tries to reinvent itself with BlackBerry 10 and Microsoft tries to gain a secure foothold in the smartphone market with Windows Phone, we're often told that one of those two platforms will emerge as the eventual third platform that might rival the marketshare of iOS and Android. Often an appeal to business and enterprise users is seen as part of the lure that will carry one of these platforms forward.
While it's reasonable to debate which of these platforms might that mythical third platform, that debate stems from a false assumption that the mobile space is currently dominated by just two platforms (iOS and Android). I'm not saying that there's some hidden platform out there. Rather, it's becoming increasingly difficult to consider Android as a single platform.
The open nature of Android has caused it to diversify across an incredible range of devices. With so much diversity, some forks of Android can credibly considered to be their own platform. The Kindle Fire and Nook tablets are Android-based, meaning that Android is doing the heavy lifting, but their interfaces, app markets,and setup processes have been tailored so much that for practical purposes, most people don't consider them to be Android devices.
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Another company is beginning to develop its own platform based on Android as well. In this case, however, it isn't differentiating itself based on its interface or app/content stores. Instead, this new Android-based platform is being built around the ability to secure, manage, and integrate with key enterprise systems in ways that go beyond what Google builds into the stock versions of Android.
The company building this new platform is Samsung and that platform is the company's SAFE (Samsung Approved For Enterprise) program.
Samsung is the biggest Android manufacturer on the planet and it offers a very complete range of Android devices, many of them designed for the consumer market. With Apple's iOS devices take the mobile enterprise crown from RIM and the BlackBerry, Samsung developed its own strategy for getting its own slice of the enterprise pie.
In order to compete against Apple in the business and enterprise market, Samsung chose to address a core Android issue: the platform's fragmentation. Fragmentation is a general Android headache with dozens of manufacturers making hundreds of different devices, many of which get tweaked by manufacturers and carriers. That diversity means that not every device will support the same security and management features.
It also means that the Android update cycle for existing devices is long and complex, meaning there's rarely a clear timeline for when a given update will reach a given device on a given carrier. All to often, there are devices that simply stop getting major Android updates or even smaller patches.
Fragmentation of this type or on this scale simply doesn't happen with iOS because Apple develops the OS, builds the hardware, and prevents carriers from tweaking either. Apple also releases a new major iOS update every year that, on average, supports the past two generations of hardware. The bulk of important security and management capabilities were baked into iOS 4. iOS 5 and 6 included just a handful of additional mobile management policies. That means the vast majority of iOS devices ever made can be a pretty good fit for enterprises. In many ways, Apple's model isn't that far off from the model that allowed RIM to be so successful for many years.
Samsung's SAFE program, developed with some of the top mobile management vendors and carriers creates a uniform baseline standard that meets key enterprise needs including deep integration with Exchange, on device encryption, broad VPN support, and mobile device management (MDM) with a broad range of supported policies.
Samsung creates the hardware for the program and integrates a wide range of MDM policy capabilities into the Android OS that will run on that hardware. In doing so, the company puts in far more MDM capabilities than are found on other Android devices including its own security APIs. In certifying devices, MDM suites, and other enterprise vendors like networking giants Juniper and Cisco, Samsung has create a secure and enterprise-grade Android ecosystem.
Walking the middle ground
In many ways, the SAFE program is a blend of the approaches that RIM and Apple have taken towards business sector. RIM delivered a product that could be managed and secured with over 500 policies using the company's BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES). That delivered a very secure environment, one that IT and security professionals welcomed. It also positioned RIM as a single vendor for smartphones and related management infrastructure.
Apple, on the other hand, took a very different approach when it introduced true enterprise mobile management in iOS 4. The company created a framework that covered the majority of critical needs like passcode policy enforcement, remote wipe, Wi-Fi and VPN configuration, and the ability to restrict access to various iOS and device features, but far fewer policies than RIM offered. Apple didn't initially set out to provide its own MDM server. Instead, the company invited third-party companies to provide over the air management solutions (more recently, Apple has introduced the tethered deployment and management tool Apple Configurator and an over the air Profile Manager feature for its OS X Server platform, which is aimed at small businesses and workgroups).
Samsung's decision to build the policy framework in a way that is much broader and granular than Apple's — the company offers over 330 policy options — positions SAFE certified devices as more flexible enterprise-oriented options compared to Apple's iOS devices. At the same time, the company has followed Apple's example in opening that framework up to other vendors. That key move ensures that most enterprises will be able to take advantage of the security, management, and integration features of SAFE devices using an existing mobile management console — not to mention one that can also manage iOS devices and non-SAFE Android devices as well.
Top devices
Samsung has focused on certifying some of its most popular products for SAFE. The Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note II both carry SAFE branding. While not the first devices to certified as SAFE devices — previous generations of the lines including the original Galaxy Note and Galaxy S II — these are the first to be branded and marketed as SAFE certified solutions. To encourage adoption of these devices in general as well as the brand awareness of the SAFE program, Samsung has instituted a trade-up program for both businesses and individuals to upgrade to SAFE devices.
Incorporating SAFE into its mainstream products is important. While IT and security professionals see the device as a unique and secure platform that happens to be Android-based, consumers simply see the devices as cutting edge Android devices.
Can SAFE succeed?
Viewed as a separate platform from other Android devices, SAFE offers administrators much of the feature set and management capabilities of the BlackBerry. More important, it offers a similar mindset towards policies. That makes it a very attractive platform.
It also leads to a crucial question: Can SAFE succeed as a platform in a sea of other Android devices, including some from Samsung itself that aren't SAFE certified?
Certainly for those companies that still issue corporate devices to users, SAFE is an attractive platform. It allows BlackBerry-style management and device lockdown. The problem is that the world has changed, and locked-down corporate devices are typically used in tandem with unmanaged personal devices. Simply put, the locked down corporate device is becoming rarer with each passing day.
Many enterprises who aren't jumping on the BYOD bandwagon are instead embracing the COPE (corporate owned, personally enabled) strategy. Companies using this approach provide corporate devices — often ones that are popular in the broader consumer market — that are pre-configured to work with enterprise systems, but are generally not subject to harsh management policies. Users are encouraged to use the devices as their own, and some companies even offer users the option to purchase their COPE device at a pro-rated cost if the employee leaves the company.
SAFE is a perfect fit for COPE.
BYOD, however, is quickly becoming the norm when it comes to enterprise mobility. Samsung may be building an excellent management platform on its top devices, but there's no guarantee every user will pick a device that's SAFE-certified.
Even within the BYOD paradigm, however, there are some ways that IT departments can make a push for SAFE devices.
BYOD policies are often drafted around the security potential of each device or platform. Platforms that support broader security and management options are generally granted greater access to enterprise resources. If a company establishes SAFE devices from Samsung as a separate tier of devices compared to Android as a whole, it can encourage users to purchase those devices if they want expanded access.
IT departments that are more engaged with their users stand an even better chance of encouraging users to select these types of devices. That can mean an informational email detailing the added features and network access of SAFE devices or it can be even more proactive. Some mobile-first companies have established mobile support centers based around the Genius Bar model of Apple's retail stores — a resource where employees can learn about mobile technologies, play with devices, share tips and information, and get technical support. That sort of environment is a perfect one for encouraging a specific platform or devices. Of course, organizations that offer cost-sharing options as part of a BYOD program stand the best chance of encouraging a specific platform or device since they tend to offer users a menu of available options, effectively making them very similar to COPE programs.
SAFE vs. Android
While SAFE is a more secure Android platform hiding in plain site, it's important to remember that the recent releases of Android do have some significant enterprise capabilities in and of themselves. This PDF brochure from Zenprise compares the major capabilities of Android Jelly Bean to SAFE. Samsung's own brochure highlights some as well.
The truth is that Android security has generally improved to the point where current releases have begun to level much of the playing field with iOS. SAFE takes those capabilities a bit further. Even with older Android releases, however, most MDM vendors provide an on-device agent that can deliver better security across a range of devices.
SAFE and IT
Is it something IT should embrace? Absolutely. IT should embrace every opportunity to add security and to grant the broadest feasible access to users. If you on an MDM product that is SAFE certified, then definitely embrace the program and certified devices. If you are selecting an MDM vendor, SAFE certification can be a way to narrow down your choices. From and IT and security point of view, SAFE is something that adds and enhances security and enterprise integration without requiring much effort — why not embrace it?
That doesn't mean that IT should feel that SAFE offers a license to dictate device decisions and set restrictive policies that were standard practices in the BlackBerry era. Those days are gone. SAFE offers some of that functionality back as well as some Android-specific capabilities, but it isn't going to turn back the clock on how users interact with technology. If anything, SAFE and the fact that user choice is as integral to the program's success as IT involvement, illustrates the partnership that modern mobility is all about.
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As senior curator of Film and Sound at the Memorial, I was greatly privileged in February this year to go with the ADF to the Australia's area of Middle Eastern Operations. Not only did I meet with and interview an amazing range of ADF members based in or around Al Minhad, Kandahar, Tarin Kot and Kabul, but I found myself in the rare position of being a female civilian, totally immersed in the ADF's world. I trained with ADF. I wore body armour. I travelled by armoured convoy and by Hercules aircraft.
Interviewing at Camp Holland, Tarin Kot
I had meals in the food halls where everybody else ate - lining up outside to sterilise my hands - and slept in the same accommodation, sharing bathroom and laundry facilities. Every day brought a hectic round of new names, acronyms, places, and protocols to remember; every day was a day of early starts and late nights. Some days were marked by fun (joining in Camp Baker's Trivia Night) or frustration (repeated cancellation of flights), whilst other days were memorable for their sadness – the loss of an Australian sapper the day we left Tarin Kot; attending, with a host of coalition force members, a US ramp ceremony at Kandahar Airfield.
There was nothing about this trip for which the standard day at the office could have prepared me.
As one of a three person team of Memorial curators for the Collecting in Action program, I spent three weeks on deployment, travelling across the Middle Eastern Area of Operations (MEAO). In keeping with the Memorial 's tradition of documenting Australians' experience at war, I recorded interviews with a wide cross section of the ADF - men and women of different ranks, performing different duties , in a range of locations on base and in the field. Their stories were fascinating and inspiring, providing a unique insight into the life and times of Australia's current serving military. The team also sought items to include in the Memorial's collection, from photographs and personal cloth patches, to gear too big to bring back right away, such as vehicles.
This video compiles a small selection from the many hours recorded during my deployment. The Memorial thanks all those who contributed their time to this program.
The ADF do their utmost to prepare you for travelling to a war zone. Along with a large cohort of ADF members, our team undertook a training course at Randwick Barracks. Full days of lectures covered topics as diverse as vaccination, how to speak to the media, and how to conduct oneself in the event of capture. A month later we departed with the scheduled ADF sustainment flight to Australia's Al Minhad base, where we undertook a further four days of lecturers and training. This included being taught how to assemble and fire a rifle, how to identify explosive devices, to call in a medivac (evacuation by air), how to apply a tourniquet, and how to dress an open wound. My wound dressing skills being somewhat more theoretical than actual, I quietly hoped no one would have to depend on my training in an emergency!
During the training period I met many people who were , like me , about to go "in country", but unlike me, would stay on for many months past the date of my return to the comforts of "civvy" life. They would continue to work the long hours, in harsh environmental conditions, which characterise Middle Eastern and Central Asian deployments. These and other "pattern of life" matters were discussed by many of my interviewees.
Outside Kabul
My interviewees included troopers, snipers, members of mentoring task groups, medical staff, unmanned aerial vehicle operators, artillery trainers, ground support crew, engineers, a Chaplin, a legal officer, a Federal policeman and, offering a different perspective, an Afghan translator. In every case, I asked them how they came to enlist, what brought them to their current situation, what their jobs entailed, what life is like on an Australian base. What did they enjoy about life in the Forces, what was not so good? If they had any downtime, how did they spend it? And what is it like to work with other nationalities?
Artillery practice
People willingly shared their experiences, personal insights and thoughts for the future. A nurse spoke of the bravery of an Afghan child who'd sustained horrific facial injury in a tractor incident. A Lieutenant Colonel, remembering his earlier work the UN, described having to repatriate the bodies of UN personnel killed in the war between Hezbollah and Israel. A postal operator, missing her own young family, told how amongst the inmates of Camp Baker she was known as the Morale Princess, for distributing precious news and gifts from home. An experienced Warrant Officer described the importance of keeping people busy when sad events at home or at war tested their morale. One interviewee showed me his publically displayed artworks, which, while allowing him artistic outlet, enlivened both his spare time and the walls of the base , pleasing ADF and coalition personnel alike. A sniper described how his team narrowly avoided being taken out by an insurgent with a rocket propelled grenade launcher. A female officer told me about the respect shown her as a trainer, working with Afghan military. Another interviewee described meeting his Canadian fiancée at a fitness class on base.
Stencil Art - Kandahar Airlfield Base
Some interviewees felt they might not have enough to tell, or suggested that they "weren't interesting enough". The fact is everyone has a story to tell. Not only are their individual experiences interesting in their own right, but every single interview contributes a part to the whole story of Australia's history. In the years to come, their descendants will come to the Memorial seeking out their stories, just as the grandchildren and great grandchildren of our First and Second World War veterans are now looking for the records and recordings of their ancestors, which form the Memorial's collections.
The Memorial seeks to build its collection of film, photo and oral history with material from current and recently serving ADF members. Please contact the Film and Sound section if you would like to help.


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So with the "At the Mountains of Madness" being postponed indefinitely, the most anticipated movie for me in the future years (together with Prometheus and The Hobbit) is the adaptation of Stephen King's great novels - The Dark Tower.
This will be a huge project which will feature 3 movies and several TV seasons. I've heard from some friends of mine that they are putting a huge effort about the visuals of the movie which will be supported by a big budged.
These will be the movies to watch out in the next years. If done right this trilogy can be a milestone in the movie making. The fact that Ron Howard is directing and Goldsman is writer is really promising. King's books are outstanding and they are a must read for all sci - fi fans. Some consider them very strange but I love them. It'll be very interesting to see them on the big screen.
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Hi guys, I don't normally make personal posts on Oppo but this simply needs to be made an exception.
Right now I'm supposed to be in the middle of a career transition, and I'm doing student teaching right now for English at the secondary (high school) level. I know a lot of people have a lot of cliches to throw at a profession like that - under-appreciated, but high reward in intangible factors, yadda yadda. Here's the problem.
I've discovered the hard and expensive way that I absolutely hate it.
I've discovered this when I woke up one day and instead of going "wow time to work with kids!" I was thinking "I'm tempted to sleep in because it's a moot point because I'm tempted to turn in my resignation anyway." And after a few mornings in a row thinking that, I'm taking it as a sign. I've already scheduled a meeting where I do, indeed, plan to turn in my formal resignation.
So I'm wondering what to do now. This is far from the first career change I've embarked on. I do enjoy reading and writing which is why I wanted to teach English in the first place, and for the most part what I've written here on OppoLock seems appreciated, but I've had trouble parlaying that into a sustaining career. Not everyone is lucky enough to turn their hobbies into a career, and I guess the sooner I recognize that, the better. I'm wondering if I really do want a Jalop career (or as close as I can get to it) if I should join the salesforce at a dealership or even auto parts store (even though I suck at sales) or even take inventory at Walmart if I need to. If nothing else it's a job and at this point I don't even have the luxury of learning to live with it if I just want to live period.
And if I were to be brutally honest I think I'd rather work inventory at Walmart than teach in the public schools I've been exposed to anyway, but that's another post I can share if you want me to.


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Multi-tasking is a buzz word in the corporate world to do lots of things at the same time, but it doesn't seem to make people more productive. Mostly they seem to be exhausted.
To counteract this multitasking exhaustion, I have given my tips on how to reduce your multitasking and increase your productivity in Executive Women. You can read the full article here.
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PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Twenty-two Philadelphia high schools will have something new when the kids go back to class -- condom dispensers.
They are being installed over the winter break inside the nurse's office for each school. The plan is to promote safer sex among teenagers.
The chosen schools have the highest rates of sexually transmitted disease in the city. According to the Centers for Disease Control, about a quarter of all new H-I-V infections in Philadelphia are teens.
The condoms will be free to any student whose parent didn't opt them out of the program.
City officials say STDs among teenagers is an epidemic that needs to be stopped.


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What is the ultimate in natural skin care products? Moisturizers from your own skin. Treat yourself everyday to an exclusive facial moisturizer, better than anything you'll find at Neiman Marcus. Let your skin produce its own natural oils and don't wash them away.
It always impresses me how women will spend hundreds of dollars on skin cleansers and toners, then spend hundreds more dollars on exclusive facial moisturizers to replace the "cellular" oils that they just stripped off.
Here is a great tip: there is no better moisturizer for your face than its own natural oils. Your skin goes to great trouble to produce "exclusive," highly modified fats, like ceramides and cholesterols to keep its surface smooth and well protected. Why not keep them there? The best natural cure for dry, dull skin is your skin's oils.
If you have normal to dry skin:
- Wash your face at night with a gentle cleanser such as Neutrogena Fresh Foaming Cleanser. Be sure to remove all traces of makeup, especially along the hairline. Rinse well and pat dry.
- In the morning, wash with just water. Skip the soap.
If you have oily skin:
- Wash your face at night with a gentle cleanser such as Neutrogena Deep Clean Invigorating Daily Cleanser. Keep in mind that scrubbing harder will not make your skin less oily. Over-scrubbing can actually irritate your skin and cause it to secrete more oils. Rinse well and pat dry.
- If you are still too oily, consider adding a toner in the morning such as Neutrogena Deep Clean Invigorating Dual Action Toner which contains salicylic acid.
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Wild Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana
Rose family (Rosaceae)
Description: This herbaceous perennial plant is 4-7" tall, consisting of several basal leaves and one or more inflorescences. The basal leaves are trifoliate. The leaflets are up to 2½" long and 1½" across; they are obovate or oval in shape and coarsely toothed along their middle to outer margins. The tips of leaflets are rounded, while their bottoms are either wedge-shaped or rounded. The upper leaflet surface is medium to dark green and glabrous. The lower leaflet surface is variably hairy; fine hairs are most likely to occur along the bases of central veins, but they may occur elsewhere along the lower surface. Leaflet venation is pinnate and conspicuous. The petiolules (basal stalklets) of leaflets are light green, hairy, and very short (about 1 mm. in length). The petioles of basal leaves are up to 6" long; they are light green to light reddish green, terete, and hairy. One or more umbel-like clusters of flowers are produced from long peduncles up to 5" long. These peduncles are light green to light reddish green, terete, and hairy. Each umbel-like cluster has about 4-6 flowers on pedicels up to ¾" long. These pedicels are light green to light reddish green, terete, and hairy. At the base of these pedicels, there are several bracts up to ¼" long that are light green to dark red, lanceolate in shape, and hairy.
Individual flowers are about ½–¾" across when they are fully open; they can be pistillate, staminate, or perfect (staminate flowers are the least common). Each flower has 5 white petals, 5 green sepals, and 5 green sepal-like bracts. The petals are oval to orbicular in shape; they are longer than either the sepals or sepal-like bracts. The sepals are lanceolate in shape and hairy, while the sepal-like bracts are linear-lanceolate and hairy; both sepals and sepal-like bracts are joined together at the base of the flower. Each pistillate flower has a dome-shaped cluster of pistils at its center that is greenish yellow or pale yellow. Each staminate flower has 20-35 stamens with pale yellow filaments and yellow anthers. Each perfect flower has a dome-shaped cluster of pistils at its center and a ring of surrounding stamens. The blooming period occurs from late spring to early summer, lasting about 3-4 weeks. Afterwards, the flowers are replaced by fruits when growing conditions are favorable, otherwise they abort. These fruits are up to ½" long and across; they are globoid or globoid-ovoid in shape, becoming bright red at maturity. Small seeds are scattered across the surface of these fruits in sunken pits; the persistent sepals and sepal-like bracts are appressed to the upper surface of these fruits. The fleshy interior of these fruits has a sweet-tart flavor; they are edible. The root system consists of a shallow crown with fibrous roots. After the production of flowers and fruits, hairy above-ground stolons up to 2' long may develop from the crown. When the tips of these stolons touch the ground, they often form plantlets that take root. In this manner, clonal colonies of plants often develop.
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Range & Habitat: The native Wild Strawberry is common in most areas of Illinois, although in parts of NW and southern Illinois it is occasional or absent (see Distribution Map). Habitats include black soil prairies, hill prairies, bluegrass meadows, small meadows in wooded areas, open woodlands, woodland borders, savannas, limestone glades, roadsides, and areas along railroads. Wild Strawberry is able to tolerate competition from taller plants because it develops early in the spring, and it is able to tolerate some shade later in the year. This plant occurs in both degraded and high quality habitats, often not far from wooded areas.
Faunal Associations: The ecological value of Wild Strawberry to various insects, birds, and animals is high. The nectar and pollen of the flowers attract little carpenter bees (Ceratina spp.), cuckoo bees (Nomada spp.), mason bees (Osmia spp.), Halictid bees (including green metallic bees), Halictid cuckoo bees (Sphecodes spp.), Andrenid bees, Syrphid flies, thick-headed flies (Conopidae), Tachinid flies, bottle flies (Lucilia spp.), flesh flies (Sarcophagidae), small butterflies, and skippers (see Robertson, 1929, & others). These floral visitors are beneficial because they cross-pollinate the flowers. Other insects feed destructively on the foliage and other parts of Wild Strawberry. Caterpillars of the Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus centaurae wyandot) feed on this plant. Other insect feeders include larvae of such moths as the Strawberry Crown Borer (Synanthedon bibionipennis), Strawberry Leafroller Moth (Ancylis comptana fragariae), and Wild Strawberry Seed Borer (Grapholita angleseana). The Moth Table has a more complete list of moth species that feed on this plant.
Other insect feeders include the Strawberry Flea Beetle (Altica ignita) and other leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae), the Strawberry Sap Beetle (Stelidota gemmata), the Strawberry Root Weevil (Otiorhynchus ovatus) and other weevils (Curculionidae), larvae of the Strawberry Reniform Gall Midge (Cecidomyia reniformis), larvae of the Strawberry Cylindrical Gall Wasp (Diastrophus fragariae), larvae of the Curled Rose Sawfly (Allantus cinctus) and other sawflies, the Strawberry Aphid (Chaetosiphon fragaefolii) and other aphids, and flower thrips. The Insect Table has a more complete list of insect species that feed on this plant. Various vertebrate animals eat the fruits and foliage of Wild Strawberry. Many upland gamebirds and songbirds eat the fruits, including the Ring-necked Pheasant, Greater Prairie Chicken, Brown Thrasher, Eastern Towhee, and American Robin. Some mammals, including the Opossum, Eastern Skunk, Franklin Ground Squirrel, Eastern Chipmunk, and White-footed Mouse, also eat the fruits, as do the Eastern Box Turtle, Ornate Box Turtle, and Wood Turtle. By eating the fruits, these animals spread the seeds to new locations. The foliage of Wild Strawberry is a source of food for the Cottontail Rabbit, White-tailed Deer, Groundhog, and Meadow Vole. The foliage is also browsed by horses, cattle, sheep, and goats. The Wildlife Table has a more complete list of vertebrate animals that feed on this plant.
Photographic Location: The photographs were taken along a roadside near Urbana, Illinois; at Dave Monk's postage stamp prairie in Champaign, Illinois; and at the wildflower garden of the webmaster in Urbana, Illinois.
Comments: This is one of the parent plants for the cultivated strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa). The other parent plant of the cultivated strawberry is the Coastal Strawberry (Fragaria chiloensis). This latter species is found along the Pacific Coast in both North and South America. The cultivated strawberry inherited the superior flavor of the Wild Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) and the larger fruit size of the Coastal Strawberry. The Wild Strawberry produces attractive white flowers during the spring and small red fruits during the early summer. It is similar in appearance to another native species, the Hillside Strawberry (Fragaria vesca americana). The fruits of Hillside Strawberry have sepals and sepal-like bracts that are spreading to reflexed, rather than appressed. The fruits of Hillside Strawberry also have seeds scattered on top of their surfaces, rather than enclosed in shallow pits. This strawberry species is found in northern Illinois, where it is uncommon. It is closely related to the Alpine Strawberry (Fragaria vesca vesca), which is found in Europe.


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02:13:04 PM Oct 10th 2016
User Tailikku decided to unilateraly replace all quotes from the PSX version of the game with the new ones from the PSP version. I think that said change should have been discussed beforehand. As far as I am concerned, I am against that change and would like the ancient quotes to be restored.
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What the hell is that quote about Shaft? If it was a joke, it has better come from the very game itself. Because I don't know where the hell did that rap come from. When I removed it because I have no idea where did that come from and think it's something that's gone very wrong in terms of jokes, they called me vandalizing. So... enlighten me?
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I think it should be left... pretty much every normal person thinks of Shaft when they hear that name, so acknowledging it just... makes sense. And it's funny.
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That's pretty much Fan Myopia and TV Tropes seemed to abhor that. But this one? Well, there's some who doesn't know Shaft up until now, like me, so... The rest gets quotes from the game or sorts... only Shaft's the odd one out. Let's try making it less like Fan Myopia.
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Below you will find the first in a series of recommendations and guidelines from the committee regarding the RBC folate test. Expect periodic updates regarding changes to our lab test menu as we work toward our goal of developing an evidence-based formulary approach to lab test ordering. For more information or to recommend tests as good candidates for utilization review or elimination, please contact Sanford Robbins, MD, chief of pathology, at 443-481-4252 or email@example.com.
RBC Folate Test No Longer Indicated
The Lab Utilization Committee has identified RBC folate as a test that is no longer indicated. Based on studies carried out at Mayo Medical Laboratories, we believe there is sufficient equivalence between RBC and serum folate testing to support this decision. Effective immediately, all requests for RBC folate will be converted to an order for serum folate.
A 10-year retrospective study of RBC and serum folate testing, performed by Mayo Medical laboratories, concludes that there is no evidence to support routine ordering of RBC or serum folate, and that serum folate concentrations provide equivalent clinical information to RBC folate in the assessment and diagnosis of folate deficiency. The following is a quote from a Mayo Medical Laboratories' "Hot topics in laboratory medicine":
"True folate deficiency in the current era of FDA-mandated folic acid supplementation is exceedingly rare. There is no evidence to support routine ordering of RBC or serum folate, but serum folate concentrations provide equivalent clinical information to RBC folate in the assessment and diagnosis of folate deficiency. Based on these statistics, and because serum folate provides equivalent results to RBC folate in almost all clinical scenarios, routine ordering of RBC folate is no longer warranted. Furthermore, investigation of megaloblastic anemia should preferentially be initiated with vitamin B12 testing instead of folate due to the low incidence of modern folate deficiency. In the absence of B12 deficiency, it is more cost effective to simply supplement with folic acid rather than routinely test and monitor a patient's folate status, similar to other nutritional deficiencies such as vitamin D."
Please use the link shown below for additional information from the Mayo Hot Topics presentation given November, 2010.
The entire article can be found here.
This policy change was approved by a multidisciplinary committee of AAMC physicians that included representatives from hematology/oncology. Please direct any questions or comments to Suzanne Leshinskie, laboratory director, or Sanford Robbins, MD, Chief of Pathology.


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Pope lauds witness of Bulgaria's Catholic minority
February 13, 2014
Pope Francis praised the Catholic community of Bulgaria for showing energy and apostolic initiative, in a February 13 to bishops from that country who were completing their ad limina visits.
Although Catholics are a minority in Bulgaria, their public witness is important "in a society marked by the many spiritual voids left behind by the former atheist regime and the uncritical acceptance of cultural models in which the suggestions of a certain practical materialism prevail," the Pope said. He remarked that the Church in Bulgaria has given heroic witness under duress in the past, and should continue to offer an alternative to materialism and to provide help for those in need.
Pope Francis mentioned that the April 27 canonization of Popes John XXIII and John Paul II should be a special day for Bulgarian Catholics. Blessed John Paul II holds a special place in their lives because he is the first Slavic Pope, while Blessed John XXIII was beloved in Bulgaria when he served there as apostolic nuncio.
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About Thomas Robert Cech, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1989
Thomas Robert Cech (born December 8, 1947 in Chicago) is a chemist who shared the 1989 Nobel prize in chemistry with Sidney Altman, for their discovery of the catalytic properties of RNA.
Cech discovered that RNA could itself cut strands of RNA, which showed that life could have started as RNA. He also studied telomeres, and his lab discovered an enzyme, TERT (telomerase reverse transcriptase), which is part of the process of restoring telomeres after they are shortened during cell division. As president of Howard Hughes Medical Institute, he promoted science education, and he teaches an undergraduate chemistry course at the University of Colorado.
Early life and career
Cech was born to parents of Czech origin (his grandfather was Czech, his other grandparents were first-generation Americans) in Chicago, he grew up in Iowa City, Iowa. In 1966, he entered Grinnell College where he obtained a B.A. in 1970. In 1975, Cech completed his Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley and in the same year, he entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he engaged in postdoctoral research. In 1978, he obtained his first faculty position at the University of Colorado where he lectured undergraduate students in chemistry and biochemistry, and where he remains on the faculty, currently as Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. In 2000, Cech succeeded Purnell Choppin as president of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Maryland. He also continues to head his biochemistry laboratory, the Colorado Initiative in Molecular Biotechnology, at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Cech continues to teach undergraduate chemistry at CU-Boulder. On April 1, 2008, Cech announced that he will step down as the president of HHMI, to return to teaching and research, in spring 2009.
Cech's main research area is that of the process of transcription in the nucleus of cells. He studies how the genetic code of DNA is transcribed into RNA. In the 1970s, Cech had been studying the splicing of RNA in the unicellular organism Tetrahymena thermophila when he discovered that an unprocessed RNA molecule could splice itself. In 1982, Cech became the first to show that RNA molecules are not restricted to being passive carriers of genetic information - they can have catalytic functions and can participate in cellular reactions. RNA-processing reactions and protein synthesis on ribosomes in particular are catalysed by RNA. RNA enzymes are known as ribozymes and have provided a new tool for gene technology. They also have the potential to provide new therapeutic agents - for example, they have the ability to destroy and cleave invading, viral RNAs.
Cech's second area of research is on telomeres, the structure that protects the ends of chromosomes. Telomeres are shortened with every duplication of DNA, and must be lengthened again. He studies telomerase, the enzyme that copies the telomeric sequences and lengthens them. The active site protein subunits of telomerase comprise a new class of reverse transcriptases, enzymes previously thought to be restricted to viruses and transposable elements. Telomerase is activated in 90% of human cancers. Therefore, a drug that would inhibit its activity could be useful in treating cancer.
Cech's work has been recognised by many awards and prizes including: lifetime Professorship by the American Cancer Society (1987),the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University(1988), the Heineken Prize of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences (1988), the Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award (1988), the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1989, shared with Sidney Altman) and the National Medal of Science (1995). In 1987, Cech was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences and in 1988 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Thomas Robert Cech, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1989's Timeline
December 8, 1947
Chicago, IL, USA