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Phlebotomy is a very important aspect of clinical sciences. It basically involves blood collection. This may sound very simple, but it is not simple in practice. It is an art that should be performed only by the properly trained.
Blood tests are needed for complete diagnosis of various ailments. If the blood is not collected properly, the diagnosis may be wrong at the end of the day and the patient will be given wrong treatment, which may lead to other complications. This is why only well trained individuals, who had attended phlebotomy schools, must be allowed to handle blood collection. The aspiring phlebotomists are exposed to lots of subjects that transform them to reliable phlebotomists in the field. After graduation, the student can decide to work as a phlebotomist or as a phlebotomy instructor.
Who is a phlebotomy instructor? He is an individual that teaches phlebotomy students in phlebotomy training institutions. He is expected to handle various phlebotomy classes on wide varieties of subjects like anatomy, physiology, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and many others. He can be employed by any of the phlebotomy training institutions around.
What does it take to be a phlebotomy instructor? You are required to graduate from a phlebotomy training institution and get certified as a phlebotomy technician. Aside the above, many institutions require that you have worked as a phlebotomist before they can consider you for appointment.
Even if you have not worked as a phlebotomist, you are required to have at least worked in a position related to healthcare. It is required that the healthcare position involves drawing of blood. You are expected to have been employed in this capacity for a number of years as demanded by the employer. You must first fulfill your dream of how to become a phlebotomist before the idea of becoming a phlebotomy instructor can come to pass.
Aside the normal certification you get as a phlebotomy technician, some institutions also demand that you get certified as a phlebotomy instructor. Such certification can be obtained from institutions and bodies that offer phlebotomy technician certificate.
The years of experience demanded by certificate-awarding organizations differ. An organization like American Certification Agency for Healthcare Professionals insist that you must have 3 years of working experience before you can be allowed to sit for the phlebotomy instructor certification examination. They also demand for at least one year experience as instructor. Requirements by other organizations differ slightly from this.


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International Affairs TV Channel, May 29, 2019
Duma TV Channel, May 28, 2019
Press Office of Edinaya Rossiya faction, May 28, 2019
Channel 1. May 24, 2019
TV BRICS. January 4, 2019
The display feature cards from the early 20th century, the pre-revolutionary period, the 1930s, the World War II era, and others. A special section will be devoted to a unique collection of New Year greeting cards sent by famous Chinese people to their Russian comrades from 1949 to 1953, when our two countries enjoyed a strong friendship. The postcards are the courtesy of director of St. Petersburg museum "The Old New Year", Vladislav Dmitriyev.
IZ.RU. December 29, 2018
An exhibition of vintage greeting cards has opened at Moscow's calligraphy museum. It features hundreds of 20th-century New Year messages, dating from the pre-revolutionary period and the decades that followed. The postcards are the courtesy of director of St. Petersburg museum "The Old New Year", Vladislav Dmitriyev.
TV BRICS. December 20, 2018
Big Asia TV channel. December 18, 2018
Kultura TV Channel. December 19, 2018.
The Federation Council's TV Channel "Vmeste-RF". December 17, 2018
Izvestiya TV Channel. December 14, 2018.
Rossiya 1 TV Channel. December 14, 2018.
Kultura TV Channel. December 14, 2018.
Mir TV-Channel, news block, September 2, 2017
Sputnik TV Channel (Chinese Edition). November 28, 2018
A representational delegation of cultural professionals from Chinese province Henan visited the Museum on Monday, November 26: Miao Shuqun, the Vice-President of the Association Henan Association of Cultural and Art Workers; Yang Jie and Xie Anzhen, Chairman and Vice-Chairman of Henan Association of Calligraphers, and Kong Xia, Chairman of Henan Association of Dancers.

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and there is a lot to be said for green burial... But here I am, just rattling on about a subject that has nothing to do with ghost towns.
In my opinion, I believe God wants us to be buried (1 Corinthians 15:35-55) It is the same way with the resurrection of the dead. Our earthly bodies are planted in the ground when we die, but they will be raised to live forever. Our bodies are buried in brokenness, but they will be raised in glory. They are buried in weakness, but they will be raised in strength. They are buried as natural human bodies, but they will be raised as spiritual bodies. For just as there are natural bodies, there are also spiritual bodies. What are your opinion in cremation?What would you choose? Thanks in advance
and there is a lot to be said for green burial... But here I am, just rattling on about a subject that has nothing to do with ghost towns.
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What a great question. I don't want either. Lay my body amongst the rocks in the Dragoons and let my remains nourish whatever critters find it. Hopefully ravens and not coyotes.
You are not a human being in search of a spiritual experience. You are a spiritual being immersed in a human experience.http://thinkexist.com/i/sq/as4.gif Teilhard de Chardin quote
Quite honestly, the American Indians burned their dead in quite a celebration. I have chosen cremation with explicit instructions for my family not to spend the exorbitant amounts of money that it costs for all the fancy services and burial. I don't want them grieving over a hole in the ground.
I don't even care about the coyotes, they gotta' eat too.
"The good things a person needs-stubbornness, thinking for himself-don't make him a useful member of society. What makes him useful is to be half dead." Sylvan Hart
Burn me. Scatter me from the Togo Cliffs. Have an informal party. Carry on.
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Bury me in my 4Runner so I may rise up and haunt all the ghosttowns.
I'm a Christian. A lot of Christians suspect that cremation is bad,
BUT- it only accomplishes what normally happens after time anyway.
Dont forget about the Christians who were martyred by being
burned at the stake because they wouldn't deny Christ.
God is quite capable of re-creating a body for them.
I believe he has our "physical blueprint" on file.
I think that our DNA is simular to a race cars computer design program.
If you wreck a race car, the builder can create a new one from scratch
using the same design as the first. ( but with better, faster parts )
The builder would be insulted if you offered him the burnt twisted
wreck of your last car as the material for the new one. He would
say, I'm going to recreate your race car, and "you aint seen nothin yet!"
this one is "gonna fly."
I hope that helps,
Nothin but love,
My Mom and Dad chose cremation and no services. Sure made things easy, with minimal expense.
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Allie Mac Kay was live from STAPLES Center with STAPLES Center GM, Lee Zeidman.
- LA Kings STANLEY Cup Champions gear is available now at TEAM LA Store at STAPLES Center and online.
- To help fans gear up like a King, TEAM LA has special extended store hours today 6/16 from 7am- 8pm and Tuesday, 6/17 to Wednesday 6/18 from 8am-8pm.
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PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 25, 2005--
EPS To Be Reported Giving Effect To Feb. 2, 2005 Stock Split
FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:FLIR) today announced that it plans to release financial results for the Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2004 at approximately 7:30 a.m. EST on Wednesday, February 2, 2005. FLIR has scheduled a conference call at 11:00 a.m. EST that morning to discuss its results for the quarter. Financial results in this release will reflect the effect of a two-for-one stock split to be effective on February 2, 2005.
A simultaneous webcast of the conference call may be accessed online from the Calendar of Events link at the investor relations page of www.FLIR.com. A replay will be available after 1:00 p.m. EST at this same Internet address. For a telephone replay, dial (800) 633-8284, reservation #21230155 after 1:00 p.m. EST.
About FLIR Systems
FLIR Systems designs, manufactures and markets infrared imaging systems worldwide for a variety of applications. FLIR's imaging products are used in such diverse applications as public safety, defense, navigation, electronic newsgathering and search and rescue. Thermography products support such applications as condition monitoring, non-destructive testing, medical science, research and development, and manufacturing process control. For more information, please visit their Web site at www.FLIR.com.
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This document details how the page-level indexing settings allow you to control how Google makes content available through search results. You can specify these by including a meta tag on (X)HTML pages or in an HTTP header.
Using the robots meta tag
The robots meta tag lets you utilize a granular, page-specific
approach to controlling how an individual page should be indexed and served
to users in search results. Place the robots meta tag in the
<head> section of a given page, like this:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html><head> <meta name="robots" content="noindex" /> (…) </head> <body>(…)</body> </html>
The robots meta tag in the above example instructs most search
engines not to show the page in search results. The value of the
name attribute (
robots) specifies
that the directive applies to all crawlers. To
address a specific crawler, replace the
value of the
attribute with the name of the crawler that you are addressing. Specific
crawlers are also known as user-agents (a crawler uses its user-agent
to request a page.) Google's standard web crawler has the user-agent name
Googlebot. To prevent only Googlebot from crawling your
page, update the tag as follows:
<meta name="googlebot" content="noindex" />
This tag now instructs Google (but no other search engines) not to
show this page in its web search results. Both
name and the
content attributes
are non-case sensitive.
Search engines may have different crawlers for different properties or purposes. See the complete list of Google's crawlers. For example, to show a page in Google's web search results, but not in Google News, use the following meta tag:
<meta name="googlebot-news" content="noindex" />
If you need to specify multiple crawlers individually, it's okay to use multiple robots meta tags:
<meta name="googlebot" content="noindex"> <meta name="googlebot-news" content="nosnippet">
If competing directives are encountered by our crawlers we will use the most restrictive directive we find.
Using the
X-Robots-Tag HTTP header
X-Robots-Tag can be used as an element of the HTTP
header response for a given URL. Any directive that can be used in an robots
meta tag can also be specified as an
X-Robots-Tag. Here's an
example of an HTTP response with an
X-Robots-Tag instructing
crawlers not to index a page:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 21:42:43 GMT (…) X-Robots-Tag: noindex (…)
X-Robots-Tag headers can be combined within the
HTTP response, or you can specify a comma-separated list of directives.
Here's an example
of an HTTP header response which has a
X-Robots-Tag combined
with an
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 21:42:43 GMT (…) X-Robots-Tag: noarchive X-Robots-Tag: unavailable_after: 25 Jun 2010 15:00:00 PST (…)
X-Robots-Tag may optionally specify a user-agent before the
directives. For instance, the following set of
X-Robots-Tag HTTP
headers can be used to conditionally allow showing of a page in
search results for different search engines:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 21:42:43 GMT (…) X-Robots-Tag: googlebot: nofollow X-Robots-Tag: otherbot: noindex, nofollow (…)
Directives specified without a user-agent are valid for all crawlers. The section below demonstrates how to handle combined directives. Both the name and the specified values are not case sensitive.
Valid indexing & serving directives
Several other directives can be used to control
indexing and serving with the robots meta tag and the
X-Robots-Tag. Each value represents a specific directive.
The following table shows all the directives that Google honors and
their meaning.
Note: it is possible that these directives may not be treated the
same by all other search engine crawlers. Multiple directives may be
combined in a comma-separated list (see below for the handling of
combined directives). These directives are not case-sensitive.
|There are no restrictions for indexing or serving. Note: this directive is the default value and has no effect if explicitly listed.
|Do not show this page in search results and do not show a "Cached" link in search results.
|Do not follow the links on this page.
|Equivalent to
noindex, nofollow.
|Do not show a "Cached" link in search results.
|Do not show a text snippet or video preview in the search results for this page. A static thumbnail (if available) will still be visible.
|Do not offer translation of this page in search results.
|Do not index images on this page.
unavailable_after: [RFC-850 date/time]
|Do not show this page in search results after the specified date/time. The date/time must be specified in the RFC 850 format.
After the robots.txt file (or the absence of one) has given
permission to crawl a page, by default pages are treated as
crawlable, indexable, archivable, and their
content is approved for use in snippets that show up in the search results,
unless permission is specifically denied in a robots meta tag or
Handling combined indexing and serving directives
You can create a multi-directive instruction by combining robots meta tag directives with commas. Here is an example of a robots meta tag that instructs web crawlers to not index the page and to not crawl any of the links on the page:
<meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow">
For situations where multiple crawlers are specified along with different directives, the search engine will use the sum of the negative directives. For example:
<meta name="robots" content="nofollow"> <meta name="googlebot" content="noindex">
The page containing these meta tags will be interpreted as having a
noindex, nofollow directive when crawled by Googlebot.
Practical implementation of
X-Robots-Tag with Apache
You can add the
X-Robots-Tag to a site's HTTP responses
using .htaccess and httpd.conf files that are available by default on
Apache based web servers. The benefit of using an
with HTTP responses is that you can
specify crawling directives that are applied globally across a site. The
support of regular expressions allows a high level of flexibility.
For example, to add a
noindex, nofollow
X-Robots-Tag to the HTTP
response for all .PDF files across an entire site, add the following snippet
to the site's root .htaccess file or httpd.conf file:
<Files ~ "\.pdf$"> Header set X-Robots-Tag "noindex, nofollow" </Files>
You can use the
X-Robots-Tag for non-HTML files like
image files where the usage of robots meta tags is not possible. Here's
an example of adding a
directive for images files (.png, .jpeg, .jpg, .gif) across an
entire site:
<Files ~ "\.(png|jpe?g|gif)$"> Header set X-Robots-Tag "noindex" </Files>
Combining crawling with indexing / serving directives
Robots meta tags and
X-Robots-Tag HTTP headers are
discovered when a URL is crawled. If a page is disallowed from crawling
through the robots.txt file, then any information about indexing or serving
directives will not be found and will therefore be ignored. If indexing or
serving directives must be followed, the URLs containing those directives
cannot be disallowed from crawling.


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AMERICUS – Georgia Southwestern was at home on Saturday afternoon to take on Peach Belt opponent Francis Marion Patriots. The Lady 'Canes split the day with the Patriots. The Lady 'Canes had a big featured moment by Keri Tompkins who hit a grand slam in the fourth inning of the second game to bring the 'Canes up by seven.
Francis Marion was off to an early start when Ashley Burney, the fourth baseman, hit a homerun. This hit into left field also brought in Kristie Hanewinkel.
The Lady 'Canes were able to respond to these runs in the bottom of the second inning when Rachel McElroy hit a double into left center to bring in Allison Pastor. The Lady 'Canes tied things up in the fourth inning when Jordan Miller hit a single up the middle, allowing Pastor to make it all the way home.
In the seventh inning, Patriots Barzola hit a single that allowed runner, Taylor Luff, to move to third. An unfortunate throwing error, allowed Luff to make it home. The inning finished with one run, one hit, one error and one left on base.
The lady Canes were unable to score again during the seventh.
Allison Pastor (6-6) took the loss, made an appearance in the final two innings, when the Hurricanes gave up the losing run. Pastor faced ten batters and only allowed two hits and one run. Ashley Cavender after pitching five innings, and only allowed three hits, two runs and one home run.
Francis Marion's Taylor Luff (6-8) takes credit for the win, after pitching all innings and striking out 11.
It seemed as much of the same as the first game going into this game, as Burney hit a double during the first inning allowing Barzola to score the first run of the game.
However, Mason Moreland and Hayley Knight were able to steal their way to third and second base. Keri Tompkins then was hit by a pitch. The bases were loaded with one out as Miller came up to the plate. Miller hit a ball right up the middle of the field enough for her and Tompkins to advance a plate and bring in both Moreland and Knight. The inning finished with two runs off one hit.
The Lady 'Canes kept the magic coming as they achieved their three outs and only walked one. At the bottom of the second, both Knight and Nellie Moore hit singles that allowed them to reach second on errors. These errors also allowed Moreland and Knight to score. The inning finished two run, three hits, two FMU errors, and one left on base.
Francis Marion had a glimmer of hope in the fourth, when Shelby Mathews hit a double into right field to bring in fellow Patriot for the second run of the day.
During the bottom of the fourth, there was a perfect storm brewing. Mason Moreland was walked. Hayley Knight hit a bunt intended to be a sacrifice, but Knight made it to first and Moreland made it to third. Moore singled allowing Knight to advance to second. Then FMU had a pitching change from Taylor Luff to Katie Carnes. Keri Tompkins was the next batter up and she hit a bomb over the left center fence. This grand slam was Tompkins fourth season homerun. To keep the excitement up, Miller hit a double to left center at the next at bat. Then McElroy was able to single and bring Miller a full trip around the bases. The inning ended with five runs and hits, no errors, and one left on base.
The Lady 'Canes were unable to get one more run in to secure the eight run rule before the seventh inning. At the top of the seventh, FMU had two outs and two on base as Burney was at bat again. Ashley Burney hit a single into left field to allow one more run on the board. After three hits, one run, and two girls left on base the game was called.
Allison Pastor (7-6) took credit for the win as she pitched all seven innings, facing 32 batters. Pastor allowed eight hits, three runs and struck out two. Katie Carnes (5-7) took credit for the loss after pitching three innings and allowing seven runs and hits. Taylor Luff made an appearance for the last three innings and allowed four hits and two runs.
The Lady Canes are going on the road next week to play in four doubleheader away games. Starting with Eckerd College on Tuesday. First pitch is set for 5 p.m.


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North Korea's consistently belligerent rhetoric reached new heights this week as a general said the country has a long-range missile armed with nuclear warheads on standby, and supreme leader Kim Jong-un told troops to " prepare for war."
Odds are hostilities will continue into next week as the U.S. and South Korea conduct annual military exercises near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) between the two countries, and North Korea continues large-scale military exercises.
"Tensions will likely go up further next week as both sides start military drills," Ellen Kim, assistant director and Fellow of the Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told BI. "So this is not a good situation."
The Hermit Kingdom also closed the border, cut off phone hotlines, and cancelled the nonaggression pact between the countries; clamped down on overseas travel and domestic movements; and established no-fly and no-sail zones off its coasts as the UN Security council signed a new wave of sanctions.
"Tensions are high in North Korea as if there is a likely war to be triggered soon," a source in North Pyongang province who recently visited China told Radio Free Asia.
As Kim explains: the North interprets joint U.S.-South Korea exercises "as an act of war — that's why they were ratcheting up the rhetoric. ... North Korea sees this as the other side trying to go into North Korea."
Which means that a slip-up during live fire drills — which will take place within an ear shot of one another— could lead to an unintended confrontation.
"Everyone is ready," Kim said. "This is a very sensitive situation and you don't want to make a small mistake because it could really lead to a big confrontation ... [it] really could be disastrous."
Further raising the stakes, the fact that the North cut off the hotlines means that if"there is any mistake there's no way to communicate that (it was an accident)," Kim said. "This situation we really don't want to see."
Even if the exercises go on without a hitch, Kim believes that in the short term "it's highly likely that we will see another provocation from North Korea — a missile test, a nuclear test, or even an attack on South Korean soil like the shelling of Yeonpyeong island in 2010."
That's because North Korea "can use this opportunity to their advantage ... to test their capabilities and advance their technology," Kim said.
The kicker is that no one really knows who is truly directing North Korea's military given that Jong-un is so inexperienced and much his father's posse is still around.
" Basically we don't know what Kim Jong-un is thinking," Kim said. "This young leader may be more reckless than his father or, if not, he may not be in full control and hardliners are in control of the country."
SEE ALSO: The Border Area Between North And South Korea May Be The Tensest Place On Earth >


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If you don't think Rhett Miller was the perfect performer to plunk at the very tippy top of our incredible, Launch Pad line-up down in Austin this past spring, then you don't know much about this iconic singer-songwriter....
You won't meet a nicer guy in rock and roll than Rhett Miller. The singer-songwriter and iconic front-man of Texas rock outfit Old 97s proves it in this back alley interview after a smokin' performance at The Launch Pad....
Rhett Miller's The Dreamer stays true to the band's country sound. In past albums, Miller has toyed with pop and rock, which was a welcome expansion to his sound, however Miller took this new release as an opportunity to explore his roots....
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LOS ANGELES, July 4 (UPI) -- U.S. hip-hop artist Frank Ocean revealed he is bisexual in a posting on his Tumblr account Wednesday.
"Four summers ago, I met somebody. I was 19 years old. He was too. We spent that summer, and the summer after, together. Everyday almost. And on the days we were together, time would glide. Most of the day I'd see him, and his smile," Ocean said in the Independence Day blog post.
"Sleep I would often share with him. By the time I realized I was in love, it was malignant. It was hopeless. There was no escaping, no negotiating to the women I had been with, the ones I cared for and thought I was in love with," he said. "I don't have any secrets I need kept anymore... I feel like a free man."
TMZ said the Odd Future rapper is the first hip-hop artist to declare he or she is gay or bisexual.


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I had reason to revisit some of our old content and noticed that our wiki is not operational, so all the text and images that was there is technically still there but it's not being offered by the web server. I'm putting this note here mostly to remind myself of a loose end to be adressed -- a nice-to-have, if you will.
On this page over here I was referring to the DigiTouch wiki page that used to contain my review and lots of photos; the photos were in my personal gallery (also defunct). It was mentioned that the initial selling price of the DigiTouch would be in the range of $250-300.


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UK and US Manufacturing – the same or different?
Since I was brought up in England and worked for three American Hi-Tech Companies in the UK, I was intrigued by the latest report to come out of the Centre for Industry and Government at the University of Cambridge titled "Public perceptions of manufacturing and efforts to rebalance the UK economy".
In fact I'm grateful to the folks at Automation World for bringing it to my attention. Automation World is a good source of industry insight (readers might remember the article I contributed about the use of Social Media in Manufacturing, which I blogged about in January of this year: How Social Media Improves Collaboration – Automation World, November 2011, and how they awarded Cisco 'First Team Honors' which you can read more about in the blog: Automation World First Team Honors Won by Cisco Systems for Leadership in Networking.
So, back to the point of this blog. The folks at the Cambridge Centre, lead by Dr. Finbarr Livesey, Director, Centre for Industry and Government IfM, University of Cambridge, come up with some interesting perceptions concerning the UK. Nearly 1,500 respondents suggests that manufacturing has become more High Tech and they believe that there is a strong requirement for more highly skilled workers.
There's the rub. If you look at the recent article I wrote for Control Engineering (The Mobile Industrial Worker: Control Engineering Magazine Cover Story by Cisco) , I make the point that baby boomers retiring and lack of skilled workers is a real challenge. A challenge that Cisco and others are helping to overcome (read the article linked to in the last blog link to find out how.).
The industry has also become far more demanding. The report mentions that over the 15 year period from 1994 to 2009, the number of employees in manufacturing educated to degree level has almost doubled in the UK (from almost 10% to over 17%). But then the job market is changing – 1st degrees now needed when high-school grads would do in the past. Masters now required when Bachelors was good enough. It's a new world.
The report cites a Deloitte and Manufacturing Institute survey from last year to make the US/UK comparisons. Looking at the chart (on Page 14 of the report which you can access here), some key differences are apparent.
"A greater number of US respondents view manufacturing as high-tech (18% higher), with better wages (28% higher) and requiring high skills (23% higher). Perhaps most worryingly is that while 33% of US respondents would encourage their children to have a career in manufacturing, only 20% of UK respondents would do the same."
So despite some rumblings of encouragement from the UK, I'm disappointed that one of the European nations that is not in the turmoil that over half of the Eurozone is in, is still way behind (to my mind) in comparison to the US in terms of attitude to manufacturing. Looks like I made the right move to come over here – manufacturing is coming back, and the US is leading the way!
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20 U.S. Code § 6752 - Purposes and goals
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Purposes and goals
(a) PurposesThe purposes of this part are the following:
To provide assistance to States and localities for the implementation and support of a comprehensive system that effectively uses technology in elementary schools and secondary schools to improve student academic achievement.
To encourage the establishment or expansion of initiatives, including initiatives involving public-private partnerships, designed to increase access to technology, particularly in schools served by high-need local educational agencies.
To assist States and localities in the acquisition, development, interconnection, implementation, improvement, and maintenance of an effective educational technology infrastructure in a manner that expands access to technology for students (particularly for disadvantaged students) and teachers.
To promote initiatives that provide school teachers, principals, and administrators with the capacity to integrate technology effectively into curricula and instruction that are aligned with challenging State academic content and student academic achievement standards, through such means as high-quality professional development programs.
To enhance the ongoing professional development of teachers, principals, and administrators by providing constant access to training and updated research in teaching and learning through electronic means.
To support the development and utilization of electronic networks and other innovative methods, such as distance learning, of delivering specialized or rigorous academic courses and curricula for students in areas that would not otherwise have access to such courses and curricula, particularly in geographically isolated regions.
To support the rigorous evaluation of programs funded under this part, particularly regarding the impact of such programs on student academic achievement, and ensure that timely information on the results of such evaluations is widely accessible through electronic means.
(b) Goals
(1) Primary goal
The primary goal of this part is to improve student academic achievement through the use of technology in elementary schools and secondary schools.
(2) Additional goalsThe additional goals of this part are the following:
To assist every student in crossing the digital divide by ensuring that every student is technologically literate by the time the student finishes the eighth grade, regardless of the student's race, ethnicity, gender, family income, geographic location, or disability.
(Pub. L. 89–10, title II, § 2402, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title II, § 201, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1671.)
Prior Provisions
A prior section 2402 of Pub. L. 89–10 was classified to section 6702 of this title, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 107–110.
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Oh, to be cooking again! Nothing feels better than being in your own kitchen after months of travel and eating out. Not that I mind eating out, but I love having full control over the ingredients, freshness, and healthiness of any given dish. Cooking also puts me into a serene zen-like state that staring at a huge menu cannot possibly do.
Tonight we had hot pot again, but instead of cooking noodles at the dinner table I chose instead to prepare some peanut sesame noodles beforehand. I added more peanut flavor than the Sichuan-style noodles usually have, and toned down the chili a bit. They are easy to whip up and can include as much fresh vegetables as you'd like. Although I made mine vegetarian, they also taste great with shredded meat.
More noodle recipes to try:
Wonton Noodle Soup, Hong Kong-Style
Dan Dan Mian (Spicy Sichuan Noodles)
Peanut Sesame Noodles
Serves 2-3 as an appetizer or side dish
4 oz thin wheat noodles (linguine works too)
30 mL (2 tablespoons) sesame oil
30 mL (2 tablespoons) chopped peanuts
30 mL (2 tablespoons) peanut oil
15 mL (1 tablespoon) ginger, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 medium-sized yellow onion, thinly sliced
1/2 medium-sized bell pepper, thinly sliced
60 mL (4 tablespoons) soy sauce
40 mL (2 tablespoons) honey
15 mL (1 tablespoon) lime or lemon juice
10 mL (2 teaspoons) chili-garlic sauce (adjust according to your spicy tolerance)
30 mL (2 tablespoons) peanut butter
45 mL (3 tablespoons) water
Salt and pepper to taste
1. Bring a pot of salted water to boil. Cook noodles until they are tender but a bit firm. Drain, return noodles to the pot, and mix in 1 tablespoon of oil and 1 tablespoon of the peanuts.
2. Heat the peanut oil and the remaining sesame oil in a wok or large skillet over medium-low heat. Add ginger and garlic; stir for 30 seconds or until fragrant. Add onions, then bell peppers, and sauté for 2 to 3 minutes.
3. Mix in soy sauce, honey, lime/lemon juice, and chili-garlic sauce. Stir in peanut butter and adjust the consistency of the sauce with water to your liking.
4. Reduce heat to low and add the noodles to the sauce. Season with salt and pepper. Garnish with the remaining chopped peanuts. Serve either warm or at room temperature.


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In 1976, Apple built its first computer, kicking off a personal computer revolution that helped push the United States out of a deep economic rut a few years later. After the downturn of the early 1990s, the rise of the Web proved to be a bright spot in the economy. Now, as the US struggles to recover from an even steeper recession, can today's hot technology – mobile applications or mobile apps – provide a similar economic boost?
It's a tall order. Information technology since its start has helped expand the US economy by some $2 trillion, says the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) in Washington. Mobile apps, pieces of software for mobile devices, can be downloaded for a few dollars, or even free of charge sometimes. So it takes big sales to generate big revenue.
Nevertheless, the prospects are encouraging. Globally, users made more than 7 billion software downloads from app stores last year; by 2012, they will be making nearly 50 billion, according to estimates by an independent study commissioned by GetJar, a cross-platform app store with locations in the US, Britain, and Lithuania. Entrepreneurs are busy creating apps for everything from games and news to real estate listings and recipes. Revenues from Apple's and others' primary app stores are slated to rise from $3 billion last year to $18 billion by 2014, according to Todd Day, an industry analyst at Frost & Sullivan.
"I was around in the '90s when the first browser came out, and this feels like that," says Daniel Odio, a cofounder of PointAbout, an app developer in Washington. "It feels like there's a lot of innovation happening now. I think we're only in the first half of the first inning."
So far, the growth in apps compares favorably with the PC revolution of the 1980s. Although software programs were more expensive than today's apps, they generated only about one-ninth the revenue ($340 million in today's dollars versus $3 billion), according to the Consumer Electronics Association. Of course, the PC software industry kept growing. By 1995, sales were 20 times bigger ($3.6 billion in today's dollars). If apps can match that pace, they will lift the economy.
"My reason for optimism as to [apps'] impact on the economy is related to the economy of scale," says Thomas Way, a computer scientist at Villanova University in Pennsylvania. "If 3.5 million iPad apps can be sold in about a week, I think that is a very positive indication of the depth and ability of the mobile app market to play a strong part in an economic recovery."
Another advantage: The barrier to entry is significantly lower for app creators than it is for traditional software developers. They can quickly develop an app for multiple smart phones and monetize the work through an app store.
Of course, that's a blip in a $14.6 trillion economy. But the economic impact of apps is not limited to their development and sale. There's far more potential in the changes they create throughout the workplace, in stores, and at home.
"At the end of the day, what is created is an on-demand society where you can access and engage in information at a moment's notice across every aspect of your lifestyle and work life," says Matt Goddard of R2integrated, an Internet marketing and technology firm based in Baltimore. "The mobile, on-demand society will reach almost every sector of the economy and every individual in the economy in more ways than you can imagine."
For example, the Red Laser app that allows users to scan bar codes could change the way businesses take inventory or consumers price shop. Mobile phones enabled with "near field communication" chips can be swiped at metro stations and convenience stores, turning a cellphone into a mobile wallet. ITIF estimates the global use of these contactless mobile payments at $10 billion in 2009 and they're expected to surpass $52 billion by 2012.
"The $4 app means you're going to buy more stuff, try more things, and do more things because it's only four bucks," says Oren Michels, CEO of San Francisco-based Mashery, which manages application programming interfaces that help companies develop and manage mobile and Web applications. Even free apps can generate new business. [Editor's note: This paragraph was changed to accurately reflect Mashery's business.]
"Mobile applications will be a huge driver of employment," says ITIF analyst Stephen Ezell. "You have tens of thousands of people writing mobile applications, and I'm sure an increasing amount of e-commerce will be driven on the device. A mobile phone now is a communication and computing platform and that's going to drive real transformation."
Of course, this level of utility could also penalize the economy. Mobile apps might replace many bank tellers. They could cut into PC sales. As mobile e-commerce catches on, the global value of mobile commercial or financial transactions will exceed $587 billion, ITIF says.
"The killer app is anything that enables e-commerce," says Mr. Way of Villanova. "Putting the ability to make immediate purchases or sales in many potential customers' and sellers' hands is power."
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The Medical Cannabis Regulation and Control Act bill, AB 604, was not introduced for consideration in the Legislature and will likely come back in January, said a spokesman for Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco.
The bill would have had the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control make a new division to handle regulations for medical and commercial marijuana activity statewide including testing, distribution and production.
"It proved to not be a good time to try and do it in the last week of session," said Carlos Alcala, a spokesman for Ammiano, on Friday.
Alcala said the bill, which was introduced on Sept. 9 with co-authors and senators Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento and Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, would have gone before the Public Safety Committee.
In an emailed statement, Ammiano said he was trying to gain more support for the bill.
"The current unregulated situation can't continue, and the U.S. Department of Justice memo makes it clear we need to have a plan for California," Ammiano said. "At the same time, we're gaining bipartisan support for regulation."
Paul Chabot, the founder of Rancho Cucamonga-based Inland Valley Drug Free Community Coalition, said his organization, a law enforcement group, the League of California Cities and other groups found out about the bill on Friday and quickly moved on it.
"This bill was dead on arrival," Chabot said. "There's been a change in sentiment in the California Legislature to no longer move forward pro-marijuana bills. And this is yet another marijuana defeat for the same small circle of legislators who continue to push the same legislation over and over."
Fontana Police Chief Rodney Jones, who was on the California Police Chiefs Association for No on Proposition 19, was also against the bill.
"The Marijuana Compassionate Use Act (of 1996 in the state of California which gave patients the right to possess and cultivate marijuana for personal, medical use) was not for large-scale, for-profit enterprises, and that's what these are establishing," Jones said.
Whitewater marijuana legalization activist Lanny Swerdlow, who founded the now-closed Inland Empire Patients Wellness Center to provide patients access to medical marijuana, felt the bill did not include the entire marijuana community.
"This community needs to be involved," Swerdlow said. "A lot of people are upset. I know the legislative session was about to be over, and they wanted to get it done quickly. I understand what's going on but I don't know enough about the bill to say yes or no. I don't know what distribution system ABC is going to set up … The devil's in the details. And I don't know what the details are. Nobody does."
AB 604 was created in response to the Justice Department issuing a memorandum that said the DOJ would defer to state and local law enforcement if states implement marijuana regulations.
Not everyone is sure the Department of Justice would stick to its words.
"When the federal government decides to get you, these state measures don't help you," said former G3 Holistic member and medical marijuana patient Christopher Kenner of Rancho Cucamonga, "Aaron is living proof of that."
Aaron Sandusky, the president of G3 Holistic, is serving a 10-year prison sentence for operating dispensaries in Upland, Colton and Moreno Valley after he was sentenced in January for violating federal marijuana laws.
Sandusky said in a phone interview Friday that he opened G3 after President Barack Obama and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said they would not be pursuing medical marijuana dispensary operators in states where it is legal.
"I expected them to hold true to those words, but we know that wasn't the case."


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Five Tritons Recognized With Regional Honors by ABCA
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CARY, N.C. - The American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) announced its 2014 postseason awards at the regional level on Thursday, and a total of five UC San Diego players were recognized.
Nick La Face, Erik Lewis and Justin Rahn made the 16-player Rawlings/ABCA Division II All-West Region First Team, with Justin Donatella on the 16-player second team. Junior Brett Levy earned his first career Rawlings/ABCA West Region Gold Glove at the catcher position.
Lewis, La Face and Rahn are 1-2-3 in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) in on-base percentage, and rank in the top four in runs driven in. Lewis and Rahn both appeared in all 54 games, starting 53 apiece at second base and in the outfield, respectively. La Face missed just an early-season home date, drawing the start at either designated hitter or catcher in the other 53 contests. Each player batted .345 or better with at least 67 hits, 41 RBI and 35 walks, and had 20 or more multiple-hit games for the season.
Donatella went 8-2 with a 2.59 ERA in his first season in the UCSD starting rotation, taking the ball for the CCAA series openers and compiling a 7-1 record with one no-decision in league outings. Opponents hit at just a .226 clip against him.
Levy produced a perfect fielding percentage (1.000) over 256 defensive chances in his third year in a Triton uniform. He appeared in 42 of 54 games, with 40 starts, including one at designated hitter and one at first base. As the primary UCSD catcher, he threw out 12 would-be base-stealers out of 34, for a percentage of .353. Former teammate Danny Susdorf was the last Triton to earn a West Region Gold Glove, doing so in each of the past two years, with a National Gold Glove in 2012.
La Face, Lewis, Rahn and Levy are now eligible for national distinction from the ABCA.
2014 Rawlings/ABCA All-West Region
First Team
1B - Tyler Blair, Dixie State
2B - Erik Lewis, UC San Diego
3B - Tyler Nordgren, Point Loma
SS - Cody Slader, Chico State
IF - Clinton Harwick, Point Loma
OF - David Armendariz, Cal Poly Pomona
OF - Andy Crowley, California Baptist
OF - Kaohu Gaspar, Fresno Pacific
OF - Justin Rahn, UC San Diego
C - Marcus Mastrobuoni, Cal State Stanislaus
DH - Nick La Face, UC San Diego
SP - Nick Baker, Chico State
SP - Trevor Oaks, California Baptist
SP - Brad Lohse, Chico State
SP - George Asmus, Sonoma State
RP - Luke Barker, Chico State
Second Team
1B - Joshua Banuelos, Fresno Pacific
2B - Brody Miller, Montana State Billings
3B - Ruben Padilla, Chico State
SS - William Ouellette, Cal State San Bernardino
IF - Kasey Bielec, Central Washington
OF - Mark Hurley, Cal State Monterey Bay
OF - Kelly Starnes, Cal State East Bay
OF - Matt Kimmel, Azusa Pacific
OF - Skippy Ferreria, Cal State Stanislaus
C - Peter Miller, Chico State
DH - Kevin Kline, Dixie State
SP - John Conquy, Dixie State
SP - Justin Donatella, UC San Diego
SP - Wilson Ashford, Fresno Pacific
SP - Brandon Williams, Central Washington
RP - Evan Parker, Dixie State
Player of the Year: David Armendariz, Cal Poly Pomona
Pitcher of the Year: Trevor Oaks, California Baptist
Coach of the Year: Dave Taylor, Chico State
2014 Rawlings/ABCA West Region Gold Glove
1B - Eric Angerer, Chico State
2B - Kevin Meriwether, Cal State San Bernardino
3B - Ruben Padilla, Chico State
SS - Cody Slader, Chico State
OF - Stephen Lohr, California Baptist
OF - Bubby Rossman, Cal State Dominguez Hills
OF - Chris Carlson, Cal Poly Pomona
C - Brett Levy, UC San Diego
P - Nick Baker, Chico State


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(visited by Captain Peter and Hans Augdoppler)
06-Oct-2001 --
After having visited the point 38°N / 15°E at 1400CEST Hans
and myself decided to proceed to 38°N / 14°E. We went through the wonderful
Parco dei Nebrodi to State road 113 along the North coast of Sicily until
Cefalù, where we arrived at 1830hrs.
There was another CP waiting, so far only attemped. It is the famous
"dog"-point. Again we were welcomed by barking from all sides, but no dog
was visible.
Having a close view we found out that the point is supposed to be in a
quarry. We went through the quarry and realized that a way up the mountain
was inevitable.
But at the end of the quarry the point was not yet completely reached. 67
metres were missing.
It was already long after sunset and we had to think about our return.
Unfortunately the GPS pictures turned all out to be blurred.
Hans and myself returned absolutely exhausted to our car.


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With the arrival of Spring, our current design team term has come to an end. Sadly, a few of our Sundae Girls are moving on to new adventures while others have found the need to take a break and deal with life's challenges. Therefore we are presented with the opportunity to add three new DT members to our creative mix!
Design Team Call Details
Design Team Call Details
Interested? Well, here are the details...
- DT members create a card for each Sunday
- DT members are responsible for posting their creations by noon on Saturday (the day before) on our private blog
- DT members are allowed to combine their DT card with other challenges
- Challenge details can be provided a month in advance - allowing you to create your card on your schedule
- DT members must comment on a third of the entries posted (each DT is assigned certain numbers)
- DT term is May 21st to August 28th, 2011
We are looking for someone who wants to have fun! We are not concerned about number of followers but will be looking at how often you post and the quality of your creations. You do not have to have previous DT experience but must be willing to commit to commenting!
- Have fun with a crazy group of girls
- Occasional freebies
- Exposure for your blog
- Motivation to make time for yourself weekly
If you are interested, please post about our DT call on your blog and feature three of your favorite creations including at least two cards. Link your post below. Alternatively, you can email us using the contact button in the sidebar if you prefer not to post it on your blog. Our DT call closes Wednesday, May 11th at 11:59pm.


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