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We're anxiously waiting to hear from PASS which sessions were selected for the 2014 Summit in November. It's a big job to go through the hundreds of submissions and pick the sessions that will appeal to the people who will be paying over $1,000 to attend this annual event. As I am also waiting to hear the results, I saw this article addressed to actors who didn't get cast for the part they worked so hard to audition for, and it seemed appropriate to address the same issues for would-be Summit speakers.
So, given that I've been a speaker at many events, and rejected from many events, and have been, as a PASS Chapter leader and SQL Saturday organizer, in a position to select the sessions for an event, I hope I bring a little bit of perspective to the process. With that in mind, here's a list of reasons that may affect why your submission wasn't selected. (Note that I am not and never have been on the selection committee for the PASS Summit, so nothing that I say here reflects discussions that have directly impacted the Summit selection proces.)
1) Your abstract was interesting, and your title was engaging, but Microsoft submitted a session almost identical to the one you submitted, and as the co-founding member of PASS, and the reason we're all able to attend this great event, they have some pull. If they want to present the session in question, their session will take precedence over yours. There's nothing wrong with your submission, it just got bumped by another.
2) Your abstract was interesting, your title was engaging, and it seems like it'd be a good session, but another session almost identical to yours was submitted by an industry leader, someone who has strong name recognition and has a great reputation for delivering sessions that fill the session rooms and consistently rates high in evaluation scores. Remember that the goal of the conference is to get as many paying attendees as possible, and having a person who's known to put "butts in the seats" is going to take precedence to your session. This isn't about you, this is about what's best for the conference.
3) Your abstract was interesting, your title was engaging, but there were too many sessions submitted for that particular track, and since they only had so many slots to fill, they had to draw the line somewhere. It may not seem fair, and it may seem to you that there should be more sessions in that particular track, but the conference organizers had made there determination before session submission how many sessions were to be selected for each track, and there were just too many sessions in that one.
4) Your abstract was good, the title was interesting, but you'd had some problems before with meeting what the attendees expected from the presentation. Remember that they're paying a lot of money, both in conference fees and travel expenses, to be at this event. The conference organizers have to know that the presentations will be at the top level to justify those expenses, and they chose another session that more closely aligns with that goal. You can work on those problems at user group meetings and SQL Saturdays to correct those issues and that'll reflect well in future events.
5) Your abstract was good, but the title was dull. This is hard. How do you come up with a title that'll grab people's attention, but without going over the top? The best thing to do is to look at the sessions over previous events and see what wording grabs your attention. It has to reflect what you're planning to deliver, but a session title like "Improving Query Performance" just isn't going to attract many people to your session. Remember, the title will attract people to your abstract, and that will bring people to your session. (Unless you're Conor Cunningham, and then everyone will come to your session because you're Conor Cunningham regardless of the title or abstract.)
6) Your title was good, but your abstract was dull. Dull is hard to define, but it could be uninteresting, or too long, or is written in a way that tells the attendee that this session may not live up to the title's promise. It's important to be concise, but accurately convey what the attendee should expect to gain by attending your session. It's also important to be enthusiastic about your subject, because if you aren't, why should they be?
7) Your title was dull, your abstract was worse. Sorry, but this happens, too. Look at the sessions from Summits past and work on developing titles and abstracts that will appeal to the selection committee. Remember, this conference isn't about you, it's about getting people using SQL Server to come to the biggest SQL Server conference on the planet, and it needs to be the best. You have good ideas, you just need to work on presenting them in a way that's attractive.
So, those are my thoughts. I hope that sessions I submitted will be selected this year. One of the things I love to do is to share what I've learned with others, to help them grow as SQL Server professionals. Hopefully I'll get to do that again this year.
Best of luck to all of you.
reason 4 is typically much harder to explain to people:
Let's face it, we've seen you present in the past, you fail to impress with this audience, deliver a good quality session or cohesive story. People get confused in your session. You're a marketing professional and you don't seem to grasp that 90% of your audience has more technical skills than you do.
You are a great technical writer, you have great subject matter expertise, but the past has shown that you really should not be in front of an audience. Don't get this wrong, because you probably will, which typically indicates a low level of self awareness. Have you seen yourself present? How about you record your own session and play that against the amazing quality that content owners try to maintain at events. Do a self-assessment against your own skills, then evaluate your own skills against some of the other speakers. Now turn that into a positive, take presentation skills, learn from experts on what makes a great presentation, and prepare, prepare, ask for feedback.
Please note this is a personal opinion, purely based on experience managing event / session selection in my previous job career. It's really hard to tell people that they don't meet the bar for various reasons. By no means are the areas for improvement related to existing content selection process or in this case PASS specifically and neither have I been involved in any of content selection.


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To Cook a Turkey Safely, Do Not Begin by Thawing It in the Bathtub
Real life turkey tales and cooking tips
The more than 50 women — all professionally trained home economists and nutritionists — will handle 100,000 calls in November and December, including some 12,000 on Thanksgiving Day.
Their counterparts at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Meat and Poultry Hotline have been doing the same thing for more than 25 years and have their own tales to tell.
Some stand-out moments among the 2 million calls the government experts have answered: The man who tried to brine his turkey in the washing machine. And the woman who roasted a turkey inside a plastic dry-cleaning bag because she didn't have a cooking bag. "The plastic melted on the turkey and there was a really bad chemical smell. We had to tell the woman it was unsafe to serve and she should throw it out," recalls hotline food safety specialist Kathy Bernard.
Here are answers to some of the commonly asked questions to both hotlines:
- How to thaw: The best way to thaw a frozen turkey is in the refrigerator on a tray to prevent any uncooked juices from dripping onto others foods. Plan on about 24 hours for every 4 to 5 pounds of bird. You can speed the thawing by placing the wrapped turkey breast side down in a sink of cold water, changing the water every 30 minutes. You can thaw a smaller turkey in the microwave oven, but then you should cook the turkey immediately because some areas do start to cook during the defrost process.
- Keep it clean: Wash hands, work surfaces, and utensils touched by raw meat and its juices with hot, soapy water.
- Oven temperature: No lower than 325 degrees to kill any harmful bacteria.
- Turkey temperature: At least 165 degrees internally on a food thermometer, according to the USDA. Insert thermometer in three places to check the temperature: in the thick, innermost part of the thigh, in the wing joint, and in the thickest part of the breast. All should read 165 degrees minimum. If there's stuffing, it also should be at least 165 degrees.
- The stuffing question: Should you stuff the bird or not? The safest way to cook stuffing is outside the turkey. Cook it in a casserole dish at 325 degrees to 165 degrees. If you do stuff the turkey, stuff it loosely so it can heat properly. The stuffing should be moist, not dry, because heat destroys bacteria more rapidly in a moist environment. Use about 3/4 cup stuffing per pound of turkey. Most important, begin cooking the turkey immediately after stuffing it. A stuffed turkey also takes about 30 minutes longer to cook. Check the stuffing temperature to make sure it has reached 165 degrees.
- How big a bird to buy: If you want ample leftovers, figure on about 1 1/2 pounds per person. Otherwise, plan for a pound per person.
- Handy guide: Unsure how long to roast that 25-pound bird? Or how big a bird you'll need to serve the 10 hungry people coming to your home for dinner? Use this handy calculator from Butterball that you can personalize with your own info to figure out how big a bird to buy and how long to thaw and cook it.
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Barry Levinson's day started with a bushel of Emmy nominations and now, before lunchtime in Hollywood, comes word that he's got his next feature film lined up, a movie about human rights pioneer "Brother Jack" Healy.
"Brother Jack" is "the coming of age story of an idealist who leaves the priesthood for a life on the streets and successfully wages a one man war to elevate the issue of human rights," according to a press release from Sony Pictures.
Healy was born and raised in Pittsburgh before going on to work with the Peace Corps, United Nations and most recently Human Rights Action Network. Along the way, he organized hundreds of walks against hunger and several concerts, films and albums to promote his causes.
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The screenplay is being written by Harley Peyton, who worked with Levinson on "Bandits," and a current rewrite is being done by Kelly Masterson, who penned 2007's fantastic "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead."
"Barry Levinson is one of the industry's most thoughtful, accomplished and acclaimed directors. His work chronicling the life of Dr. Jack Kevorkian was brilliant and we think his take on how one social activist can influence a nation will be equally engaging and compelling," said Columbia Pictures president Doug Belgrad.
News of "Brother Jack" comes just hours after Levinson's previous work about a civil rights pioneer named Jack, the HBO film "You Don't Know Jack," starring Al Pacino as Jack Kevorkian, grabbed 15 Emmy nominations. Both Levinson and Pacino were recognized, as were supporting actresses Susan Sarandon and Brenda Vaccaro, among others.


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Opened in January 2010, Lone Star College-University Park is the sixth and newest campus in the Lone Star College System. With approximately 1.2 million square feet of operational space, LSC-University Park houses academic classrooms and offices, full-service conference facilities, and first-class commercial leasing opportunities. Located on 71 beautiful acres complete with sky bridges to connect buildings, this campus is truly the college of the 21st century. Its unique design inspires students daily by providing unlimited opportunities for new and innovative programs.
The vision of what would become LSC-University Park began April 30, 2009, when LSCS purchased five major office buildings and support facilities on the grounds of the former Compaq Computer Corporation and Hewlett Packard's world headquarters. The acquisition would provide the surrounding area with a much-needed affordable college facility and allow LSCS to establish a new university center. According to a May 20, 2009 Wall Street Journal article, "The deal was the second-largest U.S. office transaction so far this year, based on square footage, after Boston's 1.8 million square-foot John Hancock tower…"
LSC University Park was renovated from a corporate to college facility and opened its doors to students for its first semester in January 2010. Today, LSC-University Park enrolls over 5,500 students, employs 25 full-time faculty members and 166 adjunct professors, and is home to one of two University Centers in LSCS – all in one convenient location. Along with our partner universities, the college offers 59 career programs in a variety of subject areas. Programs include agriculture, biotechnology, computer information technology, geology, journalism, law enforcement, nursing, philosophy, physics, sports management, teacher certification, veterinary technology and much more. LSC-University Park provides numerous opportunities for students to earn college credits through traditional and alternate scheduling. Mini-mesters permit students to take a typical 16-week course in three or four-weeks. The weekend college allows students to earn credits and degrees, including an A.A. in Business or Teaching by taking weekend courses online, face-to-face or hybrid.
LSC-University Center at University Park also offers junior, senior and graduate-level classes through its university partnerships with three highly regarded academic institutions in the Houston area: Sam Houston State University–Northwest Houston Campus, University of Houston-Northwest Campus, and University of Houston Downtown-Northwest. Students who enroll with one of the partner universities on-site are able to complete a bachelor's or master's degree (or teaching certificate) without traveling to the university campuses. The Lone Star College-University Center model provides LSC-University Park students with a seamless transition process from the two-year college to a four-year university. Joint admission programs, such as the 2+2 program, allow students to take their first two years of classes at Lone Star College-University Park and then the second two years of upper-level courses at one of the four partner universities, without having to reapply.
This learning space of the future includes partnerships unique to LSC-University Park. iSchoolHigh, a public, early college, charter high school adheres the college's mantra of providing diverse opportunities and challenges. At iSchool High, students can earn their high school diploma and up to two years of college credit. Lone Star Corporate College and Lone Star Conference Center are on site as well. The Corporate College partners with Houston-based, global corporations to identify and meet their workforce training needs. The Lone Star Conference Center boasts 19 meeting rooms, exhibition space and state-of-the-art technical support.
LSC-University Park's first chief executive officer, Penny Westerfeld, was appointed in December 2009 by Chancellor Dr. Richard Carpenter. Westerfeld brought with her 30 years of administrative experience within the college system making her an asset for the startup of the new campus. In September 2012, Westerfeld passed the torch to Shah S. Ardalan, who was named the first president of LSC-University Park. Ardalan's experience in educational and executive roles and proven academic track-record made him a perfect candidate to lead LSC-University Park into the 21st century.
Since its opening, LSC-University Park has received national recognition for its innovative programs while attracting, retaining and inspiring students from all over the world. LSC-University Park has kept its promise to the community to become a leading model of the "innovative college" for the 21st century by redefining complete and affordable access to quality education through partnerships, entrepreneurship and community enrichment.


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History in the making: Perseverance, preservation, and preserves
Before the 99 percent, there was the 50 percent. Protesters chanted and blew whistles outside the Whitney Museum, and painted "50% "on raw eggs surreptitiously left inside the galleries. The cause? Women artists' under-representation in the Whitney's annual exhibition.
The year was 1970, and alongside anti-war and black power demonstrations, the nascent feminist art movement was attempting to shake up the male-dominated art world. Artist Lynn Hershman-Leeson began filming fellow activists— an endeavor she continued for the next 40 years, resulting in the film, !Women Art Revolution, which screens on Saturday at 12:45pm during the Virginia Film Festival, one of several festival documentaries about the impact of art making.
Although uneven, !Women Art Revolution offers a fascinating combination of interviews, newsreel footage, and images of artwork by women who should be household names but aren't: Howardena Pindell, Martha Rosler, Ana Mendieta, etc. Particularly noteworthy are Hershman-Leeson's interviews with the same women artists at different points in their careers (sometimes 10 years apart), as they reflect on their activism and its influence on their work.
The film is a testament to the power of political art. Today it's hard to believe, but when Judy Chicago's "The Dinner Party" premiered in 1979, it sent male Congress members into apoplectic outrage over its celebration of female genitalia. A must-see despite its flaws, !Women Art Revolution illuminates a little-known and important chapter of recent art history. A panel discussion with Carmenita Higginbotham and Jennifer Hoyt Tidwell, among others, follows the Saturday screening.
Congress appears in a better light in These Amazing Shadows, which provides an overview of the National Film Registry, established in 1988 to counter Ted Turner's colorization of black-and-white classics. Screening on Thursday at 7:45pm, the documentary goes inside the government's film preservation facility in Culpeper and explains how and why films are selected for the Registry. It persuasively argues that film is an art form that provides unique historical insights, but the project strays in interviewing film insiders about favorite movies. Also, the sweeping score recalls those irritating "Oscar Night" orchestral interludes.
A different kind of film about "making," El Bulli, which screens on Sunday at 6:45pm, reveals the intense research and testing behind the culinary artworks created by Spain's famed but now closed El Bulli restaurant. The camerawork is raw, but the Zen-like pace is seductive.
Although not art films per se, these three films document different impacts of art making.
These Amazing Shadows screens at 7:45, November 3, at Regal 3 on the Downtown Mall, !Women Art Revolution screens at 12:45pm, November 5, at Regal 3; and El Bulli screens at 6:45pm, November 6, at Vinegar Hill Theatre. For more information, contact the Virginia Film Festival, 924-3376 or visit http://www.virginiafilmfestival.org.


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When the global economy finally collapses, we might look back at the work of a neurotoxicologist named Chris Martenson and say, well, I guess that guy was right.
Meantime, it will be easier to listen to the loudest economic cheerleaders and question whether a neurotoxicologist has any business diagnosing the economy in the first place.
Martenson runs a website, PeakProsperity.com, where he offers a compelling "crash course" explaining why the global economy most certainly will crash in our lifetimes.
He identifies plenty of toxins, but his basic argument goes like this: Since the 1970s, the U.S. has been accumulating debt and printing money at a much faster pace than its economy actually is growing.
Exponentially compounding debt is OK if we have an exponentially growing economy to pay it off. But our economy can't keep growing exponentially because we are running out of cheap resources.
Some economists were surprised last week by a report showing that the nation's gross domestic product shrank in the fourth quarter. They were quick to write it off as an anomaly due to decreased defense spending. They focused instead on an annualized GDP growth rate of 2.2 percent for 2012. Paul Ashworth at Capital Economics called it "the best-looking contraction in U.S. GDP you'll ever see," which sounds like something a farmer might say about a hog at the county fair.
For Martenson, it doesn't really matter if the economy is shrinking at
0.1 percent or growing at 2 percent or 3 percent. However you spin these numbers it, it's just not enough.
"I don't think we ever actually got out of the last recession," he said in a telephone interview. "When the government is borrowing 8 percent to 10 percent of GDP, and GDP is growing at 2 percent to 3 percent, it tells me that the real economy is shrinking by 5 percent-7 percent."
Martenson says there never has been a resumption of rapid economic growth with oil at or near $100 a barrel. The economic engines just don't rev on this expensive energy.
To keep America in the race, the Federal Reserve will print another $1.14 trillion in new money in 2013 through its so-called quantitative-easing activities, Martenson notes. "This is an unprecedented experiment, which might end well, or it might end badly." He believes the odds of an unforeseen shock to our fragile, debt-laden systems are a lot higher over time than the odds of the Fed's plan actually succeeding in spawning significant growth.
Meantime, the Fed's money-printing schemes continue to widen the gap between America's rich and poor, ensuring more economic instability, he said. "The recent explosive widening in the gap between the uber-wealthy and everyone else is largely a matter of simple Fed policy, not a failure of tax code," he said.
Martenson, age 50, grew up in Connecticut. At age 13, he became so obsessed with fly fishing that he started raising roosters for their hackles so he could tie his own flies. He'd put on snorkeling gear to observe how they looked underwater, making constant refinements.
Driven by such voracious curiosity, he went to Duke University for a PhD in neurotoxicology and Cornell University for an MBA. He has worked as a vice president for Pfizer Inc. and Science Applications International Corp. He told me he once worked for a "dot.bomb" and "spent six months learning how to run a business into the ground." He's also worked as a consultant: "What I was really doing was helping big companies make the same mistakes this year that they made last year."
Martenson is a student of biological systems and, to some extent, what poisons them. The economy, he argues, is not an abstraction apart from the natural world. It depends on the natural world like any organism.
He began studying the economy after watching his portfolio shrink in the dot.com bust. He ultimately admitted something to himself that economists don't always admit to their clients.
"I lost faith in a system where I couldn't assess the risks," he said. "I knew that if the future I saw coming, comes, then doing the job I was in was not the right job."
He said he sold his oversized ocean-side home and moved onto a rural tract of land near Amherst, Mass., where he could prepare himself for the future. He said he now makes his living primarily from his subscription-based website, which is aimed at helping people thrive in the face of a looming economic collapse.
One thing Martenson has going against him is that we're four years out of the 2008 crisis and the economy hasn't collapsed. The U.S. government's debt may be on track to eclipse the $20 trillion mark during President Barack Obama's current term. The Fed may have to buy $85 billion a month in Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities to keep everything afloat. But many other nations are worse than the U.S., which means all their money is coming here, and we can keep the party going.
Arguably, this cockamamie plan is working. A larger crisis was averted. The housing market is slowly improving, and even some jobs are coming back.
But it's all because of a massive credit bubble, Martenson argues. He concedes he can't predict when it will pop but maintains that our global financial system is dependent on growth compounding forever.
"Any sixth grader can tell you that nothing can compound forever."
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Where does it go? It was fall. Then I recall a flash of Christmas.
Now I look up and see Valentine's everywhere.
I think I need to start for next Christmas NOW.
This is one of the many trays of treats I made over the holidays. I ended up inventing some new techniques (happy accidents) and a simple but effective method for edible pinecones of all sizes which I hope to share with you before next Christmas.
These grapevine wreaths are made of chocolate and are adorned with rustic berries (sugar pearls) nestled on a bed of pistachio moss. I may or may not have filled them with cherries.
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TACOMA, Wash. – It's one more reason that the number 125 is special this year. Students at University of Puget Sound have won a pile of national scholarships this spring, taking the number of such honors since the year 2000 over the 125 mark. The college could not have asked for a better 125th birthday present. Congratulations to all.
This year 22 students and recent alumni, competing with top students from across the country, were awarded a total of 24 national scholarships that will help pay for further study at home or for teaching, research, or study abroad in 2013–14. This takes Puget Sound students' track record of winning national awards to 143 since 2000.
This year's awards include the college's first Luce in Asia scholarship; a Watson, Fulbright, and Goldwater award; ten French Government English Teaching Scholarships; four Spanish Government Teaching Assistantships; and Fulbright English Teaching, Princeton in Asia, Princeton in Latin America, and Austrian English Teaching scholarships. In addition at least one student secured a national Greek honor society scholarship.
For a liberal arts college with 2,600 undergraduate students and competing against hundreds of far larger universities, this is an impressive outcome.
"Some of the brightest and most talented young people you'll find in American higher education apply for these awards each year," said Sharon Chambers-Gordon, director of the Office of Graduate and Undergraduate Fellowships. "So to see so many of our students and recent graduates recognized like this really is a testament to their drive and potential—and it's a tribute to the great teaching and mentorship offered by our faculty. We wish the scholars a rewarding year ahead."
The recent national awards include:
Luce Scholarship
Eryn Eby '13 (Laos) Anchorage, AK
Watson Fellowship
Eryn Eby '13, Anchorage, AK
Fulbright Research Scholarship
Maggie Shanahan '13 (Mexico), Superior, CO
Goldwater Scholarship
Billy Rathje '15, Lake Oswego, OR
Goldwater Honorable Mention
Kelton Mock '15, Logan, UT
French Government English Teaching Scholarship
Erin Byrne '13, Boulder, CO
Charlotte Dawkins '13, Seattle, WA
Tina Clark '13, Saratoga, CA.
Joanna Chapman '13, Mercer Island, WA
Ida Poberezovsky '13, San Mateo, CA
Zach Kotel '12, Centennial, CO
Meg Pritchard '13,Vancouver, WA
Dmitri Brown '12, Evansville, IN
Jacob Gellman '13, Vancouver, WA
Jessie Gauger '12, Portland, OR
French Government Alternates
Grant Harmsen '13, Cherry Hills Villlage, CO
Becca Zavala '13, Seattle, WA
Spanish Government Teaching Assistantships
Kelsey Johnson '13, Pasco, WA
Gamachu Said '13, Denver, CO
Amanda Schweikert '13, Denver, CO
Abbey Yaron '13, Boulder, CO
Fulbright English Teaching Scholarship
Peter Bittner '12 (Mongolia), Acton, MA
Fulbright ETA Alternates
Peter Russell '13 (Jordan), Beavercreek, OR
Ida Poberezovsky '13 (France), San Mateo, CA
Princeton in Asia Fellowship
Charles Nguyen '13 (Singapore), Salem, OR
Princeton in Latin America Fellowship
Katherine Buckley '11 (Panama), Nevada City, CA
Austria English Teaching Scholarship
Allyson Hale '11 (Austria), Regensburg, Germany
Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society Scholarship
Bailey Bartelt '14, Mount Vernon, WA
The students' success was supported by Puget Sound faculty and staff, by the enriching experiences offered by Tacoma, and by the encouragement of family and friends. The process of selecting applicants is coordinated by the Graduate Fellowships Advisory Committee, which conducts campus interviews and vets candidates' applications.
Members of the committee include fellowships director Sharon Chambers-Gordon; Greta Austin in religion; Martin Jackson, associate dean, mathematics; Monica DeHart in comparative sociology; Katherine Smith in history, Amy Spivey in physics; and Seth Weinberger in politics and government. Other faculty members who worked with the scholarship winners include Diane Kelley and Michel Rocchi, both in foreign languages and literature, the Spanish language faculty in foreign languages and literature, and Phi Eta Sigma faculty adviser Alison Paradise, in mathematics and computer science.
In addition many faculty on and off campus provided indispensable assistance by acting as research advisors and mentors, and by writing letters of recommendation on the students' behalf.
Puget Sound's fellowshipsoffice coordinates the application, interview, evaluation, and nomination process for qualified Puget Sound students. For more information contact Sharon Chambers-Gordon at 253.879.3329 or email@example.com.
Photo on page: National scholarship winners with fellowships director Sharon Chambers-Gordon. Photo by Ross Mulhausen.
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The current BVA/KC scoring scheme for hip dysplasia (HD) has been in operation since 1984 and since then over 250,000 X-rays have been assessed. Dysplasia means abnormal development, and the degree of hip dysplasia present is indicated by a score assigned to each hip. The hip score is the sum of the points awarded for each of nine aspects of the X-rays of both hip joints. The minimum hip score is 0 and the maximum is 106 (53 for each hip). The lower the score the less the degree of hip dysplasia present. An average (or mean) score is calculated for all breeds scored under the scheme, as is the median (or middle) score. Advice for breeders is to use only breeding stock with scores well below the breed mean score and ideally below the median.
The minimum age for hip scoring is one year, and each dog is only ever scored once under the scheme.
It is generally accepted that hip dysplasia is more common in larger breeds, but any dog of any breed can be scored under the scheme.
Owners should make an appointment with their vet who can take the required X-ray of the dog's hips. The vet then sends the X-ray to the British Veterinary Association where it is examined and "scored" by a panel of experts. (Details of the scoring criteria are available in the form of a leaflet from either the Kennel Club or the BVA.) Once the X-ray has been scored, the result is returned to the vet, who relays it to the owner, and a copy is sent to the Kennel Club for recording on the registration database and publication in the Breed Records Supplement.
There is a time limit of 45 days and a set procedure for appealing against results under the Scheme.
More information can be found at http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/item/313
The BVA website can be found at www.bva.co.uk
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It serves as a useful ressource for translators looking to hear more about agencies before they sign anything or accept a contract as well as for translation buyers who are not familiar with the industry and wish to carefully select translators for their project.
It is difficult to get open information about translation agencies and this blog aims at rectifying this, by naming and shaming companies which engage in malpractice and business attitudes that are threatening to become the norm in the translation industry.
Bad practices may cover a broad range of actions, and whether buying cheap intellectual labour qualifies as one or not is for you to decide.
In the meantime, all so called "brokers", "sweatshops" or "bottom feeders" wishing to pay peanuts for intellectual work requiring several years of study will also be included in this list under the low pay criteria. Low pay includes any imaginable offer under 5 or 6 eurocent per word, which is about twice as low as recommended european prices for translation. (See associated article on "Today's translation market").
We provide here a collaborative and dynamic blacklist and any contribution from dissatisfied translators or buyers is welcome. If companies mentionned would like to add their comments, they are invited to express them by e-mail and their comments will be published on this blog.


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Palisade Fencing Post - Chinaprice: 500.00 Dollar US$
Palisade post is an integral part of palisade fencing and supports the whole fencing panels. It is used to be hot-rolled RSJ beam with the same height and surface finish with the palisade fencing. As far as the head type, the RSJ beam is often one-pointed. Palisade fence is installed in different methods as the fig 1 to fig 3 in the below.
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- Posted By: Paulta Palisade Fencing Co., Ltd
- Phone: +86-318-78559873
- Address: East Industrial Zone, Anping, Hebei, China., Hengshui, Hebei, China
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- Website: http://www.palisade-fencing.com/
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- Business Description: Paulta Palisade Fencing Protecting Your Family & Assets
Established in 2006, Anping Paulta Palisade Fencing Co., Ltd. has over 10 years of experience in manufacturing and exporting metal fencings like steel palisade fencing, chain link fencing, welded wire fencing and field fencing. Since its foundation, our company has been focusing on providing high quality and most competitive prices to every client. Owing to these years' hard work, solid partnerships have been made with the contractors and distributors from UK & South Africa.
The History of Paulta Palisade Fencing Company
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I have some more creative ideas for eating and drinking, as a continuation from my post on creative cooking.
One day I had no lemon for tea so I had this bright idea to used the lemonade punch in my cabinet. All you need is one spoonful and no sugar. It was divine.
If you buy a frozen pizza, save money with purchasing a plain pizza and add your own topping from home. ex. peppers, onions, mushrooms, sandwich meat, etc. You can also make mini pizza's using the dough from Pillsbury.
I learned from my Latin babysitter a meal called the poor person's dinner. Needless to say I have used it a few times. It's rice with red Goya sazon seasoning and a fried egg over easy, on top. You can add yellow or white cheese on top. I like black pepper on my eggs with this dish.
Lastly, for today, I learned how to make granola from a neighbor who moved away. I miss her. Use dry oatmeal, brown sugar, maple syrup, teaspoon of oil to keep moist. That's the basics. Add what you like after that nuts, chocolate or butterscotch chips, coconut shredding, raisins, cranberries, a certain cereal, etc. make as moist or as dry with the basic ingredients. I like to crumble over my yogurt and cereals. My children like it as a snack in a zip lock bag for lunch or trips.
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Samuel Kontenius (Contenius) (1749-1830) was a member extraordinary of the Fürsorge-Komitee of the foreign settlers in South Russia. He earned the gratitude of the foreign settlements in Russia for his important services. At the age of 25 he came to Russia from Silesia, in 1785 entered Russian state service, in 1799 received the commission to inspect the foreign settlers in South Russia. In 1800 he was appointed chief judge of the Neu-Russische Vormundschafts-Comptoir der Ausländer.
After 1803 Kontenius was occupied with the settlement of many foreigners coming into New Russia: Germans, Bulgarians, Greeks, Swedes, and French. In 1803-1805 he directed the founding of 120 villages in the vicinity of Odessa, in the Crimea, and on the Molochna River, and the erection of the necessary buildings. He arranged for fruit culture and supervised the silk and wine industries. He laid the foundation for the future prosperity of the German settlements, especially that in the Molotschna, conscientiously giving his attention to all the branches of business. The founding of the Agricultural Association in 1830 is attributed to his initiative. Johann Cornies was a great admirer of Kontenius. In 1818 poor health compelled him to resign.
On his journey to the Crimea, Alexander I, passing through the Mennonite villages and impressed by the achievements of 15 years in beautiful orchards, splendid woods, and cultivation of the soil, asked Kontenius to continue his aid to the settlers as far as his health permitted. He devoted himself to this task until his death. His small capital he left to the building of schools and churches.
Fadeew, A. M. Kontenius-Biographie. 1831.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. II, 545.
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I love the colour combination of the jacket and the dress, and those Prada heels are just so much fun!ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousJuly 11, 2012 at 5:44 AM
Love the all yellow look! definitely a great outfit if you are in a "sunny" mood! xo, AlmaReplyDelete
I'm slightly obsessed with yellow right now, so I am in love with this look...those shoes are just insane!! :)ReplyDelete
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Beautiful dress! And I've been coveting those Prada heels since I saw the first ad this Spring! Lucky you! :)ReplyDelete
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You look like a beautiful ray of sunshine! And those Prada heels....vroom vroom!ReplyDelete
Beautiful! The all yellow look is amazing! xo, ChristinaReplyDelete
Yellow is beautiful! Haha.. the shoes are fun. I probably would never wear them, but applaud you for it!ReplyDelete
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i can NOT believe you found those shoes ON SALE in YOUR size!!! TOTALLY meant to be! =) i have that yellow blazer and i'm so excited to see it paired with more than just jeans...thank you for the inspiration!ReplyDelete
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I love your shoes so fashion forward yet you make them so wearable!ReplyDelete
Yellow is seriously your colour...the shoes are of course perfection :)ReplyDelete
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Sunshine-y indeed! ANd I love the shoes; they are so tongue-in-cheek!ReplyDelete
LOVEEEEE the all yellow look. Def. wouldn't be able to pull it off but you are rocking it! Also those Prada shoes are KILLER!!!ReplyDelete
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you got the shoes!! at first I wasn't sure about them, but they're so quirky they're cute :).ReplyDelete
Sigh..those shoes are magic! Love the yellow, can't get enough of the colour this summer!ReplyDelete
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I can not believe you have those shoes! Very nice! And Hannah from Pretty Little Lairs (I know I'm crazy for liking that show but I'm addicted) Just wore that jacket in a recent episode! I love it!!ReplyDelete
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Oh my word these shoes are something!! Are those lipstick guns coming out from tr back?? Very pretty yellow dress btw :)ReplyDelete
I'm so jealous you got these shoes!! They're so beautiful, such an amazing thing to own. Lucky you! xxxReplyDelete
you look fabulous. Love it all, shoes, dress, jacket, clutch, your style rocks.ReplyDelete
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clutch and jacket are great :)ReplyDelete
I love the Prada pumps, they are so gorgeous.ReplyDelete
totally amazing fun! love all the yellow too - perfect colour on our skin tone I think!ReplyDelete
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I thought the outfit was stunning... then I saw the heels and my heart skipped a beat. I can only dream of owning shoes as amazing as those (mostly because I can't afford them, but also because they often don't fit my big feet). You're so lucky you caught them on sale too!ReplyDelete
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I can't decide whether to indulge all my attention in the sharp boldness of the shoes, or the sheer blitheness in the dress. Beautiful all around!ReplyDelete
this time... i love your jacketReplyDelete
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You look beautiful
LOVE yellow, it is also an important staple in my wardrobe this season! I had been eying the prada shoes in the windows of Bergdorf's a while back and was always wondering the perfect outfit to pair those with (all I could come up with was black cigarette pants). LOVE how you have mixed the two!ReplyDelete
This outfit is amazing. Yellow is wonderful on you! I just tried on a yellow Tibi skort today but it wasn't super flattering; hoping to find some sunshine yellow somewhere else for my wardrobe.ReplyDelete
Those Prada shoes are also super killer. It's so great to see them up close and in person. Great way to style them.
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There have been a lot of images of the SRT Challenger with the "Hellcat" V8 flying around the Internet, but with the coverings on the car, it was really impossible to see if it had anybody cues to differentiate it from the standard Challenger. Well, we have some of the first "uncovered" shots for you to actually get a look at the SRT Challenger, powered by the supercharged Hellcat engine.
While the "other" Dodge Challenger variants have been unveiled at the New York Auto Show, numerous SRT Hellcat-powered Challengers have been driving around with feature-hiding camouflage for a while. However, here are a couple of shots of two Hellcat prototypes without a shred of clothing, giving us a near showroom-ready look at the invigorated muscle car that is looking to answer the new challenges brought forth by the new Mustang GT500 and the Camaro ZL1 and Z/28.
We have previously seen images of the SRT Challenger Hellcat with the hood open, but now the rest of the car is available for viewing. The hood has gotten a beefy, Viper-esque hood scoop. There are some unsubstantiated reports that the Hellcat V-8 engine actually makes more power than the Viper. If that's the case, we can't wait to get our hands on one.


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Peach Melba squares
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal385
- fat23g
- saturates12g
- carbs43g
- sugars31g
- fibre2g
- protein5g
- salt0.22g
- 250g pack unsalted butter
Butter is a dairy product made from separating whole milk or cream into fat and…
- 300g golden caster sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 large eggs
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Butter and line a traybake or small roasting tin, about 20 x 30cm. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Gently melt the butter in a large saucepan, cool for 5 mins, add the sugar, vanilla and eggs, then beat until smooth with a wooden spoon. Stir in the flour, almonds and ¼ tsp salt.
Tip the mix into the tin, then lay the peach slices evenly on top – that way each square of cake will have a bite of fruit. Scatter the raspberries and almonds over, then bake for 1 hr-1 hr 10 mins, covering with foil after 40 mins. Test with a skewer: the middle should have just a tiny hint of squidginess, which will firm up once the cake cools. Cool in the tin for 20 mins, then lift out onto a cooling rack. Once cold, dredge with icing sugar, then cut into squares.


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Socialite convicted of Tucson car-bomb killing of ex-husband in 1996
TUCSON – A once-prominent socialite has been found guilty in the 1996 Tucson car-bomb killing of her ex-husband after spending years abroad living a lavish lifestyle across Europe.
Pamela Phillips, 56, was convicted April 8 of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder after less than three days of jury deliberations. She faces life in prison at her May 22 sentencing hearing.
During the trial, which began in February, Phillips' lawyers told jurors that their client had nothing to gain from the death of businessman Gary Triano and that she was the victim of overzealous authorities who failed to follow other leads. They said that Phillips was already a successful real-estate broker with her own money and suggested that Triano had numerous other enemies.
But prosecutors described Phillips as a gold digger who hired a former boyfriend to kill Triano to collect on a $2 million life-insurance policy in order to maintain her extravagant taste for the good life.
It's been nearly two decades since Triano died when his car exploded as he was leaving a Tucson-area country club after playing golf. Authorities said Phillips paid ex-boyfriend Ronald Young $400,000 to carry out the hit. Young was convicted in 2010 and sentenced to two life terms in prison, but jurors weren't allowed to consider his case while determining Phillips' fate.
"The state went after the easy marks," defense attorney Paul Eckerstrom told jurors during closing arguments, indicating that Triano had plenty of other enemies with better motives to kill him. "You have to tell the state: 'You made a mistake.' "
Prosecutors presented a portrait of a woman who grew accustomed to the high life and found herself struggling financially with an easy $2 million way out.
The state's case against her hinged largely on the purported secret arrangement between Phillips and Young, whom the defendant dated while working as a real-estate broker in Aspen, Colo., after she divorced Triano.
While Phillips claimed that she had paid Young the $400,000 for assistance with business ventures and financial planning, prosecutors argued that the money was clearly payment for the hit.
"He's not getting paid for business advice that she never takes — he's getting paid for murder," prosecutor Rick Unklesbay said in closing arguments.
During the trial, in addition to witnesses, prosecutors used financial records and telephone conversations that Young secretly recorded during talks with Phillips. In one recording, Young appears to grow angry over not receiving his payments, telling Phillips, "You're going to be in a woman's prison for murder."
Defense lawyers said the calls were merely the ramblings of a con man.
One prosecution witness, a longtime friend of Phillips', testified that Phillips once told her how easy it would be to hire someone to kill her ex-husband.
The defense downplayed the testimony, noting that Phillips was distraught at the time after having a fight with Triano during which he threatened her. Phillips' lawyers also called into question the witness' memory.
Triano was a developer who made millions investing in Indian bingo halls and slot-machine parlors in Arizona and California before Congress authorized tribes to open full-blown casinos. After the real-estate market declined and he lost control of his gambling interests, Triano went broke.
That's around the time Phillips filed for divorce, prosecutors said.
The couple, who had two children together, separated, but Phillips remained the beneficiary of Triano's insurance policy, paying the premiums herself.
She eventually moved to Aspen and worked in real estate before meeting Young, and prosecutors said the two would later hatch a plan to kill Triano and collect on the policy.
After the killing, Young was on the run from a warrant for his arrest in Colorado on fraud charges while Phillips was sending him money for the hit, eventually adding up to $400,000, prosecutors told jurors.
The investigation into Triano's killing stalled until Young's arrest in 2005 in Florida on the fraud charges. That's when both Phillips and Young became the key suspects in the killing. Authorities say he kept detailed records of his financial transactions with Phillips, including recorded telephone conversations and invoices.
Prosecutors said police also found divorce records pertaining to Phillips and Triano in a van rented by Young.
By then, Phillips had received the $2 million insurance payout and had left Aspen for a life overseas.
She was arrested in Austria in 2009 and extradited to Tucson. Her case was delayed after a judge ruled she was mentally unfit to stand trial at the time.


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Environment, Natural Resources and Energy Division The Eco-Industrial Development Guidebook and Case Studies for North America
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Comparing Devens Sustainability Efforts to the Cohen-Rosenthal Matrix, by Peter C. Lowitt, AICP; Neil Angus, AICP; and Dona Neely; 2009.
Something in the Water? The Emergence of a Successful Eco-Industrial Park in the U.S., by Peter C. Lowitt, AICP, 2008. Reprinted with permission from the Journal of Industrial Ecology, Volume 12, Issue 4, August 2008; pages 497-500.
A Map of Sustainable Devens, compiled by Neil Angus, AICP; 2008.
Minnesota's Foundation for Sustainable Industrial Development, by Tim Nolan; 2009.
Sustainable Industrial Development Concepts and Definitions: Appendix 1, by Tim Nolan.
A Template for Planning an Eco Park: Appendix II, by Tim Nolan.
Undertaking EID Flowchart: Appendix III, by Tim Nolan.
Baseline Assessment Report for Duluth Superior EID, by Corey Brinkema and Tim Nolan; 2007.
The Greater Duluth-Superior Area Eco-Industrial Development Initiative Report to the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; 2007.
U.S. Business Council for Sustainable Development:
By-product Synergy Networks, Reducing Waste While Creating Business Opportunities, by A. Mangan and E. Olivetti; 2008. Reprinted with permission of the authors.
The Pivotal Role of Planning in the Success of Canadian Eco-Industrial Parks, by Jaspal Marwah, BA, MPlan; and Tracy Casavant, MES, PEng; 2009. Eco-Industrial Solutions, Vancouver, Canada.
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My daughter's favorite colors right now are pink and purple. Fine by me.
My son's favorite color right now is purple. Fine by me.
Though these choices have remained static for both of them for a while, they could very well change tomorrow to something like yellow and green or blue or silver or teal.
Great! Perfect!
Because…they are colors. Favorites. Whims. They mean nothing at all. To me.
Yet, to others, they mean so much. My daughter likes pink and purple. Obvious choices, think many people. And, that must mean that she also likes princesses, and dress up, and baby dolls, and sparkly things. And, while she likes many of those things, she also likes climbing and rough housing and SWIMMING, perhaps most of all. One preference indicates nothing about her, really.
My son likes purple. Strange and unacceptable choice, think many people. That must also mean….so many things about him. But, like my daughter, one preference indicates nothing about him, really.
Why is it okay, still, to assume things about my son — and about the parents who are raising him — based on his color preferences. Really?!? I sit here writing this post realizing that I asked many of the same questions over six years ago when I started this blog. Colors are for everyone. Colors mean nothing. Colors are….colors. My mantra. Our mantra. And yet, so very hard for so many folks to wrap their heads around.
Ours is a family created out of love. And we love each and every ounce and preference of our kids, whether "outsiders" see their preferences and interests and habits — and our family as a whole — as normative or not (either way is of no matter to me). To me, the best thing we can do for each other, as a family, and for the world, is to love. To love hard, and deep, and passionately — to love ALL of it.


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Discover centuries of tradition, heritage and culture on a Jewish Heritage cruise through central Europe. These cruises include guided visits to a variety of significant sites dedicated to conserving the rich Jewish legacy, from historic synagogues, cemeteries and neighborhoods to modern monuments and memorials. Highlights may include a trip to the Jewish Museum in Vienna, Oskar Schindler's house in Regensburg, the Dohany Street Synagogue in Budapest -- the second largest synagogue in the world -- or Courtroom 600 at the Palace of Justice where the Nuremberg Trials took place.
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