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Chapter 7: Conclusion
The mission statement for UIS has provided the framework for its reaccreditation, self-study process. A blending of the HLC cross-cutting themes and the elements of the UIS mission statement produced a self-analysis that not only created a useful and pragmatic approach to the process but also allowed UIS to demonstrate evidence that the institution meets the five accreditation criteria for the Higher Learning Commission. UIS' self-study process resulted in a delineation of its institutional hallmarks and the challenges it faces presently and in the future.
"The organization operates to ensure the fulfillment of its mission through structures and processes that involve the board, administration, faculty, staff, and students."
As documented throughout the self-study report, UIS has emerged from two decades of institutional review and planning with a carefully articulated mission statement that emphasizes teaching and learning, career preparation, scholarship, public affairs, and online education. While traditional components of the institution resonate through UIS' new mission, it also represents UIS' evolving vision and culture. UIS' mission statement represents a commitment to past and future constituencies and to the enhancement of access and diversity through an expansion to a full four-year baccalaureate degree and the launch of online initiatives. The UIS mission is articulated throughout its student learning goals, strategic planning documentation, budget and planning activities, fundraising activities, and communication with constituencies and the community. Strategic plans developed by colleges and units across campus further reinforce the UIS mission in the areas of curriculum development, master planning, student affairs, technological enhancement, and collaborative and community outreach initiatives.
As one of three campuses within the University of Illinois system, UIS is responsive to that larger administrative structure and operates within the oversight of a centralized University of Illinois Board of Trustees. UIS articulates its mission and its position within the system through regular presentation of new initiatives to the Board, including its recently completed strategic planning process. Internally, the institution's governance and administrative structure support and enhance the campus mission. The prominent roles of the Campus Senate, the Undergraduate Council, the Graduate Council, and the recently formed General Education Council demonstrate the importance of shared governance in implementing the new mission. The governance structure plays a critical role in the oversight of academic policies that relate to program review, budget and planning, faculty personnel policy, academic standards, and strategic planning. In addition, several administrative positions have been created and filled that are directly linked to UIS' desire to strengthen both academics and student affairs.
UIS publications and communications represent the institution fairly and accurately to its constituencies. Historically UIS has been closely connected with state government, the Springfield community, and the Central Illinois region, and these relationships have flourished over nearly four decades through long-standing internship programs and the activities of the Center for State Policy and Leadership, as well as through the work of students, faculty, and staff that connect teaching and learning and student development with community activism. Collaborative initiatives with state government, community agencies, and educational institutions nourish UIS' integrity and help promulgate a coherent identity for the university. UIS is responsive to the needs and concerns of all its constituencies and views their input to be a critical component in the development of the campus.
"The organization's allocation of resources and its processes for evaluation and planning demonstrate its capacity to fulfill its mission, improve the quality of its education, and respond to future challenges and opportunities."
In the early 1990s, it became apparent to campus leaders that UIS needed to change directions. As an upper-level institution in a world of increasingly competitive markets for transfer students and declining numbers of non-traditional students, expanding to a four-year baccalaureate program became a necessary vision for the future. At that point, UIS began a strategic planning process that spanned the next 15 years, a process accelerated by the integration of Sangamon State University into the University of Illinois system in 1995. As the University of Illinois at Springfield, the institution experienced new opportunities: the ability to create lower division curricula and enroll students directly out of high school, the capacity to enhance the technological infrastructure of the institution, and the option to begin online degree programs. Through regular re-envisioning and sustained strategic planning efforts, the campus was able to take advantage of the opportunities presented by becoming part of a larger university system. UIS has widened its scope and extended educational access to a broader range of students than it ever had the opportunity to do in the past.
In 2007, UIS has successfully implemented a lower division expansion that includes both general education freshmen and an honors program, while sustaining the university's commitment to transfer and graduate students. This expansion has resulted in an increase in traditional-aged students, a significant increase in the residential population, and a more diverse student body. As the student population has become more diverse and residential, infrastructure and support initiatives have been enhanced accordingly. The opening of Lincoln Residence Hall in 2001, the planned opening of a new recreation center in fall 2007, and the designing of a second residence hall are milestones in the campus' preparation for a future characterized by that broader student population. Over the last six years, the campus has experienced a dramatic increase in student life activities, residential programs, and athletic and recreational opportunities. This thriving residential life further enables UIS to attract and recruit prospective students.
Over a decade ago, UIS began to strategically consider the ways that the technological advances seen around the world could be used to enhance the institutional mission. With dramatic changes to its technological infrastructure, UIS developed an online curriculum, online partnerships, and collaborative initiatives with other campuses, both nationally and internationally, and provided curricular and pedagogical support to the online initiative. UIS has built a national reputation in online education, and thriving enrollments in UIS online programs and courses offer evidence for the success of planning efforts in this area.
Critical to UIS' success in the implementation of these new initiatives has been the integration of a cycle of continuous improvement. Periodic reviews of student, faculty, staff, alumni, and community performance indicators have provided UIS with an assessment of its effectiveness in meeting the current and future needs of these constituencies. The campus now needs to institute a regular system for data collection and analysis so that change and improvement can be systematically driven by evidence. The Provost's office has begun to develop a database to trace the progress of performance indicators noted in UIS' recent strategic plan.
Despite declines in state support for higher education over the last five years, UIS has continued to build a resource base in support of its new initiatives mainly through increases in student enrollment and increases in tuition and fees. Faculty and staff resources have increased in support of the lower division expansion and online initiatives. The institution has continued to invest in the technological infrastructure of the campus and push forward on housing and recreational expansion as student enrollment has increased and diversified.
"The organization provides evidence of student learning and teaching effectiveness that demonstrates that it is fulfilling its educational mission."
Over the last 10 years, the campus has strategically set out plans for its educational mission and successfully accomplished those plans. UIS has created a lower division and a doctoral program in public administration, enhanced the faculty base, structured graduate education, and responded to social change through new partnerships and increasingly globalized curricula. With the educational culture enhanced by greater diversity in the study body, particularly among freshmen, the academic environment has changed to reflect that diversity through coursework, support services, and extracurricular programming.
Excellence in teaching has been the cornerstone of UIS since its inception. A central consideration in the hiring and development of faculty is excellence in teaching. Teaching is evaluated by the institution through retention, tenure, promotion, and merit review processes. Governance committees and college units provide faculty development, mentoring, and oversight of curricular and program review processes. The institution has provided critical curricular, technological, and pedagogical support to online course development through Information Technology Services and the Office of Technology-Enhanced Learning. UIS embraces innovation and creativity in teaching pedagogy, which is evident in the use of interdisciplinary team teaching in the honors program, the integration of a living-learning community in the residence hall, special attention to the real-world applications of education through internships for both undergraduates and graduate students, increasing study abroad opportunities, and an emphasis on engaged citizenship. As the technology infrastructure has been enhanced, faculty have taken the opportunity to find new methods for teaching and helping students to become active learners.
UIS' assessment culture dates back to the late 1980s, when the structure and timing of assessment of learning outcomes was dictated by the Illinois Board of Higher Education and UIS' governing board. Since that time, the nature of the assessment culture has changed considerably. During the last 10 years, the institution has begun to decentralize the assessment initiative so that it is now based in the programs and disciplines. The Assessment Task Force, a group of administrators, faculty, and staff from across the campus, oversee the assessment initiative. Reports on assessment are now incorporated into the program review process, and programs are expected to incorporate assessment results into their curricular review process. Additionally, programs provide annual reports on assessment results and progress to the Assessment Task Force. UIS has successfully made this transition from a centralized initiative to one that is focused at the program level. Nonetheless, the campus continues to work on comprehensively closing the feedback loop. At the institutional level, assessment of student learning and the quality of the academic mission has been reviewed for the past six years using a variety of performance indicators. Both the Noel-Levitz Student Satisfaction Inventory and the UIS Alumni Survey results indicate academics are a source of satisfaction for students at UIS. Further, the National Survey of Student Engagement indicates that UIS compares favorably to national normative data and selected peers: students perceive that campus academics have made positive contributions to their knowledge, skills, and personal development in a variety of cognitive and behavioral areas.
Support of student learning has been enhanced during the last decade in ways that specifically address the more traditional and residential student population and the expansion of the online initiative. This enhancement has included an assessment of the Center for Teaching and Learning, resulting in online tutoring and the initiation of studios for supplemental instruction in general education areas. An Undergraduate Academic Advising Center was initiated to support the advising needs of freshmen and sophomore students. Student Affairs has enhanced services in the Career Development Center and the Office of Disability Services in their support of both on-campus and online students. Further, Brookens Library has initiated support services for online students and continues to use feedback from users to improve services.
Recognizing the need to enhance practices that ensure the quality of graduate education at UIS, the campus created and filled an Associate Vice Chancellor position for graduate education and research. This position provides advocacy and oversight of graduate education at UIS. The university has created policies and guidelines for the designation of graduate faculty, the development of graduate certificates, and the assessment of student learning in graduate programs.
Academic excellence at UIS is recognized through the professional accreditation of many of its academic programs. Not only have these accreditations been maintained but new accreditations have been achieved during the last decade. Most noteworthy among new accreditations is the spring 2007 approval of the entire College of Business and Management through the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
"The organization promotes a life of learning for its faculty, administration, staff, and students by fostering and supporting inquiry, creativity, practice, and social responsibility in ways consistent with its mission."
UIS supports the professional and educational development of its faculty, staff, and students. Achievements in these areas are recognized through scholarships, awards, and regular personnel evaluation. UIS sponsors numerous professional development workshops, speakers series, and co-curricular activities in support of a culture of learning.
The Center for State Policy and Leadership plays a pivotal role in the institution's mission in support of scholarship. It makes significant scholarly contributions through its applied research, publications, engagement of students, training, public lectures and forums, and collaborations with agencies and the community.
Historically, UIS has embraced a broad definition of scholarship (including theoretical, integrative, applied, and pedagogical scholarship) that supports the pursuit of the UIS mission. Further, UIS encourages the teacher-scholar model that values faculty engaging with their disciplines and sharing their work with students and others. The Faculty Personnel Policy and the faculty awards system recognize the important role of scholarship in faculty development. UIS must now find ways to help faculty manage sufficient time for scholarship at an institution that values teaching and the service that comes with shared governance.
UIS has revised its undergraduate student learning goals and competencies to ensure that the UIS graduate is competitive in the contemporary workforce. In developing these goals and competencies, the campus recognizes the need for graduates to think and reason in a world where technology, diversity, global issues, and social responsibility are central. UIS' curriculum is regularly assessed through program and academic standards reviews, and the policies and guidelines of these activities ensure that courses parallel the UIS mission and institutional learning goals. The National Survey of Student Engagement provides evidence that the UIS student is obtaining scholarly knowledge and skills at or above the rate experienced at other peer institutions.
Brookens Library is the academic core of the institution and provides critical support for scholarship on the UIS campus. The resources and services of the Library are regularly assessed and are positively evaluated by students and faculty, and they compare favorably to the resources and services of libraries at peer institutions. Ensuring that resources are allocated toward maintaining and expanding this critical part of the campus infrastructure and academic mission is a strategic goal for the UIS campus. A further challenge that is already being addressed is making library services fully accessible to online students.
"As called for by its mission, the organization identifies it constituencies and serves them in ways both value."
UIS has a strong tradition of being involved in public affairs, experiential learning, and community service. Campus facilities (e.g., recreational facilities, the Sangamon Auditorium, conference rooms, and classroom areas) are regularly used by the Springfield community, state agencies, regional schools, and state and regional organizations. Recently developed or enhanced programs in music, theatre, and art now actively engage the public in the cultural and artistic life of the campus. The Center for State Policy and Leadership sponsors workshops, training, speaker events, and forums throughout the year that play a critical role in connecting UIS with both internal and external constituencies. In addition, the Center for State Policy and Leadership's print and broadcast media services, including the radio station and the magazine Illinois Issues, create critical forums for community and region-wide discussions of public policy and American culture.
Experiential learning at both the graduate and undergraduate levels has a nearly 40-year history of excellence at UIS and remains a key element in the educational experience. Recently this experience has been enhanced with the creation of a service-learning unit and the integration of service-learning into the general education curriculum. The campus sponsors a number of graduate internships and assistantships with agencies in state and local government. These programs are well-respected and have been able to sustain or increase funding from external sources. Experiential and service-learning plays a critical role in maintaining and promoting the visibility of UIS to external constituencies.
Evidence of UIS' responsiveness to external constituencies can also be viewed through its numerous collaborative initiatives. These initiatives can be found in programs of the Center for State Policy and Leadership, exchange agreements in the Global Experience Program, institutional collaboration with the Office of Technology-Enhanced Learning, COPC (Community Outreach Partnership Center) and GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) grants that supported community outreach, and training for state government officials and others. The strength of this institutional commitment is evidenced by the recent establishment of a Collaborative Projects Council and the hiring of an external consultant to assist in the expansion of efforts in this area.
In sum, the University of Illinois at Springfield has experienced a decade of intense and dynamic change. In spite of state funding cutbacks, the institution has rallied its resources and launched several major initiatives that are responsive to its mission, strategic planning efforts, and constituency needs. While UIS has met its own strategic goals, it has also prepared itself for meeting the expectations and needs of its future constituencies. In meeting the Higher Learning Commission's criteria for reaccreditation, UIS has demonstrated that it is prepared to meet its challenges of the future and continue to serve its constituencies with excellence and integrity.


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What is AEM Screens?
AEM (Adobe Experience Manager) Screens - a Digital Signage Solution that allows you to publish dynamic and interactive digital experiences and interactions involving different types of screens in conjunction with a comprehensive digital marketing platform.
Get up and running with a simple digital signage experience, using Kickstart for AEM Screens .
AEM Screens is built on the solid foundation of AEM Sites and enables marketers and IT personnel to create and manage experiences on multiple digital screens that impact in-store/in-venue goals for building brand and driving demand. Integration of AEM Screens with Sites allows you to re-use already existing content and effectively deliver a coherent and consistent customer solution. This provides a streamlined workflow to create dedicated digital experiences that are highly cost-effective and usable. It further helps to influence brand perception and impact decisions leading to upliftment in purchase and engagement.
AEM Screens is a powerful web-based solution that allows you to create dedicated digital menu boards, product recommenders, background lifestyle imagery to expand customer interaction and deliver unified and useful brand experiences into physical venues, such as stores, hotels, banks, healthcare and educational institutions, and many more - from the same AEM platform. Screens provide many unique applications such as interactive displays, wayfinding, branding, and adding ambience to your environment for customers and employees based on the domain where these are deployed.
Creating and managing an application using AEM Screens is simple and intuitive. An application hosts web pages built for AEM Screens by customers or implementation partners. Locations manage pre-defined hierarchy and contains displays . Each display has a dashboard that shows different devices and screens attached. Content for AEM Screens is managed in channels . AEM Screens Player renders content present within channels onto displays.
To understand the key terminologies associated with AEM Screens, see Glossary .
Architecture of Screens Player
The following diagram shows the general architecture of an AEM Screens player:
Create a Digital Signage Experience in 5 minutes
To create a demo Screens project and publish your content in Screens player, see Kickstart for AEM Screens .
Starting a New AEM Screens Project
Starting a new digital signage experience requires a cohesion of roles before it is ready for consumption. The following roles provide a starting point for creating a new Screens project:
- Author
- Developer
- System Administrator/Technician
The following figure defines the personas and their roles for AEM Screens.
Additionally, to view different responsibilities as per the roles, click the personas mentioned above.
Pre-requisite Knowledge
Before you start working on a Digital Signage project using AEM Screens, Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) knowledge is required and should be completed prior to working on an AEM Screens Project.
Refer to the following tutorials and resources to learn Adobe Experience Manager 6.5:
- Adobe Experience Manager Getting Started: Discover getting started articles and video tutorials for Adobe Experience Manager.
- AEM 6.5 Tutorials and Videos : A collection of tutorials and videos highlighting both new and updated capabilities for AEM Sites, Assets, Forms, Screens, and Foundation with the release of AEM 6.5.
- AEM Core Concepts : An overview of the core concepts of how AEM is structured and how to develop on top of it including understanding the JCR, Sling, OSGi, the dispatcher, workflows, and MSM.
Additional Resources
- Guided Implementation EssentialsFollow the guided learning path AEM Screens Implementation Essentials , that covers foundational as well as advanced features supported in AEM Screens.
- Best Practices Guide for AEM Screens ProjectsFollow Best Practices Guide for AEM Screens Projects that is designed to identify common pitfalls while implementing an AEM Screens project. The material focuses primarily on Project Roles and Responsibilities, RACI Chart for Different Roles AEM Platform Configurations, and Support and Monitoring.
- New Adobe Customer Support ExperienceFollow Customer One for Enterprise Help to learn more about Admin Console Support Tickets.

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We've got quite the prize pack to giveaway to two lucky readers. One contest winner will nab a copy of the 22-DVD set The Carol Burnett Show: The Ultimate Collection signed by Carol Burnett, Vicki Lawrence and Tim Conway, while the runner-up will receive the full DVD set without the autographs. The gorgeous box set includes 50 episodes of The Carol Burnett Show hand-picked by Burnett herself, with special features galore that feature interviews with Betty White, Carl Reiner, Jerry Lewis, Jane Lynch, Amy Pohler and many more. The collection also includes a replica curtain from the show and an exclusive 24-page memory book.
Hit the jump to find out how you can win.
In order to enter the contest, email firstname.lastname@example.com with your name and address and include THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW Giveaway in the headline. This giveaway will be open until August 20th and is only open to residents of the United States. Also, only one entry per person. Once the giveaway ends, we'll look over the entries and randomly pick out the winners. It never hurts to mention why you think you deserve to win. If it turns out you don't win the contest, you can order The Carol Burnett Show: The Ultimate Collection at www.carolondvd.com. Here's a list of what the box set includes:
FAIRFAX, VA – JUNE 1, 2012 – The DVD collectors set that fans of classic TV have been waiting for is finally coming out as Time Life will now start taking pre-orders for THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW: THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION. The 22-DVD set contains 50 episodes from the award-winning and influential TV series, featuring the funniest and most beloved characters and sketches, including:
- Went with the Wind
- Mr. Tudball and Mrs. Wiggins
- As the Stomach Turns
- Carol & Sis
- The Family
- Nora Desmond
- The Oldest Man
- The Hollow Hero
- Kitchen Commercials
Everybody wanted to be a guest on The Carol Burnett Show, and featured on the Ultimate Collection DVD set are the funniest and most talented people in the business, including: Betty White, Carl Reiner, Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, Joan Rivers, Bernadette Peters, Sammy Davis Jr., Alan Alda, Dick Van Dyke, Shirley MacLaine, Rock Hudson, Vincent Price, Phil Silvers, Joel Grey, The Smothers Brothers, Stiller & Meara, Tony Randall and many others.
In addition to the classic sketch the Ultimate Collection also boasts over 400 musical performances, including many tributes to the musical theatre and movies Carol grew up with.
The Carol Burnett Show: The Ultimate Collection is host to over twelve robust hours of exclusive bonus features, including:
- Three episodes from The Garry Moore Show where Carol got her start, including the "Supergirl" episode, where Carol did her Tarzan yell, for the first time on television.
- Rare sketches from the first five seasons of The Carol Burnett Show, not seen anywhere in over 40 years. Included are guest appearances by Lucille Ball, Jerry Lewis, Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, plus one of the most beloved sketches in the history of the show– "The Dentist," with Harvey Korman and Tim Conway.
- A raucous 100-minute Cast Reunion with Carol, Vicki Lawrence, Tim Conway and Lyle Waggoner.
Exclusive featurettes on The Ultimate Collection include:
"I Want to Push That Button…"—The History of The Carol Burnett Show
Leading Lady–Carol as a Television Pioneer
"Bring Up the Lights" – Carol's Q&As
Focus on "The Family"
"Ahhhh, Mrs. Ha-Wiggins?"—As in "Tudball and Wiggins"
Starlet, Mildred, and More – A Celebration of the Movie Parodies
Next Stop, Broadway – About the "Mini-musicals"
Breaking Up Is Hard…Not to Do—The Ensemble Chemistry and Famous "break-ups" on The Carol Burnett Show
"Where Do You Get Your Ideas?"—A Tribute to the Writers on The Carol Burnett Show
Gags and Gowns—A Tribute to Designer Bob Mackie
All together, Time Life interviewed over twenty people as part of the Bonus Feature production—including guests from the show (Betty White, Carl Reiner, Jerry Lewis, Ken Berry, Rita Moreno, Steve Lawrence, Lainie Kazan and Joel Grey); writers (Kenny Solms, Gail Parent, Ken and Mitzi Welch); designer Bob Mackie; and current performers influenced by Carol (Ellen DeGeneres, Jane Lynch and Amy Poehler). Complete interviews of all cast-members, crew, guests and fans will be included in the bonus features of The Ultimate Collection.
THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW debuted on CBS in 1967 and ran for 11 years, receiving 25 Emmy Awards five Golden Globes, and 12 People's Choice Awards, making it one of the most honored shows in television history. TIME Magazine named THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW one of the "100 Best Television Shows of all Time" and Carol Burnett has been honored with more People's Choice Awards than any other actress.


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For "Occupy Wall Street" protesters lamenting their unemployment, here's a chance for a job in reality television.
A Craigslist ad posted Monday night is seeking cast members for MTV's "Real World" -- and they're thinking about the parading, poster-yielding anti-greed protestors inhabiting Manhattan's Zuccotti Park for their 27th season, The Observer finds:
MTV's Real World is seeking cast members to tell their unique stories on our show. If you are over the age of 20 and appear to be between the ages of 20-24, and the description below sounds like you, we want to hear from you!
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Are you a part of the OCCUPY WALL STREET movement?
If so, please contact email@example.com. Your subject heading should be YOUR NAME and WALL STREET.
Please attach 3 RECENT PHOTOS and a brief BIO, including your full NAME, DATE OF BIRTH (for ID purposes only) as well as your CONTACT INFORMATION including PHONE #
A Bunim/Murray spokesperson tells the Los Angeles Times that the ad does not mean they'll definitely be casting an "Occupy" protester -- they're looking for fun, eclectic people in general to bring together for the show.
MTV may not be the only entertainment company looking to cash in with the help of the growing movement. Sources tell the Los Angeles Times that director Christopher Nolan is travelling to New York to shoot scenes for his third and final Batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises," with the demonstrations in the background. Warner Brothers confirmed two weeks of New York City filming beginning Oct. 29, but could not elaborate further.
The casting call for the shoot says characters will inhabit "a city besieged by crime an corruption," the paper reports, so the "Occupiers" would probably fit in quite well.
Do you think the "Occupiers" will sign up for the casting call in hopes of a much-needed job? Or will they dismiss MTV as one of the corporate giants they are so angrily protesting against?
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Laniakea, Our Home Supercluster of Galaxies.
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7 min movie that accompanies article in 2014, Nature, 513, 71 (4 September 2014)
Arrowhead Mini-Supercluster 4 minute movie with captions that accompanies Pomarede et al. 2015, Astrophys. J., in press
Cosmography of the Local Universe 17 minute movie with audio illustrating aspects of the local structure in the distribution of galaxies
The Extragalactic Distance Database (EDD) An on-line database of information related to the extragalactic distance scale.
Our Peculiar Motion Away from the Local Void
Quicktime movie (12 min; soundtrack, 773 MB) (12 min; small, 159 MB) (5 min; soundtrack, 1.079 GB) (5 min; small, 57 MB) (2 minutes; no sound, 175 MB) (2 min; small, 44 MB) illustrating results in the article `Our Peculiar Motion Away from the Local Void', 2008, Astrophysical Journal, 676, 184.
Data Tables Table 1: Distance Estimates for 1791 Galaxies. Table 2: Averaged Distance Estimates for 743 Groups.
Video version of Fig. 18.
Deep Space Explorer
Software for home PC or Mac that enables you to fly among the 30,000 nearest galaxies. Deep Space Explorer and Starry Night
Runaway Universe
I was science advisor for the NOVA series documentary `Runaway Universe'. Visit the web site for that program. Runaway Universe web site
What's Up in the Universe?
I am science advisor for the PBS documentary What's Up in the Universe?
Manipulate a data cube of 30,000 galaxies.
A VRML viewer is required to visualize and manipulate this data cube. Viewers for Mac and PC can be downloaded from cortona. For Netscape/Mozilla under UNIX/LINUX try the plug in from freewrl.
For more information on what you are seeing, explore my outreach page.
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The goals of the training sessions would to be to have you confident in:
- using Miromaa and all of its features
- digital archiving techniques
- best practise for gathering language evidence
- producing dictionaries and picture word lists using Lexique Pro
- producing multimedia cd's using Lexique pro
- producing html / Internet language pages with pictures, text and audio
- be sound in using Audacity as a sound editing and production program for making wave, mp3 and podcast files
- in using Microsoft products like photostory and moviemaker.
- understand how technology can fit and play its part in your Language Maintenance activity for your people and your community.
All participants will achieve a good understanding of practical skills in the following:
- Excellent users of Miromaa
- Storing and editing still photographic images
- Importing digital media to the computer
- Creating resources from stored data
- Recording metadata
- Recording standards, from basic to archival. The appropriate applications of wav, mp3, mpeg and avi files.
- Digital audio Recording: People will have been shown how to record language using either a laptop computer with Audacity (free software) or with a Zoom digital recorder.
- Editing digital audio files
- Storing and editing still digital images: Using Microsoft free software or other alternative.
- Transferring digital data from equipment to computer:
- Managing text, audio, still and video images on the computer to produce language resources with the Miromaa Language Program. Participants will have been taught how to use the program and began inputting data and images to create their own wordlists.
- How to produce a dictionary and lexicons
- Recording standards: from basic to archival. The appropriate applications of wav, mp3, mpeg and avi files.
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There are so many forms of fish abuse out there that it's hard to count them all... Some forms are more difficult to spot then others. I'm going to say some of the more common forms of abuse and explain them and then I'll go into some of the newer, more unusual forms of abuse, such as the new iPond in Australia. Now, I must say that the idea for a paper on fish abuse was taken from a girl on another form, however, she has not given it to us, she just gave me some forms of abuse, so I am going to site her as a source once I'm done. Now, one of the most obvious, yet annoying, form of abuse is when people walk into a store without any knowledge and buy the goldfish death bowls (similar to the turtle deathbowls that have been mentioned in a former article of TFH) and try to stick three goldfish in them. The lack of knowledge is a disease in the hobby and it spreads very easy.
I need a bit more time to plan, this was all very spontaneous, I like it as a opening paragraph, but I need to do a bit more research... Any comments, criticism, or suggestions are appreciation.
Fish Abuse
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A goldfish "death bowl". I have a spherical model that holds 1.5 gallons of water. Is that what you are writing about? If not, then perhaps a photo is in order.
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Yes, this is what they are talking about. Such a situation is absolutely unacceptable for any kind of fish; it cannot house a proper heater or filter, the shape does not allow sufficient oxygenation, and i can't think of and fish that can live in 1.5 gallons of water!ndpowell wrote:A goldfish "death bowl". I have a spherical model that holds 1.5 gallons of water. Is that what you are writing about? If not, then perhaps a photo is in order.
I think that this is an area that really needs attention.
This post very old but maybe this will bring attention to it.
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Useful to the reader, then read the good ideas. Increase a lot.
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These prophetic words were written way back in September, before the Eagles' Week 2 home opener at Lincoln Financial Field:
"Baltimore Ravens – History Says They'll Win Super Bowl XLVII....It's because the Baltimore Ravens are playing the Philadelphia Eagles in the Eagles' home opener, and for the last three seasons, whoever plays that game against the Eagles wins, and goes on to win the Super Bowl."
2009: the Eagles are blown out in by the Saints in their home opener, and New Orleans goes on to win the Super Bowl. 2010: The Packers start their season in Philadelphia with a win, and go on to win the Super Bowl. 2011: the Eagles don't play at home until Week 3, when they're beaten by the Giants. The Giants would eventually become champions.
It's a completely random quirk of scheduling indicative of nothing—except perhaps that the Eagles lose to good teams, too. But that was blown up this year, as the Eagles actually won their home opener. They beat Baltimore by a point despite turning the ball over four times, as Michael Vick led Philly to the winning score with two minutes left. Yet even that wasn't enough to shake the inexorable pull of coincidence. The Ravens made it four in a row. (It was almost five—in 2008, eventual Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh played the second game of the season in Philadelphia.)
It's a day for defeated teams to bask in the reflected glory of the Lombardi Trophy—maybe the Broncos were the second-best team in the NFL, maybe they just happened to run into the best—but the NFC East seems especially invested in tenuous connections. It's the seventh consecutive season the Redskins have played the eventual champs, and the third straight year they've beaten them. Congratulations to Washington and Philadelphia—your fluke accomplishments may not warrant a trip to Disney World, but maybe at least Busch Gardens.


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- 1/4 cup carrots, brunoise
- 1/4 cup celery, brunoise
- 1/4 cup leeks, brunoise
- 1/4 cup turnips, brunoise
- 1 quart chicken consomme
- 4 small eggs
- 4 sprigs chervil
- Heat a saute pan over medium-high heat. Add the butter and melt. Add the brunoise vegetables and saute just until soft, about 3 to 4 minutes. Be careful not to brown the vegetables. Remove from the heat and set aside. Bring the chicken consomme to a simmer. Carefully break the eggs into the hot consomme and poach them in the consomme. Ladle the consomme into 4 bowls and garnish each with 1 of the poached eggs, some of the sauteed vegetables and a sprig of chervil.
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Schools face new concerns in wake of Sandy Hook shooting
Teachers prepare to talk with students about tragedy
The first day back to school in Wisconsin had administrators, teachers, students and parents thinking about the Connecticut school shooting.
In many schools, security is being reviewed, emails sent to parents, and staff prepared to talk to students.
Superintendent Rachel Boechler at Foxpoint-Bayside Schools met with her crisis team Monday morning and said she is meeting with the school security team Tuesday morning.
"A couple of kids had questions, but for the most part it was a regular school day, which is exactly what we had hoped for," Boechler said.
Foxpoint teacher Ann Grambow said couldn't wait to hug her kindergarten students Monday.
The children of the Sandy Hook school shooting and the teachers who tried to shield them were on her mind and in her heart.
"I think that they were rock stars because they really rallied emotionally during that time of crisis for their kids," Grambow said. "I know I'm observing them (the students) closely right now. I think that's an important aspect, as a teacher, to really watch your class and to be sure that they're still feeling safe, to reassure them that our school is safe."
The superintendent said she knows what lies ahead for the survivors in Connecticut because she worked in Wauwatosa schools when a teacher was shot and killed by a former student in 1993.
"The school community as a whole really did not start healing until after summer break. And this happened about this time of year. Just a lot of anxiety, a lot of depression," Boechler said.
Grambow said it's clear parents in Wisconsin are thinking about what happened in Connecticut.
"I felt a lot of support from parents today. We have a very loving and supportive parent community here. I had a parent come and bring me flowers at lunch today," Grambow said.
Both hope the tragedy brings the country together around a common mindset about how we can keep our children safe.


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We already know about "Sarah Palin's Alaska" — now we'll find out all about Bristol Palin's offspring. The single mom is returning to reality TV with a show about her 3-year-old son, Tripp.
The young Palin, who competed on ABC'S "Dancing With the Stars" in 2010, will star in a 10-episode Lifetime reality series called "Bristol Palin: Life's a Tripp," Us Weekly reported.
Palin, who famously became pregnant at age 18 by ex Levi Johnston, now publicly advocates for teenage pregnancy prevention. Lifetime's executive vice president of programming, Rob Sharenow, said the show will serve in part to set the record straight about the "misunderstood" daughter of 2008 vice presidential candidate and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
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"From the first moment she was thrust into the public eye, Bristol and her son have been the subjects of a huge amount of curiosity and misunderstanding," he told Us Weekly in a statement Wednesday. "This show will reveal the real Bristol Palin and her journey as a daughter, a mother and a young woman making her way in the world."
The network said the show will also focus on Palin's relationship with her parents and siblings, according to ABC News.
We're already trippin' over the docuseries, which is set to air later this year.


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Many things should be left in the past.
However, poisonous things which occur repeatedly under the guise of normality should not be left to hide quietly in the dustbins of history.
Especially when that 'normality' was the accepted racism of our country's recent past.
These things should never, ever be forgotten lest they continue to play out in future generations unable to recognize racist slurs because, by ignoring them, such slurs are permitted to weave themselves into the fabric of normalcy.
Racist remarks disguised as "fair and accurate" good-guy news reporting, gets my Smackdown this week…
Shame on Fox News, once AGAIN.


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Here's a look at Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco's appearance on the "Late Show with David Letterman" Monday, courtesy of CBS:
Flacco, who walked out to a standing ovation from the audience as Paul Shaffer and the CBS Orchestra played "We Are the Champions," talked about his contract negotiations with the Ravens:
Letterman: "I read something today about you, and this is a contract negotiation year, and before the game, what did your owner say to you about the game and the hopeful outcome."
Flacco: "Well, you know, actually, I only talked to him a little bit before this game, but before the New England game, you know, he just came up to me and said, 'Listen, this is our time, and go get 'em. We have all the faith in you, and this is going to be your team for a long time.'"
Letterman: "That's right. And when we're all done, you come into my office, and you can beat me up all you want, you can get me down on all fours and grab my wallet." (audience laughs)
Flacco: "Exactly…Well, that was actually earlier in the year when I wasn't signing what they wanted me to sign, he said, 'Listen, when the time comes, I mean, you come and beat on my desk,' and I said, 'All right, I'll take you up on that,' and I think the time has come."
Letterman also asked Flacco about his teammate Ray Lewis, who is retiring from football after this season:
Letterman: "Now, tell me about this guy Ray Lewis? What's his deal?"
Flacco: (laughs) "Well, half the time, I don't know, but…"
Letterman: "And why wouldn't you?" (audience laughs)
Flacco: "But come Sunday and, you know, he's been playing – he's been doing it for 17 years, so come Sunday, he has something special and great teammate throughout the week, so."
Letterman: "Is he the spiritual leader of the team?
Flacco: "Ah, yeah, I mean, he's the leader in many ways, and that definitely being one of them.
Letterman: "And he uses deer hoof spray or something, what is it?" (audience, Letterman laugh)
Flacco: (laughs) "You have to ask him about that one, man!"
Letterman also got Flacco's thoughts on yesterday's unexpected power outage at the Superdome during the big game:
Letterman: "When the lights went out, did you find that unnerving? I found that unnerving – I wasn't anywhere near Louisiana."
Flacco: "I just thought it was a little strange. It was kind of funny. I mean, some of our guys had a good time with it. Jacoby [Jones] is from New Orleans, so he started to look into the crowd and get them all going and had a lot of fun with it. We didn't play too well afterwards, but…" (audience laughs)
Letterman: "That's what I wonder about because – "
Flacco: "Yeah, I don't know if that was the reason."
Letterman: "When the lights go out, it's 28-6, it's just out of halftime and bang, zoom, we're 28-6, the lights go out. You don't find that suspicious?"
Flacco: "Believe me, don't get me started. My dad is a big conspiracy theorist, so, you know, that's the last thing we need to talk about." (audience laughs)
Letterman: "I would think that maybe – is that the kind of thing that John's brother, Jim [Harbaugh] might have been up to?" (audience laughs)
Flacco: "Hey, being an older brother and having a lot of younger ones, that's definitely something they would do."
Flacco looks pretty TV-cool in this clip, no?
Seriously, he's OK on TV.
I am waiting for someone to say he's no Peyton Manning.
Don't. Not this week.
UPDATE, 11:55 p.m. after seeing segment air: Flacco carried off the appearance nicely, I thought. He showed a bit of self-effacing humor when asked if being an NFL quarterback is as hard as it seems.
"An NFL playbook is much easier than people make it out to be," he said. "Come on, we're football players."
And he threw a nice pass across the stage to Letterman to end his visit.
Way to go, Joe. You're going to have your own Buick commercial before you know it.


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It is so weird. Presley is my shadow, She follows me everywhere. I don't get to her the sounds of her paws on the carpet and the tick tick tick noise on her nails on the tile floor. I vacummed and while i was i snickered to myself because this is the first time in a long time i havn't had this big dog barking and growling at the vacumm (thought it would be safe to do this while she wasn't here as the next few days i'm sure will be hard on her and less noise the better!). I didn't have a dog begging for a chunk of my bagel this morning or a piece of banana. It is so quiet in the house. The cats are looking for her. When we got home last night and Presley wasn't with us they were both just sitting there looking at us and wandering around all lost. Even our old cat Pewter slept in Presley's crate and she acts like she hates Presley!!! I find it amazing how she fits into our family and how her being gone not even a day has left us all feeling a bit lost. Never mind that i'm going crazy with worry as they have not called yet!!!! I give them a hour and then i'll call.
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MOJAVE, Calif. — After eight years, the finish line in the rocket-powered race for the Ansari X Prize is finally in sight. Someone could win $10 million. Someone could get killed. Or the whole competition could just fizzle out. In any case, this particular finish line is less an end then a beginning of a marathon aimed at making space travel affordable for ordinary people.
Over the next week, handicappers will be focusing on Mojave, where aircraft designer Burt Rutan and his Scaled Composites team are hoping to win the $10 million Ansari X Prize by sending their SpaceShipOne rocket plane to the edge of outer space and back, then making a quick turnaround and doing it again. The first attempt is scheduled to begin at 6:30 a.m. PT (9:30 a.m. ET) Wednesday, with the second tentatively set for Oct. 4.
The launches will be witnessed in person by thousands of spectators, including about 1,000 invited VIPs, said Peter Diamandis, the X Prize Foundation's chairman and co-founder. NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe is scheduled to attend the first launch, and Marion Blakey, administrator of the Federal Aviation Administrator, plans to be in Mojave for the second attempt, Diamandis said.
Launch-day coverage also can be seen via the X Prize's official Webcast as well as via MSNBC.com and other media outlets.
Diamandis is looking forward to the climax of the race he started back in 1996. But he's also looking beyond the finish line.
"We're at the birth of a personal spaceflight revolution, like the personal computer revolution," Diamandis said in an interview with MSNBC.com. "Our greatest goal goes beyond just a flight. It's really, 'Can we change the mind-set of the world about space travel?' We will be successful when people around the world believe that spaceflight is an option for them personally."
Incentive for space passenger service
The St. Louis-based X Prize Foundation is offering the $10 million purse as an incentive for private-sector space efforts — just as the $25,000 Orteig Prize, won by Charles Lindbergh and his "Spirit of St. Louis" airplane in 1927, was an incentive for never-before-accomplished feats of aviation.
Unlike Lindbergh's solo trans-Atlantic flight, the X Prize spaceflights aren't exactly unprecedented. Some might even see them as a case of "been there, done that." The altitude requirement is 100 kilometers or 62.5 miles, a height that X-15 jet pilots and astronauts attained in the early 1960s. Even SpaceShipOne made it to that altitude on June 21, during a test flight that marked the first time a privately developed craft reached the internationally recognized boundary of outer space.
This time around, $10 million is on the line, but even that huge payoff pales in comparison with the $20 million-plus that software billionaire Paul Allen has put into the SpaceShipOne project over the past three years.
So is the X Prize really worth it? The key may well lie in Diamandis' reference to the rise of personal computers: More than 40 years after Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space, only one person — SpaceShipOne test pilot Mike Melvill — has reached the final frontier without the help of a government.
The X Prize requirements are designed to change all that by fostering frequent, affordable passenger service to space. If the X Prize vision is fully realized, thousands will be able to feast their eyes on the curving earth and the black sky above, feel the heart-pounding acceleration of a rocket-powered ascent and float in a weightless free-fall.
One such effort was announced Monday: British airline mogul Richard Branson unveiled plans to launch a commercial space service, Virgin Galactic, in cooperation with Rutan and Allen. Over 15 years, the agreement to license SpaceShipOne-style technology could be worth up to $21.5 million — a price tag that comes close to the amount Allen has invested in the X Prize project.
Heavier requirements
With future passengers in mind, the X Prize rules will require SpaceShipOne to do things it didn't have to do in June. The craft must carry almost 400 pounds (180 kilograms) of extra weight — equivalent to the poundage of two passengers — and conduct two spaceflights in two weeks or less.
The SpaceShipOne team says it has beefed up the craft's rocket engine to handle the extra weight and can get the reusable craft ready for another flight in just five days' time. But some of Rutan's competitors are still doubtful.
"It's a challenge for him, and obviously it's a challenge for us as well," said da Vinci Project team leader Brian Feeney, who had to delay his own X Prize bid due to technical snags.
If SpaceShipOne falters, the Canadian-based da Vinci Project hopes to take the $10 million prize with a pair of launches sometime in October. At least two other teams from the field of more than 20 — the Canadian Arrow group and Space Transport Corp. — say they could go for the prize in the months ahead.
Under the terms of the X Prize Foundation's "hole-in-one" insurance policy, the $10 million purse would disappear at the end of the year, and the insurer would get to keep the premiums that have been paid in large part by Iranian-American entrepreneurs Anousheh and Amir Ansari.
During his interview with MSNBC.com, Diamandis declined to identify the insurer but said a report in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch naming the company as XL Capital was partly right.
Diamandis said the insurer has a representative on the X Prize judging committee, which is headed by former astronaut Rick Searfoss, and indicated that the specifications for the multimillion-dollar flights have been fully worked out — right down to the advance weigh-in for SpaceShipOne's contents. Redundant systems have been set up to verify whether or not SpaceShip reaches the required 100-kilometer altitude, Diamandis said.
If the prize is won, the $10 million and the X Prize trophy would be presented during a ceremony at the St. Louis Science Center, said Gretchen Jaspering, the center's vice president of marketing.
Looking back, looking ahead
Diamandis said he's learned a lot from the X Prize experience — about the power of prizes for stimulating technological innovations, as well as the power of having the public share in those innovations.
Diamandis has said he started up the X Prize program because he saw it as the best way to further his own dream of getting into outer space someday, but even he acknowledges that a couple of prize-winning launches won't be enough to turn that dream into reality. So he's already been working on the next steps — including a surprise or two that may be announced in the days ahead:
- The X Prize Cup: Diamandis and his colleagues at the foundation already have announced plans for an annual X Prize Cup competition at a yet-to-be-built New Mexico spaceport, beginning in 2006. The event, patterned after Formula 1 and NASCAR auto races as well as the Reno Air Races, would pit suborbital space vehicles against each other in a variety of contests. "I hope that the X Prize Cup will pave the way for commercial flights," he said.
- Orbital challenge: Aviation Week & Space Technology reports this week that millionaire Robert Bigelow is planning to announce a $50 million prize aimed at promoting the development of private-sector orbital space vehicles — with the suborbital X Prize serving as a model. "It would be a shame not to have an orbital program," Diamandis said.
- Still more prizes: Diamandis noted that he and his colleagues have been working with NASA on the space agency's Centennial Challenge prize program, and he said he was involved in yet another prize program that was due for unveiling in early October. He declined to discuss the details in advance, however.
Diamandis said he would judge the X Prize to be a success if it resulted in increased investment for private space ventures, particularly in the suborbital realm — and if it gave ordinary people more of a sense that they, too, could have a chance to fly in outer space someday.
"When I ask schoolkids, 'Do you want to travel to space,' everyone raises their hand. Then I ask the next question: 'Do you think you're going to actually have a chance to go?' Very few raise their hands," he said. "I want to go to schools and have kids raise their hands, and say, 'Yeah, I'm going to have a chance to go' — which is how I felt when I went to elementary school, during the period of the Apollo program."
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Crews on alert for landslides around Tri-State
Excessive rain, loose soil could cause problems
Landslides could be a concern following this weekend's rain event.
A combination of already soggy ground and excessive rainfall has transportation engineers paying close attention to a few of the hills known for landslides.
In Cincinnati, engineers will keep close watch on Columbia Parkway. The street is notorious for problems and soil has already started accumulating at the top of portions of the retaining wall.
The walls on Columbia Parkway were built in the 1930s, complete with "weep holes" to allow runoff to drain away from the road. They were re-enforced in the 1990s, but could still be vulnerable.
Eyes will also be on Elberon Avenue, where the retaining wall has given way before, leaving trees, soil, and rocks blocking lanes.
Many of the problems are caused by both nature and human error.
"The hillsides along Columbia Parkway, they're steep, they're composed of unstable soil, back in the 1930s, when they constructed the wall, they over-steepened the lower portion of the slopes," Cincinnati Engineering Geologist Richard Pohana said.
The whole Tri-State will be on guard for the possibility of landslides. As much as five inches of rain is expected between Friday night and Sunday morning.


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Sudbury's future exciting — and electric — Vale COO
When asked recently if he thought Sudbury could expect another five good years of mining, the answer Ricus Grimbeek gave was 'no.'
It wasn't, however, because the chief operating officer for Vale's North Atlantic Operations feels activity will dry up sooner than that.
"I had my poker face on," he told a crowd gathered for a Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Thursday. "I believe there's an amazing future here in Sudbury for the next couple of decades, not just the next five years."
Driving that confidence is an expected boom in electric vehicles, which require copper and nickel for their batteries.
Grimbeek, who hails from South Africa but now lives in Sudbury, said part of the reason he joined Vale was the opportunity "to absolutely impact the climate-change work we need to do as a society."
In 2018, there were two million electrical vehicles produced, he said, but over the next half-dozen years that number is expected to climb to 15 to 20 million.
"There's going to be an explosion in the need for nickel and for copper," he said.
Vale actually mines more copper than nickel at present, he noted, but demand for the latter will grow considerably as more battery-powered cars are built and sold.
"The beauty of the nickel that we produce is that it's Class 1 nickel," he said. "To make a battery you need nickel sulphide and to do that you need Class 1 nickel to dissolve the nickel into the acid. We are the world's biggest producer of Class 1 nickel and Sudbury has the ore bodies that will absolutely be able to produce this over the next 10, 15, 20, 30 years."
Grimbeek said Sudbury is also poised to become "the global hub for digital underground mining," offering expertise and training for other Vale operations across the hemisphere.
The COO oversees Canadian mines in Thompson, Man. and Voisey's Bay, Nfld., as well as refineries in Wales and Asia.
"The intent of the North Atlantic business is that it will be run from Sudbury," he said. "We're creating what we call the central node, or hub."
Grimbeek likened this setup to "a NASA centre," with staff based in Sudbury coordinating activities across several continents.
The COO said he personally had the option of living in Toronto, but it was an "easy choice" to move to the Nickel City. "Sudbury is such an inviting place," he said. "You've got some amazing universities and infrastructure. We need to be proud of Sudbury and talk to the world about what can be done here."
He admitted he's had to dodge a few potholes — and had to invest in "a couple new bikes" — but said he'll take that over the kind of traffic jams he's experienced getting in and out of the GTA.
Grimbeek said he also had the option of keeping a private office at Vale but quickly swapped that for a desk in an "open-plan setup," where North Atlantic managers and support staff work together.
"It's so much fun," he said. "You get to see one another; there are no silos; and you can actually make decisions a lot faster. And that's the start of the central hub that over time we will be running all the operations from."
With seven mining operations and three milling sites, Vale has "many levers to pull in terms of feed to the mills and a host of different products we can produce depending on what the market wants," he said. "But this is also why you need to use digital, because it's a super complex flow sheet and there are so many options. You need really big computing power to help work out what the best scenarios are and link to the markets."
With automation and robotics, the workforce for mining is changing, said Grimbeek, and it's important to have a diversity of people at all levels, including leadership.
Incorporating digital technology is essential, as it allows for more efficient, real-time planning, but so is engaging the workforce in decision-making, he said.
"A lot of people think digital and technology is about the gadgets and the programs," he said. "It's actually not. It's everything to do with people. What we have to do is put people in the right spots so they can use data effectively."
Grimbeek said he sees Sudbury in five years becoming "a place where people can come to learn mining in a digital world," although to get there requires a change in approach.
The mining industry "is very well-known for being an ego system — very hard to break into, very siloed, very opinionated," he said. "What we need is an ecosystem — and that means totally different relationships between mining companies, suppliers, governments, workers, management. All that needs to shift, because the old systems aren't going to work."
For those who argue "mining is so physical it will never be impacted by digital, or in any case not in the next couple of years," Grimbeek points to the experience of other sectors.
"I think the taxi industry also thought that before Uber," he said. "The same with hotels and Airbnb."
Change is already happening in mining, he said, but Sudbury has a great opportunity to not only keep pace, but be a global leader in the new world of mineral extraction.
He pointed to a recent deal between Vale and Glencore to co-develop an ore body as one example of "stepping beyond the same old, same old."
Sudbury can draw on excellent academic institutions and research organizations, as well as a vibrant supply sector, he said, while its mineral resources are unparalleled.
"We have the best ore body in the world," he said. "And we have a community that supports mining. We have everything here. What we need is to create a clear vision that we want to be the digital hub for underground mining in the world."
He said that will take effort and collaboration, but five years from now he envisions people "coming to Sudbury to learn, and also sending people from here to take the knowledge we've built up and work in other parts of the world."


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My name is Chris from Christmas Island (true, my name really is Chris!) in the Indian Ocean.
We're a part of Australia and yes, it's Christmas Day every day here as the local saying goes.
There are about 1500 people living here, most work at the local phosphate mine or in the government sector.
It's named 'Christmas Island' because it was found on Christmas Day in 1643 by a passing British East India Company.
As we are our own territory of Australia, we have our own postage stamps, postmarks, etc (but we use Australian money, laws, etc) which people get a kick out of on Christmas Day when they receive a Letter from Santa or Christmas Card that is postmarked from Christmas Island.
Usually I send out Christmas cards to friends and relatives, but this year I thought I would spread the cheer out to the rest of the world and offer to send Christmas Cards and Letters from Santa to anyone who wants one.
For the gift to get someone 'who has everything' why not give them a Christmas Card postmarked from Santa's Village on Christmas Island? If you have a kid who needs tangible proof of the magic of Christmas, email me some accomplishments they have made during the year (hit a home run? got an A in math class?) and I will handwrite a letter to them to congratulate them on being a 'nice boy or girl' (because Santa is always looking out for those naughty and nice kids right?) and send it to the mail. They'll see the postmark from 'Christmas Island' and they can believe in Santa for one more precious year. (Keep the letter on the fridge as a daily reminder that Santa is real!)
Or if you just want to collect a Christmas Island stamp, there's one free with every letter sent, lol.
All I ask is that you paypal me $8.00USD to cover the cost of buying a card and posting internationally (postage to the US and Europe is rather costly from Australia).


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Pasta Dinner Fundraiser Set Sept. 5 to Support Akron Family
The public is invited to Pasta for a Purpose, Thursday, Sept. 5, 4-9 p.m. at Summit Academy Akron Middle School, 464 S. Hawkins Ave. in Akron. The event will support the family of the late Jesse Smith, a student of the school who passed on August 17 unexpectedly. Tickets ($5 for adults, $3 for […]... Read More
'Tis the Giving Season
"If you always give, you will always have." – Unknown (Chinese proverb) The holiday season is upon us, but this year Summit Academy is encouraging the most rewarding present to share with children – the spirit of giving. Whether it's a simple five-minute gesture or five hours spent volunteering, giving back at the holidays can help […]... Read More
Summit Academy is thankful for you!
"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." — The Lion and the Mouse November is national gratitude month! The holidays are just around the corner, reminding us that this is the best time to show gratitude for all the blessings in our lives. But being grateful goes beyond simply saying "thank […]... Read More
Kids Books that celebrate ADHD
Summit is celebrating ADHD awareness month. Here are some books that talk about ADHD in everyday life. Check out your local library for these finds. "Hank Zipzer", by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver Inspired by the true life experiences of Henry Winkler, whose undiagnosed dyslexia made him a classic childhood underachiever, the Hank Zipzer series […]... Read More
October is ADHD Awareness Month
October is ADHD Awareness Month, 2016's theme is to help raise awareness of ADHD. By helping parents seek the care and support their children may need; it's better for young adults to know about their ADHD so they might arrange for appropriate accommodations in school or the workplace; and that it's better for adults to recognize their ADHD […]... Read More
Celebrate National Good Neighbor Day with Summit
"Say, who are the people in your neighborhood? The people that you meet each day" – Sesame Street September 28 is National Good Neighbor Day, a day created to acknowledge and celebrate the importance of being a good neighbor. Good neighbors often become good friends. They watch out for each other, have similar investments in […]... Read More
Invasion of the Kitchen Kiddos!
Pinterest Project of the Month Each month Summit presents a different activity perfect for the classroom or home. Invasion of the Kitchen Kiddos! September 13 is National Kids Take Over the Kitchen Day, a day where children and teens are encouraged to take over their kitchen to cook a meal for their family! Created […]... Read More
September is National Food Safety Month
September is more than just back to school time, it's also National Food Safety Month. Founded in 1994, National Food Safety Month strives to heighten the awareness of food safety education and the dangers of foodborne illnesses. With that in mind, we at Summit Academy believe this is the perfect time to educate children on […]... Read More
Summer of Stanley! Part 3
Summer of Stan (Part 3) For more than 20 years, the Flat Stanley Project has connected over 6,500 students and classrooms in nearly 50 countries throughout the world annually. This summer, Summit Academy joined the trend that everyone from Jay Leno to President Barack Obama has taken part in by encouraging students to spend their […]... Read More
Summit Celebrates National Dog Day!
The dog days of summer have passed, bringing with it another dog to focus on—our four-legged friends as we celebrate National Dog Day on August 26. Founded in 2004 by Pet and Family Lifestyle Expert and Animal Advocate Colleen Paige, National Dog Day celebrates all breeds, pure and mixed, and serves to help galvanize the […]... Read More


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In a cause that is near and dear to my heart, Frank Dicopoulos (Frank) will be the master of ceremonies for the FAAN Walk for Food Allergy: Moving Toward A Cure in Long Branch, N.J. on Sept. 7. For more information, please visit http://www.foodallergywalk.org/
Friday, August 15, 2008
Guiding Light: Moonlighting and More
As the World Turns Stars: Moonlighting and More
Interview: (NS) Jagger Returns to Port Charles
Antonio Sabato Jr. left General Hospital 13 years ago. In the time since, his fans have hardly forgotten him. He went on to stints on The Bold and the Beautiful and Melrose Place. Most recently, he won NBC's Celebrity Circus, beating out the likes of supermodel Rachel Hunter and Christopher Knight of The Brady Bunch.
Now, however, after years of begging, GH viewers have finally gotten their wish: Jagger has returned to Port Charles in SOAPnet's second season of General Hospital: Night Shift, which airs Tuesday nights at 11 p.m. ET/PT.
What prompted Antonio's return to his old stomping grounds? Simple: They asked. "Before this, General Hospital had never come to me about coming back. My career was elsewhere; I was doing different things. But they came to me about it this year, and I realized that I really wanted to bring Jagger back, and the fans really wanted him to come back. The fan base has been unbelievable!"
Antonio also feels that Jagger's return fits in well with where he currently is in his life. "It felt perfect," Antonio says. "He comes home with his son, he's more mature; I can relate to him in my own life, because I have two children myself."
He was also excited to be returning to GH via Night Shift. Antonio explains: "Night Shift is a great show. It takes General Hospital to a whole new level. We have 13 episodes; we know where we are going and what the story arc will be.
"I am very excited and driven to make this a success. Everyone involved is so enthusiastic and energetic. I am just so thankful to be a part of it. The whole idea of the nighttime spin-off is great. It brings soaps to a whole new level."
Fans will get to see a new side of Jagger. Yes, he is still drop-dead gorgeous, but now he is a father. "As we already found out in the first couple of shows, he comes back with Stone, who has autism. That's what he struggles with. He'd do anything for his son. At first he can't believe his son's diagnosis, and he doesn't want to accept it. Although eventually he does – he is driven and he has a big heart. Robin (Scorpio, played by Kimberly McCullough) helps him out a lot."
Antonio also hints at a possible love interest for Jagger. "Throughout the process, he will get together with someone," he teases.
It wasn't difficult for Antonio to step back into Jagger's shoes. "It was like going back home. This part, this situation – I like to put myself in that place. And I bring a lot of myself into it.
Working with the cast, old and new, has been wonderful. "It's great seeing Kimberly again and working with her. I remember working with her when she was 16, and now she's 30. I also worked with a director I used to work with – it's like family. It really is like coming home."
Casting News: Jon Prescott Is Out
Jon Prescott was hired by As the World Turns in April of this year to bring back the character of Mike Kasnoff — a character who was previously played by Shawn Christian and Mark C. Collier. Now, it seems, Jon has been let go. He made this statement on his official website:
"I'd like to express my gratitude to the entire cast, crew and production team who have made this an irreplaceable experience. I have been privileged to be a part of ATWT and this concludes an invaluable education. I view my departure as a positive step forward. Stay tuned as I share my next creative challenge with you shortly."
Budget problems are said to be the reason behind his departure. A spokesperson for the show has confirms Jon's exit, stating that he'll be sticking around until October.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Dr. Evil is Back!
Dallas 30th Reunion Party
DALLAS, Texas (AP) -- J.R., Bobby, Sue Ellen and other members of the Ewing clan are getting back together for a "Dallas" reunion party.
Larry Hagman is scheduled to attend an event celebrating the 30th anniversary of the hit TV show, "Dallas."
Hagman, who played central character J.R. Ewing, a scheming oil baron and cattle rancher, said he is looking forward to the event.
"I may not be able to do the 40th," said Hagman, 76, in an interview with The Dallas Morning News. "Thirty years is pretty good, and the show is still very popular."
The reunion at the ranch in suburban Parker, north of Dallas, is open to the public. Tickets go on sale August 22 and will cost between $100 and $1,000. The event will include fireworks, a country music concert, a question-and-answer session with the cast and tours of the mansion.
Read the whole story here.
Divas of Daytime Tour
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Is Jason Priestley Returning to His Old Zip Code?
Hot on the heels of the news that Tori Spelling is out of the new 90210 spin-off (rumor has is she is miffed that she wasn't going to be paid as much as Shannen Doherty and Jennie Garth), CNN is reporting that Jason Priestley is in.
While I had heard rumblings that Jason was interested in returning as a director, this article on CNN.com implies that he is back as Brandon Walsh.
"To help spin the spin-off, original cast members Shannen Doherty, Jason Priestley and Jennie Garth will reprise their roles as special guest stars on 90210. Joe E. Tata will return as Peach Pit cafe owner Nat."
OMG - I really hope this means that Kelly and Brandon ended up together, because I am a card-carrying member of the Dylan + Brenda Forever club!
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Days: Such a Tease!
Nicole (Arianne Zucker, pictured) asks if EJ meant that he wanted to give their relationship a shot.
Marlena's dead twin has some advice for her.
Stefano vows to get revenge on the new John.
Chloe and Nicole team up to get their men and leave Sami in the cold.
EJ and Tony agree to unite to take back their share of the DiMera empire from John.
Thursday – Steve and Kayla find baby Joe and fear what has been done to him.
Friday – Marlena regains consciousness and has just one question for John.
Monday, August 11, 2008
Interview: Andrea Evans on Returning to Llanview
Unless you've been under a rock lately, you know that Tina Lord is back on "One Life to Live," and she's just as cool and crafty as ever. Fans have missed their favorite mischief-maker, and her portrayer, Andrea Evans, is thrilled to be back.
Andrea Evans left Llanview 18 years ago, and she went on to create memorable characters on "The Bold and the Beautiful" and "Passions." With the cancellation of the latter, rumors were running rampant that Andrea would come back to her old stomping grounds.
"It's so funny," Andrea tells me, "because (in the past) whenever I would step foot in the 'OLTL' studios, the rumors would start that I was coming back to the show. In actuality, I would be there simply because I was visiting friends, and some of my friends happen to work on 'OLTL.' But inevitably, the rumors would start that Andrea Evans is returning!"
However, this time, the timing was right for a Tina Lord return, with Andrea back in one of her favorite roles. "The fans really are the ones that prompted my return. They been wanting me to come back, and the producers have been anxious to have me back." So, how could a girl say no to that?
"It's really such an honor (to have such a supportive fan base). I am working hard to honor their request. They are very important to me. They really could not have given me a greater compliment."
Andrea's fans have always played a great role in her career, even following her from one show to the next. "I had such a great fan base when I was with 'The Bold and the Beautiful.' When I left 'B&B' to go to 'Passions,' Finland, which didn't air 'Passions' before this, started airing it because all the 'B&B' fans wanted to keep watching me."
While it is a given that Andrea is excited to be playing Tina again and to be working with old friends, she is especially intrigued by the prospect of "exploring Tina as a mother. The actress who plays Sarah, Justis Bolding, is such a good physical match to me, and she's a very good actress. I love being able to work with all my old friends, as well making some new friends."
So, for an actress who has always been such a consummate professional, playing Tina again was like riding a bike, right? "Eighteen years is a long time," Andrea explains. "I was pretty nervous. But as soon as I said my first line, I was like, 'Whew, I'm back!'"
Andrea is as excited as the fans are to see what the writers have in store for Tina. "So much has changed since I've been gone. I am excited to find out where Tina has been all this time. She is such a glamorous, over-the-top character — I really have fun playing her, and I know the fans will really enjoy what she has in store for them."
Andrea can relate to Tina much like an adoring fan might: "It is so much fun to play her. I call her my alter ego — she's my split personality. To be able to step into those very high stilettos for a while is a lot of fun.
"Tina is someone that so many people can identify with. I love her spirit. She is such an underdog. She tries so hard, and yet she almost always screws it up."
What else can "OLTL" viewers expect from Tina? "We will find that Tina is bigger and better than ever," Andrea gushes.
Interview: Robert Scorpio Is Back!
The last time we saw the debonair Robert Scorpio, he was at the ceremony for Luke and Laura's vow renewal, which was almost two years ago. And, as far as Tristan Rogers knows, "He's still sitting in that park, on that chair. We never did get to see him leave or find out where he went."
Well, last Tuesday on SOAPnet, fans of "General Hospital" at least got to find out where Scorpio is now — he is the hospital as his daughter, Robin, tries to save his life. In season two of SOAPnet's breakout summer hit, "General Hospital: Night Shift," faithful viewers will be treated to the appearance of a number of familiar faces returning to Port Charles.
Tristan explains, Scorpio's health "will be a singular cementing point in the story line. There are two elements to this story: the father/daughter connection and the father/doctor connections."
Tristan readily admits that taking orders from his daughter, the doctor, will be hard for Scorpio. "He's a stubborn person, and he won't slide into the role of patient that easily — until she gives him a reason, which she does. But it's a challenge for him; he's never had to deal with this."
However, Tristan had no trouble dealing with re-creating his iconic role on the "Night Shift" stage. Tristan tells me: "When you've been doing a character this long, you have thorough insight on how this character is going to react, so it comes rather easily.
"It's been a while since I've been on the show," Tristan continues. "Filming 'Night Shift' has been a completely different experience. We film only two days a week — which is such a luxury, getting two days to film one hour of television. We're in a separate studio with our own separate resources: writers, producers, directors. I think this is a good thing — it's the same, but different."
While the experience has been positive for Tristan, it also feels a bit like déjà vu. When he first heard of the "Night Shift" concept, he thought: "Hey, we discussed this back in 1981. I spoke with Gloria Monty (then-executive producer and head writer) about it. It was going to be called 'The Young Doctors of General Hospital.' But we were very busy with the current story line, so the idea fell by the wayside."
Another concept that sets "Night Shift" apart from Scorpio's appearances on "GH" is his condition. "Robert is coming in as a patient; he's not here to save the world or to unravel a mystery. Although he still looks sideways at everybody, he knows he needs help."
Tristan also knows he and the folks at "Night Shift" are onto something special. "This is a different version of 'General Hospital,' no question about that. It gets back, in some respects, more to the roots of the show. I wasn't around when the show first started, but it would certainly seem to touch on a lot of those themes of when the show first originated.
"It has a great entertainment value. Fans basically get to see another version of the show. 'Night Shift' is 'Night Shift' and 'General Hospital' is 'General Hospital.' We get to see a lot more of the medical side; we don't go outside the world of the hospital. While we are in the same building, it definitely is different."
You can catch Tristan on "General Hospital: Night Shift" Tuesday nights at 11 p.m. ET/PT on SOAPnet.
PHOTO CREDIT: SOAPnet/Craig Sjodin
Y&R: Such a Tease!
* The results are in: Will the paternity test reveal that Cane (Daniel Goddard, pictured) is the father of Chloe's baby?
* Adam refuses to back down from running Newman Enterprises in Victor's absence as Victoria and Nick struggle to protect it.
* Cane gets an offer he can't refuse.
* Tyra makes a shocking confession to Neil that will forever change his family.
* As Jana celebrates her pending nuptials, Amber and Daniel struggle to move on from one another.
* Jana and Kevin finally tie the knot.
B&B: Such a Tease!
Ridge (Ronn Moss, pictured) must face his family after his unspeakable act.
Owen is the voice of reason.
Steffy plans a romantic night for Marcus.
Beth learns Katie's secret.
Katie is stunned by Nick's confession.
GL: Such a Tease!
• Cassie and Josh file for divorce.
• Daisy testifies against Grady.
• Marina and Mallet make love.
• Dinah (Gina Tognoni, pictured) raises Bill's suspicions.
• Alan convinces Natalia that he can help Rafe.
ATWT: Such a Tease!
• Alison has a near-death experience.
• Lily (Noelle Beck, pictured) and Mike take their relationship to the next level.
• Emily and Casey make a decision about their marriage.
• Carly gets a shock when Neal comes back to town.
• Margo discovers that Decker has poisoned those who have wronged him in the past.