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"I'm trying to find work which will fit my experience which -- since I don't have a college degree -- is really hard," he said.
Latham worries employers aren't getting past his resume, denying him the chance to sit down face-to-face with somebody looking to hire.
That's why, on Tuesday, Latham saw value in attending a career fair designed for veterans in Cedar Rapids.
"They would actually listen to me, let me talk about my qualifications or why certain things happened, before they just saw my name on a resume," Latham said.
The Hiring Our Heroes Initiative has put on more than 500 fairs nationwide since its inception in 2011.
The program has helped some 20,000 veterans find jobs.
On Tuesday, Hiring Our Heroes concocted skilled veterans with approximately 50 employees looking to hire in Cedar Rapids.
"We have found that if we put them in the same room together and let them talk face-to-face, that can help bridge the gap," said Matt Giobbi with Hiring Our Heroes.
"We feel that they have a lot of intangibles that they bring to the workforce -- just things that we're looking for in particular, the work ethic, the discipline, the commitment," said Lewis Muhlbach with Northwestern Mutual, one of the employers looking to hire at Tuesday's fair.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce program helps veterans make the transition from the battlefield into the working world.
Latham is hopeful his job search will soon end, and he can find a career that will serve him for many years to come.
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12 U.S. Code § 2091 - Organizations; articles; charters; powers of the Farm Credit Administration
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(a) Charter
Each Federal land bank association shall continue as a federally chartered instrumentality of the United States.
(b) Organization
(1) In general
A Federal land bank association may be organized by any group of 10 or more persons desiring to borrow money from a Farm Credit Bank under section 2015 (a) of this title, including persons to whom the Farm Credit Bank has made a loan directly or through an agent and has taken as security real estate located in the territory proposed to be served by the association.
(2) Articles of association
(A) Description of territory
The articles of association shall describe the territory within which the association proposes to carry on its operations.
(B) Submission to FCB
Proposed articles shall be forwarded to the Farm Credit Bank for the district, accompanied by an agreement to subscribe on behalf of the association for stock in accordance with the bylaws of the Farm Credit Bank.
(C) Stock purchase
Association stock may be paid for by surrendering for cancellation stock in the bank held by a borrower and the issuance of an equivalent amount of stock to such borrower in the association.
(D) Statement
The articles shall be accompanied by a statement signed by each of the members of the proposed association establishing—
(ii) that the real estate with respect to which the individual desires the loan for is not being served by another Federal land bank association; and
(E) Submission to FCA
A copy of the articles of association shall be forwarded to the Farm Credit Administration with the recommendations of the bank concerning the need for the proposed association in order to adequately serve the credit needs of eligible persons in the proposed territory and a statement as to whether or not the territory includes any territory described in the charter of another Federal land bank association.
(3) Denials of charters
The Farm Credit Administration for good cause shown may deny the charter applied for.
(c) FCA authority on organization
The Farm Credit Administration shall have power, in the terms of the charter, under rules and regulations prescribed by the Farm Credit Administration—
Source(Pub. L. 92–181, title II, § 2.10, as added Pub. L. 100–233, title IV, § 401,Jan. 6, 1988, 101 Stat. 1634; amended Pub. L. 100–399, title IV, § 401(s), (t),Aug. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 998.)
Prior Provisions
A prior section 2091,Pub. L. 92–181, title II, § 2.10, Dec. 10, 1971, 85 Stat. 597; Pub. L. 96–592, title II, § 207,Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3442; Pub. L. 99–205, title II, § 205(e)(10),Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1704; Pub. L. 100–233, title VIII, §§ 802(l), 805 (g),Jan. 6, 1988, 101 Stat. 1711, 1715, related to organization and charters of production credit associations, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 100–233, § 401.
1988—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 100–399, § 401(s)(1), inserted "under section 2015 (a) of this title" after "a Farm Credit Bank".
Subsec. (b)(2)(D)(i). Pub. L. 100–399, § 401(s)(2), amended cl. (i) generally. Prior to amendment, cl. (i) read as follows: "the individual's eligibility for, and request or need of the individual of a Farm Credit Bank loan;".
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100–399, § 401(t), amended subsec. (c) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (c) read as follows: "The Farm Credit Administration shall have power, in the terms of the charter, under rules and regulations prescribed by the Farm Credit Administration or by approving the bylaws of the association, to provide for the—
"(1) organization of the association;
"(2) the initial amount of stock of such association;
"(3) the territory within which the operations of the association may be carried on; and
"(4) to direct at any time changes in the charter of such association as the Farm Credit Administration finds necessary in accomplishing the purposes of this chapter."
Effective Date of 1988 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 100–399effective immediately after amendment made by section 401 ofPub. L. 100–233, which was effective 6 months after Jan. 6, 1988, see section 1001(b) ofPub. L. 100–399, set out as a note under section 2002 of this title.
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32. McTigue KM, Harris R, Hemphill B, et al. Screening and interventions for obesity in adults: summary of the evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Ann Intern Med 2003;139(11):933-49.
33. Whitlock EP, Williams SB, Gold R, Smith PR, Shipman SA. Screening and interventions for childhood overweight: a summary of evidence for the US Preventive Services Task Force. Pediatrics 2005;116(1):e125-44.
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Any interest or other charges paid to the United States by reason of the late payment of any royalty, rent, bonus, or other amount due to the United States under any lease issued by the United States for the extraction of oil, gas, coal, or any other mineral, or for geothermal steam, shall be deposited in the same account and distributed to the same recipients, in the same manner, as such royalty, rent, bonus, or other amount.
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Any interest, or other charge referred to in subsection (a) of this section, which was paid to the United States before July 1, 1988, and distributed to any State or other recipient is hereby deemed to be authorized and approved as of the date of payment or distribution, and no part of any such payment or distribution shall be recouped from the State or other recipient. This subsection shall not apply to interest or other charges paid in connection with any royalty, rent, bonus, or other amount determined not to be owing to the United States.
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I'm curious about quarry waste, and whether that's a resource that can be better utilized. Quarries that produce architectural stone end up rejecting stones that, due to inherent flaws or damage in the quarrying process, don't meet architectural standards.
Given a mason with the time, discernment, and connections to select individual stones from an active or semi-active quarry's waste pile, and the skills to build tightly and elegantly with them, this stone can make a beautiful wall with a character distinct from fieldstone and fieldstone-veneer walls.
Even without skilled masons, you can do some fun things with quarry waste, and at the same time turn a quarry's disposal problem into a profit opportunity. (The rocks shown below came from the waste pile of the quarry that was supplying landscape curbs for the same project. The main costs to the client were my time and travel, the packing and shipping of the twenty boulders on two flatbed trucks, and a day's work by a four-man crew to set the boulders in place. No new quarrying was required.)
But for the most part, neither the quarry industry nor the landscape industry is set up to take advantage of this resource. It seems that an enterprising quarry, if wiling to split and sort its waste stone into more easily-used sizes, could develop a new market, albeit with thinner profits than its architectural product.
Are there obstacles that I'm not seeing? Would other quarries be as willing as the Mankato Limestone quarry to let a landscape architect scramble over their waste piles? Could quarry waste be priced competitively with salvaged fieldstone? Or are there quarries out there that are already doing this, and if so, how does it vary by region?


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A hundred years of practice in the land of Perfect Bliss cannot compare to the benefit gained from one day's practice in the impure world. Two thousand years of propagating Buddhism during the Former and Middle Days of the Law are inferior to an hour of propagation in the Latter Day of the Law. This is in no way because of Nichiren's wisdom, but simply because the time makes it so. In spring the blossoms open, in autumn the fruit appears. Summer is hot, winter is cold. The season makes it so, does it not?
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OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT TO HONOR JOHN HOBBSA police department and an entire city are still in mourning over the death of a Phoenix police Detective John Hobbs, who was shot and killed while following a murder suspect on Monday.A second detective, identified as 37-year-old Albert J. Casado, was hit -- he survived. Both men risking their lives to get a dangerous ex-con off the streets.On Tuesday, new details emerged of what happened at the intersection of 43rd Avenue and Bethany Home Road.The two officers were undercover, following a man wanted for a murder last week -- that suspect stopped his car, realizing he was being followed and confronted the two detectives."The suspect immediately opened fire on our officers as they exited their vehicles. Officer John Hobbs was immediately hit," said Chief Daniel Garcia. "The second officer in the vehicle was also hit... Officer John Hobbs.. even though having been hit by the suspect, immediately returned fire, striking the suspect multiple times."The suspect was killed and Hobbs died from his gunshot wound.Hobbs was a hero until the very last moment and it's something that isn't lost on his colleagues, his family and the citizens of Phoenix -- his wife and three young children received a lot of support from the community."You willingly send them out the door, realizing that they may not come home -- but you think they will. You always think they'll come home," said Sharon Knutson-Felix, Executive Director of the 100 Club.After the death of Knutson-Felix's husband, she became the 100 Club's Executive Director, helping families officers killed in the line of duty, with immediate financial and emotional support.Misty Knutson was just 18-years-old when her father went to work and never came home."When it happens to you, there's nothing anyone can say or do that's gonna replace your dad or take it away -- but the support. really just being there - is what you remember."Sharon says Officer Hobbs' family is overwhelmed with the outpouring they've received from people wanting to help in any way they can."They are already saying we just can't believe how people are reaching out already to want to do something special."If you'd like to help the fallen officer's family, go to 100club.org
MEMORIAL GROWS FOR FALLEN OFFICERThere's a growing memorial where the shootout took place -- Detective John Hobbs collapsed on a grassy area -- the same place where dozens of people have stopped to leave flowers and notes for the officers, thanking them for their service.A Glendale officer carried a small bouquet of flowers to the spot where the detectives were shot. One of them lost his life -- Det. Hobbs will never come home to his family. Both detectives were trying to catch a wanted man."This is a violent felony offender," said Phoenix Police Chief Daniel Garcia.William Thornton was suspected of shooting a man at point blank range near 40th Avenue and Camelback last week. Police say Thornton thought the victim had robbed his friend and shot him in retaliation.Thornton's mother lives in the same area. Detective Hobbs and his partner were staking out her townhouse Monday afternoon. They saw him leave and drive off in a car. Both detectives started secretly following Thornton and police say a few miles away at 43rd Avenue and Bethany Home Road, Thornton spotted the undercovers, crashed into another car and jumped out running. 100 yards away, the shooting happened."Officer John Hobbs was immediately hit as he exited his vehicle," said Garcia.Even though Det. Hobbs was shot, police say he continued to fire back, shooting Thornton, who died at the scene. Hobbs' partner was also hit. Garcia was emotional Tuesday as he talked about the detectives, their families and the shooting."I'm constantly besieged from e-mails and text messages from my troops reaching out to me, asking me if I'm doing okay... I'm so proud of the men and women of the Phoenix Police Department."Det. Hobbs is the 37th Phoenix Police officer to die in the line of duty. The last time we lost an officer was May 2013 when Daryl Raetz was killed by a hit and run river while investigating a crash.
REMEMBERING DETECTIVE JOHN HOBBS43-year-old John. Hobbs was a husband and a father to three children -- ages 10, 8 and 6 years old. He was an avid outdoorsman who loved to hunt. He was also a cop -- a detective who was really good at a job he loved.Hobbs appeared on FOX 10 in 2008, talking about how surveillance tape led to a metal theft arrest by Phoenix Police. He gave credit to the public for calling in a tip."This is an excellent reminder that vigilance from citizens can result in the apprehension of some pretty brazen criminals," he said.Tragically, a brazen criminal cut Det. Hobbs' life short Monday afternoon.Hobbs was a member of the Phoenix police department's Major Offender Bureau for the past seven years.People will tell you that from the beginning, Hobbs was a go-getter."John was clearly very assertive, passionate, hungry, go get 'em type of person," said former Phoenix police Sgt. Andy Hill, who first met Hobbs when he was a recruit at the police academy. "21 years ago, I was his basic training sergeant."Now here in 2014, the community mourns Hobbs -- a fallen hero.Hill says he can't say enough about the importance of the community love and support for officers, especially now."Say thank you. It means a lot to everybody, not just the family of the tragic loss the Hobbs family suffered and others, but all the ones that are out there, that are still working and have to live with what went on. They will be helped by your response to them as part of the community."Det. Hobbs had dozens of commendations from the police department.
THE SUSPECT: WILLIE THORNTONPolice say the suspect they were after on Monday was very dangerous.In fact, on February 25th, he shot a man at point blank range in the chest near 40th Avenue and Camelback Road. The victim survived and Monday's shootout wasn't far away -- near 43rd Avenue and Bethany Home Road.Willie Thornton had done time at Lewis Prison in Buckeye -- a couple years for drug charges -- no major incidents in prison, but when he got back on the streets in January, he turned violent.There was no reply when we arrived at the home of Thornton's mother near 41st Avenue and Camelback, but his neighbors talked to us."Willie.. I don't know.. he was a good friend to me, he stayed here when we first moved in," said Melvin Cannon.Was he surprised by what happened on Monday?"No," replied Cannon. "I can't be surprised by what happened."This is a neighborhood where anything can happen and does.Police were looking for Thornton because they say just last week, he walked up to a man and shot him in the chest outside some apartments about a block away from his mother's house."Yeah, I heard about that too," said Cannon. "But I did not think he would do something like that... as far as I know, he seemed cool when he came around us."But Thornton wasn't cool -- he was a cold-blooded killer."See something must have happened behind the scenes. He doesn't seem like that type of person.. that is what surprised me -- that he had the helicopters here and was involved in the shooting.. to me that is insane, honestly," said Shahdee Nelson.So in the end, people who hung out a little with Thornton, who thought they knew him at least a little, could only guess what possessed him to do such a horrible thing.
A critically wounded Phoenix police detective who lay bleeding on the pavement returned fire, striking the suspect who had also shot the detective's partner while the two officers were attempting to arrest the ex-convict on an outstanding warrant, authorities said Tuesday.
John Hobbs, 43, a 21-year veteran of the Phoenix Police Department, later died from gunshot wounds. His partner, a 44-year-old nine-year veteran of the force who authorities have not identified, remained hospitalized in stable condition Tuesday.
"Today is a tragic reminder that our officers risk their lives for us every single day," Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton said at a news conference Tuesday morning.
Police identified the suspect, who was killed in the shootout Monday afternoon, as William Thornton. The 28-year-old was wanted on a probation violation warrant after having just been released from prison Jan. 9 where he served time for a drug conviction and resisting arrest.
In addition to the warrant, Thornton was a key suspect in the attempted murder of a man who was shot in the chest on Feb. 25, Phoenix Police Chief Daniel Garcia said.
"The suspect immediately opened fire on our officers," Garcia said, noting the shooting highlights the dangers detectives encounter when tracking fugitives who don't want to go back to prison. "They'll do everything they can do to get away, including a reckless abandon for human life and that's what we saw yesterday."
Garcia said the undercover detectives were conducting surveillance outside a north Phoenix business that Thornton was known to frequent. When the suspect arrived at about 3:30 p.m. Monday, Garcia said it appears he immediately noticed the officers and tried to flee in a vehicle before causing a three-car collision in a nearby intersection.
Thornton then attempted to run away from the scene before exchanging gunfire with the detectives. Hobbs was shot first, but immediately began returning fire while lying on the pavement, striking the suspect multiple times. It wasn't immediately clear if Hobbs fired the fatal shots that killed Thornton.
Neither detective was wearing a bullet proof vest at the time of the shooting.
"They didn't have time" to put them on, Phoenix police Sgt. Steve Martos said while commending Hobbs' action after being shot.
"Heroic, absolutely heroic," Martos added. "We're talking about an officer who was shot and didn't give up the fight."
Hobbs and Casado were members of the department's Major Offenders Bureau tasked with tracking down and arresting violent offenders and fugitives.
Witnesses described the shooting as a scene of chaos with people fleeing from the crowded street corner as gunshots rang out.
"It was obvious that the guy was out of control," said Wayne Monton, who owns a nearby business. "After the crash and the shooting, everybody just took off running ... It was crazy. We thought it was a drug war."
Authorities said Hobbs leaves behind a wife and three young children.
"He is absolutely loved by everyone," Martos said. "He will be greatly missed."
If you'd like to leave condolences, head to our Facebook.com/myfoxphoenix page.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Compositional DNAPosted by Lawrence Dillon in Uncategorized
One of the complaints that keeps cropping up about contemporary composers regards compositional range, ie, a composer having a catalogue of works that cover such diverse sound-worlds it is difficult to ascribe them all to a single voice. Some credit this phenomenon to the immense range of music today's composers have been exposed to; others say it's simply a sign of second-rate artists who lack a defining, coherent vision.
Doubtless there is truth in both of these views, but I'd like to add a third possibility.
Children display varying degrees of physical similarity with their parents. Sometimes it's the shape of the chin, sometimes the tint of complexion, sometimes relative height and body mass.
Children also inherit characteristics of the mind: intelligence, creativity, even neuroses. These latter inheritances may not be as obvious as physical traits on first encounter, but they are frequently more profound than surface details like hair or eye color.
In the same way, a composer's works can carry a certain family resemblance, recognizable melodic licks or chord progressions that show up in just about every piece.
But compositions can also resemble one another in the way they think, as opposed to the way they sound. In other words, a composer could follow the same process in creating two different compositions, and the results might not sound similar on the surface, but undercurrents could be nearly identical. Depending on the nature of these undercurrents, it's possible that this kind of genetic connection could be much stronger than, say, a predilection for bass clarinet runs, or a fascination with arpeggios.
It's much more challenging for listeners to grasp similarities of mindset, as opposed to similarities of appearance. Just as with children, physical appearances are much easier to identify; character traits take more time.
Another reason I'm glad I'm not a music critic.
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Facebook's Listen With: Kind of like real life but not at all
Facebook's come out with a revolutionary music service that's totally going to rock the faces of all music lovers off like only Facebook can and I'm running out of breath because I can barely contain my excitement and things are only, only going to get better now and it is called:
"Today, with music services on Facebook, there's a new way to listen with friends. This feature lets you listen along with any of your friends who are currently listening to music. You can also listen together in a group while one of your friends plays DJ."
That's inspired stuff, "Listen With." Are you excited yet? You should be. Because now you can listen to music with friends.
By the way, it's not clear that this music service is called "Listen With." Facebook's announcement doesn't actually name their new service. Anyway.
Here's an image that excites the music lover in everyone:
Okay, so, it's not visually exciting the emotions. Visually, Facebook never is anything but visually blue and white. But this is about the music, man! You can totally groove to the music with your friends*!
Unstated-but-apparent examples of lonely sadnesses in Facebook's announcement:
"But what if you could listen to music with your friends when you're alone, like at work, at home or on the go?"
"…so when your favorite vocal part comes in you can experience it together, just like when you're jamming out at a performance or dance club."
Yeah. Just like when you're jamming out at a performance or a dance club. Except, you know, you're probably alone in your apartment, crying because you don't do this sort of thing, or have friends who actually want to do these things with you.
By the way: "your favorite vocal part"? Whoever wrote this post doesn't like music, methinks.
Why yes, I am crabby this morning, and I am leery of everything Facebook does considering its past power plays to invade privacy and insinuate itself more and more into our lives. Why do you ask?
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Not the first time I've named a book for a song...
I first heard Duffy on Saturday Night Live. It wasn't her lead song, but the second one in the show. She was riveting with a old/new sound. The lyrics immediately made me think of a variety of stories that sprang from the idea of being used as someone's Stepping Stone. The lyrics of Stepping Stone were written by the team of Booker, Stephen Andrew, Duffy and Aimee Ann. Combined with Duffy's haunting performance, it's the perfect example of when one kind of art inspires another. After hearing the song every other project I was considering was pushed aside.
Review: Dear Author - September 2010
Dear Ms. Kallmaker,
You are a Lambda Literary award winning author. It says so right on the front of your book! Ive also seen your name cited many times when readers recommend lesbian romance. Stepping Stone is the second Kallmaker Ive read and it wont be the last...
I rooted for Gail, and for the supporting cast as a whole. The filmmaking details were fascinating to me, perhaps because I already have a strong interest in the subject. I took several film studies courses in college, as well as screenwriting and even a beginning acting class. All of the behind-the-scenes stuff in Stepping Stone added to the story without getting in the way.
Un peldano mas
Luces, cámara y acción son el telón de fondo de esta novela de la tres veces ganadora del premio literario Lambda, Karin Kallmaker, sobre la toma de decisiones arriesgadas.


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Tech Tuesday: Reserved Words
Just as a reminder, on Tech Tuesday I am currently going through what will be a pretty long cycle on programming. The overview post sets out a series of questions to be answered. The most recent posts on Variables, Constants and Literals and then on Data Types (Parts 1, 2 and 3) provide some of the basics for answering overview question 4 about how programs can refer to concepts as opposed just concrete things. There is a lot more to say about this but first we will turn to overview question 5 about how to break what we want the computer to do down into smaller steps.
The post on Programming Languages introduced the idea that each language comes with its own set of "words" known as keywords or reserved words (there are some subtle differences that we may or may not get to). These are our basic building blocs from which we put together longer expressions (think: sentences). By combining expressions we form programs (think: a complete explanation how to do something). The great news when you are just getting started is that in most programming languages there are relatively few reserved words altogether (30 - 100) and that you often need to know only a subset of these to get going.
In fact we have already seen and used some reserved words. For instance, in Javascript, we saw "var" as in "var a = 5" was the way we defined a variable and gave it an initial value. The "var" is a reserved word because it has a special meaning in the language and one that is "built into" the language. The Javascript interpreter understands what to do when we say "var a = 5" without us needing to provide any further explanation. It creates a new variable named a with initial value 5. Now what would happen if we tried the following:
var var = 5;
What? We are asking Javascript to define a variable named var. See how this could be a problem? At a minimum it might lead to confusion for humans reading the program. But it could even result in confusion for the computer. Next time we use "var" in the program do we want it to mean our variable by that name or the built-in word for defining new variables?
In fact Javascript doesn't like that line of code. When we try to run it, we get an error as follows:
The Javascript interpreter is complaining that it was expecting a variable name after var. That's another (and somewhat cryptic) way of saying: you can't use var as a variable name. That's why "var" is a reserved word. It is reserved for a specific use by the language and not by you as you see fit.
alert("Testing"); var alert = 5; alert("What happens here?");
If "alert" is a reserved word then we should get the same error we encountered before. But that's not what happens! Instead we now see the following:
Now if you have paid close attention and also read the posts on syntax and semantics, you might have a number of objections to how Javascript handles all of this. Such as, why wouldn't it take into consideration where and how a word occurs? It would seem to be straightforward to keep alert working as before when it is followed by "(" as in alert("What happens here?") and have it stand for the variable when used in something like say var more = alert + 10; That's an entirely valid point. In fact as it turns out Javascript has a whole bunch of weirdness around reserved words (scroll to end of the rather long page) — it is not the only language for which that is true though!
Next week we will learn about the largest group of reserved words in most languages - the so-called control structures, which tend to consist of words such as "if" and "while." These are there to let us influence the flow of program execution.
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This morning is Cabinet Plus - topics include the upcoming Board of Regent meeting, the budget, communications update, and strategic planning. Immediately afterwards I leave to drive to Kenosha for the October Board of Regent Meeting at UW Parkside. I am taking the Teaching Company's CD on Dante's Divine Comedy with me to give me a little mental diversion. Remember that you can watch the BoR meeting on WisEye.
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This was a busy weekend on campus. Fall-a-palooza was taking place Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Attached is a photo from the games taking place in the MWC Saturday afternoon. Saturday night was the athletics Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony - a great opportunity to celebrate the achievements of our alumni, staff, and supporters.


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Do you wonder what college living will be like? Are you worried about the dreaded "Freshman 15" or how you are going to do it on your own? Come join the adventure into the lives of college students. We will learn how to eat healthy in the dorms, how to manage your time effectively, how to get involved in your community and finally we will build a schedule that meets the needs for study hours, social interaction and fun physical activity. We will be taking field trips to fitness centers, participate in a ropes course on campus and meet with various people around Drury to discuss the best ways to have the fullest college experience while staying healthy. This class could fulfill your "lifetime fitness" college credit for any university. $30 FEE.
Instructor: John Post, Willard Schools in Willard and Lindsay Paulsell, Willard Schools in Willard
Is euthanasia a viable option for pain? Is cloning the key to immortality? Are genetically custom made children the future? Just because we can, does it mean we should? As science and technology advance these and many more bio-ethical questions will need answers. Answers that will decide our future! Join the discussion so you can answer the question…Should we or shouldn't we?
Instructor: Jackie Carl, Ava High School in Ava
Humans are storytelling animals. Stories do more than entertain. Stories organize our how we see the world, influence how we think, and preserve our cultural. Drawing on the work of scholars such as Carl Jung (archetypes), Joseph Campbell (comparative mythology), Walter Fisher (narrative theory), and Kenneth Reich (cultural myths), The Power of Story will explore movies, myths, and advertisements to develop a better understanding of ourselves and our culture.
Instructor: Tom Gist, Drury University in Springfield
Monty Python. Saturday Night Live. Family Guy. Check any catalog of the world's great works of genius, and you will not find any of these among them; instead War and Peace, Hamlet, and Citizen Kane, to name but a few, make up the accepted list of classics. And while there is no debating that these are all noble and significant works, one might ask -- why doesn't everyone just lighten up?! Why is it that comic works of the stage, screen, and page are all too often viewed as second rate works? Is laughter important? What is comedy? These and other questions will be asked and answered as students investigate comic theory and the most renowned examples of comedy in literature, theatre, and film, from ancient Greece to the twenty-first century, in May the Farce Be with You. By taking this class, students will learn once and for all whether or not a Trojan Bunny Rabbit (from Monty Python and the Holy Grail) is funny -- or not!
Instructor: Scott Henderson, Columbia Independent School in Columbia, Missouri
What is the answer? Indeed, what is the question? Humans have spent centuries developing methods of scientific inquiry to address our unlimited curiosity and try to improve life along the way. Up to a certain point, however, learning science is as much about memorization of principles as it is about using them to answer questions. Let's leave that behind for a bit and discuss the construction of knowledge. We will explore the formation of good questions, discuss effective research design, and conduct several inquiries to address our own big questions. Participants will leave one big step closer to conducting their own reliable research.
Instructor: Dr. Kris Wiley, Drury University in Springfield
In this class we will look at documentaries and fictional narratives that tell stories of events that have occurred around the world. Through lectures, viewings, discussions, and group exercises, we will have a deeper understanding of each film's historical, social, political and aesthetic contexts, giving us a greater understanding of the world in which we live. We will also be watching and discussing two of my films, "ICYIZERE: hope," about forgiveness and reconciliation after the 1994 Rwandan genocide, and "Kenya: Until Hope is Found," a documentary about healing from trauma after Kenya's 2007/8 post-election violence. Hopefully we will be able to speak to some of the other filmmakers via Skype.
Instructor: Patrick Mureithi, Filmmaker in Residence, Drury University in Springfield, MO
Writing and reading poetry is not new to the adolescent student. However, have they had the opportunity to take their poetry to the next level and compete with it? The international movement of Slam Poetry has been in existence since the 1980's and recently has become a major event for youth as well through HBO's Brave New Voices competition. Students are learning that they can give power to their words. In this class, students will learn how to express their original ideas in poetic form intended for performance. The students will create individual solo performances ranging from 1 to 4 minutes in length by exploring the process of writing, revising, and performing. In addition, there will be opportunities to create team performances. The ultimate goal of the class is to prepare students for the Slam Poetry experience at the end of the two weeks and crown an ultimate Springfield Youth Slam Poet!
Instructor: Gretchen Teague, Central High School in Springfield
Philosophy 101: It's All In Your Head
Of all the disciplines, philosophy asks the deepest and most far-reaching questions. How does one obtain wisdom? Does knowledge come from reason or from experience? What is the ultimate substance of the world? Is it material or ideal? Are human actions free or determined? Is morality relative or absolute? We will investigate these and other problems as we become acquainted with the nature of Western philosophy and philosophical life. To accomplish these goals, you will investigate the works and ideas of such famous philosophers as Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Bacon, Spinoza, Locke, Hume, and others. Required materials: a sense of wonder.
Instructor: Scott Henderson, Columbia Independent School in Columbia, Missouri
Digital Photography and Photo Realism
Digital imaging allows endless possibilities for creative expression. Be unique as you explore and compose your own photomontages based on thematic subjects. You will also learn how to create realistic photocomposition from imaginative sources. This experience provides elements of choice, personal investigation, individual problem-solving skills, and personal expression. You will produce outcomes that will leave your viewers saying, "Wow, how'd you do that?" Digital cameras will be provided, though you may choose to bring your own.
Instructor: Gary Strunk, Central High School in Springfield
If you have graduated from high school, this is the class available for you to participate in DLA. This program allows you to attend DLA while participating in an intensive experiential leadership program. You will take a Drury University Leadership Certificate class in the morning which will focus more on theory and take a leadership laboratory class in the afternoon. You will use some of the residential activities as a hands-on learning experience to apply what they have been working on in class. You will live in the dorm and participate in all residential activities. There will be some time when your role in these activities may differ from a traditional resident as you will be applying your classroom knowledge in a leadership position. $30 FEE .
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Safeway and SuperValu: Clinging to margins can hurt
For these supermarket giants, paying more attention to prices would better support stock valuations -- if it's not too late.
By Ronald Thomas, CFA
I have always thought that too many investment analysts, at least where the consumer sector is concerned, do not pay enough attention to marketing and marketing strategy, and spend too much time playing with financial ratios. Many analysts overlook the relative prices companies charge consumers versus their competitors. They then do not sound an alarm for potential future market share losses and the effect that will have on stock valuations. In the food retailing area, Safeway (SWY) and SurperValu (SVU) are examples.
Safeway's prices are about 18% higher than Walmart's (WMT), and 11% higher than Kroger (KR).
The price differential range that consumers notice and act on has typically been 5%-8%, though I believe that level is probably lower, given the consumers' present state. Safeway has had flat to down EBIT for about three years as sales have just not come in this environment, while Kroger has had expanded sales. (I know they only overlap in certain markets, but the price differential is appropriate for positioning throughout the U.S. in my opinion.)
Safeway's heretofore-strong urban/suburban California has been relatively protected from Supercenters because the company could not acquire space or had to fight zoning hostility for large stores. But Family Dollar (FDO) will be expanding strongly into California over the next few years. And it has decided to rev up growth of its neighborhood markets as the return on assets on new Supercenters has declined.
Just assuming Safeway implements a 5% across-the-board price cut to halve the price differential with Kroger, which would probably result in a relatively static market share, I cut a projection of 2011 revenue by 5% (analysis here can be extremely rough, and still impart the concept).
The result is a reduction of $594 million of gross profit dollars against and an operating income estimate of $1,137 million, or a 52% hit before any SG&A offsets. If Safeway wanted to gain some market share, as Kroger has done over the past few years, it would have to cut prices by 11% to Kroger's level. That would more than wipe out all operating income before SG&A offsets.
That does not give me the warm and fuzzies about Safeway or about SuperValu, which has followed the same sort of strategy, except that it opened its own grocery discounter. I have to wonder if it is too late to reverse course for these companies.
Looking back, this piece of corporate strategy was like the old story of the bear (Walmart, then the dollar stores, and finally the overextended consumer that would have to retrench, if anybody saw that far into the future 10 years ago) going after the campers.
Kroger reasoned something along the lines, 'We do not have to beat Walmart. We just have to put on our running shoes (lower prices) and beat the other supermarket chains.'
As for Safeway's and Supervalu's managements, well, I do not know what they were thinking, but I'm sure it had something to do with protecting margins.
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Nora Pykkonen was ready to move her family to Vail to keep her kids' passion for ski racing aflame.
"Kids really need to spend a lot of time on snow to become very good skiers and we were spending most of our time in the car," said the mother of four.
But instead of moving, Pykkonen purchased the 226-acre Echo Mountain ski area and is converting the Clear Creek County hill into a ski-racing training facility focusing on school-aged racers. The sale price was not disclosed in the deal that closed Tuesday.
"This all started with asking how do you keep your kids in the great schools we have in the Front Range and still keep your kids in ski racing?" said the co-founder of Slalom Consulting, a management consulting firm with 1,300 employees and more recently founder of the Front Range Ski Club.
The club will call Echo home, with a roster of top-tier ski coaches, including World Cup skiers Sarah Schleper-Gaxiola, Petter Brenna, Patrik Järbyn and Mike Farny.
Echo will open in November.
Pykkonen plans to upgrade the resort with ski-race training in mind. Her team will set up the mountain as a gym, with stations designed for honing skills like jump starts and sliding. Two surface lifts will rush racers back to the top more speedily than the chairlift. Racers will finish each run in a video tent, reviewing their form before grabbing another lap.


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999 Calls Tweeted By West Midlands Police
Police spent 24 hours revealing details of 'ridiculous' 999 calls made by members of the public to operators in the West Midlands.
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A police force has staged a "tweetathon" to highlight time-wasting 999 calls - such as someone reporting a spiritual healer as a fraud.
West Midlands Police hope the day-long social media initiative, which ran from Friday to Saturday morning, will reduce the number of inappropriate calls clogging up its 999 system.
One call received during the tweetathon - a replay of which can be seen in full here - was from a caller requesting assistance to obtain a refund from an expensive car wash.
A separate "emergency" call was made by a member of public reporting a spiritual healer as a fraud, while another man dialled 999 asking the police "to come out to frighten his sister", the police force said.
As part of the campaign, the force tweeted links to recordings of previous bizarre calls, including one from a man claiming to have found a hair in his food at a fast food restaurant.
Another caller sought help from emergency operators after forgetting her Facebook password, while a man dialled 999 to ask how to dial the 101 non-emergency number.
Among the calls were several from babies or children playing with mobile phones, while one officer tweeted: "Interesting start to the shift..male called 999 to say he has a heart problem as he is in love with a girl whom he does not know!"
Chief Inspector Sally Holmes, from the Force Contact department at West Midlands Police, described some of the calls received by 999 operators as ridiculous.
She said: "We regularly receive calls on the 9s about lost property, people asking for directions and from people who have been denied entry to a nightclub.
"Its astonishing listening to them but they hide a serious truth. Each call often takes minutes to deal with as staff have to clarify the situation - it might not sound like much but, if someone is trying to get through to report a genuine life or death emergency, then a minute is a very long time to wait.
"I cannot stress enough that the 999 number is for emergencies only."
She urged people contacting the police for any other reason to dial 101.
Typically West Midlands Police receives over 1,500 calls a day to the 999 number.
Great Manchester Police launched a 24-hour tweetathon in 2010 to show all the 999 calls the force receives.
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Layton • Brittany Sorensen has hated her husband's 1987 Chevrolet Blazer from the moment it appeared in their garage.
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But in the year since her husband, Staff Sgt. Ben Sorensen, left for Afghanistan, Brittany Sorensen undertook a covert operation of her own: fixing the ramshackle off-roader.
She did research, wrote letters and asked for help.
"I had no idea what to expect," she said. "I thought maybe we'd be lucky and get parts he could use to fix it up when he got home. It's been so hard with him leaving on [military] tours. He never has the time."
Something about their story struck executives at California-based AutoPartsWarehouse.com. They decided to do more than donate parts — they upgraded the car in time for Ben Sorensen's March 6 homecoming.
Stepping cautiously out of his wife's car, Ben Sorensen took in the scene unfolding on his driveway:
American flags whipped in the winter wind as friends and family clamored to give hugs, pat his shoulder, welcome him home. Television camera crews and photographers zipped to and fro, watching his expression.
"My first thought was, 'Uh-oh, what's going on here?'" he said.
Then, he saw it: the big black truck under a white banner.
Dave Bell, owner of Dave's Complete Auto Service, which provided more than $2,000 worth of labor to fix the SUV, drove the Blazer out of the garage.
"We can't do enough to support our military families," Bell said. "But after all the labor we put into this car — there were times I thought, gee whiz, let's just buy this guy a new one."
He revved the engine, slipped out the open door and gestured to Sorensen: Get in.
Ben Sorensen grinned, squeezed his wife's hand and climbed behind the wheel of "his baby."
Brittany Sorensen followed. They stole a brief kiss in the front seat as cameras flashed and onlookers cheered.
Driving around in old, busted trucks has been a staple of the couple's nine-year relationship.
On one of their first dates in 2004, Ben Sorensen picked her up his prized ride: an ugly old car with torn carpet covering the floor and windows that leaked whenever it rained.
He took her mudding in the Salt Flats. They got soaked. Even with the windows shut.
"It leaked, it was loud, the paint job was awful — it was this tan color, but ugly tan," she said. "None of it mattered. As soon as he makes up his mind about something, that's it. And his mind was made up: He was in love with that old truck."
They married in 2006 while Ben Sorensen was stationed in Germany. Brittany was 18 years old.
In the years since, Ben Sorensen spent a year in Iraq and a year in Afghanistan. He's left for months at a time to complete Army training courses. He's surprised his wife with unannounced visits home and unexpected adventures across the world.Next Page >
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