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Attorney General Martha Coakley, candidate for governor, on Saturday announced a "Roadmap to Opportunity" at a rally of nearly 500 supporters at Boston's Faneuil Hall. The Roadmap to Opportunity will target income, racial and gender inequality in Massachusetts by investing in the Commonwealth's education system, providing universal pre-K to all children in Gateway Cities, implementing full need financial aid at the Commonwealth's community colleges, and creating a tax free savings plan for college, according to her campaign.
"We can create an economy on our terms – one that builds a more fair and prosperous Commonwealth for everyone," Coakley said at the Saturday rally. "The best way to do that, one that we know is proven to create opportunities for all, to level racial, gender and income inequalities, is to invest in education. To build upon our strengths in Massachusetts, close the achievement gap, and ensure that your potential is not limited by your zip code. That's why, as governor, my top priority will be to provide a true educational Roadmap to Opportunity – a strong public education from pre-kindergarten through college for every resident that wants it."
Coakley's Roadmap to Opportunity will continue the Patrick Administration's growth strategy that invests in education, innovation and infrastructure, with a focus on targeted education investments and reforms, according to her campaign. Specifically, her plan will:
1. Provide Universal Access to Early Education for Children in Gateway Cities by the end of the First Term
Children who enter kindergarten ready to learn are more likely to be successful in high school, in college and as adults. With the ultimate goal of providing access to high-quality, affordable early education for all children in Massachusetts, Coakley's plan will start with children in the Commonwealth's Gateway Cities, where median family income, enrollment in early education and student achievement overall is often much lower than in other areas of the state.
2. Implement Full-Need Financial Aid at Community Colleges
Massachusetts' network of 15 community colleges serves nearly 140,000 students. In a state where by 2020, 70 percent of jobs will require some level of post-secondary education, community college is a vital resource, both for students who choose to go on to traditional, four-year colleges, and those who go directly into the workforce. Tuition and fees at the Commonwealth's community colleges often add up to more than $5,000 per year, posing an insurmountable obstacle for too many students.
As governor, Coakley will institute a full-need financial aid policy at Massachusetts' community colleges. For any qualified student who demonstrates a financial need to attend community college, and can't cover the expense with traditional financial aid, the state will cover the remainder. A full-need financial aid policy recognizes the importance of expanding access to post-secondary education, both to increasing opportunity for young people and to putting Massachusetts on the path to long term health and prosperity.
Page 2 of 2 - 3. Create a Tax-Free Savings Plan for College
Coakley is calling for Massachusetts to join 34 other states in establishing a $5,000 tax deduction for families that make contributions to Massachusetts' 529 college saving plan. This will provide a powerful incentive for families to start investing earlier, and more, for their children's college education, and will reduce the long-term financial burden for many students.
4. Share Best Practices and Implement Strategies Proven to Work
Finally, Coakley is calling for the next round of education reform in Massachusetts to emphasize the importance of improving Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) curriculum, with a focus on computer science, increase arts and music education, and encourage schools to offer extended learning time.
Shrinking budgets, increasing class sizes, and a school day and school year that no longer provide adequate learning time have combined to make it harder for students to succeed. At the same time, a singular focus on standardized testing has left too many students ill-prepared to meet the challenges they will face in today's rapidly evolving workforce.
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9 Famous Thinkers Who Were Total Hypocrites
If you think "hypocrite" is too strong a word for the people on this list, keep in mind that we're all hypocrites, in a way. Even the most fierce animal rights activist may really love the leather shoes some poor cow made possible. We're all human, and that's also true for the famous thinkers and activists below.
So we're not saying these people are all liars or that their books should be tossed in the garbage. It's just interesting to see how the human mind works.
#9. George Orwell Teamed Up With Big Brother to Defeat Communism
If you know George Orwell for anything, it's probably Animal Farm and 1984, two novels that ripped the Soviet Union for their large and intrusive government, propaganda programs, surveillance, and lack of freedom of thought. His biting satire gave us terms like "Big Brother," "Cold War," and "thought police" and showed us a horrifying world in which you have to believe what the state tells you to, and if you dare to object, you might get dobbed by your best friend.
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"Just admit that Picard is better."
"Go to hell."
The Contradiction:
Orwell should have added an addendum to his philosophy: You're free to believe in whatever you want, as long as it's not communism. That's not hypocritical per se, but as the Cold War raged on, Orwell's fear of the red menace grew to the extent that he put on his own thought policeman's cap and started reporting suspected commie sympathizers to the British government.
In 1948, Britain decided to form a secret government organization called the Information Research Department (IRD), whose goal was to spread anti-communist propaganda. Orwell not only supported this organization, but agreed to work as an informer for them. A year before he died, Orwell provided the IRD with a list of the names of dozens of writers and researchers whom he thought might be "crypto-communist," basing his judgment on everything from opinions they might have held to whether they were homosexual or Jewish.
He barely managed to dodge the lightning bolt that came out of the sky after typing "insincere person."
In other words, the man who coined the term "Big Brother" was an instrumental part of Britain's own McCarthy-style communist hunt. Although the system that Orwell helped put together wasn't exactly Orwellian (it didn't lead to any arrests or, as far as we know, extended visits to a room without windows), it's nevertheless doubleplus ironic that his anti-propaganda novels were later used as propaganda by the IRD that funded and distributed them across different countries.
#8. John Lennon Was Down With the IRA
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John Lennon will always be remembered, along with Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr., as one of those people who called for an end to violence and wound up having their own point made for them by the people who shot them to death.
Perhaps the greatest monument to the hippie peace movement, Lennon wrote countless songs about an idealistic world without war and violence, and he once staged a protest with his wife Yoko Ono in which they refused to get out of bed until world peace had been achieved (for some reason, it didn't work).
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Partially because the visual of them in bed was considered mental warfare.
The Contradiction:
Lennon did have one exception to his whole "no war" rule, however, and that was his partiality to the Irish Republican Army, a terrorist group that likes to settle their issues by blowing random people to bits with nail bombs.
Don't get us wrong -- in the conflict between the IRA and Britain, the British don't exactly have clean hands. In 1972, the British Army was being harshly chastised for shooting 12 unarmed people at a protest, an event that became known as Bloody Sunday. No one outside of Ireland was quite as outraged as Lennon, though, who not only wrote about it in the songs "Luck of the Irish" and the non-U2 version of "Sunday Bloody Sunday," but also was quoted as saying, "If it's a choice between the British Army and the IRA, I'm with the IRA."
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"I am the phallus, doo doo d'douche."
Of course, Lennon never wrote any songs called "Ouch I Lost My Legs in a Belfast Restaurant," which may reveal that he had some bias in his no-violence rule. A few years ago, a former IRA member told the Guardian that he'd met with Lennon in New York to discuss the possibility of Lennon performing a show in Ireland to raise money for the IRA. The spanner in the works was that at the time the Nixon administration was trying real hard to throw his ass out of the United States due to Lennon's lack of a hard-on for the Vietnam War. Lennon was afraid that if he left, he might not get back in again, so he stayed put and never said anything about the IRA again.
#7. Ronald Reagan Was a Rabble-Rousing Union Leader
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Ronald Reagan is the closest thing the right wing has to a superhero. To hear them talk, after being elected to the highest office in the land, Reagan rolled up both his conservative sleeves, destroyed the Soviet Union with one fist, and punched the U.S. economy back to life with the other. Reagan was a less-hippie version of Jesus who came to chew bubblegum and revitalize the conservative movement, and he was all out of bubblegum.
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The Alzheimer's forgetfulness signs always start out small.
Nothing better illustrates Reagan's no-bullshit conservatism than his stance on labor unions. When a bunch of punk-ass air traffic controllers went on strike for higher wages and shorter workweeks, Reagan warned those commie bastards that he would fire every single one of them who didn't put their ass directly in their seat and get back to work. And despite the possibility of causing an airline industry disaster, he followed through with his threat.
The Contradiction:
You probably know that Reagan is the only U.S. president to have started his career as a Hollywood actor, at least until Schwarzenegger gets sworn in. So how did he rise through the ranks to the presidency? Well, before he was president of the USA, he was president of the Screen Actors Guild, otherwise known as the American actors' union.
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"I'm sorry, but 'guild' and 'union' are two totally different words. Spelling and everything."
Back in 1937, Reagan arrived in Hollywood as just another amateur actor in search of a buck. He joined SAG in order to pick up some acting roles, but being that he was Ronald freakin' Reagan, he didn't do things by half measures -- 10 years later, he was elected president of the whole union. This position enabled him to pull off one of the greatest revolutions in union history. For background, it's common policy today for actors to receive residual payments, or a kind of royalties, when their movies are shown on television. Back in 1960, Hollywood was way more tight-fisted, so when SAG came around to ask for that money, they got an enthusiastic "Fuck off." Reagan decided to play hardball.
On March 7, 1960, Reagan and SAG caused the first industrywide strike in Hollywood history. Thousands of union men walked away from their gigs for the entire day, and the producers had to admit defeat. More than 50 years later, Hollywood's given out more than $7 billion in residuals to actors, all thanks to the Gipper. Later, Reagan would kick off his U.S. presidential campaign with a heartfelt endorsement of labor unions, a position that he seemed to hold right up until the moment they started asking him for shit.
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Museums go live Saturday for free
The Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury, the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art in Ridgefield, the American Clock and Watch Museum in Bristol, the Hill-Stead Museum and the Stanley-Whitman House in Farmington, the Harriet Beecher Stowe House in Hartford and the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme are among more than 1,400 venues participating nationwide.
This year marks the eighth annual Museum Day Live, which has venues across the country follow in the tradition of the Smithsonian Institution's Washington D.C.-area museums to offer free admission. The aim of the free day is to encourage learning and the spread of knowledge, making cultural education accessible to everyone. The Mattatuck requires that those wishing to take advantage of the free admission to visit Smithsonian.com and download a Museum Day Live ticket. To find out if a particular venue is participating and how to get in for free, visit that website or call the venue directly.
Robert Burns, director of the Mattatuck, called the day "a great way to introduce new patrons to what the museum and Waterbury have to offer." Last year, the day lured more than 350,000 people into museums nationwide, while organizers expect to best that number this year by about 50,000.
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Get rid of any mold and mildew on your siding, deck, and trim before the hot, humid weather arrives. An electric pressure washer works well on large surfaces, but you may have to tackle small areas such as trim by hand. Mix a solution of 1 cup bleach, 1 cup white vinegar, and 1 gallon of water, and apply it with a sponge or scrubber. Be sure to wear gloves, and avoid dripping the solution on any prize plants or shrubs.
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I am working on some heavy cpu bound problem. I see a big performance improvement when I use the
inline keyword.
I create a dictionary from the standard .net library passing in a custom key Comparer see code and timing results below
without inline keyword on Eq_cmp
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Real: 00:00:11.039, CPU: 00:00:11.029, GC gen0: 771, gen1: 3, gen2: 1
val it : unit = ()
using inline keyword on Eq_cmp
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Real: 00:00:01.319, CPU: 00:00:01.388, GC gen0: 1, gen1: 1, gen2: 1
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The project would deliver mixed NGLs from the Marcellus and Utica shale plays in Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania to proposed new fractionation and storage facilities, which would have connectivity to petrochemical facilities and product pipelines along the coasts of Louisiana and Texas.
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Williams Cos. and Boardwalk Pipeline Partners unveiled plans
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Store.sync() only seems to work from site > local storage, not local storage > site
Is the meant to be like this? The method name (sync) sounds otherwise.
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Think of a Store as a subset of some remote data source. In this case the 'remote' data source is actually local, but in could in principle be anywhere, accessed over HTTP.
On top of this subset is a delta of records added, records changed and records deleted. When we sync, we are applying that delta to our remote source via a Proxy. Sync is just the combination of the Create, Update and Delete actions. I'll think about the naming of that method though, suggestions welcome.Ext JS Senior Software Architect
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sync is good. I was just going over the current save method on a writable Store with a client, and mentioned that the 4.0 version would be the more logical name "sync" we all agreed that that was the correct term for the operation.Search the forum: http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=01...%3Az7of1ufqccu
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Opportunity meets mentorship in the College Now program at Point Park University. Through this program, students at participating high schools have the opportunity to earn college credits while education majors at Point Park serve as mentors to these students. College Now participants can also seek guidance and support from Point Park faculty and advisors.
This dual enrollment program enables qualifying students to earn up to 30 credits at a significantly reduced tuition rate during their junior or senior years of high school. As a result, families save thousands of dollars in college tuition. High school students who are interested in majoring in education will be given admissions preference into the program.
Associate Professor of Education Stanley Denton, Ph.D.,
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Two open source projects help Haiti quake victims
Ushahidi means "testimony" in Swahili. Ushahidi.com was originally created by citizen journalists to map violence and peace efforts in Kenya after the 2008 elections. The Ushahidi Engine is a mashup of user-generated reports with Google Maps. It is now used around the world from its roots in Kenya to Atlanta, GA to India.
Now haiti.ushahidi.com is being used to track the status of the earthquake aftermath in Haiti. The map shows the situation in several categories:
- Emergency (includes collapsed structures, fires, trapped people, and contaminated water)
- Threats (structures at risk and looting)
- Vital lines (water shortages, blocked roads, power outages)
- Response (includes health services, food and shelter, and search and rescue)
- Persons news (deaths and missing persons)
Cell tower availability is spotty, but people in Haiti can text 4636 (International:447624802524) on Digicel with their location and reports of emergencies or missing persons.
The Haiti Ushahidi site has aggregated a list of ways to help. The greater Ushahidi project also needs help--they're still looking for developers. Learn how to join the project if you'd like to get involved.
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CrisisCommons describes itself as "an international network of professionals drawn together by a call to service. [They] create the technological tools and resources for responders to use in mitigating disasters and crises around the world." Everything CrisisCommons creates is open source.
CrisisCommons::Haiti is one of its sub-projects working to help Haiti by organizing developers, volunteers, agencies, and responders. On Jan. 16, more than 200 volunteers gathered in Washington, DC, in addition to groups in Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, Brooklyn, London, and Boulder/Denver through CrisisCommons. These groups called CrisisCamps collaborated on technology projects for Haiti relief efforts--mapping, data, technical help for other agencies, etc. Read more about CrisisCamp.
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Here's an animation of the work that OpenStreetMap volunteers (through CrisisCommons and elsewhere) have done, making maps available to responders. You'll see the map of Port au Prince explode in detail about halfway through the video.
Thousands and thousands of individuals are homeless, missing or worse. And so they require your assist. You will find several methods to donate cash, such as via the Every day Information Charities Inc.
Right here is a listing of organizations which have been extremely rated by the American Avatar Costumes Institute of Philanthropy via which you'll help individuals in require in Haiti:
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I guess it is because you are promoting "opensource" and not freedom that you mention googlemaps and not openstreetmap first.
shame on you!
I'd personally like to learn more about open street maps. Sounds like a good idea for a new article in the Life channel.
Any takers?
Project started in 2004 with the idea: You map your neighborhood; I'll map mine; soon we'll have a map of everything.
The beginners' guide is here
The project goal is to provide free geodata to any who want it so they can do interesting and creative things with it.
Over 200,000 contributors have joined the project. Folks are mapping their neighborhood all over the World.
Since the earthquake, hundreds of OSM citizen cartographers have created the most complete map of Haiti anywhere through thousands of editing sessions. The OSM map of Haiti is being used on the ground by rescue workers and includes spontaneous evacuation camps, blocked roads and land slides, fallen bridges and buildings.
It's probably also useful to point out that not only does OpenSteetMaps provide up to date on line mapping of the Haiti region http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=18.83&lon=-73.04&zoom=8&layers=B000FTF, but regularly updated PDF maps, PNG's shapefiles, and files for loading into Garmin GPS recievers are also available from the sources listed at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Haiti/Earthquake_map_reso...
Hi Ruth, thank you for your post. I thought I would also add note about our project: the Sahana Disaster Management System.
We're currently running the Haiti 2010 Disaster Management Portal, which provides several additional functions to support the work by these two groups. For example, we have the ability for each agency to take responsibility for each of the requests that come through Ushahidi.
I warmly welcome you to take a look at the portal: http://haiti.sahanafoundation.org/
Regards, Tim
While Ushahidi used Google Maps in the beginning, it wasn't long before they switched over to Open Street Map...


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Many who came out to the recent Cattle Baron's 'Fun Run Race' had different reasons for coming. Megan Deal ran in memory of her mother Vicky Deal. Her friend Rachael Young ran in honor of her friends. Mitchell Yoder another friend of Ms. Deal also ran in memory of Vicky Deal. For these three young …
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Let $X$ be a projective surface defined over a field $k$ of characteristic $0$, and let $G$ be a finite group acting biregularly on $X$.
Assuming that $X$ is rational over $k$, is the quotient $X/G$ always rational?
If $k=\mathbb{C}$, we can use Castelnuovo's theorem and see that $X/G$ is unirational and hence rational. If $k=\mathbb{R}$, then $X/G$ is geometrically rational and also connected for the transcendental topology, and is thus rational.
But what happens for a general $k$, in particular when $k=\mathbb{Q}$?


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|Tammy Piercy with her son Damien, 5, at their Terryville home. Piercy has started an epilepsy support group that meets each month at Bristol Hospital. Piercy has epilepsy and Damien was recently diagnosed. She wants to spread awareness about the seizure disorder. Jim Shannon / Republican American
As the disease continues to consume the Terryville family's life, Piercy is committed to doing what she does best — advocate for others. Since her stepdaughter, Kimberley, died, Piercy and her husband Frank have been active in spreading awareness about epilepsy, including annual trips to Washington, D.C., to participate in fundraising walks. Now, Piercy, 40, is bringing her work local as the leader of a new epilepsy support group at Bristol Hospital.
The group fills a void. The nearest support groups for people in Litchfield County and Greater Waterbury were in Bethel, Middletown or Hartford. The goal is to give anyone affected by epilepsy a forum for support and information. One of Piercy's teenage sons is on the autism spectrum and another has Asperger's syndrome, making her familiar with navigating social service resources.
"There was nothing in the Northwest Corner for people with epilepsy or those who have lost a loved one to a seizure," Piercy said. "A lot of people have misconceptions about epilepsy and think someone will fall to the ground flailing. But there are 40 known types of seizures and there are probably 40 more."
Epilepsy is the third most common neurological disorder in the U.S. after Alzheimer's disease and stroke. In the U.S., it affects more than 3 million people, and an estimated 60,000 people in Connecticut, according to the Connecticut Epilepsy Advocate, a nonprofit dedicated to raising awareness about the disease.
Although she was diagnosed three years ago, Piercy said her doctors believe she has likely had epilepsy since birth. She knew she had something called myoclonus, which runs in her family. Myoclonus is a sudden, involuntary twitching of muscles that cannot be controlled. It can occur by itself, but usually is one of several symptoms associated with a variety of nervous system disorders, including epilepsy, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.
"When I was younger, I would have blackouts and staring spells, but I tried to hide it," Piercy said.
As her seizures became more regular, her husband began to notice.
"We knew she had myoclonus, but we didn't think it had anything to do with epilepsy," Frank Piercy said. "After she had one or two grand mal seizures (a seizure with a loss of consciousness and violent muscle contractions) and after Kim, I said, 'We have to take care of this.'"
A neurologist diagnosed Tammy Piercy with epilepsy. She is on three medications, which mostly control the seizures, and no longer works as a certified nurse's aide or a school bus driver. As for Damien, his parents started to notice what they thought were seizures two years ago.
"He was staring a lot and had fluctuating behavior, which people thought was ADHD, but I knew it wasn't," Tammy Piercy said.
She took Damien to a neurologist at Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford in August.
"When we received the diagnosis, my heart sank and I thought, 'This is all my fault,'" Piercy said. "It was very devastating."
Less than two out of every 100 people develop epilepsy at some point during their lifetime, according to the Epilepsy Foundation. The risk for children whose father has epilepsy is only slightly higher. If the mother has epilepsy, the risk is less than 5 percent. If both parents have epilepsy, the risk is a bit higher. Other than his daughter Kim, Frank Piercy said there is no known history of epilepsy in his family or on Kim's mother's side. So far, medication has mostly controlled Damien's seizures, his parents said.
"We are hoping and praying that it stays that way," Tammy Piercy said. "He may have to be on medication for the rest of his life, but at least we know it's working."
Damien, she said, doesn't fully understand epilepsy, and concentrates more on his favorite activities: playing video games, soccer and hiking.
"A lot of times, he doesn't know he even had a seizure," his mother said. "He is very intelligent and is reading at the first-grade level."
But for his parents, there are many sleepless nights, with Damien either in bed with them so they can keep an eye on him, or his father repeatedly getting up to check on him.
"We don't like to take chances," said Tammy Piercy, alluding to her stepdaughter, who died in her sleep from a seizure.
That stepdaughter, Kim Piercy, then 15 and living in Thomaston, had only been diagnosed with epilepsy eight days earlier. Such an occurrence is considered sudden unexplained death in epilepsy, or SUDEP, which can happen to a seemingly healthy person with epilepsy. It is responsible for up to 18 percent of all deaths in people with epilepsy. Its cause is unknown.
"No one told us about SUDEP when Kim was diagnosed," said Tammy Piercy, who, along with Kim's father and mother, continues to work with the handful of organizations devoted to SUDEP. "I want more information, better medical care and for doctors not to be scared to talk about SUDEP. It's something parents should be aware of, even if it's a slight chance."
Piercy wears more than a half-dozen rubber bracelets of various colors, each promoting causes and organizations, from SUDEP to autism to epilepsy. As for her motivation, Piercy says she doesn't have a choice.
"I'm a mom. I have to keep going. This was what I was given and I can't let it eat me alive," she said. "I could have stopped when Kim passed away, but we must go on as a family and we have to give back."
Frank Piercy said he thinks his wife will benefit from leading the support group, while simultaneously helping others.
"There are a lot of people in this neck of the woods who could use someone to talk to," he said. "I know I don't mind sharing with others what I have been through because if it helps someone else, it is well worth it. It is what it is ... You have to stand up, dust yourself off and keep going."
Bob Fiore, the president and founder of Connecticut Epilepsy Advocate, said something as simple as a support group can do wonders for people who are struggling.
"It's a shame that there are a lot of people out there with epilepsy who can't find basic things like support and medication," he said. "And with the support group (led by Tammy Piercy), people who go can have that one-on-one with her because she has lived with it and she also is a mother, which brings another point of view."
If you go
The epilepsy support group led by Tammy Piercy will meet the first Monday of every month from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Bristol Hospital, 41 Brewster Road, Bristol, in the Level E conference room. The group is open to anyone who either has epilepsy or is close to someone with it. Parking is free. For information, call 860-585-3000 or visit www.ct-ea.org. The next meeting is Feb. 4.
First aid for epilepsy is basically simple. The goal is to keep the person safe until the seizure stops naturally by itself. The most common and well-known kind is generalized tonic-clonic seizure.
A generalized tonic-clonic seizure begins with stiffening of the limbs (the tonic phase), followed by jerking of the limbs and face (the clonic phase). During the tonic phase, breathing may decrease or cease altogether, producing cyanosis (turning blue) of the lips, nail beds, and face. Breathing typically returns during the clonic (jerking) phase, but it may be irregular.
This clonic phase usually lasts less than a minute.
When providing seizure first aid for generalized tonic-clonic seizures, these are the key things to remember:
n Keep calm and reassure other people who may be nearby.
n Don't hold the person down or try to stop the person's his movements.
n Time the seizure with your watch.
n Clear the area around the person of anything hard or sharp.
n Loosen ties or anything around the neck that may make breathing difficult.
n Put something flat and soft, like a folded jacket, under the head.
n Turn the person gently onto one side. This will help keep the airway clear. Do not try to force the mouth open with any hard implement or with fingers. It is not true that a person having a seizure can swallow his tongue. Efforts to hold the tongue down can cause injury.
n Don't attempt artificial respiration except in the unlikely event that a person does not start breathing again after the seizure has stopped.
n Stay with the person until the seizure ends naturally.
n Be friendly and reassuring as consciousness returns.
n Offer to call a taxi, friend or relative to help the person get home if the person seems confused or unable to get home by himself.
Source: Epilepsy Foundation
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The question is, if I'm trying to make one of the first 100 apps for Ubuntu phone that aren't horrible, what libraries can I expect to depend on?
Like if someone at Canonical working on the project has a dev-phone, what is the output of
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"We wanted our device to be flexible. We took the best jewelry and the best Bluetooth - and we put them together," said Andreini.
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I need to count the number of monomials of degree $n$ in $k$ variables, $x_1,\ldots ,x_k$, that contain at least one variable with a power of 1. The monomials need not include all the variables. Their powers just need to some to $n$ and they must be divisible by $x_i$, but not $x_i^2$, for some $i$.
Another formula (almost without alternating signs) can be obtained as a variation of the comment of David Speyer. Namely, for each $S\subset\{1,\ldots,k\}$ we can consider the set of all monomials that depend precisely on all $x_k$ with $k\in S$ and \emph{do not satisfy the property we are studying}. Such a monomial is divisible by $\prod_{k\in S}x_k^2$, so the number of such monomials is $\binom{|S|+n-2|S|-1}{|S|-1}$. The number of choices for $S$ is $\binom{k}{|S|}$, so altogether the number of ``unwanted'' monomials is $$\sum_{s=1}^{k}\binom{k}{s}\binom{n-s-1}{s-1},$$ and the number of monomials you want to compute is $$\binom{k+n-1}{k-1}-\sum_{s=1}^{k}\binom{k}{s}\binom{n-s-1}{s-1}.$$
Let $S_i$ be the set of monic monomials $m \in \mathbb{Z}[x_1, \dots, x_k]$ which are divisible by $x_i$ but not $x_i^2$. If I am reading your question correctly, you are looking for $|S_1 \cup \cdots \cup S_k|$.
Note that for $1 \leq i_1 < \dots < i_m \leq k$, the intersection $S_{i_1} \cap \cdots \cap S_{i_m}$ is the set of monomials of degree $n$ divisible by $x_{i_1} \cdots x_{i_m}$ but not by $x^2_{i_1} \cdots x^2_{i_m}$. If $m < n$ and $m < k$, then there is a bijection between $S_{i_1} \cap \cdots \cap S_{i_m}$ and the set of monic monomials of degree $n-m$ in $\mathbb{Z}[x_1, \dots, x_{k-m}]$. (If $m = n \leq k$, then the intersection has one element, $x_{i_1} \cdots x_{i_m}$. In any other case, the intersection is empty.) Hence, for $1 \leq i_1 < \cdots < i_m \leq k$, $$|S_{i_1} \cap \cdots \cap S_{i_m}| = \begin{cases} \left(\matrix{n + k - 2m -1 \cr k - m - 1}\right), & \text{if $m < n$ and $m < k$} \cr 1, & \text{if $m = n \leq k$} \cr 0, & \text{otherwise.}\end{cases}$$
So, by the principle of inclusion-exclusion, $$|S_1 \cup \cdots \cup S_k| = \sum_{m =1}^{\min(n, k)-1} (-1)^{m-1} \left(\matrix{k \cr m}\right)\left(\matrix{n + k - 2m - 1 \cr k - m - 1}\right) + (-1)^{n-1} \left(\matrix{k\cr n}\right)a,$$ where $$a = \begin{cases} 1, & \text{if $k \geq n$} \cr 0, & \text{otherwise.}\end{cases}$$
Let $A_\ell$ be the number of monomials of degree $n$ on $\ell$ variables, which involve all $\ell$ variables and satisfy the condition (this will necessarily be 0 for $\ell>n$). The number of monomials involving all $\ell$ variables is $\binom{n-1}{\ell-1}$ by stars-and-bars. The number of monomials involving all $\ell$ variables at least twice (the invalid monomials), dividing by $x_1\cdots x_\ell$, is $\binom{n-\ell-1}{\ell-1}$. Thus $A_\ell=\binom{n-1}{\ell-1}-\binom{n-\ell-1}{\ell-1}$.
Each monomial is supported on a unique subset of the variables. For a fixed subset of size $\ell$, the monomials supported there are counted by $A_\ell$. There are $\binom{k}{\ell}$ subsets of size $\ell$. So if $N_k$ is the answer to the problem, I believe we have the formula
$$N_k=\sum_{0\leq \ell\leq k} A_\ell \binom{k}{\ell}=\sum_{0\leq \ell\leq k}\binom{n-1}{\ell-1}\binom{k}{\ell}-\binom{n-\ell-1}{\ell-1}\binom{k}{\ell}$$ $$=\binom{n+k-1}{n}-\sum_{0\leq \ell\leq k}\binom{n-\ell-1}{\ell-1}\binom{k}{\ell}$$
[Edit: I now see that this argument was already given by Vladimir Dotsenko. There seems to be some disagreement about his answer though, so I will leave this here as independent confirmation.]
It just crossed my mind that there is another way to compute the cardinality of the complement (and I decided to post it as well to demonstrate the power of generating functions): it is the coefficient of $t^n$ in $$\left(1+\sum_{p\ge 2}t^p\right)^k=\left(1+\frac{t^2}{1-t}\right)^k=\left(\frac{1-t+t^2}{1-t}\right)^k=\left(\frac{1+t^3}{1-t^2}\right)^k.$$ The latter is equal to $$ \sum_{i=0}^k\binom{k}{i}t^{3i}\sum_{l\ge0}\binom{k+l-1}{k-1}t^{2l}, $$ so the number of ``unwanted monomials'' is $$ \sum_{\substack{0\le i\le k, \\ 2l+3i=n}}\binom{k}{i}\binom{k+l-1}{k-1}= \sum_{\substack{l\ge 0,\\ 3\mid(n-2l)}}\binom{k}{\frac{n-2l}{3}}\binom{k+l-1}{k-1} $$ (if we adopt the convention I mentioned in a comment here that $\binom{p}{q}$ is nonzero only for $0\le q\le p$), and the number in question is $$ \binom{k+n-1}{k-1}-\sum_{\substack{l\ge 0,\\ 3\mid(n-2l)}}\binom{k}{\frac{n-2l}{3}}\binom{k+l-1}{k-1}. $$
A funny consequence of that is an otherwise weird identity $$ \sum_{\substack{l\ge 0,\\ 3\mid(n-2l)}}\binom{k}{\frac{n-2l}{3}}\binom{k+l-1}{k-1}=\sum_{s=1}^{k}\binom{k}{s}\binom{n-s-1}{s-1} $$
Chris Phan's comment sounds right to me, but you may be able to do this more quickly, though OEIS doesn't seem to have any details on rows or columns of the below array except that they're (at least often) multinomial coefficients. I have computed these numbers in MATLAB using this stuff:
As an example, consider k=4 and n=3: MATLAB gives (I have added asterices for clarity)
ans =
and visual inspection shows that the number of rows with at least one unit entry is 16, identical with the table entry.
Isn't it k times the number of monomials of degree n-1 in k-1 variables? Since in such a monomial you have x_j followed by a degree n-1 monomial in the other variables.
For the number of monomials of degree n-1 in k-1 variables you can check Wikipedia, search for "monomials".
.... i just realised this is wrong! for example $x_1 x_2^4 x_3$ would be counted twice in the way i said.


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An offered plea agreement to Jacob Hoyt in the first degree murder charge of Loyce Cody has led to the scheduling of a final pre-trial hearing Friday before his jury trial would get underway Monday morning.
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If Hoyt's trial moves forward, the jury trial is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Monday.
The co-defendant Lyndsey Giovinazzo's attorney has indicated she is going to appeal the judge's denial to withdraw the motion of her plea.
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Internal radiation is a form of treatment where a source of radiation is put inside your body. This is also called brachytherapy. This allows a higher dose of radiation to directly reach the area where the tumor is, or was prior to surgery. It reduces radiation exposure to the surrounding healthy tissues, such as the bowel and bladder.
Brachytherapy for cervical or endometrial (uterine) cancers is typically done using a "tandem and ovoid" (T&O) applicator or a "tandem and ring" (T&R) applicator, which reaches both the cervix and uterus. The tandem is a long, thin metal tube that is passed through the cervix, into the uterus. The ovoids are circular hollow capsules and the ring is a hollow ring, either are placed in the vagina, pressed against the cervix. Once placed in the vagina, the applicator is connected to a machine that automatically feeds a radiation source into the applicator, where it remains for a predetermined time, known as the dwell time. Once the time is up, the machine removes the source and the applicator is removed from your vagina. The dwell time can be anywhere from 15-25 minutes and during this time you will be alone in a lead lined room. This room is to protect the technicians from receiving radiation, but they can speak to you via a two-way microphone.
Your doctor may recommend brachytherapy in conjunction with traditional external beam radiation (EBT), in which case it is typically given one to two days a week along with 3-4 days a week of EBT (you will not get EBR on the days you receive brachytherapy). Some women will receive brachytherapy after they have completed EBT. You will receive 3 to 6 brachytherapy sessions, depending on the type and extent of the tumor being treated. This article will explain the procedure and what you can expect. Be sure to talk to your doctor or nurse about the procedure at your cancer center and any questions you may have. This procedure can be scary, but knowing what to expect can help to make it a little easier.
In some cases, your doctor may use a "Smitt sleeve", also called a stent, which is a plastic hollow tube that is fitted to your uterine cavity and placed under anesthesia. This is done in a surgical facility and you will be given instructions prior to the procedure on how to prepare. The Smitt sleeve goes though your cervix, into the uterus, and is sutured in place. This remains in place until after the last T&O or T&R procedure to allow for easier, more comfortable placement of the applicator during each treatment. You will likely not feel the Smitt sleeve once it is in place and it does not require anesthesia to be removed.
On the day of a brachytherapy procedure, you will come to the radiation clinic, where you will meet with your nurse and doctor. You will be taken to the treatment room where your doctor and nurse will talk with you and ask about any problems you may be having. You will be asked to lie on a table with your legs in stirrups, similar to a gynecologic exam. Some women will have an IV catheter inserted and be given medications, which may include anti-nausea, relaxation and pain medications. A catheter (called a foley catheter) is placed into the bladder for the duration of the treatment. A contrast dye is put into the catheter, which allows the technicians and physicians to see the location of the bladder when giving the treatment.
The doctor will then insert the tandem and ovoid applicator into your vagina. The applicator is positioned and gauze is inserted around the applicator to prevent it from moving during the treatment. Alternatively, the physician may place 2 balloons (one in front of and one behind the applicator), which are filled with a contrast dye solution that can be seen on the CT scan. These balloons keep the applicator from moving and provide some protection to the surrounding bowel and bladder tissue. The placement of the applicator can take 30-40 minutes.
Once the equipment has been placed, multiple scans will be performed to check placement of the applicator and to plan your radiation dose. These may include x-rays, CT scans and/or MRIs. When the scans are completed you will need to wait while your doctor and physicist plan your radiation treatment. The planning is a complex process and can take several hours. While you wait, you will be able to have a friend or family member sit with you. You may want to bring something to help you relax while waiting for the treatment to be planned; music with headphones, a book, magazines, etc.
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Once the planning is complete, the applicator is connected with thin wires to the brachytherapy machine, which houses the radiation source. Once everyone has left the room, the brachytherapy machine dispenses the radiation source into the applicator. You will not feel this, but you may hear the noise of the machine. A physicist has determined how much radiation will be used and how long it will need to remain in place, therefore the time the radiation remains in the applicator varies based on your treatment plan, but is typically 20-25 minutes. The doctor or technician can tell you ahead of time how long the radiation will remain in the applicator so you are prepared. You will be alone in the room during this time, but your team can see and hear you from their control room.
Once the time is up, the machine removes the radiation source and returns it to the housing, making it safe for the team to enter the room again. The applicator and foley catheter will then be removed. You will need to remain in the department for a little while to be monitored for bleeding, be sure you can urinate on your own after the catheter is removed and to be sure you can move around safely after any medications you received. You will go home the same day. You will not be able to drive a vehicle or do any strenuous activity, so be sure to have an escort to take you home.
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I am making an iOS game for a project at school. It is going to be a tiny bit like Fruit Ninja, as in it will have different things on the screen, and when you hit them, they die, and you get points. The trouble is that unlike Fruit Ninja, my game will have different types of sprites, all doing different things (moving different places, doing different things, etc). The one thing that is bad about having all of these sprites that do different things is that it is hard for them to look neat on the screen all together. I was planning on having a couple of different gamemodes:
Time Trial
You have 120 seconds to kill as many sprites as possible.
You have three lives, every time you try to hit a sprite and miss, you lose a life.
Whatever I think of.
I am a rookie to game design in general, and I don't know the best way to make my game look good, and play well. I could have all of these sprites on the screen at the same time, or I could have them come in waves, for example 10 of sprite_a come on, and once they are killed, 10 of sprite_b come on, etc...
Please give me your opinion about which one I should code. If you have any other suggestions for either a third gamemode, or a completely different way to make the levels, feel free to tell me.


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From their presumably vintage-decorated station in London, Mumford & Sons have led a folk revival played to the tune of banjo, fiddle, mandolin, accordion, horns and other instruments evocative of ages gone by. There's a mix of jug-band looseness and pioneering mountain-pass fervor to songs on "Babel," the group's hit album from last year. But more than gentle sepia-toned reminiscence, Mumford & Sons summon the spirit and seething intensity of songs meant to be more than museum pieces. Their approach has garnered the approval of Bob Dylan, who joined them onstage at the 2011 Grammys, as well as legions of followers on Spotify, which logged a record-breaking 8 million streams of "Babel" in its first week of release.
George Clinton & The P-Funk All-Stars
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Parliament-Funkadelic mastermind George Clinton has never lacked sufficient reason to throw an intergalactic party. But a gathering of his P-Funk All-Stars on "Fat Tuesday" (the eve of Mardi Gras) seems especially apt. How will the occasion play for a funk legend whose everyday doings make Mardi Gras seem routine? It's hard to know, exactly, but theatricality is his wont—even as a 71-year-old who could just as easily leave the life of funk behind. Mr. Clinton has been active in different contexts in recent years, recording with OutKast rapper Big Boi and, last year, performing at the Insane Clown Posse's notorious festival the Gathering of the Juggalos. Beyond that, he still dyes his hair—and not just to hide the gray.
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Matmos is a shifty electronic-music duo that brings dueling senses of functionalism and fun to all manner of cerebral pursuits. The two creative conceptualists—M.C. Schmidt and Drew Daniel—once made an album using snippets of sounds sourced from surgery. For another work, they re-imagined Civil War-era battlefield marches as digital-age hymns. In an exercise even more rare, they paid tribute in club-bumping song to the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. For their new project, "The Marriage of True Minds," Matmos takes up telepathy and plays with the reactions of test subjects submitted to sensory-deprivation techniques in the interest of having the album's concept transmitted directly into their minds. The results are as enjoyable as they are abstract—and they are abstract indeed.
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Few bands have mastered what Woody Allen once dismissively called rock's "heaviosity" as thoroughly or as well as Swans. Part of their strategy is to dress songs in wispy layers that compound in deceptive stores of mass, and the other part is to do away with thinking about the conventions of "rock" altogether. As contemporaries of 1980s and '90s New York noise bands like Sonic Youth, Swans were famous for playing at punishing, pummeling volume. But they also know that eerie moans and murmurs can be as affecting as a scream when directed expressly at the head. The effect plays out to dark rapture on fabled Swans records of yore, and it manifests no less menacingly on "The Seer," a double-album from last year that marks a high point in the group's recent late-period surge.
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It's a thrill to hear genres digress and dissolve in the midst of our manic musical times. But what is a listener to make of a violinist described as "Mozart meets Skrillex"? Does Lindsey Stirling have what it takes to make sense of a fusion composed of careening classical-music motifs and dubstep's concussive electronic sounds? Would such a chimera be desirable, even theoretically? Maybe, maybe not. Regardless, the 26-year-old Ms. Stirling, epochal in her way, has found an audience, first as a contender on the (perhaps paradoxically titled) TV show "America's Got Talent" and, later, with a series of recordings and live performances that don't shy away from the prospects of prizing spectacle over seemliness.


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What is the percentage of integers $n$ such that $\frac{\sigma(n)}{n} \geq x$ where $\sigma(n)$ is the sum of all divisors of $n$? Are there any methods of improving these bounds (percentages) for certain $x$?
LATER EDIT: The very nice survey article by Steuding that David Speyer mentions in his comment actually refers for greater detail to the book by Mark Kac, an M.A.A. Carus Monograph, called "Statistical Independence in Probability, Analysis and Number Theory." Chapter 4 is called "Primes play a game of chance" and section 2 is called "The statistics of the Euler $\phi$-function." That begins on page 54. In the section Problems, pages 62-64, we learn that $$ \frac{\sigma(n)}{n} $$ does in fact have a limiting distribution (proved by Davenport, methods improved by Erdos), and this density
$$ D \left\{ \frac{\sigma(n)}{n} < \omega \right\} = \tau(\omega)$$ is a continuous function of $\omega$. There is not much more to hope for in details, as Erdos showed that the analogous density for $$ \log \frac{\phi(n)}{n} $$ is continuous but "singular," that is has derivative 0 almost everywhere. $$ $$ However, Davenport's result does show that the abundant and deficient numbers both have densities, while the perfect numbers have density 0. While no "variance" is mentioned, a mean for the distribution is given,
$$ M \left\{ \frac{\sigma(n)}{n} \right\} = \frac{\pi^2}{6}$$
ORIGINAL: There is a nice survey on fairly elementary methods here by J. L. Nicolas, in a 1988 book called "Ramanujan Revisited." $$ $$ Meanwhile, there is an unconditional result which has not been mentioned, for $N \geq 3$ we have
$$ \sigma(N) < e^\gamma \; N \log \log N + \frac{ 0.6482 N}{\log \log N} $$
I hope I am reporting this correctly, it is from a secondary source, attribution is to
G.Robin, Grandes valeurs de la fonction somme des diviseurs et hypothese de Riemann, J. Math. Pures Appl. (9) 63 (1984) 187-213. $$ $$ The overall methodology is to consider the colossally abundant numbers of Alaoglu and Erdos (1944),
You are asking about abundant numbers, and sieve theory does work to give percentages of the sort you are asking for, for any $x$. For $x=2$, wikipedia reports that the density is strictly between $0.24$ and $0.25$.
Dickson's History of the Theory of Numbers has a proof of upper and lower bounds (for $x=2$) that is boiled down to its essence.
Let $F(x)$ be the proportion of integers $n$ such that $\frac{\sigma(n)}{n} \ge x$. Deleglise [Experiment. Math. 7 (1998), no. 2, 137-143] showed that $F(2)$, the density of abundant numbers, satisfies $0.2474 < F(2) < 0.2480$. His method can be adapted to get bounds for other fixed values of $x$.
As $x\to \infty$, $F(x)\to 0$ very rapidly. In [Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 135 (9) (2007) 2677–2681] I showed that $$F(x) = \exp(-e^{x e^{-\gamma}} (1+O(x^{-2}))),$$ where $\gamma$ is Euler's constant. This result also holds for the distribution function of $\frac{n}{\varphi(n)}$, where $\varphi(n)$ is Euler's totient function.


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ST. CLAIRSVILLE - Belmont County Commissioners passed a resolution Wednesday endorsing the efforts and goals of the Great Stone Viaduct Historical Education Society, Inc. The non-profit organization is dedicated to preserving and promoting the structure in Bellaire.
"Belmont County has a very rich history, we all know that, but it's amazing how many people really don't understand a lot about the historically significant structures we have, and one of those is of course the Great Stone Viaduct," said Dan Frizzi Jr., board member, adding that it was placed on the National Register of Historic Structures in 1976 and was recognized by the Ohio Historical Society a few years ago during its marker program. Its marker is on Union Street, at the archstone engraved with the date of commencement in 1870.
Frizzi said the bridge was cleaned up in August in preparation for a recent celebration.
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COUNTY Commissioners Ginny Favede, Charles R. Probst Jr. and Matt Coffland listen to Dan Frizzi Jr. describe plans to promote and
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The bridge is owned by two railroads. They are the CSX Corp. and Wheeling and Lake Erie. Wheeling and Lake Erie owns the portion of railroad that remains active. It is used about twice daily.
The section controlled by CSX is abandoned. Frizzi said his group would like to acquire that portion of the structure and undertake to protect, preserve and develop it for the future enjoyment of railroad enthusiasts and the public.
"Even with it in its deteriorated condition it is still a magnificent structure," he said. "It is something that really does need to be protected and preserved."
He added that Wheeling and Lake Erie is supportive of the project and has facilitated negotiations with CSX. The goal is to acquire the track bed from 26th Street to the intersection with the active rail.
"This is an important project not just for Bellaire or our organization, but as an important project for the entire county," he said, adding that they have a grant writer looking into preliminary costs. They will arrange a survey.
He noted that the 37 ringstone of the arches represent the 37 states of the Union at the time it was built in 1868 by the Central Ohio, Baltimore and Ohio Railroads. The stone arcade commenced in 1870.
"Our history is one of the very important resources that we have in Belmont County," said Commissioner Ginny Favede, adding that the county's importance to the growing prosperity of the state is the presence of interstate, river and rail. She said the viaduct is an invaluable symbol of the nation's history in its expansion into the west. "The railroad built this nation and I support your efforts in continuing to preserve it."
More information can be found at www.greatstoneviaduct.org
In other matters, commissioners motioned to adopt annual allocation of funds in the amount of $27,200 from the Belmont County General Fund to the Belmont County Agricultural Society.
Commissioners motioned to approve the purchase of four pick-up trucks for the Belmont County Sanitary Sewer District through the state's cooperative purchasing contract to be used as replacements in their fleet. They include two 2013 GMC Sierra 1500 pick-ups for the water department for a total of $49,277.40. Also, two Chevrolet Silverado 2500 pick-up trucks for the sewer department for $52,690.
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Apparently another technology, Kinemacolor, was invented first in the UK, but it never caught on in Hollywood. Kinemacolor was expensive, and had some other glitches involved, but the fact that it was first on the color movie scene doesn't seem to have saved it. What are some of the differences between the two that might have contributed to Technicolor prvailing over Kinemacolor? Was Technicolor that much better, and easier to use?
The two technologies never directly competed (as the question implies). The last Kinemacolor film was made in 1914, while the first Technicolor film wasn't made until 1917, and it doesn't appear to have entered serious usage until the 1920's.
So the real question we are left with is why Technicolor succeeded, where the earlier technology failed.
The main clue I see in the Kinemacolor wiki page was that the company never made money (despite installing projectors in several hundred theaters), and some mention of the projectors being expensive:
The Technicolor folks, coming along a decade later as they did, would have been in a position to learn from the financial mistakes of their predecessors. In particular, it appears they put a priority in coming up with a system that didn't require all those expensive projectors:


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Some people are just natural leaders. They're able to calmly and objectively assess situations and help those around them stay focused on the tasks at hand. These are the types of people who thrive as medical office managers. So if you excel at multi-tasking and are able to effectively lead others around you, you should consider the Medical Office Management program at Carrington College®.
Earning your Associate degree in Medical Office Management can prepare you to take on the many responsibilities associated with directing and coordinating the daily operations of a medical office. Like other businesses, healthcare offices require leaders who are equipped with the skills necessary to manage personnel, implement policies and procedures and plan for the future.
The Medical Office Management program at Carrington College covers a diverse range of topics as well as specific skills to prepare you for an entry-level position in a variety of healthcare settings. If you have prior education and experience in an allied health field, this program can give you the training you need to take your career to the next level by pursuing a management position in your field or a related healthcare business. This program, which can be completed in as few as ten months, offers you:
- A combination of instruction and discussion, led by experienced instructors
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Becoming a medical office manager can help you take your career to the next level. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment for graduates in this field is expected to grow 22% from 2012 to 2022. The healthcare industry will continue to expand and diversify, requiring managers to help ensure smooth business operations.1 Median annual wages for graduates in this field were $49,330 in May 2012. The lowest 10% earned less than $30,520, and the highest 10% earned more than $79,890.1 You should also know that while our Medical Office Management program is tailored to the operation of medical offices, the training you receive can prepare you for a variety of positions outside of the healthcare industry. If you'd like to continue your education, you can build on what you've learned by pursuing a Bachelor's degree in a related field such as business administration.
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Successful managers are always striving to increase efficiency, so it seems only fitting that our Medical Office Management program do the same. Every class in the program was designed to support the goal of creating effective managers with strong leadership abilities. To acquire the knowledge and the skills you may need in your future career, our program covers three core areas. Management of employees deals with human resources issues such as hiring, developing and leading a workforce, administration of payroll and benefits, and instruction on laws governing the workplace. Management of customers covers issues such as measuring satisfaction, resolving conflicts and attracting new customers. Management of the business involves an even greater range of subjects, including accounting, business software systems, systems analysis, space planning and strategies to increase profits.
Upon completion of our Medical Office Management program, you should possess the skills, knowledge and professionalism necessary to oversee the day-to-day operations of a medical office. Your responsibilities can include:
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