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Ms. Suanne Thamm (Chair), Ms. Linda Asay (Vice Chair, Nassau County), Dr. M. F. Mass (Vice Chair, Duval County), Ms. Earlene Lockett, Mr. Thomas R. McGehee, Jr. Mr. David Miller, Jr. Ms. Emily Smith, Mr. Michael Weinstein, Mr. Wyman Winbush.
Dr. Steve Wallace (College President), Dr. Edythe Abdullah (Downtown Campus President and trustee for the UNF Board of Trustees), Ms. Chris Arab (Vice President of Human Resources), Mr. Steve Bowers (Vice President of Administrative Services), Dr. Barbara Darby (North Campus President), Dr. Duane Dumbleton (Kent Campus President), Dr. Don Green (Executive Vice President), Ms. Susan Lehr (Vice President of Government Relations), Dr. Bill Mason (Executive Director of the Foundation), Mr. Steve Robbins (College Counsel), Dr. Rob Rennie (Vice President of Technology), Dr. Carol Spalding (Open Campus President), Dr. Norm Will (South Campus President), Dr. Maggie Cabral-Maly (Associate Vice President of Liberal Arts), Ms. Phyllis Renninger (Director of Resource Development), Mr. Jim Simpson (Associate Vice President of Workforce Development).
Ms. Carol Thompson (Chair), Mr. Steve Halverson (Vice Chair), Dr. Edythe Abdullah, Mr. Luther Coggin, Ms. Toni Crawford, Mr. O'Neal Douglas, Mr. Wilfredo Gonzalez, Ms. Ann Hicks, Ms. Wanyonyi Kendrick, Dr. Judith Solano, Mr. Kevin Twomey, Mr. Jerry Watterson.
Mr. John Delaney (President), Dr. Pierre Allaire (Vice President, Institutional Advancement), Dr. Pamela Chally (Dean, College of Health), Dr. Neal Coulter (Dean, College of Computer and Information Sciences), Dr. Larry Daniel (Dean, College of Education and Human Services), Dr. Gary Fane (Interim Dean, Coggin College of Business), Dr. Gerard Giordano (Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs), Dr. Mauricio Gonzalez (Vice President, Student and International Affairs), Ms. Janet Owen (Director, Governmental Affairs), Dr. Thomas Serwatka (Special Assistant to the President and Dean, Graduate Studies and Research), Ms. Karen Stone (General Counsel), Ms. Shari Shuman (Vice President, Administration and Finance), Dr. Mark Workman (Dean, College of Arts and Sciences).
Meeting attendees introduced themselves and expressed their enthusiasm for the opportunity to discuss collaborative efforts between the two institutions. After presentations from President Wallace and President Delaney highlighting general information about each institution, President Wallace provided a list of current collaborative efforts between UNF and FCCJ and the floor was opened for discussion.
FCCJ Trustee Michael Weinstein spoke of the number of students entering FCCJ in need of remediation. Trustee Emily Smith, of FCCJ, added that the amount available in the budget for such remediation was insufficient. Dr. Mass, also a trustee of FCCJ, asked about the conditions experienced by UNF's entering freshmen such as class size, etc. UNF's President, John Delaney, replied that classes were smaller and advising was considered better than at either UF or FSU by UNF students. Dr. Mass stated that he had recently heard the UNF Jazz ensemble and had been quite impressed by the performance; he highly recommended seeing any future performances.
Several questions were asked by trustees of FCCJ, including questions about UNF's largest competitor for baccalaureate degrees and whether or not the institution was filled to capacity. President Delaney, answered that though he didn't really consider it competitive in nature, the other largest suppliers of degrees to similar markets would be the other Florida state universities. In response to the question about capacity, he said that UNF could double the currently developed land, though most likely future growth would be vertical rather than spread out. He added that UNF was actively engaged in construction projects to create more space for instruction, library facilities, and other student needs to keep up with the growing enrollments.
Trustee Smith asked about the use of technology in the classrooms. President Delaney asked Dr. Coulter, Dean of the UNF College of Computing Sciences and Engineering to talk about the technology available in the new Science and Engineering Building, which he did. Urban Teacher Preparation was also mentioned. Dr. Daniel, Dean of the UNF College of Education, talked about the success of the program and the need for even more teachers prepared for teaching in urban schools.
Following the discussions about the individual institutions, FCCJ President Wallace gave an overview of areas where the two institutions were currently involved in collaborative efforts. Trustee Crawford of UNF expressed interested in collaborative grants and Trustee Halverson, vice chair of the UNF board, asked about articulation agreements. President Wallace suggested that he believed Florida was behind the rest of the country in articulating Associate in Science degrees into the four year universities. He talked about several articulation degrees between UNF and FCCJ, including agreements with the College of Computing Sciences and Engineering, the College of Education, the Coggin College of Business, and the College of Health. One of the possible future programs asked about by members of the FCCJ board was Logistics and Supply Chain Management and Trustee Mass asked about a possible culinary program.
Trustees from UNF were invested in the idea of collaboration and expressed a desire for future discussion. President Delaney noted that future collaborative efforts would need to be systematic, heavily involving faculty in any decision-making. Chair Thompson, of the UNF Board of Trustees, asked if there was an existing process for developing articulation agreements. UNF Trustee Solano, Chair of the Department of Computing Sciences, replied that a venue was needed for the two faculties to come together. President Wallace expressed his hope that the two institutions could grow beyond the current practice of building individual programs and trying to merge them together at a later date.
President Wallace discussed a joint degree, a Bachelor of Science in Applied Networking. He said the most important need of employers today was an advanced networking degree. He noted that FCCJ could provide such a degree on its own but had decided it would be better for students to provide the degree with a four year university. He said there were FCCJ faculty members who would love to teach at the upper division and he would love to have some members of the UNF faculty teach at FCCJ. Trustee Solano observed that the two institutions had ultimately agreed on an articulation agreement as UNF had an existing Bachelor of Science with several tracks. UNF had agreed to add a track to that degree in Information Technology with several emphases such as networking. She said that FCCJ had agreed to that approach and her department's faculty had also voted to approve the plan. Final approval was pending at the university faculty and administrative levels. She noted that it was not a joint degree per se, but an articulation agreement allowing FCCJ students to move right into a four year track at UNF.
Trustee Twomey from UNF asked for an explanation of joint degrees. President Wallace replied that a joint degree was a collaborative degree rather than an articulation agreement. He said he appreciated the UNF faculty's willingness to work with FCCJ on the agreement, but had thought the degree was to be a joint effort. He said that, while FCCJ had the legal ability to offer the degree on its own, the reason to offer it with UNF was because the degree wouldn't be easily recognized coming from FCCJ. He added that FCCJ was likely to confer limited baccalaureate degrees in the future, though not in any area in which UNF already had a degree. Dr. Solano noted that the way the computer sciences were evolving, it was becoming more popular to offer a generic information technology degree that could be credentialed. This model fit the evolving nationwide trend and was eligible for professional accreditation, which made the degree more marketable.
Chair Thompson said these were exactly the types of discussions that UNF's board had hoped to have. She felt the specifics of the programs were not what was most important but rather the ability to sit down and talk about ways to work together. She said she realized that resolution to the more traditional way of doing things might not come as fast as both institutions would like. Saying she understood that the community college could offer baccalaureate degrees, she said she felt the most important thing for the two institutions to look at was the best way to accomplish both state needs and maximum value for available funding. Indicating that she realized the process might not take place at the board level, she said she believed the boards could be involved in the discussion.
FCCJ's board chair, Ms. Suanne Thamm, asked if the two institutions had duplicated programs. She gave construction as a possible example and said she felt it important to look at whether duplication existed. She also expressed interest in cross registration, wondering how much that overlap occurred. President Wallace said he and President Delaney had agreed to work on possible duplicated programs in continuing education. He said that the two institutions had a joint admissions agreement and that there was a fairly free flow of UNF students attending FCCJ. President Delaney mentioned the anti-raiding policy, and stated that he did not believe the flow went both ways.
UNF Trustee Kendrick expressed disappointment that there wasn't more collaboration, stating that she believed there were community needs that were not being met. She said she would like to see a shared mission between the two schools. Mrs. Ann Hicks, Chair of the UNF BOT Education Policy Committee, mentioned the JCCI report and asked why it had not gone further. President Delaney replied that he believed that some in education felt the recommendations were too restrictive and not really needed. He added that the primary conversation that needed to occur was between himself and President Wallace.
Trustee Gonzalez of UNF said he would like to see the two schools reach out to the growing Hispanic population, stating that the community put a high value on education. Trustee Douglas of UNF expressed his appreciation for Dr. Wallace and the FCCJ board for hosting the meeting. He said that given the social and moral problems in the region, he felt that the resolution was to be found in education. He felt it important to try not to be territorial and to work toward maximizing the use of the education dollars available. He recommended further dialogue.
Mrs. Thompson said that the board was committed to working with FCCJ and suggested a smaller joint working group. Chair Thompson said the UNF board had a workshop planned later in the month and the topic could be discussed then and a recommendation could be forwarded. A member of the FCCJ board announced a Jazz performance on November 16 including ensembles from both UNF and FCCJ. The meeting was then adjourned.
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CARSON, Calif. – The wait is finally over.
Almost five months after closing out its 2010 campaign, the New England Revolution begins its 16th season on Sunday, March 20, on the road against the LA Galaxy. Kickoff from The Home Depot Center is set for 8 p.m. ET and fans can watch the action live regionally on Comcast SportsNet New England, or nationally in Spanish on Galavision. Radio listeners can tune into 98.5 The Sports Hub.
The Revolution enters the 2011 season in search of redemption after last year's disappointing sixth-place finish in the Eastern Conference saw the club miss the postseason for the first time since 2001. The Galaxy, meanwhile, is also eager to find playoff success after claiming the Supporters' Shield last season only to fall short in the Western Conference Championship.
Current Form: Galaxy gets a head start with win over Seattle
A string of solid performances from a revamped backline helped the Revolution begin the preseason with four consecutive wins – including three via shutout – but the Revs stumbled in their final two exhibition matches en route to a pair of 3-1 losses to the Columbus Crew and Houston Dynamo. The lessons learned are all that matters now, as the record will be wiped clean when the regular season kicks off with a fresh slate on Sunday night.
Juninho's long-range blast lifted the Galaxy to a 1-0 win over Seattle Sounders FC in front of a sellout crowd at Qwest Field last Tuesday night. After opening the MLS schedule with an impressive road victory, the Galaxy now returns to Southern California to play in front of its home fans for the first time.
Past Meetings: Revs look to reverse fortune after last year's season-opening loss to LA
Sunday night's meeting between New England and LA will elicit a sense of déjà vu, as the Revolution opened the 2010 season against the Galaxy at The Home Depot Center. The Revs will be looking for a more positive result this time around as last year former LA forward Edson Buddle scored the lone goal in the sixth minute to lift the Galaxy to a 1-0 win.
Injury Report: Alston, Dabo and Domi out for New England
It was revealed earlier this week that the Revolution would be without Kevin Alston (L hamstring strain) and Ousmane Dabo (R quad strain) for Sunday's season opener, while Didier Domi (R knee swelling) can now be added to the list as the veteran left back didn't make the trip to Los Angeles.
"We have guys coming in who we think will do a good job," said head coach Steve Nicol about filling the gaps left by the injured trio. "Clearly those three guys would be expecting to play, but they're not. They're injured and we have to adjust to that."
The Galaxy similarly began its 2011 season shorthanded without the services of forward Juan Pablo Angel (illness), central defenders Gregg Berhalter (L knee MCL sprain) and Omar Gonzalez (R shoulder sprain), and starting goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts (R hamstring strain) last Tuesday night in Seattle. Angel and Gonzalez appear likely to return for Sunday's showdown, while Ricketts is questionable and Berhalter is doubtful.
Key Matchup: Revolution's outside backs vs. Galaxy's wing midfielders
With Alston and Domi nursing injuries, the Revs will be without both of their first-choice outside backs on Sunday night. The versatile Chris Tierney is the likeliest candidate to replace Domi on the left side, while Zak Boggs was given an extensive look at right back this preseason.
The task will be monumental for whomever Nicol opts to deploy on the outside, as the primary objective will be to limit the effectiveness of dynamic duo David Beckham and Landon Donovan.
Final Thoughts: Nicol wants his side to focus on the basics
"Obviously we want to win," said Nicol when asked about the importance of starting the season with a solid performance against the Galaxy. "Every team in the league wants to win their opening game. But we're away from home and we're in a tough place to come and try to win a game, so it's important that we do the things we want to do well.
"It's important that we do the basics well," he continued. "If we do that, then I'm sure we'll get something from the game."

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Simply Being Guided Meditation - Voice guided step-by-step instructions for meditation and relaxation.
Transform Your Life: A Year of Awareness Practice by Cheri Huber - Inspirational quotes, encouragement, and daily assignments supporting awareness practice focused on compassionate self-acceptance.
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Breathe2Relax - Breathe2Relax is a portable stress management tool which provides detailed information on the effects of stress on the body and instructions and practice exercises to help users learn the stress management skill called diaphragmatic breathing.
Fluid Monkey - Relax as you enjoy interacting with incredibly smooth and responsive pools of liquid. Use all ten fingers to smear paint, jiggle gelatin, or fling brightly-colored balls through puddles of mud.
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White Noise - White Noise Lite provides ambient sounds of the environment to help you relax or sleep.
Relax Completely - Free hypnosis session for deep relaxation.
Music Therapy for Refreshment - Medium Speed Alpha Wave (10Hz) set in 5 melodic music pieces provides a most relaxing way to restore your vigor, to bring about a refreshed mind.
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Worry Box - Self-help for worry and anxiety. Use Worry Box diary, audios, and articles to learn how to cope with worries.
The app below is maintained by the Jason Foundation, which is dedicated to the prevention of suicide through educational and awareness programs. Please note that the Counseling Center (410-617-2273) and the Department of Public Safety (410-617-5911) are Loyola University Maryland's primary resources to contact for immediate assistance.
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Octane Supreme Lead Additive is BACK !!
The ONLY real Tetraethyl Lead Octane Booster available in the U.S.
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Wild Bill's Corvette no longer does any servicing. I only offer consulting and parts sales as of December 2011.
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Welcome to Wild Bill's Corvette Consulting. Are you searching for a reputable person to help you find the right Corvette and avoid getting ripped off by unscrupulous sellers? Do you need GM or quality aftermarket parts and accessories? If so, look no further, Wild Bill's is the place you have been searching for.
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In addition to consulting, Wild Bill's is a distributor of Octane Supreme 130, the only Real Lead octane booster available in the United States. Wild Bill's is also a distributor for most of the Corvette aftermarket and reproduction parts companies, striving to sell only the highest quality items available. For example I am a distributor for Al Knoch Interiors, Corvette Central, Eckler's, Dewitt's Radiators, M&H Electric, Paragon Reproductions, Stainless Steel Brakes Corp.
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I'd like to thank The Rag Tree (cathay12.wordpress.com) very very very much for nominating me for The Very Inspiring Blogger Award!
Here is what RT said about me: "It's always inspiring to see folks in their 20s emerge into the adult world with lots of energy and verve. Screenwriter, graphic novelist, alternative press enthusiast, Ms. Gallas certainly qualifies as an emerging writer/artist to watch."
1. Display the award logo on your blog.
2. Link back to the person who nominated you.
3. State 7 things about yourself.
4. Nominate 15 other bloggers for this award and link to them.
5. Notify those bloggers of the nomination and the award's requirements.
Seven Things About G. E. Gallas
1. I consider myself a "radiant pessimist" — I hope for the best, but expect the worst.
2. I was born in Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D. C., not far from Glen Echo Park.
3. I studied cello for about 12 years, beginning at age 4.
4. I studied Latin for 3 years, but really don't remember any of it. However, I don't think it was a waste since I developed a love for etymology and for Robert Graves's I, Claudius.
5. I have a very eclectic taste in music, ranging from Japanese rock to classical opera.
6. Unlike my older sister, I have a very good sense of direction. I'm not particularly good at reading maps, but if I've gone someplace once, I'll always remember how to get there again.
7. I have a very stubborn and very naughty Shiba Inu (柴犬) named Nikki. Here's a photograph:
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Wow, this is really, really hard… there's just so much talent on WordPress!!
1. Killkaties: killkaties.wordpress.com
2. Infernal Reviews: bedlamreviews.wordpress.com
3. Laura Steele Illustration: surrealvisions.wordpress.com
4. Handlettering Cite: handletteringcite.wordpress.com
5. Humanfingers: humanfingers.wordpress.com
6. Illustrations with a Cuppa Tea: sherrillillustrations.wordpress.com
7. Korovamilkworld: korovamilkworld.com
8. Erinohsays: erinohsays.wordpress.com
9. A Little Piece of Everything: inconceivablydisorganized.wordpress.com
10. Patrick Hoye: patrickhoye.wordpress.com
11. Clive Hicks-Jenkins' Artlog: clivehicksjenkins.wordpress.com
12. Continuous Drawing: continuousdrawing.com
13. Racoon Illustrations: racoonillustrations.wordpress.com
14. New York Street Portraits by Adam Garelick: newyorkstreetportraits.com
15. Juliette Dudley: juliettedudley.com
December 9th, 2012
Today, I was nominated again for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award.
I'd like to thank Shohpie (shohpie.wordpress.com) very very very much for nominating me!
Here is what Shohpie said about me: "I honestly don't know how I came across G. E. Gallas' blog but I'm glad I did. She's currently promoting her new graphic novel about William Blake called the Poet and the Flea. She also made me aware of Awkward Shelby, which is one of the best internet comics I've ever come across- really silly and simple, just the way I like it. She's been awarded by other bloggers for her blog twice this month already, and since these things usually come in 3′s why don't I just round it off here eh?"
For more updates, don't forget to follow me on tumblr and/or twitter.
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เพื่อใช้ฟีเจอร์ทั้งหมดของ KLM.com อย่างปลอดภัย เราแนะนำให้คุณอัปเดตเบราว์เซอร์ของคุณ หรือเลือกเบราว์เซอร์อื่น การดำเนินการต่อด้วยเวอร์ชันนี้อาจไม่สามารถแสดงบางส่วนหรือทุกส่วนของเว็บไซต์ได้อย่างถูกต้องสมบูรณ์ นอกจากนี้ ข้อมูลส่วนตัวของคุณจะได้รับการรักษาความปลอดภัยด้วยเบราว์เซอร์ที่อัปเดตแล้ว
The neighbourhoods of Hostafrancs and Sants, which both offer a wide variety of shops, restaurants and entertainment venues, form the heart of the Sants-Montjuïc district. This district covers the south-western section of Barcelona. The narrow streets at the foot of Montjuïc hill lend Hostafrancs and Sants a homely, village character. But they also have a bustling atmosphere with one of the longest shopping streets in Europe: Carrer de Sants.
As you wander along the busy shopping streets of Carrer de Sants and Carrer d'Hostafrancs it is hard to imagine Sants-Montjuïc's rural history. Until the late 19th century, this district was full of farms and vineyards. At the time, Carrer de Sants was known as Camí Ral (Royal Road) and was an important entry route to Barcelona. At the end of the 19th century, the textile industry developed on this side of the city. The old workers' houses are still inhabited to this day.
Parc de l'Espanya Industrial is located just 100 metres from Sants train station. It features an artificial lake on which people float around in rented boats. Various modern artworks are dotted around the park, such as the 9 tall towers, reminiscent of factory chimneys or lighthouses. Keep an eye out for the whimsical, iron creation Dragon without Saint George by Andrés Nagel, which is also popular as a children's slide.
Parc de l'Espanya Industrial, Carrer Muntadas 37, 08014 Barcelona
The rural past of Hostafrancs and Sants is clearly recognisable in Mercat d'Hostafrancs. This indoor market is located inside a remarkable metal structure, which towers above the Carrer de la Creu Roberta shopping street. Since 1888, its market stalls have supplied workers' families with fresh produce from the surrounding region. Stroll among the stalls, where local farmers sing the praises of their goods, and taste the traditional atmosphere of 19th-century Barcelona. The market is open daily from 7:00 to 14:30 (closed on Sundays).
Mercat d'Hostafrancs, Carrer de la Creu Coberta 93, Barcelona
For around a century, the avenue Paral.lel has been popular among local bohemians as Barcelona's Broadway. The same goes for El Molino theatre: in the past it staged daring cabaret acts, while today modern shows are also performed. The windmill sails above the entrance are iconic, although they are no longer the originals. The theatre was closed for almost 15 years and fell into disrepair, until a group of artists and entrepreneurs joined forces and re-opened the new El Molino in 2010. The lunchtime shows are enjoyable, from Wednesday to Sunday at 14:00.
El Molino, Carrer de Vilà i Vilà 99, 08004 Barcelona


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Gwyneth Paltrow is so over the Met Gala.
"I'm never going again. It was so un-fun," she told USA Today of the annual Costume Institute Ball. "It was boiling. It was too crowded. I did not enjoy it at all."
PHOTOS: Check out all the fashions from the 2013 Met GalaThe GOOP guru wore a modest, long-sleeved, hot pink Valentino gown to Monday's event, eschewing the ball's punk theme. "I guess it's punk in that I've gone just totally classic on a punk night," Paltrow reasoned to Vogue.


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EEOC Says Three Women Subjected to Vulgar Sexual Comments, Unwanted Touching, Propositioning
SEATTLE – Fred Meyer Stores, Inc. (Fred Meyer) will pay $485,000 to three female victims of sexual harassment and retaliation to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the EEOC announced today.
According to the EEOC's suit (EEOC, et. al. v. Fred Meyer Stores, Inc. No. CV08-0208 HA, United States District Court of Oregon), the company's practice of harassing female employees occurred during 2004 through 2005 at the Fred Meyer Oregon City store. The EEOC says the sexually hostile work environment started at the top, with illegal conduct by the store director and operations manager. The EEOC further asserted in the litigation that the store director and operations manager repeatedly subjected females to graphic sexual discussions, unwanted touching, and requests for sexual favors.
The lawsuit alleged that Fred Meyer condoned and accepted this sexually harassing behavior, and the Commission obtained testimony from the company's human resources manager who witnessed the harassing conduct on several occasions and simply walked away. According to the EEOC, the same human resources manager failed to take appropriate action against the store director or operations manager. In addition, the EEOC charged that the company retaliated against the female employees when they complained about the sexual harassment.
Sexual harassment and retaliation for complaining about it violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC filed suit after first attempting to reach a voluntary settlement.
Under a consent decree filed with the federal court, Fred Meyer agreed to pay $485,000 to the three women who came forward during the EEOC's lawsuit. The company also agreed to provide anti-discrimination training for the owner, managers, supervisors and employees; establish policies and procedures to address sexual harassment issues; provide information to the EEOC concerning any future discrimination complaints; and allow EEOC to monitor the work site for the next two years.
"It is unfortunate that these women had to endure a workplace permeated with such sexual hostility. We are hopeful that Fred Meyer Stores learns from this litigation that one of the most important duties it has to its employees is to keep them safe from workplace discrimination," said EEOC's San Francisco District Office Director Mike Baldonado.
EEOC Regional Attorney William Tamayo added, "The evidence in this litigation pointed to an alarming lack of recent workplace, anti-discrimination training for the high level managers involved in this case. It is unfortunate that a sophisticated employer like Fred Meyer Stores failed to recognize the importance of such training for its managers."
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination based on race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age and disability. The Seattle Field Office's jurisdiction includes Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at http://www.eeoc.gov.
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November 09, 2012
The Placer County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday honored a local agricultural organization, in addition to honoring a long-time resident with the Placer Conservator Award. The Board bestowed these honors during its regularly scheduled meeting held in Auburn.
In presenting the Proclamation, Supervisor Jim Holmes commented on the historical, cultural and economic importance of locally grown agriculture and singled out the Satsuma mandarins for not only being a sweet and healthy food, but also being considered a super food for their high doses of vitamin C and synephrine. Mountain Mandarin Growers Association members have been growing mandarins for more than 50 years in the fertile soil of Placer County. The Association's primary goal is to provide quality mandarins and expand markets to support local agriculture. Placer County's local agricultural production is a significant part of the local economy, accounting for $65,000,000 in gross sales.
The Board also honored Alex Ferreira for his work on behalf of agriculture, farmers, and the citizens of Placer County, recognizing him as this year's recipient of the Placer Land Trust's 2012 Placer Conservator Award.
Ferreira, a lifelong Placer County resident, has served as an elected official in Placer County for more than 40 years, as a director of the Nevada Irrigation District, a six-term member of the Placer County Board of Supervisors, and is currently serving his fourth term on the Placer County Water Agency. He is also a long-time member of the Placer County Farm Bureau and a board member of the Wildlife Heritage Foundation.
He has long advocated that agriculture should play a role in the future of Placer County's landscape, culture and economy during a time when development seemed the inevitable end for most agricultural land. He has helped protect and expand agricultural markets by supporting farmers' ability to sell directly from their properties and being instrumental in the creation of farmers markets in Placer County.
Placer Land Trust presents the Placer Conservator Award each year to an individual or organization which enriches the quality of life in Placer County through resource conservation. Ferreira was awarded the Conservator Award for embodying this spirit. He was a farmer before he was a politician, maintaining a dairy, vineyard and winery, but it was through his position as an elected official that he made a significant contribution towards protecting Placer County's open space, particularly agricultural lands.


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|You can run both Netdisco 1.x and App::Netdisco web frontends at the same time, using the same database (if "safe_password_store is set to false").
|Only enable the backend daemon and discovery jobs from either Netdisco 1.x or App::Netdisco.
|You can share a single database between Netdisco 1.x and App::Netdisco. The deploy script for App::Netdisco will make some schema changes to the database, but they are backwards compatible.
The algorithm for selecting the canonical IP/name of a device has changed in this release. No longer is the OSPF Router ID taken into account. The default IP/name of a device will be either the IP specified for manual discovery, or the IP reported to a neighbor port during automatic discovery. For the latter you can often influence this through device configuration (LLDP advertise...).
The identification of IP Phone hansets and Wireless APs is now configurable, using the CDP/LLDP information from the device. See documentation for:
phone_capabilities phone_platforms wap_capabilities wap_platforms
When displaying device ports, Netdisco will now avoid showing VLAN Membership if it looks like there are a large number of VLANs on many ports. This is an average of the VLANs per port, configurable in <devport_vlan_limit>. The default is 150.
The netdisco-do commands delete option now uses the -p parameter to set node archive mode (previously it was a hack on -e). For example:
~netdisco/bin/netdisco-do delete -d 192.0.2.1 -e older than the sun -p yes
This release will once again remove from the database spurious Node (workstation, printer, etc) entries on vlan 0, which were causing dupliate entries in the web interface. We advise that you back up the database prior to upgrade:
/usr/bin/pg_dump -F c --create -f netdisco-pgsql.dump netdisco
The database schema can be fully redeployed (even over an existing installation, in a safe way) using the following command:
~netdisco/bin/netdisco-db-deploy --redeploy-all
Netdisco web and backend daemons will now rotate their log files ("~netdisco/logs/netdisco-{web,daemon}.log"). This happens when they reach about 10MB in size and seven historical log files will be maintained in the same directory. The first time this happens you may notice the daemons restarting due to having to deal with the large initial logfile.
Two missing features from Netdisco 1 have been implemented: CLI device delete and renumber (canonical IP change). They are available using the netdisco-do utility.
The Device Port Log comment feature from 2.030000 has been disabled as it is incomplete, pending a review of how to handle authorization to the feature.
The node archiving behaviour of Netdisco 2 has until now been accidentally different to that in Netdisco 1. This has now been fixed. See the new "node_freshness" configuration setting if you wish to revert or tune this behaviour.
When upgrading you will encounter a current incompatibility between Netdisco and one of its components. To work around this, issue the following command:
~/bin/localenv cpanm --notest --force email@example.com DBIx::firstname.lastname@example.com
When upgrading you will encounter a current incompatibility between Netdisco and one of its components. To work around this, issue the following command:
The backend polling daemon has been rewritten and as a result your configuration can be simplified. Some keys have also been renamed. Our advice is to remove (or comment out) the complete workers configuration which enables auto-tuning. If you do wish to control the number of worker processes, follow this pattern:
workers: tasks: AUTO * 2 # this is the default, twice the number of CPUs
This release will remove from the database spurious Node (workstation, printer, etc) entries on vlan 0, which were causing dupliate entries in the web interface. We advise that you back up the database prior to upgrade:
/usr/bin/pg_dump -F c --create -f netdisco-pgsql.dump netdisco
The configuration item reports is now a list (used to be a dictionary). Each item in the list must have a tag entry which was previously the dictionary key. For example, now use:
reports: - tag: power_inventory category: Device label: Power Supply Inventory columns: - {name: Name} - {ps1_type: PS1 Type} - {ps1_status: PS1 Status} query: | SELECT d.name, d.ps1_type, d.ps1_status FROM device d WHERE d.ps1_type IS NOT NULL ORDER BY name
Old configuration will be continue to work, but we recommend you reconfigure anyway.
The daemons can be started from init scripts, as root. They will drop back from the root user to netdisco before opening logs. However a limitation is that the web frontend might temporarily keep root status to bind to a specific port (e.g. 80) - the logs will then be created as root user. Sorry about that.
You might also find when upgrading that previous logs were owned by root and Netdisco now wants to write to them as non-root (netdisco) user. Please either remove the logs before restarting, or alter their ownership.
Logs can be found in the logs subdirectory of Netdiscos home area.
The configuration item housekeeping has been renamed to schedule. Old configuration will continue to work, but we recommend you now rename this key in your configuration anyway.
The Web and Backend daemons (netdisco-web and netdisco-daemon respectively) will now watch your deployment.yml configuration file, and restart themselves whenever it is changed.
The Web and Backend daemons will also now drop privilege to the same user and group as their files on disk. This allows use of run control (init) scripts whilst maintaining non-root privilege status (see Deployment documentation for details).
The housekeeping task expiry has been renamed to expire. Old configuration will continue to work, but we recommend you rename this part of your housekeeping configuration anyway.
This release will automatically migrate user passwords to have stronger hashing in the database (a good thing!). This is incompatible with Netdisco 1.x web frontend, so if you must maintain backward-compatibility, set the following in your deployment.yml file:
safe_password_store: false
The number of parallel DNS queries running during node discovery has been reduced to 10 for maximum safety, but resulting in lower macsuck performance. If you have a robust DNS infrastructure, you can probably put it back up to something like 50 or 100:
dns: max_outstanding: 100
SNMP community strings provided in the community_rw configuration setting will no longer be used for read actions on a device (despite having "rw" in the setting name).
If you have the same community string for read and write access, then you must set both community and community_rw in your deployment.yml file. In any case, we recommend using the new snmp_auth configuration format which supercedes both these settings.
This release includes support for Device and Node expiry from your database. This is an important part of housekeeping for your installation, and our recommendation is to enable this feature such that suitably old Devices and Nodes are expired nightly.
Add the following to your "housekeeping" configuration in deployment.yml, to have a nightly check at 11:20pm:
housekeeping: expire: when: 20 23 * * *
You should also configure one or more of expire_devices, expire_nodes, and expire_nodes_archive to a number of days. See the Configuration documentation for further details.
If you use an Apache reverse proxy, we recomment increasing the timeout from our previous example of 5 seconds to, perhaps 60. This is because some reports do take more time to run their queries on the database. See Deployment documentation for details.
If you were using the X::Observium plugin, youll now need to install the separate distribution App::NetdiscoX::Web::Plugin::Observium.
This release fixes a number of issues with the poller, and is a recommended upgrade.
During Arpnip, Node IPs are resolved to DNS names in parallel. See the dns configuration option for details. Note that the nodenames configuration items from release 2.018000 are no longer available.
This release includes new support for SNMPv3 via the snmp_auth configuration option. Please provide feedback to the developers on your experience.
The previous mentioned bug in Macsuck is now fixed.
There is a bug in Macsuck whereby in rare circumstances some invalid SQL is generated. The root cause is known but we want to take more time to get the fix right. It should only be a few more days.
The no_port_control configuration setting is now called check_userlog and its logic is inverted. Dont worry if this is not familiar to you - the option is only used by Netdisco Developers.
The dangerous action log messages are now saved to the database. In a future version there will be a way to display them in the web interface.
Some of the dangerous action confirmation dialogs offer to take a log message (e.g. Port Control, Device Delete). Currently the log messages are <B>not savedB>. This feature will be added in the next release.
The backend poller daemon is now considered stable. You can uncomment the housekeeping section of the example configuration and thereby enable regular device (re-)discovery, arpnip and macsuck.
You can now configure LDAP authentication for users.
The read-write SNMP community is now stored in the database, when used for the first time on a device. If you dont want the web frontend to be able to access this, you need to:
o Have separate deployment.yml files for web frontend and daemon, such that only the daemon config contains any community strings. o Use separate PostgreSQL users for web frontend and daemon, such that the web frontend user cannot SELECT from the community DB table.
Users can be managed through the web interface (by admins only).
You can now simplify database configuration to just the following, instead of the more verbose plugins/DBIC setting which was there before:
database: name: netdisco host: localhost user: someuser pass: somepass
Also, the REMOTE_USER environment variable and X-REMOTE_USER HTTP Header are now supported for delegating authentication to another web server. See the Deployment and Configuration documentation for further details.
This release contains the first version of our new poller, which handles device and node discovery. Please make sure to backup any existing Netdisco database before trying it out.
You can remove any settings from ~/environments/deployment.yml which you didnt edit or add to the file yourself. All defaults are now properly embedded within the application. See the new deployment.yml sample which ships with this distribution for an example.
The default environment configuration file develpment.yml has been renamed to deployment.yml. This better reflects that users are not developers, and also fits with the default for PSGI compatible cloud deployment services.
Please <B>rename or copyB> your environment file:
mv ~/environments/development.yml ~/environments/deployment.yml
The installation is now relocateable outside of a users home directory by setting the NETDISCO_HOME environment variable. This defaults to your own home directory.
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This compares with the national average that has fallen 4.8 cents per gallon
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What followed was an inability to put down my hook knife. There was just something about being able to carve hardwood like it was butter, scraping out the inside of the bowl and being left with these long, curled up shavings of walnut, that put my mind at ease. The spiraled shavings looked like chocolate and filled up my work tables and my living room coffee table like I was baking an elaborate cake. I wouldn't even sweep them up, because the more that were there, piling up, the more accomplished I felt. I started calling them Therapy Spoons. Need some head-shrinking? Start carving a spoon instead. Seriously. Do it.
So, to appease, I'm giving you a spoon. This spoon, to be exact.
This contest is now closed! I will announce a winner later today! Thanks peeps!
TO WIN: I will draw a random number {out of a pretty wooden bowl of course!} and the corresponding comment number will be the winner! I will announce the winner on my blog and on instagram next Monday.
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Help Me Rhonda
I'm not one to name my cars, but my husband always did, and so it is that we've named a couple cars in the course of our 7 year marriage. Our first family car was Magda, named after the East German woman we bought her from. It fit. So when we bought our Honda Odyssey this past fall, one day PSP just started calling it (her) Rhonda. When I gave her a quizzical look she said, Ronda the Honda! Of course. And it has stuck. We drive a car named Rhonda... who happens to be a Honda. So what?
Anyway, this post isn't really about our car, but that's the necessary backstory.
Here's the second part of the necessary backstory.
I'm not that into kid music. I mean we do have some kid music, and the girls often ask for the Disney station on Pandora quite a bit too. But I tend to think good music is good music and that the right kind of adult music can be just as appealing to kids as well. In general, I see no reason to offer children watered down, stupid songs that make me want to stick knives in my ears. So I try to play them songs I like, that I think they'll like as well. Sometimes this means slow and melodic, other times this means peppy and upbeat with a great hook. Sometimes I know they'll love a certain song, but other times I'm surprised by the songs they end up loving. But there was one song I was 1000% confident they'd love.
Hey, PSP...do you want to hear a song about a girl named Rhonda?
Of course I was speaking of Help Me Rhonda by the Beach Boys. The Beach Boys is great parent/kid music by the way. And I was right, they love it. But here's the thing, Lamp LOVES it. Like LA-HUVS it. She asks for it all the time. I want Hewp Me Rhonda mom, I want Hewp me Rhonda. I am her dealer and Hewp my Rhonda is her drug of choice. After 3 hits I have to cut homegirl off. The most adorable part of it all is her singing along.
Hewp me Rhonda, hewp, hewp me Rhonda. And her favorite part...
Hewp me Rhonda, yeah! Get her out of my heart!
Although that last sentence is just a jumbly mess o' cute Lampy words.
While that song has usually been reserved for car rides I realized just how special that song is to her when it has now become requested at bedtime. I need Help me Rhonda for a minute, she says as I hold her before laying her down in bed. So I sing it for a minute. She likes to ask for a lot of things for a minute.
Kind of a long back story there....but there it is.
Anyway, today ended up being a pretty big day for Lamp. It all happened so fast I still can't believe it. Today she had her g-tube removed. She's been weaned off her night-time feedings for a couple months now and so I knew it was coming. She had a GI check up today and the Doc and I talked it over and decided it was time to come out. (For those of you just joing us Lamp had a g-tube placed at 6 months old to help facilitate feeding a baby with an unusually small stomach. Read posts here and here.)
The other thing to know is just how sensitive her g-tube can be sometimes. Sometimes something catches on it--like her shirt or diaper--and even the slightest tug can send her screaming. So the process of taking it out, while not that complicated--a nurse walked in the room, deflated the inner balloon that holds in in place and pulled the tube out--caused her a significant amount of pain. It's been a long time since that girl has been medically traumatized, but it happened today and it's like all of it just came flooding to the surface.
She has a giant bandage on her tummy with some gauze, to assist in healing while the hole closes up. I know, it's kinda nutty, but that's how g-tube removals go...just wait for the hole in your stomach to close up. After a couple hours of being in bed tonight, she woke up screaming and writhing in discomfort from the tummy fluid collected around the site. They warned me it could really irritate the skin. She was screaming, screaming, screaming as we delicately pulled off the sticky bandages (it still hurt) and cleaned the site, changed the dressings and bandage her back up.
She lay in the crib, still shaken and doing that precious yet heartbreaking semi-hyperventilating breathing. Tired and worn out, she didn't want me to leave just yet. So I cuddled my face next to hers and softly sang the most comforting song she knows. When I got to the chorus she spit her binkie out to sing along with me.
Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda...
Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda...
Help me Rhonda, yeah! Get her out of my heart!
I hate that she's ever had to be in that much pain and I hate the helpless feeling that accompanies it.
But I will treasure that memory, and probably that song, until the day I die.
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Poor little thing, What a great story!!ReplyDelete
So much good here I had to comment - and really, you had me at Beach Boys. My mom raised us all on the Beach Boys. And old school Motown-type stuff. She used to sing "Jimmy Mack" to me all the time, being that I was her Jimmy and all.ReplyDelete
When my nephew had his g-tube removed for good (he has goldenhare syndrome), his parents had a bbq and in celebration, let him throw it in the bonfire as a nice "good riddance"/milestone moment.
The song I sing for my son (who was two months preemie) is one that stuck with me from the time he was in the NICU. "I and Love and You" by the Avett Brothers. I posted about it here: http://www.thebookofjimmy.com/bumpin/
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Great story, love Lamp even more, can she get any cuter.ReplyDelete
I have to confess, the bit that I liked the most was about the music. I'm not American, I don't live in American but I read loads of American blogs and they nearly ALL come across as super happy perfect families. Ok, so that's not a bad thing but I sometimes have to stop reading for a bit because I wonder what the hang is wrong with me and why am I not super Mum. Anyhow, I'm going somewhere with this, I loved how you wrote about kid songs making you want to 'stick knives in your ears'.
You are freakin brilliant. Amazing. Go you.
From a reader far-away-from-America
Thanks all!ReplyDelete
Allison-Yes. Absolutely advanced. Which is why I practically threw down some ninja moves on her OT who once said she was slightly delayed in speech. When I told her other therapists what she said they laughed really hard.
Deb--I should have written about the mini g-tube funeral we had in the dr's office. It was a simple ceremony, but nice.
Jimmy--Yes! I love me some Motown...and my dad's name is Jimmy and his last name sorta rhymes with Mack...so it's a fav of mine as well.
Anon--So glad that was helpful to hear. I should tell you about trying to get my kids to listen to Jay-Z (edited) or Led Zeppelin...alas, they're still a little too young.
This totally made me cry...I can just imagine her spitting our that little binky to sing the chorus.ReplyDelete
It is a funny thing having, "blog friends"...I guess I think of the little Lampstress as a baby still. I kept thinking to myself, "She speaks in whole sentences?!" I recently had a blog friend that I have never met in real life tell me she can't believe my youngest is old enough to speak in sentences...I guess I know what she means :)
So sweet. Got to love the tender mercies that get us through those rough nights. It's crazy that they don't stitch up a home like that. When a trach comes out they basically put a band aid on it till it heals as well, but with stomach acid I would have thought differently. Wow. She is so tough.ReplyDelete
Ohhhh I love it! What a precious and tender story. She melts my heart. There is truly nothing more heart breaking then having a child in pain and feeling helpless. But thank goodness that song calmed her a bit. I love it. She's just a sweet tender sole! -JoieReplyDelete


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1959, 4-H, Ag, Baraboo, Education, Gruetzmacher, Ivan, Sauk County, Suring High School
My experience at River Falls was super! I graduated with no debt and served in the US Army upon graduation. Then went back to pursue my masters degree at UW-Madison. River Falls started a 30 year career in Ag Education at Suring High School, University Extension in Sauk County, 4-H in Baraboo, WI, and Fox Valley Technical College in Appleton. I attended my agriculture classes/field days with my father and uncle.
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The Wedrock Benefit was truly astounding. Beyond what I would call a simple fundraiser, it was a revelation and a revolution in one fell swoop. This was by far the best show I have ever had the honor to participate in.
All the artists in the house, who believe in truth, freedom, equality and love, collectively paint an amazing picture of who we are as a community. There was: the coolest of the cool Moby with velvet voiced Laura Dawn; genius beauty Sandra Bernhard; fucking oh-my-god it's Lou Reed; the inimitable and mighty Bob Mould ("If I can't change your mind then no one will," which of course, I cried throughout); ironic and cheerfully brilliant genre inventors Le Tigre; the truly great Sleater-Kinney; alarmingly smart Penny Arcade; always funny Lady Bunny; darling and dashing Alan Cumming; a poignant and devastating message from Yoko Ono read aloud by John Cameron Mitchell; and then of course, up top, a perhaps slightly longish and self important monologue from yours truly (I rocked my cock off). This isn't the entire list of performers, but a good overview of the diverse unity of the show which is such a testament to John Cameron Mitchell who brought all these break the mold outfits together.
Getting to sing with John for the finale was the dream that lay within the satiny, slippery folds of dreams. To stand next to the creator, as his creation (I joked about being his monster) was absurdly mindblowing for both of us.
It was a moment of absolute bliss. I am a comedian for a reason, and I neither wish to pretend to be a singer nor ridiculously consider myself in any way an audibly acceptable one, but for that brief heaven, to sing with my heart shoved up into my throat, I was lipsyncing pure love that was coming through my body from someone else, somewhere else, someplace better.
After we sang "Origin of Love," we held each other hard and long – putting ourselves back together, which was befitting that song which wistfully portrays love. I don't know if the audience was as moved as I was. I will never be the same. I feel like there is more of me, much needed in these times. The wars we fight daily hollow us out like canoes. If you were there, I wonder if you could have seen that there was a kind of serene magic, the spells that cast hope upon the world. Perhaps that would be proof it was not merely a selfish mirage on my part. I don't think it was.
I love John Cameron Mitchell. I am lucky to be a friend, as well as a massive fan. After some years of friendship, when I am with him, I still feel like screaming out of sheer devotion. His work is profound and resonates with a loudly captivating savage grace.
Years ago, when he brought forth Hedwig, everyone woke up. A new kind of hero was born, leaving Joseph Campbell with 1001 faces, and no way to posthumously update his classic. The immediacy of the iconic status of John's East German erstwhile/meanwhile/almost/burnt toast /between God and us/coitus interruptus transsexual was unexpected. It spoke to the need for oddity as normalcy, the void in the honesty and imagination of theatre, and the genius of the author. Here was Everymanwoman for our generation, disappointed and darkly drawn, but with an impossibly pure heart, a voice of angelic virtue and a cynical lust. A glam-bam thank you ma'am who rocked hard, as well as soft. A character we all wish to be, we all fear to be, we all are, and are not.
Hedwig's unexpected arrival and triumphant success brought with it an upswing in artistic activism that wasn't preaching to the choir, but teaching the choir entirely new ways to sing. This was a movement that trannies/ nannies/ freaks/ geeks/ breeders/ leaders/ sisters/ hipsters/ hags/ fags/ dykes/ look- likes/ wannabes/ realities – could hang onto, because it had the bitter and scary fun flavor of a mean spirited children's fable, like the ever austere Shockheaded Peter. It had an intensely intellectual and complex mysticism, an amazing and beautiful score by Stephen Trask, and of course a brilliant book and lyrics by John that spun tales of walls smashed and crumbling, new ones built to take their place, yet this time, the walls were within.
There were themes of isolation and idolatry, singular duality, heartache and heartbreak, regret and redemption, war and love, jealousy and misfortune which spoke to the human condition in a unique way – transporting you far away and deep inside. It soothed and challenged audiences more deeply than anything related to gender and sexuality ever had. It covered more than the politics of the body, but the politics of the soul, and the law and subsequent court systems of nature that have no judges, only witnesses, criminals, victims and innocent bystanders.
As evidenced from the undeniable success of tonight's event, the movement has come of age. We are ready for Stonewall II. And this time, it is really really personal.
Thank you John, and to all the performers and organizers, volunteers and sponsors, audience and press involved in Wedrock. Mazeltov.


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And this was just the staff, setting a festive mood for the annual event that was about to unfold: the parade of kids.
One by one, children of all ages entered from a hallway clutching orange trick-or-treat bags and smiling at the sight that awaited them. Accompanied by parents or guardians who beamed just as broadly, they arrived with faces painted and in colorful costumes of their own, savoring a normal moment amid abnormally tough circumstances.
Some were pushed in wheelchairs, some pulled in red wagons. Others walked tentatively by themselves. They slowly made their way around the ring of beaming hospital employees: nurses, doctors, members of All Children's many departments, and even vice presidents.
And their bags quickly filled up with candy - along with a spirit of hope and healing.
A couple from Tampa, Thomas and Angela, moved around the lobby with three-month-old daughter Kloe, in the hospital for observation. "This is awesome, super cool," said Thomas. "I didn't expect this at all."
A Spring Hill mom named Cassandra moved brought her 2-year-old son Damian, a heart surgery patient dressed as Spiderman. "I think this is just wonderful," she said. "Damian got really excited for this. He's just really happy to have face painting and trick-or-tricking. It doesn't really feel like a hospital."
The story was the same for each of the handful of small groups that came through - parents marveling at the outpouring of attention and love around them, and kids enjoying the parade route that takes them each year through various hospital floors before the big finish in the lobby.
"It's so nice, because the kids can't go out for trick-or-treating, so they can have it here," said Celeste, a Pinellas Park mother. Her daughter, 4-year-old Ayonna, was collecting candy for her brother, 9-year-old Ronde, who had to stay up in his room as he recovers from seizures. "It's just such a nice thing to do for the children," Celeste added.
The fun began well before the trick or treating - first with a parade of colorfully costumed dogs, part of the hospital's pet therapy program.
But the real hub of activity unfolded inside the children's auditorium on the hospital's second floor. The Costume Shop was hopping. Between 10 a.m. and noon, parents brought their kids into the spacious room to select from a wide array of Halloween outfits in all sizes: ninjas, ballerinas, firefighters, vampires and any get-up a kid might desire.
Racks upon racks were filled with the outfits, and tabletops were packed with manner of accessories for the festivities to come. Many of the costumes, especially those for teens, were donated by the Children's Dream Fund through a grant from Wells Fargo.
"All Children's came to us and said, 'Could you help us with costumes?' and we were so happy to be able to go out and purchase them," said Joanne Lanning, a dream coordinator for the organization. "The older kids don't get as many costumes donated so that's why we focused on the teenagers."
One such child, 13-year-old Nathan of Wesley Chapel, had just undergone surgery the night before to put in a reservoir in place for treatment of a brain tumor - his sixth surgery at the hospital since Aug. 28. He eagerly selected along black "mullet" wig, topped it off with a police hat and donned a bushy mustache.
"We know All Children's goes above and beyond to make it easier on the kids, but when they said he was going to be here for Halloween, of course he felt a little defeated at first," remarked his mother, Jo Ellen. "But then they said, 'No, we have good things and costumes and face-painters and trick-or-tricking on the floors.' That made him a little happier and gave him something to look forward to."
Nathan agrees that his spirits rose when he heard about the event from one of his nurses. "I was like, 'Well, at least there will be something - I can walk around and get candy and stuff like that,' " he said. "But I didn't know they'd have all these costumes. This is great."
The auditorium was already decked out for the holiday, with a plastic black spider web dangling from the ceiling and the walls dotted with cutouts of jack-o-lanterns, ghosts and smiling bats. In the background, a boom box played the Village People classic YMCA while parents and their children perused all the holiday wear.
"What kids do for Halloween is go trick-or-tricking, and our job is to try and let kids do what's normal in childhood," explained Child Life director Kristin Maier. "So we try to create that environment. We've had a lot of families who never they'd be able to do Halloween for their kids, assuming they were going to miss that milestone. And then they realize we're offering this and they tear up, saying, 'I never thought this was going to be possible.'
"But in addition to that, it really brings our staff together - the hospital as a whole. This is Children's Hospital and we serve children, so everyone really gets into it."
The person who helps make it all happen is child life specialist Dara Jackson, chairperson of the Halloween committee for the past three years. The work actually begins in August, when the committee of five or six members forms and begins making plans for the big event.
"A lot of different pieces go into play," she says. "We have to order supplies and the goodies we give kids things for trick or treating. The different departments can do that, or we can provide it for them. We try to have some no candy items and candy items."
Non-candy items, such as arts and crafts, miscellaneous supplies and toys, have to ordered through one budget seven or eight weeks ahead of time. Another budget is devoted to purchasing the candy and assorted goodies. Jackson's committee also makes sure that the kids have a variety of costumes to choose from ¬- putting out word on the hospital's intranet Web site, BeACH, that employees can donate Halloween attire.
The committee makes certain that children who can't take part in the festivities don't get left out. Bags of treats are specially prepared and delivered to those kids in their hospital rooms. "And for the second year in a row, senior leadership dresses up and helps delivers the bags," Jackson says. "Senior leadership loves it, so we're making it a tradition."
For those kids who aren't able to eat, bags of small toys and stuffed animals are delivered in bags. Diabetic patients receive customized bags of sugar-free candy. In the end, nobody gets left out. And with peanut allergies always a concern, great care is taken to ensure that all candy is free from nuts. If individual departments prepare bags of candy to give out, each one needs to be carefully inspected by members of Child Life to make sure no peanut-based products are included.
"It's amazing how much support we get from the hospital on this," Jackson said. "They let us spent a lot of money and guy a lot of things. It's very family-centered care. People here are always like, 'Whatever you need, let us know." Everybody is great."
It's a sentiment that would get no argument Wednesday from a happy group of hospital trick-or-treaters.


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Well here's my first attempt at a WIKI for all you readers here - hope you like it (sources quoted where remembered. PM me if you are a source and I neglected to mention you thanks!).
What is Windows Phone 7 (WP7)?
WP7 is the latest Microsoft Mobile Operating System for Smartphones. It follows on from WinMobile 6.5 – however it is a complete re-boot for the OS, redesigned largely from scratch with a modern "Metro" UI initially based around the ZuneHD interface. It features a high-end hardware platform with a "Live Tile" based UI, Apps/Games Marketplace, integrated Multimedia, Office Suite and Social Networking "Hubs".
When was WP7 released – and where?
WP7 was released in late OCT 2010 for some regions around the world (including Australia) and in early November 2010 for the US market. It has been released in many regions around the world such as; US, Canada, Great Britain, Europe (selected countries), Asia and Australia.
What are the minimum hardware specs for a WP7 device?
Each Windows Phone will contain the following hardware elements:
* A large WVGA (800 x 480) format display capable of rendering most web content in full-page width and displaying movies in a cinematic aspect ratio.
* Capacitive 4-point multi-touch screens for quick, simple control of the phone and its features.
* DirectX 9 hardware acceleration for crisp graphics and exciting audio and video.
* A standard suite of sensors - A-GPS, accelerometer, compass, light, proximity - for interacting with the phone's location, orientation, and environment.
* A digital camera.
* A common set of hardware controls and buttons that include the Start, Search, and Back buttons.
* Support for data connectivity using cellular networks and Wi-Fi.
* 256 MB (or more) of RAM and 8 GB (or more) of flash storage.(source) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...8VS.92%29.aspx
What about memory expansion with WP7?
WP7 uses a JBOD memory structure. As such, the built-in storage is formatted and written to in a way which prohibits the addition of expandable microSD storage without a full format and hard reset. At release, only one device (the Samsung Focus – not released in AUST.) supported a slot for additional memory expansion. Whilst Samsung included this, it was apparently against the wishes of MS. Consequently, it became apparent that many SD cards caused fatal (req. format/hard reset) results with the OS. Despite using high-rated (Class 6 even) cards – the WP7 OS requires consistent, accurate and fast read access times to the SD storage. SD cards rate their class primarily on write speeds – not read access, so chances are high that most cards will cause issues if expanding the storage is attempted.
Presently, MS are advised to be working on a certification process (and testing vendor's cards) for a "works with WP7" status.
What OEM Phone Companies have models for WP7 globally?
• In North America:
o AT&T
* HTC Surround, United States
* Samsung Focus, United States
* LG Quantum, United Stateso T-Mobile USA
* HTC HD7, United States
*Dell Venue Pro, United Stateso TELUS
* HTC 7 Surround, Canada
* LG Optimus 7, Canadao América Móvil
* LG Optimus 7, Mexico• In Europe:
o O2
* HTC HD7, United Kingdom, Germanyo Orange
* HTC 7 Mozart, including France, United Kingdom
* Samsung OMNIA 7, including France, United Kingdomo SFR
* HTC 7 Trophy, France
* Samsung OMNIA 7, Franceo Movistar
* LG Optimus 7, Spain
* HTC HD7, Spain
*Samsung OMNIA 7, Spaino Deutsche Telekom AG
* HTC 7 Mozart, Germany
* Samsung OMNIA 7, Germanyo Vodafone
* HTC 7 Trophy, including Germany, Spain, United Kingdom
* LG Optimus 7, including Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom• In Asia Pacific:
• SingTel / Optus
* HTC HD 7, Singapore
* LG Optimus 7, Singapore
* Samsung Omnia 7, Australia
* LG Optimus 7, Australia• Telstra
* HTC 7 Mozart, Australia
* LG Optimus 7Q, Australia• Vodafone
* HTC 7 Trophy, including Australia(Source: http://www.intomobile.com/2010/10/11...iers-worldwide )
What are the main features/benefits of WP7?
WP7 is positioned by MS as being modern, easy to use yet powerful. The MS website states;
• Glance & Go with
* Start Screen & Live Tiles• Bring Everything Together
* People Hub featuring Facebook
* Pictures Hub with Camera
* Office Hub
* Games Hub featuring Xbox Live
* Marketplace Hub• Make Life Easier with
* Search & Maps featuring Bing
* Email featuring Outlook Mobile
* Calendar
* Internet Explorer Mobile
* Find My Phone & Windows LiveWhat features/attributes are currently missing in WP7?
As of launch date, WP7 OS shipped with a number of user-desired features missing or unavailable to developers for apps. These are most commonly listed (not all) as;
• Copy & Paste, True Multitasking (MS has limited multitasking available to some of its own OS functions only), Custom Ring Tones, Tethering, Limited Developer access to some of the hardware API's, wireless access to hidden SSID's, Phone Backup & Restore and many others (see link below to MS Social web thread).
This link features a global table of features by OS region release – showing also the availability of certain functionality by region (Australia unfortunately suffers by comparison to the US)
What's the story re: Upgrades and/or Patches for WP7?
By any standards, MS pushed hard to have WP7 out prior to Xmas 2010. Some suggest their Marketing of WP7 was slow to start, rushed and launch proved difficult with many regional rollouts affected by limited stock in the supply chain and poorly trained Carrier sales staff regarding the new OS. One constant however, has been the commitment MS have advocated publicly over support for this OS via ongoing functional updates. As at time of writing, there are 2 main updates expected in 2011.
• Code named "Nodo" (reference to Android update "Donuts"). This update is expected in FEB 2011 – and MS has confirmed per the link below; Cut N Paste functionality, Performance updates for Apps and Games due to memory management optimisation (for GFX intense games and apps) and improvements to the Marketplace search and performance. There is also CDMA support expected sometime around or shortly after this update.
• Code named "Mango" this is expected to be a major OS update – almost taking it from a V7 to V8. More likely, this will be WP7 v7.5 – however this is not expected until the 2nd half 2011. Inclusions in this update are suggested to be HTML5 support and Silverlight within browser, IE9 updates, and a rumoured new rendering engine called Trident 5. Additional OS support for Gen 2 hardware can likely be expected.http://www.microsoft.com/windowsphon...date-info.aspx
How many other updates in between I guess will depend on what fits into each of these "announced" updates. Updates are deployed to carriers prior to public release, for testing of the carrier Apps/Hubs – however will be distributed via the Zune Client Software.
A recent Windows Phone Radio podcast by PM Matt Akers revealed;
"Matt Akers: I don't know. I don't know that it is right now. Now, one thing I do know is, a couple of things, first thing is anytime you connect to the Zune software we will automatically back up a physical copy of the photos and videos you've take on your phone, so that's going to happen automatically for you unless you go turn that off, which you can if you wish ….
Second part is that, anytime we prepare to do an update, which as you know you'll see soon, we will make a backup of your phone, the entire phone everything on it, your settings, all of that, such that, one, if something were to go wrong, we can roll you back into the perfect state that you were in before, and, two, that after the update, your phone is working in the same exact condition that it was before you had the update …
We've made that a really awesome experience, and not only is a really easy experience to update your phone, which is a one-click, yes, go do this, but we provide that backup capability. And once we do have that backup, the software will actually allow you to go back to a restore point later if you want to. So you can restore back, so if something happens with your phone, you install, you know, some bad app happens, I don't know, whatever, you know, the phone basically gets corrupted, you would have the ability to go back and restore the phone to the point when the last time you backed it up. So that's kinda nice. We do have a pretty good backup and restore story as far as that goes, but other than that most of your stuff will be uploaded to the cloud."
Source: (me – then Wmpoweruser then Windows Phone Secrets!)
What is the Zune PC Client Software and why do I need it for WP7?
The Zune PC Software/Client is the primary Sync tool, Media Library management and backup/restore mechanism for the WP7 OS (or Zune PMP) and your PC. With it, you can manage your Video, Music, Podcast and Picture libraries – organising PC playback or syncing to your device for mobile playback.
WP7 (and ZuneHD's) do not function as a Mass Storage Device and the only official way to sync content to them is to use the Zune PC Software. WP7 also allows for Cloud Storage and uploading of certain content from the phone to Windows Live services (like Skydrive). OneNote items, Videos recorded and Pictures taken can all be uploaded automatically to the cloud. Similarly, the Phone draws on Windows Live services to populate areas such as Contacts. However I am not aware of a true syncing service via the cloud for WP7 by default in the OS at this stage.
From Zune:
"The Zune software is the digital media hub on your PC where you play and manage your music and video collection, shop and download from the online Zune Marketplace, sync your collection to your Zune devices, and interact with others at the Zune Social. You'll need to install and use the Zune software to do all of these things."
What is the Zune Pass?
Zune Pass is a Music Subscription service offered by MS for it's WP7 handsets, Zune PMP's and Xbox consoles. As opposed to the Apple/iTunes model, Zune Pass (in the US) for ~$15 per month offers unlimited downloads to all music content on the MS Marketplace (think iTunes store/library). In addition to unlimited downloads, 10 songs per month can be kept outright via a credit system for no extra cost – with all other downloaded songs only playable whilst you have an active Zune Pass subscription.
Different regions of the world have differing levels of access to Marketplace content with MS (via Zune Pass or MS Points) due to copyright and contractual matters (see link above in "missing from WP7"). MS are working to bring Zune Pass access to other regions – however at the time of writing, Australia does not have access to Zune Pass Music Subscription (or any Marketplace music purchases) via the
Zune Software.
What is the WP7 Marketplace and how do I get apps/games?
The WP7 marketplace can be accessed via the Zune PC Software or from the WP7 handset itself. Apps and Games (Australia) can be purchased here via Credit Card Billing or Carrier Billing. In other regions, additional content can be downloaded such as Music & TV shows. In Australia other than Apps or Games, only Movies can be purchased or rented in the Marketplace (via MS points).
The marketplace is searchable – and 3rd party apps and websites are available that provide additional search/review capability for Apps or Games. One of the unique features of the WP7 Marketplace is that MS has provided with its DRM for developers to produce Trial Apps, so users can try before they buy. Advice from MS suggests that Free Apps <naturally> usually receive a lot more traffic than paid ones.
As of the start of FEB 2011 – there are approximately 7,500 Apps and Games on the WP7 Marketplace. Of these, in the vivinity of a 1/3 are believed to be Free (or ad supported / limited versions), and per the latest WP7 Radio Podcast – the total purchase value of the apps/games in the store is approaching $17K if you were to buy them all – which would be over $20K in Aus due to the surcharge we pay vs. US Market (yes – even with a parity dollar)
What official podcasts are there for Zune/WP7 ?
hit up: http://zuneinsider.com/default.aspx This is a podcast by Matt Akers (MS PM @skipdeez) and Jessica Zahn (PM Zune @jetherealz). All things Zune – good fun and informative podcast – with US focus naturally. Weekly release typically.
also with Matt and Brian Seitz (@brianseitz): http://wpradio.podcast.windowsphone7.com/rss This podcast focuses on WP7 – with weekly guests, apps, news etc. Get all the latest news here as well.
What are the main MS contacts for WP7?
Following is a list of ways you can contact MS for Zune/WP7:
Twitter; @Zune , @Zunesupport , @wp7dev , @WinPhoneSupport , @WPDesignTeam , @windowsphone , @WindowsPhoneAU
Email; firstname.lastname@example.com ,
Where do I go for help/support on WP7?
I'm interested in developing for WP7 – what should I do?
Go here: http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/b/wpdev/
How much does it cost and what do I get for a Developer license for WP7?
What Recommended Website Links for WP7 are worth checking?
List of abi users that are also Developers on for WP7 we can support:
(Add your reply to this wiki and I will add you up here)
What other Official or unofficial WP7 sites are there?
Windows Phone: http://windowsphone.com
Windows Phone Blog: http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/
Microsoft Developer Network: http://msdn.microsoft.com/
Microsoft News Center: http://microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/
Zune: http://zune.net/
Xbox: http://www.xbox.com/
Discover: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsphon...s/default.aspx
Buy: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsphon.../7/phones.aspx
Apps: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsphon...s/default.aspx
Facebook: http://facebook.com/windowsphone
Twitter: http://twitter.com/windowsphone
YouTube: http://youtube.com/windowsphone
Business Site: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsphon...s/default.aspx
Enterprise: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsphon...nterprise.aspx
Small Business: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsphon...-business.aspx
Customer Perspective: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsphon...customers.aspx
Windows Phone Getting Started: http://newwp.it/9kytMa
Windows Phone Support: http://twitter.com/WinPhoneSupport
Windows Phone Answers: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/phone/default.aspx
Windows Phone Help & How-To: http://newwp.it/helpandhowto
Windows Phone News Center: http://microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/windowsphone/
Windows Phone Press Materials: http://microsoft.com/presspass/press...materials.aspx
Windows Phone Industry Partners: http://microsoft.com/presspass/press.../partners.aspx
Windows Phone Devices: http://microsoft.com/presspass/press...ne/glance.aspx
Windows Phone Top Stories: http://microsoft.com/presspass/press...p7stories.aspx
Windows Phone Image Gallery: http://microsoft.com/presspass/press...geGallery.aspx
Windows Phone Video Gallery: http://microsoft.com/presspass/press...eoGallery.aspx
Engadget: http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/20/w...hone-7-review/
Gizmodo: http://gizmodo.com/5668738/windows-phone-7-review
TechCrunch: http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2010/10/...ndows-phone-7/
Windows Phone Developer Blog: http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/b/wpdev/
Windows Phone Developer App Hub: http://create.msdn.com/en-US/
Silverlight for Windows Phone: http://silverlight.net/getstarted/de...windows-phone/
Windows Phone 7 Training Course: http://msdn.com/en-us/wp7trainingcourse.aspx
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DIY Thanksgiving Decor: Pressed Flower Luminarias
I love the new craft book Weekend Handmade by Kelly Wilkinson because it is full of simple, fun projects. Case in point: these lovely pressed flower luminarias. Made from waxed paper and materials gathered from the garden, they make the perfect last minute DIY decoration for the Thanksgiving table.
* Flowers and greenery
* Heavy book
* Paper towels
* Waxed paper
* Ruler
* Craft knife (like an X-Acto)
* Cutting board or self-healing cutting mat
* Iron
* Ironing board or cloth for pressing
* Washi tape
* Press Flowers and Greenery
Press Floral Material
Collect leaves, flowers and foliage, keeping in mind that delicate, thinner plant material dries faster. Foliage with interesting shapes, including ferns, maple, gingko, and oak leaves, look especially pretty.
Make Wax Paper Panels
1. For each luminaria, measure and cut four 4 ½ x 9 inch rectangles.
2. Fold the waxed paper rectangle in half to make a square. Open square, and arrange the dry flowers or leaves inside. Close the square, sandwiching the plants between the layers of waxed paper.
3. Heat an iron up to medium. Seal the plant material between the layers of waxed paper by pressing the iron over the paper lightly and quickly. Repeat until you have four finished square panels for each lantern.
Assemble the Lantern
1. Lay two panels side-by-side and right side up with the edges touching. Cut a length of tape about an inch longer than the panel. Center the tape over where the panels meet and press in place.
2. Flip panel over and press the extra tape to the wrong side. Close the panels together like a book and then run your finger along the tape to make a sharp crease. Continue joining the panels together until all four panels are taped into a cube.
3. Set candle (inside of a glass votive) or LED tealight inside the luminaria and enjoy!
This project comes from the book Weekend Handmade by Kelly Wilkinson and the photos and text were adapted from A Practical Wedding.
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Willi Galloway writes The Gardener column. She lives in Portland, Oregon and writes about her kitchen garden on her blog DigginFood. Her first book Grow Cook Eat: A Food-Lovers Guide to Vegetable Gardening will be published in February.
(Images: All images used with permission by Kelly Wilkinson)


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I know the 'bomb squad blows up suspicious package, later found out to be geocache' stories are nothing new, but there was a story that came out of Dayton, Ohio a couple of days ago that made me smile.
Geocaching scavenger hunt causes bomb scare
After determining the package was harmless, police signed notebook, left a toy and put it back where they found it.
Staff Report
Friday, August 25, 2006
MONROE A geocaching scavenger hunt caused the evacuation of residents and businesses Wednesday night as a bomb squad investigated a "suspicious package." The intersection of Main and Elm streets in Monroe was a bustle of activity while Monroe police and fire crews and the Butler County Sheriff's Office Bomb Unit responded to the Monroe Historical Society, 10 Elm St., where a resident reported at 10:45 p.m. Wednesday that suspicious-looking subjects left a package outside the building.
"Police did find a package. It was in some bushes and covered with duct tape," said Monroe dispatcher Mike McKinney. The Butler County Sheriff's Office Bomb Unit took a digital X-ray of the cylinder, which revealed a notebook and small trinkets typically left by people on geocaching scavenger hunts.
Monroe police Chief Greg Homer said what the resident saw was the "tail end" of activity of someone in the dark leaving something in the bushes. "They didn't see the person write their name in the notebook and leave a souvenir," Homer said.
After determining the package was a geocaching prize, the police also signed the notebook, left a toy badge as a souvenir and put it back in place, he said. Ann Mort of the Middletown Convention and Visitors Bureau contacted police to tell them geocaching prizes have been placed throughout the area to bring people to Butler County.
The entire block around the building at Elm and Main streets was evacuated for about two hours. //


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Seven Ways to Cut Data Center Costs
If CIOs are looking to reduce expenses in a big way, they may want to schedule a visit to their data centers—even if they may not like what they see. Indeed, these facilities consume enough energy worldwide to power 30 nuclear power plants or every single home in Italy, according to research from Green House Data. And they usually require 15 times more energy per square foot than a typical office building, according to the Alliance to Save Energy. This pattern will only increase with greater reliance on big data: The volume of digital content grew 48% just last year, according to research from IDC. To help save on consumption costs, we're happy to present the following recommendations from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star program. Among other topics, the best practices cover heating and cooling guidelines, as optimal temperatures within these data centers should go no lower than 64.4 degrees and no higher than 80.6 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers. For more information about best practices from Energy Star, click here. For more about the Green House Data research, click here.