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Brazilian aviation leaders and GE collaborate to improve air traffic at Rio de Janeiro's Santos Dumont Airport
SEATTLE & RIO DE JANEIRO — (BUSINESS WIRE) — May 7, 2012 — Brazil's first Required Navigation Performance (RNP) flight procedures are approved for operational use, following a successful validation flight by GOL on May 5. The procedures will improve access and capacity at Santos Dumont Airport, while reducing fuel burn and carbon emissions for GOL and other approved airlines that fly them.
Brazil's air navigation service provider DECEA designed the RNP procedures, with technical support and assistance from GE. Brazil's aviation regulator ANAC validated and approved the procedures, while at the same time granting RNP operations approval to GOL. The first Brazilian airline to gain RNP operations approval, GOL expects to begin flying the procedures in its fleet of Boeing 737s in the coming months.
"This is a significant milestone in the country's efforts to streamline its air traffic management system as it prepares to host the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016," said Giovanni Spitale, general manager of GE's PBN Services. "We congratulate DECEA, ANAC and GOL on this achievement - GE is proud to have played a role." GE's PBN experts supported the Brazilian stakeholders on the design, validation and deployment of the procedures and on GOL's RNP operational approval.
Santos Dumont is a challenging flight environment because operators must navigate mountainous areas and complex airspace when arriving and departing the airport. In addition, there are 100,000 residents in the airport community who are affected by aircraft noise. DECEA designed a procedure with a continuous decent arrival (CDA) in order to reduce noise, operating minima and improve capacity. The procedures also will eliminate non-precision approaches and reduce the risk associated with controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) near the airport.
"Using RNP AR, the pilot can perform a precise and constant trajectory, reducing the minimum decision height," said Adalberto Bogsan, technical vice president of GOL. "This provides better visualization of the runway, assuring a more safe and comfortable landing."
The RNP procedures will substantially improve access to the airport by lowering operating minima (ceiling) from 1500 ft. to 300 ft. This reduces the need to execute missed approaches on days of poor weather conditions. DECEA's procedures will have no interference with the current air traffic around Santos Dumont Airport and will improve air traffic flow management and capacity.
Performance-based Navigation (PBN) technology allows aircraft to fly precisely-defined flight paths without relying on ground-based radio-navigation signals. RNP procedures, an advanced form of PBN technology, can be designed to shorten the distance an aircraft has to fly en-route, and to reduce fuel burn, exhaust emissions and noise pollution in communities near airports. Because of RNP's precision and reliability, the technology can help air traffic controllers reduce flight delays and alleviate air traffic congestion.
GE develops and implements technologies that provide significant economic and environmental benefits to airlines, airports and the communities they serve. With high-resolution geospatial earth imagery, PBN design and deployment and flight management systems, GE is building the foundation of air traffic management modernization. GE Aviation provides the technologies to enhance overall flight operations, fuel efficiency, flight planning, navigation and scheduling.
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Also two questions before second bug report..
1.is multi_draw_indirect fully supported in current Nvidia HW (and Fermi) without CPU support in driver or is implemented some part in software I say that because this originated from AMD extension so seems AMD really supports in HW..
2.seems fbo_no_atachments extensions is equivalent to Dx11.1 TIR target independant rasterization if so how it's possible implementable in Nvidia first gen d3d11 HW (fermi) if I read on some sites that TIR was just one thing current D3D 11 HW doesn't supported.. what are the differences then?
Second sample is in 430-compute shader sample seems I get fixed by removing readonly and writeonly qualifiers from storage buffer and then fixing a bug by g-truc
ie changing
byCode :Out.Ouput[gl_GlobalInvocationID].Texcoord = In.Input[gl_GlobalInvocationID].Texcoord;
Code :Out.Ouput[gl_GlobalInvocationID.x].Texcoord = In.Input[gl_GlobalInvocationID.x].Texcoord;
so seems
this should work but doesn't work
Code :layout(binding = BUFFER_INPUT) readonly buffer iBuffer { vertex Input[]; } In; layout(binding = BUFFER_OUTPUT) writeonly buffer oBuffer { vertex Ouput[]; } Out;
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Compute info
Code :0(22) : error C0000: syntax error, unexpected identifier, expecting "::" at token "iBuffer" 0(27) : error C0000: syntax error, unexpected identifier, expecting "::" at token "oBuffer" and fixing it by ex: //layout(binding = BUFFER_INPUT) readonly buffer iBuffer layout(binding = BUFFER_INPUT) buffer iBuffer //works!
At least for now with this fix it works!

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Monsignor Francis Kelly, a longtime diocesan priest, has been named by Pope Benedict XVI as a canon at St. Peter�s Basilica in Rome � the first American priest to be appointed to the post in almost 50 years.
�This is something you just don�t see every day,� said Raymond L. Delisle, a spokesman for the Diocese of Worcester.
Local church officials note the appointment is especially noteworthy to Monsignor Kelly, who was ordained to the priesthood 50 years ago this year.
Since 2005, Monsignor Kelly has been superior at Casa Santa Maria at North American College in Rome. That facility is the home and house of prayer for American priests engaged in graduate studies.
The College of Canons was created in 1053 by Pope St. Leo IX and is now made up of 25 priests, many having served in the Holy See�s diplomatic service, ecclesiastical schools, or in the offices of the Vatican curia.
The canons conduct liturgical services at the basilica, serving, for example, as Mass celebrants or leading vesper services.
Bishop Robert J. McManus said the appointment is also a great honor for the diocese and the entire Catholic Church in the United States.
�Monsignor�s various contributions to the universal church are well recognized, and he will continue to serve the church well in this unique capacity by doing what a priest values most, bringing people closer to God through liturgy and prayer,� Bishop McManus said.
In addition to his new duties, Monsignor Kelly will continue to assist the 250 or so seminarians at North American College.
A native of Worcester, Monsignor Kelly attended the former St. Paul Elementary School, St. John�s High School and the College of the Holy Cross.
He studied for the priesthood at St. John Seminary in Boston and at North American College.
After his ordination in 1963, he received a licentiate in sacred theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.
He did some diocesan work, and, beginning in 1979, served for 12 years as the director of religious education at the National Catholic Education Association in Washington, D.C.
In 1991, he was named a prelate of honor by the Holy See with the title of monsignor.
He then served as rector and president of Blessed John XXIII Seminary in Weston.
Monsignor Kelly is the author of three books on religious education and meditation.
He could not be reached for comment by telephone and did not return an email.
The last American canon was the late Archbishop Martin O�Connor.


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D3Publisher has released a brand new trailer for the upcoming Adventure Time video game, which is set for release on Tuesday, November 20. The Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS game is based on the popular Emmy-nominated Cartoon Network series and co-written by series creator Pendleton Ward.
I want to buy this game.. I preordered it but unless it gets good reviews, im switching it to something else... If its like Zelda 2 & is well built, im getting the collectors edition of this.. My nephew watches the cartoon n its funny
Adventure Time os overrated it's unreal, people make out like it's on top with the other classic CN shows when it isn't. Jeez if people could only remembed the good cartoons.


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Photo & Edition Andre Calvet Wedding photographer and cosplay Brazil. Creator of "Losing Anime Time" (Perdendo Tempo Animes) page. * Facebook: www.facebook.com/PerdendoTempoAnimes * Wedding: https://www.facebook.com/calvetfotografias Foto e Edição Andre Calvet Fotógrafo do casamento e cosplay. Criador do Perdendo Tempo Animes.
Hi everyone! I`m Kanda Crosszeria. Hope you`ll enjoy my cosplay works ^__^ Also I will be happy to talk with you. So you can write to me whatever you want and whenever you want^^ You can follow me on Deviant, BCY, Facebook, Instagram and VK: http://crosszeriayu.deviantart.com http://bcy.net/u/1134023 https://www.facebook.com/KandaCrosszeria https://vk.com/id104318617 https://www.instagram.com/kseniya_kanda/
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Hello am Argos, work with children's parties and I am cosplayer will three years. I really enjoy comic books, series and manga. (●´ω`●) Come meet me: https://www.facebook.com/nathally.argosflameus Please access the page! https://www.facebook.com/ArLuCosplay/?fref=ts
Cosplaying since July 2013. Most notable cosplay, wanted to do Bats after seeing Dark Knight Rises but wasn't sure if my cosplay looked good enough against the other Bats... Thus not seen this cosplay done - Batjoker / JokerBatman from Feb 2014... Batman / Dark Knight Aug 2014, when I forgot my joker card... Facebook.com/sirweetcosplay
Hi :) My name is Lu, I'm from Brazil, and I'm a cosplayer since 2012, and here I am sharing with you a little of my passion, I hope you like it :3 My perfil Facebook https://www.facebook.com/luu.farabello <3 ~ My instagram luu_farabello *3* ~ My instagram of my cosplays: lun4_cos :3
Hi there :3 My name is Loki, I've been cosplaying for four 8almost five now <3) years and I love to chat. You can find me in : Deviantart: aruynn.deviantart.com Tumblr - http://kalavel-loki.tumblr.com/ or facebook - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Loki-Kalavel/1486963198184400?fref=ts Nice to meet you all <3
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He speaks his mind....and he speaks truth. Something 99% of the other politicians in this country don't do. Most are just fake bought off puppets at the higher levels of govt that look out for themselves and their friends before looking out for what's right and in the interests of this country.
Some people may think that he's a "kook"...for what?!?! Believing in not crapping all over the constitution? We've crawled so far down the rabbit hole of hell in this country that's there's almost no point of return. When he opens his mouth about ending the federal reserve and bringing ALL of our troops home people think he's insane because the last 3-4 generations have been accustomed to war war war, massive govt spending and taxation, and fraudulent banking practices. And most people would care more about who got dumped on ABC's The Bachelor or who performed well on American Idol than to give any kind of shit about the bullshit legislation these tyrants are trying to pass in our Congress. For years and years govt and mainstream media have done nothing but lie to us, 80-90% of the people in this country are completely asleep at the wheel when it comes to politics and geo-political issues...so when Ron Paul talks about freedom and protection of the constitution, people think he's insane.
It's just sad really.....this is not a left/right issue, it's a American and freedom issue. These crooks in DC are passing legislation left and right taking away our rights provided by the constitution and their selling it as "protection from the terrorists". And it's not just Obama...it's Bush, it's Clinton, it's BushSr. All of these guys and their circle of friends all work and are in connections with the big global banking mafias who simply want control of everything. That's it. It's that simple....and they sell this right vs left paradigm like ones better than the other when it's not, It's all one of the same just with different rhetoric. You idiots that voted for Obama...how'd that turn out? He's been a colossal failure as the POTUS. So was GWB. Romney wouldn't have been any better. The GOP is currently starting to prop up Geb ****ing Bush to run in 2016. That's right....another Bush family member. Another member with deep roots in the CIA and the foreign commodities markets.
Let me ask you people this....does our military protect our freedom? From what? Who's attacking the United States? When is the last time we've been invaded by another country? That would never happen because each household across the nation has ****ing weapons to fight back because that's what this country was founded upon, and now these arrogant retarded liberals want to take those rights away and for what purpose? To make believe that banning guns will keep them out of criminals hands? You know how ****ing stupid that sounds? Banning guns will take guns out of CRIMINALS hands and will make us all safer. I'm tired of ranting. This country is going down the shitter and nobody cares about anything other than petty sociological issues like gay marriage and shit. WHO ****ING CARES.
All I want is a POTUS that speaks his mind and the truth. If he makes a mistake then own up to it...don't lie and cover it up and create some fairy tale as to what really happened. We need a president and a congress that truly cares for this country's people and not for themselves and the $$$ that comes w/ the job.
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Personally, I think perma draws should be kept to an absolute minimum for aesthetic reasons, but also so thier condition can be checked regularly and kept in good shape.
I remember a Brit (sorry name) at AF aaround '88 or so the fixed draws (first time I had ever seen them)"shit. somebody had a real epic"
yeah, when I was growing up it was just understood that anything left on a climb was booty. Fixed draws are a blight; if the sport weenies actually had to take their own draws and clip the bolts they might find those old .12s and .13s are suddenly a lot harder, and a bit more like climbing.
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Got a call back from the WIC lactation consultant. She is looking into seeing if she can arrange a clinic time for me tomorrow where they can not only check on the baby's latch/sucking. He has a good latch, he just gets sleepy at the breast.
They will also help me out with a supplemental nursing system which will likely still awkward, will likely be a lot better than trying to get comfortable while being close enough to something I can use as a stand for the open top syringe/feeding tube contraption I'm struggling with now.
They can also help assess the breast pump I have now and they also have parts and breast shields so we can try to get me the right fit.
There are some other consultants and professionals in the area but I'm on Medicaid for the pregnancy and baby because my old insurance wouldn't cover anything to do with pregnancy and the marketplace wouldn't speak to me because I'm apparently below their income threshold (great, what do I do when the pregnancy medicaid runs out?? FL doesn't have extended medicaid for adults. Sigh will worry about that next month.) But anyway, I'll go with the WIC office if they can fit me in since I am also still restricted to not driving for a few more days, trying to get too far away is not high on my priorities.


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Sun City Community Theatre's invites all women and men to come to a Pajama Party for dessert and drinks at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Magnolia Hall. "The Pajama Game" is the summer musical scheduled for June 22-30.
There will be a fashion show of pajamas and guests will get to show off their stylish pajamas and watch the Pajama Game rehearsal. The Pajama Game cast will be voting for the best pajamas in these categories:
1. The most outrageous;
2. The most comfortable;
3. The most unique;
4. The most colorful;
5. The sexiest (please keep it decent).
The prize will be two tickets to the winner in each category for the show "The Pajama Game."
To participate in this fun event, please submit your name, email address, phone number and list the category in which you would like to participate. Drop the slips off in the lower box at 5 Starling Circle, Hidden Cypress Neighborhood, or email the information to firstname.lastname@example.com.
You must RSVP for this event as this will be limited to the first 100 people, and you must be in pajamas to participate.


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MUSC Video Library - Substance abuse trends by teenagers
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Substance abuse treatment programs offer by MUSC
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March 1, 2013
This year's National Nutrition Month® theme, is "Eat Right, Your Way, Every Day." MUSC started the month off with a cooking demo: "Preparing it Your Way" with Executive Chef Brett Cunningham.
March 1, 2013
Dr. Kathleen Brady hopes therapists will take advantage of research showing how to best treat PTSD sufferers who also have substance abuse issues. Close to half of those with post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) also suffer from substance use disorders.
March 1, 2013
Kathleen T. Brady, MD, PhD - Distinguished University Professor Associate Provost, Clinical and Translational Science Director, South Carolina Clinical and Translational Research Institute (SCTR) Dr. Brady is a prominent leader in the substance abuse field at a national and international level, Brady is well known for her research in the areas of drug and alcohol dependence, post-traumatic stress disorder and medication development.
January 29, 2013
By Janet Carter and the MUSC Heart Health Program
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December 14, 2012
Sports Injury Prevention Tips from MUSC Sports Medicine
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MUSC's Healthy Holiday Live! hosted by the Office of Health Promotions and Sodexo
November 26, 2012
On the surface, crocodiles in the renowned Kruger National Park and the oil spill along America's Gulf Coast may not seem to have much in common. Unless you're MUSC researcher Louis J. Guillette, Jr., Ph.D., who's involved in studies in both regions to figure how chemicals and contaminants interact with the environment in ways that impact human health. Research is confirming just how dramatic and far reaching these impacts can be. That's a subject Guillette, director of the Marine Biomedicine & Environmental Sciences Center, explores in a reflective piece published in Science titled "Life in a Contaminated World." (http://www.sciencemag.org/content/337/6102/1614.summary).
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On November 14, 2012 George Waring, IV, MD, Medical Director of Magill Vision Center and Director of Refractive Surgery at MUSC Storm Eye Institute, was the first doctor to perform LASIK surgery using the Alcon Refractive Suite in the United States.


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Ellen & Derek's 'Professor's Row' Home
Name: Ellen & Derek
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
When Ellen and Derek moved with their three children from Old Town Alexandria, Virginia to Cambridge, Massachusetts, they found their dream home on a street known as "Professor's Row". Built in 1902, the home has only had two previous owners — the last of which was a well-known Harvard professor who lived there with his family for 54 years. "Derek and I feel as if we are stewards of this house. We wanted to honor the house by maintaining many of its original elements as well as make it represent our style and lifestyle. I think we have begun to do that. It has felt like home very quickly," says Ellen.
When they were house-hunting, Ellen and Derek knew they wanted a spacious "wonderful old house that did not need gutting" (many of the houses in Cambridge are being gutted). Their wish was granted: their new house was already in great condition, so they have been spared major structural renovations, though the electrical system was updated to adhere to current codes. Every room was painted and the wood floors were refinished. And then Ellen set about redecorating. She emphasized that the decorating is a work in progress and much more remains to be done!
Ellen enlisted the help of a local interior designer, Debra Szidon of Cocoon Home Design. Ellen says, "I had a vision and Debra has helped me fulfill it. We have made many trips to find furniture, fabrics and colors together (and she also has brought a lot to me that she has sourced herself). She has a wonderful eye and is so very talented. She is also a really great friend. We have done all this together while maintaining our friendship!" Debra tends to have a more modern sensibility compared with Ellen's more traditional tastes. "It has been fun working together because we tend to have different styles but we have meshed well and are both really excited with the results," Ellen explains.
The decorating was a collaboration between Ellen and Debra, who was not hired to completely decorate the home. Debra did help Ellen and Derek choose paint colors, wallpaper and some of the furniture; however, many of the rooms (including the living room) Ellen decorated herself, using furniture the family brought with them from their old house in Alexandria.
Ellen and Debra chose not to paint over the heavy wood trim that punctuates most rooms in the home. Rather, they have lightened the home's mood with pale and shimmery wall coverings, cheery fabrics and furniture made from softer, golden wood, either antiques or contemporary pieces hand-made in New England. Lovely little vignettes abound, especially in the dining room, where an apple painting by Grant Drumheller hangs above a solitary dining room chair (Image 4).
Dining Room (Images 1-4)
The dining room had a silver tone on tone wallpaper that was pretty but very dated and old. Says Ellen: "I am not really a 'wallpaper' person but it inspired me to find a wallpaper in gold tones that would complement our furniture and the rug. We love the way it turned out!" They settled on a delicately detailed glass-beaded wallpaper called Stardust from Omexco and had the walls painted in Farrow & Ball Lime White and Off White. The chairs by the window are by R Jones and are covered in Kravet Couture Marble House in sage. The French 19th century dining room table, chairs and buffet were purchased at Hastening Antiques in Middleburg, Virginia. The rug is Tibetan.
Foyer: (Images 5-7)
The grand and spacious foyer has been a major redecorating project, Ellen says. Their first purchase was a French antique sideboard from European Country Antiques in Cambridge. "I knew I wanted a strong piece there to anchor the room, Ellen explains. They found the Hanna bench by Oly at Hudson in Boston. Originally the bench was covered in Kelly Wearstler's Bengal Bazaar fabric but Ellen felt it was not quite right for the space. After mulling over various options (as documented on Debra's blog), Ellen and Debra settled on Brunschwig and Fils Dzhambul Stripe and Romo Delano (blue) with a Donghia Ikat accent pillow. The window seat (original to the house) is covered in Brentano Canyon (Juniper) and has accent pillows in Donghia Sachin and Donghia Ikat. The walls are painted in Benjamin Moore White Marigold and the trim is Simple White.
Kitchen (Image 8)
The previous owner's is a carpenter and he custom finished the kitchen. Says Ellen, "we did not have to take on a kitchen renovation, which was very nice since he did a lovely job!" The table in the kitchen nook is from Lake and Mountain Home in Harvard, Massachusetts and the bench cushion fabric was found at Zimmans in Lynn, Massachusetts.
Living Room (Images 9 & 10)
The living room originally had dark wood bookshelves around half of the room. Both avid readers who love books Ellen says she "didn't want that heavy feeling in the living room." The shelves were removed and walls painted a lovely bluish color, Benjamin Moore Silver Sage, to go with the rug and furnishings. "We love the color and think it complements the dark wood very nicely," says Ellen. The room is cozy and family-friendly, with a slightly more masculine feel than the dining room. The coffee table is an antique French iron gate with a glass top. The sleigh chair is by Charles Shackleton. All the accent pillows are covered in Robert Allen fabrics. The built-in bench next to the fire place has a custom cushion covered in Brentano Rapunzel. One of the lamps (the other is in the foyer) is a vintage Venetian glass lamp purchased from Reside in Cambridge. The paintings are by Tom Curry and Grant Drumheller.
Thank you for sharing, Ellen, Derek (and Debra)! Your hard work has paid off beautifully. And we appreciate all the sourcing detail and links!
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In today's hectic life high blood pressure has become a very common health disorder. Is a very dangerous condition for health and is often called the ' silent killer ' as it hardly shows symptoms before hand, but the good thing is that with small changes in lifestyle that this problem can be controlled. In this article let us discuss some of the effective ways to keep our blood pressure under control.
Common causes
People today have a completely different type of lifestyle than people 20 years ago. The main difference lies in the type of food we eat, which is giving way to a lot of disease and high blood pressure is one of them. Also due to hectic work schedules and extra work pressure that it is quite normal that suffers from blood pressure problems.
Here are some of the things that one can do to stay healthy and lead a normal life without any kind of health ailments.
1. weight
Obesity is a leading cause of many health ailments so it is very important to keep your weight under control. This can be done by adopting a healthier lifestyle and active, exercising regularly, doing yoga and taking a deep sleep. If a person can keep his weight under the normal level automatically become immune to diabetes even of many diseases.
2. stress
Is a major cause of high blood pressure so that it is very important to keep stress levels to indulge in relaxing activities. Keep company with people who feel happy with, indulging in yoga and meditation and working pressure to keep in place of work does not take it home.
3. Salt
After a particular age that is very important to control the amount of salt you eat. Salt contains sodium and may cause the blood pressure increase instantaneously.
4 Smoking
Smoking and alcohol are like poison to a patient of high blood pressure. Both of these substances are harmful to our overall health and increase the chances of premature death for life-threatening diseases. So if you love yourself and your family to stop taking these harmful substances.
5. visit a doctor
Most people only go to a doctor when they fall ill and severally but it is advisable and very important to have regular health check-ups, so that even if there is no disease can be controlled and treated in its early stages and does not become life threatening.


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"We are pleased to have several clinical experts in nerve repair presenting data on Avance® Nerve Graft," commented Jill Schiaparelli, Senior Vice President, Business Strategy & Marketing for AxoGen.
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AxoGen, Inc. (OTCBB: AXGN), a leader in the science and commercialization of surgical solutions for peripheral nerve repair, announced today that Avance® Nerve Graft, a processed nerve allograft for surgical repair and reconstruction of peripheral nerve segmental defects, will be featured in multiple presentations at The American Society for Peripheral Nerves (ASPN) and The American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (ASRM) 2013 Annual Meetings, January 12-15 in Naples, Florida. In addition, AxoGen will be exhibiting its products at Booth 42 throughout the duration of the meetings.
"We are very excited about the increasing interest from the surgeon community," said Jill Schiaparelli, Senior Vice President of Business Strategy and Marketing for AxoGen. "We are pleased to have several clinical experts in nerve repair presenting data on Avance® Nerve Graft."
Avance® Nerve Graft is processed nerve allograft intended for the reconstruction of peripheral nerve discontinuities to support axon regeneration across the gap and provides surgeons a readily available nerve graft to repair peripheral nerves damaged by traumatic injury or removed during a surgical procedure.
Presentations on clinical experience with Avance® Nerve Graft at the ASPN and ASRM meetings include:
"Comparisons of Functional Recovery Outcomes with increasingly Rigorous Threshold Parameters from a Multicenter Registry Study of Processed Nerve Allografts," by RANGER® Registry investigator Gregory Buncke, MD of The Buncke Clinic, January 12, 2013, 4:30-5:30 pm
"Quantitative Outcomes from a Multicenter Registry Study of Processed Nerve Allografts in Sensory and Mixed Repairs Presenting with Concomitant injuries," by RANGER® Registry investigator Wesley Thayer, MD, PhD, Vanderbilt University, Torso and Trunk Session, January 14, 2013, 2:15-3:30 pm
About AxoGen, Inc.
AxoGen (OTCBB: AXGN) is a leading regenerative medicine company dedicated to advancing the science and commercialization of peripheral nerve repair solutions. AxoGen's products offer a full suite of surgical nerve reconstruction solutions including Avance® Nerve Graft, the only commercially available processed nerve allograft for bridging severed nerves, AxoGuard® Nerve Connector, a coaptation aid allowing for close approximation of severed nerves, and AxoGuard® Nerve Protector, a bioscaffold used to reinforce a coaptation site, wrap a partially severed nerve or isolate and protect nerve tissue.
The RANGER® Registry is sponsored by AxoGen with nominal funding provided to each center to support the data collection process. All data analysis is handled by an independent biostatistician and no surgeon is compensated for implanting Avance® Nerve Graft.
For more information, visit our website at http://www.axogeninc.com.
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TRENTON, NJ – With college classes set to resume later this month, New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance Acting Commissioner Ken Kobylowski today offered tips and suggestions to new and returning students and their parents on how to make smart financial decisions and insurance choices, avoid paying unnecessary costs and not fall victim to scams aimed at college students.
"Today's college students and their parents are facing significant costs to meet their tuition payments and college living expenses," said Kobylowski. "So it is important that they make educated consumer choices, avoid scams and manage their money as wisely as possible in other, college-related financial decisions."
College-Issued Debit Cards
Universities may contract with financial institutions to disburse financial aid to students to save on administrative costs. Those financial institutions issue debit cards under the university name to students to access the funds. The cards can also be used to purchase food and other supplies on campus, and serve as identification cards for security and access to campus events.
However, problems may arise if students use these cards as debit or credit cards without first reading the fee schedule. Student account holders can be charged fees as high as $20 to $30 the first time they overdraw their account and might pay higher fees for each additional overdraft; and $2 or more to use another bank's A.T.M. to withdraw cash.
Students should shop around off campus for a financial institution offering a debit card that offers the lowest interest rates and fees. Students may want to opt out of payment cards that their school issues to disburse college loan funds and select direct deposit or paper checks instead. These options may prove to be less expensive.
Credit Cards
Some universities sell student lists to credit card companies which then aggressively market cards to students using low introductory interest rates and other promotions. Under the provisions of the federal Credit Card Accountability Responsibility Disclosure (CARD) Act of 2009, banks are forbidden from offering free items such as mugs or t-shirts to students as incentives to sign up for credit cards on campus or at an event sponsored by or related to a university or college. The Credit CARD Act also forbids credit card issuers from offering credit cards to students younger than 21 without a co-signer or some proof they have the financial resources to repay their credit card debt. However, the Credit CARD Act requires only proof that a student under age 21 have the resources to make the minimum monthly card payment – typically a small fraction of the total amount owed.
Before signing up for a credit card, students should read the contract carefully and review all fees. Many credit card companies impose steep fees for missed or late payments, exceeding credit limits, or writing a check drawn on the account. Some companies charge fees whether the card is used or not. Also, once the introductory rate expires, the interest rate can increase dramatically.
A debit card, cash or checks may be a better way for students to pay expenses. Students who decide to obtain a credit card should maintain a small credit limit, pay off the balance each month and should not sign up for more than one or two cards. They should also avoid cash advances, which can generate high fees and carry a much higher interest rate than the rate applied to purchases.
When shopping for a card, students should consider the following:
Student Loans
Although deadlines for choosing a loan for the school year generally fall in June, these are some guidelines for the future selection of student loans.
Life Insurance
Parents who are co-signing for their child's college loan should consider purchasing life insurance to cover the guaranteed debt.
Most federal and many private college loans – but not all – include debt forgiveness clauses in the event of death; however students and parents who co-sign for the loans without such clauses should make sure that they have some form of protection in the unfortunate event of the student's death.
If parents who co-sign are unable to find college loans that include debt forgiveness, they should consider purchasing insurance policies for their child that would help defray the costs of the loans in the event of the child's death. This could either be a term or a whole life policy. Once the student graduates, he or she should assume responsibility for the policy.
According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), during the last decade undergraduate tuition, room, and board at public institutions rose 32 percent, and at private institutions the cost rose 24 percent, after adjusting for inflation. Meanwhile the federal government's maximum borrowing level in recent years has not mirrored the increasing costs and the long term outlook has the borrowing level remaining constant. This has created a growing gap between the cost covered by federal loans and the actual cost of attending college.
Healthcare Insurance
New Jersey law requires college students to have health insurance coverage, and many colleges automatically enroll students in health insurance plans offered by a health insurance carrier through the university. Students who are auto-enrolled can opt out of the college-issued plan by showing they have other coverage.
Most students can remain covered by their parents' group health insurance policy until they reach age 26. If the health insurance policy is issued in New Jersey, State law allows young adults to remain covered by their parents' group policy until age 31.
Pursuant to federal laws, coverage of dependent children may no longer be limited based on whether the child is financially dependent on the parent, residing in the parent's household, or a full-time student. The young adult may remain covered through his or her parents' plan even if he or she marries.
Students purchasing their own health insurance or the health insurance policy offered through their school should shop around to find the best price, understand the cost of all deductibles and co-pays, make sure the hospital, doctor or other health care provider they wish to use is part of the provider network and check the Department's website for information on providers and costs at: http://www.state.nj.us/dobi/division_insurance/ihcseh/index.html
"Whether choosing a bank, managing their credit, shopping for a health insurance plan, or deciding on which college loan to apply for, college students should understand that they have to do their research in order to secure the most generous terms at the best price," said Acting Commissioner Kobylowski."Parents who are reviewing health insurance, loan shopping or considering the purchase of a life insurance policy to cover their children, need to research and understand their options thoroughly. Both parents and children should invest similar time and energy expended in shopping for college when making college related financial services decisions."
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Wreath placed at JFK statue in Boston
BOSTON (AP) — A statue of John F. Kennedy on the lawn of the Massachusetts Statehouse is open to the public for viewing as the state marks 50 years since Kennedy's assassination in Dallas.
The statue, dedicated in 1990, has been largely off limits since new security procedures that went into effect after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. It will be open to the public for several hours on Friday and again on Monday.
A steady rain fell during a brief and somber wreath-laying ceremony at the statue on Friday. Gov. Deval Patrick, accompanied by Major Gen. Scott Rice of the Massachusetts National Guard, stood at attention in front of the statue before returning inside the Statehouse.
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Walking and biking are great ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector. But we have a long way to go to develop roadway environments that are safe and appealing to pedestrians and cyclists. Better street design, which includes specific, designated pathways for pedestrians and cyclists can improve safety, and encourage more walking and biking by providing more pleasant walking and biking routes.
About 5,000 pedestrians and cyclists are killed annually in crashes with light duty vehicles. Vehicles can also be designed to be less harmful to pedestrians and cyclists through changing front end shape and potentially even cushioning struck pedestrians, reducing the number of fatalities and severe injuries.
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- Cyanide fishing: In this technique, fishers squirt sodium cyanide into the water to stun fish without killing them, making them easy to catch. Cyanide fishing on coral reefs began in the 1960s to supply the international aquarium trade. But since the early 1980s, a much bigger, more profitable business has emerged: supplying live reef fish for the restaurants of Hong Kong, Singapore, and, increasingly, mainland China. Some 20,000 tonnes of live fish are eaten annually in the restaurants of Hong Kong - and for every live fish caught using cyanide, a square metre of their coral reef home is killed.
- Dynamite fishing: In this technique, dynamite or other explosives are set off under water. The dead fish floating to the surface are then simply scooped up. The explosives completely destroy the underwater environment, leaving it as rubble. Dynamite fishing has contributed to massive destruction of, for example, Southeast Asian coral reefs over the past 20 years.
- Ghost fishing: Ghost fishing occurs when fishing gear is lost or abandoned at sea. The gear can continue to catch fish, dolphins, whales, turtles, and other creatures as it drifts through the water and after it becomes snagged on the seabed. When driftnets were used on the High Seas, an estimated 1,000km of ghost nets were released each year into the North Pacific Ocean alone.
Although the current contribution of ghost fishing to bycatch is unknown, it is likely to have a large impact. One survey estimated that a quarter of the rubbish on the bottom of the North Sea is fishing nets, while fishers speak of a dolphin and turtle graveyard among the nets that drape the cliffs of Cape Wessell, Northern Australia.


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Land Line gets visits from several truckers and OOIDA members each week.
This week, we were pleased to meet James Malone, an OOIDA Member and longtime trucker from Killeen, TX (pictured above with OOIDA's Nikki Johnson). James stopped by OOIDA headquarters on Monday on his way west on I-70 to Denver.
James toured the building, met Land Line staffers and sat down for an interview with Land Line Now's Reed Black.
James has participated in Trucker Buddy – the nonprofit pen-pal program that connects elementary school classes and professional truck drivers – off and on since the early 1990s.
Though he took a few years off during the late 1990s, he started back up with the program in 2000, becoming more involved every year.
In addition to the 23 different Trucker Buddy classes he corresponds with, James is now a board member with the organization.
James has several Trucker Buddy classes in Waldron, AR, where his daughter Chaynee is a fourth grader. Besides Arkansas, James has classes in Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, West Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and Missouri.
With 23 different Trucker Buddy classes and a full-time job, I asked James how he finds time for everything.
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Hitachi DS 14DVB Battery
There are different capacity for this Hitachi DS 14DVB Battery. Generally speaking, the higher capacity, the longer running time. Please note that, because we have several suppliers, color for the Hitachi DS 14DVB replacement batteries may be different from picutre. But, they are all fresh and brand new.
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This Hitachi DS 14DVB Battery is not a Li-ion Pod-Style battery, but, you can find that some of the model number which this battery can fit is the same as the 14.4V Li-ion pod-style battery. That also look the same, included the size. So it can also fit the cordless tools, but it can not be charged in the Li-ion battery charger. You need to find a Ni-CD / Ni-MH charger for this Hitachi DS 14DVB Battery.
This battery can replace the follow battery part number: 316552, 318371, 318372, 322883, EB 1414L, EB 1420RS, EB 1426H, EB 1430H, EB 1430R, EB 1430X, EB 14H, EB1433X. The battery part number is marked on the battery itself or stated on the user manual. If you find your Hitachi DS 14DVB Battery has one of this number, this means that our battery can replace yours and also work with the original Hitachi DS 14DVB Battery charger.
We have two difference capacity for this Pod-Style Hitachi DS 14DVB Battery, one is 1500mAh Ni-CD battery, the other one is 3000mAh Ni-MH battery. The 3000mAh Ni-MH Hitachi DS 14DVB Battery has less "Memory Effect" and longer run time than the 1500mAh Ni-CD one.
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TEA applauds some area campuses
Three Beaumont ISD elementary schools not only met state standards but also earned further distinction in all of three key areas, according to a press release from the Texas Education Agency. Under the state accountability system, campuses in Texas that achieve the rating of "Met Standard" can also earn distinction designations for the following:
• Top 25 Percent Student Progress
• Academic Achievement in Reading/English language arts
• Academic Achievement in Mathematics
Of the approximately 3,600 campuses across Texas that achieved the "Met Standard" rating under the state's new accountability system and earned at least one designation, 759 schools earned designations in all three potential areas. Among those were the following area campuses:
• Beaumont ISD: Marshall Middle School, Curtis Elementary School, Fletcher Elementary School, Homer Elementary School
• Harmony Science Academy: Harmony Science Academy – Beaumont
• Nederland ISD: Hillcrest Elementary School, Langham Elementary School
To view the 2013 state accountability ratings for districts, charters and campuses, visit the Texas Education Agency website at http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/account/2013/index.html.


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The following editorial appeared Sunday in the Washington Post:
Critics scoffed — and not altogether without reason — when President Obama vowed to make major progress on domestic policy through the use of his executive power alone. In at least one instance, however, Obama's administration has shown that it is possible to reform government significantly without a new act of Congress and without crossing constitutional boundaries.
We refer to the Department of Health and Human Services' announcement that from now on it will greatly expand public disclosure of doctor-specific data on Medicare payments. This will enable the public to know, in detail, what happens to the billion-plus that the program spends on physician services each year. Previously, such data had been off-limits due to supposed doctor privacy concerns. But last year a federal judge in Florida, Marcia Morales Howard, lifted that ban, citing the public interest in illuminating potential fraud and abuse in the vast Medicare program — which made .8 billion in improper payments during 2011, according to the Government Accountability Office. And HHS decided to incorporate the court's reasoning into new regulations.
Under the new HHS rule, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin posting a data set on the types of medical services furnished by individual providers, along with the charges submitted for each. Individual patients will not be identified. Doctors who see fewer than 11 Medicare patients per year will be exempt. "Release of physician-identifiable payment information will serve a significant public interest by increasing transparency of Medicare," CMS Principal Deputy Administrator Jonathan Blum noted in a letter to the American Medical Association about his agency's decision.
Credit is due to our colleagues at Dow Jones, who used more limited physician data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act to uncover physician conflicts of interest, unnecessary surgeries and other Medicare abuses in a series of Wall Street Journal articles during 2010 and 2011. Dow Jones and others sued for wider disclosure, which led to Howard's ruling. Legislation proposed by Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, also contributed to the pressure for greater openness.
The Obama administration's decision should accomplish most of the Wyden-Grassley bill's goal — without great new expenditures of public money. To the contrary, taxpayers should reap considerable savings, once journalists and others start mining the data for patterns of questionable billing. Indeed, the very existence of this powerful new form of public scrutiny could be a powerful deterrent against waste and abuse.


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Anti-Mormon bias facing Mitt Romney is as strong as what his father faced in 1967, poll shows
Mitt Romney faces an anti-Mormon bias just as strong as the one his father confronted during his own presidential run more than four decades ago, according to a Gallup poll.
Eighteen percent of Americans say that if their political party nominated "a generally well qualified person for president who happened to be Mormon,'' they would not vote for that candidate. Romney, the presumptive Republican nominee, is a devout Mormon who once presided over the church's Boston stake.
When Gallup asked the same question in 1967, during George Romney's bid for the White House, 17 percent of Americans said they would refuse to vote for a Mormon.
"The stability of resistance to a Mormon presidential candidate over the past 45 years is an anomaly, given that resistance to a candidate who is black, a woman or Jewish has declined substantially over the same period of time,'' Gallup Poll Editor-in-Chief Frank Newport wrote in a press release announcing the survey results.
The electoral significance of a lingering anti-Mormon bias is unclear because only 57 percent of Americans even know that Romney is a Mormon, according to the poll.
"This suggests the possibility that as Romney's faith becomes better known this summer and fall, it could become more of a negative factor — given that those who resist the idea of a Mormon president will in theory become more likely to realize that Romney is a Mormon as the campaign unfolds,'' Newport said. "That things will actually work out this way, however, is far from clear.''
Democrats, who are unlikely to vote for Romney anyway, oppose a Mormon president at a much higher rate than Republicans, 24 percent to 10 percent. Opposition among independents stands at 18 percent.
Newport noted an encouraging precedent for Romney: In 1960, 21 percent of Americans said they would not vote for a well qualified Catholic, but John F. Kennedy won that year's presidential election anyway.
The poll was conducted from June 7-10 and had a sample of 1,004 adults. Its margin of error was four percentage points.


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Inside ASIS&T
Annual Meeting Coverage
ASIS&T 2003 Takes on Long Beach
The American Society for Information Science and Technology helped close out the year 2003 with its Annual Meeting held in the sunshine of southern California. While matters of information security in the post-9/11 days were still present among the program sessions, for the most part, the pre-conferences, formal program activities and less formal social gatherings reverted to the more wide-ranging matters of information research and practice that have characterized ASIS&T for more than 60 years.
On these pages and throughout this issue of the Bulletin, we take a look at some of the fun and the work at the 2003 ASIS&T Annual Meeting.
Special Recognition for Lois F. Lunin at the 2003 Annual Meeting
At the President's Reception on October 22, 2003, outgoing President Trudi Hahn presented a plaque to Lois Lunin in special recognition of her services to the Society with the following citation:
Each year at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting, the Society honors the winners of the prestigious ASIS&T Annual Awards. This year's winners received their accolades at the new Awards Luncheon and at other venues during the meeting. Nominated by practitioners and scholars throughout the information field and selected by juries of their peers, dozens of outstanding representatives of the field were cited for the highest levels of contributions in their selected specialties.
Award of Merit
For the past 25 years Professor Nicholas J. (Nick) Belkin has made significant and pioneering contributions to the field of information science (IS). His research has been both theoretical and applied and has affected the evolution of the field of IS. Professor Belkin has consistently emphasized the importance of understanding human behavior in the search for and use of information and information systems. Following this tack, he has promoted ideas, constructed theories, designed and carried out experiments, and built working prototypes all with meticulous care and rigor. As a theoretician, experimenter and system builder his research was instrumental in creating the cognitive viewpoint in information retrieval and effected a shift from the systems approach to the cognitive view of information science. Among his theoretical works is his hypothesis of an Anomalous State of Knowledge (ASK) to explain why and how people search for and use information. He supported this hypothesis through experimentation and the first of the resulting published articles about ASK appeared in the Journal of Documentation where it became the most cited paper in that journal.
Nick Belkin is an educator, researcher and writer who has influenced the state of information science. He has been active in both ASIS&T and the Association for Computing Machinery, Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval. Dr. Belkin received the 1997 ASIS Research Award and the 1990 ASIS Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award. His work is recognized internationally. Nick Belkin, professor and chair of the Department of Library and Information Science, School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, Rutgers University, is the very deserving recipient of the 2003 ASIS&T Award of Merit.
Watson Davis Award
The 2003 Watson Davis Award, commemorating the founder of the Society and given to members for outstanding continuous contributions and dedicated service to the Society, is presented to Nancy Roderer, assistant professor and interim director, Health Sciences Informatics, and director of the Welch Medical Library, Johns Hopkins University.
Research Award
Professor Peter Ingwersen, Royal School of Library and Information Science, Denmark, has made significant contributions to information science in two realms: in the conception of information from the cognitive and multi-dimensional viewpoint in connection to interactive information retrieval and in bibliometrics. He is a vigorous researcher and scientist of original mind, innovative and quick to identify and explore new ideas as well as extend existing ideas to new purposes in new contexts. His landmark 1982 study on search procedures in the library pioneered a naturalistic approach to the investigation of user-intermediary interaction in real world situations. Through sustained and systematic research, he developed a theoretical, cognitive model for IR as articulated in his classic Information Retrieval Interaction based on a new conception of information. His work in bibliometrics is similarly ground breaking, extending traditional techniques to studies of the Web as a global communication system. Peter Ingwersen is a visionary; he has been instrumental in bridging user-centered approaches with the system-based research tradition and advancing IR research through his numerous collaborations with international researchers.
Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award
Raya Fidel, professor, University of Washington, is the winner of the ISI/ASIS&T Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award for 2003. Dr. Fidel is a gifted information science teacher who has taught students at all levels an impressive array of courses, including introductions to information science, indexing and abstracting, knowledge representation, construction of indexing languages, database design, information seeking, research methods (both qualitative and quantitative) and systems analysis. She excels in taking complex concepts and materials of all types and presenting them in such a clear and down-to-earth way that they are easily comprehensible and digestible. She brings to her teaching an overarching expertise that spans many aspects of information science, from knowledge organization and information behavior to OPAC design. This wide-ranging mastery allows her to describe different schools of thought and research methods with a true distillation rather than simplification. It is no surprise that her students consistently praise her teaching and give her outstanding evaluations.
Professor Fidel has taught at the University of Washington since 1982. There she has been a key player in the development of The Information School and a leader in the development of the school's curriculum. It is a pleasure to honor her with the Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award for 2003.
Best Information Science Book Award
Looking for Information: A Survey of Research on Information Seeking, Needs, and Behavior by Donald O. Case, professor, University of Kentucky, is the winner of the 2003 Best Information Science Book Award. Looking for Information presents a comprehensive analysis and review of information-seeking studies and illustrates key concepts and trends with examples, research models and typologies of investigations and methods. The book focuses on decades of research into how people both find and think about information related to their problems and interests. It covers a broad range of concepts and empirical studies on human communication behavior as found in the literature of psychology, anthropology, sociology and other disciplines. Applying the theories and models in these studies, the author explains the information-seeking behavior of both general and specific social and occupational groups: scientists, engineers, social scientists, humanists, policy experts, the aged, the poor and "the public" in general. Looking for Information provides a timely and systematic review of concepts, theories, models and methodologies in studying information-seeking behavior and is the first of its kind in a long time.
John Wiley & Sons Best JASIST Paper Award
The 2003 Best JASIST Paper Award goes to Gary Marchionini for "Co-evolution of User and Organizational Interfaces: A Longitudinal Case Study of WWW Dissemination of National Statistics,"
This case study describes how user interfaces for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) website evolved over a 5-year period along with the larger organizational interface and how this co-evolution has influenced the institution itself. Drawing on interviews with BLS staff and transaction logs of BLS website activity, the study demonstrates that the BLS website has become a significant element in the BLS organizational interface. This change has led to issues and changes in all the dimensions of the organizational interface (its data systems, policies and procedures, corporate culture and public face). The contributions of this study are both theoretical and practical: it offers a beginning for a theory of co-evolution of interfaces, and the framework developed from longitudinal analysis of this case can lead to improved user interfaces, promote broader access to data resources and help agencies respond to resulting changes and plan future services.
James M. Cretsos Leadership Award
Amy Wallace, head of public services and outreach in the University Library, California State University, Channel Islands, is the winner of the 2003 James M. Cretsos Leadership Award, recognizing new ASIS&T members who have demonstrated outstanding leadership qualities in professional ASIS&T activities and who have been members for fewer than seven years. With this award her potential for leadership at higher levels within the American Society for Information Science and Technology is recognized.
Ms. Wallace's activities on behalf of the Los Angeles Chapter of ASIS&T (LACASIS) include service as chapter chair, significant program planning and mentoring a new chapter newsletter editor. Early in her ASIS&T career Amy was awarded the chapter's Outstanding Member Award. One of Amy's most noted accomplishments for the chapter has been the recruitment and retention of members. She recruited the chapter's incoming chair and has planned and moderated panels for recent library and information science graduates. In one of these programs, she "imparted practical and thoughtful information on what employers are looking for in new hires based on her own recent experiences, both as a manager and as a job candidate." Vision, skillful leadership, dedication, proactive, inspiring are terms used to describe Ms. Wallace's activities on behalf of LACASIS.
At the ASIS&T national level, she served on the Information Science Education Committee, working on the ASIS&T Educational Guidelines.
ISI/ASIS&T Citation Analysis Research Grant
Rong Tang, School of Library and Information Science, Catholic University of America, is the winner of the ISI/ASIS&T Citation Analysis Research Grant Award for 2003 for her project entitled "Citing Data Augmented Document Retrieval." This research will investigate approaches to making citing data a viable component of domain-specific bibliographic databases. Two specific questions will be addressed: 1) how useful citing passages are in retrieving relevant documents that would not be retrieved otherwise; and 2) how may citation length (word count), location (document section), frequency (number of times cited in document), nature (mentioning versus quoting) and context help to predict the topical relationship between citing and cited works. The study will be conducted using articles from the medical research literature and can serve as a model for replication in domains of social science and humanities to investigate disciplinary differences. Jurors found the proposed study to be well designed, with results that should enhance our understanding of the value of citing data in document retrieval.
ISI Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Scholarship
Jiangping Chen, Syracuse University, is the winner of the 2003 ISI Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Scholarship for her proposed research topic and methodology investigating two problems associated with English-Chinese cross-language information retrieval (EC-CLIR). The project, which relies on a natural language processing strategy to improve translation precision and to enhance vocabulary coverage, is ambitious and has the potential to contribute significantly to EC-CLIR. It is also timely given the growing interest in multilingual information retrieval involving East Asian languages.
ASIS&T/Proquest Dissertation Award
Anne Diekema, Syracuse University, is the winner of the 2003 ASIS&T/Proquest Dissertation Award for her dissertation entitled Translation Events in Cross-Language Information Retrieval:Lexical Ambiguity, Lexical Holes, Vocabulary Mismatch, and Correct Translations. This dissertation is an interesting investigation of an important topic, contributing original results to our understanding of what affects cross-language retrieval. Jurors found the methodology thorough and well considered, with the relatively large numbers of queries used in the experiment adding to their confidence in the validity of the findings. Analysis of results was extremely rigorous, and the dissertation was also noteworthy for its clarity of presentation, with complex results presented in a logical and understandable manner. Above all, the findings of this dissertation have considerable significance for advances in cross-language retrieval, as well as some interesting implications for the broader issue of language-related mismatches between queries and documents in any information retrieval situation.
For the fifth year in a row, the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (LACASIS) was awarded ASIS&T Chapter-of-the-Year, this year sharing the honor with the Southern Ohio Chapter of ASIS&T (SOASIST), which also won in 2001.
Chapter Member-of-the-Year (two winners)
Louisa (Toot) Verma, Los Angeles Chapter, is one of two recipients of 2003 Chapter Member-of-the-Year Awards. Louisa has been an active member of the LACASIS board for many years. She has served as treasurer, secretary, sponsorship coordinator, and OASIS advertising coordinator. She has also been a frequent contributor to OASIS, the chapter newsletter, advocate for LACASIS support of the SIG/III International Scholars Program and the major force behind the development of the chapter's sponsorship criteria and outreach brochure.
Louisa is always one of the first people to volunteer for a new position or project. She volunteered to help with every aspect of the groundbreaking ASIS&T Joint Chapter Virtual Mini-Course, "Strategies for E-Learning and Distance Education Educators." She worked with other team members on the format and Blackboard issues. She integrated content and developed introductory materials for the program. And she served as an online moderator for the virtual mini-course.
Louisa (Toot) Verma has contributed initiative, innovative yet practical ideas, and a willingness to jump into a new venture with energy and enthusiasm. ASIS&T is very pleased to recognize all of her contributions to the Los Angeles Chapter with this award.
Yin Zhang, Northern Ohio Chapter (NORASIST), is the second recipient of a 2003 Chapter Member-of-the-Year Award. Although she is the most recent addition to the Northern Ohio Chapter's leadership group, Dr. Yin Zhang has quickly become a key member. She contributes her creativity in planning programs and finding ways for chapter members to share their expertise.
Since she joined NORASIST in 1999, Yin organized a program called "Web-Based Surveys"; she recruited a student and supervised her to redesign and maintain the chapter website; and she presented another program, "Digital Reference in Action: Perspectives from Librarians and Educators."
Yin continues to be an active Program Planning Committee member and Web Committee member; she has helped to organize the Chapter's Career Nights; and she has enthusiastically participated at all chapter pre-program social events. Perhaps, most importantly, Yin has done an outstanding job in recruiting student members and getting them to become involved in the chapter's activities. ASIS&T is very happy to recognize Yin Zhang for her many accomplishments and contributions to the Northern Ohio Chapter.
Chapter Event-of-the-Year
It's Not Just Google Anymore: Blogs and the Latest in Search Engines, presented by the New England Chapter, is the 2003 Chapter Event-of-the-Year. This very successful program asked its participants to take a step back to reexamine the technologies they use for locating information on the Web. The first half of the program introduced blogs as information resources, while the second half took a fresh look at Web search engines.
More than 161 people registered for the program which featured five pioneers and experts in the developing fields of weblogs, RSS tools and search engines. The speakers were interesting, knowledgeable and enthusiastic about their topics; the audience left better informed and energized about these technologies. The New England Chapter deserves recognition for providing its constituents a valuable, affordable all-day program on a timely topic.
Chapter Electronic Publication-of-the-Year
The website of the Los Angeles Chapter of ASIS&T (LACASIS) (www.lacasis.org) is honored with the 2003 Chapter Electronic Publication-of-the-Year Award. It is a gateway to information of interest to the geographically dispersed membership of the Los Angeles Chapter, to other ASIS&T members and to the broader information science community. The LACASIS Webmaster, chapter archivist and board work together throughout the year to identify materials for inclusion. Sections are devoted to past events, annual workshops and issues of the OASIS newsletter. It includes news about members who have served at the national level, local award winners and national award winners. The website is also a valuable tool for program planning and registration. Members may register for events online using a Web registration form. Many members use the About LACASIS section to check the procedures manual, to get background information on election slates or award nominations, or to contact board members. The site also provides links to presentation materials and lecture notes from the annual workshops. ASIS&T members nationwide have accessed these materials. Congratulations to the Los Angeles Chapter for creating and maintaining a well-organized, usable and useful Web site!
Chapter Print Publication-of-the-Year
OASIS: Observations of the American Society for Information Science, the newsletter of the Los Angeles Chapter, is honored as the outstanding Chapter Print Publication-of-the-Year. Even as LACASIS explores new options for publishing the chapter's news electronically, it continues to produce an attractive, interesting and informative print newsletter. It serves a variety of needs from providing information about who's who in the LACASIS governance structure to in-depth reporting on past programs. The efforts of many different chapter members go into producing each issue from those who contribute the lengthy articles to those responsible for layout, advertising and editing. Although expensive to publish, LACASIS has managed to take advantage of innovative cost-recovery strategies such as selling ads and publishing registration forms and surveys which would have otherwise been mailed separately. Congratulations to LACASIS for Print Publication-of-the-Year.
Student Chapter-of-the-Year
The University of Washington Student Chapter of ASIS&T is the recipient of the 2003 Student Chapter-of-the-Year Award for the fifth time in its history. Chapter advisor Efthimis Efthimiadis praised the chapter members, noting "This is a well deserved award and all ASIS&T student members, past and present, and the iSchool Community at large should feel very proud for this achievement."
SIG/Information Needs, Seeking and Use (SIG/USE) won the 2003 ASIS&T SIG-of-the-Year Award. The award recognizes a Special Interest Group's professional accomplishments that reflect a major impact on the field of information science. Among the activities for which SIG/USE was cited were sponsorship of eight successful sessions at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting and an annual research symposium in 2002; collaboration with other SIGs; and active recruitment of new members. SIG/USE membership increased from 181 in 2002 to over 290 in 2003.
SIG/USE redesigned its website and launched its online newsletter in 2003. In addition, it produced six publications, including a three-year bibliography of publications by SIG/USE members.
SIG Member-of-the-Year
Sue O'Neill Johnson, honored as SIG Member-of-the-Year from SIG/III, was cited for her exceptional leadership of the SIG during her recent three-year stint as chair-elect, chair and past-chair. SIG/III was honored as SIG-of-the-Year each of those years. Under Sue's leadership, SIG/III initiated many new programs, such as the International Paper Competition and International Travel Grants.
SIG Publication-of-the-Year
The website of SIG/III (www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/) is the 2003 winner of the SIG Publication-of-the-Year Award. The award recognizes the best publication produced by a SIG during the previous year.
Nominations Sought for 2004 ASIS&T Awards
The various ASIS&T committees and juries responsible for naming the winners of the annual ASIS&T awards are getting ready for the 2004 award season. All members are encouraged to review the following information and consider nominating colleagues throughout the information profession to be recognized with an ASIS&T award.
Research Award. The Research Award recognizes a systematic program of research in a single area at a level beyond the single study and recognizes outstanding research contributions that have had a significant and recent impact on the field. Eligibility: Open to all individuals in the field of information science. Nominations: Any person may nominate candidates. Nomination Package: Must include substantiating documentation to demonstrate the nominee's record of research. Copies of publications or other works may be included if they contribute to an understanding of the nominee's work. Deadline: June 15
Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award. This award, co-sponsored by the Institute for Scientific Information, recognizes sustained excellence and the unique contributions of an individual in the teaching of information science. Cash award of $1,000 and up to $500 travel reimbursement to the ASIS&T Annual Meeting. Eligibility: Open to any individual directly involved in teaching some aspect of information science on a continuing basis regardless of ASIS&T membership. Nominations: Only ASIS&T members may nominate candidates. Nomination Package: Must include the nominee's name and address, a 250-word statement of qualifications, and nominee's 3-page resume and should be accompanied by supporting evidence, letters of recommendation and testimonials. Deadline: July 1
Proquest/UMI Doctoral Dissertation. The Proquest/UMI Doctoral Dissertation honors outstanding achievements by information scientists in the completion of dissertation projects. Cash award of $1,000 and $500 travel reimbursement to the ASIS&T Annual Meeting. Eligibility: Open to all information scientists who have completed their dissertations within the past year. Nomination Package: Must include a full dissertation in reproducible format and a letter of endorsement from the dissertation advisor. Deadline: June 15
ISI Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Scholarship. Co-sponsored by ASIS&T and the Institute for Scientific Information, this scholarship fosters information science research by encouraging and supporting doctoral students with their dissertation research. Cash award of $1,500 and $500 travel reimbursement to the ASIS&T Annual Meeting. Eligibility: Open to all active information science doctoral students enrolled in institutions granting doctoral degrees. Students must have completed all course work and have received acceptance of their dissertation proposals. Nomination Package: Should include in 10 double-spaced pages or less a description of the research; schedule for completion; budget and budget justification; names of dissertation advisor and committee members; a letter of endorsement from the student's advisor; and a curriculum vitae. Deadline: July 1
Pratt-Severn Student Research Award. Award recognizes substantive work performed by students in the field of information science and encourages research and writing. Sponsored by Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, on behalf of the late David Severn, a 1968 Pratt Alumnus, award consists of $500 travel expenses and full registration for the ASIS&T Annual Meeting. Eligibility: Any student in a master's degreegranting institution can submit a paper that falls within the scope of the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. Doctoral theses are not eligible. Nomination Package: The author's name should not appear on the paper itself. The author should be identified only in the accompanying cover letter. The package should include endorsement of the paper by a faculty member. Deadline: June 15
Best JASIS&T Paper Award. This award recognizes the best refereed paper published in the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIS&T) each year. Sponsored by John Wiley and Sons, Inc., award is $1500 cash and $500 travel reimbursement to the ASIS&T Annual Meeting. Eligibility: All papers published in the volume year of JASIS&T preceding the ASIS&T Annual Meeting are automatically eligible for the award. ("Perspective" articles are eligible).
Award of Merit. The Award of Merit, ASIS&T's highest honor, is awarded to an individual who has made significant contributions to the field of information science, either through the expression of a new, revolutionary idea; the development of better information dissemination techniques; substantial research efforts; or outstanding service to the information profession as evidenced by successful efforts in the educational, social or political processes affecting the profession. Eligibility: Open to all individuals in the field of information science. Nominations: Any ASIS&T member and the Award of Merit Nominating Committee nominate candidates. Nominations Package: Must include the nominee's name, address, a biographical sketch and a description of the particular work or works for which the nominee is to be commended. Copies of publications or other works should be included if they contribute to an understanding of the nominee's work and support the nomination. Five complete copies of a nomination, including documentation, are required. Deadline: July 1
Watson Davis Award. The Watson Davis Award recognizes an individual ASIS&T member who has shown continuous dedicated service to the membership through active participation in and support of programs, chapters, SIGs, committees and publications. Eligibility: Candidates shall have been ASIS&T members for at least five years. Former winners, members of the Watson Davis Jury and the Membership Committee Chair in the year that the award is given are not eligible. Nominations: Any member, chapter, special interest group or other official unit of the Society may nominate. Nomination Package: Must include at least the following: letter of nomination with supporting reasons for the choice of the candidate (specific information about the quality and length of service of the nominee, with careful consideration given to the words continuous, service, and membership); comprehensive list of the contributions of the member to ASIS&T; and supporting letters of nomination that provide additional detail on the nominee's contributions to the Society. Deadline: July 15
Best Information Science Book Award. This award recognizes the best book published in the field of information science the preceding year. Eligibility: Any book in the broad area of information science. Authors need not be ASIS&T members. Nomination: Nominations are accepted from publishers and individuals, regardless of ASIS&T membership. Nomination Package: Publishers must submit six copies of each title being nominated; individuals nominating books need not send copies of the books, but should provide full bibliographic references for each title. Deadline: June 15
ISI/ASIS&T Citation Analysis Research Grant. This grant supports research based on citation analysis by encouraging and assisting individuals in this area of study with their research. The grant may be made for research underway as well as for new research proposed. Grant of $3,000 cash (donated by the Institute for Scientific Information) and $500 travel reimbursement to the ASIS&T Annual Meeting. Eligibility: Open to anyone who has not previously won it. Proposals: Anyone may submit nominations by mailing the proposal package to ISI/ASIS&T Citation Analysis Research Grant, ISI, 3501 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Proposal Package: Should include the following: name, address, affiliation and brief biography of applicant(s); double-spaced statement of the research problem not to exceed 1,000 words; description of the research design and methodology, including details of how citation data will be used; discussion of the expected impact of the research results. Proposals may be submitted in hard copy, email or fax. Deadline: June 15
Cretsos Leadership Award. This award recognizes a new ASIS&T member who has demonstrated outstanding leadership qualities in professional ASIS&T activities. Eligibility: Open to any ASIS&T member who has been a member for no more than seven years (including years as a student member, if applicable) at the time the award is made. Prior winners of this award, members of the Cretsos Leadership Award Jury and the Chair of the Leadership Committee in the year that the award is given are not eligible. Nominations: May be made by any members or groups of the Society. Nomination package: Nominating letter; no more than two pages of data, including name, title, affiliation, address and telephone number of nominee; name, title, affiliation, address, telephone number of nominator; year the nominee joined ASIS&T; specific ASIS&T activities in which nominee has participated (SIG, chapter, student chapter, ASIS&T committees); up to five letters of support; and up to two supporting documents. Deadlines: July 15
SIG/STI Chemical Abstracts Service Student Award. The SIG/STI CAS Student Award recognizes an outstanding student in a program of library and /or information science with interest in the area of chemical information. Cash grant funded by Chemical Abstracts Service provides partial support for attendance at an ASIS&T Mid-Year or Annual Meeting. Eligibility: Open to any student enrolled full-time or part time in a graduate program in library and/or information science with a demonstrated interest in chemical information (fulltime enrollment will be given preference). Nomination Package: Application form available from SIG/STI should be submitted to SIG/STI. To receive an application form contact Jian Qin at 315-443-5642, email@example.com. Deadline: June 15
Chapter-of-the-Year Award. This award recognizes outstanding chapters for their contributions to ASIS&T and the advancement of information science. Eligibility: Open to all ASIS&T chapters in good standing, with no limit on the number of times a chapter may win the award. More than one chapter may win in a given year. Nomination Package: The Chapter Annual Activities Report and ChapteroftheYear Criteria and Checklist and attached documentation. Deadline: Six copies of the completed nominations must be returned to ASIS&T Headquarters by August 15.
Chapter Member-of-the-Year Award. This award is given for significant contributions by a single individual to the membership of a chapter through participation in and support of its meetings and publications; fundraising; recruitment; or other significant activities. Eligibility: Any ASIS&T member who is currently a member of the nominating chapter is eligible. Nominations: May be made by any ASIS&T member, but are to be associated with the nominee's activities in a particular chapter. Nomination Package: Should include a nominating letter with a 250word description of the contribution for which the person is nominated; a completed Chapter MemberoftheYear Nomination Form; up to two letters of support; up to two supporting documents; and a 50word citation which may be used for publicity, if the person is chosen to receive the award. Deadline: July 1
Chapter Event-of-the-Year Award. This award recognizes the best event held by a chapter (or jointly by two or more chapters) during the previous year (JulyJune). Eligibility: Any chapter event, including technical programs; seminars; panels; workshops; CE courses; product exhibitions; tutorials; fund raisers; or other events. Joint events held with other associations are also eligible. Nomination Package: Should include a nominating letter with a 250word description of the event which is being nominated; name, address, phone number, and chapter of the person who is submitting the nomination; up to two letters of support; up to three supporting documents; and a 50word citation which may be used for publicity, if the event is chosen to receive the award. Deadline: July 1
Chapter Publication-of-the-Year Award: This Award recognizes the best publication produced by a chapter (or jointly by two or more chapters) during the previous year (JulyJune). Eligibility: Any chapter publication, including newsletters, meeting proceedings, directories or other publications. A publication must be in a format that is readable/usable by the jury members. Any electronic and/or self-published material should be sent to HQ in order to be considered. Nomination: All chapter publications produced in the award year are automatically eligible. Deadline: Each year, the Jury shall consider publications produced between July 1 of the previous year and June 30 of the current year.
Student Chapter-of-the-Year Award. This award recognizes outstanding student chapters for their participation in and contributions to the Society and the advancement of information science. Eligibility: Open to all ASIS&T student chapters in good standing with no limit on the number of times a student chapter may win the award. More than one student chapter may win in a given year. Nomination Package: Student Chapter Annual Activities Report and Student ChapteroftheYear Criteria and Checklist and attached documentation. Deadline: May 31
SIG-of-the-Year Award. This award recognizes outstanding professional accomplishments and activities of an ASIS&T Special Interest Group. Eligibility: Open to all active ASIS&T SIGs with no limit on the number of times a SIG may win the award. More than one SIG may be chosen in a given year. Nomination Package: SIG Annual Activities Report and SIGoftheYear Criteria and Checklist and attached documentation. Deadline: August 15
SIG Publication-of-the-Year Award. This award recognizes the best publication produced by a SIG (or jointly by two or more SIGs) during the previous year (JulyJune). Eligibility: All SIG publications, including newsletters, transactions, directories or other publications. Publications must be in formats that are readable/usable by the jury members. Any electronic and/or self-published material should be sent to HQ in order to be considered. Nominations: There is no formal nominations package for this award. All SIG publications routinely submitted to ASIS&T Headquarters will be considered. Deadline: The first phase of the process shall be completed by September 1.
SIG Member-of-the-Year Award. This award is given for significant contributions by an individual to the membership of a SIG through participation in and support of its events at the Annual and MidYear Meetings, its publications and its other activities. Eligibility: Open to any ASIS&T member who is currently a member of the nominating SIG. More than one awardee may be chosen in a given year. The same person may not receive the award in two consecutive years. Nomination Package: Nominating letter, briefly describing the contributions of the nominee to a specific SIG; list of the nominee's contributions to current SIG activities (e.g., SIG offices held, participation in Annual and MidYear Meetings, role in developing SIG publications, recruitment activities of the nominee, role in special projects, role in providing other services to SIG members, and role in other SIG activities during the year; up to two letters of support; and up to two documents illustrating the nominee's SIG activities. Deadline: August 15
Complete guidelines for ASIS&T Awards are available at the ASIS&T website (www.asis.org). The 2004 ASIS&T Awards will be presented at the Annual Meeting, November 13-18, in Providence, Rhode Island, unless otherwise stated. Send nominations to ASIS&T, "Name of the Award," 1320 Fenwick Lane, Silver Spring, MD 20910, unless otherwise stated. For more information contact Sandra Holder, 301-495-0900, firstname.lastname@example.com.
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