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Intended for use after viewing the Science on a Sphere film "Water Falls," this lesson deepens student's understanding of global precipitation measurement. Students will explore NASA satellite data gathered during Hurricane Sandy to learn how that... (View More) data was essential in helping scientists forecast its path and precipitation amounts. All background information, student worksheets and images/photographs/data are included in these downloadable sections: Teacher's Guide, Student Capture Sheet, Assessment and PowerPoint Presentation. (View Less)
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This interactive program focuses on the role of sea level in climate change. Sections include an overview and a list of relevant NASA satellite missions and their objectives. A third section, entitled Global View, covers the following 5 topics:... (View More) Latest View, Large El Niño, Hurricane Katrina, Indian Ocean Tsunami, and La Niña. (View Less)
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This lesson includes four activities. Activity 1 introduces concepts related to distance, including length and height and units of measurement. Students are asked to make comparisons of distances. In activity 2, students work with a graph and plot... (View More) the heights of objects and the layers of the atmosphere: troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere. In activity 3, students learn about other forms of visual displays using satellite imagery. They compare images of a hurricane using two different satellite images. One image is looking down on the hurricane from space, the other looks through the hurricane to display a profile of the hurricane. Activity 4 reinforces the concept of the vertical nature of the atmosphere. Students will take a CALIPSO satellite image that shows a profile of the atmosphere and use this information to plot mountains and clouds on their own graph of the atmosphere. The recommended order for the activities is to complete the first two activities on day one, and the second two activities on day two. Each day will require approximately 1 to 1.5 hours. (View Less)
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text: Holiday hairstyle may seem bleak if you have bob cuts or shorter hair. You can hardly get a ponytail up given french braid. However you can rest assured, short hair is the length of the moment. There are plenty of chic styles made specifically with a cropped cut. Pixie Cut You've taken an adventurous move so go ahead and give it more flare with a faux hawk. Style it by curling and teasing the section of hair on top of your head. Spray it into place and give the look contrast with delicate floral accessory. Neck Length Low ponytail will dominate in 2015. There's no reason why you shouldn't try this look. It's super easy. tie your hair into a ponytail at the nape of your neck. Use a clear hair band to keep it sleek. Pull strands up from the band to create more volume around the crown of your head. Short Wavy This look never gets old and pairs beautifully with any makeup style. You can replicate this style by curling your hair with a 1-inch iron or wand. Spritz in sea salt spray and scrunch your hair up with your fingers to create a messy look. Growing it out This curly hairstyle is perfect for ladies that are in the awkward stage of growing out their bob. Use a wide barrel curling iron and separate your curls after they've cooled. Spritz flexible hairspray onto your curls and run your fingers through, pulling them down. Feel free to style it with bobby pin or decorative hair piece. Side Part Fake a half-shaved style by curling your hair with a wand. Flip all your hair onto one side and secure the other side with gel or spray so the hair lies flat. Image courtesy: Imaxtree

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Week 5 Fantasy Football Recap: 6 Most Important Players to Analyze
Still suffering from the harsh "I started Chris Johnson again" hangover? Trust me, some other owners have it worse. This is numberFire's week 5 fantasy recap, where we tell you why you shouldn't have slept on Colston, why Reggie Wayne is the best reanimation story since Frankenstein, and why Jonathan Stewart is good... when not eaten alive by vultures.
Locked on Target, Sir
Marques Colston - New Orleans Saints
Week 4 Final Points: 31 (#1 WR)
numberFire Projected Points: 13.21 (#2 WR)
Here is the full list of projections that had Colston as a top-five receiver this week: numberFire. Annnnd scene. I guess some people were a little down on the Saints (0-4 will do that to you), but their offense has not been the problem. New Orleans has now put up at least 24 points in all of their five games this season, and in case you didn't hear it 10,283 times last night, Drew Brees has thrown a touchdown pass in every single game since he was in Pee Wee football or something to that effect.
And just as it has been the entire season, Marques Colston was the primary beneficiary of Brees's passing prowess. Colston's 18 targets were the second most in the entire NFL this past week and represented 40% of Brees's throws, substantially larger than the 22% of throws he has been getting on the season. However, it's not like those targets came out of nowhere; he came into the week with a team-leading 50 targets. The Chargers looked to be decent defensive squad ranking as numberFire's #7 opponent-adjusted defense, but Matt Ryan had already proved this season that they were susceptible to a high-octane passing attack. His three touchdowns are obviously an outlier, but numberFire saw at least some scores coming, as his 0.80 projected TDs was second among receivers behind only Roddy White. Perhaps the most surprising part of Colston's day was his low 50% catch rate on the week, slightly worse than his 56% season average. That's right: he could have done even more damage.
Frank Gore
Week 4 Final Points: 16 (#5 RB)
numberFire Projected Points: 16.42 (#5 RB)
I don't call this game as much a victory for Frank Gore as I do a defeat for the Bills defense. Already numberFire's #30 opponent-adjusted defense entering week 5, they may sink even lower before facing the Cardinals in week 6. In five weeks, the Bills have now given up double-digit fantasy points to five different running backs, including the big names of Brandon Bolden, Shonn Greene, and Stevan Ridley. Well, maybe not so big names; the Bills rush defense is so bad that they might even make Chris Johnson look serviceable next week (maybe).
Gore's day doesn't come out of thin air, especially considering that he had averaged at least five yards per carry in three of his four previous games. But this one was even better. His 7.6 yards per carry this week is his largest in almost a full year, dating back to his 141-yard rushing day against the Lions in week 6 last season. His touchdown gives him four on the season, which ties him for the most rushing touchdowns in the NFL. Perhaps the most important, though, is the Niners' perpetual reliance on him as the #1 back. Even though Kendall Hunter ended with 11 rushes on the day, don't think the Niners are entering a timeshare any time soon. Only two of those 11 rushes came before the 7:00 minute mark of the third quarter, at which point the Niners were already up 24-3.
Where Did That Come From?
Jay Cutler - Chicago Bears
Week 4 Final Points: 19 (#7 QB)
numberFire Projected Points: 12.50 (#23 QB)
I could have looked at Smith or Luck here, but Smith's a product of the weak Bills defense I already talked about, and I'll touch on the Colts' passing attack next. But there was a third breakout QB this week who isn't going to get as much mainstream fantasy attention: Smokin' Jay Cutler. Do you now realize that Cutler has at least 17 fantasy points (FP) in three of his five games? Or that two of those games came in the past two weeks? Or that if you throw out the Green Bay debacle, he only has thrown three combined interceptions in his other four games? Or that he is engaged to that girl from Laguna Beach?
But unfortunately, here is the number of things in that last paragraph that will have lasting relevance: zero (cue the shrieking Kristin Cavallari fangirls). Out of the opposing defenses Cutler has faced so far this season, only the Packers (#16) and the Rams (#9) rank in the top half of numberFire's opponent-adjusted defenses. And in those two games, Cutler combined for five interceptions, one touchdown, 309 passing yards, and only eight fantasy points. The Jacksonville game looks good on paper, but according the numberFire's rankings, they are also the second-worst defense the Bears have faced (only ahead of the Colts). The immediate future after the bye looks good for Cutler, with Detroit, Carolina, and Tennessee right after the bye week, but he will spend the heart of fantasy season (weeks 10 through 16) playing a defense ranked in numberFire's top half every single week.
Reggie Wayne - Indianapolis Colts
Week 4 Final Points: 27 (#2 WR)
numberFire Projected Points: 9.64 (#21 WR)
He's alive, resurrected from the dead! So that's what Andrew Luck studied at Stanford, I guess. Just like my grandfather always said, "Son, if you want to go far, necromancy is the way of the future." (Editor's Note: My Presbyterian minister grandfather would probably have a heart attack before actually saying those words.)
Seemed to work for the Colts at least, as Reggie Wayne is undoubtedly, undeniably fantasy-relevant once more. He already had Luck's full attention, even before this week. His 40 targets entering week 5 represented 33% of all Andrew Luck throws. But then this week, especially on the Colts' game winning drive, Luck proved which receiver he trusted the most. Wayne ended the game with a week 5 league-high 20 targets, in total 36% of all Andrew Luck throws. With a 65% catch rate, Wayne stayed right in line with his 60% season average, which conveniently is right on line with the league average for receivers as well. If Luck keeps throwing, Wayne will get his targets, and all signs point to Luck doing exactly that. Luck's 44.25 passing attempts per game are second in the NFL, only behind Drew Brees.
But You Were Supposed To Do So Well!
Roddy White - Atlanta Falcons
Week 4 Final Points: 6 (#30 WR)
numberFire Projected Points: 14.24 (#1 WR)
We had him as our number one this week, even ahead of the expected breakout from Marques Colston. It's just that Matt Ryan decided, "So, you're going to say Roddy White's the best receiver? Well, the Redskins probably think that too. So let's not throw to him all day!" I know this because instead of necromancy, I decided to become a fortune teller; it's why I decided to pick up Danny Amendola in three of my four leagues (as I begin to slowly sob into a pillow).
So with that mindset, for the first time all year, Matt Ryan looked for Julio Jones and Tony Gonzalez a significant amount more than Roddy White. It was not the first time that White had been beaten in targets; Jones had more week 1 against Kansas City, and Gonzalez had more week 3 against San Diego. It was just that, for the first time this season, the disparity was significantly large. White's six targets represented only 12% of Ryan's throws, where previously, 27% of Ryan's throws had been going his way. Meanwhile, Gonzalez and Jones each had season-highs with 14 and 15 targets, respectively, which combined resulted in 53% of all of the Falcons' targets on the day. I consider this game an outlier, especially with the invisible secondary of the Oakland Raiders next on the docket, but it is still a tough outlier to take for White owners relying on him this past weekend.
Jonathan Stewart - Carolina Panthers
Week 4 Final Points: 2 (#42 RB)
numberFire Projected Points: 12.39 (#12 RB)
The stupidest thing you can do is argue with the math. I know not to argue with the math. But when I was setting my lineup on Sunday morning and was faced with an Ahmad Bradshaw vs. Jonathan Stewart matchup for my flex spot in one league, I went away from the math. I picked numberFire's #14 RB Bradshaw over numberFire's #12 RB Stewart. And I couldn't be happier that I did.
The fact remains, in Carolina, you never know exactly who is going to get what carries on any particular week. With the injuries and the crowded depth chart, not to mention Cam Newton poaching seemingly as many carries as humanly possible, it is tough to trust any particular Panthers player. Stewart ran into just that issue yesterday, when his four rushing attempts represented only 21% of Carolina's carries on the day and over 10 carries less than numberFire thought he would get. To be fair, he was the Panthers' most effective back on the day - Williams had six yards on six carries and Tolbert only had one carry for three yards - but that is little consolation to Stewart owners. At this point, you can only even think about starting Stewart against defenses at the very bottom of numberFire's defensive efficiency rankings, ones that could potentially give up high point days to multiple backs. The Seahawks are not that defense. No single running back has gotten over 55 yards against them the entire season.


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The search for missing Wisconsin toddler Isaiah Theis is over. The 2-year-old's body was found a day after he disappeared while playing with his big brother in the family's yard. Sadly, he didn't get far.
Cops say they found Isaiah late Wednesday night in the trunk of a car. The car belonged to a customer of Isaiah's dad, who fixes them on the family property in western Wisconsin.
The fact that a 2-year-old died is heartbreaking.
The fact that he was under the noses of the searchers this whole time? That makes me want to ball up my fists and slam them on the table in frustration.
Police say they were told the car was locked, but they did peer inside. They even looked all around it. But they didn't look inside the trunk, at least not until more than 24 hours had passed. They'd technically called off their search when one police officer went for the trunk.
So far the police haven't said what it was that finally DID send them to the trunk of the car, nor have they released a cause of death -- little Isaiah's body is being autopsied.
In the meantime, it's hard not to wonder if Isaiah would still be here if someone had thought to look in that trunk earlier. If he was alive when he went in there, it's hard not to wonder what it was like for this little guy, knowing he was still home, thinking his big brother would come get him or Mommy and Daddy would save him.
Sadly, we may never know. The rescuers did they best they could in a horrible situation. And I'm almost positive they all went home and hugged their own children a little tighter.
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text: I can't seem to find an official tethering solution for my HTC Droid Eris (Verizon). In the Market I can scoop up a copy of PDA NET which I'm currently using but unlike tethering my Wife's BlackBerry Storm, nowhere does it prompt me to accept a hefty $30/month charge for mobile broadband. Now we do have this mobile broadband plan on one phone -- her Storm 1 which she's using right now, but when I connected my Android device, it took me straight to the Internet without any "Big Red" strings attached, or so it seems. Should I expect hefty data charges for using PDA NET on my Android phone since I haven't accepted the mobile broadband plan on my line or does having it on my Wife's phone somehow connect both our devices (2 lines, 1 plan) into tethering? Also, how's that 5GB/month cap? Do they monitor it often? Looking for feedback on if I'm being "naughty" for using PDA NET to get my laptop online from Droid Eris! Thanks.


text: I Rooted my Incredible 2, via Revolutionary. about 4 months ago. and I was running CM7...I got offered to upgrade my phone from Verizon, so I decided to Unroot my DINC2, and get it back to stock, to put on EBay or what have you...Anyway I STUPIDLY used something called "Gingerunroot" from the marketplace...Figured that didn't do the trick, and Googled how to unroot it normally. I Flashed to 2.2.1 sucessfully, and I have S-ON, when I boot doing vol down and power. My problem is, I CANNOT update to 2.3.4...When I Try to go to Software Update, it says "SERVICE UNAVAILABLE PLEASE TRY AGAIN UNDER SETTINGS SOFTWARE UPDATE"...Over and over..At first I figured it was because I was in a bad signal spot, but then I was in a 3G area with Really great signal (Almost full bars) and it still said it. The other problem I'm having is, If I remove my SD card, I Lose signal. like, it goes to xIIII <--bars...and i can't even dial. I'm guessing I'm gonna have to Re-root and unroot it with the steps I did before, Minus the Application...or is there another way around this? I was pretty sure 2.3.4 Came with my DINC2, so It's really weird that the stock flash I found was 2.2.1... Anyways. Please help. if I didn't post this in the right area, Please move it. but keep in mind my phone is "Old news" and not too many people will likely read it if moved to the DINC2 section.


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Alma Puvogel is an award winning Pet Groomer, specializing in hand-scissoring, hand-thinning and hand-stripping. Grooming with Alma includes: Full bath, nail trim, anal glands, ear plucking (if necessary), and haircut.
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The groomer checks your pet's body for signs of any potential problems. Your pet's ears are inspected to look for dirt and overgrown hair that can block the ear canal and lead to infection. We look at your pet's paws to see if there are cuts or punctures that require attention. Before bathing, we look closely at your pet's skin for signs of fleas, parasites, mites or infection. Our professional groomer notes any type of lumps, rashes, skin lesions or skin discoloration which may be early signs of illness. If we notice anything unusual which requires additional medical attention, our groomer is able to alert a veterinarian at our pet hospital for further evaluation.Our Lake Forest Animal Clinic's Doctors work with the grooming staff to help them make pet care decisions based on their observations. If a skin condition has been noticed, we may use a medicated shampoo to reduce irritation or a flea shampoo to remove the pests.
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As soon as I got to the airport, the sole of my shoe fell off. I bought some chewing gum and tried to do a quick fix. Bubble gum would have worked better. I finally found some shoe goo. I should have constructed some sort of secret exhibition in my sole before I glued it back together.
I got in a mile run at Olana, Frederick Church's home. "And I own it" was apparently his signature catchphrase. It's on all the signage.
Nice trails. Being in a strange place, I suddenly got creeped out about running on a deserted trail at sunset in upstate New York. Much the way someone from upstate New York might keep creeped out running on a trail in the Deep South at sunset. I only did one mile. I read the paper too much.
I headed over to the Rip Van Winkle Bridge and logged a 2-mile run on the Rip Van Winkle Bridge. There are several suicide hot lines on the bridge. I had a recurring thought that I would would trip and my iphone would catapult out of my hand. I had to shift focus a couple of times.
End of day one. Tomorrow, I will post some art and people.


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To the Valley News:
On Nov. 8, at the Elizabethtown Budget Hearing, I asked Supervisor Bartley if the Town was being sued over the sewer project. She said no. The Board remained silent and the 14 minute meeting ended soon after
It's now come to light that the Town is in fact being sued.
One of the definitions from Webster's Dictionary defines " sued " as being petitioned, which means to make a formal written request.
A formal written request was received by the Town on Aug. 27 from the Sugarman Law Firm, of Syracuse, who represents the sewer project engineers, Barton & Loguidice. A claim in the amount of $154,964 has been made against the Town of Elizabethtown and the, "claimant respectfully requests that this claim be allowed and paid within the time provided by law from the date of presentation."
I had to file a Freedom of Information Law ( FOIL ) request to obtain this information. I had to pay for it. The law requires that documents received by the Town be available for the public to view at meetings, for free.
There have been three monthly Town Board meetings since this petition was received, but no discussion about it has occurred.
The DEC sewer funding agency has previously said they would only reimburse up to $63,000 of remaining invoices involved in the sewer project and would not pay for Bartley's alternative sewer plans. This would leave an outstanding balance of $91,964 for the local taxpayers to absorb. I do not believe any funding has been budgeted for this expense. If the tax rate stayed the same, this would equate to roughly a 10 percent tax levy increase for you.
Ken Fenimore, Elizabethtown


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A new study from financial technology company SmartAsset ranks the most affordable places to live in West Virginia. This is SmartAsset's third annual study on the Most Affordable Places in America. These cities are ranked on an Affordability Index weighing property taxes, homeowners' insurance fees, and mortgage payments relative to income.
Check out the table below for a more detailed look at the statewide leaders:
Additional study details including the methodology and interactive map can be found here: https://smartasset.com/mortgage/how-much-house-can-i-afford?year=2017#westvirginia


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Gibson.com salutes a player ongoing music and playing is just as alive as ever...
Who is he?
Veteran English rocker, though he's been a U.S. resident for so long you'd be forgiven for thinking he's American. When growing up in Beckenham South London, he went the same Bexley school as David Bowie – his dad, Owen Frampton, was actually one of Bowie's art teachers – and first learned to play the banjolele, the family instrument due to his grandmother's fandom of English Vaudeville singer George Formby. He was soon listening to jazz masters like Django Reinhardt and Wes Montgomery, as well as soaking up the song craft of the Beatles, and all manner of blues guitar influences too. Frampton and a guitar have been inseparable since the beginning.
Frampton was a star at 16, fronting psych-lite outfit The Herd (in '67 they supported Jimi Hendrix) and was part of London's coterie of rising guitar stars: "I used to go into Selmers in Charing Cross Road and Paul Kossoff would sell me my strings," he remembered. Frampton moved on to form supergroup Humble Pie with The Small Faces' Steve Marriott.
Peter played on George Harrison's solo opus All Things Must Pass, Harry Nilsson's Son of Schmilsson, and David Bowie's Never Let Me Down. He's guested on records by Jerry Lee Lewis, John Entwistle, and he organized the Peter Frampton Guitar Circus shows of 2013, during which he shared the stage with B.B. King, Don Felder, Robert Cray, Mike McCready, Sonny Landreth and more. He's a Grammy winner, for 2006's instrumental album Fingerprints.
But over those 50 years of being teen hearthrob, blues rocker, guitar sideman, instrumental Grammy winner, guitar gear entrepreneur, Hollywood Walk of Fame-r, and composer for ballet, Frampton's playing has been uniformly superb.
Signature Sounds
Frampton's breadth of talent has ensured his longevity: he's both a guitar virtuoso and a great songwriter, and there aren't too many of those around. Guitar-wise, he adds a good amount of jazz phrasing to his soloing, which might otherwise be fall under "blues rock". He's also an adept fingerstylist, again with jazz-influenced chord patterns and an innate sense of melody.
"Anybody whose passion is a specific instrument will try to listen to as many different styles as possible," he says of his learning and favorite players. "From Segovia to Chet Atkins, Django Reinhardt to all the Kings – B.B., Albert, Freddie, Buddy Guy, Robert Johnson, Wes Montgomery, Kenny Burrell, Joe Pass. George Benson when he was very young, when he played with Jack McDuff… All these different players influenced me."
Frampton's recently been playing acoustic shows, in support of 2016's Acoustic Classics album, but also dates with a full band (to include a summer 2017 tour with Steve Miller).
"I've moved on as a player," he reflects, on recent years. "More years 'under the belt,' many more influences. It's just experience and experimentation. I still play and write at home, when no-one else is listening, and I make a lot of mistakes. But sometimes I hit on a great riff. And I'm still stealing from the best!
"The guitar is an extension of me. It always has been. I always want to be playing something tomorrow that I can't play today. That's my motto."
If you think he's "just" a player of decades ago, listen to Thank You Mr Churchill (2010) which shows off his panoply of skills, from jazz to hard grunge-y riffing. And he actively encourages trying to ape other players' licks, just like he has: "You never sound like them because you're not them. You can play it your way… Your vocabulary gets to a certain point and listening to all these people gives you a more varied vocabulary when you're coming to write or when you're coming to solo."
Peter Frampton and Gibson
Frampton's played numerous Gibson over the years. His favorites are Les Pauls, including sunburst Customs, a Les Paul Classic 1960 reissue (with Tom Holmes pickups), a Les Paul Jnr, and he also own a beautiful original 1960 'burst Les Paul Standard that used to belong to JJ Cale (appearing notably on Cale's 5 album). When it comes to Standards, Frampton prefers '60-style spec for the slimmer necks. He also regularly plays a '64 ES-335.
But the Les Paul he's best known for – and, indeed one of the most famous Gibson Les Pauls in rock – is his 1954 Les Paul Custom "Black Beauty" aka the "Phenix" (yes, he prefers the Mediæval spelling). Frampton jokes of his Les Paul, "it's more famous than I am!"
He bought it in 1970, cranked it loud in Humble Pie, and relied upon it throughout his '70s glory years. It then went down in a ball of flames in a 1980 cargo plane crash, and was thought lost forever. You'll no doubt know the story of how – 31 years later – the Phenix found its way back to Frampton, where it was carefully restored to playable condition. It soon replaced the signature Peter Frampton Les Paul Gibson Custom had earlier built in its image.
"The first day I brought it to rehearsals, I changed guitars a bit," Frampton told Gibson.com of being reunited with the Phenix. "Mostly, it was the Gibson Custom Peter Frampton Les Paul made for me by Gibson, but when I played the original, everybody would just smile! It just has the sound! I think it's unique. It's not necessarily the best Les Paul in the world, I've never said that. It just has something.
"It doesn't have a maple top, like most Les Pauls do, it's solid mahogany but very light mahogany… unusual. It doesn't have the very deep sound of a normal Les Paul with a maple top. It has a mid-to-high register sound that cuts through. I have another Les Paul that I call the Buzz Saw – it's got that ZZ Top-ish full range and can bite your head off. This one is more lyrical sounding. And when I pick it up, you hear the difference – it's amazing."
Here's Frampton talking briefly about the Gibson Custom build of the Phenix in 2015, the incredible replica of his 1954 Les Paul Custom. If you can still find a Phenix (only 36 were made, PF has #1), it will be crazily expensive but this is one of the most intricate "reproduction" guitar projects ever undertaken.


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Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) don't necessarily express anger, fear, anxiety or frustration in the same way as other children.
They can sometimes express these feelings through aggressive behaviour towards other children. Sometimes they're aggressive towards themselves, which is called self-injurious behaviour. They might hit, kick, throw objects or hurt themselves – for example, by head-banging.
Children with ASD might behave aggressively or hurt themselves because they:
Understanding what causes your child's self-injurious and aggressive behaviour can help you to change or reduce the behaviour.
You can do this by looking at the aggressive behaviour as an ABC sandwich:
You can work on your child's aggressive behaviour by changing either the triggers or the rewards your child gets from behaving aggressively or self-injuring. Our article on managing challenging behaviour in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) explains how to do this.
Understanding how well your child can communicate is also a key step in finding out what's causing the aggressive behaviour. When children can't express feelings or ask for what they need, they might use aggressive behaviour to communicate.
It can be helpful to ask yourself, 'Is she trying to tell me something?'. For example, if your child doesn't like corn flakes but can't tell you, she might hit you as a way of saying 'Take it away, I don't want it!'.
You probably can't prevent every outburst from your child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). But you can try to manage the aggressive behaviour when it happens. Here are some tips.
The first and most important thing is to stay calm. Most aggressive outbursts or tantrums happen because your child has feelings building up and he can't communicate them. By managing your own feelings and staying calm and quiet, you won't add your emotions to the mix.
During an outburst your child will be feeling very stressed. It's hard to process what someone else is saying when you're feeling stressed, and this is especially true for children with ASD, who can have trouble understanding language.
It can help if you limit what you say to short phrases or even just a couple of words – for example, 'Sit down' rather than 'Lachlan, come over here and sit down'.
You might need to move your child to a safer place, away from anything that could hurt her – for example, shelves that could fall over or glass objects. A quiet enclosed space outside might be an option. You might also need to get other people to move out of the way for safety.
Visual cues can also help in these situations – for example, you might have a picture of a quiet place in your home that your child can go to.
Physical restraint
If you find you have to use physical restraint when your child has an aggressive outburst, speak with your child's paediatrician or a behavioural therapist, ideally a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst®, about other options.
Physical restraint can be dangerous to both you and your child, and can often increase your child's anxiety and make the situation worse. Positive behaviour support is always preferable to physical options.
Working out what your child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is trying to tell you with self-injurious behaviour can help you decide how to manage it.
For example, your child might find it hard to switch from one activity to another. He might bang his head on the floor when you tell him that it's time to put away his train set before dinner. You could try warning him five minutes before you need him to pack away by showing him a photo of washing hands and sitting at the table for dinner. This will give him a warning, plus time to finish what he's doing.
If your child has been doing a puzzle for 10 minutes and starts to pull her hair, she might be trying to let you know that she wants to do something else. Offering her a new activity might stop the hair-pulling.
Your child might hit himself because he wants you to look at him and talk to him. Going over to him and giving him attention will stop him hitting himself. The next step is teaching him to get your attention in another way – for example, by saying 'Mum' or coming to you and showing you a help card.
Your child might be feeling frustrated and need help. For example, your child has been playing with a doll but the leg comes off, so she starts to scream and scratch herself. If you help her fix the doll, it will stop her hurting herself. The next step is teaching your child to show her frustration in another way – for example, to say, sign or show a picture to tell you when she needs help.
A note about responding to self-injurious behaviour
Giving your child what he wants can strengthen the behaviour and make it more likely that your child will behave in the same way in a similar situation in the future.
A better long term strategy is to:
This can be hard to do without professional help to work out why your child is behaving aggressively or self-injuring.
A Board Certified Behaviour Analyst® or other experienced professional can help you understand and manage your child's aggressive or self-injurious behaviour. This might be particularly helpful if you've already tried other strategies without success.
For example, the professional might use functional analysis to work out why your child is behaving aggressively or is self-injuring. Then the professional might create a positive behaviour support plan that includes strategies to reduce the behaviour and teach new behaviour.
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Matson, J. (2009). Aggression and tantrums in children with autism: A review of behavioral treatments and maintaining variables. Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2(3), 169-187. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19315860902725875.
Matson, J.L., Dixon, D.R., & Matson, M.L. (2005). Assessing and treating aggression in children and adolescents with developmental disabilities: A 20‐year overview. Educational Psychology, 25(2-3), 151-181. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0144341042000301148.
Matson, J.L., & Jang, J. (2014). Treating aggression in persons with autism spectrum disorders: A review. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 35(12), 3386-3391. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2014.08.025.
Parikh, M.S., Kolevzon, A., & Hollander, E. (2008). Psychopharmacology of aggression in children and adolescents with autism: A critical review of efficacy and tolerability. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, 18(2), 157-178. doi: 10.1089/cap.2007.0041.


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Microsoft has licensing deals with almost all of the major Android handset manufacturer, except Motorola. So way back in October, 2010, Microsoft sued Motorola over infringing nine of its patents in its Android handset. But Motorola refused to cave in and the case went on till recently, when Microsoft won the case and the International Trade Commission (ITC) imposed a ban on Motorola importing Android smart phones to the United States.
So the question arises, what were the patents infringed and what were they related to. Well, nice question. According to the court documents, Motorola has infringed on nine patents, ranging from sending and receiving emails, managing calendars and contacts to managing a phone's memory. The ITC's decision centers around the usage of a single remaining patent for "generating meeting requests and group scheduling from a mobile device," which according to Microsoft, the phone maker has failed to correctly license.
David Howard, Microsoft's corporate vice president and deputy general counsel, said in a statement:
Microsoft sued Motorola in the ITC only after Motorola chose to refuse Microsoft's efforts to renew a patent license for well over a year. We're pleased the full Commission agreed that Motorola has infringed Microsoft's intellectual property, and we hope that now Motorola will be willing to join the vast majority of Android device makers selling phones in the U.S. by taking a license to our patents.
As a result of this ruling, Motorola is now forced to change the algorithm used by it in all its future and presently not-yet-sold Android handsets, or it will be banned from selling its Android handsets in the United States. Along with this, Motorola will have to pay Microsoft 33 cents "per device entered for consumption."
This is going to become just like any other Android manufacture in the market. So the credit of not having to pay a single penny to Microsoft for using Android will no more remain with Motorola. And now that Google has got the approval from the Chinese authorities as well for the acquisition of Motorola Mobility, this will soon become a case between Microsoft and Google. Will this change anything? Well, we will just have to wait and watch.


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The most popular and vibrant suburb in Cape Town, Camps Bay lies in an outstandingly beautiful setting as the jewel in the crown of the Twelve Apostles and Lion's Head.
The beachfront is palm tree-lined white sand and the "Golden Strip" of Camps Bays Café's and Restaurants, vying for their share of the perfect sunset.
There is always a small contingent of stand-up paddler's, surfers and kayakers in the water (which is refreshingly cold), and no shortage of great cocktails on the other side of Victoria Drive.
Head over to Café Caprice for a Bikini Bottom mixed with Cîroc pineapple, Angustora orange bitters, pear syrup muddled with fresh limes, pineapples and basil (don't forget to Uber!).
Location: No need, if you're not in Camps Bay, where are you? 😉


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I have always enjoyed creative writing and expressing my ideas. When I was 16, I wrote a science fiction novel called "The Stolen Treasure" (currently not published by any means). More recently, I wrote and self-published a family novel called "The Sheltered Life of Betsy Parker." I would post the amazon link, but I'm pretty sure advertising is considered spam on this website, so I'll just end at saying that I wrote it.
I have been inspired to write a book and I have written two. The first one was accepted by a publisher within a month of my sending it. It is a self help book because my background is in psychology. I'd love to be able to write a novel as I read many of them, but for some reason my imagination does not work that way.
on several occasions I've been inspired to write a book. When I was a child I actually did type up a story. It was over 20 pages long, but the computer crashed and I had to start over. In high school I took a creative writing class and found inspiration in many subjects. My latest inspiration is to make a graphic novel.


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Thirteen of South Carolina's baseball games will be televised this season – click here to see the schedule of televised games. But did you know that if you sign up for Gamecock All-Access, you can also watch live streaming of every non-televised home baseball game? In addition to that, you can also hear the radio broadcast for every baseball game, home or away, for the 2010 season.
Click here to sign up for All-Access and purchase a subscription for just $9.95 per month. For the entire 2010 baseball season, that's just $40! That's less than 75 cents per radio broadcast and just over $1 to watch a live stream of a home game at Carolina Stadium.


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Finance Committee
Council passed resolution 067/2016 at a Ordinary Council meeting held on 23 August 2016 where it was decided:
Every second Ordinary Council meeting (previously called Finance meetings) to exclude the briefing day with the first being 26 September 2016 and to meet in Katherine Regional Office.
Council meets twelve times a year and can hold a special meeting when required.
This page will no longer provide Agenda and Minutes for Councils Finance Committee as is included in Ordinary Council business.
Finance Committee Agendas
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ILLINOIS (KFVS) - Ameren Illinois says a rash of "scams" are using the Ameren name to dupe consumers nationwide into paying bogus energy bills.
They say the alleged scammers are sending spoofed emails that appear to be requests from Ameren asking recipients to pay unpaid utility bills. Recipients also are being instructed to open a virus-infected attachment.
Ameren said they have received calls from residents of several states, including Missouri and Illinois, who have been targeted in the scam. Other utilities throughout the country have reported experiencing a similar email scam.
"Ameren is investigating the situation and working to resolve the issue," said Tim Reagan, director of Security at Ameren. "If anyone receives this type of email, they should not open any attachments, and should delete the email message immediately."
Reagan added that unless specific information has been requested by a customer, Ameren does not include attachments in its customer emails.
Ameren reminds customers to never give personal or financial information to anyone who calls, sends an email or comes to their homes unannounced. Customers with concerns about their accounts should call Ameren Illinois at 800-755-5000.
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Types of assessment: Prime assessments introduction: D1090 report
A D1090 report is issued monthly to local offices listing traders who have paid 3 or more assessments in the last 18 months. Paid assessments of more than £3,500 are excluded from the listing as they are reported individually to local offices on a D1402 (ED 73).
Where additional liabilities are subsequently established following contact with the trader and no return is forthcoming, make and notify the additional assessment promptly.
Remember, additional assessments can be made only where new information not available to HMRC at the time the prime assessment was made, is obtained.
If you simply review the information available at the time (for example, additional details held in the traders folder) and conclude that a greater assessment would have been produced had a different methodology been applied, you must not make an additional assessment for the additional amount.
Exceptionally, in such cases withdrawal of the prime assessment may be considered in order to make a fresh manual prime assessment, subject to time limits.
Note: To justify such action you must be able to demonstrate that the original prime assessment was fundamentally flawed. It is unacceptable to take such action only, because, on a second look, you recognise that a different method of calculation would have resulted in a higher albeit more realistic quantum.
If automatic prime assessments are consistently well below a traders true liability manual interventions must be considered.


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- HEART Act Provides Benefits for Employees Serving in the Military
- July 30, 2008
- Law Firm: Ford & Harrison LLP - Atlanta Office
On June 17, 2008, President Bush signed the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008 (the "HEART Act"). The HEART Act amends the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code") to provide a number of enhanced benefits and incentives to military service members, including reservists and National Guard members who frequently work for civilian employers in addition to their military duties. The employment-related benefits of the Act are described below.
Tax Treatment for Pay Differentials Provided by Employers
The HEART Act specifically addresses differential wage payments that many employers have been providing to employees called to active military duty. Under the HEART Act, pay differentials (generally, payments made by civilian employers to service member employees to offset any wage loss suffered by the employee as a result of a military activation greater than 30 days) made after December 31, 2008, are to be treated as wages subject to withholding. Consequently, employers providing pay differentials to service member employees need to ensure proper tax withholding from these amounts.
In addition, effective after December 31, 2008, an employee receiving differential wage payments is treated as still being an employee for purposes of employer retirement plans, and the differential wages are treated as "compensation" for purposes of both employer plans and IRAs. At the same time, however, the employee generally is treated as having terminated employment for purposes of permitting the employee to receive certain plan distributions that may not be made while an individual is employed.
Withdrawals from Retirement Plans and Health Flexible Spending Arrangements
The HEART Act makes permanent the ability of reservists who have been activated since September 11, 2001, for 180 days or longer, to make withdrawals from their retirement plans prior to age 59-1/2, while on active duty, without incurring an "early withdrawal" penalty. The reservist may also recontribute the withdrawn amounts to an IRA at anytime within two years after the end of the active duty period, without regard to the otherwise-applicable limitations on IRA contributions. Prior to enactment of the HEART Act, this treatment was limited to military activations occurring after September 11, 2001 and before December 31, 2007. The HEART Act eliminates the December 31, 2007 cut-off date.
Along similar lines, the Act also permits military reservists who are activated for 180 days or longer to withdraw amounts from health flexible spending accounts (FSAs) that would otherwise have been forfeited under the FSA rules, without jeopardizing the arrangement's status under Code Sections 105 or 125. The withdrawal may be made at any time between the date of call-up to active duty and the end of that calendar year (or other coverage period under the FSA).
Killed in the Line of Duty
The HEART Act ostensibly broadens the scope of the pension benefit provision of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act ("USERRA"). Under the HEART Act, a service member killed while performing qualified military service is to be treated, for pension purposes, as if he or she returned to employment as of the day before the service member's death, and then died while employed. Survivors and beneficiaries may then be entitled to benefits that would not have been payable without a return to employment. The Act also permits – but does not require – employer-sponsored plans to provide additional benefit accrual, based on the benefit-restoration provisions of USERRA, for service members who are unable to be reemployed due to death or disability, as if they had been reemployed on the day before death or disability. These provisions apply to deaths (or disabilities) occurring on or after January 1, 2007.
"Rollovers" of Death Benefits
Upon the death of a service member, his or her survivors may receive a military death gratuity, or a benefit under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program, or both. The Act permits these benefits, which are both tax-free, to be rolled over into one or more Roth IRAs or Coverdell education savings accounts, without regard to the contribution limits that would otherwise apply. The contributions must be made within one year after receipt of the benefit. This provision generally applies to benefits that are paid by reason of deaths occurring after June 17, 2008. However, beneficiaries may, before June 17, 2009, rollover an amount not exceeding benefits that they received as a result of a service member's death that resulted from injuries incurred on or after October 7, 2001.
A Tax Credit for Small Employers Providing Pay Differentials
One of the most interesting aspects of the HEART Act is that it provides a tax credit for eligible small businesses that provide differential wage payments to certain military service members who are called to active duty. The small business tax credit equates to 20% of any differential wage payments (disregarding payments over $20,000) made to employees who are on active duty for a period of more than 30 days. A qualified small business under the Act is an employer with an average of fewer than 50 employees during the applicable taxable year and a written military differential wage payment policy applicable to all employees.
This credit is in lieu of a deduction, reduces any other available compensation-based credit, and is a part of the general business credit for purposes of applying the carry-back and carry-forward rules. This tax credit has a sunset provision of December 31, 2009.
Employers' Bottom Line:
The HEART Act provides additional employment-related benefits to military service members. Employers need to be aware of these additional benefits and be prepared to make any necessary plan amendments in accordance with the Act's requirements.


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Challengers offer best bet for school board
A Bridgeport Board of Education that has undergone unprecedented turnover in recent years is due for some more changes. After Election Day, there could be only one member -- or none -- who was on the board two years ago when the turmoil started.
That turmoil has been well-documented, with the 2011 vote that disbanded the board, the state Supreme Court overturning the action followed by a special election last fall. To call it a whirlwind would be an understatement.
What has been clear throughout is that the deep divisions that characterized the board before the takeover have persisted. Charges of obstructionism are met with countercharges of top-down leaders who shut out dissenting views, even those of duly elected officials. The situation frequently descends to a level that embarrasses the city.
It needs to stop.
The Connecticut Post believes the best way to return the focus to where it needs to be -- on the children of Bridgeport public schools -- and away from petty politics is to support in Tuesday's Democratic primary the slate of three challengers who did not win their party's endorsement: Howard Gardner, David Hennessey and Andre Baker.
All three are passionate defenders of public education. They each boast enviable resumes, and have shown their commitment to bettering the lives of city school children -- Gardner in community service, Hennessey as a teacher and Baker as an independent voice on the City Council.
The three endorsed candidates, the Rev. Simon Castillo, Katie Bukovsky and Brandon Clark, also have many qualities that would make them worthy candidates. Each seems to be motivated most of all by a desire to do what's right, to help improve the lives of the city's young people. All six candidates say they support an audit of the school system's budget. All six also agreed that the rancor that's characterized school board meetings in recent months has to stop.
But one thing voters should expect from their elected officials is a degree of independence. No one wants school board members who will simply enact the policies desired by the city's political powers, whether that's a mayor or a party boss. There is good reason to believe the endorsed slate would be unable to offer that independence.
Upon meeting with Post editors last week, the three endorsed candidates were joined by Joshua Thompson, who works in the mayor's office and is charged with carrying out City Hall's education policies. The message, far from implicit, was that the mayor will be watching.
If the mayor has worthy ideas for the future of the school system, by all means, the school board should listen. That's a far cry from putting in place elected officials who will do the mayor's bidding.
The city held a vote on mayoral control of the school board. It failed.
The Connecticut Post endorses Howard Gardner, David Hennessey and Andre Baker.


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Perhaps it is a bit harsh on goalkeepers to say they are one of the worst as you can't really win anything with a rubbich 'keeper, but this is an XI so we have to pick someone.
Borussia Dortmund were a great side in 1996-97 and they were magnificent in defeating a very talented Juventus side 3-1 in Munich. However, between the sticks Stefan Klos was something of an uninspiring candidate.
He was solid but wasn't exactly a star man and after eight years at Dortmund he saw out the rest of his career in the retirement league that is the Scottish Premier League with Rangers.


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Beautifully situated on the banks of the Groot Marico River in the heart of Madikwe Game Reserve, the Madikwe River Lodge offers guests a place to relax and unwind. Madikwe River Lodge also provides the ideal venue for intimate wedding ceremonies.
Madikwe River lodge provides accommodation in 16 split-level, secluded, thatched chalets. These luxury chalets are set in amongst the riverine forest and are decorated to create a rich African feel. Guests are treated to their own private viewing decks, overlooking the river. The luxury suite features a separate lounge area and an outside shower.
Features of the chalets include:
- Air-conditioning
- En-suite bathrooms with bath and shower
- Private deck
- Mini bar
- Coffee & tea making facilities
As a family friendly establishment, Madikwe River Lodge offers 6 family suites, with cots available on request.
Madikwe River Lodge employs highly qualified rangers who will accompany you on your choice of activity. Take advantage of all that Madikwe Game Reserve has to offer by enjoying a game drive, guided trail or bird watching drive.


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Regelhjelp.no provides updated, quality-assured regulatory information. The authorities have identified and prioritised the most important requirements and made them available in a searchable format.
Regelhjelp.no was launched for ten different industries in September 2005. The website will be completed by the close of 2007.
Regelhjelp.no targets its service primarily toward general managers and those responsible for matters related to health, safety and the environment in small and medium-sized companies, but safety officers, the general public and large scale enterprises will also benefit from the service.
The information on Regelhjelp.no is organized according to industry. It uses standard industry categories based on industry codes from the Brønnøysund Register Centre. Information can also be accessed by using the enterprise's organisation number.
The most important requirements for each industry are classified by subject and presented in three tiers or levels: a brief overview of the requirements, in-depth information on the requirements, and authorised texts of the regulations. For each requirement, contact information is provided for the relevant agency.
On Regelhjelp.no users can register to receive newsletters and information about regulatory changes related to each industry.
One of the goals of the Government's "Action Plan for a Simpler Norway (2005-2009)" is to make regulatory information user-friendly for the business and industrial sector. By using Regelhjelp.no, enterprises can easily learn about the requirements that apply to them without needing in-depth knowledge of the structure of government administration. As a part of the "Action Plan for a Simpler Norway", Regelhjelp.no is funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion.
The "Action Plan for a Simpler Norway" states that through Altinn, the common Internet portal for public reporting, the business and industrial sector shall be given relevant, topical information in a simple and expedient manner on the rights and obligations that apply to each individual enterprise. Regelhjelp.no is well positioned to facilitate this, and efforts are now underway to determine how Regelhjelp.no and Altinn can best be integrated to the benefit of the users.
Regelhjelp.no has compiled regulatory information on a number of areas, including:


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Regular Sunday Services
Informal Worship 8:00
Traditional Worship 10:00
Communion is offered at all services. Gluten free bread is used and participants can choose either wine or juice.
The United Methodist Church practices open communion. All present are invited to receive. There is no requirement of membership in the congregation or denomination, no requirement of offering or completing any prior instruction.
Each service is followed by a free Coffee Hour of refreshments and conversation.


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Two trustee leaders talk finances, faculty and 'polishing the jewel'
On March 11 the Cornell Board of Trustees elected a new chairman: Robert S. Harrison, a 1976 graduate and chief executive officer of the Clinton Global Initiative. He is a former student trustee, a Rhodes scholar, a lawyer and a retired managing director of The Goldman Sachs Group. He chairs the board's executive committee and has been a trustee since 2002.
Harrison's two-and-a-half-year term begins in 2012. He will succeed Peter C. Meinig '61, who has chaired the board since 2002.
Here, Harrison and Meinig share some thoughts about the state of the university.
Mr. Harrison, when you served as a student trustee 1975-76, did you imagine that you would serve again -- and chair the board?
Absolutely not, on chairing of the board. That is a complete surprise. But I actually had hoped after graduating, given what an extraordinary experience it was being a student trustee, that I might be fortunate enough to serve again on the board at some point.
Back then, it was a much more partisan situation, where student trustees looked at themselves as representing students as opposed to representing the interests of the university as a whole. The board essentially tolerated student trustees back then, whereas under Pete's leadership, the board values students' input. We really do look forward to hearing from our student trustees as a very important constituency.
Cornell has established a $100 million Faculty Renewal Fund to hire up to 1,000 new faculty members over the next decade. How will we raise the money? How will we compete against peer institutions for replacements?
Meinig: Half of the fund will be raised from the reallocation of internal resources by the president and provost, and $50 million will be raised through philanthropy. All universities are under financial stress today, some more than others, and we have made a commitment that we are going to be very aggressive in faculty hiring. Many universities will not be able to do this. This creates a good marketplace for us.
Can Cornell afford to continue and increase the amount of financial aid that will be necessary to bring deserving students to Cornell?
Harrison: Financial aid is part of the DNA of Cornell. I can't imagine the board decreasing its commitment. It's a question of priorities and how you allocate or reallocate resources. Given what's happened in the economy, given 9 percent unemployment, the families of many of our students are very seriously affected. So this isn't the time to reallocate downward.
Is Cornell doing enough to ensure the academic success of underrepresented minority students?
Harrison: These initiatives in many cases go back to the 1960s. What the university is doing by evaluating and reevaluating is exactly what needs to be done on a constant basis. … It's an ongoing effort that the university is very committed to doing and must do.
Meinig: Are we doing enough? The answer is no. You can never do enough. There is certainly a focus from the board, at the administration level, also, on the issue, and I think that focus is going to continue.
Mr. Meinig, what advice will you give Mr. Harrison?
Meinig: I would say to him, you are holding a jewel in your hands. What the board needs to do under Bob's leadership is polish that jewel. You don't want to cut the jewel and change all the facets of the jewel. The role of the board is one of advice and consent, choosing outstanding administrative leadership at the university and then supporting that leadership.
What are the university's greatest challenges and opportunities through its sesquicentennial in 2015?
Meinig: Our challenges are in part financial, in part related to the human resources at the university. We definitely will expect reduced support from the state, and we have to deal with that in an appropriate way. We have to deal with the issue of faculty renewal and that certainly is a major challenge.
I think we also have to look at the student experience here at Cornell. We've seen some of these issues come to the forefront over the last year or so. These are issues that are nationwide issues. Cornell, because of our diversity, because of the makeup of our student body, has a unique opportunity to be a leader to finding and implementing the appropriate solutions to these challenges. I'm very optimistic about the future of Cornell and the future of higher education in the country.
Harrison: First and foremost is faculty renewal. That's going to set the tone for decades to come. Second, sustaining a "caring community" and investing in the mental and physical health of our student body and others in the Cornell community is critically important.
Finally, I would say that taking a hint from President [David] Skorton and his desire to focus on public engagement in a global sense -- in other words, making Cornell the land-grant university to the world -- is a challenge and a huge opportunity.