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Government Act 19'?8 Calendar Year 2003 U.S.C. app. 101-111) Person Reporting (Last name., First name, Middle initial) Court Organization Date Report Haik, Richard Western District Louisiana 7128/2004 Title (Anncle Judges indic:ate a.ctive senior status; ReportType (check appropriate type) Reporting Period magistratejllldges indicate full-or part-time) Nomination, Date 1/1/2003 U.S. Disti:ict Judge -Active l.' Annual Flnal 12/3112003 Chambers Office Address the basis the information contained this Report and any modifications pertaining thereto, is, opinion, compliance 100 Lafayette: Street with applicable laws and regulations. Suite 4200 Reviewing Officer Date Lafayette, 70501 ORTANT NOTES: The: instructions accompanying this form must followed. Complete all parts, checking the NONE box fur each part ire you have repetroleum Common Stock -Home Depot, I111c. CofllII Stoc -Pi:psico, Inc. Common tock -Vodafone Group, PLC Pi.DR Interest Interest Dividend None Dividend Dividend None Dividend None Dividend Dividend Dividend Sell 10/01 Brcikerage Account#3 18. -Money Market Fund Dividend -------_ ______ lnome/C1aillCodes: -'S:tQj;Ot.J:esk $l,00i-S2;500 =S2;501-S'5;600 (See Col10mn.< B'I and 04) SSO,Offls100,ooo $100,001-S!,OOO,OOO =Sl,000,001-$5,000,000 =More than $5,000,000 Value CC>des: $15.000 orless Sl5,00I-S50,000 S50,00!-SW0.000 =SI00.001-.$250,000 (Sec Columns and 03) $250;000-$50It,OOO $500,001-$1,000.000 $1,000,001-$5,000,000 $5,000.001-$15,000,000 S25,1)00,00l-$50,000,000 SMore than $50,000,000 Value Method Codes Appraisal =Cost (Real Estate Only) Assessment Cash1Markef (Sc-e Cubunn C2) Buok Value =Other =Estimated ------------------------------"-----;-------------- J;...INAHCIAL DISCL,OSURE REPORT Date Name Person Reporting Haik, Richard Page of2 VII.. INVESTMENTS and TRUSTS -Income, value, transc:ations (includes those ofthe spouse and dependent children. See pp. 34-57 filing instructions.) Income during Gross 11luc end Transactions during reporting periodDescription Assets reporting period reporting period cmcluding lmst assets) -[fnot exempt from disclosure(2) (I) (2) place "(X)" after each asset exem11t Amount Type (e.g. Value Valuefrom prior disclosure Method Identity buyer/seller (if pri'lllllC ttaliSaction) Value Code2 Gain Code Type (e.g. Date: Month-Day Code div. rent. int.) Code2 Code3(Q-W)(J-P) (A-H) (J-J.>) (A-H) merger,redemption) 19. -Oro'wth Fund America Mutual Fund Dividend Partial Sale 11128 -Liberty Funds Trust Mutual Fund None ]20. Individual Retirement A1:cou11t Dividend 21. 22. -Eun:1-Pacific Growth Fund Mutual Fund Fund ofAmeri1:a Mutual Fund Interest 24. lbc:ria Bank Account Interest 25. Ibc:ria Bank Acc:ount Interest 26. Ibe:ria Bank Account Opened Opened Opened S!.OOJ-$2,500-c $2,5fr!-S5.000 $100,001 '..(See: Cohunro; m.andI!4) t; ...$5f);OOl-$HlO;OO-O 1,llll.0(){} ,ono;om-ss,000,000 More than $5,000,000 Sl,5;fO(Lorle$ =$15,001-$50;000 SSO,OOfSl00,000 $T00.00l-$"_W;OOOrl.;{ SS00,09.1-$1,000,000 =SJ ,000,00l-$:5,otlO,OOO $5,000,00l-$25.000))00 $25,CtOO,OO J-$50,000;00-0 SMore 1ha11 $50,000,00() Value Method, Codes Apptaisal Cost (Real Estate Only) =Assessment Cash.ltvfarke: (See Column C2) Bo;.'k Yaltu: =Other Estimated 1.__ ------------------------------------- ---------- (Indicate part Report.) VIlI. ADDffiONAL IN1FORMATION EXPLANATIONS Name Person Reporting Date Report Fll"olrcIAL DISCLOSURE REPORT Haik, Richard 712812004 IX. CERTIFICATION. certify that all information given above (including infonnation pertaining spouse and minor dependent children, any) accurate, true, and 1ompletc! the best knowledge and belief, and that any information not reported was withheld because met applicable statutory provisions permitting f!On-dlisclosure. furthe1r certify that eamed income from outside employment and honoraria and the acceptance gifts which have been reported are compliance with the provisions U.S.C. 501 et. seq., U.S.C. 7353, and Judicial Conference regulations. NOTE: WHO KNOWINGLY AND WILFULLY FALSIFIES FAILS FILE THIS REPORT MAY SUBJECT CIVIL AND CRIMINAL SANCTIONS U.S.C. app. 104) FILING INSTRUCTIONS Mail signed original and additional copies to: Committee Financial Disclosure Administrative Office the United States Courts Suite 2-301 One Columbus. Circle, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20544


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TUCSON, Ariz. – Georgia College Tennis senior Pedro Ecenarro (Santiago de Compostella, Spain) has cemented his spot among the best in school history, joining the list of Division II Men's Tennis All-Americans released by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association this week.
Always a gritty competitor, Ecenarro had a stellar senior season going 14-4 in first singles, including a 7-2 mark in the always-tough Peach Belt Conference (PBC). Over the course of the season, he beat three nationally-ranked opponents in No. 13 Luca Bolla of Flagler College, No. 14 Jordi Mas of Valdosta State University and No. 31 Eirik Groner of Lander University.
Ecenarro joins the lengthy list of GC Men's Tennis All-Americans, now totaling 19 all-time. The most recent All-Americans were Yannick Hass in singles and Hass and Christian Graff in doubles in 2016. This is the 15th All-America honor for Bobcat Tennis in head coach Steve Barsby's tenure.
The season has come to a close for Bobcat Men's Tennis, a year in which Georgia College went 11-11, taking a spot in the NCAA Southeast Regional for the 13th year in a row. The Bobcats also had Ecenarro and Jannik Kumbier earn All-PBC honors for singles along with the pairing of Kumbier and Robin Moller earning the accolade in doubles.
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Ben Jacobstein, founded landmark orange juice and contact lens companies in Miami, dies at 92
Before the familiar Tropicana lined grocery store shelves, Ben Jacobstein and his cousin Alan Benjamin gave South Floridians much of their daily dose of Vitamin C.
That's because the Jacobsteins, with partners, founded the Florida Juice Co. in 1948 after World War II, reportedly the first such company to package and sell fresh orange juice in the nation.
Marketed under the Orange Blossom label, the duo's fresh juice and fruit salad cups were familiar treats for school kids in the region for decades. The company supplied the juice cartons and fruit jars to local schools and supermarkets and shipped in tank cars to New York. Florida Juice also offered home delivery in that pre-Amazon world.
Ben Jacobstein, a businessman who went from OJ sales to co-founding a contact lens clinic at Bascom Palmer, died Dec. 8 at 92 in Coral Gables, his home for more than 65 years. His early work left an impression on generations.
From the Memories of Old Miami and Dade County, Florida website: "Does anyone remember: Orange Blossom orange juice? They had a place in the city of Miami, down near the Miami garment district, and when you went by there you could smell orange juice in the air and it was heavenly, especially on a cold winter day! And their products were really good. We got their orange juice and fruit salad, in the jar, all the time, back in the '50s, '60s and '70s. Another memory of old Miami!"
Jacobstein, born in Louisville, Kentucky, studied business at the University of Louisville but left school to serve with the U.S. Army Air Corps during the war. He completed the B29 Flight Engineer Program just as the war ended.
Soon, he had a sweet idea for his adopted South Florida home: orange juice. Florida Juice, in its heyday, boasted some 250 employees. The product was named Orange Blossom for Benjamin's wife, Blossom, and Jacobstein served as the company's president. The business was sold to Foremost Dairies by 1957 and Jacobstein, for the next few years, served as general manager.
Daughters Diane and Amy recall a man who had "dogged persistence, infinite patience and an endless capacity for creative problem solving."
They remember the look that would come over their father's face when faced with an angry opponent. First, a smile. A measured voice. The zinger.
"You have the right to be wrong," he'd reply. The response was often disarming.
Jacobstein, who raised three children with Helen Jacobstein, his wife of 67 years, would need that approach in those less enlightened times. Florida Juice Co. was housed at 2700 NW Second Ave. in what is now the Wynwood arts district. But in those days his family remembers an era of separate bathrooms and water fountains. Jacobstein, who promoted a black foreman who supervised both black and white employees, would have none of that nonsense. He integrated the bathrooms and fountains.
"Doing this seems so obvious now, but he was in violation of old Jim Crow laws, and his business was actually vandalized and threatened due to these practices," his son Neil Jacobstein said in a eulogy.
Still, "It was not an easy business buying and processing fresh fruit that would freeze in the winter. My dad was always concerned about winter weather in Florida," his son said.
So in 1960, Jacobstein founded the Paris Optical on LeJeune Road and South Dixie Highway with partner, Dr. Murray Miller. Initially, the company imported eyeglass frames but, within a few years, Jacobstein, by now a corneal lens technician, changed the company name to Paris Contact Lens Laboratory and manufactured hard and soft contact lenses.
Jacobstein and Miller also founded the Contact Lens Clinic at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami.
By 1984, Jacobstein's small Gables company, Scientific Technology, had developed a bifocal for the soft contact lens that could be adjusted by its wearer through the blink of an eye, he said in a 1984 Miami Herald story. Optical manufacturer Bausch & Lomb acquired the rights to manufacture and sell the lens internationally. Jacobstein's company received an undisclosed "cash payment" for granting the license and a "small royalty" for each lens sold, the Herald reported.
By 1990, Jacobstein retired. Travel, an early love for computers — he got his first IBM PC in 1981 and delighted in teaching his friends how to use the machines — and his natural wit and kindness were well known. For years, the subscription department at National Geographic sent the magazine to the DAN Jacobstein residence, named for the children: Diane, Amy and Neil.
A decade or so ago, Jacobstein faced spleen surgery. He might not survive, doctors said. His sense of humor did, however. "Your mom and I planned on going to a resort for our anniversary," he announced to the family over a dinner that should have been solemn. "But we ended up going to the Mayo Clinic instead, which I suppose is a last resort."
In addition to his wife and children, Jacobstein is survived by four grandchildren and a great-grandson. Services were held. Donations can be made to Feeding South Florida.
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Lane and Cliff Poland are both 35. They have a four year old son, Paxton and a two year old daughter, Paisley. Both were conceived via IVF.
Lane's story
Cliff and I were 19 when we met in 2001. Cliff was 'clucky' from the beginning and wanted me to have a baby at 21. I wanted to go to university and secure a good job before then.
After my degree, we moved out to Cobar for my first job. Shortly after, we decided to start trying for a family. We tried for two and a half years before we sought help.
We were referred to a fertility specialist in Dubbo (three hours away!) where we underwent tests. We found out that Cliff's sperm had a very low mortality and mobility rate, but that falling pregnant with IVF would be pretty straightforward.
We did our first cycle of IVF in 2010. After the egg harvesting and the maturing period, we had four healthy embryos. We implanted one and froze three. Over the next one and a half years we implanted those embryos, with no success.
During the next cycle, I took stronger dosages of the drugs and they also tested each sperm before they put them into the eggs, so we only got the best ones.
This time, after the maturation period, we had two healthy eggs. Our first one was implanted and the other frozen. Paxton was that first embryo. He was born in July 2013 – three years after we started.
The day I found out I was pregnant was one of the best days of my life. I was driving back from Dubbo when I got the call. I screamed with emotion and even though the other travellers in the rest stop stared at me, I didn't give a shit.
When I called Cliff and heard his voice I knew he felt the same. The lifting of expectations and adrenaline was amazing. I kept screaming and joyful crying the entire two and a half hours home!
When I set eyes on Paxton I felt deliriously happy, but it took weeks for me to stop feeling like he was about to disappear. I didn't sleep the first four nights in the hospital because I worried I'd wake up to find it all a dream.
When those feelings wore off, I guess I was just like most other mothers. I fell more and more in love with this perfect little human we'd created…with a little help from some doctors and scientists.
At the beginning of 2015, we implanted the frozen viable embryo and were gifted with Paisley, a healthy girl.
Now that we have a boy and a girl, I feel complete. Cliff and I always said we'd have lots of kids (before IVF), but my heart and head says that what we have right now is all we need. I feel complete and grateful to be a success story.
Cliff's story
When I found out that we had to do IVF I was quite shocked. We were (relatively) healthy, fit and young and the thought of IVF was nerve-wracking and scary.
The injections Lane had to have needed to be administered by either her or me. Initially, she couldn't do it, so I had to. It was hard knowing that she had to go through this process by herself.
I was there to support her, but the physical things weren't happening to me. The injections, the bruising, the bloating, the ultrasounds, the blood tests, they were all happening to her. All I could do was hold her hand and be strong.
I was working away a lot during the IVF and so there were times I could only be supportive over the phone, listening when Lane needed to talk or cry or scream.
I didn't really have time to think about the emotions I was having, and even when I did they were small and fleeting. I felt a bit of guilt (that this was all happening to Lane), and anger (that we were in this situation when I had friends who had no problems).
When I was able to, I'd drive Lane the six hour round trip to have blood tests, ultra sounds or pick up medication. I'd always be there when we had an embryo implanted.
I was at work when Lane called to tell me we were pregnant. I don't remember much of the day after that because I felt euphoric and hazy.
After all the negative outcomes and the phone calls from Lane I'd received, this one felt surreal. Later when it had sunk in I was beyond happy and couldn't stop smiling.
When I got my first glimpse of Paxton I thought I'd won the lottery. After the years of thinking we may never have a child, finally having him in my arms was a dream come true.
For months, I couldn't stop showing him off to everyone (even strangers down the street).
I think doing IVF strengthened our relationship. We always said we were in it together as a team, and we never laid blame.
Lane always talked to me, and when I needed to talk, she'd be there for me. We told our family, bosses, colleagues and friends so they could all support us.
Being open with everyone meant we never had to hide our joy or pain, and we're told by everyone now that they were all glad they knew and could experience this journey with us.
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Is the rise in global commodity prices a short term aspect?
It is not easy to predict short term movements in commodities but in a way, rising commodity prices are a reflection of longer term trend where a vast population from China, India and Africa starts consuming and give an upward push to demand and prices.
How does the Euro zone crisis affect the markets in India?
The direct effect of euro zone crisis on Indian economy is quite less but it does affect the financial market sentiments. On the whole we don't think it'll have a significant impact on Indian markets over medium term.
Which sectors are you bullish on or which sectors would you avoid in 2011? Are there any particular themes that look appealing to you this year?
We are positive on financial services, positive on Information Technology (IT) space and positive on Pharma Sector. I would say Real Estate is something which one can still avoid.
What are the near term Kotak AMC's Growth Strategies?
We are always looking to grow by reviewing our product mix and the changing business dynamics.
Do you think the issue of entry load in mutual fund industry would be taken up by Mr. U K Sinha?
It is difficult to anticipate regulatory actions.
What steps do you suggest that a retail investor should take in order to select an appropriate mutual fund for his/her portfolio?
Frankly, a retail investor should ensure that he has a basic asset allocation strategy in place and has exposure to equity. A retail investor can choose a mutual fund rather than investing directly in stocks. This is because they either lack the knowledge and expertise or do not have adequate time to do the required research. Based on the track record of the mutual fund scheme, fund manager and risk appetite of the investor, a retail investor could judge the right fit.
How can a finance student make a career in the field of Asset Management?
I think essentially to make a career in the Asset Management Industry, one can look forward for the following profiles:
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If someone seriously is looking at pursuing career in Mutual Fund Sales, then one has to understand the asset allocation rules, asset allocation strategies, economic & company research and valuation techniques
What form of Certifications would add benefit to a Student to make a career in Asset Management?
For a Fund Manager, I think Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) would probably help for a career and if one looks at the Sales as a career, Certified Financial Planner (CFP) would also benefit.
What is the most important learning from the global financial crisis in 2008?
The major cause has been excessive leverage in the financial systems across the globe, especially the developed world. This led to a dip in economic growth in the world and so we should be cautious about running excessive leverages. A lower leveraged entity can withstand a crisis far better than a highly leveraged entity.
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TORONTO – Right-fielder Dayan Viciedo hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning and left-hander Chris Sale pitched seven innings as the Chicago White Sox defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 on Saturday.
The Blue Jays scored one run in the ninth inning as their late rally fell short for the second game in a row.
Sale (7-1) held the Blue Jays to four hits and five walks while striking out six. The only runs he allowed came on a two-run homer by right-fielder Darin Mastroianni in the fourth.
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Blue Jays rookie right-hander Marcus Stroman pitched well over 6 2/3 innings, allowing two hits, two walks and two runs while striking out six. He did not factor in the decision.
Stroman allowed a second-inning double to White Sox designated hitter Adam Dunn and then walked him to lead off the fifth and nothing more through six innings.
But in the seventh inning, White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu doubled with two out to extend his career-best hitting streak to 13 games and Dunn walked for the second time in the game.
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Right-hander Dustin McGowan (4-3) came in from the bullpen and his first-pitch slider was launched into left-field seats by Viciedo for his eighth homer of the season and a 3-2 Chicago lead.
The White Sox added a run in the eighth on a single by pinch hitter Alexei Ramirez against reliever Aaron Loup. The left-hander replaced McGowan after two-out singles by centre-fielder Adam Eaton and second baseman Gordon Beckham. Chicago loaded the bases in the ninth with none out against Blue Jays closer Casey Janssen but could not score.
The White Sox (38-44) have won two in a row over the Blue Jays (45-38) to assure themselves of a split in the four-game series.
Right-hander Zach Putnam who got the final out of the eighth stayed in the game for the ninth and allowed a leadoff double by pinch hitter Anthony Gose. Second baseman Munenori Kawasaki singled him home to cut the lead to one.
Shortstop Jose Reyes hit Kawasaki in to a force out at second and left-fielder Melky Cabrera hit a fly to right for the second out. First baseman Edwin Encarnacion ended the game by forcing Reyes out at second. Putnam picked up his first save of the season.
It was a disappointing result for Stroman who was coming off a strong win over the New York Yankees last Tuesday when he allowed three hits and one run in eight innings.
The Blue Jays took a 2-0 lead in the fourth inning when Mastroianni snapped a 0-for-14 streak to open his season in the majors this season by taking a 3-2 change-up to left for a two-run homer. It was his fourth career homer in the majors with the first three coming with the Minnesota Twins in 2012. The homer came after Colby Rasmus took a two-out walk.
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Christmas cards used to be about mangers, kings and shepherds. Then they became about robins. Then about reindeer. Now they are about us. "Religion has gone away," said the novelist AS Byatt "and all we are left with is ourselves, so we have to be interested in ourselves. And we can be psychoanalytically interested in ourselves or sociologically interested in ourselves or interested in why we wear these clothes rather than those, or we can put ourselves in reality houses on the television."
On one reading of this phenomenon – call it the secularisation thesis – the change of the look of our Christmas cards reflects a transference of interest from fantasy to reality. But reality, of course, is always a slippery idea. Take an extreme example: the celebrity family, the Kardashians' 2013 Christmas card. Costing a quarter of a million dollars to produce, this ghastly orgy of celebrity self-indulgence required an extensive stage set and the services of elite fashion photographer David Lachapelle. It features glorified images of curvy bodies posing next to huge gold dollar signs, set in some hideous pink and neon dystopia. Is this reality?
To be fair, it was ever thus. The first Christmas card was produced by Sir Henry Cole in 1843. It too was nausiatingly self-satisfied, showing three generations of the Cole family looking prosperous and well-fed, all raising glasses to the card's recipient. It too was produced by a celebrity image-maker, John Calcott Horsley from the Royal Academy. Flanking the central image of the family were scenes of philanthropy. This was how the Coles wanted to be seen: wealthy and generous. What the recipient sees is smug.
For Byatt, "the map of the world provided by Christian belief had gone and this means how you say who you are has become very very difficult." I'm not sure I completely buy this. I suspect it's always been difficult. As the Cole card suggests, we have long been concerned to tactically position ourselves towards others, whether religious or not. But Byatt is surely on to something that those with a weak sense of internal self-definition find their identity in the gaze they elicit from other people. It is not I think therefore I am, but I tweet therefore I am. In such a world, I exist in so far as I am told that I exist by the attention of other people.
The French psychoanalyst Jaques Lacan says something similar in his idea of the mirror stage. When the child becomes fascinated with her own reflection in the mirror, she sees a coherent self, a self that is together and somehow integrated as one. But it is a sense of self totally at odds with her own internal incoherence and uncoordinated bodily dysfunctions. This discrepancy between the image and the emerging subject is often resolved in favour of the image. This reflected self becomes a controlling source of how we think about who we are.
All of which is turbo charged in the age of social media. As Byatt contends: "The word Facebook is very interesting, because it means it's a mirror. And you need a mirror because you haven't got a picture. You need a mirror to tell you who you are." In other words, social media is all about "exchanging constant reassurances that you exist". So, as a sort of digital fasting, I'm going to give up social media for a while. The problem is that we have become terrorised by image, constantly fretful to manage the self that is reflected back to us, neurotically checking how many followers we have, at the mercy of other people's sense of who we are. Once we followed the star. Now we follow the stars, hoping they too might follow us. But maybe, just maybe, the star itself is a better guide. And, best of all, it doesn't always lead back to me. Which is perhaps why I think, counter-intuitively, it may be more about reality and less about fantasy.
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Gospel Rescue Mission was founded in 1953.
Mr. Ray Chastain, who was a yardmaster for the Southern Pacific Railroad, saw a never-ending stream of homeless men riding the rails in and out of Tucson. To express Christian charity, Ray and other caring and concerned Christians in Tucson prayerfully founded Gospel Rescue Mission in 1953.
In the Beginning
Growing 1990-2009
In 1990, law enforcement personnel began bringing women and their children to the men's shelter during the night. These women were often in abusive relationships or violent situations with no resources or alternative family to stay with. Not wanting to turn these women away, Gospel Rescue Mission began providing safe and secure shelter for them at the men's facility.
Seeing the need to expand in order to better serve this fastest-growing segment of the homeless population, Gospel Rescue Mission opened a shelter specifically for women and their children in 1992, called "Bethany House."
The need, however, was far greater than the Bethany House had room for.
In 2009, the Wayward Winds Lodge, an old motel on Miracle Mile was purchased, renovated, and became the new site of the Gospel Rescue Mission Women and Children's Center.
This new facility has rooms for women, women with children, a large kitchen, dining area/chapel, class rooms, office space for case managers, a children's center/day care, and we keep a room available for police to bring victims of human trafficking. God has truly blessed us with this new facility and we are so grateful that we can now serve more homeless women and women with children.
Meeting Needs Today
Support Services
While providing emergency shelter, food, and clothing are critical services; it was soon realized that many more needs in the homeless population were still unmet. In the mid 1990's addictions recovery, discipleship, and education services were implemented at both shelter locations to meet these needs. But efforts did not stop there.
Community Ministries
In 1997, Community Ministries was formed as a means to reach out to the working poor and the near-homeless in the local community. Today, this department is the the 'umbrella ministry' for the Holiday Street Banquets, material donations distributions, community outreaches, and GRM's Volunteer Department.
Looking to the future.
As we look to the future, we hope to:
For these plans to come to fruition, we need a larger facility and to work together with our partners in the local community. This project is called Welcome 200, click below to learn more and please continue to keep Gospel Rescue Mission in your prayers so that we may reach these goals and continue to serve the least, the last, and the lost.


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N*ptun*'s Trid*nt.
"In Turkey there happened to be 70's Swedish progg like era that we call it: (70's) Anatolian Rock."
"The sheer sameness of it all is debilitating: we all read the same headlines every day, we see the news on television, the exploding bombs, the internecine struggle that even the "mainstream" media is now acknowledging is, indeed, a full-fledged civil war, the hapless-yet-brutal Iraqi "government" installed and supported by Washington, the hopeless mess unfolding before our eyes".
A swart outcast horizon
burns with horrific crimson.
Will our last clockwork ransom
tomorrow bring clang frisson?
"Anti-negativity helmets, rash guards, and power belts designed by Paul Frank generally make up these costumes."
"Only the physical failure of solitude drove the spirit at first into society, as the moral failure of society may drive it later into solitude again." --Santayana


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working with the ISRIC 250 m African soil grids
kbagstad Member
I'm preparing to run the InVEST sediment and water yield models in Rwanda and want to use the new 250 m ISRIC African soils data (http://www.isric.org/content/african-soilgrids-250m-geotiffs) for the needed PAWC and soil erodibility inputs.
Problem is, the inputs are available at multiple depths (2.5, 10, 22.5, 45, 80, 150) and AWC is available at different field capacities (pF 2.0, 2.3, 2.5). Which depths would you recommend using for developing the k factor layer for soil erodiblity and which depths and field capacities would you recommend for calculating the PAWC layer?
Since there are no redistribution restrictions on the data I'm happy to share any derived products for others' use elsewhere in Africa.
Problem is, the inputs are available at multiple depths (2.5, 10, 22.5, 45, 80, 150) and AWC is available at different field capacities (pF 2.0, 2.3, 2.5). Which depths would you recommend using for developing the k factor layer for soil erodiblity and which depths and field capacities would you recommend for calculating the PAWC layer?
Since there are no redistribution restrictions on the data I'm happy to share any derived products for others' use elsewhere in Africa.
FIELD CAPACITY:It would be interesting to hear if anyone has thoughts on the choice of different field capacities, and which may be optimal in different parts of Africa.When calculating PAWC layers for the large Rufiji Basin in Tanzania, we calculated AWC at pF 2.5.Soil suction pF = log10 (cm negative head).pF 2.5 corresponds to -33 kPa as a standard definition of soil matric potential at field capacity (Kirkham 2014, Principles of Soil and Plant Water Relations).It can be argued that a different FC value would be better, depending on prevalence of dryland soils for example.However, at the spatial scale of a country or large watershed, there may be extensive variation in FC, so perhaps the use of a standard value is wisest?Kirkham 2014:"One should always try to measure FC in the field for each soil. The matric potential associated with FC can be as high as 0.0005 MPa in a highly stratified soil or as low as 0.06 MPa in a deep, dryland soil (Baver et al., 1972, p. 382). If one cannot measure FC in the field, it is often estimated to be the soil water content at a soil matric potential of 0.033 MPaor 33 kPA (one-third bar)."AWC note on AfSIS data:Note that in GIS processing, we converted the values for water bodies from NoData to AWC=1.0.SOIL DEPTHS:We calculated the weighted average for the soil layers down to 1 m depth, for both k factor and PAWC:The choice of the top 1 m of soil was made for consistency with the common units for hydrological models (e.g. AWC in mm/m), and the presence of most roots in the top 1 m of soil. No soils within the study area were estimated to have depths of <90 cm (depth to restricting layer).Depth correlations and spatial patterns:AWC for the top 1m was strongly correlated with AWC for deeper soil layers, where they exist, and the estimates for the top 1 m capture well the patterns in spatial variability that would be observed when calculating AWC across the full soil profile. (AWC would generally be smaller per m when including the greater depths, because they are closely correlated, but have lower mean AWC.)
Perrine Moderator, NatCap StaffHi both,Erodibility: I recommend using the *surface* layer only. This is the soil layer that will be eroded, so erodibility should be computed for this layer only.AWC: I recommend using the weighed-average of AWC for all soil layers (weights are the depths of each soil layer). The rationale is that we are interested in the total available storage (water that plants can use), so we need to sum the storage from each soil layer (until a restricting soil layer is reached).Jessie, you make a good point about data sources. Usually, if you are modeling at a large scale, it's best to use one dataset (or or to make sure that values from different sources are consistent). Otherwise it's likely that differences in outputs are driven by errors in inputs.Also, both of you may be interested in the dataset by FutureWater (Boer, F. de, 2015. HiHydroSoil: A High Resolution Soil Map of Hydraulic Properties. Report 134; www.futurewater.nl.) It is based on the SoilGrids1km dataset and is available upon request (to FutureWater).Best,Perrine
Thanks Perrine, and yikes, I realised we didn't calculate or use our PAWC layer for InVEST, but for a simple matlab water balance that did not have a separate accounting for soil depth, hence needed to consider only where the majority of roots were.For InVEST and just about every other water balance, the average should indeed be taken for the full soil profile, not the first metre, so that the total available water storage will be given by AWC x depth. The difference in our case is very small, but I should have realised this before posting. Apologies!
hi InVEST users,
I want to run InVEST models (sediment retention model and nutrient retention) but whenever i try to download INVEST setup ,I cant see the interface for both models.apart from that my water yield model can not give me full results like (excel files ) in output folderit run for a long time ......without finishing!!!
Hello @rkundo, sediment retention and nutrient retention have been replaced by newer models SDR (sediment delivery ratio) and NDR (nutrient delivery ratio). The latest version of InVEST should have start menu links for both SDR and NDR.Is is possible that you're running water yield on very large input datasets? It's possible that the model may take a while to run with very large data. Could you attach a screenshot of the model window? That would help us determine where the model might be held up.Thanks!James
thanks James, sorry I didnt read all updates before posting!
I think the input datasets for my water yield is not large, let me attach a screenshot and take a look or you may give me your
email so Ican drop my inputs
the attached file is screenshot of my model
Not to worry! My email is firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Despite gains in the stock market and broader economy, it is still a buyers job market. Most companies receive scores of applicants for any job opening. Entrepreneurs are especially cheered in our community for creating new jobs and offering people a chance to grow quickly. But we should not pat ourselves on the back for giving people a job—rather, we must continue giving to our new hires if we wish to scale up success.
When I writing regularly here six months ago, we were a two-person company. Back then, my biggest challenge was finding our first paying customer. Today we have 14 employees, and my biggest challenge is figuring out how to make sure that the people we hire are performing at their peak as soon as possible.
The change in mentality comes when you realize that you can no longer do it all by yourself. At that moment, a founder can choose one of two paths with new hires: Either use a command and control, dictatorial method to maximize personal involvement, or provide your employees with what they need to make the right decisions for the business. I have always had success in my career by choosing the latter, and I have found that giving three specific things leads to remarkable results:
First, you must give responsibility. No business can grow if everyone is waiting for you, dear leader, to make every key decision. At the light-speed of a startup, you simply cannot be on top of everything. So you must have employees that are comfortable making calls and moving forward. I like to show new hires our organizational chart and flip it upside down to visualize how we operate: The people on the front-lines of the company are actually the most important for our success—so they are at the top. We execs at the bottom exist to support and coach them.
Second, give credit liberally to the people who deliver results. The most meaningful (and least expensive) way to reward people for their work is to recognize their efforts. Recognition is a great way to teach the entire organization, and people get goosebumps when the boss calls them out for good work. Just make sure you are recognizing what is truly important to your company's success. If you give kudos for "working late"—then people will think that face time at the office is what counts. Instead look for keen decision-making, risk taking, problem solving and teamwork success stories.
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Owning responsibility, getting credit, and having a voice in the company happen to be three of the definitions of a "best place to work." Ultimately, this means you will further ramp up the success of your business because your employees will work harder, stay at your company, and convince their friends to join. You will find that giving up ends up being the only way to get ahead.


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Panetta Institute Congressional Internship in Washington DC
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A scholarship for a fully-funded fall-semester internship in Washington is available to SJSU students through the Panetta Institute. Student leader with a strong academic record and a commitment to public service may apply. Each fall semester, the Panetta Institute for Public Policy in Monterey, provides selected California students with an intensive two-week training course on the workings of the U.S. Congress, then sends them to Washington, expenses paid, for 11 weeks of service to a California member of the U.S. House of Representatives. While in Washington, students attend special seminars with government leaders, journalists and policy experts.
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March was another month chock full of big graffiti moments. ROID released a print for the first time in 2 years. Roger Gastman released the trailer for his latest documentary. Plus, Smash 137 relaunched his website.
The guys from Crack & Shine International and Topsafe London are on the pulse. From London to New York, and everywhere in between, their eyes are pealed for the best and most important graffiti happenings. So, once again, we tapped them to recount the last 4 or so weeks of activity.
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Indoor Water Saving Tips
- Check all plumbing for leaks; a faucet dripping one drop per second can waste 2,700 gallons per year. A leaking toilet can waste up to 50 gallons of water a day.
- Keep showers short.
- Turn off water while brushing teeth or shaving.
- Wash only full loads in the clothes washer and dishwasher.
- Consider replacing older water-using appliances such as clothes washers with newer, more efficient models. High efficiency clothes washers can save up to 30 gallons a load.
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- Creative
- Animation
- Film Production
- Fine Art
- Graphic Design
- Illustration
- Music Production
- Photography
- UI/UX Design
- Writing
I'm very excited to be taking this class! I've been toying with the idea of writing illustrated books and have wanted to work on incorporating lettering into my drawings for a while. I just haven't been able to figure out how to get a handle on it - so, my goal in this course is to figure it out.
As my quotation, I've chosen an aphorism by the Swedish surrealist poet Artur Lundqvist: "Even the Revolution Has a Grandmother." A friend of mine, Henning Koch, recently translated an anthology of Lundqvist's aphorisms, and once I read them, I immediately wanted to illustrate all of them. I chose this one because it is short and sort of hilarious.
When I think of revolutions, obviously tons of Soviet images come to mind, which is great because Russian grandmothers are amazing. I divided my mood board into 3 parts: theme, typography, and layout. I want to do something that is very folksy, with lots of old Slavic patterns and a stereotypical Babuschka, but also incorporate that very angular, graphic Soviet constructivist aesthetic. My boyfriend says my mood board has too many pictures on it, but oh well.


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Monthly Archives: September 2012
Solution Templates: Rethinking GIS
GIS technology has evolved from a tool for specialized professionals to a platform that can be used "by everyone." An important component of this more far-reaching platform is the development and release of Solution Templates that are designed to facilitate GIS throughout the organization.
"Our goal is to provide things that help people be successful," said Damian Spangrud, Esri's new Director of Solutions. "But the landscape is changing—the types of people we are serving, how they are using our technology, and even the definition of what is 'success'— everything is changing. As we started to think about where GIS fits in this new landscape, the questions we started asking ourselves were: What kinds of things can we give people so that they can tailor their ArcGIS system to be more successful? And how can we help them share their GIS investment with everyone across the organization?"
Telecommunications Technology Revolution
Optimizing the network investment
Today's telecommunications networks involve a growing number of choices of technologies for use in the outside plant. To accommodate varying technologies, engineers need new tools for planning and design. Fiber optics and wireless technology have revolutionized the local telecommunications network. Over the last two decades, fiber has transitioned from backbone and long-haul transmission lines to the local loop and become critical to delivering broadband. Wireless continues to evolve into a replacement for traditional landline service, and with the explosion of smartphones, wireless itself is becoming a medium for broadband data delivery. Continue reading
The 50th Anniversary of GIS
Some events, like birthdays, weddings, and graduations, are easy to mark on the calendar. Others, like the beginning of a social movement, or a language—or the invention of GIS—are harder to pinpoint. However, the confluence of three pivotal events in 1962 and 1963 makes this as good a time as any to celebrate a half century of GIS. Continue reading


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The deadline just passed for teams to add prospects to their 40-man rosters, to protect them from the Rule 5 draft next month, and the Giants had a surprise for us.
One of the six players they added to the 40-man is first baseman Angel Villalona, who was absolved of a murder charge in his native Dominican Republic and hasn't played since 2009. He does not even have a visa to return to the States. However, as The Chronicle first reported in September, the team was prepared to welcome him back to the organization upon a settlement in a $5 million breach-of-contract lawsuit he filed against the Giants after his arrest. This is just my speculation, but maybe placing him on the 40-man might help the Giants' cause in getting that visa, allowing Villalona to return. But I just spoke to Bobby Evans, and he said the Giants do have some fear that Villalona would be snatched in the Rule 5 draft, and he's a good enough player to warrant protecting.
Evans said Villalona was removed from baseball's restricted list about a month ago.
The Giants had to drop two players from the 40-man (which had been down to 36). Reliever Waldis Joaquin and outfielder Darren Ford were designated for assignment. Ford was a popular player with his speed and defense, but he was completely overmatched by big-league pitching. If the Giants cannot trade them within 10 days, they will be released and made free agents. But the Giants can re-sign them to minor-league contracts, and Evans said the Giants would have interest in bringing them back.
The other players added to the 40-man were outfielders Tyler Graham and Roger Kieschnick, infielder Charlie Culberson, and pitchers Dan Otero and Hector Correa, whom the Giants got as part of a series of trades that sent now-retired Jack Taschner to the Phillies.


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Last year, I sat down with two talented high school students who I met while working at Friends Music Camp. They're two of the most musical kids I've met and was happy that they were both attending performing arts high schools in New York City. We talked about why they wanted to study music, how they got into it, and what they love about it. These are two really bright kids with lots of insightful things to say. Thanks to Miles and Ben and their parents for letting me interview them! Incidentally, if you know any musical kids looking for a great summer musical experience in a safe, nurturing community, consider sending them to Friends Music Camp. It's a really special place.
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I get up to some pretty interesting things when no one is watching. My favourite being peeing in a bucket. My bathroom is just across my room but the whole task of getting out of bed, opening the door, walking to the toilet sitting myself down…too much work so I just place my bucket in my room and pee from there. It's fine, judge me all you like, my secret is out! I bet a handful of other people do this, I can't possibly be alone on this one but thanks to social media most won't admit to it and that's just how social media is slowly but surely stopping us from being our true selves.
Under Pressure (insert Queen audio track here)
I love me some golden oldies and that track just reminded me just how much social media can put you under necessary pressure. Have you seen how gorgeous people look online? Every other day they are wearing top of the range clothes, shoes, hair and makeup and the rest of us mere mortals are looking like we walked right out of a corn field! A few years back it really used to bother me. I couldn't even imagine posting a photograph on Instagram wearing the same outfit I once posted weeks ago, that right there was taboo! Now that I'm all grown up I can safely say I post whichever picture I want to and that's not even every other day anymore because data is expensive, I have other things to do with my money.
Love Lives
I used to be very anti love. After putting myself through unnecessary pain in relationships I didn't have to be in I concluded that love was a farce. However, I have social media to thank for changing my perspective. Friends I follow on different social media platforms celebrate love in so many ways it's beautiful to watch. The engagements, dates, adventures, marriages, the happiness that doesn't stop popping up every other day assures me that there's still hope for me and everyone else who is waiting on their love story.
Cyber Bullying Is Real
Once upon a time I could tweet whatever I liked until I got dragged for sharing my opinions. Nope, definitely not revisiting that part of social media anytime soon. That experience taught me to keep parts of my thoughts to myself because you never know who is waiting to pounce on you. I don't even have clever 'come backs" or the energy to fight anyone online. I can safely say social media has taught me to choose my words wisely! Just not on my blog though, here I write what I like.
Take Time To Switch Off
If you aren't careful you can spend the entire day on social media platforms and not get anything productive done AT ALL. I take time out to enjoy my life offline and come back feeling more refreshed than ever. Trust me, you need it for your own sanity.
So who really am I when no one is watching? To be honest, I stay consistent, what you see online is exactly what you see offline.
I love my daughter, I love to run, I love to blog, I love to drink;vodka being my drink of choice and I love life!
How has social media impacted you both positively and negatively?
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Diagnostic testing should be requested for patients in whom there is a high index of suspicion for leptospirosis, based either on signs and symptoms, or on occupational, recreational or vocational exposure to animals or environments contaminated with animal urine.
Involvement in an exposure event (e.g., adventure race, triathlon, flooding) with associated laboratory-confirmed cases.
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As a child, Joanna Bourque lived to doodle, draw and paint. Her mother and grandmother's refrigerators served as galleries for her work.
Today, 30-year-old Bourque continues to doodle, draw and paint. But it's her job as an elementary school art teacher at Spring Brook Elementary School in Naperville, Ill.
Interdisciplinary teaching methods were at the core of Ms. Bourque's double major in education and art at North Central College in Naperville. Before teaching at the school level, Ms. Bourque wanted to explore alternate teaching venues, and served as a School Programs and Exhibits Specialist with the DuPage Children's Museum in Naperville. "This experience at the museum really made me a better teacher than I would have been if I had gone straight into the classroom," she says.
"Every art lesson I teach is related to something involving math, science, social studies, history or other core classes," Ms. Bourque notes. "This way, art isn't just painting or drawing; it's something bigger that helps the kids grasp what they're learning in their other classes, too."
Tell us about your career. How did you get into teaching? How did you get to where you are today?
My career as an elementary art teacher is satisfying and challenging. It continually gives me new things to explore and think about; I'm never bored. I love my job! I can't say I've always known I wanted to be an art teacher, but ever since I was young, I had different people encourage me to use my artistic abilities, such as my mother and grandmother. My high school art teacher also really inspired me and helped me pursue the possibility of teaching art. Throughout college, professors also kept reassuring the fact that this is what I was supposed to do.
I've taught at Spring Brook for six years now. On average, I see about 140 children a day, 700 each week. Before teaching at Spring Brook, I worked as a School Programs and Exhibits Specialist with the DuPage Children's Museum in Naperville. Upon graduating, I wanted to explore alternate venues for teaching, which led me to the museum field. This experience at the museum really made me a better teacher than I would have been if I had gone straight into the classroom. I saw up close and developed exhibits that truly exemplified the interdisciplinary art education I learned how to teach.
What do you enjoy most about your career?
One of the most amazing things about being an elementary art teacher is the ability to be a part of a child's life from kindergarten through fifth grade. You see them change and grow. You have a relationship with them, and they keep coming back to see you as they get older. As high school students, they can still remember the projects they did in my room like it was yesterday. It's gratifying to know that I have been a part of their lives.
What has been your personal key to success?
To never stop learning. To always be a student of life.
What has been your greatest success? Biggest setback?
I feel I have many great successes every day, every moment I'm teaching a child. Every time a child really gets what I'm teaching and that understanding really shows through what they produce, I feel I have succeeded. Each day is as great as the next.
My biggest setback was having to adjust to the fact that in a classroom I don't have all the colleagues I had at the museum to bounce ideas off of. I have to take the initiative to network with people in my profession, whereas before I had these people surrounding me.
What are some favorite projects in your lesson plan?
My favorite projects are the ones that are centered around the school musicals, which are creatively written by the music teacher. The students are singing about it, acting it out, and the art that is produced has so much more meaning to them; it's part of something bigger. Each student gets to be involved just as much as the other; they all feel as though they're a part of this big experience. This also becomes a personal art project for me, because each year's musical theme is different, and I have to develop an idea that fits in with the theme and one that all students, no matter what level, can produce something and feel successful.
What are some of your personal and/or professional goals for the future?
I've not yet gotten my master's degree, and I'd like to. I haven't decided if I want to get a master of fine arts, which would require me taking time off of my job, or if I want to pursue a master's in art education.
How did you decide to study art education at North Central College?
Because I'm from a small community, where I graduated high school with 127 students, I felt very comfortable with the smaller student population at North Central College. With that small population, I had a one-on-one relationship my professors. They were really involved with my education and always available for questions or mentoring. As a teacher now, I know because they had fewer students they had a lot more of themselves to give to their profession. That's always a good thing. Another great thing about a smaller student population is the fact that I could be involved in more extra curricular activities because it wasn't as competitive. There weren't sororities or fraternities; students really didn't have the need to join them. People made friends and had a sense of belonging in their extra curricular involvement.
North Central is not ranked among the top art schools in the nation, but it was the right school for me. My esteem needed to be built up, and I needed to grow and mature into a confident artist. North Central helped me do this through its nurturing art program, and made me the confident art teacher I am today.
Would you change anything about your education if you could? If so, what?
I would have taken advantage of the study abroad program at our school. Because I worked to pay for my own education, I always felt I could not take the time off to take advantage of this opportunity. Looking back, the little bit more money I would have taken out in loans (to study abroad) really wouldn't have been that much in the whole scheme things.
Based on what you hear in the field, what do you think are the most respected and prestigious art education schools, departments or programs?
In the Midwest, the Art Institute of Chicago probably has the highest ranking programs. Others include Northern Illinois University, Indiana University and Columbia University in Chicago.
What factors should prospective students consider when choosing a school? Are there any different considerations for those who know that they want to specialize in certain areas of art, such as painting, drawing or art education?
If you're specializing in a certain area of art, you have a certain art career in mind. There are many facets to art, and I believe you should really look into the strengths of the specific art field you want to go into at each school. You shouldn't be at a school pursuing design if the school specializes only in fine arts.
Does graduating from a prestigious school make a difference in landing a good job?
In my field, the field of education, it's more about the connections and relationships you make while you're student teaching. I'd say even if you weren't in education, that the real-life experiences through internships and other things and ability to show future employers that you know what you're doing really helps you get the job. Once you're in those internships or interviews, it's really up to you to prove you can do the job; that means more than a GPA, more than what school you've graduated from.
When is it a good time to go after a graduate degree? Is it necessary?
You have to want to do it. If you don't want to, you're not ready. It's necessary if it makes you better at what you do.
Do you have advice for prospective students considering a private school education?
Do it, especially if you're looking for a more well-rounded education and one-on-one experiences with your professors. Don't be turned away by the prices. Apply for scholarships, grants, financial aid. Your education is going to cost you money wherever you go. Go to school where you feel most comfortable, no matter what the cost. If I had spent a lot of time looking at other schools, either private or public, I probably would have ended up at a school that would have cost me less. I don't necessarily think that's a good thing. I really gained a lot from my private school education, and the money I paid is well worth it.
What exactly do you do? What are your key responsibilities?
My responsibility is to offer a safe and nurturing environment where students are not afraid to make mistakes and learn from them. I have curricular goals that my students must reach by the time they leave elementary school. I have to manage the supplies, organization of over 700 students' projects. Sometimes I feel like I'm running a small business.
On a basic level, what skills does your job demand?
Overall, my responsibilities go beyond teaching art curriculum and cover all aspects of education. I use organizational, interpersonal communication, disciplinary and mentoring skills every day, not to mention the art skills that are required. I have to be proficient at teaching the elements and principals of design through drawing and painting. I also integrate math, history, social studies and science into different projects.
What are the most challenging aspects of your job?
The most challenging thing is meeting the needs of the 700 students I see each week. I think you can teach a lot when delve deep into it. You can't necessarily dig as deep when you have so many children to teach.
Best tip for a novice elementary art teacher?
Pace yourself. Realize you can't have everything all at once; a good art program takes time to build just like any other business. Set reachable goals for yourself and celebrate those successes as you go. Don't worry if you don't reach them all right at the start.
Do you feel that is important for someone to be passionate about art education in order to be successful on both a personal and professional level?
Of course, I think that is true with any career. You can't excite others about what you're doing if you're not excited yourself.
What impact has the Internet had on art education, if any?
As a teacher, we have millions of lesson plans at our finger tips and the ability to network with teachers across the world. Students can manage art portfolios online with Artsonia, a digital portfolio website where student work can be submitted, then viewed by friends and relatives. Through the Internet we are able to communicate in ways we have never been able to before. Art communicates, and the Internet is just helping that communication in a broader spectrum.
What do you think will be the hottest careers within the art field over the next decade?
I think with computers becoming such an indelible part of the way our society works, a degree involving some sort of graphic design will lead to any career you choose.
How is the art education job market? How do you think it will be in five years?
I think that really depends on your geographical location. More of the metropolitan areas have better art programs because they have more available local taxes to support them. In areas where schools are dependent on state monies to fund art education programs, I don't know how secure the arts are. I'm sure some states may consider those programs the first to go when cuts need to be made. I hope people will see the value in the hands-on and problem solving skills needed in an art-making experience. These lessons give students life skills. That's why interdisciplinary art education is so important; it incorporates every subject. The students aren't just making holiday turkeys and finger painting.
What are the best ways to get a foot in the door?
It helps to know somebody. I hate the fact that sometimes that is what is comes down to, but in reality you have to network. Ideally, you'd be hired for your great qualities and job ability, but getting your foot in the door is sometimes dependent on who you know inside.
Is there anything else you can tell us about yourself, your career, or the art education profession that would be interesting or helpful to others aspiring to enter and succeed in the field?
Being a teacher is a definite lifestyle. You're surrounding yourself with children and continually being a mentor. You need to make sure you're morally grounded when you take on this career.
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September 2011 | by Albert Cooley, Mark Simmonds
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Databases contain an organization's most valuable assets. That's where customer data, financial records, payment-card data and other sensitive information are stored. As a result, databases have become a primary target of attacks by hackers and insiders with malicious intent.
Investigations of data breaches over the past several years show that 75 to 92 percent of compromised records originated in database servers. The average cost of a data breach exceeded US$7 million in 2010, according to a Ponemon Institute report. In some countries the CEO is held personally responsible for a data breach.
Because of the explosion in data breaches, government and regulatory bodies worldwide have implemented mandates to encourage organizations to implement the controls needed to protect sensitive data. These include the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), financial regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), Financial Instruments Exchange Law (FIEL) and BDDK Information System Audit provisions, as well as numerous country-specific data privacy laws.
Failure to comply with such regulations can have serious consequences, including fines, legal implications and even incarceration in certain geographies. At the same time, audit exceptions may also result in unwanted visibility at the board level. So it's not surprising that audit failure is cited as the biggest security concern in BeyeNetwork's 2010 Information Governance market survey.
While a top priority, implementing the controls to protect sensitive data and validating compliance across the range of mandates applicable to your enterprise can be challenging. Accordingly, many organizations are seeking a comprehensive enterprise-wide audit solution to proactively manage risk—which in turn can lower costs by avoiding fines due to noncompliance, as well as helping avoid costly data breaches.
Many organizations have hundreds, thousands, even tens of thousands of databases geographically distributed, often around the globe. Compounding this complexity is the fact that sensitive data most often is stored in a variety of different databases as well as data warehouses. And they are hosted not only on Linux, UNIX and Windows systems, but also on core mainframe environments. In fact, the IBM mainframe System z platform is so robust that 95 percent of Fortune 1,000 companies store information on it.
Organizations now recognize that to be effective, protective measures need to encompass all of these environments, since they all contain critical enterprise data. Auditors have also become more demanding; broadening the scope of audits to encompass all these databases and platforms in recognition of this reality.
IBM InfoSphere Guardium is an integrated solution for automating all aspects of the security and compliance lifecycle, across all popular databases enterprise-wide—including those supporting OLTP and batch environments.
In order to secure sensitive data, you need to know where it is. InfoSphere Guardium can automatically crawl the network to discover uncatalogued database instances, examine the contents for sensitive data, and apply appropriate controls to these instances.
Databases are highly dynamic, with changes in accounts, configuration and structure occurring regularly. InfoSphere Guardium allows organizations to harden sensitive databases by scanning them on a regular basis to identify security gaps and suggest prioritized remedial actions.
To protect sensitive data, organizations need to monitor not only access, but also changes to the content and structure of databases. InfoSphere Guardium is able to continually monitor all database transactions, compare them to policies specified by the policymaker, and take action when a violation is detected, including for most platforms, proactive policy enforcement by blocking the transaction in real-time.
To streamline compliance validation, InfoSphere Guardium complements these capabilities with powerful enterprise-wide auditing, reporting and workflow automation.
Albert Cooley is responsible for InfoSphere Guardium Product Marketing at IBM and has software and security industry experience with startups like Industrial Defender and Guardium, as well as public companies like Tele Atlas.
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Low quality photographs will ruin the reputation of any photographer. There are a few tips in this guide that can help you improve your photography techniques.
Keep settings for your camera simple. You should learn to use one camera setting at a time. This puts you mind on taking the picture quickly rather than messing with all the dials and screens on your camera.
It takes a professional quality camera to get photos of professional quality. There is no substitute for a DSLR camera when it comes to taking professional-grade pictures. This is what most photographers are using, and if you want quality photos like them, this is what you need as well.
Try new techniques, and be brave enough to take thoroughly original photos. A good photograph should develop a personal style and show the world through a certain point of view. Stay away from taking the same type of picture that you have viewed a million times over. Try to find interesting angles, and be creative!
One effective way to improve your photography skills is to draw inspiration from other photographers. If you look at other photographers' work, you can learn new strategies for capturing a scene.
Choose only the best photos to showcase or display. Don't show your entire portfolio of photographs or select too many of any particular subject. This will make looking at your pictures very boring to everyone else – no one likes to look at the same subject over and over. Keep what you show other people fresh and exciting by showing many different types of photos.
Do you want to work with exposure? Familiarize yourself with shutter speeds. Your camera has settings labeled A,M,P, and S. "P" indicates the program setting. This "P" setting automatically controls shutter and aperture when you shoot. When you don't know which setting to use, the "P" setting will help you capture a great shot.
There's so many different features to play with on your camera. Make sure you adjust your colors and angles while experimenting. Even if the subject of your photograph has been shot a million times before, you can change many different factors to make your shot stand out. A good photographer infuses his talent and intuition into his photos to make boring objects look interesting. You will find your own style as you experiment.
Memory Card
If you want to take great pictures, you have to take a lot of them; buying a big memory card will allow you to hold the many pictures you need to take. When you have a spacious memory card, then you will be able to save all of your pictures. Owning a larger memory card also means you can take shots in RAW format, increasing your options during the editing process.
Whenever you travel some place new, you should have a general ideas of what you like to shoot. If you need some inspiration, check out the postcard racks. Many postcards feature attractions, sights of interest, and other relevant subjects that you can shoot while you're in the area.
Read the manual that comes with your camera until you truly feel that you have a mastery for all the settings it has. The size of a manual often makes them prohibitive to reading. Often, they are thrown into a drawer or discarded and are never to be seen again. Instead of discarding the manual, invest some time in absorbing the material it contains. You can take better photographs because of the mistakes you'll avoid by reading your manual.
Natural Frame
Try to have frames in each of the shots you take. Try using a natural frame instead of a metal or wooden one. When you are taking a picture, you should look for a natural frame for your subject. This is a great way to practice composition.
For a creative touch, experiment with the focus. The f-stop number, which measures the depth of field, blurs the background and emphasizes the subject. This style is good for portraits, where the subject is close to the camera. A larger f-stop number gives you a deeper depth of field. This will result in everything in the photograph being sharp and in focus. This is perfect for landscape photos.
Try taking photos at different angles to make them more creative. Anyone can look at a simple head-on photo and take a picture of it. Look up at things from the ground, or peer over the top of objects. Other interesting alternatives are framing your subject from a diagonal or sideways view.
Photo Editing
Do your own photo editing! The amount of software available on the market for photo editing is truly astounding. Search for one that offers extensive options for editing your existing photographs. Also, consider ease of use when choosing photo editing software!
Use a variety of shutter speeds to get unusual shots. While most recreational photographers rely on a faster shutter speed to snap action shots, a slower speed offers a variety of different effects. Find a moving object passing by, such as a bicycle. The result is that the bicyclist is fairly sharp yet the background is streaked horizontally, expressing speed.
Cell Phone
You can use your cell phone camera in a pinch, but remember that they are limited, especially with lighting. You need to make sure your subject is well-lit, as many cell phone cameras don't have a built-in flash. If you can zoom in, it will help to block out sunspots and shadows.
Balance is key to keeping your image in perspective. The easiest way to make all your photos look worthy of an art gallery is to keep a careful balance of all the elements in the image. Try to keep a steady horizon level and meticulously place your subject in the photograph to eliminate distractions.
As with any other skill, good photography requires research and practice. You must be willing to do your homework on the subject, and ask for constructive feedback from others. Use the tips included in this article to improve your photography skills today.


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Good news from doctor.
Tuesday, September 13, 2005 by John Stone
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I went to the doctor yesterday about the pain I've been feeling around the area of my hernia repair. Good news! The doctor pushed and prodded and said he felt no sign of any serious problems. He said I probably just strained the same area as the hernia repair, and he didn't see any need to take it any further. He prescribed an anti-inflammatory ("Feldene", AKA Piroxicam) and told me I could continue to lift weights with no interruption! The Feldene should also help with my shoulders, both of which are always hurting to some degree.
We actually discussed my shoulders quite a bit. He said we could move forward (meaning surgery) whenever I am ready. I told him the pain is quite tolerable right now, more of an annoyance and nothing like the pain I experienced when I injured my right shoulder a couple years ago. So, as long as I can lift and the pain is tolerable, I will avoid the surgery. He was fine with that.
When my doctor first entered the examination room he mentioned my 25+ pound weight gain (I last saw him in April 2004 at about 165 pounds). I told him to put away his BMI calculator and lifted up my shirt. He laughed and didn't say another word about it.


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Libraries all over the world are moving away from the traditional model of using barcodes to scan and check out books. While this method has been around since the advent of barcodes almost 40 years ago, rapidly evolving technology has meant that more efficient, streamlined library management solutions have been developed. The most recent technology, one that many of the largest libraries in the world have already switched over to, is Radio Frequency Identification Device (RFID).
This involves affixing a tiny RFID tag onto each book, which allows it to be read by readers stationed across the library. The advantage of this technology over barcodes is that RFID technology does not require a direct line of sight. Thus, multiple books can be detected and checked out simultaneously, instead of having to scan every individual book. In addition, patrons can check their books out themselves, instead of relying on a librarian. This gives the librarian more time to help out other library members, and it lets patrons check their books out faster.
RFID also acts as a security guard on the premises, alerting the guards if a book leaves the library without being checked out. Thus, one single technology, RFID, can replace the existing bar code technology for checkout, as well as the EM technology for theft detection.
RFID also helps in re-shelving, since wrongly shelved books can be instantly identified without needing a line of sight read. Patrons searching for books can also find books much faster using a handheld RFID scanner, instead of having to manually look through the shelves.
Finally, RFID also lets patrons return a book anytime they want. This is because the RFID chip in the book can be identified by the reader in the book drop box, and the returned book can be recorded. A librarian does not need to be physically present to collect the returned book, and so the library effectively stays open 24/7.
Given the many advantages that RFID has over traditional technology that is used in libraries today, many large libraries all over the world such as the Seattle Public Library in America and the Shenzen Library in China have already switched over to RFID.


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Let's Name the Courthouse for Terry Riley
How does "Terry Riley's Jackson County Courthouse" sound?
Terry Riley has filed to run against Fred Arbanas for County Legislature. Riley has my whole-hearted, enthusiastic support. Arbanas has been on the legislature since it was created. He has been a part of the legislature while crimes were committed, while ethics rules were avoided, and while shady deals were passed.
He has been there for every misdeed of the county legislature. I can't say whether he knew about them or not. Either way, though, he was either oblivious or involved. Neither answer is good.
Worse, he even allowed the County's only golf course to be named after himself. While it is always a bad idea to name public facilities after living politicians, it's even worse when a county names one of its nicest parks after a guy who votes for parks budgets, and who benefits from having signs and advertisements trumpeting his name during an election. It was a horrible, corrupt trick to play when it happened, and Arbanas should have had the good sense and integrity to refuse the honor.
But he didn't.
So now he's in a genuine, competitive race for "his" seat on the county legislature. To make amends for the fact that the county has promoted the Fred Arbanas golf course for years, they should rename the Jackson County Courthouse for Terry Riley, at least until the election is over. And, since Arbanas' name has been on signs out on "his" course for years, the county should install neon signs at the top of the courthouse proclaiming the new name.
It's only fair.
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(Un) lawful access legislation pending
There are serious threats to privacy, free speech and civil liberties contained in the impending lawful access legislation . Advocates are keeping a close eye on the status of the bill -- which could be introduced any time. Meanwhile there are various activities underway that give Canadians a chance to register their opposition to this legislation:
- petition through openmedia.ca
- town hall meetings across the country (see map)
- facebook page "(un)lawful access legislation - Ottawa forum"
Resources that explain what is at stake in this invasive and costly bill:
- a video (approx. 15 min) from leading privacy and surveillance experts: Andrew Clement, David Fewer, David Lyon, David >Murakami Wood, Dwayne Winseck, Ian Kerr, Michael Geist, Natalie Des Rosiers, Ron Deibert.
(un)LAWFUL ACCESS from The New Transparency on Vimeo.
- Northern Exposure: Unmasking Online Spying in Canada (article EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
- "The anatomy of lawful access phone records" blog by Chris Parsons, Nov. 21, 2011
- "Lawful access, its potentials, and its lack of necessity," blog by Chris Parsons, U.Vic Ph.D candidate and computer privacy advocate
Tracking traditional media on this issue:
- "Tories have yet to prove case for e-snooping bill. " John Ibbitson. Globe & Mail. Dec. 1, 2011
- "Ottawa to contract out spying, but who cares? It's only the Internet." Tabatha Southey, Globe & Mail June 24, 2011.
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Meri Hanikarak Biwi 13th July 2018 Written Episode Update: Ira plans a surprise for Akhilesh
Meri Hanikarak Biwi 13th July 2018 Written Episode, Written Update on TellyUpdates.com
The Episode starts with Ira serving parathas to Akhilesh and apologizing. She says I m sorry for last night. He says promise you won't do such again. She promises. He likes the parathas made by her. She says we have to go for sight seeing, don't overeat. He gets sad. She gives him the plate back. He smiles and eats it. He feeds her. Devina calls the media. She says I have got news about BP, he is in Malaysia, and I m going to get him. Pushpa gets happy and says is this true, take me to Birju. Devina smiles. Akhilesh and Ira have a city tour. Hum jo chalne lage….plays…. Ira says I wish I could buy the entire mall, I will teach you window shopping. He says my house window is fine. She looks at him. She takes him and shows a jacket, that would suit you. He says its too costly. She
She shows him the language translator app. He says its amazing. She sends him. He likes address and buys it for Ira. He communicates by using the app. He translates I love you a lot Ira ji. Ira comes and calls him out. The app doesn't get shut. He tries to switch it off. He switches off the phone. She asks what did you buy. She checks the dress. She asks him to try the suit and come. He gets Rajat's call and tells her. Rajat asks how are you. Akhilesh says I m good, I m preparing for the operation. Rajat asks him to give phone to Ira. Akhilesh hands over phone to Ira and goes. Rajat asks Ira to wear a western dress and come to meet him, his fav color is blue. She gets angry.
Akhilesh comes and asks what happened, you look upset. She says no, I like it. He says I tried the suit, your choice is good. She says you have to wear it, its perfect for you, I have a surprise. Bhoomi says I hope mom isn't lying. Pushpa says no wife can lie about her husband, don't doubt on her. She packs the stuff. Devina and Pushpa start arguing. Devina says stop fighting till we meet BP. Pushpa says you have to let me meet him. Devina murmurs you can take him, I just want my house. Aditya asks who will manage the house in your absence. They say you. He asks how can I, make Siddhi or Bhoomi the incharge. Pushpa says no, you will be managing all the responsibilities, I will come back with Birju. Devina thinks foolish, you will be going jail and Akhilesh will spent his life in freeing you. Akhilesh and Ira are on a yacht. He asks what's your plans. She asks him to open his eyes now. He gets surprised seeing the yacht and the surrounding beauty. He says you have worn my gifted dress. She says we are going to spend our entire day here, I want us to remember this day forever. He smiles. She says we will go our own ways from tomorrow. She thinks my promise to dad will separate us forever, forgive me.
Devina traps Pushpa in drugs case. Akhilesh and Ira have a dance.
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