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Founded in 1897 at the University of Maine, Phi Kappa Phi is the nation's oldest, largest, and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. The Society's mission is to recognize and promote academic excellence in all fields of higher education and to engage the community of scholars in service to others. Its chapters are on more than 300 campuses in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. Each year, approximately 30,000 members are initiated.
Since its founding, Phi Kappa Phi has initiated more than 1 million members into its ranks; all of these members have received emblems and certificates of membership. However, Phi Kappa Phi is much more than an emblem and a line on a résumé. It is a global network comprised of the best and brightest from all academic disciplines - a community of scholars and professionals building an enduring legacy for future generations.
Since its founding in 1972, the Longwood University Chapter 136 inducts 80-100 new members each year. In addition to the student and alumni members, several faculty, administration and staff at Longwood also share membership in Phi Kappa Phi:
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The AGM was held in Newcastle-under-Lyme on Saturday June 2nd. After 12 years as chairman, Gerry Hanson resigned, and passed the baton of office (an envelope containing a Campaign For Courtesy pen and tie) to Simon Poole, who was elected the new chairman. Gerry spent a great deal of time and effort on the Campaign, appearing frequently on radio and television where his dulcet tones and sharp wit were put to good use. B
By clicking on the link below you can read the highlights of his speech. Gerry will remain taking an active interest in the Campaign, and will no doubt continue to appear in the media from time to time.
Ian Gregory's speech was up to the usual witty and thought provoking standards that we've come to expect. He began by saying he finds that 'life gets more fascinating if you relish each day as it comes along. Agatha Christie said the best husband a woman can have is an archeologist because the older she gets the more interested he becomes in her'.
Ian referred to an article in the German magazine Stern 'which offered a rather gloomy picture of the sort of nation that we have become, with poverty and inefficiency the dominating features. The one word they suggest is decadent. As with every view, it depends where you are standing and what you want to see. William Blake invited us to see the world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower.'
In summarising what the Campaign stands for, Ian said 'We simply want to draw attention to the value of courtesy. That is, in three words, to be able to listen, to smile and to take time in our dealings with each other. The benefits of these simple things in terms of health, success and personal fulfilment cannot be overstated'.
He also went on to say 'There is a yearning in millions of hearts for something better in our national direction: people who see the way things are and say NO, this is NOT how life ought to be in a civilised land in the 21st century. This is space age: we live in a world dominated by brilliant science and technology and yet in terms of human behaviour and relationships we seem much of the time to be Neanderthal'.

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jeans- Loft option
bracelet- Ann Taylor
earrings- Sears (old) option
I really like how this outfit turned out. I was inspired by one of the GYPO Spring Style challenge outfits. The challenge outfit called for a bomber, which I didn't have at the time. ( I have resolved that issue and there will be a bomber jacket outfit coming soon). Since olive and blush has become a favorite combo, and soft and edgy pieces seem to compliment each other well, I knew these two would play well together. You could also switch up this combo with an olive tee and this pink jacket.
This jacket hasn't seen the attention it deserved in the past, but I'm beginning to wear it more and more. ( See it HERE and HERE) Do you do that with your closet? Hang onto things through purges and then finally start wearing them all the time?
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BOSTON,MASS. - The Real estate Cyberspace Society today announced that The Real Estate Virtual Trade Show has been selected as a Society Gold Vendor. According to John M. Peckham III, Executive Director, "The Real Estate Virtual Trade Show" offers an unprecedented new and dynamic resource On-Line for The Real Estate Professional.
Peckham said that a Real Estate Virtual Trade show booth is now open at the Society's On-Line Expo. The Society's recommendations and other information appear at the booth.
Bob and Karen Robinson, owners of The Real Estate Virtual Trade Show, would like to invite The Real Estate Professional to participate in The First International Trade Show On-Line for The Real Estate Industry scheduled to take place the entire month of October 1998. This event is Free for those who register at our site - http://www.revirtualtradeshow.com.
According to the Robinsons the benefits to participating in this event are include: Links to vendor web sites providing the newest and most up to date products many of which are now available On-Line; A New Product Showcase, at your fingertips featuring advances throughout the industry; Contests, prizes and drawings up to $10,000; and a free opportunity to include your URL on our agent referral pages.
In addition the Robinsons state "The Real Estate Virtual Trade show site will be open on a year around basis and include a variety of mini, focused events throughout the year. We're planning a cyberwalk sale featuring lots of great bargains in the Month of February."
Additional information on The Real Estate Virtual trade show is available at http://www.revirtualtradeshow.com or call toll free at 1-800-721-5056.
The Real Estate Cyberspace Society provides Real Estate Cyberspace strategies and services for it's members. The Society's World Office is open 24 hours a day at www.REcyber.com. CyberNaughts as well as stone age creatures can obtain Society membership information at 617-523-4441.
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A considerable number of important activities have been completed this week and we will retrospectively provide blogs about those.
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Much like college GPA's, NCAA athletic power conferences are all about numbers.
However, much like college GPA's, numbers can be misleading.
For example, the Big Ten has for a long time been comprised of 11 members, and with the recent addition of Nebraska now has 12 schools (11+1=Big Ten). The Big-12 has had 12 teams since its establishment in 1996 but with the departure of the Buffaloes and Cornhuskers it now has a standing membership of merely ten and looks to be losing another in Texas A&M (12-[2 or 3]=Big 12). The Pac-10 added Colorado and Utah, stretching its capacity from ten to 12. However, the Pac-10 accompanied its expansion with a name changed to the Pac-12 (10+2= Pac 12). Finally, some math that adds up.
Although the remaining "power six" conferences don't have numerals in their titles, numbers are still very important.
The SEC has just announced the acceptance of Texas A&M as its 13th member and could be adding number 14 soon (possibly Missouri, although the SEC has denied informally inviting the Tigers to join). The ACC, too, is looking to inflate to 14 patrons, offering membership to Syracuse and Pittsburgh just this week with rumors swirling that it could be looking to snag two more schools from the Big East to jump to 16 members. The Big East (a.k.a. the Big Half the Country), arguably the most super of all super-conferences in terms of sheer numbers, currently has 16 members, although the subtraction of Pitt and Syracuse will drop it down to 14, and more importantly to only six football schools.
So, how is this all going to end up?
Well, reports today are saying that the Pac-12 is done expanding and all remaining members of the Big East are staying put.
Assuming these reports are accurate and that those involved will actually follow through on their intentions, this is what we're left with:
Texas and Oklahoma (and Oklahoma State by default) have nowhere to run and are forced to remain in the Big-12 (a.k.a. the Big-9). The SEC has 13 members and must find a 14th somewhere in order to have even divisions with seven teams apiece. The ACC has 14 members and must look elsewhere other than the Big East to get its 15th and 16th schools if it desires to continue expanding. The Big East is left with 14 schools in basketball and a severely weaker football conference with just six members. The Pac-12 and Big Ten are finished expanding, content and stable with 12 members alike.
What MUST happen…
Nothing NEEDS to change in the Big Ten, Pac-12 or ACC. However, for the remaining three power conferences, additions MUST be made.
The SEC only needs one more member. The Big-12 could survive, momentarily, with just a single addition to reach 10 members, but likely would need three to be highly competitive with the other leagues. However, if the SEC's 14th school is Missouri, then the Big-12 will need two immediate joinees and four altogether long-term. As for the Big East, it is fine with 14 members in basketball, although Pitt and Syracuse were two of its elite. Football is another story. The Big East has to add two more football schools, at least. TCU has already accepted an invitation to join the Big East next summer, however the school may change its mind due to the recent alterations.
At first, all of this conference shifting slash realigning slash seceding kind of annoyed me. I liked things the way they were. I didn't like the idea of schools jumping ship for more money or just to be different and difficult. But now, who cares? Schools are just chasing the money as they should. The games are going to be just as long and contain just as many players regardless of who's playing who and where. And change is a good thing, for universities and fans. As fans, we'll get to see new match-ups of teams that we normally wouldn't see play one another and in games that are more meaningful. The real beneficiaries of major conference expansion are the elite "mid-majors." School like BYU, Utah, TCU and others now have the opportunity to play in power leagues.
We all go to college to learn, and you don't have to be a math major to know that 12-2=10, or 14+2=16. Just like you don't have to be an athletic conference commisioner to know that teams + more teams = more $$$.
After all, I'm sure the increase in profit margin will result in an additional increase in scholarships. Yea, definitely.
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Our Moral PalatesSeptember 1, 2012 by Benedict Dellot
Not long ago, I described 3 particular 'meta concepts' that are present or emerging in the RSA's work. These were:
(i) Mental complexity and adult development – the notion that there exists a 'hidden curriculum' of mental tasks in life that require a certain level of mental complexity in order to navigate effectively. Central to this concept is the importance of how we know, not just what we know, and of taking things as object that were once subject.
(ii) Cultural theory – the notion that there are, to varying extents, four dominant cultures at play in the world: egalitarianism, hierarchicalism, individualism and fatalism. Proponents of this theory argue that efforts to tackle major challenges usually need to embrace and draw upon a mixture of all of these (except fatalism). This is particularly true of 'wicked' problems, which unlike 'tame' ones cannot be addressed through 'elegant' but blunt solutions e.g. using only hierarchical sanctions to combat crime or individualist incentives to overcome climate change.
(iii) Values modes – the notion that most people fall into 3 predominant value groups: settlers, prospectors and pioneers. Which type best defines you depends upon the extent to which you are 'inner directed' or 'outer directed'. The lesson for policymakers is that policies and political messages need to be tailored to fit each group, otherwise efforts at changing behaviour may prove fruitless.
As I mentioned in a previous blog post, the reason why I'm trying to identify these broader concepts is because they help us to make sense of the world, acting in a way as umbrellas for all the other minor lessons and rules that seek to guide our day-to-day actions. To put it another way, the likes of cultural theory, mental complexity and values modes offer maps of life's terrain, whereas tit bits of information and the latest research insights only give a narrow set of directions to where we want to go, some of which often appear to contradict the paths laid out by others.
Since posting that blog, I had a chance to read Jonathan Haidt's new book, The Righteous Mind. This, I believe, may act as a contender for a 4th spot in the guidebook of meta concepts. Haidt's book is an extraordinarily rich account of the origins of moral psychology and a revealing exploration of how the different states of our moral minds are able to shape group behaviour and drive divisions in political and religious communities.
Trying to distil the book's contents into a single line or two is an impossible task, but his central thesis can be broadly understand as follows: there exist in the world a variety of intrinsically-borne 'moral matrices' that have helped to bind people into successful groups, but which have also left us divided on lots of different issues. When Haidt talks about 'moral matrices', he is referring to the different assortment of 'moral foundations' – what might be colloquially termed as morals or values – that each individual or group has. To put it in simpler terms, Haidt draws parallels between moral foundations and taste receptors; just as everybody has different preferences of flavours, so too do they have their own distinctive moral palates.
Moral Foundations Theory, as it is formally known, identifies 6 particular moral foundations that make up our moral matrices, some of which are more prevalent than others. Each of these are summarised in the table below.
Drawing upon the data gathered on his research website YourMorals.org, Haidt argues that liberals tend to have moral matrices that are built with only 3 of the Foundations – Care, Fairness and Liberty – whereas conservatives have moral matrices that rest upon all 6. As a result of the sheer breadth of their moral palates, the messages and policies of conservatives are more likely to resonate with a wider segment of the population than are those of liberals (or liberatarians).The Righteous Mind goes on to explore many issues in depth, but the Moral Foundations Theory alone is likely to have sizeable implications for the way in which we seek to pursue political, social and economic progress. We are already seeing, for instance, how the left are attempting to tap into people's Fairness foundation receptors (a sensitivity for proportionality, not just equality). Think Labour's recent internal debate about introducing conditionality within the welfare state. Conversely, witness how Mitt Romney's speech to the GOP convention was littered with phrases that were intended to prompt people's Care foundation (it will be interesting to see what comes out when Obama gives his own speech in a week or so's time).I imagine the Moral Foundations Theory could also be a useful resource beyond the world of political messaging and grand policy-making. For example, could it tell us anything about how to make behaviour change initiatives more effective? Or about how teaching methods could better support children with different moral dispositions?
Offering multiple perspectives from many fields of human inquiry that may move all of us toward a more integrated understanding of who we are as conscious beings.
Saturday, September 08, 2012
Benedict Dellot - Our Moral Palates
This is a nice overview of the work in moral social-psychology embraced by the RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce). Smells a bit like Spiral Dynamics in some places - it's also heavily reliant on Jonathan Haidt's recent work, which poses problems for me due to Haidt's conservative bias (which he denies, and thus the problem).
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Jio Phone Booking Payment Failed & Money Deducted, Jio Phone Booking Issue and Problems, Jio Phone Booking Confirmation SMS not received. What to do after payment failed of Jio Phone Booking Issue? Jio Phone Booking SMS not received Yet.
Jio Phone Booking Payment Failed & Money Deducted
As the massive online booking for the Jio 4G Feature phone has started, more and more complaints are arising regarding the Jio Phone Booking Payment Failed. It is leaving a lot of people frustrated as their request for the booking is not getting processed & Money Deducted
So, here we will discuss the all the related issues like Jio Phone Booking Payment Failed & Money Deducted, Jio Phone Booking Problems, and Issue, Confirmation SMS not received.
Why Issues Like Jio Phone Booking Payment Failed and Other Arises
The online booking of the Jio 1500 handset started on 24th August at 5:30 PM. It is not possible for the system to handle the massive traffic volume of request for the transaction. That is the time when the server crashes and different kind of problem arises.
Let's find out the solution of the different issue one by one about the Jio Phone Booking Issue: –
Jio Phone Booking Payment Failed & Money Deducted
If you have made the payment and it showed failed but the money has got deducted from your account, then just keep a track of your message books and application history. You may receive intimation for confirmation of payment.
- Resolution: – Check your bank statement and take a copy of the page showing the deduction. You can visit the Jio center or call the customer care with the relevant document.
Booking Confirmation SMS not received
It may happen that after completing the transaction, you may not receive the confirmatory SMS. This may happen due to the massive traffic and high volume of the request. So, it is suggested to be patient and wait. You can check the app history also, later on, to find out about the confirmatory intimation.
- Resolution: – Keep the mobile number and the area pin code for which you are booking. You can get a confirmation about the success of registration by calling the customer care or visiting the Jio Center.
Other Jio Phone Booking Issue and Problems
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- Course: Starts and ends on the towpath trail located next to the mural on High Street
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Two new songs in store: Garage Band and Still Doin' It.
Garage Band:
This is what I always wanted a garage band to sound like; equal parts rock guitar, funky bass, jazzy lines and Hammond organ. Actually when I listen back to this I can hear the incredible influence that Joe Satriani had on me in my high school days. I listened to his Extremist album on my walkman more times that I can count. I am surprised I didn't break the tape. I could have cut it down and made it shorter but in the end I decided to let it go on for almost 7 minutes. Just couldn't get enough of the groove.
Still Doin' It:
This title really sums up where I am at. I have been a musician for practically my whole life. And I am still here playing, still here having a blast riffing on a groove, grooving on a riff. When I wrote this riff it was so much fun to play that I decided the whole band needed to play it. From there we enter a section that adds a bit of tension. What day goes by that doesn't have an element of that? From there we release into a more standard grooving part before coming back to that fun riff. Featured on tenor sax is my long time friend and collaborator Dan Puccio. Dan has spoiled me because for a long time I believed that all tenor sax players could play with that much range and killer sound. Dan is a lot like me, he is still soldering on through this game of music, he is still doin' it.
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"Maybe People Would Give a Damn if Taylor Swift Were Homeless." Of all the signs created for last year's annual Gustavus Sleepout, this was arguably the most photographed and discussed by passers-by. You decide why it was more provocative than a nearby sign informing readers that "63% of Homeless Mothers Have Experienced Severe Physical Assault By An Intimate Male Partner."
This year, Partners for Affordable Housing, owners and operators of the Welcome Inn and Theresa House in Mankato, have asked participants in The Politics of Homelessness FTS to collect after-school treats for the children staying with them; paper products such as toilet paper, napkins and paper towels; personal hygiene products like shampoo, soap, deodorant, toothbrushes and toothpaste; or cleaning supplies for their shelters. There are 11 families staying in these two homes at any one time and demand for these products is constant. St. Peter does not have any shelters for people experiencing a temporary or long-term housing crisis.
The provocative and informative signs will still be hung from campus trees and lightpoles from Sunday night to Wednesday morning during the Gustavus Sleepout, and through them readers will learn who is at greatest risk of experiencing a housing crisis. But this year Sleepout participants will be carrying a cardboard box, donated by the BookMark, to collect any of the above items. Additionally, the BookMark has created 60 hygiene kits (30 for men, 30 for women) for purchase at the registers for a modest charge.
It is nearly impossible to imagine that from this point of her life forward Taylor Swift will ever experience homelessness. However, it is possible to imagine how amazingly giving members of the Gustavus can be to people in need, because they have demonstrated it time and again. Thank you in advance for giving what you can.
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Green Grotto Main Ent: WGS84 - 18 27' 37.7" N, 77 22' 26.7" W, +/- 5m
Green Grotto - Wild Caves Lighthole 1: WGS84 - 18 27' 35.6" N, 77 22' 38.3" W, +/- 10m
Field notes: R. S. STEWART
Cavers: R. S. Stewart, A. Engels, D. Williams.
Time in: 12:30 EST, Time out: 16:30 EST
THREAT VULNERABILITY: High
This was the first of four days that would be spent by Guy van Rentergem, and the JCO, at the Green Grotto - Runaway Bay Cave complex in St Ann. Guy had produced a superb, accurate, map of the tourist part of the caves, for the UDC, in 2001; one of his greatest priorities of this expedition was to finish the survey by extending it into the non-tourist part of the caves, the "Wild Caves".
I would only be in attendance for this first day. The other three, I would be teaching a Workshop in map-reading and orienteering at the Windsor Research Centre, in Trelawny, to members of the Ja Forestry Dept. Fortunately, one of our American Peace Corps volunteers, Dietrich Roggy, was able to assist Guy during those three days, and Adam Hyde pitched in on two days.
Upon our arrival at Green Grotto, not long past the arranged 10:00 AM, we met with a representative of the company that manages the tourist operations and took care of some paperwork. This was soon done and our caving could begin.
We were to meet Adam for the day's session, and as he hadn't arrived yet, Guy took the opportunity to show us around the tourist section of the caves. I must confess to finding it bizarre in the extreme, this being the first true tourist cave I had ever visited. There were lights, benches, potted plants, water-dispensers, signs, and the whole thing looked like it had been freshly swept. Being more used to getting covered with mud while stumbling and slithering through systems where the only water-dispensers are potentially flooding passages, this all seemed very unreal. For what it's worth, though, as a tourist operation, it appeared to be very well run and very well kept.
The plan was that we would split into two teams; Guy and Adam, with the help of Dietrich, would explore other caves, in the vicinity of Green Grotto, that had been found in 2001; I would look for new passages in the Wild Caves, assisted by Andy Engels and Delroy Williams. Accordingly, Guy guided my team to the entrance to the Wild Caves, and as we headed in, he returned to meet Adam.
There are several ways into the Wild Caves: three openings, part way up a 15 m rock-face that overlooks a large crevice; at least one lighthole entrance located some distance away; and underground by way of Green Grotto. We will call the three openings on the rock face "Green Grotto - Wild Caves Ent 1", "GG-WC Ent 2", and "GG-WC LH(Lighthole) 1". Ent 1 is vertically oriented, about 3 m up the rock-face, facing NW, about 80 cm in height, and 2 m wide, and it leads into water. Ent 2 is several metres higher and about 10 m to the SW, vertically oriented and about 1 x 1.5 m, (not measured) and leads into a chamber connected to that of GG-WC Ent 1. GG-WC LH 1 is horizontally oriented and is in effect a lighthole several metres away from, and above, GG-WC Ent 2, sitting on a terrace that is a wide step part-way up the rock-face. All three of these openings require a bit of a climb up the rock-face to reach. The more distant Lighthole was seen only from the inside; the topographic position is unknown.
The WGS84 L/L position given above was derived from a GPS position, (wpt's 54/55), taken on the step, 12 m, az 270 deg true, from GG-WC LH1, with distance and bearing determined using tape and compass, after we had exited the cave. Because of the rock-wall above the step, it took me close to 30 min's to get a decent fix, waiting for a better satellite orientation. The position was taken with only 5 sat's, plus the WAAS sat, so I am giving the error as +/- 10 m. It might in reality be somewhat better than that.
The layout of the system, determined during our following exploration, is complex, with development having taken place on two levels. Both levels consist of multiple, connected, circular/oblong chambers, with diameters from roughly 5 to 15 m. The two levels intersect in many places, where the floor of the upper level has fallen into chambers below. The chambers on the upper level are larger and dry. Those below are less large, in places choked with breakdown material from above, and widely flooded with brackish water up to 1 metre deep.
Our time spent in the cave consisted primarily of my finding all the chambers, comparing this to the intial, rough map that Guy had done in 2001, and then looking for new parts of the cave. My two companions, Andy and Delroy, were very new cavers and thusly a certain amount of time was taken in shepherding them and also making sure that I didn't get us lost. Three times, I took us well into the cave, then returned to the entrances, thereby ensuring that I had the layout set in my mind. At the furthest point, not far from where a connection is made to the tourist part of the cave, there was an unpassable, overhung drop of about 3-4 m which stopped us in that direction due to lack of vertigear. I regret having not brought along at least the long etrier; that would have been enough. Nevertheless, I was able to become familiar with the accessible part of the cave and have a good look at the biology.
It should be noted that we almost lost Andy down one of the openings from the upper level to the lower level at one point, (where coincidentally Guy took a picture several days later). Fortunately, Andy recovered and didn't slide onto the rocks below, for even though the drop was only several metres, a broken bone or two would have resulted. For his part, Delroy found the mud very tough-going in spots and I had to park him several times while Andy and I forged ahead.
After a number of hours of poking around inside, we headed back out, I got a position, and then we returned overland to the tourist part of the cave to link with Guy and the others.
Biologically, this cave was a first for me, it being my first coastal grotto. The brackish water in the lower levels was full of marine life, consisting of small barnacles and various unidentified small swimming creatures. The bat numbers were quite high, with most of the available roosting space being used. Guano was present in large amounts, but few of the more familiar inverts were seen, (although American Roaches were present, of course).
Geomorphologically, this cave was also a first for me. The chambers were obviously carved by tides and waves rather than percolation and flow. The two well-defined levels apparently indicate two periods with differing sea-levels. The entire structure of the cave was strikingly different than inland systems.
Hydrologically, this system is intimately connected with the coastal waters beside which it sits. It would be interesting to sample the salinity of the water in various parts of the cave.
I am listing the Green Grotto Wild Caves as having a high threat vulnerability for several reasons: the potential for the currently used part of the system to be expanded into this relatively undisturbed section; the proximity of the cave to substantial local human populations; the potential for pollution via both inland, and coastal sources.
It would be unwise to extend tourist activities into the Wild Caves at any time in the future. This part of the system retains some of the original, unique biology of the now transformed sections of the system, and should be set aside for conservation reasons.
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SEATTLE—There was a revealing moment the other night, after the resounding "no" vote from Boeing's Machinists, when Gov. Jay Inslee was asked if he respected the decision they'd made.
"I respect reality," he said. "And the reality is we could have won tonight. Some folks made a vote, about two to one, where that vote did not come out the way that would allow us to win. That's a reality."
Who is this "us"? Because the people who build the planes didn't feel it included them.
I'm not trying to be overly flip here. This answer from Inslee — his implication that he didn't respect the workers for their decision — goes a long way to explaining why the rank-and-file Machinists were so put off by this entire exercise that it ended in a debacle.
After the vote I talked to or corresponded with a dozen Machinists. As might be expected, they hold widely varying opinions on the contract they were just offered (some thought it OK, some hated it), on Boeing (some love the place, some don't trust it) and on politics (most vote Democratic, a few said they're more conservative or don't care). All were exasperated at their dysfunctional union leadership, for "setting us up to fail," as one said. And they were left feeling "disrespected" — not so much by Boeing as, surprisingly, Inslee, Sen. Patty Murray and the rest of the political class in the state.
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"It was like being kneecapped by someone you thought was your friend," said another.
"I don't know if they meant to, but they hung us out to dry," said a third.
Notice I said above that this is how some Machinists "feel." Feelings aren't facts. Inslee and Murray have equally strong feelings that they were trying to secure jobs and economic growth for their state. Plus they may have been as misled by union leadership as the union was.
But here's how this past week seemed choreographed to many: Boeing, you get $9 billion. Politicians, you get a "big win" to hail at news conferences. And workers, you get to cancel your pensions.
Last Sunday I noted how the head of Boeing, Jim McNerney, is set to draw a pension that pays a quarter-million dollars per month. Gov. Inslee, Sen. Murray and the rest of the public officials extolling this deal also have nice, safe pensions. That's fine, but they ought to know how grating it sounds when this same elite class finds it imperative that workers — and only the workers — should unwind their retirement security.
"I know change can be hard," Boeing commercial jet president Ray Conner sympathized.
Especially when only one party to a deal is being asked to change!
People say the Machinists are blind to how good they have it. Probably so. But be honest: If your boss said to you, "Hey we're making record profits, and paying ourselves phantasmagorical amounts, but to remain a going concern we must cut your retirement," how would you react?
I would at least expect an explanation — a primer, say, on the forward-cost calculations of jetliner development. A number of Machinists told me they'd take a hit to their pensions if there was some sense of shared sacrifice from above. Instead, what they got was: Take this, now, or we're outta here. All cheered on, implicitly, by Inslee, Murray and the other lifetime pensioners we have in public office.
In the elite class' defense, workers usually do cave. There's long been resignation about the race to the bottom.
But who knows, maybe the winds are shifting. In the past week the Boeing Machinists said "no," SeaTac voters appeared to be raising their minimum wage to $15 an hour and Seattle elected its first socialist to the City Council, apparently ever.
We could still win this airplane. But it feels like business and political leaders, rather than lecturing about their version of reality, might acknowledge there's a new one emerging, clamoring for some respect of its own.
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Slide5: Huge crowds of supporters awaited the arrival of Barack Obama's train along the route. Slide6: The President-elect's train passed through Claymont, Delaware and made a stop in Wilmington to greet throngs of people. Slide7: Vice President-elect Joseph Biden greeted President-elect Obama in Wilmington. Slide8: Barack Obama spoke to thousands of people who had waited for hours, in the cold weather, to see him. Slide9: Later, the Obamas and the Bidens began their historic trip to Washington in the District of Columbia. Slide10: Before arriving in Washington, D.C., Mr. Obama spoke to supporters at War Memorial Plaza, in Baltimore, Maryland. Slide11: After several hours aboard the train, President-elect Obama and his family arrived in Washington, D.C. Slide12: During the next day, a special concert was held, at the Lincoln Memorial, for the Obamas and the Bidens. Slide13: Numerous movie and recording stars shared the stage to honor the celebrated families. Slide14: The "We Are One" concert brought people of many different ethnic backgrounds together, as they shared a part in this historical event. Slide15: The Obama's daughters, Sasha and Malia, enjoyed seeing the stars on stage. Slide16: After the concert, President-elect Obama shared his hopes for America and expressed that "anything is possible". Slide17: On that Saturday in January, many people enjoyed the concert and the speech, as Inaugural celebrations began across Washington, D.C. Slide18: Online Resources Thank you to the following on-line resources: Obamas and Bidens (cover) http://wallpapers123.blogspot.com/2009/01/barack-obamas-inaugural-train-ride.html Barack Obama Pictures (pages 1 through 9 and pages 12-13) http://www.cbsnews.com Crowd in Wilmington http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Whistle-Stop-Tour-Washington/ss/events/pl/011709obamatrain#photoViewer=/090118/photos_wl_afp/848e8a37a780432a5179a0a5f82c5c24 President-elect Obama arrival in Washington, D.C. http://www.france24.com/en/20090118-bearing-hopes-nation-obama-arrives-washington http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Whistle-Stop-Tour-Washington/ss/events/pl/011709obamatrain#photoViewer=/090118/480/5339feed3a53421ea808d268bf956eec President-elect Obama (at Lincoln Memorial)/ Concert http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27721638/vp/28722274#28722274 More Concert Photos/Sasha and Malia http://brownsista.com/we-are-one-concert-for-barack-obama/ Mall Photo of "We Are One" concert http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99539227 Slide19: Online Resources Thank you to the following on-line resources: Obamas and Bidens in Baltimore, Maryland http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Whistle-Stop-Tour-Washington/ss/events/pl/011709obamatrain#photoViewer=/090118/photos_wl_afp/a83a786d1ca28262f2fd808169ad7a4c http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Whistle-Stop-Tour-Washington/ss/events/pl/011709obamatrain#photoViewer=/090118/photos_wl_afp/7729096bf6a4aa0ac45f36a5b74e9623 http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Whistle-Stop-Tour-Washington/ss/events/pl/011709obamatrain#photoViewer=/090118/ids_photos_ts/r1445452431.jpg You do not have the permission to view this presentation. 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Ever since it was minimal brain damage, or hyperactivity disorder, minimal brain dysfunction, or ADD, or DSM-IV Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), people have been curious to know how many of them there are. Early local studies placed the numbers somewhere between 2% and 20%.
This remarkable disparity obviously raises the question of who defines what a "case" is, the methods used to arrive at the numbers, and the relationship between the "diagnosis" and the treatments that result. Until recently all studies were estimates made from clinical samples or local regional studies without regard to the factors of age limits, ethnicity, demographics or gender. Sometimes it is the numbers relating to use of stimulant drugs and their misuse or abuse that prompts the question of how many ADHD there are. So in this presentation I will focus on all three questions: The nature of the "diagnosis", the impact of diagnosis on the numbers, and the role of pharmacotherapy and other factors in determining the numbers.
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Scottish lecturer at the medical school of the University of Edinburgh in the 19th century. Bell emphasized importance of close observation in making a diagnosis. To illustrate this, he would often pick a stranger and, by observing him, deduce his occupation and recent activities, These skills caused him to be considered a pioneer in forensic science.
Scottish lecturer at the medical school of the University of Edinburgh in the 19th century. Bell emphasized importance of close observation in making a diagnosis. To illustrate this, he would often pick a stranger and, by observing him, deduce his occupation and recent activities, These skills caused him to be considered a pioneer in forensic science.
Doctor Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was the most famous student of Bell, passing on Bell's wisdom of close observation in diagnosis to his creation, Sherlock Holmes, and himself as Holmes' companion, the bumbling Dr. Watson. A constant reminder of Holmes to Watson was, "You see Watson, but you do not observe," implying that seeing without close observation led to mistaken conclusions.
An apocryphal story illustrates the key point: Holmes & Watson are on a camping trip, and lying on their sleeping bags and peering at the sky, Holmes asks, "What do you see, Watson?" Watson replies, Well Holmes, I see the milky way, and countless stars and…" Holmes interrupts and points out, "You fool Watson, someone has stolen the tent! YOU SEE BUT YOU DO NOT OBSERVE!"
Justice Potter Stewart made this observation when in the midst of a Supreme Court debate on the definition of pornography. Apparently seeing without further thought also infects the legal profession!
Early prevalence estimates suffered from generalizing from clinical samples without attention to the demographic, gender, ethnicity, and diagnostic rules.Many of the studies used local school districts as the unit of observation and seldom distinguished between teacher and parent definitions or verified physician diagnosis.
Many of the studies used "hyperkinesis" as the defining syndrome marker. Easily seen, but a characteristic of many conditions that would require more exact observation to sort out comorbities or other diagnoses. Nevertheless, one sees here such a diverse range of prevalence estimates that it casts doubt upon the validity of all.
An exception to most of the other studies was a very comprehensive approach by Bosco and Robin in Central Michigan in 1980. They used verified physician diagnoses, and data from both parents and teachers, paying careful attention to demographic factors.
They received data from 9293 teachers and 7248 parents. Rates of 3.16% and 3.38% "represent the highest possible prevalence rates obtainable from our data…" The VERIFIED prevalence for physician diagnosis was only 2.92%. Only 1.79% had been treated with stimulants in the previous 5 years. This report deserves more creditability than all of the extreme numbers. Bosco, J. J., & Robin, S. S. (Eds.). The Hyperactive Child and Stimulant Drugs. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1977.
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2000 Aug;39(8):975-84; discussion 984-94.
Stimulant treatment for children: a community perspective.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
To examine the use of prescribed stimulants in relation to research diagnoses of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in a community sample of children. METHOD:
Data from 4 annual waves of interviews with 9- to 16-year-olds from the Great Smoky Mountains Study were analyzed. RESULTS:
Over a 4-year period, almost three quarters of children with an unequivocal diagnosis of ADHD received stimulant medications. However, girls and older children with ADHD were less likely to receive such treatment. Most children with impairing ADHD symptoms not meeting full criteria for DSM-III-R ADHD did not receive stimulant treatment. Stimulant treatment in this group was significantly related to the level of symptoms reported by parents and teachers and was much more common in individuals who met criteria for oppositional defiant disorder. The majority of individuals who received stimulants were never reported by their parents to have any impairing ADHD symptoms. They did have higher levels of nonimpairing parent-reported ADHD symptoms, higher levels of teacher-reported ADHD symptoms, and interviewer-observed ADHD behaviors, but these typically fell far below the threshold for a DSM-III-R diagnosis of ADHD.CONCLUSIONS:In this area of the Great Smoky Mountains, stimulant treatment was being used in ways substantially inconsistent with current diagnostic guidelines
"Stimulant treatment…was much more common in individuals who met criteria for oppositional defiant disorder. The majority of individuals who received stimulants were never reported by their parents to have any impairing ADHD symptoms [which] typically fell far below threshold for a DSMiii-R diagnosis of ADHD."
By cleverly intermixing questions about prescriptions for ADHD medicines with questions about doctors diagnosing ADHD, telephone interviews of parents produces a wide range of "cases" for determining prevalence.
To be sure, this method produces some curious data. For example, why is the prevalence so low in the southwest? And what about Illinois? We might understand Texas, where the death rate from executions may be snuffing out potential ADHD candidates. But what of North Carolina, with the highest rate near 15 percent?
And no, it is not because I happen to live there! It happens to be one of the lowest states for using the Conners' scales, with cultural lag possibly accounting for North Carolinians fondness for the Achenbach Scales (Just kidding). Actually, research recently showed that the explosion of "diagnoses" in NC is caused by educational policies which shifted ADHD from regular classes to avoid the reimbursement penalties of new requirements imposed by end of year testing.
•Children 3-17
•5 million children (9% of this age group) have ADHD
•Boys (12%) twice as likely as girls to have ADHD
•Incidence of ADHD diagnoses increased an average of 3% annually between 1997-2006
•In 17 regional or multisite studies utilizing DSM3 or DSM4 prevalence rates ranged between 2% to 26%
•Data obtained from The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), an annual multistage probability sample survey of non-institutionalized US population
•Data from 2001 to 2004 obtained on 3082 children ages 8-15 using DISC IV by telephone.
•8.7% met DSM-IV criteria for ADHD in the year prior to the survey = 2.4 million children
•An additional 3.3% did not meet DSM-IV criteria but had both a parent-reported prior diagnosis of ADHD and treated with stimulants at some time during the past 12 months
•Rates for boys were higher than girls (11.8%) vs 5.4%).
•Of those meeting DSM-IV criteria, only 48% reported receiving a diagnosis by a health professional in the prior year
•38.8% who met criteria reportedly received medication at some time in the prior year.
Froelich et al choose to interpret the 3.3% who were medicated but not meeting DSM criteria as those correctly diagnosed and successfully treated and thus no longer showing symptoms. But one could equally argue that they NEVER met ADHD criteria and were given stimulants incorrectly in children who were in fact miss-diagnosed.
Note that their estimates of that group plus the 8.7% reaches the phenomenal level of 15% prevalence, just as the upper bound estimated by the CDC.
The consensus conference was modeled (it might appear) on the example of the Spanish Inquisition searching for witches. One might imagine that here I am Pleading the case for ADHD as a reliable diagnostic category. I said, in the 15 minutes I had to present, "Formal diagnostic criteria for the disorder underwent rapid changes as new syntheses and accumulation of data from field trials took place. The fact that the concept of ADHD has evolved with changing evidence should be taken as a strength, not as a sign of unreliability or vague conceptualization. Comprehensive review of the evidence regarding diagnosis and treatment carried out by independent expert medical reviewers concludes that diagnostic criteria for ADHD are based on extensive empirical research and, if applied appropriately, lead to the diagnosis of a syndrome with high interrater reliability, good face validity, and high predictability of course and medication responsiveness (Goldman, Genel, Bezman, et al., 1998)."
However, I qualified my judgment by adding, "Important areas of our knowledge about ADHD remain to be clarified. Developments in cognitive neuroscience point to the multidimensional nature of both attentional processes and activity level, yet these concepts are poorly operationalized by current symptomatic criteria. Neuropsychological studies demonstrate a clear heterogeneity in samples of ADHD defined solely by symptomatic criteria (Conners, 1997). Doubts have been raised about the current nosological subtyping and the possibility that inattention and hyperactivity-impulsivity reflect separate disease entities (Barkley, 1998b). Current diagnostic criteria require that symptoms be more frequent and severe than are typically observed in individuals at a comparable level of development (American Psychiatric Association, 1994), but marked variations in the application of this rule lead to serious underdiagnosis or overdiagnosis, resulting in excesses or deficiencies of pharmacologic treatments (Angold, Costello, 1998).
The embarassment of riches from neuroimaging studies reflects a poor understanding of any specificity for the neural basis of ADHD. The high levels of comorbidity of ADHD with oppositional, conduct, and mood disorders also call into question the specificity of the definition of the disease and whether current criteria are sufficient to allow further understanding of the neurobiology of the syndrome."
The list of speakers at the conference attests to the wide range of expertise from many different disciplines regarding the reliability and validity of ADHD. What a knowledgeable group; every body who knows anything about ADHD in 1998! This formidable group had to submit highly structured and detailed chapters in advance to the group of prominent but non-involved judges whose job was to determine the validity and reliability of diagnosis of ADHD and the value of its treatments.
An impartial group of scientists and scholars served as a judging panel based on the oral presentations and extensive documentation provided to them by the speakers
Mark Vonnegut, son of Kurt Vonnegut, is a very interesting and funny man. A pediatrician, his memoir details his days of severe psychosis and hospitalizations.
Despite this extraordinary handicap he managed to become a pediatrician and spokesman for the plight of the mentally ill.
When the Director of NIMH at the consensus conference called upon the eminent panel for comments about what they had heard (and presumably read), Mark was the only one with the courage to speak up. He inadvertently supplied the rubric shared by the vast body of providers and critics about ADHD. Once again, seeing without observing. Had the eminent panel actually read all of the detailed documents? Was he the only one?? Probably not.
Compilation of studies is another method for establishing prevalence. Unlike the CDC and Froelich's data on a national representative sample of telephone surveys of a parent, these data appear to give much more modest prevalence estimates.
These data show the rapid increase in both diagnosis and treatments with stimulant drugs over a 10 year period.
The increase over a 5 year span shows that the greatest changes are the increases in diagnosis of young adults
The seriousness of the flood of stimulant medications is shown by the data from emergency rooms between 2005 and 2010. Visits involving ADHD and stimulants increased from 13,379 to 31,244 visits over the 10 year span.
The problems of diagnosis of ADHD are compounded with adults for many reasons. The need for a sound clinical history is obviously absolutely essential.
Although parents are not necessarily available for gaining critical developmental information, the contribution of significant others who know the patient well is often practicable and important for verifying the subjective report by the patient.
Depressed Dopamine Activity in Caudate and Preliminary Evidence of Limbic Involvement in Adults With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.
Nora D. Volkow, MD; Gene-Jack Wang, MD; Jeffrey Newcorn, MD; Frank Telang, MD; Mary V. Solanto, PhD; Joanna S. Fowler, PhD; Jean Logan, PhD; Yeming Ma, PhD; Kurt Schulz, PhD; Kith Pradhan, MS; Christopher Wong, MS; James M. Swanson, PhD
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2007;64(8):932-940. doi:10.1001/archpsyc.64.8.932.
Regression slopes between changes in dopamine (DA) in caudate and in putamen and scores on Conners Adult ADHD Rating Scales (CAARS) section E (DSM-IV symptoms of inattention) in subjects with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Correlations correspond for left caudate (r = −0.49, P < .04), right caudate (r = −0.56, P < .02), left putamen (r = −0.61, P < .008), and right putamen (r = −0.71, P < .001).
Careful look at the CAARS "Inattention" factor shows that the symptoms are primarily those of Executive Dysfunction.
Executive dysfunction is a characteristic of many psychiatric disorders, emphasizing the importance of thorough diagnostic workup for establishing that the client has ADHD and not one of the many alternatives
Dr. Frances points out how the new criteria for DSM-5 have opened the doors for a huge increase in the number of normal behaviors which will now be interpreted as mental illnesses. He uses data from his own experience of losing his wife to illustrate how the new criteria for depression mistake normal bereavement for a mental disorder.
Data show already that the expected increase has affected "diagnoses" of ADHD.


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5th Annual Wag Hotels' Easter Egg Hunt for Dogs - Redwood City
Wag Hotels
Saturday, April 12, 2014 from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM (PDT)
Event Details
Bring your furry friend and join us for this festive event! Enjoy finger foods and local vendors while your dog sniffs out eggs filled with tasty treats and valuable prizes. Don't forget your camera for photo opportunities with the Easter Bunny! There will also be professional photographer Andrew Sherman on-site snapping and selling quality photos of this fun day. A raffle to benefit the Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA and free Easter-themed pet tattoos round out this fun family-friendly event. Easter attire is encouraged for pets!
Schedule of Events:
12-12:30pm : Check-in
1pm SHARP: Egg Hunt
1:30pm Raffle
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Red Morton Community Park
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Redwood City,
Saturday, April 12, 2014 from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM (PDT)
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Naval Weapons Station Yorktown is proud to continue its' Centennial Celebration with a free concert featuring platinum recording artist, Parmalee. Join us on Friday, August 10 at Kirkpatrick field for an evening of country music's finest plus a special Yorktown Open House.
Naval Weapons Station Yorktown Open House Event
Open for public visitation as part of the base's centennial celebration. There will be static displays, base history displays, tours of missile park (with replicas), and a 25 year old time capsule reveal.
• 3 p.m., Gate 1 (main gate) opens for public visitation
For directions visit https://goo.gl/maps/J5wQQD1FrR62
• 5 p.m., Open house ends and gates to enter concert begins
Concert Schedule of Events
• 5 p.m., Concert gates open (1/4 mile from entering gate 1)
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• 6:05 p.m., National Anthem
• 6:10 to 6:55 p.m., Fleet Forces Rock Band
• 7:30 p.m., Parmalee performs
This event is free and open to the public.
Concessions will be available and NEX will be on site selling Centennial/Navy novelty items.
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I think I'm gonna haftaon February 8, 2016 at 12:01 am
*peanuts take*
Joe being Joe, nothing unusual here.
Whiplash lawsuits: for when you get floored by your friends saying something completely outrageous!
Is Danny consulting this idea with his dick in panel 1 and 2? >.> Of course he is.
Much as I rip on Roomies, and I will never ever ever ever ever stop, the Danny/Billie stuff was genuinely great.
Even if it starts as fairly well torn ground, with the stuck up nice guy and the troubled party girl hooking up and balancing each other out, they just play off of each other really well. It's one of the "easier" main relationships in Willis' career (and on a side note, I like how Willis never makes relationships in his comics easy, and doesn't treat romance as a colourful pair of tassels and a sex voucher) but it works, and later on when we see what that relationship means to Billie, I buy that it's something she'd fight to protect.
Agreed, and that's also made it tolerable to read over in hindsight, no matter how Danny the situation may have been.
Hafta, huh?
Well ya I mean if he didn't Billie may kill him.
I first interpreted this as Joe tripping over something because he was distracted checking someone out, and then this somehow being the impetus for what Danny says. I'm not entirely sure how that works.
"Because she tried to strangle me last night, and by God, you should be *married* before you try to murder your spouse."
"I mean, we're sleeping in the same bed every night, last night she even asphyxiated me some, and I can't hit that until we're married, or I'm going to Hell. Definitely gonna hafta marry her."
*Joe dies of eyerolling*
Are we supposed to be thinking that they still aren't having sex, even though they are two 21 year olds who are sharing a bed who are also really, really into each other?
(I'm trying to seperate how I see it, from how 2001-DW would see it, from how Danny the character sees it.)
It's Danny, of course they're still not having sex.
I assumed Danny was speaking out of a sense of conventional responsibility. He wants to do the conventionally responsible "adult" thing and marry his girlfriend now that he's going to "the real world".
Typical Joe, if he's typical.
As in Dumbing of Age, the 'M' word is Joe's kryptonite!
Alternate title: WA-AAGH
Joe just doesn't understand his friends' bisexual ways. He needs Joyce, the only person who understands him.
Eh, I have a hard time applying DoA!Danny's sexuality to Roomies Danny.
Like, I'm not suddenly going to declare Roomies the first webcomic with a bisexual male protagonist.
Children, today were going to learn what a retcon is!
I know what a retcon is, but it has no impact on Roomies and I'm not suddenly going to pretend it was more diverse than it was.
Sure, now we know that Roomies Danny was always bi, J&W! Becky was always gay, and that IW! Dina was always bi or pan, but it had no impact on the characters we knew then, and it doesn't inform anything new about their characters now because they weren't written with that in mind.
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Kelliher School, Kelliher, Minnesota
About the Program
Kelliher School is located in a very rural setting in a high-poverty part of the county. More than half of the students reside on the Red Lake Indian Reservation and 84 percent qualify for free or reduced-price meals. A large number of students live in generational poverty. Many students, especially those living on the reservation, do not trust adults who are not part of their immediate family. Many struggle even to put faith in members of their own family. Students living in trauma often perpetuate the patterns of living a day-to-day existence with goals that are short-sighted and related to immediate gratification instead of long-term learning goals. This program pairs middle school students with adult Success Coaches who meet with their mentees each month, developing a strong relationship or bond. Success Coaches inquire how their students are doing in school. They provide solutions to problems and can share how they have dealt with similar struggles. These connections help students believe in themselves and develop a sense of personal autonomy and hope for their futures.
The district has documented improvements in a number of areas, including behaviors, discipline referrals, and attendance. Student surveys indicate improved attitudes and perceptions regarding the culture and climate. Since the inception of the program, the number of incidents has been reduced. Attendance has improved while incidents of truancy have dropped. Students are self-reporting that they are more engaged in school and in learning. An annual Hope Survey has served as a reliable tool for measuring the growth of student hope indexes between fall and spring. According to this survey, student hope has increased since the program started.
The Board's Involvement
Initially, the school board's leadership role included authorizing the program, both in principle and in terms of the costs associated with launch and maintenance. In addition, all five board members serve as Success Coaches. Such participation provides a strong and positive leadership example for the school staff and the surrounding community. The board has consistently supported efforts by administration and faculty to remove social-emotional-behavioral barriers to learning and improving the culture of learning within the school.
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An East River Pool? Maybe This Idea Isn't Off the Deep End
If you want to build a multimillion dollar floating pool in the East River, you'll have a few problems to solve. There are design challenges, permits from the city and daunting fundraising demands. And above all, you must persuade New Yorkers that they'll actually want to let the waters of the East River come into direct contact with their skin.
"I think a lot of that will be more psychological than technical," said Dong-Ping Wong, one of the three visionaries behind a proposal to put a floating pool in the waterway just of the coast Brooklyn. "It has to look clean, it has to smell clean and it has to feel clean."
Last summer, conceptual renderings of a cross-shaped swimming pool floating on the East River appeared on the Internet and created a lot of buzz. It seemed like an impossible snapshot from the city's science-fictional future, akin to moving sidewalks or a Second Avenue subway line.
A year later, Wong and his partners are back, and they have their seed money.


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The Faculty of Science Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science (CCIS)—a vibrant environment for learning and discovery.
Undergraduate and graduate programs, degrees, and admission information.
Dan Riskin ('97 BSc), host of the Discovery Channel's Daily Planet.
David was interested in programming at a young age. It seems he has a knack for it too – after earning a Bachelor of Science degree with honours from the University of Regina, he was awarded an NSERC scholarship. Soon after, he met Dr. Vadim Bulitko at the U of A whose projects in computer gaming aligned with David's own interests, prompting him to move to Edmonton to pursue grad studies in 2005.
When asked about this decision, David replies, "The CS department at the U of A is very well known for its games research, and everyone is very accessible."
"It's nice to know that if I run into a problem, I can just go knock on Vadim's or any other faculty member's door, and they are more than willing to help me out," says David, to which he adds, "I was blown away by the caliber of students here. It's amazing to be working in the same lab with so many talented people."
Different player types include the Fighter (has tendencies towards battle), the Method Actor (likes roleplaying and bases decisions on his/her character), the Storyteller (enjoys exploring and learning about the world), the Tactician (likes to think his/her way through challenges) and the Power Gamer (seeks to improve his/her character by collecting items or gaining abilities).
This demo shows how PaSSAGE decides which storyline should come next.
As for his research, David is looking to change the way video games are created and enjoyed. To escape the typical, linear storytelling model (which is based on a predetermined game tree), he is exploringinteractive storytelling, which has garnered a lot of interest in recent years.
One of the problems with games based on a fixed game tree is that it is very difficult to create robust content that would appeal to a variety of different player types. In order to add more story arcs, you have to take on the labour intensive task of producing all the possible outcomes. As this is not efficient or economical, game developers more often force players sequentially through the content, causing their level of enjoyment to vary between sections. This is not the case with PaSSAGE.
PaSSAGE (Player-Specific Stories via Automatically Generated Events) was originally conceptualized by David while he was pursuing his master's degree. Now, it is the focus of his Ph.D. research.
An interactive storytelling system implemented with BioWare's Aurora Neverwinter Toolset, PaSSAGE learns the preferences of its audience and uses this knowledge in an attempt to provide each player with the particular sequence of events that he or she will enjoy the most. Having the AI choose from a bank of characters and a library of potential story events on the fly makes the game a unique experience for each player.
Though it is not yet publicly available, PaSSAGE looks like a promising stepping stone for computer games in the future.
Article and photos, 2010.
David Thue
Ph.D. Student
Research Areas:
Artificial Intelligence, Computer Games
Vadim Bulitko
Did You Know?
David sings in a vocal jazz ensemble here in Edmonton and looks forward to the city's Jazz Festival every year.


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Late Victorian Era Ladies' Dresses - September 1880 Peterson's Magazine
Walking-Dress of Black Cashmere
The skirt has two deep side-plaitings of black silk. The tunic is draped upwards in deep folds the entire length of the front, and the back is caught up loosely in one or two places, is made long, and looped over carelessly at the bottom. The cape mantle is of the cashmere, draped at the back as well as on the chest, and is trimmed with a deep silk fringe, loops and long ends of ribbon, and a quilling of black lace around the neck. The round, black straw hat is trimmed with black surah silk and an old gold feather.
House-Dress of Cream-colored French Bunting
The lower part of the skirt is made of many tucks, about an inch and a half wide, and is finished at the bottom by a narrow knife-plaiting of the bunting. A shirred panel of bunting is also placed up the left side of the skirt. The upper part of the skirt is very much draped at the sides, and has a shawl point in front, and is looped rather high at the back. Small paniers pass from under the cuirass waist, and form drapery at the back. The close-fitting waist has a fichu collar, which is trimmed with Lanquedoc lace.
Ulster of Gray Cloth
with dolman-shaped sleeves. It is double-breasted, and the collar and sleeves are finished by several rows of machine stitching.
Walking-Dress of Chestnut-Brown
camel's hair and silk. The petticoat is of silk, with a deep side-plaited flounce. The over-dress is of camel's hair, turned up short in front (milk-maid style), and gracefully draped in the back. The coat is of chestnut-brown silk and wool material, with a small Oriental pattern over it. The collar and under-cuffs are of the silk like the skirt. Yellow straw bonnet, trimmed with one large red rose and red strings.