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Until the 19th century, abortion law was nonexistent and abortion was not seen as a moral issue. However, by the turn of the 20th century, abortion was legally defined and controlled in most states. The landmark Supreme Court case, Roe v. Wade (1973), marked the legalization of abortion but did not end the controversy that existed. Legislation at both the federal and state levels has added restrictions on abortion, making it difficult for women to exercise their reproductive rights. Social work's commitment to promote the human rights of women compels social workers to be aware of and involved in this issue.
Robert L. Schneider, Lori Lester, and Julia Ochieng
Social work advocacy is "the exclusive and mutual representation of a client(s) or a cause in a forum, attempting to systematically influence decision-making in an unjust or unresponsive system(s)." Advocacy was identified as a professional role as far back as 1887, and social workers consider client advocacy an ethical responsibility. Social workers are increasing the use of electronic advocacy to influence client issues and policy development. As client and societal needs evolve, universities should emphasize advocacy in their curricula, and the National Association of Social Workers should promote electoral and legislative initiatives that reflect an emphasis on social and economic injustices.
Civil Rights
William L. Pollard
Civil rights are rooted in the English laws that tried to protect citizens from abuses by the state. As the United States matured as a democracy, so did its citizens. Since World War II, there has been a virtual explosion in the awareness of citizens to the diverse needs and rights of individuals that require protection. Citizen awareness and actions have truly moved the civil rights struggle beyond a focus on color. Greater attention is being paid to fundamental protection and expanded understanding of human rights and responsibilities.
Civil Society
Kristin M. Ferguson
Considerable definitional vagueness exists regarding civil society, in part due to the concept's long history and multiple underlying schools of thought. Issues of multiculturalism and social justice are central to the term. Civil society is also a global concept, referring to the supranational sphere. The social work profession can benefit from collaborative action with local civil society associations in working to dismantle structural inequality and enhance opportunities for disadvantaged populations.
Consumer Rights
Donald M. Linhorst
Consumers of health and mental health services are afforded numerous legal rights. Broad categories of rights include self-determination, access to health information, protections for mental health consumers who are hospitalized, and a right to community integration. Two areas of consumer rights are emerging: a greater emphasis on human rights, and the right of consumers to participate in developing and implementing programs and services within the organizations from which they receive services. Various means for enforcing rights exist in both the private and the public sectors. Social workers play critical roles in ensuring that consumer rights become a reality.
Culturally Competent Practice
Doman Lum
This entry defines cultural competence and culturally competent practice and focuses on cultural awareness, knowledge acquisition, skill development, and inductive learning as key components. It traces the historical development of cultural competence in the disciplines of psychology and social work, pointing out how cultural competence has become a professional standard. Cultural competence has also been recognized on the federal and state health and human services levels. Cultural competence is viewed on the practitioner, agency, and community levels as well as the micro, meso, and macro dimensions. Among the implications for practice are the issues of cultural competence and cultural competencies, the ethics of cultural competence, social context, and biculturation and multiculturalization.
Empowerment Practice
Ruth J. Parsons and Jean East
The concept of empowerment has deep roots in social work practice. Building upon the work of empowerment theorists of the 1980s and 1990s and applied broadly in the 2000s [Itzhaky and York (2000), Social Work Research, 24, 225–234; Travis and Deepak (2011), Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 20, 203–222], the concept of empowerment has evolved from a philosophical level to practice frameworks and methods. Substantial research confirms empowerment outcomes as personal, interpersonal, and sociopolitical. Practice interventions contain both personal and structural dimensions and are accomplished through multilevel interventions. Based on transformation ideology, empowerment is a counter to perceived and objective powerlessness. Social work relationships provide an opportunity for experiencing power and collaboration. Empowerment interventions are often useful with vulnerable populations, such as women and members of stigmatized groups.
Leslie Leighninger
This entry discusses some topics in social work and social welfare history. It covers different approaches to that history, such as an emphasis on social control functions of social welfare; a stress on the "ordinary people" involved in historical events; or particular attention to the stories of women, people of color, and other groups who have often been excluded from formal sources of power. It notes the importance of using original sources in writing history, and explains the various steps involved in researching and interpreting these sources.
Human Needs: Overview
Michael A. Dover
Human need and related concepts such as basic needs have long been part of the implicit conceptual foundation for social work theory, practice, and research. However, while the published literature in social work has long stressed social justice, and has incorporated discussion of human rights, human need has long been both a neglected and contested concept. In recent years, the explicit use of human needs theory has begun to have a significant influence on the literature in social work.
Human Rights
Joseph M. Wronka
At the heart of social work, human rights are a set of guiding principles that are interdependent and have implications for macro, mezzo, and micro policy and practice. They can be best understood vis-à-vis the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, increasingly referred to as customary international law; the covenants and declarations following it, such as the conventions on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), and Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW); and reporting procedures, such as the filing of country reports on compliance. Briefly, this powerful idea, which emerged from the ashes of World War II, emphasizes human dignity; non-discrimination; civil and political rights; economic, social, and cultural rights; and rights to solidarity. Only chosen values endure. The challenge is the creation of a human rights culture, which is a "lived awareness" of these principles in one's mind, heart, and body. Doing so will require vision, courage hope, humility and everlasting love, as the spiritual sage Crazy Horse reminds us.
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Will Google's Streaming Music Wow Investors?
As Google's I/O developers conference kicks off, how much of a 'wow factor' does the company need to roll out to appease customers and investors? Neil Mawston, Strategy Analytics executive director, joins MoneyBeat. Photo: Getty Images.
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Dr. Charles Livingston received his Doctorate of Chiropractic, graduating with honors, from the world-renowned Palmer College of Chiropractic. He has studied a variety of healing techniques and has spent thousands of hours researching nutrition and weight loss.
Dr. Livingston was one of the first people to receive the C.C.W.P. (Certified Chiropractic Wellness Practitioner) from the International Chiropractors Association. Training with anesthesiologists and pain management specialists, he has also received his certification in Manipulation Under Anesthesia and has worked in surgical centers performing this procedure.
Dr. Livingston's training has enabled him to be a well-rounded structure/function doctor and has given him expertise in healthy, permanent weight loss. His approach is to create an optimal environment for the body to heal by utilizing the best techniques, state-of-the-art research and the top-of-the-line, most researched nutritional supplementation.
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George and Carol Collins of Warwick announce the engagement of their daughter, Kathryn M. Collins, to Peter K. Lee, son of Kieu Vuong Lee of Brighton, Mass. and the late Ping Kee Lee.
The future bride is a graduate of Bryant University. She is currently employed as an AVP operations consultant at Bank of America.
The future groom is a graduate of Northeastern University. He is a senior consultant at Argent Wealth Management in Weston, Mass.
A November 3, 2012 wedding will take place in Newport, where the couple met.


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The University of Central Oklahoma hopes to increase the number of Oklahomans with college degrees with help from a recently awarded grant of $251,596 from TG, a public, nonprofit corporation based in Round Rock, Texas. The funds will support expansion of the university's Operation Degree Completion program, a graduation initiative that has resulted in more than 650 bachelor's degree graduates since Central started the program two years ago.
Because of the grant, the program will now assist in the completion of associate's degrees through partnerships with community colleges.
"In three years, we expect 2,292 new associate's and bachelor's degree graduates through this program. Additionally, our hope is to set up an easy-to-follow template for other university and community college partnerships. If it is successful, it has the potential to change degree completion efforts throughout the country," said Jay Corwin, Ph.D., associate vice president of Enrollment Management and project director. "This program is truly on the cutting edge and we believe it will spread very rapidly."
The degree completion program identifies students who are not currently enrolled but may be very close to completing their degree. Academic advisers then reach out to these students to help them take the final steps toward their diploma. Corwin said there are several hundred people who meet these criteria at Central, as well as at universities and community colleges nationally.
The grant will fund part-time advisers at partnering community colleges, including Rose State College, Oklahoma City Community College, and Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City. The advisers will review students who transfer to Central before obtaining their associate's degrees to determine whether their Central courses can transfer back to fulfill graduation requirements for a degree from the community college. This "reverse transfer" process has already resulted in more than 150 degrees this year.
The advisers provide additional benefit to students by offering a unique combination of recruitment, personalized advisement and streamlined admissions. They work to design an individualized approach to help meet a student's specific academic and personal needs.
"Sometimes, students are unsure about how to begin the process of returning to school to finish their degrees, so we guide them through the process, help them set up their student account, select courses and enroll," added Glenda Todd, senior academic adviser for the Operation Degree Completion program.
"We offer encouragement, provide strategies for student success, and help students overcome barriers – academic, financial or personal – which previously prevented them from completing their degrees."
Central is one of 29 institutions in the country to receive a TG grant in 2012 from a pool of nearly 340 applications.
To ask questions about the Operation Degree Completion program, contact Corwin at (405) 974-2348 or email@example.com.


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- What I Love About My Small Home:
- There are two things that I love about my small home.
The first would be that I'm surrounded by things I've created. Image 1 shows a futon I reupholstered and tufted. Image 2 shows a dining table I salvaged, and an entry rug I made out of carpet strips the same width as the hardwood floors. Image 4 shows a graphic I painted in my "sleep-in" kitchen.
The other thing that I love about my home is the front courtyard (Image 5). It's beautiful year-round, and a treat to come home to.
- Biggest Challenge of Living in a Small Space:
- I think the biggest challenge is trying to keep the small space interesting to look at. In small spaces, you need to have multiple focal points in the same room to keep your eyes excited and moving around. If you only have one, your eyes will get bored, and the space will start to feel small and/or underutilized. This is opposite to a large space, where you'll want to provide only one focal point to help make the room seem more cozy.
To solve this challenge in a small space, I recommend providing multiple focal points. Then, between the focal points, provide breathing room (areas of rest) to avoid overstimulation. In the end, these focal points will create a movement around the space that your eye will follow and repeat. Then, when your eyes hit the same focal point a second time around, they'll pick up on different details. It's these details that make small spaces so unique and charming to live in.


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JERUSALEM — President George W. Bush is back in town. For the second time. I hear the helicopters announcing the U.S. president's arrival to Jerusalem overhead as I type.
He is meeting with Israeli President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. He is attending Peres' much-touted "Facing Tomorrow Conference" along with many other dignitaries and intellectuals, artists and leaders of the future. He is visiting Masada and speaking at the Knesset.
And he is wreaking havoc, once again, on Jerusalem traffic. To be quite honest, that is the true significance of Bush's visits for most Jerusalemites.
My son goes to school downtown, and the way to reach it from our home is just along the roads that Bush's motorcade takes when he does all his visiting. The school has, once again, had to readjust school hours to accommodate the president's comings and goings and has warned parents to be prepared for traffic jams.
So I have warned my editors that if my copy is late in this week, I am not slacking off. I am just stuck in traffic.


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BELOIT, Wis. – Concordia University Wisconsin's cross country teams traveled to Leeson Park for the Wisconsin State Private College Championships, hosted by Beloit College. The weather was not favorable for running and the course was wet, which resulted in slower times for some runners.
Overall, both Falcon teams competed very well and many runners had their season best times, and a few finished with personal bests.
"We are improving and I like the direction we are heading," head coach Russ DeLap said. "Although, we need several runners to really step up the next two weeks and get ready for the conference tournament, which CUW will be hosting on Oct. 27. The team has been working very hard and preparing to run their fastest times at the end of the season."
CUW's men placed second, seven points behind winner MSOE, out 12 competing teams.
Junior Martin Hinze (Bourbonnais, Ill.) led the Falcons with a sixth-place finish with a time of 26:55.57. His teammate, sophomore Andrew Coop (Mora, Minn.) ran 26:57.84 to finish one spot behind him. Junior Jordan Guenther (West Bend, Wis.) placed 15th overall after running 27:43.72. Senior Kevin Gries (Howards Grove, Wis.) ran 27:53.35 to place 17th as an individual. The four was all named all-state.
The Falcons' women's team finished fourth out of 13 competing teams.
Freshman Larissa Schlitz (DeForest, Wis.) led the women with an 11th-place finish after crossing the finish line in 24:18.94. Sophomore Samantha Nelson (Frederic, Wis.) placed two spots behind after running 24:34.54. Senior Bethany Doerr (Chilton, Wis.) ran 24:47.67 to finish 15th overall as an individual. The trio was named all-state.
CUW Men Results
Martin, Hinze, 26:55.57
Andrew Coop, 26:57.84 [PR]
Jordan Guenther, 27:43.72
Kevin Gries, 27:53.35
Daniel McKee, 28:25.45 [PR]
Robert Meilbeck, 28:32.71
TJ Helgren, 28:47.14
Josh Tillman, 29:05.99
Alex Rosenau, 29:08.82
Stephen Bernau, 29:13.17 [PR]
Johann Hinck, 29:15.14
Brendan Pettis, 29:58.54 [PR]
Micah Fritz, 32:18.93 [PR]
Steven Stiller, 33:14.71 [PR]
Paul Horener, 37:29.32
CUW Women Results
Larissa Schlitz, 24:18.94
Samantha Nelson, 24:34.54
Bethany Doerr, 24:47.67
Kelsey Wagner, 25:22.88
Jolyn Achs, 26:22.23 [PR]
Ashley Lyons, 26:29.33
Caitlyn Stern, 26:48.94
Haley Ring, 27:20.48
Holly Peterson, 27:28.02
Ashley Birenbaum, 27:44.17
Jessica Rice, 28:05.81
Stephanie Kennett, 28:14.03
Jordyn Jurss, 28:22.90
Taylor Brown, 29:06.89 [PR]
Brittney Duewell, 29:42.85
Elizabeth Small, 35:02.13
Kaytlin Kramer, 38:06.39


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State Architect: Fixing Seismic Oversight For Schools a 'High Priority'
by Corey G. Johnson, California Watch
Newly appointed State Architect Chester Widom said yesterday that he is "digging deep" and looking at all possible solutions to address issues cited in a recent audit critical of the state's seismic safety regulator for public schools.
Speaking for about five minutes near the end of yesterday's state Seismic Safety Commission meeting at the Delta King Hotel in Sacramento, Widom described his 49-year background as an architect and advocate for seismic safety. But he made only a passing reference to a California State Auditor report that found the Division of the State Architect's construction oversight to be "neither effective nor comprehensive."
As a staff member gave each commissioner a copy of the report, Widom stressed he had been on the job for only seven days and was limited in his knowledge of the regulatory agency. He assured commissioners that the problems raised in the report and recent news reports were a "high priority" for him. He said he would be open to talking about the matter separately with individual commissioners or at a future commission meeting. Widom was tapped to lead the office by Gov. Jerry Brown in December and began working Jan. 1.
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"I can tell you I've looked at (the audit report) very carefully, and I'm working very, very hard to address the issues that are shown in there," Widom said.
The Seismic Safety Commission is made up of individuals chosen for their expertise and experience. The group includes the state architect, a geologist, a fire department representative and a local building official. Established in 1975, after the 1971 San Fernando earthquake, the commission investigates earthquakes, researches earthquake-related issues and recommends threat reduction policies and programs to the governor and Legislature.
Yesterday, no commissioners asked Widom any questions. Two members said they hadn't seen the audit prior to receiving it at the meeting. Richard McCarthy, executive director of the commission, said he looked forward to scheduling a future briefing from Widom, sometime in the coming months.
Senate Majority Leader Ellen M. Corbett, D-San Leandro, is planning a hearing of the Select Committee on Earthquake and Disaster Preparedness to learn more about problems at the regulatory agency. Corbett and other legislators called for the audit of the state architect's office in May after a California Watch investigation found that the agency routinely failed to enforce California's landmark earthquake safety law for public schools – known as the Field Act – and allowed children and teachers to occupy buildings with structural flaws and potential safety hazards reported during construction.
State auditors found that the state architect's office rarely used the enforcement tools it possesses, didn't adequately document the safety issues it identified and didn't prioritize projects with safety concerns. The report also noted breakdowns in the state's oversight of inspectors.
More than 16,000 school projects currently lack Field Act certification, and at least 59,000 more have yet to be fully reviewed by the state architect's office to identify their Field Act status.
Before becoming state architect, Widom served as national president of the American Institute of Architects in 1995. He spent more than 40 years running his own architectural firm, WWCOT, before retiring in 2008. After retiring, Widom joined the bond oversight committee for the Los Angeles Unified School District and provided input on construction project planning as the top architectural adviser to the Los Angeles Community College District.
As he focuses on addressing weaknesses cited in the audit, Widom said he also wants to change the image of the Division of the State Architect with school districts and design and construction professionals.
"We want to partner," Widom said, "and not look like we are causing problems or standing in the way of progress."
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Corey G. Johnson is an investigative reporter for California Watch, a project of the non-profit Center for Investigative Reporting. Find more California Watch reporting here.


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Plans are in full swing for the 2012 ICUF Golf Classic!
Dust off your clubs and start perfecting your putts because the 2012 Iowa Credit Union Foundation Golf Classic is right around the corner! Join us and other Iowa credit union staff and vendors to compete in a fun, four-person best-shot outing to support ICUF.
This year's outing will be held at Brown Deer Golf Club in Coralville on Wednesday, June 13. Registration will begin at 9 a.m. with a shot-gun start at 10 a.m. Your $100 registration fee includes 18 holes of golf, cart rental, two beverages tickets, lunch, registration gift and prizes!
Not a golfer? Don't worry! The outing is designed for all levels of players. Or you can support ICUF by sponsoring a prize or a hole on the course!
2012 ICUF Golf Classic
Date: June 13, 2012
Time: Registration at 9 a.m. Shot-gun start at 10 a.m.
Brown Deer Golf Club
1900 Country Club Drive
Coralville, Iowa 52241
Cost: $100 per golfer fee
Hole Sponsorships: $200
Download the brochure or contact us learn more.
Cancellations for the Golf Classic must be faxed to ICUF (515.221.3010) by May 25, 2012 to be eligible for a refund of the amount paid minus a $50 administrative fee. No refunds will be granted after May 25. Substitutions welcome.
In the event of rain cancellation, we thank you in advance for your contribution.


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IRIS - "Out Of Fiction"
The single "Out Of Fiction" is also the title of the latest EP from IRIS and both will be available to purchase in April 2012!
The band's debut video shows them delivering a passionate performance alongside a storyboard loosely based around the lyrical content.
The location for the shoot was a derelict World War 2 bunker, hidden away in the depths of the Kent countryside. Having already been heavily graffitied and in a run down state, the character of the building was an ideal backdrop for the band and the 'feel' of the video. The storyboard scenes were shot in the surrounding area and begin with views of the White Cliffs of Dover.
The theme for the video starts with the female lead (Millie, a fellow musician and friend of the band) finding a book, and wandering around almost in a day dream until she finds the band playing in the bunker. The final scenes of Adam and Millie confronting each other illustrate the breakdown of the relationship described in the lyrics, and the frustration and torment when love is seemingly one sided, due to another's actions and guilt.
Aside from the rather sad sentiment of the song, the day of the shoot was a lot of fun! The rain held off, the hot drinks flowed and everyone was in high spirits and excited to be involved with creating a visual to the music.
Having recently signed to Engineer Records, IRIS are already planning their next video and will spend the coming months releasing further singles and videos as well as touring around the country!
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I'm asking for all those awesome PBT thoughts! This weekend is PSA Nationals in Cookeville, TN. Once again, Cy and I are going for the first leg to our title, and the chance to be Level 3 National Champion.
So, if you could please spare some good thoughts on Saturday (obedience) and Sunday (protection) I'd really appreciate it. I'll also need some healing thoughts for myself, PLEASE...turns out I am running around on a torn ACL and torn lateral meniscus in my left knee (surgery on Dec 15)...adds a whole new dimension of difficulty to working with my dog!


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You enter the vaulted stone chamber with walls that are painted in a mosaic of fantastic worlds. The floor is strewn with manuals, controllers, and quick start guides. An Atari 2600 - or is that an Apple? - lies on an altar in a corner of the room. As you make your way toward it, a blocky figure rendered in 16 colors bumps into you. Using a voice sample, it asks, "You didn't happen to bring a good game with you, did you?" Will you:
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Set in the year 2025, Call of Duty: Black Ops II propels players into global conflict featuring advanced weaponry, robotics and drone warfare in a new Cold War scenario whose seeds are being sown in today's headlines.


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Adrienne's Shades of Red and Pink Kitchen
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- What makes your small kitchen so cool:
- We found the Brooklyn Larder Salumi poster and it incorporated the reds from our Le Creuset collection and the dreadful pink tiles that we despised and helped to unify the space, which had existing great cupboard space. Our kitchen makes the best of some good and some not so good and turned out great!
- Describe a challenge you've overcome or a smart resource you've found for your kitchen.:
- Although we're renters we convinced our landlords that a paint job to the cupboards would update the kitchen without breaking the bank. The cupboards were originally a pink-toned pine complemented by gold hardware that completely dated the space. We painted the cupboards with Benjamin Moore Advance in Oxford White in a semi-gloss and replaced the hardware with hammered silver-toned pulls from Lee Valley Tools. We also replaced the existing fluorescent tube lighting with a schoolhouse-style fixture that I painted red to bring some visual interest to the ceiling. The kitchen was basically functional before we took paint to it, but we found that the simple act of painting and replacing hardware not only updated the space but made it brighter as the kitchen is at the back of the apartment and well away from sources of natural light.
- What's your favorite meal to cook here?:
- I know it's not a meal – but my husband makes the best ice cream ever – a lemon ice cream that tastes like lemon meringue pie. Last summer we brought it to a party and I made meringues to sprinkle on top. I think every single person asked for the recipe!


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I received an email recently from a guy in an otherwise all-female office, asking how he should deal with being subjected to constant male bashing.
It never ceases to amaze me that the same women who would have a cow over an insensitive remark directed at their own gender can feel perfectly justified in being complete boors toward men. Some women interpret sexual harassment laws, designed in most part to protect them, as a weird kind of permission to turn the tables on men. Or maybe it's just the group mentality rearing its ugly head against the one person in the office who is different. Whatever it is, it's just plain stupid. It's not good-natured, and it's not "just teasing." It's annoying, and it could result in a lawsuit.
Nearly 20 percent of claims of harassment or hostile work environments are made by men, alleging harassment from both men and women. I'm surprised that many men come forward given that there is, unfortunately, still some social stigma associated with men reporting sexual harassment. (I've read comments in our forums from men who say, "I'd love to be sexually harassed!" the likes of which don't help the situation much.)
In addition to the stigma, men face the same obstacles women do in regard to reporting incidents of harassment. Taking action creates tension in the workplace and may make it intolerable for an employee to stay employed there. But a guy should take the steps as a woman in the situation:
- Start internally. If your immediate manager refuses to take action on a complaint, go up the ladder until you find someone who will. State your case calmly, which is my advice for almost any workplace issue that has to be taken to a higher level.
- Go external. A public company will likely have an anonymous reporting process. If not, or if the company is private, you may have to contact legal counsel. Start with the company's own legal counsel; maybe they will have the sense to see the danger in the situation even if the company executives can't.
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The School Sisters of Notre Dame Educational Center works hard every day to improve women's lives and what they accomplish there is inspiring.
Jacqueline Yhap was 17 years old when her family moved to the United States, before she'd had an opportunity to finish high school. Upon settling here, with her parents working she became responsible for caring for her five brothers and sisters.
As we all know, life moves pretty fast and before long she found herself working, bypassing the rest of her education. She stayed at her one job for 14 years until she found herself unemployed with out even a high school education.
At that point in her life, Jacqueline turned to the School Sisters of Notre Dame Educational Center here in Woodhaven, and last week she found herself delivering the Student Address at the center's achievement ceremony.
"My goal after receiving my GED is to find a better job," she told the gathering.
And her education is not complete, as she plans to take some courses in medical billing. Jacqueline's story was one of many inspiring tales told that day at the center by women of different backgrounds, nationalities, and religions.
The School Sisters of Notre Dame is an ongoing inspiring story taking place in our midst at a converted convent on 87th Street and 88th Avenue, across the street from St. Thomas the Apostle. The School Sisters, or SSNDEC, offers opportunities for economically disadvantaged women to become more fluent in English, learn math and computer skills, and achieve their GED so that they may ultimately enter city colleges and/or the job market with better paying jobs and positions.
"The sisters made me feel that anything can be accomplished if you put your mind to it," Yhap said. "That it's better late than never. They gave me a second chance for my dreams."
Sister Catherine Feeney, executive director of SSNDEC, addressed the students, comparing them to how she remembered them when they first entered the educational center. "Today I see before me a community of learners, of scholars, of achievers," she said.
And the hard work that the sisters and the students did this past semester has paid almost instant dividends.
"In the last two days," Sr. Feeney said, "I have written seven letters of reference. Some students could not join us today because they have already found jobs, and one is out on a job interview right now."
This is a remarkable turnaround of fortunes for many of these women, and this will make the lives of their children better, as well. SSNDEC's motto is "Turning Hope into Reality," and this is what they do at the center year round.
For additional information about the School Sisters of Notre Dame, about the educational opportunities available, their computer classes, their GED program or even if you'd like to volunteer, email ssndec@aol or call (718) 335-7759.
This is another example of something nice happening right here in Woodhaven, and they deserve our support.


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Joe Cannady is a baseball player, through and through. He's one of those who has played the game since T-ball. He's also the kind of player that will be missed when he's gone.
"You got a kid who's going to be a valedictorian. You have a kid who knows and understands the game of baseball, plus he's a good a player,"?Augusta coach Doug Jefferson said of Cannady.
His senior season isn't quite done yet, but he's already got next year mapped out. Cannady signed a letter of intent to play baseball for Newman University next season.
"I spent all my high school career trying to get to play baseball in college. It should be fun,"?Cannady said.
Cannady has emerged as a valuable player for the Orioles. He began to truly make his mark after he hit a walk-off RBI base hit to win the first round of Regionals last year. As of now, he's leading the team in batting average this season and is among the team leaders in ERA.
Cannady also considered a school in Kansas City, but said he liked that Newman was closer and that the university was giving him some academic scholarships, as well.
He first started talking with coaches from Newman during the summer in between his junior and senior years and talked to them throughout the winter.
Cannady is the third Oriole from this senior group to commit to a college. Logan Hiser (Allen County) and Dalton Wheat (Butler) also will play baseball at the next level. They've had a good tenure together, but they've still got goals to accomplish this season.
"It's been a lot of fun. Hopefully we can go to State this year and finish it off."
"Can't say enough about him and the other seniors on our team. They've just done a great job of leading," Jefferson said.
Cannady said he plans on studying sports communication.
His parents are Mike and Kim Cannady.
Cannady signs to play baseball at Newman
Joe Cannady is a baseball player, through and through. He's one of those who has played the game since T-ball. He's also the kind of player that will be missed when he's gone.


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I have one polygonal model with sharp edge at one end. Howcan I automatically detect the edge of apolygon? Is there any algorithm available? Thanks.
I have one polygonal model with sharp edge at one end. Howcan I automatically detect the edge of apolygon? Is there any algorithm available? Thanks.
1) the poly does not share this edge with any other polys, or
2) the angle between this poly and a neighboring poly is large (> 10 degs?).
Unshared edges are fairly easy to search for assuming non-redundant vertices.
Just loop through all the edges of the model, checking against all other edges (defined by vertices).
It's not fast, but it's easy to code up. This won't work if you have redundant vertices, which means
vertices sharing the same coordinates. In this case you'd have to do a preprocessing loop to merge
redundant verts.
To find large (up to you to define) angles between neighboring polys, compute the flat normals to
each poly, then compute angles between normals of neighboring polys. In this case the proprocessing
might consist of merging redundant verts, then looping through all polys and edges to figure out which
polys neighbor each other.
Have fun.
Thank you very much for the reply. Could you explain"vertices sharing the same coordinates", I didn't get it. I aminterested to find the ends of a polygon. I want to consider a simple case.Suppose i have cylinder with two ends closed. That means the cylinder has twoedges. As the ends are closed, I think your first suggestion won't apply. Ineed to go for second one i.e. 2) the angle between this poly and a neighboringpoly is large (> 10 degs?). Isn't it?
But in my case I am interested about the end edges (if there is any) and edgesare closed. Can I put some other conditions to separate the end edge from theinternal edge? Is there any other solution for the ends? Do I need to checkwhether the vertices form a loop to separate the edges?
The angle between the top and bottom faces of a cylinder and the side faces are 90 degs, which is far more than 10 degs.....second one i.e. 2) the angle between this poly and a neighboringpoly is large (> 10 degs?). Isn't it?
I assume you have access to all of the geometric information on this cylinder shaped object. That would include which vertices make up which polygons, and what the x, y, and z coordinates of each vertex is. With this info you can compute flat normals of every polygon making up the object. Do you know how to do this? That would be the first step in identifying which edges are 'sharp'..... I am interested about the end edges (if there is any) and edges are closed.
Redundant vertices would be two or more vertices at exactly the same coordinates. For example it's quite possible that an extra set of vertices is specified to define the end polygons of a cylinder, even though their coordinates would be the same as the vertices making up the side polygons. This is done intentionally to prevent rendering codes from trying to do smooth shading around sharp edges.
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Yes, but I am thinking about some more complex model; how can I separate end edges from other sharp corner?? Like cyliner, the end vertices may not always lie on a plane.
Can I recommend 'Computational Geometry in C' by Joseph O'Rourke - excellent coverage of collision/edge detection with convex/concave shapes (2d) hulls (3d) and a whole host of other things. (£28 on amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Computationa...7326361&sr=1-1) - helped me massively through advanced graphics module at university.
If you're working with edges, you should probably use a half-edge data structure to find them quickly and easily.
Then you can start building your own tools upon it.
Thank you all for the suggestion. If the edges of the polygon is closed, will still the half-edge data structure will apply? Actually what I wantto do is as follows:
I have a polygonnal data where boundary edges are closed.
There is also some non-boundary sharp edges.
I want to separate only the boundary edges;
closed boundary may be non-planar polygons;
Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
Also I would like to know whether the edges form a ring, is any algorithm available for it?


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Small Home Ideas from Big Homes
The interiors designed by Phoebe Howard aren't generally in small homes. In fact, they're pretty opulent, large spaces. But, looking through her portfolio, we saw a few small home ideas to steal from these "less"-than-small homes:
1. Mixing Living and Dining: Seating at the dining table is provided by a mix of upholstered settee and dining chairs. The mix is taken even further with a side table and table lamp. We can imagine doing this in a space where there isn't space for sharp distinction between living and dining.
2. Openness in the Kitchen: Reflective open shelves and a mirror over the sink keep the kitchen feeling open, which can be important for a small space. Plus, the reflective surfaces bounce light and motion around, adding depth to the room.
3. Infinity Mirrors: Placed opposite one another, mirrors will create an effect of endless space — almost like a view through a very long room. We think it adds a bit of architectural character and, of course, repetition.
4. Minimize Borders: The monotone coloring of this beautiful bedroom takes the emphasis away from constraining borders. Doing this in a small room calms the eye and keeps things from getting too busy.
5. Mirrors again!: The use of mirror in this cabinet's doors is an awesome way to make a small space open up. Almost looks like a window with the beautiful scroll work in front of it.
Need more inspiration from Phoebe Howard? See PhoebeHoward.net.


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Well, in the case of Michael Jordan's 50th birthday, memories suffice.
The greatest athlete in Chicago's history is a half-century old. The memories he and the Bulls created will last generations. When Jordan entered the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009, the Tribune gauged his lasting legacy, traveling the world to report stories of his lingering impact.
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1. tally - verb
· be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun"
Synonym(s): match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, agree
2. tally - verb
· gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season"
Synonym(s): score, hit, rack_up
Hypernym(s): gain, advance, win, pull_ahead, make_headway, get_ahead, gain_ground
3. tally - verb
· keep score, as in games
Synonym(s): chalk_up
Hypernym(s): record, enter, put_down
4. tally - verb
· determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"
Synonym(s): total, tot, tot_up, sum, sum_up, summate, tote_up, add, add_together, add_up
Hypernym(s): count, number, enumerate, numerate
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At a banquet in the Dominican Republic last week, Bautista said he had undergone 16 PED tests in the past two seasons—since his power binge began. Yahoo's Jeff Passan reports today that this isn't strictly true, and the actual number is "not even in the ballpark" of 16.
A source says Bautista has been tested an average number of times, so twice, maybe three times per season. Passan ventures that either "the reporter misheard, Bautista miscalculated or something else." Something else meaning Bautista should ask for ID the next time someone requests a vial of his urine.


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Races Investors Must Watch on Election Day
There are several key races that all investors must watch, Marketwatch's David Weidner discusses on The News Hub. Photo: Getty Images.
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... the ... Nightline ... so ... what's going ... on the fly in a way says investors need to watch the night that's according to ... market MarketWatch Wall Street Journal columnist David Weidner e joins us now ... from sentences go ... David good to see him after all this time ... the seminarian to thank you ... so why prices let's not with Elizabeth Warren and buses gold brown that's in Massachusetts and the Senate race ... if there's one nightmare that Jamie diming the CEO of JPMorgan has it is of going before ... the Senate Banking Committee ... and seeing ElizabethWarren from up there ready to ask him questions and that really could be what happens ... it missed war and defeat Scott Brown of course the very popular Scott Brown ... in Massachusetts and Dom ... this is a race that has really been ... on ... an eventful in terms of the issues are ... around Wall Street you have the former congressional TARP watchdog ... going against the moderate Republican in rising star of this party ... has been fascinating to watch him right now ... I it was a very close race in it ... to be heiress and see what happens tomorrow morning ... Montana and ... very quickly can you invest if that happens I mean if she is elected TV show the banks ... well I think ... I think the of this year to see somebody is going to be much tougher on banking regulation ... it and it's going to work you know I've ... changed the climate of the Senate ... more to work to ... the bank reformers content ... Sherrod Brown was says Josh Mendell what's going on now ... well a very similar recently in the same way and that Sherrod Brown in Syria ... a Democrat or liberal Democrat in Ohio of all places ... I and the Republicans brought in ... Mendell to run against them mentally is only thirty three years old very young guy ... and there's been a tremendous ... amount of outside money going into this race ... are still a lot of people are very interested in seeing ... of both Brown hold the seat ... and I'm Intel to ... take the seat ... of this this through this race could cost was ... fifty million dollars when all said and done ... bottom line here is that your Brown ... is another one of these they are tough on the bank's guys he's he's introduce legislation to break up the banks and brokerages ... I he's been he's been very active are critical Wall Street ... aam and Dell is kind of an unknown to me so young he's the state treasurer ... ah but he's made this race closer with the help of people from the outside Avici a lot of people ... are on ... an especially in the banking side ... I have been aligned against ... us Europe around ... us if it because he's been a thorn in their site so again this another ... interesting a race to watch an investor should be watching it because again ... it's going to change the climate in the Sandown ... if we see Mendell Wayne or vice versa and ended the sum of any does look will flee on that thank you very much at that David Weidner of MarketWatch Analysts brutal rape Wall of my column the other ... three on now on MarketWatch dot com ...


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We noticed a few people missed the introduction of Layer Randomization in FPC. This video shows where the control is and how to use it.
You can download the FPC Hi-Hat example used in this video from this Looptalk thread.
Left-click the randomization button to activate it, then overlap the velocity ranges of the Layers to be randomized. If you have enough layers you can have different randomization groupings over different velocity ranges. Note: Lock Layers (the similar looking button on the left side of the velocity preview strip) must be disabled to overlap layers.
Right-click the switch to select from:
Cycle - Each Layer in the velocity group will be played, in turn, each time that velocity group is played.
Random - Layers are played at random from the velocity group.
Random (avoid previous) - Layers are played at random from the velocity group, with the restriction that the same Layer will never be played twice in a row. Random selection can sometimes cause a singe Layer to be played repeatedly, defeating the purpose. This random option can help to avoid obvious identical hits with repeated fast playing of a pad.
TIP: Generally the Random function is designed to select from a number of samples played at similar velocities, with subtle and natural variations between them caused by human inaccuracies or left/right hand variations. Layer randomization eliminates the artificial and mechanical sound often associated with a single sample rapidly played. You will find however by equalizing the volume of a number of Layers (use the Layer Volume knobs) played at even very different velocities, natural playing can be 'faked' with only a few sample Layers.


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If You Make A Mistake With A Paywall, It Can Linger For A Long Time
from the psychological,-not-navigational dept
More important, by this point the public was, understandably, thoroughly confused about how to get to read Salon content. It took many years for our traffic to begin to grow again. Paywalls are psychological as much as navigational, and it's a lot easier to put them up than to take them down. Once web users get it in their head that your site is "closed" to them, if you ever change your mind and want them to come back, it's extremely difficult to get that word out.Indeed. As an early reader of Salon, I used to read it all the time -- and link to it. But as I got more and more confused over whether or not anyone reading Techdirt could read the links, I was less and less inclined to ever write about Salon stories -- and eventually that resulted in me dropping Salon as a source I read as well.


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The Global Ambassador Program invites returning study abroad students and current international exchange students to help promote study abroad by speaking to students about what it is like to live and study overseas. By sharing your personal experiences of living in or being from another country, we hope that many more students will go on exchange and immerse themselves in new and fascinating cultures around the world!
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Homosexuality and health
In regards to homosexuality and health, the homosexual population has a significantly higher incidences of a number of diseases. One of the reasons for homosexual population having higher incidences of some diseases is the significantly higher incidences of promiscuity in the homosexual population. In addition, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from 1994 to 1997 the proportion of homosexual men stating they had anal sex increased from 57.6 percent to 61.2 percent.[1] Although homosexual men may engage in sexual practices which may put them at risk, studies report that anal sex can be an important risk factor for the relay of many diseases.[2][3][4][5][6] In addition, in regards to homosexuality and health, the homosexuality population has significantly lower rates of various measures of mental health.
In 2004, the prominent medical website, WebMD, stated the following: "[Bisexual] Men who have sex with men and women are a "significant bridge for HIV to women," the CDC's new data suggest."[7]
Below are some articles in regards to homosexuality and health that cite medical literature:
- Homosexuality and AIDS
- Homosexuality and promiscuity
- Homosexuality and MRSA
- Homosexuality and obesity
- Homosexuality and Syphilis
- Homosexuality and Gonorrhea
- Homosexuality and Lymphogranuloma Venereum
- Homosexuality and Parasites
- Homosexuality and Proctitus
- Homosexuality and Hepatitis
- Homosexuality and Shigellosis
- Homosexuality and Anal Cancer
- Homosexuality and Illegal Drug Use
- Homosexuality and Mental Health
- Gay bowel syndrome
- Gay bathhouses
- Homosexual circuit parties and disease
- Lesbianism and Obesity
- Homosexual activists' ideology and loss of life
Homosexuality and smoking
In regards to homosexuality and smoking, the recent medical literature states that homosexual men and lesbians in the United States have significantly higher rates of cigarette smoking than heterosexuals.[8][9]
Homosexuality and violence
Another factor that is notable in regards to homosexuality and health is the significantly higher rates of domestic violence in homosexual couples. In addition, according to experts homosexual murders are relatively or quite common and often homosexual murders are very brutal.
Bible, homosexuality, and sound health practices
Given the many diseases associated with homosexuality, the Bible prohibition against homosexuality is arguably one of the many examples where the Bible exhibited knowledge that was ahead of its time.
Untruthful homosexual activists' ideology cost lives
See also: Homosexual activists' ideology and loss of life
The Family Research Council offered the following glimpse of how untruthful homosexual ideology resulted in the loss of human life:
|In 1995, long after the deadly effects of AIDS and other STDs became widely known, homosexual author Urvashi Vaid expressed one of the goals of her fellow activists: "We have an agenda to create a society in which homosexuality is regarded as healthy, natural, and normal. To me that is the most important agenda item." Debilitating illness, chronic disease, psychological problems, and early death suffered by homosexuals is the legacy of this tragically misguided activism, which puts the furthering of an "agenda" above saving the lives of those whose interests they purport to represent.[10]
See also: Mental Health and Homosexuality
In January 2012, Vox Day reported that two male teenagers who had made videos for the teenage homosexuality anti-suicide project the It Gets Better Project died by suicide. [11] Vox Day also indicated that it doesn't get better and that homosexuality is a deviant lifestyle that homosexual propagandists promote (see: Homosexuality and choice and Ex-homosexuals).[12]
Christian apologist Matt Slick on the harmfulness of homosexuality to society
The Christian apologist Matt Slick who owns the popular website Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry (CARM) declared:
|Saying that homosexual behavior harms no one is not true. The very lifestyle of homosexuality is highly promiscuous and brimming with disease, although pro-homosexuals will try and separate the behavior from related illnesses in their attempt to demonstrate that homosexual behavior doesn't harm anyone. But the evidence doesn't support that notion.[13]
See also
- Homosexuality and promiscuity
- Atheism and obesity
- Homosexuality
- Homosexuality and disease
- Homosexuality Research
- Homosexuality Statistics
- Causes of Homosexuality
- Homosexuality and genetic mutations
External links
- Health risks of the homosexual lifestyle
- Homosexuality: A public health disaster
- Homosexuality and health
- Negative effects of homosexuality by Family Research Council
- Homosexuality and Health by Concerned Women of America
- Health Risks of the Homosexual Lifestyle
- American Family Association on the rise of AIDS
Political aspects:
- ↑ The Negative Health Effects of Homosexuality
- ↑ Intestinal Parasitism among Homosexual Male
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20091104210119/https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/qa/qa22.htm
- ↑ http://www.rsm.ac.uk/media/downloads/std0703brody.pdf
- ↑ http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/features/artikel.php?ID=37809
- ↑ http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/331/25/1717
- ↑ http://www.webmd.com/sexual-conditions/guide/20061101/hiv-bisexual-bridge-to-women
- ↑ Cigarette smoking among lesbians, gays, and bisexuals: how serious a problem? (United States), Cancer Causes & Control, 2004 Oct;15(8):797-803
- ↑ Gay/Lesbian sexual orientation increases risk for cigarette smoking and heavy drinking among members of a large Northern California health plan, BMC Public Health. 2006 Oct 3;6:241
- ↑ http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=Is01B1
- ↑ http://voxday.blogspot.com/2012/01/it-really-doesnt-get-better.html
- ↑ http://voxday.blogspot.com/2012/01/it-really-doesnt-get-better.html
- ↑ Homosexual activity harms no one by Matt Slick


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There is something romantic about a wartime love story. In fact many movies centered on war, particularly World War II, have an underlying love story as part of the overall plot. This underlying theme gives us hope in the face of impending doom, and even it ends tragically, it is still considered a great love story. Why World War II? Because practically every nation was involved. And even the country's that were neutral were in some way effected by the war. It is one of the most universally tragic and yet romantic periods in our world's history.
WWII is a time where men and women struggled to find themselves and each other. Being in love during this time was difficult. The men and women that fell in love during this war did not know if they would ever see each other again, especially the men. Every love letter they wrote to their special girl back in states could be the last, and both of them knew that.
There were instances where soldiers would fall in love with women in the war torn countryside of Europe. He would make the promise to find her after the war and bring her back to the states with him. This promise was made often, but was usually an empty promise. He most likely had a girl back at waiting for him back in the states. So, he would break his promise to his European girl and head back home to the other waiting for him back home. That is both romantic and tragic. Anyone who fell in love during this time has an incredible story to share. Just ask your grandparents or great-grandparents.
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According to The Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, opposition is rapidly mounting to a proposed frac sand operation in Allamakee County. "Mining interests are coming at us like a runaway bulldozer going 100 mph," said Ric Zarwell of Lansing, leader of the Allamakee County Protectors, a growing cadre of local residents opposed to a proposal by a Minnesota firm to mine sand southwest of Lansing, near the Mississippi River.
"It's just sand," said Rick Frick of Houston, Minn., the founder of Minnesota Sands, the firm pursuing at least three mining leases in northeast Allamakee County. "It's strictly the choice of the landowner," Frick said. "They call me to test their sand. I don't push anybody. It's up to them if they want to sell their sand."
Frick's company has applied for a special-use permit to mine silica sand on an 11-acre site in the Sand Cove area near the Upper Iowa River about 5 miles southwest of New Albin.
A spokesman for Minnesota Sands, Geoff Griffin, chief executive officer of GGG Inc., a mining engineering firm in Chatfield, Minn., said he had been "looking at numerous sites in Allamakee County, doing borings all over the area."
"You'd better be scared," said Kelvin Rodolfo of Viroqua, Wis., professor emeritus of earth and environmental science at the University of Illinois in Chicago. Rodolfo, an avowed opponent of fracking and frac sand mining, said neither federal nor state rules provide any protection against fine, airborne crystalline silica, a known cause of silicosis, a serious respiratory disease.
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Jennifer Hunt went to the University of Connecticut for a year and a half before transferring to WestConn. "I transferred to WCSU from UCONN my sophomore year," she says, "and I have been a student at WCSU for three years in order to finish my student teaching. WestConn was less expensive with smaller class sizes, I could live at home and commute, and I also got to know my professors personally so I felt that I was more than just a number in a lecture hall."
Hunt says she has always wanted to be a teacher. "I was just unsure of the area to specialize in until I met some of the amazing professors in the history department at WCSU. Then I decided to get my endorsement in history/social studies."
"I had many great professors here at WCSU," Hunt says. Dr. Marcy May in the department of history and non-Western cultures helped me reach my potential as a writer and helped me gain confidence to become a good teacher. Also, history professors Dr. Wynn Gadkar-Wilcox and Dr. Burton Peretti taught me great skills and made me think critically about serious subjects in the world and in the historical field, for which I am beyond grateful."
Asked what she will remember most about her WestConn experience, Hunt says, "I believe my most memorable experience was writing my thesis for history last year. I took a class where you picked a topic, researched it, and wrote a 20- to 30-page thesis paper. It was the first time I was driven and passionate about a paper. I even traveled to California to complete my research. When I finally wrote the paper and turned it in I felt empowered and confident that I was ready to become a professional in my field of choice."
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"New evidence has shown that the LED lighting fixtures many RV manufacturers are installing create RF interference and reduce the reception of the digital signals for the TVs in RVs, most noticeably when you are on the edge of the digital signal," said Trent Wagner, vice president of Elkhart, Ind.-based Bright Ideas. "We have one of the only LED light fixtures on the market that doesn't interfere with any digital signal."
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While I generally like Blogger, it does have limitations. The first is that there seems to be a limit as to how many posts will display with a given tag. For instance, if you click on the "101 Dalmatians" tag at the bottom of an entry, you will not get all the posts relating to that feature. For that reason, there are no sidebar links listed for Pinocchio or 101 Dalmatians yet as I have to figure out how I'm going to handle them.
The other thing is that Blogger will display the posts relating to a tag with the newest on top. As a result, the actual mosaic, which is usually the first thing I post relating to a cartoon, will be at the bottom with later commentary above it.
In the future, I'll probably put together a "Best of" list on the sidebar, with articles that I think still have value even though they may have been posted some time ago.
4 comments:
- Oswald Iten said...
This is great, thank you!
I was researching about the animation in Ferdinand the Bull the other day. Have you already done a mosaic on that one that I was simply unable to find because of blogger's limitations?
- October 12, 2008 3:36 PM
- Alan Cook said...
It seems that your template is missing the "older posts" link that shows up at the bottom of any page in a category/label.. this might be because you are using an old version of the template.... I would back up your links and upgrade... I believe if you are using an old template, it will be listed as "template" - new templates are called "layouts".. the only other reason I can think of as to why you wouldn't have these links is that the template you're using might not have this feature.
- October 12, 2008 4:35 PM
- Mark Mayerson said...
Hi Alan. Thanks for the suggestion, but I didn't have any luck. I updated the template (you can see some small changes to fonts) and even tried other templates, but nothing turns up the "older posts" link. I don't see it anywhere in the settings controls, either. Oh well.
- October 12, 2008 6:01 PM
- Mark Mayerson said...
Oswald, I never did a mosaic for Ferdinand, though Hans Perk did publish the animation draft from that cartoon. Maybe I'll tackle it when I get through with 101 Dalmatians.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Some textile mills may be disparaging and even rejecting future shipments of Georgia-grown cotton, but others apparently are attempting to buy all of the fiber they can get, said Extension cotton specialist Steve Brown.
Speaking at the 18th annual Engineered Fiber Selection System Conference, Brown said Georgia growers are receiving "mixed signals" from the marketplace as they try to shed the reputation for lower quality fiber some mills assign to their cotton.
"During one of the many meetings we conducted on this subject last winter, a dealer pulled me aside and told me he understood what I was saying," said Brown. "But he also told me that that morning a merchant had called saying he wanted to buy all the Georgia cotton he could get.
"I encountered this comment multiple times," Brown told EFS Conference participants. "Some suggested that the demand for Georgia cotton was as strong as ever; yet, obviously, the concerns linger."
Shortly before Brown spoke in Memphis, representatives of Frontier Spinning Mills, Inc., and Avondale Mills, Inc., outlined the difficulties they had with spinning Georgia-grown cotton. Matt Thomas, technical director for Frontier, said it would not accept Georgia cotton after this year.
If the comments rattled Brown, he didn't show it. Saying he's learned more about fiber quality in the last year-and-a-half Georgia quality debate than in all the previous years combined. An overriding lesson has been that one man's trash is another's treasure.
"The performance of a particular cotton for a specific application in one mill is not an indication of how it will perform in another mill," he said. "What Frontier Mills means when they refer to the issue does not necessarily reflect what Avondale means."
Although he didn't name them, Brown said Georgia growers believe some mills have purchased discounted bales and then complained when they didn't run like premium fiber.
"The fact or the perception that there is a production area or a growth that had a reputation or a suspicion of inferiority or some problem represents opportunity for merchants or mills," he said. "We don't want to provide that opportunity. We would like to move beyond and improve where we are."
It doesn't help, he said, that the market structure currently provides little incentive for additional quality. "It's hard for a grower to give up 100 pounds of yield to gain a small increase in say, uniformity or staple, particularly if that is not to be rewarded."
Georgia growers acknowledge they face "challenges" with length uniformity and short fiber content, he said. "The whys of this are somewhat unclear, but there seems to be some correlation with latitude. Uniformity numbers in the lower portion of the Cotton Belt tend to track together… toward the bottom."
The length uniformity of bales in the Macon, Ga., USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Classing Office typically mirror those from the Phoenix, Ariz., classing office and the offices serving south Alabama and south Louisiana.
There may also be a link between uniformity issues, full-season varieties and the success of the boll weevil eradication program. "With full-season varieties and eradication we have the opportunity to consistently make a top crop," said Brown, "and that may make uniformity a particular challenge.
"We would like to think, as we saw in 2004, that increased staple and strength minimize some of the continuing problems with Georgia cotton."
Georgia growers also are recognizing that their decisions can influence quality. Other speakers at the EFS Conference discussed the impact of an earlier harvest and enhanced stink bug control on fiber quality.
Brown, based in Tifton, Ga., said he believes the long-term solution to the state's perceived quality shortcomings will come through new and improved varieties, particularly those with transgenic traits.
"Those will have the herbicide and insect-resistant traits that we see today, but also have yield and superior fiber quality," he said. "Producing the real answers in the future will be genetic improvements that bring superior fiber quality."
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SUNRISE, Fla. - Steven Stamkos snapped a third-period tie with his NHL-leading 20th goal, and the Tampa Bay Lightning held on to beat the Florida Panthers 3-2 on Tuesday night despite recording only 13 shots.
Vincent Lecavalier and Martin St. Louis also scored for the Lightning, and Anders Lindback made 37 saves. St. Louis added had two assists.
Kris Versteeg and Tomas Kopecky had goals for the Panthers. Jacob Markstrom stopped 10 shots in the loss.
Stamkos scored the winning power-play goal from the right of the net 5:30 into the third to give the Lightning a 3-2 lead. Tampa Bay won for just the second time in nine games, but beat the Panthers for the seventh straight time ? three this season.
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Google Wave, an emerging real-time online collaboration software by Google, will have very significant applications for meetings. Think of it as email, SMS, text messaging, file/photo sharing, a wiki and much more combined. My next blog posting and my newsletter will focus on several of these options. In the meantime, a great introductory video about Google Wave can be found below:
Google Wave was used for collaborative note taking at a recent ECOMM conference. This will be one of many applications including:
- Developing a collaborative meeting agenda
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State Representative Donna Lasinski is serving her first term in the House. She represents Michigan's 52nd House District, which encompasses northern and western Washtenaw County, including Chelsea, Dexter, Manchester, Saline and Whitmore Lake.
A resident of Scio Township for 20 years, Rep. Lasinski has always believed that if there were a change needed in her community, she should step up to make it happen. She is a community leader, successful small-business owner, and president of ThinkStretch, LLC, a K-12 education company that emphasizes summer learning and retention. Throughout her life, Rep. Lasinski has proven herself a passionate problem solver and has been dedicated to education advocacy.
Knowing that a strong community stems from strong schools, Rep. Lasinski's educational involvement includes having served as the treasurer for the Ann Arbor School Board, director of the Washtenaw County Association of School Boards, leader of the Education Millage Team, parent liaison for the Great Start Collaborative for Early childhood in Washtenaw County, and as an interim director for Success by Six in Washtenaw County.
Rep. Lasinski graduated from Eisenhower High School in Shelby Township. She went on to earn her bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Michigan and her master of business administration degree from Northwestern University.
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