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by Raymond P. Martinez, Chairman and Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission
We know that government agencies need to continue to listen to their customers along with using technology to make services easily accessible and convenient. This is the philosophy that drives the Christie Administration and the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC). With over 25 million customer encounters each year, we continue to make the MVC's services readily available to our customers whenever and wherever they need them – and that includes never having to leave their home.
The MVC is preparing to rollout its new driver's license and non-driver ID renewal by mail initiative that will let many of our customers "Skip the Trip" to an agency and completely avoid the line. We're beginning this convenient renewal process with customers who were born on or before December 1, 1964 and are due to renew in November 2012. We anticipate that up to a million people in the coming year will be eligible to bypass a trip to their local MVC agency. Simply drop the renewal form and check in the mail, and within 7 to 10 days a new driver's license or ID will be mailed.
While some customers not initially eligible to "Skip the Trip," such as those with a Commercial Driver License (CDL), Graduated Driver License (GDL), Temporary Visa Restriction (TVR), interlock device, boat license or suspension, rest assured that the MVC will continue our efforts until all drivers will get a chance to "Skip the Trip." Along with our goal of making online driver's license and ID renewals a reality in the next 18 months, it is a perfect example of how the MVC is dedicated to improving the customer experience and making our services more convenient to the public.
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Third Party Library Integration Policy
Choosing Libraries
Re-using code that others have written is one of the most basic strategies to keep development effort down and is nearly always preferable to writing code from scratch. There are many different ways in which other developers' work can be useful. Sometimes you can re-use their design, sometimes a few lines of code and sometimes even a whole existing library which is what this document is about.
Choosing third party solutions is not easy, though. Feature completeness is a necessary factor but far from sufficient. Secondary factors to be considered are:
- license compatibility
- system requirements (software and hardware)
- extendability and openness (e.g. plugins, themes, etc.)
- documentation quality
- standards compliance, integration with other software
- active and responsive development team (e.g. via bug-tracking)
- professional project organization (e.g. release-management)
- active and helpful user community (e.g. via forum)
- additional support options (e.g. project management, chat-rooms, mailinglists, ...)
- support for i18n/l10n
- security architecture and security awareness of the project
- adoption (number of existing users)
- maintainability (upgrade process, backwards compatibility, etc.)
- availability (Linux packages, Mac version, Windows installation file, ...)
- compatibility with the existing development, build and packaging process (e.g. tool support, Debian package, ...)
This list is not complete and differs depending on the kind of software you want to integrate. These are generic criteria, though, that nearly always will be relevant.
Library Integration
The most important thing to think of when integrating libraries is maintainability, for ourselves and above all for our users:
- Make sure that you think about how users can integrate existing installations of the library. Imagine that they have a stock version of the library installed on their system. They should be able to use it rather than having to maintain the copy we distribute. If not respected, our software can be considerably less secure, maintainable or usable from a user's point of view.
- Make sure that you support a wide range of library versions so that your software works even with an older version of the library. Try not to use the newest features if they are not broadly available. Document and communicate which versions are acceptable.
- Make sure that the team is informed about new versions of the library, especially security updates.
- Make sure that you only use the documented public stable API of the library so that library upgrades do not break your code.
Extending Libraries
- Never apply changes to files that are distributed with a library.
- Make sure that your extensions can easily be maintained apart from the library itself. This means that your extensions should usually live in their own directory structure. Make sure that your extension can be located separately from the library so that the user is free to have the library installed in a non-standard location.
- Make sure that you only use the documented extension points or plug-in architecture of the library so that library upgrades do not break your extension.
Fixing Bugs in a Library
- If you find a bug in a library then do not fix it in place (see library integration and extension above).
- Create a patch that fixes the problem and send it upstreams to the library developers. If you have chosen an actively maintained library (see selection criteria), the fix should quickly become part of the main code line.
- In the meantime try to find a userland workaround that does not change the library code. If this is not possible then maintain the patch you sent upstream apart from the library code. Do not check in the patched library code but the patch.
- Patch software like quilt can help you to maintain a larger number of patches. It also helps you to get rid of specific patches easily once they've been integrated upstream.
- If the upstream project does not react for a while then it might be useful to submit you patch to downstream projects, especially Linux distributions. They might fix the problem for a large part of our user community before the upstream project becomes active.

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Draw the Dot-Draw the Conclusion
Lesson 13 of 16
Objective: SWBAT use evidence from the text and schema to make inferences and draw conclusions.
- the dot by Peter H. Reynolds
- Lesson vocabulary words from the Reading/Writing word wall: inferring, plot, conclusion, literature, evidence, schema
- Set up the whiteboard
- 'Inference Starters' poster
- computer and screen
- Interactive graphic organizer - Play with this before the lesson, but it's very easy. You can print it in a PDF format - here's an example of a Conclusions Chart that it creates (blank copy)
- Painting Page and watercolors (or crayons if you don't have paints)
I chose this book because it's one of the newer favorites that 2nd graders love. Peter Reynolds is a great author and there are LOTS of inferences to make in this story. Since the plot is clearly outlined, this is a great book to demonstrate and work with the kids on conclusions, our last idea in the inferring unit.
We'll be using a interactive organizer for making conclusions. My plan is to demonstrate quite a bit in this lesson and then let the kids be more independent with another book and create the organizer with much less help.
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Underlined words below are lesson vocabulary words that are emphasized and written on sentence strips for my Reading & Writing word wall. I pull off the words off the wall for each lesson, helping students understand this key 'reading and writing' vocabulary can be generalized across texts and topics. The focus on acquiring and using these words is part of a shift in the Common Core Standards towards building students' academic vocabulary. My words are color coded 'pink' for literature/'blue' for reading strategies/'orange' for informational text/'yellow' for writing/'green' for all other words)
Common starting point
- "We have been talking about inferring and you have all done a GREAT job learning how make some wonderful inferences using what the author gives us in the text and illustrations."
- "When we infer as we read, we understand the text better. We are active readers who infer, read, infer, and read."
- "Today I brought a great literature book! We are going to make inferences and then put them all together into one big conclusion at the end. The conclusion is the 'big inference' that we take away from the book. It's different than the inferences that we make along the way. The conclusion is the end of the story that really wraps up the plot."
- Here's what my introduction sounded like.
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Introduce and Model
Give the purpose of the lesson
- "We are going to make inferences as we read this story. We'll use the evidence from the text and illustrations and our own schema to make these inferences. You can help me in the beginning of the story and then make a few of your own."
- "Since the boy is 'drawing a dot' in the book, we'll 'draw a conclusion' about the plot of the story."
- Pull up the website. "Here's an 'interactive graphic organizer'. Tell me what you see...." Take ideas (4 places for evidence... conclusion at the bottom...lots of room for the evidence.)
- "We'll write 4 inferences that we make and then 'draw a conclusion' based on the inferences. Our inferences should start with an 'inference starter' (reference the poster - see materials)
Introduce strategy - teacher models
- "I'll read the beginning of the book and then look at the evidence and the schema. Then I'll make an inference about what is happening, using my inference starter chart."
- "We are focusing on the plot so let's try to make inferences about what is happening in the story." This is how I explained about that focus.
- Read to the page that starts with 'Vashti's teacher leaned over...' and stop. "My evidence is that 'Vashti says she can't draw.' My schema is that I can't draw well either and I get frustrated so 'I'll infer that Vashti is frustrated because she can't draw'." I'll type that on the first evidence box.
- I brought some extra vocabulary in our discussion about the autograph.
- The kids quickly realized that typing on the computer was cool because of spellcheck. Here's an example of our discussion about spellcheck on the computer.
There is so much discussion in our inferences about how the characters respond to challenges and events in this story. (RL.2.3) This creates a great opportunity for students to examine the text and authors' intent-Why is the girl sad? Who can help her? Encouraging students to examine and make inferences about the characters and plot allows them to delve deeper into the txt, looking for evidence in the text and illustrations and using those with their schema to deepen comprehension of the text.
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Guided Practice
If students have their own computers, they can type. If not, I would suggest just having them give you suggestions and you type. Second graders typically do not type fast, so I like to put the focus on inferring and drawing conclusions and do the typing myself.
- "Help me with some other good inferences. I'll read more and then take your ideas."
- Read to the page that says, 'Vashti thought....'
- "What is my evidence? What schema do I have? Help me make an inference about that."
- My students suggested: "I think Vashti can sign her name and draw a dot but she still doesn't think she can draw."
- Continue with 2 more inferences in the book. I stopped at the pages that started with 'Hmmph!' and 'At the school art show...' Prompt as necessary - here's how I prompted one of my students.
- My students are still learning how to make inferences instead of predictions. I remind them that 'inferences are about what is happening now' and 'predictions are about what will happen'. I'm happy that they're predicting, but for now, we're trying to do only inferences. This is an example of that confusion about inferences and predictions.
- This is the picture of the screen when we were done with the inferences.
- Take a look at the completed chart that we created.
Don't finish the book - stop at the page that says 'at the school'. Save the last few pages for the project.
Teach about the Conclusion
- "I'll take all of my inferences and make a great conclusion."
- Use ideas from each inference and show the kids how to write a conclusion.
- Here's what that explanation sounded like.
My goal in this lesson is to encourage the students to use the evidence from the text - the words and illustrations - and their schema to demonstrate an understanding of the text. (RL.2.7) By creating inferences about what happened in the plot, they are showing that they understand the events based on the pictures and what they've read.
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Share What You've Learned
Share what you know
- "Let's finish reading the book and see what happened."
- Read the rest and talk about what will happen. I referenced the idea of a 'cyclical story' that we discussed in other stories.
- "Now you get a chance to be the artist. I'm passing out and you need to use your art materials (crayons or watercolors) to create a picture from a line, instead of a dot (like the book). Don't worry if you're not an artist - just create some kind of line, just like the girl created."
- Give the kids time to work.
- Here is some of the artwork that my kids painted: student work 1 and student work 2.
Scaffolding and Special Education: This lesson could be easily scaffolded up or down, depending on student ability.
Since this is group lesson and everyone is working together, it's an excellent opportunity to model, model, model for your lower language students and pull some higher vocabulary from your student with more ability.
Use formative assessment in your discussion. Are the kids able to inference? Is there evidence provided? Can they inference and not predict? This will give you feedback for future lessons.


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ACORN Scandal Should Spur Broader Cuts
Republicans are all over the ACORN scandal and calling for an end to federal subsidies for the group. That would be a good step, but it's not exactly going out on a limb and pushing for major budget reforms.
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It looks like farm subsidy reform is unlikely for another few years. Senator Blanche Lincoln has been selected the new head of the Senate Agriculture Committee. Dow Jones notes: "Lincoln is a two-term moderate Democrat who described herself Wednesday as a 'farmer's daughter.'"
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For the past couple of years the Department of Housing & Urban Development's Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has been doing its best to re-inflate the housing bubble.
"Stimulating" Beer and Cigarette Sales
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The Bureau of Economic Analysis has released its annual data on compensation levels by industry. The data show that the pay advantage enjoyed by federal civilian workers over private-sector workers continues to expand.
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We're excited to announce that we will be making copies of Screaming Females debut album Baby Teeth on colored vinyl for the first time as well as making some shirts with it's iconic artwork.
While we haven't really done too much limited colored vinyl, a lot of people have been asking for it and we also had a lot of covers that were going to be discarded if not used. So after discussing it with our label's fans we figured we would give it a shot. Over the next few months we are going to be doing colored vinyl for all of the Screaming Females records and some of our other releases which people have been asking for us to do colored vinyl for. Well see how it goes. If it seems to make people happy well probably keep doing it, if it doesn't well probably never do it again.
We will also be doing shirts for each of the Screaming Females albums to coincide with these pressings. In an effort not to have too many shirts lying around (since they have a lot of albums) we are going to take pre-orders for the shirts and probably not print too many more past the amount we get orders for. At the request of the band the shirts will be printed on American Apparel t-shirts.
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She is a Pathways scholar and a non-traditional student who worked in retail before finally finding her calling. She is most comfortable in nature and overcame a childhood that left her with social anxiety, but also a powerful conviction to remain true to herself and her beliefs. She has struggled, but found the resolve to not simply hope for a meaningful future, but also to actively pursue its challenges.
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LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers in Arkansas voted on Monday to override a veto by the state's Democratic governor and approve a bill that requires voters to show photo identification at the polls, prompting an outcry from civil libertarians who vowed to fight the law.
Legislators in the Republican-controlled state House of Representatives voted 52-45 to override Democratic Governor Mike Beebe's veto, joining the state Senate, which had voted on March 27 to approve the new law over his objections.
Arkansas will join nearly three dozen U.S. states that have voter ID measures, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. The laws are part of a nationwide effort by Republicans at the state level to prevent voter fraud. Critics say they hinder low-income and minority voters and are challenging the laws in several state courts.
"Arkansans will be well-served by this new electoral safeguard," Republican Party of Arkansas Chairman Doyle Webb said.
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In his veto letter on March 25, Beebe had said he "believes that the bill will unnecessarily cost taxpayers money, grow bureaucracy and risk disenfranchisement of voters."
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By Dave Warner
LAWRENCEVILLE, New Jersey (Reuters) - An immigrant who described years of working more than 15-hour days running a small New Jersey shop, introduced himself to the public after winning the $338 million Powerball jackpot, saying with a broad smile, "My life has changed."
Pedro Quezada, 44, married with five children, was the sole winner of the jackpot drawn on Saturday.
Quezada, who came to the United States from the Dominican Republic when he was 19, spoke before a throng of reporters, photographers and television crews at the New Jersey Lottery headquarters about the years he spent operating a bodega in Passaic, New Jersey.
"Imagine having to wake up every morning at 5 a.m. and close my store at 11 p.m.," the Spanish-speaking Quezada said through a translator.
He was reserved when asked about his future, but said he was looking forward to buying a new car. Asked what he was driving now, he replied with a smile: "My feet."
"All I can say is that I feel very happy, and God has blessed us with this prize," he said.
The sum is the fourth largest jackpot in the history of Powerball, which is played in 42 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.
"I felt pure joy, just happiness," Quezada said.
If he takes the winnings in a lump sum, he will receive $221 million.
"I don't know exactly how, but I will help the community," he said.
Wearing an open-necked plaid shirt and a yellow windbreaker, Quezada was joined at the news conference by his wife and other family members.
He said he has had trouble sleeping since learning he won the jackpot. "I couldn't close my eyes," he said.
Quezada said he saw a commotion outside the Eagle Liquor store in Passaic where he had purchased his ticket, while he was walking to work on Monday morning.
"I figured maybe the winning ticket was sold from this store," he said.
He said he handed his lottery ticket to the Eagle Liquor clerk, who checked his numbers and told him: "Congratulations."
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National Geographic reports that marine mammals have lost a gene that could make them more susceptible to organophosphate damage.
NPR reports on Human Cell Atlas Consortium's effort to catalog all the different cell types within the human body.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters played house band for Stevie Nicks, John Fogerty, Rick Springfield and others at a sold-out concert.
Grohl held an all-star, three-hour-plus show with those rock icons, who performed at the Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, Calif., in the late 1960s through the early '90s, and are the subjects of Grohl's just-released directorial debut, the documentary "Sound City."
Grohl kicked things off with Alain Johannes, yelling after the first song: "It's going to be a long (expletive) night. You know that, right?"
It was, and the crowd at the Hammerstein Ballroom roared as Lee Ving of Fear, Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick, Brad Wilk of Rage Against the Machine and others took the stage.
Grohl played the guitar during most sets, sang background — sometimes lead — and also worked as drummer.
When Nicks, the last of the special guests (or "Sound City Players") hit the stage, she emerged in all black and in glasses. Her raspy vocals were matched by Grohl on "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around." He stared at her while she sang; she put her hands in the air.
Each act performed for nearly 25 minutes, and clips of the "Sound City" film played in between their sets. The film explores the then-rusty Sound City Studios where classic albums by Guns 'n Roses, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Van Halen, Nirvana, REO Speedwagon and others were created.
Wednesday night's performers are part of the line-up for the film's soundtrack, "Sound City: Real to Reel," due out March 12.
"The thing Dave has put together — I've never seen anything like it," Chris Goss yelled when performing with Wilk.
An excited and shirtless Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins played frontman with Nielsen and Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic.
"I get to sing Cheap Trick songs with Rich Nielsen. What is going on with my life? I can't believe this," the petite rocker said happily as he jumped around onstage.
Springfield performed his classic "Jessie's Girl," and Fogerty's voice sounded clear when he sang six songs, earning loud cheers throughout his set.
But Nicks slowed down the rowdy and rock-filled night with "Landslide." As she finished the song — and paused — a fan yelled out the last word of the groove to laughs from the crowd.
"Thank you," she said. "You saved me."
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Functional Categorization of Knowledge: Applications in Modeling Scientific Research and Discovery
The central thesis of my dissertation (Kocabas 1989)1 is that in complex systems, descriptive and definitive knowledge can be organized into functional categories; this categorization provides clarity and efficiency in representation and facilitates the integrated use of various methods of learning. I describe a formalism for organizing knowledge into such functional categories and some of its implementations. In this formalism, descriptive scientific knowledge is classified into seven categories. The categorization formalism allows complex propositions to be analyzed into their simple constituents; in turn, these constituents can be maintained in their categories. They can then be combined using a simple transformation function to form complex constructs such as frames and schemata. The methodology facilitates the implementation of knowledge-level methods of learning such as similarity-based learning, explanation-based learning, and conceptual clustering. It simplifies the identification and resolution of conflicts in knowledge systems.
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A majority of the Supreme Court now seems to favor the principle of color blindness and to oppose extending the life of the oppressive, color conscious remedial tools of the 1960s and 1970s into second decade of the 21st century. Thus, at the oral arguments in this term's case regarding Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act and last term's dual cases on race-based school assignment, things seemed to go badly for the parties seeking to uphold the sacred cows of the old civil rights movement.
Yet in both cases, the Supreme Court did not pull the trigger. In the Voting Rights case, it ended up ducking the constitutional issue. In the school cases, only four Justices would flatly endorse the view that race-based assignments cannot be used to achieve a particular racial balance for its own sake.
Tomorrow, the Supreme Court is expected to hand down its ruling in Ricci, the New Haven firefighters case, an egregious instance of racial discriminaton against white citizens. Will the Court finally be able to say "no" unequivocally to those who still demand preferential treatment for members of some racial groups at the expense of members of others?
JOHN adds: It would be wonderful if the Supreme Court would come out foursquare against race discrimination by government, but I'm afraid it's too much to hope for. My guess is that they will duck the issue once again. Who was it–Orrin Hatch, maybe?–who said quite a few years ago that we should re-enact the Fourteenth Amendment, and add: This time we really mean it.


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A leaked image showing a curved virtual keyboard has emerged that suggests Windows Phone 8 could be implementing a better way of typing one handed.
The image is allegedly from a Microsoft Research presentation and shows a keyboard arching itself across the display of an HTC Trophy handset. WMPoweruser.com says the keyboard enables users to reach the alphanumeric panels more easily when texting one-handed.
In addition the keyboard will help remember what words are being typed, depending on how you hit the keys, to help create a more accurate but faster typing method. It won't just be Western keyboards that will be getting the curve treatment either, with WMPoweruser also revealing a Korean design. The site is even speculating that the arc keyboard could debut on Windows Phone 7.8.
We'll reserve judgment until we've tried it for ourselves, but the theory appeals. Typos are all too common when trying to text one-handed, particularly with devices with larger displays.
Windows Phone 8 is set to arrive later this year with Nokia, Samsung, Huawei and HTC all revealing they will have handsets that run the OS.
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Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have discovered a new way of storing energy from sunlight that could lead to 'unlimited' solar power.The process, loosely based on plant photosynthesis, uses solar energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen gases. When needed, the gases can then be re-combined in a fuel cell, creating carbon-free electricity whether the sun is shining or not.


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Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Genealogy, Social Networking and Copyright
Rather than go back through basic copyright law again, I refer everyone to the U.S. Copyright Office. This website has an adequate coverage of basic copyright law and a copy of the entire copyright statutes from the United States Code. For those of you outside of the United States, I would refer you to your own local copyright law and regulations. For example, if you search on "copyright Australia" you will get a link to the Australian Copyright Council, with similar resources.
Unfortunately, despite the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, the law concerning copying and disseminating copyrighted works online is in a state of flux and is somewhat confused. There is a sizable gap between the public perception of copyright protection and the reality of the law. To see this issue graphically demonstrated, all you have to do is go onto Pinterest.com for about ten seconds and look at the stream of photos. You will see a plethora of copyrighted photos of products and people copied without any semblance of adherence to copyright laws.
So, where does the average genealogist fit into copyright law? I have seen some very fuzzy applications of the whole copyright concept with people claiming a copyright where none exists and copying copyrighted material without permission. Here are some of the common problems put in the form of questions:
Question: My grandmother gave me a box of old photographs taken in the 1800s. Can I put these online and if I do, can I claim a copyright to the photographs?
Answer: Only the originator of the work or his or her heirs can claim a copyright. Although a interest in a copyright can be bought and sold and inherited, normally any right to the enforcement of the copyright absent a clear transfer of interest lies with the originator. In this case, because of the limitations of the effective time period, these old photos are very likely in the public domain and adding your own claim of copyright is ineffective to assert such an interest. Why would you want to try and stop family members for making copies of the photographs?
Question: I found a really interesting blog post on scanning old photos and so I reprinted it in our local genealogy society newsletter. Is that proper under copyright law?
Answer: Assuming that you were not the originator of the work, you have violated the originator's copyright. The proper procedure would be to obtain permission to incorporate the blog post in the newsletter. Absent permission, it shouldn't be included.
Question: If I don't make a profit from reproducing items posted online or use them for educational purposes, am I still violating the owners' copyrights?
Answer: Whether or not your use is for free or for profit has no bearing on whether or not the work is covered by copyright law.
Question: If I give attribution to the author of the work, do I still have to worry about copyright?
Answer: Yes, unless the work is clearly covered by some sort of license, such as the Creative Commons License, then your attribution is nice but ineffective to prevent a claim for violation of copyright.
Now where does this whole system break down? The ease of copying works on the Web is so great that you may have your work copied hundreds to millions of times in a matter of a few hours or days. You many never learn of the extent of the violations of your copyright. On the other hand, you may not care. You may intentionally put things online and expect people to copy them.
One of the common areas where genealogists fail to understand copyright is claiming a copyright to facts and information. Simply because you copy information out of Ancestry.com and turn it into a book does not mean your work is protected by copyright.
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- AnonymousApril 3, 2013 at 6:48 AM
My question is regarding photos of grave markers in findagrave.com. Those who upload photos to the site are only supposed to use their own photographs, not copyrighted ones. But what if I find a photo on the site, and want to use in in Ancestry.com? Is it considered copyrighted just because someone posted it on findagrave or can I copy it and use it?ReplyDeleteReplies
I hope my post today helps answer this question, but the real answer is more complex since there is an issue about whether or not gravemarkers, as such, can be copyrighted. The person taking the photograph "owns" the copyright to the photograph. The real question is whether or not the copyright is somehow transferred to FindAGrave or lost by posting the photo online. If you post a photograph taken by some one else, then that person "owns" the copyright depending on the circumstances of course.Delete
- AnonymousApril 4, 2013 at 4:40 AM
Multiple things at work here. Read the TOS/Community guidelines at FindAGrave. You'll find they make no claim to the pictures posted there. Rights are retained by the photo submitter. Go to the profile of the photo submitter. You'll often find they explicitly give or withhold their permission for your use of the photo outside FindAGrave.Delete
The second aspect of this is with Ancestry. When you upload a photo there you warrent you 'own' the photo and have the right to 'give' your ownership right to Ancestry. Ancestry then has the right to use your posted photos for their own commercial use without further permission from you. So, if you don't hold the copyright to the image you shouldn't be posting it on Ancestry.
Finally, Creative Commons Licenses most often state explicitly that they are for NON-Commercial use. That means you may not upload images to Ancestry even from sites with CCL.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama says her campaign to improve young people's health is about the government providing information, not "telling people what to do."
Mrs. Obama explained her "Let's Move" initiative in an interview broadcast Wednesday on NBC's "Today" show.
The first lady for the past three years has been pushing a program aimed at improving childhood health and she has been urging the young to develop better eating habits.
Mrs. Obama visited Mississippi earlier this year, taking her anti-childhood obesity campaign on the road.
At an elementary school, she cited new research showing childhood obesity rates among elementary school pupils in the state had declined by 13.3 percent between 2005 and 2011. She said that "what's happening here in Mississippi is really what 'Let's Move' is all about."


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I am glad to say that I did eventually find the patterns I needed. It would be pretty depressing to get through KCWC where the only achievement, having invested an hour a day for a whole week, was finding the right pattern sheets!
So the first project is some shorts for Will. The linen was a gift from a friend when she de-stashed prior to moving overseas, so these pants cost me nothing.
I am only just working out that sewing for boys is so different to sewing for girls. Boys clothes are often not about fabulous fabric choices (although there are always exceptions to the rule) but rather about the details. Lots of pockets, lots of belt loops and lots of top stitching. I tried out a fancy "quilting" stitch on my machine and although I am happy with the look of the top stitching, I don't think I would use it again. It is a pain in the *!#! to rip out if you make a mistake. I almost wasted today's hour of sewing taking out one of the side seams where the top stitching went a little wild.
Here are the shorts in action:
I sort of like it. I am not sure about the boat neck.
So for the next 2 days - I have stripey T shirts planned for Madeleine and Pip.
Why all the stripes??
Martin's turning 3 this week and he's having a pirate party!!!
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Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation Funds Howard Hughes Medical Institute Award
Aug 16, 2011, 08:38 ET
Funding Approved for Medical Research Fellows Program; Online Application Opens Aug. 25
FAIRFAX, Va., Aug. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation launched a major new collaboration created with an eye toward the future of the specialty with its announcement that it will provide funding for one medical student conducting preclinical research in interventional radiology during 2012–13 in the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's (HHMI) prestigious Medical Research Fellows Program.
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"The SIR Foundation, which seeks to further the growth of minimally invasive medicine into new areas of discovery, hopes to encourage talented students with an interest in interventional radiology to apply for acceptance into this exceptional program," commented Gordon McLennan, M.D., FSIR, chair of the SIRF board of directors. "Funding this initiative follows the SIR Foundation's mission of fostering research in interventional radiology for the purposes of advancing scientific knowledge, increasing the number of skilled investigators, and developing innovative therapies that lead to improved patient care and quality of life," added McLennan , an interventional radiologist with the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio.
"Interventional radiologists are researchers whose trademark is discovery," said SIR President Timothy P. Murphy, M.D., FSIR, who represents the national society of nearly 4,700 doctors, scientists and allied health professionals dedicated to improving health care through minimally invasive treatments. "Access to programs such as the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Medical Research Fellows Program unlocks doors for a new generation of minimally invasive specialists," added Murphy, an interventional radiologist and director of the Vascular Disease Research Center at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence.
"At its core, this distinguished program gives talented students the opportunity to immerse themselves in the investigative process, increase their aptitude for research, collaborate directly with faculty and strengthen their dedication to a career in medical, biological or life sciences," said Filip Banovac, M.D., SIRF research policy division chair. Banovac, an interventional radiologist with Georgetown University Hospitals, Washington, D.C., noted that HHMI funds up to 66 applicants, and SIRF's commitment allows for the funding of one high-achieving, medical student engaged in full-time research at the interface of the disciplines of science, medicine and engineering. HHMI also has collaborations with other organizations to fund additional students.
The HHMI Medical Research Fellows Program enables medical, dental, and veterinary students from schools in the U.S. to spend a year conducting basic, translational or applied biomedical research full time at any school or nonprofit research institution in the United States—except at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. Research may be conducted abroad if the fellow's mentor is affiliated with a U.S. institution. Selected fellows receive a stipend and fellow's and research allowances.
The HHMI fellowship application process requires that applicants have selected a solid biomedical research project (either new or ongoing) and established a relationship with a mentor who has strong grant support and a solid training and publications track record. The application deadline is Jan. 11, 2012. A multilevel evaluation and review process will determine the program's final awardees. Acceptance letters are expected to be sent out in March 2012; the year-long fellowship will begin in the summer of 2012. Students may apply during any year of medical school; however, applicants in the last year of medical school must defer graduation until completion of the fellowship.
For more information on eligibility and to review the application requirements and procedures, visit www.hhmi.org/medfellowships or e-mail email@example.com. To learn more about the SIR Foundation's funding support, contact Molly Astudillo, SIR research and grants manager, by phone at (703) 460-5580 or by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.
About the Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation
SIR Foundation is a scientific foundation dedicated to fostering research and education in interventional radiology for the purposes of advancing scientific knowledge, increasing the number of skilled investigators in interventional radiology and developing innovative therapies that lead to improved patient care and quality of life. Visit www.SIRFoundation.org.
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By Neha Alawadhi
(Reuters) - Motorola Solutions Inc, known for its walkie-talkies, cut its 2013 sales forecast for the second time in three months and said business customers continued to delay purchases.
Shares of the company, which depends on government spending for most of its revenue, fell as much as 10 percent on the New York Stock Exchange in heavy trading on Wednesday.
Motorola Inc spun off its cellphone arm into Motorola Mobility in January 2011 and renamed itself Motorola Solutions. Motorola Mobility was later sold to Google Inc.
Revenue from Motorola Solution's enterprise business is expected to fall by a low-single digit percentage, Chief Financial Officer Ed Fitzpatrick said on a post-earnings conference call.
Enterprise business revenue, which makes up about a third of total revenue, declined for the sixth straight quarter in the three months ended June 29.
"This demand environment we face in enterprise is not unique to us, as the broader industry is impacted by customers carefully managing their IT budgets in the face of macro uncertainty," Chief Executive Greg Brown said on the call.
MKM Partners analyst Michael Genovese said Motorola Solutions' main problem was not that businesses spending was falling but that it was taking too long to develop and launch new products.
"That's probably causing some slowdown in decision making and purchasing," said Genovese, who expects the company to cut its 2013 outlook again in the next quarter.
He cited as an example the delay in launching Microsoft Windows 8-based products from the second half of this year to the first of 2014.
Motorola Solutions' enterprise business makes and sells rugged handheld devices, tablets and security products.
The company said in April its large customers were delaying projects as they contemplate a transition to Android or Windows 8 operating systems, but it expected a recovery in the second half of the year.
Motorola Solutions said on Wednesday that it now expects 2013 revenue to remain unchanged or rise by up to 1 percent. It had forecast a revenue growth of 3-4 percent in April.
Wednesday's revised forecast implies full-year revenue $8.69 billion-$8.77 billion.
Analysts on average were expecting revenue of $8.93 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Motorola Solutions expects its government business, which accounts for nearly two-thirds of its revenue, to grow by low-single digit percentage rate this year.
The company, which dominates the two-way radio market with its land-mobile-radio systems and walkie-talkies, said enterprise sales fell 5 percent in the second quarter to $656 million, dragging down overall revenue by 2 percent to $2.10 billion.
Net income from continuing operations rose to $258 million, or 94 cents per share, from $177 million, or 60 cents per share, a year earlier. Excluding one-time items, the company earned $1.12 per share from continuing operations.
Analysts had estimated earnings of $1.04 per share on revenue of $2.13 billion.
The company authorized a $2 billion share repurchase program in addition to the $5 billion currently in place.
Motorola Solutions shares were down 7.7 percent at $55.39 in afternoon trade. More than 910,000 shares had been traded by 1344 ET.
The stock rose 7 percent in the last three months, excluding Wednesday's trading.
(Reporting by Neha Alawadhi in Bangalore; Editing by Sreejiraj Eluvangal and Joyjeet Das)


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Woman accused of stealing cookies
Woman accused of stealing cookies
An Urbandale woman has been arrested on suspicion of writing a bad check to steal $3,000 worth of Girl Scout cookies.
Police arrested Denise Gordon-Kamm, 59, on Tuesday. Sgt. Gary Lang says Gordon-Kamm went to the Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa office in Urbandale on March 6 and bought several cases of cookies with a check. Lang says that when troop leaders tried to deposit the check, it bounced.
Lang says a woman from the Girl Scouts office visited Gordon-Kamm's house to try to recover the cookies Tuesday, then called police.
Police say some cases were discovered in Gordon-Kamm's car, but other boxes have not been found.
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Actress/singer Jennifer Lopez is to be honored with the prestigious Vanguard Award at the 25th annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles next month (Apr14).
The star will be feted for her commitment to increasing "the visibility and understanding of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community" through her work as a producer on TV series The Fosters, which revolves around a lesbian couple raising a blended family.
A statement from GLAAD president Sarah Kate Ellis, reads, "Through her work to bring The Fosters to life and by consistently speaking out as a powerful ally, Jennifer Lopez has not only sent a message of acceptance to LGBT adults and young people, but inspired new support for our community among her many fans around the globe.
"Family is about love, and that's a message Jennifer has shared with millions through her groundbreaking work on The Fosters."
Past Vanguard Award recipients include The Hunger Games star Josh Hutcherson, Janet Jackson and Elizabeth Taylor.


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Review: LG Mach for Sprint
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Nov 30, 2012, 12:50 PM by Eric M. Zeman @phonescooper
updated Dec 6, 2012, 12:59 PM
LG's latest Android smartphone for the Sprint network arrives in the form of the Mach, a sideways slider that offers a full QWERTY keyboard in addition to LTE 4G and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Here is Phone Scoop's full review.
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The LG Mach is a compact sideways slider that includes a full QWERTY keyboard, Android 4.0, and LTE 4G. Those who still prefer a physical keyboard will find their needs met in this little phone.
For a sideways slider, the LG Mach is a svelte smartphone. It's thicker than today's leading one-piece devices - such as the Note II or iPhone 5 - but it hardly qualifies as a chubby cell phone. In fact, few sliders are as thin. The Mach is essentially a variant of the LG Viper, only it has the physical keyboard attached to the back.
The Mach's design combines a handful of materials and greyish tones that give the phone a look all its own. It remains conservative with a dash of classy. It's not colorful, but it's also not a black slab of plastic. It has a rectangular footprint that doesn't push any boundaries in terms of design, but it's not entirely boring, either.
Thanks to the smallish form, the Mach fits comfortably in your hand. I had no trouble wrapping my hand all the way around it. The materials are somewhat slippery, which means you won't have any trouble stuffing it in your pocket, nor retrieving it. It also means you might have trouble holding onto it.
I wish the quality of the device were smidge better. The materials come off feeling a bit cheap to me, and the fit and finish isn't even close to the quality LG managed when it put together the Optimus G or Nexus 4. Some of the seams could have been tighter.
The front of the Mach has a chrome accent that frames the bezel and display. The Android controls take the form of three capacitive buttons below the display itself. They're easy to reach and use, and the modest haptic feedback lets you know when you've successfully activated them.
There are buttons and ports all over the edges of the Mach. The volume toggle is on the left. It's pretty much perfect. The toggle is easy to find and use, and the travel and feedback are outstanding. The micro-USB port for charging and data is also on the left edge. The lock button and headphone jack on are top. The lock button is another winner. It protrudes quite far from the surface of the Mach, making easy to find. The travel and feedback could not be better. The same can be said of the dedicated physical camera button which is on the right edge.
I found the quality of the slider mechanism to be quite good. It has a smooth action and spring assistance that helps open and close the two halves of the phone. It produces a satisfying "thock" when snapped open or shut.
The Mach has a generous five-row keyboard. The top row is dedicated to just numbers, leaving three rows for letters and the fifth row for controls. I like that it has dedicated period, comma, "@", and Search buttons, as well as arrow keys for easier text editing. The buttons themselves are rectangular and fairly flat. There's a little bit of shape to them, but not much beyond a slight mound in the center. The buttons offer excellent travel and feedback. It's a solid keyboard that should please the physical-feedback-seeking typists out there.
The battery cover - which is plastic even though it looks like brushed aluminum - comes off easily. Once removed, you can hot-swap microSD cards if you want. You can also remove the battery. As with most Sprint phones, the LTE SIM card is not accessible.
Hands On with the LG X mach
The LG X mach is all about raw performance. This phone has a 1.8GHz processor and blazing fast CAT9 LTE.
LG Optimus G and LG Mach Arrive November 11 on Sprint
Nov 1, 2012
Sprint today revealed launch details about the LG Optimus G and the LG Mach. The Optimus G can be preordered starting today for $199.99 with a new two-year contract.
LG G7 ThinQ Goes On Sale Today for $749
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Sales of the LG G7 ThinQ phone kicked off in the U.S. today.
LG Adds Four New Handsets to X Series
Jun 16, 2016
LG today announced four new X-branded Android smartphones to fill out its mid-tier range of devices. Like the X cam and X screen announced earlier this year, each of the new X phones has a single, enhanced feature that defines the device.
Here Maps Rebranded to Here WeGo
Jul 28, 2016
Here has renamed and refreshed its core mobile mapping service for Android and iOS devices. Here Maps is now called Here WeGo.
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The Thirty Year Influence
Friday, May 11, 2012 | Category: Decorating, Design Inspiration, Material Girls Projects
This week, I was so honored to be included in iVillage's article, "What My Mom Taught me: Celebrity Home Designers" in celebration of Mother's Day.
It got me thinking about how much my mom has influenced my career path and how much she means to me.
My mom has been interested in interior design as long as I can remember. Growing up, things were always changing around our house. Whether she was re-painting a room or a piece of furniture, putting up wallpaper, or making drapes, she was the woman who did it all (and all by hand). Most of my friends assumed she was a decorator and did that for a living. My husband loves to tell the story of how when he first met my parents and came to their house, he sat down on the couch and realized he was sitting on mounds of fabric swatches. Little did he know, the same thing would continuing happening a few years later at our own house 🙂
{My childhood home, in which my parents still live in today}
I have such fond memories of my mom and decorating. I think it was at some point during highschool, when I caught the design bug from her. My bedroom's color scheme went from pink to purple to blue to turquoise. The artwork in my bedroom (AKA, the Mark Paul Gosselar poster) was strategically placed at eye level and the Laura Ashley bedding was always fully coordinated to a matching valance.
My mom has always been there for me through every move- dorm, apartment, rental house, office and now, our new house. These moves always bring a fun new decorating adventure for us.
{My oh so stylish college apartment}
Most weekends we spend at the consignment stores hunting for treasures for one of our houses and telling eachother "you so need that!" (when we clearly don't)…like this bar cart I got last weekend for $45!
My phone usually rings within hours of receiving the newest House Beautiful in the mail with my mom asking, "did you see that gorgeous spread?" or "did you read the blog post today on Colour Me Happy or Cote de Texas?" We pour over magazines and blogs together, analyzing each and every room.
We've also recently started going to Roundtop to further feed our obsession with antiques. We also hit up all the warehouse sales in the design district, go on local home tours, and stalk our favorite streets in Dallas (hello, Tokalon).
{Some of our china from Roundtop}
We can't help it- Interior design is just what we do! (and it always has been) We couldn't care less about shopping for clothes- in fact, that's usually considered a nightmare to us. We will take Riverfront Boulevard over Northpark any day of the week!
So in honor of my mom on this Mother's Day, I thought I would share with you her thirty year transformation of the house she has lived in since the 80's (and boy could you tell it was the 80's when she first moved in!)
Entry in the 80's-
Dining in the 80's-
Dining today-
Some other "today" photos..this house has undergone so many transformations throughout the years-
Whenever I tell her that "I want my house to be done!" She says, "Emily, I've been working on my house for thirty years and it's STILL not done! Once you finish the last room you go back to the first and start re-decorating." So true….
Thanks mom for being such a great design influence and a great decorating companion! Happy Mother's Day weekend everyone!!
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Liam Neeson is one of the most successful Hollywood stars at the moment. The actor was born in June, 1952, in Ballymena, County Antrim, in Northern Ireland. Liam began his acting career in 1973. Throughout the years, Liam Neeson was cast in numerous movies. He remains best known for his roles in Schindler's List, but also in Star Wars and Batman Begins. Actually, Liam Neeson's performance in Batman is absolutely spectacular.
In Batman Begins, Liam Neeson portrayed the role of Ra's al Ghul/ Henri Ducard. The actor was also featured in the third movie from the series, The Dark Knight Rises, reprising the same role. In the first Batman movie, Ra's al Ghul is Batman's mentor. He teaches Bruce Wayne all he needs to know to become powerful. In this movie, Liam Neeson is presented as a great mentor and teacher of the future superhero, under the name of Henri Ducard. Later, he will become the worst enemy of Batman, trying to destroy Gotham with the League of Shadows. Naturally, Batman will try to prevent that from happening.
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Once he was free, the mercenary joined the League of Shadows. Talia, his daughter was born inside the prison, but managed to escape with the help of another prisoner, Bane. Talia and her father returned to the Pit to rescue Bane, who had become mutilated being beaten for helping Talia escape the prison.
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Merck seeks way to stem sales slide
Merck's third-quarter earnings continued the downbeat hinted at with the October 1 announcement that it was adding 8,500 pink slips to the pile of cast-off corporate positions: sales were $11 billion for the quarter, down nearly 4% from the same period a year ago. Turbulence included a 5% fall in sales of its diabetes mediation Januvia, a 6% drop in sales of cholesterol medication Vytorin and a 53% drop in patent-free asthma medication Singulair.
Rising sales of Remicade (17%), HPV vaccine Gardasil (15%), diabetes treatment Janumet (9%) and HIV therapy Isentress (9%) added some air to top-line news.
Management emphasized, as it did earlier in the month, that the drugmaker is digging in and focusing only on areas where it can lead the pack or establish a foundation for future growth.
Diabetes remains part of these future plans. Global Human Health EVP and President Adam Schechter told investors Monday that the company is retooling its sales approach from being solely focused on maintaining market share—it holds between 70% and 75% of the US market—to growing it. The drugmaker attributed around $60 million of the Januvia drop to wholesaler de-stocking, but the company did not dismiss the fall as a cyclical event of de-stocking and re-stocking.
Januvia TRx numbers tumbled around 2% during the quarter, compared to the same period last year. Schechter said the company is retooling its sales focus to keep this trend from spreading into 2014 and the company now has sales reps focused on moving patients from sulfonylureas to Januvia. He said the company is also working to encourage patients to sidestep sulfonylureas altogether, and hop from metformin therapy to Januvia without the middle step.
Although four DPP-IV competitors tighten the market, Schechter says the real issue is "that the DPP-IV market and branded worldwide diabetic market isn't growing," which explains the amped-up focus on lost potential sales.
The company also reinforced its message that it was open to all strategies that would further its dedication to efficiency, including contemplating making the consumer and animal health businesses independent ones if it would be an operational or an investor advantage.
Despite the financial hit that patent losses like those of Singulair, Maxalt and Propecia have inflicted on company sales, Merck said it is not worried that Remicade biosimilars will cause similar, immediate damage because they will first surface in markets that account for less than 20% of Remicade sales. He also said he sees greater sales potential in the company's biologic Simponi.


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Shidler College of Business receives $250,000 donation from PwC U.S.University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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The Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa has received a $250,000 gift from PwC U.S. of Los Angeles, California, to establish a faculty fellowship endowment at the School of Accountancy. The "PricewaterhouseCoopers – Los Angeles Faculty Fellowship Endowment" will help the College in its effort to recruit and retain top accounting faculty and support its overall mission to achieve excellence in teaching and research.
"Investing our time and resources in education is a huge priority for PwC and we believe that education is the foundation for community development," said Gregory Moore, PwC assurance partner. "We proudly support the Shidler College of Business and its work to develop the next generation of business leaders who can confront the increasingly complex business issues in the marketplace."
Said Shidler Dean Vance Roley, "With PwC's contribution, the College will be able to support faculty research, teaching and program initiatives, thereby helping students gain the skills and knowledge to become successful in the accounting profession. Many educational institutions are facing financial challenges. This gift will help the College attract world-class educators that will have immediate impact on our accounting program."
PwC U.S. is part of a global network of firms in 158 countries with more than 180,000 employees. PwC brings a global perspective along with in-depth knowledge of local, state and U.S. issues and is committed to delivering quality in assurance, tax and advisory services.
(Full caption) From left are UH Foundation President and CEO Donna Vuchinich; Shidler College of Business Dean Vance Roley; Tom Kearney, PwC banking partner, PwC (San Francisco); Suzanne Cragin, PwC partner, PwC (San Francisco); and Greg Moore, PwC assurance partner, PwC (Los Angeles).
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The enclosed audit is the result of an evaluation of the Department of Education conducted by KPMG from May to June of this year, pursuant to Joint Resolution 3.
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"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new lands but in seeing with new eyes." Marcel Proust
Several opportunities exist for students to use their language skills by participating in an internship program either with a company or organization with international interests in the United States, or with a company or organization abroad. Recent examples include:
- The Junior Fellows Summer Internship program at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. provides paid internships to U.S. citizens who are currently enrolled in a degree-granting program of study (including foreign languages!) at an accredited institution of higher learning at the undergraduate level (college, university, or tribal college), or graduate level. See the program website for complete information and deadline.
- Nursing students proficient in German may apply for internships at Ernst-von-Bergmann Klinik, the main hospital in Potsdam, Germany, the sister city of Sioux Falls.
- Houghton Mifflin Company's College Division offers a limited number of summer internship positions in several of its departments: Editorial, Marketing and Advertising, Art and Design, Production, Rights and Permissions, Custom Publishing, and Software Development. Editorial interns work in specific discipline areas (e.g., Modern Languages). For more information, visit the Company's Internship Web page.
- The Pasteur Foundation Summer Internship Program in Paris, France, provides U.S. undergraduates with the rare opportunity to conduct summer research at the Institut Pasteur. The foundation's goal is to encourage students in the pursuit of a scientific career and to expose them to an international laboratory experience. Some knowledge of French not required, but strongly recommended. For complete details, dates, and an application, visit the Foundation's website or contact Dr. Fish.
- A limited number of summer internships are available at the Alliance Française in Minneapolis. Internships last 14/18 weeks and there are typically four or five different positions available, ranging from event planning to product development. Knowledge of French is preferred but not required to apply. For complete information and an application, visit the AFMSP website.
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