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It's official. Gov. Bill Owens signed the no-smoking bill today. Colorado goes smoke-free on July 1.
The law prohibits smoking in bars, restaurants and most workplaces.Advertisement
The only exemptions are for casinos, small businesses, the smoking lounge at Denver International Airport, smoke shops, family farms and cigar bars.
How will it be enforced? The Rocky Mountain News reported a few weeks ago:
The ban will be enforced by local governments, [Rep. Mike] May said. A business or individual who fails to comply could face a fine of $200 for the first offense, and $500 for repeat violations. Seventy-five percent of the funds will be returned to local entities to offset enforcement costs, May said.
I doubt this will be the end of the crusade for no-smoking legislation. Here's a preview:
In California, people with live-in help may not smoke in their own homes. In Colorado, Sen. Dorothy Rupert wants police to ticket and fine any adult seen smoking in a car with children in it.Advertisement
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NEW YORK (ABC NEWS) — The New Yorker magazine is celebrating the Supreme Court's landmark marriage equality decisions by unveiling a cover featuring "Sesame Street's" Bert and Ernie.
On the cover of next week's issue of the magazine, the "Sesame Street" characters are drawn cozily sitting together in front of a TV with Bert's arm around Ernie, and Ernie leaning on his shoulder. The TV shows an image of the Supreme Court justices in their black robes.
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There has been much work on ontological dependence in recent literature. However, relatively little of it has been dedicated to the ways in which individual physical objects may depend on other distinct, non-overlapping objects. This paper gives several examples of such object-dependence and distinguishes between different types of it. The paper also introduces and refines the notion of an n-tet. N-tets (typically) occur when there are object-dependence relations between n objects. I claim that the identity (or, rather, what I call the n-dentity) conditions for n-tets are not grounded in the individual identity conditions of each of the n objects, but instead are metaphysically basic. The paper then briefly discusses some ramifications of accepting object-dependence (and n-tets) on the philosophy of biology, ethics, and logic.
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I read in an article somewhere that it is highly recommended that diabetics test before driving just so they know where they are at and if they may need help. I was wondering how many members test before driving or what you think of it.
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I would think a T1 checks more often during the day (as a whole) than a T2. But anyone who experiences lows should be aware of their condition before driving. I myself have expierenced lows while driving. Good thing last time, wife was in car with me. I just pulled over and let her drive. Took a glucose pill and made sure I was ok. Im a T2 so I dont worry about it as much. I dont test before getting behind the wheel unless I am feeling a low comming on.
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Let's set the record straight right now: I'm a huge fan of Dries Van Noten's work. He's the designer that makes me proclaim how much I wish I was very rich to be able to buy all his collections, you thus imagine how impartial such a groupie may be when it comes to consider the exhibition celebrating the designer at Paris' Arts Décoratifs. Yet no fear I intend to be entirely unbiased but let me tell you, this is probably the most beautiful display I have seen for years…
The title of the exhibition is to be taken literally. It is no traditional retrospective but a journey within the fertile grounds of Dries Van Noten's imagination and how he assimilates diverse materials to fuel his creativity. The display is arranged in various themes, not genuinely in a chronological order even though it does begin with a few pieces from his Antwerp graduation show, in 1981 and ends on his Spring-Smmer 2014 collection. We enter the exhibition through a dark room entirely covered by diverse names and titles such as 'Grease', 'Iggy Pop', 'Superman', 'Diana Ross' or 'Like a Virgin' that all evoke how versatile the designers' inspirations are. The different ensembles are arranged as inspirational boards with an eclectic juxtaposition that sometimes clearly justify the design of a garment but also raise inquisitive questions.
The first alcove mingles his early designs with that of his fellow Antwerp comrades such as Raf Simon and Ann Demeulemeester alongside 1980s glamorous pieces imagines by Gianni Versace and Yohji Yamamoto's minimalist outfits, the whole beside posters and magazine covers of the trendy celebrities of the decade.
The following themes look at Gold, Butterflies, Graphic, Bollywood or Foppish and establish conversations between Dries Van Noten's creations, historical garments selected within the museum's archives and art works. Thus an Elsa Schiaparelli butterfly dress meets a Damien Hirst majestic collage, lamé Chanel and Thierry Mugler ensembles are assembled alongside a 1909 embroidered costume from the Balkans while a New Look silhouette contrasts with an Yves Klein sculpture and a Vasarely painting merges with a photography of Serge Gainsbourg. Such diverse personalities as Cecil Beaton, David Bowie and Jean Cocteau are united as the dandy-like inspirations of the Belgian designer's androgynous and edgy masculine wear – the combination of counterculture and chic gives birth to Dries Van Noten's recognizable silhouettes made of layering, prints, flamboyant Baroque and bohemian cool.
The second floor diffuses a more dramatic feel, with a highly visual and colorful mise-en-scène: flowered wall paper from ceiling to floor that ultimately brings us into an enchanted garden and an exotic environment. Here, it's all about flowers – he who loves gardening -Indian luxuriance and Mexican gothic, something of an Alice in Wonderland travels the world…
Despite being a wonderful occasion of discovering such diverse art works and garments, the display is also a fabulous way of understanding the creative process of the designer. And here, it's no caricatural nor explicit inspiration in the idea of 'I saw flowers so I put flowers on the skirt', it's more about how Dries Van Noten's garments are based on subtle references and how the flourishing inspirations he surrounds himself with can lead to a cut, a print or simply a purpose as the designer clearly states on the walls of the exhibition: 'The starting point of a collection can either be very literal or abstract. A painting, a certain colour, a thought, a gesture, a smell, a flower, anything really. What matters to me is the journey from the first flash of inspiration to the final destination, the individual garments, the collection.'
When we observe Dries Van Noten's garments on catwalks or within boutique displays, one thing clearly comes to mind: these clothes are wearable and lack the sense of spectacle that would have suited more the grounds of a museum exhibition. Yet that's how the scenography is such a success as it nonetheless proposes a dramatic atmosphere with its spectacular alcoves that resonate with Renaissance 'cabinets de curiosités'.
There is a strong form of modesty in Dries Van Noten's choice to not only attract the attention on his work but also on the many creations of the artists and designers he admires. Although the display doesn't focus on the sole work of the designer, it invites us within his very intimacy, his mind. When we leave the exhibition, we can't help but think that more than an exposition about Dries Van Noten the designer, we have just discovered Dries Van Noten, the man.
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Personalization is the name of the game in today's changing automotive industry. The company that stands out is the one that can offer clients something the competition cannot – personalized and targeted communication that makes the client feel catered to on an individual basis.
However, catering to each and every client on an individual basis would require manpower not available to most automotive businesses. Instead of spreading yourself thin trying to cover all your bases, utilize a marketing automation platform that can gather this information for you and use it to personalize your communications for you.
When looking for the platform that is right for providing personalized communication, keep in mind that you will want a multi-channel solution so you can also personalize your communications based on method, like SMS or email for example. Furthermore, the solution for personalization must have web tracking ability and a CRM built-in to ensure that no data is lost in the process of migrating to and from another system.
Once you have the right platform, begin tracking user behaviour on your website first. Your website is where most leads will first engage with you. By tracking their behaviours here, you have the opportunity to gather valuable information about what each individual lead is interested in. This information is, in turn, stored on each lead's personal CRM contact profile and will be used to automatically personalize communications later on. The whole tracking and storing process is done through the web tracking software in conjunction with the CRM. Since these two tools are located in the same platform there is no lag between the sending and receiving of information nor is there any chance for lost data.
Now that you are able to automatically gather and store information about each individual lead, it is time to utilize this information to target leads based on their expressed interests, thus showing a level of personalization your leads are not accustomed to from other automotive companies.
Again, your marketing automation platform is able to aid in the personalization process by automatically using this information in your daily communications to offer contacts targeted communication. Depending on the information on their contact profile, information can be excluded or included to cater to each contact's interests and preferences. This increases your level of personalization with each contact and also builds brand trust and loyalty because you are showing an expressed interest and knowledge of their needs and interests. You're able to do all this without adding any additional work to your day-to-day tasks — in fact, marketing automation takes work off your plate by automating your communications.
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The careers education and guidance programme at Outwood Academy City seeks to positively support you to acquire the educational, social and employability skills necessary for lifelong success in a diverse and changing world of work.
We are currently working with two providers:
HeppSY+ is part of a national programme funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) to support young people most at risk of missing out on higher education. They work with year 9 – year 11 students who live in designated wards in the area where participation in Higher Education is lower than would be expected based on GCSE result.
Careers Inc is an external, independent and impartial careers guidance service who will support you to aim high in your career goals and aspirations.
As a student at Outwood Academy City you are entitled to a careers education and guidance programme which:
Together with staff from Careers Inc we will support your career development in a number of ways including:
Our advisors this year are Rebecca Vickers and Paula Thompson. They are available in the academy on Mondays and Fridays.
Enrichment sessions are 2:30-3:30pm on a Monday and Friday where students can go along and get support and guidance for career prospects, completing UCAS applications and CVs, and finding courses and apprenticeships.
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Sylvania Platinum Limited (Sylvania) is a rapidly expanding producer of the platinum group metals (PGMs) platinum, palladium and rhodium, with two distinct lines of business: the re-treatment of PGM-rich chrome tailings material from mines in the region and the development of shallow mining operations and processing methods for low-cost PGM extraction.
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Another JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition finalist returns to Buffalo in 2016.
Thai guitarist Ekachai Jearakul [Ehk-uh-chai Jehr-uh-kool] will perform a solo recital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 22, in the Mary Seaton Room at Kleinhans Music Hall. Jearakul is a three-time semifinalist and a two-time finalist at the competition, placing second in 2014 and third in 2012.
The 29-year-old is the first person from Asia to win the Guitar Foundation of America Competition, and his prize includes a 50-city recital tour. His Buffalo performance is co-sponsored by the Castellani Andriaccio Guitar Duo and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Jearakul will perform a broad range of works, including a piece written for him by Steven Goss, a suite by King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand, which Jearakul has brought to international stages, as well as more traditional works by Brouwer and Turina.
His Naxos recording, "Ekachai Jearakul Guitar Recital," takes listeners on a journey from the Baroque era through the 19th century to modern jazz-influenced works. Copies of this and his two previous discs will be available for purchase at the recital.
"Don't miss Thailand's monarch of the guitar! Audiences around the world marvel at his virtuosity and elegance and he is a favorite of our Buffalo audience," said Michael Andriaccio, co-artistic director of the JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition.
Jearakul's performance is part of the ramp-up to the 2016 JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition. Eight semifinalists will be selected from a global talent pool to come to Buffalo. Semifinals will take place June 8-9 at the WNED Studios. Three finalists will be selected to perform June 11 with the BPO at Kleinhans Music Hall under Falletta's baton. The audience will witness the selection of the winner and will get to vote for the Audience Favorite Award.
Tickets for the finals are available now at bpo.org. The competition is presented by the BPO and WNED | WBFO. Tickets for Jearakul's recital, $10, are available at bpo.org or by calling 716-885-5000. Tickets are free with the purchase of a ticket to the competition finals.


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John Travolta Believes Welcome Back, Kotter Is 'Timeless'
Horshack was sick, but everyone else agreed.
The cast of Welcome Back, Kotter (minus Horshack) reunited on the TV Land Awards last night and filmed a segment for today's Good Morning America. They all seemed pretty jazzed about the reunion — "we're genuinely friends," gushed Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs — and about the show and its legacy in general. Everyone enthusiastically agreed when John Travolta called the show "timeless," because apparently "up your nose with a rubber hose" is to catchphrases what Jackie Onassis is to style.
And where did that catchphrase originate? Brooklyn, of course.
All this talk of the next generation of Travoltas watching the show, but no mention of the fact that only the first of four seasons is available on DVD? Typical, Sweathogs.


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That's right, and we're finding it hard to believe. We screened at the Bagdad Theater to an audience of over 300 people on August 20th, 2011. In honor of our anniversary and our upcoming online release, we put together a new trailer for y'all. If you like what you see, purchase a DVD or find us in October on Amazon Instant Video, Vudu, Playstation, You Tube, Cinema Now, Xbox, and iTunes USA, Canada, Australia, and Europe. We're also Whole Foods Markets' Do Something Reel featured film for October.
We can't begin to thank everyone enough for supporting us for a full year and continuining to support us as we approach our online release. We've learned that making a documentary is one thing, but making a documentary that reaches the masses is a community effort. Like us on Facebook, Tweet with us, write an IMDB review, and help us continue to spread the word of amazing craft beer and passionate women.
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When it comes to holiday travel, most of us book well in advance over fears that seats will fill up and flight prices will spike. Yet new data from global travel search engine Skyscanner shows that this isn't actually the case—in fact, it's almost the exact opposite. That's right, throw all of that planning out the window: The highest savings for U.S. holiday travel are available no more than four weeks prior to Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's.
But that's not all. The results, compiled from Skyscanner's more than 50 million users and based on their booking habits for U.S. domestic round-trip travel also show that there are potential savings available to those booking flights the very same week. Here are the best times to book around the three upcoming major holidays:
Skyscanner found that October has the best opportunities for savings, with the week of October 17 offering savings of 5.10 percent and four weeks out—the week of October 31—offering the highest potential savings of 7.7 percent. Last- minute bookers, rejoice: You could also find 1.98 percent in savings the same week of Thanksgiving.
Historical data revealed that the best time to book Christmas travel is when you're packing for...Thanksgiving travel. That's right: The week of November 21 will offer the best deals, with possible savings of 6.41 percent, followed by the week of December 5, with savings of 4.93 percent. Right after you've gotten your fill of turkey and mashed potatoes at Thanksgiving dinner is also prime time for booking, with savings of 2.17 percent the week of November 28.
Book New Year's travel the week of December 5, and you could see savings of 10.57 percent. If you're one to let spontaneity rule—and let's face it, isn't that what this holiday's all about?—you're in luck: New Year's also leans favorably toward last-minute bookings, with 6.72 percent of savings one week before, and 6.67 percent two weeks out.


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Metal Forum of Ukraine 2009 - Kiev Oblast, Kiev
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The Metal Forum of Ukraine 2009 is a trade show that will be held from the 27th to the 29th of October 2009, at the Kiev Expo Plaza. Both ferrous and nonferrous metals will be exhibited at the show, as well as a range of products such as rebars, tubing, metal ware and wire will be on display. This vast range of materials and products will be of interests to members of the metal industry and those who use metal products in their businesses, including manufacturers, distributors and metallurgy experts.
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From St. Petersburg, Florida, USA:
My husband, age forty, has Type 1. He has had the disease for 15 years. Should his physician be prescribing the new drug repaglinide (Prandin) since he is a Type 1 diabetic taking two shots a day of 70/30 insulin? Should his physician have taken him off Rezulin (troglitazone) and then represcribe Rezulin because his patient stated Prandin is supposed to be for Type 2's only?
Prandin and Rezulin are medications for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes, and would not be expected to be helpful in Type 1 diabetes. If they were proposed for this off-label use, there should be a thorough explanation of the benefits and risks (in writing in my opinion) before they are used.
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IAM Magazine issue 46March/April 2011
IP and the cloudCloud computing looks set to revolutionise the way that companies operating in the IT sector develop and manage copyrights, patents, trademarks and other rights – so says the man in charge of IP at Microsoft
Horacio Gutierrez
The CIPO CEO
Ericsson's chief intellectual property
officer believes he has one of the
best IP teams in the world. Not only
does it manage a high-quality
patent portfolio, but it also regularly
exceeds its revenue targets. In this
exclusive interview, Kasim Alfalahi
talks about why he runs his
department like a small business
Sara-Jayne Clover
Sued in East Texas – should you stay or should you go?
Although the Eastern District of
Texas is regarded by defendants in
patent infringement suits as a venue
to escape from as soon as possible,
sometimes staying put may well be
the best option
Patrick Anderson
Tax and the strategic management of intangibles
Intangible assets can create much
more value when they are managed
in a tax-efficient manner. A number of
European countries offer incentives
for companies exploiting intangible
assets in those jurisdictions
Marc Rasch and Alina Macovei
Using insurance to manage patent risks
Patent-related insurance has been
hard to come by, while those policies
that do exist are often regarded as
too expensive. However, as more
insurers enter the market, more
sophisticated products at lower
prices are beginning to appear
Matthew R Hogg, Kimberly Klein Cauthorn and Leib Dodell
Framing the case for a 4G patent pool
Globalisation of intellectual property
spurs innovation and nowhere is
this more the case than in the
emerging 4G technology space.
Patent pools are key to ensuring
this continued success
Frank Bernhard
Rolls-Royce avoids a reputation storm
When problems began to emerge
with some of its aircraft engines,
Rolls-Royce faced a potentially
damaging reputation issue. There
are good reasons why this does not
appear to have materialised
Nir Kossovsky
The patent quality challenge facing China and its businesses
A sophisticated patent-based market is beginning to develop in China. But there is still a long way to go before patents are fully embraced by the country's businesses
Seen and heard
A round-up of IP-related quotes, observations and opinions from the recent past ...
Intangible investor
The business media are doing a better
job of covering patent disputes.
However, they still have a long way to
go if intellectual property is to be taken
seriously by non-IP audiences
Bruce Berman
US patent infringement damages: continuing the return to reason
In its Uniloc decision, the US Court of
Appeals for the Federal Circuit provided
much-needed clarification on the
calculation of damages in patent
infringement lawsuits. Patent owners
should not fear that the bottom is falling
out of the value of their patents; neither
should infringers rejoice (too much)
John M Hintz and Chuck Fish
Co-published editorialRoundtable
A busy patent year in the United States
Three leading attorneys look at developments in the US patent landscape during 2010
Co-published editorialIndustry insight
Sparking innovation in R&D departments and managing treble damages risk
The best innovation is based on sharing ideas, but in the US that incurs potential risk of severe penalties in the case of willful infringement. So how, asks Bob Stembridge of Thomson Reuters IP Solutions, can that risk be managed while ensuring effective innovation through collaboration?
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When ABC Family's Make It or Break It returns for Season 2 (Monday at 10/9c), there will be fewer guys and more gymnastics. As star Josie Loren tells TVGuide.com, her character, Kaylie, "swears off boys" and becomes even more focused as she and her team at the Rock get closer to the Olympics. What's it like training off-screen to wear leotards on-screen? The 23-year-old talks about her workout routine and sharing the screen with Full House's Candace Cameron Bure.
TVGuide.com: Last season ended with Kaylie's ex kissing her friend. Will that be addressed in the first episode?
Josie Loren: That's definitely taken care of in the premiere, [and] people's questions will be answered. It's kind of shocking because [Kaylie] doesn't deal with it in true Kaylie fashion as we've been seeing her up until now. She takes it, I'd say, like a champ and swears off boys and becomes completely focused and dedicated on her gymnastics. She definitely doesn't scream and pout.
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TVGuide.com: What's it like to work on such a female-empowering show?
Loren: I love it. It gives me a chance to speak for women and be a role model to young girls. It's not the stereotypical teen drama about sex, drugs and rock and roll. It has passion to it, it teaches girls everything from body image — which we're going to touch on a lot this season — to boys to being passionate about something, and that it's good to have something that you work toward. That's satisfying and attractive.
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Speed rules the world these days. Whether it's Usain Bolt or the Snapdragon chip inside your smartphone, faster equals better. And it's no different with cameras: After all, even the biggest sensor isn't much use if you're constantly missing the perfect shot while your camera hunts for focus.
That shouldn't be a problem with Sony's new Alpha 6000. The compact system camera has what Sony proclaims is "the world's fastest autofocus of any interchangeable lens camera" – and having tried it out, we're not about to disagree.
This thing is seriously swift. Sony reckons it'll snap subjects into sharp focus in just 0.06 seconds, and although such timings were beyond our stopwatch, it seemed pretty much instantaneous in use.
How does it do it? Almost certainly witchcraft, although Sony says it's by teaming a 179-point phase-detection AF sensor with a 25-point contrast-detection AF. But really, all that matters is it works. And given that the dual AF system also operates in movie mode, it's also good news for anyone who likes filming sports, small children or excitable pets. Or excitable children and small pets.
That speed isn't just limited to the autofocus, either. The Alpha 6000 will also rattle off stills at up to 11fps, even with AF tracking engaged. No, you'll never need 11fps, but it's nice to have all the same. Plus, it sounds amazing, a bit like an electronic woodpecker.
With a 24.3MP Exmor-R sensor inside it, you'd expect pictures to be impressive too. And from what we saw, they are. Even on a typically grey and drizzly London day, the snaps we took were packed with detail. Some of the credit for that must go to its new Bionz X processor, which is apparently three times as quick as the last generation Bionz and which gives it noise-free pictures at high ISO settings. Even ISO 3200 shots looked fairly clean.
We'd need more time with it to be able to really judge the images it takes, but it certainly looks as if Sony's winning way with a sensor is continuing here. That said, Sony was keen to point out that this was a pre-production sample and thus images may not reflect the quality of those turned out by the actual retail A6000.
The Alpha 6000 will be available in April, priced at the really very reasonable figure of £550 for the body only. Add a 16-50mm lens and it'll set you back £670 and if you've got money to burn there are various other kit-lens deals available that could see you parting with £1,400 of your hard-earned.
In our book, a body-only price of £550 sounds a real bargain. That puts it on a par with entry-level DSLRs from Canon and Nikon, but this camera is anything but entry-level. And with 20 E-mount lenses now available, plus loads more A-mount lenses available via an adaptor, the Alpha 6000 could be a real contender.
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AUSTIN, Texas — RoadVantage, a provider of F&I programs for the automotive industry, has announced a new initiative aimed at helping dealerships increase profits on retails sales and lease programs through a single customizable F&I product bundle.
"The 'Total Solution' offers three bundle choices — tailored for either retail or lease customers — on a single form," said Garret Lacour, CEO of RoadVantage. "It's the most comprehensive bundle available, and the customizable options make it the perfect solution for retail or lease customers, directly driving greater profits for dealers."
Two years ago, RoadVantage introduced cosmetic coverage for chrome and chrome-clad wheels, and introduced cosmetic coverage for wheel covers earlier this year as part of its True Coverage initiative. The RoadVantage PreferredPlus programs incorporate this coverage while also offering customizable packaged solutions for both retail and lease customers, providing a competitive edge through a single, simple solution. This is the Total Solution.
"Whether dealers are working with retail sales or lease customers, the RoadVantage Total Solution offers the most comprehensive coverage on the market today, including three customizable options on one form, which simplifies presentation while occupying multiple places on the menu," said Brad Blizzard, national vice president of sales with RoadVantage. "It's a profit generator for dealers, which is why agents and dealers are embracing this program."
The RoadVantage Total Solution includes a PreferredPlus retail program and a PreferredPlus lease program, tailored specifically to each group of customers. The lease program offers the lease customer a stronger value proposition during the lease term than lease wear-and-tear programs because it provides wear-and-tear protection while the customer is actually driving the vehicle, officials said. The lease program is an appearance program, featuring interior coverage along with cosmetic wheel coverage, door ding, windshield and key replacement benefits.
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B.C.'s First Nations on the proposal for the Enbridge Pipeline
All week we've been hearing about BC getting its fair share from the Northern Gateway pipeline. It's one of the conditions Premier Christy Clark has laid out. Well today, some first nations groups in this province say there are some things far more important than money. The Yinka Dene are a group of five First Nations in BC's interior. They hold more than 25% of the proposed pipeline route in their territories and are the leading opponents of the Northern Gateway project. Terry Teegee is the Tribal Chief of the Carrier Sekani Tribal Council.
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Ximena Sariñana knocked the wind out of us at the SXSW PlayNetwork showcase last week. We weren't quite as delirious as a pair of Mexican twink uber-fanboys who'd traveled hundreds of miles, but we were certainly smitten. For starters, she's funny. "When I started performing in the U.S. I wasn't used to hauling my own gear," she told us after the show. "In Mexico there's a lot of cheap labor."
Then there's the latest single off her self-titled album, "Echo Park," a tender skewer of the L.A. neighborhood and its denizens. "Everyone's like, 'Hipsters suck,'" she says. "But at the same time, we're all hipsters." (The video is below.) Though she's about to move to Mar Vista, she's a former Echo Parker herself, and in the spirit of the song here are five things she loves about Echo Park boys.
5. They don't take baths
She likes that they're, quite literally, filthy. "I'm not a very girly girl," she imparts, although, dressed in a sherbert tank top and floral skirt she is, perhaps, the essence of femininity. "They're always dirtier than me."
4. Their tendency towards borderline Asperger's
They can be obsessive, but at least they're obsessive about cool stuff. "They feel like they have to be OCD when it comes to things like bands, literature, and art," she says. "I like how knowledgeable they are."
3. They're spectac-ular
"I like the glasses they wear, the ones with the big frames," she notes. But she cautions against overdoing the look. "I always say do the frames, the mustache, or the hat, but not all three, because we can't see your face!"
2. They're aloof
"I like how skeptical they are. Nothing impresses them. That can make fun of everything; there's something very Mexican about that."
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A recent survey from JD Power and Associates showed that 41% of people don't completely understand their credit card's reward system. If you are one of them, keep reading.
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St. Thomas's Hospital
The hospital was described as ancient in 1215 and was named after Thomas Becket — which suggests it may have been founded after 1173 when Becket was canonized. However, it is possible it was only renamed in 1173 and that it was founded when St. Mary Overie Priory founded in 1106 in Southwark. At the end of the 17th century, the hospital and church were largely rebuilt by Sir Robert Clayton, president of the hospital and a former Lord Mayor of the City of London. He employed Thomas Cartwright as architect.
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At bang on 9am this morning, Adelaide's analog television transmissions ceased. I switched on the TV to witness this happen - no fanfare, nothing. Just simply went from the regular programming to snow, just like that.
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The whistleblower retaliation provisions of the False Claims Act, Dodd-Frank Act, Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the various other state and federal whistleblower laws offer broad relief to employees who are terminated, suspended, harassed or otherwise discriminated against by their employers for engaging in protected whistleblowing activity.
Here are some of the more recent court decisions on the scope and reach of these whistleblower retaliation rules:
December 4, 2014
Sixth Circuit Finds Job Applicants Not Covered By FCA Whistleblower Retaliation Provisions
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
And yet another important decision on the scope of the whistleblower retaliation provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). This one by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Halliburton, Inc. v. Administrative Review Board. Before the Court was the question of whether Halliburton's outing of an employee who complained to the SEC violated the whistleblower protections afforded under the statute. The Administrative Review Board of the Department of Labor found that it did. The Fifth Circuit agreed.
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November 20, 2014
Fifth Circuit Rules Disclosing Identity of Whistleblower Illegal Whistleblower Retaliation Under SOX
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
And yet another important decision on the scope of the whistleblower retaliation provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). This one by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Halliburton, Inc. v. Administrative Review Board. Before the Court was the question of whether Halliburton's outing of an employee who complained to the SEC violated the whistleblower protections afforded under the statute. The Administrative Review Board of the Department of Labor found that it did. The Fifth Circuit agreed.
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August 14, 2014
Second Circuit Clarifies Reach of Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Retaliation Protections
What it takes to make out a whistleblower retaliation claim under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act just got a little clearer thanks to the Second Circuit decision last Friday in Nielsen v. AECOM Technology Corp. There, the Court wrestled with exactly what kind of complaint a whistleblower needs to make to be protected under the statute enacted in the wake of the mighty Enron debacle. In doing so, the Court provided some useful guidance on the type of whistleblower this law was really designed to target.
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May 29, 2014
Sixth Circuit Rules on Mandatory Arbitration of Whistleblower Retaliation Claims
Mandatory arbitration clauses are all the rage these days with more and more companies insisting on these provisions in their dealings with customers and employees. It is no wonder why. Arbitrations are typically much less expensive, intrusive and protracted than litigating through the courts. Perhaps even more importantly, they can be used to bar class actions and discourage lawsuits altogether by imposing fee shifting and other conditions which significantly increase the risk and burden for those bringing suit. Good for companies. Not so good for their customers or employees who may have a legal claim against them.
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March 6, 2014
Supreme Court Takes Broad View of Whistleblower Protection
By Jason Enzler
A Supreme Court decision this week settled a brewing conflict among authorities on who can benefit from the anti-retaliation protections for whistleblowers in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX). And the outcome is good for whistleblowers. The Supreme Court ruled that employees of private contractors and subcontractors who provide services to public companies can be protected whistleblowers under SOX.
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August 29, 2013
Fifth Circuit Eliminates Key Whistleblower Retaliation Protections Under Dodd-Frank – A Pyrrhic Victory for Corporations
In a legal ruling that many corporations are surely celebrating, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has significantly narrowed the scope of who qualifies as a whistleblower under theDodd-Frank Act. It is only those individuals who actually provide information to the government (through the SEC or CFTC). If a whistleblower only reports internally, to a supervisor or through the company's internal compliance program, there is no coverage under the statute's protections, the Fifth Circuit says. It is the first appellate court to reach this decision. While it is an outcome that many large corporations have championed, they are likely to learn very soon that they, not would-be whistleblowers, are the real losers here.
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February 21, 2013
Blaming the Whistleblower – Court Rejects Novel Defense to False Claims Act Charges
It would seem on its face to be a rather brazen approach to defending a False Claims Act lawsuit. A healthcare company is charged with defrauding Medicare by billing it for medications the company never provided its patients. The company not only denies the wrongdoing. It goes one step further by arguing that, if there were any such misconduct, it was the whistleblower's fault by not alerting the company soon enough about the fraudulent practice. Too clever for its own good? Not for DaVita, Inc., one of the country's largest providers of kidney dialysis. That is exactly the argument the company made in defending against a recently unsealed False Claims Act case brought by several of the company's care providers. The only problem for DaVita is that the judge overseeing the action was not persuaded with this novel, if doughty defense. He saw it as nothing but a legal ploy for indemnification from any potential liability under the anti-fraud statute.
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You can completely understand. It's already War. It's part of how we are fighting. We have no intention of peace. Ofcourse Iran is trying to arm themselves with nukes, for self protection.
Originally posted by Kamza
I cannot understand the complete bias many have in this situation where a country like Israel with it's Zionist agenda and with it's trigger happy military can have nuclear weapons and it's OK... even the UN doesn't sweat over it... yet when it comes to Iran it's a firm no no...
Let's be honest, true equality and justice when it comes to the UN is a JOKE, it is one mentality for Israel and another for anyone else.
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Wrong again. Prove it. They have never actually said they want to wipe Israel off the map.
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Not true, makes no sense.
Why is it then, that they are provoking other countries? They are the ones threatening Iran and there is no way around that.
(Pres. A speaking..)There is no doubt that the new wave [of attacks] in Palestine will wipe off this stigma [Israel] from the face of the Islamic world." Recalling the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, leader of Iran's Islamic revolution, he said: "As the imam said, Israel must be wiped off the map."
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I know that in the last year or two, ATS has become pro-iran for some strange reason.. but I do agree that they do not need the nuclear program they have in place.. logic fails in how they have moved forward..


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Uses the hostname when dispatching incoming messages to this endpoint, if no strong match was found.
Ignores the hostname when dispatching incoming messages to this endpoint. This is the default value.
If no strong or exact match was found, ignores the hostname when matching.
The value is used to specify the URI matching rules used by transports such as HTTP, Net.Tcp, and Net.Pipe when dispatching incoming messages. Configure the value of the HostNameComparisonMode for a standard binding using one of the preceding transports, such as BasicHttpBinding, using the corresponding HostNameComparisonMode property. Configure the value of the HostNameComparisonMode for a binding element using one of the preceding transports, such as HttpTransportBindingElement, using the corresponding HostNameComparisonMode property.
Each value of the HostNameComparisonMode corresponds to a specific type of matching rule. The sequence of matching rules attempted is always ordered as follows:
The first value, StrongWildcard, ignores the host name when matching and it takes the highest precedence of the three different matching modes. It is the default value for a WCF system-provided binding or binding element. This indicates that a service endpoint can be reached using any valid host name. For example, if MyService is hosted using http://localhost/MyService, it is still reachable using http://www.adatum.com/MyService because the (presumably valid) host name, "adatum.com", is ignored. Note that the port is a wildcard here as well.
The second value, Exact, requires that an exact match is found with the URI specified, including the hostname, if no strong match is found. This mode, for example, does not perform equivalence between short hostnames and fully-qualified domain names. This allows hostnames to be used as match criteria in the scenarios where multiple hosts are assigned a single IP address and it enables different services to be hosted on the same machine with distinct endpoints. Note that the port is a wildcard here as well.
The third value, WeakWildcard, matches by ignoring the hostname if no strong or exact match was found. The behavior is the same as for StrongWildcard other than the order of matching: it runs after the strong and exact bindings have been tried.
These values have no effect when used inside of the Internet Information Services (IIS) or Windows Process Activation Service (WAS) hosting environment. In those cases, WCF uses whatever hostname comparison mode is provided by the IIS Web Site hosting the WCF services.
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David Letterman Retiring
(New York, NY) CBS has confirmed David Letterman is planning to leave the Late Show.
Letterman plans to retire in 2015.
Letterman moved from NBC to CBS in 1992 to go head to head with Jay Leno when he was passed over to replace Johnny Carson.
Letterman made the announcement to his audience during a taping for tonight's episode, "He (CBS chairman Les Moonves) and I have had a relationship for years and years and years, and we have had this conversation in the past, and we agreed that we would work together on this circumstance and the timing of this circumstance. And I phoned him just before the program, and I said 'Leslie, it's been great, you've been great, and the network has been great, but I'm retiring.'"
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Les Moonves, President and CEO of CBS released this statement:
"When Dave decided on a one-year extension for his most recent contract, we knew this day was getting closer, but that doesn't make the moment any less poignant for us. For 21 years, David Letterman has graced our Network's air in late night with wit, gravitas and brilliance unique in the history of our medium. During that time, Dave has given television audiences thousands of hours of comedic entertainment, the sharpest interviews in late night, and brilliant moments of candor and perspective around national events. He's also managed to keep many celebrities, politicians and executives on their toes – including me. There is only one David Letterman. His greatness will always be remembered here, and he will certainly sit among the pantheon of this business. On a personal note, it's been a privilege to get to know Dave and to enjoy a terrific relationship. It's going to be tough to say goodbye. Fortunately, we won't have to do that for another year or so. Until then, we look forward to celebrating Dave's remarkable show and incredible talents."
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December 2, 1993
Signal Mountain Room
University Center
ELECTED MEMBERS PRESENT: Valarie Adams, Jim Avery, Tom Bibler, Ken Carson, Monte Coulter, Neal Coulter, Susan Davidson, Robert Duffy, Aniekan Ebiefung, Howard Finch, Jack Freeman, John Garrett, Nick Honerkamp, Larry Ingle, Doug Kingdon, David Levine, Loretta Prater, Mike Russell, Greg Sedrick, Edgar Shawen, John Tinkler, Joe Trahan, Ling-Jun Wang, David Wiley, Sally Young
ELECTED MEMBERS ABSENT: Lawrence Akers, Will Bertin, Martha Butterfield, Lloyd Davis, Fritz Efaw, Renée Lorraine, Clifford Parten, Ossama Saleh, Clint Smullen, Larry Tillman, Terry Walters, Carolyn Wiley
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS PRESENT: Jane Harbaugh, Fred Obear, Grayson Walker
AMONG THE GUESTS PRESENT: Brenda Davis, Dick Gruetzemacher, Arlie Herron, J.W. Mies, Judy Miler, John Phillips, Verbie Prevost, Marea Rankin, Ken Venters
Call to Order
President Tom Bibler called the meeting to order at 3:17 pm.
Approval of Minutes
The minutes were approved as distributed.
New Business
President Bibler rearranged the agenda to place New Business next because he expected the report from the Curriculum Committee to take quite a bit of time.
Professor John Phillips of the Departmental Honors Committee presented the New Proposals for Honors Projects. Professor Mike Russell moved and Professor Greg Sedrick seconded the motion to approve the projects as listed.
Professor Edgar Shawen asked about Ted Howard, who had been left off the April 1993 list of candidates. Professor Jack Freeman asked what W. Aaron Fortner was going to study since his title was listed as "None." Professor Ingle reported that he will be studying a fundamentalist.
The motion to approve passed unanimously.
Proposal Regarding Graduate Tuition for Faculty/Staff Relatives
Professor Mike Russell spoke to the issue of a graduate tuition discount for spouses of faculty and staff. On the basis of a questionnaire he sent out concerning spouses taking graduate courses, he discovered that ninety spouses are currently taking them.
Several reservations were expressed. How much would it cost the university for the fee discount? Would the discount apply to Knoxville as well as to Chattanooga? Would medical school and law school be included?
At this time, Professor Russell was interested only in a fee discount to apply to UTC.
Professor Russell moved and Professor Larry Ingle seconded the motion to have Faculty Council ask the Chancellor and the Committee on Budget and Economic Status to look into a graduate tuition discount at UTC for spouses. The motion passed with one abstention.
Report of the Curriculum Committee
Curriculum Committee Chair Ken Venters reported that the Committee had moved 7-3-1 to retain the Freshman Seminar.
Professor Doug Kingdon moved and Professor Joe Trahan seconded the motion to accept the Curriculum Committee's recommendation to retain the Freshman Seminar.
Professor Larry Ingle expressed concern that the report seems "lukewarm" and shows a "lack of excitement" about the Seminar. Professor Ingle said that students are not excited about the course, according to the figures. Further, among those he has talked to informally who teach the Seminar, only one faculty member was enthusiastic. He wanted someone to speak strongly in favor of the Seminar.
At this point, Professor Ken Carson moved to amend the catalogue description from "required of" to "recommended for." Professor Greg Sedrick seconded the motion.
Discussion continued.
Professor Verbie Prevost, Director of the Freshman Seminar Program, remarked that the student data collected was evaluation of the course, not of the instructor. The student evaluations of those teaching USTU 101 have been very high.
Furthermore, Professor Prevost noted, the course has had to fight a battle every semester because there are faculty members who tell students that they should not have to take it. The second year evaluations of the course were better than the first year, and the third year evaluations were even better than the second. Yet in this, its fourth year, evaluations may decline as a result of teachers who are telling students that they should drop the course because it will not be required next year. All required courses get lower evaluations.
When asked about the Committee's deliberations, Professor Venters noted that the study skills part of the course bogged the discussion down. The amendment to make the Seminar optional tied (and therefore failed) in the Committee.
Professor Prevost said that she wished it were possible to ask students to evaluate the Seminar several years later. Currently all we have is anecdotal evidence from students, most of which supports the usefulness of the Seminar.
Professor Honerkamp spoke against the amendment. He believed that Council should either vote it down or up. He added that we do not have "recommended" Category G courses, for example.
Professor Kingdon also spoke against the amendment. He observed that when he did some of the same activities in the Learning Center, the course was not required and few students finished the course.
Professor Ken Carson asked if the course was targeted for students at risk. The response was multiple "NOs" from around the room. Despite that response, Professor Carson sees the course as one for people who are more likely to drop out if they cannot find answers easily. He believes that the statistics show that better prepared students do not need it.
An argument for the amendment was that if students did not take the three-hour seminar they could take something else, a "content course."
An argument against the amendment was that student tracking might develop.
Professor Honerkamp stated that the amendment does not talk about targeting the course; it kills the course.
Professor Kingdon noted that the course was intended to be a facilitator. Many students who have good high school backgrounds have never applied what they know. Being exposed to sources and resources is a major help to them.
Professor Mike Russell asked what "process" meant as used on the sample syllabus.
Professor Prevost replied that it referred to the process of doing certain things, such as how to use the library and computer labs. It also refers to development of critical thinking skills and is therefore difficult to evaluate.
Professor Russell asked if the course is more process. Professor Prevost replied yes. Professor Kingdon remarked that process and product are better than process and content.
Professor Ingle agreed with Professor Honerkamp that the amendment does "muddy the waters." He wondered if anyone had suggested recommending the course just for certain students.
Judy Miler, a member of the Curriculum Committee, commented that once the committee members looked at the figures, they could not decide who profited most from the course.
Professor Loretta Prater, who has taught the course, said that she believes it is for everyone, not just for students at risk. Some of the benefits from the Seminar her students pointed out on the final examination she recently administered were development of time management skills, making friends, and feeling a part of UTC. She thinks that it is important for students to feel welcome and that we should not suggest that Seminar is just for at-risk students. She also emphasized that teachers who want to teach it should teach it. Furthermore, she noted that having students like the course was not one of the goals; if students are learning what they need to, that is what should be evaluated.
Professor Jane Harbaugh noted that the recommendation for establishment of a Freshman Seminar originally came from a faculty committee.
Professor Russell said top students think it is too "Mickey Mouse." He wants to limit who is required to take it.
Professor Venters noted that the Curriculum Committee did talk about that. He is convinced that there is enough content for a three-hour course.
Professor Ingle said that although he has not taught the course, he believes that the course evaluations show that students are at best neutral about the course.
Professor Freeman asked if there were enough sections of Seminar offered each fall so that all could take it. Also, is there an age limit?
Professor Davis noted that registration does not have a check. Professor Prevost noted that we do register most freshmen, but a few get away because their advisors do not explain that they need to take it.
Professor Freeman noted that a pre-med student who takes chemistry, biology, English and math really does not have time to take Seminar too. A transfer student too old to have to take physical education wondered if he would have to take it. Professor Harbaugh said that exceptions are made if students really do not seem to need the course, especially for adult students.
Professor Jim Avery said that the "sense of personalization" is one of the best things that takes place in Seminar. He frequently runs into students from several years ago who are glad to see him. He also advises students from a few years ago. He believes that they like the personal attention.
Professor Honerkamp replied to Professor Ingle that he did not think the report should be "enthusiastic." Its purpose was simply to present the numbers. Further, he believed it was unfair to judge the course by the enthusiasm of the students. He remarked that we evaluate no other course that way; besides, we do not have the negative comments of other teachers about our courses. He wishes that those who are negative would "shut up."
Professor Ingle replied that he thought no Faculty Council member had expressed hostility; rather they have reported hostility. Professor Ingle wants to concentrate on the facts in the report.
Professor Arlie Herron remarked that some of the responses must have been enthusiastic or the results of some of the areas evaluated would not be neutral.
Professor Ling-Jun Wang noted that the temperature in the room was going up. He did not want the debate to get emotional. He noted that the three in the Curriculum Committee who voted against continuing the Seminar did so because they thought some students should have the option of taking it, not because they felt that the course was not worthwhile. They felt sorry for students who really didn't need it. He agreed that if we change the course from a requirement to an option, we have killed the course. He proposed changing the last sentence to "required of all students unless advised otherwise" or "unless recommended otherwise."
Professor Russell said that he liked the intent of the motion, but he does not think it is practical. If we set up exceptions, we need to make them specific.
Professor Prevost asked if Professor Ingle saw the 4% increase in retention as significant. Professor Ingle did not reply, but Dr. Gruetzemacher answered that it is statistically significant because it translates into thirty-five students retained. In dollars it is financially meaningful because it means approximately $105,000 in fees, which pays for about half of the actual expenditure.
Professor Prevost suggested that one of the strengths of the course is that it is a contact course. Studies show that 50% of students who have not had significant contact with a teacher are more likely to drop out.
Professor Honerkamp also asked what would happen to the faculty lines if the Seminar is not continued.
Chancellor Obear answered that if the students who are not taking Seminar take something else, then the lines will be kept. But if they do not, then lines will be lost.
Chancellor Obear wondered what level of evidence would be acceptable to Professor Ingle. He noted that Professor Mike Biderman, Chair of the Committee to Evaluate the Freshman Seminar, had said both at breakfast with the Chancellor and at Faculty Council meeting that he had been skeptical about the Seminar but had changed his mind about it.
Professor Robert Duffy said that he too thought making the course optional would kill it, but he noted that South Carolina has an optional seminar. Theirs is still in existence. So why shouldn't ours be optional?
Professor Prevost replied that their program has been in place for twenty-two years, giving them time to build its reputation.
Professor Ingle replied that he thought someone at South Carolina probably wanted to scrap it and they made it optional. Weren't we promised more than a 4% increase in retention? We need to build the Seminar's reputation.
Professor Miler noted that in the sample we do not have GPA's and ACT's for all who were exceptions, just the regular ones. Are we to assume that those students need more help from Freshman Seminar than others?
Professor Prevost believes not. The sample does not include students admitted without a high school GPA, for example, but that was just a handful of students.
Professor Kingdon remarked that he thinks the evaluation is what bothers Professor Ingle. Kingdon thinks we should look at evaluations of other required courses, but we do not have them.
Professor Russell wanted to know more about how the optional South Carolina course is set up.
Professor Prevost said that because it is optional, there is no specific group to take it. The University advertises the program to incoming freshmen and has advisors to explain its benefits.
Professor Russell wanted to know if South Carolina's seminar is graded.
Professor Prevost said that it was a three-hour course, but she could not recall whether the course is graded. South Carolina's center does recommend that Seminar be a graded course.
There have been no other evaluations of courses on this campus like those of USTU 101.
Professor Aniekan Ebiefung said that we should not depend on GPA. He recommends that we find another appropriate way to evaluate the course, preferably a couple of years after the student has finished it.
President Bibler called for a vote, and the motion to amend the original motion failed 7-16-0.
Professor Ingle again urged voting against continuing the Seminar. He pointed out that the report of the Committee to Evaluate the Freshman Seminar says "While the committee feels that the amount of information available to the faculty when it decides to retain or drop the seminar has increased as a result of this examination, the results presented here by no means signal a mandate to keep or drop it."
Professor Sally Young noted that the committee did not make a recommendation because they did not think that it was their place to do so.
Professor Ingle further said that he had not addressed money in his remarks.
Professor Joe Trahan thinks that retention of even one student is enough. He wants a vote to keep the Seminar.
Professor Russell remarked that we do not even know that Freshman Seminar is responsible. Economic factors might have been an influence.
Dr. Gruetzemacher responded that the 4% is an increase over the expected rate. That is why it is attributed to Freshman Seminar.
Professor Jack Freeman noted that a large increase in retention occurred during the Vietnam War. He is not sure that retention ought to be a main goal.
Professor John Garrett had a practical reason for opposing the retention of the Seminar. If students do not take USTU 101, they will take something else. He likes the idea of the Seminar, but doesn't think it is ambitious enough. He thinks we need to take students out of their environment and shock them; some other course might do that.
President Bibler called for the vote to recommend continuation of Freshman Seminar as recommended by the Curriculum Committee.
The vote was 12-9-2, and the motion carried.
This item will be placed on the agenda for the regular faculty meeting in January.
Old Business
A called faculty meeting to vote on Handbook changes will be held December 8 at 1:30 in Grote 129. Members were urged to encourage their colleagues to come.
There were no announcements.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:36 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Sally Young


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