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How do you get your HbA1c measured?
Venous blood draw at a hospital lab
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Finger stick test at the doctor's office
Finger stick test at home with immediate results
Finger stick test at home that I mail to a lab
More than one of the above
I don't get HbA1c tests done
Total votes: 503
How do you get your HbA1c measured?Poll dates: February 19 - 26, 2006
Total Votes: 503
A study published in 1999 showed that immediate feedback on HbA1c improves blood sugar control. Just over half of our readers (53%) report having a finger stick test performed at the doctor's office or at home, which would facilitate discussions with a patient's diabetes team during a regularly scheduled visit. Results from HbA1c tests performed from a venous blood draw, reported by 36% of readers, often take many days to be reported, making it difficult to discuss with a patient's diabetes team.
Since we first ran this poll in March 2003, there has been a slight increase in people get a finger stick A1c test at their doctor's office (53% versus 49%) and a decrease in people needing a venous draw (36% versus 38%). This is good news, as more people are able to discuss their A1c reading at the time of their clinic visit. But within the last year, the number getting finger stick tests at their doctor declined by 3%, and the number getting venous draws increased by 4%. That's not encouraging.
Answer Feb 2006 Mar 2005 Mar 2004 Mar 2003 Venous blood draw at a hospital lab 19% 17% 16% 21% Venous blood draw at the doctor's office 12% 12% 11% 12% Venous blood draw at another location 5% 3% 5% 5% Finger stick test at the doctor's office 53% 56% 56% 49% Finger stick test at home with immediate results 3% 2% 2% 2% Finger stick test at home that I mail to a lab 1% 1% 1% 1% More than one of the above 3% 4% 5% 4% I don't get HbA1c tests done 1% 1% 1% 1% Other 1% 1% 0% 1%
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• Only last month, I featured Maya Angelou in a post for National Poetry Month. Now, she has passed away at the age of 86. Here is her obituary at the LA Times and an appreciation at the Washington Post.
• The Wall Street Journal reports that "In this interconnected global world, the leaders of other countries are more of a known entity then they were just a decade ago. In looking at how Americans feel about 16 leaders, the most striking thing is that the only two leaders whom a majority of U.S. adults have good opinions of are not leaders of countries, per se, but rather spiritual leaders. Three-quarters (76%) have a good opinion of Pope Francis, up from three in five (61%) who had a good opinion of him in May, 2013, right after he assumed the papacy. Over two-thirds (68%) have a good opinion of the Dalai Lama, up from 64% who said so last May."
Pope Francis does have his detractors, or, skeptics. For instance, the head of the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests says Pope Francis's plan to meet with abuse victims looks like "a public relations ploy."
• John Fund at the National Review Online writes that Norway's government caved in to pressure from China and snubbed the Dalai Lama during his visit to Norway earlier this month.
• Recently a Buddhist temple/center opened up just a few blocks from my home. I have long wanted to have a place close by where I could pop in and meditate with others. This place adversities itself as "modern Buddhism," which I find appealing. However, it belongs to the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT). They charge money to sit with them. And, they are involved in the Dorje Shugden controversy. So, that means I will not be popping in. I've said previously that I share the Dalai Lama's position on this matter.
While in Norway, the Dalai Lama had to contend with ongoing demonstrations by pro-Shugden supporters, and he had this to say about it: "We're Buddhists and the Buddha advised us not to take refuge in ordinary deities and spirits. The demonstrators say I've banned this practice, but that's not so, I haven't and the monasteries associated with Shugden in South India are evidence of this."
Here is the Statement of the Deutsche Buddhistische Ordensgemeinschaft (DBO, German Buddhist Monastic Association) on the Protests against the Dalai Lama by the International Shugden Community (ISC)
• At the BBC, Dr Andrew Skilton weighs in on "Why is Buddhism so hip?"
• Ray Bradbury on Zen and the Art of Writing (1973).
• Speaking of Bradbury . . . you are probably familiar with the 1972 Elton John song "Rocket Man," composed by John and his long-time writing partner Bernie Taupin. It's one of Elton John's biggest hits and the lyrics were inspired by a Ray Bradbury short story by the same name. Taupin has also acknowledged that his words were inspired by another song called "Rocket Man," and also based on the Bradbury short story. This "Rocket Man" was released by one of my favorite groups of the 1960s, Pearls Before Swine on their 1970 album The Use of Ashes. Here is their "Rocket Man" written by Tom Rapp.

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Passing Objects on a dataservice fill()
A couple of weeks ago I ran into an interesting issue regarding the passing of a value object as one of the elements in my FillParameters array. Something like this:
dataservice.fill(employees, CompanyVO)The fill worked fine everytime, however, if I went and added a new employee using:
dataservice.createItem(employee);dataservice.commit();the collection on my client would not update to show the new employee. Sure I could add the employee by doing an employees.add(employee), and yes, my collection would be updated. However, another employees collection on another client viewing the same records would not.
I turned up the logging level to debug and watched how Flex Data Services was handling the request. It seemed, after a bit of extensive testing, that it did not recognize the CompanyVO object as being the same one across multiple calls. The debugger would even state that no client collections existed with this fill configuration, and therefore none would receive a refresh.
I thought perhaps my CompanyVO.as was perhaps not mapping thru to my CompanyVO.class, so I put my own toString() method in with a quick little output line. Sure enough, FDS was recognizing the object passed as a CompanyVO.class object.
Eventually I gave up. I had played with my java class, trying to override various methods, implementing icomparable, etc. Nothing.
Then Jeff Vroom posted a suggestion on flexcoders. To override the (built-in) in uid property on the Object. First I added some code to have uid equal the companyid, saved my flex project and ran it again:
public var uid:String = "";
company.uid = company.companyid;
No luck. Then I added the uid property to my java class as well:
private String uid;
public void setUid(String uid)
{ this.uid = uid;}
public String getUid()
{ return this.uid;}
Restarted FDS and ran my flex project again. Problem solved. Here's the steps to reproduce this problem using the crm sample that comes with FDS(as posted by me in the Adobe FDS Forum):
1) in companyapp.mxml, change the fill line in the companyChange function to read:
dsEmployee.fill(employees, company) //change from companyId int to company VO
2) in the crm sample application, addEmployee function, replace this line:
with this:
(you don't have to do this if you keep 2 instances of the app running)
3) in the crm.samples.EmployeeAssembler fill method, change the fill by commenting out everything after the line that says return dao.GetEmployees(); and replace them with these lines:
Company cp = (Company) fillParameters.get(0);
return dao.findEmployeesByCompany(cp.getCompanyId());
4) in the crm.samples.EmployeeAssembler createItem method, replace the second dtx.refreshFill with the following line:
dtx.refreshFill("crm.employee", Arrays.asList( new Object[] {newEmployee.getCompany()}));


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Skip to comments.Low vitamin B12 levels may lead to brain shrinkage, cognitive problems
Posted on 09/26/2011 7:20:05 PM PDT by decimon
ST. PAUL, Minn. Older people with low levels of vitamin B12 in their blood may be more likely to lose brain cells and develop problems with their thinking skills, according to a study published in the September 27, 2011, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Foods that come from animals, including fish, meat, especially liver, milk, eggs and poultry, are usually sources of vitamin B12.
The study involved 121 people age 65 and older living on the south side of Chicago. Their blood was drawn to measure levels of vitamin B12 and B12-related metabolites that can indicate a B12 deficiency. The participants also took tests measuring their memory and other cognitive skills. An average of four-and-a-half years later, MRI scans of the participants' brains were taken to measure total brain volume and look for other signs of brain damage.
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Hmmn, methinks I now know why my MD put me on vitamin B-12. (;>(
Vegans explained.
So that explains the faulty thought processes of all those left-wing vegetarians. (My apologies in advance to conservative vegetarians - who are presumable smart enough to take extra B12.)
Wonder why they picked the south side of Chicago?
Bumper sticker on pickup truck: I didn't claw my way to the top of the food chain to just eat vegetables!
Poorly nourished - the reason they voted for Barry?
I take B12 every day
oh, where was I?
heh. me too. my last tablets run out in 2 days. if only i could afford good meat these days.
Soon you will need a prescription for EVERY SINGLE VITAMIN.
Interesting. People who take Metformin are at increased risk of having low B12 levels. Also, I've read that B12 should be taken sublingual. Of course I read that after I bought myself a B12 supplement the other day.
Note to self, eat more meat....
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Artists and performers from across the world will converge on the UAE capital for the month-long Abu Dhabi Festival 2012, which opens on March 11 under the theme 'Connecting Cultures'.
Partnerships between festival organisers Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation (Admaf) and organisations including the Royal Opera House (ROH), Manchester International Festival (MIF), Edinburgh Festival and Carnegie Hall amongst others, feature strongly on the 2012 programme.
The festival, which will run till April 6, will celebrate its growing network of global creative partners through the theme 'Connecting Cultures' and strengthen Abu Dhabi's position as an international cultural destination.
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Ha! Love it, do boys ever get 'neat' about eating though?
All three of my kids look like that after eating spaghetti...well not so much my 11 yr old anymore! LOL, but def. my six and three year old.
Ha! We have the same thing...which is probably why I don't make spaghetti a lot! :)
LOL that is too cute!
That's too cute! I think spaghetti is just one of those messy foods. I still get it on me sometimes!
Yeah, spaghetti is usually a dinner with very few clothes and on a bath night!
((And, Mr. Serious has to wear a dark shirt, too!!)
Cute! We had spaghetti last night for dinner and my four year old still makes a mess with his:)
oh my! haha what a mess!! Immediate bath time right? :)
My son won't eat spaghetti. Maybe I should be glad. Haha!
I can't decide if I'm looking forward to the babies being independent w/regards to eating or dreading it
The fun of eating with kids. My daughter thinks she's a princess...I tell her she has a long way to go when it comes to table manners and eating.
Too cute!
LOL Looking at my husband after he eats chocolate, I wonder if it ever ends ;)
Even with the change in age - it doesn't get any less cute!
I don't believe they EVER grow out of spaghetti-messiness... but doesn't it make for some GREAT blackmail photos? ;)
Happy WW!
Wow! What a mess. You need one of those shirt bibs! Ethan makes a mess, too, when I feed him spaghetti. And I feed it to him with a spoon!
You must make some good spaghetti! :)
My little brother was always a glutton for spaghetti. He always made a mess as a little guy and still can't help but make a mess as a 22 year old. lol Of course, the mess does get smaller as the boy gets bigger. :)
My boy is 16 months old and is messy with EVERYTHING!
LOL, some things just take a while to outgrow. :)
He's so precious! I have an Evan also--and he eats his spaghetti the same way! *Must be in the name!
LOL! My 3 and 5 year old look just like that too after spaghetti night. I shudder when making it, thinking about the mess to come, but boy do they love that stuff!
LOL! At least you take his shirt off. =D
Cute! My kids all look like this after spaghetti!
This is too cute...just goes to show that sometimes boys never change, no matter what age. :)
Spaghetti is obviously one of those foods that you should not wear clothes to eat! : )
They are too cute!
LOL! Hoping for a messy boy of my own soon! :) That is funny.
gotta love spaghetti!
I love spaghetti pictures. I like the now and then comparison. Funny.
lol, I remember those days! Cute picture :)
LOL! Messy faces make the best pictures, especially spaghetti faces! So cute!
I guess some things never change. Too cute!
My husband looks like that after eating spaghetti too, maybe it's a guy thing! HAHA!
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How cute!! Some things don't change! :)
Yes, I think you can leave the shirt off on spaghetti nights for a little bit longer!
Haha! Spaghetti is really messy over here, too!
He's adorable--and I love how the spaghetti mess looks exactly the same in both pictures, lol!
HA - Spaghetti face! No, no, spaghetti body! lol I think we all have a picture like this with our kids wearing spaghetti. I know I do. Ya, just have to snap. You get that uncontrollable urge to get the camera. hahahaha Good one!
Ah but he enjoyed it so much! You can really tell.
My boy is still so messy. Cute photos!
That makes me remember the bath towels my mom had actually sewed ties on for the neck and around the waist. She also folded part of the bottom of it up and sewed on the sides of the towel to make a bottom pocket. She made us put those on anytime she made spaghetti or lasagna. They were a drag, but I think she thought it keep us cleaner. Our faces and hands were still usually a mess though. I don't think she stopped letting us not use those towels until we were in about the third grade.
Spaghetti looks like this at my house too.


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WENCHENG COUNTY, China – The forest resembled Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and the waterfalls could have been in Yosemite, but the signs along the trail were pure China.
They told us a bit about where we were, and despite mangled syntax and odd spellings, they made it perfectly clear that if we fell off a cliff, it was our own fault. We'd been warned.
We were about three hours' drive inland from the coastal metropolis of Wenzhou and in a range of rugged mountains blanketed with deciduous trees and accented by a crashing river we heard long before we could see it.
We were eager to explore Tongling Mountain National Forest Park and begin a promised hike. We had a hint of what lay ahead because of the winding and steep ascent to the trailhead in a tour bus, but that didn't quite prepare us for our walk down a canyon wall, rock-hopping river crossings and a protracted hike back up a gorge.
The hike began inauspiciously on a solid stone staircase that would have made the Civilian Conservation Corps proud. A sign portended a change. It read:
"It is not my fault to reflect magic
and dangerous with steep and narrow,
it is your fault that forget your safety
while enjoy the sight."
The translation was clear:
"If you're so absentminded
that you fall off the edge,
you've only yourself to blame."
The trail actually wasn't bad at all, and it was a marvel of backcountry construction. In places, it was a catwalk suspended over open space.
The wide stone steps morphed into circular timbers, then planks of wood and then into steel mesh resting on steel rods driven into the rock walls of the gorge. Handrails were common – and welcomed. The amount of human labor (almost none of this could have been done with machinery) was impressive.
Why did the Chinese go to such lengths? The answer was in the signs – the trail builders appreciated nature's glory. One sign with three messages offered these thoughts:
"Here, the nature's uncanny workmanship has created the mountains, rivers, forest and valley."
"Here, let us make appoint far away with the mortal life!"
"Here, people will be intoxicated by the harmony of the voice of wind, water and birds."
Again, the translation was clear:
"Drink in the beauty of these mountains. Enjoy a respite from your daily life."
What surrounded us soon shifted from merely impressive to outright spectacular. The cascading river far across the canyon had blasted out one beautiful plunge pool after another.
It was a thing of pure beauty – a narrow white waterfall crashed into a blue-green pool, which led to another waterfall and another pool, over and over again – 12 times in all.
We finally reached the bottom of the canyon, took the obligatory group photo (our Chinese hosts insisted on group photos absolutely everywhere we went), crossed the river on a bridge made of circular stone steps resembling pier pilings and began the climb back up.
This time, however, the trail was immediately beside the waterfalls and plunge pools. Signs provided the names of each pool, which the Chinese called ponds. We climbed along Gourd Pond, Belle Pond and Dragon Princess Pond. A favorite was Connect Heart Pond, so named because its outline resembles a heart.
At the top of the climb – after walking across a small dam and admiring a reservoir where golden koi flashed in the still water – was a manmade surprise, a teahouse in the middle of nowhere.
Green tea, peanuts and peculiar tofu snacks were our reward – along with time to contemplate two signs we had passed:
"Civilization lives with mountains and waters, and harmony coexists with landscapes."
"Protrcting the environmenr is a responsibility.
"Caring for the environment is a virtue."
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Europe's New Training Initiative for Civilian Crisis Management (ENTRi)
is a unique capacity building programme that was initiated in early 2011. ENTRi focuses on the preparation and training of civilians that are either going to, or already working in, crisis management missions worldwide. Such missions include those of the European Union (EU), the United Nations (UN), the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), and the African Union (AU).
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Given the wide proliferation of smartphones with Internet capability as well as tablets capable of similar, it's no surprise that consumers are becoming increasing reliant on mobile tools to find what they are looking for.
Whether it be a restaurant, a location, store, or a service, mobile devices are now dictating and directing a large amount of the buying public to businesses that have adapted to the format. Most recently the drop in device prices coupled with an increasing availability of local search tools have made mobile devices a serious tool in marketing sales and leads for retail business.
A key aspect in all of the new flurry with the Internet and mobile devices is a web design practice named "responsive design." While most businesses are aware of the ability to create a web presence with a traditional website as well as with social media accounts and having good search engine ranking, many are not entirely aware of the need to also tailor their sites to meet the needs of different Internet browsing devices.
For instance, while a desktop computer may adequately see all the detail of a company website, a mobile device receives a shrunken version that requires the user to wait for the data to transmit and then to zoom to read the site. Responsive design, on the other hand, avoids the awkward Internet display altogether.
With responsive design embedded into a website's protocol coding, when a device goes to the Internet address, it will be given the display that best suits that device. So if using a desktop computer a user will see the entire page as historically provided. However, if he uses a cell phone or a tablet, a truncated version of the website will be provided instead or a phone ready version. The two alternative options make it easier to read the site without zooming, the data transmits faster without delays over cell lines, and the user can find what he is looking for more efficiently.
Businesses that enable responsive design in their sites are seeing far greater levels of customer return and mobile use as a result versus someone still delivering a traditional website design to all devices. When customers are clearly on the move and may not have the best mobile signal in every location, waiting for a regular website to appear on a device is a waste of valuable time.
Those companies that cater to mobile device needs will eventually catch business faster from mobile customers than those that don't. So if your business hasn't already made the change, when are you going to tailor your site with responsive design? Each day that passes is another day a consumer went somewhere else because he didn't have time to wait for your website to appear on his device.
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Cats Ink Four for Softball
Nov. 13, 2008
TUCSON -- The Arizona Softball team signed four high school student-athletes to letters of intent on Wednesday, the first day of the NCAA's early signing period.
Brigette DelPonte (C/INF, Sunrise Mountain High School, Peoria, Ariz.), Kenzie Fowler (P, Canyon del Oro High School, Tucson, Ariz.), Baillie Kirker (3B/1B, Crescenta Valley High School, Montrose, Calif.) and Rebecca Tikey (OF, Horizon High School, Scottsdale, Ariz.) are all committed to enroll at the UA next fall.
'As a whole this class of recruits definitely adds to what our program has for the future,' said Arizona Head Coach Mike Candrea. 'They'll help in areas that we need, although like any group of young players, the level of that contribution remains to be seen until they get here and start working.'
In three years of high school, DelPonte has won the 5A State Championship twice, with a runner up finish in 2007. She was also part of the Arizona Hotshots Gold 18-under club that took third place at the 2008 ASA Gold Nationals in Oklahoma City earlier this fall. Last season, DelPonte batted a reported .514 in 31 games, including 39 RBI and nine home runs for Sunrise Mountain. She has two first team all-region commendations to her credit.
'Brigette is a right-handed hitter who will work for a role behind the plate or in the middle infield,' said Candrea.
Fowler, the reigning Gatorade National Softball Player of the Year and ESPY award finalist, had a 24-1 record last season with a 0.28 ERA and 309 strikeouts in only 148.2 innings, leading the Dorados to their second consecutive 4A state title. She has been named the Southern Arizona Player of the Year by both the Arizona Daily Star and the Tucson Citizen in each year of her high school career, and has garnered three NFCA High School All-American honors.
'Kenzie has an outstanding future and we're glad she's finally here. She will be a very good pitcher for us,' said Candrea.
Kirker is on track to break the California career home run record -- a mark held by current Wildcat freshman Lini Koria (45) -- with 37 home runs to her credit. The power hitter slugged 16 homers in her freshman season, the record for a California high school newcomer. Just last season, she belted a Southern Section-record 18 home runs, and was named the Div. III Player of the Year in 2008 for her efforts. Kirker was part of the Worth Firecrackers club that won the 2007 18-under ASA Gold Championship.
'Baillie is a power-hitting player likely to play at the corners, at third or first. She can hit the ball,' said Candrea.
Hailing from the same high school that produced UA great Becky Lemke, Tikey batted a reported .425 in 34 games as a junior. The speedy outfielder nabbed 45 hits including 12 doubles, and scored 30 runs while batting in 33 RBI.
'Rebecca is quick and someone we see in the short game as a slapper with speed,' said Candrea.
Up Next: The Cats open their season at the Kajikawa Classic in Tempe, Ariz. on Feb. 6, 2009 against Kansas at 4:30 p.m. Tucson time.
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Last August, the federal government set aside $4.5 billion for lower Manhattan's transit system. Now, a feud is brewing over how the money should be spent. Should the existing transit system be repaired and upgraded, or should new lines be built into what many are calling "Grand Central South," a new downtown transit hub?
At odds are two differing transit schemes, each with powerful backers. New York State Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Daniel Doctoroff, New York City deputy mayor for economic development, are rallying for new rail service from both JFK International and Newark Liberty International airports into a hub in Lower Manhattan. They're not the sole proponents — many in the real estate industry support this plan, too.
But this bold expansion plan has drawn fire from some politicians and Metropolitan Transit Authority officials. To the critics, the expansion plan is irresponsible, given a host of other outstanding transit proposals, such as the long-delayed Second Avenue subway line and Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) connection into Grand Central Station. Rather than expanding the system, critics of a Grand Central South would like to see the existing system repaired.
The Second Avenue subway line has been on the city's wish list since 1929. The proposed line would run from 125th Street in Harlem to the financial district in lower Manhattan. Likewise, a commuter rail connection between the LIRR and Grand Central Station has been under discussion for years.
Convenience is Key
Real estate executives and Downtown business advocates see the transit hub as an opportunity to not only correct the damage wrought by the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center, but also to remove a longstanding Downtown handicap — namely, direct access to the area for suburban commuters. Anyone traveling from the northern suburbs now must take two, or even three, trains to reach downtown.
"There is clearly a battle between those who want a $12-billion Second Avenue subway line built, and those who favor LIRR/airport access from downtown," says Stephen Spinola, president of the Real Estate Board of New York, a trade organization. "The bottom line is that people should be able to get in and out of lower Manhattan easily."
Adds Ric Clark, president of Brookfield Properties Corp., "It is sort of a catch-up maneuver, but very important and very critical, and will help address the long-term, nagging infrastructure issues." The Toronto-based company owns and manages five buildings located on the perimeter of the WTC site.
In addition to the transit hub maneuverings, a host of planners and politicians are still struggling to conjure a master strategy for the redevelopment of Ground Zero. In July, six initial plans submitted to the lower Manhattan Development Corp. (LMDC) were shot down by New Yorkers and architecture critics. Now, six new teams of architects are preparing plans, and LMDC officials say they will release three of those for public comment at the end of the year.
For many years, downtown rents have averaged one-third less than those of midtown, according to Stephen Berliner, executive director of New York-based Insignia/ESG Inc. The gap is due in part to the lack of a downtown transportation hub comparable to Pennsylvania Station or Grand Central Station, says Berliner.
Some observers fear political wrangling over what to do with the money could ultimately doom the downtown hub project. And there's a symbolic risk to consider. Since the terrorist attacks, downtown landlords and other real estate executives have identified improvements to transit infrastructure as a key issue in securing a downtown recovery. If that issue gets pushed to the back of the line, real estate executives question the prospects for a downtown revival.


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As always, it has been an exciting week in reality TV news, including the birth of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian's baby. Let the battle over Kimye begin! If Kanye gets his way, his daughter will never experience Kris Jenner's school of reality TV. And, when Kim feels upstaged by her little bundle of
joy misery, she will strip down for Playboy.
Beyond the planet of Kraptune, congratulations are also due to Joanna Krupa & Romain Zago and Tamra Barney & Eddie Judge, as both couples were married this week. Bravo's cameras were in attendance. Also, Melissa Gorga changed her story, and Joyce Giraud caused a stir in Beverly Hills.
In other news, Farrah Abraham talked sex with Howard Stern and play dates with Charlie Sheen, and Jenelle Evans showed off her new best boy-thing since the last best boy-thing. More photos, recaps, and reality news:
The Real Housewives of Miami show off their hot bikini bodies in Vegas
Teen Mom 2 star Corey Simms marries Miranda Patterson
Cameras "catch" Lilly Ghalichi "reading" Star magazine
Farrah Abraham flaunts her new, bigger boobs in Vegas
Caroline Manzo, Jacqueline Laurita, and more attend Hope For Children
Tamra Barney and Eddie Judge say "I do!" at St. Regis Monarch Beach
Melissa's money pit can be yours for only 3.8 million! (Tom Hanks not included)
Princesses Long Island: Um, Casey? You have serious daddy issues!
Vicki Gunvalson marks her territory, and she cannot deny it
Dance Moms: Can you believe Abby Lee Miller did this to Chloe?
Kim's IUD gives her ADD; Brielle begs for her mama's attention
Love & Hip Hop Atlanta: Shay regrets letting Scrappy back into her life
Kathy Wakile says Rich needs charm school
Phaedra Parks talks new baby and relationships with co-stars
Jackie Christie defends Draya Michele after Twitter attack
Vicki Gunvalson responds to Vicki's Vodka lawsuit: "It's frivolous."
Basketball Wives stars share how hard it is to deal with the fan backlash
The Real Housewives of New Jersey talk social media and cheating spouses
Brandi fires assistant; Taylor cries publicity stunt; Brandi lashes out at Taylor
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Paul Kintner wins first prize for a paper, entitled Simulating Inosphere-Induced Scintillation for Testing GPS Receiver Phase Tracking Loops, which was submitted at the 125th International Ionospheric Effects Symposium (IES) in Washington, DC on May 13-15th. Approximately 125 papers were submitted.
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From my recent trip, many people mentioned that I look like Korean. Most probably because I am quite fair.
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Group activities duing the day under the hot sun?
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Federal Reserve Board Gov. Daniel Tarullo reiterated Thursday that the Fed needs to move carefully as it unwinds its liquidity facilities to ensure it does not disrupt still-fragile markets.
"As with all monetary policy decisions, we should ultimately tailor the particulars of our response to the circumstances as we find them," he said in a speech at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's community bankers conference. "If anything, the unprecedented nature of this exercise means that we should be unusually attuned to economic and financial conditions during, as well as before, our exit, and we should be prepared to make prudent adjustments as necessary."
Tarullo expressed caution about an exit strategy that included the early sale of assets before a sustainable recovery is well established.
He stressed that it would not be advisable for the Fed to decide upon a "single game plan that will be announced in advance and rigidly implemented after a decision is made to raise rates."
Instead, an optimal strategy would depend on money market and lending conditions then.
As previously outlined by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, the central bank is planning to use interest on reserves held by banks to help drain the $1.1 billion now held by institutions at the Federal Reserve banks.
It is also planning to use reverse purchase agreements, term deposits and, if necessary, sales of assets on the Fed's balance sheet.
The central bank has been expanding its range of counterparties for reverse repurchase operations beyond the primary dealers typically relied on by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The Fed has also already stopped buying Treasury securities and exited the market as the largest buyer of mortgage-backed securities at the end of last month.


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Rory McIlroy will compete in the upcoming The Players Championship, the tournament announced Tuesday.
McIlroy has not played in the event at TPC Sawgrass since 2010. He has missed the cut in both of his appearances in the tournament and never broken par at the Stadium Course.
Last year, McIlroy said the host course did not suit his game, as well as his schedule. The Players would have been his fifth consecutive event.
'I don't feel that comfortable on the golf course yet,' he said last year. 'That doesn't mean that I won't play it next year or the year after, but this year it just didn't really fit.'
McIlroy will play the week before as well, teeing it up at the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow. McIlroy closed with a Sunday 62 to win the title there in 2010.
Hunter Mahan and Carl Pettersson also committed to the tournament, to be played May 10-13.


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Charles Benjamin
Charles Benjamin will be the next executive director at Harrogate, an Ocean County senior living community in Lakewood, NJ.
Benjamin was previously the associate executive director. He succeeds Donald Johansen, who has been in the role since 1990 and is retiring in May. Martin Mee was chosen to be the new associate executive director.
Benjamin began his career as an assistant administrator at JFK Healthcare System in Edison, NJ, where he was promoted to administrator in 1992. He has served as administrator at The Manor in Freehold, NJ, and at Royal Suites Healthcare & Rehabilitation in Galloway, NJ.
He is a past president of the Metuchen Rotary Club, and also a nine-year member of the Freehold Rotary Club.
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GSS Annual General Meeting 2017
We invite all graduate students to join us for Annual General Meeting 2017 on 10 September (Sunday) at NAK Auditorium (ERC level 2), UTown from 10 AM onwards. Lunch will be served and complimentary photo shoot will be provided for all attendees dressed in formal attire.
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Dean's Education Advisory Council
The Dean's Education Advisory Council has the broad mandate of providing advice and support to the Dean on issues of importance to the Faculty, and to facilitate contact with the external community to advance the work of the faculty.
The Education Advisory Council supports the Dean of Education in three general areas: Strategic Direction, Community Connections and Liaison; and Advancement. The Dean of Education extends renewable memberships to the Council by formal invitation. The Council meets three times yearly, or as needed on an ad hoc basis. The Dean's Education Advisory Council was established in September, 2014.
Council Members
Kris Magnusson
Dean, Faculty of Education, SFU
Kris Magnusson is currently the Dean of the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University. Prior to this appointment in August 2009, he was the Associate VP-Academic at the University of Lethbridge, joining the Faculty of Education there in July 1998.
Previous to his position in Lethbridge, he served as professor of Counselling Psychology at the University of Calgary. He has been involved in a variety of educational settings, including teaching Junior High School in Saskatchewan, and working as a counsellor in colleges and technical institutes such as Keyano College, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, and Wascana Institute. He was the recipient of the Stu Conger Award for Leadership in Career Development (national award). His primary interests are in the areas of counselling psychology, career development and organizational planning and renewal.
David Barnum
Education Consultant (Sunshine Coast School District #46 - on leave)
David Barnum has 25 years of teaching experience in a variety of contexts. He has written materials and delivered programs for the BC Ministry of Education, BC Hydro, The Society of Automotive Engineers and the BC Children's Hospital; and authored two science textbooks with Nelson Education. David currently works in School District #46 (Sunshine Coast) as Curriculum Coordinator where he supports parent engagement, student transitions, and renewed curriculum implementation. In addition, David is currently a Sessional Instructor/mentor in SFU's Graduate programs Nature-Based, Experiential Learning cohorts.
Previously, David spent 5 years nurturing a blended home-school / community-based education model (SPIDER) and was seconded for 3 years to develop and implement the Healthy Buddies program, an initiative of the BC Children's Hospital and funded by the Provincial Health Services Authority. Initial research for this program was published by the American Academy of Pediatrics (2007) as well as a subsequent study in the Canadian Journal of Diabetes (2012). The Healthy Buddies program has been shortlisted twice for SFU's Cmolik Prize for the Enhancement of Public Educations in BC.
David has served as the BC Science Teachers' Association President / Conference Chair and sits on the Learning Forward, BC Affiliate Board. He completed a PDP (1990), BGS (1992) and MEd (2014) at SFU and the Transformational Educational Leadership Program at UBC (2016).
Juanita Coltman
K-12 Policy Manager, First Nations Education Steering Committee
Juanita Coltman, ancestral name Squil'qwana, is a member of the Nuxalk Nation and an educator for the past 20 years. In her teaching and administrative roles she has worked in Nuxalk, Nuu-chah-nulth, St'at'yemc and Squamish Nations territories passionately making a difference for Aboriginal students in the K-12 school system. Recently, Juanita has been advocating for change at a provincial level, while working at the BC Ministry of Education and currently at the First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC) as the K-12 Policy Manager.
She holds Bachelor of Arts and Education degrees from Queen's University and is a graduate of the School Administration and Leadership program at the University of British Columbia. Her graduate thesis titled "Meaningful and Relevant Education for Aboriginal Students," specifically examined Aboriginal schools in the public school system. She also effectively applied her knowledge by collaboratively developing an Aboriginal focused, land-based K-6 program in Sea to Sky School District.
She led many initiatives in her previous School District that resulted in dramatic increases in Aboriginal student achievement results. She served as the vice chairperson on the BC Principal and Vice Principals Association's (BCPVPA) Aboriginal Leadership Advisory and contributed to the BCPVPA's publication of "Learning, Knowing, Sharing: Celebrating Success in the K-12 Aboriginal Education in British Columbia." She currently sits on a variety of BC Ministry of Education committees, including Classroom Assessment and Reporting, Graduation Numeracy Assessment Team and Continued Professional Development Council. Her work and accomplishments have been shared at numerous events including the Learning Forward Conference, BCPVA Short Course, and UBC Math Symposium.
Juanita demonstrates exemplary leadership in the areas of human rights, social justice and Aboriginal Education.
Jane Fee
Deputy Provost & Vice Provost Students, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Jane Fee currently serves as the Vice Provost Students, Deputy Provost and Dean of Educational Support and Development at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Her expertise is in the administration of post-secondary learner-focused programs, services and student success. Jane's particular focus is on student affairs, the first year experience, program and curriculum development as well as university transitions. She has played instrumental roles in the development various student related policies and procedures, resulting in visible and positive change to the student experience. At KPU, she heads up a team of dedicated professionals who all have the drive and determination to continue to develop and enhance services for current and future students.
Starleigh Grass
Field Service Division, BCTF
Starleigh Grass is from the Tsilhqot'in Nation. She has been the Senior Policy Analyst at the First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC) since 2013. FNESC serves BC First Nations students and First Nations communities with respect to education, on and off reserve, and provides second level services to the First Nations Schools Association and Indigenous and Adult Higher Learning Association. Starleigh is the FNESC lead on provincial K-12 education and the Secretariat for the BC K-12 Aboriginal Education Partners Table which works collaboratively to improve school success for Aboriginal learners. Prior to her role at FNESC Starleigh was a secondary school teacher in Gold Trail School District and Vice-President of the Gold Trail Teachers' Association. Her Master of Arts thesis examined effective pedagogy within Aboriginal controlled post-secondary institutes and her findings have inspired her to be a passionate advocate for increased Aboriginal voice in educational decision making.
Starleigh has participated in numerous committees and boards including the Standing Committee for Provincial Curriculum, Advisory Group on Provincial Assessment, Core Competencies Group, English First Peoples 10/11 Curriculum Writing Team, BC Teachers of English Language Arts Professional Specialists Association, Truth and Reconciliation Commission BC National Event Education Day Advisory Committee, Reconciliation through Indigenous Education MOOC Advisory Group, UBC Okanagan Aboriginal Strategic Planning Committee, Theytus Books Children and Youth Editorial Committee, Vancouver Foundation Education Advisory Committee, Project Literacy.
Allan Maynard
Environmental Consultant and Retired Business Owner
Allan Maynard was a Charter student of Simon Fraser University and received a Master of Science degree there in 1972. He went on to develop a successful and award winning international environmental laboratory business – ASL Analytical Laboratories (now known as ALS Global). It was known as one of Canada's largest and most widely respected laboratories in Canada and had branches in South America and SE Asia.
After a long association with SFU, Allan's firm was one of the first to bring on co-op students – just as this innovative program was being developed. He received the Simon Fraser University Outstanding Alumni Award for Professional Achievement in 1995. Allan also was on the SFU Alumni Association Board of Directors for several years, including serving as its President.
Allan lives in North Vancouver with his wife Margrit who is a retired teacher. His son and daughter work in the field of education. The importance of education is a passion for the entire family.
Milt McClaren
Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Education, SFU
Milton McClaren is an Emeritus Professor in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University where he teaches and supervises students in the EdD and EcoEd MEd programs. He is also an Associate Member of the Faculty of the School of Environment and Sustainability at Royal Roads University where he supervises Masters students in the Environmental Education and Communications program (MAEEC). He is a recent member of the Board of the Self-Design Foundation and is a current member of the Board of the Clarady Alliance Foundation.
Paul McFadden
Director, Education Operations, Pivotal
Paul McFadden is the Director of Education Operations at Pivotal, and has over 20 years of experience in the education technology field, having lead sales, operations and marketing teams at country, regional and global levels.
Paul was born in Northern Ireland and studied music at Queen's University Belfast, graduating in 1991 with a Bachelor of Music. Specialising in his new passion of electroacoustic music, Paul continued his studies at York University and was the winner of the 1991 International Sonorities Young Composer's Competition, graduating with his Masters in 1992.
Paul began his professional career as a Lecturer of Music Technology at Queen's University, Belfast and then at Lancaster University in England before he took up a business development position at Apple in 1996, focusing on the higher education market. A 10 year career at Apple UK was followed by a move in 2009, still with Apple, to manage the Western Canadian education team where he liaised with key figures within educational leadership in B.C., including those at SFU.
In 2012, he and his family returned to the UK where he took up a European education management position at VMware until 2013, at which time Pivotal was formed from several business units from VMware and EMC. In 2015, Paul and his family returned to Vancouver taking on a new global director role at Pivotal.
Susan O'Neill
Associate Dean, Faculty of Education, SFU
Susan O'Neill is Professor and Associate Dean, Academic and Research in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University. She is Director of MODAL Research Group (Multimodal/Music Opportunities, Diversity and Learning) and President-Elect of the International Society for Music Education, which is affiliated with UNESCO and is present in over 80 countries. She was previously an Associate Professor at Western University in Ontario and a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Keele University in the UK.
Susan has been awarded visiting fellowships at the University of Michigan, USA (2001), University of Melbourne, Australia (2012), and Trinity College Dublin, Ireland (2015). She has published widely in the fields of music psychology and music education, including contributions to 15 books published by Oxford University Press. Her recent co-authored book Why Multimodal Literacy Matters is on intergenerational multimodal curricula and is published by Sense Publications. She has been awarded major grants for international collaborative research and developed Music Learning in Action and Unity Through Music advocacy and intercultural programs in Brazil and Canada. Her current research includes a large survey study of young people's arts and digital media engagement in British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec.
Tom Roemer
VP, Academic, British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)
Tom Roemer was born and raised near Munich, Bavaria (Germany). After completing highschool he joined the German Air Force. Upon completion of his service, Tom attended the University of Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, LMU) and later the University of Alberta where he obtained a Master's degree in physics/astrophysics) (1993).
Shortly thereafter, Tom moved to Fort Smith in the Northwest Territories, and later to Kelowna, BC. Having founded a successful business in the IT sector (Tioga Communications Inc.) he received a call from Okanagan University College in 1996 to build a program in response to the emerging internet. In 2000, he became Chair of the new Network & Telecommunications Engineering Technology department.
In 2003, Tom moved into administration and became Associate Dean for the Faculty of Engineering Technology at Okanagan University College, and later Acting Dean for Science, Technology and Health at the newly formed Okanagan College.
In 2007, Tom and his wife Karen moved to Victoria, where he accepted the position of Dean for the School of Trades and Technology at Camosun College. During the same time, he pursued a doctoral degree at Simon Fraser University, and in 2008 he graduated with an EdD degree in Educational Leadership.
His research interest continues to focus on questions of practitioner education and the role colleges and polytechnic institutes play in regional economic development. Being fluent in various languages, Tom presents his findings often within the context of globalization and mobility of foreign-trained professionals.
In 2010, he accepted the position of Vice-President Strategic Development at Camosun, and became an Adjunct Professor with Simon Fraser University's Faculty of Education. As part of his professional portfolio he served for five years as Board Director with the Victoria Chamber of Commerce and Director of the Greater Victoria Development Agency.
In 2016, he moved to Vancouver to take on the role of Vice-President, Academic at the British Columbia Institute for Technology (BCIT).
Jordan Tinney
Superintendent of Schools/CEO, Surrey School District
Jordan Tinney is Superintendent/CEO in Surrey which is British Columbia's largest school district and one of the largest school districts in Canada. Surrey has over 72,000 students and approximately 10,000 staff.
Jordan began his career in Electronics Engineering Technology in the field of Oceanography but then moved to education where he holds a master's degree in administration and a doctorate in curriculum with specific research in educational change and technology. Jordan has taught K-12 and at post-secondary and as CEO, his current responsibilities are to directly oversee all aspects of the district.
Jordan's passion is for organizational culture and change in a complex world and he enjoys writing and sharing through his blog. On any given summer, you'll find Jordan and his family somewhere in Yellowstone National Park where they will be fly fishing and relaxing among the bison.
Jas Uppal
Teacher, Surrey School District
Jas Uppal, a passionate educator, presently teaches in the Surrey School District. Currently, she is involved in developing interdisciplinary curriculum for a new blended learning program at her school, while pursuing a Doctorate in Education at Simon Fraser University (SFU), specializing in teacher education and international education.
Prior to her current position, Jas worked in teacher development at the university and school district level. She served as a Faculty Associate at SFU for five years within the Education Faculty's Professional Qualification Program and the International Teacher Education Module in India. Both programs involved intercultural bridging for re-certifying and pre-service teachers. During this time Jas was also a Sessional Instructor, focusing on science education.
Prior to her work at SFU, she was involved in a United Kingdom based nation-wide educational reform initiative. She was required to play a dual role as the Science Education and Formative Assessment Consultant for a London-based school district over 5 years. She was able to directly apply this experience to her graduate work at the University of London (Institute of Education).
Upon her return to BC, Jas completed her Masters thesis by bridging her experience in educational change and formative assessment practices with literature in teacher change. Her commitment to bridging practice with research continues to transform her practice through her doctoral studies and her involvement in ongoing teacher inquiry.
Steve Wandler
Co-Founder, FreshGrade
Steve Wandler is Co-Founder of FreshGrade, which was founded in 2011.
FreshGrade allows teachers to capture, document and communicate learning in a personalized manner and share with parents. Students can document their own learning, make self-reflections, upload assignments and receive personalized feedback from their teachers and/or parents
FreshGrade is the technology behind the 2015 Cmolik Prize for the Enhancement of Education and the 2015 ISTE Sylvia Charp Award which allowed Surrey Schools to create the winning entries for their innovative and successful implementation of a new way of assessing and advancing student learning. FreshGrade was recently mentioned in Ken Robinson's new book Creative Schools. The company is quickly cementing itself in classrooms across Canada, the US and Australia, as the accessible alternative to traditional report cards.
Prior to FreshGrade, Steve founded YourTechOnline.com, which was acquired by support.com. In addition Steve founded metabridge, a nonprofit that connects innovative Canadian startup companies and entrepreneurs to California's Silicon Valley.
Past Council Members
James Gorman
Vice-President, Corporate and Government Relations, West Fraser
Mr. Gorman is Vice President of Corporate and Government Relations for West Fraser – one of North America's largest forest products companies.
Previously, he was President and CEO of the Council of Forest Industries, which works in support of the BC interior forest industry and President of the BC Lumber Trade Council where he was responsible for advancing the BC lumber industry's interests in the Softwood Lumber negotiations with the United States.
Prior to joining industry, he worked for 19 years in British Columbia's public service. Mr. Gorman was the Deputy Minister of Education from 2007 through September of 2013 and concurrently served as the Deputy Minister of Advanced Education from May through September 2013.
Mr. Gorman holds an MA in Political Science from McGill University.
Pat Hibbits
Vice-President, Finance and Administration
Prior to her passing in 2015, Pat Hibbitts had been Vice-President Finance & Administration at Simon Fraser University for more than 10 years. Previous to that she had served as Vice-President Business & Finance at the University of Northern British Columbia and also served as Director of Finance & Administration at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Memorial University. In the spring of 2010, Pat served as a Visiting Scholar at the University of Bath, International Centre for Higher Education Management. In addition, she was an Affiliated Scholar with the Centre for Studies in Educational Leadership and Policy, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University.
Pat had a BA (University of Toronto), an MBA (York University) and an EdD from Simon Fraser University.
Pat served numerous Boards and Committees including: CAUBO Quality & Productivity Committee, CAUBO Editorial Committee (Chair), Simon Fraser University Community Trust Board, City of Coquitlam Sustainability & Environmental Advisory Committee and the Great Northern Way Trust Board (Chair Finance Committee).
In 2005, Pat was recognized by the Vancouver YWCA with a Women of Distinction Award; in 2011, by the Association of Women in Finance, with an Excellence in the Public Sector award; in 2012, a CAUBO Outstanding Contribution Award and in 2013, a Ken Clements Distinguished Administrator Award.
Kevin Kaardal
Superintendent/CEO, Central Okanagan School District #23
Kevin Kaardal is a passionate champion for personalizing learning and meeting the needs of each learner. He believes in preparing teachers and learners to thrive in our ever changing and complex global society. Possessing a 30 year record of exemplary service. Kevin is currently serving as the Superintendent/CEO for the Central Okanagan School District. Kevin has led initiatives that improved student achievement results at every level – the classroom, the school and the district. He has been recognized as an educational innovator for developing unique and effective programs and partnerships that meet students' individual needs. Kevin is an author and award winning educator, who is has been a presenter at international, national and provincial conferences.
Randall Martin
Executive Director, BC Council for International Education
Dr. Randall Martin, Executive Director of BCCIE, has experience spanning more than 25 years in post-secondary education, development education and international education, including development work as well as more than 15 years supporting the internationalization efforts of Simon Fraser University (SFU) in Vancouver. He began his professional career teaching in the college sector, then moved to a university development project in Eastern and Central Indonesia, after which he returned to Canada mandated to design, build and implement international and international student programming for SFU. He assumed leadership of BCCIE in 2006. Dr. Martin has an earned doctorate in international education and is an acknowledged presenter, speaker and mentor in the field.
Roberta Neault
President, Life Strategies Ltd.
Dr. Roberta Neault, President of Life Strategies Ltd., is an award-winning career management specialist with over three decades of relevant experience in counselling, coaching, consulting, training, curriculum design, research, and writing. She is the recipient of the BC Career Development Association's Mentor of the Year Award, the National Employment Counseling Association's Professional Development Award, the Canadian Career Development Foundation's prestigious Stu Conger Award for Leadership in Career Counselling and Career Development in Canada, the Gold Medal, and the Diamond Pin for Leadership in Career Development. Roberta currently serves on the executive of the Career Development Chapter of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association and recently completed her term as editor of the Journal of Employment Counseling.
Roberta's strengths lie in her professionalism, infectious enthusiasm for empowering individuals and organizations, and "hands-on" experience working with diverse groups of people. Her pragmatic "can do" attitude ensures that customized solutions are innovative and affordable. Equally comfortable with leadership/executive teams and individuals just entering the workplace, Roberta has lived/worked/travelled through more than 50 countries, supporting people from diverse cultures, educational levels, and employment experiences, across all stages of life. She brings vivid anecdotes, practical examples, and a wealth of resources to her workshops and consultations.
Frequently invited to speak at conferences and seminars (both local and international), Roberta's most requested topics include lifelong career management, international and global careers, team strengthening, managing diversity, individual and organizational sustainability, work-life balance, psychometric assessment, professional ethics, change and transition, and strategic recruitment, retention, and employee engagement. She teaches at several universities, both online and in-person, and has developed countless courses and programs.
Author of Career Strategies for a Lifetime of Success, That Elusive Work-Life Balance, Beyond the Basics: Real World Skills for Career Practitioners, and several training "toolkits" for Personality Dimensions, Roberta continues to research and write extensively about topics related to career and life management. Her latest book was co-authored with Spencer Niles and Norm Amundson: Career Flow: A Hope-Centred Approach to Career Development.
David Paterson
Associate Dean, Faculty of Education, SFU
Prior to his retirement in July 2017, David Paterson served as Associate Dean (Administration) for the Faculty of Education and a Counsellor Educator. His administrative portfolio included acting-director of the new Centre for English Language Learning Teaching and Research (CELLTR), Education Central oversight, and coordinator of faculty enrolment management. David's accomplishments include: SFU Senator, Hon. Life Member of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association, Executive Vice President of the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors and Vice President of the Executive Council of the International Association for Counsellors.
Dianne Turner
Superintendent of Schools, Delta School District
Superintendent of Delta School District from 2010-2016, Dianne Turner has always been passionate about engaging students in learning that is meaningful and supporting teacher engagement in innovative teaching practice and collaborative inquiry that inspires learners.
Prior to 2010, Dianne spent 13 years in the Vancouver School District as a science teacher and department head. She also served as Vice Principal, for seven years, and Principal, for five years, at Point Grey Secondary, followed by a five years as Principal at Eric Hamber Secondary.
Dianne received a B.Sc. from Simon Fraser University and completed their Professional Development. She recently completed her Masters in Educational Leadership and is currently preparing her dissertation for the Educational Leadership Doctoral Program at SFU.
In addition to her extensive work with the Delta School District, Dianne also sits on several committees including the following: Executive of the BCSSA; BCSSA Dimensions of Practice Review Committee; Education Research & Development Corp. (ERDI) Member; Ministry of Education Competency Development Consulting Group Member; BCSSA Membership Committee Chair; Canadian Education Association (CEA) Advisory Council Member; New Teacher's Mentorship Advisory Project Committee; Ministry of Education Accountability Framework Advisory Committee; C21 Superintendent/CEO Academy.
Lennie Scott-Webber
Director of Education Environments Globally, Steelcase Education
Prior to her retirement in 2016, Lennie was the Director of Education Environments Globally for Steelcase Education where she directed the research, education and design applications globally for the Steelcase Education group. Her expertise is on learning from Kindergarten through Higher Education. As an environment behaviorist, her research focuses on how the built environment impacts behaviors and in particular, student success.
She previously held academic leadership positions as a tenured professor and chair of the Department of Interior Design & Fashion and director of the iLAB Research Centre, at Radford University, Virginia; and at Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada; graduating over 1000 students. She is an author, frequent keynote presenter at national and international events. Professionally she was a design education specialist in owner/principal positions.
Amanda Zanette
Teacher, Burnaby School District
Amanda Zanette is an elementary school teacher in the Burnaby School District. She received a Diploma of Fine Arts from Douglas College. During this time she also volunteered at a local elementary school, where her interest in education blossomed. She continued her educational journey at Simon Fraser University where she completed a BA with a major in Geography. Sure of her career path, she then entered the Faculty of Education where she completed the Professional Development Program with a focus on social justice. In 2013, she completed a Masters of Education in Educational Practice at SFU. Her work continues to focus on supporting diverse learners.
In her first year of teaching Amanda and a colleague adapted a system they named The City Game. Each year she improved the system and further integrated it throughout her practice to create a learning environment that makes academics more meaningful for elementary students. Inherent in the game is an authentic environment for learning mathematics and personal and social responsibility. This pedagogical method also supports the development of self-regulation, metacognition and empathy. Students become empowered to make choices, voice their concerns and resolve problems; bettering themselves not because they are told to but because they want to.
Amanda used The City Game for the basis of her Masters degree. She is currently writing a book to share these ideas.


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First the disclaimer: I bought my own Canon S90. Canon did not give me one for a review and they have no idea who I am.
Here Comes the Sun
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Here Comes the Sun
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The problem I had been trying to solve: I was missing the ability to:
- stop on a dime and take photos of the serendipitous beauty that I saw around me daily
- quickly take photos while on business travel without calling a lot of attention to myself or my camera
- take photos while running without growing an extra leg or arm.
My Lotus LG cell phone had performed valiantly (except in the rain and in the dark and at close range) but it just wasn't up to the task. The photos I wanted to take required focus and depth of field control. Most point and shoots don't have that whereas most professional cameras like my own Canon EOS 5D have their own set of downsides: not very portable, not quick to shoot with and definitely not discrete.
The search: I looked through cameras for something that gave me depth of field control (Aperture control) as well as manual focus. I found 3 bona fide suitors....or, rather contenders:
- PowerShot S3 IS
- Canon PowerShot G11
- Canon PowerShot S90
- night shooting mode and low light mode
- people face finder
- foliage special shooting mode
- an aquarium special shooting mode for goodness sake! and that's in addition to an underwater one
- a historical special shooting mode that makes your photos look old
- a color replacement mode in case you don't like the color of someone's shirt
I did read a review complaining about battery life but I have not had that problem. After constantly turning the camera on and off over a 2 to 4 hour period, I still have full bars. I will say I haven't used the flash much so that may be the difference that makes a difference.
I highly recommend the Canon S90. It's the pencil of cameras.


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Home › Programs › Restoration Initiatives › Wetland Restoration Grants
Restoration Initiatives
Supporting community-based wetland restoration initiatives
Sespe Creek
Interpretive signs program
Grantee: Keep Sespe Wild Committee
Award: $9515
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This grant provided funding for interpretive kiosks along Sespe Creek to increase awareness about the arroyo toad, the southern steelhead, and the watershed in general. The kiosks are visually consistent with those in the Los Padres National Forest. Keep Sespe Wild donated the labor for constructing the kiosks. This project complements efforts to preserve and restore steelhead trout in Sespe Creek and the Santa Clara River watershed.
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Dr. Dale E. Stringer D.D.S. proudly serves Riverside, Corona, Temecula, Ontario, Moreno Valley, Mira Loma, Lake Hills, Canyon Crest, Loma Linda, Hemet, Murrieta, Colton, San Bernardino and Victorville
Welcome to The Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Office of Dr. Dale Stringer
Dr. Stringer has been practicing oral and maxillofacial surgery in Riverside for over 30 years. He also is a professor in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Loma Linda University Medical Center where he has taught in the Oral and Maxillofacial residency program for over 30 years.
After graduating dental school from the University of Iowa, he entered the United States Air Force and received his training in oral and maxillofacial surgery. After ten years of active duty, he began his Riverside practice and re-entered the reserves in 2000, retiring in 2009 with the rank of colonel. While in the Air Force, he developed a special interest in orthognathic surgery (repositioning jaws to correct skeletal/dental deformities of the face), and now performs over 300 of these surgeries annually.
He splits his practice into 50% office procedures (extractions, implants, oral and facial pathology) and 50% hospital procedures (orthognathic surgery, facial fractures, tumor reconstruction and TMJ surgery). Most of Dr. Stringer's staff have been with him for over 20 years, providing knowledge and experience in obtaining authorization for your surgical procedures and helping you understand your surgery. Dr. Stringer's office offers you full scope oral and maxillofacial surgery and looks forward to providing for your needs.
Dale E. Stringer, D.D.S.
6860 Brockton Ave. Ste. 1
Riverside, CA 92506
Phone: 951-787-0602
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So officials weren't taking any chances on the two to five inches of snow forecast for today; they're turning up the heat.
"While I realize there were problems with the city's snow cleaning efforts last week, we want to ensure all New Yorkers that we are doing everything in our power to make sure we don't experience those kinds of problems again," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said yesterday in a statement. "We plan to do a great job, the kind of job that the public has come to expect us to do, and you will see that tomorrow [today]."
Today's weather has the city on alert, after a "snowmaggedon" at the end of 2010 caused enough mayhem to spur several city investigations and draw the ire of hundreds of thousands of travelers and city residents.
The storm delayed 10,000 flights and caused the cancellation of train service along the Northeast Corridor. Airlines are again warning travelers at local airports of possible delays, and some carriers are even offering no-fee rescheduling in an effort to head off complications to travel over the weekend.
The National Weather Service issued a winter storm watch for New York, parts of New Jersey, Connecticut and Long Island starting this morning.
Though most forecasts are calling for two to five inches of snow -- a far cry from the nearly two feet dumped on the city a week ago -- the accumulation could differ widely from the South Shore to Queens, depending on which of the highly concentrated storm's snow bands you are under. Meteorologists at AccuWeather are saying this month could be the coldest on record since 1985 across the country thanks to continued arctic winds from the north.
Along with the usual arsenal -- 1,700 snowplows and 365 salt spreaders at the ready -- Bloomberg promised other improvements. "Scout" teams will be roving the city's streets with video cameras that will transmit live feeds back to City Hall to monitor cleanup, and after a large number of complaints about slow response by Sanitation and claims of workers shirking their duties, some 50 trucks in Brooklyn will be fitted with GPS systems to monitor the speed of their work.
The MTA says it too is prepared. All planned service changes for the weekend have been canceled, afternoon train services for the Long Island Rail Road have increased, but a spokesman for the MTA said regular service was planned throughout the day, though the most up to date information can be found at www.mta.info.
Will it be enough?
On Wednesday, the chief of the FDNY's Emergency Medical Service Command, John Peruggia, was replaced by Chief Abdo Nahmod, after what was widely deemed a disastrous response during the storm, in which a backlog of more than 1,000 911 calls built up while ambulances by the dozens became stuck in the snow.
Meanwhile, a NY1/Marist poll conducted after the blizzard showed evidence of a dip in the mayor's job approval rating -- dropping to 37 percent, the lowest since Bloomberg took office.
On Staten Island, many are still angry about the last storm of 2010, let alone the first of 2011. Dennis Alestra, a resident of Prince's Bay, is ticked about snow on a block near his business that he says has yet to be cleaned up in Port Richmond.
"It's ten days already," said Alestra, 58, who says snow and ice buildup on Grove Avenue between Port Richmond and Maple avenues is pushing students from nearby PS 20 to walk home from school in the middle of the road. "I called Sanitation and filed a complaint. I called 311. They said they'd get around to it. We gotta make sure somebody's going to be in touch with these people. It's scary."
Patricia Eddy says until Wednesday night, a giant mound of snow and ice created by snowplows prevented her mostly elderly customers at Shadez Inc. Hair Salon in South Beach from coming in to give her business.
In Oakwood, resident Patricia Reuter described several altercations with Sanitation workers, as she and fellow neighbors tried time and again to get their block on Currie Avenue off Hylan plowed. She said one worker she confronted denied her block hadn't been cleared -- until she threatened to report him.
"He became very indignant, he said 'every street in the city has been done,'" said Ms. Reuter, who said she eventually pitched in with neighbors to hire a private company to clear a lane. "I said no it hasn't. He kept repeating himself. Finally I asked for his name and his badge, and then he said he'd take a look."