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If you are a small business and you want to add 3D printing to your prototyping or manufacturing process, you have options:
- Design services such as ShapeWays, i.Materialise, and Sculpteo that can print your projects in just about any material.
- Local firms or enthusiasts that can print your design for you.
- Desktop 3D printers from MakerBot, Cube Systems, Ultimaker, etc.
Each involves compromising time, cost and control. No can do? The team at Acuity Designs has designed the Helix printer just for you. We had a chance to talk to Acuity co-Founder Ben Malouf about their product, their company, and how they got started.
Practical 3DP: What does Acuity Designs do?
Acuity Design: We started as a product design and development firm, helping people and companies design, engineer, and prototype new products. Products we worked on ranged from motorcycle components, to factory automation components, to high-end earthworm composting bins. Since July, however, we've been working full time on development of Helix.
P3DP: Who needs a Helix printer?
AD: Helix is a great option for any business or organization that wants to benefit from additive manufacturing. Our first customers have been other product engineering firms like us, a high school, and the University of Montana. We are also talking with several architectural firms and manufacturing companies. All are recognizing how bringing a 3d printer into their organization can transform the way they operate. Engineers and manufacturers can save money and attract new customers. Architects can win more projects with physical models of their designs. Schools have another tool for engaging and inspiring their students.
P3DP: Where can we get it?
AD: Helix is currently available on Kickstarter for a great introductory price. The campaign ends on November 21, so hurry! After the Kickstarter ends you can place a pre-order for Helix on our website helix-3d.com
P3DP: How much does it cost?
AD: MSRP for Helix is $6850. On Kickstarter it's available for as little as $4750. Helix uses non-proprietary materials that average just $40 per kilogram vs. $200-400 for microchipped cartridges used by the so-called professional machines. Helix's capability makes it more expensive than consumer level printers like Makerbot and Afinia, but far more affordable than any comparable machines offered by Stratasys or 3D Systems.
P3DP: Tell us more about those capabilities!
AD: The Helix printer has an all-metal chassis and is designed to operate for around 200 hours without maintenance. It has dual extruders with Bowden drive for faster printing, a large build volume, and enclosed+heated build platform. Our software has calibration profiles for a number of different types of materials. All of this helps keep small businesses focused on making their designs, instead of fiddling with the printer settings.
P3DP: What is your background?
AD: I was born and raised here in the Missoula, Montana area. I got into 3D printing while completing my MFA in Integrated Digital Media at The University of Montana and I also have a BFA in Ceramics. So my introduction to 3D printing was definitely based around artistic application of the technology. My partners, on the other hand, all have mechanical engineering degrees along with masters degrees in education and business, so together we have an extremely well rounded and qualified team.
P3DP: How has Montana's startup ecosystem helped Acuity?
AD: Startup ecosystem? Just kidding, Montana actually does have a vibrant, if small, community of like-minded folks. We know a lot of talented web and marketing gurus who have made spreading the word about Helix a lot easier. Events like Startup Weekend and BarCamp have put us in touch with the right folks also. The cool thing about starting up here is that local enthusiasm is easy to come by and there are tons of underemployed smart people. The tough part is that investment capital is hard to come by.
P3DP: What's next for Acuity?
AD: We don't want to stop innovating. Helix was a great entry point for us because it's the print that we wanted. Next we want to develop machines for specific markets. We also want to dig into new and different additive manufacturing technologies like selective laser sintering. In the nearer term, we will be feeding every new material we can to Helix to push the ever expanding library of print materials to the professional level.
P3DP: What's the coolest thing you've been able to do with the Helix printer?
AD: Dual material printing is awesome. Being able to print soluble supports for models that would otherwise be unprintable is really exciting. It's also just fun to print things bigger. Our largest print prior to Helix had a build volume of 432 cubic-inches. Helix's volume is about 1728 cubic-inches which opens up so many new possibilities for functional and artistic prints.
P3DP: Where will Acuity have the biggest impact?
AD: We hope we can foster wider adoption of 3D printing in small businesses. That's where additive manufacturing truly starts to be disruptive. Before Helix small businesses have either had to settle for consumer grade machines or take out loans to afford expensive machines that lock them into huge yearly consumable and service costs. As a result, most small businesses have yet to adopt 3d printing, despite the benefits it offers. If we can start to change that, we'll have succeeded.
P3DP: How does your work make 3D printing more practical or usable?
AD: Helix is a no-compromises machine. It's designed to run day-in and day-out reliably, with more material options for less money. Helix doesn't reinvent the FFF wheel, it just makes it better in every way we knew how.
P3DP: What are you looking forward to being able to print someday?
AD: A new liver!
P3DP: What is the coolest thing you've ever seen printed?
AD: All the inexpensive printed prosthetics being reported on in the news are so inspiring. Personally, I've been blown away by everything I've printed in taulman t-glase filament. It's easy to print with, doesn't warp, is super tough, and looks amazing.
P3DP: What is needed to make 3D printing easily usable by everyone?
AD: Software. First, CAD and or scanning needs to be cheaper and more accessible. They've taken huge strides, but still have a long way to go. Secondly, getting those models to the printer needs to be simpler and more reliable. Slicers have improved as well but they still require way too much interaction and knowledge on the part of the user. Eventually, we'd love to be able to contribute to the advancement of additive manufacturing software by teaming up with software developers, but for now, hardware is what we're best at.
P3DP: What materials would you like to print with one day that you cannot today? What would you build with it?
AD: Metals for sure. Right now metal printing is insanely expensive. When that changes control over manufacturing will truly be democratized.
P3DP: What is some of the interesting research that you are following in the 3DP space?
AD: We're very interested in how we can contribute to the field of "industrial forging." By rapidly printing solid approximations of parts with large nozzles and then machining the resulting parts, you can save tons of time and money vs. machining from larger blocks of material. Helix should be a perfect machine for contributing to this field.
Acuity Designs is an engineering firm that produces the Helix 3D printer, for architects and engineers needing reliability and versatility. You can find more information about Acuity Designs on their website, Facebook, and Kickstarter.


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If you want to understand what Skype actually is, it might help to picture an almighty telephone and mail company. This company can not only spy on your private conversations and has total control over them, but it also forces you to use it. It owns the telephone lines and all mail transportation and does not let other companies use them.Read more »
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Tony Mobily at Freesoftware Magazine interviews the developers of Ekiga, the free sfotware for making free 'phone call across the internet.
By the time you have finished reading this epic article you will know a hell of a lot about Ekiga and VOIP in general. Catch these great guys in full spate!Read more »
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Skype now has no free software competitor. Or has it?
The OpenWengo project ceased to exist last November, and all the developers have been laid off. So, is it true that Wengophone is dead and Skype has no other serious competitor? Not quite.Read more »
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Many of us wonder, why is there so much excitement over Skype when, at its core, Ekiga is a more robust application with even more maturity behind it?Read more »
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Tho Skype is using an encrypted protocol, it's still their own, non-disclosed code and property. So we don't know what it contains. The same is true for many network products of big vendors like Cisco and the like - and they are everywhere in between you and your communication partner, be it email, phone, or anything else.Read more »
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On Sunday, August 5, 2007 Bush signed the revised Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) into law, in which the U.S. Congress spinelessly caved in and gave legal authority to the Bush administration to continue to intercept and spy on electronic communications. Then, on Thursday, August 16, 2007 the whole worldwide Skype network goes down. Coincidence?Read more »
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Whether her instrumentation or expands and contracts, the reach of Mary Halvorson's artistic flair keeps widening with each release. After dropping a brilliant solo guitar record onto the jazz world in 2015 (Meltframe), Halvorson returns to her ever-enlarging ensemble, which was once formed by her, Ches Smith on drums and John Hébert on bass. Over time, she augmented the trio with a quartet of horn players (Jon Irabagon, alto sax; Ingrid Laubrock, tenor sax; Jonathan Finlayson, trumpet; Jacob Garchik, trombone). That was the septet that convened for Halvorson's last band record, Illusionary Sea (2016).
So in keeping with the pattern of expansion, Halvorson unveils an octet for Away With You (now out from Firehouse 12 Records), but also in keeping with her audacious unpredictability, that eighth seat is occupied by a pedal steel player. Susan Alcorn started out in country-western pedal steel but eventually developed her own technique informed by free jazz, avant-garde classical music, Indian ragas, and various folk music from around the world. It's not hard to imagine the potential that Halvorson saw after seeing Alcorn perform live on multiple occasions.
The eight new compositions on Away With You were written by her with Alcorn in mind, but smartly integrates Alcorn as part of a group that includes all those horns and another chordal instrument, not as some curiosity to the jazz world. Conversely, Alcorn's pedal steel is implemented in ways that are foreign to accustomed way such an instrument is played but makes sense within the context of Halvorson's world.
For example, "Fog Bank (no. 56)" presents the lonely, strangely dissonant sound of Alcorn's pedal steel guitar, played in a way rarely heard but fits the ghostly somber sentiment of this song. Alcorn's slow procession of notes spelling out the main harmonic thread of "Inky Ribbons (no. 53)" is in essence assuming Halvorson's usual role. Halvorson essentially engages in a duet with Alcorn for the first half "The Absolute Almost (no. 52)," the bending notes of the pedal steel a perfect companion to the signature bending note style of Halvorson. The heralding horns brings the rest of the band in, and what follows is a carnival ride through advanced harmonics.
The leader has hardly forgotten about the rest of the band, though, and she knows just how to deploy each piece individually and together in service of her songs, demonstrated so well on "Away With You (No. 55)." The punchy horn lines and whistle-able melody deceives you into thinking it's some lost 70s television theme song at first as the climbing and falling sequence of note forms the foundation for a tune that these horns dance around. Increasingly, it becomes avant-garde that rocks (complete with faint echoes of the Blue Oyster Cult's "Don't Fear The Reaper"). When Halvorson takes a solo, Hébert and Smith syncopate like they are inside her head. When Finlayson takes over, the rhythms section gets shifty, competing with the trumpeter for attention an example of Halvorson's sophisticated and imaginative arrangements.
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Mary Halvorson occupies her very own space, making the only sensible comparisons of her work is with her other works. Inspired by Susan Alcorn's pedal steel guitar, Away With You keeps Halvorson's idiosyncratic ideas fresh and pushes forward her boundless conception of jazz on the frontier.
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Reclaim the Curb Competition
Posted in Movements, Seeking, Visions by Kate Archdeacon on April 5th, 2013
We like food fresh, fair and free. We like curb-sides that enrich and connect people. We'd like to support people that are inspired by the same things.
Reclaim the Curb, with support from Cultivating Community is making a minimum of $1,500 available to share across 3 exciting projects that put people and food, together, on curb-sides across Australia.
Competition entries should address the following requirements:
- The project must use food as a way to activate an existing curb-side, or build on already active curb-sides. For example, planting fruit trees or making planter boxes that enhance curb-sides and streetscapes.
- Must be implemented by October 2013
- Projects should consider how simple infrastructure can support social exchange around food – or example, a food box for protecting food stuffs that can be swapped and shared by passersby, or a table and chairs that people can sit at and enjoy
- Demonstrate that residents and businesses local to the project have been consulted, and are supportive of the plan
- Demonstrate that the plan complies with local council requirements, or at a minimum:
- Is safe
- Does not obstruct passing foot or vehicle traffic, including space for opening car-doors
- Has a maintenance plan to ensure the space is well kept
- And include:
- Details of the site including the address, photos, video's or drawings
- Details of the project plan including visual and verbal descriptions
- Documentation that shows the project requirements listed above have been addressed
Three winners will be selected by a panel with representatives across the food activist field (more details on this to come, tune into the blog and facebook).
The prize money is currently $1,500 and will grow by the time the finalists are announced in May 31. The money will be used to pay for trees, seeds and manure/compost/clean soil. Winners will be expected to source their own materials including timber, spades, tools and other equipment used to build structures required for the project. If you wish to support this project please email reclaimthecurb (at) gmail.com Send questions and entries to reclaimthecurb (at) gmail.
Deadline is 5pm 31st May 2013.
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Since you searched for this online, it is possibly true that you are frustrated beyond possible limits, because your Insurance Company, that you hired to make your life easier, is in fact annoying you. Let's not waste time, this article explains the strategy that you must adopt in the event that your Insurance company acts tough on your claim.
Let's take you over the essentials first. The points that follow must be adhered to , otherwise you stand a chance to lose the fight against the Insurance company.
Gather all the information you can regarding your damaged device eg Manufacturer's name, model no, batch no, claim center's details, basically anything that is required. You should have them ready before you call up the Insurance Company. Keep the info that you gathered in the same place, this is will make accessing them easier. Keep your policy booklet and contract ready as well.
Once you have gathered all the required information, call the Insurance company. It is suggested that you don't place your call on Mondays as it is the busiest day of the week. You should keep records of the following:
Remember that being rude is not going to reap any rewards. The Representative on the other end of the line is possibly more frustrated than you are as they have to deal with annoyed customers like you all day.
If you follow the above two rules, you might get a positive response from the Insurance company soon. But there are cases where even good manners and genuine claims fall on deaf ears. If you are experiencing something like that, read on.
Call them up at a later time: This may help if the representative you talked to is a kind fellow. Or they may decide to help you just so that you stop annoying them with constant calls. Give it a try.
Speak with a supervisor: We are not sure how much this would help, but it is still worth a try.
Threaten them: Yes, you read that right. You probably had thought about it already. First, tell them that you had been a loyal customer and that you will be disappointed if your issue is not resolved. If that does not work, threaten them by telling them that you will terminate your contract if your grievances are not solved immediately. When you do this, they will ask you why you want to terminate your contract. Proceed on telling them how your constant pleas and calls were ignored.
Threaten them some more: It might be helpful if you threaten them by saying that you will tarnish their reputation by bad mouthing them. Declare that you are going to publicise the details of how you were treated and you can even tell them that you will announce the same through various social media.
BBB: The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is one such institution that mediates between the customers and the businesses to resolve issues. Place a complaint with them . The BBB is not a government run organization, however they are advocates of integrity and ethics. They do keep records of all the complaints. No institution wishes to be in the bad list of the BBB.
Attorney General's office: If you genuinely feel that you are being victimized, you can complain to the Attorney General's office. They will conduct enquiries and try to resolve the issue. If you do not wish to do this, then simply threaten the Insurance Company by telling them that you will complain to the Attorney General's office.
Last resort: The lawsuit threat. This should not be used unless your case is that compelling. Most biggies in the Insurance field have their positions covered legally and you may lose unless you have a strong case against them.


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Lake Atitlan Farm Land for sale
Located around 1800 mts above lake level, this property has an ideal size for small farming..
Access by car, 40 mts front and 200 mts up the hill side.. Gentle slope with coffee already planted and avocadoes trees.
Ideal to set up either a retreat center, small farming project.
Water through a well to be perforated.
Electricity near by.
Property ID # SANANTOL 03
Offered at $ 55,000 SOLD By OWNER
Price might changed any moment.
Photos of this property show only certains parts of it at the time when the photographs were taken. Certain parts of the land may have changed and it can't be assumed that the photographs are the actual representation of it. Descriptive, typographic and photographic errors are subject to correction and Atitlan Solutions shall have no liability for such errors. No assumptions should be made in respect of parts of the property which are not showed.


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U.S. Geological Survey Manual
U.S. Geological Survey Manual
U.S. Geological Survey Instructional Memorandum
No. APS 2003-001
Issuance Date: November 15, 2002
Expiration Date: September 30, 2003
Archive Date: October 23, 2008
Subject: Miscellaneous Business Practices Questions
Reference. This IM has been replaced by Survey Manual Chapter 501.1 and the Financial Operating Procedures Handbook Chapters 3, Bureau Science Planning and Appropriation; Chapter 4, Terms - Definitions; Chapter 7, Reduced and Special Rates; Chapter 12, Facilities; and Chapter 14, Leave Distribution.
To answer various questions raised regarding business practices, we offer the following decisions.
1. Federal Funding for the Federal-State Cooperative ProgramIn fiscal year (FY) 2003, how will U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) calculate the Federal share of cooperative work performed with States and localities in the Water Resources Federal-State Coop program?
The USGS policy is to account for the full costs of every project. For appropriated projects, the accounts tied directly to the project record the direct costs. Facilities costs chargeable to appropriated dollars, however, are recorded in a holding account in each cost center and are not distributed to accounts. Similarly, USGS uses Science Support funds to pay the appropriated share of bureau costs and does not use Federal Financial System (FFS) to distribute bureau costs to accounts funded by appropriated dollars. To calculate the full costs of a project funded from appropriated dollars, a cost center adds facilities costs and bureau costs to the costs recorded in the relevant FFS accounts.
The USGS includes all its costs when it calculates the Federal share of a cooperative project, not just the costs recorded in the accounts tied to the project. Therefore, the Federal share listed on a joint funding agreement is greater than the funding or costs recorded in the accounts tied to the project, because the accounts do not include either facilities costs or bureau costs.
2. Distribution of Facilities and Leave Costs
What costs are included in 'labor costs' in FFS for the purpose of distributing facilities and leave costs?
The following costs are included in 'labor costs' for the purpose of distributing leave costs. The list includes regular pay for full-time permanent and other than full-time permanent employees, all benefits except those related to quarters, settlements, and relocation, and leave.
|Full Time Permanent -- Regular Civilian
|Full Time Permanent -- Federal Wage System and Administratively Determined
|Full Time Permanent -- Consultant Expert/Advisory
|Full Time Permanent -- Other Employees
|Other Than Full-time Permanent -- Regular Civilian
| Other Than Full-time Permanent --
Federal Wage System and Administratively Determined
|Other Than Full-time Permanent -- Consultant Expert/Advisory
|Other Than Full-time Permanent -- Other Employees
|Other Compensation -- Leave Assessment
|Contributions -- Medicare -- CSRS Employee
|Contributions OASDI
|Retention Allowance
|Contributions -- Thrift Plan Basic
|Contributions -- Thrift Plan Match
|Contributions -- Accident Compensation -OWCP
|Lost Thrift Savings Earnings
|Contributions CSRS Retirement
|Contributions -- FERS Retirement
|Longevity Pay -- Park Police
|Recruitment Bonus
|Allowances -- Non Foreign
|Allowances Foreign
|Contributions Park Police Retirement
|Contributions Part Police Medical
|Contributions -- Life Insurance/Professional Liability Insurance
|Contributions Health Benefits
|Other Employee Benefits
|Employer Contribution Tax Fringe Benefits
3. Special Bureau Rates
If a cost center receives approval from the Chief Financial Officer to apply the special bureau rate to a project, must the cost center make up the difference between the costs recovered by the special rate, 2 percent (net) in FY 2003, and the funds that would have been recovered under the normal bureau rate, eleven percent in FY 2003?
Cost centers need not compensate the bureau for bureau costs not recovered when they have received permission from the Chief Financial Off
icer to apply the special bureau rate. In
FY 2003, USGS uses a bureau rate of 11 percent to recover bureau costs. In FY 2003, the special bureau rate is 2 percent. To receive permission from the Chief Financial Officer to apply the special bureau rate, a cost center must stipulate, among other things, that USGS will not incur any costs in connection with the transfer of funds other than the administrative costs associated with the transfer itself. The special bureau rate and the comparable special common services rate applied by the cost center, therefore, recover all USGS's cost for the project.
Projects subject to the special bureau are, in this sense, different from cost sharing arrangements. Cost sharing occurs when cost centers do not recover all USGS's costs, particular bureau costs, but must compensate the bureau for any bureau costs not recovered. (See USGS Survey Manual 501.1 section 11 for further information about the bureau special rate.)
If a cost center receives permission from a Regional Director to continue a reimbursable agreement that does not recover all USGS's costs, how must the cost center funds the cost not recovered?
If a cost center receives permission from a Regional Director to continue a reimbursable agreement that does not recover all USGS's costs, that is, direct costs, facilities costs, common services costs, and bureau costs, the cost center must pay the costs not recovered from appropriated funds. It may not shift all of the costs not recovered to other customers or partners. (See USGS Survey Manual 501.1, section 14 for further information about agreements excluded from USGS cost distribution policies.) A standardized bureauwide process for recording these cost sharing arrangements will be issued in the next several weeks.
4. Work Performed By/For Other Cost Centers
How should cost centers record the costs of work done by other USGS cost centers?
The USGS Survey Manual 501.1 requires that indirect costs be charged only once for work performed by one USGS cost center for another USGS cost center. The performing cost center is to include, along with its direct costs, the appropriate common services costs and facilities costs. If the funds involved are reimbursements and are not transferred to the performing cost center, the paying cost center is to pay the appropriate amount of bureau costs. If the funds involved are reimbursements and are transferred to the performing cost center, the performing cost center is also to pay the appropriate share of bureau costs.
Cost centers that use an automated interface with FFS to bill other cost centers will continue to use the interface regardless of the dollar amounts involved. The cost centers using automated interfaces include Visual Services, National Mapping Discipline printing, Geology's Office of Scientific Publications, the Reston Self-Service Store, Water Resources' Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility, and Water Resources' Water Quality Laboratory.
Otherwise, for amounts over $10,000, the paying cost center is to transfer the funds to the performing cost center. For amounts less than $10,000, the performing cost center is to charge the paying cost center using a standard voucher.
When the paying cost center does not transfer the funds to the performing cost center, the paying cost center should record the costs in a FFS account with a burden rate of zero, in the case of work funded by appropriated funds, or with a burden rate equal to the bureau rate (11 percent), in the case of work funded by reimbursements. In FY 2003, Water Resources cost centers add the Water Resources surcharge to the bureau rate (creating a burden rate of 12.3 percent). The FFS account should be linked to the appropriate BASIS+ project and funding source. Creating a separate account with the appropriate burden rates will avoid charging additional common services costs and facilities costs to the same work.
When the paying cost center transfers the funds to the performing cost center, the performing cost center records the costs in a FFS account tied to the appropriate BASIS+ project and funding source. The performing cost center applies its normal burden rate(s) to the account.
5. Distribution of Facilities Costs
How can a cost center ensure that leave costs are included in labor costs for the purpose of distributing facilities costs?
Leave recorded in the Time and Attendance System causes FFS to record costs in one of the object classes included in labor costs for the purposes of distributing facilities costs. Therefore, most cost centers may follow current procedures and have leave costs included in the basis for distributing facilities costs.
Cost centers that use Leave Allocation will have leave costs included in the basis for distributing facilities costs. Leave costs distributed by the Leave Allocation software will be in object class 11.5G, Leave Assessment. (The Leave Allocation software is scheduled for delivery before the end of the calendar year.) The facilities distribution software treats costs in object class 11.5G as labor costs.
6. Work Performed For/By Other Cost Centers
May a cost center refuse to pay the full costs of work performed by another cost center (in particular by insisting that salary costs be charged to one of their cost center's accounts rather than one of the performing cost center's accounts)?
The USGS policy is that cost centers will charge other cost centers the full cost of performing work, including direct costs, common services costs, and facilities costs. Cost centers may refuse to perform work if the other cost center is unwilling to pay the full costs.
7. In-Kind Services for Common Services or Facilities
If a customer or partner provides a cost center with facilities or common services as part of the compensation for work performed, that is, provides services in kind, how should the cost center factor the services provided into its administration of facilities costs and common services costs? How, for example, should in-kind services affect facilities rates and common services rates?
If a customer or partner provides common services or facilities as part of the compensation for work performed, the cost center may factor the dollar value of the services provided into its calculation of its common services rate and its facilities rate. The cost center must estimate the dollar value of the services received and adjust the common services costs and facilities costs charged to the relevant project(s) accordingly. The cost center must be able to document the basis for the adjustment in order to justify the lower common services rate or lower facilities rate. More detailed guidance on this topic is being prepared.
8. Funding Salaries
How will funding be handled at cost centers for management and administrative staff when funding was previously from appropriations only?
Under most circumstances, the costs of management and administrative staff at cost centers will be common services costs and will be funded, through the common services rate, from both appropriations and reimbursements. In cost centers that do no reimbursable work, such costs will be paid from appropriations only.
9. Work for Department of the Interior Bureaus
How will Biology cost centers fund and account for the bureau costs they do not collect from Department of Interior (DOI) partners?
When Biology cost centers do not recover bureau and other costs from DOI partners, they will fund the appropriate accounts in FFS with both reimbursements and appropriated funds. The appropriated funds will cover the costs not recovered from DOI partners. Doing so will allow Biology cost centers to account for the full costs of projects carried out for DOI partners. Financial and fiscal staff are working on the procedures that Biology cost centers will use to fund accounts from both reimbursements and appropriations.
If USGS policy remains as it is and Biology recovers no overhead from DOI partners, the Associate Director for Biological Resources will, in the initial allocation of appropriated funds, withhold sufficient funds to fund the bureau costs not recovered from DOI partners. The current estimate is roughly $2.5 million. Over the course of the FY, the Associate Director will allocate the withheld funds to the Biology cost centers that have performed work for DOI partners. The additional allocations will occur at the end of the first, second, and third quarters and during July, August, and September.
If USGS policy changes and Biology recovers some overhead from DOI partners, the Associate Director may adjust the initial allocation of funds to ensure that cost centers do not suffer because they perform work for DOI partners.
10. Funds Carried Over from FY 2002
How will FY 2002/2003 carry over be managed? Do the funds need to be in both BASIS+ and FFS?
Under normal circumstances, all work and, therefore, all funding will be included in BASIS+ projects. For FY 2003, however, funds carried over from FY 2002 need not be included in BASIS+ projects. Regions and cost centers may choose to include such funds or not.
As communicated earlier, USGS will use the existing accounts and account numbers for funds carried over from FY 2002, regardless of whether the funds are included in BASIS+ projects.
Common services costs will not be distributed to accounts funded from appropriated monies carried over from FY 2002. All such accounts should have a 'burden' rate of zero, whether they are included in BASIS+ or not. Facilities costs will be charged to such accounts.
Since common services costs will not be distributed to accounts funded by appropriated monies carried over from FY 2002, cost centers should not include funds carried over from FY 2002 when calculating their total FY 2003 costs and common services rate. To calculate total FY 2003 costs, cost centers with carryover funds should include whatever FY 2003-2004 funds they expect to obligate in FY 2003. They should exclude any funds carried over from FY 2002 and any funds they expect to carry over into FY 2004.


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Lynwood Farnam Competition held annually in Spring. Prizes up to $1000.
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Also in Montreal, while not an RCCO event, the Canadian International Organ Competition will take place in October 2017 for organists 35 and younger. Application deadlines is January 30, 2017. New this year for Canadian organists: a special $12,000 Sir Ernest MacMillan Memorial Foundation Award for all Canadian organists selected to compete in Semi-Finals and Finals. www.ciocm.org
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One frequent use of standardized achievement tests is to identify students who perform below, at the same level, or above their peers. That is, the utility of achievement test results in the screening process is in identifying students who need further assessment. Examples of achievement tests to use for screening are the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills and the Peabody Individual Achievement Test–Revised/Normative Update.
Determining Eligibility
Using standardized achievement tests in conjunction with other types of tests can help determine eligibility for services. For example, using the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test, Second Edition (WIAT–II), with a measure of cognitive ability can help determine eligibility for services.
Program Planning
Program planning and monitoring student progress connect instruction with assessment. Achievement tests can aid in instructional planning and can be helpful in identifying what the student knows and can do. Two useful tests for program planning are the Peabody Individual Achievement Test–Revised/NU and the KeyMath–Revised/NU. The teacher can also utilize other assessment approaches discussed in this chapter to assist with program planning.
Monitoring Progress
Regularly monitoring students' progress in literacy, mathematics, and other academic content areas is important. Norm-referenced tests may not be as useful in monitoring progress as are other assessment approaches because they are not sensitive to small changes in performance. Frequent monitoring assists the teacher in modifying instruction to meet the needs of the student. As with program planning, the teacher may also use other assessment approaches discussed in this chapter.
Program Evaluation
Teachers and other professionals employ achievement tests to conduct two types of program evaluation: individual student programs as specified in an IEP and, more broadly, the progress that a class, grade, school, or the school district itself has made over a period of time.
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Why Entrepreneurship Is Becoming More Important
Those who have been in the job market for the last couple of decades have learned one thing – no job is secure. It only takes a slight wobble in the global economy to cause widespread layoffs. Those people who were caught up in the global financial crisis quickly were faced with a choice – either explore alternatives to the traditional job market or lose any hope of earning an income.
This has led to the rise of entrepreneurship – the ability of people to leverage innate or learned skills to become self-employed. Those who supply scarce skills or are highly specialized quickly find that there is a market for their particular areas of expertise. However, it is not only skills scarcity that allows many people to explore alternative avenues to the traditional employment opportunities. It is also the ability to identify a niche or market need.
The most successful entrepreneurs are those who service needs that may not even have been apparent to traditional companies. Think of people active in information technology or communications. Only a generation ago who would have thought that there would be a market for communication applications or social media channels, yet today these business models are among the most profitable in the world.
The ability to engage in entrepreneurship is not limited to age, skill sets or even access to capital – it is rather a function of curiosity, mindset and plain old-fashioned hard work and determination.
It is said that almost every single entrepreneur has experienced failure at some point and more often than not multiple failures on the road to success. The determination to succeed is therefore probably the most important determinant of eventual success.
However, if you ask an entrepreneur what the most important part of any successful business is they will probably indicate that planning for success is just as important as any other factor.
Read the life story of a successful entrepreneur and it becomes very clear that those who make a success of a business concept are meticulous planners. Before embarking on a strategy, they have spent the time studying the market and ensuring that they have the plans in place to ensure capital availability and how to ride out the potential shocks and surprises that will almost inevitably be part and parcel of that ride towards eventual success.
For this reason, every successful entrepreneur will start off with a robust business plan. This business plan will scope out the market parameters, capital requirements, distribution challenges and a variety of other factors. The business plan has been called the blueprint for success.
Without a carefully structured plan of activities, it will be almost impossible to raise funds from traditional sources such as financial institutions. Of course, there are other alternative avenues to funding a new business such as family and friends, but even in those instances, the lack of a structured business plan can doom an entrepreneurial exercise just as surely as a bad idea.


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I may have found the follow button on WordPress. Go to "Dashboard" on the main screen, then scroll to the bottom of the page. It should have a list of Plugins. One is a Facebook "follow" button. I have added it. If someone could subscribe and let me know if it works, I would really appreciate it! Thanks in advance.
We tried on winter jackets the other day. The kids all have jackets that fit. I found one this week. We are set…before winter. The leaves are starting to change colors, it is still just a few bunches of leaves on some trees, but we are starting to see some beautiful colors.
We have started getting the yard ready for winter. The hedges on the front yard have been trimmed. They needed to be cut away from the house. The backyard was started but needs to be finished. We had a small garden that needs to be closed up for winter. Our yard is small, but this still takes time. Maybe this week we can finish it.
Here is some equipment that I saw.
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September 2013 Bible verse: "For I know the plans I have for you," says the Lord. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope." Jeremiah 29:11 New Living Translation


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Simpler way to assess breast cancer developedNovember 14th, 2007 - 10:31 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Nov 14 (ANI): A new and simpler model developed for predicting breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women has been found to be as accurate as the Gail Model, a more complicated method currently used to decide if women would benefit from tamoxifen treatment to reduce their risk of getting cancer.
The model was developed by a team of researchers led by Rowan T. Chlebowski, a lead investigator at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed),
"For the first time, a postmenopausal woman can use a simple model and determine by herself if she is at increased risk of getting breast cancer," said Dr. Chlebowski.
"She could then raise this issue with her health care provider because interventions to reduce her risk of breast cancer are now available."
Using data from the Women's Health Initiative, a 15-year research program involving 161,808 postmenopausal women and funded by the National Institutes of Health, the researchers found postmenopausal women were at an "increased risk" of developing breast cancer if they were: 55 years of age or older and had either had a breast biopsy at any time, regardless of findings, or had a first-degree relative (mother, sister or daughter) who had breast cancer diagnosed at any age.
"Increased risk" is defined as about a 2 percent risk of developing breast cancer over the next five years. The researchers sought a quicker and easier way to determine risk because those who are at "increased risk" may benefit from tamoxifen treatment to reduce their chances of getting breast cancer.
Prior to this study, most physicians relied on the "Gail Model" to detect the risk. But it involves so many variables that a computer is needed to determine a woman's risk of breast cancer. As a result, it wasn't used widely.
Previous surveys found only 11 percent of California primary care physicians had used the Gail Model for risk assessment in the past year. In a national survey, only 16 percent agreed that it is "easy to determine" who is eligible for breast cancer risk reduction strategies and only 25 percent had prescribed tamoxifen for risk reduction in the past year.
The Gail model underestimated 5-year breast cancer incidence by almost 20 percent, but it performed better when predicting estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer than estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer. The simpler model that used only three factors for calculating risk-age, family history of breast cancer, and previous breast biopsy-was almost as accurate as the Gail model for predicting estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer.
The simpler model "would be more accessible for routine and rapid pre-screening in the prevention or routine care setting," the authors wrote in the Journal article.
The research, entitled "Predicting Risk of Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women by Hormone Receptor Status," appears in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute. (ANI)
Tags: benefit, biomed, biomedical research institute, breast biopsy, breast cancer risk, california primary, gail model, harbor ucla medical center, health care, health initiative, national institutes of health, postmenopausal woman, postmenopausal women, primary care physicians, tamoxifen treatment, ucla medical center


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Article about the library in the Reed College alumni magazine.
Wired magazine co-founder Kevin Kelly blogged about the library.
The SF Weekly wrote an online column about the library.
The library won a lifetime achievement award from the San Francisco Bay Guardian!
Feature in Ambidextrous Magazine's Spring 2009 issue.
Interview on KQED's Forum program. Airdate May 14, 2009.
Feature in Make magazine:
The Eye: A Place Both Visually Stimulating and Intellectual by Anne Ray, reporting on us suggested by Courtney Fink. San Francisco Examiner November 23, 2008, p. 32 and online.
Creating the 21st Century Library by Aaron Sarver. In These Times, September 2007, v. 31, no. 9, pp. 36 - 37.
"A World in Three Aisles: Browsing the Post-Digital Library," by Gideon Lewis-Kraus. Harper's May, 2007, pp. 45 - 54. With photo essay by Jason Fulford and Tamara Shopsin. A downloadable PDF of the article is posted on our blog at the May 15, 2007 entry.
"Unofficial Histories: Zine and Ephemeral Print Archivists," by Anne Elizabeth Moore. Punk Planet, September/October 2006, no. 75.
"Steal This Movie," by Diane Vadino, ReadyMade, April/May 2006, no. 22, pp. 64 - 67. With sidebar article by Joanne Shen.
"How-To Library" by Arwen O'Reilly. Make: Technology on Your Time, Fall 2005, vol. 4, p. 177.
"Unmusty Archive," by Beatrice Yuen. San Francisco, July 2005, vol. 52, no. 7, p. 98. (Best of the Bay issue)
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United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, 6 January 2014 – Canon today announces the LEGRIA mini X – a brand new creative camcorder that delivers professional quality audio alongside stunning HD video to match. Ideal for everyday story-tellers, the LEGRIA mini X merges Canon's signature video quality with advanced sound and a highly flexible design, making it ideal for almost any kind of video capture – from on-the-scene reporting, documentaries and self-recording, to capturing live music or theatrical performances.
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The LEGRIA mini X delivers outstanding audio thanks to a new large built-in stereo microphone. An improved two-layer structure of mesh cloth and sponge within the microphone, and the increased size, reduces background noise and static – making it ideal for recording conversations or interviews on location. The camcorder also offers a wide dynamic range, allowing it to faithfully replicate the silence of a concert hall before a performance starts, right through to the thunderous sound of the percussion at its conclusion.
Thanks to its Linear PCM recording functionality, the LEGRIA mini X also delivers uncompressed, high-density audio and ensures sound sources are captured in realistic, CD-quality. Additionally, new terminals for headphones and external microphones provide increased recording flexibility – perfect for interviewing subjects or fine-tuning volume levels in noisy environments. For instant results, Canon's Audio Scene Select technology includes a number of pre-set modes, which once selected, automatically optimise sound settings for various scenarios such as music or meetings.
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The LEGRIA mini X boasts an innovative design that gives users the freedom to explore their creativity. Compact and light enough to take anywhere for spontaneous shooting, the device's unique combination of an f/2.8 170° ultra-wide angle lens, built-in stand and vari-angle 6.8cm (2.7") touchscreen LCD screen makes it easy to capture footage from a range of angles¹. With the flexibility to record completely hands-free, it enables users to easily participate in their own work, or simply gives greater freedom in directing and shaping scenes.
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Canon's renowned imaging technologies produce high-quality results that meet the demands of enthusiast videographers and film-makers alike. Supporting AVCHD (1080/50i) and MP4 (1080/25p) recording, it harnesses the power of Canon's own advanced DIGIC DV 4 processing platform and a 1/2.3" CMOS sensor to deliver video and stills in vivid quality, with minimal noise even in low-light conditions. New image stabilisation in Close-Up mode also gives users steady handheld shooting and impressive results, whether capturing full HD movies or 12MP ultra-wide stills.
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Built-in Wi-Fi makes it simple to review and share videos on any number of devices or wirelessly upload to social networks. Additionally, using a smartphone or tablet and Canon's CameraAccess Plus application, film makers can now also control the LEGRIA mini X remotely and live-monitor events at home, simply by connecting the device to a home wireless network². The camcorder can also be used with Canon's new Camera Pan Table CT-V1³, which enables users to control the device wirelessly via a smartphone or tablet, allowing 200° of horizontal panning. Coupled with the LEGRIA mini X's ultra-wide angle lens, it can deliver a full 360° view.
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text: Leonardo Saucedo helps lead Syniverse's Enterprise Solutions organization, a business unit that brings together the expertise of professionals from across the company to deliver dedicated, highly specialized solutions for enabling brands and OTT companies to better engage mobile users around the world. Previously, Mr. Saucedo oversaw new business opportunities and led sales teams for Syniverse's operations in the Caribbean and Latin America. Prior to joining Syniverse in 2007, he held a number of positions at IPCOM Technologies that ranged from technical services to sales and marketing. Mr. Saucedo holds a bachelor's degree in telecommunications and software engineering from Universidad ORT Uruguay and an MBA from Universidad de Montevideo.


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The Kuwait Municipality signed Tuesday a multi-million dinars deal with a foreign company to establish a world-class, highly sophisticated system for monitoring traffic across the nation.
"The traffic monitoring system is the first of its kind in the Middle East region and would help create a data base bank about the traffic across Kuwait," General Director Eng. Ahmad Al-Subaih told reporters on the sidelines of the contract signing ceremony.
He added that the system will cost KD 5.5 million and will start operation after 18 months.
The system will monitor and provide around-the-clock data about the traffic situation on the main roads in Kuwait, Al-Subaih stated.
He noted that monitoring and data collection devices would be installed in more than 200 sites on the main roads and in nearly 2,700 sites on road intersections and roundabouts.
The data would be sent by wireless means to the traffic data center at the Kuwait Municipality to be analyzed and classified by a specialized team.
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Call for benefits cap re-think
The Government should re-think its plans to set one national benefits cap, shadow work and pensions secretary Liam Byrne has said.
He said it would make "much more sense to have a different cap in different parts of the country".
Speaking ahead of Labour leader Ed Miliband's party conference speech in Manchester, the shadow minister called for an independent panel of experts to examine the issue to ensure "no matter where you live, you are better off in work".
Mr Byrne told BBC Radio 4's Today programme there should be a cap on benefits, but added: "They've, in a clumsy and pretty politicised way, tried to set one national cap for the country whereas everybody knows that one cap for the whole of Britain would be pumped up a bit by the very, very high levels of rent and housing benefit that you see in London.
"We've said 'Look come on, think about this carefully, it would make much more sense to have a different cap in different parts of the country and let's try and take the politics out of that a bit'.
"Let's get an independent panel of wise experts who can look at this and say what is the right level in different parts of the country, so that no matter where you live, you are better off in work."
Mr Byrne also called for "fast and fundamental reform" of the test to see if individuals are eligible for Disability Living Allowance (DLA).
He said: "The principle of the test is absolutely right, but the truth is that what is happening right now, it's just ranging of bureaucracy against disabled people, it's not putting a team behind them to help them get back into work."
Mr Byrne said more needed to be done to help young people into work, with new investment in childcare and better organisation in getting disabled people back into employment. He said: "I work on the assumption that we are going to inherit a dog's breakfast in 2015."
He added: "Savings are going to have to be made. I think there will be savings that are needed on welfare spending too. Our challenge is how we spend that money differently to support more people in work."


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I put this in the ATV forum, but thought I'd try it here as well. It's time to put winter oil in my 4-wheeler. I've used yamalube since it was new. in the winter, I run 5w-30. would it make a difference to my wheeler if I went with "regular" oil such as quaker state...etc??? just wondering if the yamaha brand oil is better for the machines or not. thanks to you guys who know!!


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About The Teacher
I'm Brennan Dunn, and for the last decade I've been working with clients. I started out as a freelancer, and after 3 years my business grew to an agency of 11 employees and a $2 million in annual revenue.
I love freelance consulting, but I'm hell-bent on helping other freelancers learn how to master the BUSINESS of freelancing. A lot of us (myself included) started freelancing because we're technically solid... but end up learning the hard way being successful is much more than just being good at what we do.
In addition to this course, I also write and podcast weekly for my audience of over 35,000 freelancers. I also host two worldwide conferences for freelancers.
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I've designed this course to give you a start-to-finish playbook for reliably raising your rates. Each lesson is compact and succint, and takes about 5 minutes to read. I've also included an interactive worksheet with each lesson that will help you apply it to your unique business.
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Dance is an important art form for adolescents, growing into their bodies and vision of the world. By emphasizing the poetic and symbolic aspects of the body, dance encourages students to explore reality through their senses. It also provides them with an opportunity to express their emotions, ideas, aspirations, dreams and personal world-view as they create, perform and appreciate dances.
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When I was eight, I earned the privilege of watching a movie alone in my room; I chose Ernest Scared Stupid. The beginning of the movie was filled with the funny, silly humor I loved the Ernest franchise for. However, by the middle of the movie, things had taken a turn for the worst; the trolls were winning and Ernest's sidekick had been turned into a small wood figurine. Worst yet, Ernest had no idea how to fix it. I was hiding under my blankets completely terrified with my heart pounding and unable to catch my breath. As the movie continued, it felt like it was taking hours for Ernest to figure out how to stop the trolls, though I knew it couldn't have taken that long because my mom never would have let me stay up past 9pm. Eventually, Ernest saved the day and turned his friend back into a real human, which meant all was right in the world. That was until I got out of bed to use the bathroom and remembered I had a collection of 20-30 troll dolls, which thanks to the movie, I was now afraid would come to life and try to turn me into a wooden figurine. This was the first time in my life that I realized that something seemingly normal could turn into something scary. Since the Pulse massacre, many people have experienced this feeling; atmospheres where they once found solace, now elicit feelings of worry and fear, such as, going out with friends. Many of my client's tell me that they feel like "fear is winning."
So what is fear?
Fear is also the most crippling of emotions because it is seated in our natural instinct to protect ourselves and those we care about from perceived harm. Generally speaking, our fears fall into two categories: Innate fears and learned fears. Innate fears are fears we are born with, primarily the fear of falling and the fear of loud sounds. Learned fears are fears which are usually developed at a young age and are often influenced by our environment and culture. Most fears fall into the category of learned fears, for example, evil enchanted troll dolls.
I am a Whovian, which means that I am a fan of the BBC TV show Doctor Who. There are many reasons I love the show, but one of the main reasons is that the hero is a humanoid alien, who above all else, believes that that the human race is intrinsically good. Because of that belief he often questions beliefs about human nature, which provided the best description of fear I have ever come across:
"Let me tell you about scared. Your heart is beating so hard I can feel it through your hands. There's so much blood and oxygen pumping through your brain, it's like rocket fuel. Right now you could run faster and you could fight harder. You could jump higher than ever in your life. And you are so alert it's like you can slow down time. What's wrong with scared? Scared is a superpower. It's your superpower. There is danger in this room and guess what? It's you. Do you feel it?"
For me, this description of fear serves as a reminder that in the moments, when we feel most weak or vulnerable, we are also strong because we are accessing the greatness within ourselves. Fear is not our adversary; it is simply, one of the means by which we activate our superpowers. Thinking about fear in terms of it's function helps us to feel less out of control of our bodies and our minds. I wish I could go back in time and explain this to my 8 year old self, because it would have eliminated the thought that I was broken because something I loved had literally become the thing nightmares are made of. Lucky for me, this particular fear was short-lived and approximately a month later, I was back in troll heaven.


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Palma de Mallorca, more commonly known as Palma, is the largest city of Majorca, an autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The Spanish city has a rich heritage from the Roman, Byzantine and Muslim era. The city is today a major tourist destination in Spain. It is worth noting that the island of Majorca has a fully functioning rail network.
Being the main cultural and commercial hub of Majorca, Palma has a lot to offer. Visitors to the Island usually arrive at the Son Sant Joan International airport. Throughout the year, you will find friendly restaurant, concerts, festivals and fiestas. Have a look at the historic buildings of Palma de Majorca including the Almudaina Palace, the Bellver Castle and the Catherdral.
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MANCHESTER, N.H. – The Saint Anselm College women's soccer team scored three times in the span of 2:29 in the opening half and went on to defeat Caldwell University 5-1 on head coach Joel Bancroft's debut on Sunday afternoon at Melucci Field.
Freshmen and sophomores combined for three goals and six assists for Saint Anselm (1-0-0) and junior Madison Sarra scored the first two goals of her collegiate career. Suzanne Cotter had a goal and an assist, Nicole White matched the program record with four assists, Caly Farina and Nicole Scarfo both netted goals and Katelyn McCoole added an assist for the Hawks. White's four-assist performance matched that of Heidi Reece, who did so on August 25, 2006 against Nyack.
After a scoreless opening half hour, the Hawks scored three quick goals in the span of 2:29 to establish a 3-0 lead. In the 32nd minute, White played Cotter in behind up the left flank and the freshman fired the ball just under the bar to open the scoring.
Just 1:21 later, White set up her second goal of the game, as her cross from near the end line on the left was put home by a lunging Farina at the back post. Saint Anselm made it 3-0 just 1:08 after Farina's goal when Cotter cushioned a White free kick from the right wing to Scarfo who made no mistake from the middle of the box.
The score remained 3-0 until Sarra nodded in White's corner from the left at the back post in the 70th minute. Sarra grabbed her second of the game 4:19 later, putting home a rebound in front after McCoole's shot from the left side of the box was saved.
Caldwell got one goal back in the 86th minute on a Haley Kopf penalty kick after a handball in the box. Kopf rifled the spot kick down the middle and just under the bar.
Elise Bouchard earned the third win of her career in net by stopping all four shots she faced in the first 69:32 of the game. Payton Wildrick took over for the final 20:28 and was only beaten by Kopf's penalty kick. Daniela Lucca made five shots for the Cougars but took the loss to fall to 0-2-0 on the season.
Saint Anselm outshot Caldwell by a 15-8 margin in the game, including an 8-2 advantage in the second half, and also held a 7-2 edge in corner kicks. All 24 players on Saint Anselm's roster got into the game.
Saint Anselm faces a quick turnaround as the Hawks host Nyack in another non-conference game on Tuesday, Sept. 5 at 4 p.m. at Melucci Field.