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Recreation Administration - One Major, Many Careers
Welcome to the Recreation Administration website. An undergraduate degree in Recreation Administration provides access to a world of fulfilling careers helping individuals, families, and communities through recreation and leisure. We are confident there is a career for you within the recreation profession.
If you don't see what you're looking for on our website, please let us know. We look forward to sharing our exciting profession with you.
About Us
The mission of the Recreation Administration Program is to provide the students in our curriculum with a well-rounded, general education in the field of Recreation by creating a challenging, student-focused learning environment and opportunities to apply the skills and theories taught in the classroom through service to the campus, community, and recreation profession.
The program offers a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Recreation Administration, a minor in Community Recreation, a minor in Outdoor Leadership, and two interdisciplinary minors in Tourism and Nonprofit Administration. The program also offers a Master of Science degree in Recreation and Sport Administration with on-campus and online options.
The Recreation Administration program's philosophy is based on the following principles:
1. Successful graduates – will provide service to their local community, service to the profession; will give back to WKU and the Recreation Administration Program; will be committed to lifelong learning; and will be advocates for the recreation profession.
2. Successful students – will be involved in and responsible for their own learning; will desire to learn through traditional and experiential methods, will be interested in service to the community and the profession; will be dedicated to WKU and the Recreation Administration Program, will come from and serve diverse backgrounds; and will recruit other students to the Recreation Administration major.
3. Successful faculty – will provide ongoing support for students, will be involved in scholarship, will provide service to the local community, WKU, and the Recreation Administration profession; will be dedicated to helping students learn; will be involved in recruiting students; and will serve a diverse student population.
The Recreation Administration program at Western Kentucky University provides professional preparation in recreational services. Graduates find employment in a wide variety of recreation careers, including: Municipal parks and recreation departments, State agencies (State Parks, Conservation, Fish and Wildlife), Federal agencies (National Parks, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers), Military recreation departments (MWR), Organized camps, Youth service agencies (Scouts, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, 4-H, etc), YMCA, University recreation, and Sport organizations.
The WKU Recreation Administration program was started in 1967 with one full-time and several part-time faculty. The first full-time faculty member was Dr Fred Kirchner. As the program developed, external accreditation offered the opportunity to evaluate the program according to national standards. WKU was one of the first 16 programs to be nationally accredited in 1980. Since that time, the program has successfully maintained its accredited status which is reviewed every five years by the Council on Accreditation of Parks, Recreation, Tourism and Related Professions.
The Recreation Administration program has undergone many exciting changes including the hiring of several new faculty, facility renovation, and curriculum revisions. The Recreation Administration program is part of the School of Kinesiology, Recreation and Sport in the College of Health and Human Services.
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6 U.S. Code § 182 - Responsibilities and authorities of the Under Secretary for Science and Technology
§ 182.
Responsibilities and authorities of the Under Secretary for Science and TechnologyThe Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, shall have the responsibility for—
advising the Secretary regarding research and development efforts and priorities in support of the Department's missions;
developing, in consultation with other appropriate executive agencies, a national policy and strategic plan for, identifying priorities, goals, objectives and policies for, and coordinating the Federal Government's civilian efforts to identify and develop countermeasures to chemical, biological,,[1] and other emerging terrorist threats, including the development of comprehensive, research-based definable goals for such efforts and development of annual measurable objectives and specific targets to accomplish and evaluate the goals for such efforts;
conducting basic and applied research, development, demonstration, testing, and evaluation activities that are relevant to any or all elements of the Department, through both intramural and extramural programs, except that such responsibility does not extend to human health-related research and development activities;
(5) establishing priorities for, directing, funding, and conducting national research, development, test and evaluation, and procurement of technology and systems for—
establishing a system for transferring homeland security developments or technologies to Federal, State, local government, and private sector entities;
entering into work agreements, joint sponsorships, contracts, or any other agreements with the Department of Energy regarding the use of the national laboratories or sites and support of the science and technology base at those facilities;
collaborating with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Attorney General as provided in section 8401 of title 7;
collaborating with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Attorney General in determining any new biological agents and toxins that shall be listed as "select agents" in Appendix A of part 72 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, pursuant to section 262a of title 42;
supporting United States leadership in science and technology;
establishing and administering the primary research and development activities of the Department, including the long-term research and development needs and capabilities for all elements of the Department;
coordinating and integrating all research, development, demonstration, testing, and evaluation activities of the Department;
coordinating with other appropriate executive agencies in developing and carrying out the science and technology agenda of the Department to reduce duplication and identify unmet needs; and
developing and overseeing the administration of guidelines for merit review of research and development projects throughout the Department, and for the dissemination of research conducted or sponsored by the Department.
(Pub. L. 107–296, title III, § 302, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2163; Pub. L. 109–347, title V, § 501(b)(2), Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat. 1935; Pub. L. 110–53, title V, § 531(b)(1)(C), Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 334.)
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2007—Par. (3). Pub. L. 110–53 substituted "Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis and the Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection" for "Under Secretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection".
2006—Pars. (2), (5)(A). Pub. L. 109–347 struck out "radiological, nuclear" after "biological,".
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Caprial and John's Kitchen: Cooking for Family and Friends "Cooking with Cane Berries" The Pences gather a sampling of Oregon's abundant crop, which go into blackberry pie with pecan crumble and raspberry almond cakes.G
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P. Allen Smith's Garden to Table "Bunches of Blueberries" Allen goes to Oregon to sample blueberry dishes and see how they are harvested. At the farm he makes blueberry muffins and shows how to use blueberries as an ornamental plant.G
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Chef John Besh's New Orleans Shrimp and Chicken Jambalaya, Jen's Wild Berry Cream Pie, and Blueberry Sorbet. D
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America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated "Sweet Summer Endings" Test cook Julia Collin Davison uncovers the secrets to fresh Strawberry Pie. Next, equipment expert Adam Ried reviews paring knives in the Equipment Corner. And finally, test cook Yvonne Ruperti shows host Christopher Kimball how to make the ultimate Summer Peach Cake, and science expert Guy Crosby reveals why water makes pie pastry tough. D
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America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated "Irish Comfort Classics" Host Christopher Kimball heads into the test kitchen with test cook Julia Collin Davison to update a classic recipe for Shepherd's Pie. Next, gadget guru Lisa McManus reveals her favorite quirky kitchen gadgets. Then, Chris answers questions from viewers. D
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Simply Ming "Azores: Pedro Oliviera" This week Simply Ming is on the road traveling to the exotic Azores to learn how to make one of the region's most famous dishes - Cozida - a one-pot meal that's literally cooked underground by the Earth's volcanic heat. Rising to the challenge, Ming also serves us his own take on this national dish. D
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Kimchi Chronicles "The Pork Chronicles" As opposed to the lean-is-better preference in the United States, Koreans love their pork full of fat - and flavor. In this episode, Marja, her dear friend, the actress Heather Graham, and an expert food blogger named Daniel eat classic pork barbeque at Heukdonga restaurant in Seoul. They also stop by Songgane Gamjatang, where Seoul's taxi drivers convene for pork bone soup and the grand pork dish known as bo ssam. D
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Rick Steves' Europe "Stockholm" Rick ponders gilded royal staterooms, samples gourmet reindeer and sips vodka in an ice bar as he experiences the city's cultural highlights. Then he sails the archipelago experiencing the prettiest island-hopping in northern Europe.G
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American Values: American Wilderness From the Arctic to the Everglades, wilderness is a haven for animals, a source of clean water and air and a challenging place which can inspire profound personal growth. Hosted by actor Christopher Reeve, AMERICAN VALUES: AMERICAN WILDERNESS introduces a wide variety of citizens who share a deep love of nature - from their early childhood experiences to their expressions of hope for the future. The documentary was filmed during the 40th-anniversary celebration of The Wilderness Act and marks one of Reeve's last on-screen appearances. D


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PHOENIX (AP) — A lawyer is seeking the release of eight protesters who were detained by U.S. authorities at a southern Arizona border crossing when they tried to re-enter the country from Mexico.
The eight young people, who were born in Mexico but were brought to America illegally when they were children, tried to re-enter the U.S. at the Nogales port of entry in southern Arizona on Monday to protest immigration policies.
Tucson attorney Margo Cowan said Tuesday that immigration officers in the U.S. turned down her clients' request for "humanitarian parole" that would temporarily allow them to come into the country, so she is now seeking asylum.
Cowan said she would seek her clients' release from a Pinal County immigration detention center while their asylum applications are being litigated.
"They certainly can't be considered a flight risk because they asked the U.S. to admit them," Cowan said.
The group tried to re-enter the U.S. as a way to draw attention to the huge jump in deportations carried out under the Obama administration, and to reaffirm their attachment to the country where they were raised. They wore graduation caps and gowns to show they are productive members of society and want the country to open its doors to them.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the agency responsible for determining whether immigrants at ports of entry can enter the country, declined to comment on the detentions Tuesday, citing privacy laws.
Lenni B. Benson, a New York Law School professor who specializes in immigration, said people applying for asylum need to establish a fear of persecution based on race, religion, national origin or political opinions if they were to return to the country where they were born or the country where they last lived.
People who have been granted asylum can apply to become permanent legal residents in the U.S., Benson said.
Benson said she believes government lawyers would likely try to undercut the arguments for asylum for the eight people by pointing out that they voluntarily returned to Mexico. But Benson said their voluntarily trip to Mexico probably wouldn't be a deciding factor for an immigration judge.
"It might be something that the judge might take into consideration in the totality of circumstances," Benson said.
Cowan said the protesters' decision to go to Mexico wouldn't undercut their asylum application.
"They have been out of Mexico their whole lives," Cowan said. "They have no idea what Mexico is like today for them, and now they know."


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Digital is a great way to help get more out of the money that a brand spends on Super Bowl advertising. I've been posting about Super Bowl ads for a while on this blog. These days, if you're going to spend that much money on a spot, you might as well get the most out of it by leveraging digital to extend interest. Since Super Bowl 45 is right around the corner, I thought this week was the right time to outline some of the evergreen rules for extending a Super Bowl spot digitally, as well as some new thinking about how we might see smart brands using digital as a part of the ads they'll air this coming Sunday:
Thou shalt put your ad online
You might think this goes without saying, but even in today's day and age, many brands don't put their spots online. Yes, Youtube will have a section that houses ALL the spots, but why would you want a potential customer going to another site, rather than your own. If you disagree, see the point below.
Thou shalt provide a URL to a destination
If you question this, you should probably not be employed in advertising…
Thou shalt take advantage of Super Bowl searches
This one is HUGE… and often overlooked. One of the most common ways that Super Bowl ads create value is that they get people searching for your brand, or searching for the ad. This is particularly important if you haven't provided a clear way for people to access it. I think all brands should be running paid search engine advertising for brand and campaign related keywords during the super bowl and for a few days following. Take advantage of the peak in search interest created by word of mouth and media coverage during and after the game.
Thou shalt tailor the destination to the ad(s)
If you're going to spend the money on the spot, put a little time and energy into creating a destination you can send people to, that's tailored to the campaign. Notice, I didn't say a website, but a destination. It doesn't have to be a new site, you could create a new area on your current website, create a microsite, a landing page or heck, even send them to your Facebook Page. I hope we see a brand send someone to their Facebook Page. How many "likes" will your Super Bowl ad get?
Thou shalt monitor the online conversation
Many marketers are faced with questions before and after the Super Bowl about the effectiveness of the spot. Rather than relying on a USA Today poll to determine that, I think any sensible marketer must be using social media monitoring to answer this question. The watercooler, after all, has become a virtual one… there are too many good and cost-effective options out there for this to not be an essential part of measuring the total effectiveness of a brands ad buy on Super Bowl Sunday.
If the above are the golden rules, here are a few new things we might see brands doing this year if they want to go beyond the basics:
Thou might try using mobile
Mobile might make more sense than standard online executions for a Super Bowl ad. There will be plenty of folks using their phones to look up URLs, or texting, Tweeting or updating reactions to ads through Facebook mobile. It's only right for brands to make sure they have a mobile version of their Super Bowl campaign sites, but they might also consider running mobile search ads, including short codes or QR codes in their Super Bowl ads. I think we just might see a QR code this year.
Thou might try creating an app
Why create a website at all? Why not ask viewers of your ad to download an app in the iTunes store? I realize one of the most challenging hurdles is the timeliness of not wanting the app to launch until the ad airs, but I think there's a smart way to include an app download as a primary call to action.
Thou might try leveraging social media
I mentioned the simple idea of using a Facebook Page as the destination promoted in your Super Bowl ad, but why not leverage social media in a more interesting way? Why not be active in social media during the bowl? Why not send viewers to a Twitter profile and have live conversations during and after the game?
Thou might try leveraging technology partnerships
We know Groupon is running a Super Bowl ad, but why wouldn't a brand send people to a Groupon offer rather than to a website they create? I think brands could be much more creative about how they leverage technology partnerships to drive real results.
It will be interesting to see how the ads shake out this year. I know we'll see some funny ones, but unlike last year, I'd love to see something new and unexpected on the digital front.


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Bands Start Up Each and Every Day
I look back in weird ways, I guess. I have a compulsive need to chronicle the past, and assemble tidbits, and remind myself that it happened. To remind myself that bands existed. I collect flyers, set lists, broken drum sticks, drawings, strange notes between band members, letters, practice tapes, broken strings. I sometimes present these items to their originators years later, like a mom bringing out the third grade report card again. "See?" I implore, "You ripped this Paxton Quiggly sticker off your bass in the middle of your set at the Highway 12 house in 1995, and you threw it on the floor, and you thought you'd never see it again, but look, here it is! And look, you got an 'S' in reading, and your teacher wrote 'Is attracted to the books of Judy Blume'!"
It's fine and dandy to be reminded of third grade, but it'd be downright ridiculous to actually go to your third grade classroom again, and cram into the tiny wooden desk seats with all the others you went to school with, and attempt to re-create the magic of watching "Riki Tiki Tavi" for the first time on the 16mm projector. This is how I feel about band reunions. Know your past, and build on it, but don't rehash old moves.
So. Pavement is reuniting for a tour in 2010. Pavement is one of the greatest bands of the last 20 years, and we should by rights be shitting our pants about this, but how excited can even a diehard fan be with dead weight of Malkmus' mediocre solo career and Spiral Stairs' failures in the 10-year interim? Does context not bog down the grandeur of "Stop Breathing"? If the band smiles while playing "Major Leagues," is it because they love the song, or because they're getting paid? Is it unfair to read too much into an ex-band's good time?
There is no concerted band-reunion backlash. This is the summer of nostalgia. Michael Jackson, Woodstock. Pastel-colored T-shirts with white blazers. Reissues, repackages, reunions, retracing. Bands performing classic albums in their entirety. Everyone clawing back ceaselessly into the past, avoiding whatever it is they're scared of facing. I can understand needing a warm familiar place to reside say, during the Bush administration, but why now? Look around. Now is when we have a smart president and we have these weird artistic opportunities because of the depression and we have this gung-ho spirit of change and hope and possibility, and the best we can do is help the Pixies sell out three shows of a no-surprises song-for-song set of Doolittle, a very good and very old album they recorded over 20 years ago.
Next week's Bohemian column is on a stellar book coming out on September 29, Gimme Something Better: The Profound, Progressive, and Occasionally Pointless History of Bay Area Punk from Dead Kennedys to Green Day. It's a collected oral history of a very special time in many people's lives, my own included, told by over a hundred band members, scenesters, zine editors, promoters, volunteers and old friends who save things like set lists and practice tapes. A mammoth work at 500 pages, it will have an impact on the Bay Area in ways we can only prognosticate, except for one. "Are you ready for the bickering to begin?" I asked authors Jack Boulware and Silke Tudor yesterday. "Oh, it's already started," Tudor said. "It started when we began interviewing people."
I'm a champion of history, which shouldn't be confused with nostalgia; history is telling stories about an old flyer, while nostalgia is trying to book the same show with the same bands at the same venue all over again. History can also be unsettling, and having events close to one's life wrapped up neatly into book form sometimes gives the eerie feeling of mummification. I mentioned this to Boulware, and asked, "Why write about all this stuff now? Isn't it a little too early?" He laughed.
"When you're too young, you don't really have a perspective on it, as much as when you're older," he explained of most of the book's interview subjects. "When you're in your 30s, you're embarrassed of the stuff you did in your 20s, and you don't wanna talk about it. But when you're in your 40s, and you're talking about something that happened in your 20s, you have a little bit of distance on it."
In other words, if Boulware and Tudor hadn't tracked these people down now, who knows what stories they'd have been unable to share? Lots of writers have tackled the Bay Area punk scene and failed; by handing the book's voice over to the people involved, Gimme Something Better is like being homesick without leaving home, and an epic chronicle that people will be talking about for years to come. I can't say as much for the average band's sad-sack reunion tour, where the prevailing feeling is that of watching overgrown children dance for Grandma.
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Special Ways & Means/Budget Committee Agenda
Standing Committee of the City Council, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Special Meeting
June 2, 2009
1:45 p.m. - Room 317 City Hall
(immediately following Special Joint Community Development & W&M/Budget Committee meeting)
NOTE: All cellular telephones, pagers and BlackBerry devices to be switched to a non-audible function during Council and Committee meetings.
Committee Members Present: Council Members Ostrow,
Hofstede, Glidden, Hodges (quorum 4)
Committee Members Absent: Council Members Schiff, Colvin Roy
Council Committee Coordinator: Anne Roth (612) 673-3130
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Intergovernmental Relations/Grants & Special Projects
1. Mpls Economic Recovery Strategy/2008 Consolidated Plan Amendment #3:
a) Approve recommendations of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)-R work team relating to CDBG-R projects and funding amounts;
b) Authorize staff to further develop proposed 2008 Consolidated Plan Amendment #3 for submittal to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development by 6/5/2009; and
c) Authorize staff to accept & execute pending CDBG-R grant award when made available by HUD. ( Also in CD
Staff Report: Con Plan Amend No 3 RCA; Con Plan AMENDMENT NO 3
Notice: A portion of this meeting may be closed to the public pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 13D.03 or 13D.05.
Next Regular W&M/Budget Meeting: 6/8/2009
Adjourned City Council Meeting: 6/2/2009
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By Jasmin Begli
"Hard work, great fun, not much sleep, but really fascinating". This is how Jens Heider describes his time in the USA. Just a short while ago, he was receiving training at the National Test Pilot School (NTPS) in the Mojave Desert. Whenever he talks about it, his eyes light up. On 12 different aircraft, he learned how to plan and evaluate flight tests, and how to fly each one of them. He will now be able to put what he has just learned to good use in the research aircraft operated by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt; DLR). And the 31-year old freshly-trained test pilot is really looking forward to it.
The aim: A workplace in the cockpit
Jens Heider first learned flying while he was studying to become a flight systems engineer. When writing his undergraduate dissertation at Lufthansa Flight Training on the subject of turbulence drag, Heider established contact with the German Aerospace Center and became familiar with the work of the Flight Technology Institute in Braunschweig. "I was lucky, in that a position became vacant at DLR just as I completed my studies, and it was a perfect fit for my skill set," recalls Heider with pleasure.
That was in August 2004. For about eighteen months, he worked at the Flight Systems Technology Institute on the simulation and modelling of airborne noise propagation from aircraft and helped to develop processes that enable transport aircraft to make less noise when landing.
Although he enjoyed this work at the institute, his vocational goal was clear to him from day one, and he never made a secret of the fact. "My wish was always to apply my training to technical flying and, at some point, to have a seat in a cockpit," he says. "However, there is never a great deal of scope in this area, so I am also genuinely fortunate to find a position of this kind." Mind you, Heider did get lucky: In early 2006 he seized the opportunity to apply for a post as Technical Aviation Manager at the DLR Flight Operations Center in Braunschweig and got the job.
"My work: advising, planning, supporting! And flying!"
Since then, he has been responsible for a wide range of tasks. "That's the way things are in flight operations," he explains. "You really need to be a jack of all trades." Primarily he is called upon to deal with specific projects of scientists who use the Flight Operations facility for their experiments. For example, he was involved as a test pilot when experimental displays were being tested for flight management, when antennas were installed on research aircraft to conduct measurements, and when 3D aerial photographs of geological formations in Spitzbergen and Iceland were being taken. Often enough, these researchers have no practical connection to the world of flying, and that's where Heider is able to help. They discuss what the experiment is setting out to establish, and what outcomes are anticipated. The kind of questions that need to be clarified prior to an experiment include the type of flight test, the number of flights and even the kind of modifications to an aircraft that may require official approval. Step by step, Heider proceeds jointly with the scientists to devise the optimum plan for each flight test, and is also in attendance during the implementation phase.
His co-workers view Jens Heider as a friendly and straightforward colleague to work with. They say he is a true professional in his field, that he is ambitious and that he is results-driven. He seems content and laughs a lot, but knows exactly what he wants, and is diligent and conscientious. He needs to be those things because he is not just responsible for ensuring that flight tests are planned and conducted safely - he also has administrative duties to deal with. Maps need to be updated, critical installations need to be approved for flight tests and flight schedules need to be written. "But then of course, there is the flying too!", says Heider with a big smile, and then it becomes immediately apparent: this is where he is in his element.
In America to become a test pilot
During his four years in Flight Operations, Heider has never ceased to engage in further training to complement the tasks assigned to him. "It's really great that DLR gave me the opportunity to undergo this training course to become a test pilot for small aircraft," says Heider. "This kind of opportunity doesn't come along all that often!" To this end, he spent almost four months in the Californian Mojave desert, North of Los Angeles. Along with a pilot from South Korea's KAI (Korean Aerospace Industries) and four other colleagues from DLR, he underwent thorough training in everything that test pilots and flight test engineers need to know. "We were a great team, with half comprising future flight test engineers and the other half my group of aspiring test pilots," reminisces Heider. A flight test engineer and a test pilot are paired up in changing teams – at least during the practical training phases. "During the flights, engineers led the flight tests and we pilots focused entirely on the aircraft. We then all covered the same ground together in terms of theory."
To teach the 'pupils' the correct way to plan, carry out, evaluate and write up reports on tests, the National Test Pilot School employs a range of different types of plane, from gliders to multi-engined turbine aircraft. During his training course, Heider had a seat in twelve different cockpits. In doing so, he was fulfilling a dream. When asked which aircraft he most wanted to fly, he says: "I have no firm notion of a model that I must fly at any cost. Instead, my dream is to have flown as many different aircraft as possible."
Turning a hobby into a profession
At the age of 31, Jens Heider has achieved something that most people spend their lives dreaming about: he has turned his hobby into a profession. Since the age of fifteen, he has been an enthusiastic glider pilot, and has never lost sight of this passion. It was this that prompted him, during his time at the Flight Systems Technology Institute, to involve himself and collaborate with Idaflieg (Shared interest association of German academic flying groups; Interessengemeinschaft deutscher akademischer Fliegergruppen e.V.). Then as now, Idaflieg is supported by renowned aviation bodies such as the Technical University of Braunschweig and DLR. "Through its support for Idaflieg, DLR benefits from tremendous opportunities to train and develop new talent in the aerospace sector. Many great inventions, such as the use of carbon fibre composites in the building of load-bearing structural components in aircraft, first saw the light of day in student-based groups."
Despite the fact that Heider has already achieved his dream professionally, he still has other goals – for aerospace in general and also for himself. He knows that one of the greatest challenges facing the future of aerospace is the need to discover alternative sources of energy. He believes that this will take some time. But his personal objective is no remote goal, "My dream is to fly the ATRA, our research airbus, on behalf of DLR one day."


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I am trying to find the modern pinyin and characters for a scientist called Shu Chang-Yui, http://www.internationalstory.gla.ac.uk/person/?id=WH24481 so that I can type up some information about him in Chinese, but I cannot find anything with this version of his name.
Any help would be appreciated.
Finding a name
Discuss the Chinese language.
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This should be Cantonese
Du kannst dem Leben nicht mehr Tage geben - aber dem Tag mehr Leben
Re: Finding a name
suninoneusa wrote:This should be Cantonese
It's Mandarin, just not in Pinyin because Pinyin didn't exist at the time the man first had to write his name in latin letters in his documents.
With a bit of guesswork as to what his surename might be, google told me his name is 舒昌譽 (Shū Chàngyù in Pinyin) or in simplified characters 舒昌誉. If you want my exact source, he is mentioned in the last paragraph of page 99 in this book (https://books.google.de/books?id=jb17BgAAQBAJ&pg=PA99&lpg=PA99&dq=%E8%88%92%E6%98%8C%E8%AD%BD&source=bl&ots=hknnEshgGB&sig=QtvHU6SJMV7zXNPkzPk496tgz4E&hl=de&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false).
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On one level, this program is definitely a step forward. Most children and adults in the US move several times in their lives. Medical records get transferred from doctor to doctor – or not. The transition sometimes leaves potentially dangerous gaps in the record. Every time a doctor sees a new patient, the patient must fill out a form that usually runs to about four pages, covering the medical history of that patient and his or her immediate family (parents and siblings). Less-than-perfect memories could put patients at risk – and even if one's memory is perfect, filling out that form every time gets to be a real hassle.
Now imagine how an online health profile could help simplify this process. It would contain all of a patient's information in one place: prescriptions, allergies, operations, illnesses, relevant family data (such as a father's heart condition or a mother's breast cancer), and so forth. With modern technology, an online health record could even store X-ray and MRI images. Mammograms could be compared over time. And best of all, the record would be uninterrupted. Are you moving or otherwise transferring to a different doctor? No problem; all you have to do is give the new doctor's office access to your online health profile.
Having one central point for a patient's health records could also reduce costs and save time. In covering this story, the Wall Street Journal reported the experience of Larry Stofko, the chief information officer for St. Joseph Health System in California. "His wife has seen a dozen different doctors at several hospitals. He's been with her when doctors at one hospital wanted to run tests that doctors at another hospital have already performed – tests that wouldn't be necessary if they had easy access to her medical records," Journal reporter Ben Worthen noted.
Patients with access to their own health records might even get inspired to become more proactive about their own health. Granted, certain test results present difficulties when laymen try to read them. But practically everyone knows what normal blood pressure is supposed to be; seeing an upward trend can be a little sobering. Speaking of upward trends, living with an expanding waistline is a little different from seeing the rise in black and white pixels. "I've gained that much weight since college?!"
{mospagebreak title=The HIPAA in the Room}
Any plan with that much upside potential comes with some significant issues. This one is no exception. There are several elephants in the room that Google would rather not talk much about – and one of them is a hippo.
Well, more precisely, it's HIPAA. That abbreviation stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. This twelve-year-old legislation establishes strict rules that pertain to communication between a doctor and a patient; pharmacists and pharmacy technicians must follow these rules as well when filling prescriptions. The act gives the doctor-patient relationship a certain privileged status. For example, when a doctor is subpoenaed for a patient's medical record, the doctor must inform the patient.
What happens to those records when a patient agrees to store them with an external health service, such as the one started by Google? It would appear that Google is not covered by HIPAA. That might make it easier for anyone – a government agency, a lawyer with a suit against the patient, perhaps even an employer – to get their hands on the records. What would Google do if it receives a subpoena – or even a simple request from a legal authority – for a client's medical records?
There are other potential issues with Google storing medical records online. The most obvious, of course, revolve around security, privacy, and hacking. What could a malicious person with access to other people's medical records do? Dealing in prescription drugs comes to mind; so does identity theft and blackmail. It's not a pretty picture.
Then there's the issue of what Google itself might do with the records. Google is a search engine, but it's also an advertising agency; indeed, ads provide its bread-and-butter revenue. While the company has promised that it will not sell ads to support its new health records service, it's difficult to believe this; after all, Google has a long history of starting a service without ads, and then putting ads on it later (Gmail is the first example to come to mind, but there are others). Google insists that it will profit by building traffic to its site, which is the same model it uses for Google News.
The only real surprise is that the negatives to storing health records online haven't come up sooner. Microsoft has its own competing service, called HeathVault, and AOL boasts Revolution Health. Microsoft's service has been around since late last year, and AOL's service has been around even longer. Why wait until now for the storm of controversy?
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Right now Google's program, dubbed Google Health, is in the closest thing to a private beta stage. That hasn't stopped anyone outside the beta from being curious. What does it look like to have everything at your fingertips? As Marissa Mayer, VP of Search & User Products at Google explains in the Google blog, "We aren't doctors or healthcare experts, but one thing Google can create is a clean, easy-to-use user experience that makes managing your health information straightforward and easy." You can see a full-size image of the welcome screen, or if you'd rather not click away, here's a screen shot:
This screen lists some of the things you can do with the service. They include:
- Building online health profiles
- Downloading medical records from doctors and pharmacies
- Learning about health issues and finding helpful resources
- Searching for doctors and hospitals
- Connecting to online tools and services
The blog also featured another screen shot from deeper within the application. Again, you can view the full-sized version of the Google Health interface, or you can check out a screen shot here:
I'm sorry I had to crop and reduce the image to fit, because it doesn't do justice to the clarity of the interface. In the left column users will find links to take them to drug interactions (with the red circle around a white exclamation point), conditions, medications, allergies, procedures, test results, immunizations, and more. There are also links to screens that let you add to the profile, import medical records, and use online health tools. You can even find a doctor.
In the large middle area users will find several prominent links that let them take several important actions related to their profile; these duplicate some of the smaller links on the left. Redundancy is a good thing in interfaces. You can also request an appointment through one of the links in the center. Finally, the column on the right shows a short profile summary, listing all of a specific patient's conditions, medications, allergies, and procedures. At its full size, it is extremely clean, easy to read and easy to understand.
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Aside from the concerns I already listed in the second section of this article, Google will need to overcome substantial technical hurdles – and significant inertia on the part of some medical professionals. According to the Wall Street Journal, only 14 percent of medical practices store information electronically. That's abysmal, considering that the ability to create and share medical records electronically has been around for decades. In Germany, all medical records are digital; Denmark is nearly as good, with 90 percent, and our neighbor to the north has digitized half of its citizens' medical records. What's the holdup here?
In part, knowledge is power. "Hospitals and health-insurance companies worry that these computerized records will eat into their businesses. If a patient has easy access to his medical records, it makes it easier to see a different doctor," Worthen notes.
And in part, it really is inertia. The Baltimore Sun quoted David Merritt, director of the Center for Health Transformation as saying that "Health care is at least a generation behind the rest of society in terms of technology…Doctors and hospitals don't use the technology we take for granted everywhere else." Causes cited by the Sun include an inertia-filled system, a dearth of good software, a lack of incentives to adopt the new technology and no government leadership on the issue. That may be starting to change, however.
Interestingly, a number of congressmen have put their weight behind proposals to create technical standards for storing and transmitting information. The Republican candidate for president, and both currently-leading Democratic contenders, all back legislation to support broader use of health information technology. Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Representative Edward Markey (D-Mass.) also support such technology.
In particular, a bill sponsored by Kennedy and Markey bill would force Google, Microsoft, and other companies storing personal health profiles for patients to comply with HIPAA. This is actually a good thing. Patients usually have to agree to share their information in order to use the applications – but once they do that, they have no recourse. If the companies must comply with HIPAA, they face sanctions if they misuse the information.
If Google Health convinces our healthcare system to finally get its act together and digitize its records, it will be a welcome change. A number of studies, including this very long one from the Maryland Health Care Commission, have shown that electronic health records reduce medical errors, save lives and could save hundreds of billions of dollars if all doctors and hospitals used them. Say what you like about Google, but if we can find a safe way to negotiate the various issues of concern (security, privacy, HIPAA compliance, etc), five years from now we could be living in a safer and healthier future thanks to Google Health.


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The story of whether or not Russian leader Vladimir Putin stole the Super Bowl ring of New England Patriots owner Bob Kraft has generated cross-continental political controversy. The Russian president, for his part, has denied he stole the ring.
But the story is not a new one. In January 2011, New York Times columnist David Brooks talked about it during a visit to San Francisco's Commonwealth Club of California. He told the story as part of a discussion about, well, how weird people can be:
But the story I tell to illustrate [how odd people can be] was told to me by Bob Kraft, who owns the New England Patriots. He was in a business delegation to Russia and he had a meeting with Putin with his other business leaders. Kraft's team is a great team, and they've won the Super Bowl, and he had on his finger his first Super Bowl ring. Vladimir Putin saw this ring and said in the middle of the meeting, "Can I see that ring?" Kraft handed it to him, and Putin put it on his finger. Then during the meeting Putin was gesturing with the ring on his finger and at the end of the meeting Kraft says, "You know, Mr. President, I'd be happy to make you a copy of that ring, but that particular ring has great sentimental value to me; it's our first Super Bowl ring." Putin pretends he doesn't hear him, and he puts the ring in his pocket. Kraft goes back to the State Department and says, "I don't want to make a big international incident, but I'd really like that ring back; I'll make him a copy, I'd be happy to." So the State Department people, the embassy, send their feelers out to the Kremlin. They come back to [Kraft] the next day and say, "You know, we think we're gonna issue a press release that you've decided to donate that ring to the Russian people." And that's exactly what happened.
Read more about weird people and other topics from Brooks' program at The Commonwealth Club in The Commonwealth.


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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Players and staff members for the New England Revolution will be putting some wear and tear on their luggage in the coming weeks.
The Revs will play five of their next six league games away from home, with road trips to all four continental time zones scheduled between now and the end of July. It all begins this weekend when the Revolution heads to the Pacific Northwest for a Sunday afternoon meeting with Seattle Sounders FC.
Currently mired in a six-game winless run (0-4-2) which has produced a string of quality performances but not the requisite results, the Revs are well aware they'll need equal doses of both mental and physical toughness to alter their recent fortunes in the midst of a grueling schedule.
"I think that's exactly what we need to kind of break through this slump is a little streak on the road where we can get that confidence, fight through and be mentally tough going into these games," said Darrius Barnes. "It's just something we have to go in thinking about and just try to fight through that wall. Because I know once we get that first [win], we'll have confidence on the road and play on the road like we have at home."
After securing a pair of 1-1 draws in their first two road games of the season against the LA Galaxy and Vancouver Whitecaps FC, the Revs have suffered five straight losses away from home. Entering this weekend's action, the Revs are one of five remaining teams which have yet to claim three points on the road in 2011.
But barring a 3-0 loss to Chivas USA on April 30 at The Home Depot Center, head coach Steve Nicol's side has been nothing short of competitive in its travels. Four of the Revolution's five road losses have been in games decided by a single goal, including consecutive one-goal defeats to the San Jose Earthquakes, FC Dallas and New York Red Bulls in the club's last three road trips.
"Every game we've played, we've been competitive," said Nicol. "The games we have lost, we've lost by a goal. I guess you need to ask the opposition how much they're looking forward to us coming to play them. I guess that's the only way I can describe it, really.
"We don't go anywhere and lie down," he continued. "We haven't made a huge amount of chances on the road, but we have made some and haven't taken them, which would've given us more points. So it's kind of a similar story. Keep trying to create (chances) away from home and take them."
Recent weeks have seen the Revs left frustrated by their inability to find the finishing touch in the attacking third – both at home and on the road – despite establishing or matching their season-high shot total in each of the last three games.
As they prepare to spend much of the next month on the road, the Revs must push forward and approach each new challenge one game at a time.
"You just have to break through it," said Barnes. "It's one of those things where you just have to keep fighting. You can only say 'frustrated' so many times before you get more frustrated. So we just have to keep fighting and breaking through this wall.
"We have no doubts that things will get rolling," he said. "I feel like some of the games we've played, we've deserved better results. But I think our luck's going to turn around."