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Scott Binder necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 54 diseños de 13 diseñadores freelance.
Medical Sales College, Inc.
Our parent company, American Institute of Medical Sales ( http://www.aimedsales.com ) has a proven success record of taking sales professionals from outside the medical sales industry and quickly preparing them for a new and rewarding career in medical device sales. We also provide corporate orthopaedic and spine companies an alternative to traditional hiring and training of medical device representatives and this division is the "school" part of our company which will follow closely the model defined on our current website. Essentially, we are a sales training school for the medical device industry. We are in the process of splitting our company into several specialized divisions and we need a logo for our training division, Medical Sales College, Inc.
We are wanting to refresh the look of the school using our new name however we have been in business long enough to have brand recognition established. That said, we DO NOT want to follow our current brand. We want a fresh look and we are open to new ideas!
Our target audience ranges from recent college graduates looking for advanced sales and medical device training to established sales people needing continuing education.
Logo should NOT be inspired by our current brand!
Please no medical crosses or snakes! We do not want to mimic the traditional "medical" logos.
We are looking for a modern logo that is easily made into an icon, can easily be reversed to 2 color, both black and white, and that can easily be identified when used relatively small.
We will require vector files as well as font names and typesetting.
Attached is our current logo.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (March 15, 2014) – As ETSU prepares to renew its long rivalry with Chattanooga, ETSUBucs.com takes a look back at one of the great victories for the Buccaneers in this storied rivalry – the 2004 Southern Conference Tournament championship game.
Below, fans can find the full story published by ETSUBucs.com on that day back in March of 2004.
Fans interested in watching the "rivalry renewed" can purchase their tickets now for Tuesday night's first round game in the CollegeInsider.com Tournament, which will feature the Bucs and Mocs at 7 p.m. inside the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center.
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (March 6, 2004) - East Tennessee State captured its second straight Southern Conference Basketball Championship by beating Chattanooga 78-62 Saturday in the 2004 event in front of 3,679 at the North Charleston Coliseum.
The conference title is the sixth for ETSU (27-5), which earns an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament.
"I'm obviously very proud of our guys," said ETSU coach Murry Bartow. "They have been incredibly level-headed all year and have had their eyes on this moment all season. We think we can continue on and maybe have some success (in the NCAA Tournament)."
Tourney MVP Tim Smith (Newport News, Va.) turned in phenomenal numbers once again for the Bucs (No. 1 seed, North Division), scoring 25 points to go with six rebounds and two assists. Smith averaged 25.6 points, 6.8 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 3.3 steals in the tournament. Smith was a unanimous choice for MVP, earning all 44 votes from media and tournament officials, and adding that trophy to the one that collected last season as the tournament's best player. Other Bucs honored as All-Tournament included senior forwards Zakee Wadood (Lonoke Ark.) and Jerald Fields (Gainesville, Fla.) as first team selections and freshman guard Travis Strong (Memphis) was a second-team pick.
"Timmy is a big game player," said Bartow. "He just loves to play. He's at his best on a big stage."
With Smith carrying the scoring load, the ETSU defense did the rest. The Bucs held Chattanooga (No.2 seed, North) to 34 percent shooting for the game, including a 6-for-31 effort from 3-point range. Unfortunately, the Mocs (19-11) were handicapped in the first minute of the game when senior Ashley Champion was forced out of the game with an ankle injury.
In Champion's place, Alphonso Pugh picked up some of the slack with 20 points and eight rebounds. Chris Brown added 10 points and seven boards, while Mindaugas Katelynas had nine points and 10 rebounds. Chattanooga, who had already posted come-from-behind wins in both tournament games prior to the finals, seemed on the verge of pulling off another one.
ETSU built a lead of 16 with 12:00 remaining, but the Mocs began cutting into their deficit right away. Bryan Richardson sank three 3-pointers and Pugh added another one to cut the score to 63-58. But Smith drained a 25-foot 3-pointer as the shot clock expired to change the momentum. Moments later, Wadood drilled another trey to dash the Mocs' hopes. The Bucs finished the game on a 15-2 run.
"I'm proud of my team," said Chattanooga coach Jeff Lebo. "We had a chance to win the game without our leader. Champion is our only all-conference player and he is our leader. We played one of our best defensive battles all night. Tim Smith had that phenomenal play. With the shot clock at one second, he bobbled the ball, threw it and it went in."
Smith took charge in the first half with 13 points, which pushed him over 1,000 points for his career. ETSU took a 43-35 lead into the break.
"This is a do-or-die game," said Smith. "If we lose, we're out. We wanted to keep this going."
Smith wasn't alone. Strong picked up his play where he left off in the semifinals and scored nine in the half. Strong finished with 11, Wadood tossed in 14 points to go with eight rebounds and Brad Nuckles (Council, Va.) had 10 points, eight boards and four blocked shots.
"This ETSU team is one of the best teams they've had," said Lebo. "I've had the fortune to have coached on some of the really good teams at ETSU and this one is the best." ETSU will find who and where they play in the NCAAs on Sunday, March 14.


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Firebug 1.11.1Thursday, December 13th, 2012
Firebug team released Firebug 1.11.1. This is a follow up release based on feedback we have collected since releasing 1.11.0
Firebug 1.11.1 fixes 3 issues.
- Issue 6116: undefined values are ignored in string formatting of console.log
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Note that Firebug 1.11.1b1 has also been released to also update users on AMO beta channel. This version is the same as 1.11.1
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I think we can all agree, groupism is a disadvantage for a society. By preventing someone access to education/career/whatever based on their demographic alone denies the world anything that person would have accomplished. The question is, how do we deal with the endemic problem of groupism?
There are at least three major beliefs as to what is the solution.
The first camp is that the problem belongs to the group in question, and is the affected group's job to fix it. To me, this is blaming the victim. Before you stick your nose up in the air, keep in mind that if you agree with the pound cake speech, you fall in this camp.
The second camp is that the problem belongs to the people at the other end. The group that is "oppressing" needs to be re-educated or properly educated or whatever, and so forth.
The third camp is that the problem is not the fault of the victim or the oppressor, but of the structure of society. The solution here would be to, well, restructure society in some way. Or at least change the laws.
Then there is a fourth camp, the Libertarian argument, though it's much smaller than the others (at least from what I see). As racism is irrational no solution is the solution.
All except the Red Sox that is, which is why they were the worst team for decades.
Obviously, not all types of groupism may all belong to the same camp; it's possible that agism might be in the third camp but racism in the second camp. The camps are not mutually exclusive; it's possible to believe that both oppressor and victim are in part responsible for groupism.
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60 Minutes Benghazi Report Takes A Huge Credibility Hit
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The Benghazi "witness" featured in a CBS 60 Minutes report that galvanized new discussion of the administration's response to the attack previously said he never got near the diplomatic compound on the night of the attack, according to a report from The Washington Post.
The revelation comes just days after Fox News reported that they had previously been using the same man as a source, but broke contact after he asked the network for money. Two days after the CBS report aired, Threshold Editions, an imprint of Simon and Schuster that "specializes in conservative non-fiction," published the supposed witness' book, The Embassy House: The Explosive Eyewitness Account of the Libyan Embassy Siege by the Soldier Who Was There. According to the Post, the book "largely comports with the 60 Minutes account."
Together, these details paint a damning picture of the credibility of the supposed eyewitness -- and that of the CBS report which promoted his story.
During the October 27 report, which was based on a year-long investigation by correspondent Lara Logan and producer Max McCellan, Logan described the man, identified as "Morgan Jones, a pseuodonym he's using for his own safety," as "a security officer who witnessed the attack." She explained that during the attack, "Jones scaled the twelve-foot high wall of the compound that was still overrun with al Qaeda fighters"; during an interview, he told her he had personally struck one of those terrorists in the face with his rifle butt. After the attack, "Jones" claimed in the report that he went to the Benghazi hospital and saw Ambassador Chris Stevens' body.
"Jones" also told CBS' audience that he had been worried about the compound coming under attack, and that Foreign Service Officer Sean Smith, who died in the assault, had shared similar concerns with him.
But according to the Post, "Jones," whose real name was confirmed as Dylan Davies, revealed none of those details in the incident report to his security contractor employer that he wrote following the attack. Instead, he wrote that he never got near the compound that night and learned of Stevens' death from a colleague. From the Post:
In Davies's 21 / 2-page incident report to Blue Mountain, the Britain-based contractor hired by the State Department to handle perimeter security at the compound, he wrote that he spent most of that night at his Benghazi beach-side villa. Although he attempted to get to the compound, he wrote in the report, "we could not get anywhere near . . . as roadblocks had been set up."
He learned of Stevens's death, Davies wrote, when a Libyan colleague who had been at the hospital came to the villa to show him a cellphone picture of the ambassador's blackened corpse. Davies wrote that he visited the still-smoking compound the next day to view and photograph the destruction.
The Post reports that Davies' co-author told them that he was unaware of the incident report "but suggested that Davies might have dissembled in it because his superiors, whom he contacted by telephone once he was informed that the attack was underway, told him to stay away from the compound." A CBS spokesman told the paper, "We stand firmly by the story we broadcast last Sunday."
The 60 Minutes report, which also attempted to revive the long-answered "lingering question" about why no U.S. military forces from outside Libya came to the aid of Americans in the compound, was widely praised by conservative media and received 47 minutes of coverage on Fox News the day after it aired. In response to the CBS segment, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said he would block the confirmations of all administration nominees until Benghazi witnesses testify to Congress.
UPDATE: The New York Times reported that two FBI officials it spoke with corroborated the version of events described in the Blue Mountain incident report, further undercutting 60 Minutes' claim that their source has been consistent and truthful about his experiences on the night of the Benghazi attacks. CBS News has signaled that a correction could be forthcoming if it determines Davies misled the network.
For more on conservative media myths about the September 2012 attack, read The Benghazi Hoax, the new e-book by Media Matters' David Brock and Ari Rabin-Havt.
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County to install new phone system
An obsolete, 13-year-old phone system for the Carlton County Courthouse will be replaced by a Telcologix (Avaya) VolP based phone system estimated to cost $93,774 the Carlton County Board decided at their February 12 regular meeting. Cost of maintenance on the current system averages about $11,000 a year and has a host of user issues.
Funding will come from current IT (Information Technology) budgeted funds, by planned savings from current purchases in this budget year, postponing other projects, and financial assistance from the Court System and Probation.
"The Community Services Building installed similar equipment from the same vendor," Peter Gould, IT Director, explained. "With Telcologix solution, we would be able to use parts and equipment left over from the Community Services Building installation and possibly connect the two phone systems."
Phone calls routed from the courthouse to Extension or transportation receive a busy signal periodically as a recurring problem. Programming is part of the current maintenance cost and now needs to be updated. Service calls are addressed by Paw Communications and one such service call cost the county about $5,800 in 2009. Using the current phone system at Extension, only one person can call out of the building at one time.
Hardware and software maintenance costs would be $1,500 rather than $11,000+ a year. "Currently, during the past year," Gould explained, "I have been purchasing used phones from Ebay to keep our current users functioning."
Installation will take about two months.
David Moeller, attorney for Minnesota Power, was present to answer questions about the plan to build a 500kV transmission line from Manitoba hydroelectric sources to Duluth. Three corridors being considered may possibly pass through the northeast corner of Carlton County. The finish of construction if approved will occur in 2020. Planning continues in hopes of keeping electric charges low for Minnesota Power customers.
WINDOW Victim Services of Hinckley has been hired to provide services to Carlton County residents previously served by the former Domestic Sexual Abuse Family Program of Carlton County. Sue Wojciehowski, over 30 year advocate for that program, retired in April 2012 because of health issues and the program was discontinued. The Carlton County Court system reflected, "As an advocate, Sue has touched the lives of many of our people." WINDOW will be filling that gap shortly with a new local advocate at the courthouse.
The Carlton County Board gave their blessing for Moose Lake's Safe Routes to School proposal. Five sidewalks in town will be upgraded for students to walk or bike to school. Auditor Paul Gassert remarked, "Why upgrade those sidewalks with these funds when Moose Lake is planning on building a new school south of town by ALCO?" Community Economic Development Director Pat Oman responded, "We know a good plan for building a school is being worked on and will be voted on in May. Three other bond referendums have failed. Who knows if the current bond will pass."
The GIS/clerical position is opening up in the Land Department due to retirement. County Coordinator Dennis Genereau and Land Commissioner Greg Bernu are developing a job description for a new hire in which some staff time for that position will be out of the office on in-the-field responsibilities.
A hearing was held for public input on a new off-sale liquor license for TJ's Country Corner in Mahtowa. No verbal or written correspondence was received. Tom Bislow, owner, stated for the record, "The dry grocery business has changed and taking this move will help keep TJ's in Mahtowa." The county board voted to approve the license.
Addressing the public needs after the Flash Flood of 2012 continues. Coordinator Genereau requested, and it was approved, to hire more Lutheran Social Services case managers to handle the relief caseload. Genereau commented, "There are 200 cases that have not been looked at and it will take about $25-$30,000 for four to six months to address this need. Spring is coming and we are facing a crunch time for construction." Deadlines have been extended and work continues.


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The following is the speech given Oct. 10 by DiBiasio to announce the Ohio Northern Promise.
As all of you know, the current economic downturn has created unprecedented financial challenges for all sectors of higher education, including the private, nonprofit sector, leading many to believe that the old ways of operating and managing are inadequate. The conventional high tuition and high financial aid model embraced for decades by most private colleges and universities is not working today and is no longer sustainable as the economy resets to a new normal.
Despite this financial turbulence, Ohio Northern University remains academically strong and one of the top-ranked private universities in Ohio and in the region. However, we are not immune to the fiscal head winds that have been blowing like a gusty gale across our campus Tundra.
And just as our students who walk across the Tundra on a blustery day know, to reach their destination in such conditions requires them to lean in to that wind. Similarly, our University must now lean in to these prevailing economic times in order to remain vital and vibrant.
In the last year, we have given more focused attention to considering what kind of changes are needed in order to sustain academic quality AND become more affordable to qualified students and the families that support them. We have conducted a tuition pricing study, held campus wide forums on financial and enrollment trends, and met with nearly 200 full-time faculty members in more than a dozen small group conversations last spring semester. The changes that we believe will work best for Northern and that are best suited for these times have emerged from our deliberations and were formulated in recent months. They were proposed to members our Board of Trustees at their annual meeting last weekend.
The Board devoted much of its meeting time to a thorough discussion of the University's proposal to change our pricing model and reposition Northern for even greater success in the future. The proposal is predicated on the view that the prolonged effects of the 2007-08 economic downturn, also known as the Great Recession, have created dramatic, even fundamental, economic changes that are having an adverse impact on higher education. The forces of impact include the following:
A steady decline in middle-class wages and wealth.
An increasing sensitivity to price
A growing concern about debt, fueled by stories of debilitating student debt.
A continued rise in tuition levels.
A shrinking population of Ohio high school graduates over the next decade.
While the economy has changed, much of higher education has not changed its business model. The proposal discussed at the Board meeting is not business as usual for ONU. Rather, it is a way forward that seeks to reverse some of the trends cited above and makes a quality education more available to the best students we can attract.
The proposal also demonstrates that we have listened, thoughtfully considered, and developed a plan that is right for our time and that taps in to the national and statewide conversation about college costs, completion, student outcomes, and return on investment. In the jargon of the day, our proposal says, "We get it!"
As a result of the discussions last weekend, I am pleased to announce that the Board has enthusiastically endorsed and approved the proposal we submitted to them.
The Ohio Northern Promise
Beginning in the 2014-15 academic year, the University will establish a new educational imperative called The Ohio Northern Promise.
In a phrase, The Ohio Northern Promise is about affordable excellence. It contains four key elements:
To make degree attainment more affordable, Ohio Northern University will reduce tuition for all students to rates similar to those charged prior to the recession, and the University will offer a four-year graduation guarantee. Completing a bachelor's degree in four years will permit students to minimize their student-debt levels.
A hallmark of an ONU education is engaged learning,learning that occurs both inside and outside the classroom because of direct involvement in high-impact practices. Ohio Northern University will expand its extensive opportunities for high-impact practices, such as internships, undergraduate research and capstone courses, practices that enrich student learning. Finally, Northern is committed to sustaining its impressive record of job placement and graduate and professional school admissions rates for our graduates, rates that average 93 percent annually.
We believe that the four elements of The Ohio Northern Promise will make the Ohio Northern experience more affordable and provide greater value to the students we prepare for lives of success and service.
Current undergraduate students will benefit as well. Their net tuition costs for next year will be frozen at this year's rate so that they will not see any tuition increase. Some may actually see a
The decision to implement The Ohio Northern Promise is both bold and courageous. While we join a few other colleges and universities that have also acted with boldness and courage on cost, our approach goes further. It also is a commitment to value, specifically regarding high-impact practices and job and career success. The four key elements of The Ohio Northern Promise place our University in a position of leadership, leadership that comes at just the right time.
ONU is well-positioned to make such a bold move now because it is operating from a position of strength in so many areas. Ohio Northern consistently attracts very well-qualified students, and total enrollment in 2013 is the highest in four years. The University receives top marks in many national rankings, including U.S. News & World Report, Washington Monthly, and The Princeton Review's annual college guide. Last year, the University completed a comprehensive campaign that raised $110 million (against a $100 million goal), and endowment earnings have returned to pre-recession rates. Following two years of study and implementation, ONU has improved operating efficiency and made the investment to significantly enhance enrollment and financial modeling. The University continues to create high-demand programs and has begun planning for a new engineering building. The combination of these elements makes now the ideal time to launch The Ohio Northern Promise.
Nonetheless, this is not a risk-free decision, because no decision about tuition setting is risk-free. We have assessed the short-term risks as best we can and are prepared to fund this change through a combination of sources, including attracting additional new tuition revenue, acquiring gifts, controlling costs and exercising budget discipline.
I want to close by thanking the Board of Trustees, everyone here this morning, and all members of the University community. Your faith and confidence in this initiative is critical to our success, and your support is essential.
Again, I thank you for your time and all you do to make Northern great.


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Connecticut School Shooting: Too Close for South Dakota Family
As parents we tend not to dwell on the negative or nurse any fears that may pop into our minds when it comes to the well-being of our children. We pray they will be healthy and happy. Rarely do we pray that they be kept safe in their school.
The unspeakable has happened at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. A gunman entered the school and opened fire, killing 26 people. 20 of them were children. The gunman is confirmed dead and identified as 24 year old Adam Lanza, who had ties to the school. Information is beginning to surface that his mother was a teacher at Sandy Hook. His younger brother is now being held by police.
This tragedy also has a connection to South Dakota. Our friend and long time listener Jan Stainbrook in Milltown has a sister with children in Newtown Connecticut.
I sincerely doubt that any of the parents or relatives of those who died woke up this morning and asked that their loved ones be kept safe from any shootings. The children certainly had no idea. Their heads were full of final tests, the excitement of the upcoming Christmas vacation, and presents from Santa Claus.
They were as innocent as young lambs. They ranged in age from kindergarten through the fourth grade. That's what makes what happened a tragedy that no words can begin to describe. No words are able console those who grieve with all their hearts and will remain broken for perhaps the rest of their lives.
This incident is a nightmare of epic proportions. This school shooting is the worst in U.S. history. More died at Sandy Hook Elementary than Columbine High School in 1999.
We all wonder during a season of peace on earth and goodwill to all how such an event could have happened. We will be wondering for a very long time. As I write this, I reason that we all have an inherent capacity for good and evil. It's coded into our DNA. We have the choice of doing good or doing evil. However, it is the responsibility of each and every one of us to deeply examine what is in our minds and our hearts and then try to do the right thing.
No matter how hard we try to reason and make sense of it all, the fact remains that 20 children have died and 6 adults who perhaps gave their lives to save others are no longer alive.
The Sandy Hook Elementary incident has diminished us all in ways it will take years to comprehend. And still, we may not ever be able to understand. That is the saddest footnote of all to this story.


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There's a new frugal kid in town or rather in Japan, the 2012 Suzuki Alto Eco that promises an impressive fuel economy of up to 32km/L (~75.3mpg US or 3.1lt/100km) in the Japanese 10-15 test cycle and 30.0km/L in the JC08 driving cycle.
The most fuel-efficient version of the Alto series is powered by Suzuki's new R06A 0.66-liter three-cylinder engine featuring a start/stop system borrowed from the third-generation MR Wagon. It produces an output of 52-horses at 6,000 rpm and a peak torque of 63Nm (46.5 lb-ft) at 4,000 rpm.
An improved continuously variable transmission (CVT) handles the gear shifting duties powering the front wheels.
The 2012 Alto Eco will be offered in Japan in two trim levels, "S" and "L" with pricing set at 995,000 Yen (US$12,830) and 895,000 Yen (US$11,540) respectively. Sales will start on December 13.
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We were struggling to narrow down our award to just one match. One of the many things we enjoy about wrestling is that it's so varied, and there are many contenders for best match, all for different reasons. As such we have picked two matches each, both of which meant a lot to us for different reasons. Rae will be posting hers shortly, but in the meantime…
Winner: Sara Del Rey vs KANA (CHIKARA's Klunk In Love: Oct 8, 2011)
We've declared our undying affection for Sara Del Rey on the blog before, and those affections are indeed unwaning. Not only one of the best female wrestlers in the world, she is arguably one of the best wrestlers in the world full stop. Other than the all female promotion SHIMMER, possibly no company has done more to reward Del Rey's skill than CHIKARA. In a company featuring wrestling ice creams, temporally displaced Egyptian snake gods and evil (yet devilishly attractive) insect overlords, something as petty as human gender is unlikely to be an issue to success.
When I first took it upon myself to introduce Rae to CHIKARA, one of the matches I showed her was a 2007 bout between Icarus, Gran Akuma & Brodie Lee and Cheech, Cloudy & Sara Del Rey. I don't think it would be an overestimation to say that Del Rey played a pivotal role in her indoctrination, inspiring not only a love for indie wrestling, but also a typically insightful post on intergender wrestling
KANA on the otherhand, is maybe less known to a wider audience, although 2011 was undoubtedly her "breakthrough" year in the west, with a successful tour of the US taking in CHIKARA and SHIMMER. Having trained and shared a room together early on on their careers, the idea of the two wrestling each other was thought of by many as a dream match.
That they were having a match at all was great news. That CHIKARA had the courage and the belief (not only in the wrestlers but also the fans) to make this match the main event of one of their shows gives an indication of just how highly they are thought of. And that faith was more than rewarded with what was easily my match of the year. Not just for the quality of the match (which was amazing) but also in what it stands for. In a year in which the female division in the WWE has often dropped down to levels that can only be described as "risible," it's important to remember that there is excellent female wrestling out there.
From SHIMMER's continued successes to CHIKARA's Joshimania weekend, from Anarchy Championship Wrestling's gender-neutral shows to the growing popularity of Quebec's NCW Femme Fatales, from the UK's Pro Wrestling EVE to their Japanese partners in Ice Ribbon, there is more female wrestling of a quality that puts many male wrestlers to shame than ever before. Yes this stuff is harder to access than WWE or TNA, and yes you might have to brace yourself for accusations of slightly ulterior motives (believe me, I know) but you will be rewarded with some of the best wrestling that's out there at the moment… from wrestlers who are possessed of dedication, talent, determination and, coincidentally, ovaries.
Skip to about 4 minutes in the following video for a clip from the match
Winner: Mike Quackenbush vs Eddie Kingston (CHIKARA's High Noon: Nov 13, 2011)
I'll be writing more about how much I enjoyed CHIKARA's first ever iPPV later, but this match is one of the reason's why the show worked so well. I know I'm coming across as an unabashed fanboy, but one of the thing's CHIKARA do so well is create emotion through stories and this match, the culmination of their 12 Large Summit tournament, was no excecption.
The tournament was held throughout the 2011 season to finally crown the inaugural CHIKARA Grand Champion, and was dedicated to the memory of CHIKARA alumni Larry Sweeney who took his own life early in the year after a long history of mental illness. In one corner was Mike Quackenbush: founder and head trainer at CHIKARA, and one of the most talented technical wrestlers currently in the US. In the opposite corner was Eddie Kingston: one of my favourite wrestlers and a close personal friend of Larry Sweeney. Kingston is by no means a technical wizard, but he is an amazing brawler, and his promos are second to none – including this gem he released in the run up to the show…
That promo would probably be enough to earn this award by itself to be honest, but the match more than lived up to it. With nearfall after nearfall, a teased Quackenbush heel turn, and the entire roster surrounding the ring by the time the final bell was rung, it was an amazing match, and an honour to get to watch live. I realise this might sound like hyperbole, but it's true – I genuinely felt like part of something special watching live from my bedroom over in the UK that night, and it's thanks to moments like this that I love wrestling. Thank you CHIKARA


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Mariners rally, then hold on to win second straight
SEATTLE -- First baseman Justin Smoak came through with his glove and his bat Friday, lacing a go-ahead two-run double in the bottom of the eighth and then making a sparkling diving catch to turn a game-ended double play in the ninth as Seattle topped Texas, 6-5, at Safeco Field.
Smoak's offensive heroics capped a four-run rally in the eighth, but all that appeared for naught when closer Fernando Rodney walked in two runs with the bases loaded and one out in the ninth.View Full Game Coverage
SEATTLE -- First baseman Justin Smoak came through with his glove and his bat Friday, lacing a go-ahead two-run double in the bottom of the eighth and then making a sparkling diving catch to turn a game-ended double play in the ninth as Seattle topped Texas, 6-5, at Safeco Field.
Smoak's offensive heroics capped a four-run rally in the eighth, but all that appeared for naught when closer Fernando Rodney walked in two runs with the bases loaded and one out in the ninth.View Full Game Coverage
Adrian Beltre then smoked a line drive down the first-base line, but Smoak snared it with a full-out dive and then got to his feet and stepped on the bag to double off Elvis Andrus for a stunning conclusion.
"That's why we play nine guys in the field," said Rodney, who felt he was overthrowing after not getting much work recently as he recorded his fourth save.
Smoak said he saw the line drive off Beltre's bat, then just reacted the best he could. The result was a perfect ending for the Mariners' first baseman, who had bobbled a throw in the dirt earlier in the inning that spoiled a potential double play.
"I saw it, but when I dove I was just doing whatever I could to try to catch it and put a glove on it," he said. "It just happened to go in and I knew we had a double play once I caught it."
The crazy finish gave Seattle its second straight win after snapping an eight-game losing skid Wednesday. The Mariners had been outscored 18-0 in the eighth inning this year until Friday's outburst in front of 31,145 fans at Safeco.
"This was one of those wacky games tonight," said Seattle skipper Lloyd McClendon. "I saw a lot of things I hadn't seen in a long time. But in the end, the good guys came out on top."
Only after Rodney walked the tightrope, however, by giving up two singles, hitting a batter and then walking in two runs to cut the margin to one with the dangerous Beltre stepping to the plate.
Beltre, who doubled in a run earlier in the game, torched a 97-mph fastball down the line for what would have been at least a go-ahead two-run hit if not for Smoak's stop.
"It's just tough to swallow," Beltre said. "Everybody had a great at-bat trying to battle back. I was just looking for a pitch high over the plate so I could drive it to the outfield. I put a good swing on it, and Smoak made a heck of a play that saved the game. What else can you say?"
Smoak's own two-run, bases-loaded double highlighted the eighth-inning comeback, with Kyle Seager adding an RBI single before Seattle tacked on what turned out to be a huge insurance run when Smoak scored on a wild pitch to make it 6-3.
Trailing 3-2 going into that eighth, Robinson Cano led off with a single and Corey Hart was hit by a pitch, the fourth Mariner to get plunked on the night by Rangers pitchers.
Stefen Romero then dropped down a perfect bunt that turned into a base hit when Beltre couldn't get off a throw as the ball died in the grass, setting up Smoak's bases-loaded double for the go-ahead runs.
Smoak increased his team-leading RBI total to 14 with his fifth double of the season.
"He's really working with [hitting coach Howard Johnson] trying to clean his path up, trying to get better," McClendon said. "It's a work in progress, but he certainly came up with a big double tonight."
Then it was up to Rodney to slam the door and he did, but only after putting everyone in the stadium at the edge of their seats, including McClendon.
"That's Fernando," said McClendon, who worked with Rodney in Detroit earlier in his career. "Most of the time he's going to have me on the top step, but in the end he gets it done. This probably was not all his doing. We could have made it a lot easier for him if we'd turned the [earlier] double play."
Reliever Yoervis Medina earned the win, pitching a scoreless eighth after rookie southpaw Roenis Elias gave up three runs on five hits over 5 2/3 innings.
Cano went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs for the Mariners, who improved to 9-13 with the series-opening win. Seattle is 2-3 on the season against Texas, which fell a game back of Oakland in the American League West at 14-9.
Cano was happy to see Smoak come through as he knows it's going to take contributions up and down the lineup to get the Mariners' offense going.
"It's important for the whole team," said Cano. "That's how we win. This is not about one or two guys, it's about the whole team. Coming through in that situation is good for him. We've been struggling with runners in scoring position. Those are the kind of things that get you excited and clear your head. These guys are young. I'm happy he got a hit in that situation and came through."
Greg Johns is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @GregJohnsMLB as well as his Mariners Musings blog.


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Man Returns $1,200 to Completely Rude and Ungrateful Owner
Honesty is the best policy, right?
Kyle Osborn may not be so quick to agree with you.
Osborn recently returned $1,200 in cash he found in an envelope in Harrisonville, Missouri to its owner, only to have the owner question whether all the money was there.
Osborn, 29, is a tatted up auto detail shop owner with a scraggly beard who recently found the money while in Sutherlands Hardware Store. Sure, he could've kept the money for himself, but he decided to be a Good Samaritan by hunting down the person who lost the envelope, instead.
He finally found the man in the store and what took place next is surprising:
A guy realized his dad had an envelope. He said my father had some. We go up and ask him if he lost anything and he looked around his pockets and realized he did. I reached in my pocket and handed it to him. He looked at me and he said, 'I hope it's all there.'"
Osborn said he was shocked and walked away, trying to shrug off the lack of gratitude and borderline accusation of theft. After he posted the story on his Facebook page, word spread and people at Sutherlands got wind of what took place.
To show that, yes, honesty is indeed the best policy, Sutherlands rewarded Osborn for his actions, giving him a basket of items, as well as a $50 gift card as a thank you.
Osborn took it all in stride, saying, "I think older people just tend to observe people the way they look and not who they are. Just because someone with a beard, tattoos and dirty doesn't mean they are bad people."


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VANCOUVER, WA -- Net sales for Nautilus Inc. were down in both the fourth quarter 2008 and full year 2008, and the company had a net loss in both periods, according to financials released by Nautilus today.
Net sales in fourth quarter 2008 were $92.3 million compared to $146.7 million in 2007, a 37 percent decrease. For the year, net sales were $411 million, down 18 percent from $501 million in 2007.
The company's fourth quarter 2008 loss of $41.2 million is less than the $45.7 million loss it had in fourth quarter 2007. For the year, the company had a net loss of $90.6 million, which is more than the $55.6 million loss the company had in 2007.
"This decline is primarily due to the late investment by health clubs to modernize existing equipment, reduced Treadclimber sales, tighter inventory controls by dealers that sell mainly into light commercial applications and delays in opening up new gyms," Ed Bramson, CEO of Nautilus, said in a call with analysts. "Excluding Treadclimber sales commercial business revenue was down 29 percent in fourth quarter of 2008 versus fourth quarter of 2007."
The company has been cutting its expenses by various means, including layoffs and closing a manufacturing facility in Tulsa, OK. In late February, Nautilus laid off 50 employees at its Vancouver, WA, headquarters, leaving head count there at 350 people. In October 2007, the company laid off 140 people, 80 of those at its headquarters.
The company plans to reintroduce the Treadclimber this year, but Ed Bramson, CEO of Nautilus, who spoke about the company's financials in a call with analysts, would not offer a release date. Nautilus has suspended the manufacturing of the Treadclimber twice, most recently in early 2008, due to durability issues.
On the consumer side, a safety issue caused Nautilus to voluntarily recall 78,000 of its Bowflex Ultimate 2 Home Gyms this month. The company received at least 18 reports of injuries from people using the equipment. This is the second time in two years that the company has recalled the Bowflex Home Gym.


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Narrator: Kevin T. Collins, Khristine Hvam
Series: Daughter of Smoke and Bone #2.5
Published by Hachette Audio on 12/5/13
Genres: Fantasy, Romance
Story: A
Narration: A-
Quick Review:
Adorable! An amusing and romantic short story set in the generally more serious universe of Daughter of Smoke and Bone. The dual narration was unexpectedly perfect. Honestly? Don't bother with the review, just go buy the audio.
Publisher's Blurb:
In Night of Cake & Puppets, Taylor brings to life a night only hinted at in the Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy—the magical first date of fan-favorites Zuzana and Mik. Told in alternating perspectives, it's the perfect love story for fans of the series and new readers alike. Petite though she may be, Zuzana is not known for timidity. Her best friend, Karou, calls her "rabid fairy," her "voodoo eyes" are said to freeze blood, and even her older brother fears her wrath. But when it comes to the simple matter of talking to Mik, or "Violin Boy," her courage deserts her. Now, enough is enough. Zuzana is determined to meet him, and she has a fistful of magic and a plan. It's a wonderfully elaborate treasure hunt of a plan that will take Mik all over Prague on a cold winter's night before finally leading him to the treasure: herself! Violin Boy's not going to know what hit him.
My Thoughts:
I think I'm pretty much onboard to read anything Laini Taylor wants to write but when I heard that there was an upcoming novella about Zuzana and Mik – characters from the fantastic Daughter of Smoke and Bone series – I… er… I may have squeed aloud. A little bit. And pestered @HachetteAudio to find out if there would be an audio version. Some of my favorite scenes in Daughter of Smoke and Bone and Days of Blood and Starlight contain Zuzana. As the perfect humorous foil for the darker material in the book, she got most of the funny lines and I glommed onto her like a raft in the emotional storm that was Karou's life. I was pleased to discover that this novella lived up to my expectations.
Although we get a short glimpse of the early friendship between Karou and Zuzana, the story is primarily about Zuzanna as she plots her first date with Mik and leads him on a treasure hunt to get to it. Unexpectedly, we also get to hear Mik's perspective on this adventure. Both characters speak directly to the listener which is a conceit that can sometimes be a bit problematic for me when it's overdone or seems too clever. In this case it worked perfectly and made me feel like I was overhearing a conversation in a coffee shop the day after a first date.
In addition to the magic of romance, there's a little of the real magic that inhabits the DoSaB world and they blend together well. As in the full-length novels, Prague comes alive in the story and the atmosphere of one snowy night in that ancient city is a vivid construction in the listener's imagination. The imagery is beautifully rendered and the phrasing is well-written. This is a sweet, adorable, and laugh-out-loud funny story that's a perfect companion to the series or a lovely stand-alone listen when you're in the mood to be charmed.
I was going to include some quotes of the amusing or well-worded parts of this novella but then I realized I'd been cutting and pasting practically the entire book and decided…perhaps not. As a short précis of Zuzana, though, I can't resist:
"I mean, who would I be if I'd been raised on milquetoast bedtime stories and not forced to dust the glass prison of a psychotic undead fox Cossack? I shudder to think.
I might wear lace collars and laugh flower petals and pearls. People might try to pat me. I see them think it. My height triggers the puppy-kitten reflex – Must touch – and I've found that since you can't electrify yourself like a fence, the next best thing is to have murderer's eyes."
and a bit later…
"Anyone with an older brother can tell you: Cunning is required. Even if you're not miniature like me – four foot eleven in a good mood, as little as four foot eight when in despair, which is way too often lately – morphology is on the side of brothers. They're bigger. Their fists are heavier. Physically, we don't stand a chance. Hence the evolution of 'little-sister brain.'
Artful, conniving, pitiless. No doubt about it, being a little sister – emphasis on little – has been formative, though I take pride in knowing that Tomas is more scarred by years of tangling with me than vice versa. But more than anyone or anything else, it's Deda who is responsible for the landscape of my mind, the mood and scenery, the spires and shadows. When I think about kids (which isn't often, except to wish them elsewhere and stop just short of deploying them hence with my foot), the main reason I would consider…begetting any (in a theoretical sense, in the far-distant future) is so that I can practice upon small, developing brains the same degree of mind-molding my grandfather has practiced on us."
As for Mik…the cat analogy… oh, the cat analogy. It was brilliant and amusing and so well voiced by Kevin T. Collins that I'm not going to quote it but only suggest you listen to it yourself. This novella is well worth a listen and likely several re-listens.
The Narration:
I was concerned when I saw that this novella was going to be voiced by dual narrators. I was please to see that Khristine Hvam would be narrating – after all, she does such a great job with the full-length books in the series – but why did we need another voice? Well, aside from the fact that the story is actually broken out into "Her" and "Him" alternating sections, as it turns out, Kevin T. Collins was awesome as Mik.
Each narrator brings personality and individualization to the characters: from the squeak when Zuzana gets excited about what she's saying to the tentative uncertainty Mik displays and the way in which Mr. Collins leverages perfect inflections to build the character and his mood and personality in my mind, this pairing was audio gold.
Why the "-" to the A" grade? I heard a little inconsistency in Zuzana's accent and Mr. Collins uses a lot of breath(iness) to push out Mik's lines. These were very minor issues as the narration was above average and makes audio the way to go with this story.


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25-1124.00 - Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary
Teach languages and literature courses in languages other than English. Includes teachers of American Sign Language (ASL). Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
Sample of reported job titles: Assistant Professor of Spanish, English Professor, French Professor, German Professor, Instructor, Instructor of Spanish, Modern Languages Professor, Professor, Spanish Instructor, Spanish Professor
Tasks | Technology Skills | Tools Used | Knowledge | Skills | Abilities | Work Activities | Detailed Work Activities | Work Context | Job Zone | Education | Credentials | Interests | Work Styles | Work Values | Related Occupations | Wages & Employment | Job Openings | Additional Information
- Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
- Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
- Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
- Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
- Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as how to speak and write a foreign language and the cultural aspects of areas where a particular language is used.
- Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
- Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
- Select and obtain materials and supplies, such as textbooks.
- Keep abreast of developments in their field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional organizations and activities.
- Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.
- Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
- Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities.
- Develop and maintain Web pages for teaching-related purposes.
- Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in scholarly journals, books, or electronic media.
- Serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues.
- Act as advisers to student organizations.
- Participate in campus and community events.
- Compile bibliographies of specialized materials for outside reading assignments.
- Perform administrative duties, such as serving as department head.
- Organize and direct study abroad programs.
- Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
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- Calendar and scheduling software
- Computer based training software — Blackboard Learn; Desire2Learn; Learning management system LMS; Sakai CLE (see all 5 examples)
- Data base user interface and query software — Blackboard; Data entry software
- Desktop communications software — Skype
- Desktop publishing software — Adobe Systems Adobe PageMaker; QuarkXpress
- Dictionary software — American Sign Language ASL browser
- Electronic mail software — Email software; Microsoft Outlook
- Foreign language software — Computer assisted language learning CALL software
- Graphics or photo imaging software — Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator ; Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Information retrieval or search software — DOC Cop; iParadigms Turnitin
- Internet browser software — Web browser software
- Music or sound editing software — Audacity
- Office suite software — Microsoft Office
- Optical character reader OCR or scanning software — Image scanning software
- Presentation software — Microsoft PowerPoint
- Spreadsheet software — Microsoft Excel
- Word processing software — Collaborative editing software; Google Docs ; Microsoft Word
Hot Technology — a technology requirement frequently included in employer job postings.
Tools Used
- Compact disk players or recorders — Compact disk CD players
- Desktop computers
- Digital camcorders or video cameras — Digital video cameras
- Digital cameras — Compact digital cameras
- Digital video disk players or recorders — Digital video disk DVD players
- Epidiascopes — Opaque projectors
- High capacity removable media drives — Universal serial bus USB flash drives
- Inkjet printers — Poster printers
- Laser fax machine — Laser facsimile machines
- Laser printers — Computer laser printers
- Liquid crystal display projector — Liquid crystal display LCD projectors
- Microphone stand — Microphone podiums
- Microphones — Handheld microphones; Wireless microphones
- MP3 players or recorders — MP3 digital voice recorders
- Multimedia projectors — Computer projectors; Multimedia projection equipment
- Notebook computers — Laptop computers
- Overhead projectors — Overhead data projectors
- Photocopiers — Photocopying equipment
- Portable data input terminals — Interactive whiteboard controllers; Student response systems
- Projection screens or displays — Projector screens
- Scanners — Computer data input scanners
- Scientific calculator — Digital calculators
- Slide projectors — Carousel slide projectors
- Special purpose telephones — Multi-line telephone systems
- Tablet computers
- Teleconference equipment — Conference telephones
- Televisions — Liquid crystal display LCD televisions; Television monitors
- Touch screen monitors — Interactive whiteboards
- Videoconferencing systems — Videoconferencing equipment
- Web cameras — Webcams
- English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Foreign Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
- Education and Training — Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- History and Archeology — Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
- Sociology and Anthropology — Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
- Philosophy and Theology — Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.
- Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Instructing — Teaching others how to do something.
- Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Learning Strategies — Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Service Orientation — Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Systems Analysis — Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Systems Evaluation — Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
- Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
- Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
- Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
- Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
- Memorization — The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.
- Category Flexibility — The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
- Fluency of Ideas — The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
- Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
- Originality — The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
Work Activities
- Training and Teaching Others — Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
- Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
- Coaching and Developing Others — Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
- Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
- Scheduling Work and Activities — Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
- Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
- Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
- Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
- Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
- Provide Consultation and Advice to Others — Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
- Developing Objectives and Strategies — Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
- Performing for or Working Directly with the Public — Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
- Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
- Assisting and Caring for Others — Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
- Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates — Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
- Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
- Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others — Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
- Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
Detailed Work Activities
- Develop instructional materials.
- Evaluate student work.
- Guide class discussions.
- Maintain student records.
- Develop instructional objectives.
- Evaluate effectiveness of educational programs.
- Teach humanities courses at the college level.
- Advise students on academic or career matters.
- Administer tests to assess educational needs or progress.
- Prepare tests.
- Order instructional or library materials or equipment.
- Select educational materials or equipment.
- Attend training sessions or professional meetings to develop or maintain professional knowledge.
- Stay informed about current developments in field of specialization.
- Research topics in area of expertise.
- Direct department activities.
- Create technology-based learning materials.
- Perform student enrollment or registration activities.
- Promote educational institutions or programs.
- Coordinate student extracurricular activities.
- Write articles, books or other original materials in area of expertise.
- Serve on institutional or departmental committees.
- Supervise student research or internship work.
- Plan community programs or activities for the general public.
- Compile specialized bibliographies or lists of materials.
- Write grant proposals.
- Advise educators on curricula, instructional methods, or policies.
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Work Context
- Electronic Mail — 97% responded "Every day."
- Indoors, Environmentally Controlled — 88% responded "Every day."
- Face-to-Face Discussions — 64% responded "Every day."
- Contact With Others — 65% responded "Constant contact with others."
- Freedom to Make Decisions — 57% responded "A lot of freedom."
- Coordinate or Lead Others — 58% responded "Extremely important."
- Structured versus Unstructured Work — 63% responded "A lot of freedom."
- Public Speaking — 45% responded "Every day."
- Work With Work Group or Team — 49% responded "Extremely important."
- Duration of Typical Work Week — 64% responded "More than 40 hours."
- Letters and Memos — 42% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Frequency of Decision Making — 40% responded "Every day."
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — 65% responded "Very important."
- Telephone — 57% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results — 40% responded "Important results."
- Time Pressure — 40% responded "Once a month or more but not every week."
- Physical Proximity — 55% responded "Moderately close (at arm's length)."
- Spend Time Sitting — 61% responded "More than half the time."
- Deal With External Customers — 29% responded "Extremely important."
- Level of Competition — 42% responded "Moderately competitive."
Job Zone
|Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed
|Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
|Related Experience
|Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.
|Job Training
|Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.
|Job Zone Examples
|These occupations often involve coordinating, training, supervising, or managing the activities of others to accomplish goals. Very advanced communication and organizational skills are required. Examples include librarians, lawyers, astronomers, biologists, clergy, surgeons, and veterinarians.
|SVP Range
|(8.0 and above)
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- Social — Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.
- Artistic — Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.
- Investigative — Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.
Work Styles
- Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
- Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
- Independence — Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
- Concern for Others — Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
- Self Control — Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
- Cooperation — Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
- Social Orientation — Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
- Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
- Adaptability/Flexibility — Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
- Stress Tolerance — Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
- Leadership — Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
- Analytical Thinking — Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
- Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
- Innovation — Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
- Achievement/Effort — Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
- Persistence — Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
Work Values
- Independence — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.
- Relationships — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.
- Achievement — Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
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Wages & Employment Trends
|Median wages (2018)
|$67,640 annual
|State wages
|Employment (2016)
|35,000 employees
|Projected growth (2016-2026)
|Faster than average (10% to 14%)
|Projected job openings (2016-2026)
|State trends
|Top industries (2016)
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2018 wage data and 2016-2026 employment projections . "Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2016-2026). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.
Job Openings on the Web
Sources of Additional Information
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- American Association of Teachers of French
- American Association of Teachers of German
- American Association of Teachers of Japanese
- American Association of University Professors
- American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
- Association for Asian Studies
- Association of Academic Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Association of Departments of Foreign Languages
- German Studies Association
- Latin American Studies Association
- Modern Language Association
- Occupational Outlook Handbook: Postsecondary teachers
- Society for Classical Studies
- Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies
- The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
- The Classical Association of the Middle West and South


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Here's what WE did last week (snowiest month in metro Detroit history since they started keeping records) - shot these yesterday morning.
Lot of work there John, get out the heating pad for the back. Lovely place though and picturesque. I am afraid I am not that ambitious. I just looked out the window and counted cardinals.
I like to kick back and choose which one I'm gonna start today, only I don't want to mess up the laser alignment of the tire treads on the floor. LOL -
The Z will get assembled one day - hopefully by me. Too long a stretch like it is.Regards
Quote from: z28z11 on February 04, 2014, 02:24:38 PMThe Z will get assembled one day - hopefully by me. Too long a stretch like it is.Regards Ill put it together for you and might even let you drive it every once and a while. Seriously though, you know you can ask me anytime if you need any help. I want to see if cruising again too.!!.
It looked like that here in north Alabama this morning also, Phillip.. but it's warming up nicely, so I think the roads will be clear by mid afternoon.. that's the way snow usually works here..
Our banana tree was leaning over. I just realized it's loaded with bananas. It will be another month or two before they are ripe...


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The husband and wife musical team of Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. met as members of the iconic '60s group The 5th Dimension. They went on to perform as a successful duo and host their own television show. 40 years later, their music and mutual love and respect are still going strong. Performances include "Mona Lisa" and "Here's that Rainy Day."
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Today is the second day that the Supreme Court is hearing arguments about Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act. I won't go into the specifics of what each of those means because most people have a pretty good idea already: same-sex marriage. If you are on Facebook, you can't help but notice how many people have changed their profile photos to some version of the equality sign so I had to get in on the act and make one that I feel represents my food service industry history.
On April 2nd, I will celebrate my one year wedding anniversary with my husband. One year of marriage may not seem all that impressive, but April 2nd will actually be our 22nd anniversary of being together. We spent the first twenty years or so waiting for people to realize that our relationship does not affect anyone else's and thankfully, New York State came to that realization in July of 2011. I think a lot of people don't fully understand how same-sex marriage is absolutely non-threatening to the rest of the world. Maybe if I put it it in terms of food, it will make more sense.
If you go into a restaurant and look at the menu and see something that you would never order you simply order something else. If you don't want to eat quinoa you order the mashed potatoes instead. What you don't do is scour the restaurant to see if anyone else ordered quinoa so you can tell them how much you hate it. You don't make a cardboard sign that says "God Hates Quinoa" and picket their table. If they order quinoa and it sits on their plate and their plate alone, how will that affect your plate of mashed potatoes? I can't think of any way that it would. Therefore, you simply eat your mashed potatoes and they eat their quinoa and both of you enjoy your dinner. Same-sex marriage is the same thing.
If you are a raw vegan and only eat cold zucchini lasagna with almond cheese that is your decision. Personally, I don't understand it but that does not mean that I think all raw vegan restaurants that serve cold zucchini lasagna with almond cheese should be shut down. I just make a conscious decision to eat elsewhere. Just like that person is not going to go to my favorite bar-b-q place and order brisket with mac and cheese. Vegans and carnivores can live happily amongst each other and they just agree to disagree. Same-sex marriage is the same thing.
Maybe someone thinks same-sex marriage is wrong because it's unfamiliar to them and therefore scary. It's like me and seafood. I didn't grow up eating seafood of any kind and as an adult, I still hated it. What I eventually realized was that when I said "I hate seafood," what I meant to say was "I am unfamiliar with seafood." Gradually, I tried it and now there are a few items that I like. No, I don't expect straight people to dabble in the world of homosexuality to see if they like it. I just expect people to open up their horizons a little bit and be willing to see if it's something they can tolerate instead of hate. When I first tried shrimp, I tolerated it and now I like it. Is it my favorite thing to eat? No, but I don't shudder at the thought of a plate of shrimp as I did when I refused to consider the possibility that shrimp can be very good and it is not threatening. Same-sex marriage is the same thing.
Lots of people are against same-sex marriage because they think the Bible says it's wrong. I know that Leviticus 18:22 says, "Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination." But what about Leviticus 11:7-8? It says, "And the pig, because it parts the hoof and is cloven-footed but does not chew the cud, is unclean to you. You shall not eat any of their flesh, and you shall not touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you" Have another bacon cheeseburger and consider that maybe every line of the Bible isn't exactly correct.
I know that in time, this country will recognize same sex marriage as a right. It's happening and honestly, it's happening faster than I ever expected it to. Forty years from now, it will seem silly that there was a time when so many people were against it. I hope that the Supreme Court makes the right decision. Marriage is something that everyone should have a right to; gay, straight or even that drunk couple who met at a casino in Vegas and got married by an Elvis impersonator two hours later. Seriously, they have a right to get married and people who have been together for thirty years and raised children together don't? It makes no sense.
Remember this: same-sex marriage is just like letting someone at the next table order quinoa when you order mashed potatoes. A starch is a starch and a marriage is a marriage. They're just different.
I hope you will share this post. It would mean a lot to me if you did and you can consider it an anniversary gift to me and my husband, Mark.
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Our newest addition to the team of Onsea House and Machweo is Operations Manager, Ms.Eline Janssens, who will attempt to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, which at 5.895 metres is the tallest mountain of the African continent.
It will be a 7-day expedition, following the Rongai route and starting off on the 24th of February.
Eline dedicates her climb to a dear friend suffering from Multiple Sclerosis.In association with her climb, she is organizing a small fundraising, to support the non-profit foundation AGDEM (Asociación Gaditana de Esclerosis Múltiple), located in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain.
Multiple Sclerosis, also known as "MS" is a chronic disease of the main nervous system that causes uncontrollable contractions of the muscles and therefore causing terrible pain. It is the most common neurological disease for young adults and the main cause of disability after traffic accidents.
The foundation AGDEM helps and assists people afflicted with MS, not only with rehabilitation but also with pshycological support, research and training activities.The rehabilitation treatment they offer is of great value in improving the quality of life to those affected by MS and is necessary during their whole lives.
You can support this non-profit organization in order for them to continue their precious work with any contribution you are willing to make
Contributions can be made to:
Asociación Gaditana de Esclerosis Múltiple
11403 Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz)
Bank address: Avda. Méjico, esq. Comte. Paz Valera
11405 Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz)
We wish Eline a safe climb and hope that this small fundraising can somehow make a difference in the lives of all those who are climbing their "own mountain" every single day
Contact firstname.lastname@example.com for further advise on climbing Kilimanjaro and/or specific info on a charity climb for a good cause.