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Syracuse University will be revamping how it delivers its online MBA program. The New York institution's Whitman School of Management has signed on with 2U, which offers back office services for online delivery of masters and other degrees for a number of universities.
Syracuse will move its existing iMBA program off of its current Blackboard learning management system and onto 2U's learning platform. The program, to be renamed to MBA@Syracuse, will offer live, weekly, face-to-face sessions taught by Whitman professors in small seminar-style classes.
Faculty will work with 2U staff in redesigning curriculum that includes videos, quizzes, learning modules and other interactive multimedia. Participants will also be able to interact with the new program from mobile devices.
This particular master's program includes on-site residencies at the university as well as cities that are considered major centers of international business. MBA@Syracuse students gain their degrees after completing 54 credits in 12-week-long semesters.
2U's services include handling marketing, recruitment and other aspects of building degree programs; all student admission and instructional decisions are left to the institution.
"We're taking another step forward today by enhancing our online program to best serve our students," said Kenneth Kavajecz, dean of the School of Management. "2U's demonstrated ability to support universities in delivering top-notch online graduate degree programs that drive the same impact and outcomes of a residential program will help Whitman extend our institutional reach and mission to more students and the companies and organizations they serve."
The updated program will begin accepting applications in June for the first cohort for classes that begin in January. Additional cohorts will be added through 2015.
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Hey all, back are the memories
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Awww, who doesnt remember the good old days of Clanbase and its ladder/cup matches for Mohaa/CoD and several other games
The chase after the gold, silver or bronze ladders or even the cups, was such a nice time.
Well they are back! and its called Scrimbase.
Like so many others in the fps community the people behind Scrimbase, wich are also old players from the clanbase days, *feel the same so they came up with a similar setup to get time back we all had on clanbase.
They just started couple months ago i found out but they are growing fast.
If you dont see a ladder yet then u simply can request one aswell and with enough clans its implented fast and u can start playing matches on the ladder.
defo worth to check it out and sign up with your clan and play some matches,
with the 2 upcomming games, Battalion and Days of War it really seems we go back in time and gives us something that the community is so eager to have again.
2017 gonna be awesome for us

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At some point – and we already might have passed that point – Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls essentially have this comeback business decided for them.
Not by Rose's physical recovery from ACL surgery on his left knee. Not by the Bulls' level of play and quality of supporting cast, as suggested by Rose's brother Reggie last month. Not by any psychological trepidation that might linger longer than physiological concerns or by a bit of hurried bravado from Rose in trying to demonstrate that trepidation doesn't exist.
No, the prospects of Rose coming back to the Bulls for any part of the 2012-13 NBA season will be dictated by the calendar and the schedule.
And since we all just lost an hour last night, the deadline leapt a little closer.
Let's break this down in bite-size pieces, taking a look at just how much of the remaining regular season Rose might need to make a spring return, rather than something next fall, worth everyone's while.
- 0-5 games: Now that would just be silly. If Rose were to come back that late – with a week or less left in the season – he wouldn't have time to flake off the inevitable rust of what would be a 50-week layoff. His and the team's agenda would be so out of whack as to undermine each other. Make no mistake, Rose's return will be disruptive to the Bulls both on and off the court, whenever it happens. They need to get it under control and mostly tucked away before (or after) they're all counting losses four at a time.
- 6-10 games: Still wouldn't seem to be nearly enough for the former All-Star point guard to cope with, then extend the minutes leash he'll be on for some time upon his return. Chicago's offense would be jammed onto a learning curve, no matter how many times the Bulls claim they're playing the same way with Nate Robinson, Kirk Hinirch or whomever running the point. Also, a 10-game project would put Rose's announced return on or near April 1, which could heighten rather than alleviate the disbelief.
- 11-15 games: Coming back on March 23 against Indiana at United Center would give Rose exactly four weeks until the first weekend of the playoffs. That would provide him and his teammates with 15 games to get reacquainted on the court. Careful with that number, though – it has special significance around the Bulls. When Michael Jordan came back in his second season from a broken foot, he did so with 15 games to go. Chicago went 6-9 as their young star strained at his own minutes limit, but it still made the playoffs, where Jordan scored a breathtaking 63 points in Game 2 of the three-and-out first round against Boston. There might be too much mythology around 15 for Rose or the Bulls to flirt with that.
- 16-20 games: Oops, too late for the max anyway. Assuming Rose doesn't make a Willis Reed-like surprise appearance Sunday afternoon, when the Bulls face the Lakers at Staples Center on ABC, there will be only 19 games left by the time they play at Sacramento Wednesday. A weeknight game against the lowly Kings, with a 10 o'clock ET tipoff from the West Coast and only League Pass beaming the game beyond Sacramento's and Chicago's usual viewing audience? That seems pretty Tom Thibodeau-friendly for Rose to dip his toe into the playing waters.
Unless it happens Friday at Golden State. Or on the Bulls' three-game homestand that follows. Or, of course, not at all.
When Reggie Rose muddied the water of his brother's comeback with his criticism of Bulls management after the NBA trade deadline, Derrick's physical and even mental return no longer were the sole determinants of his comeback. And once ESPNChicago.com went big with a "team source" announcing (even though it had been implicit in his return to 5-on-5 practicing) that Rose had been cleared medically – as in, officially deemed to not be at risk of re-injury – the Bulls, admit it or not, put pressure on their franchise guy. Pressure to not look scared, to not be a perfectionist about his early-return performances and to not appear to be assessing the club's playoff chances, rather than concentrating solely on his knee and game.
Now there's added pressure, from the calendar.


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Weekly jobless aid applications fall to 369K
WASHINGTON Weekly applications for U.S. unemployment aid fell last week to a seasonally adjusted 369,000, a level consistent with modest hiring.
The Labor Department says unemployment benefit applications dropped by 23,000, from a revised 392,000 the previous week. The four-week average, a less volatile measure, rose to 368,000.
The figures appear to have stabilized after being distorted in the previous two weeks by seasonal adjustment problems.
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WALTHAM, Mass. – Brandeis University senior Chris Brown of North Chelmsford, Mass., been named the Division III New England Outdoor Track and Field Track Athlete of the Year by the Unites States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
Brown had an outstanding senior campaign for the Judges. He is a seven-time University Athletic Association (UAA) Athlete of the Week in 2011-12, including cross country and indoor and outdoor track and field seasons. During his outdoor campaign, Brown won the UAA titles in the 800- and 1,500-meter runs. Brown finished second at the New England Division III championships and third at the ECAC Division III championships in the 800 meters. His time of 1:51.01 in the 800 at New Englands was the eighth-fastest in Division III this season, but Brown saved his top performance for the week in between those two meets.
At the New Balance Twilight Invitational at Bentley College on May 13, Brown won the 1,500-meter race with a school-record time of 3:43.49. It was the fastest time in Division III this season by three full seconds and the sixth-fastest time in Division III history. Brown established a school record, eclipsing the mark of 3:44.90 set by Mark Beeman '85, an inaugural member of Brandeis' Hall of Fame, nearly 30 years ago.
Brown will compete at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships on May 24-26 at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges in Claremont, Calif. He will forgo running the 800 and try to win an NCAA title in the 1,500. Brown will be in search of his second All-America honor of 2012, having placed third in the mile run during the indoor season.
Brown is a 2008 graduate of Chelmsford High School. He is the son of James and Susan Brown, No. Chelmsford, Mass.
For a complete listing of 2012 USTFCCCA Regional Award winners for outdoor track and field, please click here: http://www.ustfccca.org/2012/05/featured/diii-region-award-winners-announced-for-outdoor-track-field.


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Movie Defense Force: Waterworld
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I didn't know Waterworld was seen as a bad movie, it's one of my dad's favorite movies..
I didn't hate the movie when it came out, but "great" is a bit of a stretch. The lead role begs for someone we can like and admire even when he's behaving like a misanthrope, and Costner just doesn't have the range or the inherent charisma to pull that off. Don't get me wrong, I thought he was great in Dances With Wolves or even The Postman. I just think someone else could have made the stuff that wasn't dealing with over-the-top Dennis Hopper far more watchable.
(...Come to think of it, the entire heroic trio is kind of a blank, isn't it...?)
A "solid" premise isn't the same as a scientifically accurate premise. It's a scifi movie. The premise doesn't have to be plausible, just interesting and fertile for storytelling.
Pretty much my thoughts exactly. Was it silly? Yes. Did any of it really make the slightest bit of sense? Hell no. Was it fun? Absolutely.
The premise was simply "There's lots of water". Why that is or whether it's actually possible really isn't important.
As for dry land being regarded as a myth by most people, the intersting thing is that we're not ever actually told that, we're just left to assume it. All we see of the world is one tiny bit of ocean with a very small settlement plus a couple of nearby boats, and then at the end some land of unknown size. The Earth doesn't actually need to be drowned at all, this particular small group simply hasn't travelled far enough to notice that most of it's still there. This is supported by the fact that the little girl has clearly had contact with land before, and that the land they find looks like regular land with a rich biosphere rather than just being small islands where mountain peaks break the surface. Looked at this way, it's not just a good enough premise for a silly action film, it's actually reasonably plausible. After all, we have plenty of examples of cultures that didn't know much about the world outside their borders, this is just the slightly damp post-apocalyptic version.
Water World kind of reminds me of any episode of Doctor Who - extremely fun, but you have to suspend your belief a little in order to fully enjoy it. Sometimes, you just have to watch a movie for the fun of it, but we all know people have differing notions about what 'fun' is.
You've embarked on a journey over very choppy waters trying to defend this sinker, my dear floatational Sir Sterling.
I can barely remember anything of Waterworld except not understanding why so many hated it. Maybe it was just unmemorable for such a memorable premise.
Now, I can't wait for Jim to do Star Trek V.
Yay! A move i watched and liked as a kid....still like it.
I can get behind this one, I actually like this movie =)
It's definitely silly though
I recently re-watched Waterworld as part of a post-apocalyptic movie binge, and was surprised how enjoyable it was. I completely concur with your assessment, Jim!
That's funny, I didn't realize I also posted on this site under the name "Worgen." (Explaining The Joke: I have said this exact same thing about the movie.)
Jim, I just like you more and more. I always thought Waterworld was a fun, silly, cheesy action movie with a great look to it, but people act like everyone can agree that it's just objectively bad or something.
It seems like I'm the target audience for this show (yes, me personally), since I prefer to enjoy movies for what they are rather than nitpick every detail, and I'm pretty much alone in that respect in my social circle. So I think this show could very well become my favorite one on the site. :D
(When are you doing Repo? I want that episode now!)
I remember watching it back in the 90s and thinking it was relatively mediocre. Not terrible, just boring. I haven't seen Face Off, but at least two of the movies you mention had several elements that pushed them above Waterworld in terms of quality: Independence day was was actually funny, not just silly (i.e. it had comedy that actually worked, and is still used as the basis of jokes to this day) and an adversary that seemed legitimately threatening. Hook had strong and memorable characters, as well as a theme to which children and their parents could relate.
While the somewhat over-the-top action sequences, reliance on slapstick in some scenes, and devotion to action tropes is the same in all three, pretending that this means there aren't other good reasons Independence Day and Hook were better received (and continue to be better thought of) is entirely disingenuous.
No. No, this one is still pretty darn bad. Plot points make little sense, characters are cardboard. Eh. The setting is fine, but that's all that's okay.
At least independence day had Will Smith.
I never saw Waterworld due to the terrible reception it's gotten, but now I think I'll have to seek out a copy...
Honestly, I'm surprised more movies/TV shows/games haven't explored the 'flooded earth' idea. This and Wind Waker are the only two examples that come to mind.
I can agree somewhat. I didn't think the movie was particularly good, but I liked it for some of the reasons listed. I figured out now that I wanted to see more of the floating cities and exploration of "old earth". They created a neat world and only let you peek at it.
I always thought this movie was bashed as a flop and not necessarily a bad movie. It killed Costner because no one wants a star that cannot attract viewers. That's how it worked then and how it works now.
Okay firstly i thought it was explained dirt was important because they had a few Plant seeds left and dirt could be used to grow the seeds into food, something kinda hard to find in post-apocalypse mega ocean.
Also i always wondered who these people were that hated this movie. it was a fun little romp through a flooded world. i agree with all points. It wasn't great, but it was fun.
Is the Star Wars prequels next? Come on Jim, lets see it. :D
It was YEARS after the movie came out, and years after I first watched it, that I realized that people didn't like Waterworld. When I heard it lost money, even then I never figured that it was widely disliked. I always figured it was a sort of cult classic, even comparable to Mad Max, just a bad business decision. It was hardley a classy, challenging tale, but it was very fun, and the setting was great.
To this day, whenever the idea of something being a myth comes up, it will immediately be compared to dry land.
Water World was a fun movie but it was also a bad movie. The one aspect of this whole movie defence force that has me rather confused is that these movies were declared bad by general concences because thats what people thought of it. Jim's defence aproaches the subject as if some evil movie overlord stamped bad on the cover and that was that. you can't tell someone they were wrong for liking or not liking something.
I saw water world, I thought it was fun but also a bad movie and have had no inclination to ever see it again. What about that has to be defended against? I just don't see the appeal of this segment... and I kind of hope Jim tries again with something else. there's nothing wrong with trying something new but much like a bad movie I just don't like this segment despite it having good bits...
I don't know about that... Dune's pretty shitty. It's got a lot of "so bad it's good" qualities, but if we were to talk seriously about it... ehhhhhhh...
But that's just me.
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I never even KNEW it was a punching bag, I always thought it was just a good ol action flick that was just an action flick
I find this movie incredebly boring, though not as boring as The Postman! There´s really no reason why it should run for 2½ hours, bland action scenes and a story that´s going nowhere.
I wanted to say all this :(
The problem with the dirt he has is that it was from the (new) sea floor, it would be saturated with salt and unusable for farming unless it was cleaned and he clearly didnt have the capacity to clean it.
I think its funny that people point at his filter and say "you cant drink pee" when there are currently (and have been for some time) methods to filter waste water, in fact most of the water you drink is filtered waste water. But there are far better ways to make drinkable water given an abundance of sea water and multiple metal vessals to catch the water in. Take a pot fill it with salt water put a smaller pot in the middle as a "collection vessel" put a concave lid with a nub to cause the drips to go into the center collection chamber. Its not super fast but it works and he has nothing but time.
I've always held that Water World is right up there with Starship Troopers as one of my all-time favorite "horrible" movies. Just way too much fun to watch.
I thought this a pretty ugly mess. About the only think I care to remember was Jean Tripplehorn's body double in the failed seduction scene (and... why'd it fail? He isn't a selfless person.)
I don't think Independence Day was good, just more fun, less ugly, with more fun things to look upon. It too is no classic. But I put it a notch above this.
Three things I want from this:
1. Indiana Jones 4
It was just a matter of time until you did Waterworld, and now that you did, I have some new perspective on it. There's definitely no other post-apocalyptic movie like it, and we are being oversaturated with the zombies. Waterworld was definitely a product of its time, when stacked with the other big dumb '90's action flicks. Speaking of which, is Judge Dredd on the menu?
So did the postman (and that was a real turd-bomb). Remember that bit with Lisa watching The Postman on DVD? She said "Wow, this truly sucks!" and turned on director commentary, which was just Kevin Costner apologizing.
Now, the film has been long forgotten. But back when it was first released, indeed it received a lot of negative buzz. I think in time, the stigma it has received will be long forgotten as new generations watch without the expectations met at the time of the release, and people will enjoy the film more in its intended way - as a fun, fantastic action flick (not any of this serious crap we get in these overhyped Dark Knight flicks).
I'm a big fan of 80's and 90's flicks, and Waterworld is definitely in my top 10. And, god, I love that boat Costner has.
I'm still waiting for an MMORPG based on Waterworld. A few years back, I created a thread about an idea for one.
I never had a problem with this movie. I'd watch it instead of Independence Day or any of the Transformers movies.
Nice work Jim, I also didn't realize how much hate this movie received, I don't remember it getting much but I loved it then and I still do now. In fact I found it a lot more entertaining than independence day, and even some of the indiana jones movies of the time (don't care how bad that sounds). Plot hardly made sense, but that's not why I watched it. I just enjoyed the world and zany shit that happens in it, setpieces were very cool and I even had the great fortune of seeing it at universal studios I think it was. As a kid, that was pretty sick!
Now, those are truly indefensible movies.
I have to amdit that Kevin C. was the first reason I never watched this movie.
Now I going to watch it at least ONCE, because of Dennis Hopper.
I can appreciate the "good in a cheesy-bad sort of way, and hey, it was the 90s" argument.
But I am unconvinced, even (especially?) when benchmarking it against Roland Emmerich films.
The chief problem with this movie - other than the controversy surrounding the cost and sinking setpiece - is that it came after Costner was enjoying immense success from his beautifully-directed Dances With Wolves, and his star turn in Prince of Thieves as the only Briton from the American Midwest. On the heels of that came more overly ambitious and way-too-long movies, beginning with Wyatt Earp and Waterworld (which admittedly, by comparison, only FEELS three hours long), culminating in The Postman, and finally petering out with Thirteen Days. His ambitions seem to be scaled back considerably in the new century.
All that said, I felt his best real drama is long behind him (The Untouchables), and other than that, all his good movies are sports movies (specifically his baseball movies, but I liked Tin Cup as well). Even as a leading man, he just works better when he has a chance to disappear into some good-ole everyman role, and not even the Tom Hanks, Jimmy Stewart capital-E Everyman role, where we're compelled to watch HIM perform, but when he's one of us, and the story is the main character and he is merely our avenue through which to experience it. In that way, he's like Nicolas Cage: very serviceable if he's an experiential character, and not someone who's being asked to carry the story on his own back.
But sad to say, this defense, admirable as it may be, does not persuade me to commute the sentence on this particular film.
There's a lot that can be said about those movies. A lot of bad, but there are some good parts to them.
OT: I'm sorry, but Waterworld is just a terrible fucking movie. It's not fun terrible like Demolition Man or any of the other action 90's flicks. It's just fucking terrible. Costner is wooden and unlikable, the girls are annoying and stupid. Even with Hopper's fun as the villain, his career is filled with better roles that are equally, if not more, fun(like Speed).
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New 'Photo Blocking' Beer Cooler Will Save Your Marriage [VIDEO]
It's a classic problem — the more beer you drink, the more likely you are to look ridiculous in a photo and the more likely your friends are going to post that photo online and embarrass you publicly. Thankfully, there is now there is something that can save your pride.
The Norte Photoblocker, which is not yet available in North America, is bound to become every beer drinker's best friend. The bucket, perfect for holding a few bottles of beer and keeping them cold, also comes with its own sensor that will sense when a camera flash is going off and then trigger its own flash to ruin the photo. Kind of like your Mee-Maw and her wind-up camera during Christmas. Those who have seen it in action say that it works and that it's been tested in bars in South America.
Based on the commercials, it does seem like the original intent was to keep our wives from seeing pics of us talking to strange women during guys' night out. The joke is on our wives because women don't talk to us at bars. So ha!
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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
There are many competing claims at play in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but the simple question of who was here first, as childish as it might sound, remains central to the contest.
That is precisely why, in addition to leveling all sorts of other accusations at Israel, the Palestinian Authority is engaged in an effort to invent a new historical narrative that puts the Palestinians in the land long before the Hebrews ever arrived from Egypt.
If, as the Palestinians also claim, they are part of the wider Arab world, then this new narrative is easily debunked by any number of historical documentation and archeological finds. And yet, it is catching on at an alarming rate with those who would likely consider themselves cognizant of regional history.
One of the latest proponents of what can only reasonably be labeled a "fairytale" is chief Palestinian Authority negotiator Saeb Erekat, who told a diplomatic gathering in Munich last month that his particular tribe had been residents of Jericho thousands of years before the arrival of Joshua Ben Nun, the Israelite leader following Moses.
In a thorough expose, Ambassador Alan Baker of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs picked apart Erekat's assertion and those like it.
In summary, Baker noted that Erekat's own genealogy, which is easily researched, puts his ancestral Huweitat tribe back in the Arabian peninsula as recently as the 19th century. Only after the Jews began returning to the land en masse did the Huweitat tribe take up residence near Jericho, Jerusalem and other parts of what are now Israel and Jordan.
"Several leading scholars of Middle Eastern studies and Islamic history have confirmed that the Palestinians do not have ancient roots in the area and are trying to invent origins for themselves that predate the Jewish people's presence," wrote Baker.
By contrast, "the historical presence of the Jewish people in the 'Holy Land' is well-documented, not only in the scriptures of all three monotheistic religions, and visible in extensive archeological remains, but also in historic writings by early Greek, Roman, pagan, and other visitors to the area," he continued.
Baker's full essay on the topic is well worth a read. Click here to do so.
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Posted by Henry on March 19, 2004
In Reply to: Butter someone up posted by Bruce Kahl on March 18, 2004
: : : : Hi! Can you please give me some history on this phrase? Thank you...Sax
: : : BUTTER UP -- "Flatter; seek a favor by excessive praise. It is a transfer from the homely practice of spreading an oleaginous substance on bread. Earlier examples of the figurative meaning can be cited, but the pleasantest one comes from the 'Saturday Review' of July 5, 1884: 'The Lord Chief Justice of England made a tour through America and generously buttered the natives." From "Dictionary of Cliches" by James Rogers (Ballantine Books, New York, 1985).
: : "Butter up" was an answer in a crossword puzzle recently - the clue was "Blandish mountain goat".
: My being at Woodstock in 1969 can sometimes be the reason for fading out once in a while but I don't get the clue/answer of this.
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To blandish is to coax by flattery, in other words to butter someone up. A goat is something that butts. A mountain goat might be a "butter" up a mountain. It's not the best clue I've come across!


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When Giants linebacker Mark Herzlich stepped off the plane in Indianapolis for Super Bowl XLVI, he sent an inspirational message out to his Twitter followers.
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Stories from Africa
Annie Fairman '07 - Cape Town, South Africa
I had no idea that when I said I wanted to go to South Africa anyone would even believe me, let alone help me to go. It was just sort of one of those things I said to hear what it sounded like coming out of my mouth, and then when I liked the way it sounded I researched it online and liked the way it sounded in research, and then Gordon Aelishman from the South Africa Community Fund offered to help coordinate a place for me to stay, and told me about working at Fikelela Children's Home, and then I could hardly contain my excitement. In all honesty, it wasn't until I was looking at a flight map from my airplane seat that showed us flying above the Kalahari Desert that I started to realize this had all materialized, that I was en route to Cape Town, and it was no longer about how it sounded or made me feel. Click here to view full article.
Takako Mino '11: Uganda, Rwanda, & Ghana
The summer of 2009, Takako interned at the Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC), Uganda's leading economic policy research institution. As an intern, she wrote proposals, collect and analyze data, conducted research, and undertook additional special projects. In her capacity as a research assistant, Takako aided the executive director with her research in areas crucial to Ugandan development, such as food security, child nutrition, higher education, and poverty reduction. Through this opportunity, Takako had the opportunity to familiarize herself with Ugandan economic development policies and improve her analytical skills in evaluating the effects of governmental policies by working with Uganda's top economic policy experts.
Takako traveled to Ghana to visit WomensTrust, a microfinance institution in the Pokuase region. The purpose of this visit was to evaluate the institution to determine whether CMC students would benefit from interning there and to learn more about microfinance institutions and their impact on clients.
Update from Uganda
I have enjoyed my research at the Economics Policy Research Centre in Kampala. A researcher and I collected data and conducted interviews during our field trip to the northeastern district of Soroti. We discussed with the local laborers about how employment in public works has helped them earn money to buy food in order to survive the famine. (Drought in the region has led to famine and many deaths due to starvation.)


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VIDEO: Cheeks is out at Detroit after only eight months
Mo Cheeks, the eighth coach to serve during Joe Dumars' run as president of basketball operations for the Detroit Pistons, lasted eight months before, as multiple media outlets reported and the team eventually confirmed Sunday, getting the ax.
Dumars is in his 14th season, six years removed from Detroit's last .500-or-better season. And the Pistons' lone championship on Dumars' watch (2004) came so long ago, Yao Ming, Latrell Sprewell and Seattle still were in the league and Dwight Howard, Kevin Durant and the Charlotte Bobcats weren't.
That math no longer adds up.
In fact, with the clamor for advanced analytics to measure and dictate every motion and inclination of every player associated with an NBA team's success or failure, the league is overdue for a concrete rating system for front-office executives. They're the guys, after all, who are lauded or ripped by a new generation of sportswriter/analyst, depending on how avidly they embrace or eschew such calculations.
Or how 'bout this? A simple ceiling on the number of coaches a GM can hire or fire before it is his head on the chopping block.
Three would seem to be plenty, though four might be a reasonable number as well. If you spot the boss one for clearing the deck after he takes the job – the way Dumars did in 2001, replacing George Irvine with Rick Carlisle – two or three more ought to be enough, after which the scrutiny needs to shift from the sideline to the executive suite.
That would have only gotten Dumars to about the halfway mark in presiding over his personal coaches' Boot Hill.
After Irvine and Carlisle, Dumars and the Pistons turned to Larry Brown, who did precisely what everyone expected him to do: he got Detroit to The Finals in his first season, steered its ensemble cast to the 2004 championship, then won another 54 games before his AWOL DNA kicked in and he was on the move.
Flip Saunders was brought in and did even better, in terms of victories, going 176-70 in three seasons. But he never had full control of the Pistons' veteran-laden locker room – thanks, Rasheed Wallace and Rip Hamilton – though Saunders' non-confrontational style was well-established before Dumars ever hired him. The core of that Detroit team was in decline, anyway, so when Saunders was dumped in 2008, so was its trips to the Eastern Conference finals and, for that matter, days sniffing air above .500.
Saunders at least holds the distinction of lasting longest under Dumars. After him, Michael Curry, John Kuester, Lawrence Frank — and now Cheeks — have followed in rather rapid succession, each staying two years or less.
The Cheeks firing borders on Kim & Kris eye-blink brief, with the added touch that Pistons players apparently learned the news Sunday through media and fan postings on Twitter. Sure, they're the ones allegedly responsible, underperforming at a 21-29 pace that most experts felt should have been flipped to 29-21 by now. But class is as class does, and while Dumars – always classy as a Hall of Fame player in Detroit – can't be held responsible for every leak, it does add to the impression that there's chaos and scapegoating going on in the Motor City.
The Pistons have been in or near the league's bottom third both offensively and defensively. As of Sunday morning, they were ninth, out of the playoff picture, despite an East standings that from No. 3 down ought to be a land of opportunity. Detroit has been OK within its conference actually (18-14) but a 3-15 mark vs. the West has been killer, as was the Pistons' 7-15 mark at home halfway through the schedule.
The inability to meld the work of big men Andre Drummond and Greg Monroe, some reported rancor among the players over the rotation and the confrontation/aftermatch between the coach and guard Will Bynum – that's all on Cheeks. The question, though, of whether 50 games was enough to decide his fate – after successive two-years-and-out terms of Frank and Kuester – was answered by Dumars and owner Tom Gores.
"Our record does not reflect our talent and we simply need a change," Gores said in a team statement. "We have not made the kind of progress that we should have over the first half of the season. This is a young team and we knew there would be growing pains, but we can be patient only as long as there is progress.
"The responsibility does not fall squarely on any one individual, but right now this change is a necessary step toward turning this thing around. I still have a lot of hope for this season and I expect our players to step up. I respect and appreciate Maurice Cheeks and thank him for his efforts; we just require a different approach."
Pinpointing where that approach begins or ends, that's the challenge. And that's the area – made up top in jest but maybe a real void in need of filling – to be addressed. There's got to be a more concrete way of capturing Dumars' successes and failures.
The talent of which Gores spoke is largely of the individual variety; there's no one even casually familiar with the NBA who didn't stack up as many or more "cons" on the right side of Brandon Jennings' and Josh Smith's ledgers as "pros" on the left. It was, in a sense, a higher risk/reward gamble on "me first" guys than Dumars had perpetrated in 2009 when he splurged on free agents Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva to little positive effect.
The Pistons constantly tout their youth – their starting lineup ranks as the NBA's most tender (23 years and change) – and the fact that their record is best among the league's four youngest teams. But if that's something to overcome in the short term, the W-L mark that the kids cobble together seems an odd thing to hold against Cheeks. He didn't wave a wand and make them young.
More Dumars: Rodney Stuckey was going to be the Pistons' future until he wasn't, and only lately has done better in his new zero-expectations world. Then there was the Darko Milicic gaffe, a blown No. 2 pick in 2003 from which the franchise still hasn't recovered. All while the No. 1 (LeBron James), 3 (Carmelo Anthony), 4 (Chris Bosh) and 5 (Dwyane Wade) picks will be at All-Star weekend in New Orleans.
Gores' arrival as owner apparently was a reset button for Dumars, because new bosses need basketball people they trust the same as chaotic, distracted owners (the previous Pistons regime). But eight coaches in 14 years and, with whoever takes over on the sideline now, six in eight seasons goes beyond fickle toward feeble.
Even if, in formulating an analytic to apply to the GMs, some allowance gets made for the length of the exec's reign, Dumars would seem to have exceeded an acceptable average for pink slips. The next one he hands out, he needs to be standing in front of a mirror.
Or better yet, he needs to take over as coach himself and demonstrate that his GM/president knows what he's doing.


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- "Ser Alton's pen is full, Your Grace...the prisoners from the Yellow Fork."
- ―Rickard Karstark to Robb Stark
The Yellow Fork is a river in the Westerlands, north of Ashemark.
Season 2
The river was the site of a battle between the forces of House Stark and House Lannister during the War of the Five Kings. The Stark forces led by King Robb Stark won a further victory in the clash. Lord Rickard Karstark reports taking so many Lannister prisoners that the Stark cells are overflowing. Talisa Maegyr continues to treat Robb's wounded along with those of his enemies following the battle.[1]
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The location of the river is not specified. Robb's army fights there after the Battle of Oxcross and before the Surrender of the Crag. It is therefore likely to be in the northern part of the Westerlands between these two locations. Lannister scouts report that Robb's army remains north of Ashemark shortly after the battle takes place so it is likely in the northern part of the region. The three forks of the Trident are similarly named but only the Red Fork lies near the Westerlands.[1]
In the books
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, there is no river named Yellow Fork.


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Why Should I Not Use Custom Directories With FrontPage?
Microsoft FrontPage manages all of the directory and sub directory permissions on your website. If you created custom directories on your website, or you are using another tool to build or manage your website, switching to FrontPage may cause some problems. It can overwrite all of your directory permissions and make your site unusable.


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Featuring Alicia Silverstone as the voice of Sharon Spitz, Braceface is an award winning half-hour animated comedy chronicling the perils of adolescence. Sharon also finds herself dealing with mysterious and embarrassing mishaps caused by her new braces. No one ever said that growing up is easy, and no one is learning this faster than Sharon Spitz. Despite everything that comes her way Sharon is still smiling even if it is with a tin grin!
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Welcome to the Science Department's website.
The goal of the Science Department is to develop scientifically literate citizens by teaching them to think critically in school and as life long learners. We set out to instill a never-ending curiosity about the world and to develop the skills necessary to investigate questions. We seek to challenge students to recognize problems, ask and explore questions, formulate working hypotheses, determine the best way to observe phenomena, construct and revise models, handle data with accuracy, reach tentative conclusions consistent with what is known, and express themselves clearly about the significance of findings. The acquisition by students of cognitive processes such as these and the habits of mind and attitudes that underlie them is a fundamental component of our standards based, nationally and state aligned science curriculum. The science department supports implementation of this curriculum through professional development focused on content and pedagogy, which insures fidelity of implementation, while providing a structured environment for continued reflection and refinement of the curriculum. We believe in academic challenge for all students and foster this mindset through strong instruction and developmentally appropriate curriculum.
Supports from the science department will ensure that students in Cambridge Public Schools will:
On this site you will be able to understand more about what we teach in the science department from JrK through 12th grade electives. Please feel free to contact with questions, concerns, or suggestions for making this website more useful.
Contact Us
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Tech Unveils Customer-Service Initiative, Oct. 15, 2008
By Thomas Guengerich
SOCORRO, N.M., Oct. 15, 2008 – New Mexico Tech is aiming to become a friendlier place.
Human Resources Director Joann Salome is spearheading the effort, which will begin with a comprehensive survey and training sessions.
At Tuesday's Board of Regents meeting, Salome presented the new customer service initiative that Tech President Dr. Daniel H. López is championing.
"I don't think we, as a university, are as accommodating and friendly as we should be," López told the Board of Regents. "We're not terrible, but we're not as good as we should be."
The survey mainly targets students and parents, but also aims to gather feedback from community members, vendors, employees and other university "customers."
The online survey is on the Tech website, nmt.edu, beginning Wednesday, October 15, and will stay live through mid-November. Everyone is encouraged to complete the survey, which includes rating-style questions and two open-ended questions. Tech has contracted with an outside company to conduct the survey. All participants will remain anonymous and all results will remain confidential.
Click here to access the survey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=tlbSZVsnILogqnr4BkXYpA_3d_3d .
The survey results will help Salome craft a series of customer service training sessions for all employees beginning in January.
"Our No. 1 priority is being friendly to students and parents," Salome said. "We want them to feel that this is a comfortable place and that we are customer-friendly. It's a culture. It's typically related to front-line people, but everybody needs to think about it."
Salome has a daughter attending New Mexico State University and has had positive experiences dealing with university staff members in Las Cruces.
"They are extremely customer-friendly and they are a huge university," Salome said.
Beginning in January, Salome will facilitate a series of workshops, beginning with a kick-off event. Each month, Tech will host workshops on different topics: Getting Ready, Emotional Aspects, Business Aspects, Reflecting and Hiring. The exact content of the workshops will be crafted based on the results of the survey.
In addition, Salome will institute an incentive program. She will name a Department of the Month and Employee of the Month, all of whom will be recognized at the annual Christmas party. She will also hold monthly luncheons and give plaques to winners. The program will also offer pins and cards periodically for employees recognized for going above and beyond the call of duty in providing exceptional customer service.
In November 2009, they will assess their progress and set new goals for 2010.


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Mark your calendars! Andrew Delbanco, author of College: What it Is, Was, and Should Be will deliver the 25th Annual Carl and Fanny Fribolin Lecture on Friday, May 3, at Keuka College in New York. The event is free and open to the public. Read more about the event below.
Andrew Delbanco to deliver Fribolin LectureDr. Andrew Delbanco, recipient of the 2011 National Humanities Medal, will deliver the 25th Annual Carl and Fanny Fribolin Lecture Friday, May 3, at Keuka College.
r. Andrew Delbanco, recipient of the 2011 National Humanities Medal, will deliver the 25th Annual Carl and Fanny Fribolin Lecture Friday, May 3, at Keuka College.
One of the highlights of May Day Weekend, Delbanco will discuss "What is College For?" at 6:30 p.m. in Norton Chapel. It is free and open to the public.
The lecture series carries the names of Geneva resident Carl Fribolin, an emeritus member of the College's Board of Trustees and recipient of an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree in 2004, and his late wife.
Delbanco is Mendelson Family Chair of American Studies and Julian Clarence Levi Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University. He was awarded the 2011 National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama "for his writing that spans the literature of Melville and Emerson to contemporary issues in higher education."
In 2001, he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and named by Time Magazine as "America's Best Social Critic." In 2003, he was named New York State Scholar of the Year by the New York Council for the Humanities. In 2006, he received the "Great Teacher Award" from the Society of Columbia Graduates.
Delbanco is the author of many books, including, most recently, College: What it Was, Is, and Should Be, and The Abolitionist Imagination. Melville: His World and Work was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Biography, and appeared on "best books" lists in the Washington Post, Independent (London), Dallas Morning News, and TLS. It was awarded the Lionel Trilling Award by Columbia University.
Delbanco's essays appear regularly in The New York Review of Books, New Republic, New York Times Magazine, and other journals. His topics range from American literary and religious history to contemporary issues in higher education.
Delbanco has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He was a member of the inaugural class of fellows at the New York Public Library Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers.


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For almost four years now, electrical industry leaders have nervously shook their heads and wrung their hands at the mere mention of the economic state of the market, despairing for their bottom lines and desperately clinging to any indication that all the red ink in their ledgers would soon be replaced with black. But now that the worst is over and economists are forecasting a gradual turnaround, those same people who couldn't wait for business to improve may have reason to hope it doesn't recover too quickly. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) predicts that the number of construction industry jobs could rise by 13% from 6.8 million in March of this year to 7.7 million by 2012. Electricians accounted for roughly 584,000 of those jobs in 2003, or 8.5%, and if you apply that percentage to the predictions for the number of construction jobs in 2012, that works out to about 654,500 electricians, or an increase of 70,500 positions.
That number becomes even more intimidating in light of the fact that a large percentage of the Baby Boomer generation will reach retirement age in the next decade and create even more job openings. Some members of the electrical industry estimate that as much as 15% of electricians are 50 years or older, which means another 87,600 positions could open up.
Instead of fretting over the task of filling all those jobs over the next eight years, Emily Stover DeRocco sees it as a challenge. The U.S. assistant secretary for employment and training has been working for two years to put together a plan to educate the public about the skilled trades, and her efforts came to fruition this April with the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) launch of the Skills to Build America's Future initiative, a $2 million nationwide outreach and education campaign. "We know this industry is a great opportunity for young people and transitioning workers, yet there really isn't enough information available about the kinds of occupations and careers that are available, what kinds of skills are needed, and how to access them," she says. "It's an important first step in what we hope will be a growing commitment."
Among those the DOL plans to partner with in spreading the word about employment, specifically in the electrical industry, are representatives of union and nonunion contractors. With or without the help of the federal government, though, the IBEW and IEC have already been playing recruitment videos in high school industrial technology classes, blanketing guidance counselors' offices with informational pamphlets, and setting up their booths at local job fairs to recruit the next generation of electrical workers.
Like most kids his age, Bryan Berger doesn't worry much about economic trends or the future of the electrical trade. The 17-year-old Cincinnati resident is more interested in hanging out with his friends, playing Playstation, and getting good grades in school. Unlike most kids his age, though, he has chosen a career and already taken a huge step toward starting it. He's enrolled in the Youth Apprenticeship Program, a joint effort between the Independent Electrical Contractors (IEC) of Greater Cincinnati and the Great Oaks Institute of Technology and Career Development, which allows select students to enter a four-year apprenticeship program at the beginning of their junior year in vocational or high school. At the end of their senior year, kids like Berger still have two years before they become journeymen electricians, but they'll be that much farther ahead of those who waited until graduating high school to enter an apprenticeship program.
To be accepted in the program, students have to earn As and Bs and have a good attendance record. They also have to maintain that level of performance once enrolled, which is no easy task with the schedule they keep. Berger attends electrical construction classes at the Scarlet Oaks career center in Cincinnati two days a week, apprentices for a local contractor three days a week, and attends the classroom portion of the apprenticeship program one night a week. It's a small sacrifice for someone who has known since he was in grade school that he wanted to be an electrician. "I've just always liked to work with electricity and wiring," he says. "So I'm excited to get started in the trade this early."
A tale of two programs. For electricians in Cincinnati and Cleveland, it hasn't been the worst of times, but it certainly hasn't been the best of times either. The electrical construction markets in both cities have been hit by unemployment, but a recovery may be on the horizon, and recruitment efforts are underway. After moving over to the human resources side of the electrical business three years ago, Steve Denier, workforce administrator for Cincinnati-based Denier Electric, has made recruitment his number one priority. He immediately became involved with the IEC of Greater Cincinnati's apprenticeship and training committee and last year helped to create a four-person recruitment subcommittee in the hopes of generating interest in the trade. "I didn't want to take this position and just move manpower around on different construction sites," he says. "And I didn't want to wait for people to walk in the door. What I want is to go out and actively try to find the most qualified people for the job."
To a large extent, that means making frequent trips to local high schools and career centers to introduce himself to students and introduce them to the trade. Many of them haven't given much thought to their post-high school plans, so Denier has the opportunity to get in on the ground floor and help them figure out where their interests lie. "There are those kids who want to go to college, but I see a lot who don't know what they want to do," he says. "You give them direction and you keep pushing them to do well, and that's what gets them involved in the trade."
In the other corner of the state, Gene Stepanik, training director for the Cleveland Electrical Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (CEJATC) of NECA and the IBEW, is also busy dropping in on high school classes. He estimates he has made around 25 total visits this year to 20 schools around the city, several of which were in minority areas. African Americans, Asians, and Latinos combined to made up roughly 19% of the electrical workforce in 2003. Stepanik says he'll never pass up an opportunity to make visits to minority schools, and in those cases he'll typically bring a minority apprentice or journeyman with him so the students can see the trade is open to them as well. "That way they realize, 'There's a person like me who's doing this for a living and is successful,'" he says.
Stepanik has also started to include grade schools in his classroom tours. Instead of calling them recruitment trips, he likes to consider them "career exposure" days. Some grade schools in the area include nontraditional units in their lesson plans and invite outside "teachers" like Stepanik to come in and lead the class for a day. "The schools see that as an opportunity to bring people in from various career paths to relate schoolwork to everyday life," he says. "And the teachers appreciate it because we can show how math and reading skills apply to our job."
Career fairs hosted by high schools and local municipalities are another favorite destination of Stepanik and Denier. Both set up booths, bring hands-on materials, and organize special activities that will attract attention. "It's tough to follow the fireman or the policeman who's from the K-9 unit," Stepanik says. "So you have to have something that really piques their interest."
Fairs provide one important thing that classroom visits don't: an audience more likely to be interested in the message. When Denier and Stepanik speak to high school classes, they know they're only getting through to a few students in the room, but in a setting where kids are actively seeking out information, such as a career fair, they have a better chance of engaging prospective apprentices and holding their attention. It doesn't hurt that the students' parents — some of recruitment officers' greatest allies — are often with them. "You get to build a relationship with not only the student, but the parent as well," Denier says. "That way the message is going beyond the student to someone they trust and who can help them make those kinds of career choices."
College isn't the only choice. The challenge in recruiting for the predicted worker shortage extends beyond a pure numbers game. Many high schools have touted college as the best choice for post-secondary education, which has kept many talented candidates from entering an apprenticeship program or even learning that opportunities in the electrical industry exist, says Bob Baird, vice president of apprenticeship and training, standards, and safety of the IEC. As a result, for those who do become apprentices, the electrical industry is more likely to be a second choice. "For the last 25 years, educators have been telling our kids that the key to a successful career is a college degree," he says. "That's the wrong philosophy. The right philosophy is that lifelong learning is important and that there are many occupations — especially the skilled trades and electrical work — for which the initial training is not received in a four-year university. We can't ignore such a large sector of our economy or the nation's large need for skilled workers."
DeRocco agrees. "There are multiple educational routes to get good jobs in construction," she says. "So we need to create as many alternate pathways for young people in post-secondary education and training as possible."
Some local IEC and JATC programs offer transfer credits upon completion of their apprenticeships that can be used toward other degrees. If newly minted journeymen and women from the four-year IEC program in Cincinnati should decide that installation or maintenance of electrical equipment isn't what they had hoped it would be, they'll have 41 credits to put toward a 92-credit associate's degree in something like construction management at local Hocking College. "That's a good tool for them to use if they want to go beyond just being a journeyman," Denier says. "They can get the education necessary to be a field project manager or a contract manager, or they can even go into something like purchasing or sales."
Apprentices who complete the CEJATC program in Cleveland have 31 credits to apply toward an associate's degree at Cuyahoga Community College, and as an extra bonus, that degree will give them junior standing at Kent State University. "If you're in no hurry to get your degree, it's a good approach to a four-year degree," Stepanik says.
For him, convincing high school students of the merits of the apprenticeship program often comes down to a simple issue of economics. If they're still concerned that going to college is the best way to get started in life, he'll compare the cost of going to a state school to that of the apprenticeship program. At Akron University, which Stepanik graduated from, a four-year degree can cost $38,000 to $40,000. A five-year apprenticeship through the CEJATC will cost $2,400, plus apprentices will be earning money while they work. A third-year apprentice can make $12 to $13 an hour, which is as much as a lot of college graduates make. "That opens some eyes," he says.
When he tells some of his former classmates at the affluent high school he attended through his sophomore year what he's doing Berger encounters some of that skepticism, but his answer usually turns the conversation around 180°. "They'll turn up their noses when I tell them I'm doing an apprenticeship and they say, 'Why would you do that?'" he says. "It's funny because I tell them what I get to do everyday and that I'm making money and then they start asking me where they can sign up."
Building relationships. The chance meeting with someone from his old school isn't the only time Berger gets to share his experiences with kids his age. Since starting the program, he has made a couple trips to local schools with Denier's foremen to talk about the program, explain why he got involved, and offer an example of the opportunities the trade can provide. Bringing apprentices along to serve as success stories is one of the methods Denier uses to turn presentations that might be treated by students as nap time into engaging conversations that get them excited about the trade.
Getting their attention — and keeping it — is vital to making sure the message gets across. "You've probably got a quarter of them who are either sleeping or not paying attention," he says. "A lot of what helps for me is that I visit these schools on a monthly basis, so they see that I'm interested in helping them make career choices, and that makes them more likely to listen when I tell them that they have an opportunity right now to work for a contractor even while they're in school."
It's building those relationships that helps Denier make the most progress. He's convinced that one trip to a school will be forgotten by the end of the day, because most of the students he encounters are either too shy or intimidated by him and the job foremen he brings with him to talk to or ask questions. But when they see him around the building or in their class several times, they're more comfortable approaching him. "At first, they see a bunch of these contractors there, and they don't know what to do," he says. "That's why relationship-building is the most important thing."
And even if it doesn't get them interested in applying for the program right away, that time investment can pay off later when students find themselves at a career crossroads and have difficulty deciding what to do next. "Maybe they've tried college and they've either failed out, lost interest in what they were studying, or don't have the money to keep going," Stepanik says. "Hopefully they'll come to us. Our hope is that they'll say, 'I remember this guy talking about being in the trades and being an electrician. Maybe I should try that.'"
He knows how young high school graduates like that feel because he was one of them. After high school he went to a community college in the hopes of becoming a mechanical engineer, but after getting his associate's degree and moving on to a state school to continue his studies, he found the subject no longer interested him. It wasn't until his brother, who was a sheet metal worker, convinced him to try work in the trades that he found his calling. "So I give them a short personal history about how I got to where I am today and the opportunities that were afforded to me by going through the apprenticeship program."
Aside from the obvious ways in which their work benefits the trades, both Stepanik and Denier derive a level of personal satisfaction that makes it more than just a job. This year Stepanik was the coach of a fifth grade Science Olympiad team, an experience he calls "gratifying." "The kids were just great," he says. "It was amazing how bright they were and what their focus was."
For his part, Denier has taken the job of recruitment and turned it into something that borders almost on obsession, spending a lot of his free time coming up with new ways to attract kids to the electrical industry. In May he organized a charity golf outing to raise money for the program. Representatives from all aspects of the electrical industry attended, including employees from more than 30 contractors and local reps from companies like Eaton Electrical, Richards Electric Supply, and Graybar. The event raised more than $9,500 for the apprenticeship program. Denier says IEC plans to use the money to develop some videos for use in their presentations. It's the first of several extracurricular activities he has in the works to get more young kids interested in the trade, and even though it's starting to cut into his nights and weekends, he's more than happy to do it. "It's fun when you don't know what to expect from someone, and then in six months or a year they're doing things that you really didn't know they were capable of doing," he says. "There's a lot of reward in it."


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The young Pleasanton woman whose impassioned plea for help on Youtube led to thousands of people signing up as potential bone marrow donors has died.
Janet Liang, who graduated from Amador Valley High in 2005, died Sept. 11, six days after receiving a transplant from a near perfect match.
Liang, 25, battled acute lymphoblastic leukemia, diagnosed in August 2009 while studying at UCLA. She went through eight rounds of high-dosage chemotherapy that lasted over the course of a year.
Some of her hospitalizations lasted for 30 days, while others took several weeks. In June 2010, she left the hospital in complete remission and began a regimen of maintenance therapy that kept her cancer-free for a year and a half. During that time, she and her mother traveled to France and England, and Liang also appeared in People magazine to encourage other young adult cancer patients.
As an advocate for bone marrow donors, Liang raised awareness of the need for Asian donors to Be The Match, the organization that pairs up potential donors and leukemia patients. Marrow drives were held throughout Pleasanton starting in February and hundreds of people registered with Be The Match who might not have otherwise ever registered anywhere.
A Facebook page, "Helping Janet Find Her Perfect Match," announced that she had died.
"Janet has served as an inspiration to all those who knew her," the Facebook announcement says. "Her big heart and big smile was something that we all cherished. And although she never fulfilled her dream of being a teacher, she has taught us all one very important lesson: love. Despite battling leukemia for 3 years, she has always found it within her to make her situation more than about herself. Her campaign to raise awareness and advocate for bone marrow donors was for the love of her fellow human."
A website named "We Did It" noted that Liang's plea led to more than 300 donor drives, more than 20,000 new registrants and 18 matches for other patients. Through the power of social networking, the site says Liang's story led to South America, Asia, Europe and Australia.
Mohr Elementary science teacher Mikki Conley, who was diagnosed in December 2010 with lymphocytic stage 4 lymphoma and was also a focus for blood marrow drives in Pleasanton, died on April 4.


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#2 Men's Soccer Falls to JMU 2-1 in Overtime
By ODU Athletics
Oct. 23, 2005
NORFOLK, VA--. The Old Dominion University Soccer Monarchs saw their 32-match regular season home-unbeaten streak end as they lost to JMU 2-1. Kurt Morsink scored the game winner at the 95:39 mark to give the Dukes the win. The Monarchs are now 11-2-2 (6-1-1) while JMU improves to 9-4-2(5-2-1)
JMU got on the board early in the 8th minute as Mike Tuddenham sent a low cross to Jon Britton in the box who tapped it past the keeper. Senior forward Brian Cvilikas (Highlands Ranch, CO) headed in a cross from Edson Elcock (Brooklyn, NY) to knot the score at 1-1. Ross Mackenzie (Midlothian, VA) also notched an assist on that goal. Morsink got past the ODU line of defense and placed a shot past the keeper from 15 yards out for the deciding goal.
ODU outshot the Dukes 16-12, and were even in corner kicks 5-5. Senior keeper John Connelly (Rockville, MD) stopped five shots for ODU, while James Madison goalie Kevin Trapp made nine saves on the day. ODU remains in sole possession of first place in the conference.
The Monarchs return to action Friday night as they travel to take on George Mason in conference action.
Line Score JMU 1-0-1=2 ODU 0-1-0=1
7:57 JMU Jon Britton, from Mike Tuddenham 60:31 ODU Brian Cvilikas, from Edson Elcock and Ross Mackenzie 95:39 JMU Kurt Morsink, from Esteban Maldonado
Shots: JMU (12), ODU (16) Corners: JMU (5), ODU (5) Saves: JMU-Kevin Trapp (9); ODU-John Connelly (5) Cautions- JMU#17 ODU #4


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Atlanta Hawks Team Report – November 6
=== Atlanta Hawks Team Report – November 6 ===
(Sports Network) – The Atlanta Hawks began a five-game road trip Wednesday by
suffering a 99-72 defeat to the Golden State Warriors at the Arena in Oakland.
Jason Terry returned from a one-game suspension and paced Atlanta with 13
points and six assists. Dion Glover netted 11 points and Shareef Abdur-Rahim
pulled down 12 boards for the Hawks, who have dropped four of their first five
games this season.
The Hawks, who shot only 37 percent from the floor for the game, scored just
eight points in the fourth quarter to match the franchise-low for points in
the final frame. Atlanta also managed only eight fourth-quarter points in a
game against Miami on November 15, 1996.
Atlanta was outscored by a 48-27 margin in the second half.
The Hawks are off until Saturday when they head to Portland to tangle with the
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Chicago's Home of Chicken and Waffles is located in one of the last remaining buildings from the Chicago Blues/Jazz History. The corner of 39th King Drive (South Parkway) and Oakwood Boulevard is the site of the former Ritz Hotel and Ritz Lounge. Some of the great musicians who stayed at the Ritz Hotel are Fats Waller, Earl Hines and Duke Ellington. Chicago native and Wendell Phillips High School Alumni Dinah Washington performed at the Ritz Lounge which was owned by Jimmy Cooper.
These are stories about the Historic Ritz Hotel and Ritz Lounge as told by author Dempsey Travis "An Autobiography of Black Jazz".
As related by Tenor Saxophonist Franz Jackson, "Waller usually had a portable organ in his room. He often tole me the story about the Christmas Eve he spent in Chicago at the Ritz Hotel located on South Parkway (King Drive) and Oakwood Boulevard. That night after he finished work he went to his room with a friend and started working out on the organ. The room was literally rocking when it slowly began filling up with piano players. Duke Ellington, who was staying in the hotel, was the first to drift into Waller's room, followed by Earl Hines, who was working next door at the Terrace. Billy Kyle, the pianist with John Kirby's Orchestra, was also staying at the hotel, and he came downstairs to Waller's room feeling good and just flopped down on the bed. Not too much time had passed before Duke pulled out his handkerchief, pretending to wipe his nose. Earl Hines started rubbing his eyes as though they itched. There was not a dry eye in that room because all the "cats" had become homesick and were moved by Waller's sensitive rendition's of "Silent Night" and other holiday songs."
As told by Tenor Saxophonist David A. Young; "In 1942, I joined Lucky Millinder's Orchestra. It was loaded with talented musicians, "Dizzy" Gillespie and "Cat" Anderson were in the trumpet section; 'Panama' Francis was the organist. There were a total of sixteen singing cats in the band.
The Millinder band was actually a back-up touring orchestra for the Four Ink Spots who were at the height of their popularity during that period. Their "If I Didn't Care" number was still breaking up the house. But for some reason, tall, slim and handsome Bill Kenny, the lead singer and star of the "Spots", was jealous of the short, chocolate brown Deak Watson. On many occasions after they had taken their bows and were waiting offstage for the applause, Bill Kenny would haul off and hit Deak Watson in the mouth and then both of them would run back on stage as if nothing happened. Hoppy Jones, the baritone who owned and organized the group for radio station WLW in Cincinnati, would frequently remind Bill Kenny, who was born in the West Indies, that when they picked him up he was on his behind and they could leave him that same way. That would have been easy because Bill Kenny gambled away his money almost as fast as he made it. He would sometimes lose as much as $4,000 a night with Jimmy Cooper who ran a twenty-four crap game at the DuSable Hotel at 764 East Oakwood Boulevard. Charlie Cole, one of the owners of the DuSable Lounge, used to say that Bill Kenny worked to gamble,. Jimmy Cooper made enough money out of those games to buy the Ritz Lounge, which was located in the basement of the Ritz Hotel at 409 East Oakwood Boulevard, just twenty-five feet east of South Parkway [now King Drive].
I went into the Ritz Lounge in February 1947 with a six-piece combo which included Pee Wee Jackson on trumpet, Goon Gardner on alto sax, Curtis Walker on drums, Rudy Martin on piano and Bill Nettles on bass. The Ritz had a blues loving crowd. Jo Jo Adams, a blues singer, was one of the main attractions at the lounge when we started. He obtained a better gig at Club DeLisa and gave Jimmy Cooper his notice.
Billie Holiday was in town working at the Colosimo Cafe at 2126 South Wabash Avenue. Lady Day and Jimmy Cooper were very good friends. Cooper and I went down on South Wabash to persuade her to come out and work at the Ritz Lounge after she closed at Colosimo's.
Billie said; "Jimmy, I can't do it, but I know a black bitch who has never made more than a hundred dollars a week in her life who could do you a lot of good. You take this bitch and put her in your place and when she opens her mouth and starts singing, the plaster on the wall will start shivering. Here is her telephone number. Her name is Ruth Jones, but she works under the name of Dinah Washington."
Jimmy laughed. "I don't want the bitch," he said, "but I have got to have somebody."
Dinah had been a student at Wendell Phillips. She had won an amateur contest at the Regal Theater and gigged around the country with Lionel Hampton's Orchestra for seventy-five dollars a week. Her best know record up until that time was a bold and unabashed rendition of "Evil Gal Blues," which she waxed with Lionel Hampton's orchestra for Keynote Records in 1943.
Dinah Washington was the first big time act to appear at the Ritz Lounge. Her salary was $250 per week. She had not been at the club ten days before we started having standing room only crowds in that non-air-conditioned room. On weekends, people would stand in lines extending one-half block east of Oakwood Boulevard just to hear Dinah and sweat. Mike DeLisa and his henchmen from Club DeLisa would come down almost every night trying to figure out what made this black blues singer such a sensation. The two solid months that Dinah remained at the Ritz during her first engagement, the club stayed packed as tight as a can of sardines nightly. Jimmy Cooper was so glad to get her back later that year when she returned from a road trip that he increased her salary to $750."
As you dine on the mouth-watering Southern Soul Food at Chicago's Home of Chicken and Waffles imagine the jazz and blues great performers who made the Ritz Hotel and Ritz Lounge jump with music.
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By: Sarah Sher
Synagogues can be found in all shapes, sizes, and styles in many places around the world. Jewish communities have historically adopted popular architectural styles to build their places of worship, and this remains the case to this day. Numerous prominent modern synagogues can be found across the United States designed by well known modern architects, including Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Kahn, Minoru Yamaski, and Marcel Breuer.
As I am partial to both the city of Buffalo and mid-century modern uses of exposed concrete I want to focus special attention on Temple Beth Zion, designed by Max Abramovitz, located in the Delaware District of Buffalo, New York.
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Temple Beth Zion, Location: Buffalo NY, Architect: Harrison and Abramovitz ©Ezra Stoller / Esto
Originally founded as an orthodox congregation in 1850, Temple Beth Zion was reorganized as the first Reform congregation in Buffalo in 1863. In 1890, after spending a number of years worshipping in a re-purposed church, they constructed a Byzantine revival synagogue topped with a large copper dome at 599 Delaware Avenue. The synagogue was tragically lost in a fire in 1961. It was soon after this that the congregation hired Max Abramovitz of Harrison & Abramovitz (most well known for Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall) to design a modern synagogue for the community farther north on Delaware Avenue. The new house of worship was completed in 1967.
Abramovitz began writing about synagogue design well in advance of his first free-standing synagogue commission (Brandeis University's Jewish chapel in 1955). In the May 1948 issue of the American Institute of Architects Bulletin, Abramovitz writes: "…since biblical days synagogues have been built in every land in every known style…But the challenge remains – to create a religious structure with an honest architectural expression free of false stylistic trends." Nearly 20 years later, Abramovitz was able to achieve these aspirations at Temple Beth Zion.
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Temple Beth Zion, Location: Buffalo NY, Architect: Harrison and Abramovitz ©Ezra Stoller / Esto
From above, Temple Beth Zion's appears oval in shape. The façade is clad in Alabama limestone that has been designed to have ten scallops on both of its sides. The exterior walls flare out towards the roof and are meant to suggest arms raised in prayer. Although the front entrance is located at Delaware Avenue, most visitors experience entering the synagogue from the back, which is connected to another one of the synagogue complex buildings and is closer to the parking lot.
The synagogue's sanctuary is the building's highlight. As one enters from the front, there are massive poured-in-place concrete pillars flanking the walkway that support the balcony. As one emerges from under the balcony, there is an overwhelming sense of space. The ceilings soar 60 feet high, and the room is wide open with no obstructions. A thin skylight along the periphery of the ceiling allows natural light to shine down and showcase the beautiful bush-hammered concrete walls that still have holes from when the formwork was in place.
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This very large space seats 1,000. Even with the highly textured, curved walls and the light shining from the sides of the ceiling, all attention is drawn to the front of the sanctuary, where two 30 foot high concrete tablets stand as the Ten Commandments. Behind the tablets and ark is an enormous stained glass window designed by artist and calligrapher Ben Shahn (and erected by the Henry Lee Willett Studios of Philadelphia, PA) that represents the creation story. Another large stained glass window is located at the Delaware Avenue entrance and is an artistic interpretation of Psalm 150.
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Temple Beth Zion, Location: Buffalo NY, Architect: Harrison and Abramovitz ©Ezra Stoller / Esto
While from the outside, one may even consider Abramovitz's Temple Beth Zion synagogue as cute (I often refer to it as the "cupcake" synagogue), the sanctuary is a moving, spiritual space that creates a sense of awe and wonder.
Although clearly a site of architectural, historical, and social significance, Temple Beth Zion is not yet listed on the National Register nor is it a local landmark.
Sarah Sher is the Jewish Heritage Program Associate at World Monuments Fund. She received her M.S. in Historic Preservation from Columbia University, and attended the undergraduate dual degree program between Columbia University and the Jewish Theological Seminary.


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In some genes the protein-coding sections of the DNA ("exons") are interrupted by non-coding regions ("introns"). RNA splicing removes the introns from pre mRNA to produce the final set of instructions for the protein.
Duration: 1 minutes, 37 seconds
Transcript: As DNA is transcribed into RNA it needs to be edited to remove non-coding regions, or introns, shown in green. This editing process is called splicing, which involves removing the introns, leaving only the yellow, protein-coding regions, called exons.
RNA splicing begins with assembly of helper proteins at the intron/exon borders. These splicing factors act as beacons to guide small nuclear ribo proteins to form a splicing machine, called the spliceosome. The animation is showing this happening in real time. The spliceosome then brings the exons on either side of the intron very close together, ready to be cut. One end of the intron is cut and folded back on itself to join and form a loop. The spliceosome then cuts the RNA to release the loop and join the two exons together. The edited RNA and intron are released and the spliceosome disassembles.
This process is repeated for every intron in the RNA. Numerous spliceosomes, shown here in purple, assemble along the RNA. Each spliceosome removes one intron, releasing the loop before disassembling. In this example, three introns are removed from the RNA to leave the complete instructions for a protein.


text: Nick Knight and SHOWstudio unite with 1 Granary magazine to celebrate work by Central Saint Martins MA graduates of 2014. Knight and stylist Simon Foxton shot an editorial for publication in the second edition of the magazine. The images and film feature menswear and womenswear by ten graduates. Peruse the editorial, shop the one-off garments or buy the magazine.


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Why Laughter Yoga In Business
Due to too much stress the work place has become too serious. People think serious people are more responsible and more productive. This is not true. More productive people are those who take their work seriously but take themselves lightly.
Scientific research shows us that laughter can help to resolve workplace stress and many related issues, but until now there has been no reliable and effective system to deliver laughter. Humor was the only tool available, but it is not reliable and seldom leads to continuous hearty laughter.
Laughter Yoga is a breakthrough laughter delivery system that enables a person to laugh continuously for 15 to 20 minutes with short breaks of yogic breathing.
To get the scientifically proven benefits, laughter has to be:
• Hearty - coming from the belly (Diaphragm)
• It has to be extended for a longer period of time.
Natural laughter in daily life comes for barely a few seconds here and there which is not enough to bring about powerful physiological changes. But, Laughter Yoga is the ideal system in which laughter can be extended at will.


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Walmart Pledges to Hire 100,000 Veterans
Walmart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer and the nation's largest private employer, is making a pledge to hire every veteran who wants a job.
The plan is expected to be announced Tuesday as part of an address delivered in New York at the annual retail industry convention by Bill Simon, president and CEO of Walmart's namesake U.S. business.
The company says it projects it will hire more than 100,000 veterans in the next five years. Honorably discharged veterans will have a "place to go," Simon said.
The hiring pledge covers veterans within 12 months of leaving active duty.
Wal-Mart which also operates Sam's Clubs, employs more than 1.4 million workers in the U.S.
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My opinion about this book is 5 out of 5 stars. This book will take all your attention into the book. It will make you feel like a real detective solving a big mystery. My favorite is in the middle when the train stops at the abandoned Granite street station. I like this part because it happened so quickly and abruptly.
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The trial of Mathias Rust, the 19-year-old pilot who flew his Cessna plane into Red Square in May 1987, begins in Moscow. Rust had become an international celebrity following his daring intrusion into Soviet airspace and landing in the center of Moscow, but the Soviet government condemned his actions.
Rust, a West German, had taken off in his aircraft in May 1987. He flew completely undetected through Soviet airspace and then guided his plane to a landing near the Kremlin in Red Square in Moscow. A crowd of onlookers mobbed the young man, many of whom sought his autograph. Soviet officials were less amused by Rust and arrested him. He was charged with several violations, the most serious being that he had illegally entered Soviet airspace. Rust argued that he was merely trying to promote world peace. He carried with him copies of a plan he had developed for a worldwide democracy, which he referred to as "Iagonia." Russian officials dismissed Rust's arguments (and his plan), and tried to portray the naive young West German as part of a larger plot to sow discord in the Soviet Union. More likely, the Soviets were simply embarrassed by Rust's flight, since it indicated that the vaunted Soviet air defense system was imperfect.
Following a brief and perfunctory trial, Rust was found guilty of violating Soviet airspace and sentenced to prison. He served 18 months. After his release, Rust enjoyed a short period of fame before he retreated from the public eye and became involved with several utopian and religious groups. The repercussions in the Soviet Union were more far-reaching. Dozens of Soviet military officers, including the defense minister and commander of Soviet air defense, were fired or disciplined following Rust's escapade.


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This lesson describes President Wilson's struggle and his ultimate failure to reach the ideal of achieving lasting world peace through the League of Nations. It was written by Thomas B. Goehner, a museum guide at the Woodrow Wilson House. He is also an education specialist at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American Art. TwHP is sponsored, in part, by the Cultural Resources Training Initiative and Parks as Classrooms programs of the National Park Service. This lesson is one in a series that brings the important stories of historic places into the classrooms across the country.
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