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Istanbul, Turkey Travel Guide
Istanbul Summary
- The Hagia Sophia, a Byzantine church turned mosque turned museum that's one of the world's most remarkable historic structures
- The Blue Mosque (a.k.a. the Sultan Ahmed Mosque) dating to the early 17th century
- The Grand Bazaar, with over 3,000 shops
- The ancient Basilica Cistern
- Great restaurants and nightlife in Beyoglu
- Cruises along the Bosphorus
- Authentic Turkish hammams
- Performances of the Whirling Dervishes
- Belly dancing shows and hookah bars
- Convenient tram service and cheap taxis (though some of the drivers will try to overcharge)
- Great seafood restaurants and nightlife on the Asian side of the city
- Relatively low crime for a major city
- Horrific traffic
- Tourist trap restaurants and overpriced souvenir shops in Sultanahmet
- Some taxi drivers will try to overcharge
- Lots of tourist crowds
What It's Like
Istanbul is a city of contrasts. It's a city that's both modern and ancient, where great restaurants, hopping nightlife, and horrific traffic exist alongside some of the world's most impressive ancient wonders. It's both western and eastern, culturally as well as geographically: It's the only city in the world on two continents (Europe and Asia). A visitor can listen to the Muslim call to prayer while standing in the shadow of the Blue Mosque and feel transported to another time -- or go clubbing after nightfall with Istanbul's trendy urbanites. Though Istanbul is predominately Muslim, there's a clear divide between the secular, westernized population and the conservative Muslims: as a result, it's not unusual to see women in chic western dress alongside women in burqas. And a smattering of other faiths also call Istanbul home, including Greek Orthodox Christians and Jews (European Jews first sought refuge in Istanbul during the Inquisition).
The Turks are famous for their hospitality, and tourists, including Americans, should feel very welcome here. Though it's good to be cautious in any large city, Istanbul's crime rates are relatively low and most tourists won't have much to worry about aside from getting occasionally overcharged by taxi drivers.
Where To Stay
Most tourists will find themselves choosing between two neighborhoods: Sultanahmet (the Old City), or Beyoglu. Sultanahmet is where tourists will find historic attractions such as the Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Basilica Cistern, and Grand Bazaar, while Beyoglu is home to the city's best restaurants, nightlife, and shopping. There is convenient tram service connecting the two areas (separated by the Golden Horn), and taxis are cheap. (Ask your hotel to call a taxi rather than hailing one form the street to avoid scams.)


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Our facility is open year-round, and it's an indoor pool designed specifically for dogs and their owners. We have an advanced filtration system and we combine that with specialized minerals to provide your best friends with a safe and clean swimming experience. The pool only requires a very small and safe amount of chlorine, which allows the pool to stay clean and keep your pet's skin free of irritation. We also have easy access ramps for our pool, and a dock that's similar to those used in official dock diving competitions. This way you and your dog can get the proper training and edge on diving competitions - or just give you a safe place to have fun!
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You might be asking yourself "why should I bring my dog to an indoor pool?" You're not alone. Dog swimming and dock diving is not only an activity that is fun for you and your dog, but it also helps to keep your dog healthy and in shape providing many great health benefits.
Some of the many reasons to start swimming with your dog include:
- Resistance from the water helps improve muscle strength, while working the cardio-vascular and respiratory systems.
- The stronger the muscles the more resist a dog will be to injuries sustained during typical exercise.
- Swimming can help with rehabilitation from various forms of injuries.
- Assists in movement for arthritic dogs.
- Helps with weight loss
- Positive reinforcement techniques to ensure a fun/stress-free environment
- Group lessons and leagues are a fun way to meet other dog sport lovers while embracing a fun competition.
- A dog doesn't have to jump 25' feet to have fun!
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What Do I Need to Bring?
- Be prepared to get wet --it is highly recommended you bring an extra pair of shoes, wear quick dry clothing or a change of clothes. You can bring your own floatable toys. There are training aids available for purchase.
- Hard copy of vaccines. We require Rabies, Distemper, titers are allowed. No exceptions- if you forget vaccine paperwork you will not be allowed to swim and will be charged a late cancellation fee of $50. Your vaccine paperwork will be kept on file and will be expected to update on due dates.
- A drying station is available after swim and towels are provided.
- Children on the deck must listen to instructions and not present a safety risk. Splash Your Pup staff may ask children to leave deck area if there is a safety risk to the dog or children. No one under 18 is allowed on the dock without a parent or guardian present.
- No food or drink allowed on the dock.
- NO TREATS ON THE DOCK. The reason for this is treats may clog the filtration system. Also, due to some dogs not chewing and swallowing treats it could be a choking hazard or cause your dog to swallow too much water.

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As you may have already noticed, I am a bit of a lash snob. I tend to spend the majority of my "beauty budget" on mascara. I don't mind using a $20 primer on a $25 mascara if it will add that extra pop to my eyes.
After hearing much buzz about Maybelline Colossal Volum Express, I decided I'd take the plunge, go against my instincts and try a drug store mascara. I was a little put-off by the packaging because it resembles a little chubby banana.
The wand is thick, obese and stubby. I applied 3 layers (waiting about a minute in between coats of course) for maximum volume capacity, I didn't experience the usual clumping with most volumizing mascaras. I didn't have to comb through either – my lashes were perfectly plump and separated. I followed with Bobbi Brown's Shimmer Brick as shadow and lined with Josie Maran's brown eye liner.
That night, I went to a really fun outdoor bar and received several compliments on my lashes (from women, thats how you know they were sincere). When I crawled out of a grimy bathroom stall, my friend couldn't stop herself and shouted "Your eyes look fab!"
I'm glad I went out of my comfort zone and opted for Maybelline Colossal Volum Express. It really delivered great volume, clearly defined lashes and exceeded my expectations. At $7 a tube, it would be a sin not to try it.


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In the aftermath of deadly typhoon Bopha, Heifer International was quick to mobilize relief efforts. Dried fish, roofing iron and other small offerings brought immediate comfort after this unparalleled storm, but the people know it's Heifer's community-managed disaster risk reduction trainings that will prepare them to face future calamities.
By Annie Bergman, World Ark Senior Writer
Photos by Nacho Hernandez
SAYON, Philippines — The wind woke Noel Apan at 4 a.m. on Dec. 4. It was unusual, he thought. Still, he didn't worry. Typhoons hit farther north. There was no need to wake the family.
The weather service probably had it wrong, Apan told himself, remembering the warnings issued days before. Other villagers said that a typhoon hadn't reached Sayon in 80 years.
Even if this were such a storm, surely it wouldn't move this far inland. So he sent text messages to family throughout the village joking about its severity.
"How's the wind?" Apan's tongue-in-cheek messages read.
In seven hours he would be homeless.
Typhoon Bopha made landfall on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao late on Dec. 3, 2012, just hours after the sun set on what was said to be an unusually beautiful day.
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGA SA) had predicted a signal 3 storm for inland Mindanao, or a typhoon with wind speeds between 6 and 114 miles per hour.
But Bopha, or Pablo as it was named locally packed sustained winds of 161 mph, making it super typhoon—equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale used in the United States.
Though the cyclone did lose punch as it moved inland from the southeast, it displaced more than 1 million people and killed more than 1,000. Nearly 1,000 more people remained missing three months later, many of them fishermen who were out at sea as the storm closed in on the island nation.
In the U.S., news coverage since the typhoon has focused on the badly hit Compostela Valley, just north and east of where the storm came ashore in Davao, where landslides trapped and buried many.
But in Sayon, along with the other villages that make up the Santa Josefa region slightly north and west of the Compostela Valley, the storm stripped the hillsides of mahogany, palm and mango forests, swamped villages and surrounding rice fields, decimated cash crops like oil palm and bananas, and left thousands with gaping holes in walls and roofs. Others were left with no home at all.
Nearly 400 families involved in Heifer projects here lost all or part of their homes, and many lost livestock. More than 250 pigs and 90 goats died in the storm, and farming families saw more than 1,000 acres of rice, corn and banana lands ruined.
The damage to Heifer projects was estimated at $550,000. In the Santa Josefa area, damage just to Heifer beneficiaries' property was estimated at nearly 28 million Philippine pesos, or $69,000.
The average Filipino small farming family makes about $400 a year.
The entire house was awake by then, including his wife, Rosalyn, his two children and two brothers, and they were getting scared. None of them had experienced winds like this. Flash floods are common, but the combination of the wind and rain was terrifying.
That's when Apan went to work. He had been one of the lucky members of a Heifer pig project to receive Community-Managed Disaster Risk Reduction (CMDRR) training designed to help families in this exposed island nation mitigate damage in the face of natural disasters.
Apan gathered every piece of furniture in his small wooden-slatted home in the main living area. He put their table on top of the pile and told the family to huddle underneath.
"I did this in case the house collapsed," Apan said. "I knew we wouldn't be trapped. We would be safe there."
And there they sat, hugging, worried, scared, but mostly silent, waiting for the storm to pass.
Aware that the country was prone to a variety of natural disasters - tropical storms, volcanic eruptions, floods and landslides among them - Heifer International had already identified the Philippines as its number one country for concern.
About four years ago, Heifer Philippines staff began implementing training in local projects to address disaster preparation. Participants were taught how to secure livestock and feed, to harvest crops for food and to secure water and firewood. Project members identified evacuation centers and were also taught how to safeguard important papers, education materials and cash.
But the projects in the Santa Josefa region— like the one Noel Apan is part of—are newer projects, and only two of the 16 Heifer self-help groups had received the CMDRR training, said Forcep de la Torre, Heifer Philippines program officer for Mindanao.
"The day most of these families were supposed to have the training is the day Typhoon Bopha hit," de la Torre said.
The two self-help groups that did receive the training learned many of the same things that Heifer implemented with groups in older projects farther north.
Hermie Evangelio, a local government leader, explained that the Sayon groups first identified the primary hazards facing the area. Since no one in the region could remember experiencing a typhoon, such storms weren't included in their planning, he said.
It was determined that floods were the primary hazard, with landslides a secondary threat. The community helped map the area to identify which households were the most vulnerable. As the only two-story building, the school was designated the evacuation center. A boat was reserved for water rescues as well.
But no one could have prepared for a storm of this strength, Evangelio said.
Apan's furniture shelter kept the family safe for three hours.
"About 10 a.m. the whole house started moving. It actually shifted about three feet on its foundation," Apan said. "We were inside, still under the table. We started to panic. I managed to keep calm and relax everyone."
What the family didn't know was that a mango tree bowing to the winds was leaning heavily on a drop wire from the electric lines that came through the wall. As soon as the house was pulled several feet by the falling tree, the family knew they had to leave.
"We decided to leave the house, but the door wouldn't open. We had to push on the wall to get out," Apan said.
Seconds after all six of them had squeezed through an opening in the wall, the entire structure was lifted off the ground and flipped as one complete piece—a combination from the force of the tree pulling the drop wire to the ground and the gusts of wind.
"We stood there hugging in the rain and wind, not knowing what to do. We just said goodbye to the house and knew it was a good decision to leave," Apan said. "In just a second, the house and all of the things inside of it were upside down. We were the only things that made it out."
Apan said he looked for anything to protect the family from the strong winds and pounding rain. He saw their bamboo loveseat sitting in a field, so he retrieved it from the swamped land and brought it back to the concrete slab. Almost as soon as the family sat down, the wind picked up the couch along with all six family members.
"It was just terrible," Apan said.
While scientists agree that it's impossible to blame one extreme weather event on climate change, rarely has such a storm hit as far south in the Philippines and with as much strength as Bopha.
Still, the Philippines experiences an average of 20 typhoons a year, but the season for these storms is typically between June and October. So a December typhoon with 160 mph winds is certainly unusual.
Greg Holland, a hurricane expert with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., explained that rising ocean temperatures have "provided more energy that is available over longer periods for intense storms to develop."
Naderev Sano, the Philippines' chief climate negotiator, said at the Doha Climate Change Conference just days after the typhoon that he is concerned warming atmosphere and ocean temperatures could lead the people in the Philippines to only become more familiar with these highly destructive storms.
Holland validated Sano's concern.
"The proportion of intense systems is expected to increase substantially with climate change," Holland said. "The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and World Meteorological Organization have both indicated this as a likely outcome and recent research by us has indicated that there already has been a substantial increase."
As for what governments and aid agencies can do to help people prepare for storms like Bopha, Holland said advance preparations of any kind, like Heifer's CMDRR training, is a necessity.
"I would say that there is no reason to believe that conditions will improve, so any planning and care taken now will be a good investment in future well-being," he said.
When the wind finally died down about 11 a.m., Apan and his family started to look for concrete homes where they would feel more secure. They saw their neighbors' home still standing about 300 yards away and decided to head there.
The family set off, but Apan was worried about his pig from Heifer, which had been left in its pen near the house. Apan went to see about the animal. What he found surprised even him.
"I saw the pig swimming, so I picked it up. She became an evacuee with us," he said.
By the time the family reached the neighbors it was nearly noon, and the family realized they hadn't eaten.
"We hadn't eaten breakfast or lunch. The neighbors fed the children about 1 p.m. but we couldn't eat knowing what had just happened to our home," Apan said.
Apan's wife, Rosalyn, convinced him to try to make it to the town center. She was worried about the daycare where she worked as a teacher and also about her 59-year-old mother.
Trudging through debris-filled floodwaters that reached to his waist, Apan left his children with the neighbors and went to find Rosalyn's mother and check on the daycare center. The daycare building's roof had peeled off in part, and books and supplies inside were water-logged. Rosalyn's mother was fine.
"The scene was awful to watch," Apan said. "My wife was crying. I saw people evacuating their houses to the school, but the roof of the school was sagging under the weight of the rain and they were afraid of the ceiling collapsing. The people who had escaped the rising waters to the second floor were streaming to the first floor even though it was full of water."
After learning that everyone they knew was safe, the couple returned to the neighbor's home where they had left their children and Apan's brothers. They collected tarps and waded back through the floodwaters to where their home had stood only hours before.
They set to work tying the tarps to trees. The family lived under these makeshift shelters for the next three weeks.
"The most important thing was that everyone was OK," Apan said.
Immediately after the typhoon, Heifer and its partner organizations went to work assessing the damage to projects.
On Dec. 9, five days after Bopha, Heifer approved $50,000 in disaster rehabilitation funding to help provide short-term food relief and materials to repair homes and a feed mill, such as tin for the roofs and raw feed ingredients for surviving animals.
While Heifer focuses on long-term solutions to immediate problems like hunger and poverty, it was clear that without relief supplies families affected by the typhoon might not recover enough to become resilient to future disasters, de la Torre said.
While Heifer and partner organization HEED were collecting roofing and feed mill supplies for distribution, word of the damages reached other Heifer communities in neighboring provinces not damaged by the storm.
In just 10 days, Heifer was able to provide each family with 12 pieces of corrugated iron roofing, one 100-pound sack of rice, two pounds of dried fish, 11 pieces of assorted canned goods and 16 sachets of instant coffee. The food was intended to last 30 days.
"All the supplies came from neighboring communities," de la Torre said. "And it was volunteers from affected families who came and helped pack the sacks of supplies."
Then the rebuilding began in earnest.
The 366 Heifer families were divided into groups of five. These groups then got together to pool food and to help one another rebuild their homes. The Heifer families also took it upon themselves to divide the food among neighbors who weren't involved in Heifer projects, de la Torre said.
They made schedules based on need to determine which homes to rebuild first. The rebuilding also depended on whether families had resources or the funds to buy those resources for their new homes.
It was during this time that families took comfort in one another and began focusing on the few positive stories they could find.
And though she's facing hardships beyond any she's known, San Miguel said she now finds hope in the seven piglets that were born just three days after the typhoon.
"It's crisis for us right now. We're depending on donations for food," she said. "But the pigs have helped so much."
Still, most families here depend on cash crops for the majority of their income, and most experts indicate that it will take years—two years for banana plants, three to five for rubber trees and up to 10 for palm and coconut trees—to regrow the plants to a degree where these families can begin earning money from them.
The government has said it will support the families by providing seedlings of cash crops, and in the meantime will provide rice and corn seedlings to replace the crops that were lost in the typhoon and the flooding.
Beyond the relief that Heifer gave, assessments are still being made for how to help families fully recover from the storm as emergency food supplies quickly run out.
Apan and his family lived in a tent and under tarps until Dec. 26, working by day to salvage any materials they could from their old home.
He and his brothers were able to save about 75 percent of the wood and other materials from his home. Apan sold two piglets that his sow had shortly after the storm for $231. He used that income to buy an additional eight sheets of corrugated iron to add to the 12 pieces that Heifer provided, and to pay for the carpenter he hired to rebuild his family's home. The total cost to rebuild the structure was about $25. He saved the rest to pay for his children's schooling.
"The neighbors are really discouraged about life. When it comes to their homes, their houses, they're passive about it because they can't afford to buy the lumber," he said.
Evangelio echoed Apan's assessment.
"Their basic needs aren't being met. All of the cash crops are gone. These families have no source of income," he said.
And while Apan has started working again both on his rice farm and also as a motorcycle taxi driver, he knows his future isn't quite secure, either.
Food is running thin, he said. In addition to the relief from Heifer, he received a loaf of bread, peanut butter and apples from the Department of Social Welfare—the typical relief supplied to non-Heifer participants in the area, he said. And they're worried about more storms.
But he has something that many here don't: his pig. Apan is grateful to have had this resource to help him weather the storm, and he said he looks forward to passing on piglets and training so other families can become resilient, too.
"The pig is a big help for us. It's part of our livelihood. I treasure the pig because it's a gift from another family and one for another family."


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Sony e-book reader line to get multi-touch screen
PRS-T1 specs leak
Sony's next e-book reader has slipped out, courtesy of a Dutch retailer.
Bol.com subsequently pulled the page, but not before a MobileRead correspondent cut and pasted it into the forum.
The Reader PRS-T1 sports a multitouch 6in, 600 x 800 E Ink Pearl display capable of presenting 16 shades of grey. It works with fingers and with a stylus, but it's not clear whether the latter will come bundled with the reader.
Behind the screen sits 2GB of Flash storage, expandable using Micro SD cards, and there's Wi-Fi connectivity on board too.
It weighs 168g.
In July, Sony confirmed its Reader family would be updated in the summer/early autumn timeframe.
Sony, of course, has said any of this in an official capacity, so we've no availability info. The PRS-T1 is said to be set to retail in the Eurozone for €165 (£146). ®


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You should continue to visit your doctor regularly to check how well your asthma is being controlled. In general, even patients with intermittent asthma should see their doctor about every 6 months. Those patients with more severe asthma usually need to be seen more often.
One of your doctor's goals is to find the optimal level of medication needed to keep your asthma under control. If your medications are lowered to a point where your symptoms return, then they will usually need to be bumped back up a little. This is why it can be so helpful for you to keep a daily record chart. A chart helps you keep track of how well you did as your medications were adjusted.
Based on the results of the visit and how you answered the questions, the doctor may need to adjust your medication and give you new written instructions (a new action plan).
What to expect at the doctor's office
Asthma can be managed by a pediatrician, family doctor, or primary care provider. Allergists and respiratory specialists have specific training in the care of asthma and in some cases may be more familiar with current clinical guidelines, such as the National Institutes of Health asthma guidelines. Some patients may wish to go to an allergist or other specialist for a second opinion or to get the initial treatment plan established.
There are times you probably should see an allergist or respiratory specialist for an evaluation. These include:
Regardless of whether you see a specialist or not, find a doctor who is interested in working with you as a team player. Try to keep track of important information in your daily log, so your doctor will be better able to help you. Remember -- asthma is a condition that can be managed!
National Asthma Education and Prevention Program Expert Panel Report 3: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma. Rockville, MD. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, US Dept of Health and Human Services; 2007. NIH publications 08-4051.


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Absolutely horrible forecast
I should title this "The Ice Storm Cometh". It sounds like we're going to have a lot of ice. I hope that our trees don't suffer a lot of damage.
If I disappear for a while, you'll know that we have no electricity. In the two bad ice storms of 1994, we were without power for nearly a week each time.
Forecast from Weather Underground for Hopkinsville
Freezing rain and a chance of sleet. Precipitation may be heavy at times. Sleet accumulation up to 1 inch. Ice accumulation around one half of an inch. Lows in the upper 20s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
Freezing rain and a chance of sleet. Little or no sleet accumulation. Ice accumulation around one half of an inch. Highs in the lower 30s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
Tuesday Night
Cloudy. Freezing rain with snow and sleet likely in the evening...then a chance of snow and sleet after midnight. Minor snow accumulations. Ice accumulation of up to one quarter of an inch. Lows in the mid 20s. North winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 80 percent.
And, from the National Weather Service in Paducah:
A major ice storm is expected in the Tennessee border counties of western Kentucky... as well as New Madrid County Missouri. Two rounds of heavy freezing rain are expected. The first round will begin this evening and continue into early Tuesday morning. Up to one inch of ice accumulation is expected in this first round.
The second round will begin Tuesday afternoon and continue through the night. Another one half to one inch of ice is expected. Total ice accumulations from one half inch to possibly as much as 2 inches are expected.
I'm really hoping for just one-half inch. I'm trying to think positive. It's quite possible that it won't be nearly as bad as it sounds.


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California: Medi-Cal Drops Providing Condoms and HIV Testing as Conditions for Prescribing Truvada as PrEP
This article was reported by WEHOville.
WEHOville reported that California's Medi-Cal program, which is the state's public insurance program, will no longer require mandatory monthly HIV testing, condom distribution, and pre-authorization as prerequisites for prescribing patients Truvada, an HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Medi-Cal's requirements sometimes restricted access to its subscribers, who are mainly low-income residents of California. Private insurance companies have covered the drug for some time.
California's leading HIV advocacy groups, AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA), the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center, and Project Inform in San Francisco, hailed the announcement. "The Medi-Cal ruling is a game changer in HIV prevention," said Craig E. Thompson, executive director of APLA. "Appropriate access to PrEP through Medi-Cal provides us with another intervention -- along with safer sex and condom use -- to reduce the number of new HIV infections."
Research has shown that Truvada, manufactured by Gilead Sciences, is up to 99 percent effective in preventing disease transmission when an HIV-negative person takes the drug daily and uses condoms. The policy change came after discussions with Medi-Cal and the three aforementioned advocacy groups.


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In light of the recent passing of Adam Adamowicz, Bethesda decided to release over 1500 pieces of Concept Art from Skyrim, Fallout 3 and Oblivion DLC. This includes over 800 pieces of Fallout 3 CA, ranging from characters to environments, weapons to creatures, and much more. Some of it made it into the game, a lot of it didn't. If you want to check it all out, you can head on over to their flickr stream, and look through them. The sets for Skyrim and Oblivion can also be found right here.
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ABOARD BOEING FLIGHT 787 — "Everyone line up again, one more group shot!"
About a dozen aviation executives, investors and analysts are onboard this Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight from Boston to Newark. All are grown men, in their 30s to 70s, smartly dressed in suits and ties, and all of them are wandering around the plane with a child's excitement to get a better view of the massive Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines, and to test out the lie-flat business class seats, and to play with the electronic window shades, and to hang out in the cockpit.
"How does the heads-up display work?" one of the men asks Boeing's Chief Pilot for the 787 program and Captain of today's flight, Randy Neville. "It projects down from here onto the glass," Neville says, directing his finger from a small circle in the ceiling above his head to the lavender-tinted pane hanging between his face and the windshield. "Cool!"
Now the businessmen are posing for a group photo. They don't all know one other, and may never see each other again, but the camaraderie is palpable. "If you want a copy of this, give me your business cards," says the white-haired man holding the camera. This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience for aviation fans of all ages, and they're having a blast.
So goes the Boeing 787 Dreamliner Dream Tour, during which the Chicago-based airframer is flying one their 787-8 test aircraft (N787BX) around the world to show off the highest-tech airliner they've ever built — and generally thrilling everyone who sees it along the way. Airline customers, parts manufacturers, airport personnel and reporters all get a chance to tour the aircraft before it enters widespread use. With only five 787s in airline service so far, this is a rare opportunity.
The trip is not all play. During visits to customers, "fit checks" are performed to let ground crews practice lining up their equipment — such as container loaders — to the new plane. While the 787 doesn't require any special airport accommodations or ground handling equipment (like, say, the oversized Airbus A380), there are always a few details for rampers to be aware of when dealing with any new aircraft type.
The Cabin
Back inside the cabin, unlike the sparsely furnished cabins of a typical test plane, the interior of this particular 787 is outfitted with an interior worthy of paying passengers…sort of.
Starting at the front, a Business Class section is filled with three rows with plush, red leather, lie-flat seats. Each seat features a large personal video screen. Seats here are installed in a 2-2-2 layout.
Behind the main entryway and its grand arched entrance, there are eight rows of Economy Class seats, attractively upholstered in gray and blue, laid out in a typical 3-3-3 configuration with 32 inches of pitch. These, too, offer personal video screens, but neither these, nor the ones up front, are hooked up for use.
Aft of this section is a large, empty space, which would probably fit about a dozen more rows of economy seats. This area is used for setting up meet-and-greets during visits, and to give demo flight passengers room walk around and mingle freely.
And in the very back of the aircraft are six rows 3-3-3 economy seats with larger pitch for the Boeing Dream Tour entourage. Flying with the plane for weeks at a time are about 30 maintenance techs, engineers, photographers, web staffers, flight attendants, extra pilots and other folks responsible for making the tour go smoothly.
(Check out these great photos of the 787 Dreamliner interior from our tour a day earlier.)
The Ride
Also onboard this flight is a small group of Japan Airlines executives enjoying their first 787 flight. Beginning in April, JAL will become the first carrier to operate the 787 to the United States, with nonstop flights between Tokyo and Boston. The execs, who include the airline's Senior Vice President of The Americas, Hiroyuki Hioka, are amazed at how quiet the takeoff thrust is. A Boeing rep accompanying them on the trip equates the takeoff noise level to that of many other planes at cruise, and we would have to agree. Conversation was still easy even at peak thrust.
The takeoff out of Boston is fast and powerful, yet subdued. The engines don't produce the rumble and shake of other planes. Purists might dislike it, but frequent fliers will appreciate the relative calm. With those big engines and little fuel and cargo onboard, we climb out over the Atlantic after using only a fraction of the runway, and then turn sharply back to the west.
Maybe even more striking than the hushed whine of the engines is the massive amount of light in the cabin thanks to the plane's huge windows. These things are big, and even sitting in the middle section (the seats on the sides of this plane are not certified for takeoff and landing) we can see the the plane's surroundings without straining. Without any cabin lighting, it looks like you're sitting in a sun-drenched living room.
During cruise phase, you actually have to go out of your way to hear the engines. Conversations actually drown out the little engine noise, rather than vice-versa. If not for the swirling paint pattern on the engines' intake cones, some might think they weren't turning at all.
The Dream Tour began last November and is now on its fourth segment, having visited seven countries on four continents so far, with stops back at Boeing's home base in Seattle in between. Despite its role as a flying demonstrator, N787BX remains a member of the 787 test fleet and is still tasked with carrying out data collection on some of its flights. After this segment of the tour wraps up in Salt Lake City, engineers will be running some undisclosed tests during the flight home to Seattle.
As I sit in one of flight deck's two jump seats, cruising at 16,000 feet above Connecticut, a voice on the radio asks our pilots about their destination. "We're heading from Boston to Newark," replies the Captain. "And where are you headed after that?" the voice asks. "Mexico City."
After landing in Newark, dozens of airport vehicles and personnel line the taxiways as we roll toward a huge hangar belonging to what will be the first US airline to operate the 787, United. (Though, most of the hangar's signage still says "Continental.") When we finally come to a stop, hundreds of personnel surround the aircraft. Fellow passengers speculate that other flights must be delayed because every fueler, baggage agent and security guard must be standing here taking pictures. According to Neville, it's like this everywhere the plane goes, and it never gets old.
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Green beans, black beans and more beans, Bluffton Self Help received an abundance of donations from the annual Postal Service food drive in Bluffton.
The nonprofit organization received 50,000 pounds of non-perishable food items and needed volunteers to help sort and organize. Since Sun City resident Dan Sheil dedicates his Mondays to Bluffton Self Help, he decided to gather a few more helpers from the Del Webb community.
"I spend my Mondays, along with many other Sun City residents, sorting and I knew there was an overabundance of food coming and more volunteers were needed," Sheil said. "So I contacted our club president and got the word out there."
About 14 volunteers from the Buckeye Group delved into the thousands of grocery bags overflowing the pantry. With high heat of about 100 degrees and no air-conditioning, the volunteers continued to move quickly sorting through the items on the shelves.
"I wanted to help and give back to the community," said Elaine Vitatoe, Buckeye Group member. "It always makes me feel better after volunteering."
Sheil said he wanted to get involved to serve those who are less fortunate than those in Sun City.
Bluffton Self Help began serving the community out of Ida Martin's garage. She founded the organization in 1987 to provide food and clothing to the Bluffton residents. Martin died this month at the age of 86. Board member Bob Hodges said the organization will continue Martin's passion to serve the community.
"We will keep Ida's mission and hope to expand our services in the near future to Jasper County," Hodges said.
With about 150 volunteers, Bluffton Self Help is open five days a week offering food and clothing items. Nancy Meyer, volunteer coordinator, said donations are accepted every day from churches and neighborhoods.
Those who use the resources of Bluffton Self Help receive a card after registering and are allowed to go grocery shopping at the organization twice a week and pick out clothing once a week.
Meyer said the card helps the organization keep track of the residents who come in. Through Martin's vision to serve everyone in need, she developed a service to provide food for elders or physically disabled residents on Thursdays. Since the driver is no longer available, Meyer said Bluffton Self Help is partnering with Meals on Wheels to continue the service Martin started.
While Sun City is very involved with the organization, Hodges said more summer volunteers are needed.
"Since we do have a large group from Sun City, we lose a lot of them during the summer because they go back to their northern homes," Hodges said.
With serving about 25,000 people in the Bluffton, volunteers can help the community by sorting through the food, manning the front desk or giving donations.
"When someone volunteers, I try to walk them through a volunteer orientation," Meyer said. "We have a lot of women volunteers, but could definitely use men with strong backs."
What: Bluffton Self Help
Details: To volunteer, contact Nancy Meyer at 757-8000.


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Ex-Lance Armstrong teammate David George fails doping test
CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- South African cyclist David George, a former teammate of Lance Armstrong, has tested positive for blood-boosting EPO.
South Africa's Institute for Drug-Free Sport said Tuesday that George, who cycled with Armstrong on the U.S. Postal Service team in 1999 and 2000, failed a doping test on Aug. 29. George has been provisionally suspended and faces a doping tribunal.
"His biological passport indicated suspicious activity and that triggered a targeted test for EPO," SAIDS chief executive Khalid Galant said. "A subsequent urine test came back positive for the banned EPO drug."
EPO, or Erythropoietin, increases the red blood cell count and increases an athlete's oxygen carrying capacity.
Last month, Armstrong was banned for life by the International Cycling Union and stripped of his seven Tour de France titles because of his role in a doping scandal, which was outlined in a report by the U.S. Anti-doping Agency.
George won silver in the road race at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and bronze in the time trial in the Kuala Lumpur Games in 1998. He also represented South Africa at two Olympics, in 1996 and 2000.
William Newman, the president of Cycling South Africa, said doping was "not endemic" in South African cycling despite the sport's battered international image.
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1. Welcome to the PLA Results Boot Camp Wiki! 2. We want to hear from you!
3. The basics of using this Wiki.
4. Join the Results Boot Camp Wiki Community.
5. Results Boot Camp Categories
- 5.1 Post-Boot Camp Information
- 5.2 What happened when you returned to your library after attending Boot Camp?
- 5.3 How and with whom did you share information from the Boot Camp?
- 5.4 Did you take any actions as a result of what you learned in Boot Camp?
- 5.5 Did you encounter any problems as a result of attending BC?
Welcome to the PLA Results Boot Camp Wiki
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We want to hear from you!
If you have attended the PLA Results Boot Camp, are planning to attend a future Boot Camp, or are interested in the PLA Results series, please share your information here. If you know other library staff members or others interested in these topics, please share this Wiki with them.
The Basics of Using this Wiki
In this section you'll find introductory information on the screen layout of this wiki, how to edit existing pages, create new pages, format text, upload files and images, and create links.
Screen Layout Left Column: In the left column of this screen is a navigation box, a search box, and a toolbox. The navigation box contains links for content pages created by the PLA team, the search box searches for matching text on the pages of this wiki, and the toolbox contains links to automatically generated pages. Feel free to click on some of the content pages in the navigation box to browse the content pages of this wiki, and then use the 'Basics of Using this Wiki' link to come back to this page.
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You've just GOT to do these 2 Finds!
Quote from: Master_Phruby on May 15, 2006, 09:48 AMYou've just GOT to do these 2 Finds!
Esther, I love that you've started your own thread. You should show off more of your customs here and put a link to your website in your signature file!!
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The anatomy of a Moodle system
Posted by Priyanka Nag on 7:41 AM in architecture, moodle, moodle system
Moodle core provides all the infrastructure necessary to build a Learning Management System. It implements the key concepts that all the different plugins will need to work with. These include:
Courses and activities:
A Moodle course is a sequence of activities and resources grouped into sections. Courses themselves are organized into a hierarchical set of categories within a Moodle site.
In moodle, users are anyone who uses the moodle system. There are several categories or roles into which the moodle users can be categorized like:
- Students
- Teachers
- Administrator (More types of users can be created in moodle but these are the default ones)
- User roles in moodle: A role is an identifier of the user's status in some context. For example: Teacher, Student and Forum moderator are examples of roles.
- User's capabilities in moodle: A capability is a description of some particular Moodle feature. Capabilities are associated with roles. For example, mod/forum:replypost is a capability.
- Context: A context is a "space" in the Moodle, such as courses, activity modules, blocks etc.
- Permissions: A permission is some value that is assigned for a capability for a particular role. For example, allow or prevent.
Added facilities provided by moodle:
- Creation and editing of user profiles: In moodle, the moment an user creates his account, a profile is created for that user. The user needs to fill in his initial details for completing his profile. The user generally always have the permission to edit his own profile anytime on moodle.
- Groups and cohorts: Cohorts, or site-wide groups, enable all members of a cohort to be enrolled in a course in one action, either manually or synchronised automatically.
- Enrolments and access control: Users are generally enrolled into some courses and according to their permission settings and the groups to which they belong, they have limited access on moodle.
- Activity and course completion:
The activity completion system allows activities such as Quizzes, SCORM modules, etc. to be marked complete when specified conditions are met.
- Navigation, settings and configuration:
The Navigation block provide easy access to view various sections of the Moodle site and includes:
- My home - a personalised home page displaying links to the courses a user is associated with and activity information (such as unread forum posts and upcoming assignments)
- Site pages - links to site pages and resources from the front page of Moodle
- My profile - quick links allowing a user to view their profile, forums posts, blogs and messages as well as manage their private files
- My courses - lists (by course shortname) and links to courses the user is associated with. Click the course's shortname to view the front page of the course or use the arrows to navigate quickly to a specific section, resource or activity.
- JavaScript library:
Upgradation of moodle:
Moodle can be upgraded in four simple steps:
- Make sure that your server can run the lates Moodle version
- You should always be prepared to "roll back" if there's an issue with your data or some custom code you've added. So before comitting, create a test install and always make backups.
- At this stage you can replace the Moodle code on your server with the version you downloaded and check for the plugins.
- Perform the upgrade by triggering the upgrade from the admin page.
(More information abour upgradation can be found here : http://docs.moodle.org/23/en/Upgrade_overview)
Logs and statistics in moodle:
- Statistics in moodle: The statistics graphs and tables show how many hits there have been on various parts of your site during various time frames. They do not show how many distinct users there have been. They are processed daily at a time you specify. You must enable statistics before you will see anything.
- Log in moodle: Logs in Moodle are activity reports. Logs are available at site level and course level.


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Recent news items about topics related to this year's Reading Together program.
Just minutes after US Senator Debbie Stabenow is scheduled to speak to the Michigan Commission of Agriculture Thursday morning about the 2014 Farm Bill's hard-won support for small farmers, some Michigan small farmers are planning to make their own last ditch public plea to the commission. (More...)
—Kalamazoo Gazette, March 20, 2014


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(The Root) — At the International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C., this week, much of the focus has been on Africa. And rightly so: It has been hit hardest by the disease. In Africa, 23 million people are living with the virus, or 68 percent of the world's HIV-positive population. In some African countries as many as one out of every four people are living with the virus. For many, getting infected seems inevitable.
Without a doubt Africa needs us — our love, support and dollars. But too often we approach Africans only as sick, helpless and in need of "saving." Think of the People magazine photo op: [fill in the name of a well-meaning celebrity] surrounded by a sea of brown faces.
But what if we flipped the switch and looked at what we can learn from the continent that's been sitting squarely in the eye of the HIV/AIDS storm for decades?
In the face of huge obstacles and few resources, Africa has shone with collaborative, creative, inexpensive solutions to the HIV/AIDS crisis. Africa hasn't done everything right. Some governments have mismanaged funds intended for prevention and treatment. And many areas of the continent have ignored the epidemic among gay and bisexual men — particularly the nearly 40 countries where homosexuality is illegal.
Still, it's worth looking at how Africans have made a way out of no way, especially in impoverished, rural areas where equipment, medical providers and even running water are scarce. And now's the time: We need solutions on our side of the ocean.
Even as AIDS has become a "manageable" illness in the United States, the disease has grabbed hold of black America, where it continues its stranglehold without a sense of action or urgency from anyone aside from the most aware and devoted. In parts of our country — the South and Washington, D.C. — African Americans are getting infected at rates that rival and surpass those of the continent politicians and celebrities have been so desperate to save.
Dázon Dixon Diallo has done HIV/AIDS work in both the U.S. and South Africa and points to the African sense of self-reliance and community that we too often lack here. "There it's neighbors taking care of neighbors because they know each other, because they are a community," says Dixon Diallo, founder and president of Atlanta's SisterLove. "Here it's either the AIDS program takes care of you or you're on your own. We need to recapture that sense of caring for each other from our African brothers and sisters."
I agree. When I traveled to Ethiopia and more recently Zambia, I was struck by the many ways Africans beat back the disease with a spirit of hope, collectivism and action frequently missing in this country. Thanks to recent scientific advances, drug therapy will play an increasing role in both HIV prevention and treatment.
But medication alone won't stop the epidemic. It must be coupled with the kind of community-focused, hands-on prevention and care common in Africa. Here are five lessons from countries like Zambia and Ethiopia about fighting the epidemic:
Train Regular People to Deliver Services and Care
Zambia has just over 1,200 physicians serving a population of 13 million, according to 2006 data from the World Health Organization. To help fill the enormous gap, the country has recruited and trained thousands of community-health workers to provide services, including more than 4,500 adherence-support workers who earn a monthly allowance to help people living with HIV stay on their medication.
Ethiopia is a leader in this area. For almost a decade, an army of some 40,000 health-extension workers, mainly young women, go door to door, traveling on foot or bicycle between villages offering reproductive health services, education and support. They receive a year of training and a small salary.
In the face of our own shortage of trained health care practitioners, particularly in the South, we should look at how to adopt a similar strategy.
Fully Engage the Faith-Based Community to Provide Appropriate, Nonjudgmental HIV Services
In the U.S., the black church has come a long way in recognizing HIV/AIDS, thanks to the work of organizations like the Balm in Gilead and progressive individual pastors and congregations. But it has a way to go.
In Zambia, religious institutions and leaders are deeply involved in the AIDS crisis. In fact, Churches Health Association of Zambia (CHAZ) is the country's second-largest health care provider. It supports hospitals, clinics, HIV/AIDS organizations and groups that care for children orphaned by the disease. The government and HIV groups have reached out to traditional healers — some who believe HIV is caused by bad spirits — to work together to battle HIV/AIDS.
And unlike far too many faith-based organizations here, the church establishment in Zambia has largely moved past judgment and beyond abstinence-only messages. "When HIV came here, the church took on the role of providing care, particularly in rural areas," says Dr. Clement Chela, director general of the National AIDS Council, a government agency. In fact, the chairman of NAC's board is a senior church pastor.
"Early on, some were obstructive, especially on condoms. But the church has come a long way in providing all kinds of reproductive health services, HIV support, counseling and treatment — including condoms."
Imagine if congregations all over our country, especially those in poor black communities and including rich mega-churches, took on HIV/AIDS as a cause — with compassion instead of judgment.
Include Men in HIV/AIDS Prevention
In Zambia, HIV is more common in women than in men, and most women are infected by a husband or boyfriend in the context of a "stable" relationship. To reach men, last year Zambia launched a mass-media campaign called Brothers for Life. Its messages are blunt, targeted and to the point: "A man takes responsibility through his thoughts and actions. Be a man for life," and "Be a man who is not afraid to know his HIV status."
In the U.S., women account for one in four people living with HIV, and the vast majority are infected through sex with a man, often a spouse or a boyfriend. Nearly 70 percent are black. Women are urged to protect themselves and to insist that their partner use a condom every time. But what about men? They're the ones who wear the condoms. Where is the full-scale HIV-prevention campaign for men who have sex with women who are asking them to be honest and faithful and use condoms every time?
Think Way Outside the Box
One size doesn't fit all in terms of HIV prevention. To discourage women in Zambia's Mumbwa district from delivering their babies at home, health care providers enlisted the help of Senior Chief Shakumbila. (At a hospital or clinic, a pregnant woman who has HIV can receive medication to prevent her baby from becoming infected.) The chief created a rule that if a pregnant woman fails to deliver her baby in a medical setting, the family must pay the price of three goats.
"When you are dealing with human beings, you have to be strict," says Shakumbila, who governs 486 villages. "These men don't want to be punished, so they take their wives to the hospital. This has helped very much against HIV/AIDS."
This is a creative solution that respects the way of life of a community while pushing it toward an effective, 21st-century method to reduce HIV transmission.
Fight HIV, Not People With HIV
In our country, HIV/AIDS stigma is most intense in small towns, particularly in the South. Growing numbers of people living with HIV/AIDS in places like rural Mississippi and Alabama hide their status, terrified of being ostracized. In Zambia, while stigma exists, those in the field say that rural areas approach HIV with less judgment than compassion.
"Everyone knows someone with the disease in these rural villages, so there's less shame," says Yoram Siame, advocacy and public relations manager for CHAZ. "And there's also a sense of community-ness, of caring for each other in rural areas."
Angela Maseka, a no-nonsense nurse-midwife at the Maramba Clinic in Livingstone, Zambia, treats and counsels HIV-positive women — most of whom are pregnant — who come from poor, sometimes remote areas where HIV/AIDS is widespread. "HIV is not an illness," says Maseka. "It is just a virus that affects some people. What's the shame?"
No one should argue with that.
Writer Linda Villarosa traveled to Zambia earlier this month with a delegation of journalists sponsored by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.


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The Lions have good participation in their offseason program, but one guy who isn't there may never be there again.
Lions general manager Martin Mayhew said running back Jahvid Best wasn't taking part in voluntary conditioning workouts, via Anwar Richardson of MLive.com.
Mayhew wouldn't say if the former first-round pick — who has been plagued by concussion problems since 2011 — is expected to rejoin the team at any point this offseason.
Best stayed on the physically unable to perform list all last season, and their misplaced hope that he would return was one of the reasons their offense struggled, and led to the subsequent signing of Reggie Bush this offseason.
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Robert Griffin III and the Washington Redskins offense, had a very tough 2013 season. RGIII was coming off knee surgery last off-season, which really hindered his development. He didn't have the off-season workouts that most quarterbacks and receivers have. He had to spend all of last off-season rehabbing his surgically repaired right knee.
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The Family ASTRO "How-To Manual"
From 2000-2004, we tested and developed many key strategies that our Event Leaders could use to lead successful Astronomy Events with our series of Leader Kits. These ideas have been consolidated and are available in our free "How-To Manual." Among it's many suggestions and tips, the Manual contains advice on advance event logistics, a planning checklist, a sample event invitation, information on finding volunteers, and guidelines for getting feedback from event participants (which is important for planning future events). Click here to download the free "How-To Manual".
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We first envisioned Family ASTRO as a way to expand the ASP's flagship program Project ASTRO and bring what it was doing in the classroom to the students' families. In 2000, we received pilot funding from the Informal Science Education Division of the National Science Foundation to make Family ASTRO a reality.
Over the next four years, while developing our series of Leader Kits and Take-Home Activities, we tested our materials with hundreds of real families. That experience allowed us to build a list of some very important strategies to use when planning a learning event for almost any group of families what we now call our "12 Key Ideas for Working with Families." If you are an educator using our Family ASTRO materials (please click here first if you are still thinking about it), and you are working with or planning to work with families, we invite you to read and use these 12 tips when planning your events:
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1. Be flexible, and always have an alternative activity or approach in mind. Be prepared with something for families to do who finish early.
2. Make it all fun, not just educational. Show them youre enjoying it too.
3. Be inclusive. Prepare for children and adults of many ages and skill levels. Make sure that everyone has a role that feels important to him or her, and opportunities for success throughout the event.
4. When introducing activities, try to give people a "hook": a problem or puzzle to solve, or some skill to learn. (For example: "We will get to know the night sky to figure out if the Big Dipper is always visible; or to impress your friends when you go camping.")
5. When doing an activity, get quickly to what there is TO DO; save any detailed background information for after you have them hooked.
6. Materials must be ready to go. While students in a class may be used to waiting while you set up, families will be less patient.
7. Throughout the event, allow for as much active participation as you can.
8. Set up the room so that family members sit together. Or, try seating two families at one table so that the groups can share their results.
9. Its best to explain by doing; demonstrate what you want families to do as you explain it. If you want them to build something, build one first and then give them materials to build their own.
10. Try to have two people helping with each family event, so that the person in charge of a particular activity can remain focused on the group and not just on the demands of a few individuals.
11. After each activity, be sure to provide closure. Review what just happened and allow families to share their experience with the activity.
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SOCORRO, N.M. Sept. 25, 2009 – The New Mexico Tech Board of Regents heard updates about enrollment, retention, finances, personnel changes and the swine flu at the Tuesday, Sept. 22, meeting.
Personnel Changes
Board members congratulated vice president Dr. Ricardo Maestas, who was recently selected to be the president at Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas.
Individual board members and President Dr. Daniel H. Lopez praised Maestas for his service to New Mexico Tech during his five years in Socorro.
Lopez announced during the meeting that associate vice president Melissa Jaramillo-Fleming will take over as interim Vice President of Student and University Relations.
"At this time, an interim vice president is the right answer," Lopez said. "For a number of different reasons, I thought Melissa would be the right choice."
Regent Ann Murphy Daily said Jaramillo Fleming's appointment is good news for New Mexico Tech.
"I feel a lot of confidence that the job is in very good hands," she said.
Regent Jerry Armijo said selecting an interim vice president is the best decision, given the financial strains on the university and given the Regents' focus on retention and recruiting.
"You're intimately aware of our recruitment plan and it's crucial we continue those efforts," Armijo said.
Lopez said he would not set an expiration date on interim position; however, he said he would re-assess the situation in one year, at which point, he would reconsider opening a national search.
Hiring Freeze
Armijo asked how the hiring freeze is affecting faculty and instruction. Lopez and Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Peter Gerity said faculty members have been understanding and cooperative.
Currently, 11 faculty positions are vacant, which represents about 10 percent of available tenured positions, Lopez said.
"Faculty members have come to the trough and seen that it's half empty," Lopez said. "They don't like it, but they understand. People know we are dealing with a difficult situation. Once faculty start teaching extra courses, it takes time away from dedicated research … if it goes on too long, it could hurt the quality of education at New Mexico Tech."
Gerity said he meets regularly with academic department chairs to solicit recommendations about cost-cutting measures. He said the participatory method has been an effective method of approaching dwindling state funds.
"So far, we've held our own," Gerity said. "As it wears on and on and resources run thinner, it'll be harder to keep the wheels on."
Jaramillo Fleming has overseen Tech's revamped recruiting efforts. She and Dr. Lopez gave Regents the latest enrollment numbers. The undergraduate student body is 3 percent lower than last year, while graduate student enrollment is 2 percent ahead of last year.
"Keep in mind that we're coming off a peak year," Lopez said. "Last year was the highest enrollment we ever had."
New Mexico Tech staff recruiters, faculty, students and alumni are involved in a variety of recruiting activities.
The Admission Office is involved in an interactive online college fair and sending automated e-mails to prospective students. Two students – Regent William Villanueva and Omar Soliman – will represent New Mexico Tech at a college fair at the Albuquerque Convention Center in October.
New Mexico Tech is working with two-year colleges in the region to ease the transition for transfer students. The university has also created a staff position for recruiting veterans, largely considered to be a demographic that would excel at Tech.
Jaramillo Fleming also hosted a work session with Tech professors who are also Tech alums to discuss student concerns and recruitment.
In addition to standard recruiting expeditions, Tech recruiter Allison Costello has regular meetings with high school students at coffee shops in Albuquerque, which have proved to be effective.
The recruiting effort is also aimed at the finer details. With Dr. Lopez' support, Jaramillo Fleming is working on standardizing the Tech logo so that the university has a recognizable and consistent look. In addition, the university is beginning a push to have all departments adopt the new design for web pages.
Another recruiting effort in the Admission Office is to offer perks to high school seniors who pay their acceptance fee by mid-January. Already, early enrollment for fall 2010 is well ahead of last year's pace.
Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Scott Zeman gave an update on retention efforts. He reported that retention is rather flat, improving from 70 percent last year to 72 percent this year. While Tech lags behind UNM and NMSU in retention, the six-year graduation rate is competitive within the state, although well behind the national average.
The university is adopting new technology to help faculty devise early intervention strategies for struggling students, Zeman said. New software modules will allow instructors to identify students who need help.
The Retention Committee also launched an effort with instructors who teach 100-level courses.
"We talked about the importance of retention and how important they are being on the front lines with new students and how they can use the referral system," Zeman said. "The young faculty members are particularly interested in this."
Tech is attacking retention from a variety of other angles, including a proposed student advisor program and a new academic warning system that raises the bar and includes freshmen.
Maestas reported on the Upward Bound program, a high school program to prepare first-generation college students for the rigors of higher education. Now entering its third year, the program will see its first class of Tech freshman in the fall of 2010, he said.
Tech was also successful in securing a $2.86 million grant to advance the graduate programs at New Mexico Tech. The Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans grant is intended to improve facilities and curricula at minority-serving institutions.
Tech will use the funds to install six "smart classrooms," purchase software, train faculty, update curricula and create a Center for Graduate Studies.
Golf Tourney
Lopez reported that the annual President's Golf Tournament raised nearly $170,000. He said several sponsors and golfers told him that Tech's tournament is the classiest, best-run tournament around. About 320 golfers played in three flights September
He praised tournament organizer Colleen Guengerich for repeating last year's success in this year's tough economic times. The tournament's proceeds fund scholarships for financially strapped students at Tech.
Swine Flu
Vice President of Finance Lonnie Marquez, who also is the chair of the Emergency Response Team, reported on the university's preparations for the swine flu.
He said the ERT has sent letters to students, posted links and updates on the website, drafted student volunteers, participated in webcasts, identified vacant dorm rooms for isolating sick students and established plans for delivering meals and fluids to sick students.
The Health Center will have flu shots available for all students for free within three weeks. The university is trying to procure enough shots to offer free vaccinations to employees as well.
Other News
Lopez informed the Regents of a new $104,000 contract between White Sands Missile Range and the Micro-Electronic Testing and Technology Obsolescence Program. Tech will subcontract with Syndetix to provide support of the project.
- The Regents approved the disposal of excess property to the Civil Air Patrol. The university is disposing of an old radio tower that is no longer in use.
- The Regents approved three resolutions related to the New Mexico Consortium, which is the body representing the three research universities in the state and their interests at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The resolutions are intended to streamline the working group.
- The Regents officially conferred degrees to the list of August 2009 graduates. The summer graduates include 10 bachelor's degrees, 22 master's degrees and two doctoral degrees.
- Marquez reported that the Employee Health Trust is on solid footing. Expenditures match revenues for the fiscal year to date.
- Marquez reported that the university is well within budget through two months of the fiscal year.
- The Regents approved two additional research and public service project requests: $256,400 for Homeland Security programs and $150,000 for the Small Business Innovation Research program.


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Venturing is a program of the Boy Scouts of America. It is available to young men and women under the age of 21 who meet any of the following qualifications:
- are at least 15 years old
- are 14 years old and have completed the 8th grade.
- Prior participation in Boy Scouting or Varsity Scouting is not required.
Venturing is program is designed for young adults who are looking for rugged high adventure or challenging sporting activities and still want to be a part of a Scouting program that offers the advancement opportunities and values of the Boy Scouts of America.
Venturers will learn and live by the Venturing Oath and the Venturing Code.
Advancement and recognition
The basic advancement system
- Sports Bronze Award
- Religious and Community Life Bronze Award
- Arts and Hobbies Bronze Award
- Outdoor Bronze Award
- Sea Scout Bronze Award
Expert-level awards
Quest Award Venturing sports and fitness award
TRUST Award Venturing religious and community life award
Ranger Award Venturing outdoor skill proficiency award
Other awards
Sea Scouting
- See Sea Scouting for further information.
Sea Scouts is a specialized segment of the Venturing program, which was organized to address members' boating skills and promote knowledge of our maritime heritage. Swimming, lifesaving, first aid, Coast Guard Auxiliary Sailing and Seamanship, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation courses are taught with the ship by its officers.