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When illegal gun transactions are viewed as a market phenomenon, trafficking and other illegal acquisition activities represent the supply side of the market. Criminal intent and a desire for self-protection primarily drive the demand side.
Disrupting supply tackles the problem of illegal firearms transactions by attempting to stop illegal trafficking or seizing guns before they are used in a crime.
Disrupting demand tackles the problem through programs intended to prevent, control, and deter criminals from seeking to acquire and use guns.
demand-side studies range from evaluating unique local programs to helping implement national efforts such as Project Safe Neighborhoods.
Learn more about demand-side programs and interventions.
NIJ has conducted
supply-side studies of illegal gun markets, and of programs to disrupt them, in partnership with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and other federal and local law enforcement agencies. Over time, researchers found that disrupting supply through suppression programs such as Project Exile or through targeted gun recovery strategies can reduce gun violence.
Learn more about trafficking suppression programs.
Gun recovery strategies focus on getting guns out of the possession of juveniles and others not allowed to own a gun (e.g., parolees) before they can be used to commit a crime or are stolen or sold illegally on the street. Police use several tactics to recover illegally obtained firearms, such as search warrants, gun buy-backs, consent searches, pedestrian stops, traffic stops, arrests and gun turn-in campaigns.
Learn about gun recovery strategies.
NIJ gun recovery research has focused mostly on police consent searches and traffic or pedestrian stops in targeted neighborhoods. For example, NIJ researchers evaluated:
Learn about the St. Louis Consent-to-Search Program from an NIJ special report.Learn about the directed patrols program from an NIJ special report.
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Hillsboro Police
Oct. 20: Police picked up an abandoned bicycle, took a report of a disorderly couple at a business, and addressed an assault complaint in which the officer discovered it was a verbal confrontation between an adult and a juvenile.
Oct. 21: Officers took a report of a subject who was receiving a nuisance of phone calls, checked on suspicious activity, performed a welfare check, and took a report of a protection from abuse order violation. Police also seized firearms in the 500 block of East First St. The firearms were taken after a report of domestic violence.
Oct. 22: Police took reports of damaged fire hydrant, a sick animal, and a theft at Tabor College.
Oct. 23: Officers assisted a subject with a protection from abuse order.
Oct. 24: Police took a report of a domestic disturbance in which Carlos Gomez Garcia was arrested on a charge of domestic battery. Officers also took reports of a suspicious person, an adult purchasing tobacco for minors, and returned a lost package to its owner.
Oct. 25: Officers took a report of two suspicious people driving down alleys on the west side of town, checked on suspicious activity, took a parking complaint, and addressed a minor traffic accident.
Oct. 26: Police took a report of suspicious activity and addressed a minor traffic accident, both occurred at the sports complex. Officers also took a report of a protection from abuse order violation.
marion police
Oct. 11: Police responded to a commercial hold-up alarm; everything was found to be OK and took a report of a possible rape, but found it to be in the county; Marion County Sheriffs are investigating. Officers took a report of a dilapidated property.
Oct. 12: Officers picked up a dog and took it to Animal Health Center and took a report of reckless driver on U.S. 56. Police received a key found on Main St. from a resident and investigated possible drug activity. Police warned several kids about curfew violation on Main St. and at Central Park.
Oct. 13: Police assisted Peabody police with a domestic disturbance.
Oct. 14: Police took a report of criminal damage to property where a door was kicked in; police searched the building and found it to be clear. Police assisted with train that had mechanical problems and blocked Main St. and Santa Fe St. for about 45 minutes, and found a woman trying to stay at Central Park and took her to a motel.
Oct. 15: Police assisted Marion County Sheriffs on a burglary, theft, and criminal damage call.
Oct. 16: Officers took a report of possible animal abuse on S. Cedar St.
Oct. 17: Officers responded to an opossum in a yard and conducted extra patrol on home that reported intruder the morning before.
Oct. 18: Police assisted Marion EMS with a fallen resident; resident was transported to St. Luke Hospital. Police took a report of a possible aggravated burglary of a residence, assisted Marion County Jail with a disruptive inmate, and investigated a suspicious vehicle.
Oct. 19: Officers responded to a non-injury accident of a car vs. deer.
Oct. 20: Officers took a report of a commercial alarm; found everything to be OK. Police responded to a driver having a medical issue; the driver refused EMS transport. Police responded to a domestic argument; they transported the woman's boyfriend to a motel.
Oct. 21: Police assisted Marion County Sheriff's officers with a rollover accident.
Oct. 22: Police responded to a report of a lost dog, and discovered the dogs had not been vaccinated since 2007, then investigated a possible animal cruelty case.
Oct. 23: Officers took reports on burglary, theft, and criminal trespassing.
Oct. 24: Officers gave a Red Ribbon Week presentation at Marion Elementary School, and took a suspicious vehicle and person report. Police responded to suspicious juvenile activity around Marion High School, everything found to be OK. Officers stopped by a day care to talk to kids about safety and let them look inside the patrol car; They earned MPD junior officer badges.
Oct. 21: Police took a report of violation from a protection-from-abuse order. A report was taken of a verbal dispute.
Oct. 23: Christopher Thomas was arrested and charged with driving with a suspended license.
Oct. 24: Alan Hatton, Peabody, was arrested and charged with driving while his license was revoked. Officers provided an information report on an outside assist to Marion County Sheriff's Department.
Oct. 27: Officers took reports of theft, burglary, and phone harassment.

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Deer hunter finds massive marijuana grow operation near Houston
A man was under arrest and another on the run Monday as authorities cleared more than a dozen marijuana fields complete with a sophisticated irrigation system in Polk County, according to various reports.
A deer hunter on Saturday stumbled across the fields off Old Highway 35 near Goodrich, about 70 miles north of Houston. More than 40,000 marijuana plants have been recovered so far, with many more still to go, Chief Deputy Bryan Lyons from Polk County Sheriff's Office told Polk County Today.
The Montgomery County Police Reporter said teams from several area agencies were pulling up the plants and hauling them away in trailers. Lyons said 72 officials were on-site.
David Johnson, a game warden with Texas Parks and Wildlife, said he had heard there had been arrest in the area but didn't have any details. KTRK reported one person was taken into custody.
Authorities said they are seeing more and more cases like this within the U.S. with dealers deciding it is easier to grow plants here rather than try to bring them over the border.
Johnson said he got a call Sunday night asking him to help with the effort to uproot thousands of marijuana plants from about a dozen growing sites.
"It's a very time-consuming and labor-intensive process," Johnson said Monday. "You just have to pull every one of them up."
Inmates from the Polk County Jail were drafted on Monday to work pulling up the plants.
Helicopters guided the searchers into the general area where the marijuana fields were located. They also followed trails through the undergrowth that were left by the growers as they made their way from site to site.
Johnson was struck at the sophistication of the operation. There were water hoses for irrigation, power generators and living areas set up at the site.
"It's not just a bunch of hippies out there growing them a few pot plants," he said.
The area is owned by timber companies that lease it out to hunters.
When deputies arrived on Saturday, evidence showed the growers had just left, Lyons said.
"There were some items that led us to believe that they left not long before we made it here," Lyons told Polk County Today. "There were a couple of campsites that we found that we will be fingerprinting and trying to get some identifications on subjects that may've been here."
Photos from the scene show plants hidden among thick woodland. Deputies say they suspect they are dealing with people from outside the area.
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Kris Williams and Erica Burden announce their wedding, set for Saturday, June 15, at 5 p.m. at the Possum Ridge Boat Dock Shelter No. 1.
Williams parents are Patsy and Glenn Williams.
Burden's parents are Jesse and Norma Burden.
All relatives and friends are invited to attend. A reception will immediately follow the ceremony.
Roy and Lucille Burkhead will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, June 1, with friends and family in Richmond. The celebration will be at 5 p.m. at Abundant Life Ministries Church, 1709 Irvine Road. The event is hosted by their children and grandchildren.
The couple requests no gifts.
Eric and Emily Moore of Taylorsville welcomed their second child, Wyatt Timothy Moore, on March 10, 2013, at Norton Suburban Hospital.
Gary and Mallory Bilger of Mount Washington welcomed their third child, Lucas Wayne Bilger, into the world March 15 at 11:01 a.m. at Baptist Hospital East in Louisville. He weighed 8 pounds, 14 ounces and was 21.5 inches long.
Lucas was welcomed by his two siblings, Margaret "Maggie" Bilger, 4, and Noah Bilger, 3. He is the grandson of Dennis and Judy Bowman of Taylorsville and Ronald and Julia Bilger of Louisville.
Chris and Ashley Sanders of Taylorsville announce the birth of their son, Zachary Chase Sanders, on April 4, 2013, at 7:29 a.m. He weighed 6 pounds, 2 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long.
He was welcomed home by his siblings, Brianna and Cameron Sanders.
His grandparents are Martin and Teresa Bruce of Waddy, David and Janice Cox of Shelbyville, Chris Sanders Sr. of Cincinnati, and Donna and Wilson Cox of Slade City.
Roy and Toni Bell announce the birth of their grandson, Zahdyn Thomas Bell, on Jan. 29, 2013.
He weighed 8 pounds, 13 ounces and was 20 inches long.
He is the son of Morgan Armstrong and Thomas Bell Jr.
He is the nephew of Daniel and Makalla Bell of Taylorsville, Corey Jr., Courtney and Jasmine Bethal, and Brandon Bell of Louisville.
He is the grandson of Tiffany and Corey Bethal Sr. of Louisville and the late Thomas Bell Jr.
Evan and Donna Keeling recently celebrated their 49th wedding anniversary at their home in the Little Union area.
They were married in Livingston, Tenn., on March 7, 1964.
They have three children: Timothy Keeling and his wife, Nina; Amy Mattingly and her husband, Charlie; and Stephen Keeling and his wife, Stacy. They also have 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
They are members of Little Union Baptist Church.
Joe and Kim Snyder of Taylorsville announce the birth of their daughter, Lila Kathryn Snyder, on Jan. 21, 2013, at 5:08 p.m. at Baptist East Hospital in Louisville.
She weighed 10 pounds, 4 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long.
Her grandmother is Kathryn York of Jeffersontown.
Nannie and C.B. Gilbert celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary by renewing their vows at Open Door Christian Center in Bloomfield on Feb. 23. The family thanks Mavis Bennett and Eric Gilbert for their role in the ceremony.
Jason and Sarah Jane Whinghter of Aiken, S.C., announce the birth of their daughter, Ella Paris Whinghter, on Jan. 29 at the University Hospital in Augusta, Ga.
She weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces and was 20 inches long.
Her maternal grandmother is Teresa Catlett of Mount Eden.
Her paternal grandparents are Joe and Sally Whinghter of Beech Island, S.C.
Her great-grandparents are Harry and Jane Miller.
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India sends maximum international students to US in 2009
India remains the leading place of origin for the eighth consecutive year, increasing by 9% to 103,260The number of international students at colleges and universities in the United States increased by 8% to an all-time high of 671,616 in the 2008/09 academic year, according to the Open Doors report, which is published annually by the Institute of International Education (IIE) with support from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. This is the largest percentage increase in international student enrollments since 1980/81, and marks the third consecutive year of significant growth (with increases of 7% in 2007/08 and 3% in 2006/07). The total international student count exceeds by 14.5% the prior peak enrollment year (2002/03).
Open Doors 2009 data also show the number of "new" international students — those enrolled for the first time at a U.S. college or university in Fall 2008 – increasing by 16%, following two years of 10% increases. The largest growth was seen in undergraduate enrollments, which increased by 11%, compared to a 2% increase in graduate enrollments. This growth was driven largely by increases in undergraduate students from China.
The Open Doors 2009 data reports on enrollments in academic year 2008/09 based on a comprehensive survey of approximately 3,000 accredited U.S higher education institutions of all types and sizes, regarding international students at all levels of study. The findings do not reflect the full impact of the past year's economic downturn, since decisions to come to the United States to study were made before the financial effects were fully felt in the sending countries.
To provide a "snapshot" look at what U.S. campuses are reporting in Fall 2009, IIE conducted an online survey, in cooperation with seven other higher education associations, asking if international enrollments for Fall 2009 have increased or decreased. This survey indicates a mixed picture for this Fall, with international enrollments varying according to different countries of origin and types and sizes of host institutions: 50% of responding campuses are continuing to see increases in international student enrollments (down from 57% who saw increases the previous year), while 24% reported declines, and 26% reported levels about the same as for the prior Fall. The campuses seeing declines noted varied effects of the current economic conditions and students' concerns about the H1N1 virus, while those reporting increases cited increased recruitment efforts and the growing reputation and visibility of U.S. campuses abroad.
"I am delighted to see the large increase in the number of international students who are choosing to study in the United States," said Judith A. McHale, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. "The all-time high number of international students who studied here in the 2008/09 academic year testifies to the quality and diversity for which American higher education is known around the world. The Department of State actively promotes the benefits of an American education. Our large network of more than 400 EducationUSA advising centers plays a key role in matching international students with a U.S. academic institution that's just right for them. We strongly encourage international students to study in the United States, and are committed to helping them choose the American college or university that best meets their needs."
According to Allan E. Goodman, President and CEO of the Institute of International Education, "American higher education continues to be highly valued throughout the world. U.S. campuses offer unparalleled opportunities for creativity, flexibility, and cultural exchange. Students from all over the world contribute substantially to their host campuses and to the U.S. economy. Their active engagement in our classrooms provides U.S. students with valuable skills that will enable them to collaborate across political and cultural borders to address shared global challenges in the years ahead."
Open Doors 2009 reports increases in foreign student enrollments from seven of the ten leading places of origin, and 19 of the top 25, with increases of more than 20% from four countries. India remains the leading place of origin for the eighth consecutive year, increasing by 9% to 103,260. Students from China, once again the second leading sender, increased 21% for a total of 98,510. South Korea, in third place, increased 9% to 75,065. Canada, the only non-Asian country in the top five, rose to fourth place with an increase of 2% to 29,697, surpassing Japan, now in fifth place after students declined for the fourth consecutive year, decreasing by 14% to 29,264. Taiwan remained in sixth place, with 28,065 students, a 3% decline. The number of students from Mexico, the seventh-leading sender, remained flat this year, with a total of 14,850.
Students from Turkey (#8) increased by 10% to 13,263, while Vietnam jumped into the ninth spot with a dramatic 46% increase to 12,823. Vietnam's 2008/09 growth follows increases of 45% in 2007/08 and 31% in 2006/07, moving it into the top 10 this year from 20th place only two years ago. Saudi Arabia, the tenth leading sender, increased by 28% to 12,661, consistent with its substantial investment in government funded scholarships. Other notable increases were seen in enrollments from Nepal (#11), up 30% to 11,581 students, Germany (#12), up 9% to 9,679, and Brazil (#13), up 16% to 8,767 students in the United States. Slight declines were seen in the numbers of students from Thailand (#14) and Indonesia (#17), -3.0% and -2.4% respectively. The United Kingdom (#15), Hong Kong (#16), France (#18) and Colombia (#19) showed increases of less then 5%. Nigeria was #20, with an increase of 1% to 6,256 and Kenya was #22, with a 1% increase.
According to Open Doors 2009, universities in California hosted the largest number of foreign students with 93,124, up 10%, followed by New York with 74,934, up 7%, and Texas with 58,188, up 12%. The New York City metropolitan area continues to be the leading city for international students, with 59,322 enrolled in area schools, up 8%. The Los Angeles metropolitan area is in second place with 42,897 international students, up 11%.
For the eighth consecutive year, Open Doors reports that the University of Southern California hosted the largest number of international students, this year reporting 7,482. New York University held in second place with 6,761 international students, and Columbia University, also holding steady in third place, hosted 6,685. Rounding out the top five 2008/09 host institutions are University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (6,570 students) and Purdue University (6,136 students). Open Doors reports that 172 U.S. campuses each hosted more than 1,000 students.
Business and Management remains the most popular field of study for international students in the United States, increasing by 12% and comprising 21% percent of the total, followed by Engineering with an 11% increase and comprising 18% of the total. Math and Computer Science also increased significantly in 2008/09, up 10% from the prior year. After a 15% increase in 2007/08, Intensive English Language showed a slight decline in popularity, decreasing by 1%.
International students contribute $17.8 billion to the U.S. economy, through their expenditures on tuition and living expenses, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. Higher education is among the United States' top service sector exports, as international students provide revenue to the U.S. economy and individual host states for living expenses, including room and board, books and supplies, transportation, health insurance, support for accompanying family members, and other miscellaneous items. Open Doors 2009 reports that 65% of all international students receive the majority of their funds from personal and family sources. When other sources of foreign funding are included, such as assistance from their home country governments or universities, 70% of all international students' primary funding comes from sources outside of the United States.
Highlights from Open Doors 2009
India is the leading place of origin for international students in the United States with 103,260 in 2008/09 (an increase of 9% from the previous year), followed by #2 China (98,510, up 21%) #3 South Korea (75,065, up 9%), #4 Canada (29,697, up 2%), #5 Japan (29,264, down 14%), #6 Taiwan (28,065, down 3%), #7 Mexico (14,850, up 0.1%), #8 Turkey (13,263, up 10%), #9 Vietnam (12,823, up 46%), #10 Saudi Arabia (12,661, up 28%), #11 Nepal (11,581, up 30%), #12 Germany (9,679, up 9%), #13 Brazil (8,767, up 16%), #14 Thailand (8,736, down 3%), #15 United Kingdom (8,701, up 4%), #16 Hong Kong (8,329, up 1%) #17 Indonesia (7,509, down 2%), #18 France (7,421, up 5%), #19 Colombia (7,013, up 5%), #20 Nigeria (6,256, up 1%), #21 Malaysia (5,942, up 10%), #22 Kenya (5,877, up 1%), #23 Pakistan (5,298, down 1%), #24 Russia (4,908, up 0%), and #25 Venezuela (4,678, up 5%). (For further details on the trends in recent years from each of these leading places of origin, go to the Open Doors website and click on "Country Sheets").
The top ten most popular fields of study for international students in the United States in 2008/09 were Business and Management (21% of total), Engineering (18%) and Physical and Life Sciences (9%), Social Sciences (9%), Mathematics and Computer Science (8%), Health Professions (5%), Fine & Applied Arts (5%), Intensive English Language (4%), Humanities (3%), Education (3%), and Agriculture (1%). Undeclared majors are excluded from the rankings of top fields of study.
For the eighth year in a row, the University of Southern California is the leading host institution with 7,482 international students. New York University hosts the second highest number of foreign students (6,761). Other campuses in the top 10 are: Columbia University (6,685), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (6,570), Purdue University (6,136), University of Michigan – Ann Arbor (5,790), University of Texas – Austin (5,703), University of California – Los Angeles (5,590), Boston University (5,037), and Michigan State University (4,757).
California remains the leading host state for international students (93,124, up 10%), followed by New York (74,934, up 7%), Texas (58,188, up 12%), Massachusetts (33,838, up 6%), Florida (30,386, up 14%), Illinois (29,887, up 4%), Pennsylvania (27,529, up 6%), Michigan (23,617, 3%), Ohio (20,725, up 7%), and Indiana (17,098, up 10%). (For breakdowns by state, including leading host institutions and leading fields of study and places of origin for foreign students studying in each state, go to the Open Doors website and click on "State Sheets").


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Ashley Giles' first game in charge of England's ODI side ended in a convincing defeat against India A in Delhi in the first of two warm-up matches ahead of the one-day series.
Giles named Ian Bell, with whom he has had a close association at Warwickshire, as England's captain, as Alastair Cook stood down from the opening match.
He also gave him the opportunity to open the innings in what could be perceived as a straight shoot-out for the role with Kevin Pietersen.
Bell responded with 91 from 89 balls to strengthen the possibility that he will be Cook's opening partner in the first ODI in Nagpur on Friday, with Pietersen batting at No. 3 in the absence of Jonathan Trott.
Bell's response was designed to hearten England's new one-day coach during an otherwise dismal batting display in which England collapsed to 72 for 6 in search of a target of 229 in 39 overs and eventually lost by 53 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis method.
In a match reduced to 36 overs because of bad light, England were up against it from the moment that the Tamil Nadu opening pair, Abhinav Mukund and M Vijay assembled a century opening stand.
Mukund, known to England after playing for India in their Test defeats at Lord's and Trent Bridge in 2011, famously once put on 462 with Vijay for Tamil Nadu in a Ranji Trophy match, only two runs away from the world record, but on this occasion 118 in 24 overs was enough to deflate England.
James Tredwell, who can anticipate a leading role in the five-match ODI series in the absence of his fellow offspinner, Graeme Swann, then had Mukund stumped for 57. Samit Patel bowled Vijay for 76 from 75 balls but an unbeaten half-century from Maharashtra's Kedar Jadhav, maintained the impetus.
England's prize scalp of Pietersen fell to Sreesanth, who was making a much-publicised reappearance after two toe operations which threatened to end his career and which confined him to a wheelchair for several months.
As Bell battled on, England then lost five wickets in nine overs. Jalaj Saxena's offbreaks soon accounted for Eoin Morgan and Jos Buttler and Buttler's Somerset team-mate, Craig Kieswetter, found no immediate release from a shaky year in an England shirt when he fell for a fifth-ball duck, medium-pacer Mohit Sharma having him caught at the wicket.
Kieswetter's ODI place is assured in the absence of his fellow wicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow for personal reasons, but if England become fearful about the reliability of their batting order, Buttler could face competition for the final batting place from Joe Root.
England switch from the Model Sports Complex to the Feroz Shah Kotla to face Delhi in the second warm-up game on Tuesday.


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Poetry For Peace - Third Reading (World Languages Week)
Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - 4:30pm to 5:30pm
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Please come to read a poem you've written, a poem by a favorite poet of yours, or just to listen. And bring your friends!
You are welcome to read poems in languages other than English, but you should provide the translation in English as well, Because we believe the empathetic community created by sharing ANY kind of poetry can lead to peace and social justice, we welcome all poems, not just those that touch directly on themes of peace and social justice.


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text: June 4, 2008 New release of the Suzaku HXD, XIS and XRT calibration data is available for download. ============== Calibration: ============== The latest calibration files released are for the HXD, XIS and XRT instruments : HXD (20080602) XIS(20080602) XRT(20080602) The Suzaku CALDB can be downloaded via the Web at or via anonymous ftp to be installed on the user's machine or local network. *** DOWNLOAD CALDB on the LOCAL MACHINE The CALDB tar files are available from the CALDB Suzaku Web page at : http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/caldb/suzaku/ or via anonymous ftp at: ftp://legacy.gsfc.nasa.gov/caldb/data/suzaku/hxd/goodfiles_suzaku_hxd.tar.Z The CALDB installation procedure is available at: http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/caldb/caldb_install.html *** NOTE on the current access to CALDB Note that with this software release all Suzaku tasks support the automatic queries to CALDB. *** HELP Please report any problems with the installation procedure to: http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/Feedback and select CALDB under "Choose a mailing list"


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An Eastbourne man has stripped in front of a crowd at Cineworld after launching a Facebook campaign.
Luke Samson called on his friends and followers to 'like' his status on Facebook yesterday. Luke posted, "1,000 likes and I'll jump on the stage at Cineworld Eastbourne and do a full strip routine through Magic Mike XXL @ 8.30."
His post received 1,600 likes throughout yesterday, with more than 100 people egging him on.
True to his word, at the end of the film, Luke jumped up on the stage in front of the cinema screen and stripped in front of the crowd. Many filmed his antics on their phones.
His stunt appeared to be well received, with many people congratulating him on Facebook and posting dark and blurry videos and photographs due to the dim cinema lighting. One of the videos was uploaded to You Tube and can be viewed here (obviously contains some mild nudity).
Becky Iona was just one of the many to label Luke a 'legend'. She took to Facebook and said, "Luke Samson you absolute legend! Everyone has to share this make it go viral! Funniest end to Magic Mike!"
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So what are the required restroom fixtures in modern bathrooms? Well, these days, with families on the go, just about everyone expects a baby changing station. Sam's Club baby changing stations are affordable, easy to assemble, and come in a variety of colors. Today's restroom users also expect antibacterial hand soap and dispensers, and with good reason. Antibacterial hand soap and dispensers allow individual hand cleaning, as opposed to forcing hundreds of people to share the same bar of soap. They're also easy to use, making it more likely that people will use them, promoting good hygiene throughout the building where they are installed.
Similarly, no touch hand dryers are becoming more popular. Paper towels are inefficient and less sanitary, and dryers that you have to touch to activate force multiple people to touch the same button with hands that are hopefully, but not always, completely clean.
If your building's restrooms are missing any of these fixtures, it's time to shop at Sam's Club. You want to have the most sanitary bathrooms you can, and to provide the most convenience for those who use them, but you don't want to spend your entire maintenance budget on your bathrooms. That's why you need Sam's Club, where the items you want or need are always affordable every day.
At Sam's Club, you'll find a variety of low cost restroom fixtures to help complete any restroom, and those who use your restrooms will thank you for it. So look over the selections and place your order today.


text: « Return to Search Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Schepens Eye Research Institute Researcher Receives Grant for Research into Childhood Vision Loss June 11, 2013 BOSTON (June 11, 2013) - Matthew Bronstad, Ph.D., a research associate at Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Schepens Eye Research Institute and an instructor in ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, was recently awarded a $60,000 grant from the Knights Templar Eye Foundation to conduct research into vision loss in children. Dr. Bronstad's research project is entitled, "Is anomalous retinal correspondence compensatory to hemianopia and can it be reinstated after strabismus surgery?" Hemianopia is loss of one half of the visual field in both eyes. In children, this may be caused by head trauma, brain tumor or stroke. Curiously, strabismus, or mis-alignment of the eyes, co-occurs with hemianopia more commonly than expected in children. It is possible that strabismus develops to compensate for hemianopia, if the deviating eye points into the area of field loss, this may expand a child's visual field. However, it isn't known whether the expanded visual field offers any advantage, as the dominant eye tends to suppress the misaligned eye in strabismus. If the expansion is useful, then there is a difficult trade-off between the usefulness of visual field expansion for mobility and the many benefits of having the eyes aligned surgically. The ultimate goal of the research project is to provide postsurgical optical correction to reinstate their former field expansion while preserving the appearance of straightened eyes. Dr. Bronstad was presented with a check by the local Knights Templar representatives on May 31 at a ceremony in the Schepens Eye Research Institute Library. The Knights Templar Eye Foundation, Inc., was founded in 1956, and since its inception, they have generously given over $135 million for ophthalmic research, patient care and education. Each year, the Knights Templar Eye Foundation Inc. invites eligible investigators to submit proposals for pediatric ophthalmological research. The foundation is committed to support careers of basic and clinical researchers who work on conditions that may prevent or cure potentially blinding diseases. About Massachusetts Eye and Ear Mass. Eye and Ear clinicians and scientists are driven by a mission to find cures for blindness, deafness and diseases of the head and neck. After uniting with Schepens Eye Research Institute Mass. Eye and Ear in Boston became the world's largest vision and hearing research center, offering hope and healing to patients everywhere through discovery and innovation. Mass. Eye and Ear is a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital and trains future medical leaders in ophthalmology and otolaryngology, through residency as well as clinical and research fellowships. Internationally acclaimed since its founding in 1824, Mass. Eye and Ear employs full-time, board-certified physicians who offer high-quality and affordable specialty care that ranges from the routine to the very complex. U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals Survey" has consistently ranked the Mass. Eye and Ear Departments of Otolaryngology and Ophthalmology as top five in the nation.


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GOP battles boost Obama
There's a simple reason President Barack Obama is using his bully pulpit to focus the nation's attention on the battle over the budget: In this fight, he's watching Republicans take swings at each other.
And that GOP fight is a lifeline for an administration that had been scrambling to gain control its message after battling congressional Democrats on the potential use of military force in Syria and the possible nomination of Larry Summers to run the Federal Reserve.
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If House Republicans and Obama can't cut even a short-term deal for a continuing resolution, the government's authority to spend money will run out on Oct. 1. Within weeks, the nation will default on its debt if an agreement isn't reached to raise the federal debt limit.
( PHOTOS: 25 unforgettable Obamacare quotes)
For some Republicans, those deadlines represent a leverage point that can be used to force Obama to slash his health care law. For others, they're a zero hour at which the party will implode if it doesn't cut a deal.
Meanwhile, "on the looming fiscal issues, Democrats — both liberal and conservative, executive and congressional — are virtually 100 percent united," said Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.).
Just a few days ago, all that Obama and his aides could talk about were Syria and Summers. Now, they're bringing their party together and shining a white hot light on Republican disunity over whether to shut down the government and plunge the nation into default in a vain effort to stop Obamacare from going into effect.
( Also on POLITICO: House approves food stamp cuts)
The squabbling among Republicans has gotten so vicious that a Twitter hashtag — #GOPvsGOPugliness — has become a thick virtual data file for tracking the intraparty insults. Moderates, and even some conservatives, are slamming Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, a tea party favorite, for ramping up grassroots expectations that the GOP will shut down the government if it can't win concessions from the president to "defund" his signature health care law.
"I didn't go to Harvard or Princeton, but I can count," Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) tweeted, subtly mocking Cruz's Ivy League education. "The defunding box canyon is a tactic that will fail and weaken our position."
While it is well-timed for the White House to interrupt a bad slide, Obama's singular focus on the budget battle is hardly a last-minute shift. Instead, it is a return to the narrative arc that the White House was working to build before the Syria crisis intervened.
( Also on POLITICO: House might nix Obamacare subsidies in CR)
And it's so important to the president's strategy that White House officials didn't consider postponing Monday's rollout of the most partisan and high-stakes phase even when a shooter murdered a dozen people at Washington's Navy Yard that morning.
The basic storyline, well under way over the summer, was to have the president point to parts of his agenda, including reducing the costs of college and housing, designed to strengthen the middle class; use them to make the case that he not only saved the country from economic disaster but is fighting to bolster the nation's finances on both the macro and household level; and then argue that Republicans' desire to lock in the sequester and leverage a debt-ceiling increase for Obamacare cuts would reverse progress made.
The president is on firm ground, White House officials say, because he stands with the public in believing that the government shouldn't shut down and that the country should pay its bills.
"It would not be good for the middle class of this country or for our general economy to see a lapse in the funding of essential government operations," White House press secretary Jay Carney said Thursday.
Republican leaders say it's Obama who is out of touch.
"Americans don't support Obamacare, and they don't support increasing the debt limit without any measures to reduce the deficit itself," said Brendan Buck, spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner. "The president has put himself in the position of defending two things that put him on the wrong side of public opinion."
( WATCH: Boehner calls Obamacare "a trainwreck")
Democrats say their Syria fight looked like Yalta compared to the GOP's "civil war" over Obamacare, the continuing resolution and the debt limit. Still, Obama spent the first weeks of September making the case for a military strike that was unpopular not just with the public but with his own Democratic allies in Congress. At worst, it was a demonstration that he has lost influence on Capitol Hill and within his own party. At best, it was a major message distraction.
Carney alluded to the lost Syria weeks on Monday when he said "time is short" for the president to make his case before the deadline for extending government funding.
Now, the White House has seemingly pushed its message machine back on track — and it's getting an extra boost from congressional Democrats who want to take the fight to the GOP. Some House Democrats privately express the view — to reporters and to the White House — that it might be better to let the government shut down rather than extend sequester-level spending for a few months. Such a destabilizing event could do enough damage to the GOP brand to shatter Republicans' lock on a House majority in next year's election, they hope, without seriously harming the economy.


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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Shelby Tisdale, the director of the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture in Santa Fe, is leaving her post.
The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that the Autry National Center in Los Angeles recently announced Tisdale has been appointed to the center's newly created position of vice president of curatorial and exhibitions.
Tisdale will be working at the Autry with Rick West, the founding director of the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., who was named president and CEO of the Autry just last month.
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On Top of the World...in Auckland
An exhibition in Auckland celebrates the 60th anniversary of the first successful summit climb of Mt Everest.
It was on May 29, 1953 that a British team led by Sir John Hunt succeeded in reaching the summit of Mt Everest, the highest mountain in the world. It was an achievement that reverberated around the world and made celebrities of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. An exhibition at Auckland's War Memorial Museum celebrates the 60th anniversary and gives visitors an intimate look at the expedition for the first time.
Visitors have to do a bit of climbing of their own to reach the exhibition room on the second floor. Children will love following a map of the The Hillary Trail which winds its way through the museum taking in interactive activity stations representing each stage of the ascent. Decisions have to be made, and challenges overcome, before climbing onwards and upwards.
The sound of a howling gale swirls around the exhibition room, just as it would have at the South Col. It was from here that the first two climbers made their attempt to reach the summit 900 meters away. They climbed higher than anyone had ever climbed before but didn't make it to the top. Hillary and Norgay made a second attempt and the rest, as they say, is history.
The exhibition is much more than a retelling of an historic mountaineering achievement. A film projected onto a model of Mt Everest tells the story of teamwork, and individual endurance and effort beyond belief. A series of red lights on the model traces the route up the mountain. Visitors will be astonished to see how painfully slow progress was. Personal items and and photographs belonging to the Hillary family add a personal touch. A nice axe, a small rock picked up on the descent, and a small selection of medals honouring the conquering heroes. Most illuminating of all are the entries from Hillary's ring-bound diary which he kept throughout the expedition. Writing in pen and ink, in what must have been less than ideal conditions, he faithfully recorded his thoughts on the daily progress of the expedition. We get a sense of a man who had incredible personal strength and determination, who valued his team mates, and who wanted above all to succeed.
More artwork and photographs by children and artists from Nepal acknowledge the contribution that Sir Edmund Hillary made to the Himalayan region in the years following the conquest of Mt Everest. He visited Nepal many times raising funds and working alongside his Sherpa and Nepalese friends to build schools, clinics and bridges and to repair monasteries. The people called him Burra Sahib or 'Big at Heart'. At his funeral in Auckland in 2008, then Prime Minister of New Zealand, Helen Clarke said of Sir Edmund Hillary "We may not be able to match Sir Ed's abilities or strengths, but we can all strive to match his humanity and compassion for others."
From the Summit - Hillary's Enduring Legacy is open until 29 September 2013 in the Sainsbury Horrocks Pictorial Gallery level two, Auckland War Memorial Museum. Entrance is free.
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It was so exciting working on these illustrations for the animated NIX Lice Treatment commerical, airing in Canada.
It's such a delight to see my illustrations brought to life. And seeing my creepy crawling lice running around, well, that's pretty fun too.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Illustrations for animated NIX lice commercial
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3 comments:
- Erin said...
um, you made lice look fun. something I would not have thought possible after that horrible experience in 6th grade...
- March 1, 2012 at 2:03 PM
- mer said...
LOL, i love it Erin.
- March 1, 2012 at 2:04 PM
That's awesome!
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If there's one proven way for BMW to juice sales and expand its reach into yet another vehicular niche, it's by creating a pricier, coupelike version of an existing car. The BMW X5 begat the X6, the 6 Series coupe and 5 Series sedan begat the 6 Series Gran Coupe, and recently the 3 Series sedan/4 Series coupe birthed the 4 Series Gran Coupe. Now it's time for the X3 crossover to go under the chopping block, resulting in the 2015 BMW X4 that debuts at the 2014 New York auto show.
BMW calls the X4 a Sports Activity Vehicle, noting that its more coupelike roofline infers sportiness. Compared with an X3, the 2015 BMW X4 is 0.6 inch longer but 1.5 inches lower. The roof reaches its apogee above the heads of the driver and front-seat passenger and then plummets over the rear seats before joining the sloped power liftgate. Large black air intakes at either side of the front fascia and a swage line that splits just above the rear wheels provide further visual distinction between the X3 and the X4.
There is less distinction under the hood, as powertrain choices are identical to those in the X3. The X4 xDrive28i uses a 2.0-liter turbocharged inline-four rated for 240 hp. Its 6.0-second sprint to 60 mph beats the equivalent X3 by 0.6 second. The X4 xDrive35i's 300-hp, turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-six helps that model effect a 5.2-second run to 60 mph, a 0.3-second improvement versus the X3 xDrive35i. Both X4 models feature an eight-speed automatic transmission and all-wheel drive as standard. A function called Performance Control, which can brake the outside rear wheel to improve cornering turn-in, is also standard.
Extensive List of Technologies
The inside of the BMW X4 follows the pattern established by the X3. The dashboard could come from any modern BMW: Two analog gauges and a small LCD screen sit behind the three-spoke steering wheel, a widescreen iDrive screen sits at the top of the center stack, and BMW's new Touchpad iDrive controller is positioned to the right of the joystick-like shifter. However, cargo space is down 9.9 cubic feet to just 17.7 cubic feet and falls by 13.9 cubic feet to only 49.4 with the back seats lowered.
The list of available technologies includes the fuel-sipping Eco Pro mode; a color head-up display; adaptive cruise control; pedestrian and forward-collision warning; blind-spot detection; a 360-degree camera system; BMW ConnectedDrive and BMW Apps connectivity; and Proactive Driving Assistant, which can preemptively tell the driver to slow down when he or she is approaching an area with a lower speed limit.
In typical BMW fashion, the X4 can be equipped with a racy M Sport package. It brings new fascias as part of the M Aerodynamics pack, gloss-black exterior trim, a sport suspension, sport seats, an anthracite-colored headliner, a leather-wrapped M steering wheel, M-branded doorsill plates, and 19- or 20-inch M-specific wheels.
Commensurate Price Bump
The 2015 BMW X4 goes on sale this spring after its debut in New York. Pricing is considerably higher than that of an X3. However, part of the price increase is due to the fact that several items that are optional on an X3 are standard on the X4: rear parking sensors, a power liftgate, Performance Control, variable-assist sport power steering, and a leather-wrapped steering wheel with shift paddles. The BMW X4 xDrive28i has a $5825 premium and starts at $45,625 after destination. The xDrive35i model is $4025 pricier than an equivalent X3 at $48,925.


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Broncos promote LB Briggs to active roster
The Broncos have signed linebacker Diyral Briggs to the active roster, filling the roster spot left open when the team placed wide receiver Matt Willis on the injured reserve list.
The move leaves the Broncos with only five receivers on the 53-man roster. The team could certainly make more moves before Sunday's game against Oakland depending on injuries. Slot receiver Eddie Royal left last week's game against the Jets with a groin injury. The team has one receiver, Britt Davis, on the practice squad.
Briggs is a second-year player who was an undrafted rookie in 2009. He played four games for the 49ers last year. He made the 49ers' active roster after the preseason but was released after playing in San Francisco's Week 1 loss to Seattle. He has been on the Broncos practice squad since.
As of Tuesday afternoon, safety Kyle McCarthy and outside linebacker Kevin Alexander remained on the Broncos' 53-man roster. Both were promoted from the practice squad on Saturday and played on special teams against the Jets, helping replace Darcel McBath and Wesley Woodyard, who were both out with injuries.
The Broncos have three vacant spots on the practice squad to fill this week.


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The Azure Code Samples are currently available in English
Host multiple websites within one Azure webrole using Visual Studio 2015
This example shows how to host multiple websites within one Azure webrole using Visual Studio 2015. This is a supplement and implement for Azure official video: Multiple Websites in a Web Role. Since that post is dated to 2011, updates for the past years could bring about a better approach. This post will give you the latest version of implementation.
Video guide,
Text guide,
1. Azure Account
You need an Azure account. You can open a free Azure account or Activate Visual Studio subscriber benefits.
2. Visual Studio 2015
The tutorial assumes that you have worked with ASP.NET MVC and Visual Studio. If you need an introduction, see Getting Started with ASP.NET MVC 5.
4. Azure SDK
The tutorial is written for Visual Studio 2015 with the Azure SDK for .NET 2.9 or later. Download the latest Azure SDK for Visual Studio 2015. The SDK installs Visual Studio 2015 if you don't have it.
Run the sample
- Please first download my test VS solution MultipleWebSite.zip for your reference.
- After downloading, please unzip it and open the main "MultiWebsitesOneWebRole" solution as Administrator.
Switch to ServiceDefinition.csdef file, replace the physicalDirectory in Site section according to your configuration.
- Add below info to your host file
127.0.0.1 www.firstsite.com 127.0.0.1 www.secondsite.com 127.0.0.1 www.thirdsite.com
- Open command console and ping to check if the dns name can be used.
Ping www.firstsite.com
- Run the solution, and visit three websites in your web browser.
Below are some useful links, you will need them before your real action.
[Some notes that you might need to know when you start to deploy your websites]
How to setting up CNAMEs for your domain:
Tips for Publishing Multiple Sites in a Web Role:
How to configure the Azure Cloud Service Project to compile all the associated webs within a single web role:
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Casale: just two steps outside the walls of San Gimignano, the property was acquired by Riccardo Falchini in 1964, descendant from a ancient Florentine family of viticulturist, that since 1626 produced wine for Cosimo de Medici. Situated 300 meters above sea level, it extends over a landscape of green rolling hills, many of which are of specialized vineyards.
The Casale building, which names the area, used to be a monk convent. In 1968 the first specialized vineyards were born. In 1976 the old wine cellar was converted in to a new cellar, the first in the area to be equipped with cold processing and temperature control of the fermentation of the wines. The wine Vernaccia di San Gimignano represents 50% of the entire production.
For over 25 years the products of Casale-Falchini are actively exported in the world, and have received important prizes and awards in international Wine Competitions, including 2 Grand Gold Medals at Vinitaly in 1996 with the Spumante Falchini Brut and the Campora IGT Super Tuscan Cabernet Sauvignon.
This Spumante Millesimato is produced with an accurate selection of the best grapes of Chardonnay and Vernaccia from the vineyards at Casale and some Pinot Noir. After a first fermentation it ferments in the bottle where it further completes its refining for several months. The prolonged contact with the yeasts gives to this spumante particular characteristics. It is a Classic Spumante, produced in small quantities.
Following the Tuscan tradition for producing vinsanto this Vin Santo comes from the late harvest of selected Malvasia (50%) and Trebbiano (50%) grapes of the Podere Casale I°, picked and slowly dried. After pressing the resulting must then is put into oak, cherry and chestnut barrels, where it is left to age for over four years. Before being bottled a careful selection of the best barrels is done.
Produced from the Colombaia vineyard this Chianti from the Siena Hills is a blend of Sangiovese (85%) and a small percentage (15%) of Canaiolo and other red grapes. After brief aging in oak casks, this wine is further refined in the bottle for a few months, it then must pass the careful scrutiny of the Titolati Commission before being sold. This wine is harmonious, fruity and with a good structure.
Produced with Sangiovese grapes, harvested on the hills surrounding San Gimignano, this Tuscan red wine, after a brief passage in oak barrels, further refines in the bottle for 3 to 4 months before leaving the cellar. This wine is recognized for its intense ruby red color and its pleasantly distinctive aroma of wild blackberries. After being decanted, it can complement perfectly Tuscan antipasti, pasta dishes, roasted and grilled meats, even pizza and focaccia.
This world renowned wine comes from the vineyard Camporaiolo at Casale in San Gimignano. It is almost entirely produced from carefully selected Cabernet Sauvignon grapes. After the fermentation it passes into 225 l. French oak barriques and is aged for about 24 months; this is where the wine gains the structure and the elegance it is noted for. The wine then rests in the bottle for at least 12 more months before being introduced to the public. The Campora is a wine with great harmony and a remarkable structure and complexity.


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Disability and Technical Expertise from Cisco interns
"When I first got here, the [intern] orientation was talking about all business stuff…supply chain..and I'm a computer science major, and I was thinking, uh-oh, I'm in the wrong place." Kelley Duran said as we settled down to talk about her internship here at Cisco. Her classmate Samuel Sandoval had the same reaction: "Honestly, I thought I was in [the] wrong group… since I'm in IT [information technology]"
Internships are a great way for students to make the connection between their studies and the business world. Combining education with practical application through internships means an easier transition into the workforce after college. Even better is when education and personal expertise are both channeled into the right internship.
Kelley and Samuel are studying Computer Science and Information Technology respectively at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York. I sat down with Kelley, Samuel and their Cisco mentor Shraddha Chaplot to get their thoughts on how to create a successful internship program for college students with hearing disabilities.
Samuel Sandoval, Shraddha Chaplot and Kelley Duran spell Cisco in American Sign Language at Cisco Headquarters
Internship Projects
Samuel and Kelley interned for 11 weeks in Cisco's Software Engineering Accessibility team. The Cisco Accessibility team is focused on ensuring Cisco products are accessible and usable by people with disabilities, whether by design or through compatible use with assistive technology.
Samuel worked as a lead developer for real time text chat on the jabber client and Cius, Cisco's tablet. Real time text chatting allows you to see text as it's being typed, rather than after the sender has hit the "return" key. It allows for a more interactive experience as you can sense the mood of the person who is typing: speed, typos, etc.
Kelley's project scoped ways to caption Telepresence video conferences to allow persons with hearing disabilities or persons operating in a second language to read conversations in real-time during a video conference. 278 million people worldwide are deaf or hard of hearing. In the U.S. workforce, 8 million people are deaf or hard of hearing. There is a clear market opportunity for this functionality.
Kelley found the environment at Cisco welcoming and the projects compelling: "I felt they gave us projects that applied our skills and knowledge of deaf people. I think people here are really willing to learn, and that's how I felt when I got here, that people wanted to learn about me and deaf people, wanted to know how to improve and what to do."
Set-up for Success
Hardware Engineer Shraddha Chaplot started preparing for Kelley and Samuel's arrival about 6 months in advance—so, if you're looking at preparing for summer 2012 interns, now is a great time to start! Shraddha worked on creating an infrastructure of support: translation as well as coworker readiness.
Shraddha kicked off video meetings with Samuel and Kelley to establish a good working relationship. She learned the basics of American Sign Language (ASL) and Samuel and Kelley expressed their communication preferences. Kelley is very comfortable lip reading; they both have an order of preference for translation services: in-person interpreting, instant messaging and then video relay interpreting (VRI).
In-person interpreting is when you have an interpreter in the room with you during conversations translating ASL to spoken English and back. Shraddha advised:"If it's an hour of presentations, you usually need two interpreters who can switch off every 15 minutes as it's extremely tiring to be doing live translation for long periods." Also of note, Kelley and Samuel found the quality of interaction with meeting participants was higher through instant messaging than having an interpreter on video(VRI.)
Shraddha also began letting her co-workers know about the interns coming on-board early in the process. They began with learning how to sign "Happy holidays" and the Cisco motto, "Changing the way we live, work, play and learn."
Before they arrived, Kelley and Samuel put together an introductory video with subtitles which covered the different ways to communicate with them. I found it useful to get some coaching from Shraddha on how to have a conversation using an interpreter. Here's what I learned: Chatting with Kelley, I made eye contact with her and not the interpreter the entire time.It was strange to be hear someone's voice in my ear and not be looking at the speaker. Similarly, though I was looking at Kelley when I spoke to her, she was looking slightly off to the side so she could see the interpreter sign my comments. It took a little getting used to.
Day to Day Workplace Dynamics
From a day-to-day perspective, Kelley and Samuel felt it was important to have a minimum of two interns conversant in ASL. "Imagine me working all day without talking to anyone," said Samuel. Sometimes, communicating is tough. "We chat a lot during the day, not everyone knows sign language" said Kelley. They also felt it was critical to be co-located with a mentor.
In addition to providing a little more lead time to schedule meetings (to allow interpreters to be scheduled), Kelley mentioned "one [piece of ] advice we give to other people is not to expect everything to work, sometimes the interpreter does not show up, sometimes video quality is bad and prevents video relay interpreting. People need to understand that."
Samuel added, "one thing I was thinking would be really good was if all the people in the office took an ASL class."
Kelley and Samuel at the end-of-internship presentations
The Cisco Intern Experience
Kelley and Samuel immersed themselves fully in the Cisco intern experience. Among the fun activities: the interns all ventured out to a gun range! They attended intern lunches, meet-and-greets with executives and participated in the intern case competition where they presented business plans to a judging panel.
Did their internships give them a taste of the corporate life? Yes. Says Kelley: "Don't think you're gonna have a desk job. You're gonna have to do stuff, give presentations and make an impression all the time." What Kelley and Samuel took away from their time at Cisco is what we hope all of our interns do: great academics are a solid foundation to your professional life. The ability to communicate effectively, influence others and understand business impacts are what will take you to the next level.
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Sarah Ablang
I too am hearing impaired. 70% hearing loss and I was so pleased to read the interns felt welcomed and Cisco had accomodated their needs. Meetings, telepresence, webex conferences can be extremely difficult for those with hearing impairments and presents challenges, especially when everyone talks at once. Thank you meeting their needs.


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Things have been a bit slow here at DreamInVertical over the last month or so. Life has been exceptionally busy and the climbing trips have been plentiful.
We are pretty behind on trip reports and hopefully many will get finished over this holiday season. I finally completed writing my reflections and trip report from my first attempt on Freerider and, thanks to editing from Lizzy, it just went live. It's a bit long, but hopefully a good read. As the year comes to an end, Lizzy just finished up her first quarter of grad school and I am in the process of changing jobs and moving to the Sunnyvale/Palo Alto area. Things are chaotic and I expect to get back to a more normal schedule come January or February.
Luke enjoys a lap on Gunsmoke. Photo thanks to RockGrrl
Back in November Lizzy and I attended the 1st annual #jtreetweetup. It was very cool to meet the many people that we chatted with online and help show them around Joshua Tree. Hopefully Lizzy or I will be writing a post from the trip soon. The highlight for Lizzy was a send of Gunsmoke! This has been a long time project and she has gotten quite close in the past. This trip she aced both cruxes and had enough endurance to finish it off. I was psyched to do a bit of exploring around the park in the mornings before meeting up with the Tweetup crew and found a new project. The Acid Crack features powerful thin fingerlocks to a core intensive face climbing section once the crack pinches down to tips. I worked the line twice on top rope and was able to figure out all but once section. This climb is steep and my style and I look forward to going back to it once I get a bit stronger.
Lizzy on Gunsmoke
Over Thanksgiving break Lizzy and I went out to Indian Creek with a bunch friends. We meet up with people from all over and had a blast with amazing weather. Lizzy just finished her post and I will be writing about our trip soon too, since we both climbed exceptionally well. Definitely check out some of our photos here or even better ones from our friend Andre.
One highlight of the trip for me was seeing Matt Segal and Jason Kruk working on a new route at Battle of the Bugle. On our last day while driving past Battle of the Bulge we saw a few camera men above the project. We pulled over and saw Matt climb the last 15 feet or so and clip the chains for the first ascent. It was awesome to watch these guys work on this climb over the many days we were at the Battle of the Bulge. This new age line uses tricky face sequence to connect thin cracks with infrequent gear.
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On a final note, we have added a few new pages to DreamInVertical. First came our Gear Review section to allow people to more easily find our Sweet Gear reviews. As well the new Multi-Pitch Route Beta page has links to topos and trip reports from many of the classic multipitch and alpine routes we have done. This page is a work in progress so feel free to leave comments if there is something missing or some additional beta that could be added to future trip reports.
Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season,


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Wabash Day 2010 - Indy, Partners in Housingby Josh Tatum '03 • October 11, 2010 Share:
Six alumni, family, and friends helped Partners in Housing get some much-needed cleaning out of storage areas Sunday afternoon.
Volunteers cleared out storage areas in preparation for rehab at Linwood Manor Apartments, a facility serving veterans battling substance abuse and/or homelessness.
First, volunteers cleared a room in the basement of one of the apartment buildings at Linwood Manor. Partners had used the room for storage of old doors and other hardware, but it has plans to transform the space into a community room for residents.
Once the basement was clear, the crew relocated to a line of garage-like storage units in which Partners stores unused office furniture, appliances, and miscellany. Bill Payton, Maintenance and Construction Supervisor for Partners in Housing, abhors hoarding, so he asked us to move old coin-operated laundry machines out for a "junk man" to pick up.
Volunteers also moved furniture and refrigerators from units belonging to Partners in Housing to one of its social services partners, which would refurbish the office furniture and use it. In doing so, Wabash volunteers cleared out some units that can now be used for more noble purposes.
Census: Jon Pactor '71, Josh Tatum '03, Robert Boardman '08, Bob Nicholas, Linda Roepke, Nancy Tatum, Caroline Richardson (PIH Director of Development & Communications), Bill Payton (PIH Maintenance and Construction Supervisor), Bill's daughter


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The U.S. Department of Energy announced Tuesday a 20-25 percent increase in the minimum energy efficiency standards of new refrigerators and freezers by 2014.
The news release goes on to talk about billions of dollars saved for consumers over 30 years, which kind of makes my eyes glaze over. What the heck does that mean for me?
Look at it this way: today's fridges already best their 1970s counterparts' energy use by one-third, and back then annual operation cost an average of $259 versus an average of $54 per year for today's standard-efficiency unit. An Energy Star unit currently costs an average of $43 to operate annually.
Energy Star refrigerators already use 20 percent less energy than the federal standard, so basically, new fridges in 2014 will become at least as efficient as today's Energy Star fridges, meaning annual operating costs will drop about $11. And if Energy Star standards increase alongside minimum standards in response (using a conservative 20 percent efficiency increase), average operating costs of an Energy Star refrigerator will look more like $34 per year. That's of course assuming energy costs remain constant, but I just wanted to make savings concrete rather than throw this at you (from the release):
According to the Department's analysis, the proposed standards could save nearly 4.5 quads (quadrillion BTUs) over 30 years, equivalent to three times the amount of energy used in refrigerators and freezers in American homes in one year. The standard, as proposed, would also eliminate the need for up to 4.2 gigawatts of generating capacity by 2043, equivalent to 8-9 coal-fired power plants nationwide. The savings would reduce cumulative carbon dioxide emissions by 305 million metric tons between 2014 and 2043.
(Come again?)
Also, standards didn't necessarily account for how many consumers actually used their refrigerators. From a spokesman for an energy-efficiency advocacy group:
"Even though refrigerators have become much more energy efficient, they still account for about 10 percent of household electricity use," observed Alliance to Save Energy Vice President for Programs Jeffrey Harris. "With the new standards, consumers will not only save energy, they'll also have a better picture of total energy use, because the ratings will include automatic ice makers."
Over the next year, the DOE also plans to evaluate standards for central air conditioners, room air conditioners, furnaces, clothes washers, clothes dryers and dishwashers.
My fridge is 15 years old, so I expect huge improvements when I replace it. How old is your refrigerator? Will new improved energy efficiency motivate you to replace your unit faster, because of faster payback? More importantly, did reading this article make you feel guilty about using your "but it still runs" fridge from the 70s to cool a couple of beers in your basement?


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6-30-10 Progressive Field
Back in Cleveland yet again.
However, it would not be a fun time in Cleveland today.
It would be a record low tying day for me. Record low in terms of balls snagged in 2010 and also record tying low for balls snagged at Progressive Field.
After being shut out for over fifty minutes, I snagged a Shin Soo Choo home run in this area:
It was too deep for me to get to in time to make the catch, so I settled for grabbing the ball off of the concrete.
It was about 5:20. My next ball wouldn't come until about 6:15 or so.
It was that kind of day.
One of the Blue Jays hit a home run that thankfully landed in the trees in Heritage Park. When I ran over, there it was, waiting for me.
Season: 268 balls (142 hit, 64 thrown, 26 device, 36 found)
Games: 41 games
Average: 6.53 balls per game
2010 Game Balls: 3
Career: 846 balls
Streak: 137 consecutive games attended with at least 1 ball snagged.
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text: This is the 5th picture of scrappy quilts I have made this year. Leftovers from previous quilts. the 1st I made at end of 2011, I quilted it this year. I am about to finish another, hopefully this weekend. Then I will start another, still using up scraps. I hope to get a little more creative. Quilting is just the FMQ that I love to do. Nothing fancy.


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Club operators often find themselves asking whether or not it's time to renovate. The answer seems like it would be obvious. Sure, if you have not renovated in a number of years and if you have money available, then it's time to renovate.
However, even when club owners are in the financial position to renovate, they often choose not to because they think that the value of a renovation should not be a priority. Why? Because some club owners lack the understanding or confidence about the true value of a renovation and what such an investment could achieve.
It may be more costly in the long run not to renovate. The health club environment is rapidly changing. What used to work to "get by" with outdated club interiors no longer will work today. So, the question is, should a club operator be proactive or reactive?
I say that being proactive is better. I've seen a clear trend during the economic downturn of recently renovated clubs faring far better than those in need of a renovation. A bad economy makes bad clubs get worse quicker.
Here are some points to consider when thinking about renovations:
- Renovating is a marketing and sales decision
If a club is in poor or average condition, you should not spend more on marketing to attract more people into your facility just to find that they are underwhelmed by how it looks. Putting off renovations leads to fewer sales, which leads to fewer profits, which leads to putting off renovating even further. It's a circle that some club operators can't find their way out of until it's too late.
- You should renovate even if you currently do not have much competition
Club owners with older facilities in good markets are just one competitor away from being too late with their renovations. A new club operator is going to discover your market and come in to build a facility that is nicer and newer than yours. So many club owners find out too late that they should have acted sooner to update their clubs.
And remember that one of a club's biggest competitors is other activities, particularly TV. Anyone born in 1960 has since watched 50,000 hours of television. That's 1,000 hours per year or 2.7 hours per day. And now, many people spend considerable time on the Internet, too. Your facility must be able to compete with TV and the Internet by providing members with visual stimulation while they are at your club. You must give them an exciting reason to keep coming to your club, and you must keep them constantly stimulated, inspired and entertained. Because people love their TVs, when you renovate, you should add large flat-screen monitors throughout your club in addition to including entertainment options on your cardio equipment.
- Watch out for bad renovation decisions
All renovations are not created equal, even if you spend the same amount of money on them. When you renovate, concentrate on areas that will get the most bang for your buck. Making bad decisions on past renovations might have caused you to spend too much on areas that had no effect on sales. These areas can vary depending on your market, but a good architect can help you figure that out.
- Consider renovating in phases
A properly planned first renovation phase can increase cash flow and help fund the next phase of your renovation. You should look at all the strengths and weaknesses at your facility, the competition you face and the funding you have available. Only then can you decide what to spend your money on first. You may wonder whether you should buy new equipment before you renovate. If your equipment is really old, then buying new equipment becomes a major priority. However, if your facility is run down, newer equipment brings in few new people, so funding for both equipment and renovations is probably the best plan.
- Renovating can offer you significant tax advantages
Depending on the scope of your renovation, you may rapidly increase the amount of a renovation that you can depreciate out. However, before the government will allow such accelerated depreciation levels, it requires that you work with a certified cost segregationist engineer. In addition, club owners who renovate to become more energy efficient can get good energy credits and rebates from utility companies.
Bruce Carter is the president of Optimal Fitness Design Systems International, a club design firm that has created about $650 million worth of clubs in 45 states and 26 countries.


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The US Supreme Court appears sharply split over whether Congress exceeded its authority in passing a 2006 law authorizing the federal government to indefinitely detain inmates whom officials suspect may commit future violent sex crimes.
In a spirited hour-long argument session Tuesday, US Solicitor General Elena Kagan urged the high court to uphold the constitutionality of Section 4248 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act. The law establishes a civil commitment procedure to keep federal detainees in government custody – even after they have completed their full prison terms.
Ms. Kagan told the justices the law was necessary to prevent certain "sexually dangerous" individuals from slipping between the cracks after being released from federal prison. In instances when state authorities are unwilling or unable to prevent their release, the federal government was forced do so itself, she said.
Of 15,000 sex offenders in federal custody, Kagan said roughly 100 have been certified as "sexually dangerous." Five of them filed a lawsuit charging that the federal statute exceeds Congress's limited powers under the Constitution and intrudes into general police powers reserved to state governments.
G. Alan Dubois, an assistant federal public defender in Raleigh, N.C., told the justices that the national government's authority over an individual in federal custody ends with the completion of his sentence. The Constitution does not empower the federal government to seek the civil commitment of individuals deemed sexually dangerous, he said. Instead, federal authorities may urge the states to take further action if certain "dangerous" individuals pose a threat to public safety.
The case represents an important test of how the court under Chief Justice John Roberts views the balance of power between the states and the national government.
It is also an opportunity for the court to clarify its vision of the scope of the Constitution's necessary and proper clause. The clause gives Congress the power "to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution ... powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States."
Section 4248's civil commitment procedure has no direct tie to the traditional source of congressional power: the regulation of interstate commerce under the commerce clause. So Solicitor General Kagan is arguing that it is supported through the Constitution's necessary and proper clause as a necessary feature of the federal criminal justice and penal system.
Mr. Dubois urged the justices to reject such an expansive view of the necessary and proper clause.
Justice Antonin Scalia was an enthusiastic ally for Dubois.
At one point he told the solicitor general: "This is a recipe for the federal government taking over everything."
Justice Scalia said the necessary and proper clause doesn't exist in the Constitution to authorize the federal government to do whatever is necessary and proper for the good of society. Rather, he said, the clause is designed to authorize federal action tied to an enumerated power of the national government.
Kagan replied that the federal civil commitment program was necessary and proper to the responsible administration of the federal criminal justice system. She said Congress was aware that sometimes states were unwilling to take charge of dangerous sexual offenders upon release from federal custody. If the federal government didn't act, these dangerous individuals might be freed, she said.
But what if a state was willing to address the issue? Chief Justice John Roberts asked. Would that mean it would no longer be necessary and proper?
Kagan agreed. "That is exactly right," she said.
Scalia said he found it difficult to believe that if the federal Bureau of Prisons contacted an elected governor or a state attorney general to notify them of the imminent release of a dangerous sexual predator that they would not take action to protect state residents and to protect their own political self-interests.
It is expensive – $65,000 a year – to hold such an individual, Kagan said, and history shows some states are reluctant to take action.
On the other side of the argument, Justice John Paul Stevens expressed skepticism of Dubois's narrow conception of federal power under the necessary and proper clause. What if a prisoner has a communicable disease? Justice Stevens asked. Can the Bureau of Prisons keep him behind bars beyond his prison term to protect the community?
Justice Stephen Breyer asked whether the federal government had the power to set up a series of mental hospitals across the country to facilitate the civil commitment of individuals threatening suicide or murder.
"I don't think the federal government has that power," Dubois answered.
Why? Breyer asked. "Where in the Constitution is it prohibited?"
"Try the 10th Amendment," Scalia interjected. The 10th Amendment reserves to the states or the people powers not delegated to the federal government in the Constitution.
The case is US v. Comstock. A decision is expected by late June.
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210 Studios is incredibly proud to host Xzistance on the Edge of Chaos Show. A collaborative canvas work by Mr. MaxxMoses, Chor Boogie and Joshua Mays. The canvas is an incredible 8 foot by 80 foot long and in the shape of a J. Here are some photos from our wildly successful opening night show. Please visit http://www.210studios.com for open viewing times and dates, in April.Read More


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Stomach illness that hit 83 people on cruise ship may be linked to norovirus
A new outbreak of a gastrointestinal illness aboard a cruise ship may have been caused by the norovirus, the ship's operator said Wednesday.
At least 66 passengers and 17 crew members came down with a quickly spreading digestive bug aboard the Crown Princess, said spokeswoman Karen Candy of Princess Cruises.
They have been isolated in their quarters, and the ship has implemented sanitation procedures developed in coordination with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to slow the disease's spread.
The Crown Princess, which has room for more than 3,000 passengers, left Los Angeles on Saturday for a seven-day Pacific cruise.
Though Princess Cruises believes norovirus is at the root of the outbreak, due to the quick increase in the cases of gastric ailment, Candy did not confirm it as the cause.
Norovirus is known for being readily contagious. It causes nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, and is believed to have infected passengers on a number of cruise ships in recent months.
In February, 114 passengers and 10 crew members took ill on the Holland America cruise ship ms Veendam during a week long voyage.
In January, more than 600 people on cruise ships sailing in the Caribbean fell ill from the virus, the CDC reported.
Norovirus infects many people on land, but health officials track it on cruise ships, leading to more frequent reporting of cases, the CDC said.
It is passed in person-to-person contact and can spread more easily in closed quarters.