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Top 10 MBA Programs in the U.S
American MBA programs are considered to be the best in the entire world, they offer amazing opportunities and diverse specialized programs. Joining one these schools is your first step to being part an exciting, dynamic company or starting your own profitable business. So if you are seeking an MBA you should consider the United States and begin from here with our ranking of the best MBA Programs in the U.S ( based on Forbes list).
The Stanford Graduate School of Business; Stanford GSB offers a general management Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree, the MSx Program (which is a full-time twelve-month MS in Management for mid-career executives) and a Ph.D. program, along with a number of joint degrees with other schools at Stanford including Earth Sciences, Education, Engineering,
and Medicine.
- Stanford Graduate School of Business.
- Location: Palo Alto, CA
- Tuition :$64,050 per year (full-time)
Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate business school of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The school offers a large full-time MBA program, doctoral programs, HBX and many executive education programs.
- Harvard Business School
- Location: Boston, MA
- Tuition : $61,225 per year (full-time)
The Kellogg School of Management is the business school of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, with additional campuses in downtown Chicago, Illinois and Miami, Florida. Degrees granted include the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Ph.D. programs in several fields, an MBA-JD, and MMM Program,
a MBA
+ MDI dual degree.
- Kellogg School of Management
- Location: Evanston, IL
- Tuition : $64,059 per year (full-time)
Columbia Business School (CBS) is the business school of Columbia University in Manhattan, New York City. It was established in 1916 to provide business training and professional preparation for undergraduate and graduate Columbia University students. It is one of six Ivy League business schools, and its admission process is among the most selective of top business schools.
- Columbia Business School
- Location : New York, NY
- Tuition: $65,988 per year (full-time)
The Amos Tuck School of Business Administration is the graduate business school of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. Founded in 1900, Tuck is the oldest graduate school of business in the
and was the first institution to offer master's degrees in business administration.It is one of six Ivy League business schools.
- Tuck School of Business
- Location :Hanover, NH
- Tuition : $64,200 per year (full-time)
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business is a graduate business school located in Chicago, Illinois, at the University of Chicago. Formerly known as the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, Chicago Booth is the second-oldest business school in the U.S., the first such school to offer an Executive MBA program, and the first to initiate a Ph.D.
- Booth School of Business
- Location :Chicago, IL
- Tuition : $63,980 per year (full-time)
The Wharton School awards Bachelor of Science in Economics degrees at the undergraduate level and Master of Business Administration degrees at the postgraduate level, both of which require the selection of a major.
- Wharton School
- Location :Philadelphia, PA
- Tuition : $64,920 per year (full-time)
The Berkeley MBA Program is a two-year curriculum designed to prepare students for the business world in an experience that Haas calls "Leading Through Innovation." The process of "Leading Through Innovation" includes the core MBA curriculum and specialization in an area of interest, which may be one of seven areas of general management
or a certification in one of five different areas of study.
- Haas School of Business
- Location :Berkeley, CA
- Tuition : $53,907 per year (in-state, full-time); $55,968 per year (out-of-state, full-time)
MIT Sloan offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs, as well as executive education. Its full-time MBA program is one of the most selective in the
and is ranked #1 in more disciplines than any other business school.
- Sloan School of Management
- Location : Cambridge, MA
- Tuition : $65,446 per year (full-time)
The school is housed in Sage Hall and supports 59 full-time faculty members. There are about 600 Master of Business Administration (MBA) students in the full-time two-year and Accelerated MBA programs and 375 Executive MBA students. The school counts over 11,000 alumni and publishes the academic journal Administrative Science Quarterly.
- Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
- Location :Ithaca, NY
- Tuition : $59,500 per year (full-time)


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Electronic Software And Server – The ultimate Solution to Make improvements to Business Transactions And Functions
The appearance of innovation across the globe is altering fast. www.digitalserver.com.mx/certificados-ssl.shtml From straightforward analog cellular telephones, they are really now changed with electronic kinds. Even new laptops and PCs currently, a year or two from now, they will end up to get obsolete. Nevertheless, these variations in the market hugely have an impact on the organization trends. During the previous decades, when desktops were not but fully recognized worldwide, men and women had problem reaching out to other people even without having any prolonged assortment of conversation traffic. From one country to a different, at times it could get months or times to achieve an extremely critical doc to your appropriate receiver. Scientists, businessmen, students and amid other individuals were impacted by the idle pattern of world interaction for the duration of the past decades.
Following a few several years, the arrival of new platform of interaction was becoming invented. Although it continues to be much in the devices and gadgets we have now now, but nonetheless, its emergence contributed quite a bit into the enhancement of assorted present day technologies.
Inside the company globe, technology plays a tremendous component to give excellent solutions to generation buyers. Dictation software and dictation server were getting invented to enhance improved workflows. With all the present day computer software, numerous industries have been benefited from it primarily people providers while in the BPO (Business enterprise Method Outsourcing) location. The most up-to-date craze in dictation software and dictation server can help a number of firms to boost their profits and revenues. By all usually means, a great deal of these organizations receive excellent positive aspects that could convey their identify in addition to the business ladder.
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Ian Brennan talks making music with Khmer Rouge Survivors./
You can call it serendipity with the recent releases of my Spotify playlists that I caught up with my favourite world music show on BBC 6 Music presented by former welsh front woman of the brit pop band Catatonia the talented Cerys Matthews.
Her most recent show came from the WOMAD festival in which she had the opportunity to interview music producer Ian Brennan. Who works around the world with survivors of political and racial atrocities. His work included engaging with survivors of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia (where I'm currently based) a place where artists and academics where murdered. His collaboration included has seeking out singers and players such as the blind Kong Nai ("Cambodia's Ray Charles") alongside more obscure names like guitarist Soun San to produce the album 'They will kill you, If you cry' which The Guardian described:
"The music is spartan, some of it filled with the sorrow of conflict and loss, some with familiar themes like I Hate My Husband Who Drinks. Slow and eerie, you might call it south-east Asian blues. A forgotten chapter in world music history."
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Mothers Day Lunch
Available on Sunday 31st March
Enjoy an exciting Mothers Day lunch at the Twig and Spoon. Our head chef and his team have put together a special set menu using the finest ingredients locally sourced.
We are having two sittings, one at 12/12.30pm and the other at 2/3pm
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Defense Date
Document Type
Degree Name
Master of Science
Mathematical Sciences
First Advisor
Angela Reynolds
Mathematicians and computational scientists are often limited in their ability to model complex phenomena by the time it takes to run simulations. This thesis will inform interested researchers on how the development of highly parallel computer graphics hardware and the compiler frameworks to exploit it are expanding the range of algorithms that can be explored on affordable commodity hardware. We will discuss the complexities that have prevented researchers from exploiting advanced hardware as well as the obstacles that remain for the non-computer scientist.
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VCU University Archives
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VCU Theses and Dissertations
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media art
week10: technology updates technology
The direction for this installation has gotten me thinking about what it is I want to showcase in this work. Originally the idea I wanted to tangle with, was the notion that technology goes back and forth in iteration, in design, in trends and in functionality. I like the idea that the departure point for this last project was "futures", and my immediate response was to showcase something that's framed in the past. I think this is the basis of the work I want to display.
As non-human object, the technological devices we carry everyday constantly run at a pace determined by us. That, meaning they're only function is determined by our use of them. Autonomy within them are seemingly not far away with the small increments being added to smartphones, however we can still choose most of their function. The thing that is seemingly out of our control though now is the way they're manufactured to be replaced by the next evolution of the same thing. This leads most to expect another criticism of Apple, however I want to go perhaps a little more broad with examples like the Record – MixTape – CD – MP3 evolution. Or the Film – VHS – DVD – Streaming trajectory of technology that include perhaps require a whole new hardware component to access content. Without discouraging the thought of this, nowadays this seems to have come t a relatively smaller halt, but the upgrades coming WITHIN the device, as a software update.
Consumers now are faced with a device that is in perfectly fine working order, in that it turns on, runs and connects them to content at a leisure. However to gain more or perhaps the most recent available services, the individual must update the device. NOTE: I'm going to be using the smart phone/tablet for this example as it is the most relatable for me. Once the software is updated, the phone has basically been given a no returns sentence. The update is designed to target newer app downloads, but also "laggs" the phone, decreases its swift functionality and tells the story of the device ultimately needing an upgrade.
Something this week that I want to explore is perhaps the trail effect or reckless understanding we have of this. Using the devices from my past, as a reminder of how much this trend of keeping updated and connected, leads to a media archeology of functioning devices that are tossed aside. Perhaps we wish we could stick to the one mobile phone or the one DVD player, but industry doesn't allow us to. There's possibility for batteries in devices to last 3 weeks, however corporate bosses don't allow this to happen. Is there humanity to these devices that ultimately leads to its era ending?
WEEKthree: where are you?
This week we had a guest lecturer, artist-in-residence Warren Leung, thus, "His reflective practice combines historical exploration with conceptual inquiry within a contemporary urban landscape.is site-specific project was featured in the first Hong Kong pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2001. His works have been exhibited in major international museums and institutions including Tate Modern in London, NRW Forum in Dusseldorf, Museu da Imagem e do Som in São Paulo and biennales in Shanghai, Busan and Manchester." To visit some more of this interesting work, click here
This got me thinking, I need to become more invested in online presence, and professional practise requires more than a blog. I started brainstorming ideas as to what it is exactly I wanted to showcase myself as a media and communications practitioner. Was is simply drone video? Was it something more broad in the technology field? Was it a service? The tutors discussed the means of being not only a decent craftsman, but also a decent human. This resonated with me, as it was refreshing to think people skills and face value was still important in a creative practise.
Brainstorming ideas about possible themes on my professional portfolio
This has prompted me to look into paying for a professional domain and create a platform of showcased work in a collective portfolio. This also works into the first assessment task, and gives me a chance to take control over a domain to give potential future work collaborations a chance to see what my personal and unique creative style is.
week1: Theory; Practise & Process.
Introducing theory, practise, research, art, media and technology into one collective group I believe allows us to draw connections and trajectories between works of art, innovation modules and indeed continue an obligation to broaden the limits for the future.
Firstly, I participated in an activity to draw an draw out or map our thoughts within a Venn Diagram. We split the categories three ways: Research, Craft and Art. With these the base headings, we wanted to discuss how some technologies and works we've created in the past fit into some, one or all of these.
The three categories were filled with words or thought stimulators we could come up with. We ultimately decided that if dwelled on for long enough, each of the examples provided could actaully weave their way into all the categories. Which meant we had to be really specific with out choice of examples. For instance, if we say "technology" as a whole, it can definitely be talked about in a Research, Craft and Art bias but when naming a specific technology like VR/AR or 3D Printing, we then have to think about its position in these categories relevant to the time period.
This then lead into a mode of generalised thinking;
Research – Documentation, theory, PAST TENSE, things shaping ideas that have already happened and are revisted for further understanding
Craft – Practical, Skill based, materialistic, for me the act of "doing" could even be placed here. For example, the act of deciding to create or develop, that intrinsic thought applied to turning ideas into a reality.
Art – "the Grey area", possible outcomes, aesthetic?, subjective, passion
For my own benefit and area of practise, I decided to take the controversial topic of Drone technology and try and outline their significance in each of these categories with an example of the above. I love the conversation this kind of thinking evokes, and how innovation can be seen as an artwork, or someones craft can pave the way for further research. This has happened with me. A lot of my projects have stimulated my own research into drone application for jobs to help people or solve outdated problems. Though indefinite, my research isn't exactly "aesthetic" or probably wouldn't be considered by most as an Art piece, doesn't mean it couldn't be. A device that provokes discussion for me means that it has potential. When the technology becomes a realistic everyday norm that's when it gets succeeded.
Examples I want to share and build on the idea of specific pieces of work from drone technology, rather than the broad field they offer.
Next week, I'm excited to dive into the "futures" topic, and further develop this idea of connected links between craft and theory, and how some of the practises I'm involved with had elements of Research, Craft and Art mixed to create a prototyping idea through media art and communications applied to a new area of study in engineering.
wk15: due date
Today was our last day to nail it. I believe we did.
We re-made the spiral pages with premium cardboard paper with the cut out poem attached.
Ironed the sheets that covered our furniture so that the medium we're using was a professional quality. The furniture that made the cut were a door, single chair, two tables and props sources from op shops that gave a homely feel. The lights we're using are a mix of flood lights with a red gel on them and ambient light from the room and projectors. We sported the idea of using a lamp but found that it was too much interfering with the others.
We decided the projector on the floor for the start of the spiral was out of place and the position of the actual subject itself was wrong, so we went back to the original location and used a LED screen to loop the poem for he start. We also uses photo frames for the remaining cut outs of paper and formed a strange dialogue with the paper to have some kind of urgent vacation feel to the whole room.
I particularly like the accidental features of our work, not least the idea of words spilling from a cup due to a break (this represents the hardship showcasing emotion through the poems and the words that are central to this idea). This was both an aesthetic pleasure and a great utilisation of the space we were allocated.
The time and effort has been challenging this semester, especially with the size of our groups and the amount of creative input from every member. This has definitely been an iterative process and the theme of the whole work I believe we've narrowed down through the use of revisiting departure points and feedback from the year group and tutors alike. Some of the physical skills that i've improved in a media arts sense has been really beneficial, and the time given to us to work on this project has been a credit.
Tomorrow we go live.
recess: wk 14
What made these people leave?
Fathom how extreme the world would have been, to which they were forced to flee.
The intent behind their doings.
Society now, after the journey.
Sonnys suggestion about possible departure points**
The week off for a study recess however we as a group knew we still had work to do as a collective to get this ready for presentation, so we came in anyway and continued our good run from the previous week.
We spent the majority of this week making sure the furniture was exactly where we wanted it. The double sofa was alright but used a lot of space and by feedback we kinda got the vibe that it crammed everything into a corner and didn't allow the audience to walk around the central subject. We tried a variety of abstract type set ups as well with some of the furniture, for example, Chloe tried hanging the chairs from the ceiling with rope, however, it was effective as an aesthetic but not so much creating the story or setting up a conversation between the materials. For this reason we decided to not add anything too dramatic, but to effectively place what we do have so that the space felt like it was coming forward to the audience.
The TV screens that we toyed with for a few weeks (that had the static and short video edits by Sonny and David) were no longer serving the story we wanted to inspire to the responders. We did decide to use our original intention of a projection, this time an outside coloured window straight onto the wall. This will allow our digital intentions survive the installation, whilst not creating a medium that will loose audience attention of the room. We really wanted to utilise the space and perhaps create a feeling of emptiness (using the colour white) inside and showcase the colour and urgency to get out (showcased by the colour of the window)
Sonny agreed to chat with his family to gain some content for the spiralling papers up the ceiling for weeks leading into the showcase. I believe this contextual heavy subject will only gain authenticity with these actions and provide an overarching theme to the work. Perhaps even include these findings on the paper scrolling up the work in the middle. I want to look into this being the overall theme of the works, the story starting on the ground with the original text for the responder to see, and as it goes up the paper, it slowly gets more around the room so that the story "comes to life". We'll see if this can be explored deeper in the next 2 weeks. Perhaps we look at the idea of it ending as it moves out into the space so that then we eventually "reconfigure storytelling" from two physical mediums, paper and space.
week13: Continuum…
This week we kind of began in a place that for the first time in the semester we thought we had something decent to work with. Perhaps the split of the group had something to do with this, which is what we utilised from the week before.
The dual projector idea last week was scrapped. Based on feedback we needed to work on something absent or like a eerie feel of loss, so the idea of a room in the middle of an event that someone had basically had to get up and leave was the strongest. First thing was first however, we had to get rid of the typewriter on the LED screen. It was something we kind of found a way to showcase throughout all of the iterations because we thought it was a strong point or something that was positively commented on, when infact it was the only object that when we changed and ultimately got rid of this week, made us breathe a fresh air sigh. Once this was removed the idea of a lonely homely feel was instantly felt.
David and Sonny continued on their video editing that was going to be showcased at some point throughout the installation on a tv screen somewhere in the room, while the remainder of us cleaned up the space and rearranged some furniture we'd been given access to try and give a sense of habitation at some given point. Chloe had a stroke of genius with a whirling type paper set up that basically started from the ground and wound into the roof and spread wide as it lifted. I found a white door that could be used to really emphasise the idea of stepping into a room and that someone has left in a hurry, and being white, gave us some inspiration as to keep the room the same. We then rigged a light with a singular beam of light using barn doors on the light, down the end of the door to give an illusion that the door is ever so slightly left open with background light seeping through.
The feedback from this week was the most encouraging we've received and "most conceptual" we've presented. It's starting to feel more like a story being unfolded into a space which is a really exciting prospect with our overall theme of reconfiguring time and space through storytelling. We tossed up some ideas of this stemming from the pages to the actual room itself. We decided that we were't going to project onto the white out room as it was simply too hard to perfect and not effective at all if done wrong. For next week, we really wanted to knuckle down that link between the paper the space and the tv screens.
Drone Media Art?
To explore the field of drones/quadcopters historical timeline, military usage of these devices would first have to be taken into account. Their surveillance and autonomous nature as well as the unmanned aspect made them appealing to "spy" on an enemy. Their commercialisation and furthermore "aesthetic" potential only came about in the last decade. Their cinematography capabilities meant they could capture steady visuals of subjects in a bird's eye view fashion.
Previously this would have been done with an aircraft and some form of SLR camera, now they creative can pilot these devices for the shot.
The first aerial photograph was taken in 1858 by Felix Tournachon, known as Nadar, from a tethered balloon over the Bievre Valley in France (M, Cellania 2007)
Furthermore cameras were attached to various floating vessels such as hot air balloons, kites and remarkably even strapping a small camera with a timed fuse to a pigeon and sending it to the air. Aeroplanes came into the field in 1908 and after this practice, aviation photography boomed for applications such as science, mapping, and military reconnaissance. The photo and video aspects from the air define the commercial aspect of today's off the shelf drones, their image resolution and steady gimbal design means that professional shots can be taken by amateur filmmakers and photographers.
Recently, the aesthetic of the images the drone can take aren't the only art works being created with the devices. The physical presence of the device and wonderments associated to flight, hover and autonomous features are being taken into a new possibility. Visually spectualr light shows, LED attachment, long exposure and synced routines to name a few, such as:
These inspiration shots are the types of emerging media art works and installation that is the beginnings of the field I want to investigate. The physical device is now the canvas and whether it's attachments, or their hovering characteristics to be the subject, the camera is sometimes not even used.
An emerging technology, the practice in media art hasn't got a great line of historical works, however it can be associated with the following:
Aerial imagery
Remote control
Radio signal
Autonomous art
Inanimate objects
Surveillance/ satellite
These topics are what historically go into the art practise we experience above and it's a starting mindmap to lead into a practise of applying a field of technology to areas that perhaps wouldn't initially associate.
Perhaps this exploration will draw some inspiration I had way back in first year when trying to compose a practise for 102, seen here.


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How to Learn LabVIEW and Example Programs
Recommended by our local NI field engineer Matt Spiegelberg.
- FET testing with the PXI SMU - we already have a pre-written LabVIEW program which you can download. I believe it has everything you had shown me with the other program. You noise characterization would be a simple add-on to the code that I could easily show you how to do. Here's the link to the code:
- Field Effect Transistor (FET) Testing with the PXI-4130 Power SMU http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/6856
- SignalExpress Datalogger Example - NMOS characterization (uses configuration based program instead of LabVIEW) http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/epd/p/id/2832
- How to Learn LabVIEW - Great resources for getting started or expanding your LabVIEW knowledge http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/7D5F60ADBFD9CDC2862572BA005DD96A?OpenDocument


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The pitch for "Cedric's Barber Battle" is so good — the "Barbershop" comic? In a reality competition about barbers? — that the execution was probably an afterthought. Or at least, it sure looks that way with this new CW series, a featherweight production that travels to different cities, where barbers vie for a whopping $15,000 and some hair-care products. As host, Cedric the Entertainer certainly keeps things light and breezy, and the marriage of star and concept is half the "Battle." But the series is so challenged for volume it's a struggle even to fluff out episodes to a half-hour.
"Barber Battle" joins a fairly lengthy list of made-for-TV competitions built around different professions, with the idea that the barbers are essentially artists, creating elaborate designs with clippers and dye. A trio of judges then analyzes their masterpieces of coiffure, after giving them specific assignments set against time limits.
Clearly, the barbers have been encouraged to talk trash to each other, hurling taunts and insults mostly on the level of "Your mama" jokes while chopping away, as the in-shop crowd obligingly hoots and hollers.
Like every other network, CW is looking to balance the cost of cranking out even a limited primetime lineup, and with its drama-heavy roster, this certainly represents an inexpensive way to fill some time on Friday nights. Yet other than creating a touch of strategic excitement in key markets and offering a tie-in opportunity for Barbershopconnect.com (whose founder is among the producers), it's hard to see this show accomplishing more than just barely keeping the lights on — or maybe the pole spinning.
As noted, enlisting Cedric to preside over this exercise represents a modest coup. Once that novelty wears off, though, as they say around the barbershop, "Next!"


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Camp Achievement (Fall Tent Campout)
ALL Scouts with parent are invited to attend 'Camp Achievement' at the Greene Valley Forest Preserve. Each Den will have an opportunity to work on Rank Achievements during the day. A great campfire program with Scouts providing the entertainment will end the night. Those who are not camping will leave after the Campfire program.
Sign-up by September 11th | Camp Info Packet | BSA Medical Forms (Part A&B)


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Found very nice web-site (Mandasoft) in the Linkedin Deal flow source. Devoted totally to the merge and acquisition of the companies. The overall impression of the service is really great but the search results are quite noisy, seems for me that it is simple text search with some organization of the search results in groups: Transactions, Tombstones, Trends, etc. Still, that is the prefect way to see some trends in developing the new software and starting the company that you can sell (esp. in the chemoinformatics and molecular modeling).
PS: The name of the company is offensive in Russian language.


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How often do you hear the retort "I forgot the Anniversary"?
So, when should an organisation forget a significant milestone? or should it? The heritage and history of an organisation and its relationship with its customers and clients are just what they are however they do represent what the organisation is and generally most organisations would be proud of achieving any key milestone. In fact, in Government where Machinery of Government sees constant and frequent changes, it is rare to find a government organisation that has the name and function after 10 years and very rare after 20 years.
So why wouldn't an organisation celebrate its 20th Anniversary? Why won't it recognise its achievements and outline a sense of the future? Why won't it thank its staff – present and former? Why won't it say thanks to its customers, supporters and stakeholders? Why won't it take time out to reflect, tell the stories and celebrate?
The answer to the above would and should be a YES and as they say in AFL – "proud, passionate and paid up".
So, if you don't, does that mean the organisation isn't "proud, passionate and paid up"? It probably doesn't mean the staff aren't proud of what they have achieved but to let a significant "anniversary" slip reflects a lack of leadership with the right values.
A park agency in the USA has this year celebrated its' 100thh Year – yes a significant milestone. I am of course talking about the organisation that represents America's great idea – the National Park – the USA National Parks Service. It has celebrated in style, with new Agendas – The Urban Agenda and Healthy Parks Healthy People, free entry to parks, recognition of staff and the communities that make their parks system so great. It is hard not to praise their leadership and especially Jon Jarvis (National Park Director) and Sally Jewell (Secretary of Interior).
So surely we should say thanks to all the staff, community members and stakeholders who have contributed to Australia's greatest idea for parks – Healthy Parks Healthy People –
so, thanks to
Parks Victoria
12th December 1996 to 12th December 2016
and enjoy your 20th Anniversary and in the words of William Shakespeare:
"I can no other answer make but thanks, and thanks, and ever thanks…"
for the historical records – the original Parks Victoria logo at the launch


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Burberry SS16 Runway Palette
Has anything ever been more frustrating to photograph than this! I have taken about 20 pictures and still cannot get it right. So apologies up front. I'm not doing it justice and I'm very annoyed about it (insert cross face emoji here!).
So, the Burberry SS16 Runway Palette is a thing of beauty with exquisite lace detail that is just done to perfection. It has an almost champagne cast to it colour wise which means that it's warmer on the skin than it looks.
Obviously, the Burberry SS16 Runway Palette is for highlighting – for adding those little light catchy places on the face, but if you can bear to dig in, I'm thinking summer shins, shoulders and arms. It gives a silvery twinkle to the skin (personally, I wouldn't wear on my face) that's a glisten rather than a sheen.
The stark January sun doesn't serve this palette well – it needs warmth to let the light happen. That said, although I've run the brush over it and put it on my arm, the beauty collector in me is just saying don't touch this pretty thing! The shade I'm showing is White and there is a warmer shade too, in Nude Gold.
Don't take the white too literally but because it's definitely a warm white but if you're a pale skinned person who finds all highlighter just too hot for your tone (as they tend to be), then this is going to make you happy!
The Burberry SS16 Runway Palette is £45 HERE.
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I ordered this yesterday evening and received it this morning. I can't bring myself to touch it yet but it's so beautiful, and the service from the Burberry website is great! I kind of want nude gold too but my bank account says no! X
I LOVE the lace detailng! I would love nude gold but I'm on a no buy January!
The white highlighters are so hard to photograph, like Becca SSP Pressed Pearl. They're very nice in person though! I prefer these to warmer tones. The lace detail is so pretty.
A swatch would have been useful
You could buy your own one for collection purposes but if sent one I think it's pretty stingy not to let us (potential buyers) see the shade.
Oh well 🙁
Still love the blog I'm just being honest sorry
Am I being a bit dim, or is "palette" an unusual name to have given a single colour? Like…palettes are either a range of colours, or the board you mix them on, and this is neither. Hmm.
It's very pretty, but I already got the pink Dior one this week and I can't get both!
I'm obsessed with the packaging of this and the embossing is beautiful!


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My 10 favourite foods – day 21 blog challenge
My 10 favourite foods is as follows, in no particular order:
- Macaroni and cheese. With pieces of bacon and a can of tomato and onions.
- Mom's version of (I don't know how to spell this, please forgive me) Bouffe Boignon: a beef stewy dish.
- Samoosas
- Biltong with lots and lots of fat
- Fruit: Cara Cara red oranges, apricots and nectarines.
- Chocolates
- Prawns and shrimp
- Pork Ribs
- Steers chips
- Beef and Mayo wrap
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Secret of Deep Harbor
The Secret of Deep Harbor is a 1961 film directed by Edward L. Cahn, and starring Ron Foster and Merry Anders.[2]
|Secret of Deep Harbor
Original lobby card with Merry Anders and Ron Foster
|Directed by
|Edward L. Cahn
|Produced by
|Edward Small (executive)
Robert E. Kent
|Written by
|Owen Harris
Wells Root
|Based on
|novel by Max Miller
|Ron Foster
Merry Anders
|Music by
|Richard LaSalle
|Gilbert Warrenton
|Edited by
|Kenneth G. Crane
Harvard Film Corporation
|Distributed by
|United Artists
Release date
Running time
|70 minutes
|United States
It was a remake by producer Edward Small of his earlier I Cover the Waterfront (1932).[3]
Reporter Skip Hanlon (Ron Foster) is in love with Janey Fowler (Merry Anders), whose father (Barry Kelley) is a sea captain employed by the Mafia. The mob pay the captain to transport gangsters out of the U.S., but when a murder occurs, Skip blows the whistle on the captain. Janey sides with her father, and goes on the run with him to Mexico, with Skip hot on their trail.
Cast listEdit
- Skip Hanlon - Ron Foster
- Milo Fowler - Barry Kelley
- Janey Fowler - Merry Anders
- Barney Hanes - Norman Alden
- Travis - James Seay
- Rick Correll - Grant Richards
- Frank Miner - Ralph Manza
- Mama Miller - Billie Bird
- Rita - Elaine Walker
- Doctor - Max Mellinger
See alsoEdit
- ^ CINEMA 16 PLANS PROGRAMMING SHIFT: Film Society to Concentrate on Foreign Moviemakers By EUGENE ARCHER. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] October 25, 1961: 34.
- ^ "Secret of Deep Harbor". BFI.
- ^ The Screen: Waterfront Melodrama at Local Theatres Thompson, Howard. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] October 26, 1961: 39.
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The Genetic algorithm for structure prediction – GASP – predicts the structure and composition of stable and metastable phases of crystals, molecules, atomic clusters and defects from first-principles. The GASP program is interfaced to many energy codes including: VASP, LAMMPS, MOPAC, Gulp, JDFTx and can efficiently run on parallel architectures. For more information about the code and how to download, install and use it, see the GASP website: http://gasp.mse.ufl.edu.Lead developers: William W. Tipton, Ben Revard, Stewart Wenner, Anna Yesypenko, and Richard G. Hennig
- Structure and Stability Prediction of Compounds with Evolutionary Algorithms.
B. C. Revard, W. W. Tipton, and R. G. Hennig. Topics in Current Chemistry 345, 181 (2014).
- Prediction of Structures, Phase Stability and Electrical Potential of Li-Si Battery Anode Materials.
W. W. Tipton, C. R. Bealing, K. Mathew, R. G. Hennig. Phys. Rev. B 87, 184114 (2013).
- Ab initio based empirical potential used to study the mechanical properties of molybdenum.
H. Park, M. R. Fellinger, T. J. Lenosky, W. W. Tipton, D. R. Trinkle, S. P. Rudin, C. Woodward, J. W. Wilkins, and R. G. Hennig. Phys. Rev. B 85, 214121 (2012).
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We implemented an implicit solvation model that describes the effect of electrostatics, cavitation, and dispersion on the interaction between a solute and solvent into the plane-wave DFT code VASP. Our implementation provides a computationally efficient means to calculate the effects of solvation on molecules and crystal surfaces. The strength of our solvation model implementation is its capability to handle large periodic systems such as metal and semiconductor surfaces and its interoperability with standard ultrasoft pseudopotential and projector-augmented wave potential libraries. The software is freely available as a patch to the original VASP code from our website: http://vaspsol.mse.ufl.edu.
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M. Fishman, H. L. Zhuang, K. Mathew, W. Dirschka, and R. G. Hennig. Phys. Rev. B 87, 245402 (2013).
To describe heterogeneous solid/liquid materials interfaces we developed and implemented a new implicit solvation method for quantum Monte Carlo that avoids thermodynamic sampling or explicit solvent electrons. The method is based on a rigorous statistical treatment of the solvent and utilizes a variational theorem. The method is applicable to a variety of challenges in materials science ranging from transition states of solvated molecules to surface reactions in liquid environments. The method is implemented into the quantum Monte Carlo code CASINO and interfaced to the JDFTx package for generating the trial orbitals and solvation potential.
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- A framework for solvation in quantum Monte Carlo.
K. A. Schwarz, R. Sundararaman, K. Letchworth-Weaver, T. A. Arias, and R. G. Hennig. Phys. Rev. B 85, 201102(R) (2012), Selected as Editor's Suggestion.
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Media Bias
So let's talk about media bias. What does it even mean to say that a
newspaper, for example, is biased?
You might say that bias is when a paper shows favouritism towards someone or something. For example, you might say that the media is biased in favour of gore (or more pithily, 'if it bleeds it leads'). For example, consider the two studies on media bias conducted by McGill Univeristy's Observatory on Media and Public Policy over the course of the last two federal elections. Both showed that the media, as a whole contained much more negative references to the Liberals than they did to the Conservatives, so it appears that the media has a right-wing bias, at least with regard to federal election campaigns
But wait, you might argue, the Conservatives did well and the Liberals did poorly in both of those elections, so maybe the newspapers were just reflecting reality, not showing a bias in their negative coverage of the Liberals.
Or, to make the point more clearly, if I get arrested and the newspaper runs a headline, "Declan arrested," that is pretty unfavourable to me, but it's hardly a basis for me to claim the media is biased against me. But if, on the other hand, I could claim that the newspaper made a much bigger deal out of my arrest than it did in a similar case with someone else, then I might have a case.
For another example of this type of approach to claiming bias, see this post by Andrew Sullivan comparing the media reaction to terrorist plots by Muslims vs. the reaction when it is white far-right extremists who are doing the plotting.
So the point is that it is more than just showing favour or disfavour which constitutes bias, there must be some sense in which this showing of favour/disfavour is not consistent with 'proper' reporting. The Wikipedia entry on media bias says that "The term "media bias" usually refers to a pervasive or widespread bias contravening the standards of journalism" but I don't think this is quite right. Aside from defining bias as bias, media bias is a little different than just breaking the standards of journalism.
Some forms of bias such as taking quotes out of context may violate journalistic standards, but other forms, such as hiring lots of right-wing columnists, or never writing any articles about poverty do not. It would probably take a Jane Jacobs style empircal approach reading through all the claims of bias over they years to enumerate all the different types of media bias which exist (an interesting exercise, I wonder if anyone has ever done that), but here are a few that I came up with off the top of my head:
1) Unequal response to an equal situation.
This media matters post which asks the question, 'Why has CNN devoted 50 times as much coverage to Harry Reid's land deal as Dennis Hastert's?' is a good example of this. It even has a chart showing comparing the two situations to demonstrate that the media response to one is not consistent with the media response to the other.
Here is another example. Again, the point is an unequal reaction to an equal situation.
2) Unequal representation / opportunity to present one's case
Again, Media Matters has an excellent example of the form. In this case, they compared the composition of panels on network television over the years, to show that Republicans/right wing spokespeople were given more chances to present their views than were Democrats/left wing spokespeople.
3) Unrepresentative selection of story material
For example, as I write this, there are about half a dozen stories on the Blogging Tories site relating to Muslims casuing trouble in Europe. Meanwhile, the Progressive Bloggers site has a number of stories up talking about the religious right and the role it plays in Canada's Conservative party. Now you may have your own opinion of which is the bigger story, but I don't think it's a controversial statement to say that at any given moment, both aggregators tend to have more stories about topics which are helpful to their goals.
4) Selective quoting
For example, consider the case that prompted Ted's post:
Another case in point: Linda Diebel's coverage of the Michael Ignatieff campaign. Kinsella focuses on the attempt by Diebel to create some drama and conflict and imply a "crack" in the campaign and even a lie from the campaign chair. I've now seen a copy of that transcript too. She did the same thing earlier in the week with his interview on the Middle East crisis. Compare the article she wrote in the Toronto Star here and here with the actual transcript of the two interviews and judge for yourself:
Toronto Star Article
The article: "Last week, however, back in Toronto, Ignatieff told the Star his mother-in-law was, in fact, not ill.
"There is no health crisis," he said. "There never was. Anybody who said there was, was not authorized to say that. I never purported to say that."
He apologized for the confusion."
Actual Interview Transcript
"I've been following minutely since the beginning and watching it unfold and figuring out when was the time when a statement would be important and relevant. Timing is all here. I just felt that this was the moment when it was important to observe the potentially regional dangers that follows. It's one thing if Israel goes in for 48 hours to hit Hezbollah. It's another thing if it goes in for 72, it's another if it goes in for a week, it's another if itÂs in there 2-3 weeks later. Each of these situations is different and the commentary you make in one situation is not the commentary you will make in another.
My personal situation is very simple. I'm married to a Hungarian. Her mother is 84. She is not in great health, but there is no health crisis. There never was. Anyone who said there was was not authorized to say that and I've never purported to say that. You know she's 84. I love her and want to spend time with her. It's not complicated. She some has health issues, they're chronic, not acute. We chose to take our break with her because she's a sweetheart and I want to spend time with her. And I was working on some campaign writing while I was there and also following the situation hour by hour.
Certainly, I'm entitled to a holiday but I don't want at any point to convey a set of obstacles or false trails for someone like you or anybody else."
Toronto Star article
"It wasn't Qana," replied Ignatieff, formerly head of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University. "Qana was, frankly, inevitable, in a situation in which you have rocket-launchers within 100 yards of a civilian population. This is the nature of the war that's going on."
"This is the kind of dirty war you're in when you have to do this and I'm not losing sleep about that.""
Actual Interview Transcript
"I didn't react this way because of Qana. Qana was a tragedy and I refer to it in the piece [his statement on the Middle East]. It was a tragedy for the Lebanese and it was unfortunately a victory for Hezbollah. This is how this game is played. It wasn't Qana. Qana frankly is inevitable in a situation in which you have rocket launchers located within 100 yards of civilian populations. This is the nature of the war that is going on. What I say in the piece, Hezbollah is very deliberately sitting rocket launchers and military installations in the heart of civilian populations to provide it protection and also to set up situations in which Israel will commit civilian casualties that will reduce its international credibility. So this is the kind of dirty war you're in when you have to do this. I'm not losing sleep about that. What I'm saying is that there are escalation thresholds here which we are just about to trip. And it is very important that we understand what could be about to happen and that we take action to stop it."
I can spot the difference. Can you spot the difference?
I'm sure there are many more types of media bias which can occur, but you get the picture. OK, having talked about what media bias is and the forms bias can take, the next thing to look at is the different ways in which media can be biased.
If you read a lot of political blogs, you might be forgiven for thinking that there is only one kind of media bias: political bias. More specifically, the media is either biased to the left (what Americans and their Canadian imitators like to call 'the Liberal media') or biased to the right (often referred to as the 'corporate media').
Ted argues that there is no such thing as political media bias ("I believe theories of rightwing or leftwing media bias are utter bunk") and instead claims that there are 3 ways in which media can be biased:
"If there are any "tendencies" or leanings overall, I'd concede that there are maybe three:
1. Drama and conflict sells. The newspaper or the newsbroadcast has to sell. Unfortunately, we, the public, buy up the stuff that sells so there is a tendency to push up the drama, the conflict, the gore. That's why we heard far more about the Chretien-Martin wars than we ever did about the many things the Liberal government was accomplishing during that time (which, by the way, was a huge help for the Conservatives!).
2. The Fourth Estate defenders of the underdog. Many reporters take their role as the "Fourth Estate" seriously. I personally believe their function in a democracy is critical. Conservatives hate to admit and nearly always ignore it, but there would have been no Adscam if reporters at the Globe had not done the digging and reporting, as just one example. This sometimes does lead to taking the side of the underdog or at least against the government, the winning sports team, the expected winner of a contest, for the perceived little guy, against the big corporation.
3. Making it readable or watchable. There are a ton of facts out there. People read or watch the news for the story that pulls these facts together. Who has time to watch every sports game? Who has time to sit in front of CPAC all day? So there is a narrative that runs through an article. Sometimes a reporter may even smooth away some edges that are not so easily absorbed into a story in the few paragraphs or few seconds that will be allotted for the story"
Ted's point is that the biased quoting of Ignatieff was symptomatic of these 3 built-in media biases as opposed to reflecting a political or personal bias. I disagree on the details - 'making things more readable or watchable' sounds more like a job description for the media as opposed, necesarily, to a bias - and I would argue that there are far more than 3 (an infinite number, really) ways in which media tends to be biased, but the main point is well taken: in any given instance of media bias, there are many possible reasons for the bias, so it is hasty to alwasys assume political bias as the motivator.
For example, media exaggerates the threat of crime, not because they are right-wingers who are excited by how the word 'crime' rhymes with 'time' but because, as Ted says, conflict sells. By the same token, media exaggerates the grave threat posed by shopping cart injuries not because they are government-regulation-promoting lefties, but because fear sells, especially threats to people's children. As for how to isolate the source of bias in each case - I don't really know how, the best bet is probably to attempt, media matters style, to isolate cases where only the political left-right element is different and everything else is the same - then any bias we see must be political.
OK, back to Ted's other claim that "theories of rightwing or leftwing media bias are utter bunk" The only way I can make sense of this is to assume that he is referring to allegations that the entire media is biased, in which case, fair enough, but I don't think that is really what most critics of the media mean.
If the media is 90% right wing biased and 10% left wing biased, I'm not sure how useful it is to say that there is no media bias just because the entire media is not biased in one direction. My own opinion is that the media tends to be, on balance, biased to the right in Canada, with the Star and Globe offsetting each other, and the Sun chain and the National Post tipping the scales to the right. In the U.S. the right-wing bias is more extreme, although U.S. culture is more right wing as well, so perhaps that is an offsetting factor. We can save questions of absolute bias vs. relative bias for another post on another day.
I stated my opinion there about the Canadian media being biased, but there's not much I can do in the way of backing it up. Because of the many different potential sources of bias, even if you were able to come up with a workable definition of bias, and you were further able to go through the media and isolate all the instances of bias and to classify them as left-wing or right-wing, you would still face the issue of figuring out if these biases were really due to politics or of they were driven by some other source of bias on the media.
Given the near impossibilty of measuring media bias directly, people have tried to come up with ways of measuring it indirectly. For instance, right-wing folks like to argue that because most journalists are left-leaning in their personal opinions, it stands to reason that they will make left-biased reports. Left-wing folks counter by pointing out that the owners of most media are wealthy, right-wing people so it stands to reason that the media they own would reflect their biases. Personally, I think that, in a workplace situation, if the boss wants one thing and the employee wants another, I have a fairly good idea how it will turn out. Also worth considering is the relative right or left wing bias of the Toronto Star and National Post and the cause and effect relationship between the ownership's views, the composition of the staff at the papers and the bias of the end product.
Well, as my high school history teacher taught me to always ask, so what? The media has a lot of biases, some obvious, some subtle, some politically motiated, some not. What is the best course of action for someone on the receiving end of the media?
Do we, as individuals, have a duty to try and correct instances of media bias wherever we run across them?
Do we have a duty to only point out those instances of bias which work against what we think is best? For example, the media's bias towards doom and gloom scenarios might be an asset in the fight to get government to take action on climate change. But maybe this bias only goes part of the way towards offsetting the government bias towards the status quo, towards not rocking the boat, and especially towards not imposing tough rules on powerful, extremely wealthy and economically important industries. Do we, in these cases, have a duty to exploit the media's weaknesses to the overall benefit of society - or at least to look the other way? Which media bias means are acceptable for achieving which ends?
Or do we, as individuals, have any duty in this regard other than to get the best information for ourselves and let other people take their own chances with fighting through media bias to get to what is true and important.
Or do we even have this duty, perhaps we should only seek out the highest entertainment value, and if that means being more concerned with which singer is having a divorce vs. which country we are invading next then so be it. I can't accept this last option, but I wonder about the previous ones, especially since it mirrors the same question I ask myself about my own blog.
Is it better to be as non-partisan as possible in the hopes of promoting what is actually true and right, or is it better to take sides and work simply to defeat that which seems like the biggest current threat, leaving objectivity and non-partisanity behind as neessary to accomplish that goal. Not that I am deluded enough to think this blog has any real impact, it is just the theoretical question which bothers me.
Oh well, it's almost time for Desperate Housewives, so I'll have to leave it at that.


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Many times your site needs images to be uploaded, maybe for display with submitted content, then you have to make sure that the images displayed should be of a suitable size. If a user uploads a particularly large image, it may destroy the layout of the page when it is displayed.
Thumbnail images guarantee you that the images displayed will never exceed certain height and width values. Creating a basic thumbnail is a five-stage process:
1. Load the source image into a PHP variable.
2. Determine the height and width of the original image.
3. Create a blank thumbnail image of the correct size.
4. Copy the original image to the blank thumbnail.
5. Display the thumbnail using the correct content type.
EXAMPLE: Suppose we have to create a thumbnail from a photo in JPEG format. First of all, we specify the path to the source image as well as our desired width and height in pixels:
$sourceImage = 'SAMPLE_IMAGES/scenery.jpg';
$thumbWidth = 200;
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$original = imagecreatefromjpeg($sourceImage);
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Then we use the imagecreatetruecolor function to create a blank image into which the thumbnail image will be placed: $thumb = imagecreatetruecolor($thumbWidth,$thumbHeight);
There should be a code for the point at which the thumbnail image is actually created from the original:
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At last, after we have sent the correct content type header, we'll use imagejpeg to output the completed thumbnail:
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Rich & Delicious
I know it's Friday but I owe you a Shout Out so I decided to dedicate it to English tea. :) As you know, my BFF had a lovely vacation in England and brought me back some awesome gifts. Before she left, she asked me if I wanted anything... actually, I think I told her to bring me back something. :P So she asked what I'd like and I couldn't think of anything besides an umbrella. o_O Yes, an umbrella. But since umbrellas take up too much luggage space, I remembered I was running low on tea and wanted to try real English tea. She came back with more than just a tea bag:
• Bueno Bar (seriously, you have to try this)
• New English Teas (pictured above)
• Talors of Harrogate Yorkshire Gold teas (sipping on now)
• Awesome wooden pieces of London (simply beautiful)
I'll elaborate on the wooden pieces in a different post because they're just that awesome. But today, I wanted to share the English teas. I love the handmade miniature teapot! You can't possibly tell by the photo but the teapot in the photo above is barely 2.5 inches tall! I suppose it's functional but I'd need to get a miniature teacup to fill. ;) On the back of the packaging (not shown), they explain what the teapot means to the British:
"To the British, a teapot is an essential part of daily life. It has been a part of English culture since tea was introduced to England by Charles II's Queen, Catherine of Braganza in 1657.
"The teapot carries with it a rich history of much that is best about English culture and experience.
"Tea remains today what it has been to generations of people, a symbol of good neighbourliness and friendship between people of many different nations."
I love when well designed packages offer more than just selling the product. :) After reading this, I started to want to collect teapots! Well, I think the miniature handmade teapot added to my obsession. In anycase, the tea is definitely rich compared to the watered down American kind. Yum!


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Without question it has been a tough couple of years for the swine industry. As the industry begins to recover, Straight talk asked Julie Maschhoff, vice president of public relations for The Maschhoffs, for thoughts on a variety of topics.
The Maschhoffs, headquartered in Carlyle, Illinois, is one of the largest family-owned pork production networks in North America. The company, owned by fifth-generation family farmers Dave and Karen Maschhoff and Ken and Julie Maschhoff, partners with a network of 300 family farmers across the Midwest.
Q: What was your vision in the early years and what was the
driving force that took Maschhoff's from a small
farrow-to-finish business to one of the top production companies in
the world?
A: Ken Maschhoff sensed early on that we could be more efficient than many of our competitors, and that gave us the confidence to leverage that advantage across as many farms as possible. We wanted to grow while we were still the most efficient operator. We were willing to take risks, but were also strong enough financially to handle those risks. We have never been comfortable standing still and are most comfortable in changing dynamics.
Q: What has been the best decision Maschhoff's have made to survive this downturn in market?
A: From a health perspective, we've put a premium on preventing disease by keeping our sow herd predominantly PRRS-negative and continually evaluating the efficacy of our vaccination program. In the health world, an ounce of prevention is truly worth a pound of cure.
Q: What are the biggest threats to independent pork producers today?
A: The biggest threats are regulatory and legislative impacts which have unintended consequences on the cost of production, such as ethanol, antibiotic use, and climate-change policies. The entry of foreign animal diseases such as foot-and-mouth and the subsequent complete loss of export markets would be absolutely devastating to the industry.
Q: How can independent pork producers work better together to promote pork consumption worldwide?
A: Contact their legislators and encourage them to pass the pending free trade agreements!
Q: How did you develop the excellent relationship that you have with the local community?
A: First and foremost, we always believed in giving back to the communities where we all live, work, and go to school. In the beginning, we provided a lot of financial support to our local church and church school. As we added employees and began to operate in different regions, we wanted to continue to provide that same type of support to our co-workers. Thus we created the Community Partnership Program which allows any production partner or employee to request a matching fund donation to support the causes in which they are actively involved.
But good community relationships are also strengthened by open communications. We open our office for meeting space to nonprofit groups. We provide tours and overviews of our operations to a variety of groups, and we work through programs like the National Pork Board's Operation Main Street (OMS) to inform consumers of how pigs are raised in humane and socially responsible conditions today. Two dozen of our employees have been trained through OMS.
Q: Describe the role that your veterinarian plays in the organization.
A: Our veterinarian is a key player in all aspects of the operation, from nutrition to genetics to herd health.
Q: Has that role changed over the years?
A: We have moved away from a strictly prescriptive approach, where our veterinarians in the past prescribed a treatment for a specific disease, to an interactive team approach, where our veterinarians today are engaged in everything from designing animal-welfare programs to herd-health strategies that focus on disease prevention to understanding the practices that impact food-safety issues. Our veterinarians participate in PQA Plus® site assessments and biosecurity audits.
Q: What drives your swine health and production decisions?
A: We make decisions that are science based and research driven. We rely on evidence-based medicine to objectively evaluate critical diseases that may be present.
Q: How can pork producers better use the skills of their veterinarian?
A: As the industry continues to evolve, I see veterinarians playing a bigger role in advocacy. Through AASV and AVMA, veterinarians have a united voice which can serve to protect antibiotic use in food animals, as well as promote welfare and food safety.
Q: How about the reverse: what can veterinarians do to better serve the pork industry?
A: Veterinarians must do a better job of learning the key economic drivers of their clients' business. Identical biological impacts in two different systems can have markedly different economic impacts, and as the industry enters an era of lower margins, veterinarians must stay aligned with their clients to ensure they are both focused on each client's key biological drivers.
Q: What advice would you give to swine veterinarians to better help them serve their producer clients in tough times?
A: Any veterinarian has to understand the system he or she is working in and understand how each decision will impact that particular system from an economic standpoint.
Q: What are Maschhoff's doing to promote pig welfare internally and to the general public?
A: The Maschhoff's are developing a world-class animal-care team which will ensure that protocols are written and executed to promote animal well-being. The animal-care team has expertise in animal handling, environment, and health, and provides solutions to the field staff, which promote these key elements of animal well-being. An animal-welfare hotline has been established internally that allows employees, production partners, and on-farm personnel to confidentially report any animal well-being concerns.
Q: What keeps you awake at night?
A: The fear that time is running out on our window of opportunity to educate consumers!
--Tracy Ann Raef


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Clwyd South MP, Susan Elan Jones, called in on the trustees of the Brymbo Heritage Project to congratulate them on their success at the Prince's Regeneration Trust awards ceremony for Building, Regeneration, Informing, Community, and Knowledge (BRICK).
Brymbo Heritage picked up BRICK awards in both the Governance and Champion categories, beating 450 other organisations from across the UK in an event that some have described as the Oscars of the heritage world.
The project's enormous potential was also recognised earlier in the year by the Big Lottery Fund Wales, who awarded the steelworks site £5.4M.
Following the visit, Susan Elan Jones MP said: "I am absolutely delighted that Brymbo Heritage has been recognised with these important, nationwide awards. It is thoroughly deserved, the trustees and volunteers work very hard at developing and promoting the site. I am really looking forward to seeing their amazing plans for this world-class heritage site come to fruition".


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Out With Kids: Several Whatcom County events mark annual Children's Book Week
Several events celebrate Children's Book Week this week, including readings by local writer and illustrator Rebecca Van Slyke, whose new picture book "Mom School" has been selected for Barnes and Noble's National Simultaneous Storytime.
Children's Book Week, which is May 4-10, is the nation's longest-running literacy initiative, dating to 1919. It's run by the nonprofit group Every Child A Reader and the Children's Book Council.
Van Slyke, who teaches second grade at Bernice Vossbeck Elementary, will read from her book and sign copies at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 9, at Barnes and Noble, 4099 Meridian St. At 1 p.m. Saturday, May 9, she'll read "Mom School" at Village Books, 1200 11th St.
"Mom School," a charming look at how a child imagines where Mom learned to be Mom, is getting favorable reviews at the social media site Goodreads (4 of 5 stars) and from publications such as the School Library Journal and from Publishers Weekly, which called it "Gently funny and knowing, it's a good bet for moments of mother-child bonding."
Also this week are programs at local libraries and Village Books (authors attending only where noted):
• A "Corduroy" storytime and visit is at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, May 7, at Village Books, 1200 11th St. Special guest Corduroy, the beloved little bear in green coveralls. Participants can meet Corduroy and have their parents take photos of them.
• Activities for middle-grade readers featuring "The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency: The Curse of the Missing Moonstone" are at 4 p.m. Friday, May 8, at Village Books, 1200 11th St.
• A Pete the Cat Party from 3:30-5 p.m. Friday, May 8, in the downstairs Lecture Room of the Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central Ave. It features readings from the "Pete the Cat" books and a variety of crafts and activities. For more information, call 360-778-7200.
• Girl Scouts and Blaine Library present two free sessions of Fancy Nancy Tea Parties, based on the beloved "Fancy Nancy" series by Jane O'Connor at noon and 1 p.m. Saturday, May 9, in the meeting room of the Blaine Library, 610 Third St. Story, treats, and crafts are provided. RSVP required — at the Blaine Library in person or by calling 360-305-3637.
• Bellingham writer Sheryl Hershey offers a reading of her recently released"Lila and the Dandelion,"
a picture book about a girl who is deaf, from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 9, at Village Books. The book is receiving five-star reviews at Amazon.com, where readers are enthralled by its message of inclusion and empowerment. The event includes a sign-language interpreter.
• Olympia papercut artist Nikki McClure presents her new children's picture book "In" at 4 p.m. Saturday, May 9, in the Readings Gallery downstairs at Village Books.
Reach Robert Mittendorf at 360-756-2805 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @DressLikeADuck.


text: ABSTRACT. In the last few years, monitoring the health of aquatic environments subject to the impact of several human activities has led to the adoption of Teleosts as indicators of environmental changes. Fish are excellent bioindicators of aquatic ecosystems due to their high sensitivity to changes. It has been widely shown that exposure to genotoxic agents causes several alterations and damages at different levels of structural complexity and that micronucleous (MN) and nuclear abnormalities (NA) are the final expression of molecular damage induced by genotoxic agents, demonstrating their usefulness as indicators of genotoxic damage. Compared with other cytogenetic methods, the MN test is the most widely used test for aquatic species as it does not involve cell cultures, it is independent from the number of chromosomes of the species, it is a fast and easy procedure and the identification of micronucleous at the microscope is quite simple. This study was aimed to assess the damage caused by genotoxic agents in aquatic environments, based on the presence of micronucleous and nuclear abnormalities in erythrocytes of the blenny Parablennius sanguinolentus (Pallas, 1814), collected in two sites along the eastern coast of Sicily (Italy). Such a species was considered as a valid bioindicator due to its biological features and its occurrence in the sites object of this study.