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- 1 Data
- 2 Broadband Providers
- 3 State Network Information
- 4 State-Level Broadband Report
- 5 Notes from Connect Kentucky
- 6 Karen's Report
- 7 Connect Kentucky
- 8 Kentucky Education Network
- 9 Meeting with Deborah Clayton
Public Libraries and the Internet
By Metropolitan Status
We do not anticipate any data E-Rate discounts from this state.
Internet2 SPEGs
|Connected 2k6
|% of possible
|K20 < 1.5 Mbps
|K20 => 1.5Mbps
ORS Survey Data
|How Libraries Connect...
|% of Libraries w/ Broadband
|Teleco Company
|School District
|Local Gov't
|Regional Telecom Network
|Regional Library Network
|State Telecomm Network
|State Library Telecom Network
|Comm Capacity
|Too Many Companies
|High Cost
|State Policy
|Lack of Local Expertise
|# of Vulnerable Libraries
|Library Conn'y (Draft - circ'd by Rick W. (J. Bertot)
|Receives Fed'l High-Cost Funding
|State Adv. Services, BBd or Tech Fund
|State USF High-Cost
|State USF Schools & Lib
|State USF Low-Income(in add'n to fed'l)
|Provides state support for Fed'l Lifeline/Linkup
|Statewide Network (SEGP)
|Statewide Video Franchise
|60-79% of libraries with connectivity speeds of 769kbps or higher
|States receiving between $2 and $5 per line in high cost support
|* * *
|$ $ $
FCC Data
Providers of High Speed Lines by Technology
|Power Line
and Other
|Data withheld to maintain firm confidentiality
|Data withheld to maintain firm confidentiality
High-Speed Lines by State (Over 200 kbps in at least one direction)
Universal Service Fund
|State or Jurisdiction
|Payments from USF to Service Providers
|Estimated Net
Dollar Flow
|High Cost
|Schools &
|Rural Health
|% of Total
|% of Total
Broadband Providers
State Network Information
|Network Org.
|Funding Source
|Control Body
Kentucky TeleLinking Network (KTLN)
600 Cooper Drive
Lexington, KY 40502
(859) 258-7000
Not an Net @EDU Member
|Department of Education grant in 1994
|School, colleges, universities, and public and private agencies will provide new opportunities for systemic change and will assist in the elimination of barriers imposed by geography and socioeconomic factors
|Provided for elementary and secondary schools and continuing through graduate and professional school preparation
|KTLN is based on VTEL develop compresses digital video conferencing systems generally communicating at approximately 30 frames per second over high speed telephone lines. The communication occupies ¼ of a T-1 line or 384,000 bits of data per second
State-Level Broadband Report
Notes from Connect Kentucky
We have been collaborating with Connect Kentucky, a non-profit in Kentucky that is working to spur broadband deployment throughout the state.
Our main discussion topic was on Connect Kentucky (CK) and how they are working to deploy broadband in KY.
- CK was formed in 2001 as a research resource within the state to study broadband deployment
- In 2004, a new governor in Kentucky tasked them to execute his initiative to deploy broadband throughout the state by 2007
- Methodology:
- Created GIS maps of state to map broadband deployment-Intdustry was willing to share data w/ them because, as a non-profit, they could sign Non-disclosure agreements
- From the mappings, they could then identify areas that did not have any deployment
- Partnered with providers to ensure that there would be a supply if CK could show demand
- On a county-by county basis, they formed "E-Community Leadership" committees, which included librarians, to help spur demand
- Helped develop action plans to get communities connected, including aggregating demand
- Including RFPs to get wireless deployed in rural areas and determining RUS grant capabilities
- Success Metrics
- In 2003, broadband was available in 60% of homes; In 2006, it is available in 91%
- In 2005, they went from 24% to 32% household adoption
- In 2004, 65% of businesses to 85% connected in 2006
- Misc
- Helping to spur EGov initiatives by partnering w/ government to develop interactive websites\
- After the success of their model in KY, they are expanding nation-wide via a new non-profit called Connected Nation
- Kentucky Ed Network is being expanded throughout the state w/ a $40 million appropriation from state.
- Schools, libraries, universities and gov't agencies will be able to connect @ 15 Mbps
For our project here are some of their recommendations and their offer of help:
- Overall, they have offered their full support to our project and are excited to work with us
- Meet with Charlane Davis @ the State Librarian Office
- CK have offered us the use of their office in Frankfurt to hold meetings.
- Nancy would like to meet w/ some of the librarians that were a part of the E-Community Leadership team
- CK will help us arrange contacts within the state e.g. state network, etc.
- Laura and Andrew would like to continue to meet with us while we are in the state
Additionally, they have sent us this information:
The following are the top action items in aggregated form that were taken from the Library sector of the eCommunity Leadership Team's Full Reports.
- Provide wireless access points where patrons with laptop computers can connect
- Develop expanded Internet training programs for the public, targeting specific needs and groups
- Apply for grants for technology
- Increase the number of public access computers and provide wireless access
- Improve technical support for public computers and the library website
- Improve and enhance the current library website
- Identify and catalog technology training programs already in place
- Offer more instruction on how to take advantage of the Internet's resources
- Explore and develop options to increase customer-initiated transactions online
- Digitize genealogy and historic information
- Market the current capabilities and services of the library system
- Investigate cost-efficient ways to increase bandwidth to rural libraries
- Increase the use of mobile computer stations in bookmobiles or outfitted vans, especially in rural areas
Karen's Report
Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
The Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives (KDLA) is a department in the Education Cabinet, which coordinates the activities of nine departments. The Governor appoints the Secretary of the Education Cabinet, currently Laura Owens. (Capital Plaza Tower, 500 Mero St., Frankfort, 502-564-0372.
The Governor also appoints KDLA's state librarian and commissioner. In 2006, Governor Ernie Fletcher appointed Wayne Onkst, former director of the Kenton County Public Library, as the new state librarian and commissioner. In November 2006, Onkst replaced retiring State Librarian James Nelson, who served for 26 years. Onkst began his career as a reference librarian at the Kenton County Public Library. Onkst also served as head of adult services and associate director of the library system before becoming library director in August 1999.
State Library Hookups
Wayne Onkst
State Librarian and Commissioner
Phone: 502-564-8300 #312
Email: email@example.com
Charlene Davis
Director, State Library
Phone: 502-564-8300 #230,
Michael Jones
Phone: 502-564-8300 #214,
Public Library Development Manager
Jay Bank
Phone: 502-564-8300, x263
Statistical Report & Field Services 859
The State Advisory Council on Libraries
The Council was established to give advice to the KDLA on federal programs and state issues. The twenty-one members, made up of representatives of all types of libraries, trustees and library supporters, are appointed by the Governor. The Council meets quarterly, with subcommittees meeting more frequently.
Kentucky's Public Libraries
There are 116 county library systems in Kentucky (three counties are
combined: Ballard/Livingston/Carlisle; two counties have no public library service: McLean and Carter). Kentucky has 79 branch libraries and 88 bookmobiles.
Public Libraries and Filtering
State law requires only public school libraries to use filters and school boards to adopt an internet use policy.
ERATE – according to data from SLD's Data Retrieval System, in FY 2002, Kentucky's public libraries received $1,027,030 in discounts. In FY 2005, libraries received $730,137 in discounts.
E-Rate Coordinators:
Mary Beth Carter
Systems Consultant
Kentucky Department of Education
Frankfort, KY 40601
Tel: (502) 564-2020 x214
E-Mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Terry Manuel
Automation Consultant
(502) 564-8300 x269
The Kentucky Virtual Public Library
The Kentucky Higher Education Improvement Act of 1997 created the Kentucky Virtual University (KYVU) to help students overcome time and distance barriers by providing anywhere, anytime learning. KYVL reports to the Kentucky Virtual University which reports to the Council on Postsecondary Education. KYVL's mission is that, "All Kentuckians will have equitable access to quality library and information resources and qualified, well-trained staff to support the Kentucky Virtual University as well as meet broader needs for learning, working and living".
Enid Wohlstein, Director
1024 Capital Center Dr.
Frankfort, KY 40601
502-573-1555 x295
All public libraries are member of KYVL. Four public libraries catalogs can be searched through the KYVL's WebZ interface. KYVL also provides access to 40+ databases. The Virtual Library Advisory Committee (VLAC) advises the KYVL on policies and programs that are needed to improve information services.
The KYVL Board member representing public libraries is:
Barbara Caron
Representing: Public Library Section of KLA; Public library constituents
Grant County Public Library
Williamstown, KY 41097
Phone: (859) 824-2083
State Economic Development
The Cabinet for Economic Development is the primary state agency responsible for creating new jobs and investment in the state. Programs administered by the Cabinet are designed to support and promote economic development, primarily by attracting new industries to the state, assisting in the development of existing industries, and assisting communities in preparing for economic development opportunities.
Rene' True, CEcD
Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development
Executive Director, Office of Research and Information Technology
Old Capitol Annex
Frankfort, KY 40601
PH: 502 564-4886 ext. 3316
Email: email@example.com
Web: www.thinkkentucky.com
Connect Kentucky
In October 2004, Governor Fletcher announced Kentucky's "Prescription for Innovation: Delivering Broadband Technology for a 21st Century Kentucky," a statewide initiative to provide broadband (high-speed Internet) access to all Kentuckians by 2007.
ConnectKentucky manages the Prescription for Innovation, which has four key tenets for statewide economic development:
• Full broadband deployment by the end of 2007;
• Dramatically improved use of computers and the Internet by all Kentuckians;
• A meaningful online presence for all Kentucky communities, to improve citizen services and promote economic development through e-government, virtual education, online healthcare; and
• eCommunity Leadership Teams in every county - local leaders assembled to develop and implement technology growth strategies for local government, business and industry, education, healthcare, agriculture, libraries, tourism, and community-based organizations.
Over the course of implementation, statewide broadband availability and usage have increased by 36% and 45% respectively. An estimated 352,000 previously unserved households can now access broadband. Currently, 82% of Kentucky homes can access broadband, on track to reach 100% availability in 2007. Home computer ownership has grown by 17%, and more than 100 counties are actively engaged in the eCommunity Leadership process to establish a technology growth plan for accelerating technology locally. The rate of Kentucky's high-tech job growth is outpacing the national average.
ConnectKentucy produced sophisticated telecommunications inventory map, using advanced GIS mapping technology and grassroots data collection. The maps not only illustrate service gaps, but also serve as an economic development resource for communities to illustrate existing infrastructure for locating companies. A statewide map illustrating broadband deployment is available at http://www.connectkentucky.org/NR/rdonlyres/8CD1BFAF-2662-44C4-8EBD-D177EB30B0FD/0/bb_11x17_01_19_07.pdf.
Brian Mefford
President and Chief Executive Officer
Phone: 270-781-4320, ext. 124
Fax: 270-781-7611
Andrew McNeill
Vice President, Program Development
Phone: 270-781-4320
Laura Taylor
Vice President, Research
Phone: 270-781-4320
Fax: 270-781-7611
eCommunity Leadership Teams
ConnectKentucky created eCommunity Leadership Teams in each community. The teams include community leaders and citizens who identify applications and support the build out of infrastructure necessary to provide better government services, improved educational opportunities, healthcare access and an expanded marketplace for local businesses.
Participants represent the nine sectors for a comprehensive picture of the community in terms of broadband deployment. The sectors are: business and industry; K-12; healthcare; libraries; higher education; community-based organizations; government; tourism, recreation, and parks; and agriculture.
The eCommunity Leadership Teams will work with ConnectKentucky to determine ways in which broadband deployment can provide better government services, improved educational opportunities, healthcare access, and an expanded marketplace for local businesses. Once these determinations are made, the eCommunity Leadership Teams, with the help of ConnectKentucky, will identify applications and assist in the build out of infrastructure to further support the initiative.
The following library directors are members of their county's ECommunity Teams. These counties represent both rural and urban areas.
FRANKLIN COUNTY eCOMMUNITY LEADERSHIP TEAM
Donna Gibson, Paul Sawyier Public Library
305 Wapping Street
Frankfort, KY 40601-2605
Phone: 502-223-1658
Fax: 502-227-2250
email: firstname.lastname@example.com
CALDWELL COUNTY eCOMMUNITY LEADERSHIP TEAM
Judy Boaz
George Coon Public Library
114 S. Harrison Street
Princeton, KY 42445
WASHINGTON COUNTY eCOMMUNITY LEADERSHIP TEAM
Lisa Jones,
Washington County Public Library
210 East Main Street
Springfield, KY 40069-1125
Phone: 859-336-7655
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Recent state legislation affecting telecommunications
2007 Legislature
HCR 126 Recognize ConnectKentucky as the Commonwealth's telecommunications and information technology resource. Text available at http://www.lrc.ky.gov/RECORD/07RS/HC126/bill.doc
2006 Legislature
House Bill 337 deregulated most retail telephone services, except for basic phone lines. The bill allows telephone providers to compete with unregulated phone, cable and Internet providers. After extensive negotiations, the bill contained consumer and wholesale protections that retain Public Service Commission oversight of basic phone service and the wholesale telecommunications market.
House Bill 550 directs the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority to establish a loan and grant program to help providers reach Kentucky businesses and families who have no broadband access. The program provides an incentive for providers to expand into rural, sparsely populated areas.
House Bill 568 authorizes electric cooperatives to provide broadband and other services. Co-ops, which were originally established to provide electricity to people in rural areas, can play a key role in helping rural Kentuckians to get online. In November 2005, the state Supreme Court ruled that state law did not permit electric co-ops to offer any service other than electricity.
The change in the law allows such businesses to continue, but under rules that strengthen the separation between the co-op electric utility businesses and their non-electric subsidiaries. The stronger rules were added to the original bill because some were concerned that the co-ops would use the electric utility business to subsidize the nonelectric ventures.
Kentucky Education Network
The purpose of KEN is to:
• To develop a seamless education-centric network that will grow and scale to meet new, increasing, and unforeseen needs to support equitable life long learning for all Kentuckians.
• To break down the physical and political barriers between secondary and postsecondary education.
• To share learning content and resources throughout P-21 both virtual and physical.
KEN Executive Committee.
|Education Cabinet
|Laura E. Owens
|Kentucky Department of Corporation
|Gene Wilhoit
|Council on Postsecondary Ed.
|Dr Tom Layzell
|Educational Standards Bd.
|Dr. Phil Rogers
|Finance Cabinet
|John Farris
Established by the Legislature in 2006, the network will be a high-speed education centric network. KEN will connect every college, university, and K-12 school district in the state to enhance the learning experience of students at all educational levels, regardless of geographic location. Also connected will be the agencies of the Education Cabinet and their statewide locations. This includes Kentucky Educational Television (KET), the Department of Workforce Development, Kentucky Adult Education, the Department of Library and Archives, the Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, the Kentucky Environmental Education Council, the Center for School Safety, and the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority. According to KEN's website, the network will do for the education community what ConnectKentucky is doing for geographic communities across the Commonwealth.
The latest report on KEN's implementation is available at http://ken.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/532649E0-5F2B-46C6-8A0E-5F73C4947E19/0/KENProjectImplementationPlanv7.pdf
KEN's website lists Ms. Teresa Tackett as KEN's primary contact.
Teresa Tackett
Education Cabinet
Division of Technology Services
500 Mero Street, CPT 9th Floor
phone: 502-564-6949 ext. 230
KEN Budget Information
State funding and local agency and district contributions comprise KEN's budget.
Private Associations
Kentucky Telephone Association
Forest M. Skaggs III
Executive Director
851 Corporate Drive Suite 105
Lexington, KY 40503
Phone 859/223-9001
Kentucky Cable Telecommunications Association
Patsy Judd, executive director
Burkesville, KY 42717
tel: 270/864-5352
fax: 270/864-3110
State Library Association
Kentucky Library Association
1501 Twilight Trail
Frankfort, KY 40601
Executive Director: John T. (Tom) Underwood
Associate Director: Kim Goff
Many of you probably have read this document, but for those of you who haven't, here is a link to "Speed Matters", which includes federal and state level policy suggestions.
Connect Kentucky
(For a different point of view on ConnectKentucky, see the public library focus group.)
What people do?
30 full time people with some part-time
Involved in county teams
Spurring demand in the counties.
Andrew – government relations
Foundation support for No Child Left Offline
Health 0- Policy and program development coordinator
Policy and advocacy group
Work with community type programs
Provide support for e-community strategies
Assessment for small companies
Technology assessments
What they have and what they need
Help organizations develop technology plans
Hardware and software needs
How bring technology to bear on their mission
KDLA issued an RFP to do technology training at the local level
Doing a technology boot camp for 4 days.
Giving an overview of skills and external resources
How to maintain technology in the library
How set up a wireless network
How maintain security
Mark – operations and communications
Poster child for CK
Kentucky native
High level view of the project
Communications internally and externally
Work with staff that produces the newsletter
Quarterly newsletter statewide
Progress reports
Monthly newsletter regionally.
Jeff – Director of program development
Try to bring order to chaos
Partnership development
Recruiting of private companies that want to be involved in private/public partnerships
Scan federal and state opportunities for funding matches with their programs
Hook resources with problems
Policy analyst
Technology policy tracking on state and federal level
Track what's going on in different states
Compile a publication that sums up what happens during the week
Work with Heather to find funding
How you developed model?
Taylor County Kentucky in 1999.
75% of adults traced their employment to one textile company.
Identities tied to the job they did.
Textile company shut its doors with unemployment at 30% level.
Scrambling for jobs and a crash course in self-assessment.
How be attractive for economic development.
Brought everybody to the table.
Had never addressed their development.
Determined that technology would be the way out.
Textile company became a major distribution center for Amazon.com
Call center for travel company.
Same story could be in the 118 rural counties.
Maybe the same should be in every county and be proactive and implement it statewide.
KC grew out of university look at telecom needs in several counties.
Governor Patton initiated CK on a statewide basis.
Governor Fletcher enlarged what is there. Prescription Kentucky launched in October, 2004.
Can only get through cooperation among industries.
Shows where there are gaps in service.
Market analysis available .
To get BB across the state, then have to know what isn't.
If industry doesn't give data, then listed at a gap, and they will help fill it.
Will map, identify deployment and close gaps cooperatively.
Don't talk about buildout until know can get an return investment.
Supply side through mapping.
Local planning team to do a technology plan.
Get someone from each of 9 sectors.
Don't move forward until have 2-4 reps from each sector.
Lead through an analysis of gap analysis
Where are they now?
Where would they like to be in the future?
Every sector knows its own vision for the future in two years.
As of December of 06, each county has a technology report.
No funding.
Labor of love on their part.
Help them identify funding.
Each county different in how aggressive they are.
Not a government entity but a 501c3
Can protect the proprietary data of telecos.
Do not do central planning
Local buy in on individual community basis.
Grass roots buy in level.
Gone from 60% BB coverage. Now at 92%.
Bench marked at FCC level.
Not set price or speed quotas.
Everything is research based.
Research need
Design solution
Evaluate impact
AT&T says their deployment rate doubled.
Solutions for getting BB differ from county to county.
Some are multi-county.
Champion in each county. Sometimes the county executive and sometimes others.
Very public process
Announce in the newspaper. Almost 100 show up. A handful stay around to be a team.
CK people around the state who serve as a catalyst to get things started and bring people to the table.
Local leadership develops on each community team.
An even playing field in the nine sectors.
Once the visionary process is done. Some have significant challenges in having traditional wire line meet their needs.
In some progressive counties that are motivated, county government are creative in finding solutions to providing coverage.
Website project.
2/3s of communities did not have a web presence.
So that became a priority.
Communities see where other counties are being a success.
Creating success locally creates state interest.
When their constituents are happy, easy to say yes to the bill.
Main legislative act was in 2004.
Began in earnest in Janaury 2005.
Earlier counties took a year.
Now takes 57 days. Really telescoped.
Supply side discussion is separate from demand side..
Comprehensive and simultaneous.
Work to suck the technical out of it.
Talk about what the technology can do.
Behaviors that can be solved technology.
For every issue face there are structural and cultural solutiosn, typically a mix of the two.
Has structural solution but cultural hasn't gotten to their yet.
How work with providers?
Mapping is key component to the supply side.
Mapping more sophisticated than just where BB is
Look at census data, sewer lines, boundaries. Household data.
Had better data than the providers have.
Providers could see market potential.
Started collecting data in 2003.
2004 session of legislature
Process to deregulate BB
In course of this legislation some interest in having accountability.
If deregulate, will the investment occur?
KC positioned through Office of New Economy.
Mapping was a way toward accountability.
Language said telecos will cooperate with Dept. of Commercialization and Ennovation.
Manage tension between government and industry. Give everybody something that they wanted.
Understanding that telcos should cooperate to get the deregulation.
Partnership wall showing the partners.
What will happen when Kentucky has full BB development?
When started showing the maps, providers would see the maps and realize their data wasn't on the map and wanted it on the map.
Early maps took at least six months to get to the first one.
Updated quarterly.
As soon as map done, it was public knowledge.
Benchmarking on website.
Borrowed from CENIC process.
Confidence not in benchmarking tool in isolation but in a statewide effort.
More important than legislation is the environment where the carriers feel comfortable giving the data.
Also have data on buildout plans for the next 18 months.
Your relation with Kentucky Education Network (KEN)
CK has been identified as a thought leader across the state.
Because of relationships with government
Ability to achieve results at CK
When there are large projects that are undertaken in the visioning stage.
Get asked to be a participant on the teams that are putting these together.
Governance is internal to government but ask CK to be a part of it.
Same for telemedicine
Consultative role, leverage relationship
Create a fertile environment for KEN to take place.
KEN recognizes connection of CK to local communities.
What are the other parts of Governor's Prescription for Innovation
1) Cover state with broadband with 2007
2) Online presence for each community
3) Impact computer literacy at the home level
4) Establish an e-community
Simultaneous, systemic response to advancing economic development through technology.
Systemic cloud over the state. Not entered through one sector. Multi-sector engagement.
Two strategies
Supply side enhancement. Make it easy for them to get to the market place
De-regulatory advocacy in the state. Deregulate broadband.
Relationship Governor's programs
Form Connected Nation to respond to requests from other states.
Also discuss with national groups to respond.
Provides consulting or replication basis.
What's next?
5 As (See brochure)
Help digital natives to bring the digital immigrants along
Help communities develop and use new applications
What will bring the most benefit to the commonwealth?
Work with libraries
Facilitated meeting with Kentucky.gov to get web portals for libraries.
Make connections they see.
Success factors
Local leadership
Transparency except for proprietary data from telecom
Outside facilitator, instigator, catalyst
Create Demand/ Provide Supply
Strategic thinking
Research based
Support of Governor's office
Need to have the head of the network politically connected with governor and legislative
Great committed staff, very dedicated, not here to get rich
Neat team to be a part of
Believe in the mission and see tangible results
In any state the government, private sector, and legislative body have to be aligned.
Any one of these alone cannot do this.
Have to have all three aligned.
Provider community do not see eye to eye.
Providers are competitors. Been able to foster cooperation in the development of the macro environment so they can compete.
Can't get enmeshed in the industry debates. Focus on the larger prize.
Develop a rising tide that will lift all the boats.
Gates Foundation
Not view libraries in isolation of context.
Can't have libraries without community and business
Accelerating technology is enhanced by a water raising exercise.
Many sectors have benefited but not a sector focused endeavor.
Libraries participate in community planning.
Match library with community assets.
Partner with Gates to implement
Technology showcase of what technology can do.
Show the public and others.
Can position and amplify.
Kentucky Education Network
Ann Riggs, Assistant Director, Technology Services
Tom Ferree, Deputy Commissioner, Commonwealth Office of Technology
Enid Wohlkstein, Director, KY Virtual Library
Miko Pattie, Senior Advisory in Information Technology, Council on Postsecondary Education
Ann described KEN, Information Technology Coordinating Committee
Interested in how to fit public libraries into network for P-20
Talked to KDLA about numbers.
Pilot in 07-08 for a library that is working with school districts
Fayett county working with the school district.
Looking at connectivity, bandwidth needs.
Connect in 08-10
10 megs
KEN is an initiative to connect all the K-12 school districts with broadband with 100 mbs. Access to internet and higher ed, instructors, online classes. Internet 2 for virtual networks. Central pipe back to Frankfort and direct access to Internet.
All k-12 go to Frankfort and then internet. Will be decentralizing so school districts can go directly to the internet.
Kentuky Postsecondary Education Network
Can also use I2.
Kentucky is the 34th state in I2.
Public libraries are eligible. How to bring them into the network.
Louieville has a pop 10 gigabites.
This will enable libraries to use the regional optical network.
KEN is the physical infrastructure that provides the pipeline to send data across.
Foundation of all other education projects.
When wanted to upgrade content in the schools, it was cumbersome to use anything with the Internet until upgrade infrastructure (pipelines) to the internet.
It is the last mile as well as the backbone.
10 gigabite/100 meg to all the schools districts.
Schools connect their own schools.
Public library would connect through AT&T will build out to the public library.
So far been able to cooperate with AT&T to build out the KEN network.
AT&T building fiber to the schools.
AT&T will build out to public libraries as well.
$3588 a month,
10 megs
Quality assurance.
Commonwealth Office of Technology $340 a month for education to manager the network.
AT&T runs the backbone.
$4000 a month.
Request money from the state to connect public libraries and sustain the connections. Kentucky Dept. of Education now pays for school district connectivity.
Dept. of Ed also applies for e-rate and applies to KEN.
KDLA could apply for erate on behalf of local libraries.
Libraries can connect into KEN right now and just pay the $4000.
All 176 school districts build out by the end of 2007.
Peering of KEN and KPEN will become one network next month.
Dept. for Workforce Investment, Dept. of the Blind will also go on the network.
Support job seekers.
Then will start on public libraries. Haven't even started with the planning.
Dept. of Finance and KOT provided the leadership to get AT&T to build out.
Tom Freese AT&T has been a good partner.
17 telcos have partnered with AT&T on the project. Tremendous success with the smaller districts. Build on existing relationships. Make sure was a collaborative effort to involve not just AT&T. Cooperative network among the telcos.
Antecedent climate of cooperation that achieved CK that laid the groundwork for the cooperation that built KEN. The environment was in place to move KEN forward.
Mapping turned out to be good for their communities and a business case.
KEN is only possible because everybody works together.
Joint budget request.
Higher Ed
Education Cabinet – Excuctive branch that falls within the cabinet.
Ed Professional Standards Board
KDLA was involved from the beginning.
Network subcommittee
Applications subcommittee
Moving forward to fit libraries.
Libs not included in the beginning because of funding.
KEN is bigger than the infrastructure that it supports. Moving from infrastructure.
Miko is looking at applications.
Started in 05 with planning.
06 got money
4 months to plan
All the vendors together, engineers, to make sure the infrastructure would work.
$8.9 million in capitol
$15 million in operating
KOT management "Maybe, if it fits with business model."
Managed services are:
Manage end points of the network.
Firewall services
Higher end infrastructure pieces
Long term goals for KEN??
KEN not just about bandwidth.
Identify applications with statewide impact.
Priorities from educational audience.
Single sign on
Desktop video conferencing
Games and simulations
Make recommendations to ITC group.
This is what we want to do and what it will cost.
More interest as the news spreads. Large group already. Welcoming new people as they ask to be on the committee.
Have a meeting every other Wednesday. Long standing committee. People welcome to come and participate.
Statewide content server for streaming data and media.
Content servers for online learning.
Multiple institutes offer courses. Log on once and find whatever course will be offered.
Statewide transfer system to transfer teacher licensure from state to state or district to district.
Distance learning in every classroom or a portable system that can move to the classroom.
Share teachers across the state from K-12 or higher ed.
Interactive learning with students in other countries.
Kentucky virtual library.
Been around since 1999.
Spend money for license databases. Some state money, Dept. of Ed, some money from local libraries. Selection database (Charlene shares).
All public institutions.
Private institutions, colleges and schools, can participate as well.
$2 mill cost for databases saves $10 million via aggregation.
Funded through multiple sources.
People can log in from home using their public library bar code.
Some libraries embed within their own web site.
Ground courier service. $300,000 a year. 445 stops around the state at public libraries and public post secondary. Regardless of where live can get through ILL and lab kits and anything related to distance learning.
Integrated ILS, Endeavor.
Support ILL fee structure for WorldCat paid for by State Library.
Endeavor designed for academic libraries. Not very user friendly.
ILS for 16 higher ed institutions.
Also do training
Outsource to UK to manage a Kentucky digitization project. Anything related to Kentucky history. Want a traveling van to take to small libraries.
KEN governance.
Executive Board approves or disapproves recommends.
ED cab
Post Secondary Board
KDE Commissioner
Prof Standards Board
Finance Cabinet
Implementation plan on the web.
Need to look at different kind of use by public libraries.
What students have
What students need
768 k per student is the average connection
Based on existing applications based on monitoring network based on current use by number of students, number of computers.
Try and forecast when will max out bandwidth and then add more.
Set baseline based on use at a peak time
Then look at any new application
Look at what bandwidth will be needed for new application.
How many people will be using the new application?
I2 is the cornerstone of KEN. The schools who have it love it.
Did a dog and pony show showing
Video conference on I2 and on commodity network to show the difference.
Best practices that worked
Leadership (secretary of education presenting to leg and governor)
Enthusiasm and excitement
Communication with agencies to find out what the needs are.
Communicating plan
Put everybody in the room to develop plans, budget, etc.
Leadership of group, everybody has the same focus on the big picture.
Ongoing awareness of people and have them advocate.
Willingness to travel and make presentations.
Professional development/training
Every legislator who voted yes has a committee at the local level to support.
Go to library association conferences to demonstrate.
Don't do as much PR as would like.
Would like to promote the education and library system.
Participation, getting people at the table.
Easy part is infrastructure, Getting them to talk about needs is less.
Want to measure success by use not existence of infrastructure.
Measure by applications being used. <br.> Decide in a vacuum what might be best. Not good.
Integration is biggest barrier. Need to integrate resources into learning applications.
Need more training for teachers
Need to match content with curriculum standards.
Has to be convenient and non-technical.
If there is an extra step, won't do it.
Need a lifelong learning portal that anyone can enter regardless of stage in life.
Recommendations to B&M Gates
Support KEN with money.
Help get KEN in place.
Back KEN in some way for monthly reoccurring charges for on two years.
Bring someone to the table to work with this.
Funding to KDLA to get people to understand how it might be used.
Connected Fayette county to KEN as a pilot.
Will evaluate to see what recommendations might make.
Meeting with Deborah Clayton
Commissioner, Department of Commercialization and Innovation
Economic Development Cabinet
Dept put in place in 2000 to support growth and startups of high tech companies in the state, 50,000 or above income.
High tech investment pool supports companies in their start up operations.
Covers patent fees,
High tech construction pool. Purchase equipment.
Easy process to apply for the money. Six Innovaction and Commercialization Centers (6) All of affiliation with higher ed.
Matching program for small business innovation and small business transfer grants.
Help companies write proposals to apply for funding.
Jumpstart a start-up company.
State venture fund.
See a return on investment already in the investment.
Supported ConnectKentucky $1 million annually. Has been higher.
What they are doing is phenomenal.
Put broadband in to impact the lives of everybody.
Impacts schools, libraries, business.
CK is not a high tech company but promote jobs and economic development.
If don't' have the IT infrastructure in place, can't do anything.
Now first in place in broadband deployment in the country.
Need to get articles out about the success of CK.
Governor's Committee in Digital Information (need to look for the report.)
Support DataSeam ($5 million) putting computers in classrooms and train the teachers. Unused time is being collected and used by cancer research center to do research. Distributed computing.
Put money into Infrastructure Management Institute looking at security issues, homeland defense.
Uof L research on Homeland Security.
Visualization and Digitization – 3 D computer work and stero.
Kentucky has a very well-run Economic Development Cabinet.
Put together a plan for each company.
Is workforce tech savvy?
Availability of broadband.
Biggest issues in attracting companies.
Good well-run community and technical college system.
Innovation and Commercial Centers
6 offices around the state that team up with Innovation Centers
Assist high tech business get off the ground and become productive.
Help businesses do a business plan.
Recommendations for Gates
Workplace development. Use assets if libraries to help develop a workforce..
Kentucky Community and Technical College System
Keith Byrd
Susan Kraft – Dept for workforce development
Champions are important. Need someone to "pitbull it".
KSTC – Kentucky Science and Technology Core
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text: About Trout Unlimited Trout Unlimited is a national organization with more than 300,000 members and supporters organized into about 400 chapters nationwide. These dedicated volunteers are paired with a respected staff of more than 200 organizers, lawyers, policy experts and scientists. Our mission is to conserve, protect and restore North America's cold-water fisheries and their watersheds. Position Summary TU is seeking a Great Lakes Stream Restoration Manager to collaborate with state and federal agencies and local communities in the northeast Wisconsin to plan, fund, construct, and monitor aquatic habitat restoration projects. Projects will occur on and adjacent to National Forest Systems lands and will provide multiple benefits including flood resiliency, improvement of aquatic habitat and water quality, and protection of aquatic health and biodiversity. The position will be based in northeast Wisconsin and will focus on projects on the Peshtigo, Oconto, and Menominee watersheds. Duties and Responsibilities Work with local communities to plan, design, and implement culvert improvement projects that increase flood resiliency and enhance the health of aquatic ecosystems in the headwaters of the Peshtigo, Oconto, and Menonimee rivers. Work with TU Great Lakes Stream Restoration Specialist to coordinate the design of habitat improvement and aquatic organism passage projects. Oversee project budgets and work estimates. Oversee permitting, funding and implementation of restoration projects. Plan and manage multiple restoration projects simultaneously. Organize technical workshops and field tours for stakeholders including contractors, county natural resources and transportation staff, local decision makers, property associations, tribal staff, and state engineers on how to design and construct flood-resilient road stream crossings. Write grant proposals and administer grants. Coordinate with TU chapters and councils within each watershed on projects and project funding. Coordinate press opportunities to highlight project implementation, when and where appropriate. Qualifications Bachelor's degree required, Master's degree a plus. * Professional experience in project management and river restoration required. * Excellent organizational and problem solving abilities. * Demonstrated ability to plan, implement, and supervise multiphase stream restoration projects. * Experience with project and grant management, and project permitting. * Ability to work with a diverse group of stakeholders including federal and agencies, municipalities, biologists, engineers, and landowners. * A working knowledge of principles and practices of fisheries and aquatic resource management with a particular emphasis on stream habitat requirements of brook trout. * Ability to work independently and take initiative. * Good written and oral communication skills. * Passion for protecting and restoring trout populations and their watersheds. How to Apply Please send a letter of interest, resume and 3 professional references to Nichol DeMol, Trout Unlimited's Great Lakes Habitat Program Manager at firstname.lastname@example.com by October 31, 2018. Please insert the words "Great Lakes Stream Restoration Manager" in the subject line of the message. No phone calls please. This is not an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities. TU hires staff without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or disability. Please fill out this voluntary form and submit it as an attachment to this email address.


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DETROIT — Maybe it was the brand new, bright red Chevrolet Corvette gleaming in one corner, or the elegant BMW coupe in the other. Maybe it was just the free-flowing espresso at nearly every stand. But car companies were positively giddy this week as the North American International Auto Show opened in Detroit.
They have reason to be. U.S. new car and truck sales reached a five-year high of 14.5 million in 2012, and many executives and analysts think they'll climb to 15.5 million this year.
To catch those customers' eyes at the Detroit show, car companies are unveiling 59 new cars and concepts, up from just 41 in 2012.
Here are four trends visitors to the show will see:
1. Fuel efficient:
One lesson from this year's show: There are plenty of ways to squeeze more efficiency from cars and trucks.
Volkswagen is showing a plug-in hybrid SUV prototype called the CrossBlue that mates a diesel engine with two electric motors. It can travel 14 miles in all-electric mode and gets an estimated 35 miles per gallon while running on both gas and electricity. The Jeep Grand Cherokee is also making a jump to diesel power with a new, optional 3-liter V-6 diesel that gets 30 miles per gallon on the highway, five better than the gas-powered V-6.
Automakers are trying other tricks to save fuel as they face higher fuel economy requirements, even in muscle cars. The eight-cylinder engine on the 2014 Corvette kicks down to four at highway speeds.
Even so, there are plenty of gas-electric hybrids and some new electric cars for customers to look at. Nissan, a late convert to the hybrid market, is showing the Resonance concept, a dramatically styled hybrid crossover. Acura has the NSX hybrid supercar. And Cadillac debuted the ELR, its version of the Chevrolet Volt plug-in. And Palo Alto-based Tesla is showing its all-electric Model X crossover, whose futuristic wing-like doors are among the handful of stop-and-stare features this year.
2. Pickups take off:
With new home construction back on the rise, pickup truck sales are poised to grow in the coming year. And Detroit is ready.
General Motors is showing its new trucks for the first time at the Detroit show. The Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra, which will go on sale this Spring.
Chrysler's just-refurbished Ram pickup — named the truck of the year by automotive journalists at the show — is also no slouch, boasting a segment-best 25 mpg on the highway.
But Ford, whose F-Series has been the top-selling truck for more than three decades, pulled off one of the show's few surprises, lowering its Atlas pickup concept from the ceiling amid a shower of sparks during media previews. Ford gave few details about the beefy, chiseled Atlas, other than to say that it hints at the look of the next F-Series, due to come out in 2014 or 2015.
3. Luxury boom:
Supple leather seats, finely stitched dashboards and sparkling chrome grilles are everywhere at this year's auto show, a sign that car companies are clawing at each other for a piece of the growing and lucrative U.S. luxury market.
From a well-crafted new E-Class lineup from Mercedes to the plush, decked out luxury Cadenza sedan from once-lowly Kia, automakers are vying for customers who are ready to be pampered a little more.
Luxury sales grew almost 12 percent last year to over 1 million sales, and automakers are expecting further increases as people feel better about the economy and the Great Recession recedes into the rear-view mirror.
4. Small crossovers:
With explosive growth in crossover vehicles in the past five years, automakers are looking at new ways to attract buyers of more efficient SUVs that are based on car underpinnings.
At the Detroit show, Honda opened a new front in the battle with a sharp-looking small utility. It's based on a subcompact frame and will be smaller than Honda's popular CR-V. It's a new part of the market that's attractive to automakers because there aren't any well-established competitors to unseat.
Nissan already is in the market with its funky Juke, which hasn't sold particularly well. General Motors' Buick is just entering with an all-new Encore.
Honda Executive Vice President John Mendel says the new vehicle, called simply an "Urban SUV Concept," is designed for city commuters who still want the cargo space, adventurous lifestyle and high sitting position of an SUV.


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BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has tapped his former chief-of-staff William "Mo" Cowan to serve as interim U.S. senator until a special election to fill the seat left vacant by Secretary of State-designate John Kerry.
Patrick says Cowan's role in helping turn around the Massachusetts economy in recent years "has earned him the respect and admiration of people throughout government." He says the state will benefit from Cowan's wisdom and good judgment.
Cowan, a North Carolina native, says he is "honored and humbled" by the appointment.
Cowan is the former chief of staff and chief legal counsel to Patrick. He served in the administration since 2009.
Cowan will serve as senator until voters elect a new senator during a special election on June 25.
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Vicariate for Palestinian-Jordanian Communities in the USA
The Vicariate for Palestinian/Jordanian Communities in the USA is an administrative grouping, formed in 2008 under the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (GOA). The Vicariate consists of parishes and monasteries formerly belonging to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem in North and South America. The Vicariate is directly under the omophorion of the GOA archbishop rather than the local dioceses in which the communities find themselves.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – League scoring leader, Anthony Coppola scored 30 of his 41 points in the second half to help Wheaton College knock off MIT, 80-72, in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) men's basketball action on Wednesday evening. Will Tashman finished with a team-high 24 points and 13 rebounds for the Engineers, who fell to 16-8 on the season and 6-5 in conference play. The Lyons (8-15, 3-8 NEWMAC) remain alive for a berth in the five-team NEWMAC tournament, which begins next week.
Mitchell Kates had six assists to go along with 14 points and Jamie Karraker added 15 points, on five-of-10 shooting from long-range. The Engineers also held a 39-29 advantage on the glass, including 14 offensive rebounds.
Coppola, who went three-for-three from behind the arc and 12-of-13 from the foul line, added four rebounds and six steals. Brendan Degnan (13) and Brian Grossman (10) also finished in double-figures for the Lyons, who shot 50.0% from the field and 41.2% (7-17) from three.
With his team leading by three with a minute and a half to go, Coppola stole the ball from Eric Zuk near midcourt and raced down for a lay-up before being fouled by Zuk. The officials awarded Wheaton two shots and possession, which resulted in four more points, all scored by Coppola, and gave the Lyons a 75-66 lead. Coppola would knock down five-of-six from the line down the stretch, accounting for his team's last 11 points, to secure the upset victory.
Tech jumped out to a quick 8-2 lead, thanks to four points apiece for Tashman and Kates, before being outscored 15-2 over the next 4:48. Back-to-back buckets by Will Dickson brought the hosts back within three. Wheaton's first-half lead would swell to as many as nine before MIT closed out the frame on a 12-3 spurt of its own.
Neither team lead by more than six in the second half before Coppola's six-point play put the visitors on top by nine with 1:28 to go.
Despite the loss, MIT clinched one of the top three seeds in the NEWMAC tournament and, as a result, will receive a bye into the semifinals. This Saturday's season finale against Springfield will serve as a preview of that semifinal match-up. The Engineers host the Pride on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. Wheaton closes its regular season out at home against Coast Guard at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, in a game that will go a long way in determining the final postseason bid.


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London wants more NFL games, perhaps for Olympic Stadium
LONDON (AP) — The Olympic Stadium is in need of a tenant, and London Mayor Boris Johnson thinks the NFL could be the right match.
Just a few days after the NFL's sixth regular-season game at Wembley Stadium, Johnson said he has spoken with the league about playing more games in the British capital.
"Sunday's game at Wembley, in front of over 80,000 fans, further cements London's reputation as the natural home of American football outside of the United States," the mayor's office said in a statement.
"Given the ever growing popularity of gridiron on this side of the Atlantic, the mayor and his team have held a number of meetings with senior executives in the last few days to explore further opportunities involving the NFL and London. The talks were exploratory. We are at an early stage, but the signs are encouraging."
All six NFL games in London so far have been at Wembley, including the New England Patriots' 45-7 win over the St. Louis Rams on Sunday. The two games scheduled for next season are also set for Wembley, and the NFL has a contract with Wembley through 2016.
But the Olympic Stadium, built for this year's games, has yet to find a permanent resident. Johnson happens to be the chairman of the London Legacy Development Corporation, which is responsible for deciding how the Olympic Stadium will be used in the future.
A decision on the future of the stadium is not expected before December. West Ham, a London soccer team, is the leading contender to take up residency — and keep the running track in place.
The Olympic Stadium is not due to reopen before 2014.
The NFL said it has been in talks with local authorities in London for years about future possibilities.
The Jacksonville Jaguars have a deal to play one home game in London for four consecutive seasons, beginning in 2013. The NFL has raised the possibility of having a full-time franchise in London, although that is still considered a long shot.


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How to Deal with Hypoglycemic Cravings
Hypoglycemia seems to be about all the things you can't have. But as you progress in your recovery, your senses, which had been dulled by artificial seasonings and sweets, will wake up, and you'll discover that you're enjoying food more than ever — and what's more, you'll be brimming with good health. Use the information in the following list to help you beat temptation:
Toss it. Go through your cupboards, pantries, refrigerator, and desk drawers, and toss out anything and everything on the list of foods to avoid. If you need your favorite fix, you'll have to get into your car and drive to the store, or do something equally inconvenient.
Breathe. When you get strong urges to eat something non-hypoglycemically-correct, take in very deep belly breaths. Continue taking in deep belly breaths until the craving dissipates. Aim to breathe like this for at least five minutes. Don't despair. It won't always be this way.
Bathe. Go take a bath or shower. Water can help clear stagnant energy, and soaking in a hot bath can help relax you. For stress relief, pour lavender and chamomile oils into your bath.
Drink. Sometimes you may have a yen for a certain food when actually you're thirsty. Instead of giving in to your cravings immediately, slowly sip a glass of water. Wait at least 15 minutes before you decide whether you feel hungry or not.
Meditate. Ask yourself what feeling you're trying to experience by eating the food you're craving. Comfort? Love? Security?Meditate and bring the feeling into you. Visualize a balloon hovering above your head, and let it expand. Fill it up with all the sensations you want, such as peace, bliss, or healing. The balloon is starting to glow like the sun. Now let the balloon pop, and let its contents cascade down onto you, filling up all the cells of your body. Let your body absorb everything fully and completely.
Visualize. Picture yourself happy and healthy — free of all food addictions. Imagine what life will be like when you recover. Think of what you'll gain then, instead of how deprived you feel right now.
Pause before caving in. Don't give in to the urge right away. Bargain with yourself. Tell yourself, "I will eat in ten minutes or a half hour" — and you better mean it! Use the time to figure out what's behind the urge.
Switch and unbait. Switch to something that's similar, but without the harmful effects. For instance:
Make your own ice cream using cream, protein powder, and an alternative sweetener, such as stevia.
Instead of cola, drink club soda with lemon.
If you crave the cool smoothness of ice cream or sorbet, make a delicious fruit smoothie. Use whatever fruits you like. Get frozen fruits as well as fresh ones and experiment with flavor and texture. (Avoid a smoothie if fruit precipitates a blood sugar drop.)
Make your own chocolate with carob powder and alternative sweeteners.
Use alternative sweeteners. Stevia and Xylitol won't trigger a rapid insulin response.
Avoid artificial sweeteners. Kick aspartame out the window.
Get active. Instead of sinking your fangs into food, do something else. Take a stroll down the office. If you're home, do some housework and get things organized.


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One of the most traditional Italian pasta dishes for Shavuot has ancient roots and a mysterious name: "Masconod". The original recipe features parmigiano mixed with sugar and cinnamon (the same unusual combination used to dress gnocchi in some areas of North-Eastern Italy), although the less adventurous palates replace the sugar and cinnamon with black pepper. The pasta is rolled-up manicotti-style, but tighter, like Moroccan cigars: since Shavuot commemorates God's giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai, it's customary to eat some "rolled" foods, resembling Torah scrolls. This is also true of Simchat Torah (which marks the conclusion of the annual Torah reading cycle and the beginning of the next), but the rolls of Shavuot are usually filled with cream or cheese, since "Like honey and milk [the Torah] lies under your tongue" (Song of Songs 4:11)….
While Masconod is traditionally made with fresh lasagna sheets, this year I've tried it with crespelle (Italian crepes) and it was love at first taste! Move over, blintzes! Here are both options:
- (serves 6)
- fresh lasagna sheets OR crespelle (Italian crepes) (double the amount in the crepes recipe)
- 1/3 to 1/2 cup sugar (to taste)
- 1 to 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon (to taste)
- 3 cups freshly grated Parmigiano, Grana or Parmigianito
- 1 stick unsalted butter, or to taste
Make fresh pasta, cut into 25-30 5-inch squares, cook in boiling salted water a few at a time, drain and dry on an old towel.
If you prefer, make the (round) crespelle following the recipe, and cook in a non-stick skillet.
Combine the cheese with the sugar and cinnamon (or with simple black pepper if you don't like sweet and savory combinations).
Brush each pasta square or crepe with melted butter, and sprinkle with a couple of tablespoons of cheese mixture.
Roll up like tight manicottis and arrange in one single layer in a buttered baking tray.
Brush the rolls with more melted butter, and top with the remaining cheese mixture.
Depending on the size of your baking dish, you can make a single layer or a double layer.
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surfingsd needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 108 designs submitted by 23 freelance designers.
I run a forum website (http://www.surfingsd.com) which has a logo that I want used in the creation of a Surf School logo. "SurfingSD Surf School"
SurfingSD Surf School
Accepted File Formats:
.jpg, .psd, vector
So, use the SurfingSD logo and put Surf School on it in some fashion. Make sure to check out surfingsd.com to get a feel for what it's about. It's a San Diego, CA surfing group.
Will need it for web and print.
Here's the logo:
Thanks and let me know if you need another logo format, I have several.
Steve (firstname.lastname@example.com)
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New Member Intro - Frank the Tank!
:) Good Morning - from Cortez, FL
My introduction:
Spent all of my "Best Years" in the Baltimore area, from 1943 until 2001. In 2001, I moved to my "Retirement Home" in Cortez, Florida.
As you can probably imagine, I was an "addicted, loyal fan" of the Baltimore Colts from 1953 until 1983. I'm one of those folks that the Indy fans would like to see pass away (sooner rather than later). Personally, I have no problem with them taking our team - my issue is solely that they stole the name COLTS and took our glorious NFL history with them.
Anyway, I am very much hooked on the RAVENS now and really enjoy all of the good stuff that is posted daily on the Ravens "Twelth Man" Message Board. (We don't get much news on the RAVENS down here, y'all.)
If there are any RAVENS fans in Florida, particularly on the West coast in the
Tampa Bay area, that would be good to know. I see very few RAVENS fans in the Sports Bars on Sunday down here. *Aside from the local BUCS fans, I am
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Among members of the fashion world, Iris van Herpen is known for pushing the boundaries of Haute Couture. On January 23rd she showed for the second time as an official guest of the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture in Paris, and once again wowed the audience.
Models stepped out in "Fang" shoes with ten sharp teeth to each foot – the product of van Herpen's fifth successful collaboration with United Nude. The shape of the wedge is so complex that each one consists of fiberglass and carbon fiber, made in a slow molding process. It is not yet certain whether these shoes will come to market as a limited edition, as was the case with previous Iris van Herpen x United Nude designs, but it is worth keeping an eye out for them.
Iris van Herpen
Iris van Herpen's designs demonstrate fashion as art. Her creations are clear artistic statements through which women can express their unique character. It is no surprise that Bjork and Lady Gaga are part of her devoted clientele.
Her current collection has been inspired by microscopic organisms. The garments are made with her own signature materials, fused with highly detailed craftsmanship and innovative techniques, such as 3D printing. Her style's avant-garde spirit combines raw and technologically-produced materials, displaying her attraction to radical fabrics, such as leather, synthetic boat rigging, Plexiglas and the whalebones from children's umbrellas. Her exceptional blends create a sculptured effect and have an astonishing visual impact.
Spring Summer 2012
The main colors of the 2012 Spring-Summer collection are light, specifically white and beige, while also dabbling in the darker areas of the spectrum, such as ray-grey, brown, copper, dark metal silver and aubergine.
Alongside United Nude, Iris van Herpen also collaborated on this collection with designer Stephen Jones, artist Bart Hess, architect Isaie Bloch and graphic designer Tara Doughans.
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Doha, QATAR – Qatar Airways has announced its scheduled flights to and from the Seychelles will be suspended effective 1 September 2013 until further notice due to commercial reasons.
The last of the daily services operating between the airline's Doha hub and Seychelles International Airport on Mahe Island, will be on August 31.
The decision was taken after careful consideration by the airline's management team.
Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker said: "I would like to take this opportunity to thank the government of the Republic of Seychelles, the local business and tourism industry, our travel trade partners in the Seychelles and countries around the world for supporting what was a hugely popular destination for Qatar Airways since we launched the route back in 2004.
"Unfortunately we have taken the decision to suspend the route due to commercial reasons which is regretted.
"We have built up a strong relationship with our partners over the years and will continue to work with them and the relevant authorities to ensure a smooth discontinuation of the route. At Qatar Airways, we always remain optimistic and look forward to the day when we can resume operations to these idyllic islands.
"Qatar Airways has informed the travel trade of the decision and all efforts are being made to ensure travel agents, tour operators and individual travellers who have made bookings on the affected route, are re-protected on other airlines or given a full refund.
Notes to Editors
Qatar Airways is one of the world's fastest growing airlines currently operating a fleet of 124 aircraft to 128 destinations worldwide. The airline has orders worth over US$50 billion for more than 250 aircraft, including Boeing 787s, 777s, Airbus A350s, A380s and A320 Family of aircraft. In addition to winning Skytrax's prestigious Airline of the Year 2011 and 2012, Qatar Airways was named Best Airline in the Middle East for the seventh year in a row, and its Premium Terminal at Doha International Airport was named Best Premium Service Airport for the third consecutive year in 2013. Skytrax is the only global independent passenger survey monitoring airline standards and is considered the ultimate benchmark for excellence in the airline industry. In October 2012, Qatar Airways became the first of the major Gulf carriers to officially announce plans to join a global alliance having been invited into the oneworld group. For more information, visit www.qatarairways.com


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I'm talking about the afterlife cause you can easily experience moments of happiness during your life on earth, with any kind of attitude towards God.
But after we die, do we have any other choice than to love God? In other words, is happiness possible without loving God? Heaven is only for those who embrace God, right?
I know many people hate God, because they don't like the world that God created. Otherwise they are no bigger sinners than God-loving Christians. I don't know what would have to happen for them to stop hating God. Probably God would have to explain himself to them, which I find hard to imagine... What will happen to them after death?


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BioLite FirePit: See Fire, Not Smoke
Fire is one of our oldest tools. The glow, the warmth, the smell, it hits on something inside all of us. We love to be around it, yet it always seems to come with this annoying sidekick – smoke.
At BioLite, we've been cleaning up wood fires all over the world for over five years. This time around, we've got our sights set on the fire in your backyard with the BioLite FirePit, a smokeless wood-burning device that cooks your meals and gives you a front-row seat to everything going on inside your fire.
Got 60 seconds? Here's why the BioLite FirePit is different:
#1: Get an efficient burn with way less smoke than a conventional fire pit
#2: Enjoy the feeling of a 360-degree floating fire with the FirePit's X-Ray Mesh
#3: Burn charcoal or wood embers for a hibachi-style grilling experience
Bonus: Our Kickstarter backers receive a free Solar Carry Cover ($60 value). Carry to your favorite outdoor spot and seamlessly charge when not in use.
We know that playing with fire is a touchy subject: why would you want to go and mess with something as classic and lovable as a campfire? Well, we're not messing with it; we're making it burn the same stuff, just better. This isn't a weird chemical fuel or a gas flame – it's wood, being the best it can be. All it needs is some air in the right places.
When you see smoke coming off of a typical campfire or firepit, that's unburnt fuel; particulate matter that could have been combusted inside of the fire, but instead it's getting on your clothes, in your hair, and more importantly, in your lungs (that's why so many of us get a headache about an hour or two after sitting around a campfire). Think about it this way: if you saw a car driving down the street with a bunch of smoke coming out of its tailpipe you'd think that's a badly tuned car. Well guess what, smoky fires are badly tuned fires.
The BioLite FirePit is a major tune-up. Here's how we do it:
Across the body of the FirePit we've got 51 airjets that inject the fire with oxygen along key locations thanks to the fan located inside the USB-rechargeable orange power pack. This creates a more uniform temperature and mixing of gases inside the fire which dramatically improves combustion.
This means two important things: 1) You get the crackling, the smell, and the feel of a robust wood fire but WITHOUT the smoke and 2) You can actually achieve a warm, roaring fire with LESS wood because you're burning your original fuel more efficiently.
The airflow system has 4 fan speeds to control the intensity of your flames. If you want a mellow campfire feel, you tune it to LOW. If you want a powerful fire that radiates a lot of heat outward, crank it up to HIGH.
WATCH - FIREPIT UNCUT: Spark-To-Smokeless in under 30 seconds
You can control that fan intensity right from the FirePit's powerpack or from the palm of your hand with the free BioLite Energy App for Android and iOS.
Want to see our combustion in action? Tune in on Wednesday, September 27 @ 1 EST/10 PST to meet our lead engineers Ryan and Tim as they start a fire from scratch and discuss all things combustion science.
One of the best things about an outdoor fire is watching the hypnotic, relaxing flames.
With BioLite's X-Ray Mesh Body you see it all: glowing embers at the bottom, the gasifying wood in the middle, and the vortex of flames coming out at the top. Rather than staring at a metal can or a cylinder of bricks, you get a full fire that shows you every step of the combustion process.
Cooking and campfires both require thermal energy so we combined them into a single device with the FirePit: the inner fuel rack can accommodate both charcoal and wood so you can start your day on a hibachi-style grill and end it with the perfect bonfire.
Hot Tip: when you start with charcoal, the leftover embers double as the perfect Firestarter for your campfire – just toss in a piece of firewood when you're done cooking and watch it catch, no additional firestarting needed.
Your FirePit becomes a fully self-reliant ecosystem of energy with our FREE Solar Carry Case, a waterproof cover that uses the power of the sun to recharge the FirePit when not in use so your airflow system is always ready for your next burn. (A $60 value, FREE to all Kickstarter Backers)
The FirePit's folding legs make transporting a snap. And combined with the Solar Cover's durable carry straps, you're ready to go from the backyard to the beach in no time.
Along with our FirePit, we've got some favorites from the BioLite family and some special collaborations for one-of-a-kind items you'd love to have around the fire.
We don't take fire lightly. It's the reason that the FirePit has been development for over two years.
WATCH: Burn testing the FirePit
Fire is also the reason our organization began and it's at the core of our mission to bring safe, reliable energy everywhere. Half the planet still cooks over smoky open indoor fires everyday, leading to over 4 million deaths annually. BioLite addresses this head on with the BioLite HomeStove, a wood-burning cookstove that uses similar technology found inside the FirePit to create a safer cooking fire for households across India and sub-Saharan Africa.
By backing this project, you help us continue this important work (and the challenges that come with it). To date, over 25,000 homes are cooking with cleaner fires using our technology and with your support, we'll grow that exponentially that in the years ahead.
In addition to our lead team above, we'd like to extend a deep thank you to everyone at BioLite who helped us to develop FirePit over the past two years. From prototype testing on remote islands to sourcing our new partners to designing the emails in your inbox, every team member has played a part in bringing this campaign to life. Sales, Operations, Customer Service, we're lookin' at you.
Risks and challenges
This is our third Kickstarter and we have learned a lot from our previous projects and the challenges that came with it. With that in mind, this project has the longest runway for fulfillment we've ever scheduled so that we can create realistic expectations around nailing our timelines. Nobody likes delays, and we're doing everything we can to deliver on an achievable and responsible schedule. That said, with a new production partner, we may still have some learning curves ahead of us but our team will be here to communicate along the way.
Another risk we are taking on is offering our campaign to anyone in the world – why is that a risk? Because shipping logistics can get really, really complicated, and very very expensive, especially with a larger and heavier item like the FirePit. We want anyone who wants to have the opportunity to be a backer, and we are doing everything we can to be very upfront about what it takes to get you your FirePit. All international fees include Delivered Duties Paid (meaning you will NOT receive any extra charges upon arrival). We can assure you that we are not making any money on our international shipping fees, only covering a portion of the full charges.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
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To those who like watching cooks in action or perhaps humiliation of the choreographed kind: The latest reality TV cooking-competition show premieres tonight.
The New York Times' Mike Hale says it has potentional.
In a review published yesterday in The Times, Hale says "The Taste," a new ABC show airing tonight at 8 p.m., provides "reasonably guilt-free entertainment," even if its format—blind auditions of contestants chosen by four judges who double as mentors—is a clone of NBC's "The Voice."
The two-hour premiere, filled with tear-jerker backstories among the contestants, offers up a judges panel that includes smart and snarky Anthony Bourdain, whose comments inevitably require bleeping now and again.
In addition to Bourdain, judges include San Diego restaurateur and "Top Chef Masters" alum Brian Malarky; Brit cook and writer Nigella Lawson; and French chef Ludo Lefebvre.
If you have any interest in this kind of show, check it out and see what you think.


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Estimates are made for the United States, states, counties, places, and metropolitan areas within the United States. The timing of estimates and availability of demographic detail vary by geographic level. The schedule of releases is available at http://www.census.gov/popest/schedule.html.The U.S. Census Bureau collects race data in accordance with guidelines provided by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and these data are based on self-identification. The racial categories included in the census questionnaire generally reflect a social definition of race recognized in this country and not an attempt to define race biologically, anthropologically, or genetically. In addition, it is recognized that the categories of the race item include racial and national origin or sociocultural groups. People may choose to report more than one race to indicate their racial mixture, such as "American Indian" and "White." People who identify their origin as Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish may be of any race.
Population estimates use the race categories mandated by the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) 1997 standards: White; Black or African American; American Indian and Alaska Native; Asian; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander. These race categories differ from those used in Census 2010 in one important respect. Census 2010 also allowed respondents to select the category referred to as Some Other Race. When Census 2010 data were edited to produce the estimates base, respondents who selected the Some Other Race category alone were assigned to one of the OMB mandated categories. For those respondents who selected the Some Other Race category and one or more of the other race categories, the edits ignored the Some Other Race selection. This editing process produced tabulations from our estimates that show fewer people reporting two or more races than similar tabulations from Census 2010, because respondents who selected Some Other Race and one of the OMB mandated races in Census 2010 appear in the single OMB race category in the estimates base.
White. A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. It includes people who indicate their race as "White" or report entries such as Irish, German, Italian, Lebanese, Arab, Moroccan, or Caucasian.
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It's apparent that the New England Collegiate League's top two teams couldn't stand the prosperity of being ranked at the top of the nation's summer-college league rankings.
The Newport Gulls and Keene SwampBats ascended to the Nos. 1-2 positions a week ago in Perfect Game's ranking of the top 30 clubs, and figured to settle things on the field by playing a two-game, home-and-home showdown series the next two nights. But by splitting those two contests, neither club was able to gain a clear advantage on the other and both have since fallen from grace with a rough week in NECBL competition.
Newport (24-9) lost three of five games last week, including a 20-8 bashing at the hands of the SwampBats, while Keene (23-11) failed to capitalize on that one-sided win by losing 13-7 to the Gulls a night later and dropping their next four contests. The week's results bumped Newport from No. 1 to No. 7 in PG's latest summer-league rankings, while previous No. 2 Keene slipped all the way to No. 13.
The disappointing week by both NECBL clubs opened the door for the Cape Cod League's Harwich Mariners (20-12) to return to the No. 1 position. The Mariners had occupied the top spot every week since the outset of the 2012 summer season before dropping four games in a row in mid-July and slipping to No. 4 a week ago. They still hold down the best record on the Cape, acknowledged as the nation's premier summer college league.
Not only did Harwich, the defending Cape Cod League champion, reassert its position atop the national rankings, but the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox and Cotuit Kettleers continue their march up the charts and are ranked No. 2 and No. 3—making for a clean sweep among Cape Cod teams in the top three positions. Y-D (19-13) remains a game behind Harwich in the Cape's Eastern Division, while Cotuit (19-12) has opened a sizeable lead in the West.
Teams are ranked on the following criteria: won-loss record, league dominance, depth and quality of professional-level talent and the overall strength of the league. To receive consideration, teams must have at least a .500 record overall.


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In a lab beneath the University of Arizona's football field, scientists are painstakingly polishing a glass disk nearly 28 feet across – the first of seven mirrors that, when combined to form an enormous optical telescope, would help revolutionize ground-based astronomy.
The telescope would reveal the universe's youngest stars and galaxies. It would analyze atmospheres surrounding planets orbiting other stars. In our own solar system, it would allow astronomers to explore frozen orbs far beyond the orbits of Neptune or Pluto in the so-called Kuiper Belt.
Nor is the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), supported by a US-led international group, alone. Another US-led, international consortium is moving forward this month on an even larger optical telescope, the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), atop Hawaii's Mauna Kea.
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And both groups are looking over their shoulders at the Europeans, who in April approved a site for the European Southern Observatory's Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), whose 40-meter light-gathering mirror would make it the largest of the three projects.
Even in an era of space-based telescopes, the case for more glass on the ground is compelling, astronomers say. The light-gathering mirrors on space telescopes tend to be relatively small compared with their ground-based counterparts. So they can't perform the detailed studies of distant objects as efficiently as the larger, ground-based observatories.
But these new telescopes are expected to cost between $700 million and $1 billion just to build. Operating costs are likely to range from $70 million to $100 million a year, several researchers say.
With all of the projects bidding for government money, "there may be some hard choices ahead," says David Silva, director of the National Optical Astronomy Observatories in Tucson, Ariz.
In the United States, the choices revolve not only around which, if either, of the two projects to support.
A third, more modest US project, called the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), also is vying for construction funds and has been on the astronomical community's priority list for the past decade. And astronomers are concerned that these big projects could siphon funds from other facilities used for important exploration that doesn't require telescopes whose light-gathering mirrors would fill nearly half a football field.
An international 'science machine'
"The science of astronomy and astrophysics encompasses a wide range of topics right now – everything from asteroids and small bodies in our solar system all the way out to the first stars forming in the early universe," Dr. Silva says. "Attacking all of those problems efficiently requires a complete suite of telescopes and instruments."
Indeed, there is a great deal of synergy between the 8-to-10-meter class of ground-based telescopes, such as the Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea, and space telescopes such as the Hubble Space Telescope, says Roberto Gilmozzi, the lead investigator for the European ELT project. "Together they are a much better science machine than either separately," he says.
Moreover, researchers argue that they need more than one of these new, larger, ground-based telescopes to ensure wider access to cutting-edge facilities.
Funding remains an issue on both sides of the Atlantic.
For Europe's ELT, Dr. Gilmozzi is cautiously optimistic that the European Southern Observatory's governing council will approve the project at a meeting toward the end of this year. But that approval, he says, hinges on the governments providing construction money upfront.
They are exploring ways to do that now, he continues, so "the next few months will be very tense."
Setting priorities
In the US, all sides are waiting for an influential document, which is due out in September and will set out the US astronomical communities' priorities for the next decade.
While partners in the GMT project, for example, have already raised significant funds, all three US projects are looking for federal support.
But "the National Science Foundation has sent signals making it clear that they believe they can only fund one major ground-based nighttime project in the con-struction phase in the next decade," says Silva.
IN PICTURES: Images from the Hubble telescope
New European space telescope opens a sharp eye on the sky
NASA and Obama's budget: the politics and ideals of human space exploration


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Want to be a rocket scientist? Or just know what they do? New Mexico Rocketeer AcademySM has something for the young astronaut in each of us, whether it's week-long summer camps or education programs held here at the museum or in your class.
Space is a powerful way to enhance and amplify what you do in school. Youngsters of all ages are naturally drawn to space exploration. At the same time, anything we do in space is rooted in STEM-H (science, technology, engineering, math, and health) here on Earth, often in the simplest ways. For example, the butterflies you felt in your stomach as a kid on a swing are related to what happens to astronauts in space, and to International Space Station research that may improve automobile engines, which we can show in a falling tea candle.
Activities can touch on any of the sciences and New Mexico's rich history in the space program, and encourage kids to pursue education and careers in STEM-H fields, and can help parents understand opportunities for their children.
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New Mexico Rocketeer AcademySM is an entity of the New Mexico Museum of Space History, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs for the State of New Mexico, and the International Space Hall of Fame Foundation. Formerly known as Shuttle Camp, the camp was established in 1986 as a program for local school children, and has grown to host students from throughout the United States, Canada, South America, New Zealand and Europe. It is operated through the International Space Hall of Fame Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation.
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Undergraduate Degree: Bachelor of Business Administration, supply chain and operations management '09
Graduate Degree: Master of Science in Sustainable Management, expected 2015
Iqbal Mian has dreams of making the world a more sustainable place.
Beginning in the fall 2013 semester, Mian will begin the sustainable management master's degree at UW Oshkosh. He's optimistic what he learns will translate into his role as the sustainability team leader for a local heath system.