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Advises the Chairman of potential issues and concerns in the areas of management studies and related financial reviews, productivity, and performance audits. OED is led by Executive Director, Anton C. Porter, Chief Human Capital Officer, Eduardo J. Ribas, Chief Information Officer, Christina Handley, Chief Financial Officer, William Douglas Foster, Jr and Chief Security Officer, Mark Radlinski.
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A new report from two experts in robot warfare has concluded that by the year 2020, robots could well account for 30 per cent of the US army.
At the moment, robots are instrumental in missions the army carry out, used for such things as unmanned air craft flights and bomb disposal units. But the use of robotic warfare is to increase dramatically, according to Doug Few and Bill Smart of Washington University.
Fully autonomous systems
Realistically, we are not going to see a wave of Terminator-like fighter just yet, though, with Bill Smart explaining exactly what robot' means: "When the military says 'robot' they mean everything from self-driving trucks up to what you would conventionally think of as a robot," said Smart.
"You would more accurately call them autonomous systems rather than robots."
The pair also go on to say that while robot use will increase, fully autonomous systems would not use weapons: "It's a chain of command thing. You don't want to give autonomy to a weapons delivery system," said Smart
"You want to have a human hit the button," says Smart. "You don't want the robot to make the wrong decision. You want to have a human to make all of the important decisions."


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The Office of Judicial Affairs is responsible for overseeing the College wide judicial system and coordinating all related processes and functions. The Office of Judicial Affairs provides proactive programming and educational interventions in an effort to foster the development of student responsibility and community. The Office of Judicial Affairs is responsible for the interpretation and enforcement of the Ithaca College Student Conduct Code and Residential Life Rules and Regulations related to all alleged acts of academic and non-academic student misconduct. The goals of the judicial system are:
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The basic philosophy of the Ithaca College judicial system is educational in nature. Outreach programs are designed to encourage students to empower themselves to establish and maintain positive, responsible, and supportive communities. Students, staff, and faculty are trained to discuss and confront inappropriate behaviors with students in a straight forward, positive manner. Respect for the student, honest dialog, and an objective consideration of all evidence and testimony is critical to the process. The key to effective disciplinary counseling is twofold: assist the student in understanding the inappropriateness of their actions and the ways in which such actions negatively impact other individuals and/or the community; and to help the student identify and learn more effective methods of judgment and action in the future.


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Contrary to popular notions, the wealthiest 1%–2% of American investors are a variegated lot.
A new report by Cerulli Associates found that while the majority of affluent investors are able to diversify their assets and wealth management advice across a wide spectrum of vehicles and services, their primary and aspirational goals, as well as privileges, vary significantly as investable assets increase.
Employing data supplied by the Federal Reserve and U.S. Census Bureau, Cerulli projected a high-net-worth marketplace of 833,530 households, those with more than $5 million in investable assets.
The report broke this marketplace into two segments: 771,120 high-net-worth households, and 62,410 ultrahigh-net-worth households, those with upward of $20 million in investable assets.
These households combined own more than $9 trillion in investable assets. Put another way, just 0.7% of all U.S. households own 31% of the country's investable assets.
According to the report, both of these market tiers may seek and qualify for personalized services and sophisticated products, including direct hedge fund and private equity investing. However, UHNW investors are progressively pursuing the high-touch and extremely private nature of multifamily offices and private trust companies.
On the highest end of the wealth spectrum, single-family offices provide investors with unrivaled education, control and customization, including management of property and household staffing.
Cerulli said most consultants agreed that the SFO structure was reserved for the wealthiest patriarchs and matriarchs ($100 million in net worth or greater) because of annual costs typically running at $1 million, if not significantly more.
The scale and scope of services offered by mainly wirehouses and private client groups continue to dominate overall HNW assets, the report found.
However, registered investment advisors, MFOs and state-registered bank trust companies are gaining substantial traction. Cerulli said it expected these channels to continue gaining market share as they enhance their services and staffing talent.
Other major drivers include successful advisory teams making the transition into the autonomous channels, as well as many HNW investors pursuing boutique-like service models and distancing themselves from large financial institutions.
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The report found that households within all investable asset tiers continued worked with record numbers of providers in 2013. This was especially the case with HNW investors, who now have an average of 4.4 provider relationships.
Cerulli attributed most of the activity to blemished brands and reputations that many financial institutions endured during and immediately after the recession. It said investors and advisors contemplating relocating channels were increasingly pursuing boutique-like service models, such as RIAs, MFOs and state-registered trust companies.
The report found that HNW investors were not necessarily severing ties with their current providers but gradually and disproportionately shifting assets to the new provider.
Cerulli said asset managers should view this trend as encouraging since investors are dispersing assets across a wider breadth of wealth managers, platforms and product sets.
Moreover, if HNW assets continue to flow to autonomous providers, opportunities will increase exponentially because these firms truly rely on open architecture, without the common obstacle of proprietary funds presented by many legacy providers.
A following story on Cerulli's findings will discuss common strategies wealth managers use to develop relationships with their HNW clients' children, why they see the HNW market as more attractive than other business lines and how they're approaching the fee-compression debate.
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Friday, April 22, 2011
The print is 9 x 12 . Signed and embellished with a little Mr. Met drawing.
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Next week I am planning something special too.
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Congrats to Dave! Thanks for the contest, Joe.ReplyDelete
That would make a great full size poster.ReplyDelete
It's awesome. You should sell a bigger version of that.
Agreed... have you ever thought of making and selling prints?ReplyDelete
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I'm curious, very curious in fact: if Joe could dictate/design the Mets uniforms today, what might he do? Would he have an alternate uniform, or just home and away? Would he keep black, or just have blue and orange? Would he have drop shadow? Would he have racing stripes? Would he go right back to the 1962 uniforms, or the 1964, or 1969, or 1983, or 1984, or 1986, or 1987? Would he do a mash-up of previous designs, or strike out with something new? Would he use white or the eggshell white for home unis? Would the Gallo skyscraper patch feature on all the uniforms? Would he have pinstripes? Would he have the orange pin on top of the hat? Would he keep the NY logo in its present incarnation?ReplyDelete


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Robin Thicke suffers iHeartRadio wardrobe malfunction
LAS VEGAS — Perhaps Robin Thicke has been hanging out with Miley Cyrus too much lately.
Thicke showed some skin during his performance of Blurred Lines near the beginning of Friday's iHeartRadio Music Festival — perhaps more than he intended. As Thicke performed, a button on his shirt either came unbuttoned or popped off entirely, revealing the singer's belly. What's worse, the zipper of his pants came partway down, too.
Thicke laughed off the incident with presenter Ryan Seacrest afterward, but his wardrobe malfunction was an awkward start to a night that was full of more musical surprises.
Miguel came out during J. Cole's set to perform Power Trip with the rapper. Later, Cole brought out TLC to sing his current single, Crooked Smile, with him. Rapper Juicy J joined Katy Perry on Dark Horse, a song that will appear on Perry's Prism album, out Oct. 22.
DAY 2:McCartney, Timberlake set the iHeartRadio bar high
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Former American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert fronted Queen for a 35-minute set that closed the night. fun., which had played earlier in the night, sat in on Somebody to Love and Fat Bottomed Girls.
Perhaps the night's biggest surprise came just before Perry's set, when Norwegian comedy duo Ylvis gave a live performance of The Fox, a viral video that has received more than 42 million YouTube views since being posted earlier this month.
Elton John, Keith Urban, Muse and Chris Brown also performed, and DJs Tiesto and Benny Benassi spun between sets by some of the main-stage acts.
Backstage, Urban said he planned to stay for Muse's set, which directly followed his. He expressed an interest in staying for Queen, which closed the show, but expected that he'd be flying to Los Angeles to watch over his two daughters while wife Nicole Kidman travels to China for an awards ceremony.
"I'm on daddy duty," Urban said. "I'll get home after they've gone to sleep, and I'll be there for breakfast in the morning."
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It's said that when the going gets tough, the tough get going. Clearly this is the philosophy behind these new ambulances designated for unforgiving rural byways of Russia. Who needs paved roads? Heck, who needs roads at all? And why stop there? By the looks of it, these things could ford a river with ease. So really, you don't even need dry land to drive on. If we happen to be vacationing at our dacha and, while out for a spot of motoring, see one these beasts approaching in our rear-view mirror, we're definitely getting out of the way, no siren or flashing lights needed.
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The Peel board serves children age four and older.
If your child was born in 2015, they can start kindergarten in September 2019. All Peel elementary schools are now open for kindergarten registration for the 2019-20 school year.
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WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) — Workers removed the last bit of scaffolding to unveil a freshly painted and restored U.S. Capitol dome nearly two months before President-elect Donald Trump will use the building as the backdrop to his inauguration.
"This project was the first complete restoration of the dome in more than half a century," said Stephen Ayers, Architect of the Capitol. "The dome was in dire need of repair."
The dome is made of cast iron, which is more than 150 years old and could not be welded to fix its flaws.
Crews instead spent two and a half years repairing 8,000 inches of cracks using a "lock and stitch" technique, according to Ayers.
They also repainted the bright dome exterior with 1,215 gallons of paint in a color called "dome white."
In total, workers assembled 52 miles of scaffold pipe weighing 1.1 million pounds to get the job done.
The restoration finished without any damage to the famous artwork inside the Capitol Rotunda, the large room directly underneath the dome, including the Apotheosis of Washington and the Frieze of American History.


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Gartner: IT's Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2013
Every year I look forward to hearing which big technology trends Gartner identifies as the most important for the coming year. In previous years, Gartner highlighted things like cloud computing, media tablets, and big data—many of which remain important.
This year, Gartner Fellow David Cearley has a new list, and in many ways, it's an evolution of things from previous years. He told me that many of these issues have moved a bit slower than he would have expected, such as enterprise app stores. Many companies have looked at big data, but haven't really embraced the concept. All these areas link to Gartner's "nexus of forces"; for instance, social is embedded into many of these trends, Cearley said. The focus here is on the issues that have the biggest potential for significant enterprise impact over the next three years.
Here's this year's list, which Cearley said is only in a rough order:
Let's go through the details:
(Note: Enterprise Apps Stores is number 10 on the list, but was discussed fourth, so it's listed in the order it was presented.)
Mobile Devices Battles: Cearley said companies need to prepare for heterogeneity, with lots of different devices, including Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies. He talked about a client that had 18,000 PCs but 33,000 mobile devices. No one platform, no technology will dominate, he said. Microsoft won't disappear, but it won't lead as much as it has in the past few years. Microsoft is making a big bet with Windows 8, he said, setting up a "new era" that will take some time to get traction in the enterprise. Gartner expects Microsoft will gain about 20 percent share in smartphones and tablets, mostly coming out of Android market share, but Cearley said the jury is still out on that depending in part on how well Microsoft executes over the next few years.
Mobile Applications & HTML5: Both native and HTML5 applications will be important, as well as hybrid and special apps. Companies need to understand what works best for them and their target users. Cearley expects HTML5 will be increasingly more important for a wide variety of needs, but "no client" (browser-only or Citrix-like solutions) are still significant in some cases where security is important but native apps may be better in consumer-facing applications.
He talked about the importance of having experiences that flow to where you are, and new ways of thinking about how you design applications, using new features and cloud-client architecture as opposed to client-server environments.
Personal Cloud: This is new on the list this year, as Cearley expects that the notion of a personal computer will be replaced by a notion of a personal cloud, including all the services an individual uses. He said users will increasingly be focused on personal services as well as business services. Consumers will be increasingly centering their digital lives in a personal cloud, defined by features such as cloud storage, sync across devices, and….
Enterprise App Stores: These will become strategic for governing cloud and mobile use in a world driven by consumers who pick their own devices. Users want choice, while IT needs license management and distribution, as well as reporting. He talked about how many of the mobile device management (MDM) vendors have added such features, but said portals are becoming increasingly important for governing cloud as well as mobile use. IT will not have complete control, he said, but will instead offer more capabilities individual users and departments can choose from. He expects tactical enterprise app stores will become more mainstream in 2014 and later with packaged and portal options. Even later, mobile and cloud solutions will converge.
Internet of Things: This is "here now," Cearley said. Over half of all Internet connections today already are "things," ranging from remote sensors to cameras and building and infrastructure management. There will be tens of billions of permanent connections and hundreds of billions of intermittent connections between devices and the Internet. It soon will cost only pennies to add connectivity to any device.
As part of this, the concept of "operational technology" and IT "information technology" may well be converging. In many organizations, especially those with lots of devices, there will be a single executive who will oversee all Internet-connected entities. This will result in new business models, such as a digital supply chain, usage-based insurance models or taxes, or a "smart city" with devices informing municipal services. This will impact more organizations than are currently thinking about it, and eventually, he says, the Internet of things will become "the Internet of everything."
Hybrid IT & Cloud Computing: Cloud computing has been on the list for years, but now is augmented by the concept of "hybrid IT," where cloud will increasingly be hybrid, managed, and brokered. Cearley said the key issues are: strategic models for cloud service consumption; understanding when you should adopt cloud technology; building private cloud environments; managing hybrid cloud; adopting new application design and architecture to the cloud; and turning externally facing services into cloud services. The big new focus here is on the third area: taking private clouds and building a management platform for them, and then using that to manage both internal and external services, which helps IT become a broker for such services.
Strategic Big Data: Cearley continued to define big data as dealing not just with volume, but also with variety, velocity, and the complexity of data an organization is dealing with. He talked about managing both internal and external data, and talked about how technologies such as Hadoop may be a big part, but only a part, of it. Going forward, this will move beyond isolated projects and he suggested that IT departments start viewing it as a transformational architecture, replacing the homogenous relational database model with a heterogeneous fabric. In the long run, big data needs to be incorporated into an overall information strategy, he said.
Social data will be an important component of this data for many organizations. Cearley promoted the concept of a logical data warehouse that federated data from lots of sources, as opposed to the "enterprise data warehouse" concept that was widely held as a model in previous years.
Actionable Analytics: The key focus of big data is to provide actionable ideas to the business, Cearley said. Driven by mobile, social, and big data forces, analytics will need to change to embrace concepts such as moving from offline analytics to in-line embedded analytics, and from explanatory analytics to predictive analytics. In the next year, a big focus will be on developing real-time operational intelligence, perhaps delivered to mobile devices out in the field, he said. He talked about query and analytical engines such as IBM's Watson and Apple's Siri, where the analytical engine is just part of day-to-day operations and invisible to the consumer.
Mainstream In-Memory Computing: In-memory enabled applications of all sorts are becoming more mainstream, and in-memory features will be embedded within many of the applications we buy, such as SAP's HANA and other applications, ranging from websites to risk assessment. This seems particularly important for real-time analytics. One client is building an in-memory situation with 200TB to do real-time risk analysis and fraud detection, Cearley said.
Integrated Ecosystems: Finally, integrated systems will be more important, driven by needs for simplification, optimization and security. This is being seen in three areas, he said. Appliances are easier to deploy, manage, and configure, but no one appliance does it all, so they are always balanced with other solutions. Driven by cloud computing and things like Salesforce.com's AppExchange and Microsoft's marketplace, brokerages and marketplaces will become more important, with more vendors adding such services. Finally, end-to-end ecosystems, such as Apple's control of apps and the App Store, are becoming more important in the mobile world.
The bottom line, Cearley said, is that mobile, social, information, and cloud will combine to impact all of these trends and IT organizations as a whole.


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Dodgers hope Greinke is game changer in NL West
Prized offseason acquisition set to debut against Pirates at Dodger Stadium
LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers signed starter Zack Greinke in the offseason with one ultimate goal in mind: bolster their rotation and win the World Series in 2013.
After watching the rival Giants win two of the last three World Series titles behind strong pitching and defense, the Dodgers chose to upgrade their rotation and inked the former Cy Young Award winner to a six-year, $147 million contract in December.
"When somebody is winning, everybody else is trying to knock them off," said Dodgers manager Don Mattingly.
Greinke will make his Dodgers debut Friday against the Pirates in the opener of a three-game series at Dodger Stadium.
While Greinke was the most coveted free agent pitcher in the offseason, he comes to Los Angeles with some unknowns. He experienced elbow soreness during Spring Training, which caused the Dodgers to shut him down for a few weeks in early March.
Greinke returned at the end of the month for two outings and said his right elbow was feeling better. But he remains unsure of how the elbow will respond to pitching every fifth day.
"I still don't know how it's going to react," said Greinke, who hasn't dealt with arm issues in nine previous big league seasons. "It should be fine. But I guess it could happen again. I don't know. I can't predict the future. I guess that's the best way to say it."
If Greinke remains healthy this season, he's sure to be a welcome addition to the Dodgers. He's had an ERA under 4.00 in five of the last six seasons dating back to 2007. Greinke struck out at least 200 in three of the last four years since '09, when he won the American League Cy Young Award with Kansas City.
Giants reliever Jeremy Affeldt pitched alongside Greinke for almost three full seasons with the Royals from 2004-06. Affeldt knows what Greinke brings to the table, and said his former teammate adds a different style of pitching to the Dodgers' rotation.
"I don't think there are guys on that staff that throw like him," Affeldt said. "He's pretty methodical with the way he goes about his business and what he does on the mound. I think he brings just a style of pitching that there are not a lot of guys that can add and subtract with their heater like he does. I think they just wanted to add another ace, and they had the money to do it and that's what they did."
In their opening series against the Giants, the Dodgers saw first hand what a talented rotation can do for a club. San Francisco shut out Los Angeles on Tuesday, 3-0. On Wednesday, the Dodgers were 1-for-14 with runners in scoring position in a 5-3 defeat.
So it's no surprise the Dodgers placed a premium on pitching in 2013. The organization is following San Francisco's blueprint for success, and Greinke's addition is the perfect example.
"With them winning two out of three it kind of raises the stakes for us," Mattingly said of chasing the Giants. "The kind of team we're putting together raises the stakes for them and everybody else also. The National League West is really a division that's going to be a battleground."
The Giants aren't bothered that the Dodgers are trying to emulate them in a sense. In fact, San Francisco takes it as a compliment.
"It's the norm in any sport," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "You look at a team that's had some success and you look at why. So we have to take that as a compliment. We kind of transformed from my first game here to where we're at now with more pitching and defense and it's worked."
But does Greinke alone change the balance of power in the NL West?
"Good pitching is going to beat good hitting anyway, but I don't think we're scared of him," Affeldt said. "We have to be focused on every time we play these guys, they're going to bring competitive pitching to the table, and I think this team in San Francisco understands what competitive pitching can do for you. I think every body is trying to follow that example of good pitching, and they did."
Health concerns aside, Greinke has a good chance of making a strong first impression on Dodgers fans Friday night. In six career starts against the Pirates, he's 4-1 with 31 strikeouts in 36 1/3 innings.


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Can you stay true to yourself and still find good friends? Can you develop the skills you need to have a good social life? Can you make others want to have your friendship and affection? Yes, yes and yes. Keep reading and you will find some tips to create genuine links with others.
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Method 1
Stay faithful
Stick to your values and beliefs. Something that distinguishes you is your particular combination of principles and convictions that you value deeply. This is the core of who you are, that is why it is important that you stay true to yourself, even in times of conflict or insecurity.
- Conflicts are part of any relationship. You do not have to change your way of being to resolve a disagreement. Simply ask that your beliefs be respected and respect those of others in the same way.
- You need courage to stick to your beliefs. It is not easy to be the only one who faces an abusive or who does not tolerate a harmful or dangerous joke. Being true to yourself may not make you popular with some people, but it could attract those with whom you have values in common.
- Make a list of your truths or of all the people or things that made you who you are (your education, your likes or dislikes, your temperament, etc.) and let that list remind you of who you are. Also, use those aspects as starting points to converse or relate to others.
Be open and honest. It is easier for someone to approach you and to like you, if you are kind and genuine. If you send a pleasant and open vibe, you will attract people.
- If you use the technique of "what you see is what it is" to make friends, you can get rid of any artificiality and relate to people who are attracted to who you are. But be careful to appear inflexible! People prefer not to relate to someone who seems too rigid.
- A part of being genuine is demonstrating emotions. You can try to put on a good face when you feel bad or you can try to hide that you had a stressful day, but emotions are something we all share. Let others see you as a true human being.
- If you are shy and have trouble talking to other people, be honest about that. The good news is that you do not need to say much for someone to enjoy your company. One of the best ways to relate to other people is by being a great listener and asking questions that show real interest in the other person.
- Do not be hard on yourself, if you feel that your socializing skills are weak. You may have been busy working in other areas of your life. Remember: a skill is something that can be developed, so you can definitely improve in this area.
Have respect for yourself. Respecting you means that you value yourself no matter what else. Successes and failures cannot change it and it does not depend on whether you are on the same level with others or not; in fact, do not even compare yourself to others ever! Mainly, it will help you to create friendships that are not based on rivalry or superiority.
- Respect is the key to earning the respect of others. It is difficult for people to treat you with respect if you do not treat yourself well or do not worry about yourself.
Maintain good hygiene. If you look good, you feel better and, when you feel good, you are more likely to make a good impression.
- Dúchate or bathe regularly. If you stay clean, you show that you care about your health and respect your body. If you have oily hair, consider washing it every day (this will also reduce the chances of having acne on the forehead); If not, every two days is fine.
- Use deodorant. Although it is something completely natural, strong body odor can scare away others. If you use a deodorant or antiperspirant, especially when it's hot or before and after exercise, you'll show that you care not only about yourself, but about the comfort of others.
- Change your clothes. Even if it's your shirt or your favorite pair of jeans, it's important that you change it with some regularity. Clothes absorb and can keep body odor, so although you strive to take care of your hygiene, if you wear the same clothes several days in a row, it will not do you any good.
- Maintain good oral hygiene. Brushing and flossing are important for two big reasons: they help prevent cavities and gum disease, and reduce bad breath. It will be difficult for people to approach you if your breath is not fresh. Mentas and chewing gum can help, but brushing and flossing are the best way to fight the germs that cause bad breath.
Look for common interests. Something that unites people are the interests they have in common. Expose to situations in which you can do something that you like and you can meet other people who enjoy it too.
- Join a club or attend an event. If you like to read, look for an online reading club or look for signs in your local coffee shops. Are you fond of cars? Then, attend local car shows or get involved in online discussion groups that focus on cars. Shared interests help establish a common ground with someone immediately.
- View the Meetup and Craigslist sites to find groups and activities. You'll be surprised at the number and variety of groups that focus on a broad range of interests.
- When you talk to someone, ask open questions to discover common ground. Instead of saying: "Do you like music?", Ask: "What are your three favorite bands?" Instead of: "How was your day?", Ask: "What was the best part of your day?" Open questions open the doors to discover more of the person you are talking to.
- Volunteer Find a cause that interests you and spend some time to support it. You will meet other people who share your interest in the same organization and maybe more.
Express yourself whether talking in a class, drawing wildlife, or renovating the finish of a piece of furniture that you bought in a thrift store, if you express yourself by exchanging ideas and creativity, you can attract others.
- When you express yourself, you are sharing a part of yourself with others. It is a great opportunity for others to get to know you through your actions and can approach you for something you have said or done.
- Not expressing yourself (verbally or nonverbally) can lead to isolation. If you build walls around you and refuse to let go, others will assume that you want them to leave you alone and that is what they will do.
Method 02
Be conscious
Shows respect for others being respectful means valuing others and their points of view. You must accept them for what they are and avoid doing something that could hurt them or put them in difficulty. Let's face it: you must treat others the way you want them to treat you!
- Keep your promises. One way to show respect is by doing what you say you are going to do. This shows that you value the time of others and the fact that they have trusted you.
- Use your manners Do not interrupt others. Say "please" and "thank you." Do not say bad words if you know that it will be offensive. Good manners show others that you value them and that they deserve your best behavior.
- Arrive on time. We are all so busy these days, that every minute is worth gold! Arrive on time for meetings or other planned activities to show that you appreciate the time the person is going to dedicate to you.
Listen out. Conversations involve two people and if you spend all your time talking about yourself, you will not know the other person better and will think you have no interest in them.
- People love to talk about themselves, so leave them alone. Ask questions to attract others and let them share things about themselves. You will be able to meet them and they will please you even more for having given them your time and your attention.
- Show that you understood. Paraphrase the person what he said to make sure you understood. This will show you that you are really listening and will give you the opportunity to clear up any misunderstandings, so that you understand the message completely.
- Avoid interrupting or competing. Although it may be tempting to interrupt with a comment or try to get over someone's story about a trip you made or a bad day you had, settle down! Concentrate on the person you are talking to and reserve your comments for another time.
- Listen with the whole body. Make eye contact with the other person, lean forward a little, nod when you agree or to show that you understand. Most of our communication actually takes place non-verbally, so let your body listens and talk a little for you.
Spend time with the other person. Some people say that "quality" is more important than "quantity", but when it comes to spending time with a friend, both are important. Spend some time to be with the people you like and want to know better.
- Dedicating time to someone is a clear sign that it is important to you and that you like it. The attraction tends to be reciprocal, so being willing in this way increases your sympathy.
- You must give time to relationships. The more time you spend with someone, the more comfortable you are with being with you. To please someone requires investing the necessary time to create that feeling of comfort and familiarity.
Give space to the other person. People need time for themselves and space to pursue all their interests. Instead of overwhelming someone with your friendship, give them the opportunity to find you and get involved in your own life.
- Some people do not feel comfortable letting new people into their lives too quickly. All friends move at their own pace. Let your friends who prefer to create friendships more slowly establish a speed that is comfortable for them.
- The circumstances of life change. It may be that the mother of a person gets sick, that the task at work or at school increases, that the schedules change, that projects arise that have to be attended, there are so many reasons that can prevent a person from spending time with another . Respect the needs of others and do not take it personally.
- Understand the signs. If you are going too fast, the other person will let you know; you just have to interpret the signals. If you seem to be reluctant to commit to making plans, do not answer or return calls or text messages, or even physically go away when you are together, decrease your enthusiasm and get away a little. You do not want to look sticky, scary or too anxious.
- People not only need emotional space, but also physical space. If you approach a person at 18 inches (45 cm), you are invading their intimate space and you may not feel comfortable with that. We usually reserve that area for those closest to us, so be careful to get too close to someone.
Method 03
Go beyond
Show the other person that you are special. People like to know that they matter and that they deserve a little extra effort from time to time.
- Give him a compliment. Express your admiration for something of the person, but your comments should be genuine and specific. Go further and concentrate on the fundamental things of your personality: "I really admire your courage in that situation", and not in the things that relate to the situation: "It's good that you stopped that fight".
- Give him a hand. There are some appalling tasks that we all have to face: moving, meeting an impossible deadline, reviving the dead battery of the car, etc. If you are willing to help, even when it is not convenient, you can earn the gratitude and affection of someone.
- Offer your support. Give your emotional and moral support to someone when you need it. Make him feel valued by always being on his side.
Give him a little gift once in a while. It is not about "buying" someone's affection, but about giving them a symbolic gift that expresses your interest in their well-being or that demonstrates that you are aware of what is happening to them.
- Actually, the intention is what counts. When you give someone a gift, you show him that you are thinking about him and what is important to you.
- Let your gift reflect the events of life. A keychain that says: "Congratulations on your new car," or a bouquet of flowers can brighten someone's day. Keep up with what happens in the lives of the people you want to have gift ideas that are meaningful.
- Do it yourself. You do not have to be a great artist to make a card, decorate a photo frame or make cookies. Taking the time to make a gift really expresses the friendship or affection you feel for someone.
Take interest in the other person's hobbies. Although they may have been related by an interest they have in common, most likely they do not share all their tastes, hobbies or activities. There's nothing wrong with it … its actually good, since this allows you to get to know the other side of a person if you're willing to work a little.
- Attend an event or learn about your friend's hobby. You do not have to become an amateur too, but if you can talk about it intelligently and with a degree of interest, you will show your friend that it is important to you.
- You must be willing to learn. If you are willing to learn something new, go ahead and take on the role of student. Let someone teach you something; This will make the person feel good about themselves and create a bond between them.
- Even if someone else's hobby seems absolutely boring to you, do not talk bad about it or make fun of the activity. For your friend, it's obviously important, so he deserves respect.
Leave reminders that you care. Some unexpected notes, text messages and photos can help you stay in touch and create opportunities to interact with the person.
- Send a text message wishing you luck before an exam, an important meeting or a job interview. The person will appreciate your wishes and your support.
- Take a picture of something funny and send it to them. That little motivation can make a difference in someone's day and remind them that they share a similar sense of humor.
- Do not forget the birthdays. Put a note in your calendar so you do not forget that you should send a letter or call the person on that special day.
- Do not try to pretend in relationships. Try to find common interests with the other person.
- Spend a lot of time and sit by her side. In this way they will know each other better.
- In short, be yourself! If the person does not like you, you do not deserve your time anyway.
- Know yourself and love yourself. In general, people are attracted to people who trust in themselves.
- Do not be shy. Be determined. If you do not talk to the person you like, you will not know; and if he likes you or liked you, he might find someone else.
- If you have not seen the person in a long time, hug them and tell them you missed them. It will feel special no matter if it is male or female.
- Men are attracted to women who have their own opinions and who have the conviction that they are people with courage and dignity.
- Try to do something that you like … maybe you can get their attention if you are nice and respectful.
- If you can show respect to someone, you will feel that you can definitely love them.
- Boys are attracted to girls who take care of their hair and have good hygiene, but what they do not like is when the girls monopolize the bathroom. So, the faster, the better.
- Just be yourself. Try to talk to the person about the things he likes and know about it. If you want me to know that you like it, throw small hints at him from time to time. But be sure to be yourself and try not to be shy if you want to spend more time with the person. Good luck!
- You must always be ready and willing.
- You can flirt, but beware of the consequences. If you flirt with the wrong man, he might not take you seriously and could take advantage of you. So, girls: know when to stop because they might seem cloying or desperate.
- Do not be cloying because guys hate that. They do not like to be asked questions if they are not coming out yet; they may be scared, so try not to behave like harassers.


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In football a freshman quarterback is often a liability. In basketball coaches often say the best thing about a freshman point guard is that they one day become sophomores.
In the case of the Lipscomb Lady Bisons volleyball team a freshman has set the pace this season helping them earn their first ever berth in the NCAA Tournament. Stefine "Jake' Pease, from Berryton, Kansas, is the setter for the Lady Bisons, which is the equivalent of being a quarterback or point guard in those other sports.
Lipscomb coach Brandon Rosenthal never doubted Pease could run the team. When he first watched her play he saw a player that might have been short in stature compared with most volleyball players, but he also saw a player with surprising strength.
"From the very first moment I saw her I knew she was a player we could build this program around," Rosenthal said. `I never had a doubt about her. We talk a lot about what a good player she is, but she is a better person."
Pease was named Atlantic Sun Freshman of the Year. She followed that up by being named Atlantic Sun Tournament MVP as the Lady Bisons won over Mercer, top-seeded Belmont and Jacksonville.
Not surprisingly, Pease, the A-Sun leader in assists, down plays her role with the Lady Bisons.
"I just came here to play volleyball," Pease said. `I don't think I have made that big of a difference. All of the girls working together made it happen more than one person."
The Lady Bisons, 20-11, left for Dayton, Ohio Wednesday afternoon. They practice tonight at the Frericks Center. Game time for the first round match with Dayton, 32-1 and the Atlantic 10 Conference champion, is at 6:30 CT. Kentucky and Michigan State will play in the first match.
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Rosenthal is quick to point out that most of the time Pease is calling the shots on the court.
"It's her game," Rosenthal said. "She is the one who has to react to it. I'll offer suggestions during a time out. Sometimes we will have a play we want to run at a certain time and I will tell her what to call. But 99.9 percent of the time it is all Jake."
As far as the setter position was concerned it was all about Pease. She played most of the season without a back-up.
Former Lipscomb setter Samantha Sullivan often worked with Pease. They had a common bond since both of them were told as high school and club players that they would not be good enough to play for an NCAA Division I team.
"Jake has a lot of will and a lot of drive," Sullivan said. "She is very motivated to play. She drives me to play harder and I'm not on the team any more."
Sullivan also stresses that Pease is a very easy player to coach.
"That's hard to find in a player," Sullivan said. "She wants to do well. She wants to learn. She really enjoys the game."
Sullivan was an emotional and vocal setter for two seasons for the Lady Bisons. Pease is a calmer, quieter leader.
"Jake is a very calm setter," Sullivan said. "She is quieter and that is a very good thing.
"There is a lot on your shoulders as a setter. It's her team. She controls the game. It has been interesting to see how much she has grown as a player this season. She has all of the right tools. She has done a good job."


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GUADALAJARA, Mexico, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Pornanong Phatlum shot a 6-under 66 Thursday to lead by one over an elite field after the opening round of the Lorena Ochoa Invitational.
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Amy Yang was alone in second at 67 while Inbee Park, So Yeon Ryu and Anna Nordqvist shared third place at 68. Park is currently the tour's top-ranked player with six wins to her credit this year.
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Dear Colleagues, we know contextualization is extremely important when teaching. This week I was looking for an online free video about Thailand to show my students and I found great videos that can be used in EFL and ESL classes. You can find them in YOUTUBE by typing "Discover countries GOOCLIP". The videos show different countries + narration, so you can both exploit the images and the audio. This is the one I chose for my class, it´s about Bangkok.
November 10, 2007
English Media Lab
I had already visited this site which offers lots of exercises and videos but a drawback I found was that I wasn´t able to enlarge the screen in order to use the videos in the classroom with my groups. Now, with the window media player format we CAN do that. Click on the video title you want, when the page has uploaded right-click with your mouse on the screen, choose ZOOM, whole screen and voilá you have the video to use in class. I believe you can´t download it though.
Why don´t you have a look? It´s really worth a visit.
Remember the videos can be found on the left sidebar.
November 9, 2007
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In 1979, Martha Guzman, 19, was an active member of the Spanish Church of God at 3401 Bryant St. who had been attending the church for about 2 1/2 years. She was appointed as a committee member of a youth group that met on Thursdays.
Guzman, then a senior at West High School, had just been elected president of a church committee and spent much of her time volunteering there. Some classmates teased her because of how devoted she was to the church.
It was one of the reasons she had arguments with her mother, according to one news report.
Martha was so eager to go to a youth church service on Oct. 25, 1979, that she arrived early, between 4:30 p.m. and 5 p.m., or about two hours before the church service was to begin.
Gary Sturgill, who lived a few blocks away, would later recall that he saw a girl walk in front of his home at 5:05 p.m. and enter the church through a side door. He lost sight of her and again saw her talking to a man at the same side door.
Sturgill had estimated that the man was about 5-foot-10 and weighed more than 200 pounds. Sturgill walked over closer to the pair until he was about 10 feet away — close enough for him to realize that the girl didn't seem to know the man, who was wearing a red T-shirt and dark pants.
Dan Rosenblath also lived near the church, in a home that was diagonally across the street. That evening he took a walk to the Safeway store on 38th Avenue.
He saw a man with a Doberman Pinscher walking on the north sidewalk of 34th Avenue, coming from the west and approach a young woman who was at the east door of the church. Rosenblath would later recall immediately thinking something was wrong. It was "trouble."
Rosenblath described the young woman as a small, very attractive girl wearing a purple dress. The girl was trying to go into the east door of the church.
He stared at them for some time. It appeared that they were in conversation. Rosenblath also noted that the girl didn't scream out. It appeared the young man was helping her out and that she didn't seem concerned.
Martha let herself into the church with her own key, possibly to pray and catch up on volunteer work.
Someone saw her enter the church and attacked her. Martha was only 4-feet-9 inches tall and weighed 97 pounds.
Nevertheless, the small woman put up a ferocious fight demonstrated by the condition of the sanctuary. Articles from the altar had been thrown about. Furniture had been overturned. Martha's torn and bloody clothing was found scattered on the floor.
At 6:45 p.m. that evening, the church's pastor and his two teenage sons and a nephew arrived at the church.
They discovered Martha lying nude in front of the altar. She was unconscious.
There was blood all over her. She had been stabbed in the abdomen. Her face was bruised and cut, indicating that her attacker had pummeled her in the face.
The assailant had apparently struck her with the wooden handle of a collection plate that was discovered near her body. The handle had been broken away from the collection plate, possibly indicating that her attacker had smashed it over her head.
The pastor, the Rev. Albert Barela, knew the young women well, but her face was so swollen that he didn't recognize who she was.
Barela immediately called for an ambulance and police. He cancelled the youth meeting.
The young woman was still alive but in a coma. She was rushed to Denver Health Medical Center, which was then called Denver General Hospital.
Crime scene investigators took photographs of the chapel and took measurements between pieces of evidence and where Martha's body had been found.
There were other signs of a violent struggle. Martha's clothes had been ripped off of her body.
Articles written in The Denver Post at the time did not indicate whether the woman had been sexually assaulted. But a coroner's report indicated that her killer had sexually assaulted Martha in the vagina and anus. Dr. Robert Deters of the coroner's office wrote that the cause of death was extensive brain damage "from blunt force trauma to the head."
Martha had also hemorrhaged in the neck indicating that she had been strangled, even though the hyoid bone and thyroid cartilage were intact.
Denver police collected blood from the scene. At the time blood typing was used to help identify suspects but its effectiveness was limited. It was nothing like DNA sampling that could point to only one suspect.


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An Epic Weekend
The May 9 and 10 commencement weekend was one for the record books. This year's honorees included megahit R&B songwriter Valerie Simpson, Led Zeppelin founder and guitar icon Jimmy Page, jazz piano master Geri Allen, and celebrated music educator Thara Memory. From start to finish, it was an epic weekend, with great music and words of encouragement from the honorees.
The concert tribute to the honored guests on Friday exceeded all expectations. The show began with an instrumental overture blending snippets of the Led Zeppelin songs "Stairway to Heaven" and "Fool in the Rain" before launching into a program of 31 selections recorded by the honorees.
The arrangements written by the faculty members Ken Zambello, Tom Stein, Winston Maccow with vocal arrangements by Donna McElroy, as well as those by student arrangers Giorgi Mikadze, Inna Dudukina, Henry Castro, Gideon Lim, and Irma Seleman, ranged from faithful renditions of the originals to brilliant re-imaginings of the best-known tunes.
Titles by Valerie Simpson and her late husband, Nick Ashford—including "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," "The Boss," and "Is It Still Good to Ya"—were interspersed with jazz works by Allen and numerous Page/Led Zeppelin classics. Berklee's Rainbow Band played Thara Memory's big-band compositions "Blues for Warren" and "Black Spaniard" as Memory sat on a stool onstage nodding in approval for the group's tight ensemble work and virtuosic soloists.
Allen played piano on her tunes "LBW's House" and "Our Lady." She invited professor Terri Lyne Carrington, who has worked extensively with Allen, to sit in on drums for "Our Lady." The number also featured the absolutely astonishing tap dancing of Maurice Chestnut, who tapped out the complex rhythms of the tune's concerted passages and offered his own super-rhythmic improvisations.
Page's music was well represented. Themes from "Stairway to Heaven," functioning as a leitmotif for Page, showed up four times—including in the overture and in a surprising re-harmonization under the first verse of Simpson's "Solid as a Rock." Professor Dave Fiuczynski, playing double-neck guitar, led students from his Planet MicroJam Institute in an exotic set of variations on Zeppelin's "Kashmir." Yazhi Guo set the vibe playing an intro on a Tibetan singing bowl. He later soloed on traditional Asian woodwind instruments complementing solos by Fiuczynski (fretless guitar), Layth Al-Rubaye (violin), and Mikadze (keyboards).
A six-song Zeppelin guitar medley gave Maddie Rice, Sebastian Fernandez, and Vinny da Silva a chance to burn through Page's riffs on "How Many More Times," "Heartbreaker," "Dazed and Confused," and others. A duo-acoustic-guitar breakdown in the middle featured Marton Bisits and Evan Galante playing "Bron-Yr-Aur."
Simpson's musical contributions were duly celebrated with 11 tunes from her vast catalog. Among the highlights was a medley of three duets she and Ashford penned for Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell. Student vocal pairs Brionne Wright and Sam Fischer, Tevin Price and Chanel Valme, and Natalia Sulca and Tre'von Griffith tugged heartstrings with "Your Precious Love," "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing," and "You're All I Need to Get By," respectively. Simpson took the stage for "I'm Every Woman," and immediately had audience members dancing in the aisles. She invited Allen and Carrington to join her for "I Don't Need No Doctor" and "Ain't No Mountain High Enough."
The energy peaked during a final Zeppelin medley of "Stairway to Heaven" and "Over the Hills and Far Away." The familiar introduction of "Stairway" was played by harp and piano under lush strings and a recorder countermelody. Vocalists Charlie Puth, Dorian Maverick, Jana Sustersic, Brooke Stephenson, David Vives, and Felipe Campos seemed to channel Robert Plant, and Fernandez brought the house down with his expert rendering of Page's most famous guitar solo.
The 33 student vocalists and 78 instrumentalists returned to the stage for the encore, Simpson's "Reach Out and Touch Somebody's Hand."
The next morning, the honorees and college faculty and administrators joined the 900 grads and their families for the commencement exercises. President Roger Brown told the grads, "Remember, don't lose your head when you find a modicum of success, and don't lose heart when you stumble. You are strong, talented, and prepared. I cannot wait to follow your careers and track your many accomplishments."
After receiving their degrees from Brown, each of the honorees commented on the concert and shared optimistic sentiments. Jimmy Page said, "Music has such power across so many avenues. [You're] in a position to do the thing you're best at—which is making music and bringing joy and pleasure to other people. It can't be much better than that. I wish to pass that on to all of you. Congratulations with your degrees, and lots of success in the future."
Thara Memory spoke to the grads about rehearsing. "Rehearsal every day is the answer," he said. "If you rehearse every day, you'll have nothing to worry about. Rehearse whether you're sick, happy, got a lot of money, or whatever—just keep rehearsing."
"This is such a joyous day," Simpson said. "I am so over the moon for each and every one of you. The music last night filled me up to such a degree that I couldn't sleep! You stirred me up." She then told the grads, "Give it your all. Give it everything. You never know who's watching, who's going to be listening. I am so proud of you. Your future is so bright."
"What we do is a privilege; music is so much more than a job," Allen said. "You are getting a chance to do what you love. And it is that love for your art that will sustain you through the unexpected twists and turns that will come. Always remember the passion you've discovered behind every note, tone, and silence."


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A record crowd of around 1,050 runners and walkers are expected to participate in the 10th Annual Publix Hilton Head Island Half Marathon and 10K/5K Saturday, Feb. 11. The event will start at 8 a.m. from Jarvis Creek Park.
The Publix Hilton Head Half Marathon features a scenic certified course that is fast and flat and takes participants thru two parks and over the broad creek. An awards ceremony featuring fresh fruit, hot and cold beverages, live music, door prizes and other refreshments will be held following the events at Jarvis Creek Park.
A percentage of proceeds from the Publix Hilton Head Island Half Marathon will go to three local charities: Volunteers in Medicine Hilton Head Island, Hilton Head Rotary Club & HHI High School Girls Softball team. In nine years the event has donated over $20,000 to area charities.
Volunteers are needed for all aspects of the race including: course management, water stations, refreshments, registration, and finish line. All team members will receive an event t-shirt and refreshments for their time. They will also be eligible to win some great door prizes.
Register online at bearfootsports.com thru Feb. 7 or at packet pick-up and late registration on Friday, Feb. 10 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at The Westin Resort and on race day at Jarvis Creek Park Park from 6:30 to 7:30 a.m.
Traffic on Nature's Way, Pembroke Road, The Crossing Island Expressway, Arrow Road and Marshland Road will be affected this Saturday for the 7th Annual Hilton Head Half Marathon. The Cross Island Expressway and all toll booths will remain open throughout the races, however, The westbound lane of the Cross Island Expressway will be reduced to one lane from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m.
For additional information visit www.BearFootSports or to volunteer call 843-757-8520.


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Recycle or re-use plant containers
January is sometimes a bad month for gardening in the yard, so we may turn our attention to perusing seed catalogs, cleaning tools and generally organizing our sheds and garages. Lots of us have huge stacks of those containers of all sizes that we use to bring our plants home. There are quite a few uses for them other than just replanting plants into them.
Sherry Ribbey of Gardengate came up with great unique uses for these pots that we just can't seem to throw away. When you have a large container that you are preparing for a new plant, you often use large pieces of broken pots or rocks to block the drainage hole a little. You don't want to loose that soil. Another option would be to use a small plastic pot six-pack or a slightly larger extra plastic pot to block the large drainage hole. These little plastic pots have small drainage holes of their own.
Large garden pots are sometimes just too big for planting, so gardeners use old packing peanuts or milk jugs to take up some of the space in the bottom of the pot before adding the potting soil and plants. Another option would be to us old plastic plant containers turned upside down. Then the large garden pot would need less of that expensive potting soil and would be lighter when it needs to be moved.
You can use two small plastic containers stacked together for a strong and free scoop for getting potting soil out of its bag. Listen to this one! If you know that a cold front is on its way, you can protect tender or new plants by setting a large nursery pot over each plant. A brick or rock can be used on the top of the plastic pots to weigh them down. For invasive vining plants, you can build some control into the mix. Put the plant, like mint for example, into a quart or gallon nursery plastic pot that has the bottom cut out. When the plastic pot is sunk into the ground the mint will be happy and not as aggressive. You can leave an inch of soil above the pot's edge if you want the plant to send out runners.
Use plastic containers as free storage for gardener's essentials like plant tags, twine or small tools. A very clever use for one round 4-inch pot inside of another is as a free instant spreader for your garden. You can use it for slow release fertilizer or any small granular product. Just line up holes in container so that there are no holes showing while you fill the pot then twist the inner container a little when you want to let some of the fertilizer spread out. We sure do love to find uses for things that would otherwise become trash.
Joette is an avid gardener and prides herself on staying up-to-date on the latest gardening activities and tips. To share your gardening news with Joette, call (409) 832-1400 or fax her at (409) 832-6222. Her e-mail is joreger [at] msn [dot] com.


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Edward Garfield was born in Warwickshire, England and died in Watertown, Massachusetts. He arrived with his wife and three children who had been born in England and baptized at the Holy Trinity Church in Coventry, Warwickshire. It is thought that he arrived in Massachusetts on the "Arabella" with Governor John Winthrop in 1630 because Isaac Stearns mentions his name on a list of passengers.
After he arrived in Massachusetts he married Rebecca Johnson and had four more children, and sent for his children in England to come live with him in Watertown. Edward Garfield was made freeman on 6 May 1635 in Watertown. In 1636 he was granted 30 acres of land, and in 1637 he received 12 more acres. He purchased 100 more acres between 1651 and 1662. He married his third wife in 1661. When he died in 1672 he was about 89 years old, a very advanced age for his time period.
Edward Garfield is the ancestor of James Abram Garfield (1831 – 1881), the 20th president of the United States.
The English origins of Edward Garfield were published in the NEHGS Register, Volume 156, pages 327 -332. The ancestry of President James Garfield back to Edward Garfield is outlined in Ancestors of American Presidents by Gary Boyd Roberts, NEHGS, 1995. A complete sketch of Edward Garfield can be found in The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634 – 1635 by Robert Charles Anderson, Volume III, pages 16 – 23.
My Garfield Lineage:
Generation 1: Edward Garfield, son of Thomas Garfield and Agnes Unknown, born about 28 July 1583 in Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England, died 14 June 1672 in Watertown, Massachusetts; married first about 1611 to Unknown, three children; married second about 1624 to Rebecca Johnson, who died 16 April 1661 in Watertown, five children; married third on 1 September 1661 in Watertown to Joanna Unknown, widow of Thomas Buckmaster.
Generation 2: Rebecca Garfield, daughter of Edward Garfield and Rebecca Johnson, born 10 March 1640/41 in Watertown, died 16 March 1682/3 in Watertown; married on 10 January 1661 in Watertown to Isaac Mixer, son of Isaac Mixer and Sarah Thurston, as his second of three wives. He was born about 1630 in England and died 22 November 1716 in Sudbury, Massachusetts.
Generation 3: Joseph Mixer m. Anna Jones
Generation 4. Joseph Mixer m. Mary Ball
Generation 5: Lucy Mixer m. Andrew Munroe
Generation 6: Andrew Munroe m. Ruth Simonds
Generation 7: Luther Simonds Munroe m. Olive Flint
Generation 8: Phebe Cross Munroe m. Robert Wilson Wilkinson
Generation 9: Albert Munroe Wilkinson m. Isabella Lyons Bill
Generation 10: Donald Munroe Wilkinson m. Bertha Louise Roberts (my paternal grandparents)
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Many of the
examples cited in the Palmisano/Dell statement relate to the use of analytics:
- Consolidating the government's myriad supply chains is likely to save $500 billion.
- Applying advanced analytics to reduce fraud and error in federal grants, food stamps, Medicare payments, tax refunds and other programs could save $200 billion.
- Using predictive technology, New York State is validating tax refund requests and saving $889 million by catching phony refunds.
- Identifying suspicious Medicare activity using
analytics has shown North Carolina
how to save $25 million in just three months.
In addition to helping to uncover fraud, waste, and abuse, I'd like to suggest 3 other ways analytics can help the government to save money.
- Streamlining Processes: Analytics can help streamline and optimize programs, reducing the costs of implementation while improving service to citizens. For example, IBM worked with Social Security to streamline their processing of disability claims so that the majority of claims can be expedited with little risk of allowing through unacceptable claims.
- Managing Performance: Performance management solutions can help the management and staff of agencies to know their up-to-date performance, and quickly spot and trouble-shoot performance issues before they become major problems. Performance management can also help identify successful approaches that can be replicated throughout and across agencies.
- Better decision-making: Analytics can help agencies decide which programs to fund or the most effective approach to take for a particular program. By using modeling, simulation, and other data-driven approaches, agency staff can make decisions that both save the tax payers' money and deliver the best results. For example, by modeling and optimizing the US Postal Service transportation network, USPS is able to increase utilization of assets and save hundreds of millions of dollars.
I'd like to hear your ideas for how agencies can save money through employing analytics. Write to me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
See our website for further information on using analytics in government: www.ibm.com/ASCdc
Frank Stein
Director, Analytics Solution Center
Washington, D.C.


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Over the last several days, The Avengers and its buzz-worthy cast have been making headlines thanks to new photos and images from Entertainment Weekly. While these character shots provide fans a closer look at their favorite live-action Marvel superheroes, there was something even more interesting in the magazine.
Two weeks ago, Chris Evans spoke of his long-term contract with Marvel Studios and his expectations for when he will play Steve Rogers/Captain America again after The Avengers, revealing that it likely wouldn't be until 2014. If the latest news turns out to be accurate, it could be even longer...
Within The Avengers cover issue of EW was some info about the upcoming slate of Marvel Studios projects, something we at Screen Rant have been speculating and discussing for a very long time. But first, here's what we know is coming up for certain:
- The Avengers (May 4)
- Iron Man 3 (May 3)
- Thor 2 (July 26)
- Unknown (May 16)
- Unknown (June 27)
The Marvel Studios plan was to have two major feature films debut during the summer blockbuster season each year. As we know, the lesser known Runaways was put on hold/canned so 2012 is only seeing one Marvel release. Runaways was to be directed by Peter Sollett off a screenplay from Drew Pearce. Pearce - who's now working with Shane Black on Iron Man 3 - says the script is done and Marvel is happy with it, but that it was pushed to make way for all the focus to be placed on The Avengers. He's hopeful Runaways can still happen post-Avengers but they're going to be hard-pressed to find a slot for it in their production schedule as it stands.
According to the EW report, after listing Iron Man 3 and Thor 2, they say we can expect Ant-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy and The Inhumans next. Not what you expected?
With only two slots for 2014, the obvious assumption would be that Marvel Studios would use these for Captain America 2 and The Avengers 2, so either they're going to add another movie or two for 2014 or it's going to be a long wait for more Chris Evans as the star-spangled Avenger.
What this also means is that there's still no word on Dr. Strange, Black Panther, Heroes for Hire and other secondary characters who fans have been waiting years for. The Avengers is likely acting as a launch pad of sorts, to push the interconnected franchise even deeper into the Marvel cosmic universe.
I wrote about the realistic possibility of Guardians of the Galaxy becoming a viable film for Marvel due to some rumors related to it and The Avengers but it does seem strange that they'd go for very obscure Marvel characters and an entirely new cast instead of the safe bets with spin-offs or sequels to their existing characters and/or the introduction of other better-known heroes.
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This is also not the first time we heard about The Inhumans as six months ago, a logline was spotted which detailed the potential plot of an Inhumans movie: "aliens who were put on Earth as sleeper cell aliens to eventually call back their race to take over the planet. Ultimately, the group of aliens fully assimilates and don't want to cause war."
Both Guardians and Inhumans can (and will if true) tie into The Avengers since the origins of the Inhumans date back to when the Kree experimented on pre-historic humans in an attempt to examine their own evolution and create soldiers in their war against the Skrulls (Avengers villains). Guardians of the Galaxy on the other hand, will be based on the the 2008 revamped comic series which includes characters such as Adam Warlock and Quasar who have both been rumored for appearances in The Avengers.
As for Ant-Man, Edgar Wright told us at Comic-Con in July that another draft of the script was handed in and they have concept art done but with his record, there's still no telling when that movie will see the light of day.
Either way, there is a lot to look forward to. We just don't know what yet.
For now, we await The Avengers, opening in theaters on May 4, 2012.
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This category includes fiction written from a Christian point of view, often published by houses specializing in Christian fiction such as Zondervan, Mulnomah or Bethany House.
Adult Authors
- June Masters Bacher
- Carrie Bender
- Alma Blair
- T. Davis Bunn
- Susan C. Feldhake
- Grace Livingston Hill
- B. J. Hoff
- Al Lacy
- Elsie J. Larson
- Michael L. Lindvall
- Gilbert Morris
- Janette Oke and authors like her.
- Judith Pella
- Frank Peretti
- Michael Phillips
- Francine Rivers
- Bodie & Brock Thoene
- Joyce Carol Thomas
- Marian Wells
- Brenda Wilbee
African American Authors
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You have to feel for Treefight For Sunlight. With the industry seemingly insistent that bands burst forth fully-formed, firing on all cylinders from the word go, it's practically career suicide for your first album to merely suggest potential rather than scream instant magnificence. But that's exactly what we get with the Copenhagen foursome's self-titled debut. Treefight For Sunlight isn't a knockout success, but it just about contains enough to suggest that, if there's any justice, the Danes deserve a second crack of the whip.
On paper, theirs is a beguiling proposition – imagine a slightly cartoonish take on Sixties West Coast psychedelia, augmented by vocal layers reminiscent of MGMT or Panda Bear. Indeed, the enchanting curtain raiser 'A Dream Before Sleep' does a good job of whetting the appetite. But as first song proper 'You And The New World' moves into focus, the excitement levels are quickly dampened. It has decent ear-candy value, so isn't completely without charm – but as a song, it's a non-starter.
And the album's a real mixed bag from here on. The bright and breezy 'Facing The Sun' is enjoyable, if a little lightweight, yet it's sandwiched between the utterly forgettable 'They Never Did Know' and the so-jaunty-it's-actually-quite-annoying 'Rain Air'. That's not to say that all the jauntiness is unwelcome, though – the rousing sing-along 'What Became Of You And I' is by some distance the album highlight, even though it'd be far better suited to CBBC than to the Brixton Academy.
With 'Time Stretcher', the record ends on an uncharacteristically intense, broody note. But while it means the album lacks a satisfying pay-off, it also signals a path via which Treefight For Sunlight can develop and mature. But with their debut album being so patchy, they may not be given the chance.
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Did you know that doctors and nurses are only 40 percent of all health care providers? The other 60 percent are allied health practitioners. The work of these highly skilled health care providers support, facilitate, and compliment the roles of doctors and nurses. Over 5 million health care providers in the United States work in more than 80 allied health professions, which include:
These professionals get their training on the job, at community colleges, or at 4-year colleges and universities. Individuals who are trained for allied health professions are in high demand, and this demand will continue in the future. The top 30 fastest growing jobs in the U.S. predicted through 2010 are in allied health occupations. Read on to find out if one of these jobs could be right for you!
Three sites have information on allied health. We highlight the sites and the content we think you'll find useful as you explore your career options in this area of health care.
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