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Shares of chip maker Cirrus Logic (CRUS), which is probably best known these days for supply audio chips to various Apple (AAPL) products, were halted just before the company reported fiscal Q2 revenue and earnings per share that topped analysts' estimates and projected this quarter's revenue well ahead as well.
Revenue in the three months ended in September rose 91%, year over year, and more than doubled quarter over quarter, to $193.8 million, yielding EPS of 79 cents.
Analysts on average had been modeling $181 million and 71 cents.
CEO Jason Rhode remarked, "The new product ramps driving this growth have required extraordinary efforts from Cirrus Logic employees as well as from our external partners."
For the current quarter, the company sees revenue in a range of $270 million to $300 million, which is above the average $238 million.
Gross margin this quarter is expected to drop from last quarter's 52% to a range of 50% to 52%.
The last quote for CRUS shares was up $1.22, or almost 3%, at $42 in late trading, after closing up 1% at $40.78.
Shares are expected to resume trading at 4:30 pm, Eastern time.
Cirrus management will host a conference call with analysts at 5 pm, Eastern time, and you can catch the webcast of it here.
Update: Cirrus has resumed trading and is bouncing around quite a bit. It was down 15 cents, or 0.4%, at $40.63 and has now reversed course and is up 29 cents, or 0.7%, at $41.07.


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We are committed to raising awareness about the importance of forensic DNA as a tool to help solve and prevent crime and bring justice to victims.
For technical assistance regarding forensic DNA and crime victims, email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Frequently Asked Questions for Victim Service Providers about Forensic DNA
What is a DNA profile?
Can anyone learn about my medical and genetic history from this profile?
What is CODIS and what information does it contain?
What is the purpose of a sexual assault medical forensic exam?
Why do victims need to provide DNA samples?
What happens to the DNA of a victim and other reference samples after they are collected?
How much does DNA testing cost?
Victim service providers sometimes work with victims who were raped a number of years ago and then suddenly find out from law enforcement that the perpetr
ator in their cases has now been identified through DNA. What kinds of emotions might these victims be feeling and how can they be helped?
How can victim service providers support a victim whose convicted offenders were exonerated by post-conviction DNA testing? How can victim service providers explain to victims why DNA testing takes so long? How can a victim find out the status of a sexual assault evidence kit?
Why are there times when the police cannot find a victim's sexual assault evidence kit?
Sometimes victims report a crime, but there is no effort to collect DNA evidence. Why not?
How can victims and victim service providers find out if their states have a sexual assault evidence kit backlog?
What can victims or victim service providers do if the police department will not send a victim's kit to the crime lab?
Is there someone they can contact?
What happens if a victim did not report a rape but kept the clothes and/or bedding from the night of the crime? Can these items be used as evidence? Why or why not?
What is a DNA profile? Can anyone learn about my medical and genetic history from this profile?
DNA profiles created for criminal justice purposes contain a certain set of identifiers or characteristics, which are found at specific points--called loci--on the DNA molecule. Information from 13 of these loci makes a DNA profile, and, much like a fingerprint, the features of DNA profiles can be compared to other DNA profiles for genetic matches. When the DNA profile is entered into the national DNA database (see #2 below), it appears as a series of numbers. DNA profiles do not reveal information about a person's physical traits such as race, age, or medical conditions.
What is CODIS and what information does it contain?
The Combined DNA Index System, or CODIS, is an FBI-managed system of national, state, and local databases that allows crime laboratory personnel across the country to compare DNA profiles from known criminal offenders (and arrestees where required by statute) with biological evidence from crime scenes.
CODIS has proven crucial to solving crimes in which the offender's identity is unknown. By matching DNA profiles from different crimes, CODIS can link crimes to each other and identify serial offenders. CODIS can also match DNA profiles of unidentified human remains to DNA profiles from missing persons or their close family members and thus help identify the remains.
Each record in CODIS contains information about the lab that entered the profile, an identifier for the DNA specimen, and the results of the DNA testing or the DNA profile. Other than the DNA profile, CODIS does not contain any other information that identifies the source of the profile. In other words, the CODIS database does not contain names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, or any other personal identifier. CODIS follows strict rules that protect individual privacy and does not contain DNA profiles of crime victims.
What is the purpose of a sexual assault medical forensic exam?
Sexual assault victims who report the crime to the police or go to the hospital after an assault may be asked if they would like to have a medical forensic examination. One component of this examination is the collection of evidence, which may be analyzed to determine if DNA from the assailant is present on the victim's body, clothes, or other items the perpetrator may have touched. In cases in which the offender's identity is unknown to the victim, crime labs may be able to create a DNA profile of the offender and enter it into the national DNA database to help identify a suspect. During the examination, medical professionals will also document and photograph physical trauma and injuries that may have been inflicted at the time of the assault. This type of evidence may be helpful in cases where the perpetrator is known to the victim. Victims may also have been exposed to sexually transmitted infections as a result of the assault. These medical professionals--often specially trained nurses called Sexual Assault Forensic Examiners (SAFE) or Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE)--can administer or prescribe medications that may help protect a victim from a sexually transmitted infection and pregnancy. SAFEs and SANEs are trained to provide compassionate care to survivors while collecting evidence during a sexual assault forensic exam to minimize the trauma associated with the process.
Investigators may ask victims and others present at the crime scene to provide a DNA sample, called a "reference sample." These samples are used to determine if DNA found at the crime scene belongs to the victim or anyone else who was legitimately at the scene, or if it might belong to the perpetrator. In sexual assault cases, reference samples may be needed from any individual with whom the victim had consensual sex during the previous days (the number of days varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction). The victim's DNA profile is used only to distinguish it from the DNA profile of the perpetrator. Victims' DNA profiles and other DNA profiles taken for exclusion (such as those from the victim's consensual sex partner) are not uploaded into CODIS.
What happens to the DNA of a victim and other reference samples after they are collected?
There currently is no uniform practice regarding what crime labs do with victim and reference samples after testing. Some public labs do retain victims' and other reference samples indefinitely. Many return the sample to the law enforcement agency that submitted it for testing, but retain the digitalized DNA profile. In many instances, the evidence becomes the property of the jurisdiction investigating the case.
DNA testing costs vary from case to case. These costs depend on many factors, including whether the testing is done by a private or public lab, how many potential perpetrators are involved, how many pieces of evidence are being tested, and what type of evidence is being analyzed. A sexual assault evidence kit can cost between $500 and $1,200 to analyze. Sexual assault evidence kits can be more expensive than other types of evidence to analyze because the victim's and the offender's DNA may get mixed together and must first be separated in order to analyze the offender's DNA profile. Testing bed linens, clothing, and other items incur additional costs.
Victim service providers sometimes work with victims who were raped a number of years ago and then suddenly find out from law enforcement that the perpetrator in their cases has now been identified through DNA. What kinds of emotions might these victims be feeling and how can they be helped?
Reopening an old case can bring out many different emotions in victims. Some victims will be relieved that a DNA match has resulted in identifying the assailant in the case. A victim may feel grateful that law enforcement has not forgotten about the case, and may fully participate in the criminal justice process. Victims in other cases may view the news as an unwelcome intrusion that feels like ripping open an old wound, and they may feel angry. Some victims have moved forward with their lives, gotten married, had children, moved, and experienced many other changes that make them unwilling to revisit the crime. A survivor may also be fearful of the criminal justice system. Victim service providers should be prepared to provide information about available services, counseling, victims' rights, and applying for victim compensation (many states will now provide compensation in past cases which have been reopened). For the most part, supporting a victim in these types of cases requires the same skills and information that victim services providers use in their daily work with survivors in current cases.
How can victim service providers support a victim whose convicted offenders were exonerated by post-conviction DNA testing?
Learning about an exoneration in their cases can be very traumatic for victims. Those working with victims or loved ones and friends should be prepared for a variety of responses. Most victims will react to this news with shock and disbelief. They may feel a strong sense of guilt and anguish over their part in the process. They may be angry, fearful, frustrated, and feel as if they are being re-victimized. Victim service providers should be prepared to provide support, referrals, and information about victims' rights. Victims will often have many questions and need a lot of information. To learn more about working with these victims, please visit our full-length brochure on this topic at www.ncvc.org/dna.
How can victim service providers explain to victims why DNA testing takes so long?
Many factors contribute to the amount of time it takes to test DNA in a criminal case. Crime laboratories that perform DNA testing may be underfunded and have large caseloads and limited trained personnel to perform the testing. So, the labs must prioritize cases. Labs generally analyze evidence from cases that are about to go to court first because the information is needed for trial. DNA testing in cases that have a known suspect, such as acquaintance rape cases, often falls to the bottom of the pile because DNA is not needed to discover the perpetrator's identity. Another factor that may contribute to delays is that DNA testing, especially in sexual assault cases, may be complicated and takes time to conduct.
Victims may feel understandably angry that DNA testing is taking a long time, but knowing the reason for the delay may help alleviate some frustration and confusion. It may also help to make the delay feel less personal.
How can a victim find out the status of a sexual assault evidence kit?
A victim should start by calling the police precinct where the crime was reported, beginning with the detective who handled the case, especially if the survivor has a prior relationship with him or her. If the case has been assigned to a new detective, the victim can call and establish a relationship with the new investigator. Victims can also connect with a victim advocate in the department to request help in finding out about the status of a sexual assault kit. Another option is contacting a community-based advocate in a local rape crisis center. Local rape crisis centers often have a working relationship with the detectives who investigate sexually related crimes and can help pave the way. Victims may also consider calling the district attorney's office and talking to a victim witness coordinator in that office.
Why are there times when the police cannot find a victim's sexual assault evidence kit?
Law enforcement agencies may not be able to locate a rape kit for many reasons that vary from place to place. Most jurisdictions across the country do not have easy and efficient tracking systems for all of their evidence. In many cases, evidence is logged into simple paper notebooks that have to be manually searched to locate a piece of evidence. In some jurisdictions, evidence storage units may be full of old evidence that may be piled on floor-to-ceiling shelves. When cases are years old, finding the kit becomes even more complicated. Many states do not have evidence retention laws that cover evidence not connected to an active investigation, and evidence storage is limited. Unfortunately, in some cases, the evidence may have been destroyed. Additionally, if the statute of limitations has expired in the case or the precinct decided not to proceed with a case, the kit may have been destroyed.
Sometimes victims report a crime, but there is no effort to collect DNA evidence. Why not?
DNA evidence may not be available or useful in every case. If a perpetrator takes certain precautions, he or she may leave behind little or no trace of biological material that could include DNA. The crime scene may have been contaminated so that forensic evidence no longer exists or is not usable. The availability of other evidence in certain cases may make DNA analysis unnecessary. State law or protocols regarding the timing of evidence collection may prelude collection in some instances. In some cases, investigators may simply lack training or resources for DNA collection and testing. However, a lack of resources for testing should not prohibit DNA collection: financial support for analyzing DNA evidence is available through the federal government. See www.dna.gov for funding opportunities.
How can victims and victim service providers find out if their states have a sexual assault evidence kit backlog?
In the United States at this time, there is no state-by-state, up-to-date, comprehensive tracking system for sexual assault evidence kits. The federal government has attempted several times to estimate the number of kits that are awaiting DNA testing; reports from these projects can be found at www.dna.gov and www.ncjrs.org. Victims or providers can check with their local police departments to find out if their state or local jurisdiction has a backlog of sexual assault evidence kits. Victims or providers can ask the police if they believe they have any kits that have never been sent to the lab for testing in their jurisdiction. They may also want to ask about their police department's policies on sexual assault evidence kit testing. Depending on the department's policy, there is a chance that some kits were never forwarded for testing and will be lingering in evidence storage facilities. Victims or providers can also call the local or state crime lab to find out if they have any unanalyzed kits in their possession. Finally, they can search online news sources for stories about untested sexual assault kits or ask local news stations to look into the issue.
What can victims or victim service providers do if the police department will not send a victim's kit to the crime lab? Is there someone they can contact?
First, they can talk to the detective in charge of the case and try to get a clear understanding of where the roadblock is and why the case is not moving forward. If the victim feels there is any information that the police do not have that may help advance the case, the victim can ask to meet with the detective to review the facts of the case. A victim or advocate may want to contact the prosecutor's office, as well. Ultimately, the decision to send evidence to be analyzed is that of law enforcement's, but a victim or victim service professional can certainly strongly advocate throughout the criminal justice system to have sexual assault evidence kits submitted to the lab.
In part, the answer depends on how the evidence has been stored. Evidence that has not been stored correctly may be contaminated or may have deteriorated. However, modern DNA technology now allows for testing of evidence that could not have been analyzed even 10 years ago. The "chain of custody" will also likely need to be addressed. This term refers to the process of documenting how evidence is collected, analyzed, stored, and protected from its initial collection at the crime scene all the way to its introduction as evidence before a court of law. Victims who want to find out if evidence they have kept can be used in a criminal case can call the local precinct and ask to speak to a detective who handles sexual assault crimes. Although law enforcement officer generally determines which evidence may be useful in an investigation, a victim may also want to contact the local prosecutor's office, as well. Victims who may be interested in pursuing a civil case (suing the perpetrator for damages in civil court) may also want to contact a private attorney to get some answers about the admissibility of such evidence in a civil case. Even in cases where DNA is not available, the items may have other evidentiary value.
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Weather satellite sets new service record
Europe's series of Meteosat satellites has been improving the accuracy of weather forecasts for over 30 years. Meteosat
The first Meteosat was launched in 1977 and also goes down in history as ESA's first Earth observation mission. There have been a further six of these first-generation weather satellites, with the last launched in 1997.
From geostationary orbit, 36 000 km above the equator, the Meteosat satellites provide a continuous stream of images of the whole Earth disc, to monitor the weather over Europe and Africa.
The success of the early Meteosat satellites, which were developed by ESA, led to the creation of the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (Eumetsat) in 1986. Since then, ESA and Eumetsat have been working together to ensure the continuous delivery of weather images to European forecasters. The operation of the Meteosat satellites was formally handed over from ESA to Eumetsat in 1995.
The main services initially provided by the Meteosat first generation have now been replaced by the improved Meteosat Second Generation (MSG), with two currently in orbit: Meteosat-8 and Meteosat-9. Two further MSG satellites should guarantee continuity to around 2021.
Although the earlier satellites were designed to operate for only about five years, Meteosat,
Meteosat-6 was the first to employ the Visible and Infrared Imager in rapid scan mode to monitor the development of convective storms by supplying data more frequently over smaller regions than the whole Earth disc. The satellite continues to provide an important operational service by relaying data from ground-based observation platforms, such as buoys floating in oceans, to satellite ground stations. Meteosat
The record-holding Meteosat-6 is now, however, running low on fuel and destined to be re-orbited around the end of 2010. The excellence of these weather satellites illustrates Europe's role in providing the essential data to monitor and understand the dynamics of Earth's atmosphere and improve everyday life. Following on from the first two second-generation satellites, the Meteosat programme is set to continue with MSG-3, which will be launched mid-2012 on an Ariane
In October 2006, the Meteosat weather satellites in geostationary orbit were joined by the first of a brand new generation of polar-orbiting meteorological satellites with the launch of MetOp-A. The MetOp series is Europe's contribution to a new cooperative venture with the US providing data to monitor climate and improve weather forecasting. MetOp is a series of three satellites to be launched sequentially to deliver data until at least 2021.


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Community Village Projects in Fiji
- Placement location: Villages near Nadi
- Role: To get involved in all aspects of village life
- Accommodation: Host family
- Price: From
- What's included? Food, accommodation, transfers to and from our specified airport, transport to and from work where required, insurance, personal webpage, induction and orientation, 24/7 support
- What's not included? Flights, visa costs, spending money
- Length of placement: From 1 week
- Start dates: Flexible
Whether you are volunteering on a gap year, summer placement or career break, if you want to get truly immersed in traditional Fijian culture, our Community Project based in a traditional Fijian village could be the perfect volunteer placement for you.
Volunteers on the Community Project need to be prepared to fully immerse themselves in the community and culture. You will get involved in all aspects of village life. The mornings will be spent at the school or kindergarten. If you choose to work in the school, your time will be split between individual and small-group tutoring sessions, and helping to teach a non-core subject, such as IT, art, drama, music, or anything else that can enhance their learning. Some of the villages prefer to adopt a more traditional method to teaching, disposing of the modern day exam system in favour of more practical methods such as song and dance, as well as using a more hands-on approach to the standard subjects of maths, English and science.
If you would prefer to work with younger children in the kindergarten, you will assist the teacher in their activities, and will be encouraged to come up with your own games to keep the children busy.
Afternoons are more flexible and can be spent helping with farming, cooking, basket weaving, mat-making, tending to the gardens and wherever else they may need an extra pair of hands.
The villages are predominantly Methodist, and volunteers can choose to attend church with their host family on Sundays if they want to. Volunteers joining the community project will get away from the hustle and bustle of the towns; however, all our villages are within 1 hours drive from Nadi, so you will always be within easy reach of a Projects Abroad office. Depending on when you join the project there may or may not be other volunteers in the same village, so you should be prepared to be the only foreigner.
Community Volunteering in Fiji
Volunteers live with a Fijian host family, who will ensure that you soon feel at home and integrated into community life. You will live in the local, traditional manner, eating what the family eats. The villages have basic amenities, and not all homes will have full time electricity. In almost all cases only cold water will be available for washing, and some homes may have an outside toilet and washing facilities.
Fijian village life is very communal and friendly. Family homes are open to their neighbours, and the villagers live and work together. Evenings are generally family time where members of the extended families catch up on the day, play cards or maybe even sing along to the strumming of a guitar. Kava (a traditional drink made from the root of the Yaqona plant) often forms a major part of village life and most occasions happen around the Tanoa (the large bowl that the Kava is served from).
Fijian villages are presided over by a Chief; a hereditary role passed from father to son. The Chief will often preside over ceremonies. Each village will also have an elected Turaga ni Koro who acts as an administrator or mayor for the village. He plays a key role in the day to day running of the village.
Fijian culture sees the women doing the majority of the household work such as cleaning, cooking and looking after the children. Men concentrate on farming and fishing.
Volunteers should have a mature attitude and be able to work independently, as there may be less contact with other volunteers during the week. You will normally have the opportunity to meet up with other volunteers on the weekends should you wish to travel.
You can join the Community Village project in Fiji for one, two or three weeks if you don't have time to join us for four weeks or more. This project has been selected by our local colleagues as being suitable for short term volunteering for both the host community and the volunteer Although you will gain a valuable cultural insight and work within the local community please be aware that you may not be able to make the same impact as someone volunteering for a longer period.


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These are all the News & Announcements posted in January, 2012.
Thursday, 26
ALA Award Winners
The American Library Association Youth Media Awards were announced earlier this week, and the following titles received awards:
John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature:
Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children:
A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for the most distinguished beginning reader book:
Tales for Very Picky Eaters by Josh Schneider
Robert F. Sibert Book Award for most distinguished informational book for children:
Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet
Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults:
Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults for the best nonfiction book published for ages 12 to 18:
The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery by Steve Sheinkin
Read the ALA press release for a complete list of award and honor books.
Posted By Logan Library at 8:51 AM / Category:Books & Reading
Monday, 23
Tax Resources
It's tax season again. You can find most of the information you need to file your taxes online at the following websites:
Posted By Logan Library at 8:39 AM / Category:Online Research
Tuesday, 17
Staff Reading Pick
Here is another reading pick from the Logan Library Staff.
Book: Dead End in Norvelt
by Jack Gantos
Recommended by: Lois, Associate Librarian
Do you need a good laugh? Come with Jack Gantos to Norvelt, PA for a memorable summer in 1962 when he is grounded for accidentally firing a live bullet from his dad's Japanese sniper rifle (among other things). The only time 12-year-old Jack is allowed to leave home is to help Mrs. Volker--an elderly neighbor and the town medical examiner--compose obituaries for the local paper. (Jack actually gets out a lot, since all the old ladies in town start dying mysteriously.) If you appreciate the weird, the gross and the wacky--this book is for you!
Want more reading suggestions? View previous staff picks.
Posted By Logan Library at 9:10 AM / Category:Staff Picks
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Running win7 as guest in full screen mode. When i press windows key or alt+tab the vm looses focus and displays the unity menu or ubuntu's alt+tab.
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RE/MAX Southern Shores Sells Homes in Shallotte, North Carolina
Centrally located in the South Brunswick Islands, Shallotte has been the area's commercial hub since the 1800s when river pilots traveled the Shallotte River to deliver food and supplies. Today Shallotte, which got its name from the river that winds through town, is home to many nationally known restaurants, stores and hotels along as well as local establishments. All the modern conveniences you might need are within minutes of quiet beaches. Here's an example of a new neighborhood in Shallotte, NC.
Although Shallotte has grown, it has managed to maintain a small town, leisurely charm. It's been said that Shallotte is "an interesting mix of small-town friendliness and larger town convenience that always remembers to respect the natural beauty of the area while effectively taking care of its visitors and residents." Because of its location on the mainland and its proximity to the
Brunswick County islands, Shallotte offers visitors and residents the convenience of larger-town living and services. Shallotte offers shopping malls with grocery stores and national chain department stores and a 10-screen digital movie theater. The Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce has its headquarters in Shallotte, as do the Department of Transportation and the North Carolina Welcome Center.
Shallotte is centered between Wilmington, North Carolina and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, with the commute to either city taking 30 to 40 minutes. If the Brunswick County beaches are your destination, Shallotte is the gateway to Holden Beach, Ocean Isle Beach, and Sunset Beach. Shallotte consists of approximately 3,600 residents, so it is still considered a small Town, but a wonderful place to live, work and shop. Rivers Edge Plantation is just one of the many housing choices in Shallotte, NC. Take a look at what your money will buy so close to the Brunswick County beaches!
Each year Shalotte residents enjoy activities such as the Brunswick Islands Home & Garden Show, the North Carolina Oyster Festival, near Ocean Isle, and the North Carolina Festival by the Sea celebrated in nearby Holden Beach.
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Grains finished lower with soybeans having the largest move. May corn finished 15 cents lower at $6.01 ¾, May soybeans down 18 cents at $14.07 ¾, and May wheat down 4 ¾ cents at $6.10 ¾.
Ethanol production was down slightly while the ethanol stocks stabilized helping to add to the corn weakness. Crude oil also had a large selloff today. The old crop / new crop corn spreads were sharply lower for the second day in a row. Open interest in May and July corn dropped a combined 10,574 contracts and increased by 5,227 contracts for December. This suggests the large 2-day break in corn spreads has been a combination of liquidation and rolling positions from old to new crop. I have included a chart of the July – Dec corn spread with the USDA report dates to show some of the recent moves.
Chart: July – December Corn
Soybean spreads on the other hand continue to remain near the recent highs despite the selloff in the flat price. July – November soybeans finished down ¼ cent at +75 ¾ cents. The USDA announced another sale of 120,000 MTs of new crop soybeans to China this morning. Tomorrow morning we will have the Weekly Export Sales report at 7:30 CST. The estimates are as follows:
Corn 700,000 – 950,000 MTs
Soybeans 850,000 – 1,100,000 MTs
Wheat 450,000 – 650,000 MTs
May corn option expiration is still a concern as more and more of these puts get "into-the-money". As I discussed yesterday, there is a massive amount of open interest in the May $6.50 corn puts all the way down to the $6.00 puts. The last major strike level in sight for corn is $6.00 so this may be place where we find support.
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Nutrition Facts
Ingredients and Preparation
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Salvation: The Battle for the Salvation
The Rebel fleet has entered into battle over Kamino and the Imperials are trying to take the Salvation. When the level begins you'll enter a hangar they're trying to take. The Imperials will attack in waves of boarding pods. The initial attack comes in the form of two pods carrying storm troopers and Sith acolytes. These pods will hit at opposite ends of the hangar, so just pick on side and attack. You'll note that these aren't the acolytes you're used to. Unlike the previous acolytes, this new type focuses riot combat and comes equipped with two lightsabers. They'll be able to block most of your attacks. To stun them, hit them with a saber strike combined with force lightning. Alternatively, use force persuasion and they'll attack their allies. After defeating this first wave, a larger pod will latch on. From it several AT-STs and AT-MTs will emerge along with some more storm troopers. If you charge in sabers blazing, this fight can be fairly overwhelming. To make it a bit easier, take cover so that only one walker can attack you. There's a lot of cover so you should find some place that works. Then destroy the walker as you've done in the past. Be quick, because a second pod with a similar load will arrive shortly, accompanied by a team of snipers. Things can get overwhelming if you let them.
Once the hangar is cleared you need to knock the large boarding pods off the side of the ship. You may have noticed them clamping onto the inside of the ship when they latched on. You need to hit these clamps with a force push or fling an explosive barrel at it. This will knock them loose, allowing the fighters housed in the hanger to launch. Once this is done, head to the left side of the hangar and jump up onto the walk above. There should be a corridor. Follow it and you'll come to a chute on the left hand wall near the end of the corridor.
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You'll shortly come to one of those spinning gears you need to stop with your force grip. If you approach it directly from the front however, you'll put yourself right in the crosshairs of a squad of snipers in the next room. Inch off to the side and stop it, then before it can start up again jump through and show the snipers who's who and what's what. Once they're dead take a look around the room. On the left will be another energy field. To proceed you'll need to deactivate it. Head toward the right side of the room. You'll come to an area barred by four red energy fields. Behind it is another loose engine part. From this position use your force grip to move it into the also visible white energy field. Once it's down, return the way you can and continue.
Moving through the area you'll shortly come to an area where the game points out a wall of red engine parts. Use your force lightning on these and they'll explode, clearing the way for you to continue. Shortly after this you'll reach the end of the room, where you'll find a hole in the floor. Jump down to the floor below.
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The Bay Delta Conservation Plan includes the twin tunnel project to carry water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to central and southern California.
The plan was supposed to be released for public review in mid-November. But now it won't be released until mid-December.
The federal agencies that need to review the plan's environmental documents weren't able to during the shutdown.
"When you're not making progress because the federal government has shut down, it adds to the length of time it takes to get the plan to the various milestones and that costs money," says Nancy Vogel with the California Department of Water Resources.
A month delay will cost public water agencies paying for the project about $2.5 million.
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NEW YORK -- Americans may have slowed their spending in September after splurging during the start of the busy back-to-school shopping season in the month before. But most importantly, they were still spending.
September sales rose 3.9 percent _ a slowdown from the 6-percent rise in August _ as 22 retailers like Macy's and Costco reported mixed results, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers. Still, given the economic and political uncertainty that weighs on many Americans right now, analysts say the results are an encouraging sign for stores as they head into what's traditionally the busiest shopping period of the year in November and December.
"This should set up to be a good holiday season," said Ken Perkins, president of Retail Metrics LLC, a research firm.
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But only a handful of merchants representing about 13 percent of the $2.4 trillion U.S. retail industry report monthly revenue. And that list is dwindling: Target Corp. on Thursday said that it will no longer report monthly figures starting next year.
Target was among those retailers reporting results that fell short of analyst expectations. The discounter said its sales gain of 2.1 percent was slightly below analysts' expectations as shoppers picked up back-to-school items and groceries. Department-store chain Macy's also posted a 2.5 percent increase last month that was below the gain of 3.3 percent analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had expected. Meanwhile, Costco Wholesale's 5.7 percent gain put it among the merchants that posted results that beat Wall Street estimates.
September's results offer hope for retailers as they head into the winter holiday shopping season, a two-month period in which they can make up to 40 percent of their annual revenue. It's the latest sign that consumers are feeling a little better about the economy. That's important because consumer spending accounts for 70 percent of economic activity.
Right now, confidence is at a seven-month high as people are feeling better about rising home prices and a rebounding stock market. Still job growth remains weak and prices for everything from food to gas are higher. On top of that, there's a worry that the U.S. economy will fall into another recession next year. That's when tax increases and deep government spending cuts will take effect unless Congress reaches a budget deal.
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Mary Mastenbrook, a 58-year-old who lives in Schaumberg, Ill., says she will be closely watching how the budget battle plays out. She bought a flat-screen TV last month at Abt Electronics, but she's not sure how much she will be spending for the winter holidays.
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Within the past few weeks, rainforest destruction has begun once again in one of Africa's most important biodiversity hotspots: the coastal rainforest of Cameroon, at the fringe of the Congo Basin region. Herakles Farms, the American company behind the operation, is now pressing ahead with the establishment of a palm oil plantation in this precious area despite major social, environmental and legal concerns.
A Buma tree (Cieba pentandra), standing in the middle of one of Herakles' nurseries. These trees are considered to be sacred, and are a symbol of power in many African regions. The bulldozer that tried to fell it crumpled under the impact. Despite having fixed the bulldozer, the company decided to leave the tree so that it now stands alone in the middle of a devastated landscape.
Despite the rapidly growing controversy around its plantation project, Herakles Farms has stated that it wants to become a model for sustainable palm oil development in Africa. On the contrary, this specific project exemplifies the possible detrimental impact of large-scale palm oil plantations on people's rights and livelihoods, biodiversity and the global climate. Herakles Farms' plans have already been strongly contested by local communities, Cameroonian NGOs and international conservation organizations, as well as by leading scientists.
Herakles Farms is headed up by an American businessman, Bruce Wrobel, who is the CEO of several companies with connections to The Blackstone Group, the New York private equity giant. An injunction case brought against Herakles' local subsidiary, SG Sustainable Oils Cameroon Ltd., by Struggle to Economize Future Environment (SEFE), cited the possibility of irreparable damage or injury to local communities if the plantation were to go ahead.
Given the terms of a 99-year agreement under which Herakles Farms is allowed to establish a plantation of about 70,000 hectares, it's not difficult to see why Cameroonian NGOs fear the worst for local people. The agreement does not clarify to what extent – if at all – Cameroonian labour laws will apply, it exempts Herakles Farms from paying any taxes for the first 10 years, and it enables Herakles to rent the land from as little as US $0.5 per hectare, increasing by 2 % per year, contributing almost nothing to the state budget. The legality of the agreement itself has been contested by one of Africa's leading civil society organizations, the Center for Environment and Development (CED). The agreement was signed by the Minister of the Economy, Planning and Regional Development, contrary to Cameroonian law which requires the President's approval for land allocations over 50 hectares. Under the agreement, Herakles is even given the right to organize its own protection of the zone using a private police force with the power to "search, apprehend, detain, exclude and evict unauthorized persons".
Herakles' presence in Africa's rainforests does not solely threaten the rights and livelihoods of local people, who depend on the forest as a source of food and building materials. The proposed plantation is located between four protected areas of huge ecological importance: the Korup National Park, Bakossi National Park, Rumpi Hills Forest Reserve and the Banyang Mbo Wildlife Sanctuary. Destroying tens of thousands of hectares of forests that serve as a crucial corridor between these reserves would put the endangered species that live in these forests, including forest elephants, chimpanzees and the highly threatened Drill under further pressure. Leading conservation scientists have warned the company that the proposed plantation will "cut the heart out" of this vital rainforest region.
Herakles claims that it will not clear primary forests or forests of high conservation value, but it remains very vague on what this means. They suggest that the forest they want to destroy is highly degraded with only a small part of it of high conservation value. However, recent satellite images reveal that 71% of the area has 70% forest cover, which is a similar proportion to the neighbouring Korup National Park. Tellingly, the original Environmental and Social Impact Assessment of the area was never officially published.
Greenpeace believes the Herakles palm oil plantation project must be stopped now, before it is too late, and sent this letter to the company on May 10, 2012.
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What are you going to do if Herakles will not stop after this letter? occupy?
Is there a court possibility in terms of "stop fuelli...
What are you going to do if Herakles will not stop after this letter? occupy?
Is there a court possibility in terms of "stop fuelling climate change"?
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Do not destroy our continent.. Leave Africa alone...
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(Unregistered) Reinhard
Thanks Greenpeace for picking up the scandal.
This must be stopped!!!
11 May, 2012 at 15:46
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I wish you big success fighting this!
How can the people help you?
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Let's go Greenpeace, we can't let this happen!
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Greenpeace, thanks for alerting the world of this atrocity on our Biodiversity. They must be stopped otherwise we shall all pay a bigger price tomorro...
Greenpeace, thanks for alerting the world of this atrocity on our Biodiversity. They must be stopped otherwise we shall all pay a bigger price tomorrow. The Minister who signed this deal needs to resign from office. This is a crime against your people.
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Interesting claim that this farm which will employ thousands of people threatens "the rights and livelihoods of local people, who depend on the f...
Interesting claim that this farm which will employ thousands of people threatens "the rights and livelihoods of local people, who depend on the forest as a source of food and building materials."
Cameroon is one of the poorest country's in the world, sustainable agriculture creates lots of jobs, and Greenpeace wants these local people to continue to live in squalid poverty, to hunt wildlife in the forest in neighboring national forests.
These neighboring national forests near Herakles Farm are not like the ones in the developed world...there are NO forest rangers...they are not patrolled...the locals hunt in them everyday for subsistence, and if they don't eat what they kill they sell it as "bushmeat."
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There are according to the CED documents much more people affected than jobs created - and these jobs are depending on peak times of the plantation. What is in the days when they have fewer jobs? Is there work in the rainy season? What is the wage?
What is with the people who lose land and do not get a job?
Why is the resistance of the locals ignored?
Pressure to the parks will be higher if there is no chance to hunt in the secondary forest, because there will be only oil palms.
Access to healthy land for the next generations is worth more.
Rainforest is worth more for the climate and for all of us than monocultures.
This projects' main goal is high returns on investment.
But how much will Cameroon gain from this in the next 99 years?
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Well done Greenpeace for getting involved and putting us in the know.
What can we do to help?
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For our Adobe Muse and Adobe Edge users, we have some exciting updates to share – and if you're a Creative Cloud member, consider it good news times two with the applications available to all Cloud users!
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First up, Adobe Edge – a next generation tool for creating content with motion and interactivity for the web, using web standards like HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript – is now Adobe Edge Animate with the release of Preview 7. We're thrilled to announce that the latest preview of Adobe Edge is now available in the Creative Cloud.
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On the morning of August 24, 2006, my dad and I drove on the winding one-way streets of Cambridge in a torrential downpour. I was on my way to Mather House, the dorm where the sailing team was staying for preseason. A confusing mix of excitement and worry filled me.
In one of the first weeks of the fall of 2008, I injured my knee. This injury put me on crutches and prevented me from sailing for the rest of the season. While the injury certainly was disappointing, it gave me the opportunity to realize how much my team members mean to me. My first night back in my dorm room, my teammates surprised me with a homemade cake and poster size card. Even though they had raced all weekend and surely had hours of homework to do, they sacrificed their time to offer support and encouragement to me. This anecdote is just one small example of how my teammates have supported me over the past four years.
In addition to providing a family for me, sailing has also helped me learn discipline and time management. Because being a varsity athlete is so demanding, I have learned how to limit procrastination and efficiently complete my schoolwork. Sailing has been the perfect complement to schoolwork. It gave me something to look forward to as I was pushing myself to write my thesis or study for a midterm.


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Last week I had the opportunity to present a tutorial on sensor fusion at the RoboBusiness Conference in Santa Clara. It was my first time at RoboBusiness, and I thoroughly enjoyed attending sessions, wandering the show floor and talking with other attendees. As you might guess, this conference is all about BUSINESS enabled by robotics. Neat technology by itself is of only academic interest. The attendees are interested in making MONEY. The theme of this year's show was "Invest, Innovate, Implement".
One of my first destinations was to visit Baxter, developed by Rethink Robotics. You might have read about Baxter in the IEEE Spectrum article "How Rethink Robotics Built Its New Baxter Robot Worker". Baxter represents a new breed of robot intended to work along side people. If a human gets in Baxter's way, he yields instead of knocking the dumb human on his or her keister.
It's also easy to tell Baxter what you want to do. Simply grip both sides of his "wrist" and Baxter's arm enters a "weightless state". You simply move his arm where you want it to go and program waypoints via a number of buttons on his arm. No computer needed. I experimented with the weightless mode, and it really is easy to move him about.
Freescale had a booth on the show floor. Immediately across from us was Velodyne. These are the folks that make the Lidar system you'll see on top of the Google map cars that roam the nation. Velodyne had one of their systems set up on the show floor, generating a real-time image of the surrounding area (see image below). The system is responsive enough that you can clearly see people walking around the floor. These same systems will be similar to those used in high-end robots for mapping and collision avoidance.
I've seen telepresence robots at the last couple Consumer Electronics Shows that I've attended. As you might expect, they were out in force at this event, courtesy of Robotics Trends and Suitable Technologies in the form of Beam robots (below). At one point in the show, I found myself in a conversation with two other individuals, both attending via Beam. One from India and another from the U.S. east coast. There were no noticeable bandwidth or delay issues. And my remote friends informed me that the Beams have multiple cameras, including one that enabled them to see my feet – so they would not bump into things. With a top speed of over 3MPH, that's a good thing!
Beam telepresence robots at their charging stations
One of the keynote sessions was entitled "Deploying 20 Autonomous Mobile Robots in a Hospital" by Aldo Zini of Aethon and Ken King of El Camino Hospital. They mentioned that nurses spend, on average, 50% of their time on logistical and administrative tasks. A lot of this time is spent dealing with the hospital supply chain: medication, supplies, food, linen and trash. Delivery of these is complicated by the large size of the average hospital campus, variation in delivery size (a few pills versus a stack of clean linen) and the need for timely delivery. The Aethon tug (shown below) can be customized for different tasks. Some of the machines at El Camino deliver drugs, others handle linen, etc. Because the machines are able to work 24/7/365, the hospital found that they needed less floor space devoted to "staging areas", and could re-purpose that space for revenue generating purposes.
Field robotics is another huge area of growth. This might include field preparation, spraying for pests, herding, harvest automation and more. Autonomous Solutions, Inc. is one of the companies working in this space. They offer kits to retrofit vehicles for remote use.
Another interesting keynote was entitled "Big Data Meets Big Agriculture: UAV Solutions for Modern Farming" by Bandon Basso of 3D Robotics. Brandon presented example data sets collected via UAVs that clearly identify variation in plant health across a farm's growing area. Because the UAVs are self-guided, a farmer can launch the vehicle and then go for coffee while data is collected. The farmer can then make intelligent decisions with regard to where to fertilize, add/decrease water, etc. Decreases in UAV costs as well as the ease of data analysis (which can now be done in an hour or two), mean that farmers now have the option to perform this type of analysis multiple times over the course of a single growing season.
I got a chance to play with a really interesting haptics demonstrator by Barrett Technology Inc. You grasp a ball at the end of a robot arm mounted on a tripod (below left). Moving that ball in space causes a virtual ball on a computer screen (below right) to move about an enclosed "room". Each surface (4 walls, ceiling & floor) of the room are modeled as being composed of some different material. For instance, the floor was grooved and the right wall as magnetic. When you "rolled" the ball across those surfaces, you could feel the interaction of those surfaces with the ball you held in your hand.
Barrett Technology haptics demonstrator
Robotic arms have been a staple of the industry for generations, and there was no shortage at RoboBusiness. c-link Systems (not shown) actually shared space in Freescale's booth. Others shown below (from left to right) include ABB Robotics, Schunk, and Universal Robots. ABB has a 43 page catalog of robot solutions, ranging from controllers, track systems, positioners, point robots and more. Another company to look at in this space (again, not shown), is Synapticon.
Robot Arm from ABB Robotics
Robot Arm from Schunk
Robot Arm from Universal Robots
The roving robot shown below was developed by Unbounded Robotics. That company was the winner of the PITCHFIRE event, where startup firms pitched their companies and products for the venture capital community. Unbounded Robotics has a nice video of the UBR-1 robot in action, which you should definitely view.
The VEX Robotics Design System (below) brings the old erecter set into the 21st century, offering everything from complete robot kits to a-la-carte ordering of individual components. Their products are tailored for STEM education, but will make even experienced engineers drool in anticipation.
As I mentioned earlier, this was my first RoboBusiness conference. As a novice in the field, I came away with a number of lessons learned:
- Robots have gone mainstream, affecting many more areas of the economy than just manufacturing.
- The community seems to think that they've solved the navigation problem. Autonomous UAVs can now navigate a pre-defined flight plan, avoiding unplanned obstacles on their own initiative, and even selecting their own landing sites. Ground-based TUG robots can roam buildings on their own, with no major infrastructure to enable that navigation. And SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) techniques have progressed to the point where one presenter was able to show a full three dimensional model of the Tower of Pisa that was generated in 20 minutes.
- The Robot Operating System (ROS) is the dominant toolset used by the industry today, although other options are still in use. ROS is also consistent with the concept of Cloud Robotics.
- iRobot and ABB were two of the big players at the show. Most of the other companies I saw were much smaller. There is still a lot of innovation and entrepeneurship going on.
- The industry DOES have an up to date, and detailed roadmap: A Roadmap for U.S. Robotics From Internet to Robotics, 2013 Edition
- 50% of the pilots in training today will be drone pilots
- The adoption of co-worker robots is leading to re-shoring of jobs. That is, bringing jobs BACK to the U.S.
- Some industries (particularly fast food) may face job losses as robotic technologies are adopted.
- In 20 years, coast-to-coast air freight shipping will be unmanned in the U.S.
- Take a few minutes to visit the website of the Robotics Virtual Organization
- If you are interested in personal UAVs, visit http://diydrones.com/
- Primesense and the Microsoft Kinect have revolutionized robot vision, navigation and mapping by dramatically lowering the cost of vision hardware.
- ROS Industrial is extending ROS into industrial settings.
I arrived on site in Santa Clara around mid-day on Wednesday the 23rd of October and headed home about 4PM the following Friday. Hopefully the information above gives you a rough idea of just how jam-packed the conference and show were with information. A good time was had by all!


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Some progress on the emulator
ROLF is being viewed via VNC, and the ArtWorks StartUp file is being displayed entirely using the AWRender module, called from AWViewer.!RunImage running on ROOL's BASIC105.
The blue border is due to some debug code (clearing the area to be redrawn to blue), the title of the window is not taken from the CreateWindow request, and the green text is because the font code needs some more work. There's still a long way to go, but it's a significant step forward.
The size of the text is due to the font manager being told that the screen is 90dpi, but ArtWorks expects 180dpi (because that's what my software tells it).
There's no transparency in the image (the droplets of water should be transparent), which, I'm told, was due to the renderer not being able to get dynamic areas properly. I've fixed the dynamic areas, but now I have to work on allowing the code to redirect output to sprites.


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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Happy Blogoversary to Me!
This was a surprise to me because over the weekend I just returned from a trip to Hawaii. I met with some "new" cousins, learned about the Dominis family, did a bit of research, and also found time to have a vacation. I'll be writing about this in my upcoming posts, so stay tuned…
Copyright 2010, Heather Wilkinson Rojo
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Here's to many more years of blogging. Happy Blogoversary! Your Hawaii posts has me wishing for ancestors there, what a great place to do research!ReplyDelete
Happy Blogiversary to you! Congrats on the first year, looking forward to many more!ReplyDelete
Heather, wow, doesn't it seem like yesterday? Happy Blogoversary to you. I've enjoyed reading many of your posts and knowing you personally. Here's to a year of more good posts.ReplyDelete
Happy Blogoversary! Look forward to reading your posts for many more.ReplyDelete
Happy Blogoversary (a couple days late)! I enjoy reading your posts and look forward to many more.ReplyDelete
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Got to be Phantoms,and after that Reach the Beach
I'm not familiar with their stuff after Walkabout.
I wasn't really impressed with Walkabout though,it doesn't compare to their earlier stuff.I just started listening again to the Fixx,I generally listen to very extreme heavy stuff,but I grew up on the Fixx's sound. And it still stands today as unique music(eerie pop)(gloomy rock).I would like to find their videos on some form of media(DVD,or just media on the net I can watch)
The Saved by Zero video creeped me out as a teenager watching MTV.I had it recorded on a beta years ago off of MTV.No idea where that could be


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It's going to be a little while yet before we get to Daniel Craig as Ian Fleming's iconic secret agent on the big screen. The fact that he'll be reprising the role in Activision's new Goldeneye game is as good a reason as any to pick up the modern take on a FPS classic. The trailer above gives a glimpse of Craig's craggy features, as well as a run-through of various environments from the game. You'll also get a gander at what classic henchmen Jaws and Chop Chop look like in all their visually upgraded glory. Get ready to lay your goldeneye and goldfingers on the spy shooter next week.
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Career Pathways History
In 2002, the Ford Foundation selected the Kentucky Community & Technical College System (KCTCS) to participate in its "Community College Bridges to Opportunity Initiative". The "Bridges Hypotheses" was developed by the Ford Foundation to address the fact that separation of remedial, workforce, and academic missions fails to promote economic and academic advancement for disadvantaged students. It also suggests that public policy reinforces this separation and changes in public policy can foster improved mission integration.
All of Kentucky's key stakeholders were engaged in the implementation and institutionalization of strategically designed state education policy initiatives including:
- Kentucky Education Reform Act, 1990
- Kentucky Post-secondary Improvement Act, 1997
- Adult Education Reform, 2000
- Early Childhood Education Reform 2000
KCTCS embraced the Career Pathways model as a strategy for achieving this mission integration. In October 2003, KCTCS issued a Request for Proposals to its 16 colleges and co-hosted a joint (Kentucky-Ohio) technical assistance conference with the Ohio Knowledgeworks Foundation. All KCTCS colleges were represented at the conference by Career Pathways Teams and were provided technical assistance from national experts in the beginning stages of their Pathways development. All 16colleges responded with two-year implementation plans and budget requests totaling $3,517,791 with $4,027,606 of in-kind support from employers, agency partners, and federal grants. KCTCS has approved 17 pathways projects which target services for over 1200 new and incumbent workers.
In 2004, KCTCS was awarded continued support from the Ford Foundation to support the Career Pathways initiatives at the 16 college districts, providing funds for curriculum and articulation work, data collection and accountability, trainings, policy development, and technical support.
In 2006 and beyond, many of the KCTCS colleges are concluding their original pathway pilots and are working towards sustainability and capacity building. Many colleges are developing new initiatives and/or expanding existing efforts to integrate Career Pathways in additional program areas and other career sectors. Others are building upon and expanding their projects to serve more students and employers. The result of these efforts is evidence of the mission integration and systemic transformation sought by both KCTCS and the Ford Foundation.
Workforce Competitiveness Initiative
Since May 1997, the tenets of the Kentucky Postsecondary Education Improvement Act of 1997 have been the guiding force for the development of KCTCS as the primary provider of workforce education and training for all Kentuckians. One of the goals of the KCTCS Strategic Plan 2006-10 is to enhance the economic development of communities and the Commonwealth. The 2006-07 LEAP Workforce Competitiveness engaged CEO/executive business leaders throughout the state in a dialogue that would connect the KCTCS Mission and Vision with Kentuckys economic future. These CEO briefings brought together more than 300 business leaders in 17 dialogue sessions (one at each college and one at the System Office) in a structured discussion on the workforce and economic development challenges facing Kentuckys leading businesses.
KCTCS also conducted a benchmarking study of the Community and Economic Development Offices of each college to determine the range of services, training, and operations being provided to business and industry. Both studies demonstrated the need for KCTCS to re-evaluate how it provides services to business and industry and to reinvent the role of the colleges in meeting Kentuckys workforce and economic development challenges.
The WCI also builds on the Ford Foundation funded Bridges to Opportunity Initiative which developed broad based career pathways in all of the colleges. Career pathways are a way to connect education and training programs with support services to help people especially those who are most disconnected and disadvantaged gain employment and/or advance within an occupational or industry sector. Pathways move vertically within clusters and horizontally across sector/clusters with similar work environments and contextual requirements. Career paths depend upon information about the sector, connections between education and training programs and employers, curricula that are defined by job competencies, and articulation of community colleges programs with higher education requirements to ensure continuity along the paths.
Integrating career pathways with the industry sector approach outlined by both the System and the colleges as an integral part of the WCI strategy will expand the institutional understanding of local, regional and state education and labor market opportunities and barriers, and will leverage a comprehensive range of community resources to address them. As the advocate for the workforce and career and technical education mission of the colleges, CED operations will represent the mission integration among academic, workforce development and remedial education; generate employer-driven, sector-oriented economic development partnerships; identify clear connections between academic credentials and jobs; develop remedial bridge programs into for credit coursework; and provide a strong supportive services component.


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thenobodies80 wrote:Just a quick thought while I take a coffee at work...graphically speaking it looks really great, I strongly suggest to use always PS if the above is the result you can achieve using it.
No time now to look at it in depth now but I have a quick suggestion about rail lines that maybe are worth a note for when you will reach the graphics stage. Some rail lines are very similar to the region color. I can distinguish them easily but , if i'm not wrong, someone had a similar issue when you did your africa map. I don't think they are not visible, but where the lines are short, it would be better to have more contrast with the land color, like the Belem Line. About belem line, JB BEL and B PMW could be done better (again just a note)
Finally I notice that you have a couple of short line that are a bit hidden behind the hats(?), like B FOR - BR REC for example.
Agree about have smaller and less pics about place, it's one of the thing I said to koontz to suggest to you, anyway we agree here so
Final Note, if you want to go BR, remember that , if approved, this map will be ONLY for battle royale. On that side it would make more sense to me to have this one as standard map and instead go with a World Rail Map (just an example) for battle royale...in that way you will have a series of rail maps and a final BR maps to complete the series....obviously these are just random thoughts.
The coffee break is taking too long...maybe it's time for me to go back to my RL work.
Again it looks very nice.
Thank-you for those comments.
Please refresh the above image....some small changes to address the issues you mentioned...
1. Better drop shadow given behind the rail lines to make them stand out more...i think this is better than changing the line colours...this map because of the dark sea can cope visually better with darker drop shadow than could Rail Africa.
2. Lines have been moved around hats and altered to look better
I will have to consider more the BR situation.


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Founder's Park, Hampton, New Hampshire
This weekend is the kick-off celebration for the 375th anniversary year of the founding of Hampton, New Hampshire. Reverend Stephen Batchelder led his flock to Hampton, which actually settled on 14 October1638, so the official celebrations for the 375th birthday will be a year long celebration. A list of the founding families can be found on the stones at Founder's Park, across from the Historical Society, or at this blog post: http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/05/founders-park-hampton-new-hampshire.html
This weekend, at the First Congregational Church of Hampton, founded by Rev. Batchelder / Bachiler, there will be a special service and all descendants of founding families are invited. This is followed by a lunch and activities. See the web link below for more information and to register. The official celebration will be a three day event in August 2013 at Tuck Field, next to the Historic Society. A commission has been formed to plan the celebration.
First Congregational Church, Hampton
First Congregational Church
Hampton, NH
On October 14, 1638 Rev. Stephen
Bachiler and fifty-five settlers from
Massachusetts laid out Winnacunnet
Plantation and organized what is now
the oldest congregational society in
New Hampshire and the second oldest
continuous church fellowship in the
United States
Presented by
New Hampshire Society
Daughters of the American Revolution
October 14, 1978
For more information:
Descendants Celebration Sunday- register here for the activities this weekend, October 14, 2012 http://www.firsthamptonchurch.org/descendants-celebration-sunday.aspx
Copyright 2012, Heather Wilkinson Rojo


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Just 10 minutes drive from Killarney town centre, this early nineteenth century rectory is now Michael and Geraldine Rosney's "charming little hotel".
You certainly don't have to be a golfer to stay here but it must help, especially in the pubby little bar, which is run as an "honour" bar with guests' golf balls accepted as tender; most visitors clearly relish the bonhomie, which includes addressing guests by first names.
There's a comfortable traditional drawing room with an open fire for guests, furnished with a mixture of antiques and newer furniture, and the bedrooms vary in size but all have full bathrooms (one with jacuzzi) and are freshly-decorated, with phone and satellite TV.
The hotel has many return visitors and is popular with business guests as well as holidaymakers; secretarial services are available, also all-day room service.
Resident guests see no need to go out when a good dinner is offered under the same roof as their (very comfortable) beds and although it might be considered expensive in comparison with many others in the area, this charming restaurant is also very popular locally. Head chef Paul O'Gorman has overseen the kitchen since 1997, a rarity which speaks for itself.
You can have an aperitif in the friendly little bar while browsing 5-course dinner menus that offer a wide choice on each course, plus specials each evening.
The range offered is well-balanced, allowing for conservative and slightly more adventurous tastes, and some of the more luxurious dishes, such as oysters, chateaubriand steak or lobster, attract a supplement.
Like the rest of the hotel, the dining room has a cosy charm and the owners' hospitality is outstanding.