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|By Greg Schulz
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|October 17, 2012 08:45 AM EDT
In case you are not familiar, degrees of separation refer to how you are connected to other people.
When you know somebody directly then you are a first connection, and you are a second degree of separation from people that they are directly connected to. The theory goes that via a mix of the number of people you are directly connected to, as well as how well they are connected to others, that you are only so many degrees of connection separation from many (if not millions of people) and if you go out seven degrees, that could be billions.
If you are familiar with or use Linked In and are directly connected to somebody like myself, which is a first degree. For example in the following image, person A is a first or 1 degree connection to person B, person B is a direct or first degree connection to person C who in turn is a direct connection to person D. Person A is 2 degree from person C and three degree from person D.
The reason I bring this up is not to say or play games around who is connected to whom, or compare contacts or the number of them, rather to use the idea of degrees of separation in the context of where and how you get your information. For example, you may get your information, insight or experience directly from what you do. On the other hand, you may get information or knowledge directly from the source or person involved with it, which would be 1 degree of separation.
You could also get the information from somebody else such as a friend, coworker, blogger, analyst, consultant, media journalist, reporter, vendor, VAR or other person who got it directly from the source, which would be 2 degrees of separation. Another example would be you get your information from somebody who cites a report, study, survey or some research that came from another source that involved another party who collected and analyzed the data.
At each point, there is the potential for the information to be changed, adjusted, reinterpreted, misunderstood, or simply adapted to meet particularly needs. What if person A gets their information from person B who in turn got their information from source C, and that comes from person D who got it directly from person E? Assuming that the information was collected and passed along as is, person A should get what was given from person E to person D. However, along the way, various interpretations, more material and views can be applied resulting in a different message.
There is also another variation, which are your spheres of influence or circles of contacts. For example I get to talk with lots of IT pros around the world live in person, virtually and via different venues, those would be direct or no separation. When I hear from a vendor or PR or some pundit telling me what they heard direct, that's 1 degree however if they heard it from their marketing who heard it from a sales rep or other source then it's at least two.
Another example of degrees of separation is where you are in relation to technology timelines, evolution, revolution, industry adoption vs. customer deployment. For example, if you are a researcher or development engineer, you are further along on a technology evolution curve than others are. Somebody then takes the researchers work and productize it including making it manufacture able on a cost-effective basis. Along the lines there is also the different degrees of separation between the researcher, initial publicity of a technology breakthrough, general industry adoption and later customer deploy and subsequent success stories. For example, to a research something that they did many years along with those who follow at that point may view what is emerging for real customer deploy as old and yesterday's news.
On the other hand, for customers getting ready to deploy a new technology, product or service, some breaking research may be interesting to hear about, however it may be out several years at best from customer actual use. Also on that theme, the customer of a component can be a manufacturer that in turn test, qualifies and sells a finished solution to their customers. Thus, there are different degrees of separation between industry adoption (e.g. talking about and awareness) and customer deployment (actually buying and using on a mainstream basis) in the technology supply chain.
Yet another degree of separation is between you and your information or data. Some of that data is very close in your own memory (e.g. brain), perhaps others written on note pads (physical or digital) with a copy local or remote including at the cloud. Depending on how your data and information are backed up or protected, there can be added degrees of separation between you and your information.
Thus, there are different degrees of separation between you and your various forms of information.
Your ability to learn and share information, meet and interact with various people from across different sections of environments is bound by what you are willing to engage via various mediums including social media involvement.
If you are comfortable with where you are at, or what you know, then stay in your comfort zone, or sphere of influence, otherwise, take a chance, venture out, learn what you do not know, meet who you do not know, interact and see new things, or have some dejavu and share what you have seen or experienced before.
After all, knowledge not shared with others is useless if kept only to you. Of course, for NDA material, what is not generally known about, or understood is not discussed and let us leave sleeping dogs lay where they rest. ;)
How good or reliable is your information or G2 that you might be using for forming opinions or making informed decisions around?
Feel free to expand your network getting closer by a degree or two, if not directly too different sources. You can connect with me via Twitter (@storageio), Goggle+, Linked In and Facebook among other means here. Likewise, check out the StorageIO events calendar here for upcoming virtual and live activities. These activities include seminars, web casts, video chats along with in person events while out and about in North America as well as Europe.
Ok, nuff said.
Cheers Gs
Greg Schulz - Author Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking (CRC Press, 2011), The Green and Virtual Data Center (CRC Press, 2009), and Resilient Storage Networks (Elsevier, 2004)
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When you see the top echelon of the EU press corps--The Guardian, Die Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Le Soir, and others--gathering in front of a meeting room at the European Parliament in Brussels you know that you should follow them inside. These seasoned correspondents select their assignments with a keen sense of urgency, and when they skip the daily 12 o'clock press briefing at the European Commission you know that they mean business.
Indeed, on Tuesday, the room was packed at the hearing convened by the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), the third largest political group of the European Parliament. The topic--the new Hungarian media law--is headline news in Brussels. There is outrage at what is seen as a crude attack against press freedom that, if not blocked, might contaminate other EU countries. But there is also bewilderment: How is it that a country on the verge of assuming the rotating presidency of the EU dared to adopt in late December despite successive warnings a highly contentious new law on the media? "It looks like a provocation," said a European Commission official who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly on the issue. "When you get such a prestigious mandate you avoid controversies that will undermine your action, especially if you are a small member state."
The panelists invited by the Liberal group did not mince their words to condemn a law that severely restricts press freedom and tightens state control on the media. In a video interview from Budapest the famous dissident under communism and renowned writer György Konrad described the press law as "a case study in Demokratura, a kind of regime that offers "a mix between democracy and dictatorship." "My country," he warned, "is reverting to the old rhetoric of statism, centralization and paternalism and moving away from liberal democracy."
Miklos Haraszti, former OSCE representative on freedom of the media, denounced an "unprecedented" attack against press freedom aimed at establishing the subordination of the media to the whims of the ruling party and instituting self-censorship among journalists. "It is practically like in Belarus," he added. "This law is the tip of the iceberg at the ending point of a process whereby the Hungarian government is misusing its legislative majority to methodically dismantle legal balances and constitutional guarantees."
György Schöpflin, a leader of Fidesz, the Hungarian ruling party, and a member of the center-right European People's Party (EPP), tried to counter the accusations. But his arguments fell flat: Instead of providing a legalistic rebuttal he mostly put the blame on an alleged anti-Hungarian conspiracy pushed by begrudged members of the opposition and arrogant Western European media. He even accused his critics of "boosting Euro-skepticism and the far right in Hungary."
The real news however was the presence of EU Commissioner for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes. Of course, she belongs to the Dutch center-right Liberal party and she might have relished the occasion to sting a member of a rival parliamentary group but a commissioner is supposed to be "politically neutral" and in any case speaks on behalf of the entire commission.
"You are well aware that, beside specific questions concerning the audiovisual media services directive, the new media law raises broader political questions concerning freedom of expression," she said. "Freedom of expression constitutes one of the essential foundations of our democratic societies."
Kroes promised that her services would seriously and thoroughly analyze the Hungarian law. She also confirmed that Orban last Friday in Budapest committed himself to "making adjustments should the commission find that aspects of the law do not conform with the EU rules."
"I am fully confident," she concluded, "that Hungary, being a democratic country, will take all the necessary steps to ensure that the new media law is implemented in full respect of the European values on media freedom and relevant EU legislation."
The EU knows that it cannot skip the debate. Far from just being a case of legal compatibility with EU laws, the Hungarian press legislation is seen as a major assault against the values enshrined in the European Charter of fundamental rights and the European Convention on human rights. "It is not about respecting a technical directive," said Dutch center-left liberal MEP Sophie In't Veld. "It is about the core values of the EU."
Next week the controversy will travel to Strasbourg, the other seat of the European Parliament, where deputies will meet in plenary session to listen to Orban's official presentation of the priorities of the Hungarian EU presidency.
"We don't want to mix questions linked to the rotating presidency with the controversy on the press law," confided Guy Verhofstadt, former Belgian prime minister and the current president of the European Liberal and Democrats group.
Indeed, but most observers agree that the Hungarian government has already decided otherwise by sticking to a national political agenda that risks ruining its presidency of the European Union.

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With three new local stations launching, Adelphia cable customers will certainly notice some subtle changes in programming– most notably in news, which by October will be available not just on NBC29, but also on the new CBS and ABC stations. Could this sudden increase in local options cause current Adelphia subscribers to replace their cable bill with rabbit ears?
Mike Meadows is going to.
"Now we can get three or four perfectly visible stations," says Meadows, a musician who recently cancelled his Adelphia subscription. "You just have to readjust your bar for entertainment. You might have to watch some children's cartoons."
And, Meadows says, there's a definite perk to his decision. "Nothing feels better than not giving Adelphia $100 a month."
Adelphia, however, isn't crying just yet.
"We don't anticipate any real change in subscriber participation," says Adelphia spokesman Lon Carruth. Both new channels are low-power UHF channels, he says, meaning that while they can be picked up with an antenna at area homes, the reception will still be clearer through the cable company.
And for those who are hopelessly addicted to cable network shows, such as Bravo's Queer Eye, or any of HBO's offerings, giving up Adelphia just isn't in the cards.
"Hell, no," says Ellen Teplitzky, a local attorney, asked if she would consider such a change. "I want my HBO." She cites that network's Six Feet Under series as must-see, and says her kids want their MTV.
HBO fan Leslie Levin agrees.
"I need my Sopranos," laughs Levin, adding, "I don't really watch the local channels."
It seems these stations' effect will be up in the air until they go on the air. So stay tuned.
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TORONTO -- Former Blue Jays pitcher Jack Morris is back.
Morris, a four-time World Series champion, will return to Toronto this season as an analyst for Sportsnet, the TV and radio provider of the Blue Jays. The 57-year-old, who was a member of Toronto's back-to-back 1992-93 World Series champion teams, inked a three-year deal with Sportsnet, according to a news release.
"I think it's great timing for me, personally, to come back here with the energy and excitement and buzz in town about the Blue Jays' organization," Morris said prior to the Blue Jays' annual State of the Franchise event for season-ticket holders Tuesday night.
"I saw this building full two years in a row every single night, and if I get to see that again, it will be fun."
Morris started Game 1 of the 1992 Fall Classic against the Braves and matched a career high that year by winning 21 games en route to his 10th season of reaching the 240-inning plateau.
The 18-year veteran, who also works as an MLB.com analyst, will provide color commentary for Sportsnet 590 The FAN's Blue Jays radio broadcasts, and he will also make appearances on Sportsnet's game telecasts, Blue Jays Central and Blue Jays Central @ Noon.
In recent years, the five-time All-Star, who retired in '95, has worked as an analyst for the Twins and Tigers.
"I always felt [Toronto] was like home -- I always spent a lot of time in Canada as a kid," said Morris, who said he made many fishing trips to Northwest Ontario as a child.
"I had nothing but good memories about Canada as a kid. I always loved playing here; Toronto has always been a fabulous city, and that has never changed. It's almost like a homecoming in some sort of crazy way for me. I don't feel like this is a foreign country in any sort of way."
Morris, who spoke about the difficulties of being an analyst, is excited to be providing coverage on a team that has postseason aspirations, and he admitted that his time covering the Tigers, specifically the 2003 season when the team lost 119 games, was difficult.
"As a former player, you know how hard [the job] is," Morris said. "The point is to not be overcritical, but with that being said, you can't not state the obvious. In order to have credibility, you have to be able to say things.
"It's so much more fun to work around a winner."
Morris, who recorded 254 wins and posted a 3.90 ERA over his career, has one last chance to get voted into the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers' Association of America next year, as he will appear on the ballot for the 15th and final time. Morris fell short of the 75 percent threshold needed for enshrinement into Cooperstown, receiving 67.7 percent of the vote in 2013.
While Morris said he won't lose sleep over the potential honor, he is optimistic things will go in his favor.
"In my heart, I feel like I can play with anyone that ever played. The guys in the Hall today all have that mental makeup," Morris said. "Writers have tough decisions to make. There are some great players coming on the ballot again next year.
"It won't be the end of the world if I don't make it, but I still have faith it will work out."
Sportsnet also announced Tuesday that it will telecast six 2013 Spring Training games and air 33 game broadcasts on Sportsnet 590 The FAN and four games on Sportsnet 960 The FAN.
The Blue Jays open their Spring Training schedule Feb. 23 against the Tigers at 1 p.m. ET on Sportsnet East, Ontario and Pacific, and on Sportsnet 590 The FAN.


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After last fall's trip to Seram, our next sampling location is in Indonesia's West Papua province, part of the great island of New Guinea. Even by rural Indonesian standards, Papua is remote and expensive to reach, but because of this contains the last vast areas of unexploited forest. It is the "final forest frontier," and under active assault by timber, oil palm, ranching, and mining interests.
For our project, Papua represents the eastern-most species pool in the gradient we are studying from Asian to Australian forests. With the help of many local friends and collaborators, I managed to get permission from the Indonesian government to do research in Papua. Historically this has has been difficult to obtain, due to the persistent tension between ethnic Papuans still hoping for independence and the Indonesian state. I visited Papua in 2005, and it has been a dream to come back and do forest research here. There is a great gap in knowledge about the biodiversity of Papua, and very few forest plots with published data. We do know that the general composition of the lowland forests is primarily Asian in composition (i.e., still some dipterocarps, and still few eucalypts), but the details of local and regional variation in forest composition are very few. Based on the results of any collecting that has been done, there are a great many undescribed species in the forests, and we can almost certainly look forward to discovering some.
I've been in the westernmost city of Sorong for ten days now, reconnoitering travel, access, and logistics options. Due to my prior uncertainty about these options, I had obtained permission for two sites that would have worked for our scientific goals: the Tamrau Mountains in the north of the "bird's head" of West Papua, and the large island of Waigeo, northwest of Sorong. On my previous trip, I fell in love with the nature of Waigeo. I also have strong personal connections with people I've met there before. On arriving in Sorong last week and meeting up with old friends, it became clear (as is always the case) that these personal connections count for much and make everything easier. Thus I have continued to pursue Waigeo as our destination.
While not too far from the Moluccan island of Halmahera, Waigeo appears to have a thoroughly Papua forest composition, probably due to its rapid motion from the east (in geological time) and very recent arrival in its current position. New Guinea is geologically complex, formed of the accretion of many parts, and both Waigeo and the Tamrau Mountains originated as micro-terranes in the mid Pacific. Waigeo appears to be loaded with endemic species, such as the rare red bird-of-paradise, Paradisea rubra, sought by Alfred Russel Wallace when he visit in September 1860 (see chapter 36 of his 'The Malay Archipelago'). Botanically, Waigeo is very rich, due to the wide range of habitats and substrates, from limestone pinnacles to ultrabasic shrubland, from lowlands on volcanic soils to montane forest (on Gunung Danai, which we hope to visit). For information about the vegetation of the Raja Ampat, see a report [pdf] I wrote for the Nature Conservancy.
The past ten days have been full of the usual stresses of organizing an expedition: reporting to officials, (re-)obtaining permits for protected areas, arranging a later visit by my scientific counterparts, buying supplies, solving logistical issues to move and supply a team of ten for a month in the forest (planes, taxis, and lots of boats), dealing with the death of my BlackBerry, etc. I am sometimes tempted to think how much easier it would have been for Wallace: he just turned up, rented a shack not far from the shore and started work. But of course, I don't (yet!) have to deal with constant threat of shipwreck, continual fevers, extended periods of very little food, and perhaps worst of all, being cut off from loved ones by vast distances with months separating written communications. I get to call home every day and stay (while in the city) in a pleasant air-conditioned hotel!
One thing that hasn't changed, however, is the vital importance of respecting and accommodating the desires and social concerns of local landowners. This is still true today for Papua more than in almost any other part of Indonesia. All land here is traditionally owned by local clans ("marga"), and recent constitutional changes will only strengthen the effective control people have over their land. This has impacted our trip already: I found out when I arrived that access rights for the area I had hoped to visit have been contracted out to an external party, albeit with the best intentions for forest conservation. This has led to some internal division within the clan. I was advised by local traditional leaders that, even though I had been welcomed to visit, my working in that area would likely fuel this internal conflict, probably with negative consequences for all parties. Instead, I was steered towards the village of Kabilol on the western shore of the amazing Mayalibat bay. I had also visited the forest here in 2005, and remember a beautiful, undisturbed lowland area, into which I was admitted as—in locals' memory—the first foreign visitor.
So, this morning I leave by 'longboat' to cross the ocean to Waigeo. I am traveling with a local traditional leader, Pak Hengky, and tonight we will meet with the Kabilol village elders to ask about access to the the forest area to the west of their village. My trusty assistants, Endro and Acun, arrived on Monday and have been shopping up a storm ever since. They will take the public express foot ferry to Waisai, on the south coast of Waigeo, and then hopefully join me tomorrow in Kabilol. There is no cellphone signal in Kabilol, but we will be making regular trips to Waisai. Hopefully, I will be able to send new blog posts every now and again. Wish us luck!


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Stories of Faith and Courage From Cops on the Street is a groundbreaking devotional book that demonstrates the vital difference men and women of faith make in law enforcement. As this is a date-specific daily devotional, stories that relate to a specific date or event (9/11/2001, major weather catastrophes, "line of duty" deaths, etc.) are strategically placed on or near the date the event occurred. This Battlefields and Blessings devotional book serves two purposes:â?¢It offers a glimpse in to what it's really like to be in law enforcement while demonstrating the spiritual side of the law enforcement community â?¢It presents law enforcement in a positive light as a career path filled with men and women who care deeply for the communities they serve
Stories run the gamut from light-hearted (a rookie who passes out while helping deliver a baby) to not-for-the-faint-of-heart (a bank shooting and a fatal auto accident). They represent every phase of law enforcement work and demonstrate that something happened relating to the incidents that simply cannot be explained away.
Some days you will weep as you identify with the authentic tragedy shared. At other times you'll laugh at situations that only other peace officers can truly identify with. Each day you will learn how God can be our refuge and fortress on each and every call.
By sharing the assurance and peace that only comes from God. the writers pray that you, the reader, will be encouraged and know that he who is in the world and seeks to destroy and kill is a defenseless enemy when God is on scene with you.
For a video regarding one of the stories in the book, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm7fyjZ1dmw
In addition to being an ordained minister and accomplished organist and pianist, with many years of service in the law inforcement community, seventeen as Executive Director of The Fellowship of Christain Peace Officers-USA (FCPO). Grant continues to serve as chaplain for the Chatanooga Police Department.
I've known Grant for quite a few years through my close association with the Fellowship of Christian Peace Officers and was honored to write three stories for this book. My own poor work in comparison aside, this is an outstanding daily devotional book for every cop, those who love us and for anyone else who seeks to understand our God-ordained profession. Also a great gift for any true servant-warrior.
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As a retired police officer and a police chaplain, I know that this book is the real deal. So many real, and sometimes gripping, stories of Cops diong what they were sworn and committed to do in spite of personal feelings, the stress, and their own baggage as real, fallible human beings who walk a fine line between law and grace. I can't recommend Grant's book highly enough.
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If you are not a Christian and are not interested in becoming one, you probably will not want to read this book, though it might be good for you to do so. If you are a Christian, this is practically required reading. I was astonished to learn that there are numerous associations of Christian law enforcement officers, none of which I ever heard of, and if a cop's house is destroying by fire or natural disaster, cops will come from all over the country to help rebuild. But more important are the lives that are permanently changed for the better, and the comfort given by Christians, at times the relatives of victims consoling the cop who must bring the word of a death in the family.
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I would recommend this book to anybody who can be persuaded to read a religious book, and I would particularly recommend it to people who thinks all cops are crooks and/or bullies, many of whom I have encountered when following the thread of a news story. Read this and find out what many cops are like.
It is said that ex-cops either get religion, get drunk, or get dead. I chose to get religion. I'm glad I did. The cops in this book didn't wait until they became ex-cops. I knew some cops like that.
my name is regina and i read this book...its a wonderful read and very inspiring, its amazing how many have been lead to Christ by leo's. i would love to find more books like this one, it really is a great look into a police officers lives and what they encounter. this book has brought many tears to my eyes both sorrowful and happy tears. thank you so very much for all the officers who contributed to this book and for the author himself for doing this. God bless all of you
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That is very sad. I hate it when good books go bad 😦 Who knows what great history was in there!
(Found you through the wordless Wed. site).
And this was the result of a roof leak in the library? Or just natural humidity?
Reminds me of the summer they steam-cleaned the library carpet at Shawnee High School and didn't bother to turn the AC back on….


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February 18, 2013
Locally experienced leader joins Foundation
Pam Bishop
A seasoned fundraising professional has arrived at Columbus State to oversee the Columbus State Foundation. Pam Bishop begins her role today as the Foundation's new Executive Director. The Foundation is responsible for planning, acquiring and distributing charitable gifts to support the college's strategic goals and priorities, including scholarships to students.
Bishop literally moved down the street from BalletMet where she has served its Director of Development since 2004. During her tenure, she and her team raised more than $2 million annually for BalletMet. She also established a planned giving society and launched a $1.2 million campaign to maintain operations during the economic downturn.
Entering her new role, Bishop said, "I am eager to begin working with Columbus State President David Harrison, the Foundation Board of Directors, and college and community leaders to create a new model for philanthropic support that will advance the mission of Columbus State and, ultimately, help students succeed."
Bishop's previous experience includes positions with the Columbus College of Art & Design and Children's Hunger Alliance. She has a B.S. degree from Western Michigan University.
As the Columbus State Foundation Executive Director, Bishop will oversee all charitable giving to the college and coordinate the annual Taste the Future culinary event. Last summer, that single event raised more than $100,000 for student scholarships.
Distinguished Teaching nominations received from students
Columbus State students have recognized faculty who made a difference in their learning in 2012 by nominating 70 for the Distinguished Teaching Award. Of those nominated, 35 have submitted portfolios for review by the selection committee. Portfolios will be reviewed this month and from that group ten finalists will be selected for classroom observation. Four final winners will be selected and recognized during an awards ceremony later this year. Learn more about the award at: http://cscc.edu/faculty/DTA.shtml. Congratulations to all of the nominees for 2012:
Susan Accetturo
Lisa Gordon
Todd Paciorek
Valentine's Day finery
Members of the Testing Center and Advising Services staff donned their formal finest on Valentine's Day to make their students feel special! They are, front, from left: Denise Cashon, Michelle Teasley, Lenora Knowles, Alainna Swenson, and Janelle Simms. Top row from left are: Aisha McGrapth, Jason Woljta, Terrence Kennedy, Jean-Claude Ba, Jr., and Sydni Howard.
Improvements being made to student email
Columbus State student email is being upgraded from Live@Edu to Office 365, during the week of Spring Break (March 8 – March 16).
The new student email accounts in Office 365 will include file sharing through SharePoint Online, online MS Office programs for creating and reading documents, instant messaging, and online meetings. Students can find complete instructions online at http://cscc.edu/email.
Akers presents at college personnel conference
Jeff Akers, coordinator in the Regional Learning Centers, co-presented with Kadia Reid, a colleague from Franklin University, at the Ohio College Personnel Association (OCPA) conference held in Worthington January 31 and February 1.
Their presentation, "The New Normal – Nontraditional Students' Impact on Traditional Institutional Operations," gave institutional leaders across Ohio a picture of the changing dynamic that non-traditional student populations will have at two- and four-year institutions. Utilizing research from the National Center for Educational Statistics, reports from the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, Back to School by Mark Rose, and other resources, the presentation identified and updated attendees on federal and state guidelines and regulations, and provided institutional best practices for incorporating and managing the needs of non-traditional students.
Cook to have play performed in March
William A. Cook (Bill Cook), associate professor of Humanities, will have one of his plays, "The Promised Land," performed at Columbus Performing Arts Center on Franklin Avenue, March 22, 23, 28, 29 and 30 at 8:00 p.m. and March 24 at 2:00 p.m. The performance will be directed by Joe Bishara, Associate Artistic and Managing Director of CATCO. Tickets are $12 and available at the door.
Rosenberg to exhibit art
"Circus" from the Twins and Triplets series by Melinda Rosenberg.
Melinda Rosenberg, adjunct faculty member in Humanities, will exhibit her "Works in Wood" from March 7 – May 5 at the McConnell Arts Center, 777 Evening Street in Worthington. The Artist's Reception will be held Thursday, March 7, from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Two galleries will exhibit the works; one contains sets of wooden wall pieces that are meant to be viewed in comparison to each other called "Twins and Triplets" and in the other is a series of wall sculptures based on a set of toy blocks called "Playing with Blocks."
SEaL to offer Civil Rights writing competition
The Diversity and Study Abroad Programs and the Student Engagement and Leadership (SEaL) Departments will offer a civil rights essay contest for students called "The New Voice of the Civil Rights Movement" in honor of the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, and the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Students are asked to share their perspective of the present-day civil rights movement and history's impact on present-day social justice successes and challenges. The deadline is March 8, and the four final winners will receive a scholarship to attend the Civil Rights Heritage Tour. The MLK Holiday Commission, in collaboration with the City of Columbus Community Relations Commission will sponsor
the tour April 2- 6, which will retrace the steps of Dr. King and other civil rights heroes.
The deadline for entries to the contest is March 8. Students can get an entry form in the SEaL office in Nestor Hall.
COMPASS and ACT placement score ranges change
The Testing Center has made changes to the COMPASS/ESL Placement scores effective on Saturday, February 9. Mathematics and reading COMPASS placement score ranges and the mathematics ACT score ranges have also been adjusted, as well as the courses for which students are eligible to schedule. Writing placement scores have not been changed at this time.
If you would like a copy of the new COMPASS and ACT Semester Placement Scores Chart, or have any questions about the changes, please contact Jessica Tomasek or Vera Beslin.


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SYDNEY, July 17 (UPI) -- Australia will drop its carbon tax and replace it with an emissions trading scheme sooner than had been planned.
Under the current carbon tax system which went into effect in July 2012, the country's top 500 polluters were charged $22 for each ton of carbon emitted into the atmosphere, increasing to about $23.40 next year.
It was to remain in place until 2015, when it would be replaced by an ETS scheme.
"The government has decided to terminate the carbon tax, to help cost-of-living pressures for families and to reduce costs for small business," Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Tuesday in announcing the decision to switch to an ETS system a year early, beginning next July.
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Rudd said the ETS model is used around the world, including Great Britain, Germany and soon in China.
Instead of paying about $23.40 per ton of emissions next year, large emitters are likely to pay about $6, due to the low cost of carbon permits in Europe, says The Guardian reported.
Leader of the Greens Party, Christine Milne, who had negotiated the carbon-pricing scheme with former Prime Minister Julia Gillard, denounced Rudd's announcement, The New York Times reported.
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Rudd, along with Australian Treasurer Chris Bowen and Minister for Climate Change Mark Butler, unveiled $3.9 billion worth of savings to offset the $3.8 billion in revenue the government expects to lose from selling carbon permits more cheaply, the Times reported.
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by Karen Hooper
Paperback : 296 pages [ 235mm x 191mm ]
Release Date : August 2010
I've just finished reading Karen Hooper's excellent IBM Lotus Notes 8.5 User Guide and it's awesome. In fact, this book is so good that I'd already gone online partway through the third chapter and ordered a print copy for my workplace library.
Of course, it helps that PACKT Publishing is having an IBM Month this November. There's a bunch of special offers but the ones to really take note of are;
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Back to the Review...
So, who is the audience for the book? Well, it's the layperson, the employees who are new to Notes or who need to brush up on their skills. That's not to say that there isn't good material and tips for the techies out there - but that the best value gains will come from the non-IT staff.
When reviewing technical books, I always have a goal in mind. In this case, my goal was simply to feel like everything had been covered yet still take away at least one "wow" moment where despite my long history with Notes, I pick up something new.
In this book, there were several wow moments. In fact, several times I had to put it down and get in there and have a go just to prove to myself that these "new" features worked. I'm impressed!
A Notes 8+ Book
If you're still using Notes 7, then you've got the wrong book. This is very much a book about the current Notes product. There have been massive changes in Notes 8 - 8.5 and this book walks through each of them in detail.
There are the usual chapters on mail, calendar and to-do lists but there are also sections dealing with RSS feeds, widgets, the sidebar, sametime and more. Thankfully the book is free of QuickR, Sametime (full version) and Connections references. This is a book which respects its core subject and concentrates its full attention on it.
There are a couple of ambitious chapters near the end which cover more on replication and database creation than I'd usually want my users to know but it's refreshing to see this material dealt with so simply. It's a book that you can hand up to the less technical management band and know that they'll come away with the right concepts.
Finally, the book ends with a chapter dealing with Symphony. I'd have preferred this chapter to have been two chapters earlier (in front of the technical stuff) and I'd have preferred it to go into more detail. It does however point to some very useful online resources - and since it's slightly off-topic, it's probably in the right place.
This book is brilliant. It belongs on the shelf in every IT department running Notes 8 and above. It also belongs in HR and there are whole sections which probably should be presented as part of a staff induction.
In fact, as soon as my print copy arrives (I read the eBook version), I've got a long list of people I want to circulate it through.
Don't hesitate - the IBM November specials at PACKT Publishing aren't going to last - get out there and get this book. It's the best Notes Client book I've seen in years.
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Tue, Dec 16
There's a floating, secret society of movies that includes such illustrious titles as RUNNING SCARED (the Paul Walker version, not the Hines-Crystal-Smits one), ANACONDA, and the immortal, why-hasn't-Criterion-done-a-release DEEP BLUE SEA.
These are the kinds of movies where, while you're watching it, usually with a group of friends, you think (or say aloud), "Is this HAPPENING?"
"Did I just see a from-inside-the-snake-view of John Voight being eaten?"
"When did this Paul Walker action movie become a Pasolini kid-rape parable?"
"Wait -- did I just see Samuel L. Jackson get eaten by a shark? Oh wait -- now ANOTHER shark is coming along and pulling his head off while the first shark swims off with his body?"
The reason you're so brain-cracked as you watch these movies is that, unlike on-the-borderlands fare like THE STORY OF RICKY, DEAD ALIVE and ICHI THE KILLER, these are boilerplate, wide-release films put out by major studios. In thousands of theaters, all across America, for anyone to see. And yet they contain winking corpses, black-light massacres and Saffron Burrows stripping down to bra and panties so she can electrocute a genius-level shark.
Somehow, someone tricked someone else at the MPAA and, let's face it, the studio itself to let these wonderfully transgressive movies loose to roam the countryside.
Well, it happened again.
PUNISHER: WAR ZONE is THE BEST time I've had at the movies this year. I've seen better films. MUCH better films. SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, THE DARK KNIGHT, LET THE RIGHT ONE IN and RACHEL GETTING MARRIED I'm sure, someday, will influence my work and make me think twice before I let slide something hack-y and un-original.
But I didn't ever feel like standing up on my chair and cheering. None of them made me cackle like a railyard hobo who's found half a cigar and a can of beans. And none of them had a scene where Dominic West, in Frankenstein makeup, convinces black, Chinese and Irish gangs to put aside their differences and act as cannon-fodder in his hissy fit vengeance scheme against Frank Castle, aka The Punisher.
People are not shot in this film. They have holes blasted through them or are turned into sticky mist.
People are not punched in this film. They have their faces pummeled off.
Children are not threatened. They are un-fixably scarred for life.
The film does not contain a hero. It does not contain an anti-hero. It contains a glowering Brit who huffs around in a bullet-proof body canister like he's searching for the perfect toilet to unleash a ten burrito dump. He's just as awful as the villains he dispatches and, unlike scores of other action heroes, does not utter a single clever or ironic quip. He'll plug someone and already be turning away, scanning the horizon for something else to kill. He's played by Ray Stevenson, but could have easily been played by Ray Stevens. He's more a force of destruction than Jason Vorhees or Michael Meyers could ever dream on.
Keep in mind, all of this mayhem, insanity and just-plain bugfuckedness is contained in one of the most beautifully shot films I've seen this year. It's almost distracting, how gorgeous cinematographer Steve Gainer's palette is. It's like he studied BLACK NARCISSUS and THE RED SHOES right before shooting a snuff film.
And director Lexi Alexander, a former stunt woman and kick boxing champion, has just groin-punched her way to the front of the line in the Nutball Director's Pantheon. Make room, Miike! Step aside, Kounen!
PUNISHER: WAR ZONE is still in theaters. Barely. It took ten days for it to body-crawl past 7 million dollars.
Won't you make a pasty shut-ins Christmas dreams come true? Won't you call up an old friend, perhaps an unhinged asshole you've been avoiding , and take them to see PUNISHER: WAR ZONE? Or maybe the whole family, while you're still digesting Christmas dinner? How amazing would it be if PUNISHER: WAR ZONE rallied, and beat MARLEY AND ME and BENJAMIN BUTTON on Christmas Day?
It'd help an angel get his wings, I bet.


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The California Department of Conservation assures the wise use of California's mineral, geothermal, petroleum, and soil resources.
The Division of Oil, Geothermal Resources and Gas supervises the drilling, operations, maintenance and abandonment of oil, gas, and geothermal wells to assure responsible use of these resources and to prevent contamination and damage from drilling operations. It monitors repressuring operations to reduce land instability over or adjacent to oil, gas, or geothermal reservoirs. The division also collects and publishes statistics of oil, gas, and geothermal well drilling and production; maintains maps; and produces technical reports.
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Under the motto "We automate. Safely." Pilz will be presenting industry solutions and services for safety and automation at this year's Hannover Messe from 25 - 29.4.2016. The automation company will also be presenting its product innovations from the fields of "Sensor technology" – including a world first – and "Operating and monitoring".
Ostfildern, Feb 23, 2016
Pilz at the Hannover Messe 2016, Halle 9, Stand D17 - Your way of Automation!
Safe human-robot collaboration (HRC) will be another theme: visitors can be there live when our "robot colleague" swings into action. The company will be using a live demonstrator to illustrate how user-friendly the implementation of automation solutions for the Smart Factory can be, from engineering through to visualisation.
Premiere at HMI: Classy device!
A world first will be premiered on Pilz's stand: the new light grids PSENopt II are the first Type 3 light grid for use in applications in accordance with Category PL d of IEC/EN 61496. Since the standard changed in May 2015, users have had to switch to Type 4 if they wished to achieve PL d. In practice this leads to higher costs, when Type 4 is not even necessary. PSENopt II units bridge the gap in the standard and guarantee an economical light grid solution, because they are tailor-made.
The automation company will also be presenting another innovation in sensor technology with its new safety gate system PSENmlock. It offers safety gate monitoring with safe guard locking for personal and process protection up to the highest category PL e, all in one device.
Visualisation as a reliable observer
Pilz's sensor technology innovations include the new Safety Device Diagnostics, which comprise a fieldbus module, junction and safe sensor technology PSEN. Sensor diagnostics enable data to be called up simply, including at distance, thus reducing service operations and downtimes.
It's not only in sensor technology that a good overview ensures greater availability – Pilz can also provide support with a new complete solution for control, diagnostics and visualisation. In Hannover, the complete automation specialist will be presenting the new operator terminal PMI 6 Control from the PMI product series (Pilz Human Machine Interface), which is fitted with a soft PLC.
Robot colleague on the Pilz stand
As a complete supplier, Pilz offers services and solutions – such as the safe 3D camera system SafetyEYE – for safe robot applications.
In Hannover, our robot colleague will be handing over "a workpiece" to visitors – and not a disruptive guard in sight: a live demo on the Pilz stand will show how safe human-robot collaborations can already be realised today.
At the heart of the robotics presentation is the comprehensive services portfolio for this sector, which is tailored to the individual life phases of a robot system, providing support from process analysis and risk assessment to CE marking.
Just "Smart"
Alongside robotics, "Industrie 4.0" is another initiative on which the stand will focus. Here the company will use a live demonstrator to illustrate how control tasks in a modular plant can be efficient and user-friendly thanks to distributed intelligence. The focus in this case will be on the Industrie 4.0-compatible automation system PSS 4000.
As a member of the research platform SmartFactory KL, Pilz is actively involved in drafting uniform standards for Industrie 4.0. In Hannover, Pilz is also represented on the shared SmartFactory KL stand in Hall 8. On show will be a production line developed in conjunction with other partners, illustrating the practical application of some key aspects of Industrie 4.0.
"Big Partner" – USA is an important market for Pilz
Pilz has been represented locally with its own subsidiary in the USA for over 20 years. "This year's official partner country of the Hannover Messe is now the number one export market for German mechanical engineering and is an important market for Pilz", says Mike Beerman, General Manager of Pilz's American subsidiary. It provides support not only with solutions, but also with a comprehensive services portfolio: "Application knowledge about standards is important, because standards provide a framework for operators and users, enabling them to create a safe working environment. This is where Pilz USA can provide support", says Beerman.
Pilz is exhibiting at the Hannover Messe in Hall 9, Stand D17 and on the SmartFactory KL stand in Hall 8, Stand D20.
Further information at: www.pilz.com/de-DE/hannover-messe or under webcode web9481.
Pilz de México, S. de R.L. de C.V. Safe Automation
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Tlalnepantla, Méx. 54050
Telephone: +52 55 5572 1300
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The Federal Government has flagged a trial of in-house telemonitoring technology for chronically ill veterans via the National Broadband Network (NBN), kicking off in July 2012.
Both the veterans' affairs minister, Warren Snowdon, and communications minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, announced the $8 million project which will enable 300 chronically ill veterans, from NBN connected areas in Toowoomba, Coffs Harbour, Armidale, Mandurah and Geraldton to have their health monitored without leaving their home.
"Vital statistics will be monitored from home and veterans will also have access to high definition video consultations with their GP or nurse coordinator when required," Snowden said in a statement.
"This will ensure the veterans' health can be observed, any irregularities can be identified and appropriate GP intervention provided in a timely manner."
According to Snowden, the trial, closely linked with the Coordinated Veterans' Care Program, will ensure each veteran will have an individual healthcare plan created by their GP along with the veteran and a nurse coordinator, who will monitor vital signs including blood pressure, pulse and blood glucose levels, liaising with the GP where vital signs are outside the normal range and intervention is necessary.
"Overseas experience has shown that telemonitoring can have significant health benefits for those involved, including more responsive management of chronic conditions."
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has commended the trial with president, Claire Jackson, noting the trial demonstrated the increasingly accessible and affordable direction that Australia's healthcare system is heading.
"This trial has the potential to bring new resources and tools to general practice to help keep our veterans out of hospital and to improve their quality of life," Jackson said.
"The increasing uptake of video consultations – in circumstances where the GP deems patient safety is uncompromised – is a step towards enhancing primary care as we know it today.
"Patients living in rural and remote communities, elderly citizens and other members of the community who find it difficult to regularly visit their GP face‐to‐face, are increasingly finding it possible to receive high‐quality healthcare from the comfort of their own home, thanks to initiatives such as the one announced today."
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Activist Alan Bounville will soon travel from his New York City home to give a talk at Rollins College.
It's not a long trip, a few hours by plane.
That's nothing for Bounville. The former Orlando resident spent two years walking more than 6,000 miles across the United States to raise awareness of issues related to sexual orientation, gender identity and equality.
Bounville's talk is part of a series of events surrounding "The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later," the season-opening play later this month at Rollins College's Annie Russell Theatre. Thomas Ouellette will direct the Rollins production.
"People are touched by plays like this," Bounville said. "They think about what they can do to stop violence."
"The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later" is a sequel to 1998's "The Laramie Project," a look at how the torture and murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay college student in Laramie, Wyo., affected his community. To create the plays, Moises Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theatre Project conducted hundreds of interviews — some right after the killing, others after a decade had passed.
In 2009, Shepard's name was attached to the law that expanded federal hate-crime laws to include gender and sexual orientation. A key contention of the prosecution during his killers' trial was that Shepard was targeted because he was gay.
Bounville visited Laramie on his cross-country walk, which began in 2011 and concluded this February. As he did in other cities where gay or transgendered people met with violence, he participated in a candlelight vigil.
"To see and be in that place creates a really spiritual kind of experience," said Bounville, 36, who left Orlando in 2009. "You can't really put that feeling into words."
He was heartened by the number of straight participants in the vigil and a workshop he led at the University of Laramie. "That response was incredibly powerful," he said. "It was experiences like that that really kept me going."
Bounville, a graduate of New York University's Educational Theatre program, presented one-man shows and workshops along his route. Orlando theatergoers might recall his show "Chained to Freedom," which he performed at the 2010 Fringe Festival. While in Winter Park, he will lead a social-activism workshop for Rollins students.
Bounville also will give a public program on his "Into the Light" walk, motivation and activism.
And Rollins faculty will present a staged reading of the original "Laramie Project" this Sunday, as a precursor to the fully staged sequel, which opens Sept. 27.
Both plays remain vitally important, Bounville says, especially in light of ongoing political battles over such issues as workplace rights and marriage equality.
"We need to learn from history," he says. "We need to learn from our mistakes."
• When: 8 p.m. Sept. 27-28 and Oct. 2-4; 4 p.m. Sept. 29; 2 and 8 p.m. Oct. 5
• Where: Annie Russell Theatre, Rollins College, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park
• Tickets: $10-$25
• Call: 407-646-2145
• Sunday, Sept. 15: Rollins faculty present a staged reading of the original "Laramie Project," the prequel to this play, at the Fred Stone Theatre on the Rollins campus. 4 p.m.
• Friday, Sept. 27: Opening-night reception in the campus's Bush Atrium, immediately following the performance of "The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later."
• Saturday, Sept. 28: Free public lecture with activist Alan Bounville, who will discuss his "Into the Light" walk across the country in support of gender and sexual-orientation equality. At the Annie Russell Theatre, 4 p.m.


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1. As I reported to you in the other thread, many people consider its "function" to be a parenthetical element.
2. I have another explanation that may interest you. Consider this sentence:
...have made it clear that science, as well as political and social theory, is a battleground in the cold war between the West and the East.
3. As I said, many people would classify "as well as political and social theory" as a parenthetical element. That would be its "function."
4. But some people have another theory. Perhaps a theory that may please you more.
5. One scholar says that the subject "science" is modified by the prepositional phrase beginning with "as well as."
a. In other words, you can find people who use the word "preposition" to describe words such as:
together with
along with
in addition to
as well as
6. If you like this theory, then you can say with confidence that the "function" of "as well as his friends" is:
prepositional phrase that modifies the subject "Paul."
My source is a book named Understanding Grammar (1954) by Dr. Paul Roberts, page 278.
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Moscow city officials have come up with an unusual way to energize people over the upcoming Winter Games in Sochi.
Passengers can get a free ride at a city metro station by performing 30 squats before entering the ticket barrier rather than paying the normal fee of 30 rubles (about 92 cents), according to USA Today. The idea is that each squat is worth one ruble.
A machine branded with the Olympic logo that sits next to electronic ticket vending machines counts each squat.
The promotion is meant promote fitness and sports three months before the Olympics begin in Sochi, according to The Wall Street Journal.
"We wanted to show that the Olympic Games is not just an international competition that people watch on TV, but that it is also about getting everyone involved in a sporting lifestyle," Alexander Zhukov, president of the Russian Olympic Committee, was quoted by state-run news wire RIA-Novosti as saying, according to WSJ.
The free rides will be on offer for a month, USA Today reported. The Olympic Games are set to kick off on February 7, 2014.
Watch people squatting in the video below.


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The Hamburger Cushion, on Etsy
Will the Hamburger Cushion become a meme in the way the Hamburger Bed did?
Who knows and who cares—it's a whole lot more functional and practical. For sale on Etsy, where it's described as "Hamburger Scatter Cushions," it comprises three large cushions (bun top and bottom and patty), two small tomato cushions, and lettuce-leaf and cheese plushies.
Its country of origin is Australia. Take that into account if you want to order one, as it's available stuffed and unstuffed (easier for shipping; stuff it yourself on arrival). Hamburger Scatter Cushions, Etsy, $300AUD/$245USD or $290AUD/$235USD