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Junior QB Erik Peterson completed 20-of-29 passes for 262 yards and guided two fourth-quarter TD drives as unbeaten and No. 5-ranked Bethel rallied past No. 9-St. Thomas, 28-21, in MIAC football play Saturday in Arden Hills.
The Tommies (4-2 overall, 2-2 MIAC) had a 15-game MIAC road victory streak halted and saw their postseason hopes take a damaging blow. Bethel ended a string of five regular-season losses to St. Thomas.
Trailing 14-0 at halftime, the Tommies used a 90-yard kickoff return TD by Jack Gilliland to start a 21-0 third-quarter surge.
The Royals (6-0, 4-0) scored two TDs in the final quarter, the final one with 40 seconds to play after a pass-interference call in the end zone on third down.
After BU converted a two-yard run for the go-ahead points, St. Thomas drove inside the Bethel 30 in the closing seconds but ran out of time to convert a potential tying score.
The teams had identical totals of 352 yards of total offense. UST had two more first downs (21-19) and one less turnover.
The Tommies marched inside the Bethel 15 twice in the first quarter but came away with no points, including a 4th-and-1 rush at the BU 2-yard-line they were unable to convert.
Mitch Hallstrom caught nine passes for 96 yards to lead a balanced Bethel offense.
UST sophomore RB Jack Kaiser rushed 32 times for 140 yards and two short TD runs. Freshman Nick Waldvogel had 85 yards of rushing and receiving yards. Sophomore QB Alex Fenske, in his first college start, completed 15 of 28 for 155 yards and no interceptions. The Toms lost starting QB Matt O'Connell to a season-ending injury Oct. 12.
On defense, UST's Josh Corbin had a sack among his two tackles for loss. Sean Hamlin and Winter Cullen had interceptions and Walter Franklin had a fumble recovery.


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Distraught families hoping to determine whether loved ones' final resting places at a historic black cemetery near Chicago were desecrated in a gravedigging scandal were met with more gruesome discoveries: additional human bones strewn about the grounds.
Thousands have flooded Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, the burial place of civil rights-era lynching victim Emmett Till and blues singer Dinah Washington, since four former employees -- including the cemetery's office manager -- were accused of dumping hundreds of unearthed corpses in a scheme to resell plots and charged with dismembering bodies. Authorities said Friday the four may have made about $300,000 during the four years the scheme is believed to have operated.
After law enforcement and visitors came across more remains while seeking answers, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart on Friday evening declared the historic cemetery a crime scene and closed off public access to it immediately.
"While we understand the demand for information, we just can't jeopardize a crime scene, and it's becoming clear there are potential crime scenes littered throughout this cemetery," Dart said, the enormity of the situation apparent in his face.
He offered a number of examples: telling how a family went out looking for 10 family members on Friday and couldn't find a single one; how a headstone for a military veteran was apparently paid-in-full 17 years ago but never seen; how entire portions of gravesites were completely missing from a section of the cemetery; and how the company had no record of people buried there when their family members were certain they were.
Earlier in the day, Dart had sought a temporary restraining order to stop new burials, but later dropped that effort. Two burials that had been scheduled tried to go on but were stopped when authorities discovered the bodies would have been interred in the wrong plots.
"There is so much evidence. In good conscience, I can't continue to sit here and let it work itself out," Dart said.
Of the roughly 700 families that were processed on Friday, nearly 50 percent of them reported a missing headstone. Between 20 and 30 percent of them found their loved ones relocated, he said.
He said the investigation has expanded to include as many as 5,000 gravesites and a secondary crime scene includes a portion of the cemetery near Cicero Avenue.
"This has been horribly, horribly difficult," Dart said. "I can't tell you how many women I've talked to today who can't find their children."
The department will allow visitors to stop by the cemetery, at 4400 W. 127th St., in Alsip, in the coming days to drop off requests for information. The department will then follow-up with them as information is obtained.
"We are trying to help people, but the records have been destroyed or altered, been found in people's houses. It's making an already difficult task even more difficult, if not impossible," he said.
Ideally, Dart hopes to reopen certain sections of the cemetery shortly.
"We're hoping within five days or so, we're going to be able to have our hands around this better, better to where that we can identify certain sections where we don't believe that there is a crime scene, and we're going to be allowing people in."
It was Wednesday morning when officers with the Cook County Sheriff's Police raided the historically-significant cemetery to advance an investigation into claims that human bodies had been removed from their resting places, dug up by backhoes, and haphazardly discarded in another part of the cemetery so the plots could be resold in an off-the-books money-making scheme. In some cases, caskets were smashed further into the ground so another body could simply be placed on top.
Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes has launched a license revocation effort against the company that owns the cemetery, which would prevent it from taking in some forms of revenue.
When asked if he thought the investigation at Burr Oak could be the largest crime scene in Cook County history, Dart simply replied," I don't know of a bigger one."

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Pressure Steamed Eddoes
Eddoe is a small tropical root vegetable, a variety of Taro family originated from China and Japan. They offer an intensely flavorful alternative to potatoes and yams. It's commonly known that eddoes contain carbohydrate and fiber which are excellent for people with digestive problems. Eddoe flour is used in infant formula and canned baby foods. Other benefits of eddoes may include lowering cholesterol levels, slowing absorption of glucose, reducing insulin requirements and reducing the likelihood of colorectal cancer.
To add eddoes to your daily diet, the following is probably the simplest desert recipe. Cooking eddoes with Instant Pot is easy and fast.
Prepare Time: 2 minutes
Cooking Time: Around 8 minutes with Instant Pot Programmable Pressure cooker
Ingredients: 6 servings
- 2 pounds of eddoes
- White sugar, brown sugar or maple syrup
- Wash the eddoes clean. Don't need to peel them.
- Add 2 cups of water in the Instant Pot inner pot. Put in the steaming rack that came with Instant Pot.
- Put the eddoes in a ceramic/metal serving bowl. Place the bowl on top of the steaming rack.
- Press the "Steam" key and select 8 minutes.
- The semi-hard shell of eddoes will be very easy to peel off. Cut the peeled eddoes into bite-size and roll them in the sugar of your choice (white sugar, brown sugar or maple syrup


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Frank Arams (BSE EE '47) is pictured at the former West Engineering Building on Central Campus, in 1944, and 2004. The 1944 photo was prompted by the shortage of male students at the time; note the slide rule hanging from his pocket. Frank was Editor-in-Chief of the Michigan Technic, the publication of the College of Engineering, while he was a student. Arams went on to receive MS degrees in Applied Physics from Harvard and Business Management from Stevens Institute of Technology, and the PhD in Electrophysics from the Polytechnic University of New York. He was co-founder and VP of LNR Communications, Inc., manufacturer of microwave and satellite earth station equipment for data, voice, and video from 1971-2000. Prior to this time, he was Department Head for Electro-Optics at Airborne Instruments Laboratory. He published the book Infrared to Millimeter Detectors, and is currently working as a Patent Technical Expert and Management/Marketing/Proposal consultant. He has been a visiting lecturer at the U-M Summer Sessions, and would like to hear from his friends at: email@example.com. [EECS News Fall/Winter 2005]
Frank Arams ('47)
Charles Birdsall ('46 '48)
William H. Gordon Jr. ('47)
* Ernest S. Kuh ('49)
John Tishman ('46)
Irma Wyman ('49)
Russ Youngdahl ('46)
Charles ("Ned") Birdsall (BSE EE and Eng Math '46; MSE EE '48: also PhD EE '51 from Stanford) spent nine years in labs at Hughes Aircraft Company and General Electric working on microwave tubes, inventing amplifiers and traveling-wave tubes that remain in use today. This work led to the granting of 27 patents, and election in 1962 to Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) at the age of 36.
In 1959 Ned joined the Electrical Engineering Department at UC Berkeley, launching a four-decade academic career. During this career Ned became known as a pioneering inventor and educator whose contributions to plasma science have made lasting impacts on communications and other technologies. He is the brother of Theodore G. Birdsall.
Charles K. (Ned) Birdsall (BSE EE and Math, MSE EE, '46 '48): 1925-2012 (2012)
William H. Gordon Jr., MD (BSE Eng Math '47) has retired after 44 years of practice of Nuclear Medicine. He hopes to attend the 60th Class Reunion in Ann Arbor this year. [EECS News Spring/Summer 2007]
Ernest S. Kuh (BSE EE '49) received his SM in EE from MIT in 1950, and his PhD in EE from Stanford University in 1952. He worked for Bell Telephone before returning to California as a faculty member at UC-Berkeley. He went on to serve as Chair of the EECS department, Dean of the College of Engineering, and is currently the William S. Floyd Emeritus Professor in Engineering. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and has served on many significant academic and professional committees. He was president of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, is co-author or co-editor of 6 books, and has authored over 200 papers in circuits, electronics, networks, systems, and computer-aided design. Dr. Kuh is the recipient of the IEEE Education Medal, ASEE Lamme Medal, and the EDA Consortium Kaufman Award, as well as numerous other awards and high honors. He was a member of a visiting review committee for the U-M EECS department in 1985, and is currently preparing an Oral History for the Bancroft Library of UC-Berkeley. Kuh received the College of Engineering Alumni Society Medal in 2009. [EECS News Fall/Winter 2004]
Prof. Kuh received the 2009 Alumni Society Medal from the College of Engineering
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Ernest and Bettine Kuh honor ECE with the Ernest and Bettine Kuh Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award – EECS Website, 2012
John Tishman (BSE EE '46, D.Eng. hon. '00) is the chairman and CEO of the Tishman Realty & Construction Corporation, a giant in the world of construction and the development of innovative building technologies. Tishman is the grandson of the company founder, Julius Tishman, and joined the corporation in 1947. Over the years, he assumed various key managerial posts and is still active in and committed to innovation in building technology. Tishman received an honorary degree in 2000 in addition to the College of Engineering Alumni Society Medal in 1998 for the "profound effect his leadership in construction engineering and management techniques has had on the construction industry." Tishman was honorary co-chair of the College's Progress & Promise: 150th Anniversary Campaign. He provided the funding for Tishman Hall and continues supporting engineering students and faculty with the John L. Tishman Fellowship and the endowed John L. Tishman Professorship of Engineering.
John L. Tishman, Builder Who Shaped American Skylines, Dies at 90 – New York Times, February 6, 2016
John Tishman: Loyal Friend of Michigan Engineering – Michigan Engineer, Spring 2009
Irma Wyman (BSE Eng Math '49, D.Eng. hon. '07) was one of the early few to experiment with a "programmable computer." She rose to become the first female vice president of Honeywell, Inc., a Fortune 100 company. She retired in 1990 and almost immediately was ordained in the Episcopal Church. After serving the last 10 years as Archdeacon of the Diocese of Minnesota, she is now fully retired.
Wyman received the College of Engineering Alumni Society Medal in 2001 and in 2007, an honorary doctor of engineering. Her support for the College has been ongoing; she has also endowed the Irma M. Wyman Scholarship at the University of Michigan's Center for the Education of Women to support women in engineering, computer science and related fields.
Irma Wyman: Computer Pioneer and Advocate for Women in Engineering – EECS Website, March 3, 2015
Women in Engineering: Irma Wyman – Michigan Engineer, Spring 2010
Russ Youngdahl (BSE EE '46) retired as Executive Vice President of Consumers Energy and later as President and COO of the Long Island Lighting Company. Currently, he serves as Supervisor of Jackson's Summit Township and enjoys this foray into grass roots politics. He and his wife, Mary (BA '46), live in Jackson, MI. Email: email@example.com. [EECS News Fall/Winter 2004]
Youngdahl was glad to hear about the mentoring opportunity for students, and for alumni. Having recently retired for the fourth time, he has a wealth of experiences to share. At Consumer's Energy, where he spent 38 years, he started as a junior engineer and retired as Executive Vice President and board member. He then was President and board member of Long Island Lighting, retired, and opened his own consulting company back in Michigan. His fourth career was as an elected official, Township Supervisor, for eight years. He tells students:
"Being an engineer is an interesting job and you can make a career out of it. But I also think you'll find that you can spread that background, that knowledge, into other fields. That's why I branched into management, I've been in civic clubs, and served on several national committees that dealt with a variety of issues, including nuclear power, licensing plants, building, and operating plants. When I got out of one of my last retirements, I decided to get into local politics. These are the kinds of things engineering students can do. They can contribute to their society. It's challenging, sometimes a little frustrating, but rewarding." [EECS News Spring/Summer 2006]


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A stabbing that shut down Hawthorne Boulevard in Redondo Beach this week centered on a dispute over a stolen cellphone and the chance afternoon confrontation of the alleged thief and victim, police said Friday.
The victim, who remained in critical condition in the intensive care unit at a hospital, confronted Kenneth James Tofaeono, 18, shortly before noon Thursday when he spotted him standing on the west side of Hawthorne Boulevard in the Islands restaurant parking lot near the South Bay Galleria.
The victim, whose name was not released, was riding along Hawthorne Boulevard in a car with friends, Redondo Beach police Sgt. Shawn Freeman said. The victim told his friends that Tofaeono had taken his phone sometime during the past month. They stopped and he walked over to confront Tofaeono.
An argument ignited and escalated into a fight. One man got knocked down and ran to the median on Hawthorne Boulevard. The other followed.
Tofaeono is suspected of stabbing the victim multiple times in the body.
"The victim who got stabbed was trying to get back his cellphone," Freeman said.
Police officers arrived to find a witness restraining Tofaeono, who was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. He was held on $500,000 bail.
The victim, whose injuries were considered life-threatening, underwent surgery. Freeman said detectives were not able to interview him because of his medical status.
Detectives were working on their case Friday and planned to submit their reports to the District Attorney's Office next week.


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Jamaica: Background
While near-universal primary enrolment exists, the quality and efficacy of learning and teaching are a problem. It is calculated that 30 per cent of students, mostly boys, are functionally illiterate at the end of the primary cycle. Low attendance and drop-out rates increase by age. Only 3.6 per cent in the 0 to 3 year age group are enrolled in supervised early childhood care.
Jamaica has high HIV/AIDS prevalence (1.6 per 1,000 persons) vis-à-vis the region. Nearly eight per cent of those infected are children under 10 years of age, with mother-to-child-transmission a major contributing factor. Almost eight per cent of the total reported number of cases (4,443) are among children under the age of 10. Four fifths of infected children live in poor households, and one out of four will be abandoned. Among adolescents, infection rates have doubled every year since 1995, and adolescent girls are three times as likely as adolescent boys to become infected. The teenage fertility rate is high, at 112 per 1,000 births. Sexual initiation occurs as early as 10 years of age. Knowledge of contraception among adolescents is high, but it is estimated that only 50 per cent regularly use condoms.
Approximately 22,000 children work and some 2,500 children, mostly boys, live on the streets. Commercial sexual exploitation of children is an emerging concern. Child abuse is increasing, as is exposure to and involvement in violence at home and school. Poverty, weakened family structures, weak community support systems and poor parenting are key underlying causes. About 2,000 children are in residential institutions where standards of care need improvement. Major areas of concern with regard to adolescents are high levels of suicides, alcohol abuse, acts of violence, vehicular accidents and criminal offences. The juvenile justice and correctional systems have inadequate standards of detention, placement and training, as well as insufficient resources.


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Nora Martos-Perry, Ph.D.
Half-Time Institute Faculty
B.A. Comparative Literature and Spanish, University of California, Riverside, 1974
M.A. Spanish Literature, University of California, Riverside, 1978
Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, The Wright Institute, 1998
Dr. Martos-Perry's clinical and research interests include, cutural identity, acculturation, psychoanalytic theory, attachment, family and couples therapy, trauma, and mindfulness. Trained in Family Therapy, Object Relations, Self Psychology, and emotionally focused approaches, she integrates these into her work. She maintains a private practice in Berkeley and Livermore, where she treats adults, adolescents, couples, and families. She is bilingual and bicultural, having immigrated to the United States from Argentina as an adolescent.
Dr. Martos-Perry has a long-standing commitment to serving children at risk. As part of this commitment, she has served, Interim Director of Clinical Services at West-Coast Children's Center, Clinical Program Director for The Wright Institute School Based Collaboration, and Clinical Director for the East Bay Chapter of A Home Within. In collaboration with A Home Within, The Wright Institute Clinic and Field Placement Office, she developed a collaborative practicum where selected Wright students, under individual and group supervision, work long-term with a foster child.
With a background in Spanish Literature and English as a Second Language teaching, Dr. Martos-Perry began her clinical career in 1987 as a licensed staff clinician at Horizons Youth and Family Services, a community mental health agency where until 1993 she provided family therapy to severely dysfunctional, high-conflict families of juvenile offenders, runaway, truant, and beyond control youth. While at Horizons, she also provided crisis on-call services, organized an ongoing group for "At Risk" Latina students, and served as Outreach Counselor in two alternative High Schools. She has worked as research clinician for the Center for the Family in Transition in Corte Madera, where she consulted on high conflict cases involving monolingual Spanish families litigating custody disputes.
Dr. Martos-Perry graduated from The Wright Institute in 1998, after completing a pre-doctoral internship at U.C. Davis Counseling Center. While at Davis, she served as a consultant to the Multicultural Immersion Program ("MIP"), and the Educational Opportunities ("EOP") Peer Counseling Program . She completed her post-doctoral fellowship in 1999, as Chief Intern in the adolescent inpatient unit at St. Mary's Medical Center, McAuley Behavioral Health in San Francisco. In 2000, she joined the clinical faculty at St. Mary's she taught Family Therapy and Culture and Psychotherapy. Since that time, Dr. Martos-Perry has conducted training for the Livermore School District, San Mateo County Social Services, UC Berkeley Extension, and the San Francisco Child Abuse Council.


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Heey peeps! It's been quite a while i haven't uploaded any tuts... but here i am with a new tutorial, on " How to Draw Ezio from Assassins Creed" Yup.. yet it's another AC tut.. x] Not only afew people asked me to do a tutorial on this quick sketch on Ezio, but also i made a promise to my best friend, Sharona ( Links_Triforce ) to make a Ezio tut.. but i'm sorry if it isn't what you wanted >-< been quite busy.. anyway, i hope you have fun trying out this tut! I'll be back sooner or later...!
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It's been a few months since I last posted about my WeakAuras strings for tanking. Nothing seems to have broken in 5.2, so if you're still using the old ones from 5.1 they should continue to function just fine. However, I recently added a neat feature that tracks Sacred Shield, so I figured it was worth an update.
Sacred Shield's absorption value is set when the 30-second buff is cast, and it doesn't update dynamically as your Vengeance fluctuates. As a result, sometimes it pays to recast Sacred Shield if you've gained a large amount of Vengeance since the last cast, even if it still has plenty of time left. And of course the opposite can happen: maybe you just refreshed Sacred Shield at a very high level of Vengeance, and you don't want to accidentally overwrite it with a lower value (and thus, you might leave a GCD empty rather than using it to recast Sacred Shield again).
Unfortunately, the default UI doesn't give you any hints as to which situation you're in. You could mouse over the buff, read the absorb value off of the tooltip, and then back-calculate in your head to figure out how much Vengeance that corresponds to… or you might be human (like me) and can't possibly pull that off on-the-fly while tanking.
Solution: let WeakAuras do the work for you. I already had an aura that shows you how much Vengeance you have, courtesy of Sunnier over at Sunnier's Art of War. What I've added is a set of three auras that shows you how much Vengeance you had when you cast the Sacred Shield that's currently active on you, so you can decide whether or not it's worth recasting it. One aura is just a "helper" that stores the Vengeance value every time you cast Sacred Shield, the other two display that value in a color-coded fashion. The number will show up in green if Sacred Shield has more "stored" Vengeance than you have (and thus you should not recast), or red if the Shield was cast at a lower Vengeance value (and thus you would get larger absorbs by recasting).
It looks something like this; the numbers are to the left of the cooldown row, right below the white "current Vengeance" number. You can see them change from green to red as my Vengeance level changes.
Since WordPress has been finicky about text boxes for such large strings, I've decided to just host everything at pastebin. Here are direct links to the two WeakAuras strings used in my tanking UI:
People frequently ask me for my auras for other classes, so now I'm hosting them all on Pastebin as well. To get them, just peruse my pastebin account and grab what you like:
As of right now, it contains auras for the following class/spec combinations:
Death Knight – Any (used by both specs)
Death Knight – Blood
Death Knight – Unholy
Druid – Guardian
Hunter – Any (used by all hunter specs)
Hunter – Beast Mastery (L85)
Hunter – Marskman
Hunter – Survival
Mage – Any (L85)
Mage – Arcane (L85)
Mage – Fire (L85)
Monk – Brewmaster
Monk – Chi (used by both specs)
Monk – Stagger (used by Brewmaster)
Monk – Windwalker
Priest – Shadow (L60)
Rogue – Any (used by both specs)
Rogue – Combat (L85)
Rogue – Subtlety (L85)
Paladin – Retribution (just cooldowns, I use clcRet for rotation)
Paladin – Protection – Cooldowns
Paladin – Protection – Priority
Warlock – Any (used by all three specs)
Warlock – Affliction
Warlock – Demonology
Warrior – Any (used by all three specs)
Warrior – Arms (L85)
Warrior – Fury
Warrior – Protection
Amber-Shaper Unsok Vehicle HUD
Pastebin has a maximum of 20 uploads per 24 hours, so the ones that don't have links will be uploaded as soon as my 24-hour embargo is up (likely later tonight). Note that in many cases, these are "leftover" auras from patch 5.0 at level 85, and haven't been updated to account for changes since then (and the Shadow Priest setup is for the priest I'm leveling now). However, they'll likely still be useful as a base for your own tinkering.
The Retribution setup is just a couple of cooldowns, because I use clcRet to handle the priority rather than doing it through WeakAuras. Sorry to disappoint, but if you really want to build a full Ret UI out of this you can just copy the protection priority queue and replace the spell names with Templar's Verdict, Exorcism, etc.
The Affliction Warlock HUD contains DoT bars that are color-coded based on Pandemic status – a red background means you'll lose ticks if you recast. That's easier to show than explain, so here's a video:
While the Affliction setup is pretty solid, the Demonology one is a little rough around the edges. I should probably fix it up, but it just hasn't been a high priority with how little time I've had for alt raiding this expansion (and when I do, it's usually Affliction anyway).
I've uploaded videos of some of the other class/spec setups to my youtube account this in case you want a preview.
One final note: the Monk Chi and Stagger auras were both shamelessly stolen from Sunnier, who's got an amazing set of auras for Monks. I've adapted them slightly to fit with my standard HUD configuration, but she gets all the credit for making them awesome.


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This card was published in the June/July 2011 Cricut Cards Magazine!! (p. 117)
The Sheep came from the Just Because Cards cartridge (cut at 6"). I used a Martha Stewart edge punch, Crinkle Ribbon, Crate Paper patterned cardstock and Glossy Accents to make the dark brown and accents on the sheep stand out and look shiny.
I used the Vanilla Bean Crinkle Ribbon, a button and some twine. Stamped sentiments are from My Pink Stamper


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Tourists are relying on the Internet for information, so the Canton/Stark County Convention & Visitors Bureau is adding web-based tools and closing its visitor's office.
Travelers are finding their way to Stark County in droves.
They come for fun, visiting the Pro Football Hall of Fame and other attractions. They come for business, including more and more people chasing Utica Shale opportunities. They come to see family and old friends.
But the droves of tourists haven't been dropping by the Tourist Information Center operated by the Canton/Stark County Convention and Visitors Bureau.
The lack of visitors is why the bureau will close the office at 2618 Fulton Drive NW around the corner from the Hall of Fame.
Blame smart phones and tablets, say the folks who direct the convention bureau.
"Everything is online," said John R. Kiste, the bureau's executive director.
"The culture has changed in the way people gather information," added Ally Bussey, tourism marketing manager.
Visitors are using the technology to find points of interest, directions to the location and details such as hours and costs.
Kiste knows this because the bureau has seen a 30 percent increase in traffic to its mobile website.
And the bureau has taken other steps designed to benefit from the online trend. In August it set up an ExploreBoard at the visitor's booth in the Akron-Canton Airport. Travelers can stand at a display the size of an average flat-screen television, touch icons on the screen and gather information about hotels, restaurants and area museums and attractions.
The airport's ExploreBoard has been used more than 10,000 times since being installed in July just before this year's Pro Football Hall of Fame Festival.
Use of the ExploreBoards has the convention bureau considering the possibility of adding three more at other locations around the county. Buying the boards would be a better use of funds than leasing office space.
Employees at the Tourist Information Center are being transferred to the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce's downtown offices, where the convention bureau is based.
The visitor's booth at the airport will remain open. In addition to the "explorer board," the booth has racks displaying brochures, booklets and pamphlets with information about the area and its attractions. An added bonus is that someone is working at the booth throughout the day.
The booth is a collaboration between the airport, Stark's convention bureau and the Akron Summit County Convention and Visitors Bureau.
"We love that this is a regional solution," said Kristie Van Auken, the airport's senior vice president and communications officer.
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Lima, Peru, July 26, 2011 - The second Pool E match in Lima, Peru, during the FIVB Volleyball Women´s Junior World Championship Peru 2011 ended with Italy defeating Peru 25-23, 25-20, 25-14 at the Eduaro Dibos Gymnasium on Tuesday. Peru is hosting the event doing so 22 years ago.
Italy's top scorer was Valentina Diouf with 16 points, next to Chiara Scarabelli with 12 points. Peru's Daniela Uribe was the top secorer with 13 points, next to Grecia Herrada and Ginna Lopez with 11 and nine points. Italy held a 13-11 block advantage and slim 5-3 margin in aces. Peru committed 18 errors in the match.
Italy is now 1-0 with three points in Pool E and 3-1 overall in the tournament, while Peru lost for the first time in the tournament and is 0-1 in Pool E.
Live scoring, results, news and photos on FIVB Volleyball Women's Junior World Championship Peru 2011.
In the beginning of the first set, Italy showed their potential. They started aggressive and they went to the first technical time out leading 8-5. There were few mistakes by both teams. With four points scored by the Italian captain Chiara Scarabelli (seven points in the set), Italy went with the advantage to the second technical time out. Although Peru's Daniella Uribe scored to three straight points (seven in the whole set) and Vivian Baella's defense (two points in the set), Peru lost the set as Italy won 25-23 in 27 minutes.
In the second set, the story changed a little bit. With the substitution of Raffaela Camet (two points in the earlier set) for Ginna Lopez (five points in the set), Peru changed their game. Even though Italy went with the advantage to the first technical time out (8-7), Peru encouraged by nearly the entire 5,000 in attendance who assisted the match, and produced five straight points. Peru tied the set at the 16 points, but then the reception started to fail. Italy scored six straight points, thanks to the incorporation to the match of Rosa Baggi (three points in the set), who made Italy's block stronger. Because of Silvia Lotti´s service on the final point ended the set 25-20 in favor of Italy at 25 minutes.
The third set was close early. Valentina Diouf´s blocking (four points in the set) was harder than before, which complicated Peru. The score was tight until the first technical time out, which came just with one point of difference in favor of Italy. Peru's reception and block were decreesing; which was a good opportunity for Italy. Chiara Scarabelli´s block (four points in the set) gave to the Italy the advantage with 8 points at the second technical time out. Italy's Lotti (one point in the set) was the key to success for Italy with the great serve that she had. Peru's dig had a lot of troubles as well as the reception. At this moment, the difference increased to 11, but Italy lost the ball for a service error. Italy started to defeat Peru's block and the Peru coach Natalia Málaga asked for the second time out. Laura Baggi´s serve (one point in the set) was stronger than the Peru blocking and the set ended 25-14 in 21 minutes.
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01.08.2011 01:46:23
Dominican Republic finishes in fifth place after defeating Peru
01.08.2011 01:09:30
Concentration secret behind the victory Polish coach Kosatka Grzegorz said
31.07.2011 23:59:08
We are tired, but happy with the bronze medal, says China coach Xu
31.07.2011 23:48:20
Poland ninth after victory against Russia
31.07.2011 23:23:20
China earns bronze medal after defeating the United States
31.07.2011 21:59:15
Old style Volleyball of Japan secret behind the victory against Cuba
31.07.2011 21:46:43
Female referees presence in FIVB Volleyball Women's Junior World Championship Peru 2011
31.07.2011 21:42:59
Today was different for our attack, says Slovakia coach Rojko
31.07.2011 21:34:22
Slovakia finishes seventh with four-set win over Belgium
31.07.2011 21:07:44
Japan defeat Cuba in three straight sets to finish 11th
31.07.2011 20:11:23
Team work behind the victory Serbia coach Pavlicevic Ratko said
31.07.2011 19:21:41
Serbia's height defeats Korea in 13th place playoff
31.07.2011 18:30:46
We are really happy for this victory said coach Mohamed Ahmed of Egypt
31.07.2011 18:21:50
Egypt took revenge over Tunisia for the 15th place and earned their first victory
31.07.2011 15:03:48
Gold-medal match of Italy versus Brazil a rematch in the FIVB Volleyball Women's Junior World Championship Peru 2011
31.07.2011 07:48:37
Brazil, Italy win semifinal matches in FIVB Women's Junior World Championship
31.07.2011 05:38:00
We are concentrated for tomorrow match's for fifth place, says Peru captain Yllescas
31.07.2011 05:31:45
Peru thrills home crowd with 3-1 win over Belgium
31.07.2011 04:44:08
FIVB Volleyball Women's Junior World Championship - Picture of the Day (7)
31.07.2011 03:44:55
Four years experience has built a strong team feeling, says Brazil coach de Moura
31.07.2011 03:18:00
Brazil advances to gold medal match after exciting five-set victory over United States
31.07.2011 00:30:40
We are very happy, said Russia captain Alina Yaroshik
31.07.2011 00:14:07
Italy was united in win, says Italy's Baggi
31.07.2011 00:08:56
Italy book ticket to FIVB Women's Junior World Championship gold-medal match
31.07.2011 00:00:36
Russia will compete against Poland for ninth place after defeating Japan in Callao
30.07.2011 22:57:20
Seifu Tadesse proud to represent Ethiopa and Africa on referee stand
30.07.2011 22:39:28
We focused on winning today despite errors, says Dominican Repubic captain Reyes
30.07.2011 22:31:31
Dominican Republic notch win over Slovakia to advance to fifth-place match
30.07.2011 22:30:20
We will fight for the ninth place tomorrow, said Poland coach Grzegorz Kosatka
30.07.2011 21:43:03
Poland will compete for ninth place after win against Cuba in Callao
30.07.2011 19:55:11
Korean coach Gi-Ju Park glad over victory against Egypt
30.07.2011 19:10:41
Korea will play for 13th place after dominating Egypt
30.07.2011 18:05:59
Lack of reception of Tunisia the cause of losing
30.07.2011 17:07:43
Serbia quickly defeats Tunisia in the first match in Callao
30.07.2011 06:52:12
Italy's Diouf and Bertone a tall order for FIVB Volleyball Women's Junior World Championship Peru 2011
30.07.2011 06:26:26
FIVB Women's Junior World Championship reaches semifinal round with gold two wins away
29.07.2011 07:12:51
Brazil, China, Italy and United States earn spots into gold-medal semifinal round
29.07.2011 06:42:49
Team tonight was different than previous two matches, says Peru coach Malaga
29.07.2011 06:27:43
Peru edges United States in five to conclude Pool E, Americans advance to gold semifinals
29.07.2011 05:52:02
Belgium coach Van de Vyver thanks the Trujillo crowd
29.07.2011 05:32:46
Belgium wins over Slovakia in the last match of the second round in Trujillo
29.07.2011 04:47:46
FIVB Volleyball Women's Junior World Championship - Picture of the Day (6)
29.07.2011 03:43:23
Big step forward, says Italy coach Mencarelli
29.07.2011 03:36:52
Italy claim Pool E top seed with win over Dominican Republic
29.07.2011 03:27:15
China our hardest opponents so far, de Moura of Brazil said at the press conference
29.07.2011 02:53:17
Brazil wins Pool F after beating China in three straight sets in Trujillo
28.07.2011 21:01:54
Players extremely tired, Poland coach Grzegorz Kosatka explained
28.07.2011 20:39:37
Poland defeats Egypt in Trujillo to finish tied for second in Pool H
28.07.2011 20:21:28
Happy for winning after a long time, says Korea captain Lee
28.07.2011 20:17:14
Korea pick up momentum into classification semifinals with win over Tunisia
28.07.2011 19:05:47
This was our best game in tournament, said coach of Serbia, after five sets against Russia
28.07.2011 18:46:52
Russia wins Pool H by defeating Serbia in Trujillo
28.07.2011 18:31:17
FIVB Volleyball Women's Junior World Championship - Picture of the Day (5)
28.07.2011 18:22:29
Cuba had a new mood for the match, says Cuba coach Robinson
28.07.2011 18:17:57
Cuba finish Pool G undefeated with 3-0 win over Japan
28.07.2011 16:44:47
Reeves inspired by Olympic mother to play volleyball
28.07.2011 06:03:12
China, Brazil earn spots into gold-medal semifinals of FIVB Women's Junior World Championship
28.07.2011 05:28:07
Match won on the court and not outside, says Dominican Republic captain Reyes
28.07.2011 05:23:33
Dominican Republic bounce back for sweep of Peru in Pool E
28.07.2011 05:02:43
Slovakia is a very good team and we study them well, said Brazil coach de Moura
28.07.2011 04:40:08
Brazil eyes first place in Pool F after win over Slovakia in Trujillo
28.07.2011 03:47:37
Was not a beautiful match but fortunate to win, says Italy coach Mencarelli
28.07.2011 03:40:09
Italy takes the lead in Pool E with win over United States
28.07.2011 03:13:12
"We knew it would be a challenge to overcome Belgium", said China captain Long Cheng
28.07.2011 02:44:05
Team effort propels China over Belgium in the second round in Trujillo
28.07.2011 02:36:05
Tunisia using FIVB Women's Junior World Championship in training to be better
27.07.2011 20:12:05
"We'll get better as the days go by" , said Egypts Mohamed Ahmed despite the loss
27.07.2011 20:11:09
Cuba's height caused us problems, Tunisia captain Boughanmi says
27.07.2011 20:05:14
Cuba's power derail Tunisia to go 2-0 in Pool G
27.07.2011 19:49:24
Serbia in second place in Pool H with win over Egypt in second round in Trujillo
27.07.2011 19:03:33
Kosatka: Russia played better than us
27.07.2011 18:21:17
Good reception and block won the match, says Japan captain Horikawa
27.07.2011 18:16:34
Japan produce second win in Pool G, defeat Korea 3-0
27.07.2011 17:53:57
Russia sweeps Poland in second round in Trujillo
27.07.2011 09:37:51
Pivotal Second Day of Second Round Upcoming at FIVB Volleyball Women's Junior World Championship Peru 2011
27.07.2011 08:46:40
FIVB Volleyball Women's Junior World Championship - Picture of the Day (4)
27.07.2011 08:00:12
United States, Italy, Brazil, China Earn Second Round Wins
27.07.2011 05:58:24
We kept our concentration, says Italy captain Scarabelli
27.07.2011 05:52:18
Most difficult match we had so far, said China coach Xu Jiande
27.07.2011 05:30:51
China overcomes eight-point deficit in final set to defeat Slovakia
27.07.2011 05:06:30
United States earn key second round opening win over Dominican Republic
27.07.2011 04:08:00
Every team in Pool E is good, says United States coach Browning
27.07.2011 03:29:28
Brazil's strategy was to stop Belgium's top scorer Lise Van Hecke - de Moura
27.07.2011 02:54:28
Top-ranked Brazil earns victory in Trujillo over Belgium
26.07.2011 21:22:48
Pavlicevic: We lost focus
26.07.2011 20:41:08
Poland holds off a late rally by Serbia in Trujillo
26.07.2011 20:22:13
Rest was key in Japan victory, says captain and coach
26.07.2011 20:12:31
Japan too much for Tunisia in second round opener in Peru
26.07.2011 18:45:27
Now a challenge to be leader of Pool to reach 9 position, says Cuba coach Robinson
26.07.2011 18:39:35
Cuba over Korea to start second round Pool G with win
26.07.2011 18:37:39
"Experience is the most important thing", Egypt coach, Mohamed Ahmed said
26.07.2011 17:42:09
Russia quickly defeats Egypt in Trujillo
26.07.2011 05:51:48
Preview for FIVB Women's Junior World Championship second round start in Peru
26.07.2011 02:39:18
Brazil and China headline top eight field in Peru
25.07.2011 08:38:30
FIVB Volleyball Women's Junior World Championship - Picture of the Day (3)


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While world leaders struggle at UN talks in Doha to agree on measures to halt climate change, governments at home are facing difficult decisions on the austerity measures needed to tackle the current economic crisis.
It might appear like these two issues are pulling at the opposite ends of the same string, competing for scarce resources, but that does not need to be the case.
Addressing climate change can stimulate the economy, create jobs and pave the road to recovery and a sustainable future. Considering the economic crisis to be a priority, but ignoring the climate emergency will only lead to greater disaster.
Creating a green economy will require investments to reduce CO2 emissions and although this will involve initial up-front costs, these investments also represent a stimulus to economies and will build modern and more resilient infrastructure for the future, so these costs will eventually be recouped.
Greenpeace's Energy Revolution "shows that with only 1% of global GDP invested in renewable energy by 2050, 12 million jobs would be created in the renewable sector alone; and the fuel costs savings would cover the additional investment two times over."
Solar and wind power in many cases is already cost competitive or even cheaper than fossil fuel-based power generation.
A UN Environment Programme study also shows that investments in know-how and education will be repaid in job creation exceeding the loss in 'non-green' jobs. Germany's renewable energy success already employs more than 380,000 people.
Voices from the debate "austerity v stimulus" would say that our governments are struggling to contain, maintain and repay existing debts and cannot afford to invest in renewables.
But if you look at what they spend subsidising the fossil fuel industry, with taxpayer money, you might start to see things differently.
To put things in perspective, the International Energy Agency said in its World Energy Outlook 2012 report last month that fossil fuel subsidies rose 30% in 2011 to about US$523 billion. Renewable energy attracted just $88 billion in global subsidies.
The IEA also warned that limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius is getting more difficult and costlier every year.
If we don't address climate change an even worse economic – and humanitarian – crisis could be triggered due to extreme weather, devastating storms, rising sea levels and resource or food scarcity.
A report issued in Doha by NGO Germanwatch, Global Climate Risk Index 2013 report, warns of losses and damage resulting from climate change – losses which are "expected to further increase, potentially with large-scale dangerous impacts" if we do not immediately scale up action to mitigate climate change.
In the past few days, an unprecedented typhoon tragically killed hundreds of people in the Philippines. And this comes just weeks after Hurricane Sandy battered the US and flooding hit the UK – both which brought the issue of disaster insurance into the political agenda.
According to Richard Ward, Chief Executive of Lloyd's, 17 fast-growing countries are severely exposed to catastrophic events and underinsured by around 100 billion pounds. State funds created to cover for seldom occurring natural disasters will find it hard to cope with more and more events of this kind.
Even PricewaterhouseCoopers, one of the world's largest financial advisory groups, warned businesses and governments that action must be taken to adapt to and to mitigate climate change.
And while some were heard to cheer for the "extra boost to U.S. auto sales" due to Hurricane Sandy, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo estimated the cost of repairs in New York to total $42 billion, $30 billion in New York City alone.
And there are areas at much bigger risk.
Referring to the Asia Pacific Region, for example, the Asian Development Bank estimates that every dollar spent to reduce risk will save at least US$4 in future relief and rehabilitation costs.
Adding to the data, Australian economist John Hewson has also warned that climate change would be the next sub-prime meltdown.
But can our economies, in their current state, withstand a blow of such magnitude? Will the austerity-budget approach and 'business as usual' approach – in which the market forces rule – prove shock resistant?
We need to break free from the shortsighted business as usual approach and invest in a sustainable economy. But to do that, we must see that ecological and economic welfare are two sides of the same coin.
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Adobe Presenter 9.0.2 ushers in Video Analytics
A few months ago, we invited you to say hello to Adobe Presenter 9. We are now excited to announce the availability of Adobe Presenter 9.0.2.
Now, this is more than a patch release. You could already analyse how students consumed the content at the granularity of a slide, with the Learner Dashboard feature introduced in Adobe Presenter 9. This update brings you the power of video analytics, enabling you to create video modules so that you can also analyse how students consume your content and decide if learner intervention is required – something that you will love, if you flip classrooms. When video analytics is enabled, the Learner Dashboard aggregates video content consumption at the granularity of 30 second video segments.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting public health activities in the United States. CDC's Mission is to collaborate to create the expertise, information, and tools that people and communities need to protect their health – through health promotion, prevention of disease, injury and disability, and preparedness for new health threats. CDC is composed of the Office of the Director, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Center for Global Health, and five Offices, including Public Health Preparedness and Response; State and Local Support; Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services; Noncommunicable Diseases, Injury and Environmental Health; and Infectious Diseases. CDC employs more than 15,000 employees in more than 50 countries and in 168 occupational categories.
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The Division of Workplace Programs (DWP) is mandated by Executive Order and Public Law to provide oversight for: (1) the Federal Drug-Free Workplace Program aimed at elimination of illicit drug use in the Federal workforce; and (2) the National Laboratory Certification Program (NLCP), which certifies
laboratories to conduct forensic drug testing for the Federal agencies and for some federally-regulated industries. Additionally, DWP addresses primary substance abuse prevention through comprehensive drug-free and health/wellness workplace programs. These programs promote safer, healthier, and more productive workplaces. Interventions incorporate a continuum of scientifically-based components, including substance abuse awareness, health/wellness, health risk assessments, brief screenings, drug testing, early identification, intervention, treatment, recovery, and reintegration assisting
employees, families and their communities. DWP is committed with helping workplaces meet the demands of health care reform along while reducing health care costs.
Review Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2015
The National Health Information Center (NHIC) is a health information referral service sponsored by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. NHIC puts health professionals and consumers who have health questions in touch with those organizations that are best able to provide answers. Using a database that contains descriptions of health-related organizations, NHIC staff refer people to the most appropriate resource. Spanish language information specialists are available.
Review Date: Thursday, July 14, 2011
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is a Federal agency established by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 with responsibility for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related illness and injuries. The Institute's day-to-day functions include: investigating potentially hazardous working conditions as requested by employers or employees; evaluating hazards in the workplace, ranging from chemicals to machinery; creating and disseminating methods for preventing disease, injury, and disability; and conducting research and providing scientifically valid recommendations for protecting workers.
Review Date: Wednesday, July 20, 2011
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 800-number is a toll-free technical information service that provides convenient public access to NIOSH and its information resources. The service is available to anyone in the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands.
Review Date: Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was created to encourage employers and employees to reduce workplace hazards and implement new or improved safety and health programs; establish separate but dependent responsibilities and rights for employers and employees to achieve better safety and health conditions; maintain a reporting and record-keeping system to monitor job-related injuries and illnesses; develop mandatory job safety and health standards and enforce them; and provide for the development, analysis, evaluation, and approval of State occupational safety and health programs. The Act provides six distinct provisions for protecting the safety and health of Federal workers on the job. OSHA also encourages a broad range of voluntary workplace improvement efforts, including consultation programs, training and education efforts, grants to establish safety and health competence, and a variety of similar programs.
Review Date: Thursday, September 17, 2015
The DOL Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is responsible for enforcing some of our nation's most comprehensive federal labor laws on topics, including the minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, youth employment and special employment, family and medical leave, migrant workers, lie detector tests, worker protections in certain temporary worker programs, and the prevailing wages for government service and construction contracts.
Review Date: Sunday, February 14, 2010
The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) is an international professional organization of industrial hygienists and allied specialists devoted to promoting the study and control of environmental factors affecting the health of workers. The AIHA coordinates the industrial hygiene activities of diverse groups and agencies, issues a variety of technical publications for both employers and employees, conducts industrial hygiene training courses and workshops, publishes a bi-monthly journal, a monthly news magazine, sponsors annual conferences, and offers four grades of membership to individuals and institutions. The AIHA strives to further the science and art devoted to the recognition, evaluation, and control of environmental factors and stresses in the workplace, and to prevent sickness, impaired health, loss of well-being, significant discomfort, and loss of efficiency among workers and citizens in the nearby community.
Review Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2015
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Review Date: Wednesday, May 18, 2011
The National Association for Health and Fitness was founded in 1977 by staff of the President's Council on Physical Fitness. Its mission is to improve the quality of life for individuals in the United States and its territories through the promotion of physical fitness, sports and healthy lifestyles by fostering and supporting Governor's and State Councils on physical fintess and sports in every state and U.S Territory.
Review Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2010
The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc.(NCADD), founded in 1944, is a national, nonprofit organization combating alcoholism, other drug addictions, and related problems. NCADD's major programs include prevention and education, public information, public policy advocacy, and publications. NCADD's network of more than 100 State and local nonprofit affiliates conduct similar activities in their areas and provide information and referral services to families and individuals seeking help with an alcohol- or other drug-related problem. NCADD sponsors National Alcohol Awareness Month in April and Alcohol and Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Week in May. NCADD operates a toll-free number, (800)NCA-CALL, for information about alcoholism and the name of the NCADD affiliate in your area.
Review Date: Wednesday, July 29, 2015
The National Education Center for Agricultural Safety (NECAS) is dedicated to preventing illnesses, injuries, and deaths among farmers and ranchers, agricultural and horticultural workers, their families, and their employees.
Review Date: Thursday, May 22, 2014
The Public Health Foundation (PHF) is a national, non-profit organization that focuses on applied research, technical assistance, and training around issues of public health infrastructure and information systems, workforce development, and performance management and improvement. The Foundation's Board of Directors comprises two state health officers, two local public health officers, one local board of health member, and four individuals from academic, private sector, and other public health agency settings. PHF assists health agencies and other community health system organizations by providing objective information in areas such as health improvement planning, understanding and using data, and improving performance.
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82 Rhode Island career and technical students participated in the SkillsUSA Championships held on Thursday, June 26th. More than 6,000 students competed in 99 occupational and leadership skill competition areas. SkillsUSA programs help to establish industry standards for job skill training in the classroom. These industry driven competitive events are modeled after the Olympics where the top three individual/teams receive gold, silver, and bronze medals.
The following Rhode Island students placed in the TOP TEN in the country after competing in the SkillsUSA Championships.
Click the link for the list SkillsUSA Rhode Island » RHODE ISLAND CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION IS IN THE SPOTLIGHT AS 35 STUDENTS FINISH IN THE TOP TEN AT THE SkillsUSA NATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND SKILLS CONFERENCE.


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New York Fashion Week is a twice-yearly circus of models, editors, insiders, and scenesters. Here's a handy guide to help you sound just like one of the pros.
Fashion Week Is Twice-Yearly, and It's Invite-Only
Fashion Week takes New York by storm in September and February, as fashion insiders from all over the world converge on the city for a week of runway shows, presentations, and parties. The clothing debuting on the runways runs exactly counter to the seasons in which they're held (Spring is shown in September; Fall in February). While some might think that it's open to only the fabulous, fashion week's first and foremost acts as an industry event connecting designers (and their wares) with the press and buyers to help said designers advance their careers and move merchandise. Designers use celebrities and socialites as vehicles to build buzz around their brands. (Sshh! It's not always because they're actually friends!) Bottom line: If you don't have an invite, it's unlikely you're getting in.
Fashion Week Is Not Always Fun
While it's true that attending a runway show can be incredibly glamorous, scheduling and attending hundreds in one week can be a grueling exercise. A runway show itself averages around 10-12 minutes, so essentially, for every 10 minutes of show time, around an hour is spent in transit, checking in and getting seat assignments, waiting in line for an interview, or -- worst of all -- sprinting down a city street in heels trying to make it in time for a show. As glamorous as the fashion industry may seem, it's hard work: Editors and buyers spend countless hours prepping schedules, taking notes, and conducting interviews, while designers themselves spend many a late night leading up to the shows working with their staff to put the finishing touches on an entire collection.
Yes, the Front Row Really Matters
Where you're seated during the runway shows is the most direct indicator of how important a figure said designer considers you to be. If you're in the third row, you really can't see the clothes as well, so any designer would want the A-listers front and center. In addition, the front row has lately served as a nice way of highlighting the most fabulous people attending a designer's show, which builds more press, which sells more garments ... you get the idea.
This Year, For the First Time, Fashion Week's Home Base Will Be Lincoln Center
Since the early 1990s, Bryant Park has been the home of the big tents of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, but this year the circus is moving uptown to a new home, with a slew of new digital upgrades to the check-in process.
That Said, Fashion Week Shows Happen All Over the City
Designers are increasingly choosing to show at locations all over the city: Marc Jacobs has held his show at the Armory for years; Jason Wu is showing in Soho this year, and a slew of indie talents are converging on Milk Studios this season, where MAC has again established a downtown (not to mention less expensive) counterpoint to the Mercedes-Benz festivities at Lincoln Center.
It Has a Worldwide Impact
The trends you see on the runways at fashion week -- both in New York and Paris, Milan, and London -- directly influence what you'll be wearing next season, whether you shop at Saks Fifth Avenue, Forever 21, or any number of stores in between. You may not be able to afford the leopard print accessories coming down the runway, but you'll be surprised to start spotting all manner of leopard print pieces cropping up in stores all over the country by the following season.


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I'm desperate to travel to India, but I'm the first to admit I know very little about the culture, way of life or traditional dress over there. I like to think of myself as a somewhat cultured individual but I'd be ignorant to think my repeated watching of Slumdog Millionaire or The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel put me any the wiser as to what dress is really like over there. Offering a better understanding to us all, Im passing the blogging-baton over to Barcode91 who can provide a bit of a better insight. Here's my first guest post!
Go Indian: Uber-chic in the traditional Indian saree
Have you been mesmerised by the gorgeous Indian saree yet? With six whole yards of elegance and irresistible grace to drape you in, it's quite likely that you have! However, there are many things about a saree that can intimidate you. The sheer size of the fabric, for instance. You'd love to try out the Indian look but you just don't know how to pull of this heavy piece of garment without looking clumsy. More over, you can end up looking over the top in a saree if you don't style it right! So, how do you wear a saree and still look chic and graceful? How can you avoid looking like a misfit and grab second looks instead? Well, wearing sarees might look like a huge task but trust me when I say there's isn't a garment more versatile than the Indian saree.
First up, pick out a saree that you'd love to wear. You can browse through a range of sarees online and shop for your first saree minus the hassles of going to the mall and spending hours on picking out one dress! Of course, sarees come in a thousand different styles, so choose a one that suits you the most. Keep in mind the weather, and the occasion you plan to wear the saree to. For example, you would typically choose a light, flowy Chiffon saree for an outdoor Sunday brunch on a bright sunny afternoon instead of heavy bridal sarees.
The second and the most fun part of it all is wearing the saree! Now here's what's different. Just because you're going to wear a saree doesn't mean you have to drape it the same conventional way that everyone else does, right?
Glam your look up a few notches by draping it in a whole new style. Choose any way of draping the saree and team it up with anything as long as you're comfortable with it. If you'd like some inspiration, do check out looks that Hollywood actresses and style icons like Victoria Beckham have donned in the past, wearing the gorgeous Indian saree. Pair sarees with trendy kurtis, wear them like skirts, dresses or tie your saree like a halter gown and don't forget to accesorize this look. You are bound to make heads turn with a saree. Don't wait anymore, look for Indian Sarees online and find your perfect match! (P.S - Don't forget to send in pictures of yourself wearing your version of the Indian saree.)


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New Approaches to Cancer is an organisation that was started by a group of four colleagues, two doctors and two healers back in 1969. These innovators felt it was important to share with as many people as possible the positive experience of using 'Gentle Therapies'; these, combined with supportive counselling, self help groups and dietary advice could make a real difference to people going through the experience of cancer. Today we are a national registered charity that provides a nationwide information service that is easily accessible and free to all.
All our services are free of charge, the Charity is set up to provide a wide range of information on experienced holistic practitioners & clinics nationwide and runs self help groups in Surrey, Sussex, and Middlesex. We organise talks and healthy living demonstrations, run regular classes in holistic therapy to support the cancer patient such as Relaxation and Visualisation Therapies, Yoga, Nutrition, Flower Remedies, Life-Coaching etc,. – And, in the spirit of prevention, invite local medical practitioners and nurses to attend as well as patient's families and friends.
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Yeah, it was no big deal, I was standing like, three feet from Pat and Vanna. It's cool.
Wait, whaaaaaaat?? VIP tickets to see several episodes taping? Yes, please!
We had so much fun – the VIP tickets meant we got to skip all the lines (there were probably 8-10,000 people there?) and get right to the front – we were in the third row! The first row is reserved for family of contestants, and some local celebrities.
It was really cool to watch the behind the scenes of this show – it's a big event. When they go on location, there are huge sets built with the city's landmarks. In this case, Wheel In Portland's set boasted a large replica of our beautiful St Johns Bridge, a downtown theater, the Made in Oregon sign, real trees to accompany the trees, greens and blues in the photo backgrounds. Then of course there is the Wheel itself, and Vanna's letters, a car parked offstage, and bright lights!
We captured one photo of me on set – we found out about the No Camera Rule a little while later…
There will be at least a couple weeks worth of shows (they were here for several days, and each ticket was to view three shows), and they air in early May. Watch for me in the audience!
Another highlight of our weekend was lunch at one of our favorites – ¿Por Que No? – a tasty taqueria in the Boise-Eliot area on North Mississippi.
Jason ordered a beautiful sangria and I had a house margarita. I chose one of the daily specials, the Spring Veggie Taco, which was fresh and flavorful and included grilled asparagus. I also ordered one of my standards, the veggie tamale:
¿Por Que No? was delicious as always. As we were sitting there, the sun came out – I look forward to spring and summer visits where we can sit outside!
Our Wheel Weekend was an awesome one – two tryouts, now actual audience members? I am getting closer to spinning that Wheel myself!
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Even though World MS Day is still more than a month away (May 26th), this is MS Awareness Week in North America.
It's time to dust off the talking points, break out the MS buttons and get ready to answer questions. There will be television adverts, billboards and radio PSAs this week which could afford each of us to speak about MS this week.
I know that here in Seattle, our chapter of the NMSS (which has just recently been expanded to support people living with MS in Alaska) has a new "Is It MS?" campaign which has been stirring up questions and conversations…and doctor's appointments
It's not like each and every one of us has to give a press conference or stand on an overpass waving an "I Have MS; Ask Me!" banner. But, I think we owe it to ourselves and to one another to be prepared to answer questions and, maybe, even strike up a conversation about Multiple Sclerosis.
You'd be surprised at how/where these conversations could begin. This past weekend, I was wearing a Team Gleason MS walk t-shirt into the butcher's and a young man asked, "Is there an MS Walk in Seattle? My sister has MS."
Well, the conversation which ensued brought in two other people and I recruited one new team member!
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1 Cut cardstock to finished size. Adhere patterned paper.
2 Trim patterned paper, adhere strips of cardstock and patterned paper, and attach brad.
3 Stitch piece sides and bottom to base to create pocket. Trim holly leaves from patterned paper and adhere.
1 Make two cards from patterned paper; trim into tag shapes. Adhere cards together, creating accordion.
2 Embellish pages with ribbon loops and folds.
3 Adhere patterned paper to front of album, adhere label sticker with foam tape, and tie on jingle bells with floss.
4 Fill pages as desired with photos and journaling and tuck into pocket.
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Searching for work:
When I first started out in self employment by virtue of my skill set, I was basically stuck in one vertical. I have learned from other consultants to strategically gain experience in as many different verticals and industries as possible. You don't want to get stuck in a niche or stuck in one vertical. Niches and verticals go through recessions. You want to gain as much experience as possible. Self employment works well for this.
I've learned being successful at self employment is largely self-driven. You need to constantly be "on the look" for future projects even while you're working at a client. It's very self motivated. In the course of a day or a week, I'm constantly in dialogue with existing clients, old clients, intermediaries, contacts and other self-employed people
So how have I managed to find clients?
- • Other self-employed people – Because I'm self-employed, I know other self-employed people. We stay constantly in touch with each other and try to help one another out. Some of us have similar skills and experience some of us quite different; we do all complement each other in some way. If I know someone is looking, I'll keep my ears open; they'll do the same for me. I have sent convertible leads to people and they've sent convertible leads to me.
• Simply keeping in touch – I've kept in touch with people from the beginning of my career to present. I'm very sociable and I talk to everyone. I'm always amazed at the number of interns and front desk people, I've met years ago, who are now in management roles at public and private organizations. Recently I converted a lead received by someone I worked with 15 years ago into a project. It pays to stay in touch.
• Introductions – I've made introductions for people and people have made introductions for me. Sometimes introductions lead to work.
• Opportunities at your existing client – Simply know what other projects are attached to your project or what other similar projects are on the horizon at your client. If what they need lines up with your skill set and experience and they're happy with your work, you can be at that client for awhile.
• Social Media – Believe it or not, but I have converted a couple of leads that came in via social media. I have never met these "go betweens" in person, but I'm grateful for their help. But be smart about it, trust your "spidey senses". If you suspect a scam, it is likely a scam.
• Networking – I think every skill set, technology or professional designation has its own group, a lot of them have once a month meetings. Many are free. Go to them and talk to people. Don't go asking for or looking for business. Go to meet people and build relationships. People who go either single mindedly looking for business or for work repel people. If you're uncomfortable going by yourself take someone with you. If you know people there ask them to introduce you to people you don't know. If not make introductions yourself (but don't interrupt conversations). It takes some practice. Once upon a time, I was fairly shy, now I can confidently work a room.
• Talk to strangers – Toronto, is not exactly the friendliest city on Earth. A "good morning" a smile or a "simple compliment" to a stranger tends to weird out most Torontonians. However, there is good news. A lot of cities not named Toronto in Canada, the US and elsewhere are friendly. Innocuous small talk has led to an opportunity to build relationships which has led to opportunities.
• RFS – A lot of organizations put out Request for Service (RFS) tenders via different tendering methods. In most cases, anyone can respond to them. When, responding to the RFS, read the instructions carefully and note the deadline dates. A lot of RFS have specific requirements in terms of what they expect to see in a response. These items are not options. Follow the instructions.
Benefits of self employment over full-time employment
There are no absolutes in life. Very few full-time jobs have any sort of job security. I've worked for a lot of public and private organizations and very few have had any sort of employee career planning. If you're good at your job they basically want to keep you at that job. As a person, I love to learn, I love to be challenged, I enjoy solving problems, I love to think and I love to teach. Self-employment for me has allowed me to take on different challenges. I've had the opportunity to manage my own education and experience and build my career the way I wanted too. I've worked in all different verticals, in different roles from technical to project/program management, executive advisory, business process re-engineering, change management, conflict resolution, etc. I've honed my leadership skills under a cross section of excellent c-level executives at some pretty big private and public organizations; these executives aren't only excellent business people, but also people. They've taught me, how to listen, strategize, manage conflict and politics, negotiate, be a better communicator, lead, manage, mentor others, admit mistakes and be a better person. I don't think, I would have gotten the depth and breadth of the experience that I currently have, if I was a full-time employee somewhere.
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Tyger Das is a management consultant with 13+ years experience who originally started his career as a programmer. His experience includes executive advisory, business strategy, business systems analysis, marketing strategy, program/project/vendor management, marketing, consulting or IT operations (including offshore) management, best practice(s) implementation, business process re-engineering (six sigma), cost and work effort reduction through business process optimization, change management and technical(IT/IS) or advertising RFS/RFP process management. Some of Tyger's past and present clients include: Aon, RBC, CGI, General Electric, Maclaren McCann, various US and Canadian health agencies, General Motors, Ford Europe(Jaguar, Land Rover), Diageo PLC(Pilsbury, Guinness & Co. and Smithwick's, Burger King), NASA, Rogers Communications, various municipal, provincial and state agencies, a number of non-profits, Porsche AG, a handful of boutique advertising agencies and the National Basketball Association.


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I have found many tombstones with the symbols of Freemasons in cemeteries where I have trekked looking for an ancestor or just visiting in order to take pictures for my cemetery blogs, Cemeteries with Texas Ties and Cemeteries of the Covered Bridges. They are varied and beautiful, indicating that the person memorialized there was a member of the Freemasons during his lifetime.
Since Dan Brown's books, "Da Vinci Code" and "Demons and Angels", were published in 2006 there has been a flurry of interest in the Masons. I've had questions about the institution's symbolism, philosophy, and history since then and have discovered several direct and collateral ancestors who were members of the Freemasons.
What I have been surprised to learn is that my late father-in-law was a Mason, but left the organization in 1988 after being affiliated with them for thirty-four years.
In 1873 Albert G. Mackey, M. D., a 33 degree Mason, wrote and published in London, England "An Encyclopedia of Freemasonry and its Kindred Sciences." He did so because he felt that "few men had the means, the time, and the inclination for the purchase of numerous books, some of them costly and difficult to be obtained, and for the close and attentive reading of them which is necessary to master any given subject." It was that thought that suggested to him many years prior to writing and publishing his encyclopedia, "the task of collecting materials for a work which would furnish every Freemason who might consult its pages the means of acquiring a knowledge of all matters connected with the science, the philosophy, and the history of his Order."
On page 204 Dr. Mackey defines the word Demit. "A Mason is said to demit from his Lodge when he withdraws his membership; and a demit is a document granted by the Lodge which certifies that that demission has been accepted by the Lodge, and that the demitting brother is clear of the books and in good standing as a Mason."
Mackey continues with "To demit, which is the act of the member, is, then, to resign; and to grant a demit, which is the act of the Lodge, is to grant a certificate that the resignation has been accepted. It is derived from the French reflective verb se demetire, which, according to the dictionary of the Academy, means 'to withdraw from an office, to resign an employment.'
The application for a demit is a matter of form, and there is no power in the Lodge to refuse it, if the applicant has paid all his dues and is free of all charges. It is true that a regulation of 1722 says that no number of brethren shall withdraw or separate themselves from the Lodge in which they were made, without a dispensation; yet it is not plain how the law can be enforced, for Masonry being a voluntary association, there is no power in any Lodge to insist on any brother continuing a connection with it which he desires to sever.
The usual object in applying for a demit is to enable the brother to join some other Lodge, into which he cannot be admitted without some evidence that he was in good standing in his former Lodge. This is in accordance with an old law found in the Regulations of 1663 in the following words: 'No person hereafter who shall be accepted a Freemason, shall be admitted into any Lodge or Assembly until he has brought a certificate of the time and place of his acceptation from the Lodge that accepted him, unto the Master of that limit or division where such Lodge is kept."
In looking at Mackey's definition of Dimit, he writes that the word is "a modern, American, and wholly indefensible corruption of the technical word Demit. As the use of this corrupt form is beginning to be very prevalent among American Masonic writers, it is proper that we should inquire which is the correct word, Demit or Dimit.
For almost a century and a half the Masonic world has been content, in its technical language, to use the word demit. But within a few years, [as of 1873 when Mackey wrote the Encyclopedia] a few admirers of neologisms - men who are always ready to believe that what is old cannot be good, and that new fashions are always the best - have sought to made a change in the well-established word, and by altering the e in the first syllable into an i, they make another word dimit, which they assert is the right one. It is simply a question of orthography, and must be settled first by reference to usage, and then to etymology, to discover which of the words sustains, by its derivation, the true meaning which is intended to be conveyed."
Mackey further writes, "to demit, in Masonic language, means simply to resign. The Mason who demits from his Lodge resigns from it. The word is used in the exact sense, for instance, in the Constitution of the Grand Lodge of Wisconsin, where it is said: 'No brother shall be allowed to demit from any Lodge unless for the purpose of uniting with some other.' That is to say: 'No brother shall be allowed to resign from any Lodge.'
To dimit is derived from the Latin dimittere. The prefixed particle di or dis has the effect of off from, and hence dimittere means to send away."


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Drake Getting Back Into Acting
Drake has been making 'Headlines' since kicking off his music career just a few short years ago. However, before he was a rap star, he was just Jimmy Brooks on 'Degrassi,' and soon, he'll return to his acting roots.
VH1 caught up with the Young Money superstar to chat about where his career is headed, but paid special attention to his acting goals. Drake spilled that he's indeed headed down that path again, but that he's just waiting for the right opportunity to pop up.
"I've been reading scripts for a while," he said. "I want to do something great. I really want to do a movie specifically for my culture: the younger people who are still in tune with everything going on. I'm actually writing with my friends right now, [Maz Elsadig and Al Mukadam]. They have a production company called By Any Means Necessary, so we're writing together trying to figure out the right movie."
The right movie, however, would not be one he's been pigeonholed into. That means he doesn't want to play a rapper — or a basketball star — or a kid in a wheelchair either. Drake explained that he wants to step outside of his usual boundaries to test his talents, stressing that he's looking for, "Something that's not a rapper or a basketball player, which is all the scripts that I get."
You hear that, Hollywood? Get writing!
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China's Film Market Draws Korean Studios
Hollywood isn't the only foreign player eyeing China.
Two major South Korean studios are strengthening cooperation with local players to grab a foothold in the world's second-largest movie market.
Last month, China's Huayi Brothers Media Corp. and Korea's Showbox/Mediaplex Inc. released the $20 million, 3-D movie "Mr. Go," about a gorilla from a Chinese circus who becomes a baseball superstar in Korea's major leagues.
In June, South Korea's CJ E&M Corp. struck a deal with state-run China Film Group and Pegasus & Taihe Entertainment International Co., a private Chinese company, to produce a sci-fi fantasy project called "The Fist," featuring Chinese and Korean actors. In April, it also signed with the two companies to produce a 3-D Chinese historical epic, along with "Avatar" director-producer James Cameron.


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