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The California Department of Consumer Affairs, Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists, has responsibility for exams and licensing for civil, electrical, and mechanical engineers and land surveyors. The board oversees the practice of these professions as mandated by state law.
The board regulates the use of the professional titles "professional engineer," "registered engineer," and "consulting engineer," and the branch titles:
Agricultural engineer, control system engineer, fire protection engineer, land surveyor, mechanical engineer, petroleum engineer, structural engineer, chemical engineer, corrosion engineer, geotechnical engineer, manufacturing engineering, metallurgical engineer, quality engineer, traffic engineer, civil engineer, electrical engineer, industrial engineer, nuclear engineer, and safety engineer.
The board is charged with protecting the welfare and safety of the public. It is the regulating body that sets standards for engineering products that may affect the public and ensures that professional engineers are qualified to practice. Professional engineers apply their education and skills to design buildings, bridges, dams, roads, communication systems, electrical power distribution systems, heating, ventilation and air conditioning, and many other products and systems. Professional land surveyors determine property lines, perform lot splits, and prepare subdivision maps and official maps.
The board protects the title held by the engineer by licensure, but the practice of engineering is not regulated (i.e. their business practice to their business); however, the Enforcement Unit receives and pursues consumer complaints. The Technical Advisory Committee investigates complaints and acts as a mediator with the engineer and complainant(s). Unresolved disputes are forwarded to the Office of the Attorney General when the engineer is licensed, but complaints about an unlicensed engineer are forwarded to the District Attorney's office.
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Shindagha is one of the oldest areas of Dubai, and home to the al Shindagha Museum. This modest, two-storey dwelling was home to the visionary Sheikh Saeed Al-Maktoum, ruler of Dubai from 1912-1958 and grandfather of the present ruler. After his death, it lay abandoned until it was demolished, rebuilt next to its original site and opened to the public as a museum in 1986.
Today, it's known as the Al Shindagha Museum, and stands as a proud reminder of Dubai's pre-oil era. It houses some truly fascinating historical photographs, letters, maps, treaties, coins and stamps that breathe life into many aspects of the social, cultural and educational life of yesteryear.
Address: On the Corniche, Shindagha.
Opening hours: Saturday to Thursday 07:30 to 21:00, Friday 15:00 to 21:30.
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Limited edition usually means there's a slim chance of getting your hands on the object in question, but in Glock's 25th anniversary pistol's case, you could very well be one of 2,500 people to own one.
The silver anniversary Glock 17 Gen4 pistol celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Austrian brand Glock being in the US. The Glock, of course, is one of the most popular brands to be used by the police, and in this case the limited edition version comes with the same safe action trigger and cold-hammer forged barrel, along with a commemorative keychain so you can show off down at the local gun club. [Glock via AmmoLand via Born Rich]


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BELMONT, N.C. – Errick Bethel scored a team leading 16 points in the Coker men's basketball team's loss to Belmont Abbey, 91-71, on Thursday (Jan. 31) night. With the loss the Cobras fall to 9-9 overall and 6-6 in Conference Carolinas play.
The first half of the game was very close as neither team gained more than a four-point lead and the score was tied five times, with the Crusaders taking a 42-41 advantage into the locker room at the break. Belmont Abbey took a quick 47-41 lead to start the second half, but the Cobras closed the gap and evened the score at 49 with 18 minutes remaining. Unfortunately for Coker, that would the last time it would tie the game as the Crusaders took the lead for good 20 seconds later.
As a team the Cobras knocked down 13 baskets from beyond the arc, shooting 41.9 percent from 3-point range. They also shot 40 percent from the field and had 27 of their 71 points come off the bench.
Bethel scored 15 of his 16 points from 3-point range, while Andrew Morris scored 12 of his 14 points from long range. Julian Nelson added 12 points and seven rebounds.
Coker returns to the hardwood on Saturday at Erskine College. Tip-off is slated for 4 p.m.


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Burchard Claims Victory No. 600 with Win Over Central Methodist
FAYETTE, MO -- In a rekindled rivarly, the Columbia Cougars took on the Central Methodist University Eagles for the first time in four years. In their 60th meeting all-time the Cougars took the victory on the road Wednesday night, defeating the Eagles 85-75. Columbia, ranked No. 10 in the NAIA preseason top 25 poll, improve to 3-0 on the year while Central Methodist drops to 4-2 overall.
The Cougars stumbled out of the gate tonight, falling behind 7-0 before regaining their footing to eight minutes into the contest and taking a 16-14 lead on a three-pointer by Derrick Dilworth. Dilworth would go on to contribute 15 first half points and help the Cougars to a 41-33 half-time advantage.
The Eagles wasted no time putting the pressure on the visiting Cougar squad in the minutes of the second period and knotted up the score at 43. After trading baskets for the next several minutes the Cougars went on an 8-0 run that stifled the Eagles' momentum. Columbia never looked back, pushing their lead to as many as 16 before walking away with the 10-point win.
The Cougars drained nine three-pointers on their way to victory, including three by Dilworth who finished with a career high 23 points. Tanner Sutton and Devin Griffin each added 14 points while senior Jordan Dressler wrapped up the double-digit scoring for Columbia with 12 points. Dressler also added a game-high 11 rebounds and Dilworth dished out five assists.
With the win, head coach Bob Burchard claims his 600th victory at Columbia College. In just his 25th season Burchard has averaged over 25 wins each year and sits at No. 11 in the NAIA in total wins. "In all honesty, those 600 victories belong to all the individuals and teams that have invested in the Cougar athletic depatment and in this program," said Burchard.
The Cougars return to the Arena of Southwell Complex on Friday, November 16 when they host Ottawa (Kan.) University. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.


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The Chicago home where Walt Disney was born has been on the market for the better part of five years, reports the Chicago Tribune, after a movement in the nineties to landmark the home faltered. The push back comes because Walt was a "known anti-Semite and a racist."
Said Bernard Stone in the late-nineties, "Walt Disney was a bigot, and I'm not going to sit here on a panel and create a historical landmark for a bigot." Soon after the Committee on Historical Landmarks voted down the proposal.
It doesn't help that after a total renovation of the 1891 structure erased any signs that Walt ever lived there.
Now the home's price sits at $179,000, $11,000 less than the sellers paid for it in 2002.
Walt's father, Elias, a carpenter at the World's Columbian Expo, built the home, and Walt was born there (on the second floor, actually) in 1901. Four years later, the Disney family moved to Missouri and Walt never moved back to Chicago.
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Cash: Gifts of cash are convenient and preferred by many donors. The Libraries' Online Giving is a way for alumni and friends to designate gifts to support the Libraries. Choose University Libraries under School or Unit designation on the online giving form.
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Survey: Troops Believe in Iraq Mission, Morale Generally High
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 21, 2006 - Two-thirds of U.S. troops serving in Iraq say they believe the cause they're fighting for is worthwhile, according to a new Stars and Stripes survey.
The survey results, reported in the July 19 Mideast edition of Stars and Stripes newspaper, revealed that 46 percent of readers in Iraq who responded to a survey called fighting the war for America "very worthwhile." Another 30 percent rated it "somewhat worthwhile."
Fourteen percent of respondents called the mission "not very worthwhile," and just 8 percent referred to it as "not worthwhile at all," the July 20 paper reported.
The survey explored readers' views on a variety of other issues. Among them were how clearly their mission is defined, their unit's as well as their personal morale, support for troops in the Middle East, and how informed they are about that support.
Respondents overwhelmingly agreed that their mission is clearly defined, the survey noted. Fifty-five percent called it "very clear" and 27 percent called it "somewhat clear." Nine percent said it's "somewhat unclear," and 7 percent said it's "not at all clear."
Unit morale is high, and personal morale even higher, most respondents said. Forty-four percent called unit morale "very high," and 43 percent gave the same ranking for their personal morale. Eighteen percent called their unit morale "somewhat high," and 30 percent ranked their personal morale at that level.
Twenty-six percent of respondents called unit morale "somewhat low," and 19 percent gave that rating for their personal morale. Ten percent reported "very low" unit morale, and 6 percent rated their personal morale at rock bottom.
The vast majority of deployed troops agreed that public support for troops in the Middle East is strong. Forty-four percent rated it "very strong," and 26 percent called it "somewhat strong." Twenty-two percent of respondents called it "not very strong," and 6 percent "weak."
Two-thirds of respondents believe they're well informed about what the public is doing to support troops serving in the Middle East, the survey showed. Forty-four percent called themselves "very well informed," 20 percent "somewhat informed," 28 percent "not very well informed," and 6 percent rated themselves "not well (informed) at all."
Responses appeared to track with military rank. Eight-eight percent of senior officers, for example, ranked both unit and personal morale as high or very high. Among junior enlisted servicemembers, 49 percent rated unit morale as high or very high and 66 percent gave that same rating to their own personal morale.
Almost across the board, respondents said conditions in Iraq had improved since they arrived there. Sixty-nine percent of senior officers, 66 percent of senior enlisted members and 64 percent of junior enlisted troops said conditions were very or somewhat improved. Forty-eight percent of junior officers assigned that rating to conditions.
Nearly 600 Stars and Stripes readers in Iraq responded to the survey, and the results were compiled by media experts from MORI Research, the newspaper reported.
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Here is a great question from a sailor seeking to better his PFT run time and has gathered extra information about training with heart rate monitor training. "How much emphasis should I put on target heart rate while training for the PRT run? The Navy PRT web page says the target heart rate for my age group (25 years) is 117-146bpm, with a max HR of 195. I'm working on faster run times, which means I'm pacing faster and really pushing myself. I don't own a HR monitor, but the treadmill I used today indicated that I quickly worked my HR up to a pretty steady 172 BPM. I was physically comfortable with that, but is this a problem, or is this what to expect when pushing yourself to a new level? I tried staying in the "target zone," but that was just way too slow."
"All I'm trying to do is get faster, not lose weight, so what's the use of a target heart rate in PRT training?" Training using a heart rate monitor can offer immediate feedback and give you an indication of effort, but if you workout enough you know when you are at your peak exertion levels. I have used and still use my Polar Heart Rate monitor infrequently especially when I start a new phase of my workout. When I change my routine and lift harder or do distance running instead of speed work. I like to gauge where my heart rate is when I reach muscle failure or a comfortable running pace. Where I personally get the most use is observing my recovery time from near max heart rate to 40-50%. This is a good way to gauge if you are getting more fit with your routine. If your recovery time decreases with PFT type exercises you are getting in better shape.
To answer your question, no you really do not need to adhere to the 117-146bpm zone for your PRT training. If you are training for ace the PT and the run, you will need to build speed through interval and faster pace training. Typically the heart rate zone you see on the cardio machines are target zones for you to optimally burn fat (staying aerobic) and not pushing the envelope of increasing your PRT scores. Now, if you can run faster at your PRT goal pace and have your heart rate in the aerobic target zone, that is impressive! This is how champion marathon runners can hit 5 minute miles for 26 miles! This takes hardcore conditioning training and that that level a heart rate monitor is almost essential to improving performance. At the National Strength and Conditioning Association the Tactical Strength and Conditioning component utilizes the information obtained from heart rate monitors when worn by Special Ops, Police SWAT Team, and Fire Fighters when they perform their job. Heart rate monitors are useful in seeing exertion and adrenaline rushes occur during the performance of their duties. Using this information, you can create workout plans that can better simulate the job experience by adding in short sprints in between sets of weight training or calisthenics for instance. Learning how to recover from the adrenalin rush is helpful in managing stress either on the job or not.
So in a nutshell, heart rate monitors are very useful whether you are a beginner or an advanced athlete or tactical athlete. However, for improvement of running, I would focus on speed and endurance workouts. Check out the "Running and Cardio article archive" for previous articles to help you.
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Reuters is reporting that Sharp has "nearly halted" production of its 9.7-inch iPad screens, as demand for Apple's large tablet drops.
According to "sources familiar with the matter", screen production at Sharp's Kameyama plant in central Japan has "fallen to the minimal level to keep the line running" following a gradual slow down since the end of 2012. However, it's worth pointing out that the sources don't make any direct reference to the cause of the slowdown — is it cannibalisation by the iPad mini? Seasonal variation? Imminent product changes? — so really Reuters is speculating wildly.
This morning also brought news that Google's Nexus 7 is outstripping the iPad in terms of market share in Japan. While the news about Sharp's display production could, possibly, signify a weakening of Apple's position, it's worth bearing in mind that currently the company still dominates the tablet market. It's gonna take more than a slight lull in sales for that to change. [Reuters]


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GALLIVARE, Sweden, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- Hong Kong made another strong showing at this year's Santa Winter Games in Gallivare, Sweden, finishing second, organizers say.
Christmas is a big deal in Hong Kong, even though only 10 percent of the former British colony's residents are Christians, and they put lot of energy into their Santa efforts, The Wall Street Journal reports.
"It's always more Santas from Hong Kong," said Mathias Svalenstrom, organizer for the Santa Winter Games in Gallivare, a town of about 8,500 people located about 60 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
Hong Kong Santas have shown they can compete with their jolly old colleagues from around the world when it comes to eating porridge, riding a mechanical reindeer and pushing a sled, the Journal says. The past four years, Hong Kong has finished in the medals at the Santa Winter Games.
This year's Hong Kong entrant, Ho Wing-Leong, is a 21-year-old magician who goes by the name Santa Rainbow and weighs just 130 pounds.
Ho said while Santas from the Netherlands, Estonia and Sweden looked as if "they lived in a forest and had their own deer," he resolved to "work harder."
Japanese Santa Paradise Yamamoto said Ho stood out as very "fancy, pop, flashy," adding Hong Kong's young, thin Santa "shows they were thinking about winning."
"All the rest are pretty normal Santas ... if you can say that," Svalenstrom said.
While Ho was bounced off the mechanical reindeer in a few seconds, he won the porridge-eating contest, and with the help of his entourage took the Santa Karaoke competition with a spirited, if sometimes nonsensical, version of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" complete with dancing, musical instruments and magic tricks, the Journal said.
Ho finished second to the Netherlands' Santa entrant for the second year in a row.


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Every other Thursday, we bring you Nicholas Day -- on cooking for children, and with children, and despite children. Also, occasionally, on top of.
Today: Nicholas brings us the best French onion soup to take on what's left of winter (with a secret ingredient you'll never want to miss again).
French onion soup should not be a guilty pleasure: it is nothing more than a field of onions, stock, bread, some cheese, some open flame. It is, at its humble core, a peasant soup: a cheap staple—onions—improved with a minimum of heat and a maximum of time, stretched with bones and water. Peasant soups should not feel like a guilty pleasure. They should feel like longing. So why does French onion soup seem like something you should feel vaguely ashamed to be eating, let alone feeding to your children? Let us bracket the broiled cheese. Even the broth of a good French onion soup always tastes like decadence. It tastes so close to the bliss point that you begin to suspect nefarious methods.All of which is a way of saying: this column will not be about kale. It will not have any words that begin with super and end with food. It is about meaningful exhalations and poor postpartum posture. It is a slushy, end-of-February sort of column. Think of it as slumped up against the screen. If your child dislikes French onion soup, you have a problem. (Although maybe not: more for you.) Because unless said child has a thing about textures, in which case the onions can seem like slimy eels your parents have snuck in your soup, French onion soup is hard for even the pickiest eater to reject. It's ecumenical: you don't even need teeth. And unlike—I dunno—macaroni and cheese, with which it shares a fair amount of nutritional content, it won't make you feel like you're pandering. French onion soup looks like a real, tableclothed dinner. And yet for all that: is there any soup that has been more wronged? (With the possible exception of minestrone—have you seen the things they do to minestrone? There should be a law.) At its worst, French onion soup tastes like a soup that someone abandoned their half-eaten bread in and then served to you.This soup, dear Reader, is not that soup. It is the Backward Town version from the Tartine Bread cookbook: instead of caramelizing your onions by coddling them on low heat, you scorch them. On high. This is when I tell you about the cup of cream. I can hear you from here: that's why it tastes like a guilty pleasure, you nitwit. So I lied a little! But last time you got vegetables! And you need a cup of cream to get through February anyway: what if you go and fall into a snowdrift tomorrow? This French onion soup may save your life.Here's how we do it: dump the cream, a knob of butter and a tearjerker's worth of onions into the pot. Turn up the heat. Wait until the cream turns into solids. Then wait the onions get sticky brown. Deglaze. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Add broth. Bake. (The deglazing involves wine, yes. If you have drinking age-related concerns, use stock. I used wine and immediately after dinner, a certain diner started spinning madly in circles and giggling maniacally. On the other hand, he does that every night.) After Isaiah took his first bite, he dropped his spoon and said, abruptly, "Whoa." I thought he'd burned himself. "Whoa," he repeated and then slapped his forehead with his palm, vaudeville-style. "This is delicious." (You have to imagine this said with a thick Brooklyn accent, the sort of Brooklyn accent no one but four-year-olds or seriously old men have anymore.)"Dada," he said. "You have to soak bread in soup for a really long time more." I promised him I would.
French Onion Soup, the Scorched WayVery lightly adapted from Chad Robertson's brilliant recipe in Tartine BreadServes 4, robustly6 large yellow onions, sliced thinly1 cup heavy cream2 tablespoons unsalted butter1 teaspoon salt2 cups dry white wine2 quarts chicken stock5 ounces Gruyere cheese, grated (a Cheddar would work, too)4 slices of hole-y, country bread
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Valentine's Day is the perfect time of year to brush off your dusty apron and get baking some cupcakes for your sweets! It's all about the love and thought behind your baked works of art, so why not try something new? Your loved ones will love you just as much if your culinary creations are photo worthy– and I'll bet they will still taste amazing! Here are some of my favorite Valentine cupcake decorating ideas. Get inspired!
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Killzone 3 looks like an impressive first-person shooter, but I sense some apathy out there. FPS games... there are so many of them. This trailer helps.
Last month, Killzone's head creator Herman Hulst was in New York, showing me part of the game. He told me we'd get to know more about the enemy Helghast in the new game. I didn't understand why that mattered, but this trailer helps show what he's talking about.
There's more drama now; a power vacuum at the high ranks of the Helghast military (the result of Killzone 2's unusual finale). The official PlayStation blog names the squabbling Helghast leaders and their famous voice-actors: "Malcolm McDowell, who plays the scheming Stahl Arms CEO, and Ray Winstone, who plays the gruff Helghast Admiral." On the ground, the heroes of the last Killzone — including our playable character, Sev — appear to be conflicted about whether to surrender or run.
The plot in this trailer isn't complex. But it has drive. It makes me care about what will happen. Not something I could say about a Killzone game before.
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When fire roared through the old KNTV building in San Jose on Sunday, it demolished more than an aging and empty structure. It destroyed the last remnants of an early era of local television — more improvisational, more fun and less calculated than today's broadcasts.
From the weekday "Record Hop," which drew its inspiration from "American Bandstand," to a kids' show called "Hocus Pocus," to the used-car ads late at night, the KNTV building served as host for shows that marked a generation in San Jose.
The fire's cause is still under investigation, although fire officials say they are looking at the homeless who camped inside the building. In that news lies a core of irony, because the KNTV studios were home for a legion of television producers and reporters over a half-century.
"It was a little like the Winchester Mystery House, in the sense that we kept having additions over the years," said former news anchor Maggi Scura. "Basically, it was a lot of creative, emotional funny characters in a small space, making something happen every day."
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In a sense, the story begins with bread trucks and conservative bankers. The Gilliland family, which owned the next-door Sunlite Bakery (a building later used by AT&T), saw an opportunity in television in the early 1950s, no bad call for any entrepreneur.
Station lore has it that when the Gillilands asked their banker for a loan to build a television studio, the banker asked what seemed like a logical question: What if television is just a passing fancy?
To parry that doubt, the building was constructed so that it could be a parking garage for bread trucks if television didn't work out. The ceilings were never really high enough for the new medium.
After its first broadcast on Sept. 12, 1955 as an independent station, KNTV did so well that the Gillilands got out of the bakery business several years later. The station was sold to Allen T. Gilliland, who also started San Jose's cable company, Gill Cable.
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The early days were, well, funky. At the corner of Park Avenue and Montgomery Street stood an old house, left in place by the Gillilands, that became the station's first newsroom. Things were so crowded that one of the editors sat on a commode with a plywood board on her lap to edit the day's film (The house was eventually torn down and replaced by a corporate lobby).
"There are a lot of happy memories," says Stew Park, who joined the station as a 19-year-old in the early 1960s and later became its general manager. "It was really the golden era of television. It was not nearly as calculating and automatic as it is now."
An older brand of technology forced station managers to be nimble. Because used-car commercials were shot live — there was no videotape — someone had to drive the cars in and out of the studio each time. "The dented side was parked away from the camera," jokes Park now.
From 1960 to 1965, one of the most popular shows was the 5:30 p.m. "Record Hop," which showed teens dancing to the latest music — the Flamingos, Ricky Nelson, Chubby Checker. The main host for the program was Frank Darien, although Park himself handled the last duties as master of ceremonies.
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Because the show was live, occasional emergencies arose. When a school bus driver couldn't find the station in time, word would go out to employees in the station to come to the studio and start dancing until the kids arrived.
In all its improvisation, KNTV sought a local audience. In 1978, the Gillilands sold the station, by then an ABC affiliate to Landmark Communications, which continued to emphasize San Jose in its reporting. The popular anchors between 1982 and 2000, an eon in television, were Scura and Doug Moore.
Eventually, corporate restructuring spelled the doom of the building at 645 Park Ave. NBC bought the station in late 2001, and in 2004, the station moved its headquarters to North First Street, rebranding itself as NBC Bay Area News ("We investigate," say their ads).
In recent years, the old building has been owned by the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency (SARA), which had little incentive and less money to fix it up. In March, a sweep by the San Jose police found eight homeless people living inside. The hope, ever fainter, is that the land will be part of a ballpark for the A's.
Now the work of demolition largely has been done. "I spent probably 100,000 hours of my life in that building, and it bothered me to drive by and seeing the creeping decrepitude," Park told me. "It's been kind of put out of its misery now."
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Thanks to Cyndie Rodman, MS-PREP '09, for sending along the press release from the recent Massachusetts Pain Initiative Survey. Cyndie writes that "the survey not only quantified the incidence of chronic pain among the Massachusetts general population, but also the differences and disparities experienced by minorities versus non-minorities. This is the first Massachusetts study we are aware of to look at how pain is experienced by minorities compared to non-minorities." Tufts University School of Medicine's Pain Research, Education and Policy (PREP) faculty member, Carol Curtiss, RN, MSN, as well as PREP guest lecturer, Paul Arnstein, PhD, APRN-BC, played instrumental roles in the survey. Click here to read the Massachusetts Pain Initiative's press release about the survey. For more information about the Massachusetts Pain Initative, click here.
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Will the First Presidential Debate Focus on Reproductive Rights?
Wednesday's first presidential debate will be focused on "domestic issues." Will reproductive health questions be a factor, or relegated to the back bench?
Economy. Healthcare. Education. Each of these topics are expected to receive a great deal of attention as President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney face off in the first of three debates prior to the November election.
The first debate will cover "domestic policy," and is expected to have a heavy focus on the economy and healthcare. Host Jim Leher of PBS's Newshour will ask six questions, each followed by 15 minutes of debate between the two candidates. But it's still not clear whether reproductive and sexual health and rights will be part of the discussion.
In the 2008 presidential debates, the politics of a woman's right to self-determination regarding whether and when to have children and under what circumstances barely made it onto the radar. No questions on abortion were asked of the candidates until the third and final debate, and even then the questions were simply about whether or not they would appoint judges to the Supreme Court who would uphold or overturn Roe v. Wade. The responses were entirely lackluster:
[Moderatior Bob] SCHIEFFER: All right. Let's stop there and go to another question. And this one goes to Senator McCain. Senator McCain, you believe Roe v. Wade should be overturned. Senator Obama, you believe it shouldn't.
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Could either of you ever nominate someone to the Supreme Court who disagrees with you on this issue? Senator McCain?
MCCAIN: I would never and have never in all the years I've been there imposed a litmus test on any nominee to the court. That's not appropriate to do.
SCHIEFFER: But you don't want Roe v. Wade to be overturned?
MCCAIN: I thought it was a bad decision. I think there were a lot of decisions that were bad. I think that decisions should rest in the hands of the states. I'm a federalist. And I believe strongly that we should have nominees to the United States Supreme Court based on their qualifications rather than any litmus test. Now, let me say that there was a time a few years ago when the United States Senate was about to blow up. Republicans wanted to have just a majority vote to confirm a judge and the Democrats were blocking in an unprecedented fashion.
We got together seven Republicans, seven Democrats. You were offered a chance to join. You chose not to because you were afraid of the appointment of, quote, "conservative judges."
I voted for Justice Breyer and Justice Ginsburg. Not because I agreed with their ideology, but because I thought they were qualified and that elections have consequences when presidents are nominated. This is a very important issue we're talking about.
Senator Obama voted against Justice Breyer and Justice Roberts on the grounds that they didn't meet his ideological standards. That's not the way we should judge these nominees. Elections have consequences. They should be judged on their qualifications. And so that's what I will do.
I will find the best people in the world — in the United States of America who have a history of strict adherence to the Constitution. And not legislating from the bench.
SCHIEFFER: But even if it was someone — even someone who had a history of being for abortion rights, you would consider them?
MCCAIN: I would consider anyone in their qualifications. I do not believe that someone who has supported Roe v. Wade that would be part of those qualifications. But I certainly would not impose any litmus test.
SCHIEFFER: All right.
OBAMA: Well, I think it's true that we shouldn't apply a strict litmus test and the most important thing in any judge is their capacity to provide fairness and justice to the American people.
And it is true that this is going to be, I think, one of the most consequential decisions of the next president. It is very likely that one of us will be making at least one and probably more than one appointments and Roe versus Wade probably hangs in the balance.
Now I would not provide a litmus test. But I am somebody who believes that Roe versus Wade was rightly decided. I think that abortion is a very difficult issue and it is a moral issue and one that I think good people on both sides can disagree on.
But what ultimately I believe is that women in consultation with their families, their doctors, their religious advisers, are in the best position to make this decision. And I think that the Constitution has a right to privacy in it that shouldn't be subject to state referendum, any more than our First Amendment rights are subject to state referendum, any more than many of the other rights that we have should be subject to popular vote.
OBAMA: So this is going to be an important issue. I will look for those judges who have an outstanding judicial record, who have the intellect, and who hopefully have a sense of what real-world folks are going through.
I'll just give you one quick example. Senator McCain and I disagreed recently when the Supreme Court made it more difficult for a woman named Lilly Ledbetter to press her claim for pay discrimination.
For years, she had been getting paid less than a man had been paid for doing the exact same job. And when she brought a suit, saying equal pay for equal work, the judges said, well, you know, it's taken you too long to bring this lawsuit, even though she didn't know about it until fairly recently.
We tried to overturn it in the Senate. I supported that effort to provide better guidance to the courts; John McCain opposed it.
I think that it's important for judges to understand that if a woman is out there trying to raise a family, trying to support her family, and is being treated unfairly, then the court has to stand up, if nobody else will. And that's the kind of judge that I want.
SCHIEFFER: Time's up.
Since then, however, the landscape has changed so dramatically that everything has to be questioned, and openly.
According to NPR, there were approximately 26 Republican presidential debates this primary season, depending on the exact definition of the term. In those debates, abortion rights—or exactly how far the candidates were prepared to go in order to overturn them—were covered again and again in debate after debate. Candidates questioned each other over pledges to refuse to appoint any pro-choice person to any position in their administration or the judiciary, over whether it was acceptable to allow women who had been raped to have access to abortion, and whether "life" has to be protected from the moment a sperm met an egg.
It was that last topic that showed the power of the extreme anti-choice arm of the conservative movement. Former Senator Newt Gingrich during his roller coaster ride from longshot to frontrunner and back again made the mistake at one point of stating life began at implantation, not fertilization, bringing the wrath of anti-choice extremists down upon him. Within a day he had changed his position, putting a public statement online saying life began at conception and that he supported 14th amendment protection for fertilized eggs.
To survive and eventually win the GOP nomination, Romney, too, committed himself to the most extreme of anti-choice positions. In one early New Hampshire debate, contender Rick Santorum was asked if he truly believed Romney's conversion to full dedication to the "pro-life" cause. Santorum subtly questions Romney's "authenticity" on the subject, which Romney then empathetically denied.
[Host, CNN's John] KING: Governor Romney, let me give you — take — take 20 or 30 seconds, if there's a Republican out there for whom this important, who questions your authenticity on the issue?
ROMNEY: People have had a chance to look at my record and look what I've said as — as I've been through that last campaign. I believe people understand that I'm firmly pro-life. I will support justices who believe in following the Constitution and not legislating from the bench. And I believe in the sanctity of life from the very beginning until the very end.
KING: Is there anybody here who believes that that's an issue in the campaign, or is it case closed?
(UNKNOWN): Case closed.
KING: Case closed it is. All right.
The issue of controlling a woman's ability to decide if and when to have children continued through the debates, even culminating in a discussion of the responsibility that access to the birth control pill plays in the alleged declining morality of the country. In the final debate in Mesa, Arizona, after Santorum stated that the pill is dangerous and causes the fracturing of the American family, Romney steps in to agree.
ROMNEY: John, you know, I think as Rick has just said, this isn't an argument about contraceptives, this is a discussion about, are we going to have a nation which preserves the foundation of the nation, which is the family, or are we not? And Rick is absolutely right.
When you have 40 percent of kids being born out of wedlock, and among certain ethnic groups the vast majority being born out of wedlock, you ask yourself, how are we going to have a society in the future? Because these kids are raised in poverty in many cases, they're in abusive settings. The likelihood of them being able to finish high school or college drops dramatically in single-family homes. And we haven't been willing to talk about this.
And when we have programs that say we're going to teach abstinence in schools, the liberals go crazy and try and stop us from doing that.
The hot topics of the primary were abortion, birth control, and the candidates' plans to defund Planned Parenthood as well as repeal the Affordable Care Act, which has provided an expansion of insurance coverage and accessible contraception, and despite all of the Republicans being mostly of one mind on the issues—albeit with some minor nuances — it seems that the debate between two candidates with very different views should merit a large portion of a debate over domestic policy. Especially when you consider how much the economy, job creation, the housing crisis, health care, education and the social safety net programs all heavily revolve around a woman's right to either get pregnant, prevent or even end a pregnancy when she or her family aren't ready.
As the Associated Press reports, the candidates' beliefs on abortion and birth control are extremely divergent this year, in a way that "would you appoint a judge who would overturn Roe?" just won't cover. But when the AP says "Whether women have access to abortion services and birth control is a long-standing and divisive issue in politics," they are wrong. Birth control has never been a "divisive" issue in an election until recently, and if you had suggested that whether a politician believes a woman should have her access to contraception curtailed should be a debate question in 2008, the media and pundits all would have laughed.
Today, on the other hand, it may be one of the most important questions that could be asked. Let's hope it is.


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Cinema is hands down the biggest influence on us. That colossal screen that homes in wonder has been toying with our lives ever since we were kids. Something created merely to keep us in line, keep us from drifting away. Every thought, every action of ours, drenched with a heroic mindset, as if we were the protagonists of our own story. If we didn't feel love, we felt it because the big bad-ass screen told us to. If we didn't know what to do, the talking wall taught us what to pick. If we didn't know where to go, the story in the wall pointed us towards. Our lives smeared by its boisterous presence. It is like a religion that keeps us in check inadvertently.
No one on this wretched planet of ours has a clue about one's destiny. No one knows what needs to be done. What is life's ultimate goal apart from crumbling down to nothingness? Who told us to build? Who told us to live? Who told us to do anything? What if I decide to slay a day by doing nothing? Would it change anything? Who is to judge? Who is to say that I wasted it? But you never told us what to do! How can it be called futile? If living is the only thing that matters, didn't I just live?
But that gigantic thingy guides you to the right grooves. Pushes you into professions and things that you didn't have a clue about. Suddenly the clueless you, jumps off your seat to pursue a life that the screen aggrandized. Out of the blue you have a purpose. And lo! You are caught in a wretched pointless living cycle once again, following a thing you do not know, that sieved its way into your head all because a screen, that must be true and a story that you could relate to, fed you.
Cinema has the power to project the living in a flamboyant way. It has the power to exalt the trodden too. It can depict future, can let you live the past, can focus on the uplifted, or make you empathize with the destitute. It could be a mere projection of one's imagination, of the societal happenings, of fantasies from a child's head, of the dark life, of the heroic of the norm, of fears unexplored, of places unattended, of the truth, of the lies or could be a product of someone's big plan to keep us engaged, keep us from thinking the unthinkable, to keep us brooding, to keep our brains in check with lives of others, so that we forget ours!


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Just days after the first public release of OS X 10.9.1, Apple has seeded the first beta of OS X 10.9.2 to developers. The update is available in the Mac App Store for registered developers, an Apple asks testers to focus on Mail, Messages, VPN, Graphics Drivers and VoiceOver. Apple also issued a VPN update to Mavericks Server fixing a connection issue.
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hi, Silly question however. I'm testing a couple of problems, For example disable all components in the swing class that extends JApplet.
For example this code:
note: "this" is refering to the extending class (gameLobby)public class gameLobby extends JApplet { } public class gameChat extends gameLobby { // How would you do the following this.getParent().setEnabled(false); OR this.setEnabled(false); }
How do you get that Applet from another class and set JApplet.enabled(false)
not sure if it will set the components disabled, im guessing it will because how can the components be enabled if the parent isnt..
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Lead poisoning is usually caused by months or years of exposure to small amounts of lead at home, work, or day care. It can also happen very quickly if you are exposed to high amounts of lead.
Lead exposure can occur during work and hobbies if you breathe fumes and dust that contain lead. It can also happen if you swallow lead because of food, drinks, makeup, tobacco products, clothing, and hands contaminated with lead.
You can expose your family members to lead if you take lead home on your clothes, skin, or hair or if it is on your tools or in your car.
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In a small glass -- or a jar with a lid, if you're on the go -- layer 1/2 cup fruit cut into 1/2-inch cubes (kiwis, mangos, and pineapples are nice) with 1/4 cup plain low-fat yogurt. Top with 1 tablespoon toasted sliced almonds. Makes 1 serving (100 calories).
These four-ingredient cookies are sweetened with vanilla sugar. Makes 3 dozen (70 calories each).
Protein-rich tofu gives this drink a thick and creamy texture, and frozen blueberries, cherries, and grapes deliver deep flavor and additional antioxidants. Makes 4 servings (110 calories each).
For a delicious, healthy snack that doesn't have the refined sugars and trans fats of some commercial products, try making your own granola. You'll have the freedom to add whatever fruits and nuts you prefer. Makes 3 1/2 cups (191 calories per 2/3-cup serving).
This drink makes a refreshing and nutritious snack -- especially once you swirl in fresh fruit. Makes 4 shakes (188 calories each).
The sweet spiciness of the crystallized ginger in these cookies complements the richness of the dark chocolate. Makes 30 cookies (82 calories each).
Puree 1 1/2 cups low-fat buttermilk, 1 banana, 1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen berries, and 1/4 cup honey or agave syrup in a blender until smooth. Pour mixture into ice-pop molds and freeze. Makes 10 pops (75 calories each).
Sweet and delicious, figs make the perfect pairing for a thin slice of prosciutto di Parma -- which, by the way, is nitrate-free and low in saturated fat. Makes 8 servings (101 calories each).
Balsamic vinegar and brown sugar make a sweet-tart dressing for the berries. Serve as is or, for an extra crunch, with toasted nuts. Makes 4 servings (69 calories each without nuts).
For the most visually rewarding presentation, layer this parfait in a clear glass. Makes 6 servings (164 calories each).
This shortbread calls for a combination of whole-wheat and traditional flour, and is rich in heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids. Makes 16 servings (178 calories each).
Swapping mangoes for tomatoes lends a fresh, sweet taste to this dish. Serves 4 to 6 (about 43 calories each, not including chips).
Dates and applesauce -- full of fiber, vitamins, and natural sugars -- create a complex caramel flavor when combined with honey. Makes 24 muffins (50 calories each).
Apricot jam and bittersweet chocolate ganache combine for a unique flavor in these cookies. Makes 30 sandwiches (197 calories each).
These naturally sweet fruit bars are a great source of fiber and potassium, and are perfect for an after-work snack. Makes 8 bars (194 calories each).
Frozen mango lends this smoothie its sweetness and smooth texture while adding vitamins B6, C, and E. Makes one 8-ounce smoothie (52 calories).
The nutritional value of traditional chocolate chip cookies is upped by using bittersweet dark chocolate, oat flour, brown rice syrup, and natural almonds. Makes 4 dozen cookies (104 calories each).
The secret ingredients in these brownies-made-healthier are whole-wheat flour and sweet potato puree. Makes 12 brownies (148 calories each).


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Never mind the blowout numbers announced Tuesday. Apple's best days are behind it. Or so says Forrester Research CEO George Colony, who believes the iPhone and iPad maker without Steve Jobs is essentially rudderless, a company sailing downwind toward mediocrity. As Colony sees it, the problem with Apple is that, well, Jobs is dead.
Apple's co-founder, as we all know, was a charismatic guy. Jobs had an uncanny ability to lure disciples, some of whom saw him as a guru-like figure with exceptional--perhaps even enchanted--powers. This was a carefully cultivated image that Jobs himself worked hard to achieve and maintain.
Jobs also had amazing instincts when it came to product design and usability. He knew what consumers wanted and how to deliver it.
Which brings us to Tim Cook, Apple's new CEO. Colony calls Jobs' replacement a "proven and competent executive," but one who lacks the magnetism to a lead a unique company like Apple.
In an April 25 post on his Forrester blog, Colony writes:
"Apple's momentum will carry it for 24-48 months. But without the arrival of a new charismatic leader it will move from being a great company to being a good company, with a commensurate step down in revenue growth and product innovation. Like Sony (post Morita), Polaroid (post Land), Apple circa 1985 (post Jobs), and Disney (in the 20 years post Walt Disney), Apple will coast, and then decelerate."
Fighting words, indeed. There's little doubt Colony will be pilloried by the loony fringe of Apple's user base for his heretical beliefs.
Well, if Cook isn't the best choice to run Apple, who is?
"Without knowing them personally, I would look to Apple executives Jon Ive or Scott Forstall to be CEO," writes Colony. "From on far they appear to have some of the charisma and outspoken design sense to legitimately lead the company."
Well, perhaps, but whoever runs Apple from here on out will always be compared--most likely unfavorably--to Jobs, whose second run as CEO was arguably more astonishing than his first.
It seems the biggest problem facing Apple's management team today is: What do we do next? The iPhone and iPad are largely responsible for Apple's current success, but both product lines will likely grow stale within 4 to 5 years. This isn't a knock against Apple, but rather an observation based on the history of consumer tech (see: BlackBerry).
As Colony sees it, Apple is a "charismatic organization" that cannot thrive without its founder and leader.
Is Cook a creative genius like Jobs? He doesn't appear to be, but no one had that expectation.
Will the rumored HDTV be Apple's Next Great Thing? And after that, then what?
Apple in a way reminds me of a famous musical group that keeps churning out hit after hit. Eventually the songs fall flat. Creativity fades. In Apple's case, I'm not sure you can pin that inevitability on Tim Cook.
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A Compilation of Environmental Education News from Across Louisiana.
The School Sustainability Grant Application's narrative questions have been prepared as text (attached below and added to the LEEC website) so that you can preview them prior to registering. Please remember, however, that you can only submit your application via the LEEC Registration System.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Free Rio Removal Rodeo!
On September 29, 2012 LDWF is hosting an invasive species awareness event. This includes a free fishing rodeo to help reduce the number of invasive Rio Grande Cichlids in New Orleans. The rodeo consists of Adult, Team (up to 10 participants), and Youth (12 & under) divisions. Winners will be determined by the total number of Rio Grande Cichlids caught. Registration begins at 5:30 am at the Old Casino Building in New Orleans City Park. Pre- registration can also be completed at www.wlf.la.gov/rio-registration. The first 100 registrants receive a FREE "Rigged and Ready" rod and reel courtesy of CCA Louisiana. Fish weigh in closes at 11:00am. In addition to the rodeo, numerous activities will be available from 9:00am to 1:00pm at the City Park Old Casino Building and Popp Bandstand. Activities include Louisiana fish and invasive species information, casting lessons, fly fishing demonstrations, free giveaways and much more! For additional information visit www.wlf.la.gov/rio-registration or LDWF's Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ldwffb.
Save Our Shore: Volunteer for the Coast with Abita Beer and CRCL
The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana (CRCL) and Abita Beer invite you to participate in "Save Our Shore: Volunteer for the Coast," Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012 at Grand Isle State Park on Grand Isle. Hurricane Isaac's impact in August washed away many of the dunes along the park's shoreline, which is critical to the protection of wetlands and communities there. This storm was just the latest hit that Grand Isle has taken, having sustained prior damage from 2011's Tropical Storm Lee and the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Disaster. Help us save this important stretch of Louisiana coast by volunteering to install dune fences and plant dune grass, which helps stabilize the fragile beach along Grand Isle.
Where: Grand Isle State Park, Admiral Craik Dr. Grand Isle, LA 70358
When: Saturday September 29, 2012, 9:00 a.m. to no later than 4:00 p.m.
Click HERE to register for the event.
Minimum age for volunteers is 10, but all minors must be accompanied by an adult. All equipment (shovels, gloves, hammers, etc.) will be provided. Lunch and drinks will be provided to all volunteers. Abita will be on hand to provide additional refreshments to participants over 21. We request that all volunteers please register to let us know if you plan to attend. You can complete an online registration form at the www.crcl.org or call the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana at 1-(888)-LACOAST for more information. Visit www.crcl.org for more information.
The Green Strides Webinar Series: For All Schools Moving Toward the Pillars
Sign up for Green Strides Webinar Series updates to receive registration information HERE (times are Eastern Standard).
Sept. 26, 2012, 2-3 p.m. The Sun, UV and You: EPA's SunWise Program
Oct. 10, 2012, 2-3 p.m. Why Environmental Health in School Matters
Oct. 17, 2012, 2-3 p.m. Presidential Youth Fitness Program
Nov. 7, 2012, 2-3 p.m. Integrated School Health Tools for Districts
Feb. 6, 2013, 2-3 p.m. Tools to Reduce Waste in Schools
Mar. 6, 2013, 2-3 p.m. Integrated Pest Management in Schools
Apr. 3, 2013, 2-3 p.m. The Three Ts of Reducing Lead in Drinking Water in Schools
Apr. 10, 2013, 2-3 p.m. Chemical Safety in Schools
May 8, 2013, 2-3 p.m. Drinking Water Best Management Practices for Schools and Child Care Facilities
Webinar on Solar Energy for Water and Wastewater Utilities on October 11
On Thursday, October 11, 2012, from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm EST, EPA will host a webinar on solar energy and water and wastewater utilities. The webinar will detail the process of implementing solar energy projects in such utilities, the various types of solar technologies available, and where they can be most appropriately used, while highlighting innovative funding approaches (including those with no up-front capital requirements) that result in long-term energy cost savings and stability. The webinar will present the case study of a successful solar installation at a small water utility in Grafton, Massachusetts. Click here to register for this free webinar. For additional information, please contact Jim Horne at (202) 564-0571 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Slides of two previous webinars on this topic can be viewed here.
Quick Facts about Mosquito Life Cycle, Breeding, and Water Sources
Once mosquitoes find a suitably polluted puddle of water, they lay eggs. Eggs take about a day to hatch and the larvae 5-8 days at 30 degrees C (86 deg F). Once they pupate it's another 36 hours before the adult emerges. Its 10-14 days typically for development. Standing water must remain for about that length of time before it is likely to breed mosquitoes. Clean water is not so much an issue, but if rain water is mixed with leaves and/or soil and sits in the sun for a week or so, it gets pretty attractive for mosquitoes. In addition, water where fish are present, such as a pond or permanent stream is not usually a big source of mosquitoes. Information is provided by AgriLife.
Remember the 4 D's
DUSK/DAWN- Stay indoors at Dusk/Dawn. This is the time of day that mosquitoes are most active.
DEET-Use insect repellents that contain DEET when going outside, especially at times closer to dawn or dusk when mosquitoes are most active.
DRAIN - Remove all areas of standing water. Examples are pet dishes, birdbaths, and water dishes under potted plants. Repair faulty French drains. Remove debris from rain gutters. Mosquitoes will breed in this debris since it is normally damp under the debris. Remove all piles of dead leaf material from under trees and shrubs. This also is a breeding site.
DRESS- Avoid being bitten by mosquitoes by wearing light colored long sleeved shirts and long pants when going outside.
Mosquito Resource Websites
• Mosquito management plans: http://www.extension.org/pages/20999/school-ipm-action-plan-for-mosquitoes
• Poster, flyer, or other information to hand out to teachers, parents or students, including a sample letter you can send home to parents: http://schoolipm.tamu.edu/forms/public-health-pests-information-resources/
• Information about West Nile Virus or other infectious diseases, visit the Dept. of State Health Services website: http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/idcu/disease/arboviral/westnile/information/special/schools/default.asp
• YouTube videos on mosquito prevention and control by Dr. Mike Merchant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEqv3h03cSY&feature=bf_prev&list=PL601F08778CC0167C
• For Frequently Asked Questions about aerial spraying for mosquitoes, see http://citybugs.tamu.edu/2012/08/14/faqs-about-aerial-spraying/
• Mosquito Safari is an Extension website with general information about mosquito identification, biology and control, including an interactive tour of common mosquito breeding sites, great site to share with teachers, parents and students: http://mosquitosafari.tamu.edu/index.swf
Get a Bird's-Eye View of Hurricane Isaac Damage on the Coast
As Louisiana recovers from Hurricane Isaac, there are a number of sites available that provide extraordinary images of the storm's damage to coastal Louisiana. Here are some good examples:
This interactive satellite map from USGS displays before and after shots of the Louisiana coast taken by satellite. The path of Isaac's eye wall is clearly marked, so that you may follow the storm's path in great detail, mile by mile.
USGS also offers some stunning aerial shots of hurricane damage and marsh dieback taken during a post-storm flyover of Louisiana. These shots are also organized in an interactive map. Just click on the damaged area to see an aerial photograph.
NOAA has also released aerial photos which detail flooding in Plaquemines Parish, as well as shoreline damage to Elmer's Island and several barrier islands.
Integrate Environmental Education and STEM
If you are trying to figure how to integrate environmental and STEM education, then you might want to review the free downloadable guides from The Pacific Education Institute (PEI) and the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies in the state of Washington. The following guides can help you get your students "learning by doing" and working with real-life environmental problems. Check the PEI website www.pacificeducationinstitute.org to access these guides:
• Fostering Outdoor Observation Skills,
• Schoolyard Biodiversity Investigations Educator Guides,
• Landscape Investigation Guidelines,
• Field Investigations: Using Outdoor Environments to Foster Student Learning of Scientific Processes,
• Sustainable Tomorrow–Applying Systems Thinking to Environmental Education Curricula for Grades 9-12, and
• The Project-Based Learning Model: Relevant Learning for the 21st Century.
Louisiana Whooping Crane Flock to Gain 14 New Members!
Find out about wetland outreach activities including symposiums, conferences, meetings, educational opportunities, volunteer opportunities, and related support material at the Louisiana Unified Coastal Community Calendar at http://lacoast.gov/calendar/
Venise Ortego, Environmental Education Coordinator, 337-948-0255, firstname.lastname@example.com
Juliet Raffray, Environmental Education Assistant Coordinator, 225-765-0124, email@example.com
Louisiana Environmental Education Commission (LEEC) – www.wlf.louisiana.gov/eec


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If you attempt to send a message that is too large for your mail server you may be unable to delete it from the Outbox. If you try to open it (to remove attachments) or delete it, an error will say that Outlook has begun transmitting the message.
We have three methods listed below that can be used to remove the stuck message. The first two methods are the easiest and either should work for most users.
The solutions on this page are for messages you can see in your Outbox. If there is an invisible message Outlook keeps trying to send, see Delete Stuck Read Receipts using MFCMAPI for the steps needed to delete the hidden stuck message.
Find the Message using Instant Search
Users with Windows 7 or Vista and Desktop Search configured to search Outlook data may be able to delete the stuck message using Bill's method. If you use an older Windows version, you'll need the Windows Desktop search engine installed.
Messages deleted using this method are permanently deleted and bypass the Deleted Items folder.
Bill's Method
- Close Outlook and wait a few minutes for it to close completely.
- Type outbox in the Start menu's search field.
- Wait for Search to finish then find the message, select it and press Delete
Search may find a lot of messages. Using store:mapi outbox as your search terms may reduce the number of results and make it easier to find the stuck message.
Work Offline
The first thing you should try is setting Outlook offline using the File, Offline menu. Wait about 5 minutes or so before trying to delete the stuck message. Or, close Outlook after setting it offline and reopen.
Offline mode is not supported in older versions of Outlook but disabling the network card will have the same effect. Either disable the card in Windows Control Panel, under Networking, or disconnect the network cable or turn off wireless card. Wait a few minutes for Outlook to complain about the lack of network access, then delete the message.
It can take Outlook a few minutes to shut down the spooler, so waiting is important!
If you are unable to delete the message while in offline mode or cannot go into offline mode, you'll need to change your default delivery location. Note that this option should be rarely needed – if you are patient and wait a few minutes for Outlook to stop the message spooler, or close Outlook and restart it in offline mode, in almost all cases, the stuck message will delete without issue.
Change Default Delivery Location
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Outlook 2011 for Mac
The above instructions are for Window's Outlook only. "loti " is an Outlook 2011 user said the following steps work in Outlook 2011.
- Right click on message in outbox, choose "open message"
- Remove the attachment
- Press send
It then re-send the message without attachment (3kB instead of >30MB) — end of story. Phew!
Brian uses this method:
Close out look, hold down shift button while reopening outlook. Go to out box and delete the "stuck" message
If the Outbox is not visible, initiate a send and receive and open the Progress dialog. Click the little x at the right of the entry to stop the progress. The Outbox should now be visible in message list and you can remove the attachments or delete the message.
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Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day and Israeli Minister of Education Yuli Tamir, scraping the bottom of the making-the-Holocaust-cool-enough-for-our-apathetic-kids barrel, has declared a national project in which high school students will compete to gather the most glass marbles, in an effort to collect 1.5 million marbles, one for each Jewish child perished in the Holocaust.
Paper Clips is a 2004 award-winning documentary about middle school children from the city of Whitwell, Tennessee who tried to collect 6 million paper clips to commemorate the estimated number of Jews who lost their lives by the Nazis.
A young aid probably handed the minister a copy of the movie and she must have thought that this idea is, like, totally cool and stuff – and decided to create her own governmentally funded spin-off project.
I have watched the movie last year and thought it was very moving, so how can I be against a similar project this year? Am I just pro paper clips and anti marbles? Please watch the Paper Clips film trailer now before reading the rest of this post:
Okay, now let us examine the differences:
The rural community of Whitwell has a population of less than 2000 residents, all of them white, all of them Christians.
A middle school history class about the Holocaust made the children aware of the fact that they have never met a Jewish person, nor can grasp the notion of six million people.
The children started writing letters to some people, explaining their project and asking them to kindly send one paper clip.
The project continued for a number of years.
Without giving too much away I will just say that this simple idea started a chain of events and made a difference in the lives of the students, the school and the city.
As a Jewish person, I have found the movie to be inspirational, as it documented contemporary kids who were not obsessed with pop culture and shopping, who were not apathetic when taught about events that happened half a century ago in a country they have never visited to a people they have never met.
That is why I did not linger over the gut feeling that linking paper clips and people is a bit simplistic and might be considered in bad taste by some people.
Now let's get back to Tamir's idea:
The esteemed minister initiated a government initiative in which school children from all over Israel will compete with other schools, to see who collects the most marbles.
Most of the children will most likely buy the marbles, to increase their chances of winning.
The project will probably be time-restricted, to make sure the attention-deficit youngsters will not lose interest.
These children will not be encouraged to meet a Holocaust survivor and learn about his ordeals.
These children will not be encouraged to investigate how many of their own relatives perished in the Holocaust.
These children will not be encouraged to learn about recent incidents of genocide.
These children will not be encouraged to investigate xenophobia in their own environment.
Oh no, these children are encouraged in a government funded project to collect marbles, in an effort to quantify the suffering and prove once and for all that our Holocaust was bigger and better than everyone else's, and being in the Holocaust* was a total bummer.
I believe this is another clear sign the empire is sinking.
*Israeli children may often say 'he was in the Holocaust', subconsciously referring to the Holocaust as a physical place.


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Supervisor John Avalos introduced a resolution on Tuesday calling for a moratorium on San Francisco home foreclosures until state and federal measures protecting homeowners from unlawful practices are in place.
He also urged officials to support the California Homeowners Bill of Rights, a collection of six bills that would protect borrowers from mortgage fraud proposed by California Attorney General Kamala Harris.
"We have already lost so much due to the unconscionable predatory lending practices and foreclosure fast-tracking of the banks and mortgage industry," said Avalos in a statement. "We have to do everything in our power to stop any more foreclosure activities until such time that state and federal reforms are in place "


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Discover the true meaning behind the buzzword that is 'Service Oriented Architecture'
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SOA is an industry term which is often preached like a religion rather than taught like a technology, and over time, grasping the concept has become unnecessarily difficult. Many companies proclaim that they don't know where to begin with SOA, while others have begun their SOA effort but haven't reaped the benefits they were convinced it would bring. "SOA Made Simple" unveils the true meaning of Service Oriented Architecture and how to make it successful so that you can confidently explain SOA to anyone!
"SOA Made Simple" explains exactly what SOA is in simple terminology and by using real-life examples. Once a simple definition is clear in your mind, you'll be guided through what SOA solves, when and why you should use it, and how to set up, design and categorize your SOA landscape. With this book in hand you'll learn to keep your SOA strategy successful as you expand on it.
"SOA Made Simple" demystifies SOA, simply. It is not difficult to grasp, but for various reasons SOA is often made unnecessarily complex. Service-orientation is already a very natural way of thinking for business stakeholders that want to realize and sell services to potential clients, and this book helps you to realize that concept both in theory and practice.
You'll begin with a clear and simple explanation of what SOA is and why we need it. You'll then be presented with plain facts about the key ingredients of a service, and along the way learn about service design, layering and categorizing, some major SOA platform offerings as well as governance and successful implementation.
After reading "SOA Made Simple" you will have a clear understanding of what SOA is so you can implement and govern SOA in your own organization.


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Darker, Scarier, and more menacing than before!
In October 2008, London Paranormal proudly presented the inaugural London Ghost Festival, 8 days and nights of spooky investigations, talks and walks around the Capital of the United Kingdom - one of the World's most historic and haunted cities.
The festival united some of London's most famous and infamous ghostly locations, each one, presenting its own Halloween festivities, keeping it local. A local event run by London based companies.
Such was the phenomenal success of the Festival that London Paranormal are proud to announce that the 2nd Original London Ghost Festival will take place during Halloween Week 2009.
The Festival will offer 100% ghostly events - no magic, no magicians, just plain old ghosts, ghosts and more ghosts.
The Original London Ghost Festival, 23 - 31 Oct
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Who owns the land? Only the land knows. We mortals are passersby, and our lives are but a brief moment in the great span of time and space. We are born, we live out our lives, and most of us do the best we can with it, but the wind is forever, and the rivers flow forever to the sea, and all the seasons of the weathers will come and go after we are gone. But the Earth endures, the Earth is eternal" - Earl Hamner
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