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Program offers returning veterans a pathway to civilian careers
AUSTIN – The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) announced an award of $1.5 million to support College Credit for Heroes workforce development grants at 10 colleges and universities, including six new partner schools, to expand the program's reach and better meet the needs of veteran students. Launched in 2011, College Credit for Heroes is designed to recognize the knowledge and skills gained by military service members and to award college credits for their military experience, allowing these veterans to more easily re-enter the workforce.
The colleges and universities selected will further expand the College Credit for Heroes initiative to more locations throughout Texas and increase the number of veterans and service members who can benefit.
"Texas service members and veterans have bravely answered the call to serve our nation," said TWC Chairman Andres Alcantar. "We have made it one of our primary goals to support veteran workforce programs to help ease veterans' transition to civilian life. The addition of new partner colleges and universities to College Credit for Heroes will enhance academic and employment opportunities for our Texas heroes."
Central Texas College, an early program partner, was integral to the development of the robust College Credit for Heroes web portal, CollegeCreditforHeroes.org, and also has been awarded an additional $350,000 for its continuation and expansion to standardize evaluation of college credit for military training and experience across Texas institutions. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) also supports program expansion through advisement and consultation on various military and higher education related issues and coordination of program partnerships with higher education entities throughout the state.
"Service men and women are highly skilled, experienced individuals who have a tremendous amount to offer their communities when they return home after serving their country," said TWC Commissioner Representing Labor Ronny Congleton. "The expansion of College Credit for Heroes will give veterans greater employment opportunities and help fulfill the workforce needs of Texas."
"Texas is home to nearly 450,000 Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who possess the skills and experience needed by Texas employers," said TWC Commissioner Representing Employers Hope Andrade. "By expanding the College Credit for Heroes program, Texas employers can more easily connect to this highly qualified group of individuals."
College Credit for Heroes welcomes six new schools to the second phase of the program:
• Angelo State University, San Angelo: $110,810 is dedicated to establishing five articulation agreements with select community colleges to create accelerated pathways to bachelor's degrees and master's degrees and fast track certificates in academic areas such as: border security, cyber security, intelligence, and security studies and analysis. The Veterans Educational and Transitional Services (VETS) Center will help veterans and service members transition to university campus by providing academic, social and financial aid support.
Texas Workforce Commission 512-463-8942 • www.texasworkforce.org • Equal Opportunity Employer/Program Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities. Relay Texas: 800-735-2989 (TDD) or 711 (Voice)
"I am proud of the progress the College Credit for Heroes initiative has made in the effort to tap into the skills of Texas'
veterans and translate their experience into college credits," Gov. Rick Perry said. "The expansion of this program to new
colleges and industries will help veterans and military service members more quickly obtain degrees and certifications,
and put their skills to work."2-2-2-2 College Credit for Heroes
• Austin Community College District (ACC), Austin: $91,421 is dedicated to streamline four of the school's certification programs in energy, information technology, manufacturing and advanced technologies and computer technology. ACC also will standardize and streamline the evaluation of military training for all veteran students.
• Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD), Dallas area: $150,000 is dedicated to create accelerated career paths for industry certification in information technology and an optional internet marketing specialist certificate, reducing the time to complete an associate's degree to 18 months and 10 months for certifications throughout all seven DCCCD colleges in the Greater Dallas area.
• Grayson College, Denison: $140,755 is dedicated to create a cross-matching system to award course credit for military training to accelerate degree and certification programs for veteran students in high-demand areas, such as advanced technologies and manufacturing.
• Tarrant County College District, Fort Worth area: $54,522 is dedicated to create streamlined basic firefighter and advanced firefighter certifications and associate's degree programs for fire investigation technology and fire production technology.
• Texas State Technical College-Harlingen, Harlingen: $100,287 is dedicated to provide streamlined Level II certification and an associate's degree in wind energy technology. A Veterans Resource Center will be created to help transition veterans and service members to college campus and civilian workforce.
Four colleges from the College Credit for Heroes inaugural phase have been awarded additional funding to expand their offerings to veteran students:
• Alamo Community College District (ACCD), San Antonio: $105,922 is dedicated to develop a new accelerated associate's degree in respiration technology, certificates in information security and assurance. ACCD will continue implementation of health information technology specialty tracks in occupation therapy, radiology and medical laboratory and accelerated registered nurse career mobility track training.
• Lee College, Baytown: $86,400 is dedicated to develop new associate's degree and certification programs in accelerated manufacturing skills standards for council logistics and supply chain management.
• Lone Star College System, Greater Houston area: $150,000 is dedicated to implement a fast track engineering technician marketable skills award certification program to prepare veterans for jobs in the oil and natural gas industry.
• San Jacinto Community College District (SJCCD), Pasadena: $150,000 is dedicated to implement the Veteran's Information Technology Fast Track to Employment project to provide credentials supporting the information technology career cluster. SJCCD will seek an articulation agreement with Western Governor's University to accept credits awarded to participants to continue their studies toward a bachelor's degree.
College Credit for Heroes Background
College Credit for Heroes was launched in 2011 using $3 million in Workforce Investment Act (WIA) funds. The program was authorized during the 82nd legislative session under Sen. Leticia Van de Putte's Senate Bill 1736. The program's first phase organized the Texas Inter-College Council on Veterans, consisting of representatives from seven community colleges serving areas with large veteran populations, including Alamo Colleges, Central Texas College, Houston Community College, Lee College, Lone Star College, San Jacinto College and Temple College. Each participating college researched and identified barriers to education faced by veterans, and created models to address these challenges. To view the results of College Credit for Heroes Phase I, visit www.texasworkforce.org/ccfh.
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The Texas Workforce Commission is a state agency dedicated to helping Texas employers, workers and communities prosper economically. For details on TWC and the services it offers in coordination with its network of local workforce development boards, call 512-463-8942 or visit www.texasworkforce.org.


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Rule #1 - Be Patient - Rule #2 - Don't ask when, if you don't contribute - Rule #3 - You have coding skills - LinuxMCE's small brother is available: http://www.agocontrol.com
If I'm not mistaken, the consensus of this thread is that adding GSD templates to LMCE v0710 should not require revising the LMCE installer, but rather will depend on installing 0710 with its default GSD templates and sqlCVS support, and then syncing one's complete base installation to the public sqlCVS. Correct?
Will a public sqlCVS support that operation sometime soon, perhaps by the time v0710 is actually released (not just beta)? Will that sqlCVS allow naming groups of GSD devices, so a sync can grab just a subset (like "base 0710", or "Marantz stack#X" or "Matthew's House"), or a group of groups?
Thanks for working on sqlCVS - it really does look like it could be the site of the most LMCE development of all, as people can contribute configs to it for their own gear with a minimum of overhead.

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Martin D-28 Authentic 1937
Taking inspiration from perhaps the most prized of all 'Golden Age' D-28s, the latest Martin Authentic Series guitar features forward-shifted scalloped bracing, hide glue, Adirondack spruce top and Madagascar rosewood back and sides.
With a wider 1.75-inch nut to boot, it's designed to be as close as possible to an original '37 D-28, albeit not with Brazilian rosewood, of course – it's next to impossible to use that wood any more. A cool £5,699 will secure you one.
Yamaha L Series
Yamaha's L Series is the company's high-quality, traditionally-styled range of non-cutaway guitars in three body styles, LL (dreadnought), LS (grand auditorium/folk) and LJ (jumbo).
For 2014 the range has been updated with new bracing and ARE-treated, solid Engelmann spruce tops. The acronym stands for Acoustic Resonance Enhancement and is essentially 'pre-ageing', giving what Yamaha describes as a 'rich, vintage quality tone straight from the factory.'
The modified bracing is said to enhance low end. In addition, the new L Series instruments have a new, passive, SRT 'Zero Impact' pickup (Zero Impact refers to visual impact) and a new 'high comfort traditional' neck shape.
Guitars come in either spruce/rosewood or spruce/mahogany combinations: a 6 suffix means laminate back and sides; 16 means all solid; D means deluxe trim.
Pricing starts at £465 for the LL6M and LS6M, up to £872 for the top-of-the-line LL16D.
Taylor 814ce
Taylor has made significant updates to its flagship rosewood/spruce guitar range, the 800 Series, a project lead by the company's Andy Powers.
The updates are to all models and variants: dreadnought (10), Grand Concert (12), Grand Auditorium (14), Grand Symphony (16) and Grand Orchestra (18).
Changes to the 800 Series for 2014 include redesigned bracing and wood thicknesses (specific to each individual model), the use of protein glues for braces and bridge, thinner finishes and the all-new Expression System 2 electronics. The model shown is the 814ce (£2,658).
Gibson J-29 Rosewood
Rumours abound as to why it's called the J-29 ('one better than 28' was the best we heard), but following the mahogany body J-35's success in 2013, Gibson has introduced a rosewood body slope-shoulder dreadnought called, yes, the J-29 (£1,599).
Underneath the solid Sitka spruce top is Advanced, '30s style scalloped bracing for what Gibson is calling a warm and balanced tone.
Grestch G5034TFT Rancher
You know that dream you have, the one where somebody fits a Bigsby to your acoustic?
Well for the princely sum of £706.80 that dream can become a reality, complete with neck position Fideli'Tron humbucking pickup. It's so silly it's brilliant, proved beyond doubt by the legion pickers queuing up to play it.
It's heavily braced, so don't go expecting acoustic miracles, but plug it in and this is one serious twang machine. Don't won't the wobble bar? The G5031FT (£526.80) is for you.
Fender Stratacoustic & Telecoustic
Fender's decision to update its hybrid Stratacoustic and Telecoustic series surprised us all, but done so it has in three spec levels: Standard (both black, £tbc); Plus (Inca silver Strat, Sherwood green Tele, £394.80) and Premier (both sunburst with laminated flamed maple veneer, £394.80).
The simple electric/acoustic concept has been bubbling around Fender for many years and actually makes a great deal of sense for anyone after a true jack-of-all-trades guitar for home and practise.
All models have a Fishman Isys III pickup/preamp system, while Plus and Premier models also get a useful mini USB output – a feature we're seeing more and more this year.
Martin DRSGT
Following the success of the recent DRS1 and DRS2 models, Martin's latest, all solid-wood Road Series guitar is the first DRS model to have a gloss top and indeed a USB output for its onboard Fishman Sonitone electronics system.
£949, it features a solid Sitka spruce top, with solid sapele back and sides. F1 enthusiasts can insert their own overtaking zone gag here.
Guild Arcos Maple Jumbo Series
Guild's Mexican-made Arcos Series has new jumbo model additions.
They have solid Sitka spruce tops, laminated flamed maple back and sides, all with Fishman Presys electronics. The lovely looking maple veneers belie decent prices; the AF-50E Jumbo is £910.80; the AF-50CE cutaway version £958.80 and the AF-4212E 12-string is £1,030.80.
There's even a four-string bass version at £910.80.
George Lowden 40th Anniversary
The much–loved Northern Irish guitar maker is celebrating 40 years of building instruments with a unique 40th Anniversary upgrade option on any guitar in the Lowden range for 2014.
The upgrade includes a specially designed label, inlay and a serial number-specific souvenir photographic record book of the guitar being made. The cost of the upgrade is £885.
We were also charmed by the delightful, small-body Wee Lowden (£2,775) featuring a solid cedar top over solid rosewood back and sides, and a scale length of 610mm.
Epiphone FT-350SCE Min-ETune
We've seen the prototypes before, but now it's here! This is the first acoustic guitar to feature Gibson's Min-ETune self-tuning system.
We are knocked out with how well the system works on Gibson electric guitars, so here's hoping this cost-effective dreadnought cutaway – available in natural, black, red and sunburst – will herald the beginning of the end of those dreadful 'I-can't-tune-my-guitar-for-toffee' singer-songwriter nights, happening all over the world, right now.
£449 gets you solid-spruce-topped, good playing, good sounding electro that can actually tune itself: bargain.
Grestch G5022CWFE-12 Rancher
Endless letters be damned: we're going to call it the White Falcon 12-String Acoustic, for that is exactly what this is, and destined to be jolly popular as a result.
£598.80 seems very reasonable for a solid spruce top over laminated maple back and sides. Gloss poly finish, loads of gold bits – hands up who doesn't want one?!


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LittleBigPlanet Karting is Best Buy's "Deal of the Day".
I bought this game on black Friday and have yet to play it, thanks for the reminder
What are they going to give this out on PS Plus in a couple weeks? Probably going to do the same w/ Playstation All Stars, Ratchet Full Frontal, and Sly Cooper Thieves in Time.


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Sustainable forestry is growing.
More forests are becoming certified to the Sustainable Forestry Initiative standard.
There's a simple way you can ensure that our forests remain healthy. Look for the SFI® label on any wood, paper and packaging product you purchase. It's your assurance that what you buy comes from responsibly managed and legal forests.
Who we are.
SFI brings together diverse people and groups who depend on North American forests and want to keep them thriving.
What we do.
SFI promotes sustainable forest management, improved forestry practices and responsible purchasing of forest products.
The SFI label:
Look. Ask. Buy.
Look. Ask. Buy.
You can find the SFI product label on a wide range of items you buy for the home, office and everyday life.


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5:00 pm
Moyers & Company "How People Power Generates Change" With our democracy threatened by plutocrats and the politicians in their pockets more than ever, the antidote to organized money is organized people. It takes time and effort, but across the country, grass roots democracy is growing. Individuals are banding together, organizing toward common goals and demanding change - and often delivering it. D
6:00 pm
Fake Or Fortune? "Van Dyck: What Lies Beneath" One of art detective Philip Mould's own purchases is put under the microscope. His keen-eyed researcher Bendor Grosvenor believes there is a portrait by Sir Anthony Van Dyck beneath layers of newer paint. When an earlier image begins to appear, Fiona insists the work undergo a thorough investigation by an independent Van Dyck expert.G
7:00 pm
Outdoor Idaho "Climbing Idaho" Today's rock-climbing enthusiasts support climbing gyms, clubs and advocacy groups - no longer the exclusive band of wanderers of just a few decades ago. The heights they achieve throughout the state require skills, levels of expertise, techniques and climbing methods as varied as the state's terrain. Cameras follow as they seek to conquer nature's rock walls.G
7:30 pm
Oregon Field Guide "Mt. Hood's Volcanic Past" Lava flows and ghost forests show vividly that Mt. Hood's not the only volcano on the site, there are many more right on the flanks of the mountain itself.G
8:00 pm
Call The Midwife "S2 E7" On Cynthia's district rounds, she administers daily insulin to a man who consistently belittles his wife, Annie. A visit from Annie's son and support from Cynthia help Annie gain confidence to start to change her life. Jenny witnesses persecution of a different kind when she looks after a black mother-to-be who is subjected to racial prejudice from neighbors.G
9:00 pm
Masterpiece Classic "Mr. Selfridge, Part 7" This mini-series is a dramatization of the real-life story of Harry Gordon Selfridge, the flamboyant and visionary American founder of the famous London department store that revolutionized the modern shopping experience. Created by Andrew Davies (Little Dorrit) with Jeremy Piven (Entourage) in the title role. F.W. D
10:00 pm
10 Buildings That Changed America Host Geoffrey Baer journeys across America to visit 10 groundbreaking works of art and engineering. These architectural marvels include a state capitol designed by Thomas Jefferson, the original indoor shopping mall, the first airport of the Jet Age, and a futuristic concert hall.G
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New Tricks "Queen and Country" The UCOS team reinvestigates the death of Annabel Tilson, whose body was discovered in a frozen river on Christmas Day 2008 after suffering a miscarriage and being demoted in her job at the Foreign Office. The police and her husband call her death a suicide. Her twin sister insists it is murder to cover up a conspiracy at work.G


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Charles Mastroni
Hometown: Kent, Conn.
Major: Management
WCSU Degree: Master of Business Administration
Activities: Work full time at Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
Honors and Awards: 3.67 GPA
Charles Mastroni received a Bachelor of Science in biology from Penn State University 32 years ago. For the past 15 years, he's been working at Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) in Danbury in various capacities -- starting in production, then moving to R&D, then to strategic sourcing/purchasing. In his present role as sourcing manager, he is responsible for the sourcing of laboratory supplies and chemicals for BI globally. "I negotiate global and regional contracts in coordination with corporate division purchasing," he says. "I also finalize contracts and oversee their implementation internally and inter-company."
In thinking about his future, Mastroni decided that a Master of Business Administration degree would be a good step toward advancing his career. The Kent, Conn., resident pursued his M.B.A. at WestConn because of the university's "reputation of quality."
Asked what he will remember most about his WestConn experience, Mastroni says, "Management Professor Dr. Gene Buccini's negotiation class and M.B.A. Coordinator Dr. Fred Tesch's organizational behavior class shaped fundamental frameworks for business thinking for me."
After graduation, Mastroni plans to utlize his M.B.A. to advance his career.
Mastroni's advice to new students entering WCSU is: ""There are valuable things to learn in each class, so put forth your best effort and learn."


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India skipper Dhoni has sustained a minor back injury and is a doubt for tomorrow's third and final match in Delhi.
With the series already lost after successive defeats, Dhoni may choose to save himself for the five-match series against England which begins in Rajkot on Jan 11.
Karthik, 27, will be on hand to replace him if required, but his inclusion would further weaken an Indian side who have been heavily criticised in the local press for two insipid displays against their most fierce rivals Pakistan.
Indeed, among the batsmen, only Dhoni has shown anything like his best form with scores of 113 not out and 54 not out.
Karthik, meanwhile, has scored just five half-centuries in 52 ODI appearances with an average just north of 27.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India today tweeted: "Dinesh Karthik has been flown in as a back-up to MS Dhoni. The Indian captain is suffering from sore back."
India are set to announce their squad for the five-match contest against England after tomorrow's match.
Under-performing stars such as Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh and Virender Sehwag will all be hoping for a big performance against Pakistan to put to rest questions over their places.


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Members of the general public who wish to speak during the open microphone segment of the second monthly council meeting will no longer have to wait until the end of the meeting to express concerns relating to city issues. On Monday the council unanimously moved the open mic segment from the end of the meeting to the beginning.
"It's actually something that has bothered me for a long time, even before I got elected to the council," Ward 5 Councilman Ed Ladouceur said during a phone interview yesterday. Ladouceur sponsored legislation to amend Rule 41.
"I don't think it's right that the public should have to wait until the council is done with its business to be able to speak to us. They should be able to speak to us at the beginning of the meeting and be able to go on and do other things in their lives, or also stay to the end if they want."
He said he heard complaints about the segment being at the end of meetings when he was campaigning. People told him they often neglect going to meetings because they don't like having to wait several hours before getting a chance to speak.
Depending on what's on the agenda, meetings often last several hours. A perfect example, he said, is Monday's meeting, which ended after 11 p.m. He believes the modification will encourage people not only to attend the meetings, but also address the council.
"We owe that change to the taxpayers," Ladouceur said. "People get worn out and say, 'I can't wait here any longer,' and then they don't get to speak. We're going to get more participation from the public."
Ward 3 Councilwoman Camille Vella-Wilkinson, who drafted the original legislation providing an open mic segment, signed on to Ladouceur's resolution. She said she agrees with the switch because some residents are unable to stay when meetings run late into the night. Often, people don't feel safe driving that late or they have young children they need to care for.
Aside from an amendment that states the 15-minute period will take place after the docket session general communications and prior to the consent calendar at each council meeting, Vella-Wilkinson's legislation remains the same. It lists that comments should be brief to allow as many citizens as possible to participate, and to focus on issues directly relating to city government. Council members are not to respond to questions during the public comment period.
Despite that fact, Ladouceur feels it's still important to hear what people have to say.
"People are tired of this crazy stuff that goes on and they want to see more transparency in government," he said. "They want to be able to have their voices heard, and our job is to listen to what they have to say. Then, as the elected official, it's our job to figure it all out and do what's in the best interest of everyone. But you need to hear what people have to say in order to make that decision."
To further ensure people are heard, Ladouceur said he is pleased the council has been holding committee meetings in council chambers for the last few months. Previously, committee meetings took place in a small room located on the lower level of City Hall and were not recorded and posted to the city website along with the meeting in chambers. Now, both appear on the website for video and audio purposes.
Ladouceur said the change is an important one.
"Those meetings belong upstairs so anyone and everybody can come into the chambers and speak," he said.
Vella-Wilkinson agrees, but said some residents say the acoustics in council chambers make it difficult to hear.
"I'm getting people saying to me that they can hear better downstairs," she said. "It's a much smaller room and the acoustics are a lot better."
If acoustics are the issue, said Ladouceur, the council needs to figure out a way to fix the problem. He knows there are historical regulations as to what they can do, so he feels it would be wise for the council to sit down with the Historical Commission to find a remedy so people can hear better.
"We need to look at things and say, 'What can we do to encourage public participation?'" Ladouceur said. "It's important for us to encourage taxpayers to participate in their government. We're elected on their behalf to make the day-to-day decisions that need to be made. They are a very important part of what we do, why we do it, how we do it and when we do it."
Vella-Wilkinson said since the committee meetings are being recorded, residents can no longer shout from their seats, as they had been accustomed to. They now have to approach the microphone to make a comment, and be sure they are speaking directly into it so everyone can hear.
"You can't turn your mouth from side to side," she said. "Some people like to address the audience instead of the council and if they do that, what they say won't be captured by the mic."
To access video and audio, visit WarwickRI.gov.


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FOXBOROUGH — Derrick Martin has built a championship career on special teams.
FOXBOROUGH — Derrick Martin has built a championship career on special teams.
The seven-year veteran earned Super Bowl rings the past two seasons — first with the Green Bay Packers and then with the New York Giants. Now he has a shot at a third straight title with the New England Patriots, who have scored three special-teams touchdowns during a five-game winning streak.
The Patriots (8-3) get their next chance on Sunday in Miami. The Dolphins (5-6) also have made some big plays on special teams with Marcus Thigpen scoring on a 72-yard punt return and a 96-yard kickoff return this season.
In their last two games, though, the Dolphins have allowed touchdowns on a 79-yard punt return and a 98-yard kickoff return. Not the best way to stroll into a matchup vs. the surging Patriots.
Online: http://pro32.ap.org/poll and http://twitter.com/AP_NFL


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Master of Health Informatics and Information Management
During the 2007 HIMSS Annual convention Tennessee Governor Bredesen visited with Mamel McCain and Rebecca Reynolds.
The MHIIM program is an on-line degree with no on-campus component.
The goal of the MHIIM is to provide the competencies for health care professionals to manage the information in an increasingly complex electronic health environment. This is directly related to the overall mission of The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) which is ". to bring the benefits of the health sciences to the achievement and maintenance of human health, with a focus on the citizens of Tennessee and the region, by pursuing an integrated program of education, research, clinical care, and public service."
Information is a key resource in the delivery and financing of healthcare and as such, it must be managed effectively. Health informatics deals with a broad range of issues to manage data to support decision-making activities. This knowledge base includes information technology as well as interpersonal skills necessary to communicate with clinicians and others to make change happen in health care organizations. The healthcare system has become a complex health information environment requiring all healthcare professionals to need greater skills in managing patient information through the continuum of care. Skills for data management and data integrity are imperative to improving quality and reducing medical errors and costs.
Over the years, advances in information technology and changes in healthcare delivery have expanded the demand for healthcare information within and beyond institutional boundaries. The environmental trends that have contributed to this expansion include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Governmental initiatives for electronic health records and regional health information exchange
- Growth and expansion of information technology, e-health, e-prescribing, telemedicine and Internet-based information systems
- Increased concern for population health surveillance, biohealth, and bioterrorism
- Increased concern regarding legal and social issues related to security and technology, especially with the HIPAA privacy and security regulations
- Development and proliferation of electronic health record and/or computer-based patient record systems and electronic interchange of information
- Increased concern about costs, safety and quality of care by consumers and business and industry with such national efforts as the Leapfrog Group
- Increased emphasis on cost reduction through process reengineering, critical pathways and practice guidelines
- Increased emphasis on outcomes and evidence-based medicine
- Growth of integrated delivery systems requiring shared databases (e.g. health information networks)
The Health Information Management professional acquires these capabilities at a conceptual and application level through baccalaureate degree academic preparation. Other healthcare professionals receive no academic preparation in the informatics and information management areas. With increasing demands for broader information services and a gradual transition to hybrid and totally electronic systems, there is a need to enhance the depth and breadth of these information management capabilities through academic preparation at the master's degree level.
The curriculum focuses on emerging frameworks for creating integrated health care information, data management and decision support systems. It is specifically designed to prepare professionals to thrive in a technology-supported and information-driven health care environment.
This advanced education prepares the graduate for responsibilities in areas such as health care data resources administration, health care data security oversight, strategic and operational information resource planning, clinical data analysis, clinical classification systems, medical vocabularies, enterprise-wide master patient index systems, clinical decision support systems, information systems development and implementation of systems such as electronic health records.


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Collection Items
MapBeaufort District, South Carolina Scale from Stephenson's Civil War Maps, 1989. "Approved, Chas. R. Suter, 1st Lt., U.S. Engrs., Chf. Engr., D.S." Pen and ink tracing of map in Robert Mills's Atlas of the State of South Carolina. LC imperfect: mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) S131 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
- Contributor: Mills, Robert - Vignoles, Charles Blacker - Ravenel, Henry
- Date: 1825


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When Mars Shinshu stopped producing whisky in 1992, it seemed like the end of a whisky adventure with lots of ups and downs – more downs than ups, actually. Few, even in the company, could have predicted the incredible revival of Mars in the wake of the highball boom: critical acclaim for their old stock from the whisky community first at home and then abroad (with their "3+25" crowned 'Best Blended Malt in the World' at the last World Whiskies Awards) and a return to distilling in 2011, led by a young master distiller with a keen sense of craftsmanship and a think-outside-the-box mentality.
Read more about Hombo Mars Distillery here.


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Area items of interest
Seven schools to compete in quiz bowl
Teams from seven area high schools will challenge each other in a lively competition of knowledge and wits to decide the champion of the 2013 Public Library Quiz Bowl at the Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library, 510 N. Queen St.
Sponsored by the Kinston-Lenoir County Friends of the Library, the annual competition is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday in the library�s Schechter Auditorium and will feature high school teams from Arendell Parrott Academy, Bethel Christian Academy, Greene Central High School, Kinston High School, Lenoir Community College Early College High School, North Lenoir High School and South Lenoir High School. The public is invited to attend.
The contest pits the teams against each other in double elimination format, with games consisting of 10-, 20-, and 30-point rounds.
Each member of the winning team will receive a $50 Visa gift card, and each member of the runner-up team will receive a $25 Visa gift card.
For more information, call the library at 252-527-7066.
Avian club to hold first meeting
If you are interested in being outdoors, identifying bird species, butterflies and wildlife, going on nature walks, field trips, bird/nature photography and being with others who share your passion, then a new club in town is for you.
The Neuseway Bird Club will have its first meeting at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Neuseway Nature Center Planetarium. The club is sponsored by the Kinston-Lenoir County Parks and Recreation Department.
For more information, call 252-939-3302.
Meeting to address foster parenting
The Community-Based Services office of Boys and Girls Homes of North Carolina will host an informational meeting on foster care and adoption at 6 p.m. Feb. 7. The meeting will be held at Tanglewood Church, 2103 Rouse Road.
More than 14,000 children in North Carolina are in need of supportive, committed foster parents, and B&GH is dedicated to finding and providing training for individuals that wish to participate in this experience. At the very least, two lives will change because of foster parenting � the foster parent and the child.
Foster parents can be single individuals or married couples older than 21, and be with or without children of their own. Anyone interested in learning more about how to become a foster or adoptive parent is encouraged to attend.
For more information on foster parenting, adoption or informational meetings, call 877-211-5322.


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Surprise tactics and a small voter turnout in the school board election held here Tuesday combined to upset the two incumbents, putting two write-in candidates into office for the next four years: George Rogers Jr. and Frank Gonzales.
Nielsons Inc. were low bidders on a paving job on Sixth Street in Durango with a bid of $111,000.
Cleanup Day in Dolores last Saturday found a group hauling many loads of trash to the dump. They were Dave Sanford, Howard Gebel, Walter Thompson, Robbie Carrigan, Mike Martinez, Sue Anderson, Keith Quintana, Brian Warner, James Scrivner, Larry Quintana, Carl Englehart, Dennis Water, Bill Kenworthy, Clyde Steel, Boy Scouts and members of the Chamber of Commerce.
Also working on the cleanup earlier in the week were a group of Girl Scouts and their leaders, who swept the sidewalks in the business district. They were Lenetta Oakes, Penny Leavell, Trina Anderson, Sandra Rogers, Mary Roberts, Elizabeth Roberts, Roberta Henes, Shelly Tomberlin, Lisa Stephenson, Malinda Brunner, Joann Stryker, Lee Atkinson, Gail Johnson, Ellen Hill, Kristine Orr, Tracy D. Stratton, LaReta Conzales and Shelly Misener.
Frank C. Carman has been added to the staff at the San Juan Basin Area Vocational-Technical School as Job Development Specialist. He will be coordinating the job placement of students in conjunction with instructors and the Colorado State Employment Service.
Esther Wilson's Yellow Jacket news: Barbara Burke, Donnie and Theresa ate dinner with Joan Mahaffey Wednesday and were down to see Lee Chaffin on Tuesday morning. Due to all this sticky mud, she managed to get stuck, and Chub helped her out.
A coyote control contest is being held in Dolores, Montezuma, La Plata and parts of San Miguel and Archuleta counties. Prizes will be awarded for the most coyotes (a .222 rifle), longest male (.22 rifle) and longest female (.22 rifle).
FFA officers recently elected for the coming year are Lyle Bair, Joel Maxcy, Chris Walker, Jerry Cooper, Dart Nielson, Judy Melton and Casey Filener.


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As expected, lightweights Terry Etim (15-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC) and Joe Lauzon (21-7 MMA, 8-2 UFC) will meet in late summer at UFC on FOX 4.
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) recently passed along news of the rumored bout, and UFC officials today formally announced it.
UFC on FOX 4 takes place Aug. 4 at Los Angeles' Staples Center, and the main card airs on FOX.
Etim vs. Pauzon likely will be part of the preliminary card, which is slated to air on FUEL TV and stream on Facebook.
Etim looks to recover from a January knockout loss to Edson Barboza. Despite falling to an incredible spinning heel kick, Etim was awarded a bonus check with "Fight of the Night" honors. It was his fourth "Fight Night" check in five octagon appearances, thought the other three were all "Submission of the Night" awards. Injuries limited the Brit to just one fight in 2010 and again in 2011, but he's 5-2 overall in his past seven fights.
Meanwhile, Lauzon also looks to recover from a knockout loss after falling prey to an Anthony Pettis high kick at February's UFC 144 event. Prior to the devastating loss, Lauzon had been on an incredible run of six straight fights in which he received a "Fight Night" bonus check. Four of the awards came via "Submission of the Night" while his losses to George Sotiropoulos and Sam Stout were each awarded "Fight of the Night" honors.
The latest UFC on FOX 4 card now includes:
- Hector Lombard vs. Brian Stann
- Ryan Bader vs. Lyoto Machida
- Travis Browne vs. Ben Rothwell
- Terry Etim vs. Joe Lauzon
- Rob Broughton vs. Matt Mitrione
- Phil De Fries vs. Oli Thompson
For more on UFC on FOX 4, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of the site.
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First time reader, found your post on twitter from @smashingmag. It's really refreshing to read comments from actual people!
*For Sean Reed above, I use Instant evedropper on windows to snatch colors off the screen and it allows about a half dozen of reporting choices.
*For Nick Caldwell – post a link, I want to see what you're talking about
*For 24ways – After reading the article, I ran your site thru my IE emulator tool, and it looks ok in IE7, but returns to the flat 100% opacity in IE8. As for IE5 – wow, it looks like crap. But I don't think we have computers running on vacuum tubes anymore, so those IE5 users, all 3 of them, need to spend $300 at wal-mart and upgrade.
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Eolas Is Baaaaaaaaack; And It's Suing Everyone Over Embeddable Web Widgets
from the because-otherwise... dept
The new lawsuit has been filed against Adobe, Amazon, Apple, Blockbuster, Citigroup, eBay, Frito-Lay, Go Daddy, Google, J.C. Penney, JPMorgan Chase, Office Depot, Perot Systems, Playboy Enterprises, Staples, Sun, Texas Instruments, Yahoo, and YouTube. Apparently, starting small isn't part of the plan. Not surprisingly, Eolas filed in Eastern Texas using McKool Smith -- one of the most popular law firms representing patent holding firms in East Texas.
I am honestly curious how patent system defenders, who are also programmers, can defend this. I'm sure non-programmers will claim that the patent is valid, but I can't imagine how anyone who has any knowledge of basic programming principles can claim that such a patent is valid. In the meantime, tons of companies doing an incredibly basic thing on the web will now have to waste millions of dollars fighting a ridiculous patent lawsuit. How is this promoting innovation in any way shape or form?


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Osman earns Everton a point
Everton's luck in front of goal finally changed as Leon Osman's deflection earned them a late point in a 1-1 draw at home to Norwich.
On numerous occasions this season the Toffees have dominated matches but failed to capitalise and this appeared to be another instance.
However, the introduction of on-loan Real Madrid midfielder Royston Drenthe for the last 20 minutes proved pivotal as it was his shot which Osman touched in.
Prior to that the day seemed set to belong to burly striker Grant Holt, for whom the city of Liverpool has been a happy hunting ground.
The Canaries captain, who grabbed the equaliser against the Reds across Stanley Park in October, made it a Merseyside double with his 28th-minute goal.
Holt came off the bench to score at Anfield, which was the beginning of an eight-game spell which has now brought six goals.
Everton manager David Moyes can only dream of having a player in such form. His team's difficulties in front of goal have been a problem all season; before kick-off only West Brom and Wigan had scored fewer.
The embodiment of that is midfielder Tim Cahill. Usually a regular contributor up front, the Australia international has now gone 363 days without a goal for the Toffees.
A tally of just 16 goals in 15 matches has undoubtedly contributed to a poor home record which has now brought only eight points from as many fixtures at Goodison Park.
That has placed additional significance on players to make chances count and it was highlighted in the first half.
Early on Cahill's touch-perfect lay-off from Leighton Baines' cross presented Marouane Fellaini with an opportunity from close range but he could not quite lift his shot over the body of diving goalkeeper John Ruddy, returning to his former club.
Osman's goalbound shot, deflected off Marc Tierney, was headed behind by Russell Martin and Osman's corner was only just flicked behind by Ruddy under pressure from Fellaini.
Despite having dominated it would have come as no surprise to regular Everton watchers when they went behind in the 28th minute from Norwich's first shot.
Phil Jagielka's header went straight up in the air and, when Steve Morison clipped the ball back in, Holt did well to hold off John Heitinga on the edge of the six-yard box before expertly turning the Dutchman to score off the inside of the far post.
Striker Louis Saha went close twice with a deflected shot which was clawed out by Ruddy almost under his own crossbar and a low angled drive just wide.
But hosts had a lucky escape late in the half when Phil Neville's slip on the edge of the penalty area put Wes Hoolahan in but no-one was able to take advantage of Andrew Surman's knockdown.
Everton started the second half on the back foot but created the first chance in the 54th minute when Ruddy saved Osman's left-footed shot.
But Holt was continuing to pose a threat at the other end and goalkeeper Tim Howard was relieved to see the striker's looping header drop wide of the post.
Cahill was replaced by Denis Stracqualursi on the hour and the Argentinian's first touch set up Saha for a shot which Ruddy parried to safety.
Then, with the goalkeeper off his line, the Frenchman had another effort blocked by Martin.
Everton's momentum was gradually growing but, considering their recent history, it was no reliable indicator that an equaliser was imminent.
Stracqualursi's introduction brought a more physical presence to the forward line but it was appearance of Drenthe, who has missed the last three matches with injury, which added the all-important injection of pace and unpredictability.
It was he who brought them a change in fortune as when he cut in from the right in the 81st minute to unleash a shot Osman got the slightest of touches to divert the ball inside the near post.
Drenthe's fierce, swerving shot then caused all kinds of problems for Ruddy, who was relieved to get something on the ball to turn it behind, before youngster Conor McAleny, on only his second senior appearance, snatched at his chance to win the match for Everton.


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Paint Yourself Green by Recycling Paint
You've finished painting your walls and successfully brought new life to your interior. Job well done. But what about the excess paint, thinners or strippers you've got left? We always recommend keeping a bit of excess paint for touch-up work or future colour matching. But sometimes you have more than you really need.
Leftover paint can be reused or recycled, and the excellent green resource site Earth 911 can help you find paint recycling locations just by plugging in your zip code. We found out that the Saint Vincent de Paul Los Angeles Thrift Store and Los Angeles-Glendale S.A.F.E. Center are the nearest drop off centers that are willing to take in commercial paint. Good to know in advance, as we're pondering painting our stairways soon.
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Other options recommend: If you have leftover, unwanted paint in good condition, consider contacting a local charity, high school drama department, or church to see if they will accept paint for reuse. Examples of nonprofit organizations that may be interested in leftover paint include local Habitat for Humanity chapters and Keep America Beautiful affiliates. Some communities even offer "Swap Shops" (product exchanges) as part of a local household hazardous waste program, facility or local charity.


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EPA Proposes Two Massachusetts Sites to be Added to National Superfund List
Release Date: 09/18/2012
Contact Information: EPA Public Affairs, (617) 918-1010
(Boston, Mass. – Sept. 18, 2012) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed two additions to the National Priorities List (NPL) – commonly referred to as Superfund – in Massachusetts. The NPL is a national list of sites that require further investigation and potential cleanup in order to protect human health and the environment in the long term. The sites being proposed to the NPL are the former Walton & Lonsbury Inc. facility in Attleboro, Mass. and the former Creese & Cook Tannery in Danvers, Mass. Both sites have received letters of concurrence from state officials supporting the NPL listing.
"Proposing to add these two sites to the national Superfund list is a first-step toward helping these communities to address contamination issues on these parcels. Superfund has been very effective cleaning contaminated lands across the country, ensuring cleaner and healthier communities," said Curt Spalding, regional administrator of EPA's New England office.
"Both of these are high priority sites because they present serious environmental and public health concerns, and there are no other sources of funding to implement the cleanups," said Commissioner Kenneth Kimmell of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP). "The Superfund program provides a critical safety net, and will bring the funding and expertise needed to assess and clean up the contamination and eventually allow these sites to be put back into productive re-use."
In the Fall of 2010, at the request of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP), EPA began a removal action at the Walton and Lonsbury Inc. facility. The site housed a chrome plating facility, formerly operated by Walton and Lonsbury, Inc. While in operation from 1940-2007, the facility was used to chrome plate oversized objects such as pistons for large hydraulic equipment or rollers for paper mills. A number of chemicals and chemical compounds were used and left as waste in the operations process. The contaminants of concern on the site include total chromium, hexavalent chromium, lead and volatile organic compounds.
Since 2010, EPA and MassDEP have done significant sampling beyond the original site boundaries, and discovered that the contamination has migrated beyond the facility boundaries. This is why EPA, with the recommendation of the State of Massachusetts, has proposed this site for listing on the NPL.
The former Creese & Cook Tannery property is comprised of three parcels and a portion of a fourth parcel (a railroad right-of-way) totaling approximately 17 acres of land situated along opposite banks of the Crane River in Danvers, Massachusetts. At one time, the four parcels were owned by the Creese & Cook Company being used as a leather tanning and finishing operation from 1903 until 1981, when the company went bankrupt. The former Creese & Cook Tannery property was later subdivided and one of the three parcels (33 Water Street) on the east bank has been redeveloped into a condominium complex. Solid wastes from the manufacturing process were disposed of in two onsite landfills. Liquid effluent was discharged directly to the Crane River and later to sewers, while sludge waste was deposited in an on-site lagoon system.
The State of Massachusetts referred the site to EPA because it poses a serious risk to human health and the environment and because the former Walton & Lonsbury Inc. is bankrupt, leaving no other sources of funding available to perform further site characterization or long-term response actions. As the state lacks the sufficient resources to address the environmental and human health risks posed by the former Walton & Lonsbury facility, listing the site on the NPL is the best option to ensure a complete site investigation and cleanup.
For all NPL sites, EPA works to identify companies or people responsible for the contamination and to require them to conduct or pay for the investigation and cleanup. For newly listed sites without viable potentially responsible parties, EPA will investigate the full extent of the contamination before starting significant cleanup at the site.
More information on these proposed additions to the NPL, and other actions taken today by EPA on all final and proposed sites: https://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/current.htm
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Published at Thursday, April 12th, 2018 - 01:40:10 AM. Pillows Design. By karina.
When you buy a sofa set from a store, it would probably come with cushions that match the sofa. These add to the appearance of the sofa instead of it looking rather empty when no cushions are on it. If you are going to change the covers of the cushions, make sure they are of the right size and fit your existing cushions. You can use cushions to decorate not only your sofa but any space in your living room or bedroom. For example, you can buy those really big cushions on which you can sit down, and put them in the empty corner of your room to make it look less empty and at the same time compliment the design of your room.
These throw cushions or decorative cushions are always matched or are in contrast to the Color scheme / theme of the area in such a way that they always bring out the best qualities of the Theme / Furniture piece / Room / Color scheme. Hence also called Accent pillows /cushions.
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If we had $275,000 to spend on a vehicle, we probably wouldn't purchase this here French classic. Johnson would no doubt get a 1972 El Camino so tricked out that the blower scoop would completely obscure the view over the hood. Bumbeck would spend the cash converting a 1967 Oldsmobile Toronado to rear-wheel drive. Wert would get his Jeep Liberty dipped in gold and I would buy something very, very British and immobile. No, we're degenerate blogger slobs and the height of the Jazz-age class this Delage has to offer is almost totally lost on us. Still, she is gorgeous and any car manufactured right on Avenue des Champs Elysees has a reserved parking spot in our dream garage in the sky. Oddly, we have no clue what Spinelli would buy. More timeless sophistication after the jump.
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After watching this 14 years of weather time-lapse in the United States, I've confirmed the one thing I already knew: every state's weather sucks except for California's. Watch it and you'll agree with me.
This video was stitched from 120,900 different frames of radar images to make up the 14 years. You've got to love seeing the weather dance with the piano. Also fun: finding specific days in the past 14 years (Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Ike, etc) and seeing what the weather on that day looked like. The whole video is about half an hour long, but there are worse things to watch. [YouTube via The Daily What]


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Oh boy....you haven't heard of MouseImp?Does just what you want. Make sure you use the proper DLL if you want Firefox functionality. Or you can use the Grab and Drag extension for Firefox.-Nighted (August 13, 2007, 05:04 PM)
Here's an AHK script that gives basic, vertical hand tool functionality when holding CAPS + right mouse button + dragging. It should work for all programs that use mousewheel up/down to scroll up/down. Change the sensitivity through the xsens variable in the code if needed. It's very limited though: no horizontal scrolling, no drag hand icon. So if you already have a mouse with a scrollwheel then it's not so very useful. Still it lets you do long scrolls a bit faster and with more "flow" I think.By the way, Easy Window Dragging (that I built this upon) is extremely useful - try it anyone who hasn't yet. -Nod5 (August 14, 2007, 03:39 PM)
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I wonder if Patriots coach Bill Belichick has anything to add to the recent Rolling Stone story regarding his handling of Aaron Hernandez?
"I don't have anything to add," Belichick said three straight times last night when asked about the story during Thursday's post-game press conference.
Eventually, Belichick went "next question" with reporters, prompting them to move on to Belichick's second-least favorite topic: Tim Tebow.
The Rolling Stone article reported, among other things, that former Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez had flown to the Scouting Combine in Indianapolis to tell coach Belichick that Hernandez feared for his life — and that it was Belichick who told Hernandez to rent a "safe house" (which apparently became Hernandez's well-publicized "flop house"). Eventually, Belichick reportedly threatened to trade or cut Hernandez if there were any more offseason incidents.
Patriots president Jonathan Kraft disputed those contentions on Belichick's behalf during a pregame radio interview, which in hindsight apparently represented the team's effort to do what Belichick has no use for doing — publicizing the team's version of the events.
The assembled reporters eventually swung back around for another crack at the Hernandez angle.
Asked if the Hernandez situation will linger over the course of the season, Belichick said, "I told you I don't have any comment on that. There's nothing more I'm going to say about it."
"I'm just saying as it relates to the football team," the reporter said.
"Anything else?" Belichick responded.
It's well known that Bill Belichick, when given the choice of saying something or saying nothing to the media, typically chooses to say nothing. But when a published report makes very specific allegations regarding his interactions with a former player who is now charged with murder, the failure to refute those allegations can become an implicit admission that the allegations are true. Having someone else in the organization share his version on a second-hand basis doesn't cut it, if Belichick truly believes that what was said about him in the article is false.
Regardless of whether Belichick understands that (and he surely does), the only thing we'll likely ever know with certainty is that he doesn't have anything to add.


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FORT MYERS, Fla. (Jan. 12, 2009) -- Suffering through several scoring droughts and ultimately posting a poor offensive effort, the ETSU men's basketball team was stunned Monday evening inside Alico Arena, falling to Florida Gulf Coast 64-61 in Atlantic Sun Conference play.
With the loss, the Buccaneers drop to 11-5 overall, 5-1 in A-Sun play, while the Eagles improve to 8-10, 4-3.
"We just didn't get it done," said ETSU head coach Murry Bartow. "This is a disappointing loss because we didn't play well, but we have to move on. We're still 11-5 on the year and we're 5-1 in the league even though we've only played two league games at home. We're still in first place and going home for four straight, so we need to regroup and move forward."
Early on the Bucs opened up a 16-8 margin, after Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.) drilled a three with 11:59 left in the first half. FGCU's Delvin Franklin knocked down a free throw with 7:08 left to cut the margin to four points at 23-19, but FGCU was unable to get any closer in the first half. ETSU ended the first half on a 6-0 run to carry a 30-22 lead into the break.
FGCU came out in the second half and jumped on the Bucs right away, pulling even at 36-36 just 3:28 into the half. But ETSU would respond with a 9-1 run to regain their eight-point edge with 13:37 left. The Bucs would hold on to a healthy lead for awhile, and after an Isiah Brown (Miami, Fla.) dunk, ETSU held a 51-42 lead with 10:57 to play. The Eagles quickly cut into the nine-point lead, as Reggie Chambers knocked down a jumper and a three-pointer and Ed Rolax hit a pair of free throws to pull within 2 at 51-49.
Once again the Bucs responded, running off six straight points to reassert an eight-point lead with 6:55 remaining in the game. A few minutes later, Franklin connected on a three-point shot to bring the Eagles back to within 3 points at 59-56. Kevin Tigg,s (Flint, Mich.) of ETSU knocked down a pair of free throws with 1:28 left, giving the Bucs a 61-57 lead. After Kyle Marks' shot was blocked by Isiah Brown, Derrick O'Neil drew a foul and hit both free throws, advancing the score to 61-59 with 1:11 to go. On the Bucs next possession Chambers picked Courtney Pigram's (Memphis) pocket and ran the floor to perfection, hitting a layup and drawing a foul from Smith. With the scored tied at 61 and just 37 seconds remaining, Chambers connected on the free throw to give FGCU a one-point lead.
After ETSU called a timeout, the Bucs held the ball until about seven seconds left. Pigram handed off to Brown for the last shot, but Brown's 18-foot jumper was too strong, and the Eagles' Franklin pulled down the rebound off the back iron. Franklin hit both free throws at the other end, and Pigram's last second prayer was not answered, and FGCU held on for a 64-61 victory.
For the Buccaneers (11-5, 5-1), Jarvis Jones (Memphis) and Tiggs each had a team-high 13 points, and Tiggs also pulled down a game-high nine rebounds with a game-high five steals. Pigram scored 10 points on 3-of-14 shooting and also dished out a game-high eight assists. Smith added 10 points and 7 boards as well.
For the Eagles (8-10, 4-3), Franklin led all scorers with 18 points in addition to grabbing seven rebounds. Reed Baker scored 12 points in addition to swiping seve steals, the most this year by an Eagle and tied for the second most in school history.
The Bucs will return to Johnson City for a four-game homestand that will begin with Lipscomb at 4 p.m. on Saturday, followed by Belmont on Monday, Jan. 19 at 7 p.m.


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Installations: Hawaiian Hideaway
For most people, Hawaii is an earthly paradise, filled with awe-striking natural beauty and blessed with a near-perfect climate. Even noted cynic Mark Twain wrote that in Hawaii, "the good that die experience no change, for they but fall asleep in one heaven and wake up in another." I can only guess he never tried to get a decent DirecTV satellite signal there.
The state's generally poor satellite reception was among the smaller concerns during a penthouse installation in a new oceanfront luxury condominium that boasts sweeping views of both Honolulu and the Pacific. A more considerable challenge was meeting the demanding technical and aesthetic requirements of the homeowners - an affluent, tech-savvy executive and his wife. Up to the challenge was Koa Wagner, president of Blueprint Audio Visual, a Honolulu-based residential-systems design firm.
"The client was great to work with," Wagner says. "He has a strong technical background, really understands interconnectivity, and is enamored with good industrial design. So he really drove the installation. Throughout the project, he let us know what he wanted, and he was very detailed about it. For example, before we started, he gave us diagrams that showed how he wanted everything to interact, and we generally followed his directions. He pushed us to give him the full functionality of everything that's available to him."
In this installation, however, aesthetics were as important as any of the technologies employed. That becomes readily apparent in the home's main living area, an open space that includes a large living room, a dining area, and a kitchen. Although the condo is fairly large at 3,000 square feet, there are only four main rooms - the open living-room/dining/kitchen area, an office, a master bedroom suite, and a guest room - plus three bathrooms.
Blueprint Audio Visual was brought into the project by the homeowner's design firm, Philpotts and Associates. Recalls Wagner: "We worked hand in hand with them for about 9 months to come up with both the physical design and the layout."
One of the main A/V components is also one of the living room's key design elements: a 65-inch Panasonic plasma HDTV mounted between what looks like a matching pair of framed pictures. Wagner says the TV - a Panasonic professional model that was one of the first 1080p plasmas - was chosen for its size, its clean and minimalist appearance, and its excellent video reproduction.
Flanking the TV aren't pictures but a pair of Artcoustic full-range on-wall speakers, sheathed in eye-catching - and swappable - fabric covers. Color-changing LED light bars from Illuminaire are mounted behind the speakers to produce an ambient light effect.
While less noticeable in-wall or ceiling speakers were certainly an option, the owner decided to make the front speakers an integral part of the room's design. "He liked the idea of being able to change the screens whenever he wanted." Wagner notes. The owner currently has two sets of screens with Artcoustic patterns, but he's also having ones made using photographs he supplied.
The Artcoustic speakers are large four-way models, with a 1-inch soft-dome tweeter, a 4-inch midrange, an 8-inch woofer, and a 10-inch passive subwoofer driven by a separate rack-mounted Artcoustic amp. A 120-watt-per-channel Sony receiver powers the other drivers. "This gives the owner a sub without having to place one in the room," Wagner says. To maintain the symmetry of the installation, the left and right front speakers are used to create a phantom center channel.
For the surrounds, Wagner chose "invisible" models from Stealth Acoustics that are installed like a drywall patch. The surface of the speaker is actually an active diaphragm that comes pre-primed. Once the speakers are installed, you simply paint over them. The owner feels that the Stealth speakers work very well, and they don't detract from the room's other focal point: an eye-catching, wall-mounted metallic orb that appears to be almost holographic.
The owner's painstaking attention to detail can be seen in construction of the TV wall and the media console beneath the plasma. "It might be hard to tell in the photos," Wagner says, "but the speakers, plasma TV, and media cabinet are all sitting in a 7.5-inch reveal in the wall." A carefully measured channel was cut around each object. Originally, the wall was just standard sheetrock, but that was ripped out and replaced with QuietRock, an acoustically insulated drywall that keeps sound from being transferred into the adjacent bedroom. Prior to the QuietRock's installation, the wall was faced with 3/4-inch marine-grade plywood, which provides additional acoustic insulation and the extra structural support needed to hold the cabinet. After the wall was refinished, a birch-ply baffle - the structure around the TV and speakers - was built "to provide the straightness and precision we needed," Wagner explains.
"This was a very deliberate installation," he continues. "It wasn't just hanging a TV and speakers on the wall. I mean, there's a perfect 3-inch gap running around the perimeter of both the plasma and the speakers, and everything is perfectly symmetrical. We built the wall twice to make sure everything was right - and the owner had his tape measure out to check it." The owner also has a boxed, exact duplicate of the TV "so if this one fails, he can have us put in a new one and maintain that perfect fit."


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By Chad Waller, NAIA Director of Communications & Sports Information
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Brandon Jackson of Oklahoma Christian has been honored as the NAIA National Men's Outdoor Field Athlete of The Week and Leon Robinson of Embry-Riddle (Fla.) has been named the NAIA National Men's Outdoor Track Athlete of The Week, the national office announced Wednesday. Jackson and Robinson were selected based on their performances from March 12 - 18.
Gary, an Indianapolis, Ind., native, proved to be the conference's top high jumper at the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) championships on Feb. 18. The freshman's high jump of 7 - 0 ¼ placed him first in the field of 10 and gave him the top high jump mark in the NAIA this season. For that effort, Gary earned the Outstanding Performer award at the event and landed himself on the WHAC All-Conference team.
Robinson, a junior from Tampa, Fla., shined for the Eagles at the University of South Florida Bulls Invitational on March 16. He earned "A" standards in both the 100-meter and 200-meter runs. In the 100-meters, Robinson was the top-place collegiate finisher and third overall amongst 35 runners. He collected a mark of 10.43 as the top-two competitors ran unattached. He also was the top collegiate finisher in the 200-meters and second overall, placing behind an unattached semi-professional runner. Robinson finished ahead of athletes from Rutgers (N.J.), Alabama, Florida State, Marquette (Wis.) and South Florida, among other NCAA Division I schools. His time in the 100 is currently listed as the fastest time in the NAIA this year, while his 200 time is the second-best time in the country.
For a complete listing of all the national event leaders, click here.
Track Nominees: Nick Haines, Saint Mary (Kan.); Brett Johnson, Corban (Ore.); Trevor Tucker, Indiana East; Curtis Bedor, Central Methodist (Mo.); Jason Hunt, College of Idaho; Eric Avila, Southern Oregon; Dredame Carter, Florida Memorial; Brandon Reynard, Indiana Tech; Zephyr Forest, Evergreen (Wash.); Crosby Green, Northwest Christian (Ore.); Henry Caster, Oklahoma Baptist.
Field Nominees: Jordan Hatfield, Corban (Ore.); Kirt Nichols, Friends (Kan.); Josiah Lemons, Indiana East; Jordan Kukal , Central Methodist (Mo.); Andre Archer, College of Idaho; Michael Ruppert, Southern Oregon; Trevor Barrett, Eastern Oregon; Avery Singleton, South Carolina Beaufort; Monte Willett, Embry-Riddle (Fla.); Stanley Dervil, Florida Memorial; Chadd Keller, Indiana Tech; Ty Scarborough, Oklahoma Baptist.
2012 Composite Award Winners (Outdoor Track / Outdoor Field)
Week 1: Leon Robinson, Embry-Riddle (Fla.) / Brandon Jackson, Oklahoma Christian


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I have noticed that a lot of people into anime are also into technology i know i am though i wouldn't necessarily call myself a guru.
I worked. Yesterday.
I've asked about getting a separate forum dedicated to topics of technology (programming, computers, telecommunications). But thus far it has been to no avail.
I wouldn't call myself a guru with technology but I am the one people go to for help fixing/building computers and other smaller devices among my family and people who know my family. I also help people online through remote connections but that is about the extent of it at this time.
I wouldn't exactly consider myself a tech guru even though I can put a PC together. The knowledge base for tech is vast, ever expanding, and infinite.
jo momma
Guilty as charged.
Searching a demoness from hell or goddess from heaven...
Anything regarding personal computers and networks yes, people call me one, But I definitely don't think I am as good as they say I am. I just know the basics and they don't.
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Guilty as charged.
Haha yup!
I know how to build,fix and replace computer parts, know most electronic specs like iPhone,iPad, S3, knows how to host servers, overclock and a tiny bit of game coding for IOS and andriod. Still wouldn't call myself a guru because they are people who are better than me.
Stalking you.
I dunno, i've been in the IT field for awhile now. Don't think im a guru though.
LF People.
I find technology interesting but I am not interested in screwing around with it. Too many numbers and figures.
"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none." - William Shakespeare
As a hobby. I used to do IT work and Network administration as a career and got sick of it.
Depends on the definition of tech guru.
I program computers, I've put together and fixed computers at a hardware and software level, and have installed and used numerous operating systems. I've used computers and many other electronics devices for most of my life, to the extent that I am confident I would be able to figure out how to use most that I might come across just with playing around with them.
Nonetheless, like others have said - there's always somebody that's more knowledgeable.
I personally wouldn't describe myself as a guru of tech or anything else, but I suppose I might seem like one to people with relatively little experience.
I remember when I was in high school, I saw that we had an old computer sitting in the back of the room and put it together (just connected the peripherals). I turned it on, and it was running DOS. While browsing through the directories to see what software was on it (a surprising number of classic games, and I'm not talking Math Blaster here... Scorched Earth and Out of This World come to mind), some other students saw what I was doing and commented that I was hacking.
Probably they'd never seen a command line driven OS before. To them, what I was doing may have seemed impressive, but it would've been normal for any DOS user.
depends theirs a tech for Everything...... but you can find my ass mostly in XDA-dev.....KANG project.
I dont consider myself a guru... I just love what I do
I got a Fix/APK/Magic Box/ and tweaked rom for Most devices!
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kufirst wrote:
I've asked about getting a separate forum dedicated to topics of technology (programming, computers, telecommunications). But thus far it has been to no avail.
Gah I wish we can I'll see what the other mods think... But, there are a lot of users that want us to actually get rid of some sections since there are so many inactive sections...
But, going back on the subject I don't consider myself an expert but I did get my undergrad in Computer Science and Biology... but there is a lot of things out there that I barely can grasp >.<!
Tuxedo Mask!!!
*Looks at previous posts* Where'd the rest of the women go? lol I'm not too surprised though, given how few I work with or have taken classes with. *sigh
I might consider myself a "guru" in some areas, but technology changes so rapidly it takes a lot of effort to keep up with it. I still feel like a novice when it comes to a lot of things, even if I've been doing them for the past 10+ years. I have had a degree in programming for 5+ years, but I'm now on leave from my job so I can go back to school. My goal is to complete graduate studies in Computational Biology. It'll be quite a change from the Oracle reporting/admin and telecom work I've been doing.


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Darling named next president of Lake Region State College
BISMARCK, N.D. - The State Board of Higher Education today named Dr. Doug Darling to be the next president of Lake Region State College, in Devils Lake, N.D.
Darling is currently Lake Region State College's interim president and Vice President of Instructional Services, a position he has held since 1998. He was previously the director of the Lake Area Vocational Technical Center in Devils Lake from 1995 to 1998.
"The Board is pleased to appoint such a highly qualified and experienced community college leader as Dr. Darling to continue to serve as the president of Lake Region State College," said Board President Duaine Espegard. "Under his leadership, we expect the college to make great strides forward in its mission to provide exemplary programs for the benefit of the people of North Dakota. We are confident that he is the right leader at the right time for the students, faculty and staff of Lake Region -- and that he will continue to be an asset to the community of Devils Lake as well."
North Dakota University System Chancellor Hamid A. Shirvani added, "I have enjoyed my working relationship with Dr. Darling over the past eight months, and I believe the Board has made an excellent choice."
Board member Dr. Terry Hjelmstad chaired the campus committee that screened applicants, interviewed semifinalists, and forwarded its recommend finalists for the position to the Board. "The Presidential Search Advisory Committee deserves credit for its thorough work," Hjelmstad said. "The committee will be pleased by Dr. Darling's permanent appointment, and I expect he will do an excellent job as he continues to lead Lake Region State College."
Darling earlier served LRSC (then the University of North Dakota-Lake Region) as the continuing education coordinator and interactive video network site coordinator from 1991 to 1995, as the college's public information officer from 1988 to 1995, and as a marketing and business computer operations instructor at LRSC from 1988 to 1991.
Darling earned a Ph.D. in occupation and adult education from North Dakota State University. He also holds a master's degree in vocational education and a bachelor's degree in marketing education, both from the University of North Dakota.
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4 Most of all, friends, always rejoice in the Lord! I never tire of saying it: Rejoice! 5 Keep your gentle nature so that all people will know what it looks like to walk in His footsteps. The Lord is ever present with us. 6 Don't be anxious about things; instead, pray. Pray about everything. He longs to hear your requests, so talk to God about your needs and be thankful for what has come. 7 And know that the peace of God (a peace that is beyond any and all of our human understanding) will stand watch over your hearts and minds in Jesus, the Anointed One.
8 Finally, brothers and sisters, fill your minds with beauty and truth. Meditate on whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is good, whatever is virtuous and praiseworthy. 9 Keep to the script: whatever you learned and received and heard and saw in me—do it—and the God of peace will walk with you.
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Oct. 27 Ryan Vogelsong, Tim Lincecum postgame interview
Q. Ryan, I would imagine facing Cabrera at any point is difficult, how difficult is it knowing tight game, 2‑0, bases loaded against that guy?
RYAN VOGELSONG: Yeah, right now he's the best hitter in the game. I just tried to make pitches there. It's a lot easier to face him in that situation when there's two outs. I was just trying to make a pitch, and the way we were playing defense, really just trying to get him to put a ball in play somewhere, because I had a good feeling we were going to catch it if he did, with the way these guys were all over the field tonight. I was just trying to make a pitch, and I was able to do that, and he popped it up.
Q. Ryan, I would imagine facing Cabrera at any point is difficult, how difficult is it knowing tight game, 2‑0, bases loaded against that guy?
RYAN VOGELSONG: Yeah, right now he's the best hitter in the game. I just tried to make pitches there. It's a lot easier to face him in that situation when there's two outs. I was just trying to make a pitch, and the way we were playing defense, really just trying to get him to put a ball in play somewhere, because I had a good feeling we were going to catch it if he did, with the way these guys were all over the field tonight. I was just trying to make a pitch, and I was able to do that, and he popped it up.
Q. Tim, this is your second incredible relief appearance in this series, and you've faced 16 guys, retired them, eight strikeouts. How much fun is this? And what's going on that you're enjoying so much success?
TIM LINCECUM: I think just being able to contribute is the biggest thing for me. I know this season I didn't do exactly what I wanted to do, so to go out there and just to be able to do something for the team, whether that's for two innings or an inning or four innings, that's really my goal.
Q. Ryan, how much of what you did tonight was your stuff and how much of it was just your competitive spirit?
RYAN VOGELSONG: It was a little of both. I didn't think my stuff was as good as it was in the NLCS, but I really just tried to hit Buster's glove as many times as I could. I didn't think I was as sharp as I wanted to be, but when the guys are playing deep like that behind you, it encourages you to try and get the guys to hit the ball in play. I definitely wasn't happy with walking ‑‑ I think I walked four. But I wasn't happy about that.
You know, it's my first World Series. I've been waiting for this since I was five years old, and I wasn't going to go down without a fight, that's for sure.
Q. I know the arithmetic, three does not equal four, but you're up three games to none, you know the history of teams being behind three to nothing and coming back. Can you talk about the confidence you feel right now, first Ryan and then Tim?
RYAN VOGELSONG: I think we're approaching every game the same here. I don't think the confidence level has changed at all. You know, we know that we've got to win one more game, and this thing isn't over until we get the last out. So we've been playing like that in the elimination games and all the games, really.
I think the confidence level is going to be the same tomorrow. We've got to go out and win tomorrow, and we've got Cainer on the mound, which is nice to have. He was definitely our ace this year, and I expect him to go out and throw the ball well, and hopefully we can get one tomorrow.
TIM LINCECUM: Yeah, definitely. I think confidence is the biggest thing. I think where we were at in the NLDS and the CS and here, it gave us the momentum and the drive to know that we can do anything if our backs are against the wall. So if we're in the driver's seat and we're up 3‑0, we are looking to make a statement there, so I think that's what we're looking for tomorrow.
Q. You had a pretty good day here last year when Bochy told you you were going to be on the All‑Star team. Is Comerica now one of your favorite places?
RYAN VOGELSONG: Yeah, it crossed my mind. When we walked in for the workout yesterday, I thought about it when I walked by his office. But yeah, I mean, what an amazing experience. I was thrilled to death before the game even started just to have this opportunity. I'm just glad I was able to have a solid game and come out on the right side of this one.
Q. Tim, obviously you heard Bruce say that you're going to be back on the starting rotation next year, which I'm sure you're happy about. Is there a part of you that kind of wonders if for some reason you did pitch relief next year, what you might be able to do in 70 or 80 appearances?
TIM LINCECUM: That thought never really crossed my mind. Right now the bullpen role is for the World Series, and that's my mindset. I think that's everybody's mindset is, I'm just going to be out there as a safety net kind of thing, and if I can pick up innings here and there in these games, that's what I'm there to do. As I said, I'm just fortunate that I've been able to come out on the top side of these, and fortunate to come out on the back side of wins.
Q. What is it like just being out in the bullpen, watching a game from there and trying to find a seat with 13 other guys on the bench there?
TIM LINCECUM: It's pretty fun. We've got a great group of guys on this team, so as focused as we are on the game, we still mess around down there. So that adds a little bit of entertainment. Outside of that you're just sitting waiting for your name to get called, like I said before, and the second that happens, you're just riding on straight adrenaline.
Q. Ryan, you come out of the game and you already mentioned that you were unhappy with the walks. What was it like for you to watch Lincecum and the relief outing that he delivered after you came out?
RYAN VOGELSONG: Not surprising at all. He's been throwing the ball great. I thought, like Bruce said earlier, he even threw the ball good in the start in St. Louis. But what sticks out the most to me, when the lights come on in the biggest stage, he's showed everybody what he's truly about, and he's thrown the ball unbelievable this whole postseason out of the bullpen. And you've got to tip your hat to him because he could have been upset about going to the bullpen, and not one second did you ever see that from him. He just went down there and came out firing BBs, and he's been really impressive.
Q. Tim, your career has taken a completely different path from Ryan's. Can you appreciate what he went through to get to where he is now?
TIM LINCECUM: Yeah, definitely. I think we all have an appreciation for what everybody has been through to get to this level. It's never been easy for anybody, and everybody's grind has been a little bit different. With that we have a definite appreciation for each other and respect.
With Ryan we know what he's been through and the kind of person he is, and he's that kind of guy that's just going to leave it out there on the field, give you everything he's got, give you the shirt off his back if he has to. That just speaks a lot about him and just fortunate I get to be his teammate.
Q. Also just playing off of what Vogey said about the big stage, two years ago you were 2‑0 in the World Series in your two starts, and now you're having as good a World Series in the role that you're doing. What is it about it that getting into this brings out in you?
TIM LINCECUM: I think from the 2010 stint obviously I knew my role there, and I was starting. But the second we got that ring, it's like that taste for that next ring is just sitting right in your mouth the whole time. That sounds terrible. (Laughter).
Let me rephrase that. It just leaves you wanting it even more, and if that means being a good teammate or being in the bullpen, I really don't care, I just want to win.