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The one-pagers and reports featured below fall under the following topics:
- About the Field
- Arts & Business
- Arts & Community Building
- Arts & Education
- Arts & Economy
- Arts & Funding
- Arts & Healthcare
Recent Americans for the Arts Research Reports and One-Pagers of Facts and Figures
About the Field
Local Arts Agency Salaries 2013
A summary of the key findings from our survey on salaries and demographic characteristics of nearly 800 local arts agency employees. Find out how your organization stacks up! This is our most recent survey of LAA salaries.
Local Arts Agency Census
Calling All Local Arts Agencies: In May 2015, Americans for the Arts - in collaboration with the National Endowment for the Arts - will begin the data collection effort for the 2015 Local Arts Agency (LAA) Census. This comprehensive survey is designed to benchmark the financial health and programmatic trends of the richly varied, highly diverse, and extremely important work of the nation's 5,000 LAAs and the communities they serve.
Local Arts Agency Statistics (PDF, 288 KB) - Updated March 2016
Just as no two communities are exactly alike, no two local arts agencies are quite the same. These statistics show some of the broad trends that encompass all local arts agencies, which share a common goal to ensure a vital presence for the arts in communities across the country.
10 Reasons to Support the Arts - Updated March 2018
Packed with solid talking points, this is your go-to resource for the newest, freshest content for supporting the arts to any and all constituencies. And it's a great reminder of why we do what we do! To view a version of this one-pager with links to other Americans for the Arts resources that might be helpful in your advocacy efforts, check out Randy's blog from March 2018 here.
10 Reasons to Support the Arts Poster (PDF, 101 KB) - Updated 2015
Packed with solid talking points, a graphic version of your go-to resource for the newest, freshest content for supporting the arts to any and all constituencies. And it's a great reminder of why we do what we do!
Interested in more? Check out these Monographs about the field available for download in our online store.
- Monograph - "Local Arts Agencies" (2012)
- Monograph - "Effective Community Arts Development: Fifty Years, Fifty Tips" (2010)
- Monograph - "A Time for Change: Results and Recommendations from the Americans for the Arts Environmental Scan" (2009)
Arts & Business
Business Contributions to the Arts: 2018 Edition - Updated November 2018
Survey finding project national trends in support for the arts by large and small businesses across our nation. Read more about the survey and arts & business on the Partnership Movement website.
United Arts Funds Statistical Report for Fiscal Year 2017 Fact Sheet - Updated November 2018
United Arts Funds (UAFs) are private organizations that raise money to broaden support for the arts, encourage attendance and participation, promote excellence in the arts and arts management, and ensure that arts organizations are financially stable. UAF campaigns are combined or federated appeals for arts funding conducted annually to raise unrestricted money on behalf of three or more arts, culture, and/or science organizations.
Business Support to the Arts - Updated February 2017
With billions in arts funding, businesses play a key role in ensuring the health and vitality of the arts field. Find out why businesses support the arts, how they contribute, and how you can maximize your relationship with them to create meaningful, lasting partnerships.
Private-Sector Philanthropy - February 2017
Read on for stats that demonstrate how private giving has changed over time—and how that change effects the arts, culture, and humanities fields.
Interested in more? View the Tools & Resources provided by the Private Sector Network, including our Ready to Innovate report with the Conference Board, or check out these Monographs about the field available for download in our online store.
- Monograph - "How and Why Businesses Support the Arts" (2010)
- Monograph - "Private-Sector Giving to the Arts: Strategies for Survival, Guidelines for Growth" (2006)
Arts & Community Building
Cultural Tourism (PDF, 303 KB) - Updated April 2015
As the world grows ever smaller, the importance of the tourism industry—especially cultural tourism—continues to grow. Find out how to capitalize on the potential for economic growth as well as visibility for the unique cultural elements that define your community.
Interested in more? Check out our full reports about arts & community building:
Monograph - "Cultural Development in Creative Communities" (2003)
- Monograph - "Cultural Development in Creative Communities" (2003)
- Reports from Americans for the Arts' Animating Democracy program:
Arts & Education
Arts Education Research and Facts Summary (PDF, 765 KB) - Updated March 2014
Your one-stop-shop for anything and everything arts education!
Advantages of Arts Learning Continue Over Time (PDF, 406 KB) - Updated April 2015
The arts are beneficial to all, but see how they can be deployed as potent tools for success for disadvantaged students.
Arts Education: Preparing Students for the Workplace (PDF, 207 KB) - Updated April 2015
Did you know that both schools and employers rank a degree in the arts among the most significant indicators of a job candidate's creativity and innovation skills?
Improved Academic Performance for Students with High Levels of Arts Involvement (PDF, 367 KB) - Updated March 2014
As the debate about our education system rages on, the arts are quietly contributing to lower dropout rates and improved academic performance. Brush up on your knowledge of the impact of the arts on students and spread the word!
Inequality in Access to Arts Education (PDF, 251 KB) - Updated April 2015
The arts, like many disciplines, continue to struggle with providing equal access across the racial and ethnic diversity of our nation. Read on for detailed data and to see how the arts are doing over time.
Uneven Arts Education Opportunities Nationwide (PDF 310 KB) - Updated March 2014
How does arts education fare in our nation's public schools? The answer—unevenly—is explored here, along with more specific information on the disciplines we provide—and what kinds of schools provide them at all.
Reports on the Status of Arts Education, State by State (PDF, 573 KB)
Want to find out more about the state of arts education in your home state? Find a full roster of states and resources relating to each one, updated in 2013.
SAT Scores and the Arts (PDF, 203 KB) - Updated February 2017
Aside from keeping a few extra sharpened number 2 pencils on hand, it turns out that one of the best ways to improve scores on the SAT is to provide four years of high school arts and music classes.
Early Childhood Education and the Arts (PDF, 470 KB) - Updated March 2014
Studies emerging from around the world show clear benefits to cognitive development when young children are exposed to the arts.
- Interested in more? Check out these Monographs about the field available for download in our online store.
Arts & Economy
Arts and Economic Prosperity IV
Every day, more than 100,000 nonprofit arts and culture organizations act as economic drivers - creating an industry that supports jobs, generates government revenue, and is the cornerstone of our tourism industry. This study documents the key role played by the nonprofit arts and culture industry, and their audiences, in strengthening our nation's economy. For quick figures, check out our one-pagers below. (Our next national economic impact study, Arts & Economic Prosperity 5, will be conducted during calendar year 2016 and the findings will be released in June of 2017.)
National Arts Index - Updated March 2016
This annual report measures the health and vitality of the arts in the U.S. With 113,000 nonprofit arts organizations employing 2.2 million artists in the workforce, the arts are a strong force in our economy—click the link to see the powerful numbers!
Economic Impact of the Nonprofit Arts Industry (PDF, 203 KB) - Updated March 2014
The arts have impact far beyond our well-being: they also make deep, sustainable contributions to the economic health and vitality of their communities, and the Americans for the Arts trademark Arts & Economic Prosperity IV report (updated in 2012) shows you how!
Arts and GDP - Updated February 2017According to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, arts and cultural production contributed $730 billion to the nation's economy in 2014. This represents 4.2 percent of the GDP—a larger share of the economy than transportation, tourism, or construction.
Arts Trade Balance - Updated February 2017Arts and cultural goods and services trade surpluses reached $24.1 billion in 2013. The arts consistently outperform the overall U.S. Balance of Trade.
Spending by Arts Audiences (PDF, 211 KB) - Updated April 2015
Unlike most other industries, the arts leverage a significant amount of event-related spending by their audiences—spending that directly enters the community and generates a great deal of non-arts-related commerce. Read on to see what we found out from our latest Arts & Economic Prosperity report.
Artists in the U.S. Workforce: 2001-2016 - Updated February 2017
Read on to find out about the share of artists in the U.S. workforce, and how they stack up in terms of employment overall.
Creative Industries: Business & Employment in the Arts - 2015
The Creative Industries reports utilize respected data from Dun & Bradstreet to measure for-profit as well as non-profit arts and culture industries, putting together a complete picture of how the arts fit in overall with all U.S. businesses and jobs. Fact: there are more people working in the arts industry than there are lawyers in the U.S.
- Interested in more? Check out these Monographs about the field available for downloadin our online store.
Arts & Funding
Federal, State, and Local Government Support for the Arts, 1996–2017 - Updated February 2017
An important breakdown of the different levels of government support for the arts, this chart shows the fluctuations of these funding sources over time—and gives a sense of where we might go from here.
NEA Appropriations History, 1966–2017 - Updated February 2017
The National Endowment for the Arts has a significant role in the funding landscape for the arts and culture field, as well as acting as a leader in creating a platform for the arts on the national stage. Amidst continued debt ceiling talks and funding concerns, find out how the NEA has fared over time.
NEA Budget as Share of Federal Discretionary Spending - Updated February 2017
The National Endowment for the Arts has been losing ground in its share of federal discretionary spending and failing to keep pace with inflation. Get the visuals with two useful charts and more information on where the NEA would be if it had kept up with its share of discretionary spending and pace of inflation.
Sources of Revenue for Nonprofit Arts Organizations - Updated February 2017
Click here for a user-friendly graphic that can help you explain—to funders, community leaders, elected officials, and even your own constituents—where the money actually comes from!
Interested in more? Check out these Monographs about the field available for downlaod in our online store.
- Monograph - "United Arts Funds in Transition" (2009)
- Monograph - "The Quality and Nature of Corporate Support for the Arts - A Pilot Study" (2007)
- Animating Democracy's report - "Trend or Tipping Point: Arts & Social Change Grantmaking" (2010)
Arts & Healthcare
Arts in Healthcare, State of the Field Report (PDF, 939 KB) - Updated March 2014
Arts Programs in U.S. Hospitals (PDF, 375 KB)
The arts provide a powerful return on investment when used in healing environments. Not only do they calm anxiety and lessen pain, but they also reduce costs through shorter hospital stays and fewer repeat procedures. See how many healthcare institutions across America are tapping into this secret weapon!
National Initiative for Arts & Health in the Military (PDF, 238 KB)
Learn more about one of the newest policy initiatives at Americans for the Arts, and how we are partnering with Walter Reed National Military Medical Facility to advance the arts in health, healing, and healthcare for military service members, veterans, their families, and caregivers. Download this one-pager (PDF, 238 KB) on the initiative or visit the program's web pages.
Interested in more? Check out these Monographs about the field available for download in our online store.
- Monograph - "Creativity Matters: Arts and Aging in America" (2008)
- Monograph - "Cultures of Care: A Study of Arts Programs in U.S. Hospitals" (2004)
- Monograph - "Ten Characteristics of a Healthy Community: How the Arts Can Be Integrated" (2002)

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Lessons from the Long Haul in Diabetes
Joslin 50-Year Medalists, who often survive decades of diabetes with surprisingly few effects, begin to yield their secrets
This is an exceptional group—we're still learning just how exceptional.
Many of the people who have been awarded a Joslin 50-Year Medal still are producing insulin, decades after being hit by the type 1 diabetes autoimmune attacks that destroy insulin-producing beta cells.
And in a detailed study of hundreds of Medalists published in April 2011, 43% of the group remained free of proliferative diabetic retinopathy, 39% were free from nerve damage, 52% free of cardiovascular disease and 87% free of kidney disease.
What gives—or rather, what doesn't give way to diabetes in this select group of survivors?
"They are phenomenal," says Hillary Keenan, Ph.D., co-principal investigator for the Joslin 50-Year Medalist study, which formally started in 2005 and is creating an ever-longer string of innovative research projects.
Beta cells that keep coming
A paper published in 2010 providing definitive proof that some Medalists still possess functioning beta cells, both growing and dying in the pancreas, was especially remarkable. "After 70 or 80 years, these cells are still constantly reproducing themselves, which is very exciting," says George King, M.D., Joslin's Chief Scientific Officer and principal investigator for the Medalist study.
"The autoimmune process is still going on, but somehow these beta cells are resistant," adds Dr. Keenan.
Studying "diabetes in a dish"
Another groundbreaking project involving this exceptional group of patients is underway under the direction of Rohit Kulkarni, M.D., Ph.D., and Amy Wagers, Ph.D. The scientists are using skin cells from Medalists to create induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, which have the potential to differentiate into any type of cell in the body.
"With the iPS cells, we'll generate insulin-secreting beta cells, and cells typically involved in complications that develop in patients with longstanding type 1 diabetes including vascular cells, kidney cells and eye cells," says Dr. Kulkarni. These cells then can be analyzed for clues to their uncanny survival skills in Medalists.
The diabetic iPS cells "will model diabetes in a dish," says Dr. Wagers. Previous Medalist research has identified a number of candidate molecular pathways to examine, she adds, and "the nice thing about having the iPS cells is that one can test out those individual pathways in the exact genetic background of the individual in which they've been identified. It gives us a much more controlled system to test the importance of genes that are associated with protection from diabetic complications."
Finding safety factors
Other researchers in the Medalist study will examine more deeply how the cells that become involved in cardiovascular, eye and kidney disease may differ in that population.
Among these projects, Andrzej Krolewski, M.D., Ph.D., is leading an effort to compare all the protein-coding genes in two groups of people with diabetes: Medalists without serious eye or kidney complications, and others who developed serious complications within the first 25 years of diabetes. Genes that are
produced in greater numbers in the first group will be investigated further to identify factors that may protect against the complications.
Additionally, the study will compare the health histories of Medalists with those of other populations, including the parents of Medalists, another long-lived group. Yet another project will take a look at their psychological profiles—one of the most common attributes, apparently, is that Medalists like to dance!
Taken all together, the Medalist projects demonstrate Joslin's unique strengths across the board in diabetes research. Only Joslin, declares Dr. King, can put together a study with this breadth and depth, with so many collaborations drawing on researchers with such a broad range of expertise, and with such promise for major impact on type 1 diabetes.
Volunteers for a groundbreaking program in diabetes research, a group of Joslin 50-Year Medalists gathered at the Center.
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LONG BEACH >> The heart of Long Beach can be felt beating 8,000 miles away, thanks to one woman with a deep to desire to help those in her in homeland.
Lakhena "Lucky" Chhuon is the Cambodia country coordinator for San Bernardino-based Rescue Task Force, a nonprofit relief agency that responds to natural and man-made disasters around the globe, while also providing regular support to local aid workers in the poorest parts of the world.
"Most of the time, people in my generation just forget about them, they don't want to be a part of it," said Chhuon, 39. "Me, this is my country, this is where I came from. Even though I don't live there, it's a part of me. It's my roots."
In February and October this year, Chhuon coordinated relief efforts in the provinces of Battambang and Banteay Meanchey in Cambodia, helping Rescue Task Force deliver shipments of wheelchairs, medical supplies and pharmaceuticals, and getting them in the hands of local doctors and outreach volunteers.
Rescue Task Force has distributed $13 million in relief to Cambodia over the last two years, including $5.5 million in pharmaceuticals set to ship in a week or so.
On her trips to Cambodia this year, Chhuon worked with another nonprofit in Cambodia to set up English classes for local girls, and helped local dentists setup a mobile clinic.
Those efforts were in addition to delivering shoes, clothing and wheelchairs, which are needed in a country that, by some estimates, has seen about 20,000 people killed and more than 44,500 injured by land mines since 1979, a deathly legacy of the communist Khmer Rouge regime, which killed 1.7 million people, or about 20 percent of the population in the southeast Asia country during the 1970s.
"They lack the resources, you name it from A to Z, food-wise, education, everything," Chhuon said. "They need everything and anything."
Chhuon and Rescue Task Force are delivering anything and everything they can.
'Timing and luck, and timing and Lucky'
Gary Becks was a battalion commander for the San Bernardino County Fire Department 25 years ago when he took an early retirement and started Rescue Task Force with $32,000 in startup money.
He had been a part of volunteer missions to Central America and Afghanistan during the Cold War.
Rescue Task force has projects in places throughout the world, including Thailand, Honduras and El Salvador. They've responded to nearly every major disaster over the last two decades, including this year's typhoon in the Philippines.
"Our bags are always packed to go," Becks said. "All disasters we participate in. It's very seldom we don't participate. When we don't, it's because other locals teams are involved in the country. Typically, when we go to a disaster, we take an immediate team with a backpack full of money and buy what we can. We land in an adjacent country because the power is knocked down. I have yet to go to a place where we didn't have a contact or a friend of a friend for a contact."
Becks and his teams usually land in a municipal airport, and he contacts the local fire department, as they are an "international brotherhood," he says, and they immediately find out what the urgent needs are in the country hit by a natural or man-made disaster. The teams then coordinate with local volunteers on logistical routes to deliver relief supplies.
"A sweet missionary with a Toyota pickup truck, with a flat tire and a 72,000 pound container, he can't work with it, so we get volunteers and teams to unload the containers and distribute. That's what our country coordinators do," Becks said.
Becks and Chhuon have been friends for about 10 years, meeting through a mutual friend when Chhuon was running Belmont Shore Travel. At the time, Chhuon was vice president for Hearts Without Boundaries, a nonprofit that provides Cambodian children medical help in the United States that is not available in their homeland.
"The convergence of timing and luck, and timing and Lucky," Becks said. "Lucky became our Cambodia country coordinator a year ago. As with everyone, she just hit the ground running. Lucky helped launch Cambodia (for Rescue Task Force)."
Understanding genocide
"I've always had a passion to do something like this," said Chhuon, who was born in Sisophon, Cambodia.
Her family escaped the killing fields of Cambodia when she was about five years old. Her father, a high school professor, had been marked for execution by the Khmer Rouge for execution, but moved the family through villages for four years to escape death. Two of her uncles were executed.
Chhuon and her family walked across the killing fields to a refugee camp in Thailand, where a Christian missionary group helped them make it to the U.S., first to St. Paul, Minn. in 1979, and later to Long Beach.
Chhuon graduated from Wilson High School in 1993. Her father took her back to Cambodia after high school, a trip that sparked the desire to help those ravaged by war and suffering its consequences over more than three decades.
"I just couldn't believe what happened to Cambodia and what was going on in Cambodia," she said. "Deep down I always knew I wanted to come back and give back as much as I can. It changed my life."
The work Rescue Task Force has done in Cambodia has been staggering. So far, deliveries have included 6,500 wheelchairs, 52,000 pairs of shoes and $7.6 million in medicine and medical equipment for doctors and dentists to use.
As Becks said: "If we give them a few hundred dollars for novocaine, they're off and running."
In January, Chhuon will join with Alex Morales, a Cal State Long Beach professor in the College of Education, who teaches a class about Cambodian culture, history and diaspora.
Fifteen students will take part in the trip to Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, in part to help teach English courses to girls between the ages of 12 and 20 who have been rescued from the illegal sex trade.
Chhuon and Morales have previously teamed up in Hearts Without Borders to deliver supplies to Cambodia.
"She has the component of coming from there, surviving the genocide over there," Morales said. "Not everybody understands what that feels like. Lucky understands and knows what it feels like, having a family that understands the Cambodian genocide that ended in the '70s."
Chhuon, who said she left behind her travel business to be a full-time mother to her 5-year-old daughter, Kimberly, said trips to Cambodia give her a better perspective about life in the U.S.
"Every time I come back from Cambodia, I appreciate America," she said. "I appreciate what we have here. Believe it or not, I believe America is still one of the best countries in the world."
She also invited people to join the work Rescue Task Force is doing in Cambodia and other parts of the world.
"If that person has an interest, come with me sometime," she said. "You have to be there to feel it and see it to understand. If we have something local going on, come volunteer. Anybody can help. Anybody can participate. The question is, do you want to?"
To learn about Rescue Task Force and its opportunities to donate and join relief efforts, visit online at www.rescuetaskforce.org.
Contact Josh Dulaney at 562-714-2150


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So I had the misfortune of getting pink eye...and then DD got it too. Well the doc put me on ofloxacin drops and when I went to pick it up it had this sticker on it saying do not use if breastfeeding, consult doctor. Well I called the doctor and she was adament it was safe and the medical assistant even said to me, "I don't know where you read that." So I'm conflicted....I'm pretty much EPing except for an occasional early AM BF. My DD is 10.5 mon old.
What would you do? Pump and dump? I think my breastfeeding journey with DD is about to end. I'm not pumping that much anyways and I already have to supplement with formula. I'm only continuing because of the early morning BF (I usually have enough for that one feed) and because she won't take straight formula.
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DOVER — State officials are bracing for impact as they wait to find out how steep cuts in federal spending set to begin today will play out in New Hampshire.
Federal spending will be slashed by $85 billion in the coming year as the result of an automatic budget-cutting mechanism created by Congress.
Feared by politicians on both sides of the aisle, the so-called "sequestration cuts" were set to go into effect on March 1, unless lawmakers reached a compromise to avert the scenario.
The cuts, which will be implemented nearly across-the-board, were designed to be so disruptive that neither Democrats nor Republicans would allow them to take effect. But even the prospect of a doomsday device on the horizon was not enough to persuade lawmakers to reach an agreement on spending and deficits.
Non-defense programs will now be cut by approximately 9 percent this year, while defense programs are facing a 13 percent reduction, according to the White House Office of Management and Budget.
In New Hampshire, those cuts could result in the loss of $1 million worth of primary and secondary education funding, furloughs for more than 1,000 civilian employees of the Department of Defense and cutbacks in social service programs.
With the deadline for the sequestration cuts approaching on Thursday, many New Hampshire department heads were still waiting for guidance from the federal government about the impact of the cuts.
New Hampshire Public Health Director Dr. Jose Montero said about half of the state's public health budget is supplied by the federal government, largely through grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Montero said DHHS has provided a list of about 50 grants that will likely be impacted.
"Several of the line items that fund those agencies are part of sequestration, which will translate in cuts to us directly, which will impact the quality and the quantity of the services that we provide to people in New Hampshire," Montero said. "The problem that I have is that I have no specific guidance in how sequestration will be applied in every agency, or in every line item of the different agencies."
Even if funding isn't reduced dramatically, the sequestration cuts could still result in layoffs at the public health department, Montero said. Even if the funding to pay the salaries of staff members is available, funding to support their work might not be, he said.
"I won't be able to have the people, so I may need to submit positions for considerations for layoffs, or we may need to cut the contracts with our original partners, or decrease the contracts," Montero said.
Lorraine Merrill, commissioner of the state Department of Agriculture, Markets and Food, was facing the same uncertainty Thursday.
"We have a lot of federally-funded programs, so there's more unanswered questions than anything at this point," she said.
Some state workers are employed in positions that are fully-funded by federal dollars, Merrill said. Several employees of the United States Department of Agriculture also perform vital work in the state, she said. Some administer farm programs in county offices, including the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service, which offers cost-share programs to help farmers implement conservation practices on their land and similar programs. USDA employees also provide technical assistance and collaborate with the state agriculture department.
Randy Curtis, federal aid coordinator for the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, said the state receives about $7 million per year from the federal government to support his agency. Two of the major sources are the wildlife and sport fish restoration funds.
"It's not 100 percent clear if all of the grant funds we typically get would be affected or not," Curtis said.
New Hampshire also receives about another $500,000 in federal dollars each year through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Some of the NOAA funding goes to support programs assisting Great Bay and other areas along the Seacoast, Curtis said. The money is appropriated each year by Congress, meaning it's likely to be impacted by the sequester, he said.
A fact sheet released by the White House earlier this month indicates only that New Hampshire will lose up to $359,000 in grants for fish and wildlife protection if the sequester remains in effect for the rest of the year.
"I don't know exactly how accurate the figure is and just how it would affect us," Curtis said of the White House projection, "but certainly those funds could be impacted, which ultimately means that we would have less money to work with, probably in our fiscal year 2014."
For the city of Dover, the effects of the sequester aren't likely to be seen immediately, according to City Manager Michael Joyal. Nevertheless, expected reductions in federal and state health and social services programs could put a strain on the city's municipal offerings, Joyal pointed out.
"These reductions will likely have immediate impacts on families and individuals in Dover receiving services which may ultimately require them to seek emergency assistance and put pressure on local public welfare resources," Joyal wrote in an email. "We have been and will continue to watch for increasing trends in this area. The longer term consequences resulting from federal furloughs, reductions in federal contracting, and the reactions of world markets will certainly have a far reaching economic impact which our citizens and local government will likely endure and be forced to respond with budget adjustments and service changes as financial conditions warrant."
Dover Mayor Dean Trefethen got a briefing on the situation Thursday in a conference call with U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen. Trefethen stressed that the cuts will not truly be across-the-board, nor will they all go into effect at the same time.
"The senator is still also optimistic that some kind of deal can be reached in a couple of weeks in Washington that hopefully will negate some of these cuts," Trefethen said. "So still very much an unfolding situation."
Private industry is also bracing for the impact of sequestration. The New Hampshire Hospital Association warned recently that hospitals and health care providers in New Hampshire could lose more than 2,000 jobs within the next year because of spending cuts called for under the federal deficit reduction plan.
Civilians working at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard could also suffer the brunt of the federal cuts. Shipyard workers have been notified of the potential of mandatory work furloughs, beginning in April. Paul O'Connor, president of the Metal Trades Council, the shipyard workers union, voiced his frustration and disappointment with Congress Thursday.
"Sequestration is a completely congressionally-manufactured disaster," he said. "It never had to happen, but it's going to happen. We'll see how far into we get before Congress realizes they've done significant damage to our national financial recovery, and to working men and women across the country."
With many placing blame on Congress for the country's fiscal stalemate, lawmakers have been quick to highlight their efforts to avoid the calamity.
U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen expressed her "disappointment" regarding the situation Thursday, saying in a prepared statement that Republicans and Democrats must put aside political differences to reach "real solutions." Shaheen, a Democrat, has been working with leaders in New Hampshire and Washington to "underscore the need for action," according to her public statement.
"I share the public's frustration that we were unable to come together to find bipartisan agreement to avoid these indiscriminate cuts," Shaheen's statement reads. "We need to address our deficit and rein in our spending, but the blind cuts of sequestration are not the right approach."
The Senate considered two last-ditch efforts to avert the fiscal crisis on Thursday, but neither gained enough support from a majority. A proposal advanced by Republicans would have kept the same level of spending cuts but would have given authority to the president to rearrange cuts, according to information provided by Shaheen's office. It failed by a vote of 62-38.
A competing Democratic proposal failed on a 51-49 vote.
Republican U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, of New Hampshire, offered legislation that she described as an alternative to the proposals being floated by party leadership. The bill calls for avoiding the sequester through alternative spending reductions, such as reducing duplication in federal programs, extending the current pay freeze for federal workers and reforming federal retirement programs. The proposal was blocked before it reached a vote, according to Ayotte's office.
"I think it's time for us to stop the charade," Ayotte said in a statement following Thursday's Senate votes. "With the clock ticking, it's my hope that we actually get down to resolving this in a responsible way for our country, by finding alternative savings to replace sequestration while still addressing our deficit."
Foster's staff writer Michelle Kingston contributed to this report.


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Young Vibes...Don't Run Away From Me Lyrics
We loved when the rain called. We'd move without a sound. Our eyes gazed high under night skies. Now, I'm only a man. I'm only a man. We'd collide like bats with the moonlight. No end could keep us down. Young vibes set free by our young lives. Now, I'm only a man. I'm only a man. Odd years later and I'm troubled as I step outside on a painful dizzy night. I can feel the ground spinning and it shocks my skin. I can feel it shock my skin. Hard times cutting deep and it makes me miss my childhood friends. All the better times we spent, nothing else seemed to matter but the air in our lungs. Now I want to turn back around. Don't run away from me, Past tense, I'm so rejective to the world outside and I can't hide. Wish I could just sense better days where the winds were as soft as the clouds. Blistering sun, innocent like rebellion from our restless mouths. I just can't believe that nothing is what it seems. Used to be so young and unaware of everything, we grew up so fast and now our hearts feel every beat. I just want out.


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NSA/FBI Got Access To Content Of Around 40,000 Yahoo/Google User Accounts In First Six Months Of 2013
from the it's-a-lot dept
Concerning the Google data, you can see that there's been a pretty big increase in the number of users impacted over the past few years, peaking at the end of 2012, but that drop in the beginning of 2013 may be just seasonal. Meanwhile, it's interesting to see that a much larger number of Yahoo accounts have been impacted. Of course, for all we know, there could have been one FISA order to Google and three to Yahoo and then the number of accounts impacted would be around 10,000 per order. But, without more granularity, it's impossible to tell.
What does seem clear is that there are about 40,000 accounts on Yahoo or Google to which the NSA/FBI and others in the intelligence community have access.
Update: Facebook and Microsoft have updated their info as well and it's more of the same:
Microsoft, a major surveillance partner for the US government, received fewer than 1,000 orders from the Fisa court for communications content during the same period, related to between 15,000 and 15,999 "accounts or individual identifiers".
The company, which owns the internet video calling service Skype, also disclosed that it received fewer than 1,000 orders for metadata – which reveals communications patterns rather than individual message content – related to fewer than 1,000 accounts or identifiers.
[....] Facebook disclosed that during the first half of 2013, it turned over content data from between 5000 and 5999 accounts – a rise of about 1000 from the previous six month period – and customer metadata associated with up to 999 accounts.


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Steven Kanofsky, Ph.D.
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B.A. Psychology, Bucknell University, 1978
Ph.D. Psychology, California School of Professional Psychology, 1989
Dr. Kanofsky has taught at the Wright Institute since 1996. He previously served as Director of Family Therapy Training at California Pacific Medical Center. He is a member of the San Francisco Psychotherapy Research Group and has written and lectured on Control Mastery Theory's contrast and overlap with other theoretical approaches. He teaches Case Conference, Family Therapy, and Clinicians to Society at the Wright Institute and maintains a clinical and consultation private practice in Dublin.


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Well, I see the Kansas City Chiefs are back to normal. At least the managed to score a touchdown. Sunday's loss to the Cleveland Browns probably marks the first time in NFL history that the second reincarnation of the Browns were able to blow out an opponent. The Chiefs travel to Oakland next Sunday.
The St. Louis Rams were able to hold a very potent Buffalo Bills offense in check and came away with a 15 to 12 vitory on Sunday. The Rams are playing with a lot more confidence thease days and I think that is due in large part ot the influence of their new coach Jeff Fisher. Unfortunately for the Rams, the Seatle Seahawks got hot at the same time the Rams did and that is going to make it very difficult for the Rams to make it into the playoffs this year but there is still an outside chance and it won't be from lack of trying if they don't make it.
The Truman State basketball teams split their home double header on Saturday with the women winning impressively against a good Missouri Southern team. The men unfortunately ran into a very talented and much taller Missouri Southern team and were not able to contend with the size differential. Both teams have a few days off now as the men don't play again until the Quincy tournament on December 18 while the women head to Riverside, CA on December 17 to play in the California Baptist tournament. Obviously the women have a much better travel agent than the men do.
The Missouri Tigers men't basketball team got off to a slow start on Saturday but were able to pick up the intensity in the second half to eventually blow away Tennessee State. The Tigers have some time off as well before traveling to UCLA to play the Bruins.
Congratulations to the Kirksville Tigers wrestling team on an outsanding performance this past weekend at the Tiger Classic wrestling tournament. The Tigers once again proved they are one of the top teams in the state.
We'll be back on Wednesday with a more detailed blog looking at a few things we haven't had the opportunity to talk about which have happened recently. This is kind of a quiet week as none of the college teams have games this week so that will give us a chance on Wednesday to talk a little baseball along with whatever else I can dig up. Thanks as always for supporting this blog and please continue to do the same for all the other blogs on this site as well.
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Hello, i am having an issue with ssh access for users of hosting CP, i Hsphere and clients need to request ssh access and i then allow or disallow.
Problem that even with allowing access is not granted?
This is the same for wwwuser which is main hsphere system (web) user!
Looking in logs i see:
eb 9 16:28:35 cp sshd[84688]: User wwwuser from 77-101-149-1**.cable.ubr09.hari.blueyonder.co.uk not allowed because none of user's groups are listed in AllowGroups Feb 9 16:28:53 cp sshd[84688]: error: PAM: authentication error for illegal user wwwuser from 77-1**-193.cable.ubr09.hari.blueyonder.co.uk Feb 9 16:28:53 cp sshd[84688]: Failed keyboard-interactive/pam for invalid user wwwuser from 77.101.1**.193 port 44812 ssh2 Feb 9 16:29:05 cp sshd[84688]: error: PAM: authentication error for illegal user wwwuser from 77-101-1**-193.cable.ubr09.hari.blueyonder.co.uk Feb 9 16:29:05 cp sshd[84688]: Failed keyboard-interactive/pam for invalid user wwwuser from 77.101.1**.193 port 44812 ssh2 Feb 9 16:29:07 cp sshd[84695]: error: ssh_msg_send: write
Here is my sshd.config if some could have check to see if i am missing something before i have contact Parrallels support and part with some cash
Protocol 2 # Authentication: PermitRootLogin without-password IgnoreRhosts yes X11Forwarding no AllowGroups wheel Subsystem sftp /usr/libexec/sftp-server
Last edited by carpman; 9th February 2009 at 04:49 PM.
Are you sure you want to grant ssh access to a system account which shouldn't have a valid shell?
Last edited by DutchDaemon; 9th February 2009 at 11:17 PM. Reason: barking up wrong tree ;)
The answer is here:
How about instead creating a separate account for transferring files over ssh (or whatever it is you're doing) and creating a sshguys group, and changing the sshd_config directive to utilize that group instead of wheel.
Kill your t.v.
Hello, first thing is did not setup the server initially so am trying to work things out.
I believe there are two separate threads here, system ssh access and hsphere, though setting for system may be affecting hspehre access.
I have one user who is not a hsphere user who i use for system access and su into root from that, this user is in the wheel group.
Hsphere puts it users into ssh jail, there are occassions when shell access is required by hsphere user and these are given on requested basis.
I have searched hsphere docs but cannot find anything concerning sshd.conf?
Not sure why creating another ssh group will help as only user in wheel group is my system admin account!
@carpman: sshd is telling you clearly what the problem is. The user you're trying to ssh in as is not in the wheel group (as per your sshd_config setup).
Creating another ssh group will not help fix the situation you originally posted about. I'm suggesting that you make this change of your own volition because IMO you're potentially asking for trouble from a security perspective.
Kill your t.v.
Did you restart sshd?
Hello, ok been digging deeper nad now believe that this is down to SSH2 public keys issue which is not working on server.
In /var/log/messages when the cpanel user tries to SSH as root, the following errors occur: Feb 18 14:33:17 cp sshd[43030]: error: ssh_msg_send: write Feb 18 14:33:29 cp sshd[43056]: error: ssh_msg_send: write
I can ssh into box but the web CP must communicate over SSH2 public keys which is iy is failing to do?
Also what should permissions be for:
/root/.ssh and /root/.ssh/authorized_keys2
cp# cat /etc/ssh/sshd_config # $OpenBSD: sshd_config,v 1.74 2006/07/19 13:07:10 dtucker Exp $ # $FreeBSD: src/crypto/openssh/sshd_config,v 184.108.40.206 2006/11/11 00:51:28 des Exp $ # This is the sshd server system-wide configuration file. See # sshd_config(5) for more information. # This sshd was compiled with PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin # The strategy used for options in the default sshd_config shipped with # OpenSSH is to specify options with their default value where # possible, but leave them commented. Uncommented options change a # default value. # Note that some of FreeBSD's defaults differ from OpenBSD's, and # FreeBSD has a few additional options. #VersionAddendum FreeBSD-20061110 #Port 22 Protocol 2 AllowGroups wheel #AddressFamily any #ListenAddress 0.0.0.0 #ListenAddress :: # HostKey for protocol version 1 #HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key # HostKeys for protocol version 2 #HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key # Lifetime and size of ephemeral version 1 server key #KeyRegenerationInterval 1h #ServerKeyBits 768 # Logging # obsoletes QuietMode and FascistLogging #SyslogFacility AUTH #LogLevel INFO LogLevel VERBOSE # Authentication: #LoginGraceTime 2m PermitRootLogin without-password #StrictModes yes #MaxAuthTries 6 #RSAAuthentication yes #PubkeyAuthentication yes #AuthorizedKeysFile .ssh/authorized_keys # For this to work you will also need host keys in /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts #RhostsRSAAuthentication no # similar for protocol version 2 #HostbasedAuthentication no # Change to yes if you don't trust ~/.ssh/known_hosts for # RhostsRSAAuthentication and HostbasedAuthentication #IgnoreUserKnownHosts no # Don't read the user's ~/.rhosts and ~/.shosts files IgnoreRhosts yes # Change to yes to enable built-in password authentication. #PasswordAuthentication no PermitEmptyPasswords no # Change to no to disable PAM authentication #ChallengeResponseAuthentication no # Kerberos options #KerberosAuthentication no #KerberosOrLocalPasswd yes #KerberosTicketCleanup yes #KerberosGetAFSToken no # GSSAPI options #GSSAPIAuthentication no #GSSAPICleanupCredentials yes # Set this to 'no' to disable PAM authentication, account processing, # and session processing. If this is enabled, PAM authentication will # be allowed through the ChallengeResponseAuthentication and # PasswordAuthentication. Depending on your PAM configuration, # PAM authentication via ChallengeResponseAuthentication may bypass # the setting of "PermitRootLogin without-password". # If you just want the PAM account and session checks to run without # PAM authentication, then enable this but set PasswordAuthentication # and ChallengeResponseAuthentication to 'no'. #UsePAM yes #AllowTcpForwarding yes #GatewayPorts no X11Forwarding no #X11DisplayOffset 10 #X11UseLocalhost yes #PrintMotd yes #PrintLastLog yes #TCPKeepAlive yes #UseLogin no #UsePrivilegeSeparation yes PermitUserEnvironment no #Compression delayed #ClientAliveInterval 0 #ClientAliveCountMax 3 #UseDNS yes #PidFile /var/run/sshd.pid #MaxStartups 10 # no default banner path #Banner /some/path # override default of no subsystems Subsystem sftp /usr/libexec/sftp-server # Example of overriding settings on a per-user basis #Match User anoncvs # X11Forwarding no # AllowTcpForwarding no # ForceCommand cvs server
Last edited by carpman; 18th February 2009 at 07:06 PM.
ok i replaced the ssh_config with default one and made changes as per original and now the authorized_keys2 issue is solved, not sure why but it is.
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Wordless Wednesday: Lavender
Privately held by the author [address for private use], California - April 2010
(c) http://www.shbwgen.blogspot.com/
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I love lavender, and I've never been able to get it to grow here. I fell in love with seeing fields and fields of lavender growing in France and Spain. And I've never been able to grow heather, like my name, although it grows on Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, which are relatively moderate in climate compared to the rest of New England. Thanks for the lovely photo!ReplyDelete
I LOVE lavender. Mine is no where near flowering yet.ReplyDelete
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From NAS-Central Buffalo - The Linkstation Wiki
MontaVista Software is a company selling a number of commercial Linux products and services. Among them very popular Linux distributions specifically targeting embedded devices. At least the original LS1 and LS2 firmware is build on top of MontaVista Linux distribution, likely on top of the Consumer Electronics Edition.
It is unknown who (which company) ported MontaVista Linux to the LS for Buffalo. Judging from the additional software and their quality to be found on the LS (ppc_uartd, mc_ctld, parse_usbscsi, Web Interface, etc.) it was likely Buffalo/Melco, using a MontaVista Linux as a starting point.


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BANGOR — The teenage father of a 3-month-old boy who died on Nov. 25 was indicted Wednesday on a charge of manslaughter and placed under arrest, Bangor police said.
Dustin Brown, 18, was indicted by a Penobscot County grand jury Wednesday afternoon for his alleged involvement in the death of his son, Xander C. Brown.
The autopsy, performed by the state medical examiner's office in Augusta on Nov. 26, determined the cause of death to be "inflicted trauma."
Lt. Tim Reid, lead detective for Bangor's Criminal Investigation Division, said it was obvious from the autopsy's findings that trauma was inflicted on the infant, specifically "traumatic head injuries."
"How we believe those injuries were inflicted is not being released at this time," Reid said during a press conference Wednesday afternoon at the Bangor police station.
Dustin Brown is being held at the Penobscot County Jail and is scheduled to make an initial court appearance at 1 p.m. Thursday at Penobscot Judicial Center, according to police. Manslaughter, a Class A crime, carries a maximum sentence of up to 30 years in prison.
Reid said a family member made the initial 911 call at 4:07 p.m. Nov. 25 to report that a male child wasn't breathing. Bangor police and Fire Department personnel went to 94 Thatcher St. and the child was immediately taken from his home to Eastern Maine Medical Center. At 5:40 p.m., hospital staff members notified Bangor police that Xander Brown had died.
Reid said that as a result of the investigation conducted by Detectives Brent Beaulieu and Timothy Cotton — which included witness statements from several people in the home on the day of the incident — charges were filed.
Police said they consider the incident a domestic violence crime.
Reid, citing recent crime statistics released by the state and compiled by the Bangor Daily News, said seven of the 25 homicides in Maine in 2012 happened in Bangor.
The baby, nicknamed "Xanderbear," was born to Brown and Alania Cain on Aug. 22, according to his obituary, which ran in the Bangor Daily News on Nov. 28.
"Mommy and Daddy love you so very much, Xanderbear," it states. "We will never forget you. You will forever be in our hearts and memories. Everything we do from now on will be in memory of you."


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Booster Chairs
There's that in-between stage when your child is too big (or feels too old) for a highchair, but is not quite ready (or tall enough) to use a full-size chair. Enter the booster chair. Here are ten options for boosting your child up to the table to join in family meal fun.
• 1 Keekaroo Cafe Booster ($60)
• 2 Grow Up! by Musty ($50)
• 3 Prince Lionheart BoosterPod ($50, also see their $20 soft booster)
• 4 HandySitt ($150)
• 5 Cooshee Booster Hybak ($45)
• 6 Healthy Care Deluxe by Fisher Price ($24)
• 7 Kaboost chair booster ($38)
• 8 Yellow Pages Booster Seat ($20)
• 9 Natural Wood Booster Seat ($22)
• 10 Up n' Down Booster Chair by mOmma ($55, available April 2010)
Do you love a booster chair you don't see here? Let us know in the comments. Did you skip the booster - what did you do or use instead?
Remember, the links are just one example of where you can purchase these items. Like Mama said, you better shop around!


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Problem : Software on tablets not suitable for serious audiophiles. No EQ, poor navigation and management of playlists is very poor.
Description :
1. Players like the default media player on OS2008 and Canola do not have an equalizer. A good equalizer should provide both custom EQ as well as default builtins like "Rock", "Jazz" and so on which is common with many desktop media players as well as MP3 players.
2. Navigating around hundreds of music files is also a pain on most current media players on the tablets. Better solutions are required. For navigation, inspiration can be drawn from players like the iPod touch which provide an alphabetical scroll bar at the side which makes reaching to a song a snap, or the Sony Walkman Mp3 player with tabs for "A-F',"G-K" and so on at the top or various other interfaces.
When you have hundreds of songs on your tablet and you want to listen to THAT particular song, how do you do so? How many taps or scrolls are required to get to a song when you know the title of the song? How many taps or scrolls are required when you know the album? For a serious audiophile with a large library, FAST navigation is a very important requirements.
3. Other suggestions are on-the-device playlist support. Good media player software should support forming and saving playlists as well as transferring playlists in formats like m3u.


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One Direction Covers 'Seventeen' November 2012
Check out this fun shot from One Direction's November 2012 Seventeen mag cover story!
Out on October 16th, the guys — Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne and Niall Horan — chat all about their upcoming album, girls and reputations. Check it:
Harry on being seen as the 'girl-crazy' one: "I wouldn't say girl-crazy, because that makes me sound like a bit of a womanizer. That isn't really me. But I am quite flirty�maybe too flirty. I'm an 18-year-old boy, and I like to have fun!"
Niall on Demi Lovato: "The nice thing about Demi is, once you know her, she's really, really beautiful. We became good friends. It's so crazy that she can be so honest about everything she's gone through. She has a fantastic attitude. If I ever needed anything or needed to talk to anybody, I think Demi would be the person to talk to."
Liam on dealing with bullies when he was young: "I was bullied by a few people who were much older than me. I went to camp to learn boxing. I was 12, and my coach was 24. I felt like if I could fight him, I could stand up to anyone."
Zayn on his rep as the 'bad boy' of the band: "I like to use the term misunderstood. But I am a bit of a bad boy. I have tattoos and I mess around. That's part of my image, so it's cool."
Louis on the most embarrassing thing that has happened to him since One Direction became so big: "One time Harry and I were skiing together when a girl and a guy came up with a camera. We assumed they were going to ask us for a photo, so we stood there with our arms around each other, posing. They said, 'No, we want you to take a photo of us!' It was embarrassing!"
Want more? Head on over to Seventeen.com
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Jacques GOUNON, Chairman of LONDON CAREX, Chairman and Chief Executive of Eurotunnel Group
Eurotunnel Group, the concession holder for the Channel Tunnel - a European infrastructure - is also France's no. 3 rail operator. It has first-rate know-how in:
- Infrastructure management,
- Railway operation,
- Maintenance.
Eurotunnel Group's mission is to develop its expertise from a European perspective. Sustainable development is one of the group's priorities: Shuttles pollute around 20 times less than ferries, and 40 times less than air transport. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is one of its priorities: operation of the Tunnel has thus reduced electricity consumption by 21% within 5 years as well as reducing emissions by 70%.
A detailed analysis of all types of cross-Channel traffic flows, the specific characteristics of British infrastructures, whether ports, airports, roads, or railways combined with the importance given in Great Britain, more than in any other country, to the concept of sustainable development leads us to consider that there will inevitably be modal transfers for certain types of goods. Air express freight is part of this.
The commissioning of the high-speed line between the Tunnel and London (HS1) has also completely changed things and has allowed us to consider opening new "high-speed" services.
In this perspective, in 2007, it was obvious and essential for the Eurotunnel to join an innovative and eco-sustainable European initiative initiated by Mr. Yannick Patternotte: the Euro Carex project, for which Eurotunnel is currently in charge of developing the network's British branch.
In 2008, it was decided to create a dedicated structure, London Carex, a 100% subsidiary of Groupe Eurotunnel SA, whose main mission to build a high-speed rail freight terminal in London's inner suburbs.
The preliminary market studies showing customer interest indicate very clearly that London is one of the network's no. 1 loading points.
As part of the reflections initiated by the Greater London authority for the post-Olympics era and to accompany the changes that the capital is going to experience, the creation of this Carex terminal will be considered as the tangible sign of a new eco-environmental approach, associating the creation of jobs with major structural developments in terms of reducing road and air traffic.


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Students Ready for Research, Creative Work Celebrationby Howard Hewitt • January 26, 2011 Share:
Wabash students will strut their academic stuff for fellow students, faculty, staff, and others Friday in the annual Celebration of Student Research, Scholarship, and Creative Work.
The unique program is in its 11th year. Students present posters showing research into a variety of topics, along with oral presentations on projects they've worked on in and out of the classroom.
"We celebrate not only the particular achievements of individual students, but also a deeply embedded ethos of the College," Dean of the College Gary Phillips wrote in his welcome. "The liberal arts are about such student intellectual engagement as this as part of a mission to change lives.
"Close collaboration between Wabash students and faculty across the College is a hallmark of our institution, a labor of pedagogy that makes a difference."
Oral Presentations begin at 1:10 p.m. in Detchon Hall and continue every 20 minutes until 4 p.m. The poster presentations also begin at 1:10 p.m. and run about 90 minutes. A second group of poster presenters then take over.
One of the most popular dynamics of the event is the ability to watch oral presentation or view the posters and ask the students questions about their work.
The College deems the Celebration important enough to cancel Friday afternoon classes so all students can attend.
Click here for the full abstract of presentations and student biographies.


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The Mason Contractors Association of America (MCAA) is the national trade association representing mason contractors. The MCAA is committed to preserving and promoting the masonry industry by providing continuing education, advocating fair codes and standards, fostering a safe work environment, recruiting future manpower, and marketing the benefits of masonry materials.
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December 12, 2012 — Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) on Tuesday voiced his support for legislation that would ban abortion in the state after 20 weeks of gestation, the Houston Chronicle reports.
Speaking at a crisis pregnancy center in Houston, Perry stated that his intent "is to make abortion at any stage a thing of the past." Although he noted that outlawing all abortions violates the U.S. Constitution, he said that Texas has a compelling interest in "preventing the suffering of our state's unborn."
Elizabeth Graham -- director of Texas Right to Life, who appeared with Perry -- said her group would back a 20-week abortion ban that includes an exemption for when a woman's life is in danger but does not include exceptions for rape or incest. "Those decisions for children who are conceived in rape and incest will need to be made prior to the 20-week mark," she said. No legislation has been filed to date (Holley, Houston Chronicle, 12/11).
Seven states -- Alabama, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska and Oklahoma -- have banned abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy based on the disputed theory that a fetus can feel pain beginning around that gestational age. Arizona and Georgia also have passed similar measures that are now being challenged in court.
Opponents of "fetal pain" legislation contend that the proposals conflict with medical evidence. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has stated that there is "no legitimate scientific information that supports the statement that a fetus experiences pain" (MacLaggan, Reuters, 12/11).
Heather Busby, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Texas, said in a press release, "This proposed abortion ban is a cruel attempt by anti-choice extremists to curb access to care for women in the most desperate of circumstances" (Houston Chronicle, 12/11). She added, "No politician can possibly decide what is best for a woman and her family in every circumstance" (Aaronson, Texas Tribune, 12/11).
Perry Hopeful for Other Abortion Restrictions
Perry also expressed optimism that the upcoming legislative session, which begins Jan. 8, will include passage of a measure that would require abortion clinics to abide by the same regulations as ambulatory surgical centers. He also called for a measure that would require doctors who provide abortion care to have admitting privileges at local hospitals (Houston Chronicle, 12/11).
"Again, the ideal world is a world without abortion," Perry said, adding, "Until then, however, we will continue to pass laws to ensure abortions are as rare as possible under existing law" (Bassett, Huffington Post, 12/11).
New Suits Filed Over Women's Health Program
In other Texas news, Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas filed two more legal challenges against a state law that prohibits organizations that are affiliated with abortion providers from participating in its Women's Health Program, Bloomberg reports (Gullo, Bloomberg, 12/11).
Texas decided earlier this year to begin enforcing the law. In response, the federal government, which has covered most of the program's cost, announced that the funding will end because the state is not permitted to exclude certain providers. The state has announced it plans to launch its own program without federal money (Women's Health Policy Report, 11/20).
One of the new suits was filed on behalf of Planned Parenthood patient, Marcela Balquinta. The suit seeks to ensure that PPGT is not excluded from WHP when the state assumes control of the program on Jan. 1, which Balquinta argues would force "tens of thousands of Texas women like [her]" to forgo care. The suit also challenges the state's ability to enact a "poison pill" plan that would end the program if a court rules that Planned Parenthood must be allowed to participate.
The second suit argues that Texas' new program violates Planned Parenthood's constitutional rights (Cardona, Dallas Morning News, 12/11).


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Return of the Living Dead (US - BD RA)
Gabe checks another delayed Horror Classic on Blu-ray from MGM...
In 1985, the same year George A. Romero was preparing the third part of his zombie epic, Day of the Dead, scriptwriter Dan O'Bannon inherited former Romeo partner in crime John Russo's Night of the Living Dead sequel script. O'Bannon, who had found some major writing success with Alien and Dead and Buried (a very underrated little film with an original take on zombies), was given the right to direct the film, his first. O'Bannon managed to turn a weak, sub-Romero bore into an audience friendly comedy. Return of the Living Dead went on to decimate Romero's film at the box office, proving that mid-'80s youth was more interested in comedy and punk rock than allegories and depressing social issues.
The plot is clever in that it pretends that the events of Night of the Living Dead actually happened, but that Romero's film was forced to change some of the facts by the U.S. Government, who kept some of the zombies in a medical supply house. When a couple of bumbling employees accidentally re-animate one of the vacuum-sealed undead, they also release the gas that turns people into the walking dead. It's soon clear that a bullet to the head will not kill these particular zombies, and the re-animated remains are burned in a crematorium furnace. The ashen remains are rained down on a local cemetery, and the process starts all over again.
Return of the Living Dead is most well remembered for its soundtrack, punk rock witticism (very similar to that of Alex Cox's Repo Man), and zombies that eat brains. Including this film on my list is a bit of a cheat considering that these zombies aren't really flesh eaters, but brain eaters, a fact that infiltrated zombie lore in the following years (brains... brains... ). Fans that despised recent films like Dawn of the Dead 2004 for their sprinting zombies have Return of the Living Dead to blame, as O'Bannon more or less introduced the subject. Some hardcore fans resent the film for appealing to the broadest possible demographic, with its 'R rating' and such. I say sometimes the mainstream is an OK place to be.
Surprisingly this 1080p, 25GB disc presentation, loaded with extras, is a definite upgrade on the already good looking anamorphic DVD. It's not the sharpest looking disc, but detail levels are high, grain is very minimal, and colours are vibrant. Blacks, though deep, do bleed into the hues occasionally, and the widest, darkest shots don't look too great. The colours are the big deal though, from the vibrant costumes, the wacky neon lighting, and other contrasting palettes, like bright yellow zombies.
Return of the Living Dead was originally filmed in Mono, which makes it difficult for a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 remix to really be all that dynamic. The audio producers do their best, which is to keep most of the dialogue and effects in the center channel, while using the stereo, surrounds and LFE more for the musical track, which has never sounded better, even at lower volumes. If there were any major directional effects I didn't notice them, and I wasn't taken out of the film when the stereo channels occasionally sprang to life, so I suppose the mix is plenty effective. The centered dialogue is occasionally a bit poppy and scratchy, but not excessively so.
This new Blu-ray features all the same extras as the most recent special edition release, plus a few new surprises. Things start with the cast and crew commentary. Unfortunately it's mostly the punk kids, not the older cult guys (except Don Calfa, who's kind of grumpy), so it's more cute than entertaining. More valuable is the second commentary featuring the late writer/director Dan O'Bannon and production designer William Stout. O'Bannon strikes the perfect tone, gives us plenty of information, and is generally dry witted. Stout doesn't interrupt too often, and when he does, doesn't waste anyone's time with his factoids. Good news is that there isn't a lot shared information between the tracks.
Next up is a series of featurettes, starting with ' The Return of the Living Dead – The Dead have Risen' (SD, 20:30), a solid retrospective featurette including interviews with most of the cast, who share their favourite stories. A nice bit of nostalgia with a perfect dollop of saccharine. 'The Decade of Darkness' (SD, 23:20gf) is a catchall of '80s horror including interviews with Stuart Gordon, Joe Dante, Elvira, John Landis, Bill Mosley and a number of horror movie experts. It's pretty much a good clip show (unfortunately only culled from MGM owned films), but there aren't any good documentaries about '80s horror that cover subject matter outside of the slasher genre, so I enjoyed it. 'Designing the Dead' (SD, 13:40) is an interview with director Dan O'Bannon, who discusses his career and work on the film. There are two trailers and a stupid option marked 'In Their Own Words: The Zombies Speak', which just takes you to the cast and crew commentary.
This release is a classic '80s horror in 'worth the upgrade HD', and the price is more than right, including all the great extras from the previous special edition. The film has officially spawned four sequels. The first sequel is universally known as an awful film, but Return of the Living Dead Part III, directed by Re-Animator producer Brian Yuzna, is a great comic-book exploration of teenage love and angst. It's too bad the R1 DVD is the censored 'R rated' cut. I've not seen the two newest sequels, but haven't heard a single good thing about them.
*Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray image quality.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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Disc Details
Release Date: 14th September 2010
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, English 2.0 Mono, French 2.0 Mono
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish, Zombie
Extras: Cast and Crew Commentary, Director and Production Designer Commentary, The Decade of Darkness, The Dead Have Risen, Designing the Dead, In There Own Words: The Zombie's Speak, Trailer, DVD Copy
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Dan O'Bannon
Cast: Clu Gulager, Robert J. Bennett, David Bond, Don Calfa, Cathleen Cordell, Michael Crabtree
Genre: Comedy and Horror
Length: 91 minutes
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Need recommendation for a new 12m and 9m kite. Pls help.
I am looking for the best intermediate level 12m kite. I want a kite that takes little effort, does exactly what I want and let's me enjoy kiting.
My criteria are as follows:
1. Low bar pressure. I suffer from mild kiters elbow so I want a kite that has little bar pressure.
2. Good/great boosting. I love jumping, especially nice floaty jumps. I want a kite that is easy to boost and boosts high. I don't want a kite that boosts well when you get it "dialed in" because I'm no Dimitri and so I can't get it "dialed in" easily.
3. Crisp responsive feel. I want a kite that is responsive not sluggish. I really dislike initiating a turn and then waiting.
4. Relatively easy relaunch and good depower. Because even though I'm a good kiter, you never know what shit can happen.
5. Handles gusts well. Because I never have perfect kiting conditions.
6. Decent wave kite. I don't kite the waves often but when I do, I want a kite that can handle it decently, e.g drifts back without stalling etc.
I don't believe any store or kiting rep or kiting instructor since they always push their shit. I have my doubts about the kiting mags since they push their biggest advertisers. I don't want any small brands since they can't afford to spend money on r&d and make ridiculous claims. Go ahead, call me cynical. I have read many of the online reviews.
I am considering the following:
1. North Rebel (worried about bar pressure and 5th line getting f'kd up when the kite roles over in the waves)
2. rrd Obsession mkV (worried about stalling when using it as a wave kite)
3. Ozone Catalyst (seems to have developed quite a following; ?performance in the waves?; boosting?)
4. Naish Park (looks very appealing but the online forums are always taking about the line attachment settings and that has me worried)
5. Bridled C kite? May be too expert for me ? and besides, the 2013 Ozone C4 has mediocre online reviews.
I have had experience with quite a few kites in my day. My all time favorite was the 12m Eclipse Thuster because it was just PLAIN FUN but it relaunched like shit, couldn't handle gusts and had zero grunt. My worst kite? Don't ask, the list is too long. (And I don't want to incite the raving online bloggers.)
Am I just too picky? Or is there a kite out there that I will truly love?
( If you work for a kite store or as a rep or get ANY cheap or free gear from a particular kite company, please DON'T bother responding. )
PS Many kite stores DON'T let me try before buying, e.g. REAL


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With the game tied at seven and two outs in the ninth inning, Aughey belted his second homer of the game and fifth of the season over the right field wall, providing ETSU with the dramatic 8-7 walk-off win in the opener. The homer is Aughey's third game winner of the season.
The Bucs (13-8, 4-1) trailed for much of game one, yielding three first inning runs to the visiting Ospreys. Back-to-back homers in the bottom of the second from senior Blake Church (
After two more Osprey runs in the fourth, junior Michael Courtney (
After North Florida (12-11, 5-3) took a 7-6 lead with two runs in the seventh, the Bucs evened the contest in the eighth when Glafenhein scored on closer Josh Papelbon's botched pick off throw to first, setting the stage for Aughey's heroics.
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It was Aughey again delivering the clutch hit in the nightcap, driving in junior C.J. Lee (
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Lee collected hits in both games, improving his hitting streak to 11 games. Church also hit safely in both games and is now riding a seven game hit streak.
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Geraldo Rivera, 69, the bombastic Fox News commentator who has made his share of controversial statements throughout his career announced on his radio show Thursday that he may very well run for Senate in New Jersey as a Republican to challenge long-time incumbent Senator Frank Lautenberg or Newark Mayor Cory Booker who has indicated he will run for the office.
"Fasten your seat belt," he told his audience. "I am and have been in touch with some people in the Republican Party in New Jersey. I am truly contemplating running for Senate against Frank Lautenberg or Cory Booker in New Jersey."
"I figure, at my age, if I'm going to do it, I've got to do it," Rivera added.
RELATED: Firestorm as Geraldo Rivera says Trayvon Martin's hoodie responsible for his death
Rivera also announced that he would seek to add nationalizing New York City's controversial "stop and frisk" police practice to his platform should he run.
"The way you beat the whole racial profiling problem, you make it specific precinct statistics," he said. "You can even make it block by block statistics if you want. You can have some objective criteria to beat the racial profiling constitutional problem and I'm telling you Chicago and Philly and the other cities can do what New York did dramatically cutting homicides."
Rivera was talking to his audience and Fox News contributor Judge Andrew Napolitano, who praised Rivera, and said he would do everything in his power to help him win the seat because Geraldo is "a rare understander of the nature of human freedom and the role of government in our lives," he said, adding, "I welcome this as a great gift at this stage in my life."
Rivera's eventual opponent would have plenty of sound bites to use against Rivera, who has come under fire for controversial comments. After the shooting death of Trayvon Martin he said the hoodie the teen was wearing caused him to be shot by George Zimmerman.
"I am urging the parents of black and Latino youngsters, particularly, to not let their children go out wearing hoodies," Rivera said. "I think the hoodie is as much responsible for Trayvon Martin's death as George Zimmerman was."
Whatever New Jersey voters think of the possibility of "Senator Geraldo Rivera," they will find out soon if it will be a possibility. Rivera says he has no interest in drawing it out and will make his decision soon.
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Small caps
Small caps are regular uppercase characters rendered as lowercase ones, a practice mostly used when setting acronyms like NATO. The reason behind this is that some assume that readers will find acronyms rendered in all-caps jarring, and using small caps will make the text easier to read. small caps can also be used as a method of emphasis (alongside bold and italics), and it's used in chemistry to note optical isomers (whatever those are).
However, the use of small caps is not completely accepted by everyone. As a Dutchman, I find small caps jarring and unnatural, because they are rarely (never?) used here; when I'm reading English text (and I read more English text than Dutch, actually), I find that small caps interrupt my reading.
Apparently, that's not a unique position to take. "What [small caps] actually does is inhibit reading: Acronyms are not regular words," argues Joe Clark, "All-small-caps setting fools the reader into thinking an acronym is a real world. That discomfort you feel is a reverse fixation you underwent trying to reread the word."
That's not the only problem with using small caps. A more annoying problem with small caps was recently illustrated by a problem Al Gore had with the design of his new book. Al Gore and his designer chose Brioni as the font, but they ran into a problem with the numeral one in the Brioni font.
"In the book there're a lot of examples of scientific nomenclature and this particular numeral one is causing confusion when it's combined with capitals," Gore's designer told the Typotheque, the foundry behind Brioni. Consequently, the Typotheque changed the numeral one in Brioni.
Of course, the reason the numeral one was hard to read was because small caps were being used in the book. "It's hard to read because of the fake bullshit rule that acronyms have to be typeset in small caps, even if they're 21st-century acronyms that also include numbers," argues Clark. Clark goes on to give some truly brain-dead examples of small caps usage.
On OSNews, we obviously don't use small caps, and we most certainly never will as long as I'm around. It's no secret any more that we're working on the next version of OSNews, and I hope that in said next version, there won't be small caps either. I'm personally still undecided about camel case, by the way - I say we ditch it, but the amount of complaints we'd get for defying the great companies and their marketing is keeping me from making said decision (and, of course, I'd need to get the rest of the team behind me).
Rendering small caps
My biggest problem with small caps is that software has a lot of problems rendering them properly - Chrome here does a relatively acceptable job, but they still stand out like an eye-sore. Let's look at why that is the case.
Telling a browser to render small caps is easy using CSS:
fiona rules
Small caps should be rendered at one x-height, usually the height of the letter x. However, that's not all there is to it; you can't just reduce the point size of capitals until they are at the x-height of the rest of the text. For the best effect, they need to have the same stroke weight, and generally, a slightly wider aspect ratio. Some fonts include specific small capital characters, but for most fonts, software has to more or less take a wild guess, which looks woefully out of place.
For instance, see the below two examples:
The left attempt is from OpenOffice.org 3.1 on Ubuntu, using times New Roman, whereas the right attempt is from Microsoft Office 2007 running on Windows 7. As you can see, OOo messes up both the x-height and the stroke weight, while Office does a better job at stroke weight but completely misses the x-height.
I chose Times New Roman specifically, because where I'm from, that's still the font in which schools and universities expect you to hand in material - a rule I've been defying for as long as I can remember (I despise Times New Roman). Interestingly, Linux does seem to render Times New Roman better than Windows does in the above comparison (note that I have messed with the default font settings in Ubuntu to achieve this result). It would be interesting if someone can send in a shot of small caps on Mac OS X (be sure to use iWork, since I'm not sure if Office:Mac uses the Mac's default font rendering).
Update: A reader sent in a sample rendered by Pages on Mac OS X. It seems to get the x-height right (slightly higher than x-height is acceptable), but the stroke weight isn't optimal (although not as bad as OOo's):
OSNews needs to render well on as many different browser and operating system combinations as possible. We're not a fancy-pants hoity-toity design website (which, ironically, often tend to be illegible), so we can't afford to just focus on whatever's mainstream. As such, I stick to the basics: bold, italics, code, our quotation style, on rare occasions a strike-through or an underline, and I really like our chique
h3 headers (see above).
On top of the we-need-to-render-properly argument, I dislike using too many different font styles in a single document. While some argue legibility is improved by using a different font and/or font style for every type of text (acronyms, names, headers, subheaders, links, etc.), I find it just leads to messy websites. I don't want to tout my own horn here (okay, I do), but my own blog is rendered with just a single font, varied only by size (five, to be exact), colour (black, grey, red), boldness (headers and titles), and the occasional use of italics for emphasis.
There are no wildly differing fonts for every text element, no fancy coloured boxes, no lines, images, or other nonsense - yet readability is excellent and content is clearly separated by nothing but (gasp!) spacing. I do have to add, though, that I did not test for people with colour blindness or other possible disabilities, so my apologies for that. Another note is that Linux users may not have Trebuchet MS installed (
sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer in Ubuntu).
What I'm trying to say is this: a lot of (web) designers tend to forget that usually, simplicity is better than complexity in typography, because the fancier and the more varied your fonts and font styles get, the less likely it'll render properly. Small caps is definitely something that only adds complexity, which in turn hurts legibility. That problem isn't as big in print, as you usually have complete control over how the end product looks. However, on the web - you don't. As such, keep your typography simple and to the point.
I have little control over OSNews' redesign (at least, not until we have something resembling a finished product), but I hope that we keep our typography simple (that's a hint!).


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SALEM — The Oregon Legislature is nearing a vote on extending a tax on hospitals and nursing homes, but Senate Republicans are vowing to block it in hopes of extracting tougher cuts to public-employee pensions.
The state House is scheduled to vote Tuesday on the tax, which is projected to raise about $2.1 billion over the next two years.
The money provides a big chunk of the funding for the Oregon Health Plan, the state's Medicaid program for low-income Oregon residents.
Hospitals and most nursing homes support the measure.
The tax dollars they pay are matched by the federal government and ultimately come back to them in the form of reimbursements for the care they provide for Medicaid patients. The tax was created in 2003 and was extended several times. The latest version expires this year.
The extension will need votes from both parties to reach the supermajority required to pass bills that raise revenue.
If majority Democrats all support it, at least two Republican votes in each chamber will be needed to reach the three-fifths threshold.
Senate Republicans said Monday that they won't support any bill that raises revenue unless Democrats agree to steeper cuts to retirement benefits for retired government workers.
Gov. John Kitzhaber signed a Democrat-backed bill last month that would save state and local governments $460 million in pension costs over the next two years.
Republicans have pushed for more than $1 billion in pension savings, saying the rising costs of pensions is threatening investments in education and other government services.
"I am concerned that the majority party believes we can get out of here without addressing those things, and we cannot," said Sen. Larry George, R-Sherwood. The latest iteration of the hospital tax would continue the existing 4.3 percent assessment applied to the net revenue of some hospitals. It would also add an additional 1 percent tax to create a new fund that would be used to reward hospitals that meet certain performance metrics. Altogether, hospitals stand to pay an estimated $745 million and earn back $2 billion.
The nursing home tax will be extended to cover nearly all occupied nursing home beds in the state; exemptions for nursing homes that have a large number of Medicaid patients or those with none will be removed.
Nursing homes are projected to pay $128 million over the next two years and earn back $346 million in enhanced Medicaid reimbursements.
Legislators said the plan has angered a handful of nursing homes that don't take Medicaid patients.
"We're leaving money on the table with the feds, and we think everyone should be chipping in a little," said Sen. Elizabeth Steiner-Hayward, D-Portland.
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On March 21, Samara did exactly that when she participated in the Poetry Out Loud competition for the State of Utah.
Eleven high schools each sent one student to the Rose Wagner Theater Performing Arts Center to recite memorized poems.
Samara fought her way to the finals, where she managed to take the spot of second runner-up.
The three poems she performed are: Edgar Alan Poe's "Dream Within A Dream", Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Children's Hour", and Jimmy Santiago Baca's "Who Understands Me But Me".
The competition encourages students to explore the arts and test their talents. Appreciation goes to all the teachers and students who participated, and the best of luck goes to Samara as she shares her poetry flair with others.


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PESCADERO, Calif. (AP) -- A California condor that was released into the wild last year has been spotted in a part of Northern California where the endangered species hasn't been seen in more than a century.
The San Francisco Chronicle says (http://bit.ly/TWfeHN ) a motion-activated camera located on private property near the town of Pescadero caught a photo of the giant bird showing its numbered tag. The property's owner passed it on this week to the Ventana Wildlife Society, a conservation group.
The society's executive director, Kelly Sorenson, says it's been 110 years since a condor was observed so far north. The last confirmed sighting of a condor in San Mateo County was in 1904.
The 3-year-old female condor that showed up in the photo is nicknamed Lupine and typically makes her home in Pinnacles National Park, about 90 miles south.
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At Sawyer Business School, we don't just talk about global business. We are global business.
With partnerships at universities, think tanks, and professional associations in countries like China, India, and Israel, you'll learn about global business from the experts who have experienced it first-hand.
Fulbright Scholar
Richard Torrisi
Associate Professor of International Business and Finance C. Richard Torrisi was awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant for the fall 2013 semester.
The grant is part of an international educational exchange program that's sponsored by the U.S. Government and State Department. And it's competitive—only about 1,000 faculty and professionals receive grants each year for lecturing and research in more than 120 countries.
From September through January, Torrisi will be on sabbatical from Sawyer Business School to teach two global business and strategy courses at Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia.
He'll also work with the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic to study foreign direct investment flows in Central Europe. Torrisi has published widely on FDI in emerging economies and in the European Union.
This is Torrisi's second time serving as a Fulbright Scholar. In fall 2006, he lectured at Kozminski University in Warsaw, Poland.
"My trip to Poland really energized my interest in what was going on in Central Europe and the European Union. I met a lot of smart and interesting people who were creating many new startups in Poland when the economy was doing well and competing successfully in the EU. "
So what does he look forward to most this time around? Sharing his experience and research with colleagues and students when he returns. It's a unique opportunity to bring the real world into the classroom and to enhance the Sawyer Business School's global mission, he says.
He also sees a potential partnership in the future. A big part of the experience is building relationships with people and institutions abroad, Torrisi says. His connections in Poland led to Sawyer Business School's faculty and student exchange program with Krakow University of Econiomics, which is still active today. He hopes to build a similar partnership with Comenius University.
Research and Publications
Some faculty members are working with researchers overseas to study global business theories and trends.
Carlos Rufin
For Carlos Rufin, who's native to Brazil and fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, having a global mindset is a way of life. He studies the relationship between business, government, and society in developing countries.
His work with the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), for example, is helping low-income families in Rio de Janeiro manage their energy needs and gain access to new resources.
Rufin is currently helping ABRADEE, the association of Brazil's electricity distributors, learn more about utility regulation.
Jodi Detjen
Instructor of Management and Entrepreneurship Jodi Detjen is working with a professor from the Goa Institute of Management to write a book chapter on managing corruption in India.
Carlos Rufin
Other faculty members, like Carlos Rufin, are teaching at universities abroad. Rufin has taught abroad at PUC-Rio and the Instituto de Empresa Business School in Madrid, Spain.
Jane Zhu
Jane Zhu's partnership with Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade (SIFT), is a vital component of her Global Marketing Consulting course in Boston. Her students work virtually with students in China to complete consulting projects for business clients. Communicating via Skype and email, the students cross cultural boundaries and time zones to learn how business practices vary around the world.
Zhu, who is native to China, also works closely with the Development Research Center of Chinese State Council on industry-level initiatives in the Chinese energy and tea markets.
Lew Shaw
Since 2008, Chair and Associate Professor of Accounting Lew Shaw, has been teaching two accounting courses at the University of Haifa's Graduate School of Business in Israel every summer. He's also collaborated on research projects and helped share the school's curriculum.