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CATIA for Engineers enables Digital Prototyping including Analysis and Simulation for design and validation of function quality and performance at all stages ofthe design.
Mechanical engineering is complex as assemblies are designed to perform a specific task with a specific target performance. Digital prototyping, combined with digital analysis and simulation, allows product development teams to virtually create and analyze a mechanical product in its environment. Mechanical engineers must be equipped with these tools so that they can gain insight into key factors in quality and performance early in the product development phase.
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Complete sheetmetal modeling capabilities based on compliance with industrial standardsThe user is provided with dedicated tools for sheet metal feature-based modeling, as well as specific processes for Ruled and Non-Ruled (with double curvature) sheet metal parts, for instance. Designers can decompose parts with a unique multi-body capability for a better understanding of the design. The company's standard sheet metal components can be migrated from V5 or created for capitalization (bend tables, stamps, tooling templates). Profiles, body punches or dies selected in catalogs can supply Cutout, Corner Relief and Stamp creations.
Work concurrently on the unfolded state and on several folded statesCollaborators may take advantage of two views of the sheet metal part: the folded and the unfolded views. Moreover, different manufacturing preparation stages of the same part can be managed for the 'strip lay out' process. The drawing generation supplies sheet metal manufacturing. And a seamless export extracts documents in DXF format (the AutoCAD ASCII format) for nesting and cutting downstream applications.
Set up data management of external resources by the administratorAll the external resources such as the design tables, catalogues or rule sets can be defined by the administrator in environments for each kind of user. This guarantees that users will use the right profiles from catalogues, for instance, or that they will benefit from parameters already fixed in design tables (plate thickness, bend radius, etc.). It also guarantees that a knowledge rule will be automatically instanciated in every new part, checking minimum distance between folds and holes, or allocating colors depending on the feature type, or forbidding stamps creation if necessary. It offers tight control for good quality without user action.
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Automatic generation of weld preparation featuresThese features are automatically generated and the resulting prepared plates can be associatively merged in a single derived representation.
Flexible and process-driven data managementThe welding workbench provides users with the ability to manage weld features in a dedicated product. Moreover, with this PLM welding solution, seam welds apply to plates which can be structured in one representation or in several products.
Associative 2D annotations and normalized weld drawingsAssociative 3D geometry and 2D annotations preserve design intent. Normalized Weld drawings are generated with annotations.
Generation of welding reportsWelding costs are easy to estimate thanks to the automatic generation of a welding report, which includes the physical properties of the welds (length, mass) and the way they are organized (bundles, weld bodies).


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If selected for verification, the student must complete a Verification Worksheet, submit copies of the parent(s)/student/spouse Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Federal Tax Transcript and copies of all W-2s from employers, and any other untaxed income documentation to Southwest. The Financial Aid Office may request other information upon review.
Students are selected for verification by the Department of Education. Institutions must verify the information provided by the student/spouse and/or parents before an award can be offered to the student. Southwest students who are selected for verification will receive a request from the Financial Aid Office at Southwest for the required verification documents. It is very important to respond promptly to all requests for verification information from the Financial Aid Office. Delays in response or submission of incomplete verification documentation will delay the offer of a student financial aid award package.
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heightanalyst necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 22 diseños de 6 diseñadores freelance.
Hello. I am starting a blog that focuses on the topic of human height. I think this is a very new and interesting area that hasn't really been discussed online. There are, of course, a ton of scams and unprofessional blogs about this topic all over the internet. But, I want this blog to be the first to really delve into the topic of human height in an honest and truthful way.
Anyone that is interested in learning more about and honestly discussing the topic of human height.
I am not really sure what kind of Wordpress theme I want to go with. But, based on the logo that I am given, I will choose an appropriate theme. What I am looking for is a logo that really speaks to the name and idea of the site. I know this is a little vague, but I am open to anything. The name of my blog is TallR (a play on the word "taller") and the subtitle is "The Truth about Human Height."
I am looking for a logo that has a picture in addition to the text "TallR." The picture should in some way depict the concept of human height (e.g. growing taller or showing people of various heights or something along these lines).
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This homestay situated in the new city is named after the great grandfather of the house's current owner and is the archetypal hospitable Indian home. The house is lived in by Chandra Shekher and his wife Bhawana. This is very much a lived in home rather than merely lodging, to the extent that if there is a wedding, temple festival or family function the guests are also invited. Having run the homestay for over 16 years, the couple greatly enjoys looking after their guests and Chandra Shekher's mother also enjoys chatting as she also speaks excellent English. The history of their family stretches back around 7 generations to the actual foundation of the city; they are even related to the Maharaja of Jodhpur.
The house is dotted with traces of the family's past from photographs and paintings of military Rajput ancestors, to antiques and artwork handed down over the generations.
The house is large and built around a central courtyard furnished with cushions, and typical Indian trinkets and plants adorn the stone walls. This is a lovely place to enjoy breakfast and to read. The rooms are clean with traditional furniture and all modern comforts, some lead out into the courtyard or the roof terrace. Their kitchen is chock-full of different foods and spices and Bhawana can teach guests all sorts of dishes. They also have a puja room and are very interesting on the subject of Hindu culture.
The stories of Jodhpur's history have been passed down through the generations of this family and they can give a fascinating insiders knowledge into the town whether it be for sightseeing, local customs or hidden walks around the old city.
Eliza Hein
The hosts were so hospitable and warm. The food was so delicious! Met wonderful travelers each day in the courtyard, felt like family.
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Energy Conservation and Indoor Air Quality: Partnering to Protect Public Health (2006)
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So, wordpress multisite does not allow you to have hyphens in your blog names automatically, I don't know why, but that is how it is. After some googling I found a solution. (see below for credit)
All you have to do is:
grab "ms-functions.php" out of the wp-includes folder.
on or around line 652 add a hyphen after the 9, so change:
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Visual magic at its best!
David Solomon's Knaves Gone Wild starts off like many other assembly tricks. That's where the similarities end.
Each Jack vanishes from its respective packet in a visual, impossible way. Spectators will rub their eyes, grasping for a solution and questioning what they've seen. Each vanish is different, surprising and easy-to-do. The trick's plot is easy to follow, and in the end, the missing knaves arrive in the leader packet, safe and sound.
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Session Overview
B3-ID32281: Ocean and Coast Sustainability
Oral presentation
Arctic Sea Ice Monitoring By Multiple Spaceborne SAR
1German Aerospace Center – IMF-SAR BF; 2Key Laboratory of Digital Earth Science, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, People's Republic of; 3University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Arctic region is experiencing faster warming than that in the middle and low latitude region, which triggers extensive change of physical and biological Arctic systems. Sea ice, as one of the most important indicator of climate change in Arctic, is showing an accelerating declination trend. The loss of sea ice in the Arctic is not only a simple outcome of climate change, but it also has strong feedback to regional and global climate. In addition to the climate change issue, Arctic is being paid more attentions than ever before, as increasingly accessible for extensive shipping (e.g., the recently opened Northern passages in summer) and oil and gas exploration. Satellite observation have been exploited for Arctic sea ice monitoring for more than a few decades, as they have advantages of large coverage and flexible acquisitions. In contrast to optical imaging, microwave sensors are not impeded by cloud coverage or lack of daylight. Among the microwave sensors, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) has unique advantages of high resolution, as well as large coverage.
For Arctic sea ice monitoring, in the first step, we focus on deriving static and dynamic information, e.g., classification of ice types, ice-water discrimination, ice concentration and drift of sea ice. We will present our recently collaboration on deriving such information based on C- and X-band SAR, including TerraSAR-X, Radarsat-2 and the Chinese recent launched GaoFen-3 (GF-3). Different algorithms and approaches have been developed for these spaceborne SAR data derive sea ice information. In particular, the SAR data acquired in multiple polarizaiton are exploited. In addition to derive sea ice information from SAR data, we will also present some preliminary studies on interaction of swell and ice in the marginal ice zone (MIZ).
Oral presentation
On imbalance problem in a fully automatic SAR oil spill monitoring system
Ocean University of China, China, People's Republic of
A fully automatic SAR oil spill monitoring system briefly consists of three parts, 1) dark target segmentation on SAR image 2) dark target feature extraction 3) dark target classification. In order to build a fully automatic system with high detection and high classification performance, the first step requires all oil spill targets to be extracted in the first step, the second step requires the category distinction of dark targets in the feature space to be as high as possible to reduce the classification complexity and the third step requires the classifier to deal with imbalance problems.
The classification complexity can be simply expressed as the size of the overlapping regions of the distribution of the two types in the feature space. The larger the overlap, the more difficult it is to train a high performance classifier. The negative effect of imbalance is equivalent to a multiplicative amplification factor attached to the complexity. The imbalance problem would disappear if complexity is reduced zero. However, the complexity is impossible to be zero, therefore the technical effort to build a high performance automatic oil spill monitoring system is to try to reduce classification complexity and to deal with imbalance problem.
In order to ensure that all oil spills are extracted, the existing segmentation algorithm for extracting dark targets from SAR images will lead to a large number of look-alikes appear, which contain not only dark targets caused by common atmospheric or oceanic phenomena, but also lots of unexplained ones. That is the source of the imbalance problem. In the segmentation stage, an adaptive threshold segmentation algorithm based on multi-scale background normalization is adopted at first to ensure that all oil spills are extracted, and then a post-processing filter chain is used to reduce the imbalance of the targets from 1:100 to n1:5 below.
77 features collected from different researchers are used to improve the category distinction of the types in the feature space, that is, to reduce the complexity of the classification problem. The more the features, the more weights the network needs to adjust, therefore the more training samples are required. However, all 77 features are still used in our study since there are sufficient samples available and computation amount is not so high. Some wrong category labels of samples due to human error may increase classification complexity, especially in the case of a large number of samples. By using an iterative sample category designation method combined with manual classification and machine classification, the number of error labels is significantly reduced and thus the classification complexity is reduced either.
Double-hidden-layer neural network has strong capability to fit complex decision surface, but it also easy to fall in over-fitting and suffer high false discovery rate under the circumstance of imbalance. The Adaboost integrating multiple double-hidden-layer neural networks plays a role in smoothing the decision surface, thus weakening the over-fitting effect and enhancing the generalization performance of the classifier. Moreover, Adaboost trends to reduce the false alarms in imbalance condition since its component classifiers pay more attention on the samples misclassified by the preceding ones. Therefore the Adaboost based on neuronal network has capability to deal with the imbalance problem.
By applying the techniques mentioned above, a fully automatic SAR oil spill monitoring system with detection rate of 81%, false discovery rate of 17%, false alarm rate of 5% and correct recognition rate of 92% is obtained for the sample set consisting of 23768 dark targets extracted from 337 scences of Envisat ASAR and Cosmo-SkyMed images.
Oral presentation
Two thresholds determination for Ulva Prolifera bloom coverage estimation in the Yellow Sea
Ocean University of China, China, People's Republic of
In 2008, an extensive Ulva Prolifera bloom occurred in the Yellow Sea (YS) just before the Olympic Sailing Regatta and draw much attention of the world. Then Ulva bloom annually occurred in the YS each summer and attracted the interest of the ocean remote sensing and marine biologist community. Wide swath and short re-visit time optical satellite data were first utilized to monitor the Ulva bloom and estimate their coverage area using methods such as NDVI and FAI. However, the estimated Ulva bloom coverage area were very different in the published literature mainly due to adopted different thresholds T0 and T1. T0 was used to differentiate the algae-containing pixel with seawater pixel while T1 was used to differentiate algae full-covered pixel with partial-covered pixel. In this study, those two thresholds were further studied.
Threshold T0 was derived as follows: (1) First, generate the FAI and FAI gradient image for each optical satellite imagery; (2) classify all pixels in the satellite image as seawater pixel and non-seawater pixels based on the FAI gradient image;(3) replace non-seawater FAI values with median FAI of the neighboring seawater pixels to construct the seawater FAI background image; (4) generate seawater-removed FAI image by subtracting the seawater FAI background image from the FAI image, where pixels greater then zero will be algae pixels.
In the recent study, the author developed the Ulva bloom biomass estimation model and found that (1) FAI threshold T1 was significantly underestimated in the former study (2) FAI linearly increased with the increase of algae coverage but increased slowly after algae completely covered, thus the turn-point in the FAI-biomass curve was the FAI threshold T1. In this study, the lookup table of threshold T1 for specific satellite sensor were simulated in different sun/sensor viewing geometry and atmospheric conditions based on the filed measured algae spectrum.
The high-resolution satellite data were used to validate the results in this study. (1) The Ulva bloom coverage estimated from MODIS data and concurrent high-spatial resolution Chinese GF-1 WFV data (16m) were compared with the relative difference 10%. (2) The threshold T1 was validated with high-spatial Worldview-2 satellite data.
This method can be implemented to OLCI/Sentinel-3 data and the subsequent estimation Ulva bloom coverage from OLCI data will be conducted in this summer.
Oral presentation
Incidence angle normalization of Sentinel-1 Wide and Extra Wide Swath data for oceanic applications
University of the Aegean, Greece
Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery provides an effective source of data for observing, measuring and quantifying oceanographic phenomena. The ability of SAR sensors in retrieving data in almost all weather conditions, independently of sunlight illumination, is an extremely useful aspect, important for oceanographic applications. The quality of SAR imagery is dependent on the mode of acquisition and raw data processing. SAR data acquisition techniques introduce a significant backscattering trend in the range direction of the received signal. In Wide Swath and Extra Wide Swath modes, results in a progressive reduction of brightness over images from near to far range, introducing errors on the detection and classification of dark features to oil spills and lookalikes. The present research, aims to examine normalization techniques previously applied to ENVISAT SAR Wide Swath data. We investigate possible methods for limiting the issue of Normalized Radar Cross-Section (NRCS or σ°) variation, due to the incidence angle variations in Sentinel-1 Wide and Extra Wide Swath and data. NRCS depends on the relative azimuth angle between the radar look direction and wind direction. At low incidence angles over a certain wind speed and direction NRCS values are different from these at high incidence angles. In order to eliminate errors during image processing and analysis for oceanographic feature extraction, a normalization is required to limit the NRCS variation over the various incidence angles is suggested. Based on previous studies, the most widely used incidence angle correction technique is the square cosine correction. However, the square cosine correction is valid for surfaces with Lambertian reflectance properties and is not expected to perform in a satisfactory way over the sea. Here we apply two sensor independent functions aiming to improve the dark object detection in SAR imagery over ocean: a theoretical backscattering shape function which is derived from a minimum wind speed and an empirical range fit of NRCS against incidence angle θ. The former method exploits only the modelled NRCS values, while the latter only the image content. The aim of this paper is to apply a simple but consistent scheme for reducing the dynamic range of SAR images by removing the mean incidence angle dependence. The approach targets to normalize the Wide and Extra Wide Swath SAR image to a fixed reference angle. From the approach a single global threshold is applied to detect dark objects in SAR imagery.
Detection and Tracking of Offshore Platform's Oily Slicks in TerraSAR-X Imagery
1German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany; 2Key Laboratory of Digital Earth Science, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; 3University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
The pollution of the marine environment due to deliberate discharge of untreated ballast waters is not only an operational procedure done by ships but also by offshore platforms. Although, the amount of oil released into the ocean by the offshore platforms using this procedure on one-time basis is derisory, if compared with the massive spill event in case of platform accidents like the Montara and Deepwater Horizon, the long term damages on the flora and fauna are severe.
As the North Sea is characterized by fairly shallow water bathymetry, it has been extensively exploited in the past years for oil extraction and production. By now, it hosts a significant number of offshore installations and therefore the probability of minor leaks is quite high. A large number of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images are being acquired and processed operationally over North Sea platform installations for potential oil pollution using the TerraSAR-X satellite [1]. The ScanSAR and WideScanSAR mode in VV polarization imagery have been preferred due to large coverage and higher oil-water contrast. Among the dataset collected, a constant leakage from the platforms belonging to the Forties oil field has been observed.
Thanks the low TerraSAR-X orbit altitude and relatively high latitude location of the Forties oil field, leaks from the same platforms have been observed with temporal interval of less than 13 h. While most previous studies on tracking oil spills assume that the observed slicks by consecutively acquired SAR images are the same and spatial displaced by the drift effect [2], a completely different situation is outlined by the analysis in [3]. By model simulation it is shown that leaks were not start-stop but continuous with only part of the old oil being drifted.
[1] S. Singha, D. Velotto, and S. Lehner, "Near real time monitoring of platform sourced pollution using TerraSAR-X over the North Sea," Mar. Pollut. Bull., vol. 86, no. 1–2, pp. 379–390, Sep. 2014.
[2] Y. Cheng et al., "Monitoring of Oil Spill Trajectories With COSMO-SkyMed X-Band SAR Images and Model Simulation," IEEE J. Sel. Top. Appl. Earth Obs. Remote Sens., vol. 7, no. 7, pp. 2895–2901, Jul. 2014.
[3] X. M. Li, T. Jia, and D. Velotto, "Spatial and Temporal Variations of Oil Spills in the North Sea Observed by the Satellite Constellation of TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X," IEEE J. Sel. Top. Appl. Earth Obs. Remote Sens., vol. 9, no. 11, pp. 4941–4947, Nov. 2016.


text: Durban - The Dolphins are eager to take advantage of a vulnerable Cape Cobras outfit, says captain Daryn Smit, but they remain cautious of a backlash from their hosts this week. The two sides meet in a Sunfoil Series clash starting in Cape Town on Thursday. The Cobras lost by eight wickets to the Highveld Lions after a spectacular batting collapse in their second innings last week, which saw them fold to 169 all out, though they remained more than 11 points clear at the top of the table. "I think we can definitely take positives from the result over the weekend, knowing that the Cobras are beatable, but on the flip side, it might also be a bad thing," Smit said on Tuesday. "They will be even more determined to come back harder and stretch that points gap at the top of the table. "The guys have put in some hard work in the Durban humidity, though, and it's a big game for us. We just hope our hard work will be rewarded." The Warriors and the Lions were hot on the heels of the Cobras, with the Warriors set to play the Knights this week, and the Lions preparing for a match against the log-bottom Titans. "The Lions have a game against the Titans, who aren't doing so well, so that will be even more motivation for the Cobras to come back strongly," Smit said. While the Dolphins have struggled this season, having won just one match and lying second last in the standings, Smit said there were some good signs. "This season we have started bowling sides out and taking 20 wickets which is a big positive for us," the skipper said. "We have bowled ourselves into winning positions but we haven't quite been able to wrap up games as well as we would have liked." Lance Klusener took over as coach at the start of the season, and while it had been a frustrating season for the coach with bad weather and frustrating performances impacting their results, Smit said Klusener's influence had been a positive force and had inspired a different brand of cricket in the Dolphins camp. "Lance has come in and changed our brand of cricket and motivated us and kept us positive, and I think that has shown in, like I said, the way we have taken wickets. He's good to have around and we're all learning a lot."


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Pope Benedict XVI's announcement of his resignation today surprised most of the world. But while there's only one pope, there are thousands of other professionals – including chief executives, entrepreneurs, university professors with tenure and artists – who face similar conundrums. When you've got a job for life with no official retirement age, how do you know when it's time to go?
For the growing number of retirement-aged professionals who are still hale and hearty in their 70s, 80s and beyond, it's no easy question. MarketWatch's Quentin Fottrell talks today with career coaches who offer some advice about how to figure out whether you're ready to step down–or at least consider a change of scenery. Read Fottrell's story here.
Incidentally, although it's been nearly 600 years since a pope has resigned rather than serving until the end of his life, Benedict–the former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger–has signaled in the past that he might consider it, as the Wall Street Journal and others are reporting today. In a book-length interview with German journalist Peter Seewald, published in 2010, Benedict reportedly said, "If a Pope clearly realizes that he is no longer physically, psychologically, and spiritually capable of handling the duties of his office, then he has a right and, under some circumstances, also an obligation to resign."


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The New Year will bring some changes to the North Oldham Fire Department.
Beginning Jan. 1, the NOFD will be going from a volunteer and paid staff to one paid crew to provide both day and night fire protection coverage, according to Chief Tim Conway.
"Over the years our qualified volunteer numbers have dwindled and participation levels of many of our volunteers has gotten sparse," Conway said. "We are not providing the fire protection coverage our taxpayers deserve."
La Grange Police are searching for a car involved in a hit and run accident at the Interstate 71 intersection.
According to police, a red Jeep Grand Cherokee 4x4, late 1990s or early 2000s model, was involved in the accident around 12:30 p.m. on Monday at the intersection of First Street and I-71 in La Grange.
Police said the vehicle in question has stickers on the rear window, including a white oval-shaped one. According to police, the Grand Cherokee struck another vehicle with three female occupants, one of which was pregnant.
La Grange Police Arrests
Dec. 18 -- Eli M. Beggs, 18, Smithfield, was cited and released for failure to wear seat belts, failure to produce insurance card, failure of owner to maintain required insurance first offense, failure to register the transfer of motor vehicle.
Dec. 19 -- Tyler G. Wise, 18, La Grange, was arrested for theft by unlawful taking from autos.
Grand Jury Indictments
Dana L. Terhune – two counts of complicity to promoting contraband in the first degree, one count of official misconduct in the first degree, one count of unlawful access to computer in the fourth degree.
Cheryl Moore – one count of theft by unlawful taking or disposition over $500.
Dec. 8 -- Jaylene F. Carder, 58, Crestwood was cited for no registration plates, no registration receipt, no operator's license, failure to produce insurance card.
Dec. 9 -- Taylor R. Shaw, 25, La Grange, was arrested on Jefferson County warrant for improper equipment.
KSP Arrests
Dec. 9 -- William D. Fultz, 26, La Grange, execution of a bench warrant for another agency.
After 15 years of service for the North Oldham Fire Department, Don Dahl stepped down last week as assistant chief.
Dahl's retirement was announced at the North Oldham Fire Department Board of Trustees meeting last Thursday.
"We want to wish him well and thank him for his service," Randy Scherer, chairman of the Board of Trustees, said.
On the heels of Dahl's retirement came an announcement from the NOFD saying they had selected a new assistant chief.
Two men who allegedly robbed the Thornton's in Buckner have been indicted on charges related to that incident.
Douglass A. Orr, 28, of Pleasureville, was indicted on charges of first degree robbery, first degree assault and receiving stolen property, firearm, in relation to the armed robbery of the gas station on Oct. 16.
Dec. 2 -- Albert B. Cook III, 29, La Grange, was arrested for operating a motor vehicle under the influence first offense, possession of a controlled substance first degree, first offense, drug paraphernalia, buy/possession, failure to produce insurance card, unauthorized parking in handicapped zone, license required to be carried on person.
Dec. 2 -- David W. Nierman, 46, La Grange, was arrested for bench warrant for driving DUI suspended license (third offense) aggravating circumstances.
A Pewee Valley woman accused of murder will once again see her trial date on that and other charges moved.
Gail Kelley is charged with murder, tampering with physical evidence and being a persistent felony offender in regards to the death of Michael T. Evans, her boyfriend at the time. According to police records, Kelley allegedly struck Evans in the head with a hatchet on July 6, 2013 and then tried to hide the hatchet in a towel.
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Proposed Hiring Rule Would Limit Contractors
Stan Soloway | Special to Government Executive
April 27, 2010
Imagine you've just been hired to manage the Washington Nationals. Your contract is contingent on your ball club making it to the World Series. But the team's owner says you have to take the field with essentially the same players you inherited — despite their losing record.
Sound absurd? Of course, but it isn't far from reality, considering an administration proposal that would deny government contractors the right to select their own workforce, while still holding them accountable for their performance.
The Labor Department proposal would require a company that wins an ongoing government services contract to offer the incumbent's wage-grade employees first right of refusal on jobs for which they are "qualified" — a threshold achieved merely because they previously performed the work. The rule does purport to allow the incoming contractor to weed out poor performers, but either by design or naïveté, it would require the outgoing company or the contracting agency to provide formal employee performance evaluations. Both are legally and managerially dubious propositions.
Set aside the fact that neither the government nor the incoming contractor should rely on evaluations from a company whose personnel selection and management could be key reasons it lost the contract. Employee privacy and individual and corporate liability are even bigger issues. Such information almost never is shared between companies, let alone by government officials who cannot, and should not, be involved in corporate hiring decisions.
The rule presumes fault and responsibility for performance rests with management, not with the employees working on the contract. And despite a team's performance history, it assumes excellence can be achieved by fielding the same players.
There is no evidence that companies routinely oust incumbent workers when they take over a contract from another firm. It is in a company's best interest to retain as many workers as possible to avoid the risks, costs and time associated with hiring and training new ones. And laws, such as the 1965 Service Contract Act, exist to ensure companies engage in fair labor practices. But workforce changes sometimes are necessary to deliver the performance the incoming company contractually committed to and taxpayers expect. Indeed, at the best firms in the services industry, some of the most important work is selecting their workforce.
The proposal not only is counterintuitive, but also raises obvious questions the Labor Department seems to have ignored. How can a company be held accountable for results when it is not allowed to select its own workforce? How does requiring the retention of employees without regard to the quality of their work serve the taxpayers' interests? Why would the government settle for mediocrity, or worse, rather than enable excellence? And perhaps most basic, when did employment under a government contract become an entitlement?
As a standing executive order, the rule likely will not be scrapped in its entirety. Therefore, the challenge is to find a way to implement it without creating illogical, imbalanced and legally questionable rules. It is possible to establish a mechanism that gives companies reasonable flexibility in selecting their workforces, while also ensuring fair treatment of incumbent employees. Such steps might include requiring fair consideration for employment and making modest adjustments to the Service Contract Act to eliminate any unintended effects.
While Labor has not demonstrated interest in such a balanced approach, the public comment period is under way, and the department has the opportunity to take meaningful action. If it fails to do so, every company supporting the government, as well as every Cabinet secretary and agency official who is accountable under the president's government performance and accountability agenda, should be deeply disturbed. After all, if government contractors lack the ability to select the right people and thus provide the highest level of service, they are not the only ones who would suffer. The effects would be felt across government. And, as always, the ultimate losers would be the taxpayers.
Stan Soloway is president and chief executive officer of the Professional Services Council. He served as deputy undersecretary of Defense during the Clinton administration.


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Introducing BOB!
Editor's Note: I have the privilege of working with some of the most talented, insightful, and committed Catholic writers anywhere. From the famous, like Patrick Madrid and Sheila Liaugminas, whose radio shows reach millions, to young talents like Dwija Borobia, Cari Donaldson, Mary Lane, and Jane Sloan that the world is just discovering. There are young writers here, like Stephen Beale, who is already a seasoned professional, having worked for the New Hampshire's Union Leader and other major publications; and leaders of important ministries, like Dan Spencer, the Executive Director of the National Fellowship of Catholic Men. There are writers like Daria Sockey, who established her reputation independently and is now being sought after all over the Catholic map, and ones like Marisa Pereira who proved with one or two articles that her message was one the CE community wanted to hear. There are philosophers and artists writing on high culture like Daniel McInerny and David Clayton, and the B-Movie Catechism's mysterious "David" who has one of the finest takes I've ever encountered on how popular movies capture the zeitgeist.
We are bombarded with too much information these days, and the truly amazing work our bloggers have been doing might have zipped past in the carousel before you had a chance to take a look. BOB! (Best of the Blogs), which we hope to make a recurring feature on the weekends, will give you a chance to sample the bloggers' work. We think that soon when you visit Catholic Exchange, you'll be saying to yourself, "I wonder what my favorite blogger has been thinking about." That's why I come back to many publications again and again, because they feature writers who speak to me. Please share this with your friends. Thanks to these talented people we are starting to rock it at Catholic Exchange!
from Dwija Borobia, "House Unseen"
When my kids get along and treat each other with kindness and refrain from doing the things they know will irritate each other and bite their tongues when they want to say something that will make them sound smart but is not kind, the world is a better place.
Yet there they are, fighting.
…"You're choosing to be miserable. It's crazy…"
And there it is. My own words are like a not-so-delectable slice of humble pie, waiting patiently to be eaten…. God shakes His Head. He sighs. And He wonders why I'm choosing to be miserable. Read more…
from Daniel McInerny, "Crafting Culture"
A friend of mine wrote on Facebook about Downton Abbey: "take away the English accents, the bucolic setting, the period costumes, and the antiquated moral cde, and you're left with Days of Our Lives.
So true, I thought at first. Downton Abbey often suffers from severe melodramatic fits.
Such as: the illicit lover who ends up dying in flagrante delicto…the spine-injured war-hero who suddenly and miraculously walks again…the lovers kept apart by social class…the dying fiancée who importunes her betrothed to marry the woman she knows he really loves…the odious newspaper magnate who coerces a young woman into marriage on pains of exposing her awful secret…
Pretty fruity stuff, as Bertie Wooster would say. But how different, really, from plot elements that might be found in Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Trollope, or The Great Gatsby? Read more…
from David, at "B-Movie Catechism"
[On James Coburn's role in the film, "Looker"] You see, along with inventing the L.O.O.K.E.R. (Light Ocular-Oriented Kinetic Emotive Responses) hypnotizing gun and a method of brainwashing television viewers utilizing light pulses, James Coburn and the eeevil scientists at the Digital Matrix laboratory also calculated the exact physical measurements a person needs in order to be appealing to the broadest audience. That's why Finney's plastic surgeon character has a string of models coming into his office seeking reconstructive surgery for reasons such as their cheekbones are 0.4 millimeters too high or their areola is 5 millimeters too wide. But it doesn't stop there. Even after all of the models receive the required surgical corrections, Digital Matrix determines that the illusion of perfection is broken once the women start moving around. In order to maintain the desired results, it's decided that the bodies of the actresses need to be optically scanned into the computers and animated, as digital duplicates, unlike their human counterparts, can be programmed to maintain optimal positioning. Hence the scene in which Susan Dey, much to the delight of Partridge Family slash fiction aficionados everywhere (c'mon, it's the Internet, you know they're out there somewhere), doffs her clothing and steps into the world's biggest scanner. Unfortunately, once all the models are properly pixelated, Digital Matrix decides it no longer needs the live women and begins killing them off to prevent competitors from acquiring their services. Read more…


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Aldrich, Nathan C., House and Resthaven Chapel
The Nathan Aldrich House and Resthavel Chapel, a distinctive farmhouse built in the Greek Revival style in the town of Mendon, Massachusetts, is historically significant for its association with Catherine Regina Seabury, who used the property to the benefit of female factory workers in Boston. Constructed around 1830 with dressed granite masonry walls, the house is notable among the town's distinguished collection of early 19th-century public and domestic architecture. Nathan Aldrich (1799-1866) was a Quaker, and the restrained design and ornamentation of the house aptly reflects the Friends' principle of plainness. Aldrich was the fifth generation of his family to reside in Mendon. When his new large and distinctive residence was completed in 1830, along with its 130 acre farm, it reflected the wealth and status of its owner. Stone houses are rare in the region, although there were stone masons in neighboring villages. It is speculated that the tight-knit, self-supporting Society of Friends would have helped Nathan find a good mason, who could have been a Quaker. Nathan Comstock Aldrich died in 1866. In his brief will, he conveyed one-half of his real and personal estate to his widow and the other half to his daughter and grandson. The house passed from family to friends until Catherine Regina Seabury purchased the house in 1892 with the intention of making it a summer retreat.
Catherine Regina Seabury came from one of the most distinguished American Episcopal families, her great-grandfather being Samuel Seabury, the first appointed Bishop of the American Episcopal Church in 1789. Her father Samuel Seabury was an ordained Episcopal minister and was rector of the Church of the Annunciation on 14th Street in Manhattan from 1838 to 1863. Catherine was consecrated into "religious life" in 1846 at the Parish of the Holy Communion in New York City and was received as full Sister of the Holy Communion in 1854. She attended to the sick and the poor and served in the parish infirmary, which became St. Luke's hospital in 1858. Through her efforts, a Shelter for Respectable Girls and a Babies' Shelter were established in the parish. She was a teacher at St. Agnes' School of the Episcopal Diocese in Albany, New York. She then taught Sunday school at the Church of the Ascension in East Cambridge, Massachusetts. Seabury established the Women's Mutual Improvement Society in East Cambridge in 1889 to improve the spiritual and recreational opportunites for working women, a time when organizations to aid female workers were uncommon. In her desire to find a vacation place for the members of the Women's Mutual Improvement Society, Catherine Regina Seabury traveled throughout eastern Massachusetts. When she discovered Nathan C. Aldrich's old farm in Mendon, her search ended. It had the unusual feature of a large and elegant stone house that would provide a comfortable residence for her and her family, as well as provide housing for the visiting women. Catherine Regina Seabury named the retreat Resthaven, and for the next ten summers she welcomed female factory workers for rest and recreation. Renovations to the house were needed for the Boston workers, with attic bed chambers and dormers. The women of Boston that came to Resthaven could not have afforded the luxury of the location without the Society.
Catherine Regina Seabury left her position at St. Agne's School in 1912 and opened a school of her own in the stone house at Resthaven. She was assisted in this effort by her aunt, Sister Catherine, who had retired to Resthaven after over 50 years of service in New York, and other friends who had worked with her in the past. An addition was built to a small chapel built earlier. Much of the large house was also renovated during this time. The war forced the closing of the school in 1918, and while Catherine Regina Seabury always intended to reopen it, she was unable to achieve that goal. Efforts in 1924 were frustrated by a temporary bout of blindness. Before her death in 1929, she willed the property to her nephew Reginald S. Parker with a $2,000 trust for the preservation of the chapel.
The Nathan C. Aldrich House & Resthaven Chapel was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on May 17, 2006.
Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan, House and Farm Yard | Aldrich, Nathan C., House and Resthaven Chapel | Catt, Carrie Chapam House
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Genetic Testing in Detection of Late-Onset Hearing Loss (SoundGene)
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00511381
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : August 3, 2007
Last Update Posted : March 1, 2012
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- How to Read a Study Record
|Condition or disease
|Hearing Loss Late-Onset Hearing Loss Deafness
|Genetic: No intervention
Two major limitations of existing audiometric newborn hearing screening programs are their inability to detect forms of deafness that are not expressed at birth and the low compliance with obtaining recommended audiologic confirmation and/or follow-up. Molecular genetic tests on blood spots from all newborns will identify those at risk for the most frequent causes of late-onset hearing loss and to add these infants to the group who should receive continued audiologic monitoring.
The specific aims of this project are to:
- Demonstrate the utility of detecting four potentially important causes of delayed onset hearing loss by molecular tests at birth, which may be missed by current audiometric screening tests.
- Document the frequency, clinical and genetic characteristics of hearing loss associated with each condition.
Dried blood spots (DBS) on filter paper will be obtained and be used for this project with parental informed consent from 6,000 newborn infants at approximately 25 hospitals. Pediatrix Screening, a subsidiary of Pediatrix Medical Group with long experience in high throughput neonatal testing, will perform genetic testing on the samples. The four genetic and environmental forms of deafness to be studied include:
Prenatal/congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection
-Detecting the presence of CMV viral DNA in dried blood spots.
Connexin Deafness - GJB2 and GJB6 mutations
- Cx26 35delG, Cx26 235delC, Cx26 167delT, Cx26 M34T, and Cx30 large deletion.(Under sublicense with Athena Diagnostics, Inc: United States Patent Numbers: 5,998,147 and 6,485,908 and patents pending)
Pendred Syndrome - SLC26A mutations
- Mitochondrial Mutations - T961C, T961G, G951A, 961 delT+C(n)Ins, G7444A, A7445G, A7445C.
|Study Type :
|Actual Enrollment :
|3681 participants
|Time Perspective:
|Official Title:
|Utility of Genetic Testing in Detection of Late-Onset Hearing Loss
|Study Start Date :
|October 2007
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|September 2009
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|September 2011
- Genetic: No intervention
No intervention
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|up to 14 Days (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- Documentation of informed consent
- Inborn
- Ability to do ABR (auditory brainstem response screen technology) screening test on all participants
- Age at enrollment less than 14 days or less than or equal to 336 hours (Birth date is day 0)
- Gestational age > = 34 0/7 weeks and above. (Late preterm infants and term infants)
- No major anomalies
- Ability to obtain blood sample prior to administration of any blood product transfusion
- Subjects' parents or legal guardian willing to provide follow-up data on their child. They will need to provide a telephone contact number and address for follow-up procedures
Exclusion Criteria:
- Older than 14 days of age or 336 hours
- Receipt of a blood product prior to the ability to obtain blood sample for genetic testing (SoundGene panel)
- Any major congenital anomalies. (chromosomal abnormalities, cyanotic congenital heart disease, gastroschisis, omphalocele, diaphragmatic hernia, or other major gastrointestinal anomalies, major neurological injury or anomaly, and multiple congenital anomalies)
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00511381
|United States, Kansas
|Stormont-Vail HealthCare
|Topeka, Kansas, United States, 66604
|United States, Ohio
|Miami Valley Hospital
|Dayton, Ohio, United States, 45409
|United States, Oklahoma
|Integris Baptist Medical Center
|Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, 73112
|Principal Investigator:
|Gail Lim, ARNP
|Mednax Center for Research, Education, Quality and Safety
|Study Chair:
|Zhili Lin, MD, PhD
|Pediatrix Screening
|Study Chair:
|Reese H Clark, MD
|Mednax Center for Research, Education, Quality and Safety
|Responsible Party:
|Mednax Center for Research, Education, Quality and Safety
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00511381 History of Changes
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|First Posted:
|August 3, 2007 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|March 1, 2012
|Last Verified:
|February 2012
Keywords provided by Mednax Center for Research, Education, Quality and Safety:
Hearing Loss
Late-Onset Hearing Loss
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Hearing Loss
Hearing Disorders
Ear Diseases
Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases
Sensation Disorders
Neurologic Manifestations
Nervous System Diseases
Signs and Symptoms


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Name: Richard
Gender: male
Age: 26
Location: Duluth MN
I've been practicing periods of celibacy and the way that I practice celibacy is by not ejaculating. I'll still have fornication with my girlfriend and things like that but without ejaculation. My question is that I notice that when I end a period of celibacy by finally ejaculating that my energy level is extraordinarily low afterwards. Are there supplements I can take to counteract the sleepy feeling I have after I ejaculate? Basically I would like to have the same focus day to day as when I am practicing celibacy but while I have a sexually active life. Any thoughts or answers would be great.
Before I get to your question. Richard, let's work on some of your vocabulary, shall we? The sexual practice you describe is not a type of celibacy. Celibacy has a very specific meaning. It is the state of being unmarried. Curiously enough you actually happen to be celibate. Not because you're practicing ejaculation control, but because you're not married (you have a GF). For the sake of clarity, the only thing we ought to be able to say for sure when someone identifies him/herself as celibate is that he/she is not married. Period!
You're not really being sexually abstinent either, which is a concept that is often confused with celibacy. Sexual abstinence is refraining from any kind of sexual activity with others or alone.
Ya know why it's important to differentiate between the two? I'll tell ya. There are a lot of people who are celibate (i.e. not married), but who are being sexual, by themselves or with others (like you for example). There are also lots of people who are married (i.e. not celibate), but who are refraining from being sexual with themselves or others for any number of reasons. And, of course, there are celibates who are also sexually abstinent. Ya see, if we are careless with our vocabulary when describing ourselves, we aren't able to clearly share with one another who we are, what we are doing, or what we want to do. Get it? Got it? Good!
I'm also gonna go way out on a limb here and guess that you're a Catholic or a fundamentalist Christian, or was raised as one. Who else would use the term "fornicate" when talking about having sex with his GF?
While technically you are correct, in "church-speak" unmarried partners who fuck are fornicating. This is opposed to adultery, which is a when a married person fucks someone other than his or her husband or wife. The term fornicate has a very pejorative connotation. It's a word religious people use to describe sinful behavior. Is fucking your girlfriend sinful, Richard? If it is, stop fucking her right away! If it isn't, then don't refer to your sexual relations with her as fornication. If you can't bring yourself to use the term "fuck" to talk about what you two do together, there are plenty of other less negative euphemisms. For example, intercourse, or even coitus works. Just not fornication!
Now, on to the very interesting sexual practice you describe in your message. If it isn't a "type" of celibacy, what is it? I think you maybe talking about a tantric sex practice. You have sex — solo as well as partnered sex — but you avoid ejaculating, right? You don't really go on to say why you do this other than you seem to believe you conserve energy this way. Tantric practitioners talk about this practice in similar terms — preserving one energy or chi. And that's what leads me to think what you're doing is a form of tantra.
Tantric sex is very interesting, if for no other reason it distinguishes between orgasm and ejaculation. Although they often happen at the same time, men are capable of having orgasms without ejaculating. Perhaps, you're already discovered this. Ejaculatory control, which is what I think you are doing, is what makes it possible for Tantric lovers to harness and extend the energy of orgasm. By refraining from, or holding off on an ejaculation, men can become multi-orgasmic. Some men achieve this by a practice known as edging or controlling the wave of orgasmic energy without ejaculating.
Further, you ask if there are any drugs that can help you regain your strength, or chi after you finally ejaculate. Rather than seek a pharmaceutical solution, why not delve deeper into tantra for the answers you seek. You are already more than half way there. You might want to look into chi power training too. Because, if I'm not mistaken, that's what you're actually talking about.
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In light of everything happening in this country and the world lately, perhaps it's time to step back and ask ourselves what do we really want this time of year to be about? Is the annual year-end shopping frenzy worth the stress, exhaustion and expense? Would it truly be a disaster if we bought family and friends fewer gifts and spent less money? (If so, perhaps you need to also take a hard look at the folks on your list.)
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FICO, the firm that invented the credit score, reports that credit card debt is the top concern of most consumers with 30% of survey respondents vowing to reduce the amount they spend over the holidays this year and two-thirds expecting to charge $500 or less.
None-the-less, spending limits set with good intentions back in October are easily exceeded by the end of December. According psychologists, guilt, getting caught up in the excitement of the moment and/or the competition to keep up with the "Joneses" can lead us to spend more than we can afford. A survey taken in January by Bankrate.com found that last year nearly one in five of people who created a holiday budget blew it. Income level was not a factor; "the percentage of people who paid more for presents than planned was consistent, varying by only 5 percentage points", according to the report.
In fact, 13% of consumers who used a credit card to buy last year's gifts have still not paid off the balance, according to a recent poll by Consumer Reports.
The holiday spending conundrum can be especially painful in the current economic climate. Gregory Downing, author of Entrepreneur Unleashed: Wealth to Stand the Test of Time, suggests parents on a budget level with their children. "We shelter kids from the truth about financial issues. Parents don't like to face the reality, either."
As difficult as it might be to tell your family that you cannot afford to spend the amount of money on gifts that you have in the past due to financial constraints, pretending that nothing has changed does more harm than good. Regardless of age, children have an uncanny ability to sense that something's wrong or different. "When we hide things from our kids, they know it, and that creates a level of distrust," says Downing, who maintains that the biggest breakdown in families today revolves around communication. In an age-appropriate way, he says it's critical to "tell them what's going on in the house. If the family is struggling, kids know. It's not helpful to hide this."
Thirteen years ago Downing walked away from a well-paying job managing 130 employees at four car dealerships. "I moved from being an employee of corporate America to a successful real estate investor and entrepreneur. I gave my kids everything they wanted because I didn't get that [as a child]. I thought I was doing the right thing, but I created a small tribe of spoiled brats."
Determined to change the situation, Downing decided the holidays would be a time of giving instead of receiving. He sat the family down and told his children that they had received a lot of things throughout the year and that they should not expect any extravagant gifts for the holidays. Even if they didn't have everything they wanted, they were a lot better off than most families and they were going to shift their focus to helping others.
These days, with the help of the Red Cross, his family adopts 15 families each year and provides Christmas gifts for everyone. "My kids buy the presents."
Although you might be facing your own financial problems, there's a good chance others are in worse shape. Downing suggests parents have an honest conversation with their children, explaining that, "others are struggling more than we are. This year we're going to have a fundraiser to help them." Or, arrange for your children to help serve food at a homeless shelter. "It's an eye-opener," says Downing. "They realize how fortunate they are. It's amazing how much kids will be more will to give than take."
A big problem with the year-end holidays, according to Downing, is that both parents and children have unrealistic expectations. Parents give more than they can afford- often out of guilt, and in return, their children develop "an entitlement mentality" where they become reliant on someone else providing for them. As they get older, this turns into what Downing calls the "employee mindset." Instead, he thinks we should be teaching our children to have an "entrepreneur mentality," one where they learn to become self-sufficient instead of expecting to be taken care of by an employer.
The first step in Downing's approach is to lay out your family finances so that your children begin to think of it as a business. Show them your pay stubs so they know how much money you bring home and then list all of the family expenses, everything from groceries, to cable and the cost of braces. While many parents would balk at this, Downing considers it critical to then ask your children for ideas about how to reduce the family's expenses and how they might personally contribute to the family income.
Obviously, what you share with your kids should fit the age of the child. Young children might contribute by walking the dog or cleaning up the family room. With older children the goal is to get them to "think about what their passions are and ask how they might make money from this." Perhaps this has something to do with computers or tutoring another child who has difficulty with math or Spanish.
"Contributing is, of course, the antithesis of being spoiled," says Downing, whose family is proof this approach can work. His 17-year-old son is already an entrepreneur: He just bought his third small business- a tackle shop- and is a minority owner in some real estate with his dad, who made it clear the young man is responsible for paying back the money he was loaned. "He knows what it costs" to run each business, Downing proudly says. And he's earning a profit. In fact, dad no longer gives him an allowance. His son uses the income from his businesses to cover his car expenses and nights out with friends.
Downing stresses that there's nothing inherently evil about being wealthy, which, he says, is about "how well you meet the needs of others." The key is to remember that other side of the coin is giving back. He says parents are the ones who need to set an example for their children. "How much time do you spend contributing to those who are not as blessed as you are?," asks Downing. "Even if you give [your children] bushels of 'stuff,' but also taken them with you when you work for two hours at the soup kitchen, they won't be spoiled. They just won't."
Ms. Buckner is a Retirement and Financial Planning Specialist and an instructor in Franklin Templeton Investments' global Academy. The views expressed in this article are only those of Ms. Buckner or the individual commentator identified therein, and are not necessarily the views of Franklin Templeton Investments, which has not reviewed, and is not responsible for, the content.
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RobertSM needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 36 designs submitted by 14 freelance designers.
We are a book layout specialist
Professional audience
We're looking for two designs: a "postcard banner" graphic that would head a set of bulleted text, and a road sign that alerts readers to an activities/exercises section within the book. All designs are to be accomplished in black and white.
The postcard design must include a banner with postcard likeness that would act as a header for a separate section of 15-20 lines of text. The banner must contain the words "Postcard from the Road", and this text should be in a stylized font that might resemble a postcard from a tourist destination.
The road sign should contain the words "Field Work" and should be an iconic image that suggests a road sign, probably similar to the triangle construction signs seen on the road. We don't want anything ostentatious here, but rather something iconic, perhaps containing a human figure. Note that the "work" being referred to by the sign isn't manual labor, but rather putting into action life goals and priorities. The sign should convey a sense of action and activity, but not manual labor (e.g., no men digging -- need an original graphic).
The designs should be elegant and iconic, but simple enough so that the can be easily replicated if necessary.


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Simulating The Cosmos With AstroBEAR
So all of us here at 13.7 Cosmos and Culture have day jobs. Much as we love exploring the big topics of life, the universe and ... um ... the meaning of zombie movies for NPR, we have academic jobs, too. In honor of the last week of summer (and finishing all my summer science projects before classes begin), I thought it might be nice to give folks a glimpse into what our computational research group does here at the University of Rochester.
I could write a whole bunch of text to describe our development of advanced supercomputer tools for simulating astrophysical flows. Luckily, I don't have to because we recently completed a nice six-minute video describing AstroBEAR 2.0. That's the cute name given to the adaptive mesh refinement and magneto-hydrodynamics (your new words for the day) computer code we've just finished and made available to other researchers.
The development of this code took many years and the hard work of many graduate students, some of whom you will see in the video (made by the University of Rochester). Also, funding for the development of this tool for studying how stars form, and how they die, came from you via the National Science Foundation, NASA and the Department of Energy. Thanks!
You can keep up with more of what Adam Frank is thinking on Facebook and on Twitter: @AdamFrank4


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HARTSVILLE, S.C. – The Cobra men's tennis team dropped their third straight match of the season with a 9-0 loss to Newberry College in non-conference men's tennis action on Friday afternoon. With the loss Coker drops to 0-3, while Newberry moves to 1-1 with the victory.
Coker's best chance for a win in doubles came in the No. 3 doubles match with Fred Estep (Hartsville, S.C.) and Chad Austin (Kershaw, S.C.) losing by just three games, 8-5.
In the singles matches, Juan Vallejo-Gonzalez (Quito, Ecuador) lost at No. 1, 6-4, 6-0, while freshman Rick Vliegen (Landgraaf, Holland) battled back after a 6-0 loss in the first set to fall 6-4 in the second set at No. 3. Austin had another strong performance, losing at No. 6 singles, 7-5, 6-4.
Newberry's Pavle Popovic and Christian Ranguelov were both perfect in their singles matches at No. 4 and No. 5 respectively, winning 6-0, 6-0.
The Cobra men return to the court on Wednesday, Feb. 24 when they host USC-Aiken in another non-conference match starting at 2:00 p.m.


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General Eligibility Criteria for Financial Aid | Financial Aid Refund Policy | Financial Aid Application Process | Student Rights and Responsibilities | Outside Financial Aid Resources | Air Force ROTC Scholarships
The Financial Aid office at The College of St. Scholastica seeks to support the mission of the College by providing services that assist students in identifying resources - federal, state, institutional and others - to finance their education. St. Scholastica's institutional philosophy on student aid places primary responsibility on the student to provide funds for educational expenses; however, the institution's commitment to a diverse and representative student body is reflected in the fact that nine out of every 10 St.Scholastica students are recipients of some form of aid. Students interested in receiving need-based financial aidmust complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
The College participates in all the usual federal and state financial aid programs.
These include:
There is also a substantial amount of institutional aid invested in financial aid programs. In addition to the $2.3 million in St. Scholastica grants, the College awards need-based scholarships provided by over 139 donors.The generosity of these people and foundations is essential in helping to meet the financial needs of our students.
Academic/leadership scholarships are awarded by the Admissions Office to incoming students. Incoming students can receive information about the following scholarships from the Admissions Office: the Benedictine Scholarship, Opportunity grant and the Raymond Prebilic.
Scholarship Financial aid is awarded in the form of scholarships, grants, loans or student employment.
A student must:
If a student withdraws after a term has started, the College or the student may be required to return a portion of financial aid funding. This is a federal regulation and the specified financial calculation is required for any student withdrawing on or before 60 percent of the termhas been completed. Students are encouraged to consult the Financial Aid Office before withdrawing in order to review the financial implications.
The amount of funding to be returned is based on the number of days left in the term divided by the total number of days in the term. Class breaks of five or more consecutive days are excluded in calculating the total number of days in the term.
The College's refund policy for institutional funding follows the state refund policy. Students who plan to withdraw must notify the vice president of student affairs.
Designated scholarships are offered by many organizations such as labor unions, fraternal orders and religious organizations. Students may obtain information concerning these scholarship opportunities from the secretaries of these groups. Special application forms are usually required.
High school seniors should be in close contact with their guidance office to become aware of scholarships for their high school and/or area graduates.
The Financial Aid Office operates a scholarship directory service (free of charge) to assist students in locating funding from outside sources. Students can access this directory on the College Web site.
Students with physical handicaps who wish to further their education or expand their area of employability may be eligible for vocational rehabilitation benefits. Students should check their home state Division of Rehabilitation Services to determine the amount of financial aid which may be available under this program.
The Veterans Administration pays veterans' benefits directly to qualified students. The college veterans' coordinator will answer questions concerning the G.I. Bill, Dependent Educational Assistance Program Benefits and V.A. Contributory Benefits. The college veterans' coordinator may be contacted through the Registrar's Office.
War Orphans Educational Assistance Act (Ch. 35, Title 38, U.S. Code) provides benefits to sons, daughters, wives and husbands of deceased veterans and of living veterans who have disabilities considered to be total and permanent in nature. The veteran must have died or become disabled as a result of service in the armed forces and must have been discharged under conditions other than dishonorable. Generally a young personmust be between 12 and 23 years of age to attend school under this program. The eligible young person may receive up to 36 months of education. Applications and further information may be obtained from any county veterans' office or college veterans' coordinator.
Indian scholarship funding may be available from the Minnesota State Indian Scholarship Programand/or the tribe in which the student is enrolled. Students are encouraged to apply early as there may be limited funding. Please either contact these organizations directly or consult with the Financial Aid Office.
St. Scholastica students are invited to apply for Air Force ROTC college scholarships. Air Force ROTC offers high school seniors and college students five-, four-, three-, two- and sometimes one-year scholarships which cover tuition, fees, and a book allowance. Awards are based on the applicant's potential as an Air Force officer, as demonstrated by a combination of the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test score, academic achievement and recommendation of an AFROTC scholarship committee. Application for four-year scholarships must be made early in the senior year of high school. Students seeking scholarships should contact the Department of Aerospace Studies:
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Truck YeahThe trucks are good!
Forget the fancy mustard, you can bet this badass custom Rolls Royce pickup is packin' nothing but BBQ sauce in the glovebox.
Currently for sale on Tampa, Florida Craigslist this mashup rig looks like it's basically an old GM heavy duty truck with a Rolls Royce body dropped on top, sans trunk. It's powered by a 350 Chevy with a Turbo 400 transmission, and two thirty-gallon fuel tanks so you can make it all the way to the gas station and back again a few extra moments later.
Dude wants $75,000, a price that far exceeds the value of a used Rolls Royce and a whole parking lot of old dually pickups. But you gotta admit, this thing's pretty clean inside and out.
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The Boulder City Council meets in a study session to discuss municipalization at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Municipal Building, 1777 Broadway.
An online survey opens Wednesday and continues through March 27 at bouldercolorado.gov. Inspire Boulder, the city's digital town hall platform, also hosts ongoing discussions about municipalization plans.
A conference call to address concerns and questions from the business community takes place from noon to 1 p.m. March 12. To register in advance, go to bouldercolorado.gov.
An open house on municipalization strategies takes place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. March 13 at the West Senior Center, 909 Arapahoe Ave.
The Boulder City Council holds a public hearing and votes on a municipalization strategy at its April 16 meeting.
To read the full report on municipalization strategies and alternatives, go to boulderenergyfuture.com.
A city-owned and -operated electric utility would be able to offer lower rates than Xcel Energy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 50 percent from current levels and obtain 54 percent or more of its electricity from renewable resources, Boulder's energy czar said.
City officials released the results Thursday of several months of analysis that looked at six different options for Boulder's energy future.
The first option was staying with Xcel Energy with no change to the way it operates. The other five options were based on the city owning its own utility and having more freedom to innovate. With the help of engineering and financial consultants, the city looked at options that would produce the lowest rates for consumers, the greatest use of renewable resources and the greatest reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
Three of the five options met the metrics adopted by the City Council last year to ensure that any municipal energy utility would meet the charter requirements approved by voters in November 2011. Boulder voters narrowly approved two ballot measures that fall, one to authorize the City Council to create a municipal energy utility and the other to raise the occupation utility tax to fund research and implementation of a municipalization plan.
The charter conditions are: that rates do not exceed those charged by Xcel Energy at the time Boulder acquires the system; that the rates produce enough revenue to pay operating expenses and debt payments, along with a reserve worth 25 percent of debt payments; that the system's reliability be comparable to Xcel's; and that the city have a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase renewable energy.
"We believe the findings demonstrate that a municipal utility could be good for consumers, good for Boulder businesses and good for our planet," Heather Bailey, Boulder's executive director of energy strategy and electric utility development, said in a news release. "We look forward to an informed conversation over the next couple of months about how best to proceed."
The City Council will discuss the report's findings at a study session Tuesday. The purpose of that meeting isn't to make a decision, but to discuss the report's findings and determine what additional information council members want before they make a decision about which strategy to pursue April 16. There will be a series of meetings and opportunities for online discussion between now and April, and there will be a public hearing at the April meeting.
City officials have said there are two questions they must answer: Can the city form a municipal energy utility under the charter requirements? And should the city form a municipal energy utility?
"Based on the current analyses, the answer to whether it is possible to municipalize is yes, and the findings to date are promising in terms of the potential value a local electric utility could bring when compared to other alternatives," the report said.
According to the report, a local energy utility would be able to:
Offer lower rates to residential, commercial and industrial customers, not just on "day one" but over a 20-year time frame;
Maintain or exceed current levels of reliability, and future investments could enhance dependability;
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 50 percent from current levels and exceed the Kyoto Protocol goals within the first year;
Get 54 percent or more of its power from renewable resources, such as wind, hydro and solar;
Create a model public utility that would allow for innovation in everything from energy efficiency to customer service.
The environmental potential of the utility is likely to feature prominently in discussions of how to proceed. The city has struggled to meet the Kyoto goal of getting emissions to 7 percent below 1990 levels through energy-efficiency programs alone. At the same time, city leaders have said they need to adopt much more ambitious greenhouse gas reduction goals if they are to have an impact on global warming.
City officials and consultants said the city would make much quicker progress on cutting emissions if it stopped getting so much electricity from coal-fired power plants, and the desire for more renewable energy was a major driver behind the municipalization campaign.
However, members of the business community have raised concerns about whether they'd get the same reliability from a new municipal utility as they get from Xcel.
In the report, city officials said they are committed to acquiring the necessary infrastructure to provide redundancy within the system and following industry best practices to ensure reliable power.
"The city recognizes that it is fortunate to have major employers who are industrial customers, and these customers have processes that require high-quality power and a reliable supply," the report said. "Power failures can have significant financial impacts to these customers. Therefore, it is critical to not only talk to these companies about their needs and concerns, but to have equipment, systems and processes in place to meet those specific needs."
In addition to remaining with Xcel, the options examined by the city are:
Phase out power sold by Xcel — The city describes this as a "risk-mitigation" strategy that would involve the creation of a city-run utility that would buy power from Xcel for the first five years as the city ramps up its own capacity. After the first five years, it would be free to buy power from other sources and expand the mix of renewable energy.
This option meets the charter requirements for reliability, rate parity and debt service coverage and exceeds them for emissions reductions and renewable energy. This is the only option that does not allow the city to meet Kyoto goals within the first year because it maintains Xcel's resource mix for the first five years.
Low-cost options — There were two versions of this option, which seeks to balance the desire for low rates with the desire to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The first "low-cost" version includes a portfolio that gets 25 percent of its energy from coal in 2017, compared with 50 percent for Xcel, and the second "low-cost, no coal" option excluded the fossil fuel entirely. Both options meet the charter requirements for reliability, rate parity and debt service coverage and exceed them for emissions reductions and renewable energy.
Lowest greenhouse gas emissions — The city also modeled two versions of this option, which gave priority to reducing greenhouse gas emissions regardless of cost. Both versions were modeled without coal. One was based on current electricity consumption levels, and the other "reduced-use" version was based on anticipating increased energy efficiency in the future, particularly in the commercial sector. These options do not meet the rate parity requirements.
To analyze the various options, the city looked at a 20-year time frame from 2017 to 2037 and used a large number of inputs. Certain "high-impact" variables were analyzed at a wide range of costs to reflect the volatility of the energy market and the uncertainty of litigation to obtain Xcel's existing power system. Those variables included gas prices, wind prices, interest rates, operations and maintenance costs, "stranded" and acquisition costs and the ability of the utility to generate the revenue to cover debt service.
The report estimated that stranded costs and acquisition of the current electric grid could range from $150 million in a best-case scenario to $405 million.
The report said it projected future rate increases from Xcel based on publicly available information, but it said the "baseline" of staying with Xcel could not be analyzed as thoroughly as municipalization options. It questioned whether Xcel has fully accounted for the impact of a $3.5 billion capital plan or rising coal prices.
City officials said they sought out industry experts and stakeholders to advise them on the modeling process to ensure the results were "realistic, conservative and locally relevant." Increased electricity use over the next 20 years was based on Xcel's Boulder-specific projections, with the exception of the "reduced-use" option.
An Xcel Energy spokeswoman said company officials need time to study the city's findings.
"The city has taken some time to put some thoughtful analysis into this," Xcel Energy spokeswoman Michelle Aguayo said. "We want to be able to have some time to do our own thoughtful analysis."
City officials said they have invited Xcel to participate in Tuesday's study session, though officials with the utility have not confirmed.
If the City Council votes to proceed with creating a municipal energy utility in April, the city would bring in a third-party independent reviewer to do additional due diligence and begin working with state and federal regulators about the next steps.
City officials anticipate they would begin the process of acquiring Xcel's network in Boulder in August.
Contact Camera Staff Writer Erica Meltzer at 303-473-1355 or email@example.com.


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WASHINGTON, DC -- More than 140 health and fitness industry leaders from 26 states gathered last week in Washington, DC, at the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association's Sixth Annual Legislative Summit. The IHRSA members mounted a coordinated effort to remove federal barriers to exercise and focus legislators' attention on the need to transform the health care system from one that focuses on sick care to one that focuses on prevention and wellness, according to IHRSA.
During the two-day summit, the fitness advocates attended 133 meetings with members of Congress in which they encouraged support of two health promotion bills: The Personal Health Investment Today (PHIT) Act (H.R. 245) and The Workforce Health Improvement Program (WHIP) Act (H.R. 1748 and S. 1038).
The PHIT Act would allow people to pay for exercise and physical fitness programs, certain exercise equipment, and children's sports league fees with pre-tax dollars through their flexible spending account, medical savings account or health savings account. That means Americans could save 20 to 30 percent a year on their fitness-related costs because they wouldn't be paid for with taxable income.
"We all know the research on the benefits of exercise is piled high," says Jonathan Ross, American Council on Exercise's Personal Trainer of the Year and a fitness advocate who participated in the summit. "What we need to do—and what this legislation does—is take measures to make it easier for people to stay active in their lives."
The WHIP Act promotes wellness in the workforce by allowing for off-site fitness center memberships as a tax-free benefit for employees. Current law allows employees to use on-site fitness facilities free of any tax implications, but when a business needs to outsource this health benefit, employees who receive off-site fitness center subsidies are required to pay income tax on the benefits, and their employers bear the associated administrative costs of complying with IRS rules. The WHIP Act eliminates this tax on off-site fitness center subsidies, making it easier for all employers to offer exercise incentives for their workers.


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Dangwa is an upcoming Philippine drama series to be broadcast by GMA Network starring Janine Gutierrez, Mark Herras and Aljur Abrenica. It is set to premiere on October 26, 2015 before Princess in the Palace and also aired worldwide via GMA Pinoy TV.
This series tackles about Rosa, a flower vendor in Dangwa flower market who gives solutions to the love problems of her customers.
Sa tuwing magbibigay ka ng bulaklak, hindi ka man magsalita— may mensahe nang nais sabihin : "mahal kita", " I'm sorry", "salamat". Flowers are messengers of our most sacred feelings. In this series, the lives of various characters are changed by a chance meeting with Rosa, an enchantingly beautiful flower vendor in Dangwa. Sa bawat bibiling bulaklak sa kanya, may masayang istorya ng pag-ibig na mamumulaklak.Ang isang istorya ay wakasan at laging may happy ending. Magsisimula sa Lunes at matatapos ng Biyernes. BUT there is a consistent thread… si Rosa, ang napakaganda ngunit misteryosang babaeng nagbebenta ng bulaklak sa Dangwa.
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Of growers and showers
I'm 15 years old and my penis is at least be 8 inches when I get to my full length. Right now, without being erected my penis length seems to be about 4 inches. Is that normal? When I look down at my penis, it seems to look smaller than what girls tell me after we have sex. However, is there anyway to make my penis bigger without using any pills, oils, or some type of machine?...


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Introducing Appetite and updates from 2013
Here's what Matthew @Panzer, the editor of thenextweb had to say, when he stumbled on appetite to our delight
My CES home screen.Here's a link to the apps (minus Glassboard, detected as a Japanese app):appetite.io/a/fe40b073 twitter.com/panzer/status/…— Matthew Panzarino (@panzer) January 5, 2013
Will love your comments.
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